Psalm 71 {ReMember GOd}

The psalm speaks of the wonderful and countless blessings the psamlist have received over his life from baby to wrinkly old man =) It just goes to show our lives are a living testimony of what GOd has done for us =)

Verse 5 to 8

...For you have been my hope, O soverign LORD my confidence since my youth.

From birth I have relied on you;

you brought me forth from my mother's womb.

I will ever praise you.

I have become a PORTENT to many,

but you are my strong refuge

my mouth is filled with your praise,

declaring your splendour all day long......

yes yes we are all still young and handsome and may not have experience the amount of blessings and deliverances the psalmist have gotten.....but there is no doubt that remembering God's lifetime of blessings will help us see the consistancy through out the years,

Day by day we r growing wrinklier and we need to trust him for our future <= P.C.A!!!! ahaha whoops easier said than done BUT THEN..... U seee arrrr God is like the wind =) no really must listen to this hahah this is how I get by each day knowing theres a living GOd =) ok let me continue =) Can you see the wind ?? cannot right..... but can you feel the wind ?? can right =) sooo by feeling the wind, you are actually seeing the effects of the wind =) for example.... you cant see the wind blowing, but you can see the leaves of the trees fluttering =) which means that theres a GOD!!!!! THERE's A 神 !!!! A very big 神!!!! Though God may not appear in white robes holding a mac book air walking around physically, the blessings and trials we face in life are just like the fluttering of the leaves. It tells us God is in Control =)

WHICH IS WHY WE MUST TRUST HIM FOR OUR FUTURE!!!!

Verse 18

...Even when I am old and gray,

do not forsake me, O God

till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come.....

Even as grow wrinkly next time, we still need to grasp onto all the blessings and never despair but keep on expecting God's help in every circumstances. The hope in us helps us to keep going =) to keep rejoicing and serving him

Honestly speaking I dont mind getting pawned by a 12 year old at a DOTA seesion of TPE when I am 120 years old =) Because a Person is never too Old to serve God =)

New perfect Day by Fransy

EeJay-Alvin's 12 Retreat

Date: 14th - 16th March 2008
(FRIDAY night till Sunday morning)
Venue: Changi Rise Condominium, Blk 18, Unit 01-47

Check-in on: 14th March, 7:00pm. Please packed dinner along.
Check-out on: 16th March, 11:30am.

Programme outline:

1. RESTing in the Lord through sharing sessions by EeJay & Alvin
2. RESTing in the Lord through fellowship with brothers and maybe sisters (Julee cell will come in on Saturday afternoon)
3. RESTing through chill-out sessions organised by Jasper and Frans on Saturday
4. RESTing through fitness & exercise session with Leonard Koh through R.E.S.T (so please feel free to bring along your tennis rackets, swimming trunks and gym wears)

Let's all be excited and look forward to this restful retreat! (but not backsliding ah!)

Note:

1. Can someone bring a digi-cam? Realised we seldom take pictures as a cell!
2. May not have enough bed space, so do bring sleeping bags.
3. Of course, bring along writing materials, Bible.
4. No PSP or electronic games allowed!

EJAO Tribe News

Friday's Training for the Tribe at Bukit Merah block 162 was canceled this week. The reasons being that The manager and assistant Manager Chong Ee Jay and Alvin Ong will be down for their management retreat. This means that the Team will be missing them for the next 3 days.

The team will also be missing their charismatic attacking dynamo Jasper Chia for the Weekend as he will be sending the team's under 16 star Oswin pang for a special training session over at the salvation army. The loss of Chia would mean that the younger guns would have to take the lead in their Satuarday Clash at Planet Crush with some cyber gaming friends. The Experience of the Cell's Captain Frans Li would also be vital if they are to be able to control the crowd well on Sat.

Dispite the loss of certain players, the Team spirit over of Cell is still at a all time high, as Skipper Frans Li have rallied the rest of the squad for a dinner/ prayer/ bonding time. The aim is to fellowship and to pray that the special training session for Pang will be a good and fruitful one.

"Pre-encounter very spiritual one, so the more holy Joes there are, the less havoc demons can wreck." said the Skipper in a text message that he sent to the others.

-EJAO Tribe News

Convenience Vs. Commitment

This is a life principle that I hold on to dearly and I thought in this Year Of Sabbath as we look into growing deeper in love with the Lord, this is one thing which I would want to share and encourage us to grow in too. :)

Examples of Convenience:

1. "Wah.. I stay in the west, and church is at east. So far away. Don't think I want to come to church already."
2. "Can you shift cell to Saturday morning instead? Because this Saturday afternoon I have a friend birthday party to attend to."
3. "Exams are coming. Think I will not be going church for a while. I promise I will come back after exams."
4. "I really treat you as a brother and want to help you. But it is a bit too early for me. Sorry can't help you this time."

Check our hearts honestly, are we 'guilty' at times of saying/thinking of such things?

This post is not in anyway to be judgemental and condemning. But Ahpa do want us to think along with me.....

