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/ 10/19/2008 07:11:00 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Why worry when God, the being who made you from the inside out, created the world around you, a God who burns with love for you, the God who redeemed you from death, LIVES in your Heart? (:
there are billions and trillions of crap things that go on in life..but what's worth running the race for? Faith. Hope. Love. out of everything these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is love. |
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/ 10/19/2008 06:43:00 PM
hey havent been posting for quite a while
just want to release some of my thoughts out buzzing around in my mind right now.. In every endeavour, in every work, every opportunity, there is a temptation to slack off, not work hard. Draw your attention to something else. Procrastination. So what keeps me working hard and going strong? I got this drive for God..i got this drive for people. I really have this desire to build on other's lives..develop their inner men, their spiritual strength. that's what i like to do. on the other hand.. Things in this world beg me not to have a vision and purpose of living out God's dream..working hard for ministry. Many issues in my life press me to give up trying to be a competent and successful person as a Child of God should be.. Many other desires to stop working, just slack off in class..play msn, get on girls.. But i understand that there's a fear in my life..not a bad fear- but a good fear of God. Fear of losing myself to an ungodly lifestyle. Fear of falling into temptation and being the opposite of what i've become. to have my desires right now and then, and lose everything i have in my future. Call that a vaunted and twisted sense of spiritual justice and emoness, but that's how i feel, what i feel. what i need to do. "Serving God is all about a continuous cycle of surrender, obedience and worship." yeah i got my own personal life on one hand..and an endeavour to change for the better in another. People will say to me..billy have faith, believe in yourself, God will make a way..YEAH. i know all that. I know i'm supposed to serve God. But the thing that troubles me is that i have doubts. But i know that whatever it is, God is there for me. (: ANYWAY. SCHOOL is really cool! great to be back and kicking with the people. : P anyone up for a class outing? |
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/ 10/05/2008 02:39:00 AM
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Just some stuff from the D20 Blog I've posted over the few months!
GOVISIT - www.d20hogc.blogspot.com -------------- Billy here! Acts 20:35 "It is more blessed to give than to recieve." Wow, these few weeks have been stressful yet amazing. If you guys know i've been helping out in The New Charis Mission: a society formed to rehabilitate, renew, and launch forth ex-convicts in Jesus's name. I've been doing their website and working with them in a project for the Boy's Home. I just came to a really amazing revelation just now. I had the descision to go for archery tml, but i really decided to skip it although my trial for the competition's next wk. I was really thinking that even though this is out of church, it's God's work and God's foundation..and that i shld put in my best for this as i do for my own ministry back home in Church! and God really put this verse into my heart, Acts 20:35. It is more blessed to give than to recieve. I realised that serving in the house of God or for God's causes is like really placing our talents as offerings to the Lord. Be it worship ministry, Usher, designing, Cafe, bookstore, Admin, etc, it's all for the Glory of God. It is one way of giving. How many of you know sometimes when we give our tithes and offerings, we can see ourselves being blessed in money, in faithfulness, in character? Like how some of you have seen yourselves blessed because of your monetary offerings to God, i saw how i was blessed when i really started working with these people and serving in church playing CG! I started to grow in many ways: convictions..character, spiritual awareness on what is right and wrong. I really felt myself grow up in another level in music even though it was just a few wks that i've started playing for CG and a few months i've been taking classical guitar lessons. I also started to grow stronger in perseverance and in the principle of putting God first in my life. Although the change is small..it is wonderful and amazing to see how God blesses those who give. Indeed it is more blessed to give than to recieve! you can give in the areas of money..but how about your time, skills and talents? why not place them on that altar along with the other things you have sacrificed as an offering to God? (: Our lives, His Glory..think about it! Love in Christ, Billy ------------------ hey d20! I just wanna share about reaching out to others! Matthew 28: 16-24 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." God gave us in the Matthew the command to reach out to our friends and fellow men, not just to make converts out of them but to make disciples out of them! yes? Some of you guys may pause here and think 'wait, i dont think my friends can do the things in church that we do! i dont think he/she will like it here. it's impossible! that thought of them here in cg is really out of my reach!' I once felt like this some time ago in my walk with