Hey Central Two!
READ THE POST BELOW BY JAYNA, THE ONE WITH THE SUPER BIG WORDS - IT'S IMPORTANT!

Thank you for praying for my exams :D Tell you guys cool stuff k.
Econs paper - I walked out the exam hall emotionless, which is good, because I have no idea how well/badly I'll do so at least I'm not sad or whatever, but I think I'll do okay! Alot of questions I read already I'm like, what on earth is this we got learn meh?! And just smoked my way through.
GP - Teacher give us string to tie our fullscap, everyone use the string I don't need use. I only use one piece of paper -.- But I thought it was quite okay. And I'm proud of my compre part even though I left out a whole section cos no time. So I think I'll do okay!
Math - Killer, but I'm..... quite confident I can pass.

Considering I had 3/4 less time than my classmates to study, and it seems like I won't do much worse than them, I'm really grateful. Maybe my results will turn out like nonsense lah and maybe I'll really do much worse than my classmates, aiya anything la but I still feel it's God's grace! :D And I only felt much better when I resumed my quiet time already. And although doing QT = sleep later, but somehow during my paper I can focus :D AWESOME. God is cool! Hahaha. K jiayou for your week people, I really miss all of you! It's Thursday already :D :D :D Looking forward to a weekend with all of you!

Loving C2! - Joanc.

Dear Central Two,

Hey Joan Ng here :)
How was your first day of school? (for those who went!)
I hope you guys are enjoying, hehe cause I am enjoying my MCs.

ANYWAY,
just felt like posting here. I am still very proud of C2 :)
I think some of us used to miss the past c2 a lot, like all the older batch. When Jayna, Joanne, Persis and I are younger, not like now whereby we're considered the older one in cell. and we have to take care of all the younger sec 1 and 2s.

We used to be the youngest, all the older brothers and sisters would do things for us, coordinate cell, plan cell, plan games, worship, help us with all the heavy stuff. Now? Now, it's us that are planning the cell, cell camp, games, and all..

yeah, sometimes we DO miss all this little good old times.
and actually we do really talk about it really often (before camp) and how we used to really love c2.
Jayna and I had always wanted to change our current cell, turn it into something we really love like how we used to love c2 before. & we were really determined to change it during the camp. We want all our cell mates to love one another deeply and really share true friendship after the camp.

Somehow, now, I know we did it, no, God did it :)
Now, I can see that our cell is really bonded. Everyone is loving and caring for each other.
& that I can really see true friendship building up. I am really so glad and happy for that :)

I really hope that this would continue and we would love one another :)

and know what, all this H1N1 thing is a blessing to us, at least a blessing in disguise.
We were all trapped at home / hospital, we couldn't do anything more than doing homework / surfing the net / watching tv, then? Read bible, talk to God and also, as a cell have some small talks and pray.

For me, I was trapped in my hospital room, alone with a tv, and a phone.
What can I do other than chatting and watching tv or rather sleeping?

I was really determined to grow deeper in christ throughout my days there. and I did :)
Also, I was even more attached to C2, really love them to bits.

The devil think he can stop us from loving God? Waver our faith? Tear the brothers and sisters in christ apart? Ha ha ha, no way. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, yes indeed it made us stronger, stronger faith, stronger relationship for our c2 members.

Like what Isaac always ask, -What's a cell for?

THERE'S AN IMPORTANT POST BELOW THAT SAYS "This is an important post" SO READ THE IMPORTANT POST!!

HEY CENTRAL TWO :D

I'm SUPPOSED to be studying now.......................................................
BUT THAT CAN WAIT.

I have study break tomorrow! YAY.
But it means I'll have to study a whole day ):
And I already don't have enough time to study......... So I should get to my books now...........
I should.............
I'M FEELING GUILTY.
OKAY I'LL MAKE THIS QUICK. Chop chop!

Okay Central Two, as I'll be having exams this week and next, Jayna and Benton will be coordinating a few things this week, stay tuned to cell blog for updates!
I just want to ask for cooperation, like replying their msgs or calling them back when you receive a missed call from them, etc. Don't wait for them to chase you for a reply, do help them out because it can be quite messy! And they're busy with their own stuff to do too, so yes (:

Also, some prayer requests!
1. Pray for Jayna and Benton as they plan for Cyber Cell this week!
2. Pray for yourself and for Cyber Cell! Don't wait till Saturday to invite God to Cyber Cell, start now!
(Now here are some personal ones please bear with me!)
3. My exams! I said before but I wna post here again cos I desperately need a miracle to pass any paper at all (not kidding). THANK YOU!!!
4. My grandfather. He's quite old and not feeling too well already but he's not yet a Christian. My family is trying to evangelise but please pray for him. Over at that side of the family, it's complicated.
5. My mum. She has been living with a lot of discomfort for months because of her tooth problem, and that day she was saying even eating has become something she can't enjoy ): And that's not nice ): So please please please please pray for healing for my mum.

CENTAL TWO, feel free to post your prayer requests here okay. (:
The rest of the cell WILL pray alongside you!

Oh yes, and the other day when I was talking to my anti-Christ friend he mentioned something (I can't remember what he said) that made me think.

A lot of us Christians don't know where to draw the line between faith and being practical. Like, having "ridiculous faith".

Like, for example, saying "I trust God with my exam results", yet, we don't study as hard as we can. Or, "I trust God with _____(friend's name)'s salvation", and yet we don't make the best effort to reach out.

I used to think, as long as I try to study, it's alright to say I trust God with my results. As long as I try to evangelise, it is okay to say I trust God with my friend's salvation.
But I was thinking, then I realise that if we don't try our best, how are we fit to ask God to do the rest? We have to try our best in whatever situation, and only when we know we have tried our best, then can we say we trust God to do the rest.

So, I decided that I must put in my best effort to study, and try my very best to arrange my OAC end-year expedition such that I can go for ML camp (: Then I'm trusting God to make a way. Man, ML camp is something I've been looking forward to since last year.
CENTRAL TWO, YOU CANNOT MISS ML CAMP FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD! (:

K have to study now take care Central Two I miss you love you yay you!
Thank God for all of you. :D
HAVE FUN @ SCHOOL/HOME!

P.S. Eat your Tamiflu ah!

Love, Joanc.

Hey, this song was played for Singapore Youth Service Global Day of Prayer 2009 Final Segment. I have heard it over twenty times but just cant get tired of it. Global Day of Prayer 2009 has changed my LIFE HARDCORE!!!!<---------- (Serious)all of you guys and girls out there who have not went for global day of prayer before, i seriously encourage you to attend it for it may change your life too ! :)

It doesn't matter what song is being sang or who are the musicians, it matters about God,he deserves worship, he is worthy of all praise~! During this GDOP, i mean whatever i said to God from the bottom of my heart!

Ernest :)

Okay, now some things I have to say.

1. In the post about instructions for cyber cell, we told all of you coming for it to prepare a short paragraph that you want to share with the cell.
Due to last minute changes last night, we didn't have time to let yal share it on Saturday. We apologize for that!
BUT, we don't want to waste your efforts because we know some of you took alot of time to prepare it, so please share here in a post! Don't be shy okay.
Get the username and pass from any of our cell members (:

2. Please read the note from SP I will put at the end of the post, to get a better understanding of the H1N1 situation in Riverlife.

3. I want all of you to be mentally prepared for what is to come. What I mean is, when you return to school in a day's time, be prepared to tackle people's lack of understanding towards the situation about our church (H1N1).
Which is why you have to read the note from SP to get a clearer understanding, to explain to your friends if the need arises.
People may fear and hold apprehension. People may critisize our church, or say unpleasant things in your face.
Know how to carry yourself. Wherever you go, you represent God. Remember that. WWJD - What would Jesus do? Think before you respond.

Be patient with your friends.
Do not become defensive/retaliate.
Forgive them if they offend you.
Be firm, be gracious, be gentle. Do NOT be intimidated, there's nothing to be afraid of.
Let your testimony and action and speech do evangelism.

If there's anything, you can always contact any one of the leaders. (:

4. If we don't need a service to come together to hear a sermon and have cell (cyber cell), then we don't need cyber cell to worship Him and spend time with Him.
What I'm saying is, in the days to come, grab every opportunity to spend time with God. Let's not neglect Him and let's not be satisfied with substitutes yes?
Let's all resolve to do QT daily alright? I'm with you guys in it too. (:
God will take the highest place, and will receive the highest praise from us.

Alright everyone, take care! (: Let's keep in touch via cell blog yeah! We will get busy with school again, but let's not forget each other and of course, God!


PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING MSG FROM SP:

RiverLife Church
Note from the Senior Pastor
25 June 2009

Dear sisters and brothers in RiverLife,

As you are probably aware by now, RiverLife Church has been identified as a community cluster of local H1N1 infections. Since 19 June, ten H1N1 cases have been linked to our church (please refer to attachment). We have contacted all adults and youths who came into close contact with them, as well as their household members, to quarantine themselves at home. Thankfully, all ten of them are recovering well and no new cases have been reported since. I wish to thank the pastoral staff, cell leaders and members for extending their care and support to those hospitalised or under home quarantine.

As a precautionary measure, the church leadership decided to cancel our youth service on Saturday, 20 June, and our children's services and classes on Sunday, 21 June. This is partly because children and youths are more vulnerable to the H1N1 virus. My sincerest apologies to those who did not receive the notice and came to church with their children. I thank you for your kind understanding and cooperation with our staff and volunteers. To keep yourself posted, please check out our website at www.riverlife.org.sg for updates and announcements.

Last night, the Elders’ Board met and a decision was made to suspend all church-based meetings and programmes until and including Saturday, 4 July. These activities will resume on Sunday, 5 July.

There are a few reasons behind the implementation of these measures. Firstly, as one of the first two “community transmission clusters,” our risk level should be deemed even higher. We are concerned for the health and safety of our people and those whom we come in contact with. Secondly, this matter has received extensive media coverage on TV and in the newspapers over the past few days. It is important that we assure the public that we are doing all we can to contain this local spread.

Although we have not had any new infections since 22 June, this time frame from now until 4 July may still be a high risk period. Furthermore, we are expecting the return of many Singaporeans from overseas holidays during this time. The Elders’ Board has decided that it will be wise and socially responsible to suspend all our church-based meetings and programmes until 4 July.

In addition, I appeal to all RiverLifers not to visit other churches over the next two weekends. We wish to be considerate about the health and peace of mind of the other churches in our city. To ensure that you receive spiritual input during this time, we will post pre-recorded English and bilingual services on our website, which will be available for download from 7pm on Saturday, 27 June. You can conduct a family service or have a personal time of worship in your home. I have a message that I believe God wants me to share with you, so be sure to tune in.

This has been an unusual and challenging week for our church, to say the least. I want to salute the staff and volunteers for their herculean efforts in coping with all the last minute changes. They have served with excellence and great attitude. I also wish to thank RiverLifers for your understanding, cooperation and prayers. I am sorry we have not been able to update you sooner and faster due to our overstretched resources.

Why is this happening to us and how are we to respond to it? I will share more in the pre-recorded service, but suffice to say that whenever God wants to move powerfully in and through someone or a church, He will first allow us to be shaken, and then awaken us to pray and seek Him. I have not seen such a commitment to prayer in our church for a long time. We are even more convinced than before that God is sending an outpouring of His Holy Spirit upon us.

The devil is obviously not pleased, and will do all that he can to distract and discourage us when we are rising up as an army to impact our society and bless the nations. Yes, we must do what is socially responsible but we must not be thrown off by distractions or doubt. Let us stand firm and stay focused on what God wants to do. Let us seek purity, pray like never before and be united in our passion for God.

Let me end with the words in 1 Peter 5:8-9, “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”

Amen.

Yours in Christ,
Rev Vincent Lun



LOVE YOU C2 - Joanc.

Hey Central Two, this is Ernest again, haha. Well i just like to share with you guys and girls what came up to my mind the day after cyber cell.
Sunday morning ( 28 June 2009 ) i felt lost in the wilderness and far from God, i was yearning for his word but nothing came to me.In the afternoon i saw the sermon and worship for that day, i started to realise that it is not how i feel, but how God feels. When we worship him, it is not because i want to feel great, but it is because we want to make God feel great. God has plans for us, and in between it may be the good times or bad times, God will be there throughout your journey. God is the initiator and we are the responders, God provides but we must respond. God died on the cross for all our sins, if that act was not done, the world may be in chaos and no one would be forgiven. So, Central Two i just want to tell you, be patient with God, sometimes you may feel far from him, but he is always there, ready to talk to you, it only depends if you are ready to recieve and surrender.

Amen

Hey guys please look at Joanchew's post below mine, it's far more important than mine!

Hey Central Two, Ernest here. I believe that Cell camp and the incident of H1N1 has really changed my life. The sharing for cyber cell was my outward expression of what was in me all this while and i am not ashamed of whatever i said.This is what i wrote before the cyber cell :)

Before this cell camp, I thought that this camp would be like any other school camp. Everything would be games and fun. I did not have an expectant heart then. When camp started, I was still in the same mood until it came to service. When I worshipped God, absolutely nothing distracted me, I felt deeply in love with God. I enjoyed the camp especially the part when the camp committee still tried to do their best to keep the camp moving on regardless of the situation. From now on, I want to seek more connection with God. I want to surrender everything to God, I will give my worship to the fullest. I will do my best to enter into his presence with an expectant heart. For my Daily Life, I would pray regularly, I already started out by saying grace for every meal. I really love the feeling of being connected with God always.

When I got home from cell camp, I deleted all my internet friends, feeling less stressed up and realised what is more important in life.

Thank You,

Ernest

I want to focus more on my quiet time as i am only doing short prayers, i really want to connect with God. Fill my bowl with his presence, In the desert with God rather than in a place of milk and honey without God.! I AM FREE! FREEEEDOM! (Cyber Cell)

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GOD REIGNS. Forever. (:

I don't know how else to emphasize that God reigns (:


Sometimes when you feel lousy, the best songs to listen to may not be songs about his faithfulness or how He loves you etc, but songs that exalt Him. (:

And sometimes, just because things don't seem to get better doesn't mean things aren't for the better. (:
Joanc.

UPDATES ON CYBER CELL!

Hey Central Two!

Jayna here, please read all the instructions below carefully because they're really important alright! :)

There have been a slight change of plans for tomorrow's cyber cell/activities.
Cyber cell will still commence as usual at 4.30 to 6, but from 6 to 7, we will be having dinner (1 hour for dinner is way more than enough kay!) And at 7 pm, we will be having.......SERVICE! Yup service, no joke :) This will be done through the recording that will be uploaded on to the church website, we will give you further instructions on this during cyber cell :)

As like a normal service, service is COMPULSORY.
Well, you guys know what I mean, right? :) Let's "attend" service like how we'd usually do :) And trust me, it's really going to be awesome. You don't need to be in the worship centre to have a service, yeah? :) And anyway those who can't make it for the service tomorrow night, we have ANOTHER session on SUNDAY, at 9 am! It'll be exactly the same thing, just that it's on Sunday morning :)

Okay? So here's the plan:
Those who are coming for cyber cell should have already SMSed me by now!
Those who are going for service on SATURDAY NIGHT tell JAYNA
Those who are going for service on SUNDAY MORNING tell JOAN CHEW

Alright? :) I'd ask you all to treat this service with as much respect as we'd usually do in a normal service :) and also, same rules apply, please respect that time-no distractions! And also listen up for instructions from joan chew and myself :) It's gonna be a saturday like no other, really :)

Please get your thumbs working and SMS quick! Also tell one of us if you guys can't make it to cyber cell/service or BOTH. (: Those who have sms-ed us you're coming for cyber cell, please tell us which service you guys are attending.
Thanks!

This is the schedule for tomorrow:

4:30 to 6-Cyber Cell
6 to 7-Dinner
7 to 9-Service
9 to 9:30-Short Sharing

Sunday it's the same except there's no cyber cell and it starts at 9 am! :)
I know it's kinda long, but the time that you invest in growing in God never goes to waste amen?

With love, Jayna

HEY COOL VIDEO!!!! Not related to christianity but, COOL. GO WATCH

Joanc

CYBER CELL
Who? Everyone from Central 2 is invited!
When? 27th June, Saturday, 4.15 to 6.30! (Usual megalife time!)
What? A "gathering" of all the Central 2 people, insisting that God must still be praised-regardless of whether service is on or not :)
Why? Already said, hehehe.
Where? (this is the cool part) In the comfort of your own home!

Hello one and all, Jayna here, and I bring you the updates for Central 2's very first CYBER CELL. I don't know how many of you felt when you heard of this whole "cyber" cell thingy but I felt victory. I felt so...victorious over all the circumstances that we've been made to face as a cell. See, the devil may try to steal our camp away from us and struck some members of our cell with h1n1, but we grew from it, stronger and closer. The devil may take the next 2 weeks' of service and cell away from us, but we continued with CYBER cell and the funny thing is....the devil still loses, hahaha! okay anyway.

As you all know there isn't any service till the 5th of July, please do NOT come to church till then, alright? :) Okay here goes the details for cyber cell :)

Because it will be slightly more than 50% based on MSN alone, those who do not have MSN, please contact either me or joan chew and we'll tell you what the plan is :) And also cos this will be based on MSN conference which is usually very messy, we gotta have a very strict set of rules so that things will work out, hope you all will understand :)

RULES (don't say any of them are lame ah they're neccesary :D)

1. All of your MSN nicks must have your proper name in front, example:
   C2: Head first, fearless ->this will not do!
   FORMAT: C2, (NAME) Alright? :)
   
2. During cyber cell (4.15-6.30 pm) you should NOT be using any other internet facilities, example:
   Facebook, Youtube, Other MSN conversations, etc.
   We're implementing this rule cos we don't want you all to be distracted. Just like how in service you guys don't want to be distracted, we don't want that during cyber cell. The leaders can't possibly be there to check up on all of you, so we're trusting you guys okay? :)
3. STRICTLY no NUDGING, WINKING or SPAMMING (you guys know what I mean). Treat this time with respect, like as if in normal service and cell.
4. Listen and follow closely to the instructions of the operators, Joan Chew and Myself.
   
5. As much as possible, do NOT use shortcuts (or whatever you call it), especially those that people don't usually understand. Seriously, like......I don't even know how to give examples but yeah. Also, during our MSN conversation, STRICTLY no one word entering. This means you don't type things like:
   Jayna says:
   Hi
   Jayna says:
   this
   Jayna says:
   is
   Jayna says:
   Jayna
   
   STRICTLY NO. You guys know what I mean. If you guys have something to say, say it in one whole enter. Like, type finish EVERYTHING then enter. Alright?
6. You should set aside those 2 hr and 15 min strictly for cyber cell and not for anything else (eg: try your best not to use handphones). And that means there's no such thing as suddenly "gtg" in the middle of nowhere and disappear. This is like how in service when you're sitting for the sermon you do not suddenly stand up and shout "GTG" and you run out of the worship centre, NO. If you REALLY have to leave half way, tell one of the operators before you do, and then leave after that. :)
   
7. Have fun! :)

In preperation of CYBER CELL, there's a to do list here for all the people that'll be "attending" :)

1. Prepare a sharing about what impacted you from the begining of camp till now and how you wanna lead your spiritual life and daily life from now on. If you didn't go for camp, share about what's been going on for you recently. :) I know this was the project I had for you guys on this blog, but let's still share-repeat if need be but I'm sure since then there were more things we've learnt. :) Try your best not to have it as a one liner or something. Substantial sharing :) Anyway prepare it as in, type it out into a microsoft word form and have it ready by the time cyber cell starts.
2. After reading this post, please tell me if you'll be around for Cyber Cell and if you have MSN or not. :) If we don't recieve a reply from all of you by tomorrow 5 pm, we'll call you just to check (:
3. Before cyber cell, prepare your hearts to recieve from God! Treat this like a normal service and cell session, with respect. This is not something we're doing out of fun, alright? :) As children of God we must know when it's time to joke and when it's not, and cyber cell isn't just a joke, alright? :) And also if you haven't prepared your hearts before for service, start now (: Pray before cyber cell and ask God to show you something new.
   

Alright folks, that'll be all for now :) Stay tuned for more updates tomorrow :)
Love you all.
, Jayna.

PS: Those coming for cyber cell, please be online by 4.15 pm (:
SCROLL DOWN TO READ JOANC'S POST AS WELL!

Hey Central 2!

THINGS YOU NEED FOR CYBER CELL:
1. Be somewhere as private as possible (but not your toilet please), like your room perhaps.

2. Your computer & internet connection..... Obviously. Hahaha.

3. Your home phone to be free, especially for the second part of cell.

And please come at 415, it's not a 'let's just meet before service' thing but it's actually kinda like an ice breaker segment. (:


Just a foreword before our cyber cell.
Do treat this Sat’s cyber cell like any other svc/cell, it’s no different except for the physical environment and a few other factors!
During the ‘sermon’, do what you would do during any other sermon! E.g. take notes, etc.
When a bible verse is to be read, shout 'YO!' :D
During the sharing or anything, feel free to voice your opinion and talk, so long as you wait for the person that’s talking at the moment to finish talking first! Remember sharing sessions is not only like e.g. Joanne share, share finish okay done next person, Joan ng share, finish okay next person.
IT’S NOT LIKE THAT.
Sharing means there’s 2-way communication. We can feedback and discuss stuff! BUT always wait for the person sharing to finish sharing first (:

God can move all the same, we can receive from God all the same. (: As long as our hearts and our attitudes are positive and receptive, it’s all good!
Let’s come for cyber cell with a heart of expectation, and with anticipation (: I also would like to ask all of you to prepare yourself before the cyber cell like how you would for any other svc/cell/camp. If you have never ever prepared yourself before any svc/cell/camp, make this Saturday your first! (:
It’s always good to prepare your heart and get into the right frame of mind so that it’s easier to catch onto what the speaker has to say.(whoever the speaker may be in this case (: SURPRISE!)
You can prepare yourself with, simply, a prayer. (: Or just spend some time with God before that, etc etc. Anything! (:

Of course, one very important thing to note. We know the church is the house of God, and our bodies are temples of God. So when we go to church, the way we dress and carry ourselves has to respect God. That’s why ushers tell people who wear caps to svc to take off their caps (in case you didn’t know!), it’s not very nice to God.
And we all believe that God will be here this Sat right! So, do respect God as you come online for cyber cell (:
How to do it?
Firstly, it’s no good to keep God waiting. Hence, be early/on time! (:
Second, come with a good attitude toward God (: (as elaborated above)
And thirdly, this is optional, but you can dress nicely if you want. HAHA. It’ll be cute. No one can see you but well God can! Okay lah let’s at least, dress decently okay. :D

Alright. The leaders, after much thought and time and effort, have come up with the set of ‘rules’ (or rather, guidelines) Jayna posted.
We definitely do not want to be killjoy’s, nor legalistic, but we hope you understand the ‘rules’ are there to ensure organisation (:

Because we firmly believe that all of you have something valuable and constructive to say (even if it’s a lame joke – the value it adds is that it makes everyone laugh!), and we want to ensure that you are able to voice out your opinion properly (: So please do adhere to the ‘rules’!

But if after reading the ‘rules’ you feel that some are uncalled for/unreasonable, do tell Jayna/Benton/myself! And we’ll want to hear from you. We might edit the ‘rule’ if necessary (:

Okay.
The cyber cell isn’t meant to be something boring, strict, a no-joke kind of thing.
YOU GUYS ARE FREE TO JOKE AROUND.

Definitely. (: We don’t want it to be something so dead! That would be absolutely sad and wasted.
Joke around if you want, say something no-link but suddenly came to mind if you want, anything!! Freedom of speech! (:
Just so long as you know your limits and don’t direct the convo off track. (:

Oh and one thing some of you are asking me: You have nothing good to share about, so how?

Please understand that there's no such thing as 'good sharing'. Neither God, nor the leaders, nor C2 will judge the quality of your sharing (: ANYTHING that comes from your heart, is good sharing. Please do not feel pressurized to share chim stuff, good stuff, etc. No such thing (: In a cell, with C2, BE YOURSELF! (: Just say whatever's weighing on your heart. If you really have nothing to say regarding cell camp/cell/this whole h1n1 episode, then it's alright, you can always share about anything else. Also, if you really feel you want to share more than what we mentioned, feel free to do so! We exist as a cell to hear from one another and to support each other, kay! (:

Alright that’s all I have to say! Any queries, please ask Jayna/Benton/me.
ANTICIPATE IT :D

Lotsa love,
Joanc. :D

CYBER CELL
Who? Everyone from Central 2 is invited!
When? 27th June, Saturday, 4.15 to 6.30! (Usual megalife time!)
What? A "gathering" of all the Central 2 people, insisting that God must still be praised-regardless of whether service is on or not :)
Why? Already said, hehehe.
Where? (this is the cool part) In the comfort of your own home!

Hello one and all, Jayna here, and I bring you the updates for Central 2's very first CYBER CELL. I don't know how many of you felt when you heard of this whole "cyber" cell thingy but I felt victory. I felt so...victorious over all the circumstances that we've been made to face as a cell. See, the devil may try to steal our camp away from us and struck some members of our cell with h1n1, but we grew from it, stronger and closer. The devil may take the next 2 weeks' of service and cell away from us, but we continued with CYBER cell and the funny thing is....the devil still loses, hahaha! okay anyway.

As you all know there isn't any service till the 5th of July, please do NOT come to church till then, alright? :) Okay here goes the details for cyber cell :)

Because it will be slightly more than 50% based on MSN alone, those who do not have MSN, please contact either me or joan chew and we'll tell you what the plan is :) And also cos this will be based on MSN conference which is usually very messy, we gotta have a very strict set of rules so that things will work out, hope you all will understand :)

RULES (don't say any of them are lame ah they're neccesary :D)

1. All of your MSN nicks must have your proper name in front, example:
   C2: Head first, fearless ->this will not do!
   FORMAT: C2, (NAME) Alright? :)
   
2. During cyber cell (4.15-6.30 pm) you should NOT be using any other internet facilities, example:
   Facebook, Youtube, Other MSN conversations, etc.
   We're implementing this rule cos we don't want you all to be distracted. Just like how in service you guys don't want to be distracted, we don't want that during cyber cell. The leaders can't possibly be there to check up on all of you, so we're trusting you guys okay? :)
3. STRICTLY no NUDGING, WINKING or SPAMMING (you guys know what I mean). Treat this time with respect, like as if in normal service and cell.
4. Listen and follow closely to the instructions of the operators, Joan Chew and Myself.
   
5. As much as possible, do NOT use shortcuts (or whatever you call it), especially those that people don't usually understand. Seriously, like......I don't even know how to give examples but yeah. Also, during our MSN conversation, STRICTLY no one word entering. This means you don't type things like:
   Jayna says:
   Hi
   Jayna says:
   this
   Jayna says:
   is
   Jayna says:
   Jayna
   
   STRICTLY NO. You guys know what I mean. If you guys have something to say, say it in one whole enter. Like, type finish EVERYTHING then enter. Alright?
6. You should set aside those 2 hr and 15 min strictly for cyber cell and not for anything else (eg: try your best not to use handphones). And that means there's no such thing as suddenly "gtg" in the middle of nowhere and disappear. This is like how in service when you're sitting for the sermon you do not suddenly stand up and shout "GTG" and you run out of the worship centre, NO. If you REALLY have to leave half way, tell one of the operators before you do, and then leave after that. :)
   
7. Have fun! :)

In preperation of CYBER CELL, there's a to do list here for all the people that'll be "attending" :)

1. Prepare a sharing about what impacted you from the begining of camp till now and how you wanna lead your spiritual life and daily life from now on. If you didn't go for camp, share about what's been going on for you recently. :) I know this was the project I had for you guys on this blog, but let's still share-repeat if need be but I'm sure since then there were more things we've learnt. :) Try your best not to have it as a one liner or something. Substantial sharing :) Anyway prepare it as in, type it out into a microsoft word form and have it ready by the time cyber cell starts.
2. After reading this post, please tell me if you'll be around for Cyber Cell and if you have MSN or not. :) If we don't recieve a reply from all of you by tomorrow 5 pm, we'll call you just to check (:
3. Before cyber cell, prepare your hearts to recieve from God! Treat this like a normal service and cell session, with respect. This is not something we're doing out of fun, alright? :) As children of God we must know when it's time to joke and when it's not, and cyber cell isn't just a joke, alright? :) And also if you haven't prepared your hearts before for service, start now (: Pray before cyber cell and ask God to show you something new.
   

Alright folks, that'll be all for now :) Stay tuned for more updates tomorrow :)
Love you all.
, Jayna.

PS: Those coming for cyber cell, please be online by 4.15 pm (:

Hello Central Two!

HI HI HI HIIIIIIIIIIIII I finally got internet connection so i am very very very happy HAHAHAHA. Yup anyway this past 4 days in cgh has been tortorous. I wake up everyday, eat alot of pills then sleep tv talk (nice!) then sleep again. HAHA.

Through this whole period i realised how our cell managed to bond together :) I mean its really a blessing in disguise isn't it? The nurse just came in and was so shock that i could get internet connection. She said all the other people in other ward couldn't get connection and was really fustrated. But i was the only one who was able to connect!!! She said i was a lucky girl :)

Maybe its because god wants me to be able to read all the enouraging posts over here so he granted me internet connection for me only! Hehehe.

ANYWAY TKCARE YOU ALL PEOPLE ALRIGHT. Rem to drink lots of water!!!

- Joanne :) :) :) :) :)))))))))))))))

Arms of my Saviour - Lincoln Brewster

When I’m all alone
And the weight of the world
Is more than I can bear on my own
When all my plans have failed
And I suffered defeat
I’m down on my knees
I can’t get to my feet

Your love breaks through
And reminds me of the hope that I have in You
That I have in You

There’s no other place
That I’d rather be
Than safe in the arms
The arms of my Savior
There’s no other place
Where I can be free
So I run to the arms
The arms of my Savior

When I’m feeling overwhelmed
Like I can’t take anymore
I’ve thrown up my hands
All I see is the floor
I’ve looked to the north
The south, the west, and the east
But as far as I can see
I can’t find any peace

Your grace breaks through
And reminds me of the hope that I have in You
That I have in You

Life shouldn’t be something to dread
‘Cause I know You still know
How many hairs are in my head
And so I run to You
And so I run to You


It's a beautiful songggggggggggggg.

This is another song that always makes me happy - Everywhere I Go


I will praise with all I am
Every fiber of my soul
Every breath I’ll ever take
Is because You made it so
And I will give You all I am
Every minute every hour
And You fill me with You love
With Your strength and with Your power

Oh God above
Your love has opened up my eyes
Now all I see is You
All I see is You


Everywhere I go Your love surrounds me
Everywhere I turn Your grace reminds me
Nothing in this world can separate us now
Every step I take You’re there to guide me
Everyday I wake Your mercy finds me
Nothing in this world
Can ever take this love away

You will never let me go
Lord, Your love has won my heart
And I want the world to know
Just how wonderful You are
So I am running after You
Everyday that I have breath
Jesus, You’re the only way
And there’s no way I’m turning back

Oh God above
Your love has opened up my eyes
Now all I see is You
All I see is You
Oh with every breath I take
I know it’s true now


And I won’t look back
I won’t worry
‘Cause my days are before me


Anyway, Daphne and my mum are awaiting results! Keep them in prayer. (:
Also, let's keep praying for those who are still in hosp!

Love you C2. (:

Hiiiiii Central 2!
JOAN NG HERE.

Yes, I got discharge, praise God :)
I can't say it's been good or really bad. I just miss home, miss cell, miss nice food, miss everything. I think everything just happened too quickly. I got no time to react.

It's not just the H1N1, just one week before the H1N1 thing I am already going through some bad things. I had a big quarrel with my dad last Saturday before my ushers camp. I cried to sleep, the next day I had my fever, at first I thought it was because of the crying that made me this way.

Then I went home and I had really high fever, the bad stuff started to come to me, fever for 3-4 days and I got this thesselemia thing that will make my illness worst everytime. So I felt really terrible. I prayed so hard for myself to get well before cell camp. Yeah, I thought I did.

I managed to pull through the days in camp. I thought my tough period was over.
Then it camp the Jiaru's H1N1. Slowly Benton & WenHao got it too. I was contemplating if I should go for the blood test, I was feeling really fine then, just coughing and a little flu. No fever at all.

I decided not to, untill Joanne told me her result was positive. I woke my parents up and they sent me to the hospital immediately, that was like the last time I see them. I was left all alone.

I had never taken any blood test before. I was seriously scared of this stupid needle.
But I kept praying, and praying and praying. Thank God I managed to go through it too :)

So they just threw me into the room alone without telling me anything. I heed Joanne's advice to try to adapt to the environment. Then I found out Benton is just beside beside my room! I was in room 16 and he's in room 13. So coooooool. He just keep prank calling me.

So the first day was quite funnnnn cause C2 kept me accompany by conferencing.
It was really fun even though we just kept laughing on the phone. and Joanne sounded happy as always. Hmmmmmm.

I hate the night and morning :(
The swab test was so painful each time I do I teared. But I always thank God that I can really do it. and each swab test is another new hope for me to get out of that place.

I think being stuck in the room is kinda good. Cause on my first day there I told myself I am not gonna let all these days just pass by like that. I am gonna make full use of the days to get myself back to God again.

So each night I will read the bible and pray, when I wake up in the morning I will wash up and start to read the bible out loud. I kept reading psalm cause I need the encouragement from God.

My grandma called me and started crying cause she was so worried for me. and she prayed for me through the phone. I am so sad that my love ones are so worried for me.

Ah man, I think it's long enough.

Whatever it is, just remember to praise God. Cause Jesus will take you through it all.
And C2, I will not be able to go through this without you guys. Thankyou for all the encouragement and all. You got no idea how much you guys mean to me.

Let's continue to keep the faith and remember the cross.

Love, Joan Faith Ng.

Ministry of Health long anticipated that there would inevitably be sustained community spread of H1N1 virus. I for one was fully convinced by it, looking at how it has spread in different parts of the world.

The part I couldn't really understand was, out of a population of 4.6 million people in Singapore, why did it start with Riverlife? Narrow it down. Why Central 2?


In AD 166, one of Rome's cities was affected by a plague (smallpox). It was common practice for families, friends and neighbours to kick those suspected to have smallpox out of the house. It was infectious and contagious, and nobody would want to have any such persons in their proximity.

Two Christians at that time, would go around the streets looking for these sick, loading them onto carts, and bring them to a place where they can be cared for by the larger Christian community. If any were found dead on the street, they would bury them. There was no cure for the infectious disease, and there was really little that Christians then could do but to offer encouragement, care and prayer, on top of keeping them as clean as possible.

These Christians knew full well that their care for the sick would probably end their own life. Each time they looked into the pocked face of a victim, they were looking into the face of death. And indeed, many caring Christians did succumb to the plague themselves. Ironically, that did not diminish the number of Christians around, but quite the contrary. The care that Christians showed increased the disease survivability by as much as two-thirds, and this witness attracted many new converts.

By acting on the teachings of Christ, without regard to their own welfare, these Christians, against all expectations, progressed from being a small sect to the dominant cultural group.

- taken from The Faith by Charles Colson.


I know we do not live in such extreme times. But each time there is a revival, it seems to be preceded by a crisis. It was also mentioned that before a revival comes, there will be a shaking in the body of Christ. Is this it? I do not know.

Here's an old saying from a source I can't remember.
Each time a non-believer is afflicted with sickness, a Christian is also afflicted with the same sickness, so that the world can see the difference between the two.

Right now in Singapore, we have 4 clusters of local infection. Butter Factory, NUS, Riverlife Church and Fishermen of Christ Church. Coincidence? I don't think so.

Here's what I'm driving at.

There has been much talk about a revival, a 2nd wave of the Holy Spirit. But before that happens, there must be fervent prayer. This episode has brought the church, the cell into much prayer. In some ways, I do thank God for this crisis, because I know there is a bigger plan, and this is just preparing us to pray for what is ahead.

I like what Joan said about everything being for His glory. After all, it is the most resounding theme in the bible, things happening for His glory.

Could it be that the Church has been chosen to be at the forefront of a nation's revival? Out of 4.6 million, why us?

I have no answer, but let's continue praying, because if you have indeed been chosen, then you better have been readying yourself and the cell/church with lots of prayer.

On a separate note, I like what this crisis has brought out. This is what cell is supposed to be. It is unfortunate that a crisis had to happen for this to come out, but I'm glad that your have it in your to care and love and pray for one another.

And if anybody asks me if Central 2 are true disciples of Christ, I will tell them John 13:35 "By this shall all men know that you (C2) are His disciples, if you have love for one another"

- Ahbiao

Hey Central Two.

I have just been through a nightmare.
-.-

I was trying to reach out to a friend, who apparently, is part of an anti-christ group in school.

And, tell you.

IT. IS. SCARY.

T.T What a nightmare, seriously. I was so scared. Haha. Thanks to Sean Kong I wasn't speechless so quickly.
I was thinking, oh man God, is evangelism gna be like this everytime.

It's so infuriating to have a friend condemn God in your face, calling God bull shit and bla bla bla.
Seriously. This guy needs prayer.

Haha okay. Almost 2am, I spent 2 hours talking to him. I know it's not wasted (:

People, don't be afraid of these kinda situations. It's actually exciting, though it's scary. But when you know God's with you, it changes everything. And next time, please pray for patience. Hahahahaha.
I guess, if we really want to reach one more for Christ, we'll be experiencing lots of this.

Also, something the guy kept talking about, was how Christians don't act like Christians. Which brings me back to the song by Casting Crowns - If we are the body.
Let's watch out for our actions and speech. (: We only want it to glorify God.


Oh yes, one last thing. A phrase that has brought me through all the tough times is this part of the song Voice of Truth - Casting Crowns.
It goes: And the voice of truth, says "This is for my glory".
Glorify God through our darkest nights. :D

Alright, rest well people!
Love, Joanc.

Hey C2, it's Michelle here.
(not surprisingly, I forgot my pass to this blog/ but now i've got it figured out)

I reckon half of C2 don't even know me, but that's okay. I'm just here to offer some encouragement as well as some passing thoughts. Afterall, I'm like everyone else, confined to my room with nothing much to do.

