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REIHNHARD BONNKE RALLY

Hey people, the evangelist Reinhard Bonnke will becoming to town for a conference on 30 June and 1st July. He'll be having a conference in the day that will cost $45. But the night sessions are evangelistic and miracle sessions. We can consider bringing our friends down for this. But be warned, I would expect that it'll be super packed, mayb e on the scale of the past Festival of Praises. Oh yah, it'll be at the Indorr Stadium.

Alvin in Adhesive

Alvin took the effort to take a similar photo too =) thx.

so after adding the words, this picture will be submited together with the other 3.

Photos for Adhesive!

hey! the photos r done... added the text and removed the cupboard lines.

the guys....












the girls...












and josh...
















erm... we could submit 3 photos n let media pple rearrange as they deem fit... or one possible arrangement as shown below...




















anyway, if therez any changes or improvements to be made, lemme noe by the end of sunday before we submit kiez.

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Hello everybody! I have decided to blog! Oh wow.. so exciting... heh heh ... My first time..

So anyway, let me just update you all on my boring life! I spend my weekdays designing handphone filters. Put it very simply, handphone filters just get rid of unwanted signal outside its passband. (haha , okok, i can't be bothered to think of another way to put it more simply, so never mind if u dun understand.)

Yeah, so that's all i do nowadays, work on weekdays, and weekends? hmm, that's a good question man. It used to be good when it was winter, where i'll head to the mountains everyweekend to get some snowboarding done. But now, oh well, I just swim, cycle, run, read, watch stuff and play games. Oh well, but Munich is a really nice city, where if you cycle far enuff, the sights become real pretty, so it's all good. But, the swimming pool entrance is just mad! The pool nearest my placce costs 4 euros ! and if i wanna save, the cheapest ones are 3.30 euros! just for one swim! The conversion is roughly 1euro = S$2.

Yeah, enough of complaining, overall, I love it here! haha, definitely more than Singapore.. But, the racism here is outta hand man!

The worse group of people are dogs !(in fact the only people that seem racist here) They seem to love barking at me. I mean rite, they dun seem to bark at anyone else except me, and i dun disturb them or anything! And so one day, as i was jogging with a friend, i told him bout the dogs being racist and all, he agreed too! The dogs only bark at him! and not anyone else. It's terrible man! How do they train dogs to be racist?!?!?! So anyway, dogs are everywhere here! They are on the subway, they are in the restaurants, they are in the shopping centres! Basically they are allowed almost everywhere. On a really crowded train, you might be squeezing for space with a real big dog. It happened once to me, I was slowy butt surely pushing one leg further and further into the dogs tummy.. coz i was literally falling already.. heh, poor dog. Good thing that one was cool about itt, and he wasnt racist... so that was good, coz everytimei moved my leg more into his tummy, i was afraid he would bite me! so scary. Oh well, the issue of dogs being everywhere, it's cool, except for the fact they bark at me!

Ok, so that's a photo of a dog on a train! cool eh... good thing there arent .. er hmm.. many ... erm, people of other faiths here, if not, then the presence of dogs everywhere would be ... not good... OR MAYBE, they allow dogs everywhere so that those people would think twice about settling down here! maybe that's why this place is soo safe! heh

6May06 at Island Creamery (Serene centre)

Hwee Cheng & Edmund B'day!

RJ,

you are da man...will pray for u...hope u will pass with flying colours!!!

lets make this blog an avenue for putting down our prayer request, small or big ones.

Here goes my prayer requests:

1)My auntie who is in the late stage of stomach cancer...left 1 or 2 weeks left to live...pray tt she will accept christ...and that the lord will give her family strength and sensibility to handle this situation.

2)One of my best friend (Shangli)'s father who is in stage 4 of kidney cancer...hope the lord help his father to open up his feelings to his family....pray tt Shangli will get to accept Christ...was having a good chat with him tt day...even though he is a stauch atheist, he is beginning to recognise the importance of religion and the spiritual and social support it provides...well, at least he is questioning...

3) another best friend (jeszlene)'s father too...got a relapse of the cancer cells...heard tt he is undergoing chemotherapy...pray tt the lord will help him and his family.

so far, quite morbid...so here are the more interesting stuffs...

