Wasabe? no no. It's Wesabe!

Hi Guys,

I've chanced this website (actually it was a friend from NUS who emailed and intro this website to the whole group of us) Wesabe . Well, to summarise, it is an online tool which helps us to keep track of our expenditures and income, letting us know where on earth did the money went into at the end of the month by generating for us a brilliant presentation of bar-graph charts. It is simple to use, but all it need is for the user to be very disciplined in recording his/her daily transactions. Well, we're in the midst of our building fund, and if you're those impulsive spender, Wesabe may be a good tool to monitor your spending, and make necessary adjustments and calibration for your next month's spending. The following is a video on how Wesabe actually works.

Enjoy!

All I want for Chrsitmas, is....

Top 10 items on my Christmas Wish List:

#10: A classic sports watch (to be worn in beach and while jogging)
#9: A pair of jogging shoes
#8: A good pair of stylish spectacles
#7: A stylish jacket
#6: A cool sling bag (those small ones which you can put an umbrella, a bottle, and a notepad)
#5: A leather bag for office work
#4: A pair of good-looking dark blue jeans
#3: A nice long-sleeve shirt
#2: The iPhone
#1: 3 "A"s, 1 "A-" and 1 "B+" for my five modules (coincidentally, the results release date is during that period...)

Hahaha. I'm a very practical person. But if my wish-list could be granted, I'll be a very happy man! hahaha!

Have a blessed day!

Something Beautiful

Hi guys,

As I was watching youtube, I finally come across this song's original music video! I first watched this music video while I attended a church in America! (Well, Newsboys is more based in America) It's by the Newsboys, a contemporary Christian band who has been in our church once last year, and the music video was made in conjunction of the film Miss HIV. Well, the music video is conducted in some African country, which has, by the grace of God, the least number of HIV infected people. Well, enjoy the music video!




I chanced upon another Newsboys video which I guess is played in some part of Latin America (since the lyrics are all in Spanish), and the environment seems to me like a shopping center (with all the various levels within the building and escalator-like structures!) Wow, imagine having live praise and worship not in Singapore Indoor Stadium, but level 1 of Vivo City! Enjoy this music video!




Haha.. it's not over yet. This is a nice song from Newsboys, He Reigns. Is about He Reigns everywhere! From Asia and Australia to Europe and Africa, and from N.America, to S.America. Even in Antarctica! Amen!



Finally, a very nice music video pieced up by a believer, using Newsboys song, I am Free.



A galore of praise and worship songs! Have a blessed time!

Hi all..tis is my 1st post in tis blog..enjoy^^

As i was looking through the net for a christmas gift, i came across something which really kind of surprises mi..and is it one of the gifts u could give to some1 w/o even spending a single cent..and the most amazing thing is...the reciever will like it just as much as what other gifts would bring..and from the webpage it is one of the top gifts tat most ppl would want..its the gift of LOVE..In Cor 13:13 "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." U might have all faith to move the mountains, but w/o love i am still nothing..so guys, learn to love one another and treat them the way u want to be treated. All of us are God's children, by loving them, you are also loving God..

Another video uploaded!

Hi All!

Wah, this is very addictive man! Just uploaded a live praise on youtube! It's the new song, run to you, which was the theme song for our Arise and Build 2007 video! Well, enjoy and be blessed!

Another new video post

Hi guys!
Yea! 3rd consecutive post. Someone please break my posting streak... Hahaha. Well, I've finally calibrated the length of the video so that I can post this on youtube. Guess you'll be very blessed by this live worship! It's God of my Youth! This song is really very key to those who have been with Christ for years, and really drive us to not to look back but strive on!
Be blessed!

At the threshold of 2008

Hi guys!

Wow, I managed to blog in 2 consecutive times. Haha... Actually just a suggestion what we could do at the threshold of 2008. Well, we could do a lot of things, but one good thing to do is to do a Vision Statement for 2008. Or best, do a Vision Statement for your life! Well, the concept of making a Vision Statement video can be learned from this link: VisionStatement

And an example for a "My Vision Statement for 2008" (well, this is random search on youtube, it's a 2007 example):



Have a blessed week ahead!