It's been a year since I stopped regularly attending cell/service in megalife. On every occassion that I go back to visit, I see new members in our cell, new leaders, new believers; yes, things change. In just this span of a year, our cell has grown - physically, and spiritually - and I fervently believe, will continue to do so. More significantly, amidst all these changes, I recognise something that doesn't change, and that is our cell's burning desire to seek God and to engage in a deeper relationship with him. Everytime I step into cell, it's just a different feeling. For lack of a better way to put it, it feels as though i need to step up a notch in my spiritual life to be on par with the spiritual maturity of all of you. And I, for one, never like to feel inferior in any way.

But, that's my awesome C2 for you. You guys have that insatiable hunger for more, something i hope to experience one day as well. This is also why, I feel, that this entire episode starring quarantines and hospitals will not deter us. What we have to do is to stand firm in the Lord and trust in the bigger plans that he has for us, while not forgetting to pray and entertain those bored ones who're complaining about lousy hospital food and hoping to lose weight in the process. (Jong!)

I will be honest here. I did not mentally or spiritually prepare myself for this camp. In other words, I did not come with an expectant heart. I went with the mindset that 'whatever you have for me, God, I'll take it'. It certainly does not fulfil the camp's objective, much less do the least bit justice to the camp committee, after all that hardwork they've put in. I know that to have this attitude, is to miss the entire point. However, I can sense that God is using this period of quarantine to make me turn my attention back to Him so that I'll be refreshed in the spirit once again. I can't help but marvel at God's creativity - don't you think quarantine's the best way to help us advance our relationship with God? He confines us to our room, no external distractions; just us and Him - it's undisputely the perfect environment for us focus our attention on God. Let's just put things in perspective and see the good in things -we should really treasure this period of time.

I don't know about you guys, but I have always wondered about why God wants to put us through such trying times. I mean, I know God has no evil-intent whatsoever, but even so, why subject your humble servants to suffering, especially when they're underserving of it? Such things never cease to befuddle me, but in my attempt to seek answers, I've come to realise that religion is based solely on faith. And in faith, we don't have to question or to find all the answers. We just trust God. Similarly in this current situation, we don't have to question all our happenings around us. We don't have to doubt ourselves or review what we did to deserve this.

Afterall, all that we need to know is that God is love, and that God makes all things beautiful.

God Bless.

(sorry if i sounded overly pensive :x this is the very reason why I've stopped blogging.)

Hello my dearest, dearest, dearest Central Two (:

Okay... Joanc here again. It's getting boring seeing my name ah. And sorry for all my long posts, I feel very naggy. But there's just stuff I want to share. (:

I can't stop re-reading all your posts. After re-reading Renia's one for the 3rd or 4th time, I decided to share about my journey for the past half year, because I feel....I can relate to what you're talking about. So I hope this encourages you.

Hmm. Okay. I can't remember what happened at the end of last year, but I remember very clearly the last night of You camp. It was the first time I really surrendered myself to God, and the first time, I told God: Teach me to die to self.
I wanted to come to that place where I can throw aside my desires without hesitation, and all I want would be for God's will to be done in me. I was totally in for God's plan, I wanted to be a part of it. So I prayed for many nights, for God to bring me through circumstances to teach me to obey Him, to teach me to die to self. To bring me to places where I am so unfamiliar with, so much so that I have no choice but to rely on God, because without Him I really cannot do anything.

And ever since, God has really taken me through a.... quite tough journey.
It's painful in its own way, but I'm actually grateful to God because I know it could actually be more painful than this.

There were times I questioned God, I got angry with Him, I ignored Him, etc etc.
And for months, I couldn't feel God, at all.
Every time I tried to press in, I tried not to listen to what my mind was saying, I just kept pressing in for God, kept trying. But time and again nothing happened. I was really getting discouraged, I wanted to stop trying, but I learnt from my O level period that without God, my life is meaningless, aimless. I knew I needed God, but I didn't feel that I needed Him.
Because my emotions were telling me to stop pursuing God, I had to rely on my head knowledge like, God is faithful and all, to keep me at trying to get back, get right with God.
I don't know what God's trying to do, like how I can't feel Him and all. But I believe that when the time is right, He will grant me the breakthrough I've been praying for.
God's timing is never too early, never too late, always just right.
Actually even now, I can't really feel God. But I often feel empowered.
So... this is just to encourage those of you who can't feel God, to press in. (:
Press in, no matter how you feel, no matter how long it takes.

Have faith in God.

It takes the deepest valleys to bring you to the highest mountain.
Don't give up. :D

Okay. I'm missing all of you and I have no mood to study.
: o

First off, would like to thank the camp comm for all of their efforts in planning the camp. <3 + :-) !!

I have not been attending church for the past two months, due to some reasons. Nothing was going well, and I was actually contemplating whether to go for the camp or not. I did in the end. :-) During the first service of the camp, God really spoke to me. When Jeanette prayed for me, it was like she knew exactly what happened, what I was struggling with. I really needed that reminder - I am forgiven, accepted, blessed, redeemed, chosen, favoured. And once again, God proved to be Faithful.

Camp ended rather abruptly, and I did not know what to think of it at first. But reading the posts by all you people here and in Livejournal, I have realised that this truly is a blessing in disguise. All that care and concern that has been going around, all the prayers and encouragement we send to each other through texting and msn.. I have never felt this attached to the cell before. We really are in this together, and it is awesome. :-) Thank God for all that is happening right now, because I know He is in control, and we are fulfilling His will through this.

In fact, this is only the begining. I quote from Joan, that in time to come, we might be deprived of things like going to church, camps. These things are, without a doubt, what a lot of us count on to grow closer to God. I cannot imagine how it would be like in the future. Also, the oppression we face from people outside of church, even our parents. It is going to be hard, but God never gives us what we cannot handle. Keep praying and do not lose faith, because nothing can separate us from the love of God. We are already overcomers! :-)

Love you guys! Hope to see everyone soon. Real soon.

- Daphne

erm...this marcus arh...here's some bible verses that you might find perhaps ...faith and hope?

The Lord will keep you safe from secret traps and deadly diseases. He will spread his protection over you and keep you secure. His faithfulness is like a shield or a city wall. You won't need to worry about dangers at night or arrows during the day. And you won't fear diseases that strike in the dark or sudden disaster at noon.---googled^^
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the laughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Matthew 8:26 Jesus said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Mark 10:27 Looking at them, Jesus *said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."
Psalms 46:1 ¶ God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.
Deuteronomy 31:8 And the LORD, He is the one who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.
Psalms 27:1 <> The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
Philippians 4:6-7 Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD.
Okay...im done Thanks for reading

Perfect Love Drives Out Fear"There is no fear in love, But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment." 1 John 4:18Fear is a tool of the devil. He uses it to keep us from God, to keep us from believing God's Word, to keep us from experiencing God's awesome love for us, and to keep us in bondage! When we fear for our salvation, it is Satan saying to us that Jesus' blood was not enough. When we fear about whether we are good enough for God, it is Satan telling us what we should already know; that we are not good enough for God. But he neglects to add the truth that God has given us Jesus to cover us with his precious blood and make us acceptable to Him. When we fear for our children, it is Satan telling us we must take control; when in reality we need to relinquish control to the Father and let him have his way with them. When we fear for the future, it is Satan who is telling us there is uncertainty ahead; when in reality our Father has all things under His control and there is no need to fear. The scripture says, "Perfect love casteth out fear." It is when we realize that God wants us to be His own, when we realize that He does not want to punish us, that he is not a vindictive God, but a God of love, that fear will disappear from our lives. He longs for us, like the father of the prodigal son who sat watching for his son to return. He kept watching, until he saw his son far up the road. He seeks for us, like the shepherd who left his flock in search of the one lost sheep. He never gave up until that lost sheep was found. In both instances, a celebration was called for. When God found us, redeeming us from sin and death, He called for a celebration over us! We need not fear Him, we need only love Him for who He is and all He has done in our lives. When His perfect love takes hold of us we will know with all assurance that He will never let us go. His perfect love will drive fear away and we can find rest in His love.Father, release us from all fear and bondage. Help us to see that fear is a tool of the devil that will steal our joy and keep us from Your love. Help us to focus on Your unconditional love for us. It is Your love that will free us and it is Your love that will protect us and keep us safe from ALL harm. Nothing can touch us because we are Yours. I praise You for that. Let me live in Your love all the days of my life. Amen
P.s...this is copied...Im not that chim
And yarh hope this drive all fears away...
-Marcus Ong

Jayna here. :)

Ok I'm here to do the project!

Actually I don't really know how I should be feeling, and actually I don't really know how I should start.

Ever since I had my Amaths tuition, I've stopped going to church. Like for really long, half a year? And to be honest, if anyone were to ask me this question "Do you feel yourself drifting away from God?", I would feel that it's kinda like rhetorical. For so long, I've been wondering - when can I ever step into church again? I still read the bible, still do my prayers, but I can feel myself drifting away a lot.

So the night before I went to Friday's camp, I prayed to God. I prayed for help. I actually prayed for help to get me back to Him and I would not drift away any further, let me learn how to trust in Him more and surrender everything I have to Him (not try to solve things on my own).

And that had to happen.

A part of me feels as though my luck is really running dry, and I thought if I were to tell this to my dad, I could prolly stop thinking about hanging out with any churchmates. But no, a bigger part of me is not convinced, telling me it's part of the challenge - it's as though God's telling me to pray harder than before, and continue to pray for the cell, especially those who are affected. And I really want to thank God for that. I don't know what my dad's thinking right now, but at least he's concerned about them.

So I can't really think of a word to express my emotions right now? Hahahah I'm not sure if it's just coincidence for me, but that's what's going thru my mind. I guess it's really a big challenge for C2 and this will really strengthen bonds! Although I wasn't in camp on the first day and I'm not really close to all the C2 members, I believe the camp comm did a great job!

God answers prayers (although it's kind of sad that all these had to happen) so I guess we should continuing praying like never before! C2 is doing a great job and we will still praise. Go C2! : )

Take care guys!

-Renia

HEY EVERYONE.

I can't control myself, I keep thinking a lot about this whole thing and.... Yeah I just HAVE to tell you guys!

Joanc here.

Okay. I think there's added personal meaning to the songs Overcome and Desert Song, for our cell.
I think it's really inspiring to see your posts, can tell that you guys are growing (:

I seriously cannot concentrate on studying. I keep thinking about C2, about all this that's happening. I can't stop thinking.
But not in a bad way.
The things I'm thinking about is how we'll emerge strong after this.
I keep dreaming and imagining us after this whole thing.
We'll be victorious (:

Just now, as I was thinking, suddenly a thought came to me.
Central 2 is GOD's cell.
It's not our cell. But God owns us.
It's cool eh. God's watching over us and He's in control (:

This is something Kele said to me on MSN, and I think it's really cool.

//KELE says:
okok when i was watching the video overcome, i was REALLY TOUCHED
haha
i really believe somebody would be inspired by us
and believed there would salvations
dont know why, i just felt that way.

And you know right, C2, I believe what Kele said (:
This is going to be our testimony, a testimony of God's faithfulness. And God is gna use C2 as a testimony to others. A testimony of faith. Of how God uses trials and difficult circumstances to mould His people, where at the end of it all, they emerge STRONG.

What Kele said is really timely. I was just thinking, like: Okay, so we will emerge strong after this. And then..?

And now the answer is here (: It will be our testimony.
Like how the song Overcome has a testimony from New Life Church.

Jayna and Joanne had this vision:

Love Is Waiting says:
The whole worship centre is filled
and it's dark
then there's spot light on the stage
at central two is on the stage
and everyone is holding a mike
and we each tell our own story about how central 2 overcame h1n1 -EVERYONE including those who were infected and were not, even the sec ones


Yes, we will be a testimony for God. We're His witnesses (:
THIS IS AWESOME.

I'm listening to the Overcome song story.



Worship leader said this:
It was a group of people that had decided that they weren't going to be defeated, that they were going to survive, that the family was going to be strong together. And by the blood of the Lamb and word of our testimony, we will overcome.

(: Be inspired.

i realised sth surprising similar..
i was reading a book not long ago called joni, it's her own biography

she was wondering about her life, she had been a christian for 2 years but no matter how hard she tried to improve, she always a slave to her own desire
she challenged god, hoping god would turn her life around.
not long after, she got into a accident that got her paralysed,
she prayed hard, sometimes even blaming god for what happened.
but she believed god has taken sth away from her in her life, he would replace sth better
but she now found the reason why, god was answering her prayers
after the accident, she found the true meaning of her life,
she became a stronger person, she grew emotionally mentally and spiritually.
no matter how sad she feels, god substituted her with so much joy in the things she can do.
she became a great artist paining using her mouth, a great inspiration rest of the people.
her book even became the bestseller and made a movie!

we can be full of joy here and now even in our trials and troubles. taken in the right spirit these very things will give us patient and endurance; this in turn will develop a mature character and a character of this sort produces a steady hope, a hope that will never disappoint us. romans 5:3-5
was what she found most familiar to her.

just like what joan said she said:
We told God that we want it to be His camp, not ours. And we surrendered any notion of what an ideal camp should be like, we wanted it to be GOD’s ideal camp, not OURS.

i totally agreed we overcame,
after this incident, i guess of of us will really grow in faith and every aspect of our lives!
c2 will be more bonded! :D
FAITH!

do not fear, but trust.

this few days there are quite a lot of things running through my mind,
but however i had never really felt afraid,
i guess god gave me that peace as i encourages my self not to fear but trust!

hope you guys are doing fine! :D:D:D

and i adding on,
i was previously VERY VERY AFRAID TO BREAK THE NEWS TO MY PARENTS especially my father..
i was really afraid, more then anything,
my parents are rather anti christ, and my dad actually objected me from going to this camp

i was afraid, really afraid,
i scare i might not be able to go church again, afraid that he will scold,
but i kept praying and praying...
and it turns out for the better, instead of what i thought would happened
he instead cared, he touches me to see if i got a fever,
ask me if i am alright

i asked him, dont come near me, what if infected you?
he said, i not scare, infect together so i can go hospital to take care of you....
you know i was so touched, really almost break down infront of them,

thank god!

love you c2!
hope to meet up with you guys soon! :)
love kele!

Overcome



Hey C2 (:
Joanc here again. I wna share with yal something Jayna msged me last night, amidst all the drama.
I think we were all getting scared. We thought 3 cell members were bad enough, but last night we had 2 more. It felt like a nightmare last night, hahaha. But Jayna's msg encouraged me a lot, and I really felt, God is watching over us.

22 June 09, 1am.
God just told me something. I was listening to overcome. And I was thinking, Central 2 will overcome. And He said. The fact that you know all this is happening for a reason already makes you an overcomer.

C2 will still praise, C2 are overcomers. (:
Take care you all! Let's keep praying, keep filling the bowls. They're waiting.

Hey C2!
Oh my, it’s been soooooooo long since I last posted. Joanc here by the way.

This song is really sweet. Where we belong – Hillsong.


There is no height or depth
neither life nor death
That can take me from all that I find
Here now in Your glory Lord

No others powers or love
The things of now or to come
There's nothing on earth in this life
That could ever separate us Lord

Your love is never ending
To Your hands we surrender
Where all our sins are washed away
Your grace beyond reason
Has paid for our freedom
We're made alive in You

We run to Your throne
Where we belong
Every heart will sing
That Jesus is Lord
Casting all else aside
For the joy of our Christ
Let Your glory fall
Our hearts are filled with Your fire

Everytime I listen to it I really feel so. Woo! Shiok.

Anyway, I’m listening to Casting Crowns disc now and I have 2 songs I feel are for C2. (: Do read the lyrics, and search for the audio online. (Casting Crowns rock!)

Casting Crowns –If We Are The Body

It's crowded in worship today
As she slips in
Trying to fade into the faces
The girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
Farther than they know

But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way
There is a way

A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat
And quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgmental glances tells him that his chances
Are better out on the road

Jesus paid much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the Body of Christ

This song makes me reflect on the way I’ve been living as a Christian. Are we really reflecting Christ in our actions and speech? How are we treating the people around us? The way we treat others is a way of reflecting Christ. And if we are not careful, we portray a wrong and negative image of Christ.

Casting Crowns - What if his people prayed

What if the armies of the Lord
Picked up and dusted off their swords
Vowed to set the captives free
And not let satan have one more

What if the Church, for heaven's sake
Finally stepped up to the plate
Took a stand upon God's promise
And stormed hell's rusty gates


What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His faith, yeah
And turn from their old ways

And what would happen if we prayed
For those raised up to lead the way
Then maybe kids in school could pray
And unborn children see light of day

What if the life that we pursue
Came from a hunger for the truth
What if the family turned to Jesus
Stopped asking Oprah what to do

What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face yeah
And turn from their own way
Chorus II:
He said that He would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear, yeah
If only we would pray

If My people called by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray
If My people called by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray

For this song, it just reminds me about the power of prayer. (:

Okay. I’m sitting on the floor with my laptop on the sofa, and a bowl of (seedless, nice!) grapes on my left.
Some of us are on tinychat.com :D Hee hee.

I finished the bowl of grapes. :D

Alright.
Honestly I was quite sad that camp had to end that way. I was really looking forward to the no lights out part, and that we could stay up and talk, and all the fun lah.
I didn’t know what to feel. But wah when I got home, it sank in and I realised: Okay. Camp is over. No ML svc tomo. I’m at home now and I have to stay at home for the coming week. Okay………………….
And I felt really lousy. Haha. What a way to end a camp…..
I never thought I’d ever be quarantined or this would happen to people so close. Woo scary.
Just now I saw Sean Kong’s pm: Suddenly “pigs can fly, swine flew” isn’t so funny anymore.
And I felt emo. Hahahahah. I was playing a lot with the masks this holidays, like in Leaders Camp and other stuff. And now I actually have to use it for some real purpose.

But anyhow, I’m actually glad this happened. It’s a blessing in disguise.
Like for one, I learnt that it really isn’t funny, and I cannot take it lightly. Next time if another epidemic strikes I’m definitely gna be careful.
Also, I learnt that if any of our cell members are sick in the future (esp during an ongoing epidemic), ask them to go home. Hahahha.

As for our cell right, I actually think this is bonding us.
All the msgs we exchange and that go around, the concern is so genuine. I can really feel the love. I’m really touched. (:
Yeah, no doubt things are happening way different from what we expected or what we want, but I remember Wednesday evening when Persis Benton and I met to pray for camp.
We told God that we want it to be His camp, not ours. And we surrendered any notion of what an ideal camp should be like, we wanted it to be GOD’s ideal camp, not OURS.
It sounds freaky to say that the way things have turned out is God’s ideal camp, but it definitely is God’s plan.
But in God’s plan, as long as we stay on God’s side, we will emerge as victors. No matter how gruelling the process may be.

I’m thinking about end times. I talked to Daphne about this just now.
I think this is something like a training lah, for end times. End times will be much worse, but yeah.
It’s like, in the middle of a powerpacked church camp, where we are hearing from God and receiving stuff, growing, having fun, bonding, suddenly it’s all stopped. Church svc is cancelled, we are ordered to go home and stay at home.
It’s like... I don’t know how to say it lah but. Okay nevermind. I shall share it on Saturday instead, after I’ve thought it through properly. Hahaha. I’m so disoriented.

Oh yes and one more thing. Okay because I have exams after June hols, and I haven’t touched my books. Except 1 chapter of Phy and 1 chapter of econs. So I don’t have time to study. To me, this whole quarantine thing is like God telling me:
See, you don’t want to study right, complain no time right, now I give you time. SO STUDY.
Hahahaha. Okay…. But I’ve been using the past few days to catch up on my sleep. It feels awesome.

Alright, so everyone, please take care! Please continue praying for Able. (: We have to fill those bowls.

LOVE YAL.
I’m really missing all of you like crazy. Take care!

Hey central 2! how are you guys doing?:)

Benton, Jia ru and Wenhao, we'll continue praying for you guys, so don't lose hope ok!

Well, i shall start on Jayna's little project now... as part of the camp comm, we have been planning really hard for this camp. like super, super hard. so if anyone is disappointed in the outcome, it should be us first. however, although things did not go according to our plans at all, i don't feel a single bit wasted. in fact, i feel that through this, God really is trying to teach us something. as i was doing my quiet time yesterday, i felt one verse in the bible spoke to me alot, and it's quite applicable to this situation.

" Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain." Psalm 127:1

i admit, we have been planning more than praying. Perhaps, as Isaac said, there wasn't enough spiritual covering over the camp, or it could just be a coincidence. i do not think that the camp comm has labored in vain, because we did commit the camp to the Lord, and asked for his protection and all. but i feel that there is something far greater that God wants to achieve in our cell, through this camp. this is the first time central 2 has ever had a camp, and yet, all these happened. i believe that God has a higher calling for our cell, and what we are able to accomplish far exceeds our understanding.

so central two, don't lose hope! don't give up praying! like Jeannette said on the first night, empty bowls are in heaven waiting to be filled. this camp, if all else failed, one thing for sure still stands, and that is we will not give up fighting until all the bowls in heaven are overturned, and sweet revival overflows out cell. so central two, i urge you guys, start intercessing for your friends, family and church.

the devil is real, but so is our God. i believe that we will emerge victorious one day.

With love, Persis.:)

Dear Central Two,

It's the second day of our q and I'm really wondering how you guys are doing. I'm sure we all miss each other a lot, if not for myself, I'm missing all you people loads :) Anyway so far things have been going quite okay with me, how about you guys?

Actually I'm here to post a little project to you guys.
For the Sec Twos and above, they'll know that last year after camp I also posted them a little project, so here's the project:
Let's all record our feelings and experiences throughout this entire...."episode" and I'm sure you guys have been praying for our beloved 3 cell members, so let's record what God revealed to you :) Also, you guys can use this cell blog as a medium to encourage each other.

And I hope as the rest read through the posts we put up they'll be inspired in their faith and we'll be able to continue to trust in God as an entire cell :) And also! After this whole thingy is over, we'll look back and read these posts and we'll see we've come a long way, alright? :)

Let's gogogo! All who are having difficulty posting can SMS me or call me :)

Lots of Love,
Jayna.

2nd June 2009

Today is my official birthday. I didn’t expect anything more to happen after yesterday, as I thought I had received the maximum already, but I was so wrong.
Iris told me to meet her at 6.45 am because she wanted o give me something. Apparently wingyee was supposed to meet us too, but she woke up late, so ya. Sadly, I had math Olympiad today, which I totally screwed up as I totally hecked care about it, and which I won’t ever join again. But both of us went to the concourse. Then I saw Yong yu, Ying jie, Hui yee, Hui yi, Qin xuan and Ying nan waiting for me at one table. When I approached them, they started singing happy birthday to me too! Then Ying jie and yong yu gave me presents and iris and wingyee (who finally turned up) also gave me their presents. Let me tell you, I am super touched by the present that Wingyee and Iris had prepared for me. Its like, I was so touched I was like in a shocked state, just like yesterday.
They prepared a book for me, and half of it was full of pictures which we took together, with notes from Wing yee and iris inside it. However, what really really touched my heart, was the many many birthday wishes from so many people, like people from last year’s class, people I barely know, and even a teacher! They had walked around for don’t know how many hours, just to get people to sign in the book and write something for me, and they spent don’t know how many hours just putting together all those pictures and letters for me. Ok I feel like crying now… haiz.
Well, after school, me, iris, yongyu and yingjie went to Ehub to bowl! It was really fun. Wingyee, when you see this, you better get jealous and follow us next time k! humph! Haha:D
Well here’s a tribute to all the awesome people who made my day today:
Iris: thanks so much gal, for spending time with me and making me laugh. Although you didn’t really spend much which you kept emphasizing on, and although you didn’t do much which you also kept emphasizing on, I know it was from your heartJ (or was it? Hmmm…) haha jkjk! Anyway thanks for making my day! I love you!:)
Yong yu: Thanks gal for that birthday present! I love it! Thanks for coming bowling with me today, and just always being so happy and cheerful. Your joy is infectious! I love ya to bits!:D
Ying jie: thanks so so so much for that wallet. When I opened your present I was like “Woah”. It’s beautiful! Haha. Thanks for never forgetting my birthdays every year, and thanks for being that sweet girl that you always are. Stay pretty and cute forever! I love you!:D
Wing yee: hey gal! I know you want me to be touched, and I am! Like super! Thanks for all that hard walking that you did for me..thanks for going around to ask like all those people to wish me happy birthday. Thanks so much for just being there for me, all these years. You really are one true friend. Friends forever! I love you until the ends of the universe, which I think has no end? Haha you better go out with me one day!:)
The rest of the people who wished me happy birthday in person today: thanks so much for wishing me happy birthday! Really appreciate it!:)
Now, here is a tribute to all those who signed in the book which wing yee went around with:
Thanks to Yi qian, Yong Quan, Shiyin, Yingnan, Daniel Ong, Wei jie, sitong, siling, yingjie, yongyu, Venessa, Sinee, Rengtian, Zhuolun, Kahbing, Miss Ho, Lienhan, Ping choeng, Meipeng, Huishan, Huimin, Claire, Rongda, Vivienne, Xinying, Daniel Foo and Jian xing.
Now here’s a tribute to all those who wished me happy birthday through sms (starting from the first person to the last):
Wingyee, Siling, Xinyu, Tze wei, Melissa, Joey (same birthday), Hui yee, C2-Joan Ng, Charis, C2- Jayna, Xin lin (another same birthday), C2-natalie, Mom, C2-Shaun, C2-Kele, C2-Joanne, C2-Isaac, Cassandra, C2-Shuling, Daniel Foo, C2-Amberlie, Vivian Lip, Jian min, C2-Joan Chew, C2-Daphne, Esther, C2-Huiting.
Thanks so so so so much people!!! I love you all! Ok I sound like some pop star, haha. But I’m still wondering, like what did I do to deserve so much love from you guys? I have no idea…You guys have cheered me up so much I have forgotten about the mid-year trauma. You all have been blessings from heaven… just that you lack the wings. Thank you once again, and above all, I thank God.

Hello Central Two, it's Jayna Banana here yet again :)
and I have a cool cool message I'd like to bring to all of you before we start another week.

Firstly! We all live in this world of stress and competition. In almost everything we do we've gotta fight so hard to be the best. Like okay, in our studies, everyone wants to top, right? And for that we've gotta work so hard, fight so hard just so that we'll achieve that top score.
For others too, in sports, we all know, the sweat and energy and everything we put into our sports just so that we can win, bring glory to the school and to our beloved CCA (okay maybe we fight hard for different reasons) But! We all know that in almost everything, we've got to fight and work our butts of just to be the best.

But.

That's not the case with God. We can easily come into his presence. And "come into his presence" isn't such a simple thing as we think! Usually I'd be like yeah yeah, I'm standing before God yay me. But I've come to realise what a great thing it is. Okay here's a simple example:

Hey JWDD,
As you know, today you turn a whole year older and we're sad that we didn't manage to spend your birthday with you but!! Greetings from Singapore, we've decided to do up a little post for you, and we just wanted to remind you that back here in Central Two you are DEFINITELY not forgotten. We miss you loads, and we really wanna just wish you a very blessed birthday. :D
Central Two.

Hey Jason! :D Happy Birthday! Though I don't talk to you much, I really miss seeing you around in school and in church. Hope you're doing fine wherever you are right now. Feels as though it's been ages since I last saw you. Hope you've grown taller cos I have! HAHAHA. Okay anyway you're a year older now and that's cool! :D May you excel in your studies and continue growing in the hope. All the best, and remember that C2's always rooting for you from Singapore. Have a blessed year ahead! :D
-Daphne

Happy Birthday! Continue to grow in Christ and don't ever lose faith in yourself. All the best!
-Renia

Hey Jason!! HAHA happy birthday dong dong qiang! :D Hope you're doing well over at states, are you growing any taller. LOL hope not. I miss your crazy jokes alot, quick come back home and visit us :D Continue to be a good boy in overseas, don't make us lose face hehe. Happy happy birthday once again. My birthday wish for you is to grow shorter than Joanne yay! :D
-Joanne

Hey Jason! Firstly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D You are always remembered and you are cherished! It's your birthday! Celebrate your existence! Hope you are doing well overseas! And never give up in whatever you do. God loves you! :) And C2 loves you! Continue to grow strong in Christ okay, miss ya! Take care. :)
-Kele

Happy Birthday haha. May God's blessings be showered upon you. How's it like being a year older? :)
-Crystal

Happy Birthday :)
-Shawn and Benton

Hey Jason, just wanna wish you a blessed birthday, may you continue to grow deeper and closer to him, all the best in USA =)
-Isaac

Hello Wong Dong Dong! Haha happy birthday :) Even though you're not with C2 physically you can be here mentally! Haha anyway continue to trust in God and Jesus really loves you! :)
-Pamela

Hey Jason! :D You may be in a different country from us, but don't be discouraged k! Don't ever stop praying or turning to God in times of trouble yeah! Continue to shine for him in whatever you do! We will always be here in Singapore supporting you. Hope to see you again soon! :)
-Persis

Happy Birthday Dong Dong, wish you will grow taller and fairer :) Then hope that you will be happy....happy birthday!!!
-Shuling

Hey Gayson. You know when I was typing this out I KEEP typing your name is Jayson, seriously. HAHAHA okay anyway you're technically old now, haha! Hopefully as you grow in age, God's blessings for you will get more and more abundant (: I know that it isn't easy to leave a chunk of you behind and head to the states, and i really applaud you for being able to do that. In all you do, wherever you go, remember you can ALWAYS find a home here in Central two. And although you aren't here with us, it doesn't mean you aren't part of us (: We miss you, your jokes, your funny loving personality and we hope you'll visit soon and keep us posted on how you are k (: Just know we're really proud of you and how God has moulded you. You're a great inspiration (: Happy Birthday!
-Jayna. (walao I realised I type super long. so nice right) :D

Hey you! I miss you! May God grant you good and many friends there k (: Please cover up so that you won't fall sick and for goodness sake don't be lazy and forgo your cream YOU BETTER GET CREAM OR I'LL SMACK YOU. Study hard! It may be slack but well it's a new start for you, academics wise (: So grab the chance and study hard! C2's back home rooting for ya :D Lotsa love, take care (:
-JoanC

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (: Get a church there okay! Make sure, asap. Take care.
-Charis

Jayna here.
Thanks Charis, thanks C2 <3 You guys are my strength now, really. :)

Anyway just wanted to say something here. Something we forget daily.
Everyday that we live, it may be just some other boring day at school or just another routine-ish day, TO YOU. Somewhere, someone else is not going through the same thing.

You may be sitting in class, dozing off, and you may be thinking you're suffering. It's hard to accept, but school is a blessing. There are people out there that genuinely want to be schooling but either don't have the money or the resources to. They're probably really envious of us.

Or maybe you're at home and it's dinner time. Your parent brings out your dinner; a plate of plain rice and a plate of steamed vegetables. You may be grumbling about the horrible food you've to down, but there are people out there, and mind you, ALOT of people out there that would kill for even a tiny bit of your food. Do you know every 3 seconds, a child in Africa dies of hunger? Yup, count it, 1, 2, 3. Yup, one child just died because they had nothing to eat and here we are complaining.

C2, I think you get the point that I'm trying to drive across. We've really got to count our blessings and thank God for each and everyone of them. We pray for this and that, but many a time we forget what we already have, what we should be grateful for, what we've taken for granted. Don't you think our laopa up there would be sad about that? :)

And hence! I urge you all, each and everyone, to really count your blessings each day before God and thank him for all of them. Some of you tell me you don't know what to pray during quiet time, there are so many things you can thank God for :)

Anyway, thank you for those that have been praying for me :) I really appreciate it. I'm praying for all of you too! That God will give you divine strength and courage for you to face the new year :] Always remember God's grace is working in your life, be grateful for all you have.

See you all soon <3

JIA YOU JAYNA!!!!!!
WE ALL LOVE YOU & EVERYTHING'LL BE OKAY SOON.

BE STRONG OKAY!!!!!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO!!! (see!!! So many hugs and kisses :D)

JIA YOU C2 FOR SCHOOL TOO!!!!
LOVE YOU GUYS LOTS.

Jayna posting! :D

First of all, thank you, each and everyone of you, for making today such an enjoyable one. It's been a joy planning this event! Although it's kinda last minute but, I sure hope all of you had fun :) And I hope that we've been bonded even more as a cell! Alright this is a new year's eve post, something that's more or less a tradition for me. I take pride in putting lots of effort into this, so here goes:

2008 really has been a good one for me, or rather a good lesson for me. There are so many things in this year that I've enjoyed and I know by stepping into the next year, I've to let go of them. One of them is time. I know in sec 3 everything is a blur, esp I'm in a rather time consuming CCA and yup things are going to happen next year. Also next year I've to accept the fact that I'm going to be very, very tired. It's going to be rushed and I know it for sure. I know Sec 4 seems crazier but still.

God has taught me priceless lessons this year, and I'm sure he'd want me to take it with me to 09 and forevermore! Firstly he taught me that man will fail us, but God will never. :D Sometimes you find people that drain you, people that leave you feeling so tired and angry and you feel.......haha it just sucks! You know what I mean? But it's at that crunch time, God picks us up and dusts the dirt off us and welcomes us back into his arms, where we belong :)
Another thing I've learnt is Love. It's not all about the whole mushy nonsense, but you know love when you feel it :) It's the most awesome feeling anyone can ever feel. Hopefully God's love has rubbed off on you in different and many ways this year. :D

As I step into the new year, there's definitely this sense of fear and unknown in my heart, as I'm sure it's in everyone's. But my motto is: one step at a time with Jesus. There's no need to worry for tomorrow, there's no need to get so uptight and fear the future, but just take it easy. With God by our side, we will overcome, amen! :D I know for a fact that it's going to be hard at times for me to always remember that we should really let tomorrow worry for itself, but I'm going to do my best.

Alright! I know this would mean a lot to all of you, so I did it just for you guys :) I hope you like it. In alphabetical order.

Amberlie: Thank you for being such a sunshine to the cell. When I first met you, it was at megalife came 2007, where you prayed that super powerful prayer. I know God has great plans for you, don't ever forget that! Put all the awesome gifts he's given to you to great use, and I know that you'll be such a mighty warrior of God.
Amelia: My MHS groupie! I've really seen you grown from last year to this year and I know that God is starting a very amazing work in your life. Your passion for Christ is really evident! Don't be afraid or try to hide this fire, but continue to fan the flame for God, and I'm sure your fire will be contagious. (: If God calls you to something, just do it! Have faith in yourself, because God has great and mighty plans for you.
Benton: Thanks for being an awesome joy giver to the cell and to megalife! I know that beyond all the jokes and humour, you really do have a huge passion for God and his people, and yes, that's something I really admire. Don't doubt God, don't doubt yourself. (: The same God that put the stars in the sky and knows them by name has called you to be his mouthpiece!
Charis: We officially celebrate 14 years of friendship! :) I've known you for so so long, and the memories we shared as children, I'll hold dear to my heart. It's been an awesome blessing having you in Central 2, and we really look up to you as a big sister. Even as you leave the cell now, always remember that once a centralite, always a centralite! What God has done in you through central two, he will bring it to completion. God is always with you, and we're always here for you. Remember, in every season, God is still God. We have a reason to smile. :)
Crystal: Hey! Although you haven't been able to make it for service and cell much, I can see your passion for the cell and that's really great! Hopefully as the new year comes you'll be able to make it for more services and cells. :) Also, don't doubt what God can teach you through your daily quiet time. Be steadfast in your faith! I know that he'll raise you up to be his mighty warrior!
Cheeyann: Boss! Thank you for contributing so much to this cell despite the fact that you're not obliged to.....sounds weird but you know what I mean! Sorry for the times I teased you (alot) and thank you for being so faithful to this cell! God has really given you a gift in leading worship and I'm sure our cell agrees! You've been a caring leader to us too, and we won't forget your contributions :)
Daphne: You you you! It has really been my honor to see you come into cell and have this tremendous.....I dunno what you call it, but my best description is spiritual growth spurt! God is really working in your life, and I'm sure you feel it too! What God has given you, you must give again. His love is more than anything we can ever imagine, so share it with your friends yeah! And continue to smile, no matter what circumstances you're going through. That tremendous faith of yours will get you somewhere :) Jiayou!
Huiting: Hey! Thanks for being so loyal to this cell although you haven't been able to make it for cell and service much! I really believe that God can use you in a great and mighty way. Always remember that he has invested much in creating you, you're not just Huiting, but you're God's huiting!
Huiying: Hello! Although you've also been a little MIA for quite a while, I just wanna say that C2 misses you, come back soon k! When you experience God's love it doesn't just pass you by, but it will really change you from the inside out! Be expectant to feel God sweeping you off your feet!
Isaac: Laoban. I'm sure we all have plenty to thank you for, the great and the small things that you've done for this cell, we'll never forget. You know, sometimes things that you do, you may think that it's something very small, but to us it really does mean a lot. :) Thank you for all the sacrifices you've made, I know that being a leader really isn't easy. The fact that God has placed you in C2 is no way an accident, and the legacy you've left in our cell won't easily be forgotten. :) Thanks again for being an empowering and inspiring leader!
Jason Dong Dong: JWDD! Dong donggggg, you know your life is really something that keeps me going to keep on evangilising to my friends. How God has really changed you since you came to know him and entered the cell, it's really a great testimony. Although you're not with us now, I just want you to know that wherever you go, God is with you, and we're missing you! :) Don't forget us! I know that God will use you wherever you go, so have faith and know you're not alone :) Be strong!
Jiaru: Sexy! Haha! You've really been a true joy to the cell in your quirky actions and cute language you use. Haha, but beyond that I know that God has placed in you something that's burning for him! Don't ever let this fire burn out, but continue to run with perseverance and faith that no matter how long this race can be, you'll cling on to God (:
Joanne: I can still remember when we first entered the cell, everything felt so weird and foreign, but now we're all settled in, and it sure feels like home. I just want you to know that although sometimes we may have our own things to do and we may not always be together, our friendship has been a blessing from God, a gift from heaven! :) And I thank God for you. You really have the ability to bring joy and hope to us and your friends, continue spreading the love to all around you! And remember, God's love isn't about the words you use, his love is the language. :)
Joan Chew: Haha you know when I first came into the cell you were sec 3 and I thought you were so super old! -.- Now it's my turn! Every piece of advice you've given me, both as a friend and as a mentor have really helped me, so don't think what you're saying is just kong hua k! (: God has raised you up to be an awesome leader for Central two, and there's no denying it. i really admire how you have this...unwavering faith in God :) Now that you're leaving chung cheng and going into JC I know things are going to get more hectic, there's no better place to rest than in God's arms. :) Jiayou Joan, I know God has great plans for you, really. :D
Joan Ng: Thanks for our friendship these 2 years, I really do treasure it alot! Just want you to know, you really are very precious to God and to our cell; every tear you cry is precious in his eyes :) There is no greater love than God's, so after every tiring day or whenever you're feeling dry and weary, run to Jesus, for that's where you'll find rest. You don't always have to be strong, but when you're weak, God'll heal you, and that's where the most beautiful healing ever can take place :) Let God's peace that surpasses all understanding come and fill your life! :)
Kele: Hey fellow TRIUMPH WARRIOR! I've gotten to known you so much better in the last few months, and I've heard so much from you. I really think that God has given you a gift in speech, so don't be afraid to use it! All the things you've told me, they've really inspired me :) Don't ever look down on your testimonies, because God can use them to touch people's lives-even times when you don't even know it! Don't be afraid as you step into the new year, but be strong and courageous as God has commanded you to. If God brings you to something, he'll bring you through it. Remember, one step at a time with Jesus. (:
Kendrick: Mr Brain! You've been a very loyal and steadfast member to Central 2, and God will honor you for that! At cell you've given awesome answers to questions, and I believe that you can continue to take this that God has given you and put it to good use. Always remember, God has given us something to shout about, so never be ashamed of your faith, but step up to whatever God has called you to!
Michelle: YOU! Haha it feels so long since I last saw you but I know I'll see you soon! You haven't been able to come church much, but I hope that'll change in the coming year! :) You've one more year in NY, and this one year is the last chance that you have to leave a legacy in NY, so use it wisely! :) Always remember, NY for Christ! Don't let anything make you doubt this :)
Nicholas: Hey! You've sort of just joined the cell, but from today I can see that you're really fitting in well! Hopefully as you continue to come for church and cell, we'll continue to bond more yeah :) I know that God can use you, and although sometimes that's quite hard to believe, those are just lies from the devil. God will raise you up with all that he's given you, so just go with the spirit's flow and step into the great plans God has for you :)
Pamela: My bus buddy! Thanks for all the rides back and all the joy you've given to me, I truly believe that although you always ACT shy, there's something in your heart that's bursting and you've really gotta let it out, that's God! :) Don't let anyone look down on you, but take up your cross and follow after Jesus, and fulfil his destiny for you :) Jesus loves you much!
Persis: You're really a mighty prayer warrior to this cell, and don't ever doubt it! It's time to stop looking at others and admiring them, but it's time to start stepping up to all God has called you to, and I believe he has great plans for you. It's time to write your own testimonies! Use all this that God has given you to bless those around you, and always remember there's nothing too impossible for God. :D Have maniwala!
Rachel: My other MHS groupie! I know that you are really faithful to God, just know that he'll honor this! Always believe in him and not things of this world. Be a God chaser, not a man chaser! Turn your eyes upon Jesus and all will be well. There's nothing too great or too small for God to handle, so just surrender to him and all will be well :)
Renia: It's been a great blessing to too, see how God's love has flourished in your life. Through camp, services :) I know that he has great stuff in store for you in the coming year. :) You're a really strong girl and I admire that. May God continue to honor this unwavering and growing faith you have in him. Always remember that when things seem to be all going wrong and you feel like there's nowhere to run, there's always Jesus and Central 2!
Shaun: My other bus buddy! It's been awesome getting to know you even better this year. :) I know that sometimes things may not happen as we pray for, but always know God has his timing. God is the boss, God is in charge, there's no way that our plans can beat his, so just smile and know that at the end of the day, God's got your back. :) May his peace always follow you wherever you go. :D
Shuling: I've really been impacted by the way God has worked in your life. (: Just know that sometimes when we're hurt we just have to let it go. There's no use holding on to things that weigh you down. Give it all to Jesus, for his yoke is light. When you're tired or lonely there's always God and there's no doubting that. Let God's love always be your joy and strength. Central 2 loves you!

