Shooting ramdom aims

I found this on YouTube, it got more than a million view count!

Follow Him!

Poor Dylan: So just wanna share sth that just happened~

=P

Well, since SPM is over of course my friends and I planned to go somewhere and spend time slash make more memories...So, the plan we had since months ago, was to go KL..and now since SPM is over, we were looking forward to it, and this trip is organised by my class so aka school trip also.

But one thing was, my dad did not like the idea, he told me since I am 17 already, I should learn to decide for myself, but he told me clearly that he did not like the idea at all....

Well, of course since he still gave me a partial yes to the trip, I just said "I still wanna go" afterall, I've been looking forward to it for a long time already.

A day or two later, there was news bout Jeremiah School (For you those who dunno, It's a month plus sort of Christian camp, and it's for school leavers only) and I have planned to take part in this camp a year already since the day I knew my seniors went there.

But my dad was already not that happy with my plans to go KL and besides that, this year wasn't a really good year for my dad and I...So, I actually wanted to give up on the thought of attending Jeremiah School (JS), and I thought: "I should be glad that I am able to go KL already and I shouldnt want too many things"

It was then when God spoke to me: "So where does your priority lie? In your KL trip with friends whom you have known since primary school? OR To JS where you will learn more about God? Who do you need most?"

And I thought, maybe that was just another set of fancy sentences I normally use to advise ppl which normally pops up in my head time and again..I doubted that it was Him~ So I just kept cool, and did not want to do anything when soon I became afraid...Because we all know that God speaks to us and we will hear it as if it was our own voice..And though I have consciously gone against His words millions of times already, I know that I wanna go JS just as much as KL and well, priority......goes to that...And the one way I can convince my dad to allow me to go is by sacrificing the KL trip~

Therefore, I plucked up all my courage and went to my dad...We had a big words-shooting time but at last he allowed me to go...And the thing is he did not mention anything about the KL trip! But he was giving his: "Im not very happy" face..And I thought it would be best for me to tell him that "It's okay for me not to go KL since Im gonna go JS for a month plus"

So, YAY! From impossible to possible, and it was then when I concluded that It was indeed God that was advising me, and I have done something right.

GOD IS GREAT!

That wasn't the best part, a few days later....We got news from the class monitor that the KL trip was cancelled because they couldn't find transport~ That was when I knew that God is real, and if we were to just be a little bit more hardwork into following what He tells us to do, great things will happen, and we'll not miss out anything. He will give us what we thought we will miss, for God Provides!

=)

Missing you guys out there~~

P/S to juniors: IM DONE WITH SPM!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOT YOU GUYS!! Hehehehehee~ XP

Go with God~! ^^

JTJL

Update.

Reuben Choo, since when was it MY responsibility to update the blog? We're supposed to be in this together...oh well.

I'm here to exhort and to remind all of us, our purpose in life. For all things are "chasing the wind"...and we should be anxious for the second coming of Christ (:

Today when I was walking back home, I noticed many buildings and houses, and I knew each one of them were fenced up, providing safety to each respective owner. As I reached my own, I realized that well, I'm form 3 going on form 4, and soon enough, this house wouln't be the same anymore. I'd leave home, explore the world. There would be no such sanctuary as easily attainable as before.

Then I remembered that God is looking from above, even with us as we walk with Him, waiting for us to return to Him where He already prepared a room for us =]

Isn't it amazing to know Jesus loves us so much? Lets think back and remember our First Love..who is right at this moment, standing beside you now!! Calling out to you to listen to His still, small voice (:

Lets make a change in Malaysia by first impacting our schools. You're not alone in this! We're all joined in Christ, in Spirit, and well, if it helps, in Sapphire team! :D

Imagine if one of us impacts our society/community, they in turn will tell of God's greatness in their respective societies and so on and so forth, until it propagates all around Malaysia!

Lets strive to make a change, knowing that "if Christ is with us, who can be against us?"

Jesus loves you!

When storms rise..

God rises higher. Always! Just look up. =)

Wacky~

Another convo on facebook~

Dylan Lim : sipping life's tea has never been so bittersweet

Siew Ming Au Yong : reminds me about eating dark chocolate XP

Dylan Lim : XD the next time we meet we needa get that!!

Joyce Tan JL : AMBOIH! YOU TWO ONLY LAA?! ORANG LAIN TAK KENA AJAK?!

Siew Ming Au Yong : lool wanna come? Invitation is open to public. I think. XP

Dylan Lim : nono, only siew ming and the rest of the sapphirites :P excluding joyce :D:D COZ SHE EAT TOO MUCH D!!

Joyce Tan JL : = = SIEW MING! SOMEONE BULLY ME!!!!!! T-T HOW'D YOU KNOW IF I EAT TOO MUCH HUH?! XP

Dylan Lim : see yr size know d..XD

Joyce Tan JL : . . . . . IM TELLING EDWIN AND ANNA!!!!! EDWIN!!!!!! T-T *SOBS~~!!!!!!* YOU WAIT!!!!! DYLAN!!! YOU WAIT!!!! X( HMPH!

