Philippians
(gives us the mindset that every Christian should have)

I) the SINGLE mind (Ch 1)
a) the focus of his prayer & thanksgiving - partnership in the gospel and God is glorified (1:1-11)
b) the focus of his heart - furtherance of the gospel rather than his circumstances (1:12 - 26)
are you willing to glorify God by representing Christ/sharing the gospel?

1:21 "for to me, to live is Christ, to die is gain."
if you substitute "Christ" with another thing, it will not equate to "gain"
eg. to live is money, to die is to leave it for somebody else.
or to live is fame and make a name for self, to die is to be forgotten

II) the SUBMISSIVE mind (Ch 2)
a) Christ's example (2:1-18)
b) practical service in submission (2:12-30)
are you willing to give up your rights?

III) the SPIRITUAL MIND (Ch 3)
a) his heart's desire: knowing Christ rather than fleshly accomplishment (3:4-11)
are you willing to put aside your ownb agenda and take on God's agenda?
b) his motivation: citizenship in heaven (3:12-16)

IV) the SECURE mind (Ch 4)
worry is the greatest thief of joy.
a) the promise of God's peace (4:6-9)
guard heart against wrong emotions, people
guard mind againsy wrong thinking, deception
b) the joy of godly contentment (4:10-13)
discontentment robs joy

Gen12ii Wave 1 Commissioning msg by LCM

"Mizpah" a hebrew word for WATCH-TOWER. it symbolises a place of gathering to seek the face of God and training for battle before setting out.

How to discern God's call for your life (eg wat to do wif your life)? you look at three areas:
1) Providential - the circumstances in your life. what has happened. how and what God has led you thru/to.
2) Charismatic - the gifts and talents that God has given you
3) Burden - the burdens and passions that God has given you


--- CNY continued:
had a great time during the CNY. on the hol, had meeting wif docs n then our batch gathering at Agnes' place. all except AS n wife came. we have been fruitful! 6 years, 5 kids borned. and seeing those young ones become older... we know too that we have aged!
so fun juz catching up. God has indeed been so faithful to have brought us thru thus far. Praise Him.

my week-long leave has ended. n seriously i think i have squandered it! sigh... the slacker in me needs more! dun feel as rested as i should! boo hoo! man... stress juz thinking of all the work i have to do!

had a good time with relatives. could have hung out more like wat we did last year when all the cousins went for movie n super late night supper. but too bad this year too nua...tried booking too late. so only had the 2+am movies left... n the oldies like me cannot tahan... i didnt sleep much over CNY cos was like obasan (is this how u spell?) the eve of it clean n clean the whole night. so didnt get to sleep... looked a hundred years old wen kena visited n wen we went visiting after service.

was kinda prepared to answer questions like:
"do you have a boyfriend?"
"aiyoh not young already... when is your turn giving ang baos? next year no more ah..."
but!!!!!! this year's shocker question was: "How heavy r u?"
2 relatives asked it on the 1st day of CNY!!!! n the 2nd one lagi best. followed up her question wif "got 75 kg or not?"
whoa! pls lah... i noe i ve never been heavier in my life but... really no where near Bridget Jones lah. other pp i told were surprised my relatives asked me this... their response range from pure shock to side-splitting laughter followed by "you where got fat?!?!?"
well... too bad... relatives only get to c me once a year... hence the licence to ask ridiculous questions. other than suffering from momentary embarrassment n a millimetre of dent in my ego, i'm fine *stiffles a sob*
hah.
gotta go work liao... here's the real boo-hoo!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!

may this CNY b a time of connecting wif family and relatives. may you be God's channel of love n blessing to them... shine His light!
gong xi gong xi...

according to some sources, this is love. LOL

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!

ebeil, i love u juz the way u r...!

on monday, sheena gave me a small, cutey vita soy n toblerone. was so pleasantly surprised by her! tues, WT, a love gift plus card. YT,an aussie macadamia nuts chocs n card. hee...

To the Lover of my soul... love You so much! i want more of You

i juz came back from PROTEGE's GALA PREMIER. red carpet walk down by various mediacorp artists like Qi YuWu, nick shen, hady, jon leong, some new n very pretty faces, campus superstar, project superstar etc etc...(realised there's alot of s'pore artists i dunno!) and of course the stars of the show - Louis Koo and Daniel Wu! they are really so shuai!
had food reception (drank red wine!), and then go in hear speeches by producer, CNB head, director and the stars themselves then finally wathc the show at 9+++++++++
the tics we had were super great la! we sat right in the middle n infornt of all the meiacorp artists... so i sat infront some some really good lookers. QiYuWu was juz a row back, 3 seats to my left! he really is very very shuai... somethin i didnt really think so b4.

show's gr8. started and ended with "i don't understand why pp use drugs. until ___ n Fann's death.... blah blah... it's the emptiness inside..."
was a nice experience.
thank you Ah Li!!!!

m so frustrated now trying to scramble to get something decent up after my dance pics went missing. i made a mistake of not learning how to write my own blog skin... all the time i ve wasted on searching for my blogskins - the angels series, the pink, green, the dance ones... i could ve invested properly to learn ! sigh...

lots of stuff happened today.... well, my everyday actually.... but m too tired now to blog it down... sorreeeeeeee....