Alright C2, that's all of you. :) As we step into 2009, I hope that this year God will bring our cell to a whole new level, and I know he will. It's been a joy and honor to be in Central 2! And I shall end off with an old song!

God will make a way, when there seems to be no way.
He works in ways we cannot see, he will make a way for me.
He will be my guide, hold me closely to his side.
With love and strength for each new day, he will make a way.

Always remember, one step at a time with Jesus :) I'm always here if any of you should need me. Be strong and courageous, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Thanks for this awesome year, I love you guys alot :)

Jayna.

Hey C2 [:
Joanc posting.

Before I go off, quick post.

When in times of despair or loss or trouble, enthrone God.

Many of us, when we're upset, we just emo and sit there and do nothing cos we can't bring ourselves to do anything.
But at times like these, with all you've left, enthrone God and put Him above your circumstance. Yeah.

We shouldn't see that as something hard to do.
Because, when you enthrone God, it's also like a reminder that God is God of everything - He is in control of everything. Your every situation. But you have to surrender and let Him take charge.

Many a times, we forget that God is greater than our circumstance. Keep reminding ourselves alright! :D

Here's something I got through email, and I wna share it with all of you. Do read it, cos it's meaningful and makes a lot of sense.



Dancing With God

When I meditated on the word Guidance,
I kept seeing 'dance' at the end of the word.

I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing.
When two people try to lead,
nothing feels right.
The movement doesn't flow with the music,
and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.

When one person realizes that,
and lets the other lead,
both bodies begin to flow with the music.

One gives gentle cues,
perhaps with a nudge to the back
or by pressing Lightly in one direction or another.

It's as if two become one body, moving beautifully.
The dance takes surrender, willingness,
and attentiveness from one person
and gentle guidance and skill from the other.

My eyes drew back to the word Guidance.

When I saw 'G: I thought of God, followed by 'u' and 'i'.
'God, 'u' and 'i' dance.' God, you, and I dance.
As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust
that I would get
guidance about my life.

Once again, I became willing to let God lead.

My prayer for you today is that God's blessings
and mercies be upon you on this day and everyday.
May you abide in God as God
abides in you.
Dance together with God, trusting God to lead
and to guide you through each season of your life.

This prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached.
If God has done anything for
you in your life,
please share this message with someone else,
for prayer is one of the best gifts we can receive.
There is no cost but a lot of rewards;
so let's continue to pray for one another.
And I Hope You Dance


God bless you C2 (:

Have fun at CFD tmr!!

ALTHOUGH IT'S LATE,

MERRY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMASSSSSSSSSSSSS :D
Love you guys loads! See you guys tomorrow. :D

Just something that suddenly came to mind,

THANK YOU C2! A big big big big thank you.
For being such wonderful people, really!! For always being so supportive and always there. For the laughs and for the fun (: For the hugs when we all broke down and cried, for always silently being there for one another. REALLY, thank you so so much!

(: No words can say how thankful I am, really.

Joanc posting.

Hey Central 2. I just wna share something with all of you.

About 2 hours ago I was doing a lot of thinking. Throughout the whole of today, in fact, I've been thinking.

I've been feeling like this:
Like there's a lot of drama going on beneath the surface, like there are raging storms. Really raging. But that's all under the surface.

Tmr, Christmas Eve, I'm going out w my clique.
After so much thinking the past few days, I realise that it takes a lot of courage to meet up with people who have hurt you so much. I was really scared for a few days. It was agony thinking about the outing tmr, because I really don't know how to look them in the eye and spend hours with them on Christmas Eve. Each time I got a msg from any of them about tmr, no matter how happy I might be feeling, my mood would plunge, all the way, and hit rock bottom. It was so painful to even think about any of them at all. I was really afraid that tomorrow, I'd get hurt again and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to take it. I felt like I was breaking.

And I was just feeling really weak just now. And frustrated. I didn't feel like a warrior. I felt so torn apart, like, I knew I needed time alone w God, I really needed God, but yet I was struggling agn just now, so much, with doing my QT. I wanted to read the Bible so badly and have God speak to me. I wanted to be embraced and comforted by God so badly, because no one else can calm all the storms in me that are going so out of control. But there was just something pulling me back, telling me not to do QT. It felt like I was going crazy.

Things are easier said than done. Committments are easier said than carried out.

As much as I want to trust God, I still struggle. As much as I want to be firmly rooted in God's promises, I still struggle. And as much as I want to keep my eyes on God, I just find it so hard.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face

And the things on Earth will grow stangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace

I read Matthew online. I didn't feel like reading the Bible initially (a part of me didn't feel like it but another part of me kinda wanted to), but as I read chapter by chapter there was something leading me to read more, more.

Eventually God spoke to me through chapters 5-7. Almost every single verse was.... For me.

I'm still feeling really weak and crushed at the moment, but I know that I don't want to be crushed and I don't want to be defeated.
I'm a warrior for God, an Aeron. Is that how you spell it?

It's really tiring and really painful; I really wish God would quickly take me out of this dry and draining season. I haven't felt this weak in ages, or maybe never before.

But however tiring, I still want to cling on to God. And even if I find it hard to do stuff God wants me to do, I'm just gna try. I don't know if I can chiong for God, because I'm just so tired. But I really will try my best.

I guess, for those of you who might feel somewhat like me, or you wna get out of this lousy season you're in, just keep reminding yourself of God's love and promises.

PJ said on Sunday, that only you can control you.
Only I can control my thoughts and emotions. No one else can.
So it's up to me whether I want to turn my eyes upon Jesus and trust Him. So, I'm gna try my best.

Hey there my beloved cell :)
For those of you who went for the Centrals Outing today, I trust you all enjoyed yourselves :) But for those of you that didn't, don't worry! I doubt it'd be long till Central 2 or the Centrals have another outing again :D

Anyway! I really want to thank you all for being so responsive towards that little project I created for you guys :) It was really encouraging for us, and I'm sure for all of us, to see what each other had learnt from camp. One thing I have to say is that, I really think our cell has grown a whole lot, looking from the things that you guys learnt :) Proud of you all, keep this up! <3

This year is drawing to a close yet again :) I'm sure there are many things that we've gotta say about 2008. A common thing I think everyone feels is that this year has zoomed by way too fast. I personally feel that this year was a sprint all the way, I felt there was barely time for me to stop, rest and catch my breath. Most of the time, it was just going from day to day, a routinely yet fast-paced life I guess.

In the coming year, there are going to be things that I don't really wanna face, but I know they're going to come crashing against me. There's nothing's that gonna stop them from coming, but I was reminded of something simple. Knowing and believing in God isn't about him taking away the problems and the pain, he just helps you to deal with it.

Towards the end of this year things weren't going very well for me, at home, in school and at CCA. I just felt quite...out of it. Maybe the word was neglect. I wasn't fully into what I was doing, and on the other end, I wasn't recieving anything. Dunno whether you guys get what I mean. But yeah that's how I felt. Megalife camp came along, and no, it didn't solve all the problems like I hoped it would, but it sure made my problems alot easier to deal with. And camp showed me the very heartbeat of God: love.

And that's how I intend to embrace the new year, with love. I wanna love people in special ways, I wanna go all out to love people-both those that I know and those that I don't. There are things that are unseen to us, I wanna be able to see what's going on there and try to help. For those that I know, I'm gonna keep loving them. Knowing my past, I think this is going to be kind of hard. But by God's grace, all things are possible. yeah? (:

Centraltwo! Tomorrow is christmas eve already. Let me remind you once again, to let the reason for the season be all you think about this festive period. May God come into your heart once again, just like 2000 years ago, when heaven came so close to earth. Oh and many people have been asking me this, so I'll post it here. Isaac will be back on the 30th. Await his return! Hopefully we can have a mini gathering before the year ends. :)

Sorry guys but for some reasons I'm not gonna state who I am, but I guess you already know. If you wanna confirm come MSN me, but don't tag it or put it anywhere in this blog k? If you're really curious or rather KAYPO to know why, come ask me on MSN. Alright? :) Thanks guys.

See you on saturday <3
FELIZ NAVIDAD!

Ok let's make it a point to put your name on top of every post :D

Joanc here!

I was abit emo. Then I went to Youtube Feliz Navidad to make me happier, then I came across this cute video hahahaha. Watch it!!! :D





Hehehe. Luv
:D

Joan chew here!!!

I'm watching This Is Our God DVD, now it's the song He Is Lord.

He is coming back again,
He is coming back again,
He is coming back again.

:D Jesus is coming back. I'm excited.

Sorry it took so long to come here and do that little project Jayna assigned. But I find it abit hard to put it into pointers, so I'l just type by chunks :D

Actually I already shared a bit on Saturday, but well here's to those who weren't there (:

Camp has been so awesome for me. I didn't get the BOOMBANGWOOSHPIANG breakthrough I expected. I didn't get that sudden sensation of God's love. In fact, I didn't feel much. But I grew much (:

Some background info:
A lot of my christian life, I've been basing the quality and attitude of my worship on my emotions. Feel good, worship better. Feel lousy, give God less. Although I've been a christian all my life, I never really lived it out til the last 4 years. It's only 4 years. I just realised. O.O

And I've been struggling with forgiving a friend right before camp. So the 2 sermons before camp week applied to me so much. But I struggled hard to forgive her. Throughout our 4 years of friendship I always struggled with forgiving her for the many times she hurt me. It wasn't on purpose, she's just insensitive, but still, yeah. So we quarrelled like 4 times in 2 weeks before camp, and many other times in that 2 weeks, we were only a hairline close to getting into another quarrel. And I was really getting tired. I didn't wna talk to her. I really wished I never got to know her. I've wished for that quite a few times in these 4 years already. Last time, each time I felt hurt, I would pray and in the end just forgive. But I never really forgot. This time though, it was especially hard to forgive. To even think about her made me miserable. And much as I wanted to forget her, before and during camp my mind was so preoccupied with what was going on between us.

So yes. And most of this year, as days and months passed I got more and more tired, more and more hopeless and helpless. O's was draining me. Because I couldn't trust God; that He would help and guide me. I wanted so badly to get my 6 points that I was obsessed, there was not a moment that studying was not on my mind, especially the few months just before O's. I tried so hard to drop all that I was worrying about and spend time with God,look to Him. I've forgotten how it's like to forget everything around you and everything you have to do, and just focus on God. Like when I worshipped or did my QT, I struggled so much with that. I couldn't, just couldn't, keep my eyes on God and only on God. So slowly, I just gave up and told God that I'd 'ignore' Him for the time being and when O's were over and I had nothing more to worry about, I'd make time for Him. Only then, I thought, could I focus on Him.

But as time passed I began to feel more aimless. I thought, that by dropping God and pushing Him aside, I could study better cos of more time. But I was so wrong, because when I really dropped God, I couldn't focus on studying at all. When I studied, nothing went into my head. I panicked. But driven the fear of not doing as well as I wanted to, I would just sit at my table for hours and drill in whatever I had to know.

It was a real struggle between God and studies. I never struggled like this before, I think this time it was because O's was quite an important exam and there was so little time left.

So, I was confused. Kept jumping from studies, to God, to studies, but nothing really worked out. I studied so hard and yet my efforts didn't seem to pay off. Guess my studying method was wrong.

I kept teling myself like, Come on Joan, just fork out some time for God. With Him in the centre everything will fall into place. You know that don't you? Jesus died on the cross for you, the least you could do is spend some time with Him. Is it that hard?

Yeah, it was that hard. and somehow I just struggled this struggle till O's were finally over and I just felt so lost.
Even though I kept saying wow I felt like a freed bird and stuff like that, I guess it was more to comfort myself. There wasn't any freedom that O's were over. I just felt like I was still trapped in that place. Like in a forest when it's pitch-black all around and I'm trying to find where God is but I don't know which way to go. And afraid I'd go off in the wrong direction, I just didn't dare move.

If you talk about feel, yeah, I didn't feel God at all. And sometimes now I still don't actually.

But the difference now is that I've learnt to ignore my emotions. Sure they're important, but if I listen to them now they'll only mislead me. In other words, just because I don't FEEL God, it doesn't mean He isn't there. God is ALWAYS there. God is God, He isn't like us, Man.

One thing I want to drill into my head is: Die to self, daily.

I want to do QT everyday before I go about doing anything. Like in camp; Wash up, have breakfast, do QT, then go about my day.

I want to surrender myself to God every single day, I want to stay in His presence every single day. I don't want to live another day like before camp - where I only came into God's presence when I felt like it, or when I entered into a time of worship.
I want to be in God's presence every second of every day, and I want to worship Him with every second of my life. I guess that's what leads to worshipping Him with everything you say and do. Glorifying Him, enthroning Him.

Die to self, die to self, die to self.
Meaning forget my emotions, forget my desires, forget my dreams, everything, and just look to what God wants. I think I'll put it up on my wall or something. I want to die to self daily, and only live for God. Not myself.

I'll never forget how God spoke to me at camp. Rather, I'll never want to forget.
It was the first time in my life that I really heard and knew it was God.
During worship, each time my mind drifted back to that friend and debated what to do, there was just this voice that said: Forgive, forgive, forgive.
Many times. But I sort of ignored that voice, not on purpose, but it was like a gentle, quick, sort of whisper that was overpowered by the other voices of myself, debating in my head.
I only got a breakthrough to finally let it go and forgive on Day 5 of camp. I guess because that was when I decided that I want to die to self. And God wants me to forgive, so I'll forgive. And I felt so much better (: It's like God has slit a rope, unforgiveness, that had been tying my down so tightly, and I was released.
But I still felt like there were more ropes to be cut. I still feel it now. I think there are many issues I have to deal with. Step by step, I know God's gna cut up all those ropes. (:

Another time I heard God's voice was also during worship, I was just doubting His love for me. Then suddenly God just said, "If I didn't love you, why would I die on the cross for you?"
I didn't start crying like crazy, but it just struck me - That's right, if God didn't love me, why would He die for me? And I just understood. And that's when I was convicted, yes, I should believe in God's promises no matter what I feel or what happens, because He has said He loved me and He showed it by dying on the cross for me.

God also spoke to me through a lady who prayed for me. And also through Jeanette, who also prayed for me. For the lady, everything that I was thinking, the moment the thought came to me, she just spoke the words God gave. And every single thing she said was just... So for me. It wasn't a prayer she went round praying for everyone, but it was for me. Everything was so... timely. And many people who prayed for me just prayed for me to be disciplined in reading my Bible. Which is something I've been struggling with and thinking A LOT about.

On one morning, there was just this call for the broken to respond. And every single thing PJ said was just. Like God was talking to me.

I guess God had used so many people to speak to me. Before and throughout camp. And I believe, all the while He has been sending people and situations to speak to me.

So after the alter call, I did have a little breakthrough out of that broken state thing but, I wasn't there yet. It was not a complete breakthrough. Like I said earlier, there were just so many ropes that I felt were tying me down. And I could not figure which rope represented what. That I guess, after time, as one by one more ropes tied me down, I just felt so defeated, so tired, and just so so weak.

I said earlier, I shut off my emotions during camp, because after being too confused with different emotions for too long, I knew if I looked at my emotions I wouldn't be able to worship God. it had happened too many times that I knew by now.There was just this picture of myself curled up, slinked (is that the word?) against the wall, so helpless and so weak. Not having any strength left to stretch my hand out toward God who was standing right before me, who had HIS hands stretched out, trying to pick me up. But I knew if I ignored my weakness and just stretched out my hand, He would pick me up. And that's what happened. I have to ignore how weak I'm feeling and just focus on wanting to get back up.

I've been doing QT daily, and not just once a day, but once in the morning and once at night.
I want to stay home more now, and I want to turn on christian music, pray more, just dwell in God's presence. I'm gna try everything there is to just focus on God.

And I want to remind myself daily that this life actually isn't for me, but it's to glorify God. My life is not just FOR God, it's to GLORIFY Him, so that He may be PLEASED (: I want to please God man, I really want to. And that's why I want to die to self. I don't want to bother about how I feel, I just want to use my life to worship this God that I love so much.

And to you Passerbys, here's something I would like to say: Put aside your emotions (: God has never left your side and will never leave you. He is forever there. God loves you, you 2 Passerbys. Know that. (: He died on the cross, just for you. No one would just go up there and die for you. But Jesus did. And, in every season, in the good and bad times, God is still God. Situations may change but God wil never change; in the good and the bad, God is still with you. In the good and the bad, God still loves you. In the good and the bad, God sticks by His promises; He never breaks promises. Don't give up seeking God, because it is said that when you seek WITH ALL YOUR HEART, you WILL find (: God looks at the heart. God sees your deepest, most earnest desires, and He will come. God bless (:


A guy from hillsong said in the DVD: By your stripes, we are healed.
And that impacted me.

I just want to share something more about myself.
See me? I'm all good and healthy now. But you know, actually I'm supposed to be a deformed person? Yup. (:
When I was in my mother's womb the doc gave my mum wrong medicine, or something like that, and the doc said I would come out as a deformed child.
I don't know deformed in what way, but just deformed.
My parents didn't take it, they went to another docs. Yet again, the same answer: I would be deformed.
They went to yet another, and another, and many many docs. And all said the same thing.

Then finally they went to a Christian doc, and the doc prayed with them. My mum just went through with the giving birth thing. I don't know what my parents were thinking as they gave birth to me, but here I am, as normal as any other human. I've no allegies, no diseases, no illness, no nothing.
It's only by God's grace that I can be here in CCH, in Central 2.

I only found out this year. haha, when my mum was saying it my dad teared, and I just saw how God's grace had delivered me and my parents.

Alright, so I'm done (: Long post man, but I hope it has blessed you. I included more personal stuff than I wanted to, but I hope that through these details you've been blessed by how God has worked in me.

shu shu ling ling here!!!
i m glad to have gone to the camp! erm.. i would like to thank God for talking to me & giving me the gift of tongues. hehe:) , those who prayed for me , always beside me & Isaac for planning such great camp!

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:
- heaven dinner (it rocks, super nice, so touch by the leader when they serve us..)
- shot of the days!!
- when God talk to me, gave me the gift of tongues & told me to *forgive & forget*

3 things that i learn from camp???
- how to really do quiet time with God
- God gave us freedom of choice/will
- God's plan & purposes are the best for me, Don't doubt or question it.

3 commitments i want to keep to after camp:
- daily devotion
- always pray or talk to the Lord when you are in trouble or anything
- to safe as many friends or stranger as possible with the help of God

i really like the camp.. i m excited for the next camp.. and MHS tmr!!!!!!! the camp really motivate me man, i really felt the presence of God, that's cool man, really, this camp have help me alot. thank god for all these....

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:
1) When everyone was at the altar call and C2 was just praying so hard for Pamela, Charis, Daphne and me to receive the gift of tongues.
2) Receiving the gift!
3) Hahahahah Pamela eating cup noodles with her toothbrush! : D

3 things I learnt from the camp:
1) Success or defeat in my life does not define who I am in God, anyway no one is perfect.
2) I should move out from my own perspective and surrender everything to God instead of trying to deal my problems on my own.
3) Communicating with God requires both speaking and listening, so I cannot keep speaking. There are times when I need to stop and listen to God's Words too.

3 commitments I want to keep to after the camp:
1) Spend my quiet time wholeheartedly and keep away all distractions
2) Trust in God and let him take control of everything!
3) Silent and overcome the lies of all the enemies, say no to them because God loves me!

C2 is gonna explode! : D Yay I'm very excited for tomorrow's Mhs!

RENIA~

Hey people Persis here!:)
I think this is like the first time I'm posting on this new cell blog. Haha. Well First I wanna say Thank you to Isaac for being such a great cell leader, camp chairman and a great man of God! Thanks so much! Now I shall start on Jayna's little project...

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:
1. When Bryan ran up and hugged Isaac and kissed him! That was seriously funny.
2. Heaven dinner. I was super touched to see the extent the camp comm went to clean prepare everything for us. And the food was great too!
3. The tomato and flour game. Really funny and cool. In fact I'm using it for my cca camp game as I'm a station master^^

3 Things I learnt from the camp:
1. God is always with me, and I don't have to try so hard to get into the presence of God. I can just relax and be at total peace in Hid presence.
2. Although it is a camp, its like the first one I've been to with so little fast songs. At first I was a bit sian, but I realised that you don't need fast songs for camp. Thus I realised the true meaning and power of worship.
3. I am important and significant in God's eyes, and He is pleased with me. Thats all the reason I'm living for-to hear Him say those words that He loves me and is pleased with me.

3 commitments I want to keep after camp:
1. Pray every single day. Pray like never before.
2. Do my quiet time regardless of how I feel, no matter how tired I am or no matter how many distractions there are around me.
3. Go when God tells me to. I won't hesitate anymore.

I've been to 2 megalife camp before this, and they have all been life-changing ones. I thank God for this awesome group of people who are so dedicated to following Christ, and I know He is pleased with them as well.

Thank you Isaac for praying for me and speaking those words to me. It has really changed my view on God, and let me realise that He really does love me, more than I can ever imagine.

DAPHNE HERE!

I have no idea how to post using blogger. So thanks to those who’ve helped me get this up here. (:

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:
1. Really being able to get everything out of my mind and just worship God wholeheartedly.
2. Received the gift of tongues.
3. Sleeping on the upper deck of the wobbly bed cause Shu Ling was tossing and turning through the whole night and I thought the bed would either fall apart or I would fall off.

3 things I learnt from the camp:
1. I shouldn’t let the devil’s lies get to me, but keep my eyes focused on God and trust in Him no matter what.
2. I’m not insignificant. God is interested in me. He is my best friend and He is always, always there.
3. God speaks to me frequently. I should start learning to be more sensitive to it.

3 commitments I want to keep to after the camp:
1. Daily devotion.
2. Placing Him as my top priority, never compromising on what He deserves.
3. Never stop trying to reach out to my friends.

Anyway, kudos to Isaac! I think the camp was awesome. (:

And, love you all C2. Like a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot haha yeah you get my point. See you guys tomorrow man, and continue working hard for MHS!

Daphne.

Hi I am Joanne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Say yay! :D

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:
1. When the siervo guy came up and hug + kiss Isaac!
2. THE WAR GAME! OMG HAHAHAHA I WAS BEING PUSHED LIKE CRAZY. LOL.
3. Heaven dinner. The best!


3 things I learnt from God through camp:
1. Seek him everyday.
2. Actually god speaks to me everyday! But I always thought it was the inner thoughts of myself but now i know its god's voice! I know how to differciate god's voice whenever he speaks to me! :)
3. Not to take my eyes of Jesus instead of focusing on our circumstances.


3 commitments I wanna keep after camp:
1. Discipline in Qt every single day, not neglecting him and taking god for granted.
2. Follow Jesus for the rest of my life.
3. Not to doubt his plans for me. He is a great god.

Camp has been really awesome i must say. See you guys tomolo. I'm having headache hahahaha.

hi amelia here
yeah....so im going to do the project that jayna requested.

3 most memorable things that happened at camp
1)heaven....after eating 2 slices of bread, cooking our own food and playing the game of life which got us in tomato ketchup and flour..
2)the TRUTH SEEKERS cheer...lol
3)during worship-where i could strongly feel God's presence and feel so free, just loving him.

3 things I learnt from God through camp
1)God is really reaching out his hand to us..and to really engage with God, we must put aside everything else
2)God has a destiny for me..and its only through God that i can fufill this destiny. though it may seem so far away, i must keep believing that nothing is impossible through God
3)God is the ultimate best friend i can ever have..he stays with us no matter whatever happens, loves us no matter what we have done, heals us no matter how broken we are.

3 commitments I wanna keep after camp
1) spend at least 30mins alone with God everyday
2)look to God in every situation i face
3)step out of my comfort zone and evangelise to my friends

camp has really been awesome..and i think the thing that really impacted me was to be able to just worship him so freely. i've learnt what it meant to just solely concentrate on God and worship him with all i am. its not because of fun or anything else that im worshipping, but its because I LOVE GOD and worshipping is all about God and nothing else.everything else just fades away and i just get lost in the presence of God when im worshipping him. i dont know how to describe the feeling but it is really wonderful to sing songs of love to our great father above.

oh,and im using Jayna's account. if you want to use her account to post, you can sms me....
i cant wait for next year's camp XD
bye and see you all tomorrow :)

hello Pamela Tay here
doing the not very TINY task that gayna requested
haha zzzzzzzz i sound so reluctant

3 most memorable things that happened at camp
1)the amazingly stinky ketchup/tomato sauce all over our faces
2)seeing central two everyday (:
3)Everything?

3 things i learnt from God through camp
1)trust that God is in control in all situations
2)Jesus loves me a lot a lot a lot and i'm not insignificant
3)pressing in even though i'm tired and feel like sleeping

3 commitments you want to keep after camp
1)quiet time everyday, focus on God
2)reach out to my friends more and not be afraid
3)let go and let God

yay done
haha this is my first post here
using gayna's account
bye (:
yay CAMP! (:

HEY GUYS! :D
KELE HERE! :D
ok ok ,i guess this might be actually the first time i am blogging here! :D
sooooo, yuppp! :D
GOOD FOR ME! HAHA

YOU CAMP!

YOU CAMP WAS REALLY AWESOME!
POWER PACKED!
God's presence is really strong at the night services for me! :D
and all of your prayers really touch me, so strongly!
GOD HAS IMPACTED ME AND I WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY I LIVE MY LIFE! :D
sadly :( camp's over! miss CAMP alr!

ok ok, i shall do that TINY task JAYNA ask me to do! :D

3 most memorable things that happened at camp.
-i received the most wonderful gift, the gift of tougues! :D
-making me feel so love and touch through prayers hugs concern encouragement etc! :DI AM LOVED! :D
-seeing God doing his wonderful works in everyone's lives during worship! :D

3 things you learnt from camp. (From GOD :D)
-God forgives all our sins, his love and mercy, i've been forgiven! EVERYBODY WORTH HIS LOVE.
-ENGAGE with God, worship cause WE LOVE HIM! :D
-i'm significant! GOD SAYS I AM IMPORTANT, SMALL BUT MIGHTY! :D i can do all things in Christ that strengthen me! :D :D i must have confidence and higher self esteem!

3 commitments you want to keep to after camp
-to do quiet time more!

-to have discpline during worship and quiet time without distraction! dwell in the holy presence of GOD! :D

-SAVE ONE MORE FOR JESUS! :D evangelise! :D :D :D

THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING, for his love, for all his blessing!
for Central 2, and all of my friends and family ETC :D

YEAAAAAAAAA :D
I've ENJOYED CAMP REALLY A LOT!

YAY! YOU CAMP! :D

KELE KELE KELE KELE KELE! :D

Joan Ng here! (:

Camp's over, everyone is sad.
But lives got renewed and the fire for God burns stronger than before!

No words can really explain how happy am I during camp. God really spoke to me, especially on the 4th night. It's a totally new experience from God and I'm really happy that it just happened again.

During the 4th night just before the alter call, when pastor Gerald was just about to end his preaching, I got this very strange feeling of burden inside me. Its exactly the same feeling I got the day before my parents accepted christ.

I knew it was God, I prayed a short prayer telling God that its the last day of full day camp, please speak to me again.

Ok, now let's get started on Jayna's project. Haha.

3 most memorable things:

1) The super sardin packed like dorms we're sleeping in.
2) All the little p6-ers really enjoyed the camp especially when those little boys run towards Isaac and hug them. And the first boy ran and hug him from the back. Super cute (:
3) God really really did something so awesome on the 4th day of night service.

3 things you learn from camp:

1) God has got great plans for me, & i'm gonna believe in it.
2) God is a great God who forgives & gives healing. Nothing is too bad or evil for him to forgive and love us again. Nothing.
3) Worship is not about hype, its not about jumping and screaming. Its ALL about God.

3 commitments you want to keep after camp:

1) Time alone with God. Seriously I want to, I need to and I must give God the time he deserve.
2) Piority to God, place him above any other thing.
3) Despite living in the world of busi-ness and with people around that are not so nice, still, love them like how God love us.


& also, here, I wanna say something! (:
Isaac, I think you guys really did a great job planning the camp. Alot of people said it was really good and I think so too! & all of us (central 2) can really see the effort you put in trying to come to us during alter calls.

Yup, and let's look forward to all the great stuff God has planned for us!
SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW AND I MISS ALL OF YOU SO MUCH ):

JAYNA HERE!
YES THIS IS THE POST YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
(Can I request that before each post you people leave your name? THANKS :D)

Alright centraltwo, today's the 11th of december, thursday, a very stormy and what seems like a very gloomy day. I predicted today to be a very sad day, but it hasn't been one.
You know last year after ONE camp, I went home and it was also, dark, raining, a rather sad day. And I was quite sad, I remember I spent an afternoon in front of the TV, and trust me, TV is very anti jayna. Anyway! That isn't even the point. Okay, the point is: Last year, I got the whole point of camp wrong. I thought camp was 5 days that would change your life, and the days after will just be natural. I thought that camp was being able to spend 5 days with the people you loved very much (that time groups were cell based), I thought camp was about anything else except God.

Don't you see? That's why today I'm as happy as anything! Sure, I do miss camp and all, but why should I? The most important thing that I gained from camp is still with me, and will forever be :D I have no no no reason to be upset.

Alright, you guys must be wondering why I asked you all to specially come read the cell blog. Okay here it is. I've got a TINY project for each and everyone of you. Really want to hear from you guys and apparently this blog isn't serving it's purpose. So! EVERYONE, capital bold italic underline, EVERYONE, will blog about camp, with the following guidelines:

1. 3 most memorable things that happened at camp.
2. 3 things you learnt from camp. (From GOD :D)
   
3. 3 commitments you want to keep to after camp.

Easy peasy, right? :D AWESOME (: Then we call all read and learn from one another. Another thing is, can I ask that everyone please be willing to share? Honestly, let's face it. No one reads our blog other than ourselves, so be honest with each other! What's the point of calling ourselves bonded as a cell through God when we can't even share with each other! So really, just share openly k (: We're a cell, we can trust each other.

1 post per person, I'm sure it isn't that hard. And from here we'll be able to see how God has really worked through camp. Isn't that amazing? :D Try to do ASAP, preferably before SUNDAY, 14 december, OKAY? :D So that memories will still be fresh in our heads.

Alright, so here are my top threes.

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:

1. When Benton burst out in "I-S-A-A-C, Isaac you're the one for me!" Because it literally sent me back to the times when we were all young and stupid, sorry to say.
   
2. When Siervo did cheers and were very...............passionate. :)
3. When God really ministered to me and gripped my heart in very special ways at the altar.

3 things I learnt from God through camp:

1. That God's embrace is the ultimate home. We don't need anything else. :)
2. That dreams are not meant to die, they remain dormant. Although at times the dreams seem to fade and die away, they aren't dead. They're dormant, we just don't see them. Like stars, you see them in the night, because it's all dark. But in the day? You don't see them, but that doesn't mean they aren't there. Think about it (:
3. That when God asks you to do something, just do it. And when you do it and it seems very lame or whatever and nothing seems to happen, don't lose heart. You never know, maybe God might speak to you one whole year later and tell you what that was about :D

3 commitments I wanna keep after camp:

1. I want to spend at least half an hour per day during TAWG, everyday.
2. I want to continue praying for you special group of people each and everyday.
3. That I'll not give up on my school. Even though we're just a school with a......."mistaken uniform", there's more to it than meets the eye. We're not just a bunch of brainless bimbotic school girls, but each and every person in my school has the right to know God, and it's my responsibility for me to bring God to them :)

Alright! So that's for me. :) Please do post by Sunday, feel free to tag if you've got questions. Sms C-H-E-E-Y-A-N-N, cheeyann cheeyann if you guys can't log in for any queer reason or don't know how to post, though I think only one person doesn't. HAHA.

Alright so see you lovely people. For those that are camp sick, here's a great piece of advice.
Go sleep :D

LOVE YOU ALL!

Hey C2 :D
You guys are still at camp and I'm at home ): ): Hope the friendship thing was fun :D And hope tonight's service will be powerpacked :D :D

Just wanted to say that, this camp has been awesome. Even though we're not all in the same group, but it's still awesome being in the same domain (: And you know, I find it so encouraging when I look at our cell. How we're supporting each other, how we're praying for each other, giving each other hugs, seriously, I am so thankful for this cell.

If you ask me what a cell is for, I'd say, fellowship, support. Remember there was this er programme in the camp where we had to choose what workshop we wanted, and we were all split up? I went for the battles of the mind (Or sth like that) and Jeanette said something about how her church mates condemned her when she did something wrong. Well, I think cell should be the total opposite. Where it's total acceptance, no judgements, and just support for one another. (: So thank you C2 for being such wonderful cell mates.

PAMELA ATE HER INSTANT NOODLES WITH A TOOTHBRUSH COS SHE DIDN'T HAVE FORK!!! (Random)
Ew right, HAHA I think she's going to kill me for this. :/

So yes, this camp has been a blast. And I hope your walk with God has grown deeper just like mine has. (:

God is always reaching out to us, will you reach back to grab His hand?
Love, Charis.

OH YES, WELCOME BACK JASON :D :D

Hello Central 2 (:

This is Joanc posting!

If you read my blog you'll know I'm reading a book, One Child by Torey Hayden.

It's a true story. Jayna lent me the book today (:

Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation -- except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patience, skill, and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare -- and nurture the spark of genius she recognised trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together -- an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy.


It's a good book. At least, it made me think about some stuff.


So anyway, I just want to share about what I feel about camp. (:

Basically, I'm feeling quite tired, emotionally. And I've been yearning for a breakthrough in my spiritual walk with God for quite some time now. And with that, will come a breakthrough in my entire life. I breakout of this aimless life because God isn't in the centre - I can't get anything done right without God being the focus.

I know it's coming, the breakthrough. I can really sense it very very strongly. I know that it's gna be a big big breakthrough, one that will take me to a whole new level. And I'm looking to camp to receive what I need from God - Refreshment & renewed strength. Also, a relighted fire & passion. It's there and I know it, but I need to bring it back to life. (:

So I've thought about that; that's what I want for camp.

How about all of you? I think you must have had thought a little about camp.

Well, don't go for camp without expecting anything.
If you don't expect, you don't get.

And if you don't try, you don't receive either.

I've long learnt that standing with your arms hanging by your sides during worship, or shutting out during sermon, isn't going to get you anywhere with God.

Expect something.
I guess this post came a bit too late, but I hope you'll use the next 2 days to think, about what you want from camp. What do you expect out of it?


I went to a camp once with zero expectations. I thought God would still move his magical hands and work some miracle, do something in my heart.
But I got nothing.

