Having eyes, but not seeing beauty;
having ears, but not hearing music;
having minds, but not perceiving truth;
having hearts that are never moved and therefore never set on fire.
These are the things to fear.
(adapted from Toto-Chan, pg81)

0104,
set your hearts on fire for God!

JIAYOU!
and make us proud of you guys.

p.s. even though it doesnt seem like it, i really love each and everyone of you a lot..

Yea, it's been hard on you'all.

Thanks.!!

Lovely 0104 have somethings to say...

Guys, thanks for everything you all have done. I feel lost, its like i have lost my eyes.. I need someone to tell me what to do so that i can move on:) And the voice is you! Hope you guys will adapt and so will we:) So i think i will step up with the mature ones to help put and make 0104 a better group ;) - ZongSheng

Jiayou when up there :D - Cheryl

Ahh!... you all aged!.. anyway.. now we will not only respect you as leader, you all are now our seniors!.. our role models!... the small ones will continue to learn and grow more like you guys!.. so don't forget to continue learning as you all grow older!!... :D - Su En

I wish you guys all the best in their studies and in church, hope you all will not be so sad. I love you all and will miss you in 0104.. Sob sob - YuanSheng

Dear older youths: Thank you for all your care and concern. :D Jiayou for everything you do! <3 (especially those taking O and A levels soon! Don't be too stressed :D ) really, thank you for all your patience and concern! jiayou! <3 - Wuen nee

Is it time to say goodbye to our 0104 group le mah?? ai... When i first time went into the church, i don't know who is Jesus or God.. Hell and heaven was also not in my mind. But all of you changed me.. changed the life of me.. especially the leaders of our group.. thanks not only the word thankful.. it also means LOVE AND AFFECTION to me.. really thanks to all of you who encouraged me.. anyways, i and the rest will be the strongest and most active in our church!!! Jiayou bah.. everyone OUR LOVELY OLD YOUTHS.. I LOV ALL OF U! sorry for the missing "e".. i don't like to say "i love you" to others.. so use i lov u ba!!! Hahaha - ZhangYang

I want to thank ChengLing for letting me know about Jesus, from the day i came into this church... i realise that it was bright, i was left in the dark that nobody cares about... Thank you ChengLing for asking me try to come to church.. And to the rest, jiayou in qing nian xiao zu - TongLin

Dear older youths, thank you for taking care of me this few months.. sorry for creating so much troubles for you all, especially lx and ww.. i know that i'm a very big headache to you all, but you all always show alot of patience and tolerance to me.. really very thankful for your caring and concerns..

Especially for WWZZ!!!:
Next time when you are not around, if i've any qns don't know.. I'll go check the bai ke quan shu):

Sy, char & mel:
Jiayou for your coming O and A levels!!! No fear! God is with you(: God is faithful.. If you pray to him and work hard, God will do the rest(: JIAYOU JIAYOU JIAYOU!!!!

People serving NS and waiting for NS:
CHIONG AR!!! Our country is in your hands, must work hard leh! Must do God proud in everything.. try to bring your brothers from NS to church ar.. and those waiting for NS, must take care of your body and watch your diet hor (especially zl) hahaha..

Check out my favourite verse, Ephesians5:10! Remember the homework ww taught us: spread the gospel and love each other. Jiayou in qing nian xiao zu! - ZhiAn

Wow, i have only been with you guys for two years and i enjoyed every single moments with you guys. I even missed your scoldings and if given a choice, i would want you all to stay and guild us through our youth, but i can't think so selfishly. If you all are gone, it'll give me the chance to help others. So i should help others instead of letting you guys help me. Sure there are high tides and low tides, and you all will experience when in qing nian. Don't worry, time flies and before you all know it, me and the guys have grown up and come to join you. Melissa, i will remember your saying "Do things quick, or you may never got to do it!" I will bear that in mind. Hope that our youths would increase fast so that i can join you all earlier! Just joking(: - ZhengWei

It was around this time that i joined CG.. it was 0203 back then. from 0203 to 0104, we have grown in numbers through God's leading.. Now you guys are moving up to qing nian xiao zu, you all must jiayou up there ok! Your lovely juniors will jiayou and build up 0104 de!(:

ww, zl, char: This few months was tough on you! Thank you for showing concerns to us, your patience, efforts and teachings to CG.. I have learnt alot during CG time.. ww, please take care of your health hor.. sleep and eat well(: zl, stop worrying about your hair lah! Haha.. jiayou in your studies! Char, don't stress up yourself too much! At this time, must take care of yourself hor.. Mug hard, pray hard!(:

Mel: Pretty, lovely and cute dao ban zu zhang! happy to see those 3 words? Haha.. Thankyou for your sharings to our group.. will remember your advices! You also don't stress yourself hor! take care of yourself and study well~

lx,wj, alan: Take care in camp and jiayou for worship.. wj, soon to be in camp de.. can't wait to see your botak head.. Hahaha..

sy: i'm very thankful for you lah.. like my da jie since young.. Thankyou for being there when i need you(: jiayou for O levels ar!

tk: Hey! must see your face every week hor! Can't wait to see your botak head too.. Hahaha..

To all, thank you for being examples for your lovely juniors! Love you guys!!~ - LingYun

Thanks for the care and concerns! Don't worry... we will take over 0104. 一定要加油！在青年小组也要活出那 very good the life! 你们真的 encourage 我很多! 我一定会像你们这样的对待 next generation! 加油! Always remember that God lovesss... you! He will carry you on his shoulders. Even though life is hard... he is always there! As zl's sticker says "HE IS STRONG!" even though many difficulties all of have i won't understand... But God not only understand your problems in life but he can help you in your problems too! 加油! This is the time to show your potential to the 青年人! Miss you all! Me will pray for you all! Continue to 活出那又活泼又快乐的 life! - ChengMin


what more can i say?they've said all i wanna say.
still..u guys had been my mentor,my 靠山,my避风港,my advisor,my poking bag/sticks,my stress producer,my stress product(:,my出气筒,my依赖,my 仰慕 and last but not least...my 0203/0104's buddies.

make new frens,
keep the old.
one is silver,
the other is gold.

had always been my fav..(:
n yea..
u noe it..
so i no nid to say liao rite!!!wahahahahahzzz..-yiqi

Must wait for photos.

Since, no one has been posting here, I shall do one.
(Psst, soon I'll be able to write secrets here as no one visits!!)


Well, Guys....... and Gals (yea, I hear you.....).

Recently I've been facing a huge temptation. I dont know if I should say this..... Hmm.... I'm also not sure if you people are/at some point of time had faced this HUGE (see... it's really huge...) temptation. It's been inside me for quite some time now and it used to be just irritating at times, now it's really unbearable, so much so I feel that if i don't do it, I'll dissolve into something....... aqueous... Well, hear goes....


Recently, I am, oh so very, tempted by loving you guys alittle more.... just.......... alittle...
(There... I said it..)


P.S. I'm not very good at winning over temptations such as this... cause your all soooo cute!!! *pinches all your cheeks....

BEST

Is God’s Work more important than having more people come join us? If not, why do we show that way? Why are we more obsessed with getting the things done than saving more people? Isn’t saving more souls the ultimate result of doing God’s Work?

0104, I’m sorry for always seeming so busy. I’m sorry for not being able to stop and discuss about how to make our study programme better for our kids. I’m sorry for not being able to let u catch me so that you can finally talk to me. I’m sorry for not being able play ‘big fish, small fish’ with you (actually, I’m not really sure how to play la... -..-). I’m sorry for not being able to answer ALL your questions (err.. some questions are best left for God to answer la..).

BUT!

Let our times in Church be as fulfilling as possible ok?? I totally agree with CL when she said that during weekends, she can’t wait to evolve into multiple ‘her’, so that she can do many, many things.

So youths, please don’t say that there is nothing for you to do in Charis. CHARIS LOVES A WILLING HEART; AND SO DOES GOD! As long as you are willing, you will never be short of things to do!

Clearing up the mess (doesn’t matter who made it), touching people’s lives and making that special difference, making sure that the elderly are seated at the most comfortable place (instead of our own butts already being there), getting people to pray with us for our new friends and upcoming activities, thinking through every single corner of our new Church building to see what we can do to make it even better… AND LOADS MORE!!!!



“For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.” ~ Issac Bashevis Singer
Remember how we can 积宝在天? Here’s one way.

“There are many of us who are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.” ~ Dwight L. Moody
Are we willing to be the few who are willing to do little things for God?

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
Having a willing heart is good; having actual help is better.

Youths! Be the best that we can ok?!!

Let your life bloom to its fullest for God.