Dylan Lim : heheheheeee..XD

Siew Ming Au Yong : btw I also eat a lot. =DDD its just that ppl do not know... jangan pandan rendah kpd orang kurus tau. d=

Joyce Tan JL : Errhhh~ Like that means~~~ You eat so much but still dun mind inviting me~ Dylan makan sikit but din wan me makan~ DYLAN SELFISH! SHELLFISH! SHELLFISH!!!

Dylan Lim : =.= fine you can have my share HAHA

Siew Ming Au Yong : lol. nice profile pic, Dylan =) and is that a cookie inside one of the bubble? :D

Dylan Lim : haha supposed to be a pie XD

Siew Ming Au Yong : oh btw, where's the place where all the other sapphirites chat on fb? The one that is mentioned in our blog.

Dylan Lim : well that convo was actually something like this one, edwin just copy + pasted it to the blog XD

Siew Ming Au Yong : lol... u can also paste this one onto the blog too, since no one is updating it. X)

Dylan Lim : HAHA okay :P


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see la, nobody update this is what happens. :D

A Conversation worth the read~

Had this in my youth's blog~

Thought i sould share it with you guys~

It's a conversation between a professor and his student~

And it's a very Good convo~

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has
with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . ..

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, you Believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD Good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill.
But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent )

Professor : You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella.
Is GOD Good?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Is Satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor : Where does Satan come from ?
Student : From . . . GOD . . .
Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor : So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer)

Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?
All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, who Created them ?

(Student had no answer)

Professor : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World around you.
Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor : Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD?
Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol,
Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor : Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor : Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor : Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn't.

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )

Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat,
a Little Heat or No Heat.
But we don't have anything called Cold.
We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that.
There is no such thing as Cold.
Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.
We cannot Measure Cold.
Heat is Energy.
Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

(There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?
Professor : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?
Student : You're wrong again, sir.
Darkness is the Absence of Something
You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . .
But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it?
In reality, Darkness isn't.
If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?
Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor : Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality.
You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD.
You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.
Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought.
It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.
To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that
Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.
Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it
Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?
Professor : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was going )

Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and
Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor,
Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir?
Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The Class was in Uproar )

Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?

(The Class broke out into Laughter )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . . ..
No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol,
Science says that You have No Brain, sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?

(The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)

Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly !
The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.
That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.


NB:

I believe you have enjoyed the Conversation . . . and if so .. .
You'll probably want your Friends / Colleagues to enjoy the same . . . won't you?
Forward them to Increase their Knowledge . . . or FAITH.
That student was Albert Einstein.

How??

Dylan & Edwin

are

Emotionally

Unstable..

We yar Kinda Mm..I Dun Noe..But..Well..Uhmm.=P

Our Conversation in Facebook:

Melodie Lim-Ngiam

haha. miss you loads too=) gossh. i miss the other sapphires too wei. i havent had time to chat with any of them =( saads. just went out with joanna and familyy =)

Edwin Tay
Miss me??Haha..I'm oso one of the Sapphires wey..=P

Melodie Lim-Ngiam
yes. hahaha. ofcourse you too =) make sure all of you misses me too^^ hahaaah

Dylan Lim
:D edwin, how can we not miss you, youre da co-leader!! da powerful choleric :D

Edwin Tay
Melodie>Eh..Yes I do!Hehe..Sms u sumtimes nv reply oso..haha=(.Haha

Edwin Tay
Dylan>Haha..Lol.Miss u guys too!I wonder how other sapphires are doing..Mm..We kinda lost contact huh..=PWhat happen to us??Hehe..

Melodie Lim-Ngiam
waitt. did you? cant remember. sorrrrrry! sorrry! cus sometimes i hav no credit lars =( i seldom top up. haha save moneey ^^

Dylan Lim
hahahaa..melodie, jahat nee..:D nvm, sometimes oso im out of credit..well, reuben and joyce are doing fine, they're pretty active online..melodie and joanna, seems to be okay :Draymond and justin seem really busy..so i dont really get to talk to them..siew ming too..seraphina mysteriously disappeared from the internet..reuben said she got banned from the com..... Read Moreand..anna seems to be studying hard..she hasnt even approved my friend request =\

Edwin Tay
Melodie>Haha..It's alrite larx..Saving money??Oops..Sumbody gotta get M******..Haha..Undstood.=P

Dylan Lim
haha mel!! didnt tell me?!?!

Melodie Lim-Ngiam
ooooohss. i see joanna and justin all the time XD owh yea! have to tell you guys! you noe waat , my msn contacts are all gonee! my msn is like friendles T.T did you block meee? =( wait i dont think so laars.ahah edwin, yea i get it saving money for getting married eyhh, haha, no lars just saving money? haha

Edwin Tay
Dylan>Sharp eyes huh..=P

Melodie Lim-Ngiam
even if i am getting married, get married with whooo lar? ahah. no one too marrrry.

Edwin Tay
Dylan>Where's me in ur msg??T.T

Edwin Tay
Melodie>So bad nv invite me pun?!Hehe..

Melodie Lim-Ngiam
hahaha. your not in his msg cus the msgs for you lar! hahah. invite you for wat edwin?

Dylan Lim
edwin : hahaha, you're right here on my wall :Pjo : aww..get married to someone sweet =D he'll come soon!!

Edwin Tay
Ur W****** lorx..hehe.Haha sure HE will come soon!

