HI :D

whoever's holding the torch now, please get started on it ASAP. :)

celine won't be around from tmr to friday. so we'll pass her the torch on saturday to let her do her motifs and stuff over the weekend. ;)

and then next monday just do whatever touch-ups and stuff maybe in the morning or late afternoon (then afternoon can go shopping for snacks for camp :D)

okay? :)

With love,
Kylie



Peace as elusive as a shadow dancing on the wall
Live swallowed by the pain of yesterday
Left broken by the shame of the things that I have done
No freedom from the choices that I'd made

But with one touch You made me clean
You met me in my deepest need

Grace has called my name
When all that I had left were just filthy stains
Grace has called my name
When hope had all but faded far away
Grace called my name

Wounded by words that left a mark upon my soul
Dreams overturned by empty promises
Well-intentioned things i'd heard a million times before
Just left my heart to grieve alone again

Kylie

just some songs the church performed/sang before during offering? haha.





Kylie



-Jasper

1 Peter 2:9
9But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people...

God calls us “a royal priesthood”. This means that we are kings as well as priests under the king-priesthood of Jesus Christ. This has never happened before in the history of God’s people. In the Old Testament, kings and priests were two distinct groups of people. You were either a king or priest, but not both at the same time.

Today, because we are in Christ, we are king-priests — a royal priesthood. This means that we have a double portion of speaking power because as kings, “Where the word of a king is, there is power” (Ecclesiastes 8:4), and as priests, “by their word every controversy and every assault shall be settled”. (Deuteronomy 21:5)

So if you are a Christian businessman, you will have an edge over worldly businessmen. What you say about your business deals will come to pass. And if you are falsely accused, know that by your very word, every controversy and every assault will be settled!

And as a king-priest parent, when you bless your children, your words have the power to set in motion supernatural events which will bring them into God’s prosperous abundance and superabounding grace. And there will be such a courage and resilience about them that it will empower them to win the fights of life!

When the devil comes to you and says that you will die young because your father and grandfather died young, or that you will never be successful because you are not well-educated, you must remember that the devil is neither a king nor a priest. There is no power in his words. But there is power in yours because you are a king-priest in Christ!

So instead of agreeing with him, believe and declare, “I will not die young. With long life He will satisfy me and show me His salvation!” Say, “The Lord will make my way prosperous and give me good success!” Use your double portion of speaking power and see these blessings come to pass!

today's sermon by Pastor Lian was amazing (and entertaining! hahah, she's funny). just thought of sharing Romans 8 because today's sermon was mainly focused on it. most of these are from The Message bible

The Solution Is Life on God's Terms

1-2
With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ's being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud. A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.

3-4
God went for the jugular when he sent his own Son. He didn't deal with the problem as something remote and unimportant. In his Son, Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of struggling humanity in order to set it right once and for all. The law code, weakened as it always was by fractured human nature, could never have done that.

The law always ended up being used as a Band-Aid on sin instead of a deep healing of it. And now what the law code asked for but we couldn't deliver is accomplished as we, instead of redoubling our own efforts, simply embrace what the Spirit is doing in us.

5-8
Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God's action in them find that God's Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life. Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing. And God isn't pleased at being ignored.

9-11
But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won't know what we're talking about. But for you who welcome him, in whom he dwells—even though you still experience all the limitations of sin—you yourself experience life on God's terms. It stands to reason, doesn't it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he'll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ's!

12-14
So don't you see that we don't owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There's nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God's Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!

15-17
This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike "What's next, Papa?" God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what's coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we're certainly going to go through the good times with him!

18-21
That's why I don't think there's any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times. The created world itself can hardly wait for what's coming next. Everything in creation is being more or less held back. God reins it in until both creation and all the creatures are ready and can be released at the same moment into the glorious times ahead. Meanwhile, the joyful anticipation deepens.

22-25 (New International Version)
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

26-28
Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

29-30
God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him. After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name. After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun.

31-39
So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.
None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.

if you took the time to read this, good for you.
if you didn't. it's okay. because God doesn't condemn ;)

Kylie

notes...
not much...

We have God's grace fililng us.

God loves me too much to leave me the way I am.
He will unleash His grace in me to change and make me a blessing to others.

Christianity is not about doing.
It is DONE!

I can ask God to help me in my studies!
"God, give me the desire to study!"

All of Jesus' life, His opposition was the Pharasees(sp?)
The religious leaders

I am the righteousness of God in Christ

Jesus talks very differently to sinners and religious leaders

Be zealous!