God! i was so discouraged about inviting friends after i was rejected time after time after time after time for a long time! It really left my spirit down and out. But God gave me an encounter and a wonderful experience not long ago! i had the priveledge of working the The New Charis Mission, A social enteprise whose aim is to rehabilitate ex-convicts to be competent, successful and good workers for the market, and to remove the label of "ex-convicts = bad" on them! The prisions in singapore commit some of their graduated prisioners there, and the NCM rehabilitates them. It's not just a social enteprise, it is a social enteprise founded on Christian Fundementals. I went to visit them the other day and i was suprised! the whole organization is run like a chuch! there is the Pastor (Pst Don wong) and His PA! there are different groups of workers in there and different leaders in their own ways. Pst's wife, Vanessa, also contributes actively and shares alot like Pst Lia does! They have worship sessions in this little house somewhere in kovan, and they run moving services from there. I had the priveledge working with Two of these ex-convicts, Marvin and Robin. At first, i thought that they were part of the hired staff working in the New Charis Mission, because they carried themselves very well, they worked great and they were VERY polite! they also were proeficent and skilled in their own ways (Robin in Photography and IT, Marvin in Project Management, Moving and IT!) However, I read their testimony in their newsletter. They both used to commit crimes, theft, etc. I later discovered that woah, Pastor Don himself used to be a convict! But one way or another, God stepped into their lives and Changed them from the inside out completely! Where they used to do bad and ungodly things, God has changed them and put new character in their lives! The transformation was amazing, they changed from criminals to converts, to disciples and sucessful leaders in Christ! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! Galatians 6:15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation. I just wanna tell you guys that if these people can change and transform in character to become the people that they are, YOU CAN!! I think that many people would have alrealdy given up hope on these people a long time ago, but their transformation in New Charis Mission has shown me and many others that NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE! Pastor Don didnt take NO for an answer and he approached the situation in a new way. And Here he is today leading this wonderful House of God! Some of you may feel discouraged but i want to encourage you, dont give up! There is a transformation that is waiting for your friends and family who yet to see the Glory of God! It is a transformation which will change them from the inside out, Mold their Character, renew their spirit, bring joy to their hearts! Like the people in the New Charis Mission, They may seem impossible to change but God has changed them from the inside out! People may reject you now, people may put you down, but you can always pray, you can always sow seeds, you can always reach out again! In the name of Jesus and by FAITH It is EASY! For His is the Kingdom, The Power and Glory, forever and ever, amen! Faith & Success, -Billy ---------- 39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” Matthew 26:39 Hey guys! this is billy typing (= Yea! i just wanted to share with you guys a revelation that God gave me some time ago while i was in church. It was during Dom's sermon about others can, I cannot. Dom preached a really amazing sermon about surrender and obedience to God regardless of the circumstances. Dom shared about His life and what he had to surrender in His life to God! And what really was amazing was that when Dom and our leaders prayed for us during altar call, God really spoke into my life and told me many many things regarding my future, my descisions and paths to take. One of these things was really about going to mass communication in Ngee Ann Poly! Taking mass comm has been a dream for me since the start of sec 2. I've always been inspired to design well and produce beautiful artwork. Advertising has always been fun doing, and designing for events has been even more fun! I looked into the Job prospects and i've been amazed at the pay some good mass-comm people get..and i really though that hey! this is my forte and it's gonna work for me in my life! On that day however, God told me this: "My son, there are many paths in this road that you can take. i want you to take the path that's the narrow road. That path that glorifies me." God then really spoke to me about my future in Ngee ann..and told me that Mass communication was not His plan for me. It was a hard thing to take in and understand..and i really thought that it was just me thinking randomly. I thought over it again and again..it wasnt rational. It wasnt ideal..at all for me. But how many of you know that God has plans for us to prosper us? (= I knew in my heart that it was not my mind..bu it was God calling out to me and showing me his plans. After the release of my posting results, true enough, i got into a course in Business and social enteprise! God has placed me in a class which is unique and amazing..there are many people from many backgrounds in there. funny..hardworking, fun, talented? yep..and one thing i realised is that God placed me in a class that has so