funny+hungry+creative

It's A Year Of.....

2010-02-16T00:13:00.002+08:00

we did this in cell and all of u who were present named your year.
im glad that some of u did sms me to change it to somethin more positive..

the year has just begun and it will be a challenging road ahead.. another 365 days to do something about our lives...

remember what you have named your year to be, and stick to it.. hold God close to you, have His Word with you always.. and always keep in touch with each other, so we can encourage each other to keep it up!

i had a really bad toothache and some complications right at the beginning of the cny.. hopefully things will get better.. it doesnt stop me from eating tho.. haha.. but hope to be well soon..

take care babes..
till we meet again..

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

2010-02-07T01:09:00.004+08:00

there won't be any service next week but we'll try to make our rounds and visit you lovelies :)

good to see Abi and Eunice after such a long long time :)

enjoy your Chinese New Year celebrations!

PHOTOS! :D

2010-01-31T11:33:00.003+08:00

and of course, the EPIC one ;D

tall people on chairs: Vicky, Janice, Nicole, Joanne, Zoe

people on the floor: Yvonne, Janice, Steffie, Minnie, Stella, Esther

cell group is always fun when there are more than three people there ;)

welcome back Stella! we miss you especially after not seeing you for four weeks.

Hello 2010 :)

2010-01-02T03:01:00.002+08:00

HEY GIRLS!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
and of course, a belated Merry Christmas.

my apologies for not keeping this blog updated.
but i promise that the new year will be a whole lot better, for this blog i mean.
i have resolution-ed (?) to keep this blog alive and kicking even if it means taking a picture of the cell group EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY.

love y'all!
have a great year ahead!

guess who's turning 14? :D

2009-11-08T08:00:00.000+08:00

oh wait, i hope it is fourteen ;)

Esther, it's been great knowing. you've been such an inspiration to the others in our cell group. keep on shining for Him and i know that you're going to do great things in the time to come.

many returns of the day!
enjoy being 14 :D

Save The Date!

2009-11-02T23:31:00.002+08:00

29th November 2009.

Zoe, Joanne and Sarah will be getting baptized.
do come to support them :)

long time no see!

2009-11-01T18:06:00.002+08:00

our admin department has raised the issue about our 'enthusiasm' regarding our blog..
hhmm..

as lonely as you may feel 'hyping' up this lil space, be reminded that your efforts will never go wasted :) it plays a part in gel-ling us together, no matter how far you think the impact will be..

just wanna say a big THANK YOU to our blog admin and also for those who make this place a livelier one :)

and, we want to welcome Joanne and Vicky back to CG!
after a long battle with PMR and netball, they came to CG last week, and our dear Joanne got stung by a nasty lil bee.. ouch!
she has seen the doctor and took some medicine, and is very fine :)

continue to pray for those facing their finals & SPM, also Abigail (shes having exam)..
and for the health of Janice..

will be keeping you girls in my prayers.
be good!

cya!

love,
Stella

thank you :)

2009-10-31T13:41:00.000+08:00

thank you so much for helping out at the food fair!
you girls were great :)

Food Fair

2009-10-23T17:43:00.004+08:00

Girls,

Remember this Sunday we're having GAP FOOD FAIR again.. i can't wait for serve together with you girls..Well.. for everyone's information, we're asked to wear our ENTHOES camp shirt.. if anyone of you girls don't have please let Stella and Janice know.. so we can try to find it for you girls who don't have.. As for those who have the shirt.. please remember to wear it as we're serving the church as a team..

Treasurer: Yvonne Ong
Bread gals: Heather Tay and Zoe Lee
Arriving time: 7am (everyone)
Venue: Church Elim Kopitiam
Food: Cold noodles and Pineapple rice
Chef: Zoe's mum (sorry i don't know what's auntie's name)

p.s:
Treasurer: please bring your own calculator as you need to count the money in the end of the day..
Bread-gals: be prepared for more exercises running up and down..
All girls: please try to bring some old clothes to weap the table..

Girls be prepared for the fun of your life (maybe).. it's going to be a very adventurous day.. it's going to be fun because i think we'll be shouting around (like pasar malam) to sell our food.. more information will be given on Sunday..

See you girl on Sunday..
Hugs..

^Jan^

don't you think...

2009-10-15T00:00:00.001+08:00

that this year has gone by so quickly?
so it already is that time of the year when we wish

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

to our dearest cell leader, fondly known as our mummy :) ...

thank you so much for your guidance throughout the year and the past years and the years to come ;) we do appreciate everything you've done for us... from buying us little souvenirs to feeding our ever-hungry stomachs.

i would love to go on and on about how awesome you are and all but i guess i'll leave it to the girls when they see you this Saturday :)

so, here's to one amazing woman who never ceases to put a smile on our faces with her bubbly personality! many returns of the day and may God bless you banyak-banyak and maybe, just maybe, grant you that one secret wish that we girls know is your deepest desire ;)

and...
thank you for being our cell leader.

xoxo.

a picture paints a thousand words.

2009-10-07T22:34:00.002+08:00

if you ask each of us who went to write down our experiences, i think it'd take quite a while. so to those who wanna know more, you can check out the pictures on facebook :)

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=151974&id=708498032
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=109956&id=641399283

(i'm not sure if you have to log in to view the photos. sorry)

how was it?

2009-09-28T21:30:00.003+08:00

from left: Janice, Yvonne, Sarah, Pui Ling, Heather, Zoe, Stella

do come here and share your experience with the rest.

till next time :)

are you ready?

2009-09-25T01:01:00.002+08:00

Orang Asli mission trip this Saturday!
for those going, please don't be late. i know it's quite crazy having to be in church at 5.30 am but be thankful you're not the one driving :)
prepare yourselves for a great time. bonding time is always something to look forward to :)

for those preparing for PMR, it's just a little while more. after that you're going to have all the time in the world to do anything you want to do. continue to study hard alright? do us proud!

and it's up!

2009-09-22T01:17:00.002+08:00

Stella has uploaded the photos from the Family Emphasis Appreciation Night (which wasn't exactly at night) and our mini-celebration for the September babies :)

click on the link >> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=124438&id=561776362
hopefully you girls can see it :)

go laugh and comment on the photos.
some of them are somewhat funny :D

September babies :)

2009-09-13T17:18:00.002+08:00

it's been a while.

we celebrated Steffie's and Eunice's birthdays. definitely had lots of fun just catching up and seeing people we all haven't seen in a long long time like Delphine.
we do hope to see everyone every single week.

ORANG ASLI MISSION TRIP

26-27 Sept 2009

somewhere in Seremban

Stella, Janice, Heather, Yvonne, Steffie, Zoe and me are going. it's still not too late to sign up, i think.
AND PUI LING! so sorry...

to Joanne and Eunice:
all the best in your preparations for PMR! we'll be keeping you in prayer. don't fret if you can't remember all the facts and formulas and whatnots, God can help you. trust me, i've been there. God will even give you a superbrain if you ask :)

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

2009-09-13T16:52:00.000+08:00

PLEASE DON'T GET A SHOCK!

i know, it looks different and everything. just trying to revamp the blog :)

when you girls have the time, please feel free to update our blog. no pressure about what it has to be. it can be about anything under the sun. but please do remember to practice some discretion. leave the sensitive topics to cell group time on Saturday.

especially those who can't come for cell group, do post something once in a while to let us know how you're doing :)

you can get the login info from Stella or me.

cheerios!
xo.

dedication to Zoe

2009-06-17T22:41:00.012+08:00

As most of you would know, Zoe was admitted to hospital after she complaint of severe stomach cramps and aches.

As nervous as she was in the hospital, Zoe was still as chatty as ever and was making friends with the staff @ the emergency room. Bravo!

Thats our medic, Apple (weipeng)
We really gotta thank her for staying over at the hospital just to accompany Zoe for the night, while waiting for the parents to arrive.

And also Wen Jiuan for accompanying Zoe throughout the journey as well.

After Zoe was diagnose with appendicitis,
Aunty EeKhim and i visited herbefore her scheduled operation @ approximately 5pm.
She was not allowed to have any food or drinks before the operation.

She's a strong girl la... very manja tho..
but strong.. :)

and she's got a good view from her bed..
mountains and landscape spread out for her to admire..

For all of you who are concerned for Zoe, thank you very much for your concern.
She is much better and resting at home now.
She would like to thank the cell too.. for all the lovely notes and sms :)

*Get well soon Zoe*
We cant wait to see you...

And,
Happy 13th Birthday!
You are finally not 12 anymore.... hahahhaha!

God Bless You Abundantly!!!

entheos 2009

2009-06-17T21:58:00.017+08:00

TEENz Camp : Entheos

10/06/09 6am @ Canaan Hall, FGC
Look at our 'Out of Bed Look'.

6.30am Still in Canaan Hall, FGC
Waiting for the rest to arrive.. We were in Bus 2.

8.30am @ along North South Highway
Our lovely and peaceful journey began...

ENTHEOs 2009 was indeed a very evenful camp for our cell group.
I am proud to say that in the midst of all the events, we manage to stick together and be a good support for one another.
I would like to thank all cell members for you maturity and teamwork in making the cell a wonderful place.

As the weather is really hot and most of us are pretty tired.. a few of us fell sick at the camp..

11/06/09 Glory Beach Convention Hall

First of all, we had Janice down with high fever @ 39degrees.
Man.. she was burning! The medics (Apple & See Hwee) was very kind to assist her immediately and she was sent to a clinic due to persistent fever.

Well, she felt kinda sad that she missed out on a few things coz her meds were making her drowsy.. but im sure God has different things for you to learn.. and to just be still in His presence.

Thank God she got well soon, otherwise, she may have to go for drips.

12-13/06/09 Seremban General Hospital

Next down was our dear lil Zoe.
Her tummy was aching like crazy, and thanks to medics (Apple & Wen Jiuan) for all the love and care.. and also driver, Vincent Lum for ferrying us to and fro the hospital.

Zoe was later diagnosed with appendicitis, and had to be admitted to hospital for an operation.
The cellgroup was very concerned, and wrote notes for her..

I am very impressed with all the cell members.
their love really showed and really flowed... i just feel that our cell group has grown deeper and its a great thing!

*

Now, moving on to the lighter side of things..

13/06/09 7am @ D9-5 Glory Beach Resort

We are very honoured to have a very efficient and energetic mobile alarm clock that bounces around every bed.. waking our members up.. see..
even the shutter speed is not enough to capture her 'moves'.. hehe

13/06/09 7.30AM @ Glory Beach
Chill Out Activity by the beach. Removing white hairs from Stella's head.
Picker: Priscilla and Nicole...

13/06/09 7.05am @ Glory Beach

TAWG by the beach.. how nice..
we wanted to capture the full essence of the place... especially on the last day.
Joanne and Jan missing in picture coz they were doing TAWG in the room.. ahem..

so serious... *or zoning offf zzzzz*
hehe

Well.. i would say, that was our most serious TAWG ever for the past 4 days.. haha!~
Nevertheless, God speaks in so many many many ways to us during the camp, that i think we have alot to catch up and follow up on when we come back.

me & nic
random shots

me & muachi
random shots

Overall, time passed by very quickly this time round.
2 sessions of games.
1 talentime workshop.
1 prayer workshop.
many sessions of motivating and emporing sermons.
spirit filled praise and worships..

*4 days passed by so quickly*

Remember, whatever we heard and learned in the camp... let us put it to good use and practice now that we are back.

let us always have entheos in us.

Hair Wash!

2009-04-12T00:50:00.008+08:00

Hey. Here are the pictures on our memorable Gospel Station
"Hair Wash @ Evogue Hair Academy"

Final Outcome and yumcha @ Living Room.
Lovely day isn't it?

Please continue to pray for your friends yeah.
May the seeds that are planted grow and blossom beautifully.

:)

Gospel Station

2009-03-08T00:45:00.002+08:00

It has been decided during our discussion at the mamak @ Kassim today... that our cell group will be doing the following for our Gospel Station....

"Hair Wash & Blow @ E-Vogue Academy" & Tea-Time @ The Living Room"

Date: 21 March 2009
Time: 2-6pm
Location: Plaza Pelangi Level 5 (E-Vogue) & Sun City Plaza (Living Room)
Budget: Hair (RM8) Drinks (up to individual)
* Every new friend has RM5 subsidy from the church *

Purpose:
To have a fun, crazy and affordable activity, which our new friends will find it attractive and will make it easier for us to share the gospel with them :)

Pray for their salvation and for their souls to be saved and join us regularly for cellgroup.
May our heart beat as one with the Lord.