So, expect (: Yearn, long for a touch from God. That intimacy with God is priceless. That security in life, and the joy, only God can give you that.

Love you all. (:

HEY EVERYONE! This is Joanc!

Aiyo why our blog so dead! Come on people, it's hols, I'm sure you guys all are busy with many activities!!! Can share stuff here! :D

Anyway, just so all of you know, Jason's coming back on 10th! He's dropping by at camp :D Don't know if he can stay over one night, still asking Isaac.

BRING CELL TEE TO CAMP!!!!! :D

You'll be getting camp pullover on Day 1, so yal might not want to bring cell jacket! I'm not bringing.

Are you all excited for camp!? Hahaha. Cos I am, and I'm VERY excited :D
I can really sense very strongly that camp is gna be very significant. Nevermind about the no air-con part, the conditions and all don't matter, let's focus on how we're gna encounted God through You camp okay!

I really believe that camp is gna be very significant, and I'm sure all of you will receive something. Have good sleeps the nights before camp, because sleeping late and getting up early at camp might be tiring! Don't risk falling asleep during sermons because you could miss out on something God wants to bless you with!

Get ready for powerpacked worship sessions, awesome sermons, fun workshops, and games that'll blow your minds!

No matter who you're grouped with, always remember that this is a great opportunity to make new friends! We're all in the family of God after all, it's time to get to know one another, isn't it! (: What's more, you're grouped with people in your area, shouldn't it be even more of a 'need' to befriend them? (:

My first camp was Fortified camp. I was quite new to ML, and so I didn't know that many people. And that time, we weren't even grouped w people in our area. It was super random people all over. So of course I was scared, but I made new friends and it turned out rly fun (: I still rmb Fortified camp as a powerpacked camp and I was so refreshed.

So, don't worry, because God has a purpose for placing you in the group that you're in. Remember PJ said today, don't pick your neighbours! (:

Get excited, start anticipating, start packing, keep praying!!!

Let's keep the camp comm and group leaders and every single ML-er in prayer alright! May we all benefit from this camp (:

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Alright, now...

ATTENTION ALL CHUNG CHENG PEOPLE!

Alright, please tag after you've read this part!
We've had our meeting on Fri, but we need to meet once or twice more. And this time, I want everyone of you to be around. Please ah, reply my msgs or call me back if you miss my call okay. People like Jiaru ah, forever uncontactable one. Please start to be contactable okay! We really don't have much time left and I hope you will understand the urgency of this MHS (:

I want to meet you all sometime in the coming week before camp. We have to discuss the actual programmes on the day itself (15Dec). And prolly one day, we have to go over to Kendrick's house to see how we're gna do it on the actual day. On 15 Dec, we have to meet early. Since the time of the Christmas Gathering is 130PM, I think we have to report around morn. Don't worry we won't meet that early, you all need your sleep.

Please pray up for this MHS event, please get good rests everyday (:

Shuling & Daphne, you 2 are IC of games right? And Benton is the MC. Persis will oversee the food part, and Shuling is contacting her teacher about a caterer. Shuling and Daphne, I hope you 2 will meet up and plan what you can by next Saturday, 6 Dec if I'm not wrong.

And we have to confirm the number of friends coming in order to plan for food and doorgifts etc. I don't know if we still are doing doorgifts but I think that would be good.
Try as much as possible to confirm number of people coming by 5Dec, Friday. I'll tell you who to report the names to again.
Will sms all of you. PLEASE BE CONTACTABLE.

There's a prayer list, for those of you who didn't come for Fri's meeting. Those who came have collated names of our friends. This list is for every single one of you to pray every night. Pray for these friends and the people who invited them okay (: And also for our MHS.

List:
Persis - Iris, Hui Yee, Ying Jie, Yong Yu, Wing Yee.
Joanne - Siewting, Jingshi, Corey, Eugene.
Shuling - Melody, Xiwen, Wendy, Jiaying.
Renia - Samantha, Sharon, Xue Ying, Karen.
Joanc - Yunting, Jennifer, Xiaohui, Sijia, Fangze.

(Daphne, Kele, Huiting, Jiaru, Benton, please tag/blog the names of friends you have invited/thinking of inviting/invited but rejected etc. We're gna pray for all these names. Meanwhile yal can take down these other names and pray for them too.)

There's a buddy system,
Daphne - Huiting
Persis - Renia
Joanne - Shuling
Jiaru - Benton
Kele - Joan

sms your buddy after you finish praying every night. PLEASE DO THIS. Everytime we do buddy system it doesn't work -.- But I want to make this work alright. I trust you to remind yourelf to pray. But buddies, if you want to remind your buddy, go ahead. And this buddy system isn't just for praying. If there's stuf you wna say to encourage your buddy, go ahead and msg/call.

PLEASE, if you don't have your buddy's number, ASK ME/JOANNE/PERSIS.
I trust you all to take initiative and contact us, don't just let things be and forget about the whole buddy system thing.

Alright. Done. Other details, just standby for more msgs from me/Joanne/Persis.

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Central 2, I hope all of you will pray alongside the CCH people for this MHS event (: It will be a good stepping stone for us, and I really believe that through this MHS, we will grow as a people for our school. This is the beginning of something starting up in our school (: Rest assured, we will be praying for all of you as well. Jiayou in your planning, may you be led by God, and remember, leave the results to Him. Just do your best in the planning, and even when it gets stressful, plan with a cheerful heart and joyful spirit!

Also, please remember Churchwide Prayer Meeting on 5 Dec! 8PM @ worship centre :D Please sms me your attendance.

Good night!

LISTEN TO THAT SONG AS YOU'RE READING THIS POST! It'll give you a...better erm, atmosphere to read this post!

Anyway that song's SAVED THE DAY by Planetshakers, one of the songs we sang at service yesterday. I just wanted to highlight a few lines in the song, it's from the chorus, and here it goes:

My God, he made a way,
My God, he saved the day,
Forever we will shout your praise
This world will fade away,
but your word remains,
forever, Jesus, we will shout your praise.

See the words from that song chorus. Sing it one time in your head.
Now, picture yourself in jail, with your hands tied to your back. You've got cuts all over your body, you're in pain. You've been persecuted for your faith, been through trials and tribulations. I think in those kind of times, this song would really be our anthem.
God is making a way,
God is saving the day,
And so we'll forever shout his praise, amen?

This is a mini reminder that the end times really are coming, God really is coming. Isn't it kind of exciting? I mean, for a while we'll all be scared about the things we've to endure, but I think God must be laughing at us, because the little that we have to suffer is completely uncomparable to what Jesus had to endure, but I think God is also laughing at us, because we don't have the foresight to see beyond the pain and suffering, because we've forgotten that God told us that we should rejoice in our suffering, because we don't dream of meeting God face to face.
Let's think past all those terrifying sights of suffering, but rather dream and fantasize of meeting our great God face to face-one day soon, and be reunited with the many that we've seemed to lost in this lifetime as a big family.

Well Central 2, christmas is coming. I had to bring it up, but yet another year has flown by. It didn't seem too long ago when I was sitting at the computer writing a post just like this. This year has gone by so incredibly fast, and in no time at all, central 2 will grow another year older.
From what I've heard (I'm far too young to actually know these things, HAHA) from the old people, central 2 really has come a long way. There was even this point in time when Central 2 had 4 regulars. I don't think the Central 2 of that time would have ever dreamt that C2 would become what it is now, but God has taken his place in our cell and he will continue to.

I'd like to take this opportunity to encourage everyone, as we're going to enter into the planning stage for MyHope Singapore. I know it may seem rather intimidating to get out of your comfort zone and share your testimony, or maybe your testimony doesn't seem that great-sometimes I feel the same way too. Remember it was mentioned before, we might not have those kinds of testimonies like, before accepting Christ we were loan sharks or murderers, and after accepting Christ you've changed completely-those ARE great testimonies, but there's no reason to say your testimony isn't as good. :) It may seem normal to you, but at the Myhope gathering, you're not going to do the work, it's God that's going to come and take his place in your friends' hearts. Rely on him alone k, and I'm sure everything will go smoothly.

Oh, another thing.
It's another 2 months to the end of 2008, let's treasure these last 2 months we have with the Sec 4s k! <3 they've been such a great part of the cell, really can't bear to see them go BUT! We know that God's gonna raise them up in another cell and work more and more in their lives wherever they go. Anyhow, let's treasure these last 2 months with our Sec 4s, be nice to them! :D

Alright I apologize for a post-full of crap. Just wanted to make sure this blog was updated :D
REMEMBER TO BRING $25 FOR THE CAMP PULLOVER, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T PAID. :D

Smile okay C2, miss you all! (:
Jayna.

Here you go,

Joan ng.

Hello :D

Lack of posts! So I shall post :D

ALL THE BEST JOAN CHEW FOR LIT :D
(Does Jason take Lit?? :/ IF YOU DO JIA YOU TOO!)

HOLIDAYS ARE HEREEEE, I WANNA GO ICE SKATING MANXZ. :D
HCL O's tomorrow, goodness, what am I doing here? I have no idea.

I got prayer requesttttttttt,
www.loveconfessionn.livejournal.com
It's under lj cut!

Sorry lazy to type it all out again.
Pray for him, yes? He's just too little to go through all of this.

See you guys on Friday :D

FINALLY I GOT INTO CELL BLOG.
I TRIED TO HACK IN ZILLIONS OF TIMES THIS AFTERNOON.

K, AM JOAN.
Anyway, let's have an (un)official cell outing soon okkkkkkkk.

Jayna wants a breakfast at Suntec but I dont know where.
She's crazy, she wanted to watch sunrise at henderson bridge initially............ Henderson bridge is so so so far and sunrise?! That's so quite impossible for the east people......

Shall we like go watch movie together?
Im trying to ask other cell people to watch High School Musical 3 together!
So currently its JOANNE, CHARIS, PAM, ME. So whoever that is interested please tag or contact me okay!

Ok, that's all for now.

AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEGALIFE CAMP OKKKKKKKK.

LOVE LOVE.

Charis here!

Praise you in the storm.

I was sure by now,God, that You would have reached down
and wiped our tears away,
stepped in and saved the day.
But once again, I say amen
and it's still raining
as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain,
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away.

Chorus:
And I'll praise you in this storm
and I will lift my hands
for You are who You are
no matter where I am
and every tear I've cried
You hold in your hand
You never left my side
and though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry to You
and raised me up again
my strength is almost gone how can I carry on
if I can't find You
and as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away

Chorus

I lift my eyes onto the hills
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth
I lift my eyes onto the hills
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth

Chorus

A beautiful song,
Faith, we all need to have faith. I especially like, "You are who You are, no matter where I am". (:
Have a great week ahead.

Hello C2!
JOAN AND JASON how was the paper today? Hope it was alright, no, actually I hope it was great. But whatever it is, it's over. Look forward to the next one, and give it your best shot! IT'S COMING TO AN END!!! So push push push, we don't want to live knowing we could have done better. Do your best and leave the rest to God.
Anyway, I wanted to say thank you the birthday surprise that day! I heard Joan and Joanne saying no one got them a card or a cake ): So I wanted to say, thank you very very much. And Joan and Joanneeee, we all still love you! And you're very much loved by C2. I told JoanC that somehow C2 gives a real feeling of family, for me at least. And I'm wondering if you guys feel the same way. You know, it's like, just closeness which takes forever to build up with other people but yet, it's so open and so.. warm. It just comes so easily. I appreciate you C2, a lot!
Thank you guys for everything.

MY EOYS ARE OVERRRRRRRR!!! :DCharis here btw :D

Centralites!

I was watching the sermon up there this afternoon and whatever Louie said really impacted me. It's like how Caroline and Sam and everyone at prayer meeting was speaking about how the word of God can come alive, it really does. Do take some time to watch it alright, and you'll know that God can bring you through anything that comes your way, and for the simple reason that God is IN you, and he is holding you together and WILL hold you together.

Aiyah, my vocab is like that lor. Must watch it yourself. WATCH IT :D

Love you C2 :D
Jayna.

Central 2! I've got something that's been tugging at the strings of my heart these past few days and I want to share it with you(: But first, please don't laugh at me :D

Alright, on Monday, I had my MATH PAPER 1.
I have no idea why, but I kena mental block, like all the questions I always know how to do, now I forgot, and I didn't even finish my last question.
Summary: Math paper 1 screwed.

Then on wednesday was my MATH PAPER 2.
The paper was very easy. I was breezing through it. Seriously, honestly, frankly. Not boasting. I think they did it that way to make sure that we wouldn't do very badly in overall. So I finished in like 15 mins and I had 45 min doing nothing but checking. And then about 2 minutes before time up, I looked through my paper again and to my horror, I realised I missed out the last major question WORTH 8 MARKS. Because I thought that the graph questions was one of the options -_- And I thought since I did the graph question, the other one I didn't need to do. I tried to scribble something. I knew how to do that question but I just need 5 minutes (that I obviously didn't have) When the teacher said time's up I was still writing because I needed like a full mark in my paper 2 just to make up for my paper 1. But in the end I just put down the pen 3 sec later.

You know, when I was doing the other parts of the paper, I was like, "woah God is good man. God is good. He always provides man. One paper so hard the other so easy"

And when I saw that last question I wasn't really thinking anything except CRAP CRAP CRAP, but after that I was like, AHHHH GOD HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN.

I sort of blamed God.

It's quite stupid actually, because the blame is obviously mine for not even checking through the paper carefully.

AND later on I was in a great dilemma whether or not to cheat, because I could write it on another fulscap paper and tell the teacher that it fell out of my stack cos the hole to tie strings tore, but in the end I didn't.

YOU KNOW WHY?

Because you you guys!
Because I remember that one session we had where we prayed for integrity.
Because I remember how we learn that we have to set the example for our friends.
Because I remember we have to show a little bit of Jesus each day (:

So, overall, however upset I may be over my paper, I've committed to not think about it anymore. (: And glory be to God for bringing us all through our exams + the others who haven't finished. :D

Love you guys (see this is the kinda impact you guys have on me)
Okay anyway this was kind of a stupid post so I don't really know if I post it but I think I still will? but yeah see you all at prayer meeting tomorrow. DON'T BE LATE :D

anyaJ

(Joanc posting)

Today... I went to school in the morning. Like the usual time. Supposedly for prayer mtg, but last minute the girls found out they had to study 6 more chapters, which they didn't.
:O
I know how that feels. Hahaha. So prayer meeting was put off. Next week, la. (:

Had consultations for 3 different subjects from 9 to 3++P.M.
And I just got home.




Well. The main point is about the bus ride back.
I sat at the back row. The long row.
2 guys, I don't know from where, came on the bus.
Then the bus went past a church.

Guy1: All these churches names are so stereotypical. All try to come up with names like "Holy Church", like trying to be better than one another. (Something along those lines, I didn't hear clearly)

Guy2 said something la. Then they were like abit arguing about religion. Guy2 told Guy1 to show respect for other religions, even if don't believe at least respect. He sounded agitated.

Guy1: It's delusions la, ha.

I forgot other stuff in between. But in the end Guy1 got fed up and gave up explaining, then he got off at his stop.


Tell you what was going through my mind: A thousand and one things.

My stop was reaching. Was there time to say my part?
What could I say to make him change his mind(set)?

I wanted to join in the conversation halfway. But firstly, that'd mean I'd been eavesdropping. Plus I wanted to listen on before I said anything.
I got angry initially, but as I listened I felt a very strong urge to tell him a few things.

I wanted to agree w Guy1; don't believe, fine, but in the least, respect.
But then, thinking again, I don't want him to respect religions or Christianity, namely, for the sake of respecting.

Guy2, obviously a free-thinker, critisizes religion(s). But does he even understand the different religions? I'll narrow it down to Christianity.

Does he understand Christianity/Christians enough to call this religion a delusion?

And, what's the point of respecting something for the sake of respecting it; for the sake of staying out of trouble because this issue, religion, is sensitive.

If you respect something, you should first understand it.
At least...... Make an effort to.
Don't classify it as delusion/unreal/illogical right away/without really thinking.

Then again, how would I know if he really did make an effort to understand Christianity? Maybe he did?
But, listening to the way he spoke, the things he spoke about, he obviously hasn't.


I wanted to tell him, secondly, that there's a reason for believing. People don't blindly believe.
Now I'd like to ask all of you: What's your reason for believing in our God?
Is it because PJ and other pastors all over preach that God is real? Etc etc? What's your reason.

For me. My reason is that I've experienced God before and I just know He's real. There's no proper explanation, I just know it.

Is your reason the same as mine?

Because, thinking about it, I don't think that's a good enough reason,at all. And it's definitely not a good enough reason for a non-believer to believe.
How would saying that "I just know it" help?

Reminds me of my friends. We were talking about End times and God.
Nonbeliever: But how you know it's true.
Christian friends (who curse in every sentence): Because you know it la! Because it's real! How can you not believe?!

Then the argument/discussion got heated up.

To me, as I listened to their discussion, it sounded dumb. Getting so angry and saying "it's real it's real!"
I don't see how that can help anything. I so wanted to say something, to give a proper reason, but I couldn't think up anything. That's why I just kept quiet.

So, back to the issue.
I was thinking, okay, I don't have a reason right now, but maybe before I get off the bus I should say something like "Excuse me, I hope you'll take time and effort to understand religion before you critisize it/them. They are NOT delusions. There are reasons why people choose to believe."
I had strong urge. I was really exploding inside. But my stop was coming in dont know how many seconds. But I had time. I was sitting, half butt on the seat, debating.

Why I wanted to tell him:
For one, I was getting off. So I didn't have to worry about a heated discussion. Besides, if I don't even have a proper reason for believing I don't see how I can hold up a discussion w him. So if I just tell him those few sentences and alighted, no risk no loss. (Cowardly, but I don't want to put up a discussion I won't know how to answer. Cause that proves I don't even understand my own religion)
Second, even if I didn't have a proper reason, saying that to him might just change his everything, because he might really go and find out about God and he might be saved. Then the whole of heaven would rejoice.
Third, I might never see him again. And I might never get the chance to tell him again next time.

But I didn't tell him.
Why sia. Now I can't think of a reason why I didn't. I mean. My chance was there. Opportunity had come, God had set the table. I don't know why I didn't make the move.
I regret la. I shall pray for him.

So. Since now it's.... somewhat over. I think I should think about this. Why do I believe in Jesus?
I'd really like to know your answer. So tag it or blog it.
But if you don't know, I think we should start searching for our reasons. Because there definitely is a reason for you to believe and love God. And it definitely is true that God is real. It's just, do you know it? Do you know how to put it?
Maybe that's why we're scared of evangelism. Because we don't even know how to explain our faith, however strong it might be.

Start searching, then (: Don't avoid the question. Knowing your cause, your reason, then you can let people understand, then their eyes can be opened.

Another thing I'm thinking about,
Many a times, before you accept something you want a scientific or logical explanation/evidence for it.
Can God be proven through facts and science, other than stated in the Bible?

End of questions.

One more thing I want to say.
Last night I was feeling crappy.
Really crappy.

So then I prayed. And I kinda fell asleep while praying.
But this morn on the way to school I heard 1 or 2 Hillsong Kids songs, and I just have one thing to say:

Even when you're feeling like shit, when you don't feel like worshipping God, when you feel different and weird and all the things other than O.K.,
God's still the same.

And God doesn't deserve this kind of treatment- Worshipping when you feel like it, praying when you feel like it.

Just like how the reason for our faith cannot be based solely on how we feel when we're experiencing God, the way you treat God should not be based solely on how you're feeling.


During the week a song came to me strongly. I wanted to post it here. But I forgot alr. Shall post another that kinda impacted me.
I was listening to it, and as I heard the lyrics I was super happy. Not earthly happy. But the kind if happy only God can give me, you know, that special kind. (:
So, enjoy. And listen to the words.


FREE- Planetshakers

You saved me, You set me free
You healed me, You made me see
You set me free

You give me, all that I need
You give me, life abundantly
You set me free

All I wanna do is praise You
‘Cause You have set me free

You’re my saviour
You have set me free forever
It is by your grace and power
That you have set me free
You are the way
I will follow You all my days
Never will I hold back my praise
‘Cause You have set me free

There’s freedom in the name of Jesus
Freedom from all shame
There’s freedom in the name of Jesus
Freedom from all pain
There’s freedom in the name of Jesus
Freedom from all sin
There’s freedom in the name of Jesus
There’s freedom in the name of Jesus


We're free! :D

Haha okay the drilling finally stopped.
So noisy la! Zzz. Disturb my nap just now.
Btw, Im supposed to be on a fast food fast and I was gna make it past the 2nd week of it already until......................
When I woke up I had a strong craving for Macs. So... Fast broken!LOL.
It's supposed to be till the end of O's. If not I've to pay my friend 5 bucks. But I'm not going to. LOL. 5 bucks can buy my another meal! So I'm gna shh about my McSpicy just now ehehehe.

Argh I shouldn't even be here I'm supposed to be studying. Aiya who ask neighbour to drill!! Make me cannot concentrate then must come here LOL.

Okay after this I shall go do..............
Ss.
Then Geog.
Then UHOH.
I GOTCHINESE TUITION @ NIGHT EJFEIWJGIDJGIESJMCFASLKFMASO.

Forgot to do her hw. Sianzation. Who likes Chinese man! I can't wait to pass my HCL and get Chinese out of my life forever. Out of my JC life, at least.
MUST PASS.
But my teacher says it's not easy to pass.
HOW!? Bluff me one la it's just to make me try and score better. RIGHT.

Zzz -.-
Btw I'm Joanc hor. Hahahaha. Sianzation sianzation I need chocos to hold my concentration as I study. So I bought 2 bars. EH OFFER LEH 2 FOR 2.50 HOR CADBURY. If not I'd just buy one heh heh :D
But then when my mum saw the chocs she say they're also checking Cadbury chocs for China milk. WAH SIAN.

But I'm still gna eat my 2.50bucks worth of chocs anyway. THERE'S NO STOPPING ME! Hahaha.
I cant wait to go swimming tomorrow. Going w my fwenz.

WAH HEADACHE. Seriously. I feel lke sleeping all the way. I NEED MY SLEEP.

This Saturday I have some Chem timed prac + checking thru answers immed aft tht till 1230. WALK SO LONG OUT OF SCH WHEN THE SUN'S SCORCHING @ 1230!?!?!? KIDDING ME SIA. My friend carries an umbrella when it's hot. HAHA.

Anyway. I should have taken a picture of Jason's table before I scraped off all the stuf today. Aiya wasted. But anyth la, Ill just describe/narrate to you all ok.

One day during Chinese lesson (I sit at his table during Chi. I used to be scared of Jason, believe it ok) I happy happy took my thick gel pen and wrote "Jason u suck ha ha guess who i am :D"
Then everytime I go Chi I'll look at the table see if he notices it or replies anything. Then for a few days nothing. So I began to scrape off the ':D' bit by bit.
I was starting to give up on expecting a reply. Then.........
Today, WOO BREAKTHROUGH.

My eyes wandered to that same spot during boring Chi period and guess whut I saw yo!

"You fatty!!"
Then he drew a small circle with :D inside as the head,
then he drew a big circle and that's supposed to be the body.
Plus an arrow pointing to it, labelled "Joan"

HOI HOI HOI DONGDONG.
When u come sch tmr u DIE.

Jason dno how to draw fingers and toes one sia. You know when you draw stik figure of bird, you draw them having 3 toes that one.
Jason drew that kind for my hands and legs. I ONLY GOT 6 FINGERS AND 6 TOES AH.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-

Im TIRED. Haha.
Anyway, I only got 2 weeks to O's. And that's really scaring me.
SIANZATION!? MY LIT HOW. I tell you ah. Lit is fun to take as a leisure thingy but DONT TAKE IT FOR O'S.
ANALYSE TOKILLAMOCKINGBIRD!:!LFDJSIGOJESOFJSAOD
SO THICK THE BOOK.Siansiansian there must be some way out.

NONONOONO.
Okay no. Shh. Shhh.
Ok. I just want to tel you all hor. I'm seriously.
Seriously.
Seriously.
Seriously.


GNA STUDY UNTIL I GO CRAZY FOR O'S.
I'm gna make sure, after I finish my last paper, I can say 'Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I gave the best of my brains and now it's time to relax to th max'
Yeh yeh yeh.
I MUST STUDY LIKE MADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD.


Haha. So, Joanne, Persis, CCH warriors,
From after your EOYS end till my O's end, you guys take charge of MHS ok!
After my O's I'll get back in action. Hahhaha.

I HAVE TO GET 6 POINTS.
YEAAAAAAAAAAH. And I'll join Gabriel and CY in VJ. HAHA.
If I can.


YOU KNOW WHAT!
I'm gna go bathe and start my mugging NOW. Yes Joan go Joan woo woo woo.

OKAYYYYYYYYY. Time to go enough of com.
Jy for your eoys! :D

<3 Joanc.

Desert song (:
This is my prayer in the desert
And all that's within me feels dry
This is my prayer in the hunger in me
My God is a God who provides

Verse 2:
And this is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved
Of more worth than gold
So refine me Lord through the flames

Chorus:
And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon forged against me shall remain

I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here

Verse 3:
And this is my prayer in the battle
And triumph is still on it's way
I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise I'll stand

Bridge:
All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship

Verse 4:
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be empited again
The seed I've recieved I will sow


Stand firm in His promise (:
Our God provides. Don't worry for tomorrow, don't worry for anything in the days to come. God is with you (:
Our God is a God who sticks by promises. What He says He will do, He WILL do.

Our God is not like Man. Our God is faithful, forever.
Our God deserves our all, our God is God of ALL.
Freely He gave it all for us, He surrendered His life upon the cross.

Lifted on high from death to life
Forever our God is glorified.

Fall at His feet, be amazed.
Our God is so so awesome (:
So worthy of our whole heart, our love.

No one and nothing at all can replace God's place in my heart.

Joanc (:

P.S. CHRIS LONG TMR!

James 1: 2-8

Hey C2.

Hey everyone this is Joanc!
I always forget to put my name after each post so I shall put it now before I forget.
Btw, always leave your name k. Haha. Unless you wish to remain anon, cos, like, if you do say something that blesses someone, I'm sure the someone would like to thank you personally and since everyone would love to be appreciated at some time or another, you would too, so yes, please leave your name! (:

Anyway. I just did some praying and waiting on God? Yup, which I haven't been doing in a while..... And. I was just planning for tomorrow's CCH prayer meeting, and the one on Tue. And I realise I need 3 days to meet up w you CCH people to, properly, sell you the vision that Isaac has sold to me heh heh. Is it a vision? Not really actually. I think a challenge la. An exciting one :D

I'm really excited. I mean, I still do feel that all the fear in me is kinda limiting my level of excitement, but I'm gna break out of it.
"Perfect love casts out all fear"

I shouldn't have to be afraid of anything at all 'cause God's fighting on my side, so yes, I will keep praying (:
I just want to share what I'm currently feeling, I hope it'll somewhat inspire/bless/encourage you. If I can do this, I know you can, too (:

I want to be a woman of faith. (Or girl la. woman sounds so old).

I want to be a girl of faith. Strong strong strong faith. I want to be mad, crazy, really insane, just for Jesus. I want back the power of God in my life. And when I get it, I'm not letting go. I no longer want to be that fire that has gone out. I want God to be my oxygen, I want COMPLETE COMBUSTION! (woah woah chemistry)
Yes, I want to experience God every. single. day., wherever I go whatever I do, in toilet etc ANYWHERE AT ALL,
I
WANT
TO
FEEL
JESUS.

And more than just feeling Him, I want to love Him with all my heart, all my soul, all the time. I want to be willing to die just for Him. I want to be loyal to Jesus. I don't want to drift away ever again, I don't want to let anything else stop me from getting to Jesus.

Jeremy, usher leader shared before:
When you open a door, you don't have to kick it and handle it roughly like trying to break it etc to open it. All you have to do is simply turn the knob.
Same goes for opening Jesus' door. Just put your hand over the doorknob, turn it gently.
That's all it takes.

Bottomline is, I want a lot of Jesus in my life.

Over the course of the past months as I drifted away and many issues that I had to deal with appeared in my face, God revealed many many many things to me. All the questions I had, I didn't know who to ask. Only God could answer.
And on Sat, the words that Bob Sorge spoke were from God.
Every thing he said came right at me, slapped me in the face. All the questions I had, all the confusion and all the doubts, all the internal struggles w my own emotions, etc etc etc, e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g was answered.
And I started to understand many many things.
Esp during cell. During worship, I began to see so many things. It was like. Ultimate breakthrough.
Although I know I still have to put in effort to do my QT and spend time w God if I want a closer walk w Him. Which I'm working on. so anyway,

Yes.
I think this is the start of a new season. Which involves my revived dream for CCH (:
I thought I'd never get out of that bad patch. Like the so-called season of stagnancy? For so many months.
But whoo, thank God, I'm out! :D
I was beginning to lose hope in everything. Actualy not beginning to, I already had. My life was like, woah. So hopeless and meaningless without God's power. You know? It's not exactly an empty feeling, nor is it really very lonely or whatsoever. It's not a very sharp pain kinda feeling but it's like..... a subtle one but yet one that... you just know your life is so dim. I've never felt that way before. And it's miserable man haha. I relied on many things that weren't Christian (not saying I became very un-christian-ly, just didn't use holy moley means) to make myself feel better each time. But of course, short-lived results. I knew only God could satisfy me, but yet I just found it so hard to come back.

Last week was the worst.
It's not PMS I know it, LOL. It's just the peak of my bad season. I never felt so miserable + let down + all the other horrible vegetable feelings all at once before.
It's like one morning I woke up and checked my phone and like I just felt really fed up and hurt and all that. I was kicking in my bed like some grumpy kid. And yeah every night I'd get so emo I couldn't stand myself.

So today Bob Sorge preached about Enduring Faith.
And I was thinking a few weeks back that....... In the last few years of my walk w God I always managed to be strong enough to want to endure through it all, but this time, this season, it's just so. I don't know, like I just gave up? Why? I felt like a loser. LOL. That time la.

Well now. I decided and I've resolved that I want to endure anything that comes my way now on. Won't avoid issues, won't try to escape from them all, gna be strong cos I'm empowered by God, amen!


Perfect love casts out all fear
Perfect love casts out all fear
Perfect love casts out all fear
Ditto x 10000000....

Yes.
And Central Two, CCH people,
"We will run, altogether our hearts aflame, with a fire that can't be tamed, our God, all glory to Your name"

I want my heart to be on fire, aflame. That no one at all can put out. Esp not Satan.

I've got a song for you all.
What if His people prayed - Casting crowns.

Go read the lyrics.


What if the armies of the Lord
Picked up and dusted off their swords
Vowed to set the captive free
And not let satan have one more

What if the Church,
for heaven's sake
Finally stepped up to the plate
Took a stand upon God's promise
And stormed hell's rusty gates

Chorus I:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His faith, yeah
And turn from their old ways

And what would happen if we prayed
For those raised up to lead the way
Then maybe kids in school could pray
And unborn children see light of day

What if the life that we pursue
Came from a hunger for the truth
What if the family turned to Jesus
Stopped asking Oprah what to do

Chorus I:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face yeah
And turn from their own way

Chorus II:
He said that He would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear, yeah
If only we would pray

Bridge:
If My people call by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray
If My people call by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray

Choruses:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face, yeah
And turn from their old ways

He said that He would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear yeaah
If only we would pray

What if His people prayed? The title of the song. Well, if we pray,
God will answer loud and clear.
God will stick by His promise.

Everyone,
Don't let satan have one more.
It's time to pray. (:

Now, I understand what it means, to want to pray like never before.
To be so hungry, so desperate to see revival.

Love you C2 (:

After reading the previous 2 posts, all I can say is AMEN :D
Thanks Joan(s) for those 2 awesome posts, and now I've something to add on.

Amberlie, Amelia, Crystal, Joanng, Kendrick, Rachel, Shaun and Me.
I really felt so strongly to tell you this!
Even when you're alone, God and you makes the majority.

Did you get that?
I'll say it again.

EVEN WHEN YOU'RE ALONE, GOD AND YOU MAKES THE MAJORITY.

Yup, let it sink in.
I know it really sucks being in a school where you seem reallllllyyyyyy alone, like as if no one else cares. But honestly? If you just open your eyes and take a good look around, there are quite a few people that do care, because like us they too believe in the one true living God.
So, you're really not alone (:

Maybe from Central 2 you're the alone person from your school. So what?
I am too.

I remember in the planning for Nubian Gents and all, Isaac repeatedly, REPEATEDLY, kept saying the word "no kick". It was seriously quite funny.
EXAMPLE: You think very hard to get 100 guests from our cell to NG meh? For God it's NO KICK OKAY.

And moremoremore, the "challenges" started getting bigger. But the one thing that didn't change was that it was all the same "no kick" for God.

Okay, you might think. "Jialat, no kick for God, very kick for me".
Then let me share something else. Yihui told us "all you need is simple faith".

I don't know how else to emphasize that it IS possible. And it IS going to happen. Let's just get our butts moving and do the work God has mapped out for us (:

Bo pian I have to say this.
It may seem like other schools has such big numbers, such big dreams.
But numbers don't equate to dreams. You can dream big, ALONE. Or rather, just you and God.
Remember, YOU AND GOD MAKES THE MAJORITY.

I think you guys know what I mean.
Don't feel left out of God's big plan. Although it seems like you're not involved at all, he has a great, great plan for you. And maybe that's too go out and win souls ALONE.

Aiya, I really don't know what to say already. Just don't feel hopeless and helpless even when the situation seems pathetic.

A little faith's enough to see moutains lifted, moved.

Alright peace out centralites, I wish you a very fruitful week ahead:D I'm praying for all you people having exams, and even in this tough and trying time now, it's time to make a difference (it always is!) Don't limit God, don't limit yourself, and you'll be in for a surprise.

Love you all :D

(for anyone who doesn't already know who I am!)
Jayna :D

Jesus, take the wheel.

She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati
On a snow white Christmas Eve
Going home to see her Mama and her Daddy with the baby in the backseat
Fifty miles to go and she was running low on faith and gasoline
It would been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention
She was going way to fast
Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn't even have time to cry
She was sooo scared
She threw her hands up in the air

Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this all on my own
I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel

It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder
And the car came to a stop
She cried when she saw that baby in the backseat sleeping like a rock
And for the first time in a long time
She bowed her head to pray
She said I'm sorry for the way
I've been living my life
I know I've got to change
So from now on tonight

Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this all my own
I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I'm on

Oh, Jesus take the wheel
Oh, I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
From this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel
Oh, take it, take it from me
Oh, why, oh

Listen to that song, look at the lyrics (:

I think it's really meaningful.

I just wna say, that today, I finally got a breakthrough (: And I know, it's the starting of something new.

I believe, with all my heart, that CCHMS is for Jesus (:

Cell sharing was as great today.

Vision may seems scary and impossible. But when you trust and pray God answer. Faith as small as mustard seed moves mountain. All it takes is ONE crazy person. One crazy person to make impact in people's life. to change lifes.

Sometimes I wish God would change me, like I wont care about how people look at me. I wont care about how I look, how stupid I may seems in people's eye. Or maybe how people mock me, despise me for my faith in my Lord Jesus Christ.

Sometimes I wish im isnt who I am. Sometimes I wish Im not like that. I dont look like that, I dont speak like that. I dont do things like that.
So that I can really be so crazy about my faith. I can go around sharing gospel, telling people how great is MY god.
Sometimes I wish I was friendly, I wish I have many many friends. So that I can show each and everyone of them a little bit of Jesus. I can love them, So that I can make use of my life to show people that my God lives in me. So that I can be a living testimony. A life that reflects Jesus christ.

I want to be like people who is so crazy about Jesus Christ that they could have the courage to speak infront of all their classmates and schoolmates about Jesus. About how He had saved us.

Let's not be the one who's always sitting there listening to people's testimony on how they experiece God, and how God transformed their lifes.
Let's be the one sharing, let's be the one who tells everyone how God perform His miracles in our life. Its enough of listening, let's be the one who God acts on. Let's be the one standing infront of people sharing our testimony today.

Sometimes I wish I wasnt who I am. Sometimes I wish im in a way of silly, silly like a naive children that wont care about how people look at and think of.

Let's be a living testimony.
Let's trust and pray, believe it today Central two.
Let's have faith in our Lord Jesus that He will never ever break His promises for us.

Joan ng.

Hey guys,

HEYO CENTRALITES. :D
Or rather central 2 :D

The blog is finally up, following a long wait from that poophead who deleted our old one.
Anyway I'm so sorry the skin looks totally awful, I admit it. I DID IT. Becauseeeeeee I'm no computer freak so I have no idea how to do these kind of things.
(Whoever has a gift of photo editing/skin making, please volunteer :D Don't hide your gifts.)

Alright, so I do hope that all of you would enjoy this blog, and may it be much more lively than our previous one (: As JoanC said earlier, I think our blog doesn't only have to be either super formal or super (you think of a word yourself), but really, this blog was made so we can share lives and get in touch with each other during the course of the week :D

Okay and I must note, PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE.
No more indian words.
No more bobby whatever.
Just central two (:

Haha hellooooo everyone!
This is Joanc, as you can see from the title! Alright our blog's finally up again, everyone screeeeaaaaaaaaaaam! Hahahaha.

Okay so this is kinda like an opening post, same 'rules and regulations' apply:

With every post you put up, INSERT A TITLE. I have no idea why but it's somewhat neater! If you don't know what to put as title just do what I did, say who you are. LOL.

Yup and! This cell blog is gna be an open ground for ANY of you at all, to share about whatever's in/on your heart!
You might wna share about your day/week/an incident, or something you've learnt, or just something really lame or funny you saw somewhere, ANYTHING! After all, this is our place!

This blog belongs to each and everyone of you! So do treat it as yours; OWN THIS THING MAN! :D

I understand how sometimes it seems really tedious to sign in and put up a post here, but...............
Rmb what Snr Pastor Vincent said on Sat? Sometimes you rly feel you have to do sth but you just don't?

DON'T LET LAZINESS/ANYTH GET THE BETTER OF YOU! :D

Come online, spare some time to share something with the cell!
Who says only leaders or those spiritually mature have the ability to share something that can speak to us? :D God can use YOU! (: So don't worry too much, don't need to think twice, if you feel you just want to post something here,

DO IT :D

hehhee. Actually I wanted to post but I'veto go now, later!
Let's liven up this blog of ours C2!
Take care, and have a great week ahead :D

CENTRALTWO.
a cell from a youth ministry for God, megalife.
we believe our lives can make a difference!


