FOP 2005 Reloaded

We were sharing about how wonderful FOP was during cell on Sun.

Ben has not been yet, so I decided to go again with Ben, last night of FOP.

We had lunch and had a good time of sharing, before we made our way to SIS.

After reading inverted lyrics last night, I decided to go even earlier, so that I can get good seats.

Finally its time. We managed to get very good seats, by the side of the stage. Joel Mo & Co wanted to seat behind the drummer (another set of drumsticks?)

Josh, Zeniv, Jonathan and I stayed put at our choice seats. Seated next to the steps, with the walkway in front, there was plenty of room to jump around : )

Being the last night, the next day a work/school day, it was great to see the stadium filled to the brim. Everybody was all out to worship. Everyone was dancing. It was indeed a sight to see God's children, young and old, doing the Christian thing, dancing before the Lord.

Not having enough cash, for the first time, I gave my offering via credit card, so strange, but give I must, not that God need it, but I want to : )

When the message started, my tide was fill to over flowing, so I made my way up to the toilet. When I'm done, I was prevented from going back to my seat. Its a CHC rule. Can only go back after the message is over. Reason being, we will disrupt the message. Fair enough. So I stood at the back, listening to the message.

Christ has already won the victory. We need to claim it. When faced with a seemingly impossible situation, we need to do only one thing..... Pray.

I have decided to turn my eyes away from the circumstance to the Lamb of God and PRAY, PRAY, PRAY.

We are called not just to spread the Good News but to be the Good News. The best way to be the Good News is to serve the community, as Christ did.

......just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Matthew 20:28

FOP 2005

Have not gone to FOP for years. Decided to go this year as a cell with the young adults.

Fri was out..... cause got Bishan cell mah.... So Sat seems like the best day.

FOP starts 7.30. Knowing there would be a crowd, decided meet earlier, 4.30....

Ramesh, Justin & Jasmine decided to go earlier to help us Q. Alas by the time we reach SIS, they were in front and we cant join them. So they got in, they tried to "chope" seats for us instead. But we were so far back in the Q that they have no choice but to give up the seats.

Finally we made it in. WeiJian, Desmond (WeiJian's bro), XueXin, Grace, Eilleen and I found pretty good seats, but they were behind the screen. Very tiring reading inverted lyrics : (

But the atmosphere was electrifying. With a whole stadium fill with God's people, His Presence is just so tangible.

For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:20

Message was from Exodus 3, Moses and the Burning Bush.

Moses began his life as a Somebody before he became a Nobody till "I AM sent me".

We need to know who we are in God, what is God's revelation in us. Without Him, we are nobody. What makes us different from the world is that we have Him in us.

Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26

That make us different. We are the world's walking Bible. The world "read" us first before they know God.

We are called to be "living sacrifice". The thing about living sacrifice is that the sacrifice, I, can crawl down the altar anytime! Dying to self is an ongoing process. You dont make a decision to die once and expect yourself to stay completely on the altar forever, cause you are still living.

Hillsongs and Delirious was fabulous. It wasnt just praise and worship. There was so much anointing, in the midst of worship, we were led into prayer for salvation of the lost. Suddenly "Salvation is Here" became so real.

Well.... till we are all in heaven, all good things must come to an end. I was telling myself. Let this night be special. I will not come again tomorrow. Plus I still got to work on Mon leh. Well God had other plans.... Thats another post : )

PDL 4 - You were shaped for serving God

Bishan cell is doing PDL before Alpha resumes in Sep : ) My esteem cell leader Wai Tuck decreed I will do Purpose 4 : ) Then I reaslied, FOP : ( Well thats another story.....

Truth is I has a very busy and stressful week last week. I didnt really had the chance to prepare but read Luke 10:30-37 Good Samaritan nevertheless.

Then I asked myself, put into a situation, would I really stop to help? Well its easy to say "of course I will", but then crunch time, would I be so confident? I left it as it is and the week sped by. Before I knew it, its Friday : (

Had a very stressful morning. Suppose to meet a client after lunch but my staff have not completed the job. Decided to have a quick lunch. Drop some mail at PO, have a quick bite, go Popular grab some books a want (25% discount for card holders till 7 Aug) then head back office to prepare for meeting.

After I drop my mails, I heard a voice calling "Mister" Well it was not God..... a man appeared from behind the wall. I looked around, there is no one else in the corridor, he must be calling out to me then. But wait, I'm in a hurry, I dont have time. I still have meeting to prepare. What happens if long Q at Popular?

Before I could decided if I should help, I found myself walking towards him. There he stood in front of SAM, explaining in Mandrin he wanted to pay his LTA fine but didnt know what to do. Well I'm no expert at using SAM but I think I can managed better. Instead of just telling what to do, I thought might as well do it for him. Few minutes later, mission accomplished : )

Remembering my tight schedule, I sped off before he could say thank you. You know what, by the time I pay at Popular, I still have more than enough time.....