Did Jesus die for us on the Cross out of convenience or COMMITMENT?

But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. - Phillipians 3:7-9

Can you imagine what would happen if the Christian faith is only purely out of convenience? Probably we won't be having church weekly and only as and when we feel like it. Probably as you journey through tough times, you won't have anyone to turn to because we are all rather busy and won't want to go the extra mile. Probably you won't even be where you are today!

Reflection:

Are you still struggling with God in this area? Still giving "seemingly valid" excuses which are out of the heart which wants our own convenience? In light of knowing about God's commitment to us, would we respond in commitment to Him too?

Commitment doesn't just mean must do more acitivies in church or cell, but really coming back to loving Jesus and spending time with Him. Time with God takes commitment too!

We all need heart transformation first before we can become transformation agencies in our families and marketplace.

Thanks Family!!

Hi everyone.. just wanna update you all regarding about Kingsley.. He has decided to come back to church already!! woohoo!! Praise God and also thanks for all your prayers and concern..

After sunday service, went over to his place to had a talk with him.. kingsley was very honest and straight forward with me.. despite all the problems we had all the past 1 year, a repeating cycle of not coming to church, why so many rules here and there and even giving all kinds of patterns staying uncontactable.. BUT!! i praise God for i had seen many changes in him. he's being open share, honest with his feelings with me and will take my words deep into his thoughts.. i really thank God for all the humps we hit during this father and son journey and i am excited for those that are to come for discipleship to impart Godly values into him..

Brothers, one of my concerns for the younger ones (kingsley, marcus and victor) is that i want to keep them within the community, let them know that this is the place where people does care and love them.. most importantly, spiritual family is a place for them to seek help and find shelter. one feedback from vic on sunday was that he felt that no one seems to care to talk to him when i am not around.. don't get me wrong.. i am not saying that you all don't care or love about the younger ones.. i saying this becoz we need to understand that the little ones can easily feel rejected, not love or even not being care of.. Afterall, we are the ones who are going to lead and guide the younger generations to mature in Christ. if we're not careful, we may just lose them in trust and miss one life where God has entrusted to us..

Mark 10:14
....."Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these...."

Let's continue to surround our lives in the G12 vision.. imparting life after life.. one after another.. i believe that we can bear fruits that LAST for God in this family.. brothers, i need your help.. let's show the younger ones and those that will come what God's family is all about.. Let's have the God's kingdom mentality in us! enlarge His mighty terrority!

Thanks bro for keeping kingsley in prayer! Love ya! God bless..

Alvin bro.. ;)

Blast From the PAST!!!!!

Wannna Know how Ah Pa looked before getting arrested by the Fashion Police???

Ta DAH!!!!

After Rehab =D sooo shuaiiii

Wanna know how your Spiritual cousins and braatherss looked when they were sweet sixteen?

The "No... I didnt do my quiet time what you gonna do about it" look

Aunty Killer Look

Having a bad day ??? let Henziii brighten up your day = D * I am Frosty the whisperer*

GENESIS!!!!! NG NG NG ANNNN GHEEEEE I cant believe his my braatherr

Hello Mr plant... Jasper wants to be your best friend.....heres a drink for you....

John 3:16 New Alvin Version(NAV) "For God so sent his son.... "

GDOP 06
Ee Jay Walkers
Even I a "Kim Moh" Can be a G12 Leader!!! So Can YOU!!!!

Fighting from Victory

You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation—but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. - Romans 8:9-15

In the year of Sabbath, it does not mean that we need not battle against sin anymore. It also doesn't mean that we will not have to struggle or contend against the challenging enticing values of this world. Neither does it mean that we can sit back, relax and expect God to fight every single battle for us. In fact, it does not mean that we put whatever we have learnt from Year of Victory aside and just "nuah" through the whole of this year.

However, just the opposite may be true! Some of us may find this year more challenging and tougher to go through. Seemingly, more challenges may arise in our families, schools or in our walk with God. That's when we must stand up and fight! Sabbath doesn't not mean we don't need to fight!

But from what position are we fighting from? Does a soldier fight a battle lying in his bed and wielding his sword? Or holding a beer bottle in his hand, getting drunk and trying to defeat the enemy? NO! Those positions of defeat. As Christians, we ALWAYS fight from the position of VICTORY!

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. - Romans 6:8-13

Jesus died for us so that we may have life and victory in our walk on earth. Jesus did not die in vain, so why in the world are we walking around daily feeling so defeated, moaning and groaning that we struggle against sin and strongholds?

Sons, let's "drill" it into our minds that we have the victory in God! Yes, we will still struggle with temptation and the devil will throw all sorts of nonsense at us. But we are victors in Christ! We do not need to give in to sin or have to "beg" the devil to go away.

So the next time you face a particular challenge, struggle or uphill task... don't let the moan-groan game come in. Start by praying and declaring your positional truth in Christ! Declare that you will choose to stand firm in Christ and God has given you the victory over that particular struggle!

Now that's what I call - "Aggressive Assertation of HIS Control"