God's people

Last Saturday we had the second last lesson of our Youth Alpha course, This week will be the last lesson. Quite a few of the Youths decided to stop coming after the course is over, it is absolutely their choice to make. Just like Jesus said to his disciples “Come, follow me,”, Jesus made it easy for us to say no, for he did not come into the world and scare or intimidate people to follow him. They followed him out of pure curiosity when his disciples to be asked him where he was staying, he merely said “Come and see”. It was also an invitation for his disciples and disciples to come to see the awesomeness of our mighty Lord. Jesus made it very easy to say no because he does not want half hearted followers. For instance this Youth Alpha course is merely a storing vat for Christians, just like how John the baptist prepared the people of Israel for the coming of our Lord, so too does these bible study lessons prepare us, ready for disciples to be chosen. It is upsetting to know that many Youth's choose their own ways and are ready to say no to our Saviour. We all say we are Christians but in reality we are just a shadow of our true potential. Only with God can we achieve not only God's purpose but our personal goals as well. I recently found this verse that describes exactly what we are:

“for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said:

'Wake up, O sleeper,
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you'”

Ephesians 5:14

For some reason this verse stood very clearly to me, this is also the reason why we read the bible. What works for us may not necessarily work for others as I have found out when I decided to share this verse with a couple of friends. It also shows that God speaks to each of us in ways that only each of us can understand and it is always very precise and clear. This verse is from a passage telling the Ephesian people to live as children of light. Even though darkness surrounds us and there is no light at the end of the tunnel, always remember that light is greater than the darkness, have you ever seen such great a darkness that covers up a small weak flickering light? No! Darkness has no power over light. Most of us will understand that the darkness represents our fallen and corrupt world, there are anti-Christians, murders and unspeakable crimes. However, we must remember that these people are not our enemies we have to understand that the real enemy is Satan. Moses was furious at the Pharaoh of Egypt when he refused to let the people go. I can almost imagine how angry and frustrated Moses must have been when the Pharaoh just says no without even considering what Moses said. But Moses had a righteous anger. The Pharaoh was not the enemy. I know I keep getting side tracked but once I start I am unable to stop, as Brian once told me that we do not have to worry about how we pray or talk to others about Christ, the Holy spirit is or facilitator and will guide you somehow to talk, it feels like you are talking but in truth, the often unnoticed holy spirit guides us through our lives and helps us to understand passages form the bible and how it applies to each of us. Some times, and it has happened many times, people or yourself may feel the urge to share a verse or something with someone else. Even through conversations, that is also one of the many ways that God speaks to us. People often think that when people say God has told me this or God has told me that. It is very easy for us to imagine God in his booming loud voice telling us what to do. It may happen, no doubt but the most convenient way definitely through the bible. Just hope that got you thinking. : )
God bless.

RYU

When is the last time you ever rode on a bike?
As growing youths, we rarely have time to go to the park, what more riding a bike?
...

It all happened one fine day when Kim and Brian appeared at Ryunosuke's house. It was late in the night and we were wondering whether to go out to eat, the Kim was feeling lazy and Brian had something important to do. So we delayed and delayed till it was later than late. ha ha. It so happened that Ryunosuke thought it was a good idea to use the bike at the front of the house. Then we found out that there air in the tires, now late had become latest(opposite of Brian's middle name, faster-but Kim disagrees with his middle name and all the betweens). ryunosuke quickly pumped up the air. Ryunosuke rode his BMX and Brian rode on the bike that got hit by a car and Kim rode a pink bike with a basket. Brian went out of his mind and rambled something about dying with the wind on his face. Then as we neared the guard house Brian got scolded by the guard because he didn't go left.




At long last we reached the cafe.

Brian was not in the picture because he cycle all the way to klcc - joking
he had no self confidence to take photo with Kim because he might ruin the picture ( that's what he said). The end.

Anyways we had a great night. We are in church now going to learn Al~fa! (Alpha).

KIM & RYU

So basically, it was much more than a bike ride and dinner to me. It just shows that as Christian brothers and sisters we can just appear at each others houses at anytime of the day and have a great time together. - Ryu

Praise The Lord

well, Tifani is here!

finally, for the first time, youth band performed. woottss woootsss.

we were performing in second service. we played 2 songs, Forever and Hosana.

the singers are me (Tifani), Claudine, and Kimberly K.
the guitarists are Brian K and Natalie
the bassist is Chester
the drummer is Terence
the keyboardist is Vharlene
the Violist is David (sunday school)
and Peggy helped us at piano.

it was cool, and fun that finally we could serve the Lord and praise him.

at first, we were very nervous, i was shaking, but pastor and Irene Lim prayed for us and we felt better.


and these are the picture



ps : i don't know why i couldnt upload the video. sigh.

How and Why I Should Tell Others

Just want to thank Tifani for changing the layout for this blog today and also Brian for leading.
Great work guys.

Today was one of those hectic hair pulling out days. It looked like chaos under control. Chrisanne was away so the leaders had to teach. This is more or less what happened...
I was just arranging the bookshelf when I had to go downstairs to greet our new people, well that went well since there was this girl Valentina who was initially scared of coming but I hooked her up with Susan and they soon became friends and Lennard took care of the new kid Keenan. All well so far. Then we knew that one of our leaders Kimberly was going to be a little late who then later called to inform us that she sprained or somehow injured her knee and won't be coming until very late. So me and Brian was a bit edgy since Kimberly was involved in the drama thing that was supposed to start. Luckily we got Xiao Yi to do it and it worked out well but not as well as we were hoping for it to be, small hinderance but we pushed on.
I also forgot to mention that we had no projector so everyone had to look at the tiny screen, there were alot more Youths this week which made things worse.
The lesson itself was good, I think it really got me to think that I haven't been a very good witness for Christ. Will pray about that more now.

Today was more based on skits so we had a skit in the beginning and got the Youths to do the skits. We got them into 5 groups and we also had to give them ideas and guide them for the skit. Kimberly came during that so I had to run around giving ideas and supervise them. It was insane, one group was throwing balls at one another so I confiscated the ball and found out that it was part of the skit.... Great. I expected it to all go down the drain but somehow by God's grace all the groups were productive except Riki's group... Hmmm... I knew Riki for a very long time, but everytime we never talked about the gospel.. I think I have to work on that. Riki has potential I just haven't realised that.

All in all, as the whole evening looked like a recipie for disaster we encouraged one another and just really looked to God to make this all go right. In the end, the groups presented thier skit and we closed in prayer. It was a good evening considering all the things that could have gone wrong. Even the new people enjoyed themselves.. I think.

Happy birthday Samnang. (yesterday)

Tifani is here!

hey guys.
this is my first time. hehe.

ok well, i just want to share my opinion about youth alpha.

as Kimberly had said, YA really changed my life. i really understand about what am i here for. and those thing. most importantly, i become more understand about Holy Spirit, something that i thought was kind of doing the least thing compare to God and Jesus in trinity, but actually, he is as powerful as the others. well, now i am so happy that i become closer to Him.

now, after YA, i realize that nothing happen in coincidence. now i understand that everything that happen in my life is in purpose. and i can pray and ask God even for a simple thing. i believe that as long as we have faith on Him, and let Him do His work on us, everything will be just fine. like for example this morning, i had a little problem. i was supposed to go with Sandra to saloon. but the problem is, she couldn't send me to church which that means, i have no transport to go for youth and practice. i prayed in my heart and just asked Jesus to lead me and solve this problem to me. i left it all to Him. (well, it seems like a small problem) but after that, Sandra called me and said that she couldnt go today and that's mean i can follow my mom to church. problem solved. well, maybe some people things that this is a coincidence, but it is not. i believe that this is Jesus plan.

i am also very happy coz i have lots of new friends. i'm so happy to have BrianT as a personal adviser (hehe). to have Ryu as a joking partner (well, i always ask u to be my date for a night), to have kimberly L. and fooling around with her. to have Cha and Din my new shopping partner (well, Cha we should go for more girl movies), and Xiao Yi as my sister:). to have Chester as a big brother that i always wish i have one. and other brother and sister... I'm so happy, i never thought i would ever get a friendship like this. this is the best things i ever had in Malaysia, to have a friendship in Christ and support each other to grow in Him.

well, now i leave all my future, plan and everything to Him. my faith in Him, is my survival kit. because i believe that He has prepared the best thing for me and i am on my way to reach there.