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A few of us went for a short trip into JB to visit the JB outreach church.
Here’s just my personal experience...

The experience is definitely great!
One of the 'thing' which impresses me from the start, is that everything is modeled pretty closely to CHC, Singapore, from the way the greeters greet/welcome the friends, to the bulletins (the way they insert the offering envelope). Im sure William has something to say? Hahahaa.. Everyone is very warm and welcoming...



Another 'thing' which touches me is the 'hunger' from these people. erm, im not talking about them not having enough money to eat and becos of that, they are hungry.. hahaa...
I mean, these people are really hungry for God to be present and to touch them...

Their praise and worship might not be as good as the CHC band, but their hunger & their thirst for God really pulled down the Presence of God...
i was standing in the mist of the crowd, even though im a tad distracted at times by the music, but nevertheless, the presence of God was in the place, very tangible...

i believe it's becos the people are making effort to connect to God and really pulling down the presence.
Even in the mist of the preaching (I tell you, Pastor CK preaches ‘machiam’ like Pastor Kong!), everyone is engaging the Word, everyone is excited about what Pastor is sharing. At times, Pastor will challenge them; they will get excited, ‘Yes-and-Amen’-ing to whatever is declared by Pastor.

I feel really hard trying to pen down my experience. You have to be there to see, to feel, to experience it yourself.

~ brings back memories of Hollywood days, hahhaaa…

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Posted by charles at 2:09 PM

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Posted by thomas.tay at 8:36 PM

Chanced upon something Pastor CK shared a few days ago. Blessed and enlightened...

"It's not how much you know, but how much you can change that matters in life"

How true... Some are very knowledgeable & have plenty of opinions over things happening around but contribute only just so much to the community.

What matters are those who, do not regard how much they know as important but, make do with whatever they have to make a difference in the problems/improvements around them.

Karios Time Zone (KT), let's all step up and start creating "Change we can believe in".

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Posted by Kenneth at 12:58 PM

The journey was long and "narrow" (squeezy on train) but it's all worthwhile! =)

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Posted by Samantha at 1:36 PM

Asia conference was AWESOME!!! It’s an event that I will never regret going.


Everyone’s of our hearts were expecting for something great to happen. Despite being tired during the 5-day long conference, my spirit was hungry and thirsty for more of God. And every session, God showed himself true to me. Truly indeed, seek and you will find!


God’s presence was very tangible throughout the whole conference. New revelations and new ideas were revealed. All of the sessions were great and the word preached by all our beloved Pastors were mind blowing.


But 1 particular session hit me. It was when Pastor Phil prayed for the people from different countries and started to prophesy over them. Many people would just watch and at times pray for those on stage. But as I was standing there, I prayed for the anointing of God. I felt that even though I’m not the one up there being prayed for and prophesied over, God still wants me to do something great for him, so I cried out to him. Within a few seconds, God just pour out his overflowing love and anointing on me. From that moment, I decided to do something greater for God.

Asia conference is a life changing event. Even though the conference itself has ended, but now is not the time to slack and do what we want. Now is KAIROS TIME, time to make a difference, time to impact the marketplace and time to grow our cellgroups. Let's grab this kairos moment to rise up and not stay in the 1st place, we need to go out into the 2nd space and impact the marketplace.


Today, my decision of something greater is to grow my cell group. And I know that we can do it. Let it be yours too!

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Posted by Joel at 11:58 AM

Just some updates... Waking up to take my pills.

Was admitted on Tuesday into TTSH and discharged on Wed... Thereafter, had an unusual rashed outbreak for the first time in my life. From my head-face-body & all the way to my feet on Friday afternoon. It worsen on my way to Serena's CG.

Made a turn to TTSH again, and was admitted the 2nd time in 3 days. Reason for outbreak? Unknown. Clever doctor said it might be food allergy. Well done... I'm on porridge diet. Don't think I'm allergic to that...

Anyway, he tried injecting some drugs into me that caused me to fall unconscious. According to Serena, he frantically pushed me into some Op Theatre to give me treatment leaving her stranded all alone outside (typical drama scenario...)

After some time, I got better but had to stay overnight for observations. Was discharged on Sat morning. However, the outbreak came back in the afternoon and was worse than the day before. Consulted an expert medical friend and she advised us on going to a GP instead and get some better, stronger medicine. She also mentioned that for rare cases of food poisoning, pple might develop rashes.