many Christians! I think that it is truly not a coincidence that things have turned out like that. I was reflecting over what would happen if i went into mass comm the other day..and i realised that nothing, NOTHING would have been the way it was..the advances spiritually, the friendship and bonding in class, the New Generation BZSE connect group..the many churched people in Ngee ann. Yup..and now i understand why God didnt want me to take mass comm! What i want to encourage you guys to keep in your hearts is that God always has a plan for you and this plan will never fail you in any way..God gives us directions and things to obey..sometimes easy..sometimes really hard. Sometimes a small sacrifice in finances..sometimes a big sacrifice in possible futures and destinies. But whatever God tells us to sacrifice and give up..it's for a reason. God always does things for a reason..never to bring hurt to us but to always prosper us! (= Will you start to serve God by first surrendering the things in your life that needs to go? Will you take the path that God has set before you? Will you live a life of others can I cannot? Again..some of us face these descisions in life. Again i have to say..it's your call! Serving God..Our lives. Think about it (= Romans 8:2828 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. ------------- hello, this is billy typing. It's your call during these trials! Sometimes life doesn't turn out the way you expect it to turn out. But well? God's God and you're not..no one else is. What happens now, is what you choose to do during your trials. Will you choose the broad way, or the narrow way? I've chosen the narrow way on this one..and i'm trying my best to walk the narrow path. I've never regretted my descision. It's your call. whether or not to stay there and keep loving Him. whether or not to stay in church even though there are trials and tribulations. it's your call. God is waiting to see what you're going to do..give up? or keep going..keep it there. During trials and tribulations, only you can make the descision. It's YOUR CALL. ------------------- Hey! this is billy speaking, or typing for that matter. yup! ------------------ |
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/ 9/20/2008 12:11:00 AM
Saturday, September 20, 2008
been thinking lately..
what is serving God? Serving God is really giving your best to Him no matter what.. When you world falls down and you're dying out there..serving God is putting in the same best effort you put in every service or event into what you do despite your troubles! Serving God is really doing your best and spending much time and effort on your work even though others in your line of work may upset you..or intefere with your work! Serving God is really doing your bestest best even though you may feel that there will be no recognition or your work will not be popular.. Serving God is doing the little things with great faith and the big things with the same great faith as well (: Serving God is a total, ultimate surrender to Him, a continious cycle of worship, obedience, discipleship, listening and change. It's about good attitude...its about being avaliable...its about having and developing and improving ability in your field of work.. serving God.. Our lives, His Glory! think about it (: |
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/ 9/18/2008 03:28:00 AM
Thursday, September 18, 2008
remembered something i extracted from dext's blog last year!
Pastor Lia said something inspiring to the VBS worship team: "You will never feel rested. This is how it is going to feel like 9 out of 10 times you go out there." this is not only true on worship team, but on any other ministry or even our own spiritual lives. there is no rest in pursuing Jesus. in fact, Jesus did not promise us an easy happy-go-lucky lifestyle, but a life of continual submission, surrender, and discipleship. i've learnt that the anointing of God doesn't just come with a mere praying-up. anointing comes with a holy lifestyle, a humble-and-completely-submissive heart to God, as well as utmost focus on seeking His presence at all times. In fact, this is just the start of my discovery about God's presence and anointing. I am sure there is so much more God is revealing to me slowly. Yes, time with God brings in anointing, but God has always shown me that my life, and my heart determines how much God will use me to convey His presence to the people. this is scary because my life, my heart and my mind is so volatile and yet the responsibility to handle God's presence and anointing is all on my shoulders. indeed, without a fear of the Lord, life in worship team will be a struggle. and there is never enough fear of the Lord in us, always. i still seek to fear God more. i need to be afraid of living an unholy lifestyle. i'm not fearful enough. No rest in pursuing Jesus..we serve Him with all our lives and always need more of Him day by day..but you know what? i think it's worth it..to sacrifice our whole lives, plans and dreams for Him! Now im playing for CG..and all i have to say is that God is worth serving a whole lifetime for :D I may be tired, i may run out of strength, i may bleed in many areas of life.. But God is still worthy to serve no matter what..king of our lives, lord of all! I'm glad to have a priveledge to serve God in Worship! (: |
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/ 8/24/2008 01:57:00 AM
Sunday, August 24, 2008
hello.
