This is Where Christians Grow...†

2008-04-25T16:53:00.004+08:00

YOU ARE ALL I NEED

Psalm 25:4-14

"4 Show me your ways, Lord,

teach me your paths.

5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,

for you are God my Saviour,

and my hope is in you all day long.

6 Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,

for they are from of old.

7 Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways;

according to your love remember me,

for you, Lord, are good.

8 Good and upright is the Lord;

therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

9 He guides the humble in what is right

and teaches them his way.

10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful

toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.

11 For the sake of your name, Lord,

forgive my inquity, though it is great.

12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?

He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.

13 They will spend their days in prosperity,

and their descendants will inherit the land.

14 The Lord confides in those who fear him;

he makes his covenant known to them."

Lord, help me to have the kind of humility that says,

"I may not be able to understand everything about the Bible,

but I am not going to let that interfere with my reading of the Bible.

I am going to trust the Lord to reveal

its deepest and most complex truths to me -

in Your own way and in Your own time.

Give me O Lord, the right frame of mind

to receive and apply the truth of Your Word,

the Word You have for me everyday."

Lord i need You desperately. I place my hope in You. I ask for Your forgiveness once again and I humbly bow before You, asking You to show me the way to go. I'm so lost without You. Lord, teach me to fear You, to know You as who You truly are. And i thank You that as i learn the fear of the Lord, You will reveal to me more and more of Yourself. I will sing of Your praises now and forevermore. You are all I need. You are all I ever want. You are everything to me. Let us pray.

YOU ARE EVERYTHING TO ME

In His love and mine,

Salome

2008-04-24T11:13:00.004+08:00

AMAZING LOVE, HOW CAN IT BE?

Lord, the magnitude of Your love never fails to amaze me time and time again. Everyday, it's You I live for. You are the reason for my existence.

Hearing the song: We are the reason -
Lord, we are the reason that You gave Your life, that You suffered and died. To a world that was lost, You gave all You could give, to show us the reason to live. And You are the reason we live.

Since we are to be more like Jesus Christ, we live to walk in His footsteps : To give all that we can give to a world that is lost out there. And we know that the best gift to give is salvation and eternal life, because one can only be truly happy when he/she has a loving relationship with the Creator of the universe. Amen!

Hearing the song: So close -
Lord, i thank You for reminding us that You'll never let anyone of us go. We're so secure, You're always here with us. You stay the same, You love remains here in our hearts! Lord, all along, You were beside each and every one of us, and You continue to pour out Your love on us even when we forsake You, even when we were angry with You, even when we didn't feel any love for You. If it was anyone else, they would have given up on us. But You didn't. You stayed true to Your Word.

Hearing the song: Above all -
How magnificient, how wonderful, how eternally glorious is our Lord! Lord, You are beyond description. Seriously. When You hung on the cross, You thought of me above all?!?! How is it, Lord, that anyone of us even deserve to be thought of by You? Who are we, Lord, that You are mindful of us? Lord, thinking of that really tears my heart apart. You are, no doubt, the humblest of the humble.

Teach me O Lord, to clothe myself in humility and to be obedient to Your calling to the end. You are above all and yet You came to become the least of mankind. The first shall be the last and the last shall be the first. All glory to God!

Hearing the song: My heart, your home -
Lord, come and make my heart Your home. Come and be everything i am and all i know = let me live out the life of Christ and have godly wisdom. Search me through and through everyday and purify my heart, that i may be blameless before God and counted worthy to fulfill the desires of God's heart. Lord, let everything i do open up a door for You to come through, so that my heart will be a place where You wanna be. Lord, let my every action pave a way for Your Name to be glorified and magnified. We ought to grab every opportunity we have in exalting Your Name on high. Lord, help us to discipline oursleves to do as You please. For Your ways are not our ways, and Your thoughts are much higher than our thoughts. You know best and You understand us best, even better than we understand ourselves.