After visitin the GP and consuming the "4th generation" rashes medicine, the rashes started to get better & exactly as the doctor said, my rashes becamebetter by night-time and totally gone the next morning (Sunday).

Went to Church... thank God I didn't feel like having diarrhoea mid-way through svc. Had to sit next to the toilet in view of the possibility. Going to Church always makes me feel good, although I wasn't feeling well. Really looking forward to a speedy full recovery.

After S4 yesterday, felt burdened for a number of things... Just wanna recover and start contributing asap. September has been a month of 10 days of MC... 5 visits to the doctors (8 if I include Serena's) and 4 days admission in the hospital. I'll get back at the devil in Oct!


Running for God,
Kenneth


p/s: Thanks to all for your prayers and those who blessed us in different ways. Your blessings have helped us ease through the medical bills... Thanks

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Posted by Kenneth at 11:14 PM

First of all... apologies to all those who have messaged me without receiving my replies... I was on the hospital bed and I had like 20 over unread sms(es)... Too weak to read or reply them then...

More detailed diagnosis of the food posioning:
A blood test showed that I have unusual high white blood cells' count for a food poison case. & another blood test showed that I am poisoned (I was thinking... what a redundant test).

I have been having diarrhoea for like... 38 times as of now (26/09/08, 2pm). Thank God my vomitting has stopped. I'm visiting the toilet every once in a while. The toilet seat has become my good friend.

Thank you all - for your prayers. Hope to recover soon!
Thanks Nat, for standing in through all the admin and "INTENSIVE" stuff. lol
My caring parents who drove me around and to the hospital eventually...
& for a wonderful wife who kept praying for me + was my private nurse at night


God is my Healer!
Kenneth

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Posted by Kenneth at 1:54 PM

Luke 11:24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

030608 was a very special day for me. It was the day when I finally passed IPPT!!! Praise God! To make this day even more special, it was my dad’s birthday! God is so good to me! Hallelujah! I’m very thankful to God. After being confined to stay back for remedial training for quite a few weeks [which caused me to miss out on so many cell group meetings:(], I finally get to book out on a Friday night.

This event greatly encouraged me as it has been something I have been praying about for many years. I have been failing standing broad jump since primary school and no matter how i trained during junior college, I have never crossed the passing mark [Yes, it is a fallacy-not all people with long legs can jump...]. After every physical test and IPPT when i served NS, my self-esteem is always affected when I walked out of the test being a failure. But instead of dwelling in self-pity, I choose to pray: “God, please make me stronger so that I can be a more effective servant for you. I ask for Your help to pass my IPPT." Finally, I passed!

After this, I felt very encouraged as something I’ve praying for finally came to past and I’m looking to greater things ahead. Some of us may be praying for a few years for the salvation of our friends and family members or other issues... at times, nothing seems to be happening on the outside. But on the inside, we must know that the Holy Spirit is mightily at work. In Luke 11:19-24, Jesus cursed the fig tree and the effects were only evident on the next day. Jesus was using this event to teach us about faith and prayer, that even when nothing appears to be happening in the physical realm, God is mightily at work in the background. All glory and honour to God.

As the church embark on 21 days of praying and fasting to seek God, let us come with faith and expectancy; knowing and believing that it won’t be too long before each one of us can say “Finally!!!”

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Posted by Beloved Child at 11:36 AM

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Posted by Kenneth at 5:04 PM

Jap uniforms sure look a little "Sailormoon"

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Posted by Kenneth at 11:52 AM

1st thing Kenneth does in Japan... Starbucks

Spiderman Ride! Awesome! Kenneth vs Popeye... hmmm

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Posted by Kenneth at 11:20 AM

Purpose and You

The school holidays has begun for a whole lot of us. We are looking at more than 4 weeks of freedom. That means 2 weeks of free time as well. So what do I do in these holidays?

Seeing as I have about 3 months, I’d better go look for a job. But while waiting for those companies to come begging on their knees for me to join them, I spent my time watching movies, or shall I say re-watching movies from the past.

I started off from Pirates Of Caribbean, the trilogy. And then I moved on to an all time favorite, Back to The Future Trilogy.

While on a bus journey that would take almost an hour and even more, there really aren’t many things you can do. You get bored. But the frantic actions of the characters in the film really caught my attention.