4)my interview with UOB on wednesday...really need God to bless me with the confidence, intellect and charm to impress my interviewers...it is in God's hands..okok...
will give cell grp a treat if i get the job...so pray for me!!! :p

5) for my exams end of apr...3 exams..1 not impt, 2 very impt ones(financial economics, econometrics)...pray tt i will get reasonably good results..tt i may get my 2nd class upper honours...will give u all a treat,smaller one though, if i get my good honours...so u all know what to do...wink wink

so pray for me ok...be motivated by love and not by the treats that i promise ok..hehee..
Many many thanks :)

URGENT!!!

///***URGENT PLS READ***///

Hello everybody, a good day to all cell grp members in Singapore and for Joshua who is in Germany...
I know we havent done this in a long time cause most of us started working. But if anyone of u out there who is looking for prayer pointers or maybe you are at bored at work now, pls help me by praying for my exams.
The exam season kicks off from 17/04/06 to 03/05/06. The big matches:

Effective Comunication
Maths 2
Computing
Physics 2
Chemistry // * Important!!! The-big-match *//
Marketing

Even though exams are not a big thing, however it can be quite draining mentally and physically for me. Chemistry is a killer subject for me because i have no backgrd and i do not wish to take it again next semester.
My prayer is that during this stressful period, i will be able to continually thank & praise God and also know that it is him who gives me strength to study.
"But seek his kingdom first, and these things will be given to you as well" Luke 12:31 NIV.

For those who have work related issues or exams which you want me to pray for in return, you can put your prayer requests here.(try not to ask for more money to buy ipod nano or strike 4D, progress package top-up, etc... just kidding....) All prayer requests are welcome.
good day and especially for those stuck in the office or at work, take care...

---------------------------- Rj---------------------------------

Online Devotions

Hi everybody.. just wanna share this website www.backtothebible.org/devotions Has a lot of material, take your pick.
my personal favs are 'streams in the desert' and 'psalms'

Anyway today during 9am morning teaching, ms anita benson was expounding on the commandment "Do not murder". if anyone wants the material can zap from me haha too lazy to type here.. quite interesting and relevant, abt mental and emotional 'murders', and ways that we express (or suppress) our anger, and the consequences. Also touched on suicide and abortion.
Next wk's topic is "Honour your father and your mother". Ok that's all folks. see u all next sunday, have a devotional-filled week! Hah.

hc

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Hey people, I was just reflecting on what RJ asked us to do during worship about a few weeks to a month back - He asked us to share about one thing that we have to give thanks to God for. I think that it is a very good discipline, and it teaches us to be thankful in all circumstances. Lets do it every week!

Also, I am thinking of getting the cell to pray for our family, relatives and friends who have not come to the Lord. That way we can really cover them in prayer, as time is getting short. Thinking of doing it every saturday during cell. Also, we can look out for opportunities to reach out to them (for eg: evangelistic outreaches, Alpha Course etc) and inform each other. What do you think?

CHeers,
JONATHAN

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Hi pple, sorry that I took so long with this:

HOW TO FIND TRUE CONTENTMENT

Exodus 20:17

The Curse of Covetousness

WHat is covetousness?

In simple English, covet=insatiable craving to acquire things; usually in the areas of:

- Poisition
- Posessions
- Property

5 Curses of Covetousness:

1. Slavery - Genesis 13

2. Evil Temptation - Matt 4:8; 1 Kings 21:5

3. Death

4. Worries - Ecclesiastes 5:12

5. Conflict - James 4:1

CURE FOR CONTENTMENT:

1. RESIST comparing to others - 2 Corinthians 10:12

2. REJOICE in what you have - Ecclesiastes 5:18

3. RELEASE what I have to help others - 1 Timothy 6:17

4. REFOCUS on what's going to last - 2 Corinthians 4:18

Questions to think about:

- What fills our mind in our spare moments is often what we really worship. What is on your mind?
- Which do we look forward to most? A time of worship or fellowship, or a good day's shopping?
- How do we share the good news of Jesus to someone whose life revolves around possessions?

Application:

- Think of something you have always wanted badly, get it and give it away to someone.
- Make a financial contribution to an organisation or person.

