teammmmm

teamTeamTEAM...

Do you know that the word 'together' appeared 419 times in the bible! 

God sure does have a lot to say about teamwork...

Lets rise up to be God's dream team! (:

Love.Connect.Growth! <3

go bye monday blues!

Had a GREAT day yesterday! (:

Though it was quite a crappy morning cos Prof postponed our presentation till next week meaning we chionged on Sunday night for nothing.... The rest of the day was pretty awesome!

You know when school really sucks the life out of you... It is always so great to see church people in school! Met shuyi, bong and weili for lunch... While walking down a slope.. I saw daniel! and then i was walking out of school... I saw kel, glenn and yilun's computer! hahaha so cool... Love been able to see church people in school! God is good! 

After that, went over to Cathay to meet Jamie! haha it was awesome (: Shes really someone with loads of buzz and warmth overflowing out of her! So much to work together with her and learn! Garrett and Maryse came along after that... We really crapped alot together.. hahaha 

Went down to Yishun after that to meet E2... hahaha it was really good fellowship man! Did everything together... Played some finger number game... Laughed alot... Got entertained by Jeremy Chan alot and Yongkok has a tempora

ry christian name --- JEREMIAH! hahah cool right? 

The girls of E2 :)

Also, we caught a movie with Sam, Shermaine, Fedora, Weijie, Nick, Xing, Bernard after that... Oh man.. The legend of Chun Li is really quite bad... Was too tired and just decided to get some sleep and forego the movie.. hahaha.... too tired...

So that was my exciting monday! (: 

Trying to stay awake and alive in financial accounting class... ZzzzZzzzzzz....

10 things that happened the last few weeks..

1. Pastors and Rinnah left for Gold Coast (but they are coming back today!! :D)

2. I got my driving license and drove darren's vios to blk 85

3. Was impacted by what Charleston shared during pastoral meeting... Sometimes we just gotta put our hands through the plough and God will move... 

4. Sister got attached and she plans to marry her boyfriend (!!)

5. Dreamt of dad last week.. the dream was soo real man..

6. Sam became my driving instructor to prepare me for driving test the following day... Stayed over my house and sent me to driving school early in the morning.. Thank God for great friends!

7. Ate the best bar chow meeee :D

8. Went to the gym with Kesia, Peckhoon, Jolie, Xinyi... haha great great time!

9. Had tons tons tons of project work this week.... It was crazy!

10. Looking forward to Saturday! I miss Pastor how's preaching.. ahhh

okay... Im just being quite lazy to write in prose form.. So here you go! (:

Victory Over Adversity 

Alice Smith

"Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us" (Rom. 8:37)

Once there was a farmer whose old mule accidentally fell into the farmer's dry well. The farmer heard the mule braying (or whatever mules do when they fall into dry wells). After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule but decided that neither the mule nor the dry well was worth saving.

Instead, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.

At first the mule was hysterical. But as the farmer and his neighbors continued to shovel the dirt into the well, a thought struck the mule. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel of dirt landed on his back he should shake it off and step up! This he did, blow after blow.

"Shake it off and step up ... shake it off and step up ... shake it off and step up," he repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows or distressing the situation, the old mule fought off his panic and just kept right on shaking off the dirt and stepping up.

You're probably ahead of the story by now. It wasn't long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of the well. What was intended to bury him had actually buoyed him—all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity!

All of us are going to face life's hardships. When we do, we can either cave in or we can climb out. We can either submit to anxiety—which is to call into question the integrity of our God—or we can face our problems positively and refuse to give in to panic, worry or self-pity. Life's adversities, rather than burying us, will actually serve to benefit us!

Within the burden you now carry lies the seeds to your kingdom destiny. The greater the burden, the greater is the potential for your kingdom purpose to be fulfilled.

I know it's hard to face the painful situation you are in without seeing yourself bruised and buried. However, if you are willing to step over the pain and step up to new levels of victory, then you are on your way to the fulfillment of your destiny in Christ. It is in carrying your burdens that you will find your destiny.

If you never press into the throne of God in prayer to address your greatest pain, then you will live an unfulfilled life. Sadly, many Christians are running from their burdens. God, however, is not asking us to run from them but to shake them off and step up each time the blows of life come. He's asking us to wrestle victory out of defeat and to allow the problems of life to become our stepping-stones rather than stumbling blocks.

The apostle Paul was certainly troubled with bad days. He once said, "When we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears" (2 Cor. 7:5). Wow! Paul was familiar with life's problems. This godly man was troubled and fearful. In fact, at one point it seemed that all of Asia had turned against Paul. He wrote, "the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved" (2 Cor. 12:15).

To be sure, our troubles and burdens are nothing compared to what Paul endured. But Paul never gave in to his feelings of despair and temptations. He expressed his pain but pressed on beyond it. In his most difficult time he testified, "I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation" (2 Cor. 7:4). And he continued by saying, "God ... comforts the downcast" (v. 6). Perhaps one reason that Paul was speaking was to exhort himself to do the right thing.

Although your burdens may seem at times as if they will bury you, they could forge the path for your greatest victory. Your adversity is your opportunity to shake it off and step up. As you do, you will eventually step out of the grave of despair just like the old mule did. And better still, you will step into the realization of your kingdom destiny.