Edwin Tay
Everyone seems very busy huh..INcluding me!=P

Dylan Lim
hahahahaa..well not really..im slacking..playing whatever's on fb..:D..

Edwin Tay
Haha..Tats sign of busy oso wat..=P

Joyce Tan Jl
...................................My goodnesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss~From missing to marriage to being bz??????

Dylan Lim
we're a messed up batch, we are :P

Edwin Tay
Haha..Good good.=P

Our little Conversation in Facebook has already made us missing you guys..

I really wonder what u guys are doing..Remember we said we Must Keep in contact?

What happen?Hehe..Busy busy busy..But Plz dun forget anyone of us k?

Love you guys. Miss you guys. Try and say sumthing at least.=P.

Take Care guys!

HelloOo0O..U TheRe??

EMO-NESS

Sometimes we really are in bad mood.Frustration.Anger.Fed up-ness.

All of the above would lead to EMO-NESS ..

The taste of being emo is freaking bad.

You feel alone, nothing you can do, just think whatever that has happened.

Or perhaps ending up crying at a corner or on your bed.

I do not know whether you guys had this kind of experience before.

But I assure you this will be worst feeling you will ever taste.

You are in your own world. Thinking by YOURSELF. Alone.

Inside yourself you are fighting against your feelings, your mind, Satan.

Satan likes polluting your mind and somehow leads you into the state of EMO-NESS.

Although we foolishly eneters the trap of Satan, but we still have the chance to turn back.

Jesus gave us the choice of choosing the right path.

He gave us two choices.Good and Bad.Choose yourself when you are in this state.

Just Remember:

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

do not depend on your own understanding.

Seek His will in all you do,

and he will show you which path to take."

Proverbs 3:5-6

I have been into times like this. Everytime. Every single problem I face would lead to Emo-ness.

It's hard to go against your feelings but we have to try.

Try hard. Don't give up. Speaking to you all and me as well.=P

Whenever you are in state of this, God will bw with you. Coz He's in your heart!!

jesus loves me this i know.. for the bible tells me so (;

dont ask me whats the title all about xD

aiyo..
i should have gone for the BK quiz in SMK assunta. but eventhough i go, the main reason isnt for the test, its so that i can see DYLAN. last minute, two days before the quiz, my teacher asked me whether im interested in taking part. n there was only 2days for me to memorize acts1-10. i doubt i could do it n its only 2days. so last minute. so i decided not to take the quiz. if only i went, i could have seen Dylan. *slaps myself* miss him like crazee. i miss all of you lyk crazee. each time i come into this blog, i just feel so at home, happyy, n suddenly this feeling comes. a im-so-desperate-to-see-all-the-sapphirites feeling. ughh... i wanna meet you guys!!!!!! :D *im going crazsee middle of the night* XD hahaha. its just some random post. i hope reading this will just put a smile on your face, n you'll go. "hahah. Joanna :P" lol. byes ya'll!!

goodnights. hope you have a happy week ahead (;

Visited

Just yesterday i saw Justin at the BKquiz09'!! Why didn't i see you guys there???

I saw alot of camp commanders too, but didn't find Anna..=(

What happened? haha. =[

Tiring

Is being a Christian tiring? I can imagine so..
With all those expectations held up by people, its never easy to uphold a fierce battle
Especially when the prince of this world is our enemy.
But then as edwin has said in his earlier post, we make mistakes along this journey
sometimes we get ambushed, trapped, attacked head-on, just to find ourselves stunned,
groaning (or not being able to) over the immense pain that is caused by the strikes of discouragement.
I suppose its easy to just say, "we must hold up the shield of faith, so that the fiery darts of the Tempter are quenched" but we know its never that easy. Day after day we fall into temptation. In fact, i am really tempted not to update this blog =) I've been stretched and strained lately, and sometimes God can seem so, very far away. But we know by faith and by knowledge that He is just by our side..

Hard to believe? He gave us prayer, He gave us hope. I dont suppose we are to throw it all back to Him?

Sigh. I think i'm mostly talking to myself in this post :P Hope you guys can put something mroe meaningful up here..

With love from your brother, Dylan

Past..

Mistakes / Hurts

Mistakes and hurts are part and parcel of life..
No matter how hard we avoid it..
We definitely have to face it..
They aren't that easy to let go, to forget..
But With God..nothing is impossible..=)
I hope as u r reading this..
Think of wat u have been doing..
Mayb u have made a mistake
Or u hurt sumone..
Go and apologize to that particular person..
Lift everything up to God..
He will be with u all the time no matter wat..=)

OR u are the victim..Sumbody hurt u either intentionally or unintentionally..
Forgive that person.
I noe it's hard to forgive..
Because I myself also stuck in the midst of this..
By saying is easy..
But when u really do it..It's hard
In fact..Very Hard.

We in this world are strangers to the world remember?
World is full with temptations.
In time to come, there are lotz n lotz of things gonna happen.
We have to stand firm and not be tempt by anything.
With all the grudge we hold so tight..
We can't stand firm=P
Phillipians 4:13
I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me!
Stand firm SOLDIERS!!=p

Hey~

Guys, I won't be able to do much coz I'm sort of inactive online ady D:
So can I leave it up to you? Whenever i'm on, i'll post something. But when i on, i wanna see lots of candies in this blog :D:D sweeeeeeeet sweet little words coming from you guys haha.