I begin to wonder, why is it that these characters never seem to slow down in their journey? Where does Jack Sparrow (Starred by Johnny Depp.. oooo….) get his energy from to escape the grasps of Davy Jones’ locker. Where did Marty Mcfly (starred by Michael J. Fox) get that kind of energy to save Doc from being murdered all the way in 1885?

Purpose. The answer is Purpose.

Someone once said that Purpose is the fuel for all dreams. Purpose is the one thing that turns empty and boring chores into fulfilling and satiable mission.

In the Pirates of Caribbean, the Flying Dutchman has to fulfill the chores of ferrying souls who died at sea over to World’s End. When Will Turner (Starred by Orlando Bloom, another OOoo…) took over as captain, Bootstrap Bill said,

“The Dutchman has a purpose again”.

Indeed, purpose is not something that comes from thin air. Purpose is something we ought to seek. Even the seeking of a purpose is a purpose. But the search for our purpose can take an extremely long time.

THANK GOD we have GOD to help us aye? Yeah.. But how many of us truly seek him for who he is and what he has installed for us?

More often than not, before we can give the Holy Spirit an opportunity to download information from Heaven, we close the connection. And hence, people complain that their lives were empty. Very little wonder why.

Without diligently seeking the Lord, how is it that we can find him? We always say that our God is good. So it goes without saying, good things require time to search and work for.

You cannot possible walk into Louis Vuitton and point to everything and tell the sales girl to give you one of each without first working hard to foot the enormous bill aft right?

If prayer is the currency in Heaven, then shouldn’t we be praying more so as to accumulate wealth? That way we can access God’s treasure house and receive all the Gucci, Prada and LV from Him.

But it is not all about just about what we can get from him. It is all about HIM.

H I M

It all starts with H I M and it will end with H I M. So our prayers should be focused on our love for H I M, what we can do for H I M, and His purpose for our lives.

That way, we would not waste time and go around in circles like drunkards trying to find our way.

So with all these ferocious preaching and testimonies about prayer going on, what are you people waiting for?

Now’s the season for prayer as I gather, so Heavenly gifts, wisdom, and so much more are up for grabs.

The great Heavenly sale is on, don’t bother about the Great Singapore Sale. Just GET ON YOUR Knees and Start praying.

You will find your purpose in Him once again. And perhaps, your Prada and Gucci are coming your way.

- Zheng Guo

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Posted by Anonymous at 1:03 AM

FINALLY I CAN GO TO SOT!!!Praise God!!!!!:D

Who say young people cannot do great things for God?
Who say we are too young to serve God in a great way?
Who say You cannot go to Sot even when you faced serious objection from your parents?

I asked and was rejected many times by my mum to go for Sot.I was discouraged.I doubt myself.I asked God,'' Father, is this not your will for me?''

I flipped open the bible and Mark 11:22-24 says''Have FAITH in God.For assuredly I say to you,whoever says to this mountain,'Be removed and be cast into the sea,'and does not DOUBT in his heart,but BELIEVES that those things he says WILL BE DONE,he will have whatever he says.Therefore I say to you,whatever things you ASK when you PRAY,BELIEVE that you RECEIVES them,and you will HAVE them.''

This is an encouragement from God but God is so Good,he increased my faith through the encouraging sermon Pastor Tan preached yesterday.
I was worried about my future.I thought to myself.'' God,I think it will be better if I focus on pursuing a decent diploma cert first then I join Sot.
Pastor Tan begin to add in, ''There will not be a convenient time,it will always be inconvenient every year.''
''And the thing is You got to be decisive, you cannot have the best of both worlds.You got to CHOOSE ONE. Do not be a double minded person,you'll go nowhere.For those of you who feel that God has called you to join SOT this year,don't hesitate anymore.''
Pastor Tan speaks with such conviction.

Indeed, God's thought and ways is much higher than mine and I am so thankful He is always there to guide me.I am assured by God that He will supply ALL MY NEEDS. The decision to go to SOT was so strong and overwhelming that I NEED to make this happen no matter what.

Precious servants of God out there,
Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart,all your soul and all your mind.Lean not on your OWN UNDERSTANDING,in ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE Him and He'll make your PATH STRAIGHT. Faith without works is dead,so work your way out with explicit Faith and things WILL happen. :)

Those eligible people out there!you know who you are! If you do not want to regret then SIGN UP FOR SOT NOW!LAST CALL!

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Posted by Ruth. Ai Lin . at 3:53 PM

Hi everyone, to those who were Baptised ytd at Jurong West Church, Congrats!!!