First Vid Post at YouTube

Hi guys,

Finally I've posted 2 videos at youtube! haha. Quite an achievement. Well, the best is now I've learnt the technique of recording videos from streaming sources. So... hehehe.

Well, do be encouraged daily as you watch this Arise and Build video. It's the first one to be shown. I'll soon post the one with the pledged amount. Hope it will spur you guys on to fulfill your pledges!


This other video is a nice worship song on Hosanna. Oh, love the song so much that the bridge is my alarm tone in my hand phone. :)

MR N246

CONTESTANT #1: TAN JIA RONG JACKSON

CONTESTANT #2: LEONG FOO KAICONTESTANT #3: TAN WEI SHAN GRAYSON

-SERVICE WITH PST PHIL

WOW GUYS, I am sure the paintings Pst Phil painted on the spot was phenomenal yeah? Saw many mouths gasped and gasped and gasped and he slaps the acrylic paint on.
the #1 paint is The Lord's Supper
the #2 paint is The Cross

as a man wills so is he

Blessed week ahead =)

*DRUM ROLLLLLS*

Today we celebrated Joy's & Ryan's 17th & 23rd bday respectively.

The CG wanna wish both of you HAPPY BDAY !

1 2 3
happy bday to you
happy bday to you
happy bday to J, R (joy&ryan)
happy bday to you!!!!

May this year end with your purposes fulfilled
and the coming year be filled with greater purpose in the Lord.
God grant the desires of your heart.

With love, N246 =D

Funny Video

Hi everyone!

This is a super funny video that my boss showed me the other day. Although it is about insurance, yet i feel that it relates to our experience in reaching out to people. Do persevere on, service with Pastor Phil this week is going to be a fantastic for your friends and yourself!

Short Post

Hi everyone!

great to see lively discussions going on. Everyone is entitled to their own views, so please dont take any comments personal or what k. Learn to respect the differences in people.

Anyway, wow... long post by Weishan, my mind is in a daze now, busy rushing assignment and brain not thinking too well. But in response, i just feel i can make a little comment.

We all wear a mask, some hide more, some hide less. But the reason we do that is because deep within us, we are afraid that other people will not accept us if we take that facade off. We all have insecurities. It is normal. That is why we got to learn to love one another.

What is love? The famous verse in corinthians, love is patient, love is kind etc. In short, to me, love means accepting a person for who they are. This does not mean you must agree with everything the person is doing, yet, you tell the person that despite of all these, they are valued and important. If you can only accept a person when they are riding the waves in good times, then disappear the moment a problem crops up. That is not love at all. I always believe in a chinese proverb i learnt in primary 6, Huan Nan Jian Zhen Qing, if my hanyu pinyin is bad, or if you simply have no idea what i am talking about, it is better known in english as, "a friend in need, is a friend indeed."

Can we afford to love each other more? I certain believe so. Nobody is perfect. If you know me, i have a mountain load of weakness. Haha... maybe many of you can attest to that, but like Weishan said, lets be true to ourselves. There will always be a fear in us to take off that mask, because it hides us from our vulnerabilities.

But, in every friendship and relationship, there is always risk involved. What if, the person does not accept me for who i am. So will everyone accept us, when we choose to take off our masks? I believe not all, but i believe many will. Yet why take the risk of getting hurt? Of getting rejected? Because, when we choose to take that risk, we open up a door where there can be true communion. Where each other can know that they are true, and no pretense. In the atmosphere of trust, can a friendship really blossom.

Lets build a cg where we accept who each other, for who we are. Weakness and all.

