Thursday, August 31, 2006
hey loggers.
Mama told me to tell ya'll abt this.
this sunday 3 seppie.
she'd be glad if you could go.
ive gone for it all my life and trust me it'd be a wonderful experience.
and you'd feel the strength of God's love in a most beautiful way.
i cant say more
experience it yourself and you'd know what i mean.
so
what say you?
anne
Sunday, August 27, 2006
hello log. the following is what i posted on my blog earlier this evening.
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i went for session fresh from finishing a bit of a shitty week. things didn't seem to go as smoothly as i had hoped. besides from getting back my chemistry test results, everything else was quite "bleahh".. feeling down, frustrated, and stressed, i eventually succumbed to the sickness i had been fighting for two days. so i didn't go to school on friday. stayed home and rested instead. and i must say, it was a good break from school. i made a quick recovery as a result of the rest, praise God. but still i had the after-effects of the sickness: i was feeling lethargic and didn't feel like doing anything. even if i did anything, i did so half-heartedly. today's session changed all that.
thanks a lot kris, oliver, swee, anne and ricer for session today. anne's sharing really hit me because it sounded almost the same as what i had been going through over the past month or so. somehow, i could think back to the crappy few weeks that i had and wonder what went wrong. and now, entering the final week of term 3, i'm thinking of how to reverse that crappiness.
anyway, what i'll remember most from today's session are the words of affirmation i received from my fellow community members. it really touched my heart as i read all those wonderful words each of them had written on that green-coloured paper. words written, coming from deep down in each of their hearts. i was so touched, i could have cried. i mean, besides my family, there wasn't another group of people who could make me feel so loved and so special. then LOG came along. it's just by looking at the smiles on their faces, praising God, that makes me love them more and more each week. and every week i'm absent feels as though something's been taken away. truly God has blessed me with a community who love me as i am. no matter what.
jon loves LOG and God does too. all the time. no matter what. =)
praise God for each and every one of you.
Monday, August 21, 2006
The duck and the devil
Something nice to share.
God bless.
There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practised in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was walking back, he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head, and killed it.
He was shocked and grieved. In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing. After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes." But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen." Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny did the dishes. Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper." Sally just smiled and said, " Well that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help." She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help.
After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's, he finally couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck. Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said, "Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you."
Thought for the day and every day thereafter..
Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done...
And the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.) ...whatever it is....
You need to know that God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing...
He has seen your whole life.
He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven.
He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.
The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness, He not only forgives you, but He forgets.
It is by God's grace and mercy that we are saved.
Always remember: God is at the window.
-justin (:
Sunday, August 20, 2006
how about some colour (:
what happened to all of us?
what happened to me?
i've become this short-tempered, snappish, hopeless cynic.
and where's the hope that God should give me?
where's the joy that i should carry along with me everywhere?
it's getting really hard to find it nowadays.
and thing is i've been so far away from God. from log. lost in this messed up place. where humans mess up each other's lives. and only God can make everything right. if only we would let Him... if only i would let Him.
some lyrics. nice song btw (:
A thousand times i've failed
still Your mercy remains
and should i stumble again
I'm caught in Your grace
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart and my soul
Lord i give You control
Consume me from the inside out
Lord let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart
Is to bring You praise
From the inside out
Lord my soul cries out
consume me from the inside out.
rice.
Sin. Healing. Confession.
A poem for you to reflect on reconciling with God.
oliver.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Hellos,
Just going to write a short post of affirmation.
Feeling tired, stressed and even lonely at times, this time has not been the best for me. But through this trial in my life, I really thank God for the friends I made through LoG, whom have helped me live for Christ. When I was lost, they help me to open my eyes. To find myself amidst all these distractions and most importantly, to find God. Finding God working through them.
Jess, Kris, I love you two lots.
-Timothy Swee
On Tuesday, was an Acts Session. The first session under the current CA. I was so pressured by my teachers, the speaker and even my peers. Most of all, I stressed myself out. Even though I kept warning myself, I focused on the work, instead of what truely matters.
God
I thought I failed everyone. But someone talked to me, and reminded me that there is nothing that one can do. For only God can break the hearts of stone. Reminded me that it is not about what you do, as long as it is for his glory. To remember that all God wants you to do, is to let him love you.