Today was a quite okay day. woke up to rain and thunderstorms and a quest to find my POSB passbook which miserably failed. But anyway, i helped out at the ncss carnival today, under the students care center. it's really impressive to see so many charities being attended to - gathering attention - gaining standing in Singapore. Service today was really amazing..Alot about Pastor How's sermon impacted me to live right and live well. It was about giving leadership to our will in our lives, to really break through barriers mentally..to tell ourselves that nothing indeed is impossible. That there are no barriers between us and what we can aspire to accomplish with God. Wow, it really inspires me how Pastor can preach really well and steady even though he's really sick and injured and everything. I think that's the true servant of God - carrying on the burdens of the things he loves for the Love of Christ. Leadership to His will indeed..and i'm inspired to do the same to my life, and keep yielding my will to God above. Matthew 26:39 says: 39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” and Jesus goes on to say a second time and a third time this as well. 44 So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. This is what God really spoke to me today to, about surrender and worship..a continuous cycle of worship, surrender, love for Jesus. The Christian path is not easy. It is simple and easy to praise and worship and serve, but as once Pst Conner said, "i believe the ultimate act of worship is obedience." I think the time is coming again to really surrender and prepare my life as a living offering to Jesus. After training camp, after everything..i think it's time to really really serve the best i can in Church and grow in spirituality. I've spent far too much time away from God..and i want to live His dreams for me. He is faithful. I know that (: "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” Our lives, His Glory. Think about that. (: Hati Hamba (Servant Heart) STANDING IN AWE OF YOUR GRACE SETTING MY FEET IN YOUR WAYS ENTERING INTO YOUR PRESENCE TO BEHOLD YOU FACE TO FACE GOD OF ALL HEAVEN AND EARTH HOLDING ME IN YOUR EMBRACE UNFAILING LOVE THAT SURROUNDS ME OH..GOD I STAND AMAZED MY JESUS, MY LORD YOU’RE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE WHEREVER YOU GO WANNA BE BY YOUR SIDE NO LONGER I BUT CHRIST LIVING IN ME SERVING YOU FOR ALL ETERNITY MY EYES SET ON YOU IN THIS RACE THAT I RUN NO LONGER MY WAYS LET YOUR WILL BE DONE MAKE ME A SERVANT MY HEART'S EVER TRUE CLINGING TO THE CROSS I'LL FOLLOW YOU I'LL FOLLOW YOU |
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/ 8/22/2008 02:53:00 AM
Friday, August 22, 2008
wow, its been coming to 2 years in the Heart of God!
honestly, i've got to tell you guys. I'm really amazed at the change i've seen in myself. GOD HAS CHANGED MY LIFE, AND THIS IS MY PROGRESS (: -Billy 34 months ago- sup guys. well yesterday was kinda funny, I had tution at rodriguez..I did litrature with two other partners..Pamela and Leanne, the're quite quiet though. I guess that's just girls. well, nothing eventful happened..though like pamela blushed a bit for some reason, I don't know why. then, I had tution for maths, which was quite intresting, I learnt more stff abt indices..quite uneventful. Oh yeah, I smsed joanne. I don't know why is it that SHE continues to pursue the issue, Cause looking back and bearing a grudge without telling a reason is just, plain stupid. well, I smsed back abt the THING that SHE had to jolly well BRING UP AGAIN.."okay, if she wants to continue to be like that, I don't give a damn. I will go on, helping you and others with or without her. Very well, SHE wants to pursue the issue and not forgive and forget. I think that getting angry by looking back is stupid. Is SHE hates me, I WILL HATE HER BACK! SHE WANTS WAR, SHE HAS THAT STUPID COLD WAR OF HERS. I DON'T CARE, I HAVE MY LIFE AND YOU HAVE YOURS, AND I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN TALK OR HELP TO SOMEONE WHO WON'T TALK, LISTEN, AND IS BLINDED BY HER OWN FOOLISH, INFLEXIBLE DOCTRINE." As siyin said to me, "I will still rock on, with or without her." Believe it or not! --------------------------------------------------- -Billy 32 months ago- Life sucks. I'm at the ultimate epitome of my sianness. Guess how much I got for my a-maths? 