Sunday, November 19, 2006
That verse.
Woohoo! I found David's favorite verse, or rather, the verse that he's been wanting to find and remember so that he can imitate Pastor Kong the next time he says it!
So this is it:
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you. - Lk 6:38
It's pretty relevant to us at this point to. So everytime you feel the pinch when you fulfil your building fund pledges, remember this verse!
So this is it:
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you. - Lk 6:38
It's pretty relevant to us at this point to. So everytime you feel the pinch when you fulfil your building fund pledges, remember this verse!
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Fellowship @ Mr Bean
After a powerful service, we went to this 24hr Mr Bean cafe to fellowship.
We have a guest also joining us for fellowship whom is Cheryl Hiew.
Guess who is the owner and whether is Chicken, Beef, Mutton or Pork?Wish Mavis was here!! She will spice up the Food!! Study Hard Mavis..
Sharon acting to eat like a "Lady"!!!
Guess Who's Pie & The Person started eating the Roof then the Main?
Where Is My Food!! Where Is My Food!! :P
Friday, November 10, 2006
Scene Of Toa Payoh
Out of a blue day, I took out the camera and just want to capture this moment. Thursday, November 09, 2006
News.
Read about this on the papers today and so decided to goggle more on it out of curiosity.
Sigh. Stumbled me a little but just thought it'll be interesting to let u guys read this. It's really important to be in a good, strong church so let's thank god for CHC.
Evangelical confesses to 'sexual immorality' in letter
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) -- Less than a day after being fired from leadership of the evangelical mega-church he founded, the Rev. Ted Haggard confessed Sunday to "sexual immorality" and called himself "a deceiver and a liar."
In a letter read to members of his New Life Church on Sunday, Haggard said he is "a deceiver and a liar." Haggard apologized to his congregation in the letter and asked for their forgiveness.
"There is part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I've been warring against it all of my adult life," Haggard said in the letter read by the Rev. Larry Stockstill, a member of the board of overseers of New Life Church. (Gallery)
On Saturday, members of the board ousted Haggard from the 14,000-member Colorado Springs church, citing his "sexually immoral conduct." (Watch what led to Haggard's firing -- 2:40)
Mike Jones claims the prominent pastor paid him for sex over a three-year period. Haggard only admitted to receiving a massage from the Denver man, in an interview Friday with CNN affiliate KUSA-TV.
The pastor also admitted that he had bought methamphetamine but said he did not use the drug and threw it away.
In his apology letter, Haggard made no mention of drug use, but said, "I am guilty of sexual immorality." He also noted that "the things I did opened the door for additional allegations." (Watch tears flow as the confession is read -- 2:41)
Haggard asked the congregation to forgive his accuser, whom the minister said revealed "the deception ... that was in my life."
Stockstill also read a letter from Haggard's wife to the women of the congregation. In it, Gayle Haggard said while her heart is broken, she remains "committed to him until death do us part."
The couple have five children.
After the letters were read, an overflow congregation, many of them wiping away tears, responded with a standing ovation.
The interim pastor, the Rev. Ross Parsley, then called upon congregants to forgive Haggard.
"It is OK to be angry, it is OK to grieve," Parsley said. But the "fall of one man" will not destroy the congregation, he said.
"Today our church family and Pastor Ted is more obedient, more repentant, more transparent than we've been in a long time," Parsley said. "You're watching the Gospel at work. You're watching healing and restoration start to occur as we go through this process."
After the service, 10-year church member Michelle Richmond predicted Haggard and the church will recover.
"I probably cried all morning," Richmond said. "He knows he's hurt us and it hurts when your brother has done something, but like Pastor Ross said, he's in a good place -- he's better off this week than he was last week -- and he will receive the healing he needs and he did a good thing for our church so that we can heal."
Jones said he went public with his allegations because of Haggard's support for a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage that's on Colorado's ballot Tuesday.
"For someone who is up there preaching that marriage should only be between a man and a woman, and he's going behind his wife's back and seeing a gay man for sex -- I felt like I owed it to the gay community to expose the hypocrisy," Jones said.
Haggard also was stripped of his title as president of the National of Association of Evangelicals.
The Rev. Leith Anderson, who has been named as the group's interim president, told CNN on Monday that Haggard's failure reflects more on trust lost than on homosexuality.