Lots of stuff have been trying to discourage me, but i just remember the LORD and what He has done for me, I have absolutely no excuse, no reason to be proud, neither to give in. So i'll stand by my word, and i'll rejoice in my works :D

Besides that, when are we gonna meet again =\

Just a something~ ^^

Goodmorning fellow people of the universe~
And to all my lovable Sapphire members~
Seeing that only Dy is updating this~ I pity the poor guy and have something just to tell~
You see~
After NSCF~
I've been going through alot (It's not really that tough~ Really~ It's just.............)~ and the thing is~ I've been straying from Him~
And~
It wasn't long before I actually totally ignored Him~
I've been distracted ar I'd rather get myself distracted/busy with something giving me reasons for not doing quiet time or even praying~
The only times I pray are only when People asks me to~
When I find the need to~ Even with that~
Not all my prayers were that sincere to Him~
Not that I wasn't sincere in praying for any of those people but I wasn't sincere to Him~ (This is a very important sentence)
Therefore, with that, I've lived so far Trying not to imagine Him there~
But I always know He has been waiting for me to come back~
But~ With my pride and ego (Which is GIGANTICALLY Enormous)~
I knew I was wrong but did not want to admit "defeat" (I dun even know HOW i thought I was winning anything anyways! But: Defeat is the word)
Time passed~ And well~ It's not really that easy doing anything, knowing that he is looking after you and that He is still blessing you though you are ignoring Him~
It was........................Uncomfortable~
So...Time passed~
There are those who kept me by my place~ Pulling me back to Him~ These people~ They don't really realise that they were doing it~ They may, but I'm really telling you~ I was so Far from Him that I felt a loss~
I felt unfairness~
I felt injustice~
All from ME~
Because these people~
I never stopped getting surprised~
Almost everything was "It's a comfortable life and I need nothing more"
(I think I'm going round and round huh????)
Soooooooooooooooooo~
It took quite a long time~
And to be humble~ Was a very very big breakthrough~
I leave pride (wherever it came from) to respecting Him as my Father and Lord and Saviour~
It was hard~
But it happened last night~
And God did not fail me~
My God is real~
OUR God is real~
There are too many things I was blessed with to be concidental~
I broke down last night~
(Not gonna tell you how I actually went through the night but...This is who Our God is)
I prayed to Him~
And in my prayer one of the sentences was "I don't know what is love~ Teach me, tell me"
Well, He told me to do my quiet time~
Okay~ I followed~
And well,
He told me to open to (ODB) Sept 22~
I followed~
It was "Arms Of Love"
And
The verse was 1 John 3:16-20~


=)
(I'm in the mood for Christmas~.....................................................)
JTJL

55th post (;

the 55th post but the 1st from me, JOANNA!! ahaha.
hey yalls! all my beloved teramat sangat special sapphirites!!
finally im part of this blog. FINALLY! xD i never knew how to add myself at first :P but thanks to EDWIN, tadaa~! ahaha. im so exited for some reason xD
just wanna let yall know how much i miss yall. take care n keep in touch kayy.
anyone going nscfl this year? I'll set aside that date to go nscfl(;
love y'all! <3

oOpS..What IF..??

I find this video interesting too.Have time.Check it Out!!=P

WISH..

Hey there..I find this video is great.Check it out!!

New Look!!

Hey guys check out our Blog's new look!!!
I really hope u guys will like it..=P
It's time for us to change it anyway..
This will make us more interested in blogging yeah??
Haha..If u guys dun like it..Then Let me noe yea..
I'll change it..
Awaits for ur replies..=P
Till then..Take Care!
God Bless!=)

Update.

Hi again guys~
How have you all been..I dont seem to be getting any replies..

Well anyway if you're free remember to blog abit about your life..:D I'm always anxious to know whats going on, ya'know.. Of course, sms would b expensive XD so this is the cheapest way..

Anywayz, just thought i should tell you that i've been straying from the path of Righteousness and ignoring God these few days..so yesterday i came to my senses fully and asked God for forgiveness..

Well I havent gotten any of these in a while..but I had a vision/realization/whaddever you call it..:S

Remember theres a part in the gospel where Jesus says our eyes are the lamp of our body, and if this lamp is full of darkness, our bodies are full of darkness, but if it is filled with light, HOW GREAT IS THAT LIGHT?

I don't know why.. this is kinda weird but it makes sense, yeah? I havent thought about it much yet, but lets say..

When we receive the Spirit, and walk in the path of the LORD, our bodies (eyes) are FILLED with this light :P and so, when we follow the Law, read the Bible, good works, fruits, etc etc, it acts as a mirror, which reflects the light in us.

Change starts from within us, but it cannot be done without God.

Once our light reflects against our works/ God's Word, others will be able to see it.

And..last of all..maybe if we reflect the light enough, God will see it =) and if you're in distress, that would be your SOS signal.

Well, hope you guys got a semblance of what im trying to say..haha.. Im not being very descriptive..:P

But I hope to hear more from you all. Sapphirites!

