on MC today cos my left ear lobe is infected!!! its the same old prob 10 years ago... sigh... became bad. infection + stuck earring = painful, costly trouble. doc say thankfully i didnt wait a few more days cos it'll turn v bad. yep..came asap after an hour of futile tug-of-war on my own. so enlisted doc's help (with money of course) it was painful as Dr tugged at earring and then drained the pus and blood. when i got up, there was a little pool of blood on the pillow! n my ear's all bandaged up.

will go down to NUS later for prayer meeting nonetheless. had already miss WWDP already.

ytd was a wasted trip to NTU. they were out of the model i wanted. man... silly of me to have called to ask for everything except if they had stock! so ytd. i travelled from my home to NUS, NUS to NTU, from boon lay to Pasir Ris, then back home again. i spent more than 5 hours commuting! juz fr NUS to NTU took me 1 hour! hence,i had ample time to sleep n read "Teacher" the Henrietta Mears Story. was so good! finally, a woman role model! she influenced Billy Graham(dun tell me u dunno him), Bill Bright (founder of Campus Crusade for Christ - the largest Christian organisation in the world - as quoted in the book), Dawson Trotman (founder of Navigators), and 400 more into full time ministry, and much more in the marketplace. n thats not all. shant put all her credentials here. but yeah... AMAZING woman

finished the book in a day! v thin book lah... =p so with dat, i've read at least 33 books this year (got a few rereads which i dun really count or can recall... wonder if i can end this year with 45...

a little more on "Teacher" The Henrietta Mears Story :

"there is no magic in small plans. when i considermy ministry, i think of the world. anything less than that would not be worthy of Christ noe od His will for my life." (p19)

"teach the Word clearly and correctly to the end that people may come to know Christ as asviour and Lord and to grow spiritually, faithful in every good work." (P29)

"will you stop looking at your problems and wringing your hands in despaor?
faith and despair cannot remain in the same heart.
take you choice; trust God or worry. You cannot really have both." (p32)

"God has an answer. Jesus said that we must make disciples of all men. we are to take His Gospel to the ends of the earth. we must become evangelists even though evangelism is not recognised in our day as a valid program. and we must present the dull doctrine of Christian truth.
God is looking for men and women of total commitment . During the awr, men of special courage were called upon for difficult assignments; often those volunterrs did not return. they were called "expendables." We must be expendables for Christ." (p119)

3 foundational themes: accepting Christ as Saviour and Lord, growing in the faith and developing a vision for the world. (p112)

it's just wonderful to think that what we speak and do are translated some way, in amost mystical and marvelous way, to other individuals and they in turn spread it out and out and out until the circle is so uimmense that we haven't any idea... you dont have to be great. but you can pass on to another the Lord jesus Christ and he, in turn, will amke that man or woman whom He wishes them to be.
what has God told you to do today? would you go home and wite down some decision? dont write down ten decisions. wriet down one decision that you'll do. and ask god to give you courage to fulfill that decision.(p146)

isnt it strange how evil lurks in success as well as in failure, in health adn in sickness, in companionshop and in loneliness?... determine so to live in Christ that by your life you will compel man to think of Christ; God's wisdom to know His will; God's power to do His will - this is really living. (p150)

how do you plan for revival? start with impossibility. see need. throw in a climate ripe for change. then set it on fire. (p115)
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bill bright's books also are filled with big vision, hard work, dependence on God and much talk and mobilisation towards revival.

"REVIVAL" - a word that seemed so overused in the Church. yet so under-understood, under-experienced. many are afraid... no, cautious would be a better word... many more dare not ask, pray, seek for revival. reading books on great men like Smith Wigglesworth, Charles Swindol, Charles Spurgeon, John Wesley... they never shied away from the word, working towards it with all their energies. small wonder we the 21st century church dont see what the Church throughout centuries have seen. "you have not because you ask not..."