Monday, August 31, 2009
HAPPY TEACHERS DAY!
& to our LEADERS for being our 'spiritual' teachers haha
& to JESUS - our greatest teacher!
& to our LEADERS for being our 'spiritual' teachers haha
& to JESUS - our greatest teacher!
what we could have been, 8:36 PM.
Please comment on Marcus Seah's dt-shirt design . THX!
what we could have been, 8:18 PM.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
what we could have been, 8:35 PM.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
&GOD BLESS :D
&GOD BLESS :D
what we could have been, 5:35 AM.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
hmm ok~, well i know this is kind of late but it better then nothing right XP
1 peter 3:8-9'Finally all of you, live in harmony with one another;be sympathetic and humble.
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because this you were
called so that you may inherit a blessing'
i used this verse as at the start of the week, i was in an argument with a classmate of mine,
and it almost became a fight. But i remembered this verse, saying that we must not fight
back with others no matter what happens but to continue to love them as a brother.
by zheng dong.(happy joel??? hahas)
well, this is it see u guys tomorrow X).
1 peter 3:8-9'Finally all of you, live in harmony with one another;be sympathetic and humble.
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because this you were
called so that you may inherit a blessing'
i used this verse as at the start of the week, i was in an argument with a classmate of mine,
and it almost became a fight. But i remembered this verse, saying that we must not fight
back with others no matter what happens but to continue to love them as a brother.
by zheng dong.(happy joel??? hahas)
well, this is it see u guys tomorrow X).
what we could have been, 2:36 AM.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Ooooohhhh, and the memory verse thingggg
For those who don't know, we're setting up a memory verse thing on the blog......
It works like thisss..
We'll have members of the cell come up with a new memory verse of the week! =)
The 'chosen' person'll pick out a verse from the bible and say why they picked it.
The roster is as follows:
#1 ZhengDong
#2 Samuel
#3 Marcus Q
#4 Marcus S
#5 Melody
#6 Larissa
#7 Lisa
#8 Kiew Ray
#9 Jared
#10 Jeremy
#11 Justin
#12 Hannah
#13 Felicia
#14 Fiona
#15 Evangeline
#16 Damian
#17 Caleb
This is such that we can foster a sharing environment within the cell. =)
We're all brothers and sisters in Christ so just speak whatever you wanna openly, without fear of what others may think of you, and oh, the blogs always open for any other sharing.
By the way, the order's in alphabetical order backwards.
Joel, you're a genius. Ahaha
For those who don't know, we're setting up a memory verse thing on the blog......
It works like thisss..
We'll have members of the cell come up with a new memory verse of the week! =)
The 'chosen' person'll pick out a verse from the bible and say why they picked it.
The roster is as follows:
#1 ZhengDong
#2 Samuel
#3 Marcus Q
#4 Marcus S
#5 Melody
#6 Larissa
#7 Lisa
#8 Kiew Ray
#9 Jared
#10 Jeremy
#11 Justin
#12 Hannah
#13 Felicia
#14 Fiona
#15 Evangeline
#16 Damian
#17 Caleb
This is such that we can foster a sharing environment within the cell. =)
We're all brothers and sisters in Christ so just speak whatever you wanna openly, without fear of what others may think of you, and oh, the blogs always open for any other sharing.
By the way, the order's in alphabetical order backwards.
Joel, you're a genius. Ahaha
what we could have been, 6:33 AM.
We'll be studying the story of Asaph in Psalms 73, a guy who was very discontent with his lot in life, so much so that he almost stumbled and fell from his faith.
Anyway, lets get down into it..
How many of you know what karma is? Or retribution?
Maybe even Galatians 6:7-8, which states that: whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the spirit will of the spirit reap everlasting life.
So why doesn't God keep his own rules?
Many a times, we wait and wait and wait, doing what is expected of us, and hoping to get what we deserve in return. We study, we run the race as best as we can, but somehow, we always seem to 2nd place, or, even last place. Why can't we seem to get first place? And then we turn to God and question him, asking why it is that we're not the first, and, if he really is such a great and awesome God, then why is it that we, the faithful, are getting last place, while others seem to get first without even having to try? And then we get tired of it all, sick of God maybe, having to keep on waiting.