15/100. That's Fifteen freaking marks out of 100 freaking marks. How freaking bad can it get? Seriously. and If that's not bad enough, guess how much I got for lit? 9/15. I'm seriously dropping..and Chem? 20/30. It's FREAKING LIKE. PISSEDSHIT FUCKED UP ASSCRAP OUT OF NOWHERE. I'm like in the class with the cool guys, but like results are Fucked up. Damn lah. I FREaKING pay attention to the Freaking teacher, But like. some asshole goes like "(x-2)(x+2) (r+d) Sub in dunno what fucking shit." in a damn fast voice. If that's not bad enough, My mum's slave driving me to freaking work like shit. If it's time to use the word SuperFuckingCrappalisticEx-Fuckin-aledocious, It'll be now. . . . . . . Fuck. -Billy 30 months ago- I am just the most, retarded piece of crap in the world. There's no turning back the clock now it's just like that. So I'm just going off. I'm not being friends with anyone or anything anymore cause it's so obvious alrealdy, that i cannot, do shit. I cannot, be a better man. I'm, a coward, only concerned for myself, and not to others. I'm, a rude person, saying what he wants and nothing else. I, am a idiot. I don't think that i say. and i just say it. I'm worse than Osama bin laden. He killed people with bombs but i hurt people with words and rend souls and just anyhow do it. at least osama has a reason. I just do it out of pure anger. So well i'm just going to go off. maybe delete my blog. msn. friendster. make sure no one meets me or be my friends cause all i do is make trouble and do shit. I'm like, Billy in James Blunt's songs! Well. no use turning back the clock. just move and suffer. I'm looking like a freaking idiot posting thing. I don't deserve to be even like, posting SHIT. I'm a demon deserved to DIE, and I am not worthy of GOD's GRACE or JESUS'S LOVE. When I jump down, It's going to be with anton cause it's just us who wants to jump down and die, we'll go to heaven and solve the problems alltogether! People will go like "Anton died? oh okay. =)" and like they will ask "Oh..then who is the other guy who jumped down? Is it the guy with no life one? oh cheh, nevermind him lah. Good riddance." And then we'll go to heaven and we'll sit there for eternity and beside jesus and god and the good folks, If not we'll go to hell and die again and again and again with i find soooo pleasing cause i think you guys like me there cause I AM AN ANGSTY NO FUCKING LIFE TEENAGER with no fucking friends and who always wants to die and die and no ONE CARES OR GIVES A SHIT. Fuck all, fuck you, I'm going to jump down, YAY! CONGRATULATIONS PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO HELP ME AND ACTUALLY WANTED ME TO DIE, CAUSE I"M GOING TO! HAHAHA! SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PERSON WHO'S GUILTY IN READING THIS, YOU REALLY CHANGED MY LIFE. I REALLY WANNA GO MEET GOD WHO LOVES ME AND LIKES ME AHAHAHH!!!!!!!!!!! -Billy 24 months ago- I feel like shit okay. I don't know if anyone bothers to read this..but oh well. I'm just so sick and tired of disgusting personalites. I'm so sick and tired of being jealous. I'm so sick and tired of being ignored. I'm so sick and tired of being looked at like a freako. I'm so sick and tired of petty arugments. I'M SO SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT LOVE. I'M SO SICK AND TIRED WITH HOMEWORK. I'M SO SICK AND TIRED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SO PETTY. I'M SO SICK AND TIRED OF TUTION. I don't know what to do, i'm confused. I don't think anyone but a few people care. -Billy 22 months ago- Okay. 5am in the morning, i just woke up, my eyes are wide open so i'll post. What these past few weeks have been is just pure different. Last saturday i was invited to heart of god church by zhenghui. You know my usual skeptical self, I prepared like WOAH so many questions and didn't even bother listening. Well but the strange thing is that you know the whole atmosphere there is different man. It's not like your normal church-service-sermon-ahh go home Thing, It somehow gives a really warm feeling to people even such as me visiting for the first time. After the whole thing i decided to just screw the questions and just enjoy. It's a funny feeling, it's like at some point i realised that my questions are going to be answered/have been answered. I'm kinda freaked out so to speak, because actually on wednesday, My CG leader spoke to me and prayed for me. She told me stuff that's so freaking fascinating to hear out of a person you've just known for half an hour or so. She told me my aims..my struggle in life. What i've been going through and what i've been looking for. She prayed to god for an encounter to make me see things..and at that point in time she finished up and went to pray for others. I was left with differnt thoughts and different feelings till suddenly i had this overpowering, over dominating thought that just potruded out of my mind. It's like someone just spoke inside my brain okay, i swear, I SWEAR. It went, "Put your faith in your heart and in all you do. Don't give up." After church and a few miniutes of contemplation i realised that this voice was god, and i was just touched by him. It's just so fascinating because after that encounter i left the place a different