As we draw closer to God, i pray that one day, we will be able to say out Psalm 119:9-16 and mean it with all our hearts.

" 9 How can those who are young keep their way pure?

By living according to your word.

10 I seek you with all my heart;

do not let me stray from your commands.

11 I have hidden your word in my heart

that I might not sin against you.

12 Praise be to you Lord;

teach me your decrees.

13 With my lips I recount

all the laws that come from your mouth.

14 I rejoice in following your statutes

as one rejoices in great riches.

15 I meditate on your precepts

and consider your ways.

16 I delight in your decrees;

I will not neglect your word. "

Psalm 119:9-16

Do u agree with me, or am i the only one who thinks that this psalm depicts a sheer impossible scenario? How is anyone suppose to do that? Well, firstly, in Philippians 4:13, it says, " I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.". So, it's possible, if we rely on God's strength. Secondly, psalm 119:33-40 provides us a glimpse on how we can walk in righteousness.

" Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees,

that I may follow it to the end.

34 Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law

and obey it with all my heart.

35 Direct me in the path of your commands,

for there i find delight.

36 Turn my heart toward your statutes

and not toward selfish gain.

37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things;

preserve my life according to your word.

38 Fulfill your promise to your servant,

so that you may be feared.

39 Take away the disgrace I dread,

for your laws are good.

40 How I long for your precepts!

In your righteousness preserve my life. "

Psalm 119: 33-40

Pray, ask and desire the following:

1. A mind focused on the pleasing the Lord - that one may follow the Lord's way till the end

2. Understanding - realising that God is in control will allow us to keep His commandments and obey them with all our hearts

3. A clear direction - that you will walk in the path of God's commands and find delight

- i'm sure you're happy when you have a clear direction in life right? Sadly, many are still frantically searching for it, when the answer is right in front of their eyes.

4. A heart that yearns for God's statutes and not selfish gains

- What are selfish gains? simple. things that you THINK would benefit you but place others at a disadvantage-emotionally, physically, mentally, spritually.

For eg. Cheating. When you cheat, you think that it will benefit you because you will obtain a high result. But this places those who have been studying very hard for the paper at many disadvantages - eg. they may lose their motivation to study because the results are the same anyway. You know, just like what Pastor Rony says, you are a stumbling block. Your actions not only closes your entrance to heaven, it also prevents others from going there. Pastor Rony pleads with us, "I pray that none of u will go to heaven and realise that your family, your friends, your relatives and all your other loved ones are not there with you, all because you have been a stumbling block to them. "

Think of all the things you have been doing and reflect on them based on this definition.

5. Eyes that long for God's Word and not worthless things

6. That you will live according to God's promises, so that the fulfillment of His promises will glorify His Name and that others will fear His Name.

7. Last but not least, as you long for God's prcepts, ask God to clothe you with the righteousness of Christ, that you may find grace, refuge and forgiveness when your sinful nature wages a war against your newborn nature.

I guess we've got alot to pray about yarz? so why don't you start right away?

"7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; those who seek find; and to those who knock, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8

May you seek the Lord and find Him!

I DELIGHT IN YOU, LORD!

In His love and mine,

Salome

2008-04-23T16:30:00.002+08:00

Romans 8: 1 -17 : Life Through The Spirit

Before you continue reading, please have a bible and a notebook with you and read through the verses first. This is an indication of faith that God is going to reveal to you something so important that you have to write it down. Thanks. May the Lord speak to you as you read on and allow His Spirit to minister to you.

Romans 8: 1- 4 " Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful humanity to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in human flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit."

- There are two laws working here:
1. The law of the Spirit
2. The law of sin and death

We were all once subjected to the law of sin and death, which states that all who sin MUST die. The original intention of this law (the perfect law of God) was to convict people that sinning is bad, so that they will not sin when they see other people dying due to sin.

