Yes… it is year-end. It is going to be another round of walking around with Santa hats? Haha.. with many youngsters, uncles and aunties selling neon lights along the whole stretch of Orchard road? Or the decors of Orchard is already shimmering and shining through the crowds? And look out for the many different kinds of Christmas trees… they simply enhance the Christmas atmosphere around us…
However, my head is not flooded with the festive mood now but the many unfinished tasks that I have in my mind. Wow… that explains why I am having such a bad headache today.
I just sent out the Christmas cards to the different departments and the management as well. Not just that… I am going to work on the Christmas gifts for the privilege card members.. need to send out the letters latest by coming Tuesday?
Oh ya, did I also mention about the new challenge that I am going to take up? Some asked me, “What challenge?? Got attached is it??” If getting attached is a challenge, haha… I might wait a little while more to take up this challenge. But to me, relationship shouldn’t be a challenge at all. It should be a process to be enjoyed… Anyway, back to the challenge. I started to oversee my current CG le... while my current CL is taking care of our unit now. We are now overseers… no title or role should be assigned at this point in time. Just serve.
But my CG brother and sisters very mischievous… kept calling me their new CL… then I have to keep reminding them that I am not their CL… just a sister-in-Christ la… duh… hahaha… Frankly, I truly appreciate their support for me, as they know that I am really not as confident as yet. I know that they will really accept me as who I really am and also show the most concerns for me in prayers as they would do. I will also do my best to keep all of them in prayers and to impart to them the things that I know and feed them with as much spiritual food as possible. As much is given to me, much will be expected from me… :p I will give my utmost best…
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Instead of writing about my BKK trip, I am inspired to come here and write about today's WAM Vision night. I had brand new revelations today after what Ps Lawrence taught and challenged about WAM ministry. It was simply a brand new learning point for me. Ps Law taught about our church's values for worship. And it just dawned upon me suddenly that I should be more concerned about if God was pleased with my worship to Him than to care about whether I enjoyed the worship that I was in.
Amazing.
Is there any difference before and after worshipping God? Is there a change in ypur spirit and attitude? Is God still working in your heart after worship? Yes... these are things that I should really ponder and be concerned about! Why be so concerned about the technical aspects - how many times should we sing the chorus, how should we sing spontaneously and how should we go about heightening the worship atmosphere? Isn't these stuff supposed to be a spirit-led thingy? Why must it be limited to practices or experience? Can't there be any form spontaneous worship, being led by the Spirit and allow creativity to set in?
Period.
God should be the one leading the entire thingy. The one and only main focus should be all about making our worship pleasing unto Him. In fact, we should be the sacrifices, not the songs, not the tune and not just the music as well. We should be the ultimate sacrifices that pleases Him that is sitted enthroned above the earth. We should be the reason why He smile. He smiled because He is glad of our praises and voices. He delights in us.
Consistency.
May there just simply be an aroma of sacrifice arising from us to Him, a worship that is not stale and mouldy. A worship that is fresh from the oven, as if we are worshipping Him for the first time! Let there be a consistent pace in our walk with Him and let us be continuously listening to His voice, His audible voice. All that He is going to say will be far more powerful than the thousand words from men. One word from Him will change my entire life.
Love.
Love for Him through worship. An expression of the Word of God with music and rhythm. Worship. Expressing ourselves with no reservation and giving Him the very best of all. With all our heart - a love for Him. With all our soul - an emotional being. With all our mind - a rationality. With all our strength - Every part of our physical being. Everything for Him and everything is from Him. Nothing belongs to us. We belong to God solely. No compromise, no distraction. Fully and 100% focus. Always and continuously being cleansed by Him. Imperfection of ourselves reveals the perfection of our Lord Jesus Christ. His unfailing love.
Let Him be the reason why we sing, why we live and why we serve. Without Him as the centre of all, everything else will become meaningless. Won't you agree with me?
Labels: ministry, w.o.r.s.h.i.p.
Did you know that God uses a very predictable process to build your character? I call this process the "Six Phases of Faith." If you don’t understand this process, you’ll get discouraged when problems arise. You’ll wonder, "Why is this happening to me?" But if you understand and cooperate with what God is doing in your ministry, your faith - like a muscle that is stretched - will develop great strength.