person, a person with less doubts, fears, and more understanding. A person who is cleansed from all difficulty and hardship. It's like being born again, literally. I can't explain why this happens. But it did. The only thing i have to say is that wow, thank god that i went to heart of god church. It's a new experience and a new life, A new everything. New friends, New understanding, new thoughts and actions. A NEW HEART :D I shall tell you people more later! Right now i have to go walk with my dad. Jesus, you rock man. -Billy just last year- Mood: Thinkish-Spirtual Listening to: Kaoru's Journey I (Gut Guitar) Just thought over some stuff and i really feel looking-forwardish and happy today. Yesterday night Clarence called me and he shared some stuff with me about the seven pillars of the church and what we gotta go..and i cant help but think that i've joined a church which is really incredible. Just thinking of how church progressed over these months i've joined..it's so fast! I remember the first time i came into church..I was hard hearted and rejectful, i was closed and cautious. But yet, the people were kind, loving, understanding, and the leaders who led me always understood my perceptions and helped me go through phase after phase. As the months went past, i saw the church grow bigger..I remember the time when we were 500-600+. I remember my first cell group meeting where it was just Me, Dexter, Clarence, Lynette, Zhenghui, Jieru, Jingfen, Samteo, Cherie, Dawei, and Elieen. Now i look at where we're standing and i'm really proud to see how we've grown..we've got so many new people- Pei Jun, Mu-Ying, Vivien, Wei Hao..and the list goes on. And i'm really happy that this trend is moving on! i see new people who i've never even met coming to church..and i see old members coming back too. Bernice, Alicia and Samantha Yap. It's grown so much from just D5 to something that of incredible spiritual size, strength and nature. I can't help but feel that it's really been accelerating and moving fast! And i always remembered the up and coming leaders..it makes me proud to see people like Ranford and Carlo rising up into the minstry/leaders area. I remember when i first saw ranford- just a new friend back then..Now he's someone great! A person with a strong faith, a man of God with incredible spirit, love, and he's rising up to be a leader. I look back and I look at the church now..we're moving to Paya Lebar, things are going up great and rising like never before. I see new people become leaders and serve in ministry..and all this. It just makes me so, so proud to be in Heart of God Church. The love never died out..the growth never stopped. Everything just shot up and really went up exponentially..and it's growing and growing! Now i really can't wait but look towards the future and take into my anticipating mind the things that we are gonna be doing and what the church is gonna be like. It's a new journey, it's a bigger church, we're moving to a new level of spirituality, and i think i'm going to ride the wave with the rest of the youths and adults in this church, and move on towards the amazing future God has set for us! The time has come To stand for all we believe in So I for one am gonna Give my praise to You! -------------------- The Bill you knew 22 months ago is dead. Billy died on 1/11/06. on 1/11/06, Billy died, and was born again. What else can i say when i see this change? what else but that something supernatural indeed has happened. I'm honestly, deeply so thankful to Jesus. Love, Billy Hi everyone. Woah, looking back on the past years and the accomplishments, milestones and efforts i've made, i'm really happy man. Significant stuff, 04-07 04- Gotten into ACSBR. Started on Publications ACS. Found my passion in English Literature. Did web design for Publications. 05- Topped the class for History. 06- Rose up to be a leader in Publications, Design Dept. Did ACSDAY issues for whole of this year. Did Honours night booklet. Entered ST competition, obtained merit. Accepted Christ, (1 Nov 2006) 07- Helped in ACS carnival 07 Did ACSDAY issues for this year Did honours night booklet Attended Emerge 07 Heart of God church moved to Singpost! Start of Discipleship Awarded with a distinction in Honours Night Change of CG - d5->d2 FINISH OLEVELS! Started serving in Publishing House Parachute Band Concert Zone Camp Major Spiritual Breakthroughs in direction, vision and people Vacation Bible School Major Spiritual Breakthroughs in wisdom, knowledge and boldness (Father's Heart) Team Discipleship Started Integrating people -08 Going to serve on the worship team. haha. It seems like It's really acceleration! Like Church's vision for us, we really accelerated. from 04-07, everything just went up exponentially. With the vision this year on