However, it wasn't for long before all men had sinned at least once (not counting the Adam and Eve incident) in their lifetime and hence, the law became powerless - all men had to die. This is written in Romans 3: 19-20:
"Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by observing the law: rather through the law we become conscious of our sin."

And so, God, being loving and just, had to find a way to fulfill the requirements of the law so that men could live and have eternal life. The way is Jesus, Just as how a lamb had to be slain as a sin offering, Jesus died on the cross to bear the weight of the world's sin, so that we can be free of the death sentence given to us.

Why must Jesus be a human? Because the law only applies to those under the law (see in Romans 3:19 above), which is man on earth. Then why must Jesus have divinity? This is where the law of the Spirit comes in.

When Jesus died on the cross, He paid the price for one. ( the law states that one sin offering is for one man's sins.) But the law of the Spirit, which states that when we receive God's Spirit, we receive Jesus, and so whatever has happened to Jesus applies to us. We have inherited salvation and our lives become brand new. As a result, we are God's children. This is written in Romans 8: 14 -17:
"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry,"Abba Father." 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs - heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory."

God has promised that Jesus will be glorified due to his obedience to God's will when he was on earth. Since we are brothers (and sisters yarz) of Jesus, we are promised the same glory if we stay obedient to God amidst our sufferings. (God is fair!)

Before we think that it's not worth it, Paul said in Romans 8:18:
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." Amazing right? In fact, God has promised us that His grace is sufficient for us, for His strength is made perfect in our weakness! (2 Corinthians 12:9)

So, let us pick up our crosses and follow God. Hebrews 10: 22-25:
"Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a quilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 26 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching."

Last but not least, let us run this race of life with Christ, in order that we may finish victoriously, exclaiming: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith! " (2 Timothy 4:7) Do check out the wonderful promise in the next verse, 2 Timothy 4:8!

Prayer: Spend some time reflecting on what you just read and talk to God, that you may experience Him for yourself.

Dear Lord God, thank You for loving me so much. Much more than I can ever imagine. Help me Lord, to live this life for You. I love You. In Jesus' Name I pray, Amen.

OUR GOD IS SOOOO AWESOME!!!

In His love and mine,
Salome

2008-04-23T16:20:00.002+08:00

Hey guys and girls,

i know this blog has been rather dead recently. i would like to revive it by typing in my past quiet-time materials on a regular basis..but i need the support of all of you to read the posts daily and write comments or blog your feelings about them too ok?

Let's make this blog really an avenue for christians to grow and an avenue for us to reach out to pre-believers too..feel free to invite anyone at all to read the entries and be encouraged...most importantly, all these blog entries are the results of my personal quiet-time with God, and they are meant to encourage you to have your own quiet-time with Him too, and not rely on these entries alone.

Get a first-hand experience, not a second-hand one!! alrite, that's all, so here's the first entry coming to the salvation street! Love ya lots!

In His love and mine,
Salome

How to apply what the Bible says

2008-02-27T19:45:00.004+08:00

Hey guys!

Jus wanna share with you one of the many ways we can apply the Bible into our daily lives. Whenever you read a verse that speaks to you or a verse that you think is very meaningful, ask yourself the following 5 questions, which forms S.P.A.C.E.:

Sin - Is there a sin to confess?
Promise - Is there a promise to claim?
Attitude - Is there an attitude to change?
Command - Is there a command to obey?
Example - Is there an example to follow?

Try it out for yourselves, draw close to God, and expect an eternal transformation from God today!

In God's love and mine,
Salome

2008-02-11T21:39:00.000+08:00

Hey my beloved members!

Happy happy new Year! i hope all of you enjoyed your holidays and got lots of hongbaos! i miss all of you. Anyway, amidst all these celebrations, dont forget to spend time with the one who blessed you with all you've got! I've sent you guys the quiet time material for this week, speacially done by Madeline! My prayer is that you would draw close to God and know how real His love is. Have a blessed week!