The world can't help but sin
They can't help but be sinners.
But once you receive Jesus,
You are the righteousness of God in Christ!
You can't help but do righteous works!

When you ask for something, before the time is right,
You will waste it and be destroyed by it.

Asking for Jesus to come into my life makes me worthy for the grace of God

Whenever I cry out "Daddy!"
God hears me and immediately rushes to my rescue!

Story of the prodigal son
Luke 15:22-24

But the father wasn't listening. He was calling to the servants, 'Quick. Bring a clean set of clothes and dress him. Put the family ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Then get a grain-fed heifer and roast it. We're going to feast! We're going to have a wonderful time! My son is here—given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!' And they began to have a wonderful time.

Robe = Robe of righteousness
Don't know what's a robe?
Then whatever applies to you.
T-shirt? Hoodie?
Hoodie of righteousness O.o

Ring = Power, Authorithy

Sandals = Servants go about barefooted, only Sons can wear shoes/sandals.

They say that when the son ask for inheritance, it's as good as he died.
That's why the father said he was dead and now alive.

Dead bodies can't move.
Living bodies can't help but move.

Christianity is not about right or wrong
It's about life and death

Religion will make you a very very angry person.

Religion is like tit-for-tat
Christianity is a relationship.

When I see my friends blessed, I say " I'm Next! "

Sin is missing the mark.
But where sin abounds
Grace SUPER abounds

religious mindsets rob us of our identity
My identity in Christ.

Pastor ended off with verse 31
"I am always with you. ALL that I have is yours."

That's all I got.
Have fun.
Bye.

#Jasper

hello lovelys :)

DARE service tmr @ The Rock.

there's gonna be extended Praise and Worship and the whole thing starts at 2pm sharp so come earlier so that the service can start on time :D

also, EJ5 campers!!
there's gonna be camp briefing tomorrow as well from 5pm to 6pm (after the service ;D), so yeah, try to come :) so that you'll know what are the stuffs you'll need to bring for camp.

oh yes, and if i'm not wrong, don't forget that next week's level session would be a camp snuggle session so try to come alright :D

alright then, i'm gonna end here. love you all
DON'T FORGET TO REPLY ABBY'S SMS. :)

Kylie

ps: i'm actually not certain if there's camp briefing tmr, but yeah, just in case. hee.

2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

The verse tells us that we have “this treasure” in earthen vessels. Who is the treasure? Christ! Who are the earthen vessels here? You and I! Thank God the treasure is in the earthen vessels.

My friend, Christ the treasure is in you. So don’t get frustrated when you see your “earthiness”. You will always be “earthen” as long as you are in your mortal body, but remember that Christ the treasure is in you.

Should you lose your cool with your spouse or children, remember that Christ in you is your patience. When I feel impatient, I don’t pray, “Lord Jesus, give me patience... now!” No, I look to Jesus and I say, “Lord Jesus, I thank You that You are my patience.”

In my younger days and even when I first got married, I had a bad temper. I tried all sorts of anger management techniques, but I never got very far until I told God, “God, I am so frustrated trying to overcome my anger. I give up! I cannot. You can. I rest and depend on You.” Not too long after that, my wife commented, “You know, you have improved in the area of your temper.”

I thought about what she had said and realized that I was not even conscious of the change in me. When family members can see the patience of Christ manifesting through a naturally impatient person, God gets the glory.

Perhaps you are frustrated with your smoking and drinking habits. Or maybe you are discouraged by your feelings of jealousy, distrust, bitterness, depression and defeat. Don’t condemn yourself for being earthen. Don’t try to “cast out” your earthiness. Just realize that you have Christ the treasure in you.

The more you see that treasure in you, the more Christ’s brilliance shines forth in you. And in the midst of your earthiness, God gets the glory as you yourself are transformed from glory to glory! (2 Corinthians 3:18)

Kylie



my notes.
not much.

God is bringing restoration into my life
God does not remember my sins.
Not only does He forget my sins, but He restores what I have lost!

Joel 2:21-27
21 Fear not, O land;
Be glad and rejoice,
For the LORD has done marvelous things!
22 Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field;
For the open pastures are springing up,
And the tree bears its fruit;
The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
23 Be glad then, you children of Zion,
And rejoice in the LORD your God;
For He has given you the former rain faithfully,[d]
And He will cause the rain to come down for you—
The former rain,
And the latter rain in the first month.
24 The threshing floors shall be full of wheat,
And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.
25 “ So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten,
The crawling locust,
The consuming locust,
And the chewing locust,[e]
My great army which I sent among you.
26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
And praise the name of the LORD your God,
Who has dealt wondrously with you;
And My people shall never be put to shame.
27 Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel:
I am the LORD your God
And there is no other.
My people shall never be put to shame.