The room was dark

I was at my friends place. There was a blackout. Not much activity after that, right? Wrong.

In our weakness, God is our strength.

I was telling my friend how if God willed it, the electricity would come back on. Then, we slowly got bored and I started to jam on the piano, improvising themes to help the neighbours sleep (eh, i made my friend sleep at least :D)

When slowly I realized how unimportant the world's things are. Just imagine, a simple blackout and our activities are stunted. What about when we die? Do we have anything to live for anymore? Is there still anything that's of worth?

The good news is yes, there is, and you and I both know what that is.

Its God we have to live for. As soon as I realized that and started praying, the electricity immediately came back on, closely followed by yelps of joy from our fellow neighbours.

If only they knew about Jesus.

God is great! Everlasting!

God is King!

In God, there is no sin.

If whenever trials come to you, rejoice, for the devil is trying to keep you from God; you are precious in His sight.

If you feel that God has left you, fear not, for He is working behind the scenes; or it is because He trusts you enough to let you handle the problem yourself. Go with the Spirit!!

Elisha & Naaman

You guys know the story, Naaman, the officer, had everything : wealth, power, integrity, so on and so forth. Yet he was struck with leprosy.

When he came to Elisha by word of a captured Israel girl, he was instructed to do what only a lowly being would do : wash himself seven times in the river Jordan. I mean, there were better rivers out there right?

Infatuated, he wanted to pack his bags and go back home. But then his servant convinced him, and Naaman finally washed himself and got cleansed.

Later only did he lay his eyes on the prophet Elisha, and sought to reward him for his deed.

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I know many of you are having a hectic life now with no where to go and work just keeps getting more and more..I know because majority of you guys are older than me and I feel that way already =\

But are we, in the midst of our troubles, like Naaman? One who has everything (or is seeking to complete something) but is ignoring God? Sure, you may say that you pray for yourself, but...

Naaman only got better after going all the way to Israel, which meant stopping his daily routines, and listening to the prophet.

Are we like him? Can we stop what we're doing and trust in God? God has His ways...which seem impossible and totally coincidental but..

God has a way :)

ATTENTION SAPPHIRITES AND ALL YOU CHRISTIANS IN M'SIA!!!!! MALAYSIAN Youth Prayer Gathering will be held on 4th June!

DEAR, DEAR DEAR!!!!! SAPPHIRITES!!!!!!

We wanted a reunion and what more a better way of getting reunited and pray for the world toghether!!!!! XD

MYPG: Malaysian Youth Prayer Gathering is about just getting together all Young Christians from Malaysia from Cristian Fellowships to Church Youths and to pray for us and the world we live in today~ It has been held for already twice and now the third time, in Alor Setar Kedah on 4th of June at 8.00am-5.30pm!

After calculating that maybe we will meet at about 5 years time. Why not we meet now and not only as the family that we are but also together for God and the world! (Especially now that we are still young and worries are only as high as Mount Kinabalu than 5 years time which will end up with Mount Everest! XP)

Discuss this with your churchs Youth and or your CF. You can contact

Hazel Lim : lavender.hazel@hotmail.com

If you want her numer you can get it from me also~

Anything else you all wanna know also can contact me~ =))

LURVE YOU GUYS!!! XD

JTJL

GOD!!!

I'm so hyped up now. But I'm wondering why nobody's posting anything here. Nothing interesting going on, or too busy?

Just wanna say something before I start : I LOVE AND MISS YOU GUYS~~~~~

Ahem. Anyway, God never leaves us! I know I'm stating like something soo obvious but I just wanna talk to you guys about God!

Man, when you go online and search about God, you'll get that about 50% at least of the articles and stuff are about ANTI-GOD...They're stating stuff trying to dull our belief! When I read the first one, I just felt so...erm...like they seriously do NOT know God...

Hope you guys are doing well with God by your side..and continue praying for those who do not know..Prayer is a gift given by God to us...its a way to talk to a God that listens and loves..

:D

Many miracles happen.

Letter from Hell

Thank GOD!

Thank God that, we came together.
Thank God that, we are still alive even though more and more people closer to us are dying every day.
Thank God that, God gave us the experience and trials to get through all of them and go back to Him.
Thank God that, we met in NSCFL :)
Thank God that, even though we don't have much time any more, we can still hold on to what we did together :D
Thank God that, He is Love, and with His example our hearts don't grow weary though space and time.
Thank God that, we are still supporting each other subtly and lovingly.
Thank God that, we still remember each and every one of us!

Thank God for Anna, grace is her name, honored as a dame;
Thank God for Yew Seong, who silently supported, never contorted
Thank God for Edwin, with strength in spirit, helping when we need it;
Thank God for Raymond, who livens up the group, and happiness be his fruit;
Thank God for Justin, whose creativity is silent, but beautifully violent;
Thank God for Reuben, whose insight is deep, we refreshingly reap;
Thank God for Siew Ming, whose mind one canst fathom, all veiled wisdom;
Thank God for Seraphina, whose presence a wonder, no other may sunder;
Thank God for Joyce, whose joy is epidemical, its cause being illogical;
Thank God for Melodie, whose care has great affection, releasing us from spiritual contraptions;
Thank God for Joanna, whose love is for all, responding to God's call.

