1st Jan 2005... *Ultra long post alert*
12.31.04 (10:16 pm) [edit]
Oh before I start... Brandon invited David, Leanne, Zandra, Zac and myself to some really fancy restaurant for dinner tonite... *Smiles* we had like... a ton of appetizers, lobster, chicken and a really huge steak... oh and the chocolate cake... *oooooh* man... missing a few parties for this was no biggie man... after seeing all that food...
Enough about food.... *haha*
It's a new year... a new beginning... a new season... a new direction in my life... as I leave school and start poly...
If my daily walk has changed... my walk with God has changed greater...
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Lately I've been moving more and more towards the love of God... yes the Grace and Faith messages are powerful... but yet... without understanding His love... they make no sense... How can God simply give His only son to save dogs? How is it that the God that "cannot love you" that is so far away, give His most treasured, most beloved possesion for people that are so messed up?
If u believe that Jesus relationship with God was no biggie, then why did Jesus sweat blood in the garden of gethsemane? Think about it... the Bible says Father and Son are one... God literally gave a part of Himself for us...
Why? Love of course...
1Corinthians13... hailed as the most impt. verse by some...
says this...
Love is always patient, Love is always kind, Love is never envious Or vaunted up with pride. Nor is she conceited, And never is she rude, Never does she think of self Or ever get annoyed. She never is resentful, Is never glad with sin, But always glad to side with truth, Whene'er the truth should win. She bears up under everything, Believes the best in all, There is no limit to her hope, And never will she fall. Love never fails...
what is it talking about? I've challenged myself many times to be that verse...
"Ash is patient, Ash is kind, Ash is never envious....."
and within one day... I break not one, but all that I try to be...
This verse sets a standard that even the best Mighty Man would fail... what more me... I am the worst mighty man u can find...
Even the best will fail... *to those that have come to know me as a big brother... as a shephard... someday I will fail u too...*
but... look at it when I put Jesus in instead of me...
Jesus is always patient, Jesus is always kind, Jesus is never envious Or vaunted up with pride. Nor is Jesus conceited, And never is Jesus rude, Never does Jesus think of self Or ever get annoyed. Jesus never is resentful, Is never glad with sin, But always glad to side with truth, Whene'er the truth should win. Jesus bears up under everything, Believes the best in all, There is no limit to Jesus' hope, And never will Jesus fall. Jesus never fails...
the verse speaks for itself... Jesus will never fail! Jesus is love... human love will fail... no matter who it comes from... but His love will never fail...
In Israel... the way they train an ox is to tie it to an experienced ox... the older ox would do the work while the younger one just trots along...
Matthew 11:28
Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give u rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, For I am gentle and lowly in heart, and u will find rest for ur souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light...
Sounds familiar? It should... it's the same as the oxen... Jesus carries us and teaches us the ropes while we just let ourselves be tied together to Him by His unbreakable ropes of love...
And the more time we spend together, the more like Him we become... Sooner or later, u'll become exactly like Him!
Max Lucado calls this the 7:47 principle... "Recieve first... Give later..." Let Jesus love u first... then u can love His people...
I still cannot believe why God would call a man like me to love His people... my human nature is not love... My human nature is pride... but as time goes by... I'm beginning to understand the meaning of His calling...
The Holy Spirit once said to me... I put u on stage not because u have a great voice... I gave you that voice...
I put u on that stage to minister MY love to MY people...
All this while I've been putting all the importance on my calling as a singer... but was it the main thing? I remember once while sharing with yulius... I told him... "my words may be powerful... but this is my secondary calling"
*haha* what a way to say it...
I've noticed that church is moving along the same path as I am... This' the first time it's happened... I can sense I've just moved into a new season... Greater and more powerful things are ahead of me :wink:
going on into another subject...
=) I can't believe it... for the last 6 years I've always had the mindset that I wanted to stay in teenzeal... er... d.a.r.e...
Still can remember Lauda asking me if i wanna stay or not 3 yrs ago... Still can remember myself telling Vincent that I wanted to stay, just like him 6 yrs ago...
yet now.... *haha* I'm still thinking about it...
but it doesn't matter... Wherever the Spirit leads... I will go... doesn't matter if it's Campus... or D.A.R.E...
eagles fly at most in pairs... Jesus and I...
as long as we're together...
I don't really care... It's not abt looking into the future...