It was a wonderful experience for me!!! After being through so much trouble, agony, trails, I have finally had my water baptism as at 30 Mar 08. It is the most memorable one for me. Still rmb a few years back, abt 6 yrs back when I was in Sec 4 or 5, I have made my decision to go for water baptism, but was discouraged due to parental objection. But after been through so much for the Lord, I am proud to present myself to be water baptism ytd. It was something I won't want to miss out this year.

I was so hype up and excited that I was like a child receiving a prize for no apparent reason, the joy of the Lord is really my strength at that point of time. I still remember when I step into the pool, I was like can't wait for the pastor's hand to be laid on me. When the Pst said: "Jonathan Teo, I baptise you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit!" and then immerse me into the water, I really feel the peace of God overwhelm me. It was a wonderful experience once in a lifetime. I really encourage those who wan it, shld go for it asap as it is an experience u wun wan to miss.

For those who haven water baptism, please sign up with ur CGL for it. U will nva regret this special opportunity to go for it as it is also part of God's commandment to be baptised.

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Posted by JoN3d!5oN at 10:10 AM

"I've heard of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. But I've never heard of Someday."
—Reverend Ike

We have to start before we can succeed at anything and when we keep putting off our dreams until Someday, we unconsciously stall moving toward what we want. We are better served, when instead of wishfully thinking "Someday, I will..." we confidently affirm "Today, I steadfastly advance toward my goal."

May you always be willing to give up Someday for this day.

[Ecc11:4]
He who observes the wind will not sow, And he who regards the clouds will not reap.

Remember,
there will never be a perfect condition for everything. For everything requires that step of faith to accomplish! (: the start of every plan iz always that first step. Don't let any day become a someday!


"It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey."
—Wendell Berry

Have you ever noticed, how often life reveals itself to us on a "need-to-know" basis? We don't have to be consciously aware of what to do next because our inner being always knows. Sometimes it's best to just be willing to let the adventure begin, trusting that everything else will take care of itself.

May you always be willing to trust your journey will take you where you need to go, wherever that might be. Trust God. even when there seems to be no way, God WILL make a way (:

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Posted by -nat- at 12:04 PM

(The following dialogue is fiction and definitely non-coincidental with anyone on this earth)

Me: Good evening Sir! I, recruit Loh Wei Hao NRIC number S89XXXXXY request for permission to blog on CG blog.
BK: Good evening. Carry on.
Me: Thank you Sir!

Hi guys! Miss you all, esp. God’s house! Just want to say a big “HAPPY NEW YEAR” to everyone and share my experience as 2007 closes and 2008 is ushered in.

In 2007, I learnt to love and trust God more.

In 2007, I learnt to accept myself more and just commit all my mistakes to Jesus, my High Priest.

In 2007, I saw how God transformed a U [ungraded] student to a student who has improved tremendously. Just a quick testimony: I have received a Good Progress Award from CDC and CCC which is an award voucher of $200. Praise God and all glory to Him!

In 2007, I experienced God’s protection. Recently, after my family sent me off to Pasir Ris to book in to army, they got involved in a minor car accident. Thank God for His protection and that none of my family members are hurt.

Hmmm...I wonder what’s in store from God in 2008? Definitely something exceedingly and abundantly more than what i can think or imagine :)

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Posted by Beloved Child at 5:32 PM

Most importantly, to me, the essence of this camp is to get a reference point from God as BK has shared in cell group whereby you encounter God and He gives you a clear vision- a specific calling about our own lives.

I am not sure about others but personally, at times I ponder over what does God actually wants me to do for Him rather doing what I prefer to do for Him. At times, I prayed and asked God for a specific vision for my life... So far, it’s still not clear. But, I’m believing in God for an encounter with Him in the Holy of Holies and get a specific reference point whereby I can anchor myself to in my walk with God.

In a group sharing session during cell group, different expectancies of what the members want to get out of the camp were voiced out: Greater unity and bonding. Being empowered by God to influence and impact the marketplace. Getting a specific vision from God with regard to each and every one of our lives.

Moreover, some members got a vision about their lives. For example, Ai Lin has a dream to make great impact in the area of missions and Eileen in the area of children’s lives. Kudos to them and indeed like what Pastor Kong shared last weekend, when connected to God, all things are possible through Christ!

