Saturday

Well today was more a day of discovering the dark side of people and things. Woke up at 10 read the newspapers prayed for being able to portray the image of Christ in my life and also to build a strong temple, the temple of God, by going to the gym and working out with uncle Francis.

In 1 Corinthians 3:16

¹⁶Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? ¹⁷If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.

So I wanna be able to do the work of God in a healthy body and just enjoy His love and blessings :)

Anyways.
Reached the gym ate breakfast and prayed for the gym as there was some incidents which I am not gonna elaborate in the blog. Then asked the Lord to bless uncle and his colleagues. Went on to train and I trained for 2 sessions.

Then uncle francis introduced me to a malay barber, initially I don't trust malay barbers but went ahead and prayed for the barber to have skill to help me cut hair hehe.

Then had tea with uncle and we just talked about God and I was able to behold His miracles and beauty again :) I really enjoy hanging out with people that devote themselves to the Lord, its always so encouraging. Then talked about problems church workers face , I learn also of the dark side of things. Sometimes people just back stab people. Its also sad to say that even churches also face this problem. I believe that when you see a person more talented than you, PRAY and BLESS them.

Collected my new glasses and went to meet Henry but I felt very cold leh maybe its due to the weather and also that they are super tired or playing dota. Went in and just prayed for them that God will give us good fellowship and sang some hymns on the guitar but kept the volume down.......played basketball and accidentally injured hy and yy sooooo sorrrrryyyyy sisters......

And it RAINED suddenly went back and took cab home with the sisters. Just felt like nothing to talk about leh hehe very tired too. Now I am thinking of how to be used by God to glorify Him.....hmmz

Happenings

Monday just went to have lunch with uncle francis at Ashton, had double up chicken :P yummy.
Then I prayed for something cuz I found out that my PE teacher was not very happy with my attendance so I prayed for forgiveness and that he may find favor in me like what the pharaoh did with Joseph in the book of Exodus.

Then during Tuesday I read Psalms in the bus on the way to the stadium, I just said Lord let your will be done! Then AMAZINGLY my PE teacher was very good to me on that day but were still not happy with some of the other students.

I also went for my Math mock exam, I really prayed very hard cuz I did not study, as Friday,Saturday and Sunday I was praying and visiting my sick relative. Then went for my math test some of the questions I was not very sure but I just did it anyway.

Then went home and I got EVEN MORE DEVOTIONS :) just feel so filled with the Spirit and so many things to share about.

Today (WEDNESDAY) went to my CCA meeting which was very smooth then went to class found that I got 90/100 for my Math mock exam. And I found out that I Top my class in math, suddenly felt soooo OVERWHELMED by the love and blessings of the Father, I had to go out of the class to thank Him and catch my breath as I know that I by myself would not have been able to do it.

Then went for my next class and the teacher said I got a distinction for my Electrical test, again I felt so blessed......then I remember the psalms

Psalm 147:11 (New International Version)

¹¹ the LORD delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.

After that day of visiting COOS , I went to think about a lot of things and how to improve my spiritual life to bond and most importantly love God more. I did not know how I was going to do it but I know one thing, I LOVE THE LORD.

Then it came into me, wisdom that I did not have before(I found out that I could memorize parts of books and pierce into the most important key points)and I felt the love that is in Him. And I can say that all these are linked together, if God may then this saturday I may want to share about this in fellowship but I am not sure yet.

When you desire God more and hunger for His righteousness then you will be filled.

In Matthew 5

⁴Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
⁵Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.

DL Moody said something that I agree on...The world has yet to see what God will do with and for and through and in and by the man who is fully consecrated to Him.

Well I am preparing for more sharing.....

Devotions

OK now I will begin to write some lessons and devotions I have learned along the way.

Lesson 1

On saturday after the Coos event I went to katong with bro Gheehien and his youths and ate katong laksa. I was wondering how come they(the youths) can grow at such a fast rate and having the love and wisdom in the Lord. I noticed that Gheehien will question them about certain subjects or give them a bible verse to meditate about then I remembered. Psalms1

¹ Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
² But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.

Amen amen hallelujah......One of the question which Gheehien asked the youths really intrigued me :)

Gheehien:"What do you think is the beauty of the Lord"
I remembered Psalms 27 which David wrote.....I remembered this verse

⁴ One thing I have desired of the LORD,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple.

Then one of the sisters answered :"Love!!!"

I remembered 1 John 4:16..."God is love"... I agreed with the sister...but Gheehien said it was not specific then he said :"matthew 22:37 “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.""