Please RSVP with me the number of new friends by 19Mar09.

Gospel Station

2009-03-04T19:22:00.002+08:00

March Activities in TEENz

14 March Launch of TEENz Album
Youths from different churches in JB will be invited.
You can bring your friends to the concert.
3-5 pm, followed by cell group (5-6pm)

21 March Gospel Station
We need to decide what activity / outing our cellgroup decide to have,
and then invite our friends so we can evangelize to them in a more
fun setting!

I NEED YOU GUYS TO GIVE IDEAS and we have to decide BY THIS
COMING SAT (7th) so i can inform the TEENz Committee.

Please feel free to state your ideas here, or drop me an sms.. Just make sure it is
feasible and if we really need to go out, we have to make sure that transportation is
OK. so far, we only have Me the driver... haha.. unless we outsource (grinz)

28 March Quiz on the Book of Mark (2 Movie Tickets to be won by Top 2 Scorers)

Congratulations

2009-03-04T19:16:00.002+08:00

HI all!

Congratulations to our scholars on the Book of Matthew!
They are Nicole, Hannah, Eunice and Zoe!

The other team made up of Janice, Yvonne, Esther and Puffy has worked very hard as well..
But its okay.. jia you for next round ok!

The next Quiz will be on the book of Mark (16 chapters) on 28 March.
2 Movie Tickets to be won!

There will be NO grouping.
It will be an individual quiz (due to the fact it has only 16 chapters.. so quite OK)

MATTHEWWWWW

2009-02-24T23:28:00.002+08:00

alright.. its not some hot guy that we are checking out right now..
but it would be a HOT Book we will be studying on right now..

brace yourself for the ultimate Quiz on
Matthew
on 28th February 2008 (Sat)!
exciting prizes to be won by only 2 serious winners!

as the prizes rolled for the Scripture Memorizing... there will be 5 gifts presented out for memory verses from week 1 -5 (in the little booklet).

please prepare yourself and get the most from the quiz..
have FUN! :)

see ya guys soon!!

V Day

2009-02-24T23:15:00.003+08:00

Valentines Day Celebration at Cell Group.
Lovely cake we had.. but it would be better if more of our members came..

Apparently, they all had extra classes and maybe some were too busy celebrating Valentines Day.. hee hee :P

Present: Esther, Steffie, Yvonne, Nicole, Janice, Stella
As for the rest who were absent, do try to come for cell..
We have interesting activities up next! :)

In the Middle of the Bible

2009-02-17T22:54:00.002+08:00

Something interesting i received in my email..

Q: What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalms 117

Q: What is the longest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalms 119

Q: What is the chapter in the middle of the Bible?
A: Psalms 118

There are 594 chapters before Psalms 118.
There are 594 chapters after Palms 118.

Add them up and you get 1188.

Q: What is the verse in the middle of the Bible?
A: Psalms 118:8

"It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man."

Although there are some disputes about this by the bible scholars, I just thought it is quite interesting to share..

It is still the Word of God right...

SO let us learn to depend on God and not just what our eyes can see..

See you girls this saturday..

2009

2009-02-02T19:06:00.008+08:00

What's Happening in 2009?

1) Scripture Memorizing Competition (Weekly)

Remember the church's small booklet that has 52 scriptures in it? Please memorise as there will be prizes for the winners!

This week, we will have 2 prizes, as none has memorise the verses for week 1 & 2. Please take up the challenge. The prize will only carry forward an extra week. :)

Janice will be helping me with this ya. Thank you.

2) Duty Roster

Thanks to our Secretary, she has done up a duty roster for all of us to do icebreaker, tawg/sharing and refreshment. It will start officially in Feb 09. I will be smsing your duties in advance :)

If you cant make it for your duties, please look for replacement.

3) Cell Group Fund

We will be collecting RM1/week or RM4-5/month from each member. This fund will be used for any activities / special gathering and most importantly... Birthday presents for our cell members!!

Fund collection will be done by Secretary Nicole Ong. Please lend her your support. DOn make life difficult for her ok. Thanks.. haha.

4) Ad Hoc Bible Quiz Competition

We will be doing this in conjuction with the other english girls cellgroup as well. Everybody, start reading the book of Matthew. The Quiz will be on 28th Feb 09. There will be prizes for those who top the scores!

All the best.

If you do your part, you may get alot of presents this year.. LOL.

As I may be quite busy this year, Janice, Nic & Joanne will be helping me out with the CG.

SO you all better be good and help each other grow in the Lord.

Continue to come regularly. You are important to the CG.

Let this be a year where we plant the words of GOd deep into our hearts.

Am praying for you always!

Love,

Stella

MoooOOOooo

2009-01-25T02:24:00.003+08:00

Gong Xi Gong Xi!

As many of us are away during this festive season, let us remember that this is the time for us to spend meaningful time with loved ones and close ones.

May you enjoy wonderful fellowship n bonding with the people around you and may you shine for Him always wherever you are.

We pray for journey mercy for all of you.

Looking forward to cell group n TEENz time with all of you again!

Have fun collecting your ang paos :)

7 More Please!

2009-01-14T01:03:00.004+08:00

Just last year, we had a record breaking of only 3 members who came for cellgroup.
The lowest attendance ever.
We have maintained at an average of 5 members weekly.

Well, as we have been praying for growth and unity in the cellgroup, I want to thank and praise our GOd for the increase of 7 more members into the cellgroup!

Fuah.. thats like DUA KALI GANDA right.. about 2x from lwhat we had.

So we wanna welcome our new members who will officially join us on a weekly basis.. as much as they can when all other activities are not in the way..

1. Steffie
2. Esther Lim
3. Victoria
4, Evelyn
5. Hannah
6. Puffy
7. Lava

(sorry if i spell some of your name wrongly. will get it right the next time round)

We look forward to see all of you every week so we can all grow in Christ and share His good news. Continue to keep cellgroup and every member in prayer.

Where there is faith.. anything is possible.

*hugz*

p/s: I was so moved (nearly to tears..really) when i see so many people during CG. Man i tell you, it aint no coincidence ok. God gave the increase.. so lets do our part to make this cell a wonderful place for people to come in and love God.

NO SKIRTS

2009-01-09T02:12:00.002+08:00

ANNOUNCEMENT!

TEENz will be launching Creative Ministry this coming Saturday (10/01/09).
Please wear pants / jeans (anything but skirts) as there will be some activities, which may not be convenient or sightly if done while wearing skirts.

haha.

See you all!

S M A R T E R

2009-01-09T02:05:00.002+08:00

The Old has gone.. the New has come!

Lets face our school and challenges differently from last year.
Write down your goals in the SMARTER paper okay.

Remember.

Be Specific.
Be Measurable.
Have Action Plan.
Be Realistic.
Set Time Line.
Evaluate.
Ask God for Revelation.

All the Best for 2009.
I had a rough start. But i believe it will be alrite.

cheers~

Joy is in the Air

2008-12-30T22:49:00.002+08:00

What to say Lord... but thank You and praise You for the wonderful results our cell members has achieved..

We, as a cell group would like to congratulate Nicole and Pui Ling for achieving STRAIGHT 7As in their PMR.

Congratulations!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

2008-12-27T01:16:00.002+08:00

were you there???
i know some of us were.

just want to wish all you girls a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! and also everyone else who visits our blog from time to time.

hope everyone enjoys the holiday season!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year :)

pray for puiling

2008-12-03T02:20:00.002+08:00

heya ppl..

our dear Pui Ling is kinda unwell.
down with intestine infection and basically, not feeling good.

remember to keep her in your prayer!

PL, you will be well soon! take care!

grand finale!

2008-12-02T00:05:00.000+08:00

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

2008-12-01T09:32:00.002+08:00

it's the holidays!
exams are over! time to PARTY!!

besides, Christmas is coming.
have you thought of who to invite for the Christmas rally?
if not, please hurry so we can get the suffiecient number of tickets for you.
if yes, please get your tickets from Stella.

it's the season of giving...
the best time of the year :)

Special Brownies

2008-11-24T10:00:00.000+08:00

Sometimes it's tough to explain to friends why specific movies, magazines or music harms you more than it helps you. And sometimes it's even hard to understand why your parents feel a particular movie would be a bad influence on you. Check out a dad who came up with a creative way of helping his teen daughter understand this dilemma.

Brooke asked permission to attend a PG-13 movie with some of her friends from school. It starred her favorite actor, and people from her church had even seen it and said it was great. Her dad listened to all her reasons for going.

“Everyone else is seeing it.”

“Why do you think it has the 13 rating on it?” he asked.

“Well,” Brooke admitted, “there is a scene where a building and several people are blown up, but the violence is just the normal stuff. It's not too bad. And there are a few other minor things, but the special effects are incredible and the plot is definitely action- packed! I really want to see it.”

Brooke's dad wouldn't give in. In fact, he didn't even give her a satisfactory explanation. He simply said, “No.”

A little later that same evening, he asked Brooke if she'd like some warm brownies he'd baked and just pulled out of the oven. He explained that he'd used the family's favorite recipe and added a little something new.

“What is it?” Brooke asked.

Her dad calmly replied that he'd added dog poop. “But it was only a little bit,” he quickly added. “All the other ingredients are gourmet quality, and I've taken great care to bake the brownies at the precise temperature for the exact time. I'm sure they'll be fantastic!”

“You're kidding, right?” Brooke asked in shock.

“No. Go ahead and try one. They're really close to perfect quality.”

Brooke wouldn't go near the brownies. Her dad acted surprised. After all, it was only one small part that was causing her to be so stubborn. “You'll hardly notice that one ingredient, Brooke,” he said. But his daughter held firm and wouldn't give in.

Her dad then explained the meaning behind his charade. “The movie you want to see is just like these brownies. Your mind is telling you that just a little bit of evil won't matter. But, the truth is even a little bit of poop makes the difference between a great treat and something disgusting and totally unacceptable.”

Brooke was silent. Her dad continued his explanation. “Brooke, even though the movie industry wants you to believe that most of today's movies are acceptable for adults and teens, the truth is they're not.”

From that point on, whenever Brooke asked to see a questionable movie, her dad returned the question: “Want some of my special dog brownies?” That always closed the subject.

Know It!
Satan will work through movies, TV, music and even your church friends to try and convince you that something questionable is really okay. Don't fall for his lies. He's the father of deceit. Keep your spiritual guard up and let the Holy Spirit guide your decisions.

Read It!
2 Corinthians 12:9; Philippians 2:13; Philippians 4:8; 1 Timothy 4:16.

Pray It!
Ask God to help you feel very uncomfortable around things that aren't pleasing to Him.

Taken from One Year Devotions for Teens by Susie Shellenberger (Tyndale Publishers) Copyright 2002. Used with permission.

Genius Zoe

2008-11-13T17:36:00.002+08:00

Congratulations to Miss Zoe!

This wonderful creation of God has achieved outstanding results in her UPSR 2008.
She scored 7As.

Let us continue to pray for those having SPM and STPM!

2008-11-12T10:00:00.000+08:00

Hearing God in a Noisy World
This devotional was written by Jim Liebelt

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.—Romans 12:2

Some of my friends tease me about my so-called obsession with electronic gadgets. One of my favorite purchases of recent years was my noise-canceling headphones. I use them whenever I’m traveling by airplane. These headphones actually quiet much of the noise generated by the jet engines. The manufacturer suggests that noise cancellation reduces the stress and fatigue associated with air travel. The science behind the noise cancellation is that the headphones have microphones that monitor outside noise, then process those sound waves and generate into the headphones opposite sound waves, which cancel out the unwanted noise. It really, really works! When I use the headphones, and the jet noise is quieted, I am amazed how you can still very clearly hear the voice of someone speaking to you from the next seat.

This noise cancellation technology reminds me that in our relationship with Christ and our interaction with the Scriptures, we have a noise cancellation system. When we study and apply God’s Word to our lives; when we passionately pursue Jesus’ Lordship daily, the noise of the world is quieted and we can hear Him clearly. Sure, you still know the noise is out there, but the level of the roar is reduced. But, when we ignore these basic disciplines, the noise of the world increases and can become deafening – and our lives suffer because we no longer hear God’s word.

Jesus didn’t intend to remove us completely from the noise of the world with its temptations, hurts, injustices and evil. No, rather He intends to protect us in the midst of these dangers – effectively canceling the world’s noise – to a point where we can hear and respond to God’s Word and our lives can be lived joyfully and effectively for Him.

GOING DEEPER:

1. What “noise” from the world prevents you from growing in your relationship with God?
2. What actions can you take today to effectively cancel that noise and begin the process of growing in your relationship with God?

FURTHER READING:

John 17:15; Colossians 2:8; 2 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 3:15

A Little Bit of Heaven

2008-11-10T10:00:00.002+08:00

It was Sunday morning, and Pastor Smith had worked all week on his sermon about heaven. He delivered it with great articulation and power. The next morning he saw one of his wealthy church members in town. The man stopped him and said, “Pastor, that was a great sermon on heaven. I really enjoyed it! But you forgot one thing.”

“What's that?” Pastor Smith asked.

“You forgot to tell me where heaven is,” the man responded. “I've never been clear on that.”

“Ah,” Pastor Smith responded. “I'm glad you brought that to my attention. I've just returned from the home of Mrs. Elmore. You may know who she is. Her husband died several years ago, and she's trying to care for her two small children alone. She's very sick today, and both of her children are sick. She doesn't have anything in the house. No bread, no meat, no milk. I have an assignment for you: Buy a few groceries and take them to her in the name of Jesus. Then ask to borrow her Bible and read the Twenty-Third Psalm to her and her children. After you do that, get on your knees and pray for her and her children. If you don't see heaven before you're finished, I'll pay the bill for the groceries.”

The man stopped by the church office the next morning. “Pastor Smith, I saw heaven! There's no bill for you to pay. Thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction. I understand now.”

Every time we do something in Jesus name-going the second mile, giving in faith, sharing our resources with someone in need-we experience a little bit of heaven. Jesus told His disciples that anytime they offered a cup of cold water to a stranger, it was as if they were giving the water to their heavenly Father.

Have you experienced heaven on earth? Consider doing any of the following in striving to be the hands and feet of Jesus to those around you:

• Ask your pastor for the names of three older people in your congregation who have not been able to come to church in a while because of poor health. Call each one and ask to come sit and pray and read the Bible for them.

• Do something to earn a little extra money specifically for the purpose of giving it away. Baby-sit, wash cars, have a garage sale. And use all the of proceeds to buy groceries for a needy family.

• Make a list of five areas of need you'd love to see Jesus meet. Spend one week fasting one meal a day and praying for these needs.

Know It!
You don't need to wait until you die to experience heaven. God wants to help you experience a little bit of heaven right here on earth through your actions, your attitude and your commitment to Him.

Read It!
2 Corinthians 5:1; Philippians 3:20; Revelation 5:13; Revelation 19:1.

Pray It!
Ask God for the desire and strength to do one or all of the above examples for another person.

Taken from One Year Devotions for Teens by Susie Shellenberger (Tyndale Publishers) Copyright 2002.

and there was three :]

2008-11-09T21:29:00.002+08:00

correction. FOUR actually.

cell group was a very intimate time. what else could it be? there was only four of us. Stella Pang, Abigail, Yvonne and me(Nicole).

really missed the rest of you girls who didn't come. we're all praying for you people who are having a few more papers (for those sitting for their end-year exams) and for the SPM-ers, ESPEICALLY Janice :)

continue to pray and study study study :)

remember:
Trust in the Lord your God and lean not on you own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:5-6

JIAYOU!!
we all have faith in you that you can do it.

love.
ALL OF US.

Power Cream Puff Girls!

2008-10-19T15:43:00.006+08:00

Thank you to all the cell members who has made my birthday so memorable and FUN!
It has been long since i have been creamy-fied by my own friends!

Enjoy the crazy moments below.

The Ultimate Power Cream Puff!

Anyway, a BIG thank you once again to all of you for making arrangement for this celebration during cellgroup.

I am indeed very loved and encouraged by all of you.

May our cell group grow more and more in love and action.

I LOVE YOU PEEPS!

P/S: I must say that it was initially quite scary to be attacked by the ferocious members, esp. Joanne Chian who was very aggressive (haha) + Puiling + Eunice.
Oh, so i took revenge on the most vulnerable person whose hand was bz with the camera.. hehe - the poor camera girl Nic who was being attacked by ME, hehe...

And who is the mastermind behind the cream? - ABIGAIL ONG!! hahaha.. so unexpecting.

Anyway, somehow Janice remained untouched. hhmm.. so unfair. haha.
Zoe, Yvonne and Sarah are the more gentle attackers.
But i guess we had fun anyways yeah :)

cheers!

Its OVER!

2008-10-17T12:24:00.000+08:00

Congratulations to all the PMR-ians!

It is finally over right!

haha...
Do not fill your minds with worry about how well or how badly you have done.
Know that you have given your best effort and it is the attitude that the Lord looks at.

Remember, do not waste your precious time.
Continue to spend your time and talent wisely although your major exam is over.

Let us all continue to love God with all our heart and mind.

For all those who will be taking your final and SPM / STPM..
The cellgroup is behind you!
You are in our prayers.

Hugz

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STELLA PANG MEI SI!!!

2008-10-15T21:04:00.000+08:00

yeaps. indeed it is Stella's TWENTY SIXTH birthday.

so on behalf of our cell group, i would gladly take this opportunity to wish Stella a very happy birthday! hope this wonderful day will be an amazing day filled with happiness and surprises :)

i'm really sorry that your birthday happens to be in the middle of the week and NOT the weekend or else we would have definitely planned something for you. see! we do think of you. hehe.

anyway... to commemorate this special day, i shall post random stuff that you might OR might not know about Stella. muahaha.

1. she has a habit of rubbing her nose for no reason.
2. she's really weird. no kidding.
3. she's single and desperate.
4. she's as juvenile as her cell group members although she's kinda like wayyy older than them. take me for example, she's like 11 years away. hehe.
5. she loves people talking about random stuff. never figured out why.
6. she's actually a huge nerd.
7. she's a LADY BOSS :)
8. she's really patient though sometimes the people around her give her hell.
9. she's really thoughtful.
10. she just loves going round with her camera and snap!snap!snap!
11. she's a great friend.
12. she would actually make a cheerleader.
13. she's only living her childhood... NOW.
14. she can't wait to get married.
15. she can't wait to have kids.
16. she's obsessed with very muscular people. hehe, jk.
17. she's supposedly on this diet of some sort but i always see her eating regularly. heh.
18. her potato salad is to die for!
19. she enjoys talking and occasionally talks too much XD
20. she needs to learn self-discipline. (she said that herself)
21. she's sometimes a tad bit hyper.
22. she's a great sister to her two brothers.
23. she has a wonderful bond with her parents.
24. she's supposedly creative since she's in Creative Ministry. hehe.

... :]
can't actually think of anything else.
GIRLS!!! help me out here. feel free to add anything you can to describe Stella.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

again.

Exam Prayers

2008-10-08T18:42:00.004+08:00

To all who are facing your final and major exams, you are in our prayers.
We understand that you are going through some of the most challenging moments in your life.

And we also want to thank you for still attending church faithfully and participating in the GAP Foodfair although it is very near to your exam (esp. PMR-ians).

SO here is something i found, which i pray will be an encouragement to you and strengthen your faith during your exams.

God bless you.

Prayer Guide for Exams D Forster 2007 eBook - Upload a Document to Scribd

2008-10-01T12:16:00.000+08:00

Love is the Great Transformer
This devotional was written by Jim Burns

These three things remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.— 1 Corinthians 13:13

Paul wrote to his fellow Christians in Corinth, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" (1 Corinthians 2:9). There is no one in this world who can be in love with God and remain the same. Someone sent me a card that said,

LOVE is the Great Transformer…LOVE transforms:

Ambition into aspiration,

Greed into gratitude,

Selfishness into service,

Getting into giving,

Demands into dedication,

Loneliness into happiness.

Love transforms you into becoming a person with more of the qualities of Jesus Christ. Dedicate your life to love. Don't let our culture cheapen the meaning and transformation that takes place with agape love, God's highest form of love. When you seek the higher level of love you can rest assured that your life will never be the same.

GOING DEEPER:
1. According to 1 Corinthians 13:13 when all is said and done, what three things remain?

2. Why do you think love is described as the greatest? What area of your life could use some transformation through love? How has the love of God shaped your life in a more positive direction?

FURTHER READING:
Galatians 5:5,6, 1 Corinthians 16:14

Combined Cell Sandwich Day!

2008-09-28T23:31:00.010+08:00

Sandwich Day!

Our Cell was assigned to prepare tuna mayo filling, cucumber, lettuce and drinks.
You can see who is having a headache in the kitchen! haha..
Anyway, thanks for all the hard work & contribution in every way!

Thanks to Sin Loong's cell for their Shredded Chicken filling & Wen Jiuan cell's Eggy Filling :)

A No-Brainer Game: Nobody Can Play Sports as Well as The Cell Leaders

Event 1: High Jump (Tip toe - the tallest representive wins)
Event 2: Long Jump ( The player that jumps the furthest wins)
Event 3: Javelin ( The one who can draw the longest line using a pen with one finger wins)
Event 4: Swimming (Postponed)
Event 5: Short put (Postponed)
Event 6: Disc Throw (Postponed)
Event 7: Gymnastics (Postponed)
Event 8: Team Sports (Postponed)

Due to time constraint, we skipped to the 'Cheering Event' before we settled down for our yummy sandwiches!

Starting with the Cell Leaders Team.. Wen Jiuan & Abigail..
haha.. aww.. why so shy lah...

Followed by Team 4 who went back to time and performed for us the Humpty Dumpty dance!
How cute... hehe..

Then comes our Double-D 'Denise & Dorothy' performing If You're Happy & U Know in Soprano and Alto..
Trust me, it was madness.. Very entertaining tho.. haha..

Zoe & Charlene performed well too under the pressure of being the younger performers.. haha..
'Bananas of the world UNITE!!!'
CBC has thought you well. haha

We got a little lost here about what they were singing coz err.. they were mumbling? ha
i think its a Praise Dance thingy.. haha... but it was great fun watching them..
Amy & Sarah : Our PRO dancers :)

Anyway, Team 4 had the highest scores.
The members won. The leaders lost. hehe..

Alright, so it was another eventful day at our cell.
Let's continue to grow in unity, strength, power & love.

Do consider joining the Creative Ministry when registration is open.
I think you girls have great potential!
haha. really!

Just for Laugh

2008-09-21T16:30:00.003+08:00

I wonder what was Nicole thinking about when she did this risky stunt in the room.
:)

Tank Game

2008-09-21T15:56:00.008+08:00

The Tank Game

Each team preparing their Tanks to go into the field for battle.

Rules of the game:
1. Each team has 5 lives (can change 5 tanks)
2. Each Tank must be blindfolded
3. Tanks would follow instructions of their commandos (anyone from the base) and try to pick up balls to shoot another Tank from the other base.
4. Once the Tank is shot by the enemy, the team needs to send another Tank into the field.

* Tip: Try to move as much as possible, but not wander too far away from your base, or you cant hear your team mates well!

Tanks from Team One: Denise, Joanne
Tanks from Team Two: Charlene, Hannah, Eunice, Hwee Hwa, Tiffany

And the winner is:
The Team which sent the least Tanks out in the field :)

Hee!
More games ahead next week during our English Gals combined cell gathering!!

2008-09-16T20:56:00.003+08:00

Thank you for coming to cell group!
It was our greatest pleasure to be able to share 'pao', 'loh mai kai' and HL Milk (for some) together, under one roof in Room 6 of FGC :)

P/S: Don't tell Uncle Philip. Otherwise we will be banned from ROOM 6 forever! hehe..

Anyway, cell group was flowing freely last week.
With the current cell leader not in perfect condition and temporarily out of mind, the cell ran on its own with members speaking honestly and very honestly in what they think about BGR.

How far would you go? Should the girl make the first move?
hhmm.....

More of that when we meet for cell the coming Sat.

Come prepared for a fruitful discussion in hearing Gods voice + how do you know if HE is the ONE?

Its gonna be fun!

PLEASE DO NOT WEAR SKIRT THIS SAT ( 20th Sept 08).
Thank you.

See you girls soon!

P/S x 2 : Janice, Pui Ling, Vicky, Stella Low, Sarah... We MISSed you!

Fantastic 4

2008-09-08T22:19:00.005+08:00

Cell Group on 6th September 2008

TEENz was pretty quiet last Saturday coz most of the youths had extra classes and some had to prepare for a wedding in the evening and some had to prepare for exam.

So it was just Joanne, Pui Ling, Yvonne and me.
We had a good time catching up with Pui Ling coz she hasn't been able to come for quite awhile.
Please continue to pray for her so that she can come in the future.

Prayer Items for the week:
- Exams for everyone
- UPSR (Zoe)
- PMR & trials (Nic, Pui Ling)
- SPM (Jan)
- STPM (Abi)

See you girls soon!

p/s: Did i miss anyone else?

Cell Outing

2008-09-08T20:10:00.007+08:00

Hello people...

These are the pictures of our 'Cell Group Outing', which was supposed to involve the WHOLE cell group during the school holiday... but somehow, everyone seemed to have something on..

even after all the planning.. haha..

we did have quite some fun..
here are some of our decent pictures.. the camera was ban while we were in swimming suits.. hehe...

in the end, it was the fellowship of the cell leader n asst. leaders..

The Agenda:
7.30am Raining (cant swim)
8.00am Had Hong Kong Porridge with Abi
9.00am Waited for rain to stop
9.30am Dipping in the pool!
10.30am Out of pool
11.30am Watched Wall-e
1.30pm Lunch @ Food & Tea
2.30pm Zoomed to TEENz service

Janice after her lunch.. (she is gonna kill me)
*but isn't she soooo adorable?*

Abigail staring into space ~ after lunch..

wish you girls were there...
it would have been good bonding :)

We will organize another one and hopefully the rest can make it next time yeah!
God bless ya girls!!

2008-09-06T09:53:00.001+08:00

Grasp the Hour This

devotional was written by Jim Burns

Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. —Colossians 3:17

Life is a celebration. Don't postpone it. Grasp the hour! Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Here is a list of possibilities to make your day a brighter day.

Seek out a forgotten friend.

Write a love letter.

Share a treasure.

Encourage someone with a kind word.

Keep a promise.

Give to a needy cause.

Forgive an enemy.

Listen.

Apologize if you were wrong.

Try to understand.

Read your Bible.

Pray for your family.

Examine your demands on others.

Appreciate a friend.

Be kind, be gentle.

Laugh a little.

Laugh a little more.

Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth.*

GOING DEEPER:
1. According to Colossians 3:17 almost anything we do or say can be a way of giving thanks to God through Jesus Christ. Make a decision to "grasp the hour" and thank God today. Put a check next to two of the suggestions above and do them today.

2. You may have spoken words or done deeds in your life that don’t give thanks to God. Commit to making every word and deed today an opportunity to give God thanks.

FURTHER READING:
1 Corinthians 10:31, Ephesians 5:20, Psalm 34:1, 1 Peter 4:11*

Idea taken from Crossroads newsletter of the First Christian Church; June 11, 1978.

announcement!!

2008-08-06T20:38:00.002+08:00

Dear all,

Please bring a copy of your PICTURE this Sat (9 Aug).
We will need that to make a card for Angela as her birthday is on the 9th of August.

Sin Loong will design the card.
The rest of us will just write n stick our pic on it.

Secondly, please WEAR PANTS on 9th August for the multicultural night. We will be at the 'Indian Corner' @ Elim Pavillion.

Pass the message around.

Thank you!

random..

2008-08-06T19:52:00.005+08:00

some pictures for your viewing pleasure...

Some pictures taken some time ago.. with Stella Low stealing all the attention with her pinkish polka dotty hat :P

some members were absent tho..

Isnt it obvious that the cell leader has been attacked by a ferocious member? haha..
CAUGHT RED HANDED some more.. hehehhe
IM scarred for life!!

hehe...
peace at last!
yay!

* * *

will snap more pics in the future yeah.. make sure u all take more during multi cultural night.. haha...

Whats Your View?

2008-07-24T01:08:00.001+08:00

hi members..

i wonder if the spidey is making web at our site already..
i have to admit that i haven been here as often as i wish to, but our admin is still ever so faithful..
haha.. so HELLO to all who are reading.

seriously, i must admit somethin here.
something is definitely amiss in the cellgroup.
just feel that something is missing you know.
i myself would wish to enjoy more bonding with you girls and im sure you all feel the same way towards each other,but somehow..
it is just not happening.

i wanna open up this issue for a discussion.
you can leave ur valuable comments as from an Anonymous, some weird nickname or just ur blogger ID.. its fine with me.

how do you feel about our cellgroup currently? seriously...
and what activities would you like to do in cell group?
how do you want the cell to be like?

these are the questions that runs ard my mind.. and i guess they run in YOURS too..
so share your views and opinion openly ok.
you can just shoot... just don stumble anyone lah.. :)

comment soon yeah.
till then.
see ya girls!

2008-07-15T08:00:00.000+08:00

Becky’s Beliefs—Joy in the Pain
by Becky Marras

He was an honest man of great success. He had 10 children and thousands of livestock. He was good at his profession, giving glory only to God. In fact, the Bible calls him “the greatest man among all the people of the East” (Job 1:3). He was truly blessed by his Savior. Then, without warning, disaster struck. In an instant, he lost all his worldly possessions. His family, land, livestock and his good health were stripped from him.

This man’s name was Job, and his world was turned completely upside down. Have you ever felt like your world has been turned upside down? Have you ever felt like everything you held close was taken away?

I have. Over the past several years, my youth group has experienced many transitions. At one point, my youth group went through two youth pastors in two years. During all the change, I was really confused, and I didn’t understand why God was putting me through that storm. A lot of the people I trusted were gone.

Through the Storm
As I reflected on what Job went through, I realized that he could’ve easily cursed God and died. But Job adopted the attitude that God calls us to have in the midst of our hardships. In James 1:2-3, God instructs us to “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” God wants us to consider it PURE joy when we face trials of many kinds. He doesn’t want half-hearted joy. Instead, He wants pure joy. He wants us to express our joy in Him without holding anything back.

I certainly didn’t have pure joy when my youth pastors packed their bags. Instead of looking at how Christ was going to cause me to grow closer to Him, I moped around, sulking in self-pity. You may be thinking, How does someone fight off depression and find joy in the midst of a trial? We have to understand and realize that God’s in control of our every move. When Job was covered in leprous sores with nothing left to call his own, he still praised God! He trusted God even when he didn’t understand why He was being put through all that misery. And so he passed his test of faith.

My dear sisters, isn’t it comforting to know that He allows each trial in our lives? God does everything for His glory and our good, so you can have joy in the fact that the Creator of the universe is being glorified in your life! How awesome is that?

Sun Shines Through
As Christians, we know that God has a purpose. So what do we do during the trials? What do we do in the middle of the stormwhen we’re waiting for His purpose to be revealed? It isn’t the time to mope around in sweatpants, eating mint chocolate chip ice cream out of the carton. In the middle of the rough times, we need to be like Job! Job knew that his heavenly Father had a plan for him, and he glorified God as he waited.

I wasn’t patient as my youth group was falling apart. I wanted an immediate fix, and in my impatience, I was very crabby! As you wait, listen to the words of Isaiah 40:31 for encouragement: “But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

As I recognized that God is sovereign over everything that happens, I had peace. Like Job, I was able to rest, knowing my Savior would provide for my needs. My precious sisters, as you wait joyfully on the Lord, adopt the attitude of Job and praise Him through the pain.

Copyright © 2008 Focus on the Family. All rights reserved. International copyright secured.

2008-07-14T08:00:00.000+08:00

From Facebook to Faithbook
This devotional was written by Dan Johnson

Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, ‘Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?’ They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
—John 4:28-30

Do you have a Facebook page? It’s a well-known website that allows people to upload photos, biography and contact information to network with other people. Mark Zuckerberg founded this social utility site while attending Harvard in 2004. Website membership was initially limited to Harvard students, but continued to expand to other colleges. Now students and non-students around the world connect to each other daily. Facebook had over 70 million visits to its site in April of 2008.

I couldn’t help but notice how friendships are rekindled and created on social networking sites and wondered if Christ followers might not learn something from this. Technology relies on the same old human behaviors to succeed. But having faith requires divine intervention for us to understand our need for God, and being faithful isn’t always easy in the offline world. Our faith spreads the old-fashioned way, one person reaching out to one person at a time.

There are similarities between our online lives and our “real” ones. To make friends online, we have to reach out. It’s as simple as clicking a button and requesting that someone be our “friend.” When we make new friends online, we get exposed to their ideas about life, their likes and dislikes; we get to know them. What’s really amazing is that we get to view their other friends who are listed there.

The real question is who is on our “Friends” list? Does it include all kinds of people or just folks who look, act and talk like us? I’ve been wondering lately what Jesus’ Facebook page would look like. We read about how He talked to women in a culture where open social contact with the opposite sex wasn’t allowed. He hung out with leaders who became His followers. He called common people to greatness. There was diversity in His crowd of followers and then unity in mission.

Today is a great day to look down the street and reconnect with some local friends and neighbors. It may also be the time to search out a forgotten friend. There’s a whole world out there waiting to be invited as a friend.

GOING DEEPER:
1. Do an inventory of your friends. Are there some friends you need to reconnect with? Are there some new people you’d like to have over for dinner or talk to over a cup of coffee?

2. Instead of feeling anxiety or guilt about evangelism, is there a simple way you could reach out to someone and then see where God takes it from there?

FURTHER READING:
Matthew 9:37-38; Matthew 28:18-20

Christianity vs. Other Beliefs

2008-07-12T08:00:00.000+08:00

Actors Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Jenna Elfman have made Scientology a popular religious belief. Scinetologists believe that humans are spiritual beings and basically good. In simple terms, it’s a self-help set of religious beliefs.

They believe there are eight channels to achieving eternal life. They also believe your mind and body are separate from your spiritual side. Your mind keeps track of all your past lives — including good, bad, and problems you weren’t even aware you had. These memories are viewed as engrams — spiritual blockages. The people who can help you find and understand these memories are called auditors. They believe, once you’re rid of these blockages, you’ll be more fulfilled.

Jesus is seen as only one of many good teachers. Your main goal in life is to understand yourself and others and to make the world a nicer place to live. That’s why many Scientologists are involved in charitable organizations.

Christian Science is an entirely different religious belief than Scientology. It was founded by Mary Eddy in 1879 who claimed she was healed while reading Scripture. Actor Val Kilmer is a Christian Scientist. They believe that people can’t sin, Jesus wasn’t divine — nor was He God — and you become saved by believing sin doesn’t exist. God isn’t personal, but He’s present in all things. God is all, and all is God. Heaven and hell aren’t actual physical places; they’re only an aspect of one’s mental state. Christian Scientists don’t believe in seeking a physician’s help when ill.

The Unification Church (also known as the Moonies, because this group was founded by Sun Myung Moon), believe the Bible has some truth in it, but it’s not the Truth. The Divine Principle by Rev. Sun Myung Moon, is believed to be the absolute truth.

Moonies believe that people are physically and spiritually corrupt and are under Satan’s rule. So how does one become saved? Well, because Jesus didn’t marry before He died, He can only save man spiritually. But Rev. Moon, the Second Messiah, can save men physically. It’s this physical redemption that will bring about the kingdom of heaven on earth.

Moonies believe that Jesus failed His mission because He died before establishing the Kingdom of God on earth. Therefore, Rev. Moon is now seen as the Messiah by the Moonies and is the one who’s establishing God’s Kingdom on earth.

Rev. Moon is the one who decides who you can marry, and at one time he performed a wedding ceremony for 6,516 couples at once.

Know It!
It’s okay to know about other religions, but God wants you to be so grounded in His Truth — the Bible — that you’ll never be swayed to the false teachings found in other religions.

Read It!
Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18 ,21, 25, 31; Romans 3:10-23; Romans 5:12-21; Romans 6:23; Matthew 7:22-23.

Pray It!
Spend some time thanking Christ for being the only way to heaven and for making the plan of salvation a simple one.

Taken from One Year Devotions for Teens by Susie Shellenberger (Tyndale Publishers) Copyright 2002. Used with permission.

Inside Out or Outside In?

2008-07-11T08:00:00.000+08:00

Cindy Jackson (no relation to Michael) has quite a record of elective plastic surgery. She’s had 27 operations in nine years. Remember, this is elective plastic surgery. No, she wasn’t in an accident or born with any kind of disfigurement. She was born on a pig farm in Ohio and has had three full face lifts, thigh liposuction, two nose jobs, abdomen work, breast reduction and augmentation, jaw line surgery, knee work and permanent makeup. Cindy has spent approximately $100,000 changing her looks and trying to feel better about herself.

Erik Sprague has spent 450 hours getting tattooed, has pierced several parts of his body, and has placed himself on a strict diet of bugs and pizza. He’s also had his tongue surgically split to give a forked look and has had horned ridges implanted above his eyes.

His teeth have been filed into fangs, and his tattoos are green to give him the appearance of a lizard. He calls himself Lizard Man and slithers around the country performing a live stomach-pumping routine on himself at various side shows.

It’s obvious that Erik Sprague and Cindy Jackson are determined to change who they are by altering their outer appearance. Too bad they’ve never heard that real change comes from the inside. They’re assuming by altering their outer appearance, they’ll actually change themselves. But genuine change doesn’t happen outside in. It always occurs inside out.

Once you’ve experienced a change on the inside, it will eventually be reflected on the outside. There’s a legend about a popular clown named Grimaldi. Each night he bought laughter to hundreds of people who came to see his performances at the town circus. A physician had taken his family to see the show, and they were ecstatic. Their trip home was filled with laughter as they recalled what the clown had done on stage.

The next day, a stranger came to see the physician in his office. “Doctor, I need help,” the man said. “I’m falling apart inside. I can’t sleep, I have no reason to live, and I haven’t laughed in months.”

The physician quickly recommended the man attend that evening’s circus performance. “It will do you wonders!” he said. “In fact, I’m making that my prescription for you. Go to the circus and be entertained by the wonderful Grimaldi. He’ll make you forget your troubles as you laugh the night away.”

The man left the physician’s office even more devastated than when he entered . . . for you see, that man was Grimaldi!

Know It!
God dreams BIG dreams for you! He offers you a life of fulfillment, joy and peace. And a smaller nose, bigger muscles, tattoos, jokes, laughter or popularity won’t bring happiness. Allow Christ to transform your heart and your mind. Those around you will definitely notice the difference!

Read It!
Proverbs 14:13; Romans 12:1-2; Ephesians 3:20-21; Philippians 4:6-7.

Pray It!
Ask God to change you from the inside-out. Seek His help in refusing to believe the lie that your worth comes from outward appearance.

Taken from One Year Devotions for Teens by Susie Shellenberger (Tyndale Publishers) Copyright 2002. Used with permission.

Checked or Carry-On?

2008-07-10T08:00:00.000+08:00

Airport customs agents have recently seized some interesting “luggage” from passengers.

At Chicago O’Hare’s International Airport, an African passenger was detained because of what he had in his carry-on luggage: A monkey head and carcass on a stick.

In Malta, investigators stopped four men carrying the skins of 100 protected birds, including tooth eagles, eagle owls and kingfishers.

Officials at JFK in New York, found two freshly-cut calves’ heads in a tote bag from Italy. In a bag from Nigeria, they confiscated 18 inch-long Nigerian snails. From Costa Rica, arriving in a bag at JFK, officials nabbed 490 sea turtle eggs, eight turtle flippers and 30 pounds of smoked turtle meat.

In Melbourne, Australia, a man heading to Vienna was separated from his travel companions: 31 live Australian geckos, including 11 leaf-tail, 13 knob-tail and seven beaked. (Wildlife export can bring up to 10 years in jail and/or a $110,000 fine.)

At Heathrow Airport in England, more than five tons of booty were seized from freight containers holding “pomos” (cow’s nostrils), “smokies” (blow-torched morsels of unskinned goat) and bush rats that are often sold to specialty markets. Most of us have no problem seeing all of the above as unnecessary luggage.

But lots of people carry unnecessary luggage to places other than airports. Some of your friends carry baggage on their dates, to their part-time jobs and even to church. What about you?

Are you carrying some unnecessary baggage? If so, there’s good news! You can check it. That’s right. God wants you to check your baggage with Him. No fines. No prison sentence. He’s willing to take it so you can travel without being weighted down.

So how is your travel? In your walk with Christ, are you traveling freely and productively? Or are you hindered by baggage that’s slowing you down? The apostle Paul compares the Christian life to a race. You wouldn’t think of making your way to the starting block encumbered with ankle weights. If you wanted to win the race, you’d wear light shorts, light track shoes and a light-weight shirt.

Serious male swimmers shave their legs, because they don’t want to be slowed down even by a millisecond by the hair on their legs. A determined athlete does everything he can to eliminate anything that could prevent winning the competition.

What things are slowing you down and keeping you from becoming all God wants you to be? If you’re trying to run the Christian race with carry-on baggage, you’re not going to win.

Know It!
God wants your baggage. So go ahead—check it! Place it in His lap and experience victory as you run the course He has set for you.

Read It!
1 Corinthians 9:24-27; Galatians 5:7-9; Hebrews 12:1.

Pray It!
Ask God to reveal any baggage in your life that you’re holding onto. When He brings it to your mind, surrender it to Him.

Taken from One Year Devotions for Teens by Susie Shellenberger (Tyndale Publishers) Copyright 2002. Used with permission.

Is Your Baggage Labeled?

2008-07-09T08:00:00.000+08:00

Just as you’d never consider running a race while wearing an overcoat, or entering a swimming event wearing sweats, hopefully you won’t carry unnecessary baggage in your relationship with Christ. What kinds of luggage do Christians hold onto that effects their walk with Jesus?

Go through the following packing list and mark any items you may have in your baggage collection.

— Bundle of bitterness.
Someone hurt you, and you’re holding onto the hurt. It’s packed deep inside your heart, and it’s keeping you from experiencing the joy God wants you to have.

— Bag of anger. Something happened, and you’re so angry you can’t think straight. Instead of living out God’s love, you’re trapped within a cave of paralyzing anger.

— Box of jealousy.
Someone else has what you want. You’re feeling insecure and jealous. It’s preventing you from sharing laughter, smiles and happiness.

— Briefcase of inferiority.
You’re self-conscious about your weight, your face, your hair, your grades, etc. Instead of living with confidence, you’re battling self-esteem issues and have trouble believing you’re valuable.

— Bunches of unforgiveness.
Let it go. You’re right—it shouldn’t have happened, but it did. Dad left the family. Someone broke up with you. Rumors were spread. Whatever the situation, you feel rejected . . . and you’ve become spiritually crippled because you haven’t forgiven. Release it. (As in right now!)

— Batches of the past.
You blew it. Failed big time. You feel terrible about it and have never gotten over it. If only you’d never. . . but you did, and you’d give anything in the world to walk without this cloud over your life. Guess what! God will gladly trade you the sun for your cloud. And His Sonshine is brighter than any other sun in the galaxy. Know that He’s forgiven your past; He died for it. Accept His forgiveness and move on.

But I’m not sure what baggage I’m carrying. God knows. So instead of trying to read the labels yourself, ask Him to identify your baggage for you. And when He does? Thank Him. Seek His forgiveness. And get rid of your luggage by checking with Him forever!

Know It!
God wants you to experience spiritual victory—not spiritual depression. You can be victorious, and remain victorious, by refusing to carry baggage that gets in the way of your relationship with Him.

Read It!
Galatians 5:19-23; Colossians 3:1-5; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5; 2 Peter 1:2-11.

Pray It!
Ask God to remove anything in your life that’s slowing you down in becoming all He wants for you.

Taken from One Year Devotions for Teens by Susie Shellenberger (Tyndale Publishers) Copyright 2002. Used with permission.

2008-07-08T20:50:00.000+08:00

Getting Through Grief
fiction by Meredith Simons

I glanced at the clock as I hauled my suitcase out from under the bed. It was almost 5 p.m. In just a few minutes my cousin and best friend, Ami, would call. She called me every other day at exactly 5 p.m., and I called her on the other days at 5:06. It was an “Ami and Elizabeth thing” — just like us rooming together on the youth retreat every year, which was the event for which I was packing.

I loved youth retreats. Typically, I was painfully shy, but it was easy to make friends when there was someone like Ami to encourage me. And besides that, Ami was simply a ton of fun to be around. She was always laughing or making someone else laugh.

The phone rang, and I picked it up.

“Hey, Ami. You packed yet?”

“Packed? Are you kidding? We’re not leaving until 4:30 tomorrow. I’ve still got 24 hours.”

I rolled my eyes. “Why am I not surprised? Have you thought about what you’re wearing to the banquet on Saturday night?”

“No. What are you wearing?”

“I’m not sure. I was hoping you could give me some ideas.”

“How about your pajamas?”

I rolled my eyes again. Ami was certainly in a good mood. She was always in a good mood.

“Funny. Would the pink dress I wore to the Valentine’s dance or the glittery black one look better?”

“I don’t know. It doesn’t matter that much. Go with black. Hey, are you coming over after the retreat?”

“For what?”

“The all-night game night, remember?”

“Oh yeah. I still can’t believe you’re having that. No one’s gonna last.”

“Oh, you never know. Hey, guess what — Yikes! Elizabeth, I’ve gotta go. My stove’s on fire!”

Before I could say anything else she hung up.

On My Own
Friday afternoon I stood in the church parking lot. It was rainy and cold. Members of the youth group were huddled together near the spot where the buses were supposed to be. I rubbed my hands together and scanned the area for Ami’s dark ponytail swinging through the crowd. It was 4:45. She wasn’t normally this late. As soon as the buses arrived, we were leaving. Ami, hurry up, I thought. The last thing I wanted was to spend a cold, rainy weekend without my best friend.

My cell phone rang, and I grabbed it out of my purse.

“Hello?”

“Hey, it’s Mom. Ami just called. She can’t make it.”

“What?”

“After she called you yesterday, she started throwing up. She isn’t feeling well today. She said to tell you she’s sorry, she loves you, and they got the kitchen fire put out. It started when Brandon put some papers on the stove.”

“OK, thanks. Bye, Mom. See you Sunday.” I punched the “End” button on my phone and shoved it in my purse. Why did Ami have to get sick right before the retreat? We’d been looking forward to this for weeks.

I sighed. This weekend didn’t look like it was going to be much fun. I had no idea how bad it was going to get.

Unexpected Events
The bus pulled back into the church parking lot at 5 p.m. on Sunday. I’d dozed off and was nudged awake by Aria, the girl sitting next to me.

“We’re here,” she said. I mumbled something and grabbed my huge duffel bag. I was exhausted. The weekend had been cold and rainy, I’d missed Ami a lot, I’d hardly gotten any sleep, and I was in a terrible mood.

I went into the fellowship hall. Mom was standing there, holding her sunglasses and looking nervous. I was too cranky to care. “Hi, Mom.”

“Hi, Honey. Here, I’ll take your bag.” Mom reached out and took my bag from me. I was a little more alert now and didn’t remember ever hearing Mom’s voice sounding that anxious.

“Mom, are you OK?”

“Follow me,” she said. She turned, and I followed her to the car.

“Mom, what’s wrong?”

“Wait till we get to the car,” she said sharply.

Mom reached the car quickly, threw my bag in the trunk and got in the driver’s seat. I climbed in front. After we were out of the parking lot, she took a deep breath.

“Ami died last night.”

Sometimes the Truth Hurts
Shock washed over me in a wave of ice and fear. “What?!”

There were tears in Mom’s voice as she said, “Ami started feeling better yesterday. Last night she was driving home from eating dinner with a couple of friends when a truck ran a stop sign and hit her car. The driver was intoxicated. Ami’s car was crushed. She had three surgeries at the hospital, but it was too late. Aunt Becky and Uncle Rick decided to take her off life support this morning.”

My throat constricted as pain coursed through my body and into my heart. This is not happening, I told myself.

I stayed in bed that night, thoroughly exhausted, but unable to sleep or cry. Pictures of Ami and me together kept playing through my mind. I could see us at camp and at church. I remembered my last birthday, when we went to a hotel, swam, ordered room service for dinner and then went to breakfast the next morning in our pajamas. I was in physical pain as I remembered our last phone call — when she had to hang up because of the kitchen fire.

God, why did You let this happen? I thought angrily. You could have stopped this. You could have let Ami come out of surgery OK. You could have gotten the truck driver fired a month ago so that he wouldn’t have even been on the road last night. You could have let her not get sick on Friday so that she could’ve come to the retreat this weekend and she wouldn’t have been on the road! I flipped over on my side, my mind not at all eased by my angry accusations at God.

Elizabeth. I recognized that voice, but I was angry and in no mood to listen to it.

“Go away, God.”

Elizabeth, please listen to Me.

“Don’t you get it, God? I trusted You, and You let Ami die!”

Isaiah 55:9.

“God, I know Your thoughts are higher than my thoughts and all that, but this was just plain stupid! What was the point in letting Ami die? She was such a girl after Your heart. She could’ve been such a light for You!”

Elizabeth, I know you’re hurting. I can feel your pain. But you need to trust that I have a plan.

“Whatever. If You felt my pain, You wouldn’t have let her die. I trusted You to have a plan before this, and look what happened.”

Elizabeth, please, listen to Me.

“Just go away, God! I’m tired of listening to You and getting hurt.”

One Day at a Time
I stared straight at the pastor. I wouldn’t look at Ami’s casket. I wouldn’t look at the flowers. I didn’t want to look at, hear, touch or smell anything that reminded me that Ami was dead. I gritted my teeth and squeezed my eyes shut against the pain. This was not fair. This was not fair at all.

“No, this is not fair.” The pastor’s words startled me. I listened a little more carefully as he continued, “This is not fair at all. It’s not fair that such a beautiful young life was taken so soon. But God never promised us that life would be fair. He never promised us tomorrow. What He promised is His faithful love, support, comfort and hope. And that is a promise we must have faith in.”

I shook my head. The promise seemed unreal. Nothing could heal the pain I felt. Not even God.

I stared out the window as our car headed home. After the short graveside service we’d spent an hour with Aunt Becky and Uncle Rick. This is the worst day of my life, I thought. All I wanted was to lie down on my bed and sleep forever.

The pastor is right, I thought as I trudged into the house. This is so, so, so not fair. I stopped in the kitchen and stared at the clock, shaking my head and biting my lip. It was 4:58. Ami should be calling me in two minutes. I ran into my room and curled up on my bed, unable to do anything but cry. The tears flowed faster as the digital numbers switched to 4:59 and then 5:00.

I stared at the phone by my bed. There was no ring. There never would be again.

I lay under the covers, battling the unwelcome but familiar mix of miserable restlessness and exhaustion. I was more upset than I had been in the last week, and for the first time, I felt the true weight of what had happened come crashing down on me.

I’d lost my favorite cousin and very best friend. My heart ached with the pain of knowing I’d never see Ami again. I’d never felt so alone.

Elizabeth. This time I didn’t ignore the voice. I was in too much pain and too desperate for something to relieve it.

“I’m listening, God.”

Elizabeth, I can help you.

“I know.”

You’re going to have to let Me, though.

“I’m ready.”

It hurts Me when people die, because I know their deaths hurt My children. I’m sorry, Lizzie, but there are consequences for sin. The man who killed Ami was drunk. Someone sinned, and someone died.

“But why couldn’t it have been the drunk driver instead of Ami?”

Lizzie, it wasn’t a matter of someone having to die. It was a matter of sin and its natural consequence.

“I still don’t see why Ami had to die.”

You can’t know everything, Lizzie. But remember that I have a plan, even though you may not understand it. Something good can come out of Ami’s death. For you to really heal, you’re going to have to accept that Ami’s gone, and I’m in control.

I bit my lip. How could I let go of this pain? Then again, how could I not? I couldn’t let grief ruin my life.

“I think I can do that, too, Lord.”

Good. You have no idea how much I love you and how much I want to comfort you.

I sniffed. This was hard. But I could feel God’s arms wrap around me. Peace and comfort flowed through my body as I truly relaxed for the first time in days.

“I love You, God,” I whispered into the darkness. I could feel His response as He whispered back, I love you, too.

This article appeared in Brio magazine. Copyright © 2003 Meredith Simons. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Photo illustrations by John Keatley.

2008-07-04T08:00:00.000+08:00

Messy Lives
This devotional was written by Robin Dugall

“Turn to me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and in deep distress. My problems go from bad to worse. Oh, save me from them all. Feel my pain and see my trouble. Forgive all my sins…may integrity and honesty protect me, for I put my hope in you.”—Psalm 25:16-21

The other day, I woke up with a bad cold and an even worse mood. I don’t like having a cold. It makes me feel lethargic and it saps my initiative. Since I wasn't feeling too well, I laid around and watched one of my favorite musicals that just came out on DVD: The Phantom of the Opera. This operetta is deep, tragic and full of real life. I was talking with my wife after we watched the movie together, sharing with her the fact that movies or plays with unhappy endings are usually the ones we remember the most. I went through a whole laundry list of shows that we had seen together to prove my point. I noted Saving Private Ryan, Romeo and Juliet, Gladiator, The Patriot, Revenge of the Sith, and Braveheart (just to name a few). In every one of those movies, it is the same story of the reality and struggle of human existence. There is something about those types of artistic expressions that simply feels right.

Have you ever wondered why? It is because that is the way life is. Not every human story has a happy ending, what current culture wants us to believe. Our culture teaches that if you have the right system, laws, or technology, you can assure your own happy ending. Television and movies give us the impression that any and all human dilemmas are only 30 to 90 minutes from the happy ending they were meant to have. Many people have bought into the lie that happy endings are what every human being is entitled to live. Improvement, happiness, material blessings, easy living and progress are things God owes us. Unfortunately, this is the reason why much of modern culture is failing us: it is just NOT real. What is real is unpredictability...struggle and pain...brokenness and desperation...sometimes joy and sometimes weariness.

In a life of unpredictability, what can we count on? Jesus. As we journey through this life, Jesus is the only ONE upon whom we can surely bank. He and His Kingdom provide the only hope that can transform the shattered dreams and broken lives that accompany most of what we call “living.” Remember, Jesus understands what our lives are like. He could have spent his time on earth selling a new product that would have cured all of life’s problems, but He didn’t. Instead, he spent much of his time hanging out with people whose lives were complete messes – lives that look a lot like yours and mine. Why? He knew that what matters most wasn’t creating a happy ending in this life, but rather, the transformation of peoples’ souls in the midst of their struggles. Today, He’s still working that same plan. Now, that’s something I can buy into! How about you?

GOING DEEPER:
1. Are you sometimes discouraged that your life isn’t turning out exactly as you had planned?

2. What do you think Jesus would have to say to you today? Where does He bring you hope? How do you find encouragement and strength in the Lord?

FURTHER READING:
Psalm 23; Psalm 118; Isaiah 40:27-31; John 16:33

2008-07-03T08:00:00.000+08:00

Pray for Me
This devotional was written by Leslie Snyder

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence…For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name.—Ephesians 3: 12,14

The story is told of a mother who had been teaching her three-year-old daughter the Lord's Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime, the child would repeat after her the lines from the prayer. Finally, the little girl decided to go solo. The mother listened with pride as her daughter carefully enunciated each word, right up to the end of the prayer: "Lead us not into temptation," she prayed, "but deliver us some E-mail. Amen."

Have you ever wanted to pray for someone, but not known exactly what to say? The next time that happens, try this prayer, straight from Scripture.

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:16-19

There is nothing more powerful than prayer, and to pray Scripture for someone places him or her in the center of the Word of God. So, the next time you’re at a loss for words when someone asks you to pray, go straight to the Word. Let the Scriptures guide you in your prayers.

GOING DEEPER:
Pray for another today using the Scriptures as your guide. Make it your goal to memorize a few of the following.

FURTHER READING:
Ephesians 1:15-19, 3:20-21; Numbers 6:24-26; Philippians 1:3-6

2008-07-02T08:00:00.000+08:00

The Truth About the Teeter-Totter
This devotional was written by Kelly McFadden

"The Lord is my rock, my fortress and deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior…"—2 Samuel 22:2

One of the classic playground equipment pieces is the teeter-totter. Up and down, a child rides with a partner. Each of them pushes up into the sky. You could try to sit on it alone, but that would get you nowhere. So a child grabs a friend to ride with them, sometimes soaring high and other times hanging low.

There is one steady spot on the teeter-totter: the fulcrum. This pivot point does not move but remains stationary. This is just like life. Like the teeter-totter, there are high points and low points. Sometimes you soar high in the sky, laughing and enjoying everything around you. Other times there are lows, when the ride is less fun.

But, in all of life there is one thing that remains the same through the highs and the lows: The love of Jesus is our fulcrum, our balance. Whatever is happening in your life, there is a loving God who wants you to know that He is your rock. And take note in this: As you get closer to the fulcrum, the high’s become a little less high and the lows a little less low. When we are live our lives with Jesus as our center point – we balance – experiencing the realization that God knows us, loves us, and has a plan for us.

Even with Jesus as our fulcrum, we will still have both great days and bad days. But, there is a perspective change. How you view the world changes as you come closer and closer to knowing the saving love of Jesus, who is your rock, fortress and deliverer.

GOING DEEPER:
1. Think back to a time in your life where you felt things couldn’t get worse. How did God reveal Himself as your rock?

2. What are ways that you can change your perspective so that you can rely on Jesus, the rock, in the good and bad times?

FURTHER READING:
Psalm 18:1-4; Matthew 7:20-24; 1 Corinthians 10:4

2008-07-01T08:00:00.000+08:00

The God of the Impossible
This devotional was written by Leslie Snyder

For nothing is impossible with God.—Luke 1:37

In 1943, the French entomologist August Magnan argued that, according to the known laws of physics, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly. He stated,

“Virtually all insects flap their wings through a wide arc, about 165 degrees. Frequency generally varies with size: The larger the insect, the slower the wings beat. Mosquitoes, for example, beat their wings about 400 times per second, fruit flies about 200. Birds beat their wings much more slowly—about 50 times per second for hummingbirds. But bees, which are 80 times as large as fruit flies, flap their wings 230 times per second through an arc of about 90 degrees. And although most insects produce the majority of lift about halfway through the stroke, when the wing is moving fastest, bees get an equally large contribution at the beginning and end of the stroke from the rotation of the wing.”

Someone forgot to tell the bee there was a “flaw” in God’s design. But everyday, the impossible happens and bumblebees fly. In fact, impossible is one of God’s favorite words. Consider the following “impossible” events: Moses parts the Red Sea enabling the Israelites to cross on dry land, the sun stood still in the sky while Joshua fought his enemies, a virgin conceived and gave birth, five loaves and two fish fed over 5,000 people, Peter walked on water, Jesus rose from the dead, and bumblebees fly.

As part of our human condition, we constantly deal with issues of what is possible and what is not. But, we need to remember that we do not journey alone and that God is with us. And, for God, nothing is impossible. So, today, if you are facing something that seems overwhelming and impossible, keep in mind that, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him.” Miracles happen everyday and God is waiting to do the impossible in your life. Today, dare to believe in the impossible.

GOING DEEPER:
What situation are you facing today that seems most impossible to overcome? Trust that God is with you and ask Him to provide for you in ways that make the impossible possible.

FURTHER READING:
1 Corinthians 1:27-28, 2:9

2008-06-30T08:00:00.000+08:00

Like Honey for the Soul
This devotional was written by Kelly McFadden

“Kind words are like honey – sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.”—Proverbs 16:24

“Cancer” is just one of those words. It evokes different reactions in different people. For the most part, it is a scary word. No one ever hears cancer and thinks “Great News!” So what do you say to someone when you learn they have this disease (or any for that matter)? Do you say anything at all? It’s tough to know the right thing to do at these moments. But, sometimes when we decide not to say anything, we miss an opportunity to encourage someone.

My dad was recently diagnosed with cancer and it has been interesting to watch people do the dance of trying to decide if they should say anything…or what they should say! We all have been faced with this challenge. How do you let others know you are praying for them and thinking about them, without making them feel inundated with worry, concern and questions? Where is the balance? On one hand, we want them to know we car, and on the other hand, we know that they want to continue on as normal as possible without having to be constantly reminded of their sickness, or to be defined by it.

I love today’s proverb that addresses the concept of words. This verse tells us that kind words are like honey. Honey is smooth and sweet and good for you. If we consider the opposite, unkind (or bad words) are like daggers to the gut, slowly tearing our spirit and soul down.

When I am faced with a situation where I have an opportunity to encourage someone or let her know I am thinking about her (or him), I remember that one cannot go wrong with kind words. Yes, we need to think through timing and location, and the need to choose carefully what we say, but it’s unlikely that anyone will be angry with someone who has good intentions. Let me encourage you to take every opportunity to share with others words that are kind. They are like honey for the soul.

GOING DEEPER:
1. How do you feel when someone shares a kind word with you?
2. With whom can you share good words today?

FURTHER READING:
Proverbs 15:4; Romans 13:11; James 3:2

2008-06-29T12:13:00.000+08:00

If I Really Wanted to Make a Difference
This devotional was written by Leslie Snyder

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”—James 1: 22

A small book sits on an end table in our house entitled If I Really Wanted to Make a Difference… Each page finishes the sentence with ideas like, “I would say I’m sorry,” or “I would read to a child,” or other similar anecdotes. It’s a daily reminder that the simple things in life are what often make the biggest difference. One day, the cover caught my attention and I read it a little differently. That day, my eyes read the words with a period at the end. “If I really wanted to make a difference, I would.” The change this made in my own mind, though plain and simple, was deep.

James gives us a similar charge: “Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.” James 1:23-25

Typically, we all have daily opportunities to make a positive difference in the life of another person. We know what we ought to do, but we pass up opportunities right and left. Maybe we’re too busy or distracted by “more important things.” Perhaps inconvenience prevents us from acting. Really, there are uncounted excuses that can keep us from doing anything. But James was serious about conveying the importance of doing what is right. Later on in chapter 4, verse 17, he wrote very clearly, “Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.”

James is saying that inactivity can amount to sin. Ouch. If you are like me, so many times I’ve passed on the opportunity to do good and, in doing nothing, have sinned. That stings, doesn’t it?

Today can be different. Each of us can make a difference in the life of someone else. So, when you see the opportunity arise, seize it.

GOING DEEPER:
Today is a great day to start making a difference. What are some actions you can take today to impact of the lives of others you interact with?

FURTHER READING:
Matthew 22:36-39

Corinthian Mad Libs

2008-06-26T17:15:00.005+08:00

1. Name an animal. Dead Fish
2. Name another animal. Giraffe
3.Name a loud musical instrument. Air-con
4. Name a percussion instrument. Gorilla's chest
5. Name a talent you would like to have that you don't. Sucking finger
6. Name something that some people have lots of. Skin
7. Name your hardest subject in school. Learning to breathe
8. Name something very, very big. Nicole's ass
9. Name your most cherish possession. Joanne Chian
10. Name something that lasts a long time. Planet Mars
11. Name something else that lasts a long time. Eraser
12. Name something else that lasts a long time. Our hair
13. Name something a small child would do. Poo
14. Name something else a small child would do. Love me
15. Name something else a small child would do. Pee
16. Name something shiny. An old man's bolding head

1 Corinthians 13

I may be able to speak the language of (1) Dead fish and even of (2) Giraffe, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy (3) Air-con or a clanging (4) Gorilla's chest. I may have the gift of (5) Sucking finger; I may have all (6) Skin and understand (7) Learning to breathe; I may have all the faith to move (8) Nicole's ass - but if I have no love, I am nothing. I may even give away my (9) Joanne Chian; but if I have no love, this does me no good.

Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail. Love is eternal. These are (10) Planet Mars, but they are temporary; there are (11) Eraser, but they will cease; there is (12) Our hair, but it will pass away. These things are only partial; but love is perfect and will go on long after these things are gone.
When I was a child, my (13) Poo, (14) Love me and (15) Pee, were all those of a child; now I'm grown up I have no more use for these childish ways. What we see now is like a dim image in a (16) an old man's bolding head; then we shall see face-to-face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete - as complete as God's knowledge of me. Meanwhile, these three remain: faith, hope, and love: and the greatest of these is love!

Abigail - orange
Joanne - green
Eunice - red
Zoe - blue
PL - pink

Great People Dont Quit

2008-06-16T00:24:00.001+08:00

So don’t get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time. Galatians 6:9 (NLT)

There are many things that work to keep us from completing our life-missions.
Over the years, I’ve debated whether the worst enemy is procrastination or discouragement.
If Satan can’t get us to put off our life missions, then he’ll try to get us to quit altogether.

The apostle Paul teaches that we need to resist discouragement:
“So don’t get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up …” (Galatians 6:9 NLT).

Do you ever get tired of doing what’s right? I think we all do.
Sometimes it seems easier to do the wrong thing than the right thing.

When we’re discouraged, we become ineffective.
When we’re discouraged, we work against our own faith.

When I’m discouraged, I’m saying, “It can’t be done.”
That’s the exact opposite of saying, “I know God can do it because he said ….”

If you’re discouraged, don’t give up without a fight.
Nothing worthwhile ever happens without endurance and energy.

When an artist starts to create a sculpture, he has to keep chipping away.
He doesn’t hit the chisel with the hammer once,
and suddenly all the excess stone falls away revealing a beautiful masterpiece.
He keeps hitting it and hitting it, chipping away at the stone.

And that’s true of life, too: Nothing really worthwhile ever comes easy in life.
You keep hitting it and going after it, and little-by-little your life becomes a masterpiece of God’s grace.

The fact is, great people are really just ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination.
Great people don’t know how to quit

Magic Penny

2008-06-12T21:40:00.003+08:00

MAGIC PENNY
This devotional was written by Kelly McFadden

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Do you remember the song about the Magic Penny? Here are the first two verses to refresh your memory:

Love is something if you give it away,
Give it away, give it away.
Love is something if you give it away,
You end up having more.

It's just like a magic penny,
Hold it tight and you won't have any.
Lend it, spend it, and you'll have so many
They'll roll all over the floor. (Song written by Malvina Reynolds)

One way to give love away to others is by encouraging them. Since we are made in the image of God, we all possess some of God’s great qualities. So even if we are not always kind, or always honest, or always selfless, and so on, there are times when each of us displays those qualities (even if it is just for a moment!). When we encourage others, we have opportunity to move them closer to God’s design for them when we recognize God’s wonderful traits in that person.

Sometimes we don’t encourage others for a variety of reasons. Perhaps we are too busy and self-absorbed. Or, perhaps pride and jealousy keep us from affirming others, or maybe we are afraid of being misunderstood. When we withhold encouragement, we can actually become agents of discouragement to others. When we withhold encouragement, we withhold love.

Today, I challenge you to become an expert in encouragement. Here are three ways you can encourage someone.

1. Affirm Physical Traits (See Psalm 139 – for an example of affirming what God created).

2. Affirm Character Traits (like compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, honesty, integrity, etc.).

3. Serve Others (See Galatians 5:13).

When we encourage and show love, it is just like the magic penny. When we hold it close, we have none. When we give it away, it comes back tenfold.

GOING DEEPER:

1. Who in your life is in need of encouragement right now? How can you encourage them?

2. In your life, how does encouragement make you feel? What holds you back at times from encouraging others?

FURTHER READING:

Psalm 139; Colossians 3; Galatians 5:13-15

♥N :]

this Saturday :]

2008-06-11T20:35:00.003+08:00

ok. i think i'll explain a little bit on what i think is happening this Sat.

we're having this potbless as a celebration on how our lives have been changed since after camp.

oh. a potbless just means that the food stuff and all is brought by everyone. means to say that everyone is kinda expected to bring something to comtribute. it could be anything for example food, drinks, snacks or whatever. you could even bring balloons and party hats. LOL.

that's about it. and the theme is GREEN.
so please remember.

whoever it is, please again remind everyone to come this Sat cos i realised that most of our cell members don't regularly attend Teenz. but then if they can't come due to tuition or whatever, then i guess that would be alright :]

see ya!!!

miss miss misss

2008-06-10T00:50:00.000+08:00

anyway.

i miss u all very much.
ha.

so i cant wait to see u all.
its a good feeling tho.

see ya!

good.

2008-06-10T00:29:00.003+08:00

hi girls.
thank you for taking the initiative to plan for a celebration this coming sat and also having a Green theme!

i totally love the idea of it.
thats what i call initiative!
we are on the right track!

anyway, i had a good time at the Waterfall.
it was very relaxing (but tiring) and am preaching gospel to my client.
so im bringing her to Praise Dance @ Leisure Mall on Saturday.. haha..
i feel kinda weird, but i suppose it is all for His Kingdom yeah.

i discovered alot more white hair!!!
urgh..

ps: i love the colour of the blog now.
i just gotta repeat myself.
nice!

oooh

2008-06-09T21:50:00.001+08:00

www.briomag.com
(it's under Focus On The Family)

something for you girls to check out. stumbled across this site about last year. it's not that bad. has a lot of good reading then also it's something to feed you spiritually :]

enjoy.

♥N :]

another week gone by...

2008-06-09T16:27:00.001+08:00

yes. we ALL missed Miss Stella Pang Mei Si.

cell group was pretty okay. and we planned for our CELEBRATION next week.
don't know whether it's still on.

if yes... Miss Pang, could please sms or call everyone or somehow notify everyone that we're having a CELEBRATION and it's a pot bless thingie so everyone's got to bring something.

oh yes. before i forget, the theme for our CELEBRATION is GREEN!!!
means to say that you ~~guys~~ girls have to come in something GREEN. any shade of GREEN will do. doesn't necessarily mean that you've got to wear something GREEN. maybe your hairband is GREEN. maybe your fingernails are GREEN. maybe your shoes are GREEN. maybe your shoelaces are GREEN. maybe your socks are GREEN. you could even paint your face GREEN :]

yesh!
man, i'm so loving the theme. thanks to the rest who agreed on it.

♥N :]

SATURDAY!!! PARTY DAY!!!

2008-06-07T00:35:00.003+08:00

Gals..

believe me..in another 12 hours and 20 minutes..we're going to have a lot of fun during CG..stella not around to scold us..hehe..like what Nic says.. we are going to PARTY!!!yay!!!

can't wait man!!see you girls later..rest well now..nights.. :)

Jan

post no.20 :)

2008-06-06T23:22:00.006+08:00

i am really really happy. we started this only on the 4th of June, but then this is really great.

i wanna thank you ~~guys~~ girls for contributing to this blog. if not, i think we would only be at like... post no.5.

kidding la. really appreciate you all taking time to blog here. i hope you all use this as an outlet to express how you feel about cell group, your spiritual like and all.
don't worry. whatever you put up here is for us to improve our cell. (sounds like some company ad. LOL.) not only that. it's cos we all want to hear your thoughts and how you feel about cell group. rememeber, not all of us are perfect, so there are some things we can definitely work on.

fine. the main reason we actually thought and did start this blog is because we feel that since now everyone comes online pretty frequently, this is a good place where all our members can express themselves freely and not worry about what others think. and also from personal experience, it's easier to say stuff somewhere else other than face to face.

ok.
i think i'm monopolising this blog. i shall let the other 16 members have their say in this and also post their thoughts and feelings and whatever here.

♥N :]

sorry gals !!

2008-06-06T23:22:00.005+08:00

SORRY gals..i think i'm a useless leader..i don't think i'm helping you girls with anything..i always very kiasu to talk to you girls when you girls have problems..because i don't dare and i don't know how..most important is i can't even settle my own problems..so i don't always talk to you girls..please forgive me..

my mum always scold me "what kind of leader are you??why stella ask you to become a leader when you can't even take care of your own problems??how can you encourage your CG members??"all this question really make me think a lot..until today i still can't get the answer for all this questions..

Stella!!i feel like giving up my leadership..i'm not helping and encouraging anyone at all..i'm useless to the CG..i don't know what i can give to the CG..i really don't..i feel that i'm very useless to my family as well..always giving more and more problems to them..i really don't know what to do anymore..

p.s don't bother about me..please give me time to think..i need time..
TO ALL CG MEMBERS.. TOMORROW WEAR CAMP SHIRT!! Abi suggested..

SORRY!!!
Jan :(

tomorrow is SATURDAY!!!

2008-06-06T23:02:00.002+08:00

ooh. really looking forward to see you lovely people. prepare yourselves for tomorrow alright? don't let the devil eat into you and poison your mind with all sorts of nonsense. cheer up!

Stella Pang Mei Si won't be around tomorrow. we'll PARTY!!!

haha. stel, don't worry la. we will try NOT to burn down Room 6 :]

♥

forgiven

2008-06-06T00:21:00.002+08:00

nic..i didn't wrote the EMO-ness because you put the background black..i just feel like writing it because most of you are EMO..

and there's something going on with our CG member..the one CRAPPED with you..i think you should talk to her..

anyway.. i don't quite like this new layout..like very plain..but it's up to you all..discuss during cell la..i'm fine with anything.. :)

let's put all the colour that our CG members loved and combine it..ok??i think that will be a good blog then..

let's pray for every single one of our CG members..ok??everyone needs pray support..and some of us are breaking down slowly..i'll tell you who nic..

p.s thanks nic for the short sharing..it will help others..

