Today's devotional is beautiful...

Never Say Amen

by Jon Walker

Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping.

“Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter.

Matthew 26:40 (NIV)

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Today’s guest devotional is provided by Jon Walker

–Read this devotional as a prayer:

Help me, Lord, to develop a strong prayer life.

I know you desire intimacy with me, and you want me to watch with you and pray

(Matthew 26:40).

Yet, I never seem to find the time to pray in a deep, fervent, consistent, persistent way.

What draws me to my knees the most is when I have a problem, when I want something from you, when I need your help.

I’m flipping through my calendar, stressing with commitments, and you just want to hang out – with me.

Help me turn my prayers into conversations with you that keep flowing throughout the day, an on-going communication where I never say “Amen.”

Keep me close to you, no matter what it takes.

I’m not sure I really want to pray that;

I have bruises and scars from “whatever it takes” discipleship,

but, then again, I confess the crush of these moments have taught me to throw myself on the stone before the stone falls on me.

And that has moved me closer to the love that compels my obedience, closer to becoming one with your heart.

So, I’m asking that you change me until my deepest want is to be with you.

With this I pray that you will create me worthy of my calling and that your power will fulfill every good purpose you plan for me and energize everything I do in faith.

My prayer is that your life will emerge in my face and in my hands, in my thoughts and in my words. I know your grace will make it so (paraphrase of 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12, NIV).

© 2008 Purpose Driven Life. All rights reserved.

101 things to give thanks for!

1. bo.ga.me ran so smoothly and I totally enjoyed myself
2. Leading worship with Kelly on 24Aug was so good
3. I got a 3-day week and my free days are on Mondays and Tuesdays (Super long weekend!)
4. I got all the modules that I want! (Abnormal Psychology, Statistics 1, Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology and Singapore Society)
5. My tuition kids, Andrew and Nellis did really well for their CA2 (Band2 and A2!)
6. I met Weiying for lunch on last Wed!
7. I met Luoh Yiing (sec sch friend), Kyaw Kyaw (1st 3 mths SAJC friend) and Jin Wen (SRJC friend)! And they all know each other in army and signed on tgt and study Mechanical Engineering tgt! The world is so small!
8. God gave me strength even though I slept like 2-3am every night.
9. I have started my readings and is halfway through...
10. I just found out that my primary school friend, K Loun is a Christian!
11. My friendship with Yinghui is better and better
12. I am going Genting on 5Sept!
13. God is speaking to me, and I am listening.
14. I ate my favourite MOF on 31Aug!
15. I finished one of my assignments!
16. My primary school friends came for bo.ga.me!
17. I am sick but God give me money to see a doctor!

18. Junming is coming to school with me on 5Sept!
and etcertera

And if I manage to recover from this illness, that'll be another TG!

I have been having fever for 4days since friday night. There's muscle ache, fatigue, feeling of vomiting and etc. Thank God there is no rash.

I went to see the doc today and he suspects that it might be Chikungunya Fever (a new mosquito transmitted illness sth like dengue). So he drew my blood for a blood test. It was so scary! He poked the needle in, it felt like an intense pinch, then he twisted it around cuz there was no blood flowing out. So he twisted again and again until the dark red concentrated liquid flows out. Wooo... Scary.

So I've got to wait for the blood test before I know if it's Dengue or Chikungunya or just my body being rebellious at times.

God bless me!

Good-o-meter

Chomp Chomp

Last week, rebels & I went to Chomp Chomp & Ice3!
Super good food... Yum yum...


the tissue men.
look at the fried kway tiao...

+ samba stringray + hokkien mee + sugarcane drinks + chicken wings + carrot cake + waffles with double indulgence ice cream, chocolate with marshmellow ice cream, brownies crepe with green tea ice cream. Topping up with a packed mango beancurb home.

I can still taste the food in my mouth. Best!
It's a little teeny bit sinful but I dun care. haha.

Goodies Suprise!!!

It's such a fantastic day!!!

I was lugging my 1TON old textbooks (actually there's only 3, but they weigh a ton) to school to sell. Protect the environment - move 1.
After abandoning them, I feel so much lighter. :)
So happy.