"What we have here is someone who in leadership has failed the standard that he lifted up for himself," said Anderson, a Eden Prairie, Minnesota, pastor and Christian broadcaster. "The reason it's a big news story is because it's so unusual and so exceptional."
Jones has said he met Haggard three years ago when the pastor answered his escort ad, identifying himself as a man from Kansas City named "Art." He said their sexual encounters continued monthly until August.
Haggard's middle name is Arthur.
Haggard started the New Life Church 26 years ago in his basement and attained a nationwide identity among evangelicals as his church grew. He was one of a group of religious leaders who regularly participated in conference calls with White House aides, Time magazine reported.
On Friday, White House spokesman Tony Fratto sought to downplay Haggard's influence within the administration, saying he was an occasional participant in weekly conference calls between West Wing staff and leading evangelicals.
Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, one of three pastors named Sunday to counsel Haggard and his family, issued a statement Friday saying he was "heartsick" upon learning of Haggard's admissions.
Sigh. Stumbled me a little but just thought it'll be interesting to let u guys read this. It's really important to be in a good, strong church so let's thank god for CHC.
Evangelical confesses to 'sexual immorality' in letter
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) -- Less than a day after being fired from leadership of the evangelical mega-church he founded, the Rev. Ted Haggard confessed Sunday to "sexual immorality" and called himself "a deceiver and a liar."
In a letter read to members of his New Life Church on Sunday, Haggard said he is "a deceiver and a liar." Haggard apologized to his congregation in the letter and asked for their forgiveness.
"There is part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I've been warring against it all of my adult life," Haggard said in the letter read by the Rev. Larry Stockstill, a member of the board of overseers of New Life Church. (Gallery)
On Saturday, members of the board ousted Haggard from the 14,000-member Colorado Springs church, citing his "sexually immoral conduct." (Watch what led to Haggard's firing -- 2:40)
Mike Jones claims the prominent pastor paid him for sex over a three-year period. Haggard only admitted to receiving a massage from the Denver man, in an interview Friday with CNN affiliate KUSA-TV.
The pastor also admitted that he had bought methamphetamine but said he did not use the drug and threw it away.
In his apology letter, Haggard made no mention of drug use, but said, "I am guilty of sexual immorality." He also noted that "the things I did opened the door for additional allegations." (Watch tears flow as the confession is read -- 2:41)
Haggard asked the congregation to forgive his accuser, whom the minister said revealed "the deception ... that was in my life."
Stockstill also read a letter from Haggard's wife to the women of the congregation. In it, Gayle Haggard said while her heart is broken, she remains "committed to him until death do us part."
The couple have five children.
After the letters were read, an overflow congregation, many of them wiping away tears, responded with a standing ovation.
The interim pastor, the Rev. Ross Parsley, then called upon congregants to forgive Haggard.
"It is OK to be angry, it is OK to grieve," Parsley said. But the "fall of one man" will not destroy the congregation, he said.
"Today our church family and Pastor Ted is more obedient, more repentant, more transparent than we've been in a long time," Parsley said. "You're watching the Gospel at work. You're watching healing and restoration start to occur as we go through this process."
After the service, 10-year church member Michelle Richmond predicted Haggard and the church will recover.
"I probably cried all morning," Richmond said. "He knows he's hurt us and it hurts when your brother has done something, but like Pastor Ross said, he's in a good place -- he's better off this week than he was last week -- and he will receive the healing he needs and he did a good thing for our church so that we can heal."
Jones said he went public with his allegations because of Haggard's support for a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage that's on Colorado's ballot Tuesday.
"For someone who is up there preaching that marriage should only be between a man and a woman, and he's going behind his wife's back and seeing a gay man for sex -- I felt like I owed it to the gay community to expose the hypocrisy," Jones said.
Haggard also was stripped of his title as president of the National of Association of Evangelicals.
The Rev. Leith Anderson, who has been named as the group's interim president, told CNN on Monday that Haggard's failure reflects more on trust lost than on homosexuality.
"What we have here is someone who in leadership has failed the standard that he lifted up for himself," said Anderson, a Eden Prairie, Minnesota, pastor and Christian broadcaster. "The reason it's a big news story is because it's so unusual and so exceptional."
Jones has said he met Haggard three years ago when the pastor answered his escort ad, identifying himself as a man from Kansas City named "Art." He said their sexual encounters continued monthly until August.