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Hey Central Two!
READ THE POST BELOW BY JAYNA, THE ONE WITH THE SUPER BIG WORDS - IT'S IMPORTANT!

Thank you for praying for my exams :D Tell you guys cool stuff k.
Econs paper - I walked out the exam hall emotionless, which is good, because I have no idea how well/badly I'll do so at least I'm not sad or whatever, but I think I'll do okay! Alot of questions I read already I'm like, what on earth is this we got learn meh?! And just smoked my way through.
GP - Teacher give us string to tie our fullscap, everyone use the string I don't need use. I only use one piece of paper -.- But I thought it was quite okay. And I'm proud of my compre part even though I left out a whole section cos no time. So I think I'll do okay!
Math - Killer, but I'm..... quite confident I can pass.

Considering I had 3/4 less time than my classmates to study, and it seems like I won't do much worse than them, I'm really grateful. Maybe my results will turn out like nonsense lah and maybe I'll really do much worse than my classmates, aiya anything la but I still feel it's God's grace! :D And I only felt much better when I resumed my quiet time already. And although doing QT = sleep later, but somehow during my paper I can focus :D AWESOME. God is cool! Hahaha. K jiayou for your week people, I really miss all of you! It's Thursday already :D :D :D Looking forward to a weekend with all of you!

Loving C2! - Joanc.

Dear Central Two,

Hey Joan Ng here :)
How was your first day of school? (for those who went!)
I hope you guys are enjoying, hehe cause I am enjoying my MCs.

ANYWAY,
just felt like posting here. I am still very proud of C2 :)
I think some of us used to miss the past c2 a lot, like all the older batch. When Jayna, Joanne, Persis and I are younger, not like now whereby we're considered the older one in cell. and we have to take care of all the younger sec 1 and 2s.

We used to be the youngest, all the older brothers and sisters would do things for us, coordinate cell, plan cell, plan games, worship, help us with all the heavy stuff. Now? Now, it's us that are planning the cell, cell camp, games, and all..

yeah, sometimes we DO miss all this little good old times.
and actually we do really talk about it really often (before camp) and how we used to really love c2.
Jayna and I had always wanted to change our current cell, turn it into something we really love like how we used to love c2 before. & we were really determined to change it during the camp. We want all our cell mates to love one another deeply and really share true friendship after the camp.

Somehow, now, I know we did it, no, God did it :)
Now, I can see that our cell is really bonded. Everyone is loving and caring for each other.
& that I can really see true friendship building up. I am really so glad and happy for that :)

I really hope that this would continue and we would love one another :)

and know what, all this H1N1 thing is a blessing to us, at least a blessing in disguise.
We were all trapped at home / hospital, we couldn't do anything more than doing homework / surfing the net / watching tv, then? Read bible, talk to God and also, as a cell have some small talks and pray.

For me, I was trapped in my hospital room, alone with a tv, and a phone.
What can I do other than chatting and watching tv or rather sleeping?

I was really determined to grow deeper in christ throughout my days there. and I did :)
Also, I was even more attached to C2, really love them to bits.

The devil think he can stop us from loving God? Waver our faith? Tear the brothers and sisters in christ apart? Ha ha ha, no way. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, yes indeed it made us stronger, stronger faith, stronger relationship for our c2 members.

Like what Isaac always ask, -What's a cell for?

THERE'S AN IMPORTANT POST BELOW THAT SAYS "This is an important post" SO READ THE IMPORTANT POST!!

HEY CENTRAL TWO :D

I'm SUPPOSED to be studying now.......................................................
BUT THAT CAN WAIT.

I have study break tomorrow! YAY.
But it means I'll have to study a whole day ):
And I already don't have enough time to study......... So I should get to my books now...........
I should.............
I'M FEELING GUILTY.
OKAY I'LL MAKE THIS QUICK. Chop chop!

Okay Central Two, as I'll be having exams this week and next, Jayna and Benton will be coordinating a few things this week, stay tuned to cell blog for updates!
I just want to ask for cooperation, like replying their msgs or calling them back when you receive a missed call from them, etc. Don't wait for them to chase you for a reply, do help them out because it can be quite messy! And they're busy with their own stuff to do too, so yes (:

Also, some prayer requests!
1. Pray for Jayna and Benton as they plan for Cyber Cell this week!
2. Pray for yourself and for Cyber Cell! Don't wait till Saturday to invite God to Cyber Cell, start now!
(Now here are some personal ones please bear with me!)
3. My exams! I said before but I wna post here again cos I desperately need a miracle to pass any paper at all (not kidding). THANK YOU!!!
4. My grandfather. He's quite old and not feeling too well already but he's not yet a Christian. My family is trying to evangelise but please pray for him. Over at that side of the family, it's complicated.
5. My mum. She has been living with a lot of discomfort for months because of her tooth problem, and that day she was saying even eating has become something she can't enjoy ): And that's not nice ): So please please please please pray for healing for my mum.

CENTAL TWO, feel free to post your prayer requests here okay. (:
The rest of the cell WILL pray alongside you!

Oh yes, and the other day when I was talking to my anti-Christ friend he mentioned something (I can't remember what he said) that made me think.

A lot of us Christians don't know where to draw the line between faith and being practical. Like, having "ridiculous faith".

Like, for example, saying "I trust God with my exam results", yet, we don't study as hard as we can. Or, "I trust God with _____(friend's name)'s salvation", and yet we don't make the best effort to reach out.

I used to think, as long as I try to study, it's alright to say I trust God with my results. As long as I try to evangelise, it is okay to say I trust God with my friend's salvation.
But I was thinking, then I realise that if we don't try our best, how are we fit to ask God to do the rest? We have to try our best in whatever situation, and only when we know we have tried our best, then can we say we trust God to do the rest.

So, I decided that I must put in my best effort to study, and try my very best to arrange my OAC end-year expedition such that I can go for ML camp (: Then I'm trusting God to make a way. Man, ML camp is something I've been looking forward to since last year.
CENTRAL TWO, YOU CANNOT MISS ML CAMP FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD! (:

K have to study now take care Central Two I miss you love you yay you!
Thank God for all of you. :D
HAVE FUN @ SCHOOL/HOME!

P.S. Eat your Tamiflu ah!

Love, Joanc.

Hey, this song was played for Singapore Youth Service Global Day of Prayer 2009 Final Segment. I have heard it over twenty times but just cant get tired of it. Global Day of Prayer 2009 has changed my LIFE HARDCORE!!!!<---------- (Serious)all of you guys and girls out there who have not went for global day of prayer before, i seriously encourage you to attend it for it may change your life too ! :)

It doesn't matter what song is being sang or who are the musicians, it matters about God,he deserves worship, he is worthy of all praise~! During this GDOP, i mean whatever i said to God from the bottom of my heart!

Ernest :)

Okay, now some things I have to say.

1. In the post about instructions for cyber cell, we told all of you coming for it to prepare a short paragraph that you want to share with the cell.
Due to last minute changes last night, we didn't have time to let yal share it on Saturday. We apologize for that!
BUT, we don't want to waste your efforts because we know some of you took alot of time to prepare it, so please share here in a post! Don't be shy okay.
Get the username and pass from any of our cell members (:

2. Please read the note from SP I will put at the end of the post, to get a better understanding of the H1N1 situation in Riverlife.

3. I want all of you to be mentally prepared for what is to come. What I mean is, when you return to school in a day's time, be prepared to tackle people's lack of understanding towards the situation about our church (H1N1).
Which is why you have to read the note from SP to get a clearer understanding, to explain to your friends if the need arises.
People may fear and hold apprehension. People may critisize our church, or say unpleasant things in your face.
Know how to carry yourself. Wherever you go, you represent God. Remember that. WWJD - What would Jesus do? Think before you respond.

Be patient with your friends.
Do not become defensive/retaliate.
Forgive them if they offend you.
Be firm, be gracious, be gentle. Do NOT be intimidated, there's nothing to be afraid of.
Let your testimony and action and speech do evangelism.

If there's anything, you can always contact any one of the leaders. (:

4. If we don't need a service to come together to hear a sermon and have cell (cyber cell), then we don't need cyber cell to worship Him and spend time with Him.
What I'm saying is, in the days to come, grab every opportunity to spend time with God. Let's not neglect Him and let's not be satisfied with substitutes yes?
Let's all resolve to do QT daily alright? I'm with you guys in it too. (:
God will take the highest place, and will receive the highest praise from us.

Alright everyone, take care! (: Let's keep in touch via cell blog yeah! We will get busy with school again, but let's not forget each other and of course, God!


PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING MSG FROM SP:

RiverLife Church
Note from the Senior Pastor
25 June 2009

Dear sisters and brothers in RiverLife,

As you are probably aware by now, RiverLife Church has been identified as a community cluster of local H1N1 infections. Since 19 June, ten H1N1 cases have been linked to our church (please refer to attachment). We have contacted all adults and youths who came into close contact with them, as well as their household members, to quarantine themselves at home. Thankfully, all ten of them are recovering well and no new cases have been reported since. I wish to thank the pastoral staff, cell leaders and members for extending their care and support to those hospitalised or under home quarantine.

As a precautionary measure, the church leadership decided to cancel our youth service on Saturday, 20 June, and our children's services and classes on Sunday, 21 June. This is partly because children and youths are more vulnerable to the H1N1 virus. My sincerest apologies to those who did not receive the notice and came to church with their children. I thank you for your kind understanding and cooperation with our staff and volunteers. To keep yourself posted, please check out our website at www.riverlife.org.sg for updates and announcements.

Last night, the Elders’ Board met and a decision was made to suspend all church-based meetings and programmes until and including Saturday, 4 July. These activities will resume on Sunday, 5 July.

There are a few reasons behind the implementation of these measures. Firstly, as one of the first two “community transmission clusters,” our risk level should be deemed even higher. We are concerned for the health and safety of our people and those whom we come in contact with. Secondly, this matter has received extensive media coverage on TV and in the newspapers over the past few days. It is important that we assure the public that we are doing all we can to contain this local spread.

Although we have not had any new infections since 22 June, this time frame from now until 4 July may still be a high risk period. Furthermore, we are expecting the return of many Singaporeans from overseas holidays during this time. The Elders’ Board has decided that it will be wise and socially responsible to suspend all our church-based meetings and programmes until 4 July.

In addition, I appeal to all RiverLifers not to visit other churches over the next two weekends. We wish to be considerate about the health and peace of mind of the other churches in our city. To ensure that you receive spiritual input during this time, we will post pre-recorded English and bilingual services on our website, which will be available for download from 7pm on Saturday, 27 June. You can conduct a family service or have a personal time of worship in your home. I have a message that I believe God wants me to share with you, so be sure to tune in.

This has been an unusual and challenging week for our church, to say the least. I want to salute the staff and volunteers for their herculean efforts in coping with all the last minute changes. They have served with excellence and great attitude. I also wish to thank RiverLifers for your understanding, cooperation and prayers. I am sorry we have not been able to update you sooner and faster due to our overstretched resources.

Why is this happening to us and how are we to respond to it? I will share more in the pre-recorded service, but suffice to say that whenever God wants to move powerfully in and through someone or a church, He will first allow us to be shaken, and then awaken us to pray and seek Him. I have not seen such a commitment to prayer in our church for a long time. We are even more convinced than before that God is sending an outpouring of His Holy Spirit upon us.

The devil is obviously not pleased, and will do all that he can to distract and discourage us when we are rising up as an army to impact our society and bless the nations. Yes, we must do what is socially responsible but we must not be thrown off by distractions or doubt. Let us stand firm and stay focused on what God wants to do. Let us seek purity, pray like never before and be united in our passion for God.

Let me end with the words in 1 Peter 5:8-9, “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”

Amen.

Yours in Christ,
Rev Vincent Lun



LOVE YOU C2 - Joanc.

Hey Central Two, this is Ernest again, haha. Well i just like to share with you guys and girls what came up to my mind the day after cyber cell.
Sunday morning ( 28 June 2009 ) i felt lost in the wilderness and far from God, i was yearning for his word but nothing came to me.In the afternoon i saw the sermon and worship for that day, i started to realise that it is not how i feel, but how God feels. When we worship him, it is not because i want to feel great, but it is because we want to make God feel great. God has plans for us, and in between it may be the good times or bad times, God will be there throughout your journey. God is the initiator and we are the responders, God provides but we must respond. God died on the cross for all our sins, if that act was not done, the world may be in chaos and no one would be forgiven. So, Central Two i just want to tell you, be patient with God, sometimes you may feel far from him, but he is always there, ready to talk to you, it only depends if you are ready to recieve and surrender.

Amen

Hey guys please look at Joanchew's post below mine, it's far more important than mine!

Hey Central Two, Ernest here. I believe that Cell camp and the incident of H1N1 has really changed my life. The sharing for cyber cell was my outward expression of what was in me all this while and i am not ashamed of whatever i said.This is what i wrote before the cyber cell :)

Before this cell camp, I thought that this camp would be like any other school camp. Everything would be games and fun. I did not have an expectant heart then. When camp started, I was still in the same mood until it came to service. When I worshipped God, absolutely nothing distracted me, I felt deeply in love with God. I enjoyed the camp especially the part when the camp committee still tried to do their best to keep the camp moving on regardless of the situation. From now on, I want to seek more connection with God. I want to surrender everything to God, I will give my worship to the fullest. I will do my best to enter into his presence with an expectant heart. For my Daily Life, I would pray regularly, I already started out by saying grace for every meal. I really love the feeling of being connected with God always.

When I got home from cell camp, I deleted all my internet friends, feeling less stressed up and realised what is more important in life.

Thank You,

Ernest

I want to focus more on my quiet time as i am only doing short prayers, i really want to connect with God. Fill my bowl with his presence, In the desert with God rather than in a place of milk and honey without God.! I AM FREE! FREEEEDOM! (Cyber Cell)

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REIGNS.

GOD REIGNS. Forever. (:

I don't know how else to emphasize that God reigns (:


Sometimes when you feel lousy, the best songs to listen to may not be songs about his faithfulness or how He loves you etc, but songs that exalt Him. (:

And sometimes, just because things don't seem to get better doesn't mean things aren't for the better. (:
Joanc.

UPDATES ON CYBER CELL!

Hey Central Two!

Jayna here, please read all the instructions below carefully because they're really important alright! :)

There have been a slight change of plans for tomorrow's cyber cell/activities.
Cyber cell will still commence as usual at 4.30 to 6, but from 6 to 7, we will be having dinner (1 hour for dinner is way more than enough kay!) And at 7 pm, we will be having.......SERVICE! Yup service, no joke :) This will be done through the recording that will be uploaded on to the church website, we will give you further instructions on this during cyber cell :)

As like a normal service, service is COMPULSORY.
Well, you guys know what I mean, right? :) Let's "attend" service like how we'd usually do :) And trust me, it's really going to be awesome. You don't need to be in the worship centre to have a service, yeah? :) And anyway those who can't make it for the service tomorrow night, we have ANOTHER session on SUNDAY, at 9 am! It'll be exactly the same thing, just that it's on Sunday morning :)

Okay? So here's the plan:
Those who are coming for cyber cell should have already SMSed me by now!
Those who are going for service on SATURDAY NIGHT tell JAYNA
Those who are going for service on SUNDAY MORNING tell JOAN CHEW

Alright? :) I'd ask you all to treat this service with as much respect as we'd usually do in a normal service :) and also, same rules apply, please respect that time-no distractions! And also listen up for instructions from joan chew and myself :) It's gonna be a saturday like no other, really :)

Please get your thumbs working and SMS quick! Also tell one of us if you guys can't make it to cyber cell/service or BOTH. (: Those who have sms-ed us you're coming for cyber cell, please tell us which service you guys are attending.
Thanks!

This is the schedule for tomorrow:

4:30 to 6-Cyber Cell
6 to 7-Dinner
7 to 9-Service
9 to 9:30-Short Sharing

Sunday it's the same except there's no cyber cell and it starts at 9 am! :)
I know it's kinda long, but the time that you invest in growing in God never goes to waste amen?

With love, Jayna

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Joanc

CYBER CELL
Who? Everyone from Central 2 is invited!
When? 27th June, Saturday, 4.15 to 6.30! (Usual megalife time!)
What? A "gathering" of all the Central 2 people, insisting that God must still be praised-regardless of whether service is on or not :)
Why? Already said, hehehe.
Where? (this is the cool part) In the comfort of your own home!

Hello one and all, Jayna here, and I bring you the updates for Central 2's very first CYBER CELL. I don't know how many of you felt when you heard of this whole "cyber" cell thingy but I felt victory. I felt so...victorious over all the circumstances that we've been made to face as a cell. See, the devil may try to steal our camp away from us and struck some members of our cell with h1n1, but we grew from it, stronger and closer. The devil may take the next 2 weeks' of service and cell away from us, but we continued with CYBER cell and the funny thing is....the devil still loses, hahaha! okay anyway.

As you all know there isn't any service till the 5th of July, please do NOT come to church till then, alright? :) Okay here goes the details for cyber cell :)

Because it will be slightly more than 50% based on MSN alone, those who do not have MSN, please contact either me or joan chew and we'll tell you what the plan is :) And also cos this will be based on MSN conference which is usually very messy, we gotta have a very strict set of rules so that things will work out, hope you all will understand :)

RULES (don't say any of them are lame ah they're neccesary :D)

1. All of your MSN nicks must have your proper name in front, example:
   C2: Head first, fearless ->this will not do!
   FORMAT: C2, (NAME) Alright? :)
   
2. During cyber cell (4.15-6.30 pm) you should NOT be using any other internet facilities, example:
   Facebook, Youtube, Other MSN conversations, etc.
   We're implementing this rule cos we don't want you all to be distracted. Just like how in service you guys don't want to be distracted, we don't want that during cyber cell. The leaders can't possibly be there to check up on all of you, so we're trusting you guys okay? :)
3. STRICTLY no NUDGING, WINKING or SPAMMING (you guys know what I mean). Treat this time with respect, like as if in normal service and cell.
4. Listen and follow closely to the instructions of the operators, Joan Chew and Myself.
   
5. As much as possible, do NOT use shortcuts (or whatever you call it), especially those that people don't usually understand. Seriously, like......I don't even know how to give examples but yeah. Also, during our MSN conversation, STRICTLY no one word entering. This means you don't type things like:
   Jayna says:
   Hi
   Jayna says:
   this
   Jayna says:
   is
   Jayna says:
   Jayna
   
   STRICTLY NO. You guys know what I mean. If you guys have something to say, say it in one whole enter. Like, type finish EVERYTHING then enter. Alright?
6. You should set aside those 2 hr and 15 min strictly for cyber cell and not for anything else (eg: try your best not to use handphones). And that means there's no such thing as suddenly "gtg" in the middle of nowhere and disappear. This is like how in service when you're sitting for the sermon you do not suddenly stand up and shout "GTG" and you run out of the worship centre, NO. If you REALLY have to leave half way, tell one of the operators before you do, and then leave after that. :)
   
7. Have fun! :)

In preperation of CYBER CELL, there's a to do list here for all the people that'll be "attending" :)

1. Prepare a sharing about what impacted you from the begining of camp till now and how you wanna lead your spiritual life and daily life from now on. If you didn't go for camp, share about what's been going on for you recently. :) I know this was the project I had for you guys on this blog, but let's still share-repeat if need be but I'm sure since then there were more things we've learnt. :) Try your best not to have it as a one liner or something. Substantial sharing :) Anyway prepare it as in, type it out into a microsoft word form and have it ready by the time cyber cell starts.
2. After reading this post, please tell me if you'll be around for Cyber Cell and if you have MSN or not. :) If we don't recieve a reply from all of you by tomorrow 5 pm, we'll call you just to check (:
3. Before cyber cell, prepare your hearts to recieve from God! Treat this like a normal service and cell session, with respect. This is not something we're doing out of fun, alright? :) As children of God we must know when it's time to joke and when it's not, and cyber cell isn't just a joke, alright? :) And also if you haven't prepared your hearts before for service, start now (: Pray before cyber cell and ask God to show you something new.
   

Alright folks, that'll be all for now :) Stay tuned for more updates tomorrow :)
Love you all.
, Jayna.

PS: Those coming for cyber cell, please be online by 4.15 pm (:
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Hey Central 2!

THINGS YOU NEED FOR CYBER CELL:
1. Be somewhere as private as possible (but not your toilet please), like your room perhaps.

2. Your computer & internet connection..... Obviously. Hahaha.

3. Your home phone to be free, especially for the second part of cell.

And please come at 415, it's not a 'let's just meet before service' thing but it's actually kinda like an ice breaker segment. (:


Just a foreword before our cyber cell.
Do treat this Sat’s cyber cell like any other svc/cell, it’s no different except for the physical environment and a few other factors!
During the ‘sermon’, do what you would do during any other sermon! E.g. take notes, etc.
When a bible verse is to be read, shout 'YO!' :D
During the sharing or anything, feel free to voice your opinion and talk, so long as you wait for the person that’s talking at the moment to finish talking first! Remember sharing sessions is not only like e.g. Joanne share, share finish okay done next person, Joan ng share, finish okay next person.
IT’S NOT LIKE THAT.
Sharing means there’s 2-way communication. We can feedback and discuss stuff! BUT always wait for the person sharing to finish sharing first (:

God can move all the same, we can receive from God all the same. (: As long as our hearts and our attitudes are positive and receptive, it’s all good!
Let’s come for cyber cell with a heart of expectation, and with anticipation (: I also would like to ask all of you to prepare yourself before the cyber cell like how you would for any other svc/cell/camp. If you have never ever prepared yourself before any svc/cell/camp, make this Saturday your first! (:
It’s always good to prepare your heart and get into the right frame of mind so that it’s easier to catch onto what the speaker has to say.(whoever the speaker may be in this case (: SURPRISE!)
You can prepare yourself with, simply, a prayer. (: Or just spend some time with God before that, etc etc. Anything! (:

Of course, one very important thing to note. We know the church is the house of God, and our bodies are temples of God. So when we go to church, the way we dress and carry ourselves has to respect God. That’s why ushers tell people who wear caps to svc to take off their caps (in case you didn’t know!), it’s not very nice to God.
And we all believe that God will be here this Sat right! So, do respect God as you come online for cyber cell (:
How to do it?
Firstly, it’s no good to keep God waiting. Hence, be early/on time! (:
Second, come with a good attitude toward God (: (as elaborated above)
And thirdly, this is optional, but you can dress nicely if you want. HAHA. It’ll be cute. No one can see you but well God can! Okay lah let’s at least, dress decently okay. :D

Alright. The leaders, after much thought and time and effort, have come up with the set of ‘rules’ (or rather, guidelines) Jayna posted.
We definitely do not want to be killjoy’s, nor legalistic, but we hope you understand the ‘rules’ are there to ensure organisation (:

Because we firmly believe that all of you have something valuable and constructive to say (even if it’s a lame joke – the value it adds is that it makes everyone laugh!), and we want to ensure that you are able to voice out your opinion properly (: So please do adhere to the ‘rules’!

But if after reading the ‘rules’ you feel that some are uncalled for/unreasonable, do tell Jayna/Benton/myself! And we’ll want to hear from you. We might edit the ‘rule’ if necessary (:

Okay.
The cyber cell isn’t meant to be something boring, strict, a no-joke kind of thing.
YOU GUYS ARE FREE TO JOKE AROUND.

Definitely. (: We don’t want it to be something so dead! That would be absolutely sad and wasted.
Joke around if you want, say something no-link but suddenly came to mind if you want, anything!! Freedom of speech! (:
Just so long as you know your limits and don’t direct the convo off track. (:

Oh and one thing some of you are asking me: You have nothing good to share about, so how?

Please understand that there's no such thing as 'good sharing'. Neither God, nor the leaders, nor C2 will judge the quality of your sharing (: ANYTHING that comes from your heart, is good sharing. Please do not feel pressurized to share chim stuff, good stuff, etc. No such thing (: In a cell, with C2, BE YOURSELF! (: Just say whatever's weighing on your heart. If you really have nothing to say regarding cell camp/cell/this whole h1n1 episode, then it's alright, you can always share about anything else. Also, if you really feel you want to share more than what we mentioned, feel free to do so! We exist as a cell to hear from one another and to support each other, kay! (:

Alright that’s all I have to say! Any queries, please ask Jayna/Benton/me.
ANTICIPATE IT :D

Lotsa love,
Joanc. :D

CYBER CELL
Who? Everyone from Central 2 is invited!
When? 27th June, Saturday, 4.15 to 6.30! (Usual megalife time!)
What? A "gathering" of all the Central 2 people, insisting that God must still be praised-regardless of whether service is on or not :)
Why? Already said, hehehe.
Where? (this is the cool part) In the comfort of your own home!

Hello one and all, Jayna here, and I bring you the updates for Central 2's very first CYBER CELL. I don't know how many of you felt when you heard of this whole "cyber" cell thingy but I felt victory. I felt so...victorious over all the circumstances that we've been made to face as a cell. See, the devil may try to steal our camp away from us and struck some members of our cell with h1n1, but we grew from it, stronger and closer. The devil may take the next 2 weeks' of service and cell away from us, but we continued with CYBER cell and the funny thing is....the devil still loses, hahaha! okay anyway.

As you all know there isn't any service till the 5th of July, please do NOT come to church till then, alright? :) Okay here goes the details for cyber cell :)

Because it will be slightly more than 50% based on MSN alone, those who do not have MSN, please contact either me or joan chew and we'll tell you what the plan is :) And also cos this will be based on MSN conference which is usually very messy, we gotta have a very strict set of rules so that things will work out, hope you all will understand :)

RULES (don't say any of them are lame ah they're neccesary :D)

1. All of your MSN nicks must have your proper name in front, example:
   C2: Head first, fearless ->this will not do!
   FORMAT: C2, (NAME) Alright? :)
   
2. During cyber cell (4.15-6.30 pm) you should NOT be using any other internet facilities, example:
   Facebook, Youtube, Other MSN conversations, etc.
   We're implementing this rule cos we don't want you all to be distracted. Just like how in service you guys don't want to be distracted, we don't want that during cyber cell. The leaders can't possibly be there to check up on all of you, so we're trusting you guys okay? :)
3. STRICTLY no NUDGING, WINKING or SPAMMING (you guys know what I mean). Treat this time with respect, like as if in normal service and cell.
4. Listen and follow closely to the instructions of the operators, Joan Chew and Myself.
   
5. As much as possible, do NOT use shortcuts (or whatever you call it), especially those that people don't usually understand. Seriously, like......I don't even know how to give examples but yeah. Also, during our MSN conversation, STRICTLY no one word entering. This means you don't type things like:
   Jayna says:
   Hi
   Jayna says:
   this
   Jayna says:
   is
   Jayna says:
   Jayna
   
   STRICTLY NO. You guys know what I mean. If you guys have something to say, say it in one whole enter. Like, type finish EVERYTHING then enter. Alright?
6. You should set aside those 2 hr and 15 min strictly for cyber cell and not for anything else (eg: try your best not to use handphones). And that means there's no such thing as suddenly "gtg" in the middle of nowhere and disappear. This is like how in service when you're sitting for the sermon you do not suddenly stand up and shout "GTG" and you run out of the worship centre, NO. If you REALLY have to leave half way, tell one of the operators before you do, and then leave after that. :)
   
7. Have fun! :)

In preperation of CYBER CELL, there's a to do list here for all the people that'll be "attending" :)

1. Prepare a sharing about what impacted you from the begining of camp till now and how you wanna lead your spiritual life and daily life from now on. If you didn't go for camp, share about what's been going on for you recently. :) I know this was the project I had for you guys on this blog, but let's still share-repeat if need be but I'm sure since then there were more things we've learnt. :) Try your best not to have it as a one liner or something. Substantial sharing :) Anyway prepare it as in, type it out into a microsoft word form and have it ready by the time cyber cell starts.
2. After reading this post, please tell me if you'll be around for Cyber Cell and if you have MSN or not. :) If we don't recieve a reply from all of you by tomorrow 5 pm, we'll call you just to check (:
3. Before cyber cell, prepare your hearts to recieve from God! Treat this like a normal service and cell session, with respect. This is not something we're doing out of fun, alright? :) As children of God we must know when it's time to joke and when it's not, and cyber cell isn't just a joke, alright? :) And also if you haven't prepared your hearts before for service, start now (: Pray before cyber cell and ask God to show you something new.
   

Alright folks, that'll be all for now :) Stay tuned for more updates tomorrow :)
Love you all.
, Jayna.

PS: Those coming for cyber cell, please be online by 4.15 pm (:

Hello Central Two!

HI HI HI HIIIIIIIIIIIII I finally got internet connection so i am very very very happy HAHAHAHA. Yup anyway this past 4 days in cgh has been tortorous. I wake up everyday, eat alot of pills then sleep tv talk (nice!) then sleep again. HAHA.

Through this whole period i realised how our cell managed to bond together :) I mean its really a blessing in disguise isn't it? The nurse just came in and was so shock that i could get internet connection. She said all the other people in other ward couldn't get connection and was really fustrated. But i was the only one who was able to connect!!! She said i was a lucky girl :)

Maybe its because god wants me to be able to read all the enouraging posts over here so he granted me internet connection for me only! Hehehe.

ANYWAY TKCARE YOU ALL PEOPLE ALRIGHT. Rem to drink lots of water!!!

- Joanne :) :) :) :) :)))))))))))))))

Arms of my Saviour - Lincoln Brewster

When I’m all alone
And the weight of the world
Is more than I can bear on my own
When all my plans have failed
And I suffered defeat
I’m down on my knees
I can’t get to my feet

Your love breaks through
And reminds me of the hope that I have in You
That I have in You

There’s no other place
That I’d rather be
Than safe in the arms
The arms of my Savior
There’s no other place
Where I can be free
So I run to the arms
The arms of my Savior

When I’m feeling overwhelmed
Like I can’t take anymore
I’ve thrown up my hands
All I see is the floor
I’ve looked to the north
The south, the west, and the east
But as far as I can see
I can’t find any peace

Your grace breaks through
And reminds me of the hope that I have in You
That I have in You

Life shouldn’t be something to dread
‘Cause I know You still know
How many hairs are in my head
And so I run to You
And so I run to You


It's a beautiful songggggggggggggg.

This is another song that always makes me happy - Everywhere I Go


I will praise with all I am
Every fiber of my soul
Every breath I’ll ever take
Is because You made it so
And I will give You all I am
Every minute every hour
And You fill me with You love
With Your strength and with Your power

Oh God above
Your love has opened up my eyes
Now all I see is You
All I see is You


Everywhere I go Your love surrounds me
Everywhere I turn Your grace reminds me
Nothing in this world can separate us now
Every step I take You’re there to guide me
Everyday I wake Your mercy finds me
Nothing in this world
Can ever take this love away

You will never let me go
Lord, Your love has won my heart
And I want the world to know
Just how wonderful You are
So I am running after You
Everyday that I have breath
Jesus, You’re the only way
And there’s no way I’m turning back

Oh God above
Your love has opened up my eyes
Now all I see is You
All I see is You
Oh with every breath I take
I know it’s true now


And I won’t look back
I won’t worry
‘Cause my days are before me


Anyway, Daphne and my mum are awaiting results! Keep them in prayer. (:
Also, let's keep praying for those who are still in hosp!

Love you C2. (:

Hiiiiii Central 2!
JOAN NG HERE.

Yes, I got discharge, praise God :)
I can't say it's been good or really bad. I just miss home, miss cell, miss nice food, miss everything. I think everything just happened too quickly. I got no time to react.

It's not just the H1N1, just one week before the H1N1 thing I am already going through some bad things. I had a big quarrel with my dad last Saturday before my ushers camp. I cried to sleep, the next day I had my fever, at first I thought it was because of the crying that made me this way.

Then I went home and I had really high fever, the bad stuff started to come to me, fever for 3-4 days and I got this thesselemia thing that will make my illness worst everytime. So I felt really terrible. I prayed so hard for myself to get well before cell camp. Yeah, I thought I did.

I managed to pull through the days in camp. I thought my tough period was over.
Then it camp the Jiaru's H1N1. Slowly Benton & WenHao got it too. I was contemplating if I should go for the blood test, I was feeling really fine then, just coughing and a little flu. No fever at all.

I decided not to, untill Joanne told me her result was positive. I woke my parents up and they sent me to the hospital immediately, that was like the last time I see them. I was left all alone.

I had never taken any blood test before. I was seriously scared of this stupid needle.
But I kept praying, and praying and praying. Thank God I managed to go through it too :)

So they just threw me into the room alone without telling me anything. I heed Joanne's advice to try to adapt to the environment. Then I found out Benton is just beside beside my room! I was in room 16 and he's in room 13. So coooooool. He just keep prank calling me.

So the first day was quite funnnnn cause C2 kept me accompany by conferencing.
It was really fun even though we just kept laughing on the phone. and Joanne sounded happy as always. Hmmmmmm.

I hate the night and morning :(
The swab test was so painful each time I do I teared. But I always thank God that I can really do it. and each swab test is another new hope for me to get out of that place.

I think being stuck in the room is kinda good. Cause on my first day there I told myself I am not gonna let all these days just pass by like that. I am gonna make full use of the days to get myself back to God again.

So each night I will read the bible and pray, when I wake up in the morning I will wash up and start to read the bible out loud. I kept reading psalm cause I need the encouragement from God.

My grandma called me and started crying cause she was so worried for me. and she prayed for me through the phone. I am so sad that my love ones are so worried for me.

Ah man, I think it's long enough.

Whatever it is, just remember to praise God. Cause Jesus will take you through it all.
And C2, I will not be able to go through this without you guys. Thankyou for all the encouragement and all. You got no idea how much you guys mean to me.

Let's continue to keep the faith and remember the cross.

Love, Joan Faith Ng.

Ministry of Health long anticipated that there would inevitably be sustained community spread of H1N1 virus. I for one was fully convinced by it, looking at how it has spread in different parts of the world.

The part I couldn't really understand was, out of a population of 4.6 million people in Singapore, why did it start with Riverlife? Narrow it down. Why Central 2?


In AD 166, one of Rome's cities was affected by a plague (smallpox). It was common practice for families, friends and neighbours to kick those suspected to have smallpox out of the house. It was infectious and contagious, and nobody would want to have any such persons in their proximity.

Two Christians at that time, would go around the streets looking for these sick, loading them onto carts, and bring them to a place where they can be cared for by the larger Christian community. If any were found dead on the street, they would bury them. There was no cure for the infectious disease, and there was really little that Christians then could do but to offer encouragement, care and prayer, on top of keeping them as clean as possible.

These Christians knew full well that their care for the sick would probably end their own life. Each time they looked into the pocked face of a victim, they were looking into the face of death. And indeed, many caring Christians did succumb to the plague themselves. Ironically, that did not diminish the number of Christians around, but quite the contrary. The care that Christians showed increased the disease survivability by as much as two-thirds, and this witness attracted many new converts.

By acting on the teachings of Christ, without regard to their own welfare, these Christians, against all expectations, progressed from being a small sect to the dominant cultural group.

- taken from The Faith by Charles Colson.


I know we do not live in such extreme times. But each time there is a revival, it seems to be preceded by a crisis. It was also mentioned that before a revival comes, there will be a shaking in the body of Christ. Is this it? I do not know.

Here's an old saying from a source I can't remember.
Each time a non-believer is afflicted with sickness, a Christian is also afflicted with the same sickness, so that the world can see the difference between the two.

Right now in Singapore, we have 4 clusters of local infection. Butter Factory, NUS, Riverlife Church and Fishermen of Christ Church. Coincidence? I don't think so.

Here's what I'm driving at.

There has been much talk about a revival, a 2nd wave of the Holy Spirit. But before that happens, there must be fervent prayer. This episode has brought the church, the cell into much prayer. In some ways, I do thank God for this crisis, because I know there is a bigger plan, and this is just preparing us to pray for what is ahead.

I like what Joan said about everything being for His glory. After all, it is the most resounding theme in the bible, things happening for His glory.

Could it be that the Church has been chosen to be at the forefront of a nation's revival? Out of 4.6 million, why us?

I have no answer, but let's continue praying, because if you have indeed been chosen, then you better have been readying yourself and the cell/church with lots of prayer.

On a separate note, I like what this crisis has brought out. This is what cell is supposed to be. It is unfortunate that a crisis had to happen for this to come out, but I'm glad that your have it in your to care and love and pray for one another.

And if anybody asks me if Central 2 are true disciples of Christ, I will tell them John 13:35 "By this shall all men know that you (C2) are His disciples, if you have love for one another"

- Ahbiao

Hey Central Two.

I have just been through a nightmare.
-.-

I was trying to reach out to a friend, who apparently, is part of an anti-christ group in school.

And, tell you.

IT. IS. SCARY.

T.T What a nightmare, seriously. I was so scared. Haha. Thanks to Sean Kong I wasn't speechless so quickly.
I was thinking, oh man God, is evangelism gna be like this everytime.

It's so infuriating to have a friend condemn God in your face, calling God bull shit and bla bla bla.
Seriously. This guy needs prayer.

Haha okay. Almost 2am, I spent 2 hours talking to him. I know it's not wasted (:

People, don't be afraid of these kinda situations. It's actually exciting, though it's scary. But when you know God's with you, it changes everything. And next time, please pray for patience. Hahahahaha.
I guess, if we really want to reach one more for Christ, we'll be experiencing lots of this.

Also, something the guy kept talking about, was how Christians don't act like Christians. Which brings me back to the song by Casting Crowns - If we are the body.
Let's watch out for our actions and speech. (: We only want it to glorify God.


Oh yes, one last thing. A phrase that has brought me through all the tough times is this part of the song Voice of Truth - Casting Crowns.
It goes: And the voice of truth, says "This is for my glory".
Glorify God through our darkest nights. :D

Alright, rest well people!
Love, Joanc.

Hey C2, it's Michelle here.
(not surprisingly, I forgot my pass to this blog/ but now i've got it figured out)

I reckon half of C2 don't even know me, but that's okay. I'm just here to offer some encouragement as well as some passing thoughts. Afterall, I'm like everyone else, confined to my room with nothing much to do.