Lord, I thank you for my weaknesses, for in them are you strongest.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
We fall down
Hey LOG,
I just wanted to say pray for me. =) Pray that i can get over this fast enough so that I won't screw up my promos and my council function. Please keep that little box on your altar and serve as a reminder for you. ;)
After session when core was meeting, colin came over and started talking to me. Interesting because he was like someone God sent to me. I was feeling a bit weird after session and he was talking about the same things. He talked about this book that describes how we should always rmb baptism and embrace it. There are like 4 things he mentioned, take, bless, break and give. Its kinda cheem so its more like we take up challenges in our lives, sometimes we fail sometimes we succeed. Whatever the result, we put it in the Lord's hands and ask him to bless it. If we fail, we see our own brokeness and from this we slowly learn how blessed we actually are because of the people around us and how God will help us throughout this ardous journey. Then after that, we give back, we share this brokeness with others and let them see how God has worked in us. Colin mentioned, through our brokenness will we see how blessed we are. So well, i was feeling damn broken, lol heartbroken so i guess it was a really nice sharing from him although it was damn cheem. Thats y i went ado to pray for a while. Yep so please do keep me in your prayers. I will keep LOG in prayers too. =)
God Bless and mug hard for promos.
Justin and Colin started humming this song
We fall down
We lay our crowns
At the feet of Jesus
The greatness of his mercy and love
At the feet of Jesus
And we cry Holy, Holy, Holy
we cry Holy, Holy, Holy
we cry Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lamb
mark =)
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Thank God for every single one of you loggers. You have made me grow so much as a person. Shown me so much love. Brightened up my life. Helped me find Jesus in my life. Helped me picked up my cross. But I'm sorry I cannot be there as much for everyone as much. Even struggling to join you all for daily mass. Missing out in being part of your current lives. But I promise to always be there for you in Spirit. We are a very annointed group and you are a very blessed soul. Thank you for being a blessing to me. Never lose faith in the undying love.
God Bless You, my brothers and Sisters.
-Tim Swee
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Results for the Coordinating Team
This is by no means a popularity contest, but just for transparancy sake.
People Who Voted:
Jes
Bel
Brandon
Poey
Mark
Jess
Rice
Sim
Kong
Kris
Jon
Melvin
Soo
Liver
Dom
Adam
Swee
Nise
Anne
Results
Jonathan : 12
Joel : 12
Timothy Swee : 9
Timothy Soo : 11
Clarice : 4
Kristin : 8
Unvoted : 1
Thus Jon, Joel and Soo are now our representatives in the Youth Coordinating Team.
Congrats =).
I just want to say that...session today was good..especially for me at this time in my life...
Complete
Here I am, Oh God
I bring this sacrifice
My open heart, I offer up my life
I look to You, Lord
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you Lord
In your strength will I break through Lord
Touch me now, let your love fall down on me
I know your love dispels all my fears
Through the storm I will hold on Lord
And by faith I will walk on Lord
Then I'll see beyond my calvary one day
And I will be complete in You
This song really touched me during session..the lyrics really represented what i wanted to tell Him. Havent really been praying much or at all infact..But im really glad i went for session today..
I can't go for weekday masses any more..or take part in any big events...just felt so distant from him and his prescence lately..cant even go for legion no more...but at least theres still Log..Praise God.
Today's session was about realisation...realisation about how only God can give us true joy or something like that ahhaha..then they asked us to share about moments in life where God has just touched you and stuff...so i thought for awhile...and i could just think of so many instances where i really experienced true joy through him and i just felt really really blessed you know...and this really gave me the strength to go on in my life right now because he was always there for me in all my darkest moments...I feel much better now...
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So.....
I lift my eyes to you Lord
In your strength will I break through Lord
Touch me now, let your love fall down on me
I know your love dispels all my fears
Through the storm I will hold on Lord
And by faith I will walk on Lord...
For I know I will be complete in you...
Just want to thank Liver Rice and Soo for todays session...
In someway..
I felt him speaking to me..
Through you guys...
Praise God.
Nise
is happier...
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Direction of Our Community
Hellos LoG,
You know when we first started out, how we wanted to evangelise the youths in SFX? That was our vision. I know that everyone has exams to study for, esp during the event timings. But this is what LoG is about, serving God in every aspect of our lives. If we do not have time to spend with him now, will we ever have the time to spend with Christ.
Thus as we undertake the upcoming projects, the original direction of the group, trust in God and serve him.
There is a meeting this sunday at 10.15 for anyone who wants to plan the youth mass.
God Bless,
Timothy.
hey loggers.