Building Funds, Building Lives, CG, Love, God

Hey everyone,
I believed everyone of us who went for service pledged our "Isaac" on the altar. There is already power in the seed we sowed, there is power in reproduction. Let us not just stand by the sideline because of thoughts like "there are so many people giving" or "aiya i need to buy this buy that pay this pay that" or "if i give i dont have any left"

Through our givings, our character is being built up, our faith elevate to a whole new level.

Many of us come with needs in our life but its only when we sacrifice and give our BEST, give our "Isaac", our faith is being released because of our stepping out. Let us not be limited by what we have but a little becomes much in the Master's hand.

Do not grow weary while doing good for in due season you will reap a harvest if you do not lose heart.

Don't lose heart. Continue to sow on good grounds and in due season, your harvest for your family's salvation, for your friend's salvation, for your cg revival, for your financial debt cancelled and entering into financial prosperity, for your studies to excel, for many many other more. Lets stand together to believe for a stadium for 30 000 people !!!!

Whats your greatest desire?
God will supply all your needs through His riches in Christ !

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with regards to Grayson's post... Hmm..

I believe, as much as we want our CG to grow, let us love one another more with the love of Christ, caring more for one another. Let us not only love the lovable and acceptable but pray to God to enlarge our capacity to love people that are unacceptable. If we Christians say we love God yet does not obey His word to love His people, how are we different from the world?

Few weeks back during service, everyone us pledged our life to be a Star Thrower once again, how many of us actually still remember?

When tonight comes to an end, we will only be left with

7 mondays
7 tuesdays
7 wednesdays
7 thursdays
7 fridays
7 saturdays
7 sundays

and the days will just keep on decreasing, but will the souls that we have come to touched and blessed increase as the day decrease?

Let us not say in our hearts "the grass is greener on the other side" and yet be superficial both outwardly and inwardly. There is a PURPOSE of the CG you are in now! THERE IS A PURPOSE! Whats your ideal CG?

"i want my cg to be more encouraging but but but"
"i want revival but but but"
"i want my cg to this... i want my cg to that..."
YOU BE THE ONE TO CHANGE, STOP COMPLAINING.
Seriously, people who complain and blame God all the time goes nowhere in the end because they are often the one who resist changes in life!

I am not perfect but I can be better in my character and every aspect of my life. None of us is perfect but let us all strive to love people more, love God with all our heart. Come to the place of denial of ourselves, bury our cross and carry His's.

It is in the secret place where God has seen you!

PRESS ON !!!

"Critical" Story

Time: 2.39am
Date: 4th November 2007

Hi guys, i have seen so many entries regarding revelations, sharing of the word and i guess its time i write something on the blog too, :p. Well, i observed that all the entries posted are very relevant to everyone, edifying, encouraging, enpowering and very educational. People who read them are enpowered especially the aquiring of wisdom & fear of the Lord. Well, i am sure that the cell group are growing, stronger and stronger, faith to faith, glory to glory. People are educating themselves, encouraging themselves to look upon the Lord for wisdom, understanding and love. It seems that people are really stepping out of their comfort zone and beginning to make a difference in the society, in people's life. Well, certainly, as a cell group blog, we edified and esteemed others more than ourselves, thus if there is any offense to whoever he or she might be after reading my posts, ha, please forgive me and i sincerely want to say sorry to you.

Yup! Questions are a constant in our life. It is the same as Change which is also a constant. Questions brings about answers which brings about changes, be it in our life, society, culture, standard of living etc etc. If we do not have questions, we are not progressing. Throughout history, well if you study them, well dun doubt, you studied them, eg, bible; human beings are progressive creatures, as the bible are being preached, as God gives us the anointing and inspirations, humans beings begin to develop, Science and Technology, Finances & Economies, Systems and Buildings are established. Thus questions are inevitable, we must also ask questions to improve ourselves, to enrich our knowledge and comprehend the importance of numerous complex systems in our societies. Thus so much for explaination, it lies to one point. I have a question...

Are we being true to ourselves?