But the thing is, God doesn't want to give you earthly rewards for your faithfulness. Why would he want to give you these when all that'll happen is that they'll fade away? Why would he give you something that won't satisfy when he can give you heavenly rewards, things that will never pass away while the Earth perishes? Why would he give you temporal happiness instead of everlasting joy? We expect our rewards to be in this life, but many times, we forget that God is a supernatural person who works in supernatural ways and who can see beyond points that we can.
Now, I'd like you guys to take some time off, and write down an instance in which you felt that life was really unfair, and, try as you might, there seemed to be no improving the situation. And that, when you turned to God, it just seemed like he wasn't there. A time, when you felt very spiritually dry, and tired with God..
Finished? Just hang on to that piece of paper thingy. =)
We'll be needing it.
Psalms 73:1 Truly, God is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Why is verse 1 so different from verse 2?
Asaph is saying this after reflecting on all the things that has happened in his life, reflecting that after all, God has indeed been good to him and those who are pure in heart, even though he had been through some really tough times where he had almost lost his faith.
There is a saying: Life must be lived forward, but unfortunately, it can only be understood backwards.
Can you clearly see what God is doing in your life at this current point of time? It's very difficult, and interpreting it will be very tough... ...
What about looking back? Can you see the wonders of God in your life, how he's laid the foundations for you to be who you are today? I'd say that's much easier.
1) It is foolish for us to try and comprehend God's plan in our lives, and if we do, we might become cynical and lose faith because we do not understand.
2) Instead, we could try to look back, and see how God has paved the way for us to become who we are today, and take heart.
Take a look back at the piece of paper you wrote on just now and see if God has changed you in anyway, moulded you to help you to be who you are today. Oh and don't throw it away!!! We still need it..
In verses 2 and 3, we see that Asaph, when he was in his present state, thought that his complaints were justified, but he acknowledges later on that he was envious, and he was that the complaints were really a trap, a dangerous temptation to defect and fall away.
When he was reflecting, Asaph showed an important quality: That he was Honest with himself and with God. He admits that he was envious, and because of that, he almost lost his footing.
Be careful of where envy can lead you, as it is subtle. It comes silently, and can take you over with silent whispers in your ears. It seeks to possess others' things, and, if uncontrolled, can lead to gossips, lies, and hurts. Especially be careful once the object of obssession overtakes everything else you view in life, as it too can become an idol and replace God as number one in your life. Don't lose sight of God!!
With that, Ill leave you with 1 verse..
Psalms 94:18 When I said "My feet are slipping", your mercy, O Lord, continued to hold me up.
Bring the piece of paper you wrote on next week!! (:
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxOX
-> Joel
what we could have been, 5:41 AM.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Todays Cellgroup Lesson.
Who am I?
Many people go through life wondering who they are, striving to find an identity and purpose, and, often times in their quest of self discovery, hurt other people along an arduous journey, or lose themselves in the fray of this bustling modern world, hapless in the tides of robotic human protocols and activities, pressures and stress.
This lesson will explore and help us form our identity in Christ so that we will have the constant knowledge of always knowing who we really are, and to bring our purposes and aims in life back to God, the true Lord of our lives.
Exodus 3:11 And Moses said unto God, who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Oftentimes, we belittle ourselves and refuse to believe in God's higher purpose for us, that his plans for us are so great. As such, we expect little, and are afraid to step out to be the true people we are supposed to be, like how Moses initially had qualms about leading Israel out of Egypt.
We also frequently lose sight of our focus in life and forget what we're doing, leading to many senseless and thoughtless actions carried out by us. We can be lead to follow the world, and contribute to the sins in the world through such actions. This happened especially clearly when the humans were jeering at Jesus as he hung dying on the cross. Jesus said, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34) The people had chosen to release a murderer instead of Jesus, who was innocent of all crimes, and condemn him to death on the cross, one of the worst types of deaths there was during those times. Clearly, they were sorely misguided in their thoughts and activities.
Worse still are the people who know clearly what they do, and choose to act against others to satisfy their own selfish desires and purposes. These people included the pharisees and teachers of the law, people who were supposed to have a close relationship with God, but instead were using their high offices and extensive influences to build and store up their own power.