So when we say what is the beauty of the Lord? This commandment actually answers the question......The is HEART,SOUL,MIND.....it means there is a Physical beauty, Spiritual beauty and Mental/Emotional beauty of the LORD :)

From that day onwards I knew how to admire the Lord :) to admire Him , in that 3 categories!

LESSON 2

I believe that a few months ago I wrote on my blog that I could not FEEL the Lord. Logically speaking after reading the bible and experiences I KNOW that the Lord loves me and have always been with me but how come I just DON'T FEEL it.......

After sometime I heard a voice telling me "Elvis, sometimes emotions lie to you, logic is always there"......I was SHOCKED!!! I remember reading a book by a great christian debater who constantly proves God and debates with muslim or other religious scholars....anyways in his book he said "God is a God of LOGIC "

OF COURSE I agree that God is also a God of emotions. I believe that God gave us emotions to AMPLIFY something that is meaningful....like salvation, getting married, sexual experiences to your spouse that God gave you, preaching to people....etc

But what I am trying to say is sometimes emotions on us people who live in a world of sin,
EMOTION+sinful world=Being led to more sin.... Sometimes the devil uses emotions to attack us to make us sin. cuz of our sinful nature as we live in this world, sometimes our emotions lie to make us do things that are dishonorable to God.

So don't always trust in your emotions, TRUST IN God!!!
Don't focus on feeling "sad", "lonely"....etc because Jesus is always with you....

I was in the bus today (23/2/2009) and reading the bible 3 psalms really touches me

Psalms 103

⁸ The LORD is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
⁹ He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.

¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
¹² As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
¹³ As a father pities his children,
So the LORD pities those who fear Him.
¹⁴ For He knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.

Sisters and brothers who are "feeling" sad and lonely....here is a psalms of encouragement...REJOICE!!! For He is always with you and Loves everyone of us!!!

From then on I understand between emotions and logic and how to balance both of them. Although sometimes emotions lie to me making me feel nothing of God but LOGICALLY God is always THERE WITH ME!!!

I hope that all of you who read this will be BLESSED and please meditate the lessons here. TAG if you feel touched and I will like to pray for you :)

LESSON 3

Did you know that if you are really a man/woman of God He will send angels to watch over you :)

In my life experience I noticed that during certain times when I am very connected with the Lord I feel really protected by Him and by the angels He send. I can give soo many examples, there was once I was walking then suddenly I tripped and was about to sprain my ankle and fall face flat to the ground suddenly I felt a strong force pulling me back(if you know my weight haha you will know that not many people can pull me)and I was suddenly safe!!!

In psalms 91

¹¹ For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
¹² In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

When I read this psalms I was like HALLELUJAH PRAISE THE LORD!!!
DEJAVU man!!!!!! they shall bear you up ....lest you dash your foot against a stone!!!

But I am not putting emphasis in angels like the catholics do but what I am saying is if you are a man/woman of God, He will not only personally protect you, He will send a legion of angel to protect you.

Psalms 34

⁶ This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷ The angel^a]">[a] of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them.

⁸ Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
⁹ Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.

And this is the story of how the Lord protect me from falling down and from the demonics. I feel so safe in Him and so blessed...hallelujah.

New devotions tomorow!!!

I feel that when a christian or anyone wants to do a devotion or share about something that person must put in responsibility to be righteous and connect with the Lord before sharing. So these few days I have been praying and getting ready to do some devotions on my blog tomorrow, I will compile somethings I learned or seen along the way :)

Went to visit my relative today (Aunt's hubby) who got very sick. So in the morning went to Riverlife as they start early and then rushed to woodlands to pray and just chat with my aunt who is a very devout Buddhist, haha had an endless debate I thank God I was able to answer all the questions and was winning but aunt kept using circular argument, suddenly a voice came into me , Don't answer a fool according to his folly....proverbs..... And I remembered something, today its not up to me to argue or convince but the Love of the Holy Spirit that does the work of salvation.

So I just stopped the debate and prayed for the family that the Lord will bless them and touch their hearts. After some nice bonding which I love as I am a family man, went home and watch tv with dad as his friend was on a episode of Wong Lileen's show.

Then saw a ghost film and just laughed hahahahahaha cuz we Christians don't believe in ghost but we do believe in demonic attacks. Then I was like a bit .........so went to pray and chat in msn with Jacob about some funny word lol.

Well I pray that tomorrow will be another blessed day :)

Extremely blessed day

Today was such a packed day for me, went to gym to meet uncle francis and trained very hard........He really pushed me to the max arh haha.

