Alright guys! I believe that, we always have lots and lots of TESTIMONIAL to share out to everyone BUT... BUT... Not often we got the chance to share it out loud to God, or even share it to our cell group members..

I feel that this is the best place to spread any testimonies we have/encountered with God.

so dearest members, do try to login in to the blog to SHOUT OUT! your testimonies.
Let's praise God, our Father wherever we go, any place, any moment anytime!!!

I will start with myself:

1. First of all, I am REALLY REALLY grateful that He had given me a very perfect COY when i'm in BMTC School 2.

Not only the sergs there is super nice and professional, the officers there is also super nice. [Esp the welfare part (:]

And next, He gave me a cohesive platoon and everyone is willingly to work hard to achieve results. Not only that, Raven platoon3 also AIZAI!

Then next He gave me a SUPER DUPER COHESIVE SECTION. Everyone just "CLICK" with one another.

Last but not least, a nice viewing mall @ my coy/platoon/section. From my level, i would enjoy sunrise & sunset as well as the beautiful scenery facing Singapore.

2. I would like to thank God for a breakthrough in myself. Not just physical, but a big breakthrough in mentally, and also emotionally. Most importantly, i felt i had a breakthrough in spiritual level. So I'm really thankful for the breakthrough.

3. Last testimonies, Praise the Lord who gave me a similar COY in Basic Section Leader Course(BSLC) like Raven. The sergs are nice and most importantly there is quite welfare as well! =/ Platoon mates are funny and section mates are nice too!!!! So praise the Lord who have been protecting me from above and providing safety to everyone around!

With this, i thank God for the blessing poured down from Heaven. Amen.

Love,

Sebas

Dear All,

This sunday, we are gonna be doing our very 1st "Light brings Life" BBQ. It's happening at Bedok North near Blk 115's BBQ pit! Starting at 3pm lasting ourselves to about 8pm!

Do spread the word and invite your friends for this special colors BBQ!

The theme is A spectrum of Light! - come in as MANY colors as you can! The entire idea is that a light in a spectrum gives off many colors. Our life is meant to be colorful! That is what God has created us to be!

Let's have fun, children of God!

I love you guys!

Thanks!

Love,
Lorraine

Though it wasn't taken by a very good camera, but still at least there is pictures!!! Weeeee

As usual, the birthday boy have to make 2 wishes. One is to tell us and another one is to keep to himself.
His wish: Hope to get into a Music/Drama vocation in NS!


When? : 15 - 09 - 08
Where? : Vivo City
Who? : Sebas, Mike, Chee yuan, Jing Xian & Jia Ling
What? : Chill out!!

Though simple, yet it builds bond.

On 09-08-08, National day, we had our cell group outreach event @ sentosa. We met up @ HarbourFront Bus Interchange for breakfast...

Our hardwork does payoff... phewww~

Followed by.. Card game winner~

Basically there are more stuff we did during the sentosa outreach. BUT due to some pictures constraints and space constraints.. *ahem* we have to cut short the entry here. We did some other games like "Guess who's Mr.Wolf", Card Game, etc... ha



Well, E376 not only gathered at sentosa.. Later on after everyone was done with their washup, we went to Vivo for more fellowshiping. It's more madness over there!! But too bad, there isn't much photos taken over there... and the photos is not with me.. so ya.. anyway......

A SUPER BIG THANKS to all the members & friends who were there for the fellowshiping & outreach!!
You guys rocks the days~ *WEEEEEEEEEE*

Sign off,
sebas

These few weeks of service is really super cool. We have special guest speaker from differenet countries like Dr Rev. Alex Abraham (Indonesia) & Dr Rev.Casey Treat (USA). Then followed by Pastor Tan whom gave a super powerful preaching on changing of our mind towards God, which made me walked out changed instead of unchanged.

On the day that Dr Rev. Alex Abraham came, it was S.O.T graduation!! First of all, lets congrats our dear member WENTING who graduate on the sat. WOOOHOO.. wee oo wee.. Its been like ever since i joined this cell group, she have been busy with school work and S.O.T and alot other stuff. And finally, after all these endure she graduted from the school. Lets be HAPPY for her~

Then the next service was the day whereby Dr Rev. Alex prayed over our church. Though i was not there, but i saw it through the highlights video about how he prayed for us, prayed for Pastor Kong.
All thanks to Joven, whom enlighten me something. Just looking at how Dr Rev. Alex prayer, it teaches us a few points.

