My beloved U2!
Please, for the love of God, do watch this video
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ee73e63418003b47d7d5
At the start this video may make little sense, ypu might even think it's a dance....but no it's a christian skit with very christian themes and values that speak to all of our hearts and lives.
Just be patient at the start...the themes explored are really brought to life thru this skit, so i dunt really have to spoil the show by telling you here.
Just watch it...it made even a man like me close to tears...
I was just thinking this skit can be replicated by some of us at Youth camp or youth service, that would really be great...i'm sure the themes would resonate especially strongly among the youth..maybe Kate can choreograph since that's her area of talent haha =) Kate you can even consider such a career path!
This Godtube seems interesting also...like a christian version of youtube...i guess the internet isn't intrinsically evil, it really just depends on how we use it, and if we use it to praise God, Amen.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
i heart fondue fellowship!
hello peeps!
i hope we all had a great time of fondue fellowship at pam's house yesterday night. though it was really a late night out, i felt quite fulfilled when i laid on my bed last night..relationally and stomach-wise :) thank God and ariel and pam for such an imprompteu time together. i'm sure through that we realised that chit is not one-of-a-kind! we missed having john and kate around though! another such time soon... cheese fondue next round? (heheh, evil wink at ariel)
i have something exciting to share also (some smu peeps already know) - God is really answering our prayers and orchestrating something in our campus! i remember that in my 2 years at smu, i wasn't really meeting christians (i met some, but they drink and club) and i was really asking God, there must be more than this! so was really praying about this before i started school and im sure many others were praying for this too... so, as i told u all, in my 1st week of school, i met christians who went on mission trip in summer, taking theology degrees and another one who has a prayer group in smu too. on the monday that just passed, we smu peeps had our campus prayer group. after that, the guys left while i was in the room, killing time. 2 people knocked on the door and introduced themselves as campus crusade members... they were walking by when they were amazed by the sound of people praying and worshipping God.
it was really shockingly exciting! cos they are planning to gather all the christian groups in smu for a corporate dinner plus prayer for our campus and see something come out of it! indeed, no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no mind can know what God has in store... i really thank God for this! it got me even more excited for this semester...and i cant wait to see and be part of what God is gonna do! do pray along together with me...
i'm sure God wants to do the same, or even greater things in NUS and NYC as well! amen?
let's be vessels that God can use to change our community :)
i hope we all had a great time of fondue fellowship at pam's house yesterday night. though it was really a late night out, i felt quite fulfilled when i laid on my bed last night..relationally and stomach-wise :) thank God and ariel and pam for such an imprompteu time together. i'm sure through that we realised that chit is not one-of-a-kind! we missed having john and kate around though! another such time soon... cheese fondue next round? (heheh, evil wink at ariel)
i have something exciting to share also (some smu peeps already know) - God is really answering our prayers and orchestrating something in our campus! i remember that in my 2 years at smu, i wasn't really meeting christians (i met some, but they drink and club) and i was really asking God, there must be more than this! so was really praying about this before i started school and im sure many others were praying for this too... so, as i told u all, in my 1st week of school, i met christians who went on mission trip in summer, taking theology degrees and another one who has a prayer group in smu too. on the monday that just passed, we smu peeps had our campus prayer group. after that, the guys left while i was in the room, killing time. 2 people knocked on the door and introduced themselves as campus crusade members... they were walking by when they were amazed by the sound of people praying and worshipping God.
it was really shockingly exciting! cos they are planning to gather all the christian groups in smu for a corporate dinner plus prayer for our campus and see something come out of it! indeed, no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no mind can know what God has in store... i really thank God for this! it got me even more excited for this semester...and i cant wait to see and be part of what God is gonna do! do pray along together with me...
i'm sure God wants to do the same, or even greater things in NUS and NYC as well! amen?
let's be vessels that God can use to change our community :)
Thursday, August 23, 2007
20 minutes of togetherness
Harlow there U2!
Thankew & thank God so much for the 20 mins of webcam cell time given to me! I'm not sure why but i was cut off after 20 mins, prob due to low batt or bad connection, but all in His plan i guess!
In that precious 20 mins, ive been thankful to be able to share in Proverbs 29:18. Indeed when there is no divine vision, man shall perish and life may seem meaningless. These past few days i've been a little lost as i go through the 1st few days of school and am constantly juggling and worried about modules.
Perhaps the reason why i feel lost is because there is no divine vision, that i did not pray hard for it to actualise in my life. At the end of yesternite, i did pray hard that i can just lay it all down at the cross, to cast my burdens upon Him. Let the Lord work through the administartion here and give me the modules that will build me up for the Lord and prepare me for loving the world and doing His work in the future.
I really enjoyed that 1st song "Heaven on the inside of me". Very thankful that someone had posted it up on youtube, enabling me to listen and groove to it for some time even asfter i got disconnected and still being hopeful God will reconnect me haha.
I'm looking forward to hearing more from you guys and the next cell! Hopefully God will bless us more and remove the devil's obstacles next time!
In Jesus' name we pray
Thankew & thank God so much for the 20 mins of webcam cell time given to me! I'm not sure why but i was cut off after 20 mins, prob due to low batt or bad connection, but all in His plan i guess!
In that precious 20 mins, ive been thankful to be able to share in Proverbs 29:18. Indeed when there is no divine vision, man shall perish and life may seem meaningless. These past few days i've been a little lost as i go through the 1st few days of school and am constantly juggling and worried about modules.
Perhaps the reason why i feel lost is because there is no divine vision, that i did not pray hard for it to actualise in my life. At the end of yesternite, i did pray hard that i can just lay it all down at the cross, to cast my burdens upon Him. Let the Lord work through the administartion here and give me the modules that will build me up for the Lord and prepare me for loving the world and doing His work in the future.
I really enjoyed that 1st song "Heaven on the inside of me". Very thankful that someone had posted it up on youtube, enabling me to listen and groove to it for some time even asfter i got disconnected and still being hopeful God will reconnect me haha.
I'm looking forward to hearing more from you guys and the next cell! Hopefully God will bless us more and remove the devil's obstacles next time!
In Jesus' name we pray
Contact your cell-mate John!
My brothers and sisters in Christ,
I just noticed my msn on the contact list has an error. It should be laoyingge@hotmail.com instead of johnhuang85@hotmail.com But i still love the cute contact list haha! =)
You could email me at firefox_john@yahoo.com.sg Thats my private email, for special people like U2!
And my cute address here is :
HUANG ZHIXIANG JOHN
COBB RESIDENCE HALL
110 COUNTRY CLUB RD, ROOM 366
CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514
No more reasons not to reach out to me! hahaha
Peace be with you,
John
I just noticed my msn on the contact list has an error. It should be laoyingge@hotmail.com instead of johnhuang85@hotmail.com But i still love the cute contact list haha! =)
You could email me at firefox_john@yahoo.com.sg Thats my private email, for special people like U2!
And my cute address here is :
HUANG ZHIXIANG JOHN
COBB RESIDENCE HALL
110 COUNTRY CLUB RD, ROOM 366
CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514
No more reasons not to reach out to me! hahaha
Peace be with you,
John
First webcam-televised Cell!
Just a shout-out there to U2! I will try to sleep early tonight so that i can wake up on time to join you guys for cell from 7.30-9pm (Singapore time) !
I've got lessons from 9.30-10.45 so i can't stay longer than 9!
Looking forward to Cell, Praise the Lord!
I've got lessons from 9.30-10.45 so i can't stay longer than 9!
Looking forward to Cell, Praise the Lord!
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Facing the Giants
went for Yuen Mun's YWAM(youth with a mission) graduation last thursday and the message shared by Rev James Chan who is the director of YWAM Singapore spoke to me.As I heard him exhort the graduates from April's intake,it acted as a catalyst for the goals that I had for this coming semester and it motivated me to act on them.
I know that as I go through the next 8 weeks, that it would not be just balancing both camp and school but the evidence of character development through the effective usage of time especially during the past 6 weeks which consisted of connecting with people, which would enable all my necessary doings for this semester.
He shared of the battle that David dared to undertake in facing Goliath and of Nehemiah where even those who are not called to a full time ministry can be bold to face the giants and defeat them.These giants may include those that we need to take on such as negative mindsets to the Gospel on behalf of others,by being that bridge for them to know God.
John Wesley states that when you set youself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.Its a choice that is centred on running with God rather than waiting for others to carry you through the storms of life. .If John C.Maxwell's maxim is that everything rises and falls on leadership,and the word everything just like all, means everything,then my doing which comes from my being close to God must have that clear purpose of his leading me to fulfill all that he wants me to do and not succumb to the urge of the giants' call for a comfortable but "second best" life.
I know that as I go through the next 8 weeks, that it would not be just balancing both camp and school but the evidence of character development through the effective usage of time especially during the past 6 weeks which consisted of connecting with people, which would enable all my necessary doings for this semester.
He shared of the battle that David dared to undertake in facing Goliath and of Nehemiah where even those who are not called to a full time ministry can be bold to face the giants and defeat them.These giants may include those that we need to take on such as negative mindsets to the Gospel on behalf of others,by being that bridge for them to know God.
John Wesley states that when you set youself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.Its a choice that is centred on running with God rather than waiting for others to carry you through the storms of life. .If John C.Maxwell's maxim is that everything rises and falls on leadership,and the word everything just like all, means everything,then my doing which comes from my being close to God must have that clear purpose of his leading me to fulfill all that he wants me to do and not succumb to the urge of the giants' call for a comfortable but "second best" life.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Light of the world
hello john! it's great to see your post as i arose this morning and prepare myself for my first day @ school, and i'm really encouraged to see you soaking in the Lord's presence...indeed the Lord is so powerfully personal no matter where He has placed us. can see you are adjusting quite well over there? continue to be faithful in the small things in Your walk with the Lord and im sure He's preparing you for the mission He has for you over there!
today also marks the day that our cell group are all finally back in school (since the smu peeps start sch today!) as i spend time with the Lord, reflecting, i felt chided by the Lord in terms of how i've been living my christian walk as led more by the flesh than the Spirit, hanging onto my rights in life... and it just dawned upon me that as much as we are children of God, we are also called to be slaves of the Lord and behold, a slave doesn't hold onto his/her own rights. i'm amazed by how Paul says "i discipline my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified" (1Cor9:27). i guess it's also a call to me and to us that we must decrease and Christ must increase in our lives and in all that we do.
only then can we really be the light of the world. "the gods of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ" (2Cor4:4). we are the light through which many in our campuses can see the Lord, so let's not allow it to remain hidden under the basket of fears, inadequacies, sin or busyness...but to arise shine for the light has come! in order that the light of the Lord can pierce through the darkness, we surely must decrease amen?
not that i have attained it, but as i post this, i'm challenging myself n learning to walk in His ways too... post more, mates! :)
today also marks the day that our cell group are all finally back in school (since the smu peeps start sch today!) as i spend time with the Lord, reflecting, i felt chided by the Lord in terms of how i've been living my christian walk as led more by the flesh than the Spirit, hanging onto my rights in life... and it just dawned upon me that as much as we are children of God, we are also called to be slaves of the Lord and behold, a slave doesn't hold onto his/her own rights. i'm amazed by how Paul says "i discipline my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified" (1Cor9:27). i guess it's also a call to me and to us that we must decrease and Christ must increase in our lives and in all that we do.
only then can we really be the light of the world. "the gods of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ" (2Cor4:4). we are the light through which many in our campuses can see the Lord, so let's not allow it to remain hidden under the basket of fears, inadequacies, sin or busyness...but to arise shine for the light has come! in order that the light of the Lord can pierce through the darkness, we surely must decrease amen?
not that i have attained it, but as i post this, i'm challenging myself n learning to walk in His ways too... post more, mates! :)
Light of the Lord
So I'm having quiet time now, modeled a little after our Cell sessions, so yeah righ tnow i'm in the phase of Praise & Worship.
Yeah you guys may find it weird why i'm blogging(something so modern-ugly & plebeian) while i'm in my 'Quiet time', well i dunno just as i was so engrossed in P&W, i was so filled with joy and power at the Lord's presence in me, so strongly that i just wanted to share the moment with my beloved cell.
Right now the Hillsong-King of Majesty is powering up my P&W, courtesy of Ah Boon & i thank God for Hillsong! I'm just moving along with the Spirit so strong wihthin me as i enter into worship and prepare myself for the Lord, and only for the Lord. Indeed He is worth of praise, only He is worthy of praise.
Attached is a picture taken from where i'm sitting and typing off, it's probably my default position cos this is where i will do most of my work, reading, facing the window.
This window was especiallly significant this morning. My roomate has like an opposite bodyclock from mine so he like sleeps off the great American morning and early afternoon. Being nice and accomodating i leave the room in dark till he wakes, but yet the power and the light of the Lord is so strong it conquers all darkness. Hopefully you can see from the photo how the strong light of the Lord is still shining in & pervading the darkness.
Only the Light of the Lord allows us to perceive what is darkness. Only the grace and sacrifice of the Cross allows us to perceive our dark and sinful nature. I'm just so empowered and encouraged that the Lord of the light trimphs all darkness, shining into my room despite all my human attempts to keep the room dark.
I was just moving & waving along to the Spirit, reaching out to the Light and giving praise to it, feeling connected, and i guessed if my room-mate awoke and saw me doing that he will think i'm mad. ANd yes indeed I amm mad for Christ! Hallelujah!
On this Sabbath morning (US time) i just want to share how this simple experience is applicable in our lives. No matter how sinful we are, no matter how much we try to hide from or suppress our sinful natures, only the mighty Light of the Lord shall justify us.
Sometimes we are ashamed, guilty or in denial of the Lord, however this loving God is always chasing after us like a relentless suitor, never giving up despite our rejection of His glory, His Kingdom, His Law. Indeed by this comfortable knowledge I am ever-ready to stop, turn back, repent & belive in the Good News.
And by His grace i am forgiven, I am shameless and blameless, for all was taken up in the Cross and all have died with Him on it, and all have risen as He conquered death. Amen.
Our Lord is a Lord of Life, not of Death. A Lord of Life who had conquered Death. The World is at your feet O Lord. Praise God Hallelujah!
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Kuishinbo Pictures!
Harlow there U2!
Well before i start to post stuff about my new phase of life in NC, US, i thought i should post up some photos we took at Kuishinbo restaurant, well just in case you guys forget my hansome face haha!
Awrite enough buey3 hiao2 bai4 from me, i just thought the pictures came out nice and this was an easier way to share them! Enjoy!
And for those who weren't there in person, i know u were there in spirit. And after looking and hearing about some of the foood there, you would want to be there in full body.
But remember, even all these yummy food will still make us hungry after awhile, remember to eat of the Bread of Life that gives eternal life and satisfaction.
Cheers!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Entering into God's new season for our lives
U2 stands for University 2 where it is made up of students from Singapore Management University and the National University of Singapore.We believe that the love of God will empower our lives to love many others in our campuses too.
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