Then ivy last minute say want me to be a guitarist so I just brought my guitar along lor. Then reach church....had to take cab cuz I was afraid I could not reach in time....in the end I did not play very well or sing very well.....feel like I did not do well for God....haiz :(

Rushed to Queenstown in 37 minutes like elder song jiang said wahhhhhh that guy is really ......lol elder songjiang told me to listen to mp3 cuz the trip is long when I said I had no mp3 he said go look at the beautiful girls lah....lollllll then I was like "where got , I am not this type of person lor"....cuz girls come to me I don't go to them LOL nah....BUT I went to the mrt and sat down and there was really a gorgeous girl sitting beside me...wow really feel great and energetic went to read a book on the bible and wrote out some of the bible's book, she seem impressed but nah...I want to abstain myself from women...till the Lord leads.

SOOOOO I finally reached and went to find Gheehien and finally met him after like 2 mths wahahahaha. Went in to the service and just felt soo anointed , I really enjoyed the whole worship and the youths really shocked and impressed me.....I used to think that charismatic people are those who always speak in tongues and devotional but no knowledge in the bible but COOS YOUTHS KNOW THE WORD!!! HALLELUJAH GOD BLESS THEM :)

I saw many people getting SAVED Hallelujah Jesus, this is the type of church environment I want to serve in....amen, when I compare back to the situation of our church I really feel we can do so many more things to improve our church but that will never happen only a part of it will be able to be fuilfilled because of the denomination factor.

Then the guest pastor said something funny "I have been preaching to many churches but there are only 2 denominations that I have not preach in....Bible Presbyterian and Lutheran ..l..the Gheehien was LAUGHING out super loud then everyone was like looking LOL!!!

After the whole service went to katong ate laksa and to this restaurant call cheese cake restaurant had super good cheese cake.....then went home now gonna do devotional praying.

Mon,Tues,Wens

MONDAY

Monday God blessed me again and I scored another 100 for my tutorial, then went to meet uncle Francis(not my classmate) for lunch and to pay my fees :P hahaha I took up body building again. I think I overdressed, wore my black long sleeves shirt with jeans and formal shoes, cuz normally when he say go to town for lunch, he will wear formal. Anyways when I went to the Mrt someone call me and I found that it was uncle Francis.

We talked about stocks and about christian living etc. Went to eat sushi I think he got a friend working that outlet. Anyways I shocked everyone with my appetite, I heard from xiangzhou that he and teresa each ate 49 plates so I did the challenge too, I ate 11 plates but almost all the plates got 4 sushi that is double. Haha go do your math, I think I did quite will in the sushi challenge.And the best part about it was....cuz uncle's friend was working there so we got free sushi wahahahahaha and discounts stuff.


Tuesday

Went to PE, the teacher was not happy with me as I skip few lessons lol.......Went to class and played songs to Serena my teacher, played "Fall for you", "Romance de amore" and "Vincent". I was thinking if they heard Vincent before, both said they heard this song even before I was born lol. My programming teacher also sung some christian hymns with me...."Hosanna Hosanna Hosanna in the Highest, Raise up your hands and praise Jesus"....lol feel like leading worship again hehehe.

Then went to choir....really stress leh I am the only guy in the bass part and my tune is completely different, and had to sing saturday. wahhhhh looks like I am the underdog. But as I know in the bible, God always saves the underdog.

Wednesday is today

I got a confession, I wanted to cheat in my test but my teacher was sitting in front of me lol hahahaha, I think God wanted to show His power to me so that I don't cheat so I was placed in a sitting arrangement that was in front of the teacher.

I could understand and answer all the question shocked myself even hehehe.

Went home to surf net and study for my final 2 books .

12-15 FEB

12 was a Thursday, went to school and prepared for my PL C test on Friday, kinda slack and met Joel for some counseling as he had some problems.I also received a revelation I quite look forward to Saturday :P

13 was a Friday,went to school and was shocked by teenagers nowadays they spoke a vulga word every 10 seconds, did my test but I drew a wrong circuit....haiz and I sinned against the LORD, I felt like a failure, went to gym to work but lost my mechanical pencil cap!!!!......but read the book and felt encouraged.....prayed for forgiveness. Very disappointing day for me.Pastor went to visit my uncle and prayed that Sunday he will be able to attend church, oh ya after pastor left he forgot where he parked his car again LOL HAHAHA

14 was a Saturday , saw every guy in the bus was dressed very well and had a grin on their face :P went to church to perform for the girls and in turned out very well....thank God.

TODAY is a Sunday, went to church with uncle and cousin Michelle, I kinda prayed that uncle may ENJOY and be BLESSED by going to church. God listened to the prayers and uncle was able to attend church :)
And today's sermon by pastor David, the same verse I used when sharing a devotion. Kinda shocked by God recently as I felt a strong connection and how He remind me things from time to time.