But God says he created us in his image (Genesis 1:27), and that we are the Children of God (Galatians 3:26), all unique, and that he, the almighty God, would go all the way out to search for his lost children and, when they are found, bring them back into the family with joy. (Luke 15:3-7)
So, since this is who we are in Christ Jesus, we should have faith, rely on God's strength instead of our own, and go about our lives with confidence, because by ourselves, we are insufficient, but with God, all things are possible.
We should go about our lives with purpose, and to glorify God, so that we know what it is that we do in our daily actions and can keep ourselves in check.
We should be true to ourselves, and what we do, because even if others do not the things that we do, our father in heaven sees them, and he looks at our heart, and the intentions behind those actions.
So, as a child of God, what is our aim?
We need to find our way home, to be with the father whom we have strayed from since the fall of man.
How do we do this? Along the path, we'll meet with many difficulties, but we have to see past the lies of Satan, which condemns us to be conformers of the world, and ties us down.
We have to rise up and tell Satan No, I belong to God, and by His Blood I am set free, I am no longer held by the sins of this world. I cannot do it alone, but my God can. He is the creator of the world, the ruler of the heavens and I am his child, and because of him I am more than a conqueror. His grace is sufficient for me, And though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, because God is with me, his rod and his staff, they comfort me.
What must we watch out for?
Before the fall
Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
After the fall
Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sew fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.
Why were they suddenly ashamed of God's work? His finest creation (themselves)?
-They were scared of facing God, till the point that even the impression of God, his works, frightened them.
- Sin had entered the world, and with it, lust.
The nature of children is such that they are easily tricked and gullible, because they are so innocent to the ways of the world.
And, because our character was not built up, because we did not know and have an experience of such things, we fell into the lies of Satan, and into sin.
Genesis 3:6 And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
Children all go gaga over bright pretty objects don't they? =)
Genesis 3:7-24 shows how Adam and Eve could only see sin, and were unable to see God, because he was too far away. In this dialogue with God, Adam and Eve are recorded to hear God speak, calling out to them while they were in hiding, but they did not see him.
- We have become so enticed by the world and it's sins that they are all we can see.
- We have moved far from God and hid from him.
- We are so distanced from the father that we can only hear him but not see him.
The first sin came about because we thought the other side was better, as naive children, we thought the grass was greener on the other side, failing to take into account the blessings we already had (The garden of Eden). And though they may be wonderful, we still chose to try to get to the other side, and fell into temptation.
So, while we are here on Earth, God builds up our character through trails and tribulations, so that we, his children, might learn and understand, and not fall into sin again.
He does it so that we might understand the world and sin and want no part in it, so that we would be able to pick ourselves up when we fall, so that we would see God's nature as a loving father and learn to rely on him, and tear our sights from the bright pretty objects, and set them instead on Him, so that we can listen to his voice, come out of hiding, and follow him back to heaven, our father's house, our home.
J! =)
Hope you guys got something out of it.
Who am I?
Many people go through life wondering who they are, striving to find an identity and purpose, and, often times in their quest of self discovery, hurt other people along an arduous journey, or lose themselves in the fray of this bustling modern world, hapless in the tides of robotic human protocols and activities, pressures and stress.
This lesson will explore and help us form our identity in Christ so that we will have the constant knowledge of always knowing who we really are, and to bring our purposes and aims in life back to God, the true Lord of our lives.
Exodus 3:11 And Moses said unto God, who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Oftentimes, we belittle ourselves and refuse to believe in God's higher purpose for us, that his plans for us are so great. As such, we expect little, and are afraid to step out to be the true people we are supposed to be, like how Moses initially had qualms about leading Israel out of Egypt.
We also frequently lose sight of our focus in life and forget what we're doing, leading to many senseless and thoughtless actions carried out by us. We can be lead to follow the world, and contribute to the sins in the world through such actions. This happened especially clearly when the humans were jeering at Jesus as he hung dying on the cross. Jesus said, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34) The people had chosen to release a murderer instead of Jesus, who was innocent of all crimes, and condemn him to death on the cross, one of the worst types of deaths there was during those times. Clearly, they were sorely misguided in their thoughts and activities.
Worse still are the people who know clearly what they do, and choose to act against others to satisfy their own selfish desires and purposes. These people included the pharisees and teachers of the law, people who were supposed to have a close relationship with God, but instead were using their high offices and extensive influences to build and store up their own power.
