!!! attention: rossy students !!!

hey rossy ppl!! ivan here!! i'm here to share wif u some stuffs happening in sch.. do u noe that there's prayer meeting every tuesday before sch?? its fun.. its starts at 7.30 and ends at bout 8.50.. we would gather as christians and have a mini worship and word everyweek.. now, we are even organising THE BIG BREAKFAST!! we're making pancakes in sch every tuesday before sch for everyone!! we're trying to spread the blessings god had invested upon us to others.. even the non-christians!!! things had been great... u should come to this prayer meeting.. there are many brothers and sisters in christ frm other churches attending it, so u should too!!

another big event coming up is the exo event organised by us.. its a like a christian reach out program to the whole sch!! its gonna be so awesome!! imagine a sch filled wif christians, wat a wonderful place it would be!! exams wouldn't so hard then, cuz god would be helping us lots!! the exo event would consist of games, band, food and hopefully filled wif salvations... well, we need help frm u guys, so i hope u all can help us in the preparation for tis event!!

well, the prayer meeting is realli awesome... i hope u all could come!! even youth leaders of other churches are coming to help out!! i dun think we should lose out to them!!! for now, i'm the onli zion youth in the prayer meeting, i think its time for us to own the prayer meeting!! dominate them now!! haha, jkjk.. its open to all year levels in rossy!!

if u wanna join.. just me a call or msg me on msn or something!! so i can contact u on more details then!!


tats all for now!!
[ivan]

~QuIeT tImE~

hey, hows it going everyone??? its world cup fever!!! hehe, pray for aussie to beat brazil tis sunday!!! i'm sorry abt this long update of the blog.. didn't really have time... i hope it doesn't stop u frm checking it regularly.. its nice to see ppl commenting abt the blog.. it shows that ppl are checking out the blog... haha.. anyway, i'm sorry i still can't find a gd blogskin for us.. if u find one, pls inform me.. or just change it urself!!

well, its me again sharing about the word on the last youth meeting.. well, its was about quiet time.. which is one of the most essential steps to know more about our god, the awesome king in heaven.. well, last friday, Ray shared wif us the word, which was gd!! He also blindfolded michael and tzen had to guide him through obstacles, without touching him at all.. the rest of us got to be the obstacles and made lots of noise to distract michael frm tzen.. hehe, it was fun, but besides the fun, there was a strong and meaningful message in it...

We, as the obstacles, were representing the obstacles and hardships that we get into in life.. while michael being blindfolded was actually refering to as us being blinded by sin.. lucky tzen then got to act as god who guides michael through life.. this simple demonstration truly does show how god tries hard to show us the way to become a better person and get away frm sin.. but the greatest factor of all is us. Who chooses whether or not, to obey god's teachings.. God always does speak to us through our hearts, be it during our greatest or lowest times in life.. but we would find it hard to listen to him through all the distractions and troubles in life..

therefore the solution to solving our problems: Quiet Time!!
well, if we refer back to the blindfolded michael and tzen being god demonstration, it makes much sense how this is true.. if michael had stopped and listen to tzen's direction before moving off recklessly, he could have gone through the obstacles cleanly without bumping into anyone.. it could be related to us in our life, like before making a huge decision as like whether to rob a bank. The consequences could be hugely grave.. like if we do not go through quiet time, and sort our thoughts our in a "sterile" mental state, we could have heeded the satan's influence and got into trouble.. But!! if we had gone through quiet time, we could have seen the light and see the consequences all before it actually happening.. Conclusively, if we go through quiet time, we will not do stuffs rashly and stupidly wifout giving a second thought, such as robbing a bank..

God is the the man who tells us to do the right thing, so listen to him!!
He leads by faith and not by sight!!

The greatest test of knowing god is not the theory, but instead, it is the practical.. putting god's word into gd use!! If knowing the bible is the most important thing of all, god could have made a cartoon out of it, and made us watch it everydae.. BUT HE DIDN'T!! So following nike's famous phrase, we gotta "just do it!" God is also not rigid, he did not made us read the bible everydae at a specific time.. he allowed us to read the bible whenever we had time to.. he's wants quality time instead of quantity.. therefore he wants to have quality time wif us, even for a short while instead of having us talking to him while being distracted wif so many things in life..

A meaningful quote by Ray during the word was "THE DEVIL MAY KILL, DESTROY AND STEAL, BUT GOD GIVES US LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY".. I'm not sure of his exact words but this was something like it.. its meaningful to the max!! The devil would kill our family, destroy our house and steal our precious possessions but god in return give us life more abundantly.. more abundantly than we can ever contain, so much that we have to share it away to our friends.. Do not be such a pessimist and always look on the dark side of life, as for every dark side of things, there is always a better side.. just look beyond the dark side..

Our father in heaven is much like our father on earth.. he wants u to communicate wif him all the times, in gd times even in bad.. he afterall is the one who makes the trouble in life.. therefore he's gotta have the solution to them!! heed him for guidance!!

there is a formula to have a better life.. It is to truly accept God's true honour and glory into ur life!! To accept Christ into ur life, for he will lift ur sins away, and give u a new sinless start.. if u have yet to accept and would want to, feel free to meet up wif one of the helpers or even ur friends in youth.. for we will pray for u!! God is not someone to be ashamed of, but rather to honoured and glorified of!! he's the truth, the way and the light.. he's the salvation and redeemer for us!! he's the awesome one!!

He's not ashamed of u in heaven in front of his father, y should u be ashamed of him then!





some method's of having quiet time:
-listening to christian songs
-read the bible
-pray
-read devotionals
-worshiping



i spent like an hour on this.. hope it reached ur heart!!
If u ever feel like sharing ur experience in youth.. feel free to post up articles..


[stay cool]
-ivan-

Attitude

Okay guyz...well havent been on internet in A.G.E.S and dis is me first time cheking da blog...it looks pretty cool =D
Hmmm wat can i say? I've just kum bak from work. See!! Am making sum muney instead of spending for once... hehehe
Awww man...gotta pay my mