Sunday, October 05, 2003
Worship was refreshing and brings revival to the soul. Started with "He's Able". Kinda felt silly but really merry doing the action for "He's Able". Last time I sang this song was probably back in primary school. If anybody want to know the actions that go along with the song, tag me lol. Simple as the song is, it's really full of inspiring and motivating lyrics. really the song to put you in mood to rejoice in the Lord cause "I know my Lord is able to carry me through!" ^^! Glad that I was able to help kind of indirectly since the worship slides were done by me last time. Then Pei En shared the message for sermon today, the topic on:
Cost of Discipleship
Do we always find an excuse to procrastinate our duties? So many a times I fall to the trap to take the easy way out of things - run away or lay it aside. Being a disciple of Jesus involves a cost. It's not like a $20,000/annum fee for a membership to an exclusive country club. It is a lifelong devotion and dedication of service. In a way, the requirements is minimal and simple, to obey the Lord's commandments (Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, Love your neighbours as youself; Mark 12:30,31). However, I always find it difficult to keep up with the basic teaching of Jesus. Involves a lot of sacrifice. God knows that we're by nature weak and fallible to sin. That's why He sent His son to die for us so that we may seek forgiveness if we repent. Can't remember who, but I recall someone saying "When we fall, do not turn back and dwell in your past. Instead, pick yourself up from where you fell and continue on the road ahead." Think it was Patrick that said that. coz we should press on to finish the race.
Luke 14 15-25
When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus. 'Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.' Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come for everything is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuses.
The first said, 'I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.'
Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.'
Still another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.'
The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.' 'Sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.' Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full. I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.'
Luke 14:25-33
Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said. If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters - yes, even his own life - he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me acnnot be my disciple. Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? for if he lays the foundation and is no able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.' Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms in peace. In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.
Wrote on my commitment slip in areas I want to dedicate myself to God:
1) Time spent with God
2) Living a godly Christian life that is pleasing in His sight (application)
3) Serving in the ministry whole-heartedly
4) Companionship with Shuwen
5) Studies and revision for the A Levels
Ended service with another children sing-along. Once again, it's simple and yet so effective. Puts a smile on everyone's face. I'm grinning from cheek to cheek.
David Chin gave me shufen liujun and meiqi tuition today. Went through Analogue Electronics. Now feel like an OP Amp expert after almost 2 concrete weeks of lessons on this topic also with Mr Lenn. Oh and we almost got lost while trying to get to Chin's house haha. We walked to Nan Hua Primary then scarely shufen tell me it's pei tong primary -_-" anyway we were at the right place so heck.
Went jogging with zixiang and wingfat after tuition. We jogged along the canal between sunset way and clementi. ran to the end of the track realized that I was like halfway to my house from clementi! So that's where the polluted water comes from >> wingfat's toilet bowl. Yucks ok skip the gruesome details. Zixiang found his "goth girl"! Next week he going to start running thirty minutes earlier LOL. Wanted to play bball after that but all too tired and I was stuck at playing this Java Military Strategy game which involves a board of 11 squares and 3 black dots 1 red dot... kinda stupid game but no idea y i got so engrossed in solving it. Anyway went for dinner together also with Eric so quite fun lar.
Tomorrow must remember to get a copy of VJC prelim 2003 econs paper 3 to do for tuesday remedial with Mrs Choo. Also must remember to pass Ms Leow the updated Annual CD!! absent-mindedness kicked in again on friday.
Today's a really fulfilling day!! Love it when I get to spend time with friends. Thank God! It's monday already... time to go school.. wait... zzz... why do I always spend hours writing a blog? Anyway what's a blog....
Cost of Discipleship
Do we always find an excuse to procrastinate our duties? So many a times I fall to the trap to take the easy way out of things - run away or lay it aside. Being a disciple of Jesus involves a cost. It's not like a $20,000/annum fee for a membership to an exclusive country club. It is a lifelong devotion and dedication of service. In a way, the requirements is minimal and simple, to obey the Lord's commandments (Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, Love your neighbours as youself; Mark 12:30,31). However, I always find it difficult to keep up with the basic teaching of Jesus. Involves a lot of sacrifice. God knows that we're by nature weak and fallible to sin. That's why He sent His son to die for us so that we may seek forgiveness if we repent. Can't remember who, but I recall someone saying "When we fall, do not turn back and dwell in your past. Instead, pick yourself up from where you fell and continue on the road ahead." Think it was Patrick that said that. coz we should press on to finish the race.