It's been a year since I stopped regularly attending cell/service in megalife. On every occassion that I go back to visit, I see new members in our cell, new leaders, new believers; yes, things change. In just this span of a year, our cell has grown - physically, and spiritually - and I fervently believe, will continue to do so. More significantly, amidst all these changes, I recognise something that doesn't change, and that is our cell's burning desire to seek God and to engage in a deeper relationship with him. Everytime I step into cell, it's just a different feeling. For lack of a better way to put it, it feels as though i need to step up a notch in my spiritual life to be on par with the spiritual maturity of all of you. And I, for one, never like to feel inferior in any way.

But, that's my awesome C2 for you. You guys have that insatiable hunger for more, something i hope to experience one day as well. This is also why, I feel, that this entire episode starring quarantines and hospitals will not deter us. What we have to do is to stand firm in the Lord and trust in the bigger plans that he has for us, while not forgetting to pray and entertain those bored ones who're complaining about lousy hospital food and hoping to lose weight in the process. (Jong!)

I will be honest here. I did not mentally or spiritually prepare myself for this camp. In other words, I did not come with an expectant heart. I went with the mindset that 'whatever you have for me, God, I'll take it'. It certainly does not fulfil the camp's objective, much less do the least bit justice to the camp committee, after all that hardwork they've put in. I know that to have this attitude, is to miss the entire point. However, I can sense that God is using this period of quarantine to make me turn my attention back to Him so that I'll be refreshed in the spirit once again. I can't help but marvel at God's creativity - don't you think quarantine's the best way to help us advance our relationship with God? He confines us to our room, no external distractions; just us and Him - it's undisputely the perfect environment for us focus our attention on God. Let's just put things in perspective and see the good in things -we should really treasure this period of time.

I don't know about you guys, but I have always wondered about why God wants to put us through such trying times. I mean, I know God has no evil-intent whatsoever, but even so, why subject your humble servants to suffering, especially when they're underserving of it? Such things never cease to befuddle me, but in my attempt to seek answers, I've come to realise that religion is based solely on faith. And in faith, we don't have to question or to find all the answers. We just trust God. Similarly in this current situation, we don't have to question all our happenings around us. We don't have to doubt ourselves or review what we did to deserve this.

Afterall, all that we need to know is that God is love, and that God makes all things beautiful.

God Bless.

(sorry if i sounded overly pensive :x this is the very reason why I've stopped blogging.)

Hello my dearest, dearest, dearest Central Two (:

Okay... Joanc here again. It's getting boring seeing my name ah. And sorry for all my long posts, I feel very naggy. But there's just stuff I want to share. (:

I can't stop re-reading all your posts. After re-reading Renia's one for the 3rd or 4th time, I decided to share about my journey for the past half year, because I feel....I can relate to what you're talking about. So I hope this encourages you.

Hmm. Okay. I can't remember what happened at the end of last year, but I remember very clearly the last night of You camp. It was the first time I really surrendered myself to God, and the first time, I told God: Teach me to die to self.
I wanted to come to that place where I can throw aside my desires without hesitation, and all I want would be for God's will to be done in me. I was totally in for God's plan, I wanted to be a part of it. So I prayed for many nights, for God to bring me through circumstances to teach me to obey Him, to teach me to die to self. To bring me to places where I am so unfamiliar with, so much so that I have no choice but to rely on God, because without Him I really cannot do anything.

And ever since, God has really taken me through a.... quite tough journey.
It's painful in its own way, but I'm actually grateful to God because I know it could actually be more painful than this.

There were times I questioned God, I got angry with Him, I ignored Him, etc etc.
And for months, I couldn't feel God, at all.
Every time I tried to press in, I tried not to listen to what my mind was saying, I just kept pressing in for God, kept trying. But time and again nothing happened. I was really getting discouraged, I wanted to stop trying, but I learnt from my O level period that without God, my life is meaningless, aimless. I knew I needed God, but I didn't feel that I needed Him.
Because my emotions were telling me to stop pursuing God, I had to rely on my head knowledge like, God is faithful and all, to keep me at trying to get back, get right with God.
I don't know what God's trying to do, like how I can't feel Him and all. But I believe that when the time is right, He will grant me the breakthrough I've been praying for.
God's timing is never too early, never too late, always just right.
Actually even now, I can't really feel God. But I often feel empowered.
So... this is just to encourage those of you who can't feel God, to press in. (:
Press in, no matter how you feel, no matter how long it takes.

Have faith in God.

It takes the deepest valleys to bring you to the highest mountain.
Don't give up. :D

Okay. I'm missing all of you and I have no mood to study.
: o

First off, would like to thank the camp comm for all of their efforts in planning the camp. <3 + :-) !!

I have not been attending church for the past two months, due to some reasons. Nothing was going well, and I was actually contemplating whether to go for the camp or not. I did in the end. :-) During the first service of the camp, God really spoke to me. When Jeanette prayed for me, it was like she knew exactly what happened, what I was struggling with. I really needed that reminder - I am forgiven, accepted, blessed, redeemed, chosen, favoured. And once again, God proved to be Faithful.

Camp ended rather abruptly, and I did not know what to think of it at first. But reading the posts by all you people here and in Livejournal, I have realised that this truly is a blessing in disguise. All that care and concern that has been going around, all the prayers and encouragement we send to each other through texting and msn.. I have never felt this attached to the cell before. We really are in this together, and it is awesome. :-) Thank God for all that is happening right now, because I know He is in control, and we are fulfilling His will through this.

In fact, this is only the begining. I quote from Joan, that in time to come, we might be deprived of things like going to church, camps. These things are, without a doubt, what a lot of us count on to grow closer to God. I cannot imagine how it would be like in the future. Also, the oppression we face from people outside of church, even our parents. It is going to be hard, but God never gives us what we cannot handle. Keep praying and do not lose faith, because nothing can separate us from the love of God. We are already overcomers! :-)

Love you guys! Hope to see everyone soon. Real soon.

- Daphne

erm...this marcus arh...here's some bible verses that you might find perhaps ...faith and hope?

The Lord will keep you safe from secret traps and deadly diseases. He will spread his protection over you and keep you secure. His faithfulness is like a shield or a city wall. You won't need to worry about dangers at night or arrows during the day. And you won't fear diseases that strike in the dark or sudden disaster at noon.---googled^^
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the laughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Matthew 8:26 Jesus said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Mark 10:27 Looking at them, Jesus *said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."
Psalms 46:1 ¶ God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.
Deuteronomy 31:8 And the LORD, He is the one who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.
Psalms 27:1 <> The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
Philippians 4:6-7 Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD.
Okay...im done Thanks for reading

Perfect Love Drives Out Fear"There is no fear in love, But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment." 1 John 4:18Fear is a tool of the devil. He uses it to keep us from God, to keep us from believing God's Word, to keep us from experiencing God's awesome love for us, and to keep us in bondage! When we fear for our salvation, it is Satan saying to us that Jesus' blood was not enough. When we fear about whether we are good enough for God, it is Satan telling us what we should already know; that we are not good enough for God. But he neglects to add the truth that God has given us Jesus to cover us with his precious blood and make us acceptable to Him. When we fear for our children, it is Satan telling us we must take control; when in reality we need to relinquish control to the Father and let him have his way with them. When we fear for the future, it is Satan who is telling us there is uncertainty ahead; when in reality our Father has all things under His control and there is no need to fear. The scripture says, "Perfect love casteth out fear." It is when we realize that God wants us to be His own, when we realize that He does not want to punish us, that he is not a vindictive God, but a God of love, that fear will disappear from our lives. He longs for us, like the father of the prodigal son who sat watching for his son to return. He kept watching, until he saw his son far up the road. He seeks for us, like the shepherd who left his flock in search of the one lost sheep. He never gave up until that lost sheep was found. In both instances, a celebration was called for. When God found us, redeeming us from sin and death, He called for a celebration over us! We need not fear Him, we need only love Him for who He is and all He has done in our lives. When His perfect love takes hold of us we will know with all assurance that He will never let us go. His perfect love will drive fear away and we can find rest in His love.Father, release us from all fear and bondage. Help us to see that fear is a tool of the devil that will steal our joy and keep us from Your love. Help us to focus on Your unconditional love for us. It is Your love that will free us and it is Your love that will protect us and keep us safe from ALL harm. Nothing can touch us because we are Yours. I praise You for that. Let me live in Your love all the days of my life. Amen
P.s...this is copied...Im not that chim
And yarh hope this drive all fears away...
-Marcus Ong

Jayna here. :)

Ok I'm here to do the project!

Actually I don't really know how I should be feeling, and actually I don't really know how I should start.

Ever since I had my Amaths tuition, I've stopped going to church. Like for really long, half a year? And to be honest, if anyone were to ask me this question "Do you feel yourself drifting away from God?", I would feel that it's kinda like rhetorical. For so long, I've been wondering - when can I ever step into church again? I still read the bible, still do my prayers, but I can feel myself drifting away a lot.

So the night before I went to Friday's camp, I prayed to God. I prayed for help. I actually prayed for help to get me back to Him and I would not drift away any further, let me learn how to trust in Him more and surrender everything I have to Him (not try to solve things on my own).

And that had to happen.

A part of me feels as though my luck is really running dry, and I thought if I were to tell this to my dad, I could prolly stop thinking about hanging out with any churchmates. But no, a bigger part of me is not convinced, telling me it's part of the challenge - it's as though God's telling me to pray harder than before, and continue to pray for the cell, especially those who are affected. And I really want to thank God for that. I don't know what my dad's thinking right now, but at least he's concerned about them.

So I can't really think of a word to express my emotions right now? Hahahah I'm not sure if it's just coincidence for me, but that's what's going thru my mind. I guess it's really a big challenge for C2 and this will really strengthen bonds! Although I wasn't in camp on the first day and I'm not really close to all the C2 members, I believe the camp comm did a great job!

God answers prayers (although it's kind of sad that all these had to happen) so I guess we should continuing praying like never before! C2 is doing a great job and we will still praise. Go C2! : )

Take care guys!

-Renia

HEY EVERYONE.

I can't control myself, I keep thinking a lot about this whole thing and.... Yeah I just HAVE to tell you guys!

Joanc here.

Okay. I think there's added personal meaning to the songs Overcome and Desert Song, for our cell.
I think it's really inspiring to see your posts, can tell that you guys are growing (:

I seriously cannot concentrate on studying. I keep thinking about C2, about all this that's happening. I can't stop thinking.
But not in a bad way.
The things I'm thinking about is how we'll emerge strong after this.
I keep dreaming and imagining us after this whole thing.
We'll be victorious (:

Just now, as I was thinking, suddenly a thought came to me.
Central 2 is GOD's cell.
It's not our cell. But God owns us.
It's cool eh. God's watching over us and He's in control (:

This is something Kele said to me on MSN, and I think it's really cool.

//KELE says:
okok when i was watching the video overcome, i was REALLY TOUCHED
haha
i really believe somebody would be inspired by us
and believed there would salvations
dont know why, i just felt that way.

And you know right, C2, I believe what Kele said (:
This is going to be our testimony, a testimony of God's faithfulness. And God is gna use C2 as a testimony to others. A testimony of faith. Of how God uses trials and difficult circumstances to mould His people, where at the end of it all, they emerge STRONG.

What Kele said is really timely. I was just thinking, like: Okay, so we will emerge strong after this. And then..?

And now the answer is here (: It will be our testimony.
Like how the song Overcome has a testimony from New Life Church.

Jayna and Joanne had this vision:

Love Is Waiting says:
The whole worship centre is filled
and it's dark
then there's spot light on the stage
at central two is on the stage
and everyone is holding a mike
and we each tell our own story about how central 2 overcame h1n1 -EVERYONE including those who were infected and were not, even the sec ones


Yes, we will be a testimony for God. We're His witnesses (:
THIS IS AWESOME.

I'm listening to the Overcome song story.



Worship leader said this:
It was a group of people that had decided that they weren't going to be defeated, that they were going to survive, that the family was going to be strong together. And by the blood of the Lamb and word of our testimony, we will overcome.

(: Be inspired.

i realised sth surprising similar..
i was reading a book not long ago called joni, it's her own biography

she was wondering about her life, she had been a christian for 2 years but no matter how hard she tried to improve, she always a slave to her own desire
she challenged god, hoping god would turn her life around.
not long after, she got into a accident that got her paralysed,
she prayed hard, sometimes even blaming god for what happened.
but she believed god has taken sth away from her in her life, he would replace sth better
but she now found the reason why, god was answering her prayers
after the accident, she found the true meaning of her life,
she became a stronger person, she grew emotionally mentally and spiritually.
no matter how sad she feels, god substituted her with so much joy in the things she can do.
she became a great artist paining using her mouth, a great inspiration rest of the people.
her book even became the bestseller and made a movie!

we can be full of joy here and now even in our trials and troubles. taken in the right spirit these very things will give us patient and endurance; this in turn will develop a mature character and a character of this sort produces a steady hope, a hope that will never disappoint us. romans 5:3-5
was what she found most familiar to her.

just like what joan said she said:
We told God that we want it to be His camp, not ours. And we surrendered any notion of what an ideal camp should be like, we wanted it to be GOD’s ideal camp, not OURS.

i totally agreed we overcame,
after this incident, i guess of of us will really grow in faith and every aspect of our lives!
c2 will be more bonded! :D
FAITH!

do not fear, but trust.

this few days there are quite a lot of things running through my mind,
but however i had never really felt afraid,
i guess god gave me that peace as i encourages my self not to fear but trust!

hope you guys are doing fine! :D:D:D

and i adding on,
i was previously VERY VERY AFRAID TO BREAK THE NEWS TO MY PARENTS especially my father..
i was really afraid, more then anything,
my parents are rather anti christ, and my dad actually objected me from going to this camp

i was afraid, really afraid,
i scare i might not be able to go church again, afraid that he will scold,
but i kept praying and praying...
and it turns out for the better, instead of what i thought would happened
he instead cared, he touches me to see if i got a fever,
ask me if i am alright

i asked him, dont come near me, what if infected you?
he said, i not scare, infect together so i can go hospital to take care of you....
you know i was so touched, really almost break down infront of them,

thank god!

love you c2!
hope to meet up with you guys soon! :)
love kele!

Overcome



Hey C2 (:
Joanc here again. I wna share with yal something Jayna msged me last night, amidst all the drama.
I think we were all getting scared. We thought 3 cell members were bad enough, but last night we had 2 more. It felt like a nightmare last night, hahaha. But Jayna's msg encouraged me a lot, and I really felt, God is watching over us.

22 June 09, 1am.
God just told me something. I was listening to overcome. And I was thinking, Central 2 will overcome. And He said. The fact that you know all this is happening for a reason already makes you an overcomer.

C2 will still praise, C2 are overcomers. (:
Take care you all! Let's keep praying, keep filling the bowls. They're waiting.

Hey C2!
Oh my, it’s been soooooooo long since I last posted. Joanc here by the way.

This song is really sweet. Where we belong – Hillsong.


There is no height or depth
neither life nor death
That can take me from all that I find
Here now in Your glory Lord

No others powers or love
The things of now or to come
There's nothing on earth in this life
That could ever separate us Lord

Your love is never ending
To Your hands we surrender
Where all our sins are washed away
Your grace beyond reason
Has paid for our freedom
We're made alive in You

We run to Your throne
Where we belong
Every heart will sing
That Jesus is Lord
Casting all else aside
For the joy of our Christ
Let Your glory fall
Our hearts are filled with Your fire

Everytime I listen to it I really feel so. Woo! Shiok.

Anyway, I’m listening to Casting Crowns disc now and I have 2 songs I feel are for C2. (: Do read the lyrics, and search for the audio online. (Casting Crowns rock!)

Casting Crowns –If We Are The Body

It's crowded in worship today
As she slips in
Trying to fade into the faces
The girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
Farther than they know

But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way
There is a way

A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat
And quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgmental glances tells him that his chances
Are better out on the road

Jesus paid much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the Body of Christ

This song makes me reflect on the way I’ve been living as a Christian. Are we really reflecting Christ in our actions and speech? How are we treating the people around us? The way we treat others is a way of reflecting Christ. And if we are not careful, we portray a wrong and negative image of Christ.

Casting Crowns - What if his people prayed

What if the armies of the Lord
Picked up and dusted off their swords
Vowed to set the captives free
And not let satan have one more

What if the Church, for heaven's sake
Finally stepped up to the plate
Took a stand upon God's promise
And stormed hell's rusty gates


What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His faith, yeah
And turn from their old ways

And what would happen if we prayed
For those raised up to lead the way
Then maybe kids in school could pray
And unborn children see light of day

What if the life that we pursue
Came from a hunger for the truth
What if the family turned to Jesus
Stopped asking Oprah what to do

What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face yeah
And turn from their own way
Chorus II:
He said that He would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear, yeah
If only we would pray

If My people called by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray
If My people called by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray

For this song, it just reminds me about the power of prayer. (:

Okay. I’m sitting on the floor with my laptop on the sofa, and a bowl of (seedless, nice!) grapes on my left.
Some of us are on tinychat.com :D Hee hee.

I finished the bowl of grapes. :D

Alright.
Honestly I was quite sad that camp had to end that way. I was really looking forward to the no lights out part, and that we could stay up and talk, and all the fun lah.
I didn’t know what to feel. But wah when I got home, it sank in and I realised: Okay. Camp is over. No ML svc tomo. I’m at home now and I have to stay at home for the coming week. Okay………………….
And I felt really lousy. Haha. What a way to end a camp…..
I never thought I’d ever be quarantined or this would happen to people so close. Woo scary.
Just now I saw Sean Kong’s pm: Suddenly “pigs can fly, swine flew” isn’t so funny anymore.
And I felt emo. Hahahahah. I was playing a lot with the masks this holidays, like in Leaders Camp and other stuff. And now I actually have to use it for some real purpose.

But anyhow, I’m actually glad this happened. It’s a blessing in disguise.
Like for one, I learnt that it really isn’t funny, and I cannot take it lightly. Next time if another epidemic strikes I’m definitely gna be careful.
Also, I learnt that if any of our cell members are sick in the future (esp during an ongoing epidemic), ask them to go home. Hahahha.

As for our cell right, I actually think this is bonding us.
All the msgs we exchange and that go around, the concern is so genuine. I can really feel the love. I’m really touched. (:
Yeah, no doubt things are happening way different from what we expected or what we want, but I remember Wednesday evening when Persis Benton and I met to pray for camp.
We told God that we want it to be His camp, not ours. And we surrendered any notion of what an ideal camp should be like, we wanted it to be GOD’s ideal camp, not OURS.
It sounds freaky to say that the way things have turned out is God’s ideal camp, but it definitely is God’s plan.
But in God’s plan, as long as we stay on God’s side, we will emerge as victors. No matter how gruelling the process may be.

I’m thinking about end times. I talked to Daphne about this just now.
I think this is something like a training lah, for end times. End times will be much worse, but yeah.
It’s like, in the middle of a powerpacked church camp, where we are hearing from God and receiving stuff, growing, having fun, bonding, suddenly it’s all stopped. Church svc is cancelled, we are ordered to go home and stay at home.
It’s like... I don’t know how to say it lah but. Okay nevermind. I shall share it on Saturday instead, after I’ve thought it through properly. Hahaha. I’m so disoriented.

Oh yes and one more thing. Okay because I have exams after June hols, and I haven’t touched my books. Except 1 chapter of Phy and 1 chapter of econs. So I don’t have time to study. To me, this whole quarantine thing is like God telling me:
See, you don’t want to study right, complain no time right, now I give you time. SO STUDY.
Hahahaha. Okay…. But I’ve been using the past few days to catch up on my sleep. It feels awesome.

Alright, so everyone, please take care! Please continue praying for Able. (: We have to fill those bowls.

LOVE YAL.
I’m really missing all of you like crazy. Take care!

Hey central 2! how are you guys doing?:)

Benton, Jia ru and Wenhao, we'll continue praying for you guys, so don't lose hope ok!

Well, i shall start on Jayna's little project now... as part of the camp comm, we have been planning really hard for this camp. like super, super hard. so if anyone is disappointed in the outcome, it should be us first. however, although things did not go according to our plans at all, i don't feel a single bit wasted. in fact, i feel that through this, God really is trying to teach us something. as i was doing my quiet time yesterday, i felt one verse in the bible spoke to me alot, and it's quite applicable to this situation.

" Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain." Psalm 127:1

i admit, we have been planning more than praying. Perhaps, as Isaac said, there wasn't enough spiritual covering over the camp, or it could just be a coincidence. i do not think that the camp comm has labored in vain, because we did commit the camp to the Lord, and asked for his protection and all. but i feel that there is something far greater that God wants to achieve in our cell, through this camp. this is the first time central 2 has ever had a camp, and yet, all these happened. i believe that God has a higher calling for our cell, and what we are able to accomplish far exceeds our understanding.

so central two, don't lose hope! don't give up praying! like Jeannette said on the first night, empty bowls are in heaven waiting to be filled. this camp, if all else failed, one thing for sure still stands, and that is we will not give up fighting until all the bowls in heaven are overturned, and sweet revival overflows out cell. so central two, i urge you guys, start intercessing for your friends, family and church.

the devil is real, but so is our God. i believe that we will emerge victorious one day.

With love, Persis.:)

Dear Central Two,

It's the second day of our q and I'm really wondering how you guys are doing. I'm sure we all miss each other a lot, if not for myself, I'm missing all you people loads :) Anyway so far things have been going quite okay with me, how about you guys?

Actually I'm here to post a little project to you guys.
For the Sec Twos and above, they'll know that last year after camp I also posted them a little project, so here's the project:
Let's all record our feelings and experiences throughout this entire...."episode" and I'm sure you guys have been praying for our beloved 3 cell members, so let's record what God revealed to you :) Also, you guys can use this cell blog as a medium to encourage each other.

And I hope as the rest read through the posts we put up they'll be inspired in their faith and we'll be able to continue to trust in God as an entire cell :) And also! After this whole thingy is over, we'll look back and read these posts and we'll see we've come a long way, alright? :)

Let's gogogo! All who are having difficulty posting can SMS me or call me :)

Lots of Love,
Jayna.

2nd June 2009

Today is my official birthday. I didn’t expect anything more to happen after yesterday, as I thought I had received the maximum already, but I was so wrong.
Iris told me to meet her at 6.45 am because she wanted o give me something. Apparently wingyee was supposed to meet us too, but she woke up late, so ya. Sadly, I had math Olympiad today, which I totally screwed up as I totally hecked care about it, and which I won’t ever join again. But both of us went to the concourse. Then I saw Yong yu, Ying jie, Hui yee, Hui yi, Qin xuan and Ying nan waiting for me at one table. When I approached them, they started singing happy birthday to me too! Then Ying jie and yong yu gave me presents and iris and wingyee (who finally turned up) also gave me their presents. Let me tell you, I am super touched by the present that Wingyee and Iris had prepared for me. Its like, I was so touched I was like in a shocked state, just like yesterday.
They prepared a book for me, and half of it was full of pictures which we took together, with notes from Wing yee and iris inside it. However, what really really touched my heart, was the many many birthday wishes from so many people, like people from last year’s class, people I barely know, and even a teacher! They had walked around for don’t know how many hours, just to get people to sign in the book and write something for me, and they spent don’t know how many hours just putting together all those pictures and letters for me. Ok I feel like crying now… haiz.
Well, after school, me, iris, yongyu and yingjie went to Ehub to bowl! It was really fun. Wingyee, when you see this, you better get jealous and follow us next time k! humph! Haha:D
Well here’s a tribute to all the awesome people who made my day today:
Iris: thanks so much gal, for spending time with me and making me laugh. Although you didn’t really spend much which you kept emphasizing on, and although you didn’t do much which you also kept emphasizing on, I know it was from your heartJ (or was it? Hmmm…) haha jkjk! Anyway thanks for making my day! I love you!:)
Yong yu: Thanks gal for that birthday present! I love it! Thanks for coming bowling with me today, and just always being so happy and cheerful. Your joy is infectious! I love ya to bits!:D
Ying jie: thanks so so so much for that wallet. When I opened your present I was like “Woah”. It’s beautiful! Haha. Thanks for never forgetting my birthdays every year, and thanks for being that sweet girl that you always are. Stay pretty and cute forever! I love you!:D
Wing yee: hey gal! I know you want me to be touched, and I am! Like super! Thanks for all that hard walking that you did for me..thanks for going around to ask like all those people to wish me happy birthday. Thanks so much for just being there for me, all these years. You really are one true friend. Friends forever! I love you until the ends of the universe, which I think has no end? Haha you better go out with me one day!:)
The rest of the people who wished me happy birthday in person today: thanks so much for wishing me happy birthday! Really appreciate it!:)
Now, here is a tribute to all those who signed in the book which wing yee went around with:
Thanks to Yi qian, Yong Quan, Shiyin, Yingnan, Daniel Ong, Wei jie, sitong, siling, yingjie, yongyu, Venessa, Sinee, Rengtian, Zhuolun, Kahbing, Miss Ho, Lienhan, Ping choeng, Meipeng, Huishan, Huimin, Claire, Rongda, Vivienne, Xinying, Daniel Foo and Jian xing.
Now here’s a tribute to all those who wished me happy birthday through sms (starting from the first person to the last):
Wingyee, Siling, Xinyu, Tze wei, Melissa, Joey (same birthday), Hui yee, C2-Joan Ng, Charis, C2- Jayna, Xin lin (another same birthday), C2-natalie, Mom, C2-Shaun, C2-Kele, C2-Joanne, C2-Isaac, Cassandra, C2-Shuling, Daniel Foo, C2-Amberlie, Vivian Lip, Jian min, C2-Joan Chew, C2-Daphne, Esther, C2-Huiting.
Thanks so so so so much people!!! I love you all! Ok I sound like some pop star, haha. But I’m still wondering, like what did I do to deserve so much love from you guys? I have no idea…You guys have cheered me up so much I have forgotten about the mid-year trauma. You all have been blessings from heaven… just that you lack the wings. Thank you once again, and above all, I thank God.

Hello Central Two, it's Jayna Banana here yet again :)
and I have a cool cool message I'd like to bring to all of you before we start another week.

Firstly! We all live in this world of stress and competition. In almost everything we do we've gotta fight so hard to be the best. Like okay, in our studies, everyone wants to top, right? And for that we've gotta work so hard, fight so hard just so that we'll achieve that top score.
For others too, in sports, we all know, the sweat and energy and everything we put into our sports just so that we can win, bring glory to the school and to our beloved CCA (okay maybe we fight hard for different reasons) But! We all know that in almost everything, we've got to fight and work our butts of just to be the best.

But.

That's not the case with God. We can easily come into his presence. And "come into his presence" isn't such a simple thing as we think! Usually I'd be like yeah yeah, I'm standing before God yay me. But I've come to realise what a great thing it is. Okay here's a simple example:

Hey JWDD,
As you know, today you turn a whole year older and we're sad that we didn't manage to spend your birthday with you but!! Greetings from Singapore, we've decided to do up a little post for you, and we just wanted to remind you that back here in Central Two you are DEFINITELY not forgotten. We miss you loads, and we really wanna just wish you a very blessed birthday. :D
Central Two.

Hey Jason! :D Happy Birthday! Though I don't talk to you much, I really miss seeing you around in school and in church. Hope you're doing fine wherever you are right now. Feels as though it's been ages since I last saw you. Hope you've grown taller cos I have! HAHAHA. Okay anyway you're a year older now and that's cool! :D May you excel in your studies and continue growing in the hope. All the best, and remember that C2's always rooting for you from Singapore. Have a blessed year ahead! :D
-Daphne

Happy Birthday! Continue to grow in Christ and don't ever lose faith in yourself. All the best!
-Renia

Hey Jason!! HAHA happy birthday dong dong qiang! :D Hope you're doing well over at states, are you growing any taller. LOL hope not. I miss your crazy jokes alot, quick come back home and visit us :D Continue to be a good boy in overseas, don't make us lose face hehe. Happy happy birthday once again. My birthday wish for you is to grow shorter than Joanne yay! :D
-Joanne

Hey Jason! Firstly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D You are always remembered and you are cherished! It's your birthday! Celebrate your existence! Hope you are doing well overseas! And never give up in whatever you do. God loves you! :) And C2 loves you! Continue to grow strong in Christ okay, miss ya! Take care. :)
-Kele

Happy Birthday haha. May God's blessings be showered upon you. How's it like being a year older? :)
-Crystal

Happy Birthday :)
-Shawn and Benton

Hey Jason, just wanna wish you a blessed birthday, may you continue to grow deeper and closer to him, all the best in USA =)
-Isaac

Hello Wong Dong Dong! Haha happy birthday :) Even though you're not with C2 physically you can be here mentally! Haha anyway continue to trust in God and Jesus really loves you! :)
-Pamela

Hey Jason! :D You may be in a different country from us, but don't be discouraged k! Don't ever stop praying or turning to God in times of trouble yeah! Continue to shine for him in whatever you do! We will always be here in Singapore supporting you. Hope to see you again soon! :)
-Persis

Happy Birthday Dong Dong, wish you will grow taller and fairer :) Then hope that you will be happy....happy birthday!!!
-Shuling

Hey Gayson. You know when I was typing this out I KEEP typing your name is Jayson, seriously. HAHAHA okay anyway you're technically old now, haha! Hopefully as you grow in age, God's blessings for you will get more and more abundant (: I know that it isn't easy to leave a chunk of you behind and head to the states, and i really applaud you for being able to do that. In all you do, wherever you go, remember you can ALWAYS find a home here in Central two. And although you aren't here with us, it doesn't mean you aren't part of us (: We miss you, your jokes, your funny loving personality and we hope you'll visit soon and keep us posted on how you are k (: Just know we're really proud of you and how God has moulded you. You're a great inspiration (: Happy Birthday!
-Jayna. (walao I realised I type super long. so nice right) :D

Hey you! I miss you! May God grant you good and many friends there k (: Please cover up so that you won't fall sick and for goodness sake don't be lazy and forgo your cream YOU BETTER GET CREAM OR I'LL SMACK YOU. Study hard! It may be slack but well it's a new start for you, academics wise (: So grab the chance and study hard! C2's back home rooting for ya :D Lotsa love, take care (:
-JoanC

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (: Get a church there okay! Make sure, asap. Take care.
-Charis

Jayna here.
Thanks Charis, thanks C2 <3 You guys are my strength now, really. :)

Anyway just wanted to say something here. Something we forget daily.
Everyday that we live, it may be just some other boring day at school or just another routine-ish day, TO YOU. Somewhere, someone else is not going through the same thing.

You may be sitting in class, dozing off, and you may be thinking you're suffering. It's hard to accept, but school is a blessing. There are people out there that genuinely want to be schooling but either don't have the money or the resources to. They're probably really envious of us.

Or maybe you're at home and it's dinner time. Your parent brings out your dinner; a plate of plain rice and a plate of steamed vegetables. You may be grumbling about the horrible food you've to down, but there are people out there, and mind you, ALOT of people out there that would kill for even a tiny bit of your food. Do you know every 3 seconds, a child in Africa dies of hunger? Yup, count it, 1, 2, 3. Yup, one child just died because they had nothing to eat and here we are complaining.

C2, I think you get the point that I'm trying to drive across. We've really got to count our blessings and thank God for each and everyone of them. We pray for this and that, but many a time we forget what we already have, what we should be grateful for, what we've taken for granted. Don't you think our laopa up there would be sad about that? :)

And hence! I urge you all, each and everyone, to really count your blessings each day before God and thank him for all of them. Some of you tell me you don't know what to pray during quiet time, there are so many things you can thank God for :)

Anyway, thank you for those that have been praying for me :) I really appreciate it. I'm praying for all of you too! That God will give you divine strength and courage for you to face the new year :] Always remember God's grace is working in your life, be grateful for all you have.

See you all soon <3

JIA YOU JAYNA!!!!!!
WE ALL LOVE YOU & EVERYTHING'LL BE OKAY SOON.

BE STRONG OKAY!!!!!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO!!! (see!!! So many hugs and kisses :D)

JIA YOU C2 FOR SCHOOL TOO!!!!
LOVE YOU GUYS LOTS.

Jayna posting! :D

First of all, thank you, each and everyone of you, for making today such an enjoyable one. It's been a joy planning this event! Although it's kinda last minute but, I sure hope all of you had fun :) And I hope that we've been bonded even more as a cell! Alright this is a new year's eve post, something that's more or less a tradition for me. I take pride in putting lots of effort into this, so here goes:

2008 really has been a good one for me, or rather a good lesson for me. There are so many things in this year that I've enjoyed and I know by stepping into the next year, I've to let go of them. One of them is time. I know in sec 3 everything is a blur, esp I'm in a rather time consuming CCA and yup things are going to happen next year. Also next year I've to accept the fact that I'm going to be very, very tired. It's going to be rushed and I know it for sure. I know Sec 4 seems crazier but still.

God has taught me priceless lessons this year, and I'm sure he'd want me to take it with me to 09 and forevermore! Firstly he taught me that man will fail us, but God will never. :D Sometimes you find people that drain you, people that leave you feeling so tired and angry and you feel.......haha it just sucks! You know what I mean? But it's at that crunch time, God picks us up and dusts the dirt off us and welcomes us back into his arms, where we belong :)
Another thing I've learnt is Love. It's not all about the whole mushy nonsense, but you know love when you feel it :) It's the most awesome feeling anyone can ever feel. Hopefully God's love has rubbed off on you in different and many ways this year. :D

As I step into the new year, there's definitely this sense of fear and unknown in my heart, as I'm sure it's in everyone's. But my motto is: one step at a time with Jesus. There's no need to worry for tomorrow, there's no need to get so uptight and fear the future, but just take it easy. With God by our side, we will overcome, amen! :D I know for a fact that it's going to be hard at times for me to always remember that we should really let tomorrow worry for itself, but I'm going to do my best.

Alright! I know this would mean a lot to all of you, so I did it just for you guys :) I hope you like it. In alphabetical order.

Amberlie: Thank you for being such a sunshine to the cell. When I first met you, it was at megalife came 2007, where you prayed that super powerful prayer. I know God has great plans for you, don't ever forget that! Put all the awesome gifts he's given to you to great use, and I know that you'll be such a mighty warrior of God.
Amelia: My MHS groupie! I've really seen you grown from last year to this year and I know that God is starting a very amazing work in your life. Your passion for Christ is really evident! Don't be afraid or try to hide this fire, but continue to fan the flame for God, and I'm sure your fire will be contagious. (: If God calls you to something, just do it! Have faith in yourself, because God has great and mighty plans for you.
Benton: Thanks for being an awesome joy giver to the cell and to megalife! I know that beyond all the jokes and humour, you really do have a huge passion for God and his people, and yes, that's something I really admire. Don't doubt God, don't doubt yourself. (: The same God that put the stars in the sky and knows them by name has called you to be his mouthpiece!
Charis: We officially celebrate 14 years of friendship! :) I've known you for so so long, and the memories we shared as children, I'll hold dear to my heart. It's been an awesome blessing having you in Central 2, and we really look up to you as a big sister. Even as you leave the cell now, always remember that once a centralite, always a centralite! What God has done in you through central two, he will bring it to completion. God is always with you, and we're always here for you. Remember, in every season, God is still God. We have a reason to smile. :)
Crystal: Hey! Although you haven't been able to make it for service and cell much, I can see your passion for the cell and that's really great! Hopefully as the new year comes you'll be able to make it for more services and cells. :) Also, don't doubt what God can teach you through your daily quiet time. Be steadfast in your faith! I know that he'll raise you up to be his mighty warrior!
Cheeyann: Boss! Thank you for contributing so much to this cell despite the fact that you're not obliged to.....sounds weird but you know what I mean! Sorry for the times I teased you (alot) and thank you for being so faithful to this cell! God has really given you a gift in leading worship and I'm sure our cell agrees! You've been a caring leader to us too, and we won't forget your contributions :)
Daphne: You you you! It has really been my honor to see you come into cell and have this tremendous.....I dunno what you call it, but my best description is spiritual growth spurt! God is really working in your life, and I'm sure you feel it too! What God has given you, you must give again. His love is more than anything we can ever imagine, so share it with your friends yeah! And continue to smile, no matter what circumstances you're going through. That tremendous faith of yours will get you somewhere :) Jiayou!
Huiting: Hey! Thanks for being so loyal to this cell although you haven't been able to make it for cell and service much! I really believe that God can use you in a great and mighty way. Always remember that he has invested much in creating you, you're not just Huiting, but you're God's huiting!
Huiying: Hello! Although you've also been a little MIA for quite a while, I just wanna say that C2 misses you, come back soon k! When you experience God's love it doesn't just pass you by, but it will really change you from the inside out! Be expectant to feel God sweeping you off your feet!
Isaac: Laoban. I'm sure we all have plenty to thank you for, the great and the small things that you've done for this cell, we'll never forget. You know, sometimes things that you do, you may think that it's something very small, but to us it really does mean a lot. :) Thank you for all the sacrifices you've made, I know that being a leader really isn't easy. The fact that God has placed you in C2 is no way an accident, and the legacy you've left in our cell won't easily be forgotten. :) Thanks again for being an empowering and inspiring leader!
Jason Dong Dong: JWDD! Dong donggggg, you know your life is really something that keeps me going to keep on evangilising to my friends. How God has really changed you since you came to know him and entered the cell, it's really a great testimony. Although you're not with us now, I just want you to know that wherever you go, God is with you, and we're missing you! :) Don't forget us! I know that God will use you wherever you go, so have faith and know you're not alone :) Be strong!
Jiaru: Sexy! Haha! You've really been a true joy to the cell in your quirky actions and cute language you use. Haha, but beyond that I know that God has placed in you something that's burning for him! Don't ever let this fire burn out, but continue to run with perseverance and faith that no matter how long this race can be, you'll cling on to God (:
Joanne: I can still remember when we first entered the cell, everything felt so weird and foreign, but now we're all settled in, and it sure feels like home. I just want you to know that although sometimes we may have our own things to do and we may not always be together, our friendship has been a blessing from God, a gift from heaven! :) And I thank God for you. You really have the ability to bring joy and hope to us and your friends, continue spreading the love to all around you! And remember, God's love isn't about the words you use, his love is the language. :)
Joan Chew: Haha you know when I first came into the cell you were sec 3 and I thought you were so super old! -.- Now it's my turn! Every piece of advice you've given me, both as a friend and as a mentor have really helped me, so don't think what you're saying is just kong hua k! (: God has raised you up to be an awesome leader for Central two, and there's no denying it. i really admire how you have this...unwavering faith in God :) Now that you're leaving chung cheng and going into JC I know things are going to get more hectic, there's no better place to rest than in God's arms. :) Jiayou Joan, I know God has great plans for you, really. :D
Joan Ng: Thanks for our friendship these 2 years, I really do treasure it alot! Just want you to know, you really are very precious to God and to our cell; every tear you cry is precious in his eyes :) There is no greater love than God's, so after every tiring day or whenever you're feeling dry and weary, run to Jesus, for that's where you'll find rest. You don't always have to be strong, but when you're weak, God'll heal you, and that's where the most beautiful healing ever can take place :) Let God's peace that surpasses all understanding come and fill your life! :)
Kele: Hey fellow TRIUMPH WARRIOR! I've gotten to known you so much better in the last few months, and I've heard so much from you. I really think that God has given you a gift in speech, so don't be afraid to use it! All the things you've told me, they've really inspired me :) Don't ever look down on your testimonies, because God can use them to touch people's lives-even times when you don't even know it! Don't be afraid as you step into the new year, but be strong and courageous as God has commanded you to. If God brings you to something, he'll bring you through it. Remember, one step at a time with Jesus. (:
Kendrick: Mr Brain! You've been a very loyal and steadfast member to Central 2, and God will honor you for that! At cell you've given awesome answers to questions, and I believe that you can continue to take this that God has given you and put it to good use. Always remember, God has given us something to shout about, so never be ashamed of your faith, but step up to whatever God has called you to!
Michelle: YOU! Haha it feels so long since I last saw you but I know I'll see you soon! You haven't been able to come church much, but I hope that'll change in the coming year! :) You've one more year in NY, and this one year is the last chance that you have to leave a legacy in NY, so use it wisely! :) Always remember, NY for Christ! Don't let anything make you doubt this :)
Nicholas: Hey! You've sort of just joined the cell, but from today I can see that you're really fitting in well! Hopefully as you continue to come for church and cell, we'll continue to bond more yeah :) I know that God can use you, and although sometimes that's quite hard to believe, those are just lies from the devil. God will raise you up with all that he's given you, so just go with the spirit's flow and step into the great plans God has for you :)
Pamela: My bus buddy! Thanks for all the rides back and all the joy you've given to me, I truly believe that although you always ACT shy, there's something in your heart that's bursting and you've really gotta let it out, that's God! :) Don't let anyone look down on you, but take up your cross and follow after Jesus, and fulfil his destiny for you :) Jesus loves you much!
Persis: You're really a mighty prayer warrior to this cell, and don't ever doubt it! It's time to stop looking at others and admiring them, but it's time to start stepping up to all God has called you to, and I believe he has great plans for you. It's time to write your own testimonies! Use all this that God has given you to bless those around you, and always remember there's nothing too impossible for God. :D Have maniwala!
Rachel: My other MHS groupie! I know that you are really faithful to God, just know that he'll honor this! Always believe in him and not things of this world. Be a God chaser, not a man chaser! Turn your eyes upon Jesus and all will be well. There's nothing too great or too small for God to handle, so just surrender to him and all will be well :)
Renia: It's been a great blessing to too, see how God's love has flourished in your life. Through camp, services :) I know that he has great stuff in store for you in the coming year. :) You're a really strong girl and I admire that. May God continue to honor this unwavering and growing faith you have in him. Always remember that when things seem to be all going wrong and you feel like there's nowhere to run, there's always Jesus and Central 2!
Shaun: My other bus buddy! It's been awesome getting to know you even better this year. :) I know that sometimes things may not happen as we pray for, but always know God has his timing. God is the boss, God is in charge, there's no way that our plans can beat his, so just smile and know that at the end of the day, God's got your back. :) May his peace always follow you wherever you go. :D
Shuling: I've really been impacted by the way God has worked in your life. (: Just know that sometimes when we're hurt we just have to let it go. There's no use holding on to things that weigh you down. Give it all to Jesus, for his yoke is light. When you're tired or lonely there's always God and there's no doubting that. Let God's love always be your joy and strength. Central 2 loves you!

