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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

hey guys.

Billy here. d2+4 blog is underway: devensd2d4.blogspot.com

rock on, love you

12:12 AM

Sunday, January 13, 2008

HELLO THE TOs of the TOFU!

haha!

we have started on WARRIORS event today already!: D

yup!

so this is how it goes:

Worshipers – Sunday
- We can spend 1 hour worshiping God.
- Let’s do our quiet time, and spend more time in His presence.

Attitude – Monday
- Speak life to at least 5 people within our team. (E.g. words of encouragement/praise.)

Righteousness – Tuesday
- Fasting (half day fast. 12 hours.)
- Pray for ourselves to have a personal breakthrough in our spiritual lives, and also for integrations to come back
- Be holy and try not to sin.

Responsible - Wednesday
- Be responsible students! We can use this day to complete our holiday homework (for the PL people who haven’t finished theirs and for the JC people to complete their tutorials.)
- COMPLETE HOMEWORK DAY: Especially, since Ignite will be on Fri – Sun!

Inspire and motivate – Thursday
- Write letters to at least 2 integrations in our team telling them something encouraging or nice! We’ll pass them out by maybe passing to the people closest to them.
- Bless someone in D2 with something nice.

Obey – Friday
- One of God’s commandments is to ‘honor our father and mother’. Do whatever your parents tell you to do, OR EVEN BETTER, help them on your own initiative. E.g. help out with chores and etc.

Respect – Saturday
- Respect each other, greet people you see! Say hi to each other!
- Lets do something for them

Sacrifice – Sunday
- We can sacrifice some of our time to read the Bible and our past sermon notes.
- Prepare a BIG offering to give today

you can put the warriors picture as your msn display

: D

yup! let's pray that this event goes well!

and let God renew our strength in the next week!

Love,

Ethel(on behalf of Tock;D)

7:04 AM

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Let's Fly.

-Billy

10:23 AM

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Update! I'm sleepy and tired after going to Ikea to buy stuffs of Decor Ministry for X-mas services and church. So i just post photo! I'm blissful to be back!

D2's outing set by LY
HAPPY DAY EVER! 17 Dec 2007

1. Eat at BigO Wheelock Place. (This restaurant is recommended by Kris 'fries' and Sherlyn 'sherry' :D)
2. Walk around and talk.
3. Go back church to do BM.
4. HAPPILY do BMMMMMMMM (Broom fighting & Mop dancing)
5. Go home.
= Happy Monday!

I'm just high and wanna post something interesting! EXCITING!

OH, CHRISTMAS SERVICES!

3:04am

21.12.2007 (I love this colour)

10:58 AM

Apathy
By Billy Zheng

When you ignored that Guy while having dinner
When you got afraid of that girl's looks
When you saw the sad looking dude on the left
and just left him alone.

How many more people have to be indifferent
and for their own sake of fun and laughter and fears
condemn a soul to eternal suffering?

We sing making a difference in our lives
and then jump with joy and slap high-fives
We move on with the ones we know
leaving the rest, the new in shadow.

Lucifer waits for one mistake
and that guy who you saw while having dinner
that 'ugly' girl
that sad dude on the left, they're his

Devils waiting for your slip
Making things very attractive to
Convenietly forget.
Convenietly 'not see.'

We sing making a difference in our lives
and then jump with joy and slap high-fives
We move on with the ones we know
leaving the rest, the new in shadow.

Judgement day's come, He's here!
We all sprout wings and before we know
Here's heaven! Everybody's awesome and singing
The praises of the Lord and King.

And upon that throne He sits
The One and Only
The Lion and The Lamb
Jesus, God and Holy Spirit

But he looks down at us
and we see nothing but tears
flowing down His Awesome Face
He looks and says:
"Why didn't you care?"

We sing making a difference in our lives
and then jump with joy and slap high-fives
We move on with the ones we know
leaving the rest, the new in shadow.

It's a poem inspired by Does anybody hear her by Casting Crowns.

Written because there was once a time where i felt out of church and i was just a shadow amongst a bunch of On Fire youths

Because there was once i almost left church because i just felt so lonely.

Written for those left behind alone because of insecurities, fear and faithlessness,

And those who could have come to the Father,

But crushed by the apathy and indifference of people who could have just

Given a smile, and a helping hand.

But didn't.

Written to remind people not to lose anyone anymore because of indifference.

9:21 AM

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Billy is speaking.

typing actually. hm.

Some sth that's on my mind.

God gave His hundred percent on the cross

His body and soul tormented and annhilated for our sins

And He gave us a chance to go to heaven,

Even pursue the high call and reign with Him.

It's really appaling to see how some people just ignore the truth and just play church

It's even worse to see people on fire, serving, but more worried with their physical things.

Willing to give only 50%. even 20%.

I'm just wondering, if Jesus were standing at the church door instead of the ushers, and He looked at every one of our hearts

How would He feel if a person came into the hse of God with such a ignorant attitude. or if he/she came in with a "oh, i have to do it because my leader says so, and i have to do it because i signed up so yeah." kind of mindset.

I wld really imagine that He'd just stop you and say, "come back when you are ready to serve and worship."

Like how Pst Lia told the first youths in our church.

I really see that Ministry is a place which is not a bed of roses.

It's tough. It's new. It's professional.

It's the mountian which we can trek, and grow on.

It's the place where we can give our all to Jesus and really express our love for Him thru our works.