Btw, we will lao yusheng and Wilbur is going to share with us his testimony about his army field trip this sunday..so don't miss out the fun and excitement! Cyaz guys on sunday! I love all of you from the bottom of my heart!

P.S. please inform me if you didnt receive the qt email. Thanks.

Lots of Love,
servant of God
Salome Sim

NOBODY'S POSTING ANYMORE??

2008-02-10T14:21:00.000+08:00

hi i just realised that this blog's dead. -.-
so please start posting again, peoples. (:

marc.

The most depressing day from ling chao

2008-01-26T00:50:00.000+08:00

hey guys! i found this pretty interesting so i'am gonna post it read it up lol...

Scientists in the UK have calculated that the most depressing day of the year comes in the third week of January. Winter days are dark and cold, holiday excitement has worn off just as Christmas debts are coming due, and New Year’s resolutions have all been broken. The celebrations, gift-giving, and good intentions that once made us feel happy now press us down and leave us feeling hopeless.
Long ago in Egypt, the Hebrew people had high hopes that Moses would rescue them from slavery. But their hopes were dashed when Moses’ good intentions led to worse conditions for them. Instead of gaining freedom, the people were pressed even harder by slave drivers who demanded that they produce the same amount of bricks with fewer resources.
Moses cried out to the Lord, “Since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all” (Ex. 5:23). As Moses and the Hebrew people were about to learn, God’s rescue plans sometimes don’t kick in until all hope seems to be gone.
If the circumstances of your life seem to be going from bad to worse, sending you into depression and despair, remember that God always hears and answers our cries—but it’s in His time, not ours. —Julie Ackerman Link—Julie Ackerman Link-->
Our strength and hope are in the Lord—We rest secure in His sure Word;And though we’re tempted to despair,We know we’re kept within His care. —D. De Haan
When you feel hopeless, look to the God of hope.

Addapted from daily bread

2008-01-26T00:32:00.000+08:00

The motivational Christian band Switchfoot from California, USA, will be performing here Live! on the 31st January @ Expo, Max Pavilion, 7:30pm.

Ticket prices range starting from: $70, $80 & $90 a piece. However, there is a superb discount from the $90 ticket.

If you sign up on the 27th Jan, Sunday, you can get the $90 ticket for only $55!

Yes! You heard me right! Only $55 for the best seats avaliable! This discount privilege is only available to selective churches. You are blessed to be able to enjoy this wonderful discount!

Registrations begin immediately after the Speedlight Service. FULL payment MUST be made by on the day (27th Jan) itself. No deposit is allowed and you will obtain your tickets upon payment. Please note that there will be NO extended offer apart from registration on the 27th Sunday.

noah :D

2008-01-24T22:30:00.000+08:00

hi everyone!
for this sunday's p&w, the songs will be:
1. yesterday, today & forever (NEW!)
2. magnificent

LYRICS:

Yesterday,Today & Forever

Verse 1:
Everlasting God
The years go by but You're unchanging
In this fragile world
You are the only firm foundation
Always loving always true
Always merciful and good
So good

Chorus:
Yesterday today, and forever
You are the same
You never change
Yesterday today, and forever
You are faithful and we will trust in You

Verse 2:
Uncreated One
You have no end and no beginning
Earthly power fade
But there is no end to Your kingdom
Always loving always true
Always merciful and good
So good

Bridge:
Yahweh God unchanging
Yahweh firm foundation
Yahweh God unchanging
Yahweh firm foundation

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yep so try to learn this song, take note that there is no pressure whatsoever.
God bless!

ps. in case you guys dunno who in the world is daniel choo,
he is in the video.
i'm sure ling chao knows him pretty well, lol.

Quiet-time material

2008-01-22T21:36:00.000+08:00

Hey guys,

i have just sent you some cellgroup material for your daily qt to your email address. please check it out and start going through it tomorrow. Thanks!