What do you all think? Lets open this up to discussion.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Da Vinci Code

oops... looks like this blog has gone quiet for a while. hee.

anyway, herez a website on the da vinci code project www.davincivode.org.sg ... it has related articles and responses to some questions raised coz of the novel... oh, n for those who missed the sac seminar but still interested, therez a list of similar seminars available under the 'events n happenings' section =) shall we go for one of them?


amy

I have 2 ears and 1 mouth

I was reminded today that God gave me 2 ears and 1 mouth. I need to listen to God more, and talk less. No listen, no talk!

ed

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Hi people,

Was really thinking about the issue of CONTENTMENT the other day, as i was sitting in my room and in one of my moods. Was just looking around my room and was just looking at all the stuff that I have and everything in my house, and was really quite pissed off at certain things, and my thoughts began to turn to the word CONTENTMENT! Have 2 questions really: (1) Are we really content only after God puts things in our lives or gives us the things that we want, OR (2) are we really content with just having God's presence with us? The perennial question that I am asking myself everyday is: what would happen to our faith and love for God one day, if like Job, God decides to take everything away from us. Would our love still be with Him? Or would we have enough faith in Him to trust that all would work out in the end to the good of those who love Him? Ah well, the discussion goes on...

More the next time.

Cheers,
JONATHAN

Interesting Parable

Luke 16:1-15: Parable of the Shrewd Manager

Came across this parable yesterday. Think that it is quite interesting and controversial (esp v9).

apparently, the word "shrewd" has been occuring a lot in my life. So, i felt the compulsion to share this with my cell.

Some examples:

Read somewhere in the gospel where it says
"to be as shrewd as the serpent and as innocent as the dove", and

Psalm 18:26 "to the pure, you show yourself pure.
but to the crooked, you showed yourself shrewd"

Thus, I asked myself this:

i) what does it mean to be "shrewd" in our world today? What are the boundaries to shrewdness and innocence?

ii) how do I become shrewd?

think this thread of "shrewdness" has some relevance to our BS of wisdom. So, just post this and hear from you guys. Any comments?

Ed

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Hi all...

Read this article some time back about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I find his arguements/theories (however you wanna see it) very simple but profound. The article offers a introduction into some of his ideas... Enjoy.

http://www.ctlibrary.com/3843

Sarah

grp photo

Just in case any of u want a copy...

The Value of Work

Hey pple!

Hmm... as I was saying in today's bible study... think one question we shld ask ourselves is 'Why do we work? i.e. what is the driving force behind our work'. Guess itz good to be clear about this so that we don't get lost in the working world when the pressure starts mounting. Herez the hyperlink for the COOS online sermon I was talking about (http://www.coos.org.sg/). Go to the Online Sermons link and look for the title "Why Work" by Derek Hong on 16Jan. in short, it goes thru the wrong, deficient, as well as correct motives for work. well, i found this particular sermon quite relevant... maybe u all can blog any views u haf after listening to it.

anyway, side issue: Don't u think time passes really fast? it seems not too long ago that our cell was in the phase where pple were in jc/early-uni n the guys were in army... n now, most of us r either working or going to work soon! heh.

Free daily online sermons

Hi ppl...this is the website to joyce meyer's talks =)

http://www.joycemeyer.org/cgi-bin/broadcast.plx?type=radio&freq=en&page=broadcast&subpage=tvrad&page_ref=Nav&section_id=NA

From:OO

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Hello to all...Today's BS was lead by Sarah Sum on Ecc 1: 12-2:16,

WHERE CAN WE FIND FULFILLMENT?

To sum up what we have learnt, we need to find out what is meaningful to us.

At the end of the bible study, we're left with 2 impt Ques to answer...

Q1: How have u been convinced of e meaninglessness of living outside of Christ's lordship?

Q2: Wat would help u turn your desire for meaning in life into a wholehearted pursuit of GOD?

So let us be conscious about what avenues do we look to today in our quest for fulfillment?

U're free to blog ur thoughts and feeling...=)

3rd posting

Ok... So there are not many posts on this blog yet.
Nvm, maybe everyone forgot the userid and password... hwee cheng dun mind that i changed the size of the fonts for the entries? i found the previous ones abit small, not very good for my eyesight. I've included a little site meter on the bottom right of the screen so we can monitor how many pple actually visit this blog... Ok, gg for class now...
-Rj