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hihi fiona here!!! wanna tell yah abt this incredible guy who came to my church last Sunday to share the word with us. he is known as Brother Yun fr China....also known as the heavenly man (he had a book written abt him) i havent got the chance to read the book yet but this is roughly what i knoe. he became a christian when he was 16 n at that age he has converted thousands of ppl. makes u feel small n think about how much u have done for God is so little in comparison to him. at that time, christians in china faced a lot of persecution fr the government. n it was so very diff for him to get a bible...but he prayed very hard n one day two guys came knocking at his door with a bible. one of them had a vision fr God to ask his fren to pass the bible to brother Yun. makes u think how lucky we r...we can get or buy a bible so easily. one day..i think he was having something like a cell grp meeting when the police got tipped off abt their meeting. he tried to escape but he heard a voice telling him to jump thru the window. he did just dat n jumped into the police's hands. the police laughed at him n ask him if he thot of escaping...he said yes if he could...they broke his legs to stop him fr escaping no more. he was thrown into an individual dark cell. again a voice told him to stand up n walk out of the cell. he believed just dat n miraculously his legs r healed n he walked out of the jail without any one catching him. there was a taxi waiting for him outside some more. its just so unbelievable n wonderful! or not he wont be standing there dat day sharing his story with us. so many ppl turn up that day to hear him speak.many ppl in china like him r persecuted for the faith. must pray for them. i remember reading newspapers abt undergrd churches in china...how ppl secretly attend churches. bcoz the legal churches r greatly controlled by the govt n teachings r unorthodox.

Hello dears... jus din wan to leave the blog silent... so yup decided to post something. Jus want to say that i feel really encouraged to see you all growing so much in the Lord. It's like nowadays, i just know that i'll see you all at svc, not becos' u all have to but becos u wan to. :) Jus feel so glad! JO- thanks for trying to lighten y burdens... coming up with the diff roles in cell. really appreciate it. ANd also congrats on completing post enc- i hope that thru' it you have known God better, and will be excited bout SOL 1..etc.. not cos of the structure of things but cos God will meet you all.. Des- Thanks for sharing with me bout the pple you are reaching out too.. it really encourages me to keep praying for the pple God has shown me.. you are really that "silent killer", without much words, with u ard, i will jus feel happy, also i know God is pleased that you have not stopped sharing the love of his, cos this is the esssence of christainity to Love God and Love the people, of which both are necessary. I know that ur prayers are powerful, cos they are really sincere ones. Vonne- thanks also for listening to me when i needed a listening ear.. really glad to see you growing so much in GOd.. you are really one of a childlike faith.. Just believing Him and practicing what you have learnt... i believe that GOd is pleased 'cos he says" unless we become like the child, we will not enter HIs kingdom" . Continue practicing that faith of yours. Grace- Thanks for always being so sweet, all the notes, etc. You have really been someone very affirming. Glad to see you grow in the area of forgiveness, etc.. wana affirm you that you have grown.. Hope to see u baptised soon.. i Know that GOd will continue speaking to you wherever you are, you just gotta open up your heart to HIm and hunger k.
Fiona- Thanks for your calls from australia, really appreciate it that u remembered me.. DUn feel out of action k.. cos i know wherever u are God's with you and He will helpp you grow... My prayer is that in Aust, God will see your growth thru and you will came back stronger for Him. really encouraged to see you grow so much thru the enc... thanls for the little gestures that mattered alot, the hashbrown u gave me at mac, the words of encouragement, always trying to participate in cell, by answering questions and responding to me (hee.. i notice on u noe) Really looking forward to the day you will be back.. Stay faithful for God k... we have not forgotten u and we miss you!
:)

Hmm.... as for the rest could i will coninue another time.. but could someone really jus help the law pple in coming to the blog? Rem- we gotta love the pple, esp those in the family... :)
Lets press on in uniting the cell as one an in winning the whole NUS@!

Pray that you guys will be excited bout movin on to SOL... do it together k.. GOd is waiting for you all..

Let's also spur the rest on, like chong chwan, kc, mich, yunhui to join us for svc.. keep em in prayer yeah!
DO keep the progress with the 3 pple you are praying for, posted up here... Miss you all.. see u all on fri, 930. -mel

hey guys!!~ ;) hmmm.....its me again...hmm..i wanna talk about forgiveness.hehe!! hmm.. as some of u all know..i was with this guy called sean...my ex boyfriend..and i was in bad terms with him frm jan..hmm..quite a while..but dun recall how long it was. yup..i had lotsa grudges against him..and he accused me of something which i didnt do to him. haiz..but nevermind...had all forgetten abt him n what happened le... =)

hmmm...at encounter..we were to forgive the people that has hurt us in the past n as long as people has hurt us...i was ready to forgive anyone...esp sean..who was called a moron by me in the past..hahaha!! ok,but i stop le lah....at first after the encounter wkend,i thought that i had forgiven him but realised i havent when i see him ard or ppl talk to me about him..when i feel very ANGRY...feels that he needs a jian da...keke..=P yah,i know i very bad ya..hee!! wanna forgive also very hard leh...there was this voice in me saying...be angry,be angry..dont forgive him cos u cant forgive n u're not a forgiving person.....i know tt was de evil one..but i jus still find it very hard lah at that time..then i talked to melissa about it..asking her to help me forgive him. =)

Last tue i think..(9/3/04)..melissa helped me say the forgiveness prayer ..=) yea..hmm.. after saying the prayer..i felt that i've forgived him...YAY!! hahaa.....been waiting for this moment to come..keke..cos by not forgiving him.im doing more damage to myself.. hmmm yah...

Felt happier after saying the forgiveness prayer after that...and melissa,thanx for ur $1 winnie the pooh raincoat hp chain..hehee..!! yep..i turned back one for u har...=) hehe!! forgiveness is really a great feeling man...after holding onto it for ages and ages.. finally i've forgiven him (sean)...yup!!! now i dont hear the voice in me saying: "cant forgive,dont forgive.u r not a forgiving person".....=) yep. the voice is GONE! ;) now i really know the true meaning of forgiveness n how it's like forgiving a person

so guys.....im sure u are able to forgive anyone in ur life that has hurt u in any way n whatever he/she has said/done to u...for our God is a forgiving God..yep....tk care ya..

-grace-

ok guys!! FINALLY i have made up my mind..ok,i have decided to leave!! eh.. dont be sad k??? =) dont want u all to be affected by my leaving/absence.

i decided finally to leave cause after all these yrs of bible study with my friend since sec4 till this year in february..didnt want our time n effort to go down the drain!!~ and she knows me more than i do in certain ways...hehe!!!! i know that once i leave..i wont be able to come back le..but really i have made up my choice..

wanna THANK ALL of YOU for making my time in the cell a MEMORABLE one... =) THANKS EVERYONE..

ok.i know this is kinda short..but i dont know what else to say liao!! =) do i sound like im leaving s'pore for good? haha.. =P i wont be able to attend cell and congre meetings le..but somehow..i'll think of ways to go for congre yah... ;) yep!!

i'll be meeting new people..gotta make friends all over again.....will try to adapt of how they function everything that they are running over there.. yeah!! u all take care yah!! will still attend service with u guys??? err....... n maybe like i'll be in touch centre for maybe 1 or 2weeks....i'll let u all know again yeah!! no need to book seats for me huh.. =P

Just wanna wish EVERYONE ALL the BEST in wadever u do...and future endeavours... cya guys n gals!!~ ;) God bless!!! take care

i am so excited about God's plans. remember the prayer whereby you pray for 3 of your friends to come believe in Christ?

I can see God's hands at work.

I don't know what happened exactly but i've come to know that my friend is going through a rough patch in her life. (erm, she didn't tell it to me face to face) i wanted to go up to her and pray for her but i didn't really dared to. what if she rejects me?? she doesn't really believe in God, that i know.

i tried mustering up my courage the whole day to bring myself to ask, "can i pray for you?" but i swallowed down my words each time i see her. suddenly, because of an assignment she had to come over to my house to finish the project with me. this wasn't planned at all.

but my heart was pounding coz i could feel that this is a chance from God. when she finally came over, she was her usual jovial self and i thought to myself, maybe i'll just pray for her during QT i guess. but after dinner she just starting toking about her problems to me. i was amazed coz i tot she would never bring it up to me. esp since i'm not terribly close to her. but she just kept toking and i kept prompting her to continue because i can feel that she needs a listening ear.

as first she was saying things in a matter-of-fact manner but as she continued she got more and more upset. and i was shaking too. i just felt terribly sad for her, to the point that i almost wanted to cry too. and i just said, "can i pray for you?" she was hesitant though but i just insisted coz i know she really needs Jesus to heal her.

Praise God. i managed to pray for her and i rest in the knowledge knowing that God will put His hands upon her. my prayer was not fantastic, i fumbled for words and got tongue-tied even. but i know these dun matter because God heard my prayer. and i know this is just the beginning of God's work. I pray to God that this friend of mine will come to accept Jesus as her saviour one day and we'll all rejoice in the house of the Lord.

"Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in You.
Show me the way I should go,
for to You I lift up my soul."
Psalms 143 : 8

-vonnie

Hello all.. just some update bout wad God spoke to me yesterday... :) I went for SoL last nigh, it was on healing.. most of us might think that healing only applies for physical healing.. but in fact there is much more, it includes others like healing of relationship, sickness in the soul caused by sin.. etc...

It's like, God suddenly told me that all these about G12 and evangelism is not solely in the number.. i mean so what if you have a big cell, subzone, it doesn't make you any more holier or more loved by God.. what GOd told me is " The evil one is here to rob, steal and destroy, but GOd came to give each of u including myself, life and life in abundance." The question then to me is " Melissa, do you have the heart for the pple, IT's not about having a big tribe but a big heart"

Then in my heart i realised how i can be patient towards difficult pple, how i can perservere in chasing after the lost sheep, how i can love and not be diappointed. It is to see the need of the people and know in my heart that God has sent me to heal and love, doesn't matter if i think i am not able to, doesn't matter if things doesn't go the way i want to... as long as God is with me, i am annointed and he will use me.. YOu know durin this whole G12, Pastor kept making us say " I am God's annointed".. it really spoke so much to me 'cos i have always felt that i need more of GOd's annointing and not to flow in the flesh (not shure if any of u can rem me sharing this) but the truth is " I AM GOD's ANNOINTED".

My aim for this year/period.. is i want to see my spiritual children healed, healed from infirmities, physical illnesses, illness in the heart, emotions, self dislike, pessimissm unforgiveness see them all living an abundant life and confident bout whu they are in christ. My prayer to you oh Lord is that right now, i pray that they will desire to be set free and desire to lead that abundant life.. 'cos the only thing i belive that can stand in the way of healing is "unwillingness and disbelief". :)

Actually supposed to meet val (think i told u all b4 rite?) but hmmm.. she's still sleeping.. hee... so i am here writing this.. but i know it's a spiriual war.. i will continue to love her and show her that i am always here.. SO.. well i am ready for second round...

YUP... wanna tell u all i love u all.. that you are all so special to me... I know God made each of you so different and i really see the beauty in you all and am excited about wad GOd is doing and wana do in your life... LOve... NOt forgetting fiona too.. :) Pray that God will provide u with a church.. waiting for the day that u will be back with us.. :)

In HIs LOve, Melissa