Not about living in memories of the past... *for some reason I'm thinking abt Xiaoping's b'dae party now... the first time I met Ian...* haha... but it's living the present...
that's where the important things lie... *haha*
I don't care about not having friends in campus... everyone knows I have abt the same number of friends in Campus and in D.A.R.E...
It's not abt impacting lives... God will use me to impact just as many lives in Campus as well as D.A.R.E... maybe more... Like Heng said... who knows? I might become a CGL there...
It's not abt the video ministry... God will raise up a new leader...
Its not about Sub-ed.. God will raise up someone to take my place...
It's about where I will grow more...
And that will be the place the Spirit will lead me to...
2005 IS GONNA ROCK!
Enough about food.... *haha*
It's a new year... a new beginning... a new season... a new direction in my life... as I leave school and start poly...
If my daily walk has changed... my walk with God has changed greater...
[image]musicmonkay_990752 994.gif[/image]
Lately I've been moving more and more towards the love of God... yes the Grace and Faith messages are powerful... but yet... without understanding His love... they make no sense... How can God simply give His only son to save dogs? How is it that the God that "cannot love you" that is so far away, give His most treasured, most beloved possesion for people that are so messed up?
If u believe that Jesus relationship with God was no biggie, then why did Jesus sweat blood in the garden of gethsemane? Think about it... the Bible says Father and Son are one... God literally gave a part of Himself for us...
Why? Love of course...
1Corinthians13... hailed as the most impt. verse by some...
says this...
Love is always patient, Love is always kind, Love is never envious Or vaunted up with pride. Nor is she conceited, And never is she rude, Never does she think of self Or ever get annoyed. She never is resentful, Is never glad with sin, But always glad to side with truth, Whene'er the truth should win. She bears up under everything, Believes the best in all, There is no limit to her hope, And never will she fall. Love never fails...
what is it talking about? I've challenged myself many times to be that verse...
"Ash is patient, Ash is kind, Ash is never envious....."
and within one day... I break not one, but all that I try to be...
This verse sets a standard that even the best Mighty Man would fail... what more me... I am the worst mighty man u can find...
Even the best will fail... *to those that have come to know me as a big brother... as a shephard... someday I will fail u too...*
but... look at it when I put Jesus in instead of me...
Jesus is always patient, Jesus is always kind, Jesus is never envious Or vaunted up with pride. Nor is Jesus conceited, And never is Jesus rude, Never does Jesus think of self Or ever get annoyed. Jesus never is resentful, Is never glad with sin, But always glad to side with truth, Whene'er the truth should win. Jesus bears up under everything, Believes the best in all, There is no limit to Jesus' hope, And never will Jesus fall. Jesus never fails...
the verse speaks for itself... Jesus will never fail! Jesus is love... human love will fail... no matter who it comes from... but His love will never fail...
In Israel... the way they train an ox is to tie it to an experienced ox... the older ox would do the work while the younger one just trots along...
Matthew 11:28
Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give u rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, For I am gentle and lowly in heart, and u will find rest for ur souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light...
Sounds familiar? It should... it's the same as the oxen... Jesus carries us and teaches us the ropes while we just let ourselves be tied together to Him by His unbreakable ropes of love...
And the more time we spend together, the more like Him we become... Sooner or later, u'll become exactly like Him!
Max Lucado calls this the 7:47 principle... "Recieve first... Give later..." Let Jesus love u first... then u can love His people...
I still cannot believe why God would call a man like me to love His people... my human nature is not love... My human nature is pride... but as time goes by... I'm beginning to understand the meaning of His calling...
The Holy Spirit once said to me... I put u on stage not because u have a great voice... I gave you that voice...
I put u on that stage to minister MY love to MY people...
All this while I've been putting all the importance on my calling as a singer... but was it the main thing? I remember once while sharing with yulius... I told him... "my words may be powerful... but this is my secondary calling"
*haha* what a way to say it...
I've noticed that church is moving along the same path as I am... This' the first time it's happened... I can sense I've just moved into a new season... Greater and more powerful things are ahead of me :wink:
going on into another subject...
=) I can't believe it... for the last 6 years I've always had the mindset that I wanted to stay in teenzeal... er... d.a.r.e...
Still can remember Lauda asking me if i wanna stay or not 3 yrs ago... Still can remember myself telling Vincent that I wanted to stay, just like him 6 yrs ago...
yet now.... *haha* I'm still thinking about it...
but it doesn't matter... Wherever the Spirit leads... I will go... doesn't matter if it's Campus... or D.A.R.E...
eagles fly at most in pairs... Jesus and I...
as long as we're together...