Haggard's middle name is Arthur.
Haggard started the New Life Church 26 years ago in his basement and attained a nationwide identity among evangelicals as his church grew. He was one of a group of religious leaders who regularly participated in conference calls with White House aides, Time magazine reported.
On Friday, White House spokesman Tony Fratto sought to downplay Haggard's influence within the administration, saying he was an occasional participant in weekly conference calls between West Wing staff and leading evangelicals.
Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, one of three pastors named Sunday to counsel Haggard and his family, issued a statement Friday saying he was "heartsick" upon learning of Haggard's admissions.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Best Kodak Moment of YR2006
!!Most Creative & Will Keep U Smiling The Whole Day Won't It!!
!!That not all !!
!!Yen has indeed bring joy and laughter to all of us in N114.!!!!We Love U Yen!!
Chai Peng First Birthday with N114
I think some of us haven't realise that last week was the first time we celebrated Chai Peng's Birthday. And wow, also the first time we have two birthday cake for one birthday girl. Hee Hee! It was a wonderful sight. I believe everyone was happy especially the sisters who took many Kodak moments and some even block the main star of the night. To view the photos of the birthday celebration of Chai Peng, do go to our cell group multiply website.
See what i mean by blocking.. Stay Cool & Shine for GodSaturday, November 04, 2006
Stepping Up!
Today, something hit me really hard as i was reading through the bible.
WE, N114, WE ARE ACTUALLY MORE IMPORTANT TO EACH OTHER THAN WE THINK WE ARE.
Yes, you heard me right. I guess we've always known that we are a spiritual family together. However, just when i was reading this :
If the foot should say, "Because i am not a hand, i am not of the body," Is it therefore not of the body?
And if the ear should say, "Because i am not an eye, i am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? But now, God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as he pleased.
And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, " I have no need of you." nor again the head to the feet, " I have no need of you." - 1cor12:15-21
Yes. And that got me thinking. If i am weak spiritually, my cellgroup will be weak spiritually. If i am weak emotionally, my cellgroup will be weak emotionally. We are all related, and we all need one another to grow, grow up up up and into the next level.
No one will be left behind, or rather no one can be left behind because we're tied to each other at the ankles with a rope. You fall, i fall. Even if i don't fall, i will slow down and stumble.
But, if we look at it on the bright side: If you grow, i grow. If you run, i run. If you propser, i prosper. Yes!
So, in a few hours time, we will be making our faith pledge. This is also a time for our whole cellgroup to rise up and run forward TOGETHER. A chance to show our faith together and really show God how we love him and how much faith we have in him.
Besides, it's also a chance for God to BLESS us in return.
Those deeply blessed have been on stage to share their testimony. Why can't the next millionaire be ME or YOU?!
Yes my dearest cg, now it's really the time for us to step up. Let's ARISE AND BUILD!
:)
WE, N114, WE ARE ACTUALLY MORE IMPORTANT TO EACH OTHER THAN WE THINK WE ARE.
Yes, you heard me right. I guess we've always known that we are a spiritual family together. However, just when i was reading this :
If the foot should say, "Because i am not a hand, i am not of the body," Is it therefore not of the body?
And if the ear should say, "Because i am not an eye, i am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? But now, God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as he pleased.
And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, " I have no need of you." nor again the head to the feet, " I have no need of you." - 1cor12:15-21
Yes. And that got me thinking. If i am weak spiritually, my cellgroup will be weak spiritually. If i am weak emotionally, my cellgroup will be weak emotionally. We are all related, and we all need one another to grow, grow up up up and into the next level.
No one will be left behind, or rather no one can be left behind because we're tied to each other at the ankles with a rope. You fall, i fall. Even if i don't fall, i will slow down and stumble.
But, if we look at it on the bright side: If you grow, i grow. If you run, i run. If you propser, i prosper. Yes!
So, in a few hours time, we will be making our faith pledge. This is also a time for our whole cellgroup to rise up and run forward TOGETHER. A chance to show our faith together and really show God how we love him and how much faith we have in him.
Besides, it's also a chance for God to BLESS us in return.
Those deeply blessed have been on stage to share their testimony. Why can't the next millionaire be ME or YOU?!
Yes my dearest cg, now it's really the time for us to step up. Let's ARISE AND BUILD!
:)
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