THANK GOD for..GOD..
After writing all that only do I realize that all those things I wrote, if combined together, visualize God as a whole!

Hahaha..I was so stunned that I forgot to write
thank God for me..XD who actually bothered to write this on an exam day..(but I don't care anyway..)

HAHAHA! I miss you guys :)

woot

Today there was something really WOW that is worth mentioning here!!
Of course, everyday God does miracles for us, but how many of us actually take time to appreciate them?

Anyway, today, when Pastor Joshua was speaking in our chapel, he was saying that there wasn't enough paper for all of us (and we knew because the first time he gave them out there wasn't enough) BUT...after that, we counted and EVERYBODY got a copy!

*hint* remember, Jesus's feeding 5000 people? And there have been various miracles like that too!! God will provide~

I just can't believe it happened to me! God cares for us!! AMEN!

Stand~

Okay~~~
AN UPDATE! XP
Haha...anyways,
What that has been going through my mind this entire week was only of last fridays powerpoint presentation in my yf, which is entitled "Fathers Love Letter" (It's a powerpoint presentation with all of Gods promises and words of comfort, love, etc to us....Many MANY Cried~) and wanna know why????(Other than all the tears and buckets of mucus that was..........shed and secreted? heheh) It's cause, there's one of the slides actually makes you say that 'He provides' (My memory is very bad okay~ And am very bad with bible verses) And over it all, it is cause He is our Father...Well, my first thought was "Yeah, what did He give me?"
And thennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn........................
"St John Commander"
"Friends with flaws" (I'm grateful for this too)"
MYF!!!"
"Parents"
"Annoying younger chickens that live under the same roof with me who are my brothers"
"ETC ETC ETC ETC~~~~~~"
And we all know that sports day is coming up very soon right????
So what that has been going on for me know would have to be my platoon and me as the commander~
And next thought was "Everything that God gave or have done is for a reason"
Next: "A reason??? What have I done as a part of reason to be a commander as a Christian????? Have I been fair? Was I ever too harsh? What have I been doing? If my platoon comes up victorious, who am I gonna thank? Me or Him? Have I been putting things into my own hands and forgotten Him in my life just cause I'm so busy with the platoon?????"
The chain was there~ And that's when I noticed, I may have actually never realised Him in my life~
(and imagine while with all that guilt, His promises were going on and on and on on the screen)

Haha~My point is~
As we live on in our SUPER TROOPER ULTRA EXTRA CRAZYLY HECTIC CHAOTICLY MAD daily life now, just remember to always notice who you are in this world...Are you going to be like every other human? Or are you gonna be a Christian and really live your life in His name and in His grace for Him as your Creator? If school life and jawatans actually can stop you from looking at that, what more when we are older? This is only a small and short exercise God is giving us~ What is going to happen when the big one comes? Forget Him totally? ^^

Copied from my yf's blog XP with all the edits,
JTJL

Awesome day

Today i woke up at 5.30am. Guess where i'm going? To KL/PJ SCF convention at MBS in KL!!! Couple of unexpected/funny thing happen today though. Me and my CF ppl toke the train together to go to KL. Then, we brought the tickets we were at the bottom of the stairs when the train had arrived so we were running. The stairs is long and when i reached the top the train's automatic door is about to close so i ran straight to it. But i was too late. The moment i stepped in between it, the doors are closing on me so close that it touched my hand on both sides. I quickly took a step backwards as the doors closed immediately in front of me. I couldn't bear the thought of me being crushed by automatic door and end up in the hospital -_- . So i have to wait for the next train and thankfully enough, i have my other 2 friend to company with. Btw, the next train arrived preety quick in less than a minute :)

When i reach MBS - stands for Methodist Boy's School, i was like whoa. Its such a beautiful old building with such nice environment.There are familiar faces from NSCFL camp and guess what, i met Melodie and Joanna there! Then i also saw some officers from camp which is Runa, Christina, Sieh Jin. Its more like a reunion for campers rather than a convention XP.

The theme for the convention is ''Metamorphosis'' based on Romans 12:2. The main message we get is learn how to be transformed internally in order to impact externally. There is a total of 2 talks throughout the event. The first one is about we are chosen by god to do his will, why us, why do we have to do it and so on like what we learned in camp. The 2nd one is about CF. The purpose of us going to CF is to meet ppl's needs, and to do so it is beyond within closed door like CF community, churches and youth. We need to reach out to other ppl like others in school and so on. Just do what god ask us to and problems on the way doesn't block your path because with god anything is possible. And if we follow what god's word, we will we see the big change performed by miracles of god.

Other than that there are some speakers who gave short messages to us about god's word including Runa and our former group assistant, Yew Seong. And that's all about the whole morning on saturday. I feel tired but it was worth it. =) What bout u guys? Anything to talk about? Blog something up here larh. Wish u guys luck in everything u do. :)

Translations?

Its amazing how God can take everyday things and translate them into stuff unimaginable :P

Like say, in video games, we get lost sometimes without a guide right? And if we don't follow the guide step-by-step we may end up in a dead-end, right?