Lots of Love,
Salome

NO EDITING OF TEMPLATE

2008-01-22T20:53:00.000+08:00

hi everyone!
i would like to stress the point of NO TEMPLATE EDITING.
i dun wanna mention names here.

anyway, today is tuesday, 2nd day of the 4th week of school!
how have you all been?
how has God blessed you?
don't forget that wilbur's still is army.
hope he will not wet his pants when his captain shouts at him LOL.
haha joking.

ah yes!
i have changed my house number!
please note it down.
† [ 64013616 ] †
abit hard to rmb but nvm!

so how about the outing this saturday?
anyone interested?
if not i'll be sooooooooooooooo lonely..
if you're going please tell me!
maybe gonna see this new movie called "meet the spartans"!
watch the trailer.
a very funny show.
launching this friday, if i'm not wrong.
ENJOY :D

alright then, bye and God blesssss!!!!

marc here (:

2008-01-21T19:34:00.000+08:00

hey people, how's the blog? please tell me if you wish to add or edit anything, and any bugs,etc. =)

Noah's G@y friend

2008-01-21T17:00:00.000+08:00

Posted by Sebastian

Noah here!

2008-01-21T15:31:00.000+08:00

hi everyone!
noah here.
from now on, everyday, i'll try my best to keep this blog alive.
alright. anyway, for this sun's cell, 27 jan, the p&w songs will be:
1. everyday
2. magnificent

if you guys have any VIOLENT OBJECTIONS pls tell me in msn.
but dun spam me! lol.

ah yes, how bout a cell outing this saturday?
LETS GO!
maybe a trip to escape theme park?
or my house (lol)?
can eat mee sua you know!
and i know sebas loves my maid's mee sua xD
everytime come my hse only know how to kope my mee sua.

speaking about 27 jan, ITS THE MASS MINISTRY RECRUITMENT!
try your best to join one, so that you can serve God more!

hmm what else.
oh yes!
PICTURE TIME!

Me, LC, Dillon :D

Me & Dillon

Me & Sebastian

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The first two pictures were taken by dillon's new sony k770i.
i'm sooooooooooo jealous.
the camera is 3.2 megapixel!
and it's so clear.
can take pictures of cars, lol.
like this one, for example.

its a mitsubishi lancer evolution x!
so cool.
my dream car you know.
this year my birthday i want this car xD

okay people, bye!
and God bless!

Sebas here

2008-01-20T21:49:00.000+08:00

hi all
add my msn : Sebastian_sucker@hotmail.com

I LOVE GOD!

LING CHAO

2008-01-20T21:40:00.000+08:00

noah forced me to post...............riiiggghhhhtttt.........

2008-01-20T21:33:00.000+08:00

hihi tricia here!! =D
didnt noe deres a cg blog until marcus told mii..
NICE BLOG!! wahaha...
tmr im going sec3 camp..
._.ll so sian...
aniwae... GET MORE PPL TO POST...
the blog's quite dead!!...
ok gtg i haven pack my camp bag... N ITS TMR...
BYE!

Hello :D

2008-01-20T21:02:00.000+08:00

hello people!
noah here.
as you can see this blog is super super cool!
credits to marcus and dillon.
hope to see more posts!
and if you want the user & pass, ask from me/marcus/dillon/salome.
my msn: him-alone@hotmail.com
marc's msn: monkey.marc@hotmail.com

oh yes, for the vision and the mission, SALOME TELL ME! so i can put it up (:
Okay bye everyone, and God bless!

the Blog is Alive and Kicking!

2008-01-20T20:21:00.000+08:00

hey people, the blog is now up, and i've edited some stuff, so, woohoo!!(:

2008-01-20T19:17:00.000+08:00

this is the 1 post of the Salome & Wilbur's cell blog!!! actually it was Salome who asked me to do this blog by today, so ya i kinda rush it so if there are some mistakes in it or anything pls pls forgive me. anyway please tag on the blog and if u wan to noe the password and username of this blog so that u can post or edit the template etc. juz ask me or salome for it. GOD BLESS!! :D