Disclaimer: I still gotta do what I’ve gotta do la… so some games are best left for other times and some questions are best left for other times of the DAY. >.<

some thoughts amidst my busy everyday life..

hello proud members of 0104! it's been some time since i last posted something.. and this blog is becoming stagnant when everyone's been caught up in their everyday lives.. (let's see how long this post takes to be noticed)..

anws, im here to share some thoughts and afterthoughts! :D since June hols are ending.. ):

this whole June hol, i slept a lot, ate a lot, caught up with friends and studied a little.. but i was also able to finish a few books.. Eric & Leslie Ludy's "When God Writes Your Life Story" (courtesy of jj) and Max Lucado's "In the Eye of the Storm" (courtesy of lx).. and im currently reading "When God Writes Your Love Story", 2nd series of Eric n Leslie Ludy again.. it's really good!

yes yes.. also, for those of you who missed out on our TGY and our VALUABLE discussion with mu shi until 5am that morning.. i dontknow how to explain to you what you've missed!

to me, it wasnt a formal, big discussion, but it impacted me and strengthened my Faith, and i needed that, esp when im all living in a society that constantly tells me: "Wah Piang Eh! your religion abit lao pok sia! so many rules.. and so busy somemore!"

today in tq, when we sat together during cell group time.. we spent time talking about our 'rules' again.. how we should sit while listening, abt the importance of having pen and paper ready, abt BGR and the crazy things we get into when emotions get the better of us.. (you know, teenagers n their raging hormones. haha~) ww having to explain so much, it's really tough on her. thankyou, ww..

but i hope you caught the GIST of our discussion today.. no matter how many rules we set: abt giving 10% faithfully, abt BGR, not smsing n calling at night, not going out alone w e opp sex, even small things like how to give support when someone is talking, and to help with cleaning up..

i salute all of you for being willing to listen to e rules and ask questions.. shows that you're interested! wow.. and even better, obey the rules when other pple outside may say "HUH? cannot go out alone w the opp sex? r u living in year 2008 or not? this is singapore leh, not ancient chinaaaa.."

but people ah people!! im afraid that you guys will miss e point. (cause i missed it initially too! so here i write BIG BIG in red)
it all boils down to pleasing God with our actions! meaning, that we can set a hundred 'rules', and you can obey them all but at the same time feel that you are being forced to comply. (c'mon la, admit it!)

then that will be different from wanting to please God, and thus, be really, sincerely, truthfully listening to what the leaders say.

imagine 2 scenarios:
1. your parents just held a big party.. and they forced you to clean up the kitchen after that. the whole place is a mess! and the whole time you complained, saying "you're treating me like cinderella!", but you clean up anyways.. cause you were aware of the consequences if you dont. but the whole time you were asking "can i stop now? am i done yet?".. until your parents finally let you off the hook and you FLEE to your room to start the maple story appointment with a friend online.

2. your parents are out for the day. you're alone at home and the kitchen's in a mess but no one asked you to clean up. suddenly, you had an idea.. you started cleaning up the kitchen, wiping ALL the counters, mopped the floor, and did a thorough job (now that's really going e 2nd mile).. just for the sake of surprising your parents.. when they returned, they were indeed surprised and exclaimed "who did this? it's wonderful!".. do you feel the joy?

there's a big difference between the 2.. same thing leh. if you oblige by 0104's rules, understand that you do so, to please God.. not to make sure ww wun get any chance to scold you hor!

Guys, let's build our lives in God, not build God in our lives.. okay?

when you love God, really love Him, you will be able to say w David e psalmist, "I desire to do ur will, O my God" (Psalm 40:8) it will flow from within, not from rules we set.. (not that they're a bad thing la.. but you get my point)

if God is going to write your life story, He's going to need your pen.

Jesus said, "Daily you must trust me, surrendering everything, including the blood in your veins, and the breath in your lungs for me to do as i see fit. if you want to join up w me, you must let me lead." (luke 9:23, paraphrase in "When God Writes Your Love Story")

maybe we'll hesitate to pass God our pen.. cause that will mean not being able to do things our way, in our time. but if we really realise that God is The One who understands us more than we understand ourselves, and really knows what He's doing.. we'll be more than willing to pass him our pen. we'll pass him the pencils, the crayons, the markers too! (im still learning also.. we learn tgt la?)

look, we've all been through the playing-around-the-rules-but-still-obeying-them. it's tiring.. right? let's just focus on pleasing God with our actions for now. im sure he'll show 0104 the way to grow strong, tight, and right!

jiayou (:
(eh, if you've got the stamina to read until here, wa seh, you are good. tag in the board so i know! lol.. gd luck when sch reopens dears!)

love, char..