There's no rest in the Christian walk as Pst Kevin Loo said.

One of the days in service i was really struck hard.

"Billy, are you giving your 100%? are you actually living for Jesus or just living a lie, serving God or serving your own intrests?"

I went into a lapse of time where i really saw myself from the outisde and i really could understand the areas of life which i needed to change in myself. And i really looked and looked and looked. And i really saw the flaws in my life

And God just showed me the rest- Thru pst Shearer's sermons in VBS about prefection,

Thru pst how's Prayer for us.

What i really realised and i want to share here is that God really wants us to be like Jesus. Giving all, or nothing. Giving something significant, or not even a bit. He wants us to have a heart of pure servitude, not even a partial heart. He wants people after the Heart of God, a one hundred percent. He wants us to see what's on the other side for us, the promised land.

I just really felt this inside spark. and i really knew that it was time to be serious. It was time to stand up and start living seriously.

I may be tired
I may feel sick during this time
I may be exhausted physically
And drained mentally
And conked out in energy

But who says that the walk of faith will have rest?

Who says ministry will have a break?

Who says walking with Him will have rest?

Who says Christianity is a bed of roses?

quoted frm dex's blog,

"
Pastor Lia said something inspiring to the VBS worship team:
"You will never feel rested. This is how it is going to feel like 9 out of 10 times you go out there."

this is not only true on worship team, but on any other ministry or even our own spiritual lives. there is no rest in pursuing Jesus. in fact, Jesus did not promise us an easy happy-go-lucky lifestyle, but a life of continual submission, surrender, and discipleship.

There is no rest, only a continuum of Worship, Fellowship, Ministry, Discipleship, Surrender and higher levels of the previous stated.

I remember i once thought seriosuly,
"Are you going to live for Jesus? "

I'm going to live His dream.
I'm going to see His vision for me.
I'm going to love Him.
I'm going to love His people.
I'm going to love the lost.
I'm going to hunger after Him.
I'm going to crucify myself
and allow Him to live in me.
I'm going to answer the call
I'm going to live the Christian life
I'm going to stand up for what's right
and see that the truth shall spread

and set many free.

Because He set me free
He died for me
He took all my sins to the grave
Rose again to watch over me
Guide me
Help me
Grow me.

Im going to live for Him.

I want to ask all of you reading this,

Are you all seriously living your life for Jesus?

I love you, D2.

9:26 PM

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Hi, all my dear friends! I love you guys!

Finally I have a little time to blog on this dear blog. It's our CG's blog so can't have spider webs like my blog. I have to update and make something interesting!

I LOVE HOGC! I can't stand staying for a long time away from church! I missed my church a lot when I was away from Singapore. Our church is the most happening and wonderful church ever in this world. I felt so loved by our people when I wasn't here. Everyday ushers talked to me on tag board of usher blog. They all missed me like crazy. My heart was so touched. Kris often sent message to me. Sherlyn nudged me on Msn. Billy chatted with me on Msn too. I missed them like mad.

Heart of God church is really my second HOME - my spiritual HOME ever.

On that day, 4th Dec, I landed off at 3 30pm. I went home from airport, quickly took a bath and headed to church immediately for ministry duty. I felt the joy! Church was decorated for Christmas nicely. I missed the decoration ministry's time to decor the church. People shouted out loud when they saw me: "YOU'RE BACK!", gave me a hug! That's the reason why I can't leave church forever. I love my church, people, Pastors, leaders, ministries and all the things related to 'HEART OF GOD' - the Heart of the Father! I received messages from Sherlyn, Billy and Joo Yu. I felt so warm and that they love me. Nowhere else can be like HOGC!

On the next day, that's VBS. I MET THEM! D2! Pray and worship on that day was my first time praising God after coming back. The presence of God really flowed in me. I really heard what God told me. He is AMAZING! He said that He missed me and was glad to have me back. I didn't have QT during holiday due to family. GOD really missed me and I MISSED HIS PRESENCE. Tears came out on my cheek. God inspired me to serve more and more in ministries.

VBS time was the time I had a lot of experiences. I have experienced working with Brother Sky in Cafe. I love Brother Sky who is firm and gorgeous. I really want to join SOUND MINISTRY to have more chances to work with Brother Sky and to learn more from him and to train my discipleship. I met Noni - my super 'chai' and funny chief usher. He immediately gave me usher schedule! Yup, I came back for usher too! I LOVE USHERS! I LOVE CAFE and I LOVE DECOR MINISTRY! I had some times to do decor. WAH, Joyce immediately asked me to buy flowers with her. It's really interesting. Seeing thousands of flowers makes me intoxicated... All of these experiences and VBS sermons brought me to another level.

It's really a need for me to settle my schedule for spending time with CG people. I LOVE D2! I saw you guys grow a lot in ministries. Jian Fan, Wye Keat are all in ushers. JooYu comes back for ushers and dance. Kris comes back for dance and worship team. Sherlyn grows in children church. WOW, you guys are AMAZING TOO!

Maybe there's something wrong. BUT OTHERS CAN, LY CAN'T! LY is still on fire! LY LOVES GOD! LY GROWS IN FAITH and NEVER LEAVE HOGC!

Now is the time for me to rise up and stand firmly against the sinful world. I'm ready to fight with the devil. AND MY FAITH is my WEAPON! MY FIRE has been IGNITED! I'm running with GOD!

Love,
LY with a heart for ALL OF YOU!

9:00 AM