What I was not sure I would do... the Lord gave me a practical application. When He is in you, He will enable you to help a person in need, even if you think you are very busy : )

We are made to serve God. One way of serving God is to serve others in need. But who could I serve? Do I have what it takes to serve?

Well, God will bring people in need to you, just be sensitive to His leading and you will know who He wants to use you to help.

God spoke things into existence, but form us with His hands and gave us His breath of Life. He is our Creator, He knows what you are capable of. Serve Him with whatever you have now. Whatever you dont have, He will enable, for God's power is demonstration best in our weakness.

"Is anything too hard for the LORD ?" Genesis 18:14

Money matters

Stewardship of God's finances is never easy.

Last year I foolishly landed myself in debt. I struggled..... cause I should have known better.... being a money person.

The strange part was that I was always telling my friends not to fall for it, yet I did. It was indeed a humbling experience.

But God is really good. Despite my folly, He provided and bless me tremendously in my finances. I'm not totally clear yet but redemption is in sight.

In a bid to experdite clearing of debt, I withheld my tithe. In exchange, I decided to give Him more of my time in service. The fool in me thought I could exchange His money with my time.

Up in the mountain recently, the Lord asked me if I'm willing to give my all. I say yes Lord. Then He reminded me, what about my money. I argued, but I gave you more time Lord. I want your time and my money. Alas what have I done?! How could I have rob my Jehovah Jireh?!

But the Lord is indeed full of grace. Just me before I went up the mountain, I decided to tithe for the first time since months. After my encounter with Him, I have decided to TRUST Him, instead of trying to clear the debt myself, and rob Him in the process.

"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.
"But you ask, 'How do we rob you?'
"In tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:8

Charlie & Chocolate Factory

Caught Charlie yesterday after CrossLines with Z n Nat.

Well it was the children's choice, wasnt sure if I would enjoy it actually. Never read the book. Didnt know what to expect. Much like SpongeBob SquarePants : )

Well the verdict........ Charlie was great! Tim was at his best in bringing to screen what can only be left to imagination!

Great story! (Made a note to read the book, ya children book, but still great what!)

Wholesome children show! (Parents should bring their children to watch, very educational, but then again.....)

Visually stunning! Didnt even felt like 2 hrs long lor.....

Besides the lessons learnt from the 4 terrible children (glut, proud, spoilt and arrogant) portrayed, I learnt one from Willy Wonka (very MJ looking, quite eerie).

I was reminded that all great accomplishments would come to naught in the absence of successors. When Willy realised he is not going to live forever, he decided to pick a protege to pass his chocolate factory to, hence the invitation to Charlie and the children.

"Success without Legacy is Failure"

From poor but good hearted Charlie, you learn family is more important than anything in the world. Faced to choose inheriting the chocolate factory but leaving his family, he chose his family without second thought.

Ok i will not reveal too much.... Night night zzzzzzz

Project Superstar

Was watching Project Superstar just now.

I was suppose to blog something else but change my mind when I realise WeiLian is still in the run.

In case you do not know WeiLian is visually challenged.

When he got into the finals, I was wondering how long he would last. You see, if this contest is held pre-MTV era, I would have no doubt he will make it to the top, cause vocally, he is very good. Dont believe? Just close your eyes when he is singing and you will feel the emotions being conveyed vocally.

But now in this multimedia era, where packaging is everything, would he stand a chance? Well, seeing him in the top 3 tonight, he is already a winner as far as I'm concern.

He has chosen to enter the contest and put in his best. He has chosen to focus on his singing and not be affect by the darkness he is in.

So what does this say about the voting audience? Are they blind? For allowing him to come so far? Yes.... they are indeed blind.... blinded by an angelic voice.

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Case of Mistaken Identities? ~ Guess who is it

Well seems like some TianCai have figured out who SMS me oredi

Well he had so much fun so no need to pai seh cause I had my fun too.

For the record it was less than 7 times, only 5 times lah : )

Case of Mistaken Identities?

I received a strange email from my client this morning
Read it carefully and realised it was meant to another Adrian
So I emailed my client to tell him he got the wrong guy
He was apologetic and I was amused

Back from a meeting this afternoon, realised a friend SMS me for dinner
Thought it was weird but the kaypoh in me wanted to find out more, just in case....
But when he mentioned common friends that I do not know, I knew he had SMS the wrong Barny.
Well I was more amused than upset

I start to wonder, would God email or SMS in error? Well.... I think not

I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me ~ John 10:14

So when He says I'm His black sheep.













Thats me, no mistake about : )