Alright C2, that's all of you. :) As we step into 2009, I hope that this year God will bring our cell to a whole new level, and I know he will. It's been a joy and honor to be in Central 2! And I shall end off with an old song!

God will make a way, when there seems to be no way.
He works in ways we cannot see, he will make a way for me.
He will be my guide, hold me closely to his side.
With love and strength for each new day, he will make a way.

Always remember, one step at a time with Jesus :) I'm always here if any of you should need me. Be strong and courageous, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Thanks for this awesome year, I love you guys alot :)

Jayna.

Hey C2 [:
Joanc posting.

Before I go off, quick post.

When in times of despair or loss or trouble, enthrone God.

Many of us, when we're upset, we just emo and sit there and do nothing cos we can't bring ourselves to do anything.
But at times like these, with all you've left, enthrone God and put Him above your circumstance. Yeah.

We shouldn't see that as something hard to do.
Because, when you enthrone God, it's also like a reminder that God is God of everything - He is in control of everything. Your every situation. But you have to surrender and let Him take charge.

Many a times, we forget that God is greater than our circumstance. Keep reminding ourselves alright! :D

Here's something I got through email, and I wna share it with all of you. Do read it, cos it's meaningful and makes a lot of sense.



Dancing With God

When I meditated on the word Guidance,
I kept seeing 'dance' at the end of the word.

I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing.
When two people try to lead,
nothing feels right.
The movement doesn't flow with the music,
and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.

When one person realizes that,
and lets the other lead,
both bodies begin to flow with the music.

One gives gentle cues,
perhaps with a nudge to the back
or by pressing Lightly in one direction or another.

It's as if two become one body, moving beautifully.
The dance takes surrender, willingness,
and attentiveness from one person
and gentle guidance and skill from the other.

My eyes drew back to the word Guidance.

When I saw 'G: I thought of God, followed by 'u' and 'i'.
'God, 'u' and 'i' dance.' God, you, and I dance.
As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust
that I would get
guidance about my life.

Once again, I became willing to let God lead.

My prayer for you today is that God's blessings
and mercies be upon you on this day and everyday.
May you abide in God as God
abides in you.
Dance together with God, trusting God to lead
and to guide you through each season of your life.

This prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached.
If God has done anything for
you in your life,
please share this message with someone else,
for prayer is one of the best gifts we can receive.
There is no cost but a lot of rewards;
so let's continue to pray for one another.
And I Hope You Dance


God bless you C2 (:

Have fun at CFD tmr!!

ALTHOUGH IT'S LATE,

MERRY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMASSSSSSSSSSSSS :D
Love you guys loads! See you guys tomorrow. :D

Just something that suddenly came to mind,

THANK YOU C2! A big big big big thank you.
For being such wonderful people, really!! For always being so supportive and always there. For the laughs and for the fun (: For the hugs when we all broke down and cried, for always silently being there for one another. REALLY, thank you so so much!

(: No words can say how thankful I am, really.

Joanc posting.

Hey Central 2. I just wna share something with all of you.

About 2 hours ago I was doing a lot of thinking. Throughout the whole of today, in fact, I've been thinking.

I've been feeling like this:
Like there's a lot of drama going on beneath the surface, like there are raging storms. Really raging. But that's all under the surface.

Tmr, Christmas Eve, I'm going out w my clique.
After so much thinking the past few days, I realise that it takes a lot of courage to meet up with people who have hurt you so much. I was really scared for a few days. It was agony thinking about the outing tmr, because I really don't know how to look them in the eye and spend hours with them on Christmas Eve. Each time I got a msg from any of them about tmr, no matter how happy I might be feeling, my mood would plunge, all the way, and hit rock bottom. It was so painful to even think about any of them at all. I was really afraid that tomorrow, I'd get hurt again and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to take it. I felt like I was breaking.

And I was just feeling really weak just now. And frustrated. I didn't feel like a warrior. I felt so torn apart, like, I knew I needed time alone w God, I really needed God, but yet I was struggling agn just now, so much, with doing my QT. I wanted to read the Bible so badly and have God speak to me. I wanted to be embraced and comforted by God so badly, because no one else can calm all the storms in me that are going so out of control. But there was just something pulling me back, telling me not to do QT. It felt like I was going crazy.

Things are easier said than done. Committments are easier said than carried out.

As much as I want to trust God, I still struggle. As much as I want to be firmly rooted in God's promises, I still struggle. And as much as I want to keep my eyes on God, I just find it so hard.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face

And the things on Earth will grow stangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace

I read Matthew online. I didn't feel like reading the Bible initially (a part of me didn't feel like it but another part of me kinda wanted to), but as I read chapter by chapter there was something leading me to read more, more.

Eventually God spoke to me through chapters 5-7. Almost every single verse was.... For me.

I'm still feeling really weak and crushed at the moment, but I know that I don't want to be crushed and I don't want to be defeated.
I'm a warrior for God, an Aeron. Is that how you spell it?

It's really tiring and really painful; I really wish God would quickly take me out of this dry and draining season. I haven't felt this weak in ages, or maybe never before.

But however tiring, I still want to cling on to God. And even if I find it hard to do stuff God wants me to do, I'm just gna try. I don't know if I can chiong for God, because I'm just so tired. But I really will try my best.

I guess, for those of you who might feel somewhat like me, or you wna get out of this lousy season you're in, just keep reminding yourself of God's love and promises.

PJ said on Sunday, that only you can control you.
Only I can control my thoughts and emotions. No one else can.
So it's up to me whether I want to turn my eyes upon Jesus and trust Him. So, I'm gna try my best.

Hey there my beloved cell :)
For those of you who went for the Centrals Outing today, I trust you all enjoyed yourselves :) But for those of you that didn't, don't worry! I doubt it'd be long till Central 2 or the Centrals have another outing again :D

Anyway! I really want to thank you all for being so responsive towards that little project I created for you guys :) It was really encouraging for us, and I'm sure for all of us, to see what each other had learnt from camp. One thing I have to say is that, I really think our cell has grown a whole lot, looking from the things that you guys learnt :) Proud of you all, keep this up! <3

This year is drawing to a close yet again :) I'm sure there are many things that we've gotta say about 2008. A common thing I think everyone feels is that this year has zoomed by way too fast. I personally feel that this year was a sprint all the way, I felt there was barely time for me to stop, rest and catch my breath. Most of the time, it was just going from day to day, a routinely yet fast-paced life I guess.

In the coming year, there are going to be things that I don't really wanna face, but I know they're going to come crashing against me. There's nothing's that gonna stop them from coming, but I was reminded of something simple. Knowing and believing in God isn't about him taking away the problems and the pain, he just helps you to deal with it.

Towards the end of this year things weren't going very well for me, at home, in school and at CCA. I just felt quite...out of it. Maybe the word was neglect. I wasn't fully into what I was doing, and on the other end, I wasn't recieving anything. Dunno whether you guys get what I mean. But yeah that's how I felt. Megalife camp came along, and no, it didn't solve all the problems like I hoped it would, but it sure made my problems alot easier to deal with. And camp showed me the very heartbeat of God: love.

And that's how I intend to embrace the new year, with love. I wanna love people in special ways, I wanna go all out to love people-both those that I know and those that I don't. There are things that are unseen to us, I wanna be able to see what's going on there and try to help. For those that I know, I'm gonna keep loving them. Knowing my past, I think this is going to be kind of hard. But by God's grace, all things are possible. yeah? (:

Centraltwo! Tomorrow is christmas eve already. Let me remind you once again, to let the reason for the season be all you think about this festive period. May God come into your heart once again, just like 2000 years ago, when heaven came so close to earth. Oh and many people have been asking me this, so I'll post it here. Isaac will be back on the 30th. Await his return! Hopefully we can have a mini gathering before the year ends. :)

Sorry guys but for some reasons I'm not gonna state who I am, but I guess you already know. If you wanna confirm come MSN me, but don't tag it or put it anywhere in this blog k? If you're really curious or rather KAYPO to know why, come ask me on MSN. Alright? :) Thanks guys.

See you on saturday <3
FELIZ NAVIDAD!

Ok let's make it a point to put your name on top of every post :D

Joanc here!

I was abit emo. Then I went to Youtube Feliz Navidad to make me happier, then I came across this cute video hahahaha. Watch it!!! :D





Hehehe. Luv
:D

Joan chew here!!!

I'm watching This Is Our God DVD, now it's the song He Is Lord.

He is coming back again,
He is coming back again,
He is coming back again.

:D Jesus is coming back. I'm excited.

Sorry it took so long to come here and do that little project Jayna assigned. But I find it abit hard to put it into pointers, so I'l just type by chunks :D

Actually I already shared a bit on Saturday, but well here's to those who weren't there (:

Camp has been so awesome for me. I didn't get the BOOMBANGWOOSHPIANG breakthrough I expected. I didn't get that sudden sensation of God's love. In fact, I didn't feel much. But I grew much (:

Some background info:
A lot of my christian life, I've been basing the quality and attitude of my worship on my emotions. Feel good, worship better. Feel lousy, give God less. Although I've been a christian all my life, I never really lived it out til the last 4 years. It's only 4 years. I just realised. O.O

And I've been struggling with forgiving a friend right before camp. So the 2 sermons before camp week applied to me so much. But I struggled hard to forgive her. Throughout our 4 years of friendship I always struggled with forgiving her for the many times she hurt me. It wasn't on purpose, she's just insensitive, but still, yeah. So we quarrelled like 4 times in 2 weeks before camp, and many other times in that 2 weeks, we were only a hairline close to getting into another quarrel. And I was really getting tired. I didn't wna talk to her. I really wished I never got to know her. I've wished for that quite a few times in these 4 years already. Last time, each time I felt hurt, I would pray and in the end just forgive. But I never really forgot. This time though, it was especially hard to forgive. To even think about her made me miserable. And much as I wanted to forget her, before and during camp my mind was so preoccupied with what was going on between us.

So yes. And most of this year, as days and months passed I got more and more tired, more and more hopeless and helpless. O's was draining me. Because I couldn't trust God; that He would help and guide me. I wanted so badly to get my 6 points that I was obsessed, there was not a moment that studying was not on my mind, especially the few months just before O's. I tried so hard to drop all that I was worrying about and spend time with God,look to Him. I've forgotten how it's like to forget everything around you and everything you have to do, and just focus on God. Like when I worshipped or did my QT, I struggled so much with that. I couldn't, just couldn't, keep my eyes on God and only on God. So slowly, I just gave up and told God that I'd 'ignore' Him for the time being and when O's were over and I had nothing more to worry about, I'd make time for Him. Only then, I thought, could I focus on Him.

But as time passed I began to feel more aimless. I thought, that by dropping God and pushing Him aside, I could study better cos of more time. But I was so wrong, because when I really dropped God, I couldn't focus on studying at all. When I studied, nothing went into my head. I panicked. But driven the fear of not doing as well as I wanted to, I would just sit at my table for hours and drill in whatever I had to know.

It was a real struggle between God and studies. I never struggled like this before, I think this time it was because O's was quite an important exam and there was so little time left.

So, I was confused. Kept jumping from studies, to God, to studies, but nothing really worked out. I studied so hard and yet my efforts didn't seem to pay off. Guess my studying method was wrong.

I kept teling myself like, Come on Joan, just fork out some time for God. With Him in the centre everything will fall into place. You know that don't you? Jesus died on the cross for you, the least you could do is spend some time with Him. Is it that hard?

Yeah, it was that hard. and somehow I just struggled this struggle till O's were finally over and I just felt so lost.
Even though I kept saying wow I felt like a freed bird and stuff like that, I guess it was more to comfort myself. There wasn't any freedom that O's were over. I just felt like I was still trapped in that place. Like in a forest when it's pitch-black all around and I'm trying to find where God is but I don't know which way to go. And afraid I'd go off in the wrong direction, I just didn't dare move.

If you talk about feel, yeah, I didn't feel God at all. And sometimes now I still don't actually.

But the difference now is that I've learnt to ignore my emotions. Sure they're important, but if I listen to them now they'll only mislead me. In other words, just because I don't FEEL God, it doesn't mean He isn't there. God is ALWAYS there. God is God, He isn't like us, Man.

One thing I want to drill into my head is: Die to self, daily.

I want to do QT everyday before I go about doing anything. Like in camp; Wash up, have breakfast, do QT, then go about my day.

I want to surrender myself to God every single day, I want to stay in His presence every single day. I don't want to live another day like before camp - where I only came into God's presence when I felt like it, or when I entered into a time of worship.
I want to be in God's presence every second of every day, and I want to worship Him with every second of my life. I guess that's what leads to worshipping Him with everything you say and do. Glorifying Him, enthroning Him.

Die to self, die to self, die to self.
Meaning forget my emotions, forget my desires, forget my dreams, everything, and just look to what God wants. I think I'll put it up on my wall or something. I want to die to self daily, and only live for God. Not myself.

I'll never forget how God spoke to me at camp. Rather, I'll never want to forget.
It was the first time in my life that I really heard and knew it was God.
During worship, each time my mind drifted back to that friend and debated what to do, there was just this voice that said: Forgive, forgive, forgive.
Many times. But I sort of ignored that voice, not on purpose, but it was like a gentle, quick, sort of whisper that was overpowered by the other voices of myself, debating in my head.
I only got a breakthrough to finally let it go and forgive on Day 5 of camp. I guess because that was when I decided that I want to die to self. And God wants me to forgive, so I'll forgive. And I felt so much better (: It's like God has slit a rope, unforgiveness, that had been tying my down so tightly, and I was released.
But I still felt like there were more ropes to be cut. I still feel it now. I think there are many issues I have to deal with. Step by step, I know God's gna cut up all those ropes. (:

Another time I heard God's voice was also during worship, I was just doubting His love for me. Then suddenly God just said, "If I didn't love you, why would I die on the cross for you?"
I didn't start crying like crazy, but it just struck me - That's right, if God didn't love me, why would He die for me? And I just understood. And that's when I was convicted, yes, I should believe in God's promises no matter what I feel or what happens, because He has said He loved me and He showed it by dying on the cross for me.

God also spoke to me through a lady who prayed for me. And also through Jeanette, who also prayed for me. For the lady, everything that I was thinking, the moment the thought came to me, she just spoke the words God gave. And every single thing she said was just... So for me. It wasn't a prayer she went round praying for everyone, but it was for me. Everything was so... timely. And many people who prayed for me just prayed for me to be disciplined in reading my Bible. Which is something I've been struggling with and thinking A LOT about.

On one morning, there was just this call for the broken to respond. And every single thing PJ said was just. Like God was talking to me.

I guess God had used so many people to speak to me. Before and throughout camp. And I believe, all the while He has been sending people and situations to speak to me.

So after the alter call, I did have a little breakthrough out of that broken state thing but, I wasn't there yet. It was not a complete breakthrough. Like I said earlier, there were just so many ropes that I felt were tying me down. And I could not figure which rope represented what. That I guess, after time, as one by one more ropes tied me down, I just felt so defeated, so tired, and just so so weak.

I said earlier, I shut off my emotions during camp, because after being too confused with different emotions for too long, I knew if I looked at my emotions I wouldn't be able to worship God. it had happened too many times that I knew by now.There was just this picture of myself curled up, slinked (is that the word?) against the wall, so helpless and so weak. Not having any strength left to stretch my hand out toward God who was standing right before me, who had HIS hands stretched out, trying to pick me up. But I knew if I ignored my weakness and just stretched out my hand, He would pick me up. And that's what happened. I have to ignore how weak I'm feeling and just focus on wanting to get back up.

I've been doing QT daily, and not just once a day, but once in the morning and once at night.
I want to stay home more now, and I want to turn on christian music, pray more, just dwell in God's presence. I'm gna try everything there is to just focus on God.

And I want to remind myself daily that this life actually isn't for me, but it's to glorify God. My life is not just FOR God, it's to GLORIFY Him, so that He may be PLEASED (: I want to please God man, I really want to. And that's why I want to die to self. I don't want to bother about how I feel, I just want to use my life to worship this God that I love so much.

And to you Passerbys, here's something I would like to say: Put aside your emotions (: God has never left your side and will never leave you. He is forever there. God loves you, you 2 Passerbys. Know that. (: He died on the cross, just for you. No one would just go up there and die for you. But Jesus did. And, in every season, in the good and bad times, God is still God. Situations may change but God wil never change; in the good and the bad, God is still with you. In the good and the bad, God still loves you. In the good and the bad, God sticks by His promises; He never breaks promises. Don't give up seeking God, because it is said that when you seek WITH ALL YOUR HEART, you WILL find (: God looks at the heart. God sees your deepest, most earnest desires, and He will come. God bless (:


A guy from hillsong said in the DVD: By your stripes, we are healed.
And that impacted me.

I just want to share something more about myself.
See me? I'm all good and healthy now. But you know, actually I'm supposed to be a deformed person? Yup. (:
When I was in my mother's womb the doc gave my mum wrong medicine, or something like that, and the doc said I would come out as a deformed child.
I don't know deformed in what way, but just deformed.
My parents didn't take it, they went to another docs. Yet again, the same answer: I would be deformed.
They went to yet another, and another, and many many docs. And all said the same thing.

Then finally they went to a Christian doc, and the doc prayed with them. My mum just went through with the giving birth thing. I don't know what my parents were thinking as they gave birth to me, but here I am, as normal as any other human. I've no allegies, no diseases, no illness, no nothing.
It's only by God's grace that I can be here in CCH, in Central 2.

I only found out this year. haha, when my mum was saying it my dad teared, and I just saw how God's grace had delivered me and my parents.

Alright, so I'm done (: Long post man, but I hope it has blessed you. I included more personal stuff than I wanted to, but I hope that through these details you've been blessed by how God has worked in me.

shu shu ling ling here!!!
i m glad to have gone to the camp! erm.. i would like to thank God for talking to me & giving me the gift of tongues. hehe:) , those who prayed for me , always beside me & Isaac for planning such great camp!

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:
- heaven dinner (it rocks, super nice, so touch by the leader when they serve us..)
- shot of the days!!
- when God talk to me, gave me the gift of tongues & told me to *forgive & forget*

3 things that i learn from camp???
- how to really do quiet time with God
- God gave us freedom of choice/will
- God's plan & purposes are the best for me, Don't doubt or question it.

3 commitments i want to keep to after camp:
- daily devotion
- always pray or talk to the Lord when you are in trouble or anything
- to safe as many friends or stranger as possible with the help of God

i really like the camp.. i m excited for the next camp.. and MHS tmr!!!!!!! the camp really motivate me man, i really felt the presence of God, that's cool man, really, this camp have help me alot. thank god for all these....

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:
1) When everyone was at the altar call and C2 was just praying so hard for Pamela, Charis, Daphne and me to receive the gift of tongues.
2) Receiving the gift!
3) Hahahahah Pamela eating cup noodles with her toothbrush! : D

3 things I learnt from the camp:
1) Success or defeat in my life does not define who I am in God, anyway no one is perfect.
2) I should move out from my own perspective and surrender everything to God instead of trying to deal my problems on my own.
3) Communicating with God requires both speaking and listening, so I cannot keep speaking. There are times when I need to stop and listen to God's Words too.

3 commitments I want to keep to after the camp:
1) Spend my quiet time wholeheartedly and keep away all distractions
2) Trust in God and let him take control of everything!
3) Silent and overcome the lies of all the enemies, say no to them because God loves me!

C2 is gonna explode! : D Yay I'm very excited for tomorrow's Mhs!

RENIA~

Hey people Persis here!:)
I think this is like the first time I'm posting on this new cell blog. Haha. Well First I wanna say Thank you to Isaac for being such a great cell leader, camp chairman and a great man of God! Thanks so much! Now I shall start on Jayna's little project...

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:
1. When Bryan ran up and hugged Isaac and kissed him! That was seriously funny.
2. Heaven dinner. I was super touched to see the extent the camp comm went to clean prepare everything for us. And the food was great too!
3. The tomato and flour game. Really funny and cool. In fact I'm using it for my cca camp game as I'm a station master^^

3 Things I learnt from the camp:
1. God is always with me, and I don't have to try so hard to get into the presence of God. I can just relax and be at total peace in Hid presence.
2. Although it is a camp, its like the first one I've been to with so little fast songs. At first I was a bit sian, but I realised that you don't need fast songs for camp. Thus I realised the true meaning and power of worship.
3. I am important and significant in God's eyes, and He is pleased with me. Thats all the reason I'm living for-to hear Him say those words that He loves me and is pleased with me.

3 commitments I want to keep after camp:
1. Pray every single day. Pray like never before.
2. Do my quiet time regardless of how I feel, no matter how tired I am or no matter how many distractions there are around me.
3. Go when God tells me to. I won't hesitate anymore.

I've been to 2 megalife camp before this, and they have all been life-changing ones. I thank God for this awesome group of people who are so dedicated to following Christ, and I know He is pleased with them as well.

Thank you Isaac for praying for me and speaking those words to me. It has really changed my view on God, and let me realise that He really does love me, more than I can ever imagine.

DAPHNE HERE!

I have no idea how to post using blogger. So thanks to those who’ve helped me get this up here. (:

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:
1. Really being able to get everything out of my mind and just worship God wholeheartedly.
2. Received the gift of tongues.
3. Sleeping on the upper deck of the wobbly bed cause Shu Ling was tossing and turning through the whole night and I thought the bed would either fall apart or I would fall off.

3 things I learnt from the camp:
1. I shouldn’t let the devil’s lies get to me, but keep my eyes focused on God and trust in Him no matter what.
2. I’m not insignificant. God is interested in me. He is my best friend and He is always, always there.
3. God speaks to me frequently. I should start learning to be more sensitive to it.

3 commitments I want to keep to after the camp:
1. Daily devotion.
2. Placing Him as my top priority, never compromising on what He deserves.
3. Never stop trying to reach out to my friends.

Anyway, kudos to Isaac! I think the camp was awesome. (:

And, love you all C2. Like a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot haha yeah you get my point. See you guys tomorrow man, and continue working hard for MHS!

Daphne.

Hi I am Joanne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Say yay! :D

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:
1. When the siervo guy came up and hug + kiss Isaac!
2. THE WAR GAME! OMG HAHAHAHA I WAS BEING PUSHED LIKE CRAZY. LOL.
3. Heaven dinner. The best!


3 things I learnt from God through camp:
1. Seek him everyday.
2. Actually god speaks to me everyday! But I always thought it was the inner thoughts of myself but now i know its god's voice! I know how to differciate god's voice whenever he speaks to me! :)
3. Not to take my eyes of Jesus instead of focusing on our circumstances.


3 commitments I wanna keep after camp:
1. Discipline in Qt every single day, not neglecting him and taking god for granted.
2. Follow Jesus for the rest of my life.
3. Not to doubt his plans for me. He is a great god.

Camp has been really awesome i must say. See you guys tomolo. I'm having headache hahahaha.

hi amelia here
yeah....so im going to do the project that jayna requested.

3 most memorable things that happened at camp
1)heaven....after eating 2 slices of bread, cooking our own food and playing the game of life which got us in tomato ketchup and flour..
2)the TRUTH SEEKERS cheer...lol
3)during worship-where i could strongly feel God's presence and feel so free, just loving him.

3 things I learnt from God through camp
1)God is really reaching out his hand to us..and to really engage with God, we must put aside everything else
2)God has a destiny for me..and its only through God that i can fufill this destiny. though it may seem so far away, i must keep believing that nothing is impossible through God
3)God is the ultimate best friend i can ever have..he stays with us no matter whatever happens, loves us no matter what we have done, heals us no matter how broken we are.

3 commitments I wanna keep after camp
1) spend at least 30mins alone with God everyday
2)look to God in every situation i face
3)step out of my comfort zone and evangelise to my friends

camp has really been awesome..and i think the thing that really impacted me was to be able to just worship him so freely. i've learnt what it meant to just solely concentrate on God and worship him with all i am. its not because of fun or anything else that im worshipping, but its because I LOVE GOD and worshipping is all about God and nothing else.everything else just fades away and i just get lost in the presence of God when im worshipping him. i dont know how to describe the feeling but it is really wonderful to sing songs of love to our great father above.

oh,and im using Jayna's account. if you want to use her account to post, you can sms me....
i cant wait for next year's camp XD
bye and see you all tomorrow :)

hello Pamela Tay here
doing the not very TINY task that gayna requested
haha zzzzzzzz i sound so reluctant

3 most memorable things that happened at camp
1)the amazingly stinky ketchup/tomato sauce all over our faces
2)seeing central two everyday (:
3)Everything?

3 things i learnt from God through camp
1)trust that God is in control in all situations
2)Jesus loves me a lot a lot a lot and i'm not insignificant
3)pressing in even though i'm tired and feel like sleeping

3 commitments you want to keep after camp
1)quiet time everyday, focus on God
2)reach out to my friends more and not be afraid
3)let go and let God

yay done
haha this is my first post here
using gayna's account
bye (:
yay CAMP! (:

HEY GUYS! :D
KELE HERE! :D
ok ok ,i guess this might be actually the first time i am blogging here! :D
sooooo, yuppp! :D
GOOD FOR ME! HAHA

YOU CAMP!

YOU CAMP WAS REALLY AWESOME!
POWER PACKED!
God's presence is really strong at the night services for me! :D
and all of your prayers really touch me, so strongly!
GOD HAS IMPACTED ME AND I WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY I LIVE MY LIFE! :D
sadly :( camp's over! miss CAMP alr!

ok ok, i shall do that TINY task JAYNA ask me to do! :D

3 most memorable things that happened at camp.
-i received the most wonderful gift, the gift of tougues! :D
-making me feel so love and touch through prayers hugs concern encouragement etc! :DI AM LOVED! :D
-seeing God doing his wonderful works in everyone's lives during worship! :D

3 things you learnt from camp. (From GOD :D)
-God forgives all our sins, his love and mercy, i've been forgiven! EVERYBODY WORTH HIS LOVE.
-ENGAGE with God, worship cause WE LOVE HIM! :D
-i'm significant! GOD SAYS I AM IMPORTANT, SMALL BUT MIGHTY! :D i can do all things in Christ that strengthen me! :D :D i must have confidence and higher self esteem!

3 commitments you want to keep to after camp
-to do quiet time more!

-to have discpline during worship and quiet time without distraction! dwell in the holy presence of GOD! :D

-SAVE ONE MORE FOR JESUS! :D evangelise! :D :D :D

THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING, for his love, for all his blessing!
for Central 2, and all of my friends and family ETC :D

YEAAAAAAAAA :D
I've ENJOYED CAMP REALLY A LOT!

YAY! YOU CAMP! :D

KELE KELE KELE KELE KELE! :D

Joan Ng here! (:

Camp's over, everyone is sad.
But lives got renewed and the fire for God burns stronger than before!

No words can really explain how happy am I during camp. God really spoke to me, especially on the 4th night. It's a totally new experience from God and I'm really happy that it just happened again.

During the 4th night just before the alter call, when pastor Gerald was just about to end his preaching, I got this very strange feeling of burden inside me. Its exactly the same feeling I got the day before my parents accepted christ.

I knew it was God, I prayed a short prayer telling God that its the last day of full day camp, please speak to me again.

Ok, now let's get started on Jayna's project. Haha.

3 most memorable things:

1) The super sardin packed like dorms we're sleeping in.
2) All the little p6-ers really enjoyed the camp especially when those little boys run towards Isaac and hug them. And the first boy ran and hug him from the back. Super cute (:
3) God really really did something so awesome on the 4th day of night service.

3 things you learn from camp:

1) God has got great plans for me, & i'm gonna believe in it.
2) God is a great God who forgives & gives healing. Nothing is too bad or evil for him to forgive and love us again. Nothing.
3) Worship is not about hype, its not about jumping and screaming. Its ALL about God.

3 commitments you want to keep after camp:

1) Time alone with God. Seriously I want to, I need to and I must give God the time he deserve.
2) Piority to God, place him above any other thing.
3) Despite living in the world of busi-ness and with people around that are not so nice, still, love them like how God love us.


& also, here, I wanna say something! (:
Isaac, I think you guys really did a great job planning the camp. Alot of people said it was really good and I think so too! & all of us (central 2) can really see the effort you put in trying to come to us during alter calls.

Yup, and let's look forward to all the great stuff God has planned for us!
SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW AND I MISS ALL OF YOU SO MUCH ):

JAYNA HERE!
YES THIS IS THE POST YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
(Can I request that before each post you people leave your name? THANKS :D)

Alright centraltwo, today's the 11th of december, thursday, a very stormy and what seems like a very gloomy day. I predicted today to be a very sad day, but it hasn't been one.
You know last year after ONE camp, I went home and it was also, dark, raining, a rather sad day. And I was quite sad, I remember I spent an afternoon in front of the TV, and trust me, TV is very anti jayna. Anyway! That isn't even the point. Okay, the point is: Last year, I got the whole point of camp wrong. I thought camp was 5 days that would change your life, and the days after will just be natural. I thought that camp was being able to spend 5 days with the people you loved very much (that time groups were cell based), I thought camp was about anything else except God.

Don't you see? That's why today I'm as happy as anything! Sure, I do miss camp and all, but why should I? The most important thing that I gained from camp is still with me, and will forever be :D I have no no no reason to be upset.

Alright, you guys must be wondering why I asked you all to specially come read the cell blog. Okay here it is. I've got a TINY project for each and everyone of you. Really want to hear from you guys and apparently this blog isn't serving it's purpose. So! EVERYONE, capital bold italic underline, EVERYONE, will blog about camp, with the following guidelines:

1. 3 most memorable things that happened at camp.
2. 3 things you learnt from camp. (From GOD :D)
   
3. 3 commitments you want to keep to after camp.

Easy peasy, right? :D AWESOME (: Then we call all read and learn from one another. Another thing is, can I ask that everyone please be willing to share? Honestly, let's face it. No one reads our blog other than ourselves, so be honest with each other! What's the point of calling ourselves bonded as a cell through God when we can't even share with each other! So really, just share openly k (: We're a cell, we can trust each other.

1 post per person, I'm sure it isn't that hard. And from here we'll be able to see how God has really worked through camp. Isn't that amazing? :D Try to do ASAP, preferably before SUNDAY, 14 december, OKAY? :D So that memories will still be fresh in our heads.

Alright, so here are my top threes.

3 most memorable things that happened at camp:

1. When Benton burst out in "I-S-A-A-C, Isaac you're the one for me!" Because it literally sent me back to the times when we were all young and stupid, sorry to say.
   
2. When Siervo did cheers and were very...............passionate. :)
3. When God really ministered to me and gripped my heart in very special ways at the altar.

3 things I learnt from God through camp:

1. That God's embrace is the ultimate home. We don't need anything else. :)
2. That dreams are not meant to die, they remain dormant. Although at times the dreams seem to fade and die away, they aren't dead. They're dormant, we just don't see them. Like stars, you see them in the night, because it's all dark. But in the day? You don't see them, but that doesn't mean they aren't there. Think about it (:
3. That when God asks you to do something, just do it. And when you do it and it seems very lame or whatever and nothing seems to happen, don't lose heart. You never know, maybe God might speak to you one whole year later and tell you what that was about :D

3 commitments I wanna keep after camp:

1. I want to spend at least half an hour per day during TAWG, everyday.
2. I want to continue praying for you special group of people each and everyday.
3. That I'll not give up on my school. Even though we're just a school with a......."mistaken uniform", there's more to it than meets the eye. We're not just a bunch of brainless bimbotic school girls, but each and every person in my school has the right to know God, and it's my responsibility for me to bring God to them :)

Alright! So that's for me. :) Please do post by Sunday, feel free to tag if you've got questions. Sms C-H-E-E-Y-A-N-N, cheeyann cheeyann if you guys can't log in for any queer reason or don't know how to post, though I think only one person doesn't. HAHA.

Alright so see you lovely people. For those that are camp sick, here's a great piece of advice.
Go sleep :D

LOVE YOU ALL!

Hey C2 :D
You guys are still at camp and I'm at home ): ): Hope the friendship thing was fun :D And hope tonight's service will be powerpacked :D :D

Just wanted to say that, this camp has been awesome. Even though we're not all in the same group, but it's still awesome being in the same domain (: And you know, I find it so encouraging when I look at our cell. How we're supporting each other, how we're praying for each other, giving each other hugs, seriously, I am so thankful for this cell.

If you ask me what a cell is for, I'd say, fellowship, support. Remember there was this er programme in the camp where we had to choose what workshop we wanted, and we were all split up? I went for the battles of the mind (Or sth like that) and Jeanette said something about how her church mates condemned her when she did something wrong. Well, I think cell should be the total opposite. Where it's total acceptance, no judgements, and just support for one another. (: So thank you C2 for being such wonderful cell mates.

PAMELA ATE HER INSTANT NOODLES WITH A TOOTHBRUSH COS SHE DIDN'T HAVE FORK!!! (Random)
Ew right, HAHA I think she's going to kill me for this. :/

So yes, this camp has been a blast. And I hope your walk with God has grown deeper just like mine has. (:

God is always reaching out to us, will you reach back to grab His hand?
Love, Charis.

OH YES, WELCOME BACK JASON :D :D

Hello Central 2 (:

This is Joanc posting!

If you read my blog you'll know I'm reading a book, One Child by Torey Hayden.

It's a true story. Jayna lent me the book today (:

Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation -- except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patience, skill, and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare -- and nurture the spark of genius she recognised trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together -- an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy.


It's a good book. At least, it made me think about some stuff.


So anyway, I just want to share about what I feel about camp. (:

Basically, I'm feeling quite tired, emotionally. And I've been yearning for a breakthrough in my spiritual walk with God for quite some time now. And with that, will come a breakthrough in my entire life. I breakout of this aimless life because God isn't in the centre - I can't get anything done right without God being the focus.

I know it's coming, the breakthrough. I can really sense it very very strongly. I know that it's gna be a big big breakthrough, one that will take me to a whole new level. And I'm looking to camp to receive what I need from God - Refreshment & renewed strength. Also, a relighted fire & passion. It's there and I know it, but I need to bring it back to life. (:

So I've thought about that; that's what I want for camp.

How about all of you? I think you must have had thought a little about camp.

Well, don't go for camp without expecting anything.
If you don't expect, you don't get.

And if you don't try, you don't receive either.

I've long learnt that standing with your arms hanging by your sides during worship, or shutting out during sermon, isn't going to get you anywhere with God.

Expect something.
I guess this post came a bit too late, but I hope you'll use the next 2 days to think, about what you want from camp. What do you expect out of it?


I went to a camp once with zero expectations. I thought God would still move his magical hands and work some miracle, do something in my heart.
But I got nothing.