Jan

(:

2008-06-06T00:02:00.003+08:00

Hello gals!
Im finally here(: Hope i didn't missed out anything here,
Rajin not me? Terus come checkout our blog after our lovely ♥JAN told me about this bloggie[=

Not much to say,
JUST WANNA SAY I MISSED ALL OF YOU VERYVERY MUCHH!
& continue doing our TAWG daily! Buckup all(=!
See you gals soon[=

LOVELOADS♥
PL♥

SORRY :(

2008-06-05T23:30:00.000+08:00

sorry i shuffled the colours AGAIN. i think we need to finalise the colours so that it won't always be different.

ok. i shall reason it out with you all so PLEASE feel free to comment and also feel free to suggest or even change the colours.

1. i'm trying to find the colours so that they complement each other. cos the previous set of colours i chose kinda clashed so yeah.
2. i changed the main background to white instead of black cos it started to feel a lil gloomy and maybe that's why Jan was inspired to write about emo-ness.

that's about it la.

oh yeah. one reminder...
girls, when you post, PLEASE try your very best to spell propperly. LOL. i'm not saying this cos i have something against you ~~guys~~ girls, but then someone mentioned that the short forms and stuff is kinda hard to understand. thanks yeah.

ok. this is post no.16 already :)

BROKENNESS

2008-06-05T22:56:00.003+08:00

this is something i would like to share with you girls. i get this daily devotional thingie online. this was something i received some time back but the title caught my eye. so i hope you guys willed be blessed by this :]

BROKENNESS
This devotional was written by Jim Burns

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.—Matthew 5:3

We have to see our brokenness as a sign of strength, not of weakness. When a person is truly broken of ego and can look at personal issues with a healthy perspective, he or she is ready to become the transitional generation from one of dysfunction to one of health.

A man e-mailed me after hearing me talk about this idea of brokenness on my radio program. He wrote, “Life in my family is miserable. I grew up in a horribly dysfunctional home, and now I realize I have imitating my family. When my mom got desperate to get our attention, she yelled. No I find myself doing the same thing with my kids and my wife. I took your advice and went to a counselor. After two sessions, I can honestly say I feel like I am on the way to a better relationship with my kids and my wife. The counselor asked me to look at my own hurts and deal with them before I tried to fix my family’s problems.”

This man’s life may not necessarily get easier immediately. In fact, it may get harder. Sometimes before freedom comes pain. But by facing his brokenness, he has a chance to bring a brighter future to his family. Someone once said, “If you aren’t growing, you’re dying.” The most genuine, authentic people are those who admit their struggles and seek God’s unfailing love and forgiveness.

If you’ve yet to face your brokenness head-on, take the time to get the help you need to make a difference in your life and in your family.

The first three steps in the twelve-step program for recovering addicts apply to everyone. Here is my personal paraphrase of those three steps:

1. I can’t do it on my own. I am broken.
2. Christ can and will help me as I call upon Him.
3. I must relinquish my will to the will of God.

By acknowledging these truths, we will be on our way to facing our brokenness and onto the pathway to recovery and health.

GOING DEEPER:
1. What areas of your life do you struggle to face your brokenness?
2. What steps are you willing to make today to deal with these areas?

FURTHER READING:
Hebrews 12:1, 2 Corinthians 5:17

this devotional is more family based. but you can imply it in your own life. love you girls!!!

this is just awesome :]

2008-06-05T22:44:00.003+08:00

haha. i'm glad to see that there is so much GOOD feedback. it's really nice to see how our members will benefit from this. this is also a good way to keep everyone updated of what's happening and all.

i was kinda shocked when i show the blog just minutes ago. i thought i was at the wrong blog cos of the colour change. paiseh. but Jan, hey! you did a great job with the colours. it's you right? if not, thanks to whoever who did it. but i changed the words to a more pastel blue as it's easier on the eyes cos after a while, a bit mata sakit la.

anyway, hope that everyone is ready for cell group this Saturday. it's going to be a little weird without Stella and with the whole big bunch of them, but i guess Jan and Abi will manage somehow :]

cheer up girls!
we're always here :)

Emotions :)

2008-06-05T20:37:00.002+08:00

to those gals in our CG who is always EMO..i have something to tell you all..

sometimes you feel EMO is because of what??your life??your BGR??your everything??let me tell you something..most of you will say that "there is something going on which somehow make me feel EMO"..well..i might not know what is it..but i think all of us (CG members) doesn't want to see that on your face..

as a child of God..you shouldn't keep all this EMOTIONS in you..this way will not make you any happier..i've experience this and it's hurts to keep it to yourselve..i suggest that you will find someone that you can trust to talk about this..i'm saying this not because i want to know what's going on in your life..i feel very hurt to see you suffering like that..

some of you might say "i feel EMO but don't know what's the cause of it"..well..this feel should be in you..because DEVIL always find ways to control our lifes to destroy it..and when you're EMO..that's the biggest chance to let him work..so whenever you feel that..you should pray about it and not keep it in you..

i've experience this many many times..it really doesn't make your day bright..so to all my CG members who's always very EMO..think about what i said and pray about it..we all (CG Leaders) hope to see you all grow and be happy..let's tell God all our difficulties..He is the only ONE that can heal us..

p.s.i'm telling this so is not because i want to know all your problems..i just want you to tell and just release all this things to God..

LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH!!! :)

Jan

OMG!!..

2008-06-05T20:20:00.005+08:00

hey yea!!...

yay!... i cn cme here like one maniac...n blog...ahahah...lolx!!.thx to JAN n NIC!!..
I luv u guys(i mean...gals..)..hhaha..xp....lame man..haha lolx... neway...super hapy our cell grew.. n God...work in each n everyone of us in His way...none of us was left out rite!! durin the camp??...hmmm?....happpie happie..!!..hahaha...lolx...neway..i hope to noe mre of u freshmens?..hahah lolx... promise u guys.. tht all of u wont b left out...hahah.

=)..

spcecial...thx..
NIC!...
=THX 4 HELPIN ME N PRAYIN 4 ME..!!I LUV U...,<3i reli needed smone..to talk to me through=)

JAN....
....=hehe...luv ya..thx 4 acceptin it..( u noe wad i mean)

STELL...
=thx 4 bein there..n always bein there to listen n help me through...since the begening i step into teenz..=)..heeeeeee

I love you!..=)..

euniqe

Testimonies!!

2008-06-05T20:20:00.003+08:00

Dear all,

There will be a testimony session @ Teenz this coming sat (7th June).
For those of u who wanna share with the rest of the youths what God did for you, speak to you, how He touched you, you are most welcome to glorify His name with your sharing.

Please sms me if you are keen to share ok.
Nothing to be shy about.
All glory to Him right :)

See you girls.

Stella

My fingernails !!

2008-06-05T16:44:00.002+08:00

nic..sorry to disappoint you..i change my fingernails colour..i change to a lighter colour due to having tuition tomorrow in Omega..worried later kena scolding..anyway..i'll show you on saturday la..you'll be surprise that i put this colour..i think you can roughly guess too.. :)

Joanne!!this is not consider fast lo..nic's blog is even faster..she can update her blog anytime.. :) as for me.. i don't have any blog myself..so i write here lo.. :) oh ya..GOOD LUCK cleaning up your room??shouldn't be that difficult la..

see everyone of you this saturday..take cara.. :)

JAN :)

nothing to do :(

2008-06-05T13:49:00.003+08:00

thanks stella for all the pics..it's very nice..try to put all the pics la..ok??then every one can grab from there if they don't have facebook..

anyway..nic!!i didn't act cool in the pic ok??i don't even know stella took that..hehe..but all the pics are very nice..i like the one Abi and i carried you up when stella take a pic of us..haha..you like pricess le (pricessin the pool)..hehe..

everyone please don't be EMO..i know we're going back to school again..don't be sad..it's what we should do in this life..we must work hard to have a better and more relaxing future..just remember this life is just a trial for everyone..we got a better life in HEAVEN!!yay!!i can't wait to go there..hehe..

so lets do our best and be good..any problem can share here.. :)

jan

p.s. prepare yourself for this saturday..it's going to be fun.. :)

camp pics :]

2008-06-05T10:53:00.004+08:00

Sarah, Belicia and Yvonne at the pool

our beloved chefs: Wei Cheng and Wei Ting and of course, Stella Pang Mei Si

Nicole, Janice, Abigail and Zoe at the pool.

Stella Low :) showing of her bling. and also the only one who has a self-portrait. LOL.

Victoria, Pui Ling, Joanne, Stella and Eunice at the lobby before we went up the bus. going back already but they're still all smiles :)

oh well. wanted to put some of the candid shots up but kinda difficult cos Blogger only allows a maximum amount of photos. sorry girls!
i'm sooo sorry cos we don't have individual pics of Steffi and Esther.

overall, the camp was pretty good. i'm soooo glad to see that not only a few, but all of us were touched by God. it was really great to see how each one of the girls grew spiritually. i hope that they'll keep it up and continue to meditate on God's Word and remember to do your TAWG. also a reminder to myself. haha.

i'm really proud to be in this awesome cell group :]

more pics here.

the funny+hungry+creative gals :)

2008-06-05T10:13:00.002+08:00

US :)

just before we left the campsite. oh, how we miss camp :(

YAY!

2008-06-05T00:21:00.001+08:00

Stella wanted it to be colourful, so be it.

haha. played around with the colours. hope it's alright now. i don't really know. after staring at the screen for so long, my eyes are kinda tired.

well... but it's all for YOU GUYS!!!

have fun, ladies!

p.s. camp pics will be up soon :]

Missed!!

2008-06-04T23:44:00.002+08:00

we had too much fun during the camp..and i missed it very much..after camp feel very bored..nothing to do..like staying jail..but can't wait to see you guys on saturday..haha..it's going to be fun this saturday..

if you guys have any problem..you may leave a message here and we'll sure pray for any one of you..we must also pray for everyone of our CG members everyday..pray for them in anyway you want..lets get closer to each other as we share our P&C here..

anyway..we'll be having a bornfire this saturday..i think our dear leader STELLA PANG MEI SI already sms everyone of you..if you have anything you want to ask can just contact me or Abi or Stella..you should know our PRIVATE NUMBER right??we'll be happy to help..

see you guys on Teenz on saturday..LOVE ALL OF YOU..

JC aka Janice Chin.. :)

Our Members

2008-06-04T23:15:00.009+08:00

hello hello..

greetings from ur dear cell leader.. STELLA PANG!!!

thanks to Nic n Jan for doing up a blog specially for our 'Fungreative Gals' cell blog..

my pleasure to be with you all during the camp.. so looking forward to whats coming up next!

hopefully everyone will come here n express themselves u know.

and we can hear each other here..

all members.. do drop by often ok!!

anyway... this is US.. haha..

(from top left)
Sporty Eunice, Sweet Victoria, Glamour Joanne, Witty Nicole, Kind Abigail, Helpful Janice, Chef 1 Wei Cheng, Soft Spoken Belicia, Sincere Yvonne

(2nd row from left)
Cute Pui Ling, Chef2 Wei Ting, Honest Sara, Explosive Zoe, Crazy Stella Low, Graceful Steffie

(Bottom)
none other than Lovely Stella Pang :)

Ooh la la...
haven't shown u pics of wad we had during camp..
we can really eat i tell ya..

whole bag of food:-
dozens of cup noodles, sandwich maker, nutella, peanut butter jam, tuna, cheese, bags of titbits, biscuits, chocolates, secret recipe cakes, lemons, cooling drinks, yoghurt drink and much much more..

[:

2008-06-04T23:05:00.002+08:00

hello![:

I LOVE EVERY MEMBER FROM MY CELLGROUP.
evendoe i'm new. [:

JC aka joanne

after 23:59

2008-06-04T22:52:00.002+08:00

i'm glad the girls got a lot from camp. i'm really happy that so many of them got so much from God.

i pray that God will continue to shower us with His love. i also pray that none of us will forget that God has set us free and that no one is meant for condemnation.

i've got a lot more to tell you girls. but then again, you lovely people are always in my prayers :]

love you guys LOADS!!!

nic.

HEY!!!!

2008-06-04T22:12:00.000+08:00

haha. it's our FIRST post :]

if you find the URL funny, blame Stella Pang Mei Si :]

more stuff to come.