I don't really care... It's not abt looking into the future...
Not about living in memories of the past... *for some reason I'm thinking abt Xiaoping's b'dae party now... the first time I met Ian...* haha... but it's living the present...
that's where the important things lie... *haha*
I don't care about not having friends in campus... everyone knows I have abt the same number of friends in Campus and in D.A.R.E...
It's not abt impacting lives... God will use me to impact just as many lives in Campus as well as D.A.R.E... maybe more... Like Heng said... who knows? I might become a CGL there...
It's not abt the video ministry... God will raise up a new leader...
Its not about Sub-ed.. God will raise up someone to take my place...
It's about where I will grow more...
And that will be the place the Spirit will lead me to...
2005 IS GONNA ROCK!
::Mary Did You Know::
12.27.04 (4:16 pm) [edit]
::It's Christmas::
12.25.04 (9:37 am) [edit]
[A1]
Today we celebrate the birthday of a Lamb
Who lived and died on earth so we can rise again
Today we celebrate the birthday of a Man
His name is Jesus Christ
[A2]
Today it isn't just about the christmas trees,
decorations, celebrations, or gifts...
Christmas is about the birthday of a Man
Who died so we can live
[B1]
It's Christmas, Happy Birthday Jesus
It's Christmas, Happy Birthday Jesus
It's Christmas, Happy Birthday Jesus
You died so we can live!
©Asher Low-NCC
Today we celebrate the birthday of a Lamb
Who lived and died on earth so we can rise again
Today we celebrate the birthday of a Man
His name is Jesus Christ
[A2]
Today it isn't just about the christmas trees,
decorations, celebrations, or gifts...
Christmas is about the birthday of a Man
Who died so we can live
[B1]
It's Christmas, Happy Birthday Jesus
It's Christmas, Happy Birthday Jesus
It's Christmas, Happy Birthday Jesus
You died so we can live!
©Asher Low-NCC
Christmas in Orchard... pt2?
12.23.04 (11:06 pm) [edit]
*haha* it was chao ji fun today manz... =) Although I kinda forgot to breathe on my first line... again... I heard it sounded good lar... it's alright... coz Jesus is my security... *haha*
tonite was far better than last nite manz... way way better...
the crowd was crazy manz... I mean... last night, ppl were leaving halfway thru leh... but tonite... they stood all the way thru!
Anyway... praise Jesus... I believe what we did touched MANY lives... especially my song lar... *haha* coz it's the 1st song they got no chance to run away... *haha* no ok? all glory goes to Jesus... prolly the only thing I had to do with it was forget to breathe...
1.14AM
It's christmas eve!!! :wink:
tonite was far better than last nite manz... way way better...
the crowd was crazy manz... I mean... last night, ppl were leaving halfway thru leh... but tonite... they stood all the way thru!
Anyway... praise Jesus... I believe what we did touched MANY lives... especially my song lar... *haha* coz it's the 1st song they got no chance to run away... *haha* no ok? all glory goes to Jesus... prolly the only thing I had to do with it was forget to breathe...
1.14AM
It's christmas eve!!! :wink:
Christmas in Orchard!!
12.22.04 (11:04 pm) [edit]
it was good today manz... praise Jesus... even though i forgot to breathe a few times.... which I won't tml, BY GODS GRACE!!!! People came up to me and told me it was good lar... All glory goes to Jesus... I had no part in it... probably forgetting to breathe... but other than that... it's all His glory...
I can not imagine what I can do without God's grace in my life manz... *haha*
Anywayz... was talking to Lauda, Pastor and Ah-Dan today... found out about a really good CD by U2... How To Defuse An Atomic Bomb I think... *haha*
Oh yeah... some gal came up to me and asked me for my number yesterday when I was walking around Far East Plaze... that kinda makes 2 in one week... *haha* must be God's Glory manz.... cannot be me... *haha*
Oh... anywayz... For the record... I didn't give away my phone number ok? wah lau eh... still remember the last and final time i stupidly gave away my number.... wah laoz... i got stalked for months!!!! *hahaz* since then I never give away my number... *haha* Dun dare lar.... I do the smile, "sorry, no..." then walk away as fast as possible without looking back thing... *haha*
Anywayz... I'll be singing again tml... I know that it will be good... better... a hundred million times better than today lar...coz I have Jesus... :wink:
I can not imagine what I can do without God's grace in my life manz... *haha*
Anywayz... was talking to Lauda, Pastor and Ah-Dan today... found out about a really good CD by U2... How To Defuse An Atomic Bomb I think... *haha*
Oh yeah... some gal came up to me and asked me for my number yesterday when I was walking around Far East Plaze... that kinda makes 2 in one week... *haha* must be God's Glory manz.... cannot be me... *haha*
Oh... anywayz... For the record... I didn't give away my phone number ok? wah lau eh... still remember the last and final time i stupidly gave away my number.... wah laoz... i got stalked for months!!!! *hahaz* since then I never give away my number... *haha* Dun dare lar.... I do the smile, "sorry, no..." then walk away as fast as possible without looking back thing... *haha*
Anywayz... I'll be singing again tml... I know that it will be good... better... a hundred million times better than today lar...coz I have Jesus... :wink:
tired....