1,2,3! raise up your hand if you think you are, and please do not response if you think you are not. Sometimes, in the course of persuing something, achieving goals and dreams, discipling people, we completely forget about oursleves, we rushed through the heavy duties in our life, stretching ourselves to the limits and eventually daily stuffs kept on going and going. Yup! that is solid, good, we are being fruitful, fully utilising the time God has given us cause He tell us to number our days, remember? ok Grayson, please get to the point!

Putting up a front for people?

Huh? Why did you ever say that?Did we put up a front and show people who we are?Questions upon questions clouded my mind. Well, the underlying answers, only you will know. I just want to share something, not ego or anything cause like what bible says, out of the abundance of my heart, the mouth speaks. Yup! thus after reading, you all can evaluate me, ha! Bing always tell me one thing, " Weishan, dun always please man!" I do not really understand the questions when he told me one and the half year ago, and he told me again, one year ago, i still do not understand! " Bing, i never leh!, i really think doing it makes me happy and people are happy too ma!"
" Weishan, dun always please man!"
Finally, i begin to evaluate myself, well it seems to be the darkest time when everything in my life falls apart recently. Am i pleasing man? Why am i doing all these things? Thats when the theif comes in to steal, kill and destroy, faith begin to dissipate. Finally, after sometime of struggling, i awaken to realise that all the while i am doing everything for God, to see the happiness of people smiling as their lives improved as you make changes to their lifes, their enviornments, a sense of satisfaction. I am sure you all have that kind of feeling. : )

Some people, throughout their lives are always putting up a front for others to see. They live life to the "fullest" as i called it cause they are always covering themselves up, afraid to expose their flaws, their deep secrets. Their presentations made them the limelight, people are so inspired by them, people look up to them, to people they look so perfectly fine, whereas inside them, they are so fearful of people knowing their abilities and insecurities. I do not deny, i am one of them, haha! Well, there are always two sides to a coin, there are people that i see that is so broken, true and genuine. Their presentations are so real so concrete that you will know their foundation is really built on a rock and Christ is the rock. Temptations and rough moments may come, they may fall, but every fall, every burden they are carrying, they are taking a step, one at a time, climbing towards their ultimate prize. They do not deny their fear, their insecurities, though they may seem weak but these are the true strength that one aquires as they carry the cross and stand in the gap. ( I am not talking about me btw). Though they are tired, they persevere, doing everything out of a genuine heart that little things they do will make a difference, like the starfish stories, though the boy may not save all the starfishes, but for that one starfish, he has actually make a difference.

Making a difference starts from you, yes please do not look around, its you. Actions go with Words. I do not deny the fact about flesh being weak, spirit strong, but questions i want to challenge you!

1) Are we being genuine ourselves? True to ourselves, being double minded as what the bible tells us are denied, thus why do people have to work so hard to become double-minded?
2) What is the underlying motive of standing in the gap and edifying people?
3) Are we putting up a front and hiding, chucking away our little secrets?

These actually boils down to the fact that, how do you think about our cell group?

These questions are not to pinpoint anyone and definitely not to criticise but these questions are questions which i use to evaluate myself and i hope to share with everyone, be it you received or not. Thus after thinking through the questions, if you feel that you are genuine enough, praise God and continue to become a true person, and if you are not, well still praise Him, but i personally feel that its time to evaluate yourself, Why not being true? doing things not just for man but for God who truly loves us and the underlying motives are genuine. I believed that people who always like to put up a strong front is like Shrek the movie, where "he" due to hurts and fear begin to have layers upon layers of emotions repressed like an onion. Like what Bing says at the airport, real changes comes from the heart, do not be hardened, do not feel pressured, but in everyday of our life, be true to our emotions, ourselves, anything that is not pleasing to God, try to change. Some changes may take a shorter time, some may take a longer time, but like what the "God" in bruce almighty says. "Isn't it beautiful that in Christ, anything that is messed up can be cleaned up" ( a little distorted). Isn't it beautiful?