While going to my next lecture, I was surprised by someone who sprang up in front of me. And she surprised me the 2nd time with a quick qn "DoYouWantAComplimentaryCoffee?" I was stunned for a while before I composed myself and say "Oh! Yes!" Then she babbled something really fast again like
"IsThisCoffeeMadeOf100%BrazilianBeans?" (pointing to a can of coffee she was holding)
"Hmm.. Oh yes."
"HereYouGo!"
"Oh. Thank you."
haha! I'm quite impress with myself that I reacted so fast. Yinghui was still caught in a daze at that time. Then I nudged Yinghui prompting her to get 1 too. Yea, and that's how we got 2 FREE cans of 100% Brazilian Beans Coffee!!! Yeah, coffee makes me awake!

Then after lecture, we saw so many people getting GOODY BAGS!!!
And I WANT IT! So we got 2! Woo!
It was full of vouchers, titbits, magazines and freebies inside.
haha! Gifts from Heaven. And I got another FREE can of Red Bull as well.
That'll keep me awake for my next lecture.

Today is a GOODY day!
I love schooling...

And you know what?!
I'm gonna buy an almost $200+++ of texts just for this sem!!!
(That's besides the notes printing...)
How am I gonna get the money...
"He will call upon Me, and I will answer him." Psalm 91:15
God, may You grant me the bursary for the books.

Being back...

feels so good!
Oh yea... Finally I'm back to school!
I was like late for my first lecture today. All because the bus driver went for a toilet break halfway through the ride. Nah, ok. I should have woke up earlier too. hee. But thank God that lecture just started the moment I stepped in, though I was 20 mins late.

Oh yes! I wanna so thank God!
I got a 3-days week!
But I must wait for the balloting results before all is confirm.
But still thank God!
I don't have to change my tuition sessions and I can go for prayer meetings, meet-the-pastor sessions and worship practices! Woo! That's cool, huh.

God has been really gracious to me. I guess God has been nagged by my prayers cum complains that the bidding period became so smooth-sailing. There were certain changes to my initial plan but ultiamtely I realise, it's not my idea of what I want God to do for me, but rather, God's idea of what God want to do for me.

10 things I did in my holidays

Holidays! Yeah!
I simply love holidays!
Who doesnt?!

Well, now, when my 3 months long holidays is coming to an end. And while everybody thought I was doing basically nothing and enjoying a Tai Tai life. Well, that's not completely wrong but I did some constructive things. okie...

8th May - my last paper!

01
And for the rest of May, I was frantically preparing RYM camp.
See See! (below) Evidence!
Haha! Seems like our own outing instead right?
But no, it's hours and days of hardcore manual work!


02
And not to mention, I was leading worship for almost every week.
Aiya, a lot of times la.
The hours of preparation: 10+
The experience and r/s with God: priceless

03
And of course, there was Rebels Chalet!
Woo! So much fun with the water balloons.
And poor birthday girl, Weiying was blindfolded and bombed.

04
And July, I was spring-cleaning my house.
Throwing away tons of things and spraying KIWI Kleen all over.
It's tedious...

05
And the bo.ga.me meetings are always on.
And bo.ga.me homework is always In Process.

06
And I caught up with my dear Rebels as well.
We went for Gelato, I went to Rach's house, PLL came over to my house for a Happie Day Get-together, BBQ at Rach's house, etc.
So happy, just like we were back to our secondary sch days.
I havent been joining them for many many many many many Saturday Outings.



07
My JC friends Kboxing too! I really haven't see them since 2 years ago?
Yea! We went to TopOne. It was rather good.

Miss those days.

08
易中天品三国
Heard of 百家论坛? Yea, this is it.
I'm so interested in San Guo now, and I've been spending my rest of the days to watch this. Very detailed and clear analysis.
Maybe I should take up Chinese History? Haha!

09
On 4Aug, I spent this memorable day with a handsome birthday boy. Or rather birthday man. :)

10
Books.
I can say that it's a dream come true for me.
I have been wanting to read books at my own timing.
And here it is!
I read "Tuesdays with Morrie", "Five people I meet in Heaven", "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus", "Boundaries in Dating", etc.

Good holidays, I should say.
But it's a bit too long.
Dying to go back to school...