Phase 1: A DreamGod gives you a dream – an idea, goal, or ambition. Every great accomplishment first begins as a God-given dream in someone’s mind. "God is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of - infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes.” (Eph. 3:20 LB)
Phase 2: A DesisionA dream is worthless until you decide to do something about it. For every 10 dreamers, there’s only one decision-maker. This is the moment of truth where you decide to invest your time, money, energy, and reputation and to let go of security. If you want to walk on water - you must get out of the boat! "You must believe and not doubt … a double-minded man is unstable in all he does.” (James 1:6, 8 GN)
Phase 3: A DelayThere is always a time lapse before your dream becomes reality. God uses this waiting period to teach us to trust him. Remember, a delay is not a denial. Maturity is understanding the difference between "no” and "not yet.” God says, “These things I plan won’t happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things\n will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day!” (Hab. 2:3 LB)
Phase 4: A DifficultyNow the problems start popping up. The two most common types: critics and circumstances. Don’t worry. It’s all a part of God’s plan. “At the present you may be temporarily harassed by all kinds of trials. This is no accident – it happens to prove your faith, which is infinitely more valuable than gold.” (1 Peter 1:6-7 Ph)
Phase 5: A Dead End!
Your situation will deteriorate from difficult to impossible. You are backed into a corner, you reach the end of your rope; it looks hopeless. Congratulations! You are on the edge of a miracle. Trust God. “At that time we were completely overwhelmed … in fact we told ourselves that this was the end. Yet we now believe we had this sense of impending disaster so that we might learn to trust, not in ourselves but in God who can raise the dead.” (2 Cor. 1:8-9 Ph)
Phase 6: A DeliveranceGod n provides a supernatural answer. Miraculously, things fall into place! God loves to turn crucifixions into resurrections so you can see his greatness. “I expect the Lord to deliver me once again so I will see his goodness to me ….” (Ps. 27:13)",1]
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The choir that I am in now is one of the nicest ministry groups that I have ever served together with... not that other ministries are not nice or good... but the choir ministry gives me a sense of love and satisfaction... satisfied in the fellowship that I am in.
Majority of the choir turned up for the dinner at Swensens on tuesday evening... And we also had a few newbies with us that day... they were Cecelia, Kelvin and De Hua. I think they must be wondering why the first official choir meet up after anniversary is bdae celebration of this 'silly' sister... hahaha... I 'challenged' all of them to write more than just "Happy Bdae Tricia!" in my bdae card.. or else cannot go home... haha...
So here we can see Cuifen writing and thinking, writing and thinking... hahaha....
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Tiger insisted that I should wear this Mickey/ Minnie head band... which I rejected violently right from the start... haha... but when I saw the pics, I thought that I was rather funny... so I put them here... pics supplied by Junming...
Look at my face and you will know how 'paiseh' I was and the choir pple really enjoyed themselves... no la.. they enjoyed laughing at me and I was enjoying the moment of being laughed at?? haha
ok... finally I got the head band up and I was trying to smile properly.... It is not an easy job man....
The funniest thing is that this bdae celebration was made known to me through email... haha... no surprise element.. but it is ok la... the best part is that they kept suaning me and my age throughout the emails... evidence as below.. hahaha...:
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Hey all,
Beng Eu has agreed to let us exploit his staff privilege of 30% off the whole bill. Let's meet at plaza singapura at 7pm, in front of swensen. It's for the special occasion of our dear tricia's 18th birthday.. So plz confirm your attendance for Ah Beng to book.
Please forward to the new members, wendy to cecilia, i'll send to kelvin and Dehua, Oh btw peishan, is it time for you to come back liao? :p
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when did i turn '18'?? mian por la... haha...see u tmr!!
Tricia
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hey tricia
happy bday! sorry have been bizy, apology, can't attend as well, u have a good time.
stay sweet 18 :)
luv
Anne
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Oh anne you're terrible... how can you be busy to this extent??
You're SEVEN years late for your greeting!! (quote: stay sweet 18 :) )
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and the final email from me...after the entire celebration...
Dearest dearest choir league,
I must really write this email before i leave my current state and go into lala land...