Mama told me to tell ya'll abt this.
this sunday 3 seppie.
she'd be glad if you could go.
ive gone for it all my life and trust me it'd be a wonderful experience.
and you'd feel the strength of God's love in a most beautiful way.
i cant say more
experience it yourself and you'd know what i mean.
so
what say you?
anne
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Sunday, August 27, 2006
hello log. the following is what i posted on my blog earlier this evening.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
i went for session fresh from finishing a bit of a shitty week. things didn't seem to go as smoothly as i had hoped. besides from getting back my chemistry test results, everything else was quite "bleahh".. feeling down, frustrated, and stressed, i eventually succumbed to the sickness i had been fighting for two days. so i didn't go to school on friday. stayed home and rested instead. and i must say, it was a good break from school. i made a quick recovery as a result of the rest, praise God. but still i had the after-effects of the sickness: i was feeling lethargic and didn't feel like doing anything. even if i did anything, i did so half-heartedly. today's session changed all that.
thanks a lot kris, oliver, swee, anne and ricer for session today. anne's sharing really hit me because it sounded almost the same as what i had been going through over the past month or so. somehow, i could think back to the crappy few weeks that i had and wonder what went wrong. and now, entering the final week of term 3, i'm thinking of how to reverse that crappiness.
anyway, what i'll remember most from today's session are the words of affirmation i received from my fellow community members. it really touched my heart as i read all those wonderful words each of them had written on that green-coloured paper. words written, coming from deep down in each of their hearts. i was so touched, i could have cried. i mean, besides my family, there wasn't another group of people who could make me feel so loved and so special. then LOG came along. it's just by looking at the smiles on their faces, praising God, that makes me love them more and more each week. and every week i'm absent feels as though something's been taken away. truly God has blessed me with a community who love me as i am. no matter what.
jon loves LOG and God does too. all the time. no matter what. =)
praise God for each and every one of you.
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Monday, August 21, 2006
The duck and the devil
Something nice to share.
God bless.
There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practised in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was walking back, he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head, and killed it.
He was shocked and grieved. In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing. After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes." But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen." Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny did the dishes. Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper." Sally just smiled and said, " Well that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help." She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help.
After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's, he finally couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck. Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said, "Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you."
Thought for the day and every day thereafter..
Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done...
And the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.) ...whatever it is....
You need to know that God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing...
He has seen your whole life.
He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven.
He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.
The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness, He not only forgives you, but He forgets.
It is by God's grace and mercy that we are saved.
Always remember: God is at the window.
-justin (:
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Sunday, August 20, 2006
how about some colour (:
what happened to all of us?
what happened to me?
i've become this short-tempered, snappish, hopeless cynic.
and where's the hope that God should give me?
where's the joy that i should carry along with me everywhere?
it's getting really hard to find it nowadays.
and thing is i've been so far away from God. from log. lost in this messed up place. where humans mess up each other's lives. and only God can make everything right. if only we would let Him... if only i would let Him.
some lyrics. nice song btw (:
A thousand times i've failed
still Your mercy remains
and should i stumble again
I'm caught in Your grace
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart and my soul
Lord i give You control
Consume me from the inside out
Lord let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart
Is to bring You praise
From the inside out
Lord my soul cries out
consume me from the inside out.
rice.
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Sin. Healing. Confession.
"Healing"
I am not a mechanism, an assembly of various sections.
And it is not because the mechanism is working wrongly,
that i am ill.
I am ill because of wounds to the soul, to the deep emotional self
and wounds to the soul take a long, long time, only time can help
and patience, and a certain difficult repentance,
long, difficult repentance, realisation of life's mistake,
and the freeing of oneself
from the endless repetition of the mistake
which mankind at large has chosen to sanctify.
A poem for you to reflect on reconciling with God.
oliver.
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Thursday, August 17, 2006
Hellos,
Just going to write a short post of affirmation.
Feeling tired, stressed and even lonely at times, this time has not been the best for me. But through this trial in my life, I really thank God for the friends I made through LoG, whom have helped me live for Christ. When I was lost, they help me to open my eyes. To find myself amidst all these distractions and most importantly, to find God. Finding God working through them.
Jess, Kris, I love you two lots.
-Timothy Swee
On Tuesday, was an Acts Session. The first session under the current CA. I was so pressured by my teachers, the speaker and even my peers. Most of all, I stressed myself out. Even though I kept warning myself, I focused on the work, instead of what truely matters.
God
I thought I failed everyone. But someone talked to me, and reminded me that there is nothing that one can do. For only God can break the hearts of stone. Reminded me that it is not about what you do, as long as it is for his glory. To remember that all God wants you to do, is to let him love you.
Lord, I thank you for my weaknesses, for in them are you strongest.