leadership, i just can't wait for my life to start taking flight in Christ Jesus. I'm sure this is going the be the greatest year of my life ever yet. Things may be going wrong, I may be shoved into places i hate, I may have battles with myself, But i'm sure that that's just God preparing me to be someone in Him. That Cell Group Leader. That Worship Leader. That designer for God. I live for Jesus. Me just recently hahah hey I was just thinking thru church and the meetings with Dom. eg, the mens meeting. I'm so inspired to see and know such awesome leaders like Pst How & Lia, Dominic, Garrett, Fifi, Charleston etc, and i truly am pushed and inspired to become something like them: a great preacher and teacher, and spiritual father and mother like Pastors, A leader and friend like the zone leaders, a great worship leader in the footsteps of Daniel and Joanne, & so much more! Looking back at how Heart of God Church was brought up from a home connect group, into an industrial park, all the way into town and here to where we are at singpost..it's been a really really long way. People have come to this house of God, stayed on and really gave and are giving their best to God. Sadly some guys lost the fire and the feel for such a great place as this and fell away from their walk with God. So sometimes i look back and i ask myself: what keeps me on? What's the burden of your heart that keeps your love for Jesus and Church going on strong? Sometimes i envision myself in someone else's shoes asking myself, "Is it truly worth it, spending your time, energy and money on a place such as this? why stay on?" It's been a long almost two years since i've stepped into church- and it's really an amazing journey i see in myself too. wow, looking back i've seen myself change from a small, insociable, unopen, angry person, shadowy as a bug hiding from patches of sun, all the way into who i am now, i'm proud to say that i'm a slowly but surely growing, onfire, radical servant of Jesus! Truly what many leaders have prayed for in me and have given me God's words is coming to pass man! and for me, i'm really glad and happy to say that the reason for all this is a God, Jesus and Holy spirit, a true compassionate triune God who's always there for me, guiding me, loving me, touching me, giving His best to me so i can give MY best to HIM. With all these hopes, dreams and loves in my heart, i really have nothing to say but that i'm glad that God has been working in, with and thru me, and my dear friends and family in Christ, and truly, i'm eagerly waiting and getting ready for the amazing move of God that's going to move Heart of God church into new levels of leadership, Influence, love, to really fufill our callings according to what God sees in us! I've said it before and i'll say it again: the future, is truly amazing! :D ------------- The past has changed amazingly, and the future is amazing in Christ. :)
The future is amazing! (:
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/ 8/20/2008 04:41:00 PM
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
I HAVE A DREAM I have a dream of one day being the best i can and serving faithfully as a Worship Leader in Heart of God Church, to lead people to victorious unity with Christ, to bring down the presence of God amongst the place, to redefine the boundaries of music and love. I have a dream to be a People Leader in church, to be the best i can to serve others above, beside and beneath me, to develop and change friends and family for the better in God, to rise up and see others live the dream of being God's Children. I have a dream of being a Singapore Team Archer, to rise up amongst the ranks to become the best, to shoot 9's, 10's and X's in every competition, to ace the rest and show them that devotion, hard work and above all, Faith In God will give you wings to soar high above the rest. I have a dream of standing in the Olympics and shooting for Singapore, and winning the Gold medal. I have a vision of me and my teamates going for gold in the field, and at the end of the day, standing at the Medal Rostrums, recieving the Gold and standing proud while the Victory Theme plays. I have a dream of being the best i can to my friends, family and loved ones. I have the dream of bringing them to Christ. I have a dream to see them serving and loving God ferverntly. I have a dream of seeing Ngee ann and barker road, and other school rising up as beacons of light and hope. I have a dream of seeing God's banner risen up upon Singapore. I have a dream.
So what is the vision and burden of my heart? It's to see all these things come to pass for the Glory of God. That's the dream that i have and the vision i seek. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. |
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