You guys are really so so AMAZING!! I'm just so blessed by you guys today!! Thanks for being able to tolerate the very SANGUINE me... loud, hilarious and irritating!! Indeed, whatever you guys wrote in the card truly blessed me tremendously!
it was touching to have our new choir members joing for this dinner as well... kudos to kelvin, cecelia and dehua!! i'm thankful that you guys turned up for this wonderful dinner.
I am really glad to be in this ministry with you guys. It has been a long long journey in this worship ministry since my youth days till now (though i am still very much a youth? hahaha) but i am really grateful that throughout all these ups and downs, God has never given up hope on me and He still perseveres in His child.
And I am really seeing this ministry to be one that many many will long to come in and enjoy... loving to worship God and singing to Him with the most beautiful instrument ever created... the voices.
Thus, I am truely praying for the choir ministry to train up strong and biblical vocalists to instill strong and biblical worship ministry in Singapore and all over the world. The heart of mission do not just focus in sending church planters (which is the key of cos...), but we also need equippers of all ministries, to equip the church planters and Hope churches all over the world as well.
Let's run the race of winning souls to Christ through the gospel and through ministering to them in worship. Every single soul matters and every one of you matters to me too!! Thanks for walking with me in this journey throughout.
thanks once again bros and sistas!!
Running this race with you,
Yanz aka Tricia
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Yes!! I fully agree with the leaders that ministry should be FUN!! I've fully reckoned that being a Christian is always busy, but guess what??? We are always busy having a lot of FUN!! FUN in serving God.
FUN in being blessed!
FUN in dwelling in God's presence.
FUN in having friends who care.
FUN to be changed in character.
FUN to be just me!!
Was really busy for the whole of this week. I can't really recall if I've really talked to anyone on msn in the daytime. However, I felt kind of satisfied to be busy. Time passes really fast and I think it was really good to be occupied.
I was blessed by Sherry as she helped me with the choir attire when I was really stressed out! I thank God for her that she really helped me in this without any complaint and excuses at all. Without her help, I think I will be left frowning all the way till anniversary?? haha...
Badminton at Jalan Besar CC and Karaoke at TPY CC - 2 Sept 06
Though I was sick on weds, when the weekend came, I was like a dragon man... so energetic!! Though tired physically, I was all out to play badminton and sing karaoke with some friends that I didn't go out with for quite some time. I was so happy that I think they thought that I was drunk in joy! haha... i didn't sing that well ydae, nor was i playing well in my game. However, I still enjoyed myself... especially with Lyme and Mandy entertaining us... tt's even better!!
Oh ya, I was reminded that Lyme was converted 1-2 months back and she is growing at a rapid speed... she is just so hungry!! And I am just so blessed by her life. She is so different from who she was when I met her last year! Lyme, thanks for being such an encouragement to me!!
Durian Session at Upper Serangoon - 3 Sept 06 Went for durians with RL, BQ, IZ, IL and RT in the evening today. haha... the durians are suPer dUPer COOL! I love the durians and they are just so delicious!! haha... we were all contemplating about buying the durians home and which mode of transport to take... cannot take bus and train... sure kena from the bus uncle or passengers one... so we thought of taking cab home.. but expensive siah... at the end, we have decided this, "want to eat right?? go n buy lor..." wahahaha... we ate 7 durians all in all.. they were all super NICE!! Good durians and had subsidy from IZ, so not tt bad la... haha.. so the idea is, next time wanna eat durian, jio IZ along!! haha... he gonna kill me for these. :p hahahaha... and hor, I kena stringent warning by him n ron not to publish their 'tak-image' photos... so i shan't publish them but i guess that RL is gonna do it!! keke... cos she din promise them not to publish... haha... i wash my hands off these le... wahaha... enjoy the dura-cious durian pics bah!!! hohohoh....
This durian is the most sought after and most ex one also... 1kg is $13 and taste better than the ones at geylang. it is a must try!! but i forgot what type is it... must ask the durian expert le lor...
Btw, this pic of ron... isn't he funny?? wahaha... he is the newly appointed, "Cutie Durian Monster"!!! hohoho.... it's a well-composed pic... well done ronnie!! it's a big sacrifice anyhow... keke...
anyway if next time wanna eat durian... pls jio me along... wahaha!!
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