When we left we went to drink bubble tea hehehe, then took 21. THEN IT HAPPENED. I saw a girl, a beautiful girl to me, it is the type of girl I want to marry, when I saw her I did not lust, I saw a bright future for us and how God can allow the both of us to serve Him, she went up on the bus and smiled at me...... I saw a book on her arms primary 5 maths then I knew straight away that she is a tuition teacher, prob in JC or Poly. I really regretted not asking her phone number.

Cousin Michelle was like ....................... she said I should have told her so hahahaha. went to pick up some clothes for her as Michelle need to attend a wedding.
I went to watch a movie by Andy lau and the guy beside me was like CRYING with his gF.....I was like LOL HAHAHAHAH but had to hide my expression.

Went home and felt like I have failed God in my studies and life example.....I wanna strive for perfection not just good but perfection!!!

Embarrassing day

WOAH!!! Today was crazyyyyyyy, I had to wake up 1 hour earlier cuz have to help out some CCA stuff. So went to school and did a lot of cleaning, Then went for maths lesson, I could have swore I placed my calculator on the table and pressed on it a few times , I remembered I entered 5^2+2^2=29. Then suddenly during the middle of my math class I couldn't find my calculator!!! I was super pissed off cuz I thought someone had taken my calculator, went to call my mum if she saw my calculator at home just to be safe, when my mum said no I said :"Don't know which jerk took it".

I went around looking but it was pointless, when the lesson was ending my mum called and say is it the black calculator that has my surname on it.....I was like wahhhhhhhh!!! yep...looks like I am the jerk who took it lol......I think what I have experianced was "perceived/imagined reality", I thought it was real and it was so real but it is not real :p

Then I also found out that all along when I thought I zipped my pants infact I forgot!!!!! SOOO embarassed!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol went for my Electrical installation theory class, again I believe , from the blessing of the Lord I got a 100 again for the 3 rd time. I find that the book of proverbs is true, when one is close and obeys the Lord, everything is smooth even your enemies are at peace with you. I was in the lift and there was this HUGE dog which my neighbour had which I was super afraid due to its size and its temper....but when it saw me it was super happy and licked,smelt my hand. Even the animals are gentle to me :)

God indeed I am experiancing Your blessings.....may You bless those around me and also continue to bring blessings to thouse whom obey and love You , in Jesus name amen hallejujah

Long day

"Today I experienced another demonic attack, was sleeping then suddenly sunk into deep sleep and darkness, in my dream I was running don't know from what or to where, and I was in a condo, I dream of people telling me that even they themselves don't dare to go in that condo. There were alot of pentagrams and hexagrams in the condo and it was very dark and I wanted to get out of the dream but can't. I suddenly stopped and just said "If I am weak then the Lord will be strong through me, In the name of Jesus be gone....I suddenly woke up"...... what a weird dream

Went on to school and there was a tutorial, it was a breeze as usual thanks to GOD, got full marks of 100 but nowadays I just don't have that hunger anymore, I no longer hunger to get like A all the time but my hunger diverted to the Lord.

Went home did my bible study and slept peacefully......during the night went to a Getai which my dad and his friends organized, alot of big shots bahs MPs and gang boss..... my parents were like suddenly turn into celebrities every one knew them due to my dad's super large contact circle, I have to go and say hi to every uncle and aunty....sooooooo sianzzzzzzzzz

Then during the event I was eating and studying but talked with this friend of my dad haha. Saw mingzhu jie mei , they even said hi to me ..... my dad knew their husbands so we are kinda all linked.....now at home but a bit worried about my Programming test tomorow :P

Every man's battle

I got a great book but did not have a chance to "savor" it till Tuesday, read a bit here and there but it was just so good in relating all the challenges we guys have to go through regarding love,temptations and sins of lust. I always thought I knew a lot but that book really humbled me and opened up my world. Some of it was on that I thought marriage will wipe up certain sins but it does not.

While I was reading about temptation and how even our eyes and what we view may be sinful, I was on the bus then suddenly a group of very attractive canoeing girls came up the bus, then I was thinking ohhh shit!!! Is God trying to tell me something, in the whole trip I did not even got to look at them even once. I was just clenching on to my bible and book and reading, its kinda awkward but I hope that I can really overcome all these childish stuff lol and to rise above to communicate to God face to face.

Its time to put my old behaviors to past and start to study diligently , to do well in all aspects of my life to portray the beauty of our Lord Jesus :)

Heres what boys do when their bored

LOL last week's math test was a breeze, thanks GOD :)

So after the test we were allowed to go, it was super early as normally we were released at around 4 but that day we were released at 1.30pm. So me and a group of my friends went to Toys R US. and did something stupid :p went to the baby zone and took the baby chair and put sponge bob in it and dress up the whole chair :P

It turned out very well and artistic thanks to the mind of our designer Chris!!!