Like what BK has mentioned, last Friday is a start and this week is a very special one as our destinies will be unfolded. So let us stayed connected together in great expectancy of what God is going to do through the camp! All glory and honour to God!

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Posted by Beloved Child at 2:50 PM

Hi guys, as i pondered over the fact that youth camp is coming in less than 2 days’ time and that it’s happening at a local secondary school, my heart buzzed with excitement and my imagination sort of went wild... In this post, we’ll look at what’s so exciting and important about this camp; and hope that it’ll excite you!!! [Sounds a little like I’m writing a General Paper essayJ]

Firstly, we need to look at the things that we can do at youth camp but we can’t at others. One of the things that I thought of was that in youth camp, our zone “BATHROOM SINGERS” will be revealed, e.g. yours truly. Through this camp, we’ll realise that some of the members are actually good singers birthed forth from their “intense” training in their bathrooms every day. Furthermore, we can sing church songs!!! And with a large variety: CHC, CCC, Hillsong, Don Moen etc....

This sounds funny but it’s what I can see. Picture this with me: In the male toilet one side got 7 cubicles.
Cubicle #4: Lead singer.
Cubicle #1 to 3: Bass [lower male voice].
Cubicle #5 to7: Tenor [Higher male voice].
Then, as a brother walk into the toilet, he will hear “Guys are you ready? Sing together with me... Your greatness...”

Also, the person in charge of food is our very own BK!!! So expect very good food way beyond anything you can possibly get at any other camps!!

Lastly, with regard to sleeping over, I strongly urge all to join us! Just a quick sharing: As I was walking home from CG thinking about the sleep-over, I visualised a lot of teenagers sleeping under one roof and with Abba Father looking down upon His children, His people who wants His will and kingdom to be done in their lives, in a very loving manner. I believe that this would put a smile on His face :)

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Posted by Beloved Child at 2:44 PM

I remembered that the very first time i came to CHC was on 25/10/2003. The cell group leader was sharing the sermon “Why is fellowship”-- > the very first sermon i heard in CHC. To prove this, here are the 7 points:

1. I belong in God’s family with others believers.
2. i need encouragement to grow spiritually
3. I need accountability to grow spiritually
4. Jesus is present when we fellowship together
5. There is great power when people pray together
6. Fellowship is a witness to the world
7. I’m obliged to every other Christian

The first verse one of the cell group members shared with me was Philippians 2:14 whereby we should not complain when we do all things.

My First Times

It was at Jurong West when i first....
·learnt the simple and yet profound truth that God loves us because of who He is and not who i am
· tithed and gave an offering
· got water-baptised
· Learnt to shake hands, greet people and say “Hi, my name is Wei Hao. You are?”
·Performed at POS for 2 consecutive years!!!
·ate very delicious Japanese food sold at the cafe

·got discipled by cell group leaders and children church leaders over the mistakes i have made

Other funny and quite embarrassing first times......

It was at Jurong West when i first....
· ACCIDENTLY hit an usher during worship (I’ve repented. I believe some of us might be guilty of this too....)
· ACCIDENTLY punched a man at the back of his head during prayer meeting (I’ve apologised and it was due to the fact that the person was leaning too much on the seat and I was praying too fervently + leaned too forward...)
·Gave guest speaker a standing applause when pastor asked the guest to stand (don’t worry—not many people didn’t notice)
·Etc etc

Very importantly, one more day to our new service at JW!!!!

Disclaimer: i have grown to be more sensitive to my surroundings so there's no worry that i'll hit anyone again....so don't worry k?

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Posted by Beloved Child at 7:06 PM

This Saturday will be our last Saturday service at expo for most of us!!!

AWWW ):

Well it's a ":) =) :D x) =P =]" thing to be M.O.V.E-ing back to our lovely building back in jurong west.. Back to the place where it was our first time being awed by the auditorium we first sang praise and worship in.

Till den..
This Saturday!!! The last of it!!!! Make the most out of it!! Enjoy it!!! Ah!! There’s always a first time.. But there'll be a last time too!!! So Saturday.. Last time we'll be singing praise and worship together officially as a whole cell group as a whole team. The last time we'll be sitting around together eating our late dinner-cum-supper together in the east. So let's treasure it. Be there for fellowship to feel the last roti prata sizzling in our mouths. Or maybe not. haha x)

JUST BE THERE!!! :D

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Posted by -nat- at 11:36 PM