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Sunday, August 13, 2006
We fall down
Hey LOG,
I just wanted to say pray for me. =) Pray that i can get over this fast enough so that I won't screw up my promos and my council function. Please keep that little box on your altar and serve as a reminder for you. ;)
After session when core was meeting, colin came over and started talking to me. Interesting because he was like someone God sent to me. I was feeling a bit weird after session and he was talking about the same things. He talked about this book that describes how we should always rmb baptism and embrace it. There are like 4 things he mentioned, take, bless, break and give. Its kinda cheem so its more like we take up challenges in our lives, sometimes we fail sometimes we succeed. Whatever the result, we put it in the Lord's hands and ask him to bless it. If we fail, we see our own brokeness and from this we slowly learn how blessed we actually are because of the people around us and how God will help us throughout this ardous journey. Then after that, we give back, we share this brokeness with others and let them see how God has worked in us. Colin mentioned, through our brokenness will we see how blessed we are. So well, i was feeling damn broken, lol heartbroken so i guess it was a really nice sharing from him although it was damn cheem. Thats y i went ado to pray for a while. Yep so please do keep me in your prayers. I will keep LOG in prayers too. =)
God Bless and mug hard for promos.
Justin and Colin started humming this song
We fall down
We lay our crowns
At the feet of Jesus
The greatness of his mercy and love
At the feet of Jesus
And we cry Holy, Holy, Holy
we cry Holy, Holy, Holy
we cry Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lamb
mark =)
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Thursday, August 10, 2006
Thank God for every single one of you loggers. You have made me grow so much as a person. Shown me so much love. Brightened up my life. Helped me find Jesus in my life. Helped me picked up my cross. But I'm sorry I cannot be there as much for everyone as much. Even struggling to join you all for daily mass. Missing out in being part of your current lives. But I promise to always be there for you in Spirit. We are a very annointed group and you are a very blessed soul. Thank you for being a blessing to me. Never lose faith in the undying love.
God Bless You, my brothers and Sisters.
-Tim Swee
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Sunday, August 06, 2006
Results for the Coordinating Team
This is by no means a popularity contest, but just for transparancy sake.
People Who Voted:
Jes
Bel
Brandon
Poey
Mark
Jess
Rice
Sim
Kong
Kris
Jon
Melvin
Soo
Liver
Dom
Adam
Swee
Nise
Anne
Results
Jonathan : 12
Joel : 12
Timothy Swee : 9
Timothy Soo : 11
Clarice : 4
Kristin : 8
Unvoted : 1
Thus Jon, Joel and Soo are now our representatives in the Youth Coordinating Team.
Congrats =).
0 Comments:
______________________________________________I just want to say that...session today was good..especially for me at this time in my life...
Complete
Here I am, Oh God
I bring this sacrifice
My open heart, I offer up my life
I look to You, Lord
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you Lord
In your strength will I break through Lord
Touch me now, let your love fall down on me
I know your love dispels all my fears
Through the storm I will hold on Lord
And by faith I will walk on Lord
Then I'll see beyond my calvary one day
And I will be complete in You
This song really touched me during session..the lyrics really represented what i wanted to tell Him. Havent really been praying much or at all infact..But im really glad i went for session today..
I can't go for weekday masses any more..or take part in any big events...just felt so distant from him and his prescence lately..cant even go for legion no more...but at least theres still Log..Praise God.
Today's session was about realisation...realisation about how only God can give us true joy or something like that ahhaha..then they asked us to share about moments in life where God has just touched you and stuff...so i thought for awhile...and i could just think of so many instances where i really experienced true joy through him and i just felt really really blessed you know...and this really gave me the strength to go on in my life right now because he was always there for me in all my darkest moments...I feel much better now...
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So.....
I lift my eyes to you Lord
In your strength will I break through Lord
Touch me now, let your love fall down on me
I know your love dispels all my fears
Through the storm I will hold on Lord
And by faith I will walk on Lord...
For I know I will be complete in you...
Just want to thank Liver Rice and Soo for todays session...
In someway..
I felt him speaking to me..
Through you guys...
Praise God.
Nise
is happier...
0 Comments:
______________________________________________Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Direction of Our Community
Hellos LoG,
You know when we first started out, how we wanted to evangelise the youths in SFX? That was our vision. I know that everyone has exams to study for, esp during the event timings. But this is what LoG is about, serving God in every aspect of our lives. If we do not have time to spend with him now, will we ever have the time to spend with Christ.
Thus as we undertake the upcoming projects, the original direction of the group, trust in God and serve him.
There is a meeting this sunday at 10.15 for anyone who wants to plan the youth mass.
God Bless,
Timothy.