But God says he created us in his image (Genesis 1:27), and that we are the Children of God (Galatians 3:26), all unique, and that he, the almighty God, would go all the way out to search for his lost children and, when they are found, bring them back into the family with joy. (Luke 15:3-7)
So, since this is who we are in Christ Jesus, we should have faith, rely on God's strength instead of our own, and go about our lives with confidence, because by ourselves, we are insufficient, but with God, all things are possible.
We should go about our lives with purpose, and to glorify God, so that we know what it is that we do in our daily actions and can keep ourselves in check.
We should be true to ourselves, and what we do, because even if others do not the things that we do, our father in heaven sees them, and he looks at our heart, and the intentions behind those actions.
So, as a child of God, what is our aim?
We need to find our way home, to be with the father whom we have strayed from since the fall of man.
How do we do this? Along the path, we'll meet with many difficulties, but we have to see past the lies of Satan, which condemns us to be conformers of the world, and ties us down.
We have to rise up and tell Satan No, I belong to God, and by His Blood I am set free, I am no longer held by the sins of this world. I cannot do it alone, but my God can. He is the creator of the world, the ruler of the heavens and I am his child, and because of him I am more than a conqueror. His grace is sufficient for me, And though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, because God is with me, his rod and his staff, they comfort me.
What must we watch out for?
Before the fall
Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
After the fall
Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sew fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.
Why were they suddenly ashamed of God's work? His finest creation (themselves)?
-They were scared of facing God, till the point that even the impression of God, his works, frightened them.
- Sin had entered the world, and with it, lust.
The nature of children is such that they are easily tricked and gullible, because they are so innocent to the ways of the world.
And, because our character was not built up, because we did not know and have an experience of such things, we fell into the lies of Satan, and into sin.
Genesis 3:6 And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
Children all go gaga over bright pretty objects don't they? =)
Genesis 3:7-24 shows how Adam and Eve could only see sin, and were unable to see God, because he was too far away. In this dialogue with God, Adam and Eve are recorded to hear God speak, calling out to them while they were in hiding, but they did not see him.
- We have become so enticed by the world and it's sins that they are all we can see.
- We have moved far from God and hid from him.
- We are so distanced from the father that we can only hear him but not see him.
The first sin came about because we thought the other side was better, as naive children, we thought the grass was greener on the other side, failing to take into account the blessings we already had (The garden of Eden). And though they may be wonderful, we still chose to try to get to the other side, and fell into temptation.
So, while we are here on Earth, God builds up our character through trails and tribulations, so that we, his children, might learn and understand, and not fall into sin again.
He does it so that we might understand the world and sin and want no part in it, so that we would be able to pick ourselves up when we fall, so that we would see God's nature as a loving father and learn to rely on him, and tear our sights from the bright pretty objects, and set them instead on Him, so that we can listen to his voice, come out of hiding, and follow him back to heaven, our father's house, our home.
J! =)
Hope you guys got something out of it.
what we could have been, 6:44 AM.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
consider Him who endured such opposition from sinful men,so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. He sacrifices all for our sake.
God discipline His sons..He discipline us thr trials..
:D
what we could have been, 4:40 AM.
Hey guys :D
Joel says we've got to be more involved with the cell (and blog)
So..
I've decided that from next week, I'm going to remove the verse of the day (updated automatically) and change it to the verse of the week, where each of us are going to take turns to choose the verse of the week :D
We could write out verse as a POST, and explain why we chose it :)
[instead of changing the verse on the side, so as to prevent the blog skin from messing up and so that it would be more convenient for everyone]
Hope everyone could cooperate :) thx
Have a nice week ahead. God bless!
-Marcus Q.
Joel says we've got to be more involved with the cell (and blog)
So..
I've decided that from next week, I'm going to remove the verse of the day (updated automatically) and change it to the verse of the week, where each of us are going to take turns to choose the verse of the week :D
We could write out verse as a POST, and explain why we chose it :)
[instead of changing the verse on the side, so as to prevent the blog skin from messing up and so that it would be more convenient for everyone]
Hope everyone could cooperate :) thx
Have a nice week ahead. God bless!
-Marcus Q.
what we could have been, 2:29 AM.
