Tiffany 's FIRST Post

Heyhey ppl hahha =] This is Tiffany!!! =D First time posting on the blog. Hope you like it...

Not long ago, I felt God calling me to form a prayer group in our school. Our purposes are to let more people know about Him, and for us Christians to grow stronger in Him. We had our first meeting last Tuesday =] At first, we were really excited, and we started out with 6 people. But soon after, two of my friends left, one free-thinker and one Christian, as they found it time consuming as we met everyday. So when we had prayer group again this Friday, there were only three people who were praying =( One other friend was sick.

At first, I felt heartbroken and wanted to give up. I was afraid that our prayer group would break apart as quickly as it was formed. I was really sad about it, but one of my friends (she’s a Catholic) in the prayer group encouraged me by saying, “Hey Tiffany...don’t give up, you’ve just started this group you know. Don’t give up so easily, okay? Even though we are small in numbers, the things that matter are our hearts and faith.” That was what she said to me (:

After hearing my friend, I realised that life is not always perfect. But in everything we do, God is always there to support us and carry us over troubled waters, and rejoice with us during the good times. Sometimes, there may be people who will not support what I do - like the prayer group and stuff, but I believe that God will let us grow in faith and numbers each day, and that we will always trust in Him and Him alone =D

“If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; For doing so you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you.” -Proverbs 22:5

This means that showing your “enemies” love and kindness will eventually change them into a better person, and maybe even turn them into a good friend!! 'heap coals of fire' I hope to invite not only the people I like to join the prayer group, but also people in my class and other classes who need God in their lives, and also people whom I dislike, to get to know them better, to understand them, and to pray for them. ^^

=) I hope this blog entry won’t be too boring 4 u all...if it is…well, tell me!!! XD I hope those who are reading this and are planning to start a prayer group will not give up hope, for God will surely reign in your prayer group and in your LIVES!!!

Tiffany *wahhahaha

Michelle's FIRST Post

Hey people....

HAH! Decided to change my channel of blogging. Well, that does not mean that I don't blog back at my own personal blog. I hope school is fine for everyone. Any trouble?? HAH! I am having my common test real soon. Anyway, I have been unlucky this whole week and I don't know why. First, I "sprained" my wrist on Monday. Then, I hurt my ankle on Thursday. I think I should change the topic.

This Saturday is the first service after multiplication. F.U.E.L. starts at 3. I have to fly down from school to church. School ends at 2.30 for me, at times it may be earlier. I guess everyone would feel weird as there will lesser people on Saturday.

Well, but there is this one incident that I really wanna share. After HPMG 060708 last sunday, and during my TAWG , God showed me what it would be like in Saturday service. He also told me that I should start stepping out of my comfort zone. God has been encouraging me to step out of my comfort zone. I have been saying that I will do it but I didn't. I regretted not doing so.

At first, I had no idea what to do after multiplication. I didn't know what I should do. Sit there and wait for a miracle to happen? Or start my mission that God has given to me a few months back? I asked God what I should do. I am reluctant to do what God has prepared for me. Just by looking at my class, I have already given up. My class is so hopeless. I see no point in reaching out to them.

Yes, You would have asked me to pray.
And OF COURSE I do pray.
I pray for them day in day out.
But I don't see anything happening.
I prayed each time before i talk to them.
But when I talked about church or about God , they would ask me to shut up.

None of them will or is willing to give me time to talk to them. I guess everyone would have this feeling. But some will choose to give up and some will persevere. And if you would to ask me what is my choice. My mind is blank on what to do. But what can I do? I'm taught to persevere and not give up. So all I can do is to pray and believe that something will happen.

I find some things quite strange. We will think of what to pray to God but we don't even have to think of what to say to our friends. Well my cousin asked me this question. But it is really quite true. When people pray, some will tend to think of what to say and what words to use. But when we are with our friends we can just talk about anything. Why can't people have this kind of attitude all the time? Can people just treat God as one of friends when they pray? Can we not have an awkward feeling when we pray to God? What's the use of feeling awkward? Let's just believe in God and say with our mouths that "YES God, I believe in you".

Well I am posting this because the Christians in my class say that they believe in God but in reality they don't. In the recent prayer meeting we had, my classmate asked this "Why are we asked to spend time with God, and why can't we just spend time with God when we are in church. Well , I mean 2 hours sitting in the service hall is more than enough time spending with God , isn't it? Why must we still find time to spend with God some other days. Must we even spend time with God even though we are very tired after a long day in school and after all those homework?". My respond is "WHAT?!?! you are a christian and you are asking us this question?"

What will your respond be if you were in the same situation? I believe your reaction will be the same as mine. So my answer to her was "Spending time with God should be a commitment in your life. If you ask me why should we do it everyday, let me give you a illustration. If you just met this person, wouldn't you spend time with him/her just to know him better? It is the same with God. In order to know him better, you need to do the same by spending quality time with Him. You wouldn't want your relationship to always be the same and never change right? Is God the number one in your life? Since God is your number one, why do you have to ask me this question in the first place?"