Luke 14 15-25
When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus. 'Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.' Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come for everything is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuses.
The first said, 'I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.'
Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.'
Still another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.'
The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.' 'Sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.' Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full. I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.'
Luke 14:25-33
Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said. If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters - yes, even his own life - he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me acnnot be my disciple. Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? for if he lays the foundation and is no able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.' Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms in peace. In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.
Wrote on my commitment slip in areas I want to dedicate myself to God:
1) Time spent with God
2) Living a godly Christian life that is pleasing in His sight (application)
3) Serving in the ministry whole-heartedly
4) Companionship with Shuwen
5) Studies and revision for the A Levels
Ended service with another children sing-along. Once again, it's simple and yet so effective. Puts a smile on everyone's face. I'm grinning from cheek to cheek.
David Chin gave me shufen liujun and meiqi tuition today. Went through Analogue Electronics. Now feel like an OP Amp expert after almost 2 concrete weeks of lessons on this topic also with Mr Lenn. Oh and we almost got lost while trying to get to Chin's house haha. We walked to Nan Hua Primary then scarely shufen tell me it's pei tong primary -_-" anyway we were at the right place so heck.
Went jogging with zixiang and wingfat after tuition. We jogged along the canal between sunset way and clementi. ran to the end of the track realized that I was like halfway to my house from clementi! So that's where the polluted water comes from >> wingfat's toilet bowl. Yucks ok skip the gruesome details. Zixiang found his "goth girl"! Next week he going to start running thirty minutes earlier LOL. Wanted to play bball after that but all too tired and I was stuck at playing this Java Military Strategy game which involves a board of 11 squares and 3 black dots 1 red dot... kinda stupid game but no idea y i got so engrossed in solving it. Anyway went for dinner together also with Eric so quite fun lar.
Tomorrow must remember to get a copy of VJC prelim 2003 econs paper 3 to do for tuesday remedial with Mrs Choo. Also must remember to pass Ms Leow the updated Annual CD!! absent-mindedness kicked in again on friday.
Today's a really fulfilling day!! Love it when I get to spend time with friends. Thank God! It's monday already... time to go school.. wait... zzz... why do I always spend hours writing a blog? Anyway what's a blog....
Monday, September 29, 2003
She was absent today. Funny thing was when I finally mustered up some courage and decided on inviting her to go for Lenn's talk she wasn't around.
Lenn's talk was inspiring as always. He could find means to invoke humour through a simple and crude manner. He's a really convincing speaker. Maybe I feel this way because I believe in him and haven't got much to lose from following his proven method. I'm going to acquire 2 new principles to my learning - Principle of Specificity & Tapering. Haven't got much time left till A levels so I'm going to target the papers that I'm sitting for. From practice I will then revise what are the areas I've missed out or as Choo said today "Give the meat". Makes sense too since the time left won't be sufficient for me to go through everything that is covered in the two years.
Went to jog and train pull ups. Really need to get at least a NAPFA silver. Save me two months in NS. Dead beat now and neck ache. Cannot reach for ... that.. "Post" button... publish... zzzz
Lenn's talk was inspiring as always. He could find means to invoke humour through a simple and crude manner. He's a really convincing speaker. Maybe I feel this way because I believe in him and haven't got much to lose from following his proven method. I'm going to acquire 2 new principles to my learning - Principle of Specificity & Tapering. Haven't got much time left till A levels so I'm going to target the papers that I'm sitting for. From practice I will then revise what are the areas I've missed out or as Choo said today "Give the meat". Makes sense too since the time left won't be sufficient for me to go through everything that is covered in the two years.
Went to jog and train pull ups. Really need to get at least a NAPFA silver. Save me two months in NS. Dead beat now and neck ache. Cannot reach for ... that.. "Post" button... publish... zzzz
