2011 was a very TOUGH year for me. Few realise it but God knows.
At the end of 2010 or beginning of 2011, I had informed my then CPU leader, FF in an email that I would probably be away a few Friday nights for work. I had already anticipated the busyness of training a new staff, doing back-to-back audit engagements, going for regional meetings/conferences and also being involved in regional audits overseas.
JAN
Attended a few prayer meetings at LSBC which were in preparation for the new thing.
Went KL for Regional IA Conference & Teammate training. 3 days.
2 audits completed.
FEB
2 days in Bangkok for Regional ICP Conference.
Another 2 audits completed.
MAR
5 day mission trip to Timor-Leste
Completed 2 audits, 1 special FTS certification.
Joined in Regional audit of RHC Actuarial (in Spore)
Last 2 weeks of March were busy, busy in office and also busy preparing for start of peak period for integrated ICP & IA from April - Sept 2011. But in 2011, peak started in March 2011 for me!
APR
Peak period continued from end-March. Whole month at SGX. Another 2 audits completed + Part of ICP Premium Cycle testing.
Participated in Run350 (10km) with Timothy Chan.
MAY
3 audits completed. Completion of 2 Premium Cycles testing.
Participated in PAssion Run (12km) and Sundown (21km).
JUNE
Completed 2 audits despite 1 week leave.
Attended Church camp in KL
JUL
Completed 2 audits + 3 Reinsurance Cycles ICP testing.
AUG
Completed 2 audits.
Participated in Vietnam Reinsurance audit in Hanoi.
Attended mGRC Task force meeting in Bangkok (2 days)
SEP
Urgent leave. Poh Poh suddenly passed away 1 month before her 102nd b'day.
Missed company D&D although costume rented. Missed SAFRA Bay Run (10km)
Completed 1 audit, Finance Cycle & Residual IT controls testing.
Peak period officially over and managed to confirm completin of 11 Cycle testing by 30 Sep 2011 by only God's grace.
OCT
Flew back home together with 1 week leave.
Completed systems and Information Security audit
NOV
Finished 2 audits and supervised/reviewed 1 audit.
Participated in Regional Branch audit of Hong Kong's Macau Branch.
1st time to Macau and bungee from Macau Tower. highest bungee at 322m. Also visited The Venetian and tasted some nice portugese food
Ran the north-East Run (14km) less than 8 hours after return from Hong Kong close to midnight. Tiredness and fatigue saw me finishing in bottom 10% >.<
Prepared annual risk assessment and 2012 annual plan.
DEC
Took part in SCMS (21km). Route was horrible with massive jams on Sentosa Island and I lost my race bib at the crowded water point after exiting Sentosa Island.
Family holidays in Taiwan.
Completed another audit and finished retesting for multiple cycles deficiencies.
Completed 1 Year YouVersion Chronological Reading Plan and the Life Application Study Bible daily devotion on YouVersion. HS did tell me my feeling of relief in completion means I have not enjoyed and invested more time in completing the reading and more often than not, I had usually read it to completed the reading schedule than read to absorb His truth for my soul. ("Ouch! The truth hurts!")
Honestly, I am relieved the year 2012 is over.
There were days when I stare at the mirror in my office toilet and see nothing, blank. There were times I rushed and felt my blood pressure exploding as I rushed for exit meeting or some meeting or deadline.There was a night or two I was in the office at night and felt like crying.
2011 was for me the busiest and most stressful year in my working life. No question about it. My 2011 Audit Plan is the busiest in the Asia region considering there were only 2 auditors in Singapore and I had 21 audits and 11 ICP Cycles - literally auditing 2 companies in 1 year and I completed 99% of my plan with one postponed because CEO was hospitalised and could not be audited/interviewed.
Many nights I thank God for his strength, wisdom, answered prayer, guidance, favour, provision for without which, I can never come through with audit planning, fieldwork, reviewing work papers, drafting reports, discussions, meetings, emails after emails, reports after reports.
There is hope expressed by some of my bosses (including directors) than I won't have to work so hard or so late in 2012. They given me another staff and she's coming in Jan 2012 although with only 2 years experience in PwC and need to train her in IA and Insurance Operations. Next year's Plan is also 'lighter' with only 15 audits planned and less integrated audits (internal audits + ICP testing in 5 days of fieldwork) + headcount of 3.
Spiritual wise, I will start the year with no cell group. Not being convinced that the Journey Planner will work and besides, every year you set spiritual goals and 5 years down the road, it becomes irrelevant or impossible or a yoke around the neck. If DJ Cell is another name for a CG cell or CPU, then why have the whole SDC thing? If this is to make LSBC another name (we are known by some as the CP Church), then becoming famous leading to future manuals or books and seminars on Simple Discipleship Church is I think more flesh than spirit. We already have CP Handbook and did many rounds of CP Conferences. So, I guess, in future, we'll see LSBC being the leader for SDC. Should we be concerned? I've written my concerns via emails to church pastor, sounded out to some leaders and members and also emailed my Senior Pastor (SP). SP promised a response after the DJ team has considered my feedback but there is none thus far. Nevertheless, if I feel marginalised for not being part of a DJ cell, I will leave LSBC in 2012. Senior Pastor keep saying that won't be the case, but we'll see how as actions speak louder than words. I wonder if I should attend tomorrow's 1 Jan 2012 SDC launch which will focus on SDC - so if you're not in SDC Cell, then how? In all things, my Jehovah shall be my Source and Shield.
So, 2012 will be an interesting year work-wise and spiritual and church-wise.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Writing your kid a letter as he prepares to leave the nest
"THE FACTS OF THE MATTER"
"A weekly letter of encouragement to business and professional men and women"
Ever feel like writing your kid a letter as he prepares to leave the nest? Here’s one I recently gave a young buck:
Dear Bill,
Wow, eighteen years old and the whole world and most of your life before you! What a time to live! What extraordinary opportunities and challenges await you! We live in a very needy world. Imagine the difference you can make in it? Life is too short to be lived in a small way. Grab the brass ring and go for it 110%.
Think about the wonderful home God placed you in! And the first rate education you have been privileged to receive up to this point. I am reminded of Jesus’ statement, “…From the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” (Lk. 12:48) With privilege comes increased responsibility.
Bill, I would like you to consider four concepts:
Intimacy: Christ wants to know you, and you to know Him. Deeply. Personally. But this won’t happen on the back stroke. Regular time with Him in his word and prayer is a matter of spiritual life and death. Make it your intention to travel with a company of strong disciples of Christ. Make the pursuit of Him your number one priority, and you will be astounded at the quality of life He will give back to you. Paul laid it out in saying, “…All the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant—dog dung. I've dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ.” (Phil. 3:8 – Msg.)
Commitment: Half baked commitment to God – or anything is a dead end street, and a loser’s game. It is God’s intention to enlist you in making a difference in the lives of people for His Glory and Kingdom. So give it your best shot. Here is how Jesus put it: “If anyone wants to follow in my footsteps, he must give up all right to himself, carry his cross every day and keep close behind me. For the man who wants to save his life will lose it, but the man who loses his life for my sake will find it. For what is the use of a man gaining the whole world if he loses or forfeits his own soul.” (Lk. 9:23-25 - Philips Translation)
Accountability: Have a blast with this thing we call life. Push out the walls and live it to the fullest. Just keep in mind Solomon’s caution: “You who are young, make the most of your youth. Relish your youthful vigor. Follow the impulses of your heart. If something looks good to you, pursue it. But know also that not just anything goes; You have to answer to God for every last bit of it.” (Ecc. 11:9 – Msg)
Responsibility: Bill, we live in a hurting and confused world. Our country is in crisis both economically and spiritually. By any measure, we as a nation are in decline. Most of the rest of the world is in desperate straits. You and I have the solution: The Gospel of Christ. Whatever profession you choose, from driving truck to running a company, use it as a platform for helping people discover Christ, to feed the poor, to bring hope and solutions to a suffering world. “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” (1 Jn. 3:16-18)
As a young man I chose to seriously follow Christ. After 57 years I can tell you it has been an extraordinary experience, worth every second of it! Join me in the adventure!
This week may you experience His grace, peace and protection!
R. Dwight Hill
"A weekly letter of encouragement to business and professional men and women"
Ever feel like writing your kid a letter as he prepares to leave the nest? Here’s one I recently gave a young buck:
Dear Bill,
Wow, eighteen years old and the whole world and most of your life before you! What a time to live! What extraordinary opportunities and challenges await you! We live in a very needy world. Imagine the difference you can make in it? Life is too short to be lived in a small way. Grab the brass ring and go for it 110%.
Think about the wonderful home God placed you in! And the first rate education you have been privileged to receive up to this point. I am reminded of Jesus’ statement, “…From the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” (Lk. 12:48) With privilege comes increased responsibility.
Bill, I would like you to consider four concepts:
Intimacy: Christ wants to know you, and you to know Him. Deeply. Personally. But this won’t happen on the back stroke. Regular time with Him in his word and prayer is a matter of spiritual life and death. Make it your intention to travel with a company of strong disciples of Christ. Make the pursuit of Him your number one priority, and you will be astounded at the quality of life He will give back to you. Paul laid it out in saying, “…All the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant—dog dung. I've dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ.” (Phil. 3:8 – Msg.)
Commitment: Half baked commitment to God – or anything is a dead end street, and a loser’s game. It is God’s intention to enlist you in making a difference in the lives of people for His Glory and Kingdom. So give it your best shot. Here is how Jesus put it: “If anyone wants to follow in my footsteps, he must give up all right to himself, carry his cross every day and keep close behind me. For the man who wants to save his life will lose it, but the man who loses his life for my sake will find it. For what is the use of a man gaining the whole world if he loses or forfeits his own soul.” (Lk. 9:23-25 - Philips Translation)
Accountability: Have a blast with this thing we call life. Push out the walls and live it to the fullest. Just keep in mind Solomon’s caution: “You who are young, make the most of your youth. Relish your youthful vigor. Follow the impulses of your heart. If something looks good to you, pursue it. But know also that not just anything goes; You have to answer to God for every last bit of it.” (Ecc. 11:9 – Msg)
Responsibility: Bill, we live in a hurting and confused world. Our country is in crisis both economically and spiritually. By any measure, we as a nation are in decline. Most of the rest of the world is in desperate straits. You and I have the solution: The Gospel of Christ. Whatever profession you choose, from driving truck to running a company, use it as a platform for helping people discover Christ, to feed the poor, to bring hope and solutions to a suffering world. “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” (1 Jn. 3:16-18)
As a young man I chose to seriously follow Christ. After 57 years I can tell you it has been an extraordinary experience, worth every second of it! Join me in the adventure!
This week may you experience His grace, peace and protection!
R. Dwight Hill
Friday, January 7, 2011
How can I avoid being discouraged about my spiritual growth?
Angie Ward
posted 1/04/2011
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to spiritual formation.
Each person has a completely different story, personality, and lifestyle. Therefore, it's important for us to develop our own plan for spiritual growth, instead of just trying the same program or method as everyone else with the expected guarantee of success.
When I visit a personal trainer at the gym, she doesn't give me a pre-designed, standard exercise plan; she observes my strengths, weaknesses, and lifestyle, and develops a customized workout plan based on that information. The ultimate goal is total body fitness; however, there are hundreds of baby steps that contribute to meeting that goal. She would never expect me to start by running five miles or setting the weight machine at the heaviest setting. Instead, she encourages manageable activities that show fairly quick results, creating a natural hunger for more.
In the same way, as Christians we should focus on the next step instead of focusing on how far we have to go until we reach the "ideal." Following are some manageable yet effective ideas for the most basic elements of spiritual formation.
Community: This is more than the typical church grapevine or casual associations. We need deep friendships that include personal accountability, but this can take so many forms. Some do best in a structured small group or Bible study; others, like me, feel safer initially yet ultimately very challenged in a less structured setting. At a previous church, I started golfing regularly with a group of women. It didn't take long before we were sharing the depths of our hearts at the same time we were improving our handicaps. Community can never be forced. Whether it's a shared meal or a shared interest, look to capitalize on natural connections.
Bible reading: There is absolutely no substitute for personal time spent reading the Bible, even if it's just several verses a day. We need to know that God speaks to us personally, not just through our pastor, Bible study leader, radio preacher, or favorite author. Rely on the Holy Spirit to illumine your reading of God's Word.
Prayer: Many Christians struggle to carve large chunks of time out of a schedule that is often dictated by others' needs: work, household, children, spouse, friends, etc. Yet all Christ-followers need to quiet their soul on a regular basis, so they can hear God speak and can talk to him, as well. Therefore, take advantage of even the smallest quiet moments. That may be in the stillness of the morning or evening, in the car at a red light, or even (perhaps often!) in the bathroom.
As with diet and exercise, in your spiritual life you can't rely on the big event or program to take the place of regular discipline. Learn to recognize and maximize your own unique situation to foster lasting life change.
Angie Ward is a leader of leaders with more than 15 years of leadership development experience in a variety of ministry settings. She is the founder of Forward Leadership and is a contributing editor for Leadership Journal.
posted 1/04/2011
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to spiritual formation.
Each person has a completely different story, personality, and lifestyle. Therefore, it's important for us to develop our own plan for spiritual growth, instead of just trying the same program or method as everyone else with the expected guarantee of success.
When I visit a personal trainer at the gym, she doesn't give me a pre-designed, standard exercise plan; she observes my strengths, weaknesses, and lifestyle, and develops a customized workout plan based on that information. The ultimate goal is total body fitness; however, there are hundreds of baby steps that contribute to meeting that goal. She would never expect me to start by running five miles or setting the weight machine at the heaviest setting. Instead, she encourages manageable activities that show fairly quick results, creating a natural hunger for more.
In the same way, as Christians we should focus on the next step instead of focusing on how far we have to go until we reach the "ideal." Following are some manageable yet effective ideas for the most basic elements of spiritual formation.
Community: This is more than the typical church grapevine or casual associations. We need deep friendships that include personal accountability, but this can take so many forms. Some do best in a structured small group or Bible study; others, like me, feel safer initially yet ultimately very challenged in a less structured setting. At a previous church, I started golfing regularly with a group of women. It didn't take long before we were sharing the depths of our hearts at the same time we were improving our handicaps. Community can never be forced. Whether it's a shared meal or a shared interest, look to capitalize on natural connections.
Bible reading: There is absolutely no substitute for personal time spent reading the Bible, even if it's just several verses a day. We need to know that God speaks to us personally, not just through our pastor, Bible study leader, radio preacher, or favorite author. Rely on the Holy Spirit to illumine your reading of God's Word.
Prayer: Many Christians struggle to carve large chunks of time out of a schedule that is often dictated by others' needs: work, household, children, spouse, friends, etc. Yet all Christ-followers need to quiet their soul on a regular basis, so they can hear God speak and can talk to him, as well. Therefore, take advantage of even the smallest quiet moments. That may be in the stillness of the morning or evening, in the car at a red light, or even (perhaps often!) in the bathroom.
As with diet and exercise, in your spiritual life you can't rely on the big event or program to take the place of regular discipline. Learn to recognize and maximize your own unique situation to foster lasting life change.
Angie Ward is a leader of leaders with more than 15 years of leadership development experience in a variety of ministry settings. She is the founder of Forward Leadership and is a contributing editor for Leadership Journal.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Depressing
This is my most depressing Christmas in recent memory. I have totally no mood to be merry or cheerful.
The true meaning of Christmas will always hold dear in my heart. But this Christmas, I feel no joy or excitement or merry. Buying Christmas presents was mechanical, for family and colleagues and friends.
I fractured my little right toe in November. More than 5 weeks ago. It is still swollen. Have not gone for a jog or badminton or what in a long while. Walked my Half Marathon in 3hrs 45mins under the hot sun. How sad is that?
Fed up with certain people in my life, near and not so near to me.
I simply bo-chap my cpu Rahab party. Hard work to prepare eng + chn carols and it gets thrown out by cpu leader. Even give everyone Youtube links & song lyrics via email like 3 weeks b4 to learn but I hear "its too difficult. I'll get church caroling team to come". Sigh........
Dad gone shopping for eye specialists agst my advice and the 2nd one today told him even more dire stories. He can see very well but is now bothered abt possibility of going blind from glaucoma or something else. At his age past 70, I don't need to be eye specialist to say, 'it could be glaucoma or ....... but we can't be sure". Prescribed multiple tests with fancy machines, Gives eye drops, eye cleanser and tablets, etc. Sigh......shop around and private specialists will tell you what you want to hear and yet not want to hear.
Wifey is.....sigh.
It's a rotten and depressing christmas season 2010.
Thankfully, even if I lose everything, I still got my Creator and Lord who loves me despite or in spite of everything because the bible says:
The true meaning of Christmas will always hold dear in my heart. But this Christmas, I feel no joy or excitement or merry. Buying Christmas presents was mechanical, for family and colleagues and friends.
I fractured my little right toe in November. More than 5 weeks ago. It is still swollen. Have not gone for a jog or badminton or what in a long while. Walked my Half Marathon in 3hrs 45mins under the hot sun. How sad is that?
Fed up with certain people in my life, near and not so near to me.
I simply bo-chap my cpu Rahab party. Hard work to prepare eng + chn carols and it gets thrown out by cpu leader. Even give everyone Youtube links & song lyrics via email like 3 weeks b4 to learn but I hear "its too difficult. I'll get church caroling team to come". Sigh........
Dad gone shopping for eye specialists agst my advice and the 2nd one today told him even more dire stories. He can see very well but is now bothered abt possibility of going blind from glaucoma or something else. At his age past 70, I don't need to be eye specialist to say, 'it could be glaucoma or ....... but we can't be sure". Prescribed multiple tests with fancy machines, Gives eye drops, eye cleanser and tablets, etc. Sigh......shop around and private specialists will tell you what you want to hear and yet not want to hear.
Wifey is.....sigh.
It's a rotten and depressing christmas season 2010.
Thankfully, even if I lose everything, I still got my Creator and Lord who loves me despite or in spite of everything because the bible says:
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:
“ For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. [Romans 8: 35-39]
“ For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. [Romans 8: 35-39]
Sunday, April 18, 2010
The Last Lecture by late Prof Randy Pausch
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand"
Professor Randy Pausch died from pancreatic cancer on 25 July 2008. He was diagnosed in 2007 with pancreatic cancer. He had an op but 3 months later was told it had spread and turned terminal. In his last year, he chose to live a full life with family. He delivered his Last Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" which can be viewed from the Last Lecture website: http://www.cmu.edu/uls/journeys/randy-pausch/index.html
This is a book that is not exceptionally fantastic but helpful reading for those with terminal or chronic illnesses. I have chronic diseases, am on medication and have the occasional symptoms of heart attack but yet I choose to run, work, bless people @ work and serve God where possible. Like Randy, I try to seize the day/moment. I try not be handicapped by the fact that my heart may just stop working anytime as those diagnosed with enlarged left ventricle might.
Many who have no health impediments cannot identify with those with terminal cancers or chronic diseases. We have to fight denial and then depression. I recall how for a period, I was quoting to myself part of a bible verse "To die is gain" but ignoring the first part of that verse that "To live is Christ". Overcoming obstacles and at the same time enabling the dreams of others which Randy did in his last year of life can be insightful and inspiring. A friend from Perth told me she has MS and she takes every opportunity to travel around the world and adopt poor kids from far away lands.
Interestingly, in the midst of reading the book, an ex-pastor literally pronounced me a non-living thing. I was sharing that since young to now, I am not driven by goals or ambitions such as good school results, 5-digit salary, owning private property, high position in workplace, etc. My life has been very blessed by God as my secondary school results have been pretty good, I ended in a uni and course that I didn't expect but yet graduated in 3 years, got a job I stayed 14 years and left not because of low pay/ bonus but because I could not continue to work under a particular boss and I had just 2 weeks ago turn down a 5-digit pay job when I'm no where near getting that amount now and with lesser work hours. So I was told in front of other people "How can a living thing not have goals or not be driven by something?" Nope, I had to disappoint the guy by saying I'm not driven to run a marathon, read as many novels or books as fast as I can, etc
Well, I am amazed (& offended and angered at the same time) how some people think they can analyse or understand everyone. Pity I'm not a typical psychology case study. Basically I'm a simple person. Lacking in ambition. Not a very relational person and introverted. Too difficult for complex people and thinkers to understand. Actually, Jesus was a simple Person. But the Pharisees and others thought he was complex and a threat to their Jewish religion, practice and laws. Most including Jesus' own disciples could not understand his parables which were drawn from everyday living then where the Jews were shepherds, fishermen and crop planters. Jesus was a simple Person. I am fairly thrifty, I still have ties and work pants that I bought when I started working 16 yrs ago. I wear old t-shirts to sleep that are older my than my 10yr old boy. My wife can confirm this. I thought I was doing fine as a simple person but unfortunately that is not so because I'm not a living being. At least, I know Jesus understands what I am going through and how I feel.
Randy in his book and lecture shared about achieving childhood dreams. He achieved some but not all. I presently can't remember having any childhood dreams. Weird huh? Did I want to be an accountant or auditor? Nope. Did I want to study overseas? Nope. Did I want to own a house? Nope. Nada. I was a simple, not too bothered about many thing type of kid. Stayed home after school when my friends were playing soccer on the muddy and wet fields. That's why whether in school or in Uni or Workplace, I always only have less than 3 close friends. Definitely an introvert. Of course, some wiser persons will disagree with me. As Randy says, obviously, "they have me pegged" or at least they think so.
Lastly, life's too short. No point fighting and arguing. But life can be made miserable not by things but people. There is a couple who has intruded into my private life without my consent. Suddenly, I'm the bad guy and they are trying to see how they can help to 'manage' me and my behaviour.
Firstly, some people must realise that sincerity does not equal being right. This applies to Job's 3 friends and the Pharisees. Both groups were sincere. Job's friends was telling the righteous Job that He must have sinned and must humble himself and confess. The sadness is that, with the 'help' of his 3 friends, the righteous Job went from a man who would not curse God but praised God (Job 1:20-21) to one who questioned God and in the end also got reprimanded (Job 40:1-5). The Pharisees sincerely believed that Jesus blasphemed God, and out to destroy Jewish law, customs and way of life with HIS radical teaching and actions. In their sincerity, they got it all wrong.
Secondly, I may be wrong and definitely not as righteous as Jesus or even Job. But no one wants to resolve the root problem. Even as I type this, the root problem is happening. But life's too short, at least for me. I'm not gonna to bother with people who obviously are wiser than a simple person like me. But I don't think I'm a simpleton. God will be my Judge and He will deliver me in His wisdom and way in due time. As an introvert, I only how to withdraw from people who hurt me. That is my one great personality fault of mine. But for those reading this who are close to me, just watch who I withdraw from. I won't speak or look for those people. I 'chap siau' them. I 'bo chap' them. I just withdraw into my turtle shell around these people. Don't bother asking me who I withdraw from. Just watch.......life's too short to keep debating and arguing and justifying each other's views. Especially when people think they have me all figured out. Actually, my best friends like slow_runner know me as a simple person. Ask my close friends. I think they will agree.
Well, I don't share much of my spiritual journey or struggles on my blog. This is one of the few. So, it's precious.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Managing Money God's Way by Benny Ho
John Wesley: Gain all you can; Save all you can; Give all you can.
3 'theology' on money: Poverty theology --- Stewardship theology --- Prosperity theology
Stewardship theology: God is the owner and controller of all things. What we possess as Christians is a privilege rather than a right. We are simply stewards entrusted with resources, which include our time, talents, treasures and territory. Our ultimate goal is to be able to give an account for all that He has given to us. In the end, true measure of godly success is not based on the amount of wealth we can accumulate but how faithfully we have been minitering with wisdom what God has given to us; be it little or much.
Materialism can never be satisfied. The more you get, the more you want.
MONEY can buy a bed, but not sleep;
MONEY can buy books, but not wisdom;
MONEY can buy food, but not appetite;
MONEY can buy companions, but not friends;
MONEY can buy medicine, but not health;
MONEY can buy finery, but not real beauty;
MONEY can buy a house, but not a home;
MONEY can buy marriage, but not love;
MONEY can buy a good life, but not eternity;
Hold every blessing that God gives with an open palm. Enjoy blessings while you have them without desiring to possess them. Then, if God should choose to take them away, He need not pull your fingers apart!
TITHE
1) A recognition of God's sovereignity
Lev 27:30-32 - A tithe is of everything from the land, whether from the soil or livestock
A tithe simple belongs to the sovereign Lord who owns everything
Therefore we don't 'give' our tithes to the Lord since it doesn't belong to us in the first place, but we 'bring' our tithes to Him.
2) An expression of worship
Prov 3:9-10: Honor the Lord with your wealth & your firstfruits
Honoring is an act of worship
3) A means of sanctification
Rom 11:6 - Unrighteous dough or mammon made holy by us offer back the tithes. When we offer the first 10%, the rest of the 90% is sanctified. 90% with God's blessing is better than 100% without.
4) It is part of God's economy
Numbers 18:24 - Like Old Testament times, tithes are for the upkeep of the Church and its' workers. (cf 1 Tim 5:17-18)
5) An act of sowing
2 Cor 9:6-7 - Each time we give in faith, we are sowing a seed.
If we sow in faith, we can expect the promise in the following verse to come to pass: 2 Cor 9:10-11
We cannot say "Lord prosper me, then I promise to tithe". God's economy does not work this way. We don't reap before we sow. Just like a bank that pays interest only after we deposit money, so we must sow first before God's blessings will flow.
Phil 4:16-18: We do not sow from a harvest, but we sow towards a harvest.
God blesses obedience and not methods. We tithe not to be prosperous. We tithe because we believe it pleases God and we simply want to obey and bring pleasure to His heart. God will bless us and we expect to be bless but we are not motivated by the blessings we will bring us. We are motivated by the pleasure we are bringing Him.
Just as the great patriarch Abraham gave a tithe to King Melkezedek (Heb 7:4, 6-8), when we tithe, we recognise the greatness of King Jesus. Tithing is not about the needs of the church. It is not to avoid a curse. It is not to keep a law. It is bringing the King a portion due to Him.
Under the Law during Old Testament times, tithing 10% was the ceiling. But now, tithing is the floor. God has given us much. So we give 10% out of obedience & gratitude and the other 90% out of love. 1 Cor 13:3: Under New Testament grace, we are compelled to give out of love.
There is nothing wrong with money. It is amoral. Bible didn't say money is root of all evils, but the LOVE of money is the root of all evils (1 Tim 6:10)
To much to reproduce or summarise, but Benny shares on:
1) Principle of Proportion
Give the Lord as He prospers you. To whom much is given, much is required. Luke 21:1-4
2) Principle of Priority
3) Principle of Purpose
Give purposefully as an act of worship. Prepare your tithes & offerings before hand.
4) Principle of privilege
2 Cor 9:7: Give cheerfully what you have decided. Giving will then no longer be a sacrifice but a joy.
5) Principle of Profit
2 cor 9:6 & Luke 6:38, Prov 11:24-25
Danger of Greed
Fable: The man with the goose that laid a golden egg every day and he became rich. Because of greed, he killed the goose and lost the source of the golden eggs.
Charateristics of Greed: Based on Story of Gehazi in 2 Kings 5
1) Greed is hidden: Gehazi "said to himself" (vs 20)
2) Greed rationalises (vs. 20)
3) Greed is compulsive: Gehazi 'ran' after Naaman. Gehazi 'hurried' after Naaman and Naaman saw Gehazi 'running' (vs 20 & 21). Gehazi was running, getting and hurrying after material pursuits.
Greed is idolatry in god's eyes (Colossians 3:5-6)
4) Greed is deceptive: Gehazi was so overcome by greed he lied to both Naaman and Elisha.
5) Greed distorts: For one talent of gold and 2 sets of branded clothes, Gehazi was prepared to betray his master, Elisha. For about $2,000, Gehazi sold himself.
6) Greed destroys: Ironically, what Naaman lost, Gehzi ended up having - leprosy! Gehazi was greedy and he schemed and his body ended up corrupted. (1 Tim 6:9)
What's the alternative? Using the story of the Golden Goose, we are all at different stages of our lives and may fit into the following categories:
1) More golden eggs: Some of us have reached the stage of being able to share some golden eggs with others. Perhaps, God is challenging us to increase the number of golden eggs we are giving away.
2) Some golden eggs: There may be some God is challenging to confront materialism and greed. The best way to dethrone greed is to be generous and go in the opposite spirit.
3) The golden goose: For some, God may be placing a greater demand and asking us to surrender our golden goose. In other words, surrender our wealth and future income through our career by serving Him full-time in ministry.
--> Whatever God is asking you to do, do not fear because you will be surrendering your resources to the ONE who gave them to you in the first place.
How Do You Want To Live?
1) Live above your means: "Buy the things they do not need with the money they do not have just to impress the people they do not know"
2) Live with your means: The life philosophy of "eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die" - spending all we have by the end of the month and always waiting for next pay cheque. Can be a very stressful way to live.
3) Live within your means
Living with some wisdom. Making sure they have something set aside for a rainy day. Have given though to things like insurance and investments.
4) Live below your means
People who are skilled in spiritual discipline of simplicity come to the point where, even though they can well afford something, they choose to do without it so that they have more to share with others. They have learnt to say "Enough is enough".They are people who have found a place of contentment in God.
3 'theology' on money: Poverty theology --- Stewardship theology --- Prosperity theology
Stewardship theology: God is the owner and controller of all things. What we possess as Christians is a privilege rather than a right. We are simply stewards entrusted with resources, which include our time, talents, treasures and territory. Our ultimate goal is to be able to give an account for all that He has given to us. In the end, true measure of godly success is not based on the amount of wealth we can accumulate but how faithfully we have been minitering with wisdom what God has given to us; be it little or much.
Materialism can never be satisfied. The more you get, the more you want.
MONEY can buy a bed, but not sleep;
MONEY can buy books, but not wisdom;
MONEY can buy food, but not appetite;
MONEY can buy companions, but not friends;
MONEY can buy medicine, but not health;
MONEY can buy finery, but not real beauty;
MONEY can buy a house, but not a home;
MONEY can buy marriage, but not love;
MONEY can buy a good life, but not eternity;
Hold every blessing that God gives with an open palm. Enjoy blessings while you have them without desiring to possess them. Then, if God should choose to take them away, He need not pull your fingers apart!
TITHE
1) A recognition of God's sovereignity
Lev 27:30-32 - A tithe is of everything from the land, whether from the soil or livestock
A tithe simple belongs to the sovereign Lord who owns everything
Therefore we don't 'give' our tithes to the Lord since it doesn't belong to us in the first place, but we 'bring' our tithes to Him.
2) An expression of worship
Prov 3:9-10: Honor the Lord with your wealth & your firstfruits
Honoring is an act of worship
3) A means of sanctification
Rom 11:6 - Unrighteous dough or mammon made holy by us offer back the tithes. When we offer the first 10%, the rest of the 90% is sanctified. 90% with God's blessing is better than 100% without.
4) It is part of God's economy
Numbers 18:24 - Like Old Testament times, tithes are for the upkeep of the Church and its' workers. (cf 1 Tim 5:17-18)
5) An act of sowing
2 Cor 9:6-7 - Each time we give in faith, we are sowing a seed.
If we sow in faith, we can expect the promise in the following verse to come to pass: 2 Cor 9:10-11
We cannot say "Lord prosper me, then I promise to tithe". God's economy does not work this way. We don't reap before we sow. Just like a bank that pays interest only after we deposit money, so we must sow first before God's blessings will flow.
Phil 4:16-18: We do not sow from a harvest, but we sow towards a harvest.
God blesses obedience and not methods. We tithe not to be prosperous. We tithe because we believe it pleases God and we simply want to obey and bring pleasure to His heart. God will bless us and we expect to be bless but we are not motivated by the blessings we will bring us. We are motivated by the pleasure we are bringing Him.
Just as the great patriarch Abraham gave a tithe to King Melkezedek (Heb 7:4, 6-8), when we tithe, we recognise the greatness of King Jesus. Tithing is not about the needs of the church. It is not to avoid a curse. It is not to keep a law. It is bringing the King a portion due to Him.
Under the Law during Old Testament times, tithing 10% was the ceiling. But now, tithing is the floor. God has given us much. So we give 10% out of obedience & gratitude and the other 90% out of love. 1 Cor 13:3: Under New Testament grace, we are compelled to give out of love.
There is nothing wrong with money. It is amoral. Bible didn't say money is root of all evils, but the LOVE of money is the root of all evils (1 Tim 6:10)
To much to reproduce or summarise, but Benny shares on:
1) Principle of Proportion
Give the Lord as He prospers you. To whom much is given, much is required. Luke 21:1-4
2) Principle of Priority
3) Principle of Purpose
Give purposefully as an act of worship. Prepare your tithes & offerings before hand.
4) Principle of privilege
2 Cor 9:7: Give cheerfully what you have decided. Giving will then no longer be a sacrifice but a joy.
5) Principle of Profit
2 cor 9:6 & Luke 6:38, Prov 11:24-25
Danger of Greed
Fable: The man with the goose that laid a golden egg every day and he became rich. Because of greed, he killed the goose and lost the source of the golden eggs.
Charateristics of Greed: Based on Story of Gehazi in 2 Kings 5
1) Greed is hidden: Gehazi "said to himself" (vs 20)
2) Greed rationalises (vs. 20)
3) Greed is compulsive: Gehazi 'ran' after Naaman. Gehazi 'hurried' after Naaman and Naaman saw Gehazi 'running' (vs 20 & 21). Gehazi was running, getting and hurrying after material pursuits.
Greed is idolatry in god's eyes (Colossians 3:5-6)
4) Greed is deceptive: Gehazi was so overcome by greed he lied to both Naaman and Elisha.
5) Greed distorts: For one talent of gold and 2 sets of branded clothes, Gehazi was prepared to betray his master, Elisha. For about $2,000, Gehazi sold himself.
6) Greed destroys: Ironically, what Naaman lost, Gehzi ended up having - leprosy! Gehazi was greedy and he schemed and his body ended up corrupted. (1 Tim 6:9)
What's the alternative? Using the story of the Golden Goose, we are all at different stages of our lives and may fit into the following categories:
1) More golden eggs: Some of us have reached the stage of being able to share some golden eggs with others. Perhaps, God is challenging us to increase the number of golden eggs we are giving away.
2) Some golden eggs: There may be some God is challenging to confront materialism and greed. The best way to dethrone greed is to be generous and go in the opposite spirit.
3) The golden goose: For some, God may be placing a greater demand and asking us to surrender our golden goose. In other words, surrender our wealth and future income through our career by serving Him full-time in ministry.
--> Whatever God is asking you to do, do not fear because you will be surrendering your resources to the ONE who gave them to you in the first place.
How Do You Want To Live?
1) Live above your means: "Buy the things they do not need with the money they do not have just to impress the people they do not know"
2) Live with your means: The life philosophy of "eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die" - spending all we have by the end of the month and always waiting for next pay cheque. Can be a very stressful way to live.
3) Live within your means
Living with some wisdom. Making sure they have something set aside for a rainy day. Have given though to things like insurance and investments.
4) Live below your means
People who are skilled in spiritual discipline of simplicity come to the point where, even though they can well afford something, they choose to do without it so that they have more to share with others. They have learnt to say "Enough is enough".They are people who have found a place of contentment in God.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
PRINCIPLES OF EVANGALISM FROM THE LIFE OF JESUS
"THE FACTS OF THE MATTER"
"A weekly letter of encouragement to business and professional men and women"
March 10, 2010
Good Morning!
PRINCIPLES OF EVANGALISM FROM THE LIFE OF JESUS
Personally, winning people to Christ is about the most challenging thing in my life. How do you approach someone? How long do you wait before you bring up the person of Christ? One of the maddening things about Christ’s style of evangelism is that he never used the same approach twice. Each encounter was tailor-made. Jesus called us to be spiritual fishermen (Matt. 4:19 , 20). Perhaps there is something to be learned in the fact that fishermen use “lures” rather than dynamite to catch fish.
The account of Jesus winning the Samaritan woman to himself in John 4 furnishes us with important principles of evangelism. They include the following:
Don’t wait until it is convenient to share Christ. Two observations: (1) Jesus was tired from his journey, (2) In the Samaritan culture men did not converse in public with strange women: ”Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Will you give me a drink?’" (Jn. 4:6, 7) (See Ecc. 11:4-6; 2 Tim. 4:2)
Obligate yourself to the person. In this case, Jesus asked a favor. ”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Will you give me a drink?’" (Jn. 4:7)
Create curiosity by introducing a spiritual element into the conversation that addresses a need. “Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.’" (Jn. 4:10)
Avoid argumentation by addressing the person’s real need: In this woman’s case, she possessed a need for spiritual fulfillment. “Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." (Jn. 4:13, 14)
Reveal who Christ is when you detect spiritual interest. “The woman said, ‘I know that Messiah’ (called Christ) ‘is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.’ Then Jesus declared, ‘I who speak to you am he.’" (Jn. 4:25, 26)
Ask God to give you a passion for his work. “He said to them, ‘I have food to eat that you know nothing about.’ Then his disciples said to each other, Could someone have brought him food?’ ‘My food,’ said Jesus, ‘is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.’” (Jn. 4:32-34)
Recognize that the harvest is over-ripe for evangelism/reaping. Jesus: “Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.’” (Jn. 4:35)
Understand that sowing and reaping is a joint effort, and mutual cause for rejoicing. “Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true.” (Jn. 4:36, 37)
Know that your reaping may be the result of others’ hard work of planting. ”I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.” (Jn. 4:38) (See 1 Cor. 3:6,7)
PRAYER – “Lord, would you grant me the compassion to care enough for those outside of Christ to lovingly involve myself in their lives as an instrument of your grace. Would you grant me the privilege of participating with you in the noble work of sowing and reaping. Amen.”
My prayer is that you are having a great week!
R. Dwight Hill
Sunday, March 29, 2009
ET Medical Mission Trip
I just have not much time and not putting my mind to it. But better pen a few words and maybe continue in future :D
14 ~ 21 Mar 09: Went on a 8 day Medical Mission Trip. 17 from Singapore and we met with 4-5 translators @ ET. 5 doctors (all from PPHBC) and 1 nurse. The nurse was in charge of pharmacy dispensing meds and i was one of those helping to fill & write prescriptions while the nurse checked. We give out vitamins like B Complex, A+D, Iron, Folate, Multivits tabs (syrup for kids) as well as Paracetamol (syrup for kids), Cough mixtures like OBH (OBP for kids), antibiotics like Amoxycillin and Erythromycin (syrups for children & I got to make syrup from the powdered antibiotics), de-worm tabs and some other misc meds.
2 clinics at Com (Lautem district), 3 clinics in villages in Liquica village wth one high in the mountains with the journey in Pajeros sometimes as exciting as sitting in a roller coaster.
I had a fun time, helping in the pharmacy which I liked, learning a bit about certain medications from the nurse and listening to doctors, working with others like Stacey Koh and Theo (from ASPC). I was suppose to do games but in the end, didn't. Did help in the cataract eye screen a little on my last morning @ Liquica Hospital.
Last night got to help carry jerry cans of water to Fredy & Tina's place as no water (end of rainy season). Sprained my muscles or ligaments below my right ribs. Other than that, no other injures.
The trip was pretty exhausting. Usually had to stand or move around to grab meds to fill prescriptions written by doctors (the 2nd clinic at Com was standing under hot sun - so I got sunburn and came back looking tanned), setting out and packing up the pharmacy is an art and took work and on a few nights, we had to pack medicines into little pouches.
Photos that I took available on FB (mine was 2GB of photos). Was told this morning that the photos from cameras of everyone totalled 25GB!!! But I've asked for the Portable HDD as the photos of the place are stunning and otherwise, I have no photos with me inside.
14 ~ 21 Mar 09: Went on a 8 day Medical Mission Trip. 17 from Singapore and we met with 4-5 translators @ ET. 5 doctors (all from PPHBC) and 1 nurse. The nurse was in charge of pharmacy dispensing meds and i was one of those helping to fill & write prescriptions while the nurse checked. We give out vitamins like B Complex, A+D, Iron, Folate, Multivits tabs (syrup for kids) as well as Paracetamol (syrup for kids), Cough mixtures like OBH (OBP for kids), antibiotics like Amoxycillin and Erythromycin (syrups for children & I got to make syrup from the powdered antibiotics), de-worm tabs and some other misc meds.
2 clinics at Com (Lautem district), 3 clinics in villages in Liquica village wth one high in the mountains with the journey in Pajeros sometimes as exciting as sitting in a roller coaster.
I had a fun time, helping in the pharmacy which I liked, learning a bit about certain medications from the nurse and listening to doctors, working with others like Stacey Koh and Theo (from ASPC). I was suppose to do games but in the end, didn't. Did help in the cataract eye screen a little on my last morning @ Liquica Hospital.
Last night got to help carry jerry cans of water to Fredy & Tina's place as no water (end of rainy season). Sprained my muscles or ligaments below my right ribs. Other than that, no other injures.
The trip was pretty exhausting. Usually had to stand or move around to grab meds to fill prescriptions written by doctors (the 2nd clinic at Com was standing under hot sun - so I got sunburn and came back looking tanned), setting out and packing up the pharmacy is an art and took work and on a few nights, we had to pack medicines into little pouches.
Photos that I took available on FB (mine was 2GB of photos). Was told this morning that the photos from cameras of everyone totalled 25GB!!! But I've asked for the Portable HDD as the photos of the place are stunning and otherwise, I have no photos with me inside.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Pre-ET post
Tomorrow morning I will be flying to East Timor (aka Timor Leste) for 1 week. Part of a medical mission trip where the team will run around 7 medical mobile clinics as well as do cataract screening for the locals.
I don't remember a time when I am so spiritually and mentally unprepared for a mission trip. But I've committed to it and I trust the Lord will bring me through it & I will be lifted up spiritually after the trip. Anyway, I'm team treasurer and suppose to organise games for the children while their parents wait to see the doctors.
Problem is, in my mind, I don't know what to do with games and I'm not the type that can conjur games on the spot whilst on my feet.....
Should be back on Sat, 21 March. Don't know what time :p
I don't remember a time when I am so spiritually and mentally unprepared for a mission trip. But I've committed to it and I trust the Lord will bring me through it & I will be lifted up spiritually after the trip. Anyway, I'm team treasurer and suppose to organise games for the children while their parents wait to see the doctors.
Problem is, in my mind, I don't know what to do with games and I'm not the type that can conjur games on the spot whilst on my feet.....
Should be back on Sat, 21 March. Don't know what time :p
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Christmas party
Must be feeling the stress of work, lack of sleep and planning for the cpu christmas eve party at my place. Pimples have broken out including a large one right on the left edge of my right eyebrow. Wondering how many christmas songs the cpu members would like to sing. Tentatively, I've got:-
1) We wish you a merry christmas (G)
2) Joy to the world (D)
3) Hark the hearld angels sing (D)
4) Mary's Boy Child (G)
5) We were the reason (G)
[Some sharing after this if a member's prebelieving husband comes)
6) Christmas isn't christmas (C)
****[Spare songs]
- Angels we have heard on high (D)
- It came upon the midnight clear (C)
- Feliz Navidad (G)
1) We wish you a merry christmas (G)
2) Joy to the world (D)
3) Hark the hearld angels sing (D)
4) Mary's Boy Child (G)
5) We were the reason (G)
[Some sharing after this if a member's prebelieving husband comes)
6) Christmas isn't christmas (C)
****[Spare songs]
- Angels we have heard on high (D)
- It came upon the midnight clear (C)
- Feliz Navidad (G)
Friday, September 19, 2008
Funeral
It has been a tough week and past couple of months with a dear sister's death from cancer at the age of 41, leaving 2 kids 9 and 7 and her husband. But, I take joy in that she is with the Lord, no more pain, operations, cancer treatments and confinement to a hospital bed and ward.
I have been privileged to experience how tirelessly and wonderfully Pst Jane has been in these past few months and I reproduce my email that I sent to her:
Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:18 AM
Subject: Message of thanks to Pastor Jane
Dear Pst Jane,
您好! On behalf of Kelvin, Doris, their families, Felicia & Alvin's CPU, thank you so much for your love, prayers, time, visitations, encouragement and advice through the past months. Probably since March (or earlier), we have the privilege of seeing how tirelessly and selflessly you minister to those in need. I know Kelvin & Doris are so encouraged everytime you come to the home or hospital ward, even during your Monday offdays, late weekday nights and weekends. You always make time and were there despite all your other ministry and work commitments. You also did the same for Shuh Ling when her mum passed away in Sept 04. Even this week, with Chinese translation of CPS 9 pending and also on the day of funeral when you have a chinese member's husband passing away on Wed night, you still showed up on Thursday morning. 真真很感动.
I've had many zone pastors, but you are truly exceptional. It has truly been an honour, privilege & blessing in these past months (even for me). This has been a very difficult time for many of us. But, you've made a real difference!
Thank you so much again.
If I may adapt from the bible a final expression:
I thank my God and make mention of you in my prayers, hearing and seeing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, our sister & pastor. [腓 利 門 書 1:3-7]
[This emailed has been b.c.c. to cpu members].
I have been privileged to experience how tirelessly and wonderfully Pst Jane has been in these past few months and I reproduce my email that I sent to her:
Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:18 AM
Subject: Message of thanks to Pastor Jane
Dear Pst Jane,
您好! On behalf of Kelvin, Doris, their families, Felicia & Alvin's CPU, thank you so much for your love, prayers, time, visitations, encouragement and advice through the past months. Probably since March (or earlier), we have the privilege of seeing how tirelessly and selflessly you minister to those in need. I know Kelvin & Doris are so encouraged everytime you come to the home or hospital ward, even during your Monday offdays, late weekday nights and weekends. You always make time and were there despite all your other ministry and work commitments. You also did the same for Shuh Ling when her mum passed away in Sept 04. Even this week, with Chinese translation of CPS 9 pending and also on the day of funeral when you have a chinese member's husband passing away on Wed night, you still showed up on Thursday morning. 真真很感动.
I've had many zone pastors, but you are truly exceptional. It has truly been an honour, privilege & blessing in these past months (even for me). This has been a very difficult time for many of us. But, you've made a real difference!
Thank you so much again.
If I may adapt from the bible a final expression:
I thank my God and make mention of you in my prayers, hearing and seeing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, our sister & pastor. [腓 利 門 書 1:3-7]
[This emailed has been b.c.c. to cpu members].
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Why A New Blog?
I have decided to set up an online resource of all things Christian.
I'm thinking of having a few topics like: -
a) Inspiration
b) Songs (P&W)
c) Sermons (My own notes or those of others')
d) CPU
e) Fun & Games
f) Devotions (What I have collected)
h) Reviews (Books, CDs, sites, etc)
i) Spritual Journey (My spiritual reflections & struggles)
See how it goes. . . . :)
I'm thinking of having a few topics like: -
a) Inspiration
b) Songs (P&W)
c) Sermons (My own notes or those of others')
d) CPU
e) Fun & Games
f) Devotions (What I have collected)
h) Reviews (Books, CDs, sites, etc)
i) Spritual Journey (My spiritual reflections & struggles)
See how it goes. . . . :)
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