That's my answer.

I think i shall end my post with a verse.

MARK 9:23 - Everything is possible for him who believes.

Waiting For More...

Yay!! Finally, a first post that is not from me. Haha. Thanks Shana for your contribution. I am waiting for more, not just from her, but from everyone as well.

Yup, I have been busy as mentioned. But things have somewhat settled down now. I had a very interesting conversation during lunch today with 2 of my schoolmates. Give me some time to put my thoughts in words. But it is about our value system and how it determines the kind of people we are. It is quite shocking how much wrong some people do and yet not realise it.

A short post...cos I am going for supper with a very dear friend whom I have not seen in a while. Here's a video someone linked in the IGNYTE blog. See ya all this Saturday!! Remember the new F.U.E.L. timing at 3pm...

Shana's FIRST Post =)

Hey MUSTARDSEEDS ;)

How have all of you been? School started not too long ago but I guess some of us are already waiting for the next school hols to come. Yea? Bro Aaron has been busy, so I thought I would just blog about something...let's see...okay I think everybody has done their NAPFA already. Haha I somehow am the only one out of many people in my school enjoy doing NAPFA ;P It's fun okay! I like I like. Hehe

Well, but I also do understand that many do not enjoy that.
Recently it was the retest for 2.4km and being the nice me ;P I decided to accompany my friend to run. She has already ran it twice and this was her third time.

Before we ran I told her this time WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT! Trying to encourage her and she just stared. Fine fine...haha
Anyways, we were running and running and sometimes I did have to drag her to run. She just didn't want to push herself. Running and trying to get her to be motivated, trying to talk her into a more positive mind. Yea, then when we ran past the timer 15 minutes plus and she still had 4 rounds? Then she stopped.

Why should I carry on anymore? I am going to fail anyway. So what if I run? I won't be able to make it. I will still fail anyway, so why waste my energy?

At that point I just smiled and asked her to PLEASE carry on.

I think in life, many times when we are faced with challenges, we just
LOOK IT IN THE EYE AND SAY
you got to be joking.

But that is not what we are made of. In the Bible, it says in Romans 8:37 "No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."
What else? in Luke 10:19 "I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you."

God has given us the authority to look things in the eyes and FACE IT. All things are possible with God on our side. For WE BOTH have the authority.

Sometimes, the same problem happens ALL OVER AGAIN. The exact same thing repeating itself ALL OVER AGAIN. Be it family or friends. And we are sick and tired of it. Or maybe even afraid of the hurt it has caused us? (just like my friend who ran 2.4 twice already but still failed)

The power of the enemy -> lies

He says we can never make it through and why go face it in the first place? We aren't good enough look back at our past and look at the number of times we have failed to do anything or to improve the situation.

LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES THEY ARE ALL LIES trying to stop us from pushing our limits to be even more we can be or even being who we are! Sometimes why we like to stay in our comfort zone because we THINK we are going to just ruin/screw it AGAIN. Or we are not good enough.

But hear this: we are all children of God, made to bring glory to his name. of course, many times we fail but we have to believe and have faith. To persevere to pray on in our situations. (keep running) It may be the worse of the worse, we think we cannot take it anymore, but know that God is always by our side seeing us through or have placed ppl around us to do so. and whatever the turn out maybe, God still loves us very much ;)

Haha I know that this has nothing to do with multiplication or anything but was kind of "inspired" to write this. Our friends need someone like God to see them through their struggles. Let's meet their needs by sharing God's love and bring them back to the Father.

;DD keep warring for our friends' lives! YAY ;)

PS: please share your thoughts on this post on the tagboard or write another post kayy? ;) haha...

THE IGNYTE EVENT

Sigh.

Time really flies, doesn't it? Without realising it, in 3 days, it will be 1 month since my last post. Really apologise to those of you who visit often, hoping that I would have made a new post. I started one a few weeks back, but never had the time to go about completing it. Maybe I will finish it some day?

Anyway for now...it is all hands for the big event this Sunday!! It is THE event on IGNYTE's calendar. Although this is the first time that I am not part of the committee, but somehow I am still involved, as part of the video team. Those who were around at last Saturday's service would have seen me on the publicity video. I am so involved that I had to double up for 2 roles in the same "advertisement" :P Haha, that one was reeeeally hilarious. We had a lot of fun shooting it. By the way, I was shooting the ad, featuring Sis Yin Ting. Hmm...so I guess this makes me a director-script writer-camera man-actor. Haha...

Right now I am supposed to be preparing for a test tomorrow. But my mind is still thinking of the last video that I am preparing for this Sunday. So came here to blog a bit to take things off my mind. Hope you guys are doing well. Catch up with all of you more after 06.07.08. Ciao!