Tuesday, September 30, 2008

running home.

So come home running
His arms are open wide
His name is Jesus
And He understands

He is the answer
You are looking for
So come home running
Just as you are


it's part of a song titled come home running by Chris Tomlin



To all the ED1-Allouts!
hey peeps really want to thank God for all of u!=) the greatest joy of my life other than Jesus would be seeing you guys grow in ur relationship with Jesus! really really seriously meant tt. and before i continue, let's really give thanks to God for a really great and wonderful week last week!

i salute all of you who stepped out of ur comfort zone and grown in certain areas of ur life!

u all know who you are.
you are ppl who took up courage to invite ur friends for service.
inviting ur friends to study tgt with the caregroup.
ppl who prayed for ur friends before the exams shining God's love and light into their lives.
ppl who went all the way for ur sheep tho u r tired.
ppl who made the extra effort to come down and know ur caregroup members more.
ppl who faithfully made effort to know one another more.
ppl who though are persecuted by ur parents, have tuition but still you hang onto God, have faith and you will be able to join us really soon for caregroup huddles and services!=)
ppl that are willing to prioritise God above all ur comfort and come for service.
ppl who are willing to accept Christ even though you were scared but you trusted God for everything and experienced ur very 1st miracle.(yes u just came to know God! yay!=D)

most imptly u guys are the bunch of guys that im so glad to be with, serve with and live life tgt with because you guys are ever so ready to obey God, His word and step out of ur comfort zone. you all know who you are, and you guys are really my heroes! heh=D

we all have nothing much to give God except our life and our time. but however we're gonna do it tgt, not easy but we'll grow in our relationship with God tgt, support each other, help each other to know God more!


in this time of our exams, let's help more of our friends to run home to God! continue to show God's love to ur friends, pray tgt before exams, pray for ur friends before exams, show concern for them, be that available and approachable friend that can be der for them when they are really stressed.

our aim is that by the end of october we're going to see that we have 8 people who know God in ED1 Allouts, but i believe God has a greater plan for us. so let's move beyond seeing 8 people attending service and experiencing God together with us this saturday alrite?!=) let's bring God's love and family to ur friends, let's share the good things experienced with them. great job every single one of you out there! jiayou for this week as well!=)

moving beyond 8, here we come!



God use us as we show small acts of love and kindness to our friends, use us to shine ur light. let this be all of our prayer this week. jiayou!=)

aloy; 1:09 AM


Thursday, September 25, 2008

life is never fair!

was listening to this podcast, The rocky way to God's favor, by Pastor Elwin Ahu

one thing i got from today's podcast was really this, life is NEVER fair. however God is still fair! one of the most commonly asked questions today.

if there is a God, why does He allows suffering?

The answer to this is, God NEVER intended to allow suffering!

Genesis 3:17
 To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' "Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

it was only because sin came into our lives that suffering came along as well!

there was this guy mentioned in the podcast, he went thru many things even when he really loved and followed God. but he knew what was unfair was life, not God. in fact, a great example of that would be Jesus! He went thru pains, shame, scorn, cross, everything when in the first place He was never at fault!


and ppl also ask questions like why God allows us to fall? and even blames God for that.

and this good example was given, let's say you are father of a child. and ur child is trying to learn how to ride a bike, you wouldn't always be rushing to pick ur child up because you know that only thru falling down can ur child learn where they've gone wrong and attempt to do it right. however that definitely doesn't mean tt you don't love ur child! it's precisely u love them, tt is why u know tt they have to fall to learn. and you definitely dun see a reason to why the child should blame the dad for nt catching him!

but saying that, God's grace is always there to break ur fall still, such that it would never be impossible for u to get up=) thank You God! I LOVE YOU! heh=D




learned many other things today too. but one thing i know, i definitely love my caregroup! ED1 Allouts! we are a small group, we don't have many things, i am not very experienced too. but i know that is the reason why i love leading our grp more! because we can experience so much of God together amen?=D that definitely sounds so much more exciting man! moving towards 8! i believe God will bring us beyond that number though=) look forward to knowing you guys so much more!

and lastly really want to thank God for my loving brother, alfonso! im never good at many things, and recently my wallet's pocket is so torn that coins can never stay inside it! and i asked him for help to sew it up, and now it's old, but to me it's new and i love it really much! thanks alot!=)




[A leader's word to their people has double effect, it's either doubly negative or doubly positive, let's learn to encourage!=)]

aloy; 10:34 PM


Sunday, September 21, 2008

focus!

i know my focus has to be right! but its just so not easy hah! and yeah im back! really learn alot of things and have really God-blessed testimonies to share! wow.. but haha.. God is reallly amazing when He moves, tho when He dun moves He's amazing still. but personally, i prefer Him to move much more! HAHA! that was totally out of the blue.


man.. but there's so many things that's always happening in our lifes and in our minds. and many times our hearts deceive and minds go stray, and that is the very reason why there's a simple answer to it all. the word of God! i'll focus i'll focus i'll focus. no matter what my heart says or how my mind will run, i really really pray Your word will still my heart and catch my mind. no matter what happens, no matter what happens!!!


losing the focus on God is really such a bad choice forever! keep the focus, keep the focus, keep the focus. live with God, live with God, live with God. i'll need to put these reminders everywhere so even if i want to forget it i cant.. one direction, not right, not left but straight ahead. one audience.. please God even if You have to put casts on my neck, help me look no where else but to You..


no man is above temptations, no man is alone in temptations. so in really nasty words, let's kick temptations butt big time! jiayou my fellow ppl tgt in temptations and trials with me! hah=)


Nothing best describes how we should we live our life for God really than hebrews 12:1-3 shown below. this is the message version and i love the way the whole verse ends with, if you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls! thank You Jesus.. really.. for all that You've done.. now i know im focused again..

Hebrews 12

Discipline in a Long-Distance Race
1-3Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!




Listening: With Everything, by Hillsong United.

aloy; 1:02 AM


Monday, September 15, 2008

wahahahahahaha!

sry peeps. im going on an exciting journey with God next week starting from monday so i'll be away from blogging til friday.

im so going to be as close to God as i can man! its so exciting that tho i expect problems but i expect God even more!!!! WAHAHAHA! jiayou peeps for all ur FYEs and Os. rmb to spend time with God!=)


exciting week ahead of me, here i come!


i love you Lord.. and i give my life.. to honour You=) i love being with Jesus so much.=D

aloy; 12:44 AM


Wednesday, September 10, 2008

doing things with God.

wow the other day(2 days ago actually haha) i was just going biblegateway.com to take a look at the verse of the day and i saw this verse

psalm 143:10
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God;
may your good Spirit
lead me on level ground.

what an applicable verse to see right after i come back from HKLC! and as i thought thru the verse God revealed to me some new things about doing things with Him.(or maybe i forgot haha)

only when we let God lead us into serving and doing things with Him then will we be able to do things effectively! because in our daily lives there's this irritating guy named satan and truth is he's much wiser and powerful than the us w/o Jesus. and that is why we are already at a disadvantage when we're serving w/o God.

but when you're committing things you do to God, then its a whole different story of serving effectively, since you're serving WITH God, u are not just as powerful as satan, u ARE more powerful than satan since God is with you. sure took me a long time to realise that when i don't serve with God im not on a fair ground with satan, that i am at the disadvantage. well at least now i fight on a higher ground, it's time for victories!

Be in God to serve God, don't serve God to be in God.
(simply means, let serving God be the outflow of ur relationship with God, and not the other way round, letting ur relationship with God being the result of u serving God.)



let's commit everything we do to God and serve on higher grounds together! jiayou!=) to whoever is seeing this, with God everything is possible!=D

aloy; 9:57 AM


Tuesday, September 09, 2008

hk lc.

haha not gonna post much on it today cos haven get the pictures yet, but man! it certainly changed my life big time which was what i wanted to have when i go der, one of my objectives is to really see my heart and life changed for God! its crazy over der! share more next time=)


but really want to thank God for helping me get to hong kong lc! really got to know ppl so much more, and i hope to know them even more!=)


but especially this 2 dear friends of mine, star and alvin. really got alot closer with them not just physically and spiritually as well. they are really friends whom i know i can serve hard and play hard with! and i know even if i fall, not only God will be there for me, but the 2 of them as well! really thank God for 2 of u and yeah let's jiayou tgt and support each other tgt! ED will GROW! God You are our center and our backing, and this is why we'll really grow! thank You Jesus for everything!

blog bout the crazy trip with God in hong kong soon. think God really changed us big time back in hong kong! jiayou everyone!=)

aloy; 11:09 PM