How about we take this game as life, and the guide our Bible. Sometimes, even though there seems to be a better path, following the 'guide' is always the best and fastest way to get past the finish line. The greatest thing is that our guide is a living Guide. Sheep brought out to the world, guided by a Sheperd. Yet most of the time we think the grass outside is tastier and greener (because we haven't followed the Sheperd back to His Home yet, where there is an endless supply of A-grade fodder :D)

How about the growth of things? I'm planting lettuce in my room now :D And you know the best part? I just sow my seeds, and whatever process the seedlings and plants go through, I'd want to help, and in the end if they become full-grown lettuce, I'd forget all the past tasks I had to do for it! Especially when the lettuce can produce a whole bunch of new seeds.

In a way we are the same with our Father. He sow us on this earth, and He cares for us everyday. Whatever weed we encounter or rock we face, He will clear it up and if we manage to stick with his 'water' (Holy Spirit), in the end we will bloom to become beautifully full-grown delights, not only giving joy to the Sower, but also planting many more seeds :)

P.S., What happened to my Sapphirites? Too busy? (:

Fish.

Okay, sorry guys for not posting anything for so long. But anyway, if any of you had noticed, I don't even have time to update my own blog :D

Just wanting to let you know, God has been continuing the miracles! He's just so amazing....

So I'll just share what I got yesterday and today?

Matthew 13:47-50

In this parable Jesus compared the kingdom of Heaven to a fisherman throwing a net down into the ocean and fishing for different types of fishes, later sorting them out and throwing the bad ones.

It just makes me think,

God is the fisherman, and He's always there, with the bait, as we are the fish. But of course we are stubborn and refuse to take the 'painful' bait, yet we still are wondering why we are lost in the big big ocean. Still, God waits, and waits, and waits.

Until judgement day, when a normal fisherman would have lost his patience. So, God will throw a 'net', and all the good and bad fish would be caught together, both experiencing pain. But after a short while, if we continue to have faith, we'll be sorted out, and the bad fish would be thrown...

Mark 5:10 - ...."Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men."

Isn't it just amazing?

You can meditate on these verses and derive your own revelation, but right now I'm short of time.

Have faith.

Matthew 13:58 - Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Wow miracle!

Hahahahaha! Okay, let me boast about what our God has done for us once again!!

So, last saturday, Joash was telling me about our school CF's 'former glory', with it having so many people that the seats were not enough to occupy them! And I was like "wow" because now on average only 5 people come and there are about 12 seats? Around there.

Amazingly, without much thought about it, (I was really tired and busy) I dreamt on that night that we were sitting inside the chapel, all thinking "If only there were more people..."

And in my dream, suddenly one by one people came to flood the CF. Too many that we had to move into the nearby class. Amazing, no? And our worshipping the LORD was like...wow, you can really feel it!! In a dream!! There were even non-Christians amongst us!!!

But that's not even the amazing part yet.

2 days later, which is today lah. GUESS WHAT?!?! I had a leading to tell Joash about my dream, and so I did...and later he told me to tell the whole CF...

So right after I told them my dream and how I thought God would make it possible, 2 form one kids came in (WOW because there are NO form 1's yet!)

Soon, our cf was filled...one by one..until there were only 3 seats left. This morning, the Spirit was with us fully and wholly, even so that now as I am typing I can feel this inexpressible joy.

After our amazing prayer, a thought struck me. What if those 3 seats were occupied by the Holy Trinity? God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit??

AWE-SOME.....

God is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, you better believe it. Today was the first time I saw my CF so full ever since I came one year back.

Blurrifying post from a blurrifying huiman being who is your Blurrifying friend~~ wakakaka~~

Hmmm......
I'm outa things happening in my life.....
Everything's going just great as it has always been (except with parents la)
But other than that, common probs like.....Less sleep, less rest, less QT due to more homework, more sports, more koko, more parent prob, more health prob....
So....I din include friends prob yet, which I know will be coming soon cause of my very2 bad plannings in since holding positions in school....
Morning school until afternoon, night tuition, come back homework till 1 or 2 and then sleep.....
Yeah, but God had been with me through it all just like the times before I knew QT la....Through praises and hymns....
So, If there is to be a conclusion to this post, maybe just telling you that no matter how bad or evil you may be to God, He never leaves you la, He never lets go of you...It's only whether you let go of Him or not....I'm not saying that not doing QT is OKAY, AT ALL! I'm doing very bad now, I can only do QT when I dun feel dizzy or come with a headache....But my point is, no matter WHAT you do, always remember to turn to God AGAIN! He NEVER leaves you!! You can only leave Him, So, always remember to come back and confess.....A song to go with this would have to be "God Loves You"...The children song where it goes like
If you're black or if you're white or if you're in between~~~
It's long la, so I won't type it....
I'm just typing this to relax myself for the moment, cause I'm suppose to clear my pendrives for My IT notes and 5 GB is SO NOT ENOUGH for me at the moment!!!!
Hahaha....

Ooh...BTW, Just recently in my YF, we were asked to share our experiences in camp, and really, thinking that I'm just gonna go impromptu with a less than 5 minutes speech, I ended up talking ALOT more (Yes, one reason was cause I talk alot) But, I ended up saying the things I din even realized I learned at NSCFL....God was great, He was with me on that stage the entire time and I must say I owe Him cause I'm gonna admit to you guys that i din even pray as part of the preparation for that, I thought it was nothing but when i noticed how important it actually was cause I wanna encourage the younger ones to attend it, I thank Him so much for being right there!...