12.18.04 (11:16 pm) [edit]
wah... today was the best man... 2-11pm practice... tiredzz... *hahaz* but I didn't "gabra" today lar... Praise Jesus... *haha*
Had supper with evann and charlene aft that... then we missed the train... *haha* pro manz...
Well.... practice tml's been cancelled!! Yay! so I can go down to orchard and hang out with the rest of the D.A.R.E. ppl... =)
Yay!
Oh... I made a quiz... [Click]
Had supper with evann and charlene aft that... then we missed the train... *haha* pro manz...
Well.... practice tml's been cancelled!! Yay! so I can go down to orchard and hang out with the rest of the D.A.R.E. ppl... =)
Yay!
Oh... I made a quiz... [Click]
wah laoz......
12.17.04 (11:07 pm) [edit]
haiz~ I "gabra'd" big time manz... haiz`....
Yesterday I was supposed to go to the ROCK to show my clothes to Wendy Prince.... Then I totally forgot...
Then this morning my scheduled prac was frm 11am-12pm... I missed both the trains and reached the ROCK at 11.30++...
Then when I sang I got so nervous... I went off timing... also becoz I couldn't hear myself... I hit a demi-tone... MANY TIMES!!!! haiz`
Thank God Jesus still loves me... *haha*
Yesterday I was supposed to go to the ROCK to show my clothes to Wendy Prince.... Then I totally forgot...
Then this morning my scheduled prac was frm 11am-12pm... I missed both the trains and reached the ROCK at 11.30++...
Then when I sang I got so nervous... I went off timing... also becoz I couldn't hear myself... I hit a demi-tone... MANY TIMES!!!! haiz`
Thank God Jesus still loves me... *haha*
Evangelion Camp!!!
12.05.04 (10:23 pm) [edit]
Woohoo!!! The camp was great manz!!! Really my thousand times more...actually I think it was my 10,000X more... :wink: I went to camp so tired... but God if faithfull ya? Isaiah 40:31... Hallelujah :wink: Finally all the dreams He has put in me are starting to make sense... it's like my puzzle's starting to look more and more complete... my prayer's been answered... now I can look in the mirror and say... "Hey... this is the man I dreamt to be..." it will happen... just wait... and see... the path planned out for me :wink:
Teenzeal is called D.A.R.E now... Dead And Resurrected Eagles... the name sounds wierd... but the meaning is so powerful.... I just have such a strong sense of peace in me now... it's like it doesn't matter where I go... what happens... how things turn out... my end result will always be the best result... and my path will always be the best path... I don't really care abt it... just live each day as it comes... and let Daddy handle the rest *Smiles*
The best camp yet... and it's not over =)
Oh I'm writing this today coz I was too tired yest... *hahaz* my voice is back... really... the inner voice was right... just give... and I will just get more and more recharged... *YaY*
Oh man... there's SO MUCH I cannot put into words...
Praise Jesus... just wanna shout... just wanna scream... just wanna give Him all the glory...
Teenzeal is called D.A.R.E now... Dead And Resurrected Eagles... the name sounds wierd... but the meaning is so powerful.... I just have such a strong sense of peace in me now... it's like it doesn't matter where I go... what happens... how things turn out... my end result will always be the best result... and my path will always be the best path... I don't really care abt it... just live each day as it comes... and let Daddy handle the rest *Smiles*
The best camp yet... and it's not over =)
Oh I'm writing this today coz I was too tired yest... *hahaz* my voice is back... really... the inner voice was right... just give... and I will just get more and more recharged... *YaY*
Oh man... there's SO MUCH I cannot put into words...
Praise Jesus... just wanna shout... just wanna scream... just wanna give Him all the glory...