1. Prayer doesn't need to be fancyful or full of chimology words. All we need is to be simple and straightforward.

2. Prayer have to come directly from your heart. Not because you think that this is better way to express it.

3. Prayer cannot come with self-doubt in your heart.

And through prayer is the only communication with God. And not only prayer must be sincere and straightforward, most importantly we must have faith. Just like Dr Rev. Casey says, our faith is like internet connection.
The better our 'internet connection' is, the faster the speed we can download file from the heaven. And with better 'internet connection', we are able to access more information from God.

Dr Rev. Casey also said that when your heart believes & your mouth start to confess about it, then the power of God will come to you. And all your prayer will be answered because you asked with faith. You asked with belief that God will answer your prayer.

And faith doesn't come that easily. We have to keep on exercise our faith, keep on working out on our faith muscles and keep it growing. By then, our 'internet connection' is so fast that everytime we asked from God, we get instant replies.
I figure that, only through trial & tribulation then that where our breakthrough of faith will come. Rom 5: 3-5: tribulation will produce perservance, then character then hope & love. And all of these will strengthen our faith towards God.

A lot of time, when we faced tribulation we started to have doubt. Because we really prayed for it and prayed for quite a lot of time, but God just doesn't reply us. God just doesn't talk to us. God just ignore you all the way. Then doubt start to come and the devil will start to attack our thoughts. "Give up.. Give up.. Backslide and come to us" says the devil.

But we must always meditate this phrase;
Mark 9:23 - That if you believe then all things are possible through him.
Romans 4:21 - and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.

Therefore, do not give way to the devil for the saints are singing for revival. Lets us keep faith growing, keep on exercise our faith muscles. Find out whats the best way to train up your faith and keep it full tank at all times.

Another way to stop faith from decreasing is having SELF-DOUBT in ourselves.
Pastor Tan: 3 things to remove from oursevles.

1. Remove critical thoughts
2. Remove defeated thoughts
3. Remove negative thoughts

As saying goes, if you already lose in your mind, you have already lost the whole battle. So, when devil attacked you, you'll just crumbled all the way till you hate God, you disbelieve in God.

Just a recap of Pastor Tan's preaching for yesterday service, there 3 changes we have to do in our attitude to God. A right attitude will bring a right living.

1st changes: Change the way we think of ourselves in God.

We have to stop thinking that whatever we do in Earth, we will be judged by God when we die. We will received bad punishment from Him who judged us.

NO! God is a god full of compassion. He gives us grace and through His grace we know Jesus Christ who died for us. And through His grace we are given the Holy Spirit to guide us.

But this doesn't mean that you can take Him for granted. We have to be careful of the devil's trap to make us think that "hey, God will forgive me for sins i do, so i just continued it." When you do not repent, that when God will come and judged you.

2nd changes: Change the way we think about whats is important to God.

A lot of times we think that we have the best thing in our hands and we don't want any more. Any other things is non-comparable to it. But sometimes it is not the best what God wants us to have.

In another words, we have to be more God-centred instead of self-centred. This might be what you want for your life but thats not what God want you to have.

So we have to know what is important to God instead of what is important to us.

3rd changes: Change the way we give to God

God is the God of the world. Everything belongs to him. What he wants he can have it instant at his command. But what God can't have it is the willingness of human. God doesn't want to force us to do things unwillingly. He wants us to do it willingly.

Same goes for giving. When we give, God wants us to give delightfully instead of religious duty that we must be commited to it. Or He doesn't wants us to give because we feel that if we don't give, we will feel gulity. Then we start to give unwillingly. He who loves us, doesn't love religious shows or flakky christian. He wants us to be just like His son, Jesus.


To sum up, all of the preaching given is always closely related to each other. They often overlapped each other and theses preaching are not pre-planned or something. The preaches are given to them via the Holy Spirit to preach to us, to teach us, to educate us about Jesus.

Last but not least readers, please have FAITH in God.

MARK 9:23 - IF YOU CAN BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH HIM WHO BELIEVES.

Signing off,
sebas