So, expect (: Yearn, long for a touch from God. That intimacy with God is priceless. That security in life, and the joy, only God can give you that.

Love you all. (:

HEY EVERYONE! This is Joanc!

Aiyo why our blog so dead! Come on people, it's hols, I'm sure you guys all are busy with many activities!!! Can share stuff here! :D

Anyway, just so all of you know, Jason's coming back on 10th! He's dropping by at camp :D Don't know if he can stay over one night, still asking Isaac.

BRING CELL TEE TO CAMP!!!!! :D

You'll be getting camp pullover on Day 1, so yal might not want to bring cell jacket! I'm not bringing.

Are you all excited for camp!? Hahaha. Cos I am, and I'm VERY excited :D
I can really sense very strongly that camp is gna be very significant. Nevermind about the no air-con part, the conditions and all don't matter, let's focus on how we're gna encounted God through You camp okay!

I really believe that camp is gna be very significant, and I'm sure all of you will receive something. Have good sleeps the nights before camp, because sleeping late and getting up early at camp might be tiring! Don't risk falling asleep during sermons because you could miss out on something God wants to bless you with!

Get ready for powerpacked worship sessions, awesome sermons, fun workshops, and games that'll blow your minds!

No matter who you're grouped with, always remember that this is a great opportunity to make new friends! We're all in the family of God after all, it's time to get to know one another, isn't it! (: What's more, you're grouped with people in your area, shouldn't it be even more of a 'need' to befriend them? (:

My first camp was Fortified camp. I was quite new to ML, and so I didn't know that many people. And that time, we weren't even grouped w people in our area. It was super random people all over. So of course I was scared, but I made new friends and it turned out rly fun (: I still rmb Fortified camp as a powerpacked camp and I was so refreshed.

So, don't worry, because God has a purpose for placing you in the group that you're in. Remember PJ said today, don't pick your neighbours! (:

Get excited, start anticipating, start packing, keep praying!!!

Let's keep the camp comm and group leaders and every single ML-er in prayer alright! May we all benefit from this camp (:

* * * * *

Alright, now...

ATTENTION ALL CHUNG CHENG PEOPLE!

Alright, please tag after you've read this part!
We've had our meeting on Fri, but we need to meet once or twice more. And this time, I want everyone of you to be around. Please ah, reply my msgs or call me back if you miss my call okay. People like Jiaru ah, forever uncontactable one. Please start to be contactable okay! We really don't have much time left and I hope you will understand the urgency of this MHS (:

I want to meet you all sometime in the coming week before camp. We have to discuss the actual programmes on the day itself (15Dec). And prolly one day, we have to go over to Kendrick's house to see how we're gna do it on the actual day. On 15 Dec, we have to meet early. Since the time of the Christmas Gathering is 130PM, I think we have to report around morn. Don't worry we won't meet that early, you all need your sleep.

Please pray up for this MHS event, please get good rests everyday (:

Shuling & Daphne, you 2 are IC of games right? And Benton is the MC. Persis will oversee the food part, and Shuling is contacting her teacher about a caterer. Shuling and Daphne, I hope you 2 will meet up and plan what you can by next Saturday, 6 Dec if I'm not wrong.

And we have to confirm the number of friends coming in order to plan for food and doorgifts etc. I don't know if we still are doing doorgifts but I think that would be good.
Try as much as possible to confirm number of people coming by 5Dec, Friday. I'll tell you who to report the names to again.
Will sms all of you. PLEASE BE CONTACTABLE.

There's a prayer list, for those of you who didn't come for Fri's meeting. Those who came have collated names of our friends. This list is for every single one of you to pray every night. Pray for these friends and the people who invited them okay (: And also for our MHS.

List:
Persis - Iris, Hui Yee, Ying Jie, Yong Yu, Wing Yee.
Joanne - Siewting, Jingshi, Corey, Eugene.
Shuling - Melody, Xiwen, Wendy, Jiaying.
Renia - Samantha, Sharon, Xue Ying, Karen.
Joanc - Yunting, Jennifer, Xiaohui, Sijia, Fangze.

(Daphne, Kele, Huiting, Jiaru, Benton, please tag/blog the names of friends you have invited/thinking of inviting/invited but rejected etc. We're gna pray for all these names. Meanwhile yal can take down these other names and pray for them too.)

There's a buddy system,
Daphne - Huiting
Persis - Renia
Joanne - Shuling
Jiaru - Benton
Kele - Joan

sms your buddy after you finish praying every night. PLEASE DO THIS. Everytime we do buddy system it doesn't work -.- But I want to make this work alright. I trust you to remind yourelf to pray. But buddies, if you want to remind your buddy, go ahead. And this buddy system isn't just for praying. If there's stuf you wna say to encourage your buddy, go ahead and msg/call.

PLEASE, if you don't have your buddy's number, ASK ME/JOANNE/PERSIS.
I trust you all to take initiative and contact us, don't just let things be and forget about the whole buddy system thing.

Alright. Done. Other details, just standby for more msgs from me/Joanne/Persis.

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Central 2, I hope all of you will pray alongside the CCH people for this MHS event (: It will be a good stepping stone for us, and I really believe that through this MHS, we will grow as a people for our school. This is the beginning of something starting up in our school (: Rest assured, we will be praying for all of you as well. Jiayou in your planning, may you be led by God, and remember, leave the results to Him. Just do your best in the planning, and even when it gets stressful, plan with a cheerful heart and joyful spirit!

Also, please remember Churchwide Prayer Meeting on 5 Dec! 8PM @ worship centre :D Please sms me your attendance.

Good night!

LISTEN TO THAT SONG AS YOU'RE READING THIS POST! It'll give you a...better erm, atmosphere to read this post!

Anyway that song's SAVED THE DAY by Planetshakers, one of the songs we sang at service yesterday. I just wanted to highlight a few lines in the song, it's from the chorus, and here it goes:

My God, he made a way,
My God, he saved the day,
Forever we will shout your praise
This world will fade away,
but your word remains,
forever, Jesus, we will shout your praise.

See the words from that song chorus. Sing it one time in your head.
Now, picture yourself in jail, with your hands tied to your back. You've got cuts all over your body, you're in pain. You've been persecuted for your faith, been through trials and tribulations. I think in those kind of times, this song would really be our anthem.
God is making a way,
God is saving the day,
And so we'll forever shout his praise, amen?

This is a mini reminder that the end times really are coming, God really is coming. Isn't it kind of exciting? I mean, for a while we'll all be scared about the things we've to endure, but I think God must be laughing at us, because the little that we have to suffer is completely uncomparable to what Jesus had to endure, but I think God is also laughing at us, because we don't have the foresight to see beyond the pain and suffering, because we've forgotten that God told us that we should rejoice in our suffering, because we don't dream of meeting God face to face.
Let's think past all those terrifying sights of suffering, but rather dream and fantasize of meeting our great God face to face-one day soon, and be reunited with the many that we've seemed to lost in this lifetime as a big family.

Well Central 2, christmas is coming. I had to bring it up, but yet another year has flown by. It didn't seem too long ago when I was sitting at the computer writing a post just like this. This year has gone by so incredibly fast, and in no time at all, central 2 will grow another year older.
From what I've heard (I'm far too young to actually know these things, HAHA) from the old people, central 2 really has come a long way. There was even this point in time when Central 2 had 4 regulars. I don't think the Central 2 of that time would have ever dreamt that C2 would become what it is now, but God has taken his place in our cell and he will continue to.

I'd like to take this opportunity to encourage everyone, as we're going to enter into the planning stage for MyHope Singapore. I know it may seem rather intimidating to get out of your comfort zone and share your testimony, or maybe your testimony doesn't seem that great-sometimes I feel the same way too. Remember it was mentioned before, we might not have those kinds of testimonies like, before accepting Christ we were loan sharks or murderers, and after accepting Christ you've changed completely-those ARE great testimonies, but there's no reason to say your testimony isn't as good. :) It may seem normal to you, but at the Myhope gathering, you're not going to do the work, it's God that's going to come and take his place in your friends' hearts. Rely on him alone k, and I'm sure everything will go smoothly.

Oh, another thing.
It's another 2 months to the end of 2008, let's treasure these last 2 months we have with the Sec 4s k! <3 they've been such a great part of the cell, really can't bear to see them go BUT! We know that God's gonna raise them up in another cell and work more and more in their lives wherever they go. Anyhow, let's treasure these last 2 months with our Sec 4s, be nice to them! :D

Alright I apologize for a post-full of crap. Just wanted to make sure this blog was updated :D
REMEMBER TO BRING $25 FOR THE CAMP PULLOVER, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T PAID. :D

Smile okay C2, miss you all! (:
Jayna.

Here you go,

Joan ng.

Hello :D

Lack of posts! So I shall post :D

ALL THE BEST JOAN CHEW FOR LIT :D
(Does Jason take Lit?? :/ IF YOU DO JIA YOU TOO!)

HOLIDAYS ARE HEREEEE, I WANNA GO ICE SKATING MANXZ. :D
HCL O's tomorrow, goodness, what am I doing here? I have no idea.

I got prayer requesttttttttt,
www.loveconfessionn.livejournal.com
It's under lj cut!

Sorry lazy to type it all out again.
Pray for him, yes? He's just too little to go through all of this.

See you guys on Friday :D

FINALLY I GOT INTO CELL BLOG.
I TRIED TO HACK IN ZILLIONS OF TIMES THIS AFTERNOON.

K, AM JOAN.
Anyway, let's have an (un)official cell outing soon okkkkkkkk.

Jayna wants a breakfast at Suntec but I dont know where.
She's crazy, she wanted to watch sunrise at henderson bridge initially............ Henderson bridge is so so so far and sunrise?! That's so quite impossible for the east people......

Shall we like go watch movie together?
Im trying to ask other cell people to watch High School Musical 3 together!
So currently its JOANNE, CHARIS, PAM, ME. So whoever that is interested please tag or contact me okay!

Ok, that's all for now.

AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEGALIFE CAMP OKKKKKKKK.

LOVE LOVE.

Charis here!

Praise you in the storm.

I was sure by now,God, that You would have reached down
and wiped our tears away,
stepped in and saved the day.
But once again, I say amen
and it's still raining
as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain,
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away.

Chorus:
And I'll praise you in this storm
and I will lift my hands
for You are who You are
no matter where I am
and every tear I've cried
You hold in your hand
You never left my side
and though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry to You
and raised me up again
my strength is almost gone how can I carry on
if I can't find You
and as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away

Chorus

I lift my eyes onto the hills
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth
I lift my eyes onto the hills
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth

Chorus

A beautiful song,
Faith, we all need to have faith. I especially like, "You are who You are, no matter where I am". (:
Have a great week ahead.

Hello C2!
JOAN AND JASON how was the paper today? Hope it was alright, no, actually I hope it was great. But whatever it is, it's over. Look forward to the next one, and give it your best shot! IT'S COMING TO AN END!!! So push push push, we don't want to live knowing we could have done better. Do your best and leave the rest to God.
Anyway, I wanted to say thank you the birthday surprise that day! I heard Joan and Joanne saying no one got them a card or a cake ): So I wanted to say, thank you very very much. And Joan and Joanneeee, we all still love you! And you're very much loved by C2. I told JoanC that somehow C2 gives a real feeling of family, for me at least. And I'm wondering if you guys feel the same way. You know, it's like, just closeness which takes forever to build up with other people but yet, it's so open and so.. warm. It just comes so easily. I appreciate you C2, a lot!
Thank you guys for everything.

MY EOYS ARE OVERRRRRRRR!!! :DCharis here btw :D

Centralites!

I was watching the sermon up there this afternoon and whatever Louie said really impacted me. It's like how Caroline and Sam and everyone at prayer meeting was speaking about how the word of God can come alive, it really does. Do take some time to watch it alright, and you'll know that God can bring you through anything that comes your way, and for the simple reason that God is IN you, and he is holding you together and WILL hold you together.

Aiyah, my vocab is like that lor. Must watch it yourself. WATCH IT :D

Love you C2 :D
Jayna.

Central 2! I've got something that's been tugging at the strings of my heart these past few days and I want to share it with you(: But first, please don't laugh at me :D

Alright, on Monday, I had my MATH PAPER 1.
I have no idea why, but I kena mental block, like all the questions I always know how to do, now I forgot, and I didn't even finish my last question.
Summary: Math paper 1 screwed.

Then on wednesday was my MATH PAPER 2.
The paper was very easy. I was breezing through it. Seriously, honestly, frankly. Not boasting. I think they did it that way to make sure that we wouldn't do very badly in overall. So I finished in like 15 mins and I had 45 min doing nothing but checking. And then about 2 minutes before time up, I looked through my paper again and to my horror, I realised I missed out the last major question WORTH 8 MARKS. Because I thought that the graph questions was one of the options -_- And I thought since I did the graph question, the other one I didn't need to do. I tried to scribble something. I knew how to do that question but I just need 5 minutes (that I obviously didn't have) When the teacher said time's up I was still writing because I needed like a full mark in my paper 2 just to make up for my paper 1. But in the end I just put down the pen 3 sec later.

You know, when I was doing the other parts of the paper, I was like, "woah God is good man. God is good. He always provides man. One paper so hard the other so easy"

And when I saw that last question I wasn't really thinking anything except CRAP CRAP CRAP, but after that I was like, AHHHH GOD HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN.

I sort of blamed God.

It's quite stupid actually, because the blame is obviously mine for not even checking through the paper carefully.

AND later on I was in a great dilemma whether or not to cheat, because I could write it on another fulscap paper and tell the teacher that it fell out of my stack cos the hole to tie strings tore, but in the end I didn't.

YOU KNOW WHY?

Because you you guys!
Because I remember that one session we had where we prayed for integrity.
Because I remember how we learn that we have to set the example for our friends.
Because I remember we have to show a little bit of Jesus each day (:

So, overall, however upset I may be over my paper, I've committed to not think about it anymore. (: And glory be to God for bringing us all through our exams + the others who haven't finished. :D

Love you guys (see this is the kinda impact you guys have on me)
Okay anyway this was kind of a stupid post so I don't really know if I post it but I think I still will? but yeah see you all at prayer meeting tomorrow. DON'T BE LATE :D

anyaJ

(Joanc posting)

Today... I went to school in the morning. Like the usual time. Supposedly for prayer mtg, but last minute the girls found out they had to study 6 more chapters, which they didn't.
:O
I know how that feels. Hahaha. So prayer meeting was put off. Next week, la. (:

Had consultations for 3 different subjects from 9 to 3++P.M.
And I just got home.




Well. The main point is about the bus ride back.
I sat at the back row. The long row.
2 guys, I don't know from where, came on the bus.
Then the bus went past a church.

Guy1: All these churches names are so stereotypical. All try to come up with names like "Holy Church", like trying to be better than one another. (Something along those lines, I didn't hear clearly)

Guy2 said something la. Then they were like abit arguing about religion. Guy2 told Guy1 to show respect for other religions, even if don't believe at least respect. He sounded agitated.

Guy1: It's delusions la, ha.

I forgot other stuff in between. But in the end Guy1 got fed up and gave up explaining, then he got off at his stop.


Tell you what was going through my mind: A thousand and one things.

My stop was reaching. Was there time to say my part?
What could I say to make him change his mind(set)?

I wanted to join in the conversation halfway. But firstly, that'd mean I'd been eavesdropping. Plus I wanted to listen on before I said anything.
I got angry initially, but as I listened I felt a very strong urge to tell him a few things.

I wanted to agree w Guy1; don't believe, fine, but in the least, respect.
But then, thinking again, I don't want him to respect religions or Christianity, namely, for the sake of respecting.

Guy2, obviously a free-thinker, critisizes religion(s). But does he even understand the different religions? I'll narrow it down to Christianity.

Does he understand Christianity/Christians enough to call this religion a delusion?

And, what's the point of respecting something for the sake of respecting it; for the sake of staying out of trouble because this issue, religion, is sensitive.

If you respect something, you should first understand it.
At least...... Make an effort to.
Don't classify it as delusion/unreal/illogical right away/without really thinking.

Then again, how would I know if he really did make an effort to understand Christianity? Maybe he did?
But, listening to the way he spoke, the things he spoke about, he obviously hasn't.


I wanted to tell him, secondly, that there's a reason for believing. People don't blindly believe.
Now I'd like to ask all of you: What's your reason for believing in our God?
Is it because PJ and other pastors all over preach that God is real? Etc etc? What's your reason.

For me. My reason is that I've experienced God before and I just know He's real. There's no proper explanation, I just know it.

Is your reason the same as mine?

Because, thinking about it, I don't think that's a good enough reason,at all. And it's definitely not a good enough reason for a non-believer to believe.
How would saying that "I just know it" help?

Reminds me of my friends. We were talking about End times and God.
Nonbeliever: But how you know it's true.
Christian friends (who curse in every sentence): Because you know it la! Because it's real! How can you not believe?!

Then the argument/discussion got heated up.

To me, as I listened to their discussion, it sounded dumb. Getting so angry and saying "it's real it's real!"
I don't see how that can help anything. I so wanted to say something, to give a proper reason, but I couldn't think up anything. That's why I just kept quiet.

So, back to the issue.
I was thinking, okay, I don't have a reason right now, but maybe before I get off the bus I should say something like "Excuse me, I hope you'll take time and effort to understand religion before you critisize it/them. They are NOT delusions. There are reasons why people choose to believe."
I had strong urge. I was really exploding inside. But my stop was coming in dont know how many seconds. But I had time. I was sitting, half butt on the seat, debating.

Why I wanted to tell him:
For one, I was getting off. So I didn't have to worry about a heated discussion. Besides, if I don't even have a proper reason for believing I don't see how I can hold up a discussion w him. So if I just tell him those few sentences and alighted, no risk no loss. (Cowardly, but I don't want to put up a discussion I won't know how to answer. Cause that proves I don't even understand my own religion)
Second, even if I didn't have a proper reason, saying that to him might just change his everything, because he might really go and find out about God and he might be saved. Then the whole of heaven would rejoice.
Third, I might never see him again. And I might never get the chance to tell him again next time.

But I didn't tell him.
Why sia. Now I can't think of a reason why I didn't. I mean. My chance was there. Opportunity had come, God had set the table. I don't know why I didn't make the move.
I regret la. I shall pray for him.

So. Since now it's.... somewhat over. I think I should think about this. Why do I believe in Jesus?
I'd really like to know your answer. So tag it or blog it.
But if you don't know, I think we should start searching for our reasons. Because there definitely is a reason for you to believe and love God. And it definitely is true that God is real. It's just, do you know it? Do you know how to put it?
Maybe that's why we're scared of evangelism. Because we don't even know how to explain our faith, however strong it might be.

Start searching, then (: Don't avoid the question. Knowing your cause, your reason, then you can let people understand, then their eyes can be opened.

Another thing I'm thinking about,
Many a times, before you accept something you want a scientific or logical explanation/evidence for it.
Can God be proven through facts and science, other than stated in the Bible?

End of questions.

One more thing I want to say.
Last night I was feeling crappy.
Really crappy.

So then I prayed. And I kinda fell asleep while praying.
But this morn on the way to school I heard 1 or 2 Hillsong Kids songs, and I just have one thing to say:

Even when you're feeling like shit, when you don't feel like worshipping God, when you feel different and weird and all the things other than O.K.,
God's still the same.

And God doesn't deserve this kind of treatment- Worshipping when you feel like it, praying when you feel like it.

Just like how the reason for our faith cannot be based solely on how we feel when we're experiencing God, the way you treat God should not be based solely on how you're feeling.


During the week a song came to me strongly. I wanted to post it here. But I forgot alr. Shall post another that kinda impacted me.
I was listening to it, and as I heard the lyrics I was super happy. Not earthly happy. But the kind if happy only God can give me, you know, that special kind. (:
So, enjoy. And listen to the words.


FREE- Planetshakers

You saved me, You set me free
You healed me, You made me see
You set me free

You give me, all that I need
You give me, life abundantly
You set me free

All I wanna do is praise You
‘Cause You have set me free

You’re my saviour
You have set me free forever
It is by your grace and power
That you have set me free
You are the way
I will follow You all my days
Never will I hold back my praise
‘Cause You have set me free

There’s freedom in the name of Jesus
Freedom from all shame
There’s freedom in the name of Jesus
Freedom from all pain
There’s freedom in the name of Jesus
Freedom from all sin
There’s freedom in the name of Jesus
There’s freedom in the name of Jesus


We're free! :D

Haha okay the drilling finally stopped.
So noisy la! Zzz. Disturb my nap just now.
Btw, Im supposed to be on a fast food fast and I was gna make it past the 2nd week of it already until......................
When I woke up I had a strong craving for Macs. So... Fast broken!LOL.
It's supposed to be till the end of O's. If not I've to pay my friend 5 bucks. But I'm not going to. LOL. 5 bucks can buy my another meal! So I'm gna shh about my McSpicy just now ehehehe.

Argh I shouldn't even be here I'm supposed to be studying. Aiya who ask neighbour to drill!! Make me cannot concentrate then must come here LOL.

Okay after this I shall go do..............
Ss.
Then Geog.
Then UHOH.
I GOTCHINESE TUITION @ NIGHT EJFEIWJGIDJGIESJMCFASLKFMASO.

Forgot to do her hw. Sianzation. Who likes Chinese man! I can't wait to pass my HCL and get Chinese out of my life forever. Out of my JC life, at least.
MUST PASS.
But my teacher says it's not easy to pass.
HOW!? Bluff me one la it's just to make me try and score better. RIGHT.

Zzz -.-
Btw I'm Joanc hor. Hahahaha. Sianzation sianzation I need chocos to hold my concentration as I study. So I bought 2 bars. EH OFFER LEH 2 FOR 2.50 HOR CADBURY. If not I'd just buy one heh heh :D
But then when my mum saw the chocs she say they're also checking Cadbury chocs for China milk. WAH SIAN.

But I'm still gna eat my 2.50bucks worth of chocs anyway. THERE'S NO STOPPING ME! Hahaha.
I cant wait to go swimming tomorrow. Going w my fwenz.

WAH HEADACHE. Seriously. I feel lke sleeping all the way. I NEED MY SLEEP.

This Saturday I have some Chem timed prac + checking thru answers immed aft tht till 1230. WALK SO LONG OUT OF SCH WHEN THE SUN'S SCORCHING @ 1230!?!?!? KIDDING ME SIA. My friend carries an umbrella when it's hot. HAHA.

Anyway. I should have taken a picture of Jason's table before I scraped off all the stuf today. Aiya wasted. But anyth la, Ill just describe/narrate to you all ok.

One day during Chinese lesson (I sit at his table during Chi. I used to be scared of Jason, believe it ok) I happy happy took my thick gel pen and wrote "Jason u suck ha ha guess who i am :D"
Then everytime I go Chi I'll look at the table see if he notices it or replies anything. Then for a few days nothing. So I began to scrape off the ':D' bit by bit.
I was starting to give up on expecting a reply. Then.........
Today, WOO BREAKTHROUGH.

My eyes wandered to that same spot during boring Chi period and guess whut I saw yo!

"You fatty!!"
Then he drew a small circle with :D inside as the head,
then he drew a big circle and that's supposed to be the body.
Plus an arrow pointing to it, labelled "Joan"

HOI HOI HOI DONGDONG.
When u come sch tmr u DIE.

Jason dno how to draw fingers and toes one sia. You know when you draw stik figure of bird, you draw them having 3 toes that one.
Jason drew that kind for my hands and legs. I ONLY GOT 6 FINGERS AND 6 TOES AH.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-

Im TIRED. Haha.
Anyway, I only got 2 weeks to O's. And that's really scaring me.
SIANZATION!? MY LIT HOW. I tell you ah. Lit is fun to take as a leisure thingy but DONT TAKE IT FOR O'S.
ANALYSE TOKILLAMOCKINGBIRD!:!LFDJSIGOJESOFJSAOD
SO THICK THE BOOK.Siansiansian there must be some way out.

NONONOONO.
Okay no. Shh. Shhh.
Ok. I just want to tel you all hor. I'm seriously.
Seriously.
Seriously.
Seriously.


GNA STUDY UNTIL I GO CRAZY FOR O'S.
I'm gna make sure, after I finish my last paper, I can say 'Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I gave the best of my brains and now it's time to relax to th max'
Yeh yeh yeh.
I MUST STUDY LIKE MADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD.


Haha. So, Joanne, Persis, CCH warriors,
From after your EOYS end till my O's end, you guys take charge of MHS ok!
After my O's I'll get back in action. Hahhaha.

I HAVE TO GET 6 POINTS.
YEAAAAAAAAAAH. And I'll join Gabriel and CY in VJ. HAHA.
If I can.


YOU KNOW WHAT!
I'm gna go bathe and start my mugging NOW. Yes Joan go Joan woo woo woo.

OKAYYYYYYYYY. Time to go enough of com.
Jy for your eoys! :D

<3 Joanc.

Desert song (:
This is my prayer in the desert
And all that's within me feels dry
This is my prayer in the hunger in me
My God is a God who provides

Verse 2:
And this is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved
Of more worth than gold
So refine me Lord through the flames

Chorus:
And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon forged against me shall remain

I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here

Verse 3:
And this is my prayer in the battle
And triumph is still on it's way
I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise I'll stand

Bridge:
All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship

Verse 4:
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be empited again
The seed I've recieved I will sow


Stand firm in His promise (:
Our God provides. Don't worry for tomorrow, don't worry for anything in the days to come. God is with you (:
Our God is a God who sticks by promises. What He says He will do, He WILL do.

Our God is not like Man. Our God is faithful, forever.
Our God deserves our all, our God is God of ALL.
Freely He gave it all for us, He surrendered His life upon the cross.

Lifted on high from death to life
Forever our God is glorified.

Fall at His feet, be amazed.
Our God is so so awesome (:
So worthy of our whole heart, our love.

No one and nothing at all can replace God's place in my heart.

Joanc (:

P.S. CHRIS LONG TMR!

James 1: 2-8

Hey C2.

Hey everyone this is Joanc!
I always forget to put my name after each post so I shall put it now before I forget.
Btw, always leave your name k. Haha. Unless you wish to remain anon, cos, like, if you do say something that blesses someone, I'm sure the someone would like to thank you personally and since everyone would love to be appreciated at some time or another, you would too, so yes, please leave your name! (:

Anyway. I just did some praying and waiting on God? Yup, which I haven't been doing in a while..... And. I was just planning for tomorrow's CCH prayer meeting, and the one on Tue. And I realise I need 3 days to meet up w you CCH people to, properly, sell you the vision that Isaac has sold to me heh heh. Is it a vision? Not really actually. I think a challenge la. An exciting one :D

I'm really excited. I mean, I still do feel that all the fear in me is kinda limiting my level of excitement, but I'm gna break out of it.
"Perfect love casts out all fear"

I shouldn't have to be afraid of anything at all 'cause God's fighting on my side, so yes, I will keep praying (:
I just want to share what I'm currently feeling, I hope it'll somewhat inspire/bless/encourage you. If I can do this, I know you can, too (:

I want to be a woman of faith. (Or girl la. woman sounds so old).

I want to be a girl of faith. Strong strong strong faith. I want to be mad, crazy, really insane, just for Jesus. I want back the power of God in my life. And when I get it, I'm not letting go. I no longer want to be that fire that has gone out. I want God to be my oxygen, I want COMPLETE COMBUSTION! (woah woah chemistry)
Yes, I want to experience God every. single. day., wherever I go whatever I do, in toilet etc ANYWHERE AT ALL,
I
WANT
TO
FEEL
JESUS.

And more than just feeling Him, I want to love Him with all my heart, all my soul, all the time. I want to be willing to die just for Him. I want to be loyal to Jesus. I don't want to drift away ever again, I don't want to let anything else stop me from getting to Jesus.

Jeremy, usher leader shared before:
When you open a door, you don't have to kick it and handle it roughly like trying to break it etc to open it. All you have to do is simply turn the knob.
Same goes for opening Jesus' door. Just put your hand over the doorknob, turn it gently.
That's all it takes.

Bottomline is, I want a lot of Jesus in my life.

Over the course of the past months as I drifted away and many issues that I had to deal with appeared in my face, God revealed many many many things to me. All the questions I had, I didn't know who to ask. Only God could answer.
And on Sat, the words that Bob Sorge spoke were from God.
Every thing he said came right at me, slapped me in the face. All the questions I had, all the confusion and all the doubts, all the internal struggles w my own emotions, etc etc etc, e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g was answered.
And I started to understand many many things.
Esp during cell. During worship, I began to see so many things. It was like. Ultimate breakthrough.
Although I know I still have to put in effort to do my QT and spend time w God if I want a closer walk w Him. Which I'm working on. so anyway,

Yes.
I think this is the start of a new season. Which involves my revived dream for CCH (:
I thought I'd never get out of that bad patch. Like the so-called season of stagnancy? For so many months.
But whoo, thank God, I'm out! :D
I was beginning to lose hope in everything. Actualy not beginning to, I already had. My life was like, woah. So hopeless and meaningless without God's power. You know? It's not exactly an empty feeling, nor is it really very lonely or whatsoever. It's not a very sharp pain kinda feeling but it's like..... a subtle one but yet one that... you just know your life is so dim. I've never felt that way before. And it's miserable man haha. I relied on many things that weren't Christian (not saying I became very un-christian-ly, just didn't use holy moley means) to make myself feel better each time. But of course, short-lived results. I knew only God could satisfy me, but yet I just found it so hard to come back.

Last week was the worst.
It's not PMS I know it, LOL. It's just the peak of my bad season. I never felt so miserable + let down + all the other horrible vegetable feelings all at once before.
It's like one morning I woke up and checked my phone and like I just felt really fed up and hurt and all that. I was kicking in my bed like some grumpy kid. And yeah every night I'd get so emo I couldn't stand myself.

So today Bob Sorge preached about Enduring Faith.
And I was thinking a few weeks back that....... In the last few years of my walk w God I always managed to be strong enough to want to endure through it all, but this time, this season, it's just so. I don't know, like I just gave up? Why? I felt like a loser. LOL. That time la.

Well now. I decided and I've resolved that I want to endure anything that comes my way now on. Won't avoid issues, won't try to escape from them all, gna be strong cos I'm empowered by God, amen!


Perfect love casts out all fear
Perfect love casts out all fear
Perfect love casts out all fear
Ditto x 10000000....

Yes.
And Central Two, CCH people,
"We will run, altogether our hearts aflame, with a fire that can't be tamed, our God, all glory to Your name"

I want my heart to be on fire, aflame. That no one at all can put out. Esp not Satan.

I've got a song for you all.
What if His people prayed - Casting crowns.

Go read the lyrics.


What if the armies of the Lord
Picked up and dusted off their swords
Vowed to set the captive free
And not let satan have one more

What if the Church,
for heaven's sake
Finally stepped up to the plate
Took a stand upon God's promise
And stormed hell's rusty gates

Chorus I:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His faith, yeah
And turn from their old ways

And what would happen if we prayed
For those raised up to lead the way
Then maybe kids in school could pray
And unborn children see light of day

What if the life that we pursue
Came from a hunger for the truth
What if the family turned to Jesus
Stopped asking Oprah what to do

Chorus I:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face yeah
And turn from their own way

Chorus II:
He said that He would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear, yeah
If only we would pray

Bridge:
If My people call by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray
If My people call by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray

Choruses:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face, yeah
And turn from their old ways

He said that He would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear yeaah
If only we would pray

What if His people prayed? The title of the song. Well, if we pray,
God will answer loud and clear.
God will stick by His promise.

Everyone,
Don't let satan have one more.
It's time to pray. (:

Now, I understand what it means, to want to pray like never before.
To be so hungry, so desperate to see revival.

Love you C2 (:

After reading the previous 2 posts, all I can say is AMEN :D
Thanks Joan(s) for those 2 awesome posts, and now I've something to add on.

Amberlie, Amelia, Crystal, Joanng, Kendrick, Rachel, Shaun and Me.
I really felt so strongly to tell you this!
Even when you're alone, God and you makes the majority.

Did you get that?
I'll say it again.

EVEN WHEN YOU'RE ALONE, GOD AND YOU MAKES THE MAJORITY.

Yup, let it sink in.
I know it really sucks being in a school where you seem reallllllyyyyyy alone, like as if no one else cares. But honestly? If you just open your eyes and take a good look around, there are quite a few people that do care, because like us they too believe in the one true living God.
So, you're really not alone (:

Maybe from Central 2 you're the alone person from your school. So what?
I am too.

I remember in the planning for Nubian Gents and all, Isaac repeatedly, REPEATEDLY, kept saying the word "no kick". It was seriously quite funny.
EXAMPLE: You think very hard to get 100 guests from our cell to NG meh? For God it's NO KICK OKAY.

And moremoremore, the "challenges" started getting bigger. But the one thing that didn't change was that it was all the same "no kick" for God.

Okay, you might think. "Jialat, no kick for God, very kick for me".
Then let me share something else. Yihui told us "all you need is simple faith".

I don't know how else to emphasize that it IS possible. And it IS going to happen. Let's just get our butts moving and do the work God has mapped out for us (:

Bo pian I have to say this.
It may seem like other schools has such big numbers, such big dreams.
But numbers don't equate to dreams. You can dream big, ALONE. Or rather, just you and God.
Remember, YOU AND GOD MAKES THE MAJORITY.

I think you guys know what I mean.
Don't feel left out of God's big plan. Although it seems like you're not involved at all, he has a great, great plan for you. And maybe that's too go out and win souls ALONE.

Aiya, I really don't know what to say already. Just don't feel hopeless and helpless even when the situation seems pathetic.

A little faith's enough to see moutains lifted, moved.

Alright peace out centralites, I wish you a very fruitful week ahead:D I'm praying for all you people having exams, and even in this tough and trying time now, it's time to make a difference (it always is!) Don't limit God, don't limit yourself, and you'll be in for a surprise.

Love you all :D

(for anyone who doesn't already know who I am!)
Jayna :D

Jesus, take the wheel.

She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati
On a snow white Christmas Eve
Going home to see her Mama and her Daddy with the baby in the backseat
Fifty miles to go and she was running low on faith and gasoline
It would been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention
She was going way to fast
Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn't even have time to cry
She was sooo scared
She threw her hands up in the air

Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this all on my own
I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel

It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder
And the car came to a stop
She cried when she saw that baby in the backseat sleeping like a rock
And for the first time in a long time
She bowed her head to pray
She said I'm sorry for the way
I've been living my life
I know I've got to change
So from now on tonight

Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this all my own
I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I'm on

Oh, Jesus take the wheel
Oh, I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
From this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel
Oh, take it, take it from me
Oh, why, oh

Listen to that song, look at the lyrics (:

I think it's really meaningful.

I just wna say, that today, I finally got a breakthrough (: And I know, it's the starting of something new.

I believe, with all my heart, that CCHMS is for Jesus (:

Cell sharing was as great today.

Vision may seems scary and impossible. But when you trust and pray God answer. Faith as small as mustard seed moves mountain. All it takes is ONE crazy person. One crazy person to make impact in people's life. to change lifes.

Sometimes I wish God would change me, like I wont care about how people look at me. I wont care about how I look, how stupid I may seems in people's eye. Or maybe how people mock me, despise me for my faith in my Lord Jesus Christ.

Sometimes I wish im isnt who I am. Sometimes I wish Im not like that. I dont look like that, I dont speak like that. I dont do things like that.
So that I can really be so crazy about my faith. I can go around sharing gospel, telling people how great is MY god.
Sometimes I wish I was friendly, I wish I have many many friends. So that I can show each and everyone of them a little bit of Jesus. I can love them, So that I can make use of my life to show people that my God lives in me. So that I can be a living testimony. A life that reflects Jesus christ.

I want to be like people who is so crazy about Jesus Christ that they could have the courage to speak infront of all their classmates and schoolmates about Jesus. About how He had saved us.

Let's not be the one who's always sitting there listening to people's testimony on how they experiece God, and how God transformed their lifes.
Let's be the one sharing, let's be the one who tells everyone how God perform His miracles in our life. Its enough of listening, let's be the one who God acts on. Let's be the one standing infront of people sharing our testimony today.

Sometimes I wish I wasnt who I am. Sometimes I wish im in a way of silly, silly like a naive children that wont care about how people look at and think of.

Let's be a living testimony.
Let's trust and pray, believe it today Central two.
Let's have faith in our Lord Jesus that He will never ever break His promises for us.

Joan ng.

Hey guys,

HEYO CENTRALITES. :D
Or rather central 2 :D

The blog is finally up, following a long wait from that poophead who deleted our old one.
Anyway I'm so sorry the skin looks totally awful, I admit it. I DID IT. Becauseeeeeee I'm no computer freak so I have no idea how to do these kind of things.
(Whoever has a gift of photo editing/skin making, please volunteer :D Don't hide your gifts.)

Alright, so I do hope that all of you would enjoy this blog, and may it be much more lively than our previous one (: As JoanC said earlier, I think our blog doesn't only have to be either super formal or super (you think of a word yourself), but really, this blog was made so we can share lives and get in touch with each other during the course of the week :D

Okay and I must note, PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE.
No more indian words.
No more bobby whatever.
Just central two (:

Haha hellooooo everyone!
This is Joanc, as you can see from the title! Alright our blog's finally up again, everyone screeeeaaaaaaaaaaam! Hahahaha.

Okay so this is kinda like an opening post, same 'rules and regulations' apply:

With every post you put up, INSERT A TITLE. I have no idea why but it's somewhat neater! If you don't know what to put as title just do what I did, say who you are. LOL.

Yup and! This cell blog is gna be an open ground for ANY of you at all, to share about whatever's in/on your heart!
You might wna share about your day/week/an incident, or something you've learnt, or just something really lame or funny you saw somewhere, ANYTHING! After all, this is our place!

This blog belongs to each and everyone of you! So do treat it as yours; OWN THIS THING MAN! :D

I understand how sometimes it seems really tedious to sign in and put up a post here, but...............
Rmb what Snr Pastor Vincent said on Sat? Sometimes you rly feel you have to do sth but you just don't?

DON'T LET LAZINESS/ANYTH GET THE BETTER OF YOU! :D

Come online, spare some time to share something with the cell!
Who says only leaders or those spiritually mature have the ability to share something that can speak to us? :D God can use YOU! (: So don't worry too much, don't need to think twice, if you feel you just want to post something here,

DO IT :D

hehhee. Actually I wanted to post but I'veto go now, later!
Let's liven up this blog of ours C2!
Take care, and have a great week ahead :D