And another thing I wanna say....Sometimes when you hear and listen to the lovely things happen to your lovely friends through God....You may think like, WOW! SHE/HE IS REALLY CLOSE TO GOD! But, you must also realise that He has created many miracles in your lives as well...You must just to notice what that is ordinary could have been something else Cause on this planet, Nothing is normal~~

You lie to a friend so that you won't hurt her: NORMAL

You tell the friend the truth cause she aughts to know and allow her to cry on your shoulder: ABNORMAL AND EEEEEVVVILLLL!!!!

I'm so blurr now, so this may be a blurring post that can blur you....I'm full with worries for school now.....
Puhh~~

God bless you guys!!!!!! ^^

JTJL

God is great to me.

You know, guys, I discovered something about myself I didn't even know myself. Its that I can be patient with others, but I'm very impatient with myself. Anyway, knowing that in the whole week, half of it was spent without thinking about God, I wanted an immediate comeback. So...today's quiet time was purposely pushed...meditating...it was amazing..

Matthew 10 : 32 - 42

(I'm a little short on time so I can't type out the verses here)

Verse 32 & 33 - Knowing we are accountable for every action we do...and every thing we do will be stored in heaven...and one day we will face them at the gates of Heaven...or past it...

Verse 34 - 37 - These verses are abit cryptic to me..but from what I got from it, saying that persecution will come from the home...and...isn't the home where we bring our problems to? So maybe it means..we'll be pushed to our limits with nobody to help us...but notice how Jesus, in saying these verses, leaves out spouse? He doesn't say that if we love our spouse more than we love Him, we aren't worthy of Him? Sapphirites, if you are able to derive anything from these, please tell me...

Verse 38 - While meditating, something came to my mind. I was wondering how I should put it, when these verses opened my eyes. Basically what I felt was that,

What is the use of sinning?
For even after Heaven and earth have passed away,
God remains, and we still have to repent.
Why make our lives harder by sinning against God?
We may think sinning is a short cut sometimes, but
eventually, we will all acknowledge that our God is the true God,
and ask Him for forgiveness. But if we are burdened by sin,
Can we still accept the salvation that Jesus holds for us?

Powerful stuff...to me anyway, when I felt it. And if you combine it with verse 32....

God bless you guys.

First week of backsliding.

Many things happened this first week of school. Most of the time, I was busy all the way, but that's not nearly as awe-inspiring as what just happened not one hour ago.

See, as school goes on, work stacks, time gets lesser. I don't even have time to study and I'm not having the pleasure of doing things I want.

As such, my QT has been with lesser meaning...and I've been less in touch with our Giver...taking things from Him, yet giving thanks so hastily that it might as well not have been. So today, as I noticed my shortcoming, I wanted, needed, burned for just a short time with God, one that has meaning, one that is not only on Sundays, and one like never before...

I sat at my desk, with a Bible and a devotional guide. I had finished my work, but there was studying to do. But as I thought about it and started my prayer, I threw my books away, and my papers. All I wanted and needed was God. And He was waiting.

I prayed....prayed...and opened all windows, as I felt a presence commanding me. I looked outside...and I saw a beautiful sunset. Watching slowly as the clouds traveled groggily through the scarlet and blue sky, that was the most mesmerizing moment of the week...

Later, as I kept my eyes fixed on God's beauty...suddenly I noticed the dark clouds slowly covering the sun...

Yet, sunlight was bursting from beyond the distant mix of colors...

And the wisdom of the Spirit came upon me, and I began to see.........

Though dark clouds may cover our day...we know the sun is still there...all we need to do is wait for the rain to pass.

And who knows? There might even be a rainbow after that.

I sat there speechless...

Today's devotion : Matthew 10:17-23

17 "But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues.
18 "You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
19 "But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;
20 "for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
21 "Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
22 "And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
23 "When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

My explanation...

Verse 17 : Councils, persecuting you in synagogues? When you're preaching the Holy Word, you get punished where it is supposedly the strongest? So expect nothing less...

Verse 18 : Opportunities for Christians....but if you are afraid..

Verse 19 & 20 : The Word speaks louder than what I can write. And believe it, for I have had similar experience. For those who went to the SBC Youth Christmas party, you would know what I meant. I didn't even plan the speech.

Verse 21 & 22 : Again, expect the worse. Surely you might not mind if people you don't know hate you, but what if I told u they were your very own siblings? But read the last part of v.22...

Verse 23 : "For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes." To me, that means, "You won't finish going through all the trials until the Savior returns."

Fellow Sapphirites and readers, I urge you to read...for what I say here are just words..but what God says to you...is indescribable...

Random

This brings back memories =P

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Give this new year to God.

If you're backsliding, think about Him ALL the time. I mean it.

Talk to us. That's what this blog is for.

Give this new year to God. Have His will be yours.

Don't aim to please yourself. Because God sees every heart. And He is the one to judge.

Pray for each and every one of us. Remember my vision of the table.

Don't be ashamed to bring to us your problems. We are your family. And so is God.