Some secondary girls giggled when they saw us and I was like lol.....ya lah laugh its suppose to be funny.

After that episode, went to MacDonalds and ate ice cream, Sam however was super "kiasu" lol hahaha he took a whole stack of tissue paper from the macdonalds serviette box, you know how thick it is? it was FIVE INCHES THICK man !!!!!! LOL I also took some lah :p

Now its an economic crisis we need to save up :P

Gym and new blogskin

Wahhahaha I finally have a new blogskin, thanks to chris for the editing of html codes woohoo.

Went to work at the gym today and came up with a new method of training, I will try and see if it works :)

Will post some info if it works.

Well this week is super fast, and time is passing by super fast and I have sooooo many things that I hope to blog about, and also some devotions. The reason I don't do as much devotions now is because I am not as sanctified as I was previously, somehow in my journey I was angry and begin to backslide. And if I do devotions it makes me even more a hypocrite , its like a smoker telling people not to smoke.

So I just do more bible reading and praying nowadays.

Hehehe there are really so many funny things to blog about nowadays :)

Recent thoughts

I was at the gym today working, I was thinking about past few weeks then suddenly think WOW i AM SUCH A JERK recently, I started to be frustrated and do super stupid stuff. Then as I was reading some books I found myself having all the symptoms in the book.

Frustrated at people and stuff.....I MUST use this chance, as I believe GOD is showing me my weakness and refining me like gold......In physics Gold once tinted with impurities become hard and inflexible like a person who sins till he become stuck not able to listen to the Lord, But pure Gold is flexible and soft like a man of God always ready to listen and change.

As I was reading I really gained more valuable insights, haha anyways I also did some training today a person said I lost weight, wah so sweet sounding to my ears but infact I gained!!!!!!! MUSCLE :P

My statistic now is.

Overallweight: 89.7
Musclemass: 68.6kgs(gained 1kg of muscle)
Fat:19.3 (gained 0.1kgs)
Bone: 3.7kgs

I am almost my old weight liao , but I dont really look super super chubby and fatty. My goal is to reduce my weight to 70-75 leh , means I have to lose alot of fat, which is no prob as my family got great sports genes.

I also met my sister for Fish and Co, Hagendiaz, the banana split was good :)

CNY

Chinese new year was FUN!!!! Had unlimited supply of Abalone,Duck,Meat and bah kWA!!!and hey did I say meat? LOL.....

The eve which was sunday, I was quite bored so went to xz house drink some coke but they suggested vodka so drink lor but there was only ONE can of coke so the girls took it.....ended up have to drink pure vodka with soda water....I just could not take it, I just...cant :p

So in the end we played a game lose drink and xz ended up drinking everything.....lol wah

Went home ate reunion dinner and went to watch movie with sister. The next day was CNY first day and went to visit dad's side which was super convenient cuz only 2 stories below me hahahaha. Bonded with my cuzzies and went to play basketball till around 4.

Reached mum's side at buangkok, WOW I really haven't seem them for 4-5 mths liao and really LOVED that family bonding feeling of course the angpows amplifies that feeling even more HAHAHAHA.

Supposed to watch a movie with all the cuzzies but some pang seh cuz they play mahjong till hooked so cant snap out of the "gambling" mode.Watched bride wars with my two cuzzies, the "big angpow", and colleen lol ......just kidding it was actually really a nice red dress cass. Cass was like hyper maybe because due to her rebena over dosage....kids normally get hyper from sugar overdose. After the movie we all took a cab together and alighted....I am so nostalgic to cass's condo really love the design and how convenient it is as it is in the middle of everywhere.

2ND day of CNY was rather boring as there was nothing I could really do except play guitar......and there was something super funny, my mum woke me up SUPER early while I was sleeping to call me to play erhu I was super sianzzzz.

3RD day was fun, Colleen house got great food :p

4th day went to meet my godma , my godgranny was senile and heres the funny thing, she kept asking me to eat and if my dad was the son of ah chiang(my grandad's name) in the past my godgranny had a coffeeshop and they all knew each other......
Overall she kept asking if I ate and give me LOTSA LOTSA FOOD....I ATE 3 big slice of cheese cake, 12 pineapple tarts, 10Eggrolls, 3 cans of coke, 1 bottle of beer, 1plate of nut....My mum kept laughing ......wahahahahahahahahhaha funny arh...at the expense of my tummy lol.

Then my maths teacher also gave me ang pow hahaha.

wah I really love CNY.