My Brother Andrew

I will miss you dearly after you relocated to Doha with Karen.

No, not because I will need to find someone (or even myself) to lead the care group. No, not because I have lost my right arm (as pastor jokingly said). And no, not because you are the mission rep….

I will miss you because you are my greatest friend. I miss you because you are my dearest brother. We (Yvonne, Nathan and I) miss you because you have been a constant blessing to our family, always there when we needed support. I miss you because there is no one like you……hahaha….

I still remembered we first met when you were about 17yo++. Later, saw you went thru A level, NS, NUS, PMO, Courtship, Marriage. And, the latest decision of relocating to Doha. We had also been thru together your transformation from a spiritual babe to fellow co-worker in Christ.

The only concern I have, where are you going to worship at Doha? Hahahaha…..And of course, Karen and your well-being there…….

Going to, and will miss, confirmed miss you when you are not around in Singapore. Hehehe, think the last time was when you were away in USA for 6 months in your uni days hor...

This is our prayer for you and Karen,

“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

“……….God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.”

“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.”

Philippians 1 : 1- 9

MONICA

I received a sms last week, it said “Monica has done home dancing with the Lord……”
My heart dropped, nose red and tears rolled down. She was only 37yo (if I don’t remember wrongly).

I am not exactly closed to Monica, but have known her for a long time. We have served the Lord in many occasions, church camps, outreach events (e.g. singing Christmas Tree), family days, missions, children programes, etc.

It was like yesterday seeing her hosting the Family Day at Wild Wild Wet in May 07. My son was so thrilled by her “one clap, many many claps”…..Now she is on longer with us, but at a better place that the Lord, Christ Jesus has prepared for her.

May be, in our eyes, she can do so much more, can fulfill even more of her dreams, so much more in live that she can enjoyed….. but…. I strongly believed, she had fulfilled her destiny in the Lord…..and where else is better than to be with the Lord….

Goodbye my frenz…….. miss you…….and see ya in heaven…….

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

I was listening to this cool live Christian web live everyday, softly at my workstation. The desire to praise God increased with it. Every paused from work was a time for me to praise or say a short prayer to the Lord. I am uplifted and refreshed every minute by the songs which sing of His greatness, His love, His guidance, His blessing, His guidance. The mere ‘spirit’ behind those songs brings a spring of joy to my soul.

But as Jesus spoke about, the reality of it, we are in the world. Hence, we are exposed and surrounded by things which may not be “uplifting”. So what sure we do? Do we join in and be like them, or should we stay away from them (like the effort of the monk)? If we stay among them, will we become like them and loose our saltiness? If we stay away from them, how are we going to be His salt and light?

Someone wrote: “A ship floating on the world’s waters, or a ship with the world’s water pouring into it through the holes.”

How than can we be in this world and not of this world? Beside spending devotional time, what else?

Compromised or Away from the Faith????

Was very curious about Sun Ho's new released of her China Wine, so went on the Internets and do a searched. This is one of Sun's interview I found....http://www.pr.com/article/1053.

After reading, I felt sorrow and my heart ache...cos not at any one point of the interview that Ms Ho had mentioned about God, Jesus, salvation, redemption work of Christ, glory of God, or praising God .....not even when ask about how she became a believer........

Quote

"PR.com: What made you decide to become Christian?

Sun Ho: Actually, when I was sixteen, I kind of went through a period, maybe like Christina Aguilera, I was really searching myself… for love and stuff… I was kind of messed up emotionally… it was these volunteer workers that actually helped me and counseled me and brought a major change in my life. They gave me great values that I can anchor my life to, so after that, at the University and so on, I took up counseling."

Christian faith has degraded to a set of "great values" that she can anchor her life to....it's no longer about Jesus, a relationship with God.... : o (

Not only Jesus was not mentioned, Ps Kong was not mentioned too. Her son, dad, mom, nanny, friends and others were all mentioned, but not Ps Kong.......

Hopefully it was the author that deleted all things about God and Ps Kong in this article........

Also take note of the part on the question,

PR.com: You have a very interesting story, because you started off… you went to Bible College and you became a pastor… did you found the church that you currently run?

Sun Ho: (Laughs) Actually, no. I'm not a pastor, pastor. I'm a counselor. I work voluntarily in the church of an organization. I am very passionate in working with kids. So that is what I was doing. And actually how I was found by the record executive was I was in Taiwan counseling these people and usually I use music at the same time when I meet up with them because I really love singing. So he heard my singing and then he came to me and he thought that I could make it as a singer and asked me, was I interested? And everything else was history after that. So, I'm not, like, a preacher.


She was "counseling" using music....because she really love singing? OMG!!!!! Where is her God????......And, did she graduate from Bible College, since she was unable to correctly define a role of a Pastor .......!!!! She is confused?????

Another interesting point,

PR.com: (Laughs) Ok. I'm reading all this stuff about you and there's a church called City Harvest in Singapore…

Sun Ho: Yes, that's the church I'm affiliated [with].

I leave this for City Harvest Church member to think about.......guess they are all affiliated with CHC only....not a member........or part of it.........hahaha.........

***Just to stress, all the above is purely my own personal views

Last but not least.....let us pray...........

Warning!!!!

Gave it quite a long tots b4 writing the below in my blog.....

Below is the link to Ms Ho Yeow Sun latest MTV release, China Wine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twxf2LraoEE (M18, coarse language, and not so good for guys/gals with weak will, easily tempted or struggling with "ahem"....)

Initially wanted just to paste the video here, but after watching during lunch.....I think a link would be better.

I am greatly grief and I hate the devil for it!!!!!!

Confused, Tired & Empty

Read this from Merlynn msn caption this morning "God give me wisdom when I am confused, patience when I am tired and fullness when I am empty".

hey, don't we normally ask God for strength when we are tired??? why ask God for patience???hmm....patience when we are tired.....I like it, it's quite profound leh....I do need patience when I am tired, cos I snapped easily when I am tired......what about you????

Real Preaching

Ps Danny preached 2 Sundays ago. Somehow, I was greatly impacted by his preaching...hahaha...but I really can't remember what he had preached : o P
But I remembered, I made a confession and commitment to the Lord after hearing the sermon...hmm...it was just something he had said .....

A few days later, I was pondering on sermons the church pastors had preached. Some were well delivered, some were full of wisdom and knowledge, but none changed my live. To those sermon, I learnt, I got inspired, I sleep, I gained.....but to Bro Danny messages....my live is changed....

Thank you God for him......hahahaha

Update!!!!!

hahaha....not updating for a long time....have been busy at work, sick and LAZY.........

My swollen ear is much better after an op to drain the "stuff" out of it. However, Yvonne found a new one near my right ear again....will tell the ENT doctor on Wednesday (medical review). Meanwhile, will pray and believe the healing of the Lord.

Lately, due to stress and physical problems...temper was real bad....somehow felt fustrated easily...."God, grant me your grace and help me to be meek"