will you who say, "Lord, where You'll lead, I'll follow"
say, too, that "Lord, whatever You'll feed, I'll swallow"?
- WK shared during TP on tues. thot it was really something to chew on (pun intended)
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what medicine is contra-indicated in US soldiers?
Asprin - it causes GI bleeding!!
fr raph. i really think this is a good one. finally lingjiao how ultimately lame dat guy is! i take my hat off him! he's super fast in coming up wif lame stuff!
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i SO adore Michael Buble! watched his concert on DVD... man... so sexy lah... he's really a good singer n entertainer!
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i really need to work on raising support!
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i got a dream worship band this sun! haha! vince on guit, yeep on drums n abi on KB! i so tempted to put in all those tough songs! but then, i was nudged by the Holy Spirit that it's realy not abt technicality or music arrangements... it's about what God wants to do with us during worship, how He wants me to lead His people to worship Him. so some songs kena the cut.

i need to focus. i cant focus. running thru a mental "to-do" list whil i rush out for poiema leaders meeting made me realised there's juz too many things i have to do, too many ministry stuff... tonight more than before i realised 1) i really got too much things to do. n God only gave me 24hours... so... i need to know which stuff are NOT what God wants me to do. 2) i need to 'down-size' my ministry involvement so that i really can focus n really be effective. God grant me wisdom!

forgot my wallet n keys today. found out i was penniless only wen i was about to go for lunch (thankfully not after i ordered my food!) n von paid for me (she forgot hers on fri n i lent her 10 bucks...! we take turns!) the latter only about an hour ago wen i reach home n realised i had no means of getting in. hah. thank God my family sleeps late! everyone was still up.

had a good time wif von... she let me hear her voice recordings. so so good...! she s good man... can go cut album liao.

i ate someone's heart out today. a yummy heart-shaped cookie. n admittedly, i bit off more than i could chew n of course i was being embarrassingly cute trying hard not to gag.

had a wonderful evening hearing J share n even sing to buddhists. she has guts! was good! had good time eating vegetarian dinner wif them... their treat. hah. praise God for this opportunity 4 J to share at their meeting (which was such a huge miracle n thanksgiving!) n even have fellowship with them. at least i have more faces n names to intercede for now. pray that wat was shared will cause them to think more and seek the truth. trust that God's word will accomplish His intended purpose.

juz found out on msn chat with my SW frenz dat one of my fren became a nun n is in myanmar now! i m kinda shocked. wow... christians are not the only ones wif such radical devotion...

was a little pissed that i forgot the time n had to take cab home today. told myself no more "cabbing" this month cos i super broke!!! as in S-U-P-E-R broke. n yet!!!!!!! i took cab yesterday to church cos i overslept n had to rush down cos even tho service is OVER, i was leading cell! tonight was avoidable. sigh.... no more cabs... no more wasting money... no more, no more... i need to feed myself one... hah

i've been so touched with people in my life who showed me their love. and touched by seeing people expressing their affections. today really blown away by WT's love for J. (dat little book full of drawings) wow amazing!

i m only beginning to learn more abt this thing call "LOVE". the wonder of God loving us, the wonder of anyone loving us n the wonder of us loving others(me selfish ya noe!). it's amazing dat God who is LOVE chose to love us, let us experience love not just for Him but for and from our own kind (at the risk of us loving them more than Him. He could have juz kept us all for Himself y'noe). while love is jealous and all, it is also giving. ok ok ok... dat s suffice for now... i have much to say... but really all jammed up inside. n i think i m not making much sense... but, but... no need to start conjuring up all weird guesses for now. there's nothing except that God is really teaching me about love.

His ways are higher than our ways... His thoughts higher than our thoughts. Is 55

ok..it's late. bible time...

i apologise for the slowdown in updates... as well as the sparse info when i do update... (and i had thought brevity will never be my forte!) ahaha...
reasons for not blogging as often:
1) lazy.... procrastination...
2) bro n sis moved home (after NS, after grad respectively) so there r 3 pp fighting over comp usage. i sianz... so m not online daily (or rather nightly) like i used to.
3) BUSY!
4) there s so so much happening, and blogging those exciting stuff down would mean alot of time n words... n yet if i blog a little on it pretty much does injustice to them so i feel might as well not...

been fasting 2nd round after the harvest rally... i realised i LOVE food alot! i love to eat! n... if only hunger for God would hit me as incessantly...!

i need more think time... need to sit n ponder... been not as effective without my think times...

i m really blessed to have so many pp who are so supportive of me. thru faithful frenz who are so "for me", i realised how incredible, invaluable and empowering the truth: "if God is for us, who can be against us" is. if frail, fallible friends can profess and exhibit such faithfulness, such commitment: i will do anything to help and bless you, how much more wonderful and mind-blowing that our infinite, almighty God covenants with us that He is for us, has plans to prosper us, has given us every spiritual blessings in the heavenly realms! we are loved by Him beyond measure!

there's prayer groups everyday... see/sense some flagging interest and passion... i was touched one particular day this week travelling down to sch when God spoke to me thru a book i was reading that God is blessed at every prayer meeting, no matter how seemingly uneventful and unanointed. and this is what we want to do - bless God, not seek some supernatural encounter or earth shaking prophetic word... juz simply to bless God by waiting upon Him together with fellow believers. (seek Him, not juz the wonders and blessing of His hand)