God is gonna give me SO MUCH that it overflows that I become a blessing to others!
I'm blessed to be a blessing!

Locusts eat the crops til the land is bare.
Locusts are a sign of the devil.
They take away, destroy.

But God already set a calling for me!
God can cause ALL things to work out for my good!
Where sin increase, grace SUPER increase!

The devil is the author of all the bad things in my life while God is the author of all the good things in my life.

We are in the zone!
The eternity zone!
God isn't restricted by time!

Don't look at your bad news!
Look to God!

The prayer of a righteous man avails MUCH
God hears my prayer in an instant!
BAM!

The next 15 years of my life will be blessed!
(This was from pastor preaching about some king and he was gonna die, then he prayed, then God answered him in an instant and gave him 15 years more to live)

God is a god of IMPOSSIBILITIES

Then pastor talked about what man and woman thing then say man is the head and woman is the neck.
So woman control the head or something like that.
Then he said
If you want something from your father, go to your mother.

Judges 16-4:30 Samson Story

Watch what you watch on the internet
Don't listen to the world!
People of the world are always after my money.

Judges 16:21 "Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison."

The devil wants me to lose the vision of what God has for me in life.
The bronze fetters are a sign of condemnation and guilt.
When you are guilty, condemned, you walk in circles and don't progress in life.

Judges 16:25 "So it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may perform for us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. And they stationed him between the pillars."

My enemies wanna make fun of me
But God will not allow it.

I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus!

1 stroke of God's favour
Is worth MORE THAN
10 years of labour!

Don't look back at your past, at your sins.
Look forward to what God has for you!

Jesus died a sinner
So that I will be righteous in God's eyes

Repent and turn to Jesus, that your sins might be WIPED OUT!

As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from waterless wells.

I'm not too sure about those 2 verses up there, but it's roughly something like that.

Have fun.

-Jasper

OH AND 1 MORE!!!!




-Krista

Savior, please take my hand
I work so hard, I live so fast
This life begins, and then it ends
And I do the best that I can, but I don't know how long I'll last

I try to be so tough
But I'm just not strong enough
I can't do this alone, God I need You to hold on to me
I try to be good enough
But I'm nothing without Your love
Savior, please keep saving me

Savior, please help me stand
I fall so hard, I fade so fast
Will You begin right where I end
And be the God of all I am because You're all I have

Hallelujah
Everything You are to me
Is everything I'll ever need
And I am learning to believe
That I don't have to prove a thing
'Cause You're the one who's saving me

Hi guys! Wanted to share this song with y'all. The lyrics are so awesome! :)

-Krista

1 John 2:15-16

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world.

Kylie

Mark 11:23
23For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

God says that we will have whatever we say. So whatever we want to have, we can say it and have it. Unfortunately, we often say what we don’t want to have.

For example, we say, “I don’t know why I go through my money so fast every month. Even when my boss gives me an increment, there never seems to be enough money.” And true enough, we see a lack of money at the end of every month.

You see, you will have whatever you say, good or bad. So why not change what you have been saying to, “From now on, I will have more than enough because Jesus became poor at the cross, so that I might become rich — 2 Corinthians 8:9. So poverty, be gone in Jesus’ name!”

Whatever mountain of difficulty you have, be it a mountain of debt or serious health condition, Jesus says, “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.”

Jesus highlights the importance of saying by mentioning the word “say” thrice, but the word “believe” only once. Our problem today is that there is more preaching on believing than saying. So the reason people find it hard to walk in faith is that they are not saying enough of the Word.

But if we would focus more on saying God’s Word, faith will come. That is how God quickened Abraham’s faith. He changed Abraham’s saying when He changed his name from Abram to Abraham, which means “father of many nations”. (Genesis 17:5) From then on, whenever Abraham introduced himself, he would say, “Hi, my name is Father Of Many Nations."

Beloved, declare your abundance, saying, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1) Speak forth your healing, saying, “By Jesus’ stripes I am healed!” (Isaiah 53:5) And you will have whatever you say!

http://www.millionacts.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/MillionActs/170910626505

kylie wants to make a difference too, but how D:



from TheZone, DARE website :)



Dear Friends,

I came across this video clip and would like to share it with all of you. I shan’t spoil it for you by writing too much about it, for I believe this clip speaks for itself. The video really touched my heart, reminding me of Jesus’ sacrifice and the Father’s love for us.

This clip is actually adapted from a Czech short film called Most (which is Czech for ‘Bridge’), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film in 2004.

Some people say that it’s a true story that has been passed down through generations, while others maintain that it is merely an urban myth. Whether this story really happened or not, what remains is how it so aptly describes the heart of our Father for us. Most gives us a glimpse of how much it cost God to sacrifice His Son for us all.

even though they showed another clip about this movie in GEMS before (jordan said DARE they showed also but i think i forgot), this one just seemed to leave a deeper impact on me.

Hi Guys,

As you know, we'll be having some mass games tomorrow. As such, you might want to bring extra clothes and a water bottle.

Anyway, after the mass games, we have the rest of the day till 7 plus all to ourselves to eat, have a picnic, fellowship or watch a movie, with your DGL included ;)

So start discussing what to do on the discussion board ok?

See u my most amazing DG tomorrow! Can't wait!!

hai kiddies.
thought i should post this even though i think some of you know already...

but anyways.

DARE GOT TALENT 2 :)

important things you need to know.

1. it's during this year's EJ5 camp. on the finale night!!
2. submit your names before 10th november for auditions
3. auditions are likely to take place at the end of the month or on the first week of december :) (or so, i've heard.)

yeapp, that's the only important stuff.
you know how the thing goes ;)

kylie



Verse 1
I've been running, trying to be one who sees
I've been working salvation out on my knees
There is nothing better than knowing
that we are redeemed
I'm believing, trusting in creative hands,
I am praying for our world to bow to your plan
And this one thought is unmistakable:
I take up my cross and follow you Lord

Chorus
When you stand the tall trees and mountains bow
When you speak the fiercest of oceans is still
And I see the sinner seek devotion
The lost become chosen, and I fall to my knees

Verse 2
I'm forgiven; my Savior who did not deserve death
He was blameless and I was lost in shamefulness
I'm delivered, but it doesn't seem right
unless I keep my eyes focused on the savior who gave his life
In the middle of a world that denies it believes
It is breaking apart at the very seams
There is one thing to be alive for
And it's to take up my cross and follow you Lord

Bridge
I will take up my cross and follow Lord where you lead me
And I will take up my cross and follow wherever you go

hello lovelys :)

here are my notes from today's sermon that Pastor Prince preached. posting them up cos SOMEONE missed service today (i wonder who huh...)

so, pastor wrapped up his series on wisdom today :) he was talking about some random stuffs at first (before he started his sermon), but i took down some stuff.

He talked about how honour is important because when you learn honour someone you're bound to be honoured by them too :) and he mentioned again how Singapore is blessed because we honour our government, prime ministers, our elders. & also we shouldn't just honour our elders only, but also our peers, juniors, *whatever's under us? :O* (you know what i mean) :)

so yes, honour :) you can read Pastor Benjamin's sharing about honour here at his blog ;)

then pastor mentioned something about how insecurity brings jealousy and how jealousy typically occurs between people of the same age group + gender.

he talked about why we don't need to be jealous of others because God already has a portion of grace for us, individually, in which He does not give to anyone else :) He already has a calling for all of us. A different one of each and everyone of us :)

also, he mentioned that John the baptist instead of feeling jealous, when he was told that Jesus' disciples have baptised more people than him. He says that a man can have nothing good except that which comes from and has been given to him/her from heaven. Everything good comes from heaven. So when you find that you're jealous of someone over something good, you just have to remind yourself that it all came from God and not out of that someone. (do you understand this part? if you don't never mind. cos it's not part of the sermon. hahaha.)

okay, sermon!

so, Wisdom is the principal thing. and Christ has been made wisdom under us.

pastor mentions how Jesus is not a religious person, but a real and spiritual one. and how most of his problems when He was walking on earth didn't come from prostitutes, sick people, murderers, etc; but instead, those holyholy religious priest/people :)

1 Kings 3:4-5
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Notice God appears to Solomon in his sleep through a dream; where Solomon is most vulnerable and does not doing anything to resist God. This makes it a whole lot easier for him to receive from God :) because he does not interfere with God's plans.

Solomon's efforts didn't get in the way because he was at rest.

Pastor said tell God your problems and stuff and then go to sleep, because you can trust that He'll be your permanent solution to your problems and because when you're asleep, you won't be interfering with God when He's helping you solve your problems :D

and he goes on to saying that after that Solomon asked for wisdom and God was pleased with that so He gave Solomon a wise and understanding (hearing) heart, and also riches and honour! :)

Money is NOT evil, if it was, God wouldn't have given riches to Solomon, no? :)
It is the LOVE FOR MONEY that IS evil.

Proverbs 3:16
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

Wisdom is pictured to be a woman. On her right hand it's length of days, and on her left riches and honour.

Right (= priority, power and authority): Length of days which is long life, logevity. So effectively, health! :D
Left : Riches and Honour.

exercising and running everyday doesn't give you health. it just keeps you fit. Health comes from the Lord, in fact, EVERYTHING GOOD COMES FROM THE LORD :D

All these are GIVEN. Wisdom, Health, Riches, Honour, (His blessings for us), all we have to do is acknowledge God and receive!

Also, we do not just have length of days, we have ETERNAL LIFE. because Jesus died for us for that and He is sitted at the Father's right hand! He's seated in the center of the universe. and we are there with Him too, at the right hand of Wisdom :)

1 Kings 11:3
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

Solomon and God had a very close relationship, but when his wives turned away his heart from God. It was when things started to go downhill for him.

Women have the power to influence men.
Women have influence, men have the position.

Which do you think is stronger? Influence, or the position? :)
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1 Kings 3:13-15
And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

So, Solomon went to Jerusalem to offer the peace offerings instead of offering it at Gibeon. because Gibeon lacked The Ark of the Covernant. it was at Jerusalem (and it still is :O)

The Ark is a symolism of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ at the tablenacle :) His presence is there.

Also, the ark is made of Acacia wood and Gold. Acacia Wood is a not easily corrupted wood (you can go search on it) the wood represents Jesus being a 100% man.
The overlayered gold represents holiness which represents Jesus as 100% God too.

So you see, our Jesus in heaven is holy & he has a human heart too! He completely understands how we feel. He knows our sufferings, but we will never be able to comprehend His (the stripes, cross, we will never now how pain it is cos we'll never feel it). ;) He knows how we feel.

Also, the word 'ark' in hebrew (i think it's hebrew? :O) literally means coffin (or chest)

Inside it there's the Manna and Aaron's Rod (which budded) and the two tablets of stone (that has the ten commandments on it?). The main focus here is the two tablets of stone. They are all barried in the ark, covered by/under the mercy seat.

the tablets of stone represent law.
the marcy seat represents grace

Grace is higher than law.

In order for law to be higher than grace, the law has to be taken out of the ark of the covenant. and the ark should NEVER be lifted up. (something bad will happen i missed this part of the sermon cos i was busy taking down notes, i was writing very slow :X )

then after that pastor said something about at the name of Jesus, every knee bows. everything that has a name bows to Him :) Be it H1N1, AIDS, Headache, etc (Everything!)

and pastor tells us how scientists still have no idea what is holding the atoms together. but in the bible it tells us that

In Christ, ALL things are held together! :)

Our health, relationships, EVERYTHING!

John 15:5
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

Without Him, we can do nothing! Absolutely nothing. We wouldn't even exist without Him! God is our everything :)

and then pastor went on to saying something about:

1 Corinthians 2:6-14
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God

Spirit of the world = "there's no such thing as a free lunch"
Spirit of God = grace! it was given FREELY in the first place! :D

pastor made an example by using
"forgiveness"

if someone offends you, would you forgive?

the Spirit of God, would forgive, freely. before the person apologizes or makes it up to you. because Christ has already died for all our sins that we may have grace :) grace to forgive freely :)

the Spirit of the world, however, wouldn't forgive. because it'll go "this person is unworthy of my forgiveness". but hey, i know it's your choice to forgive or not, but forgiving the person would be a whole lot easier wouldn't it? there wouldn't be any grudges and stuff to burden you and hold you back and tire you out.

after all, whether or not you forgive doesn't really matter to that person because God has already forgiven the person :)

we forgive because God first loved and forgave us that we may love Him too and love others around. we'd definitely be able to forgive someone we love right :) even if the person is not a lovable person we can still love the person out of God's unlimited love so that would make it easier to forgive the person righttttt :D









okay, i'm sleepy nao. :(
baibai :)

Your Name- Paul Balonce



Everlasting God- Chris Tomlin

Hey guys, this songs are really great. :)

-Krista