Cell group is a place where brothers and sisters fellowship in the light. A place where people can be edified, enpowered, strengthened. A place where people can share their emotions, happy, sad, anger and joy. A place where people can find solutions for problems they cannot solved. A place where people felt loved. A place where people can feel the unity and every burden can be shared, rising to greater heights, soaring under the wings of the Lord. A place where you do not have to hide and change masks but you and you know in your heart, people around you are true.... what is your ideal cell group?

What is our cell group like?

How to say i love when we do not love? How to share if we not have a relationship with one another? How to grow stronger together if we not help each other? How to help if we do not express to each other how we really feel? How to know if we never ask? How to know what we need to know?

Friends, we change so that we can make changes, not just only for your sheep, not just only to show people that we "really" changed, but its for God and people will know you have change. We rise up not because we have to become a Leader, to be in the limelight, to have a wider social circle, to become what we want aim for, to become someone people will look up to, but all of us are called to become a leader in different areas of our life, our ministries, our marketplace, 2 bring about changes to societies, be it a neighbour's cat. But we rise up, because thats how we choose to believe in God, as what my leader says, "Obedience brings about faith in action". We believed and acted upon His promises and sincerely wants to improve lifes, build people's life so that they can become leaders too, and with the power of One, we can shake nations and move mountains. All these are expressed in simple languages, we know them, but are we making changes in our lifes so that we can make changes in other people's life? Did we really engaged our own cell group members, not just only the marketplace. The people around you are the marketplace people cause their lifes are revealed just in front of you. Stepping out to chnage your own life and other people's life? Are u??

Well, some of you may say that, "Weishan are you not doing the same thing, a pot calling the kettle black?" Well, in a way, i am trying too.. but this is the moment where we need to hold each other to press on? Anyone wanna hold me?( Yes i can see lot of hands , yah you, yes you, yah lots of hands, lots of hands!, your hands, your hands, your hands!)oops!

Friends, let us take sometime off your hectic schedule to evaluate ourselves, to become a genuine person where our light shines not through our mouth but hidden inside us, a fire burning deeply, passionate for God, for each other's well being, that we can minister to one another and everyone will really rise up to another level, not just for helpers but everyone, focusing on what you have, not what you do not have, trusting and resting in God's hands and i believed that miracles upon miracles we can see, happening to all of us..

Old Proverb: A friend in need is a friend indeed. Hey how much do u know me and u????

PS: A simple message for simple people to understand? Ooi! YOU understand ma????

; ))

Ending Time: 4.38am

We wanna wish Yao Hui Happy Birthday!
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Happy Bday to you
happy bday to you
happy bday to youuuuuuuuuu
happy bday to you!

To Haitang
Take care for your trip
the CG will miss you
You are so gonna have fun there, enjoy yeah!
We will see you in 15 days time!
With all the love =)

To Michel
I know you are enjoying yourself back home
eating sleeping and watching korean/indo movies
Dont forget to read the books, test awaiting you.
Just wanna tell you I miss you alot, you are my happy apple!!
the CG misses you too.. especially your leader haha
with all the love from Singapore : )

To PeiJin, Rhoda, Van
Girls, continue to mug hard, the ordeal gonna be over soon!

To Everyone Else
Continue to press on, I know everyone is busy, like the Uni guys rushing assignments and projects with deadlines due next week, the army (fookai) guy gonna ORD in 5 days (!!!!), the girls having their school holidays and some back in their home country till Dec (oh school days!), the working and studying youths juggling all at a go, continue to press on.

Exhausted but still in pursuit !

Proverbs 15:2
"the tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly,
but the mouth of the fools pours forth foolishness"

Okay as I was reading and thinking, this is the most simplest conclusion I have.

Wisdom is simply the right application of knowledge because wisdom is directive and tells you what to do practically wherelse knowledge is informative giving you facts intellectually.

As wisdom is one of the nine spiritual gifts.. therefore we must earnestly desire after it. So we're the one seeking after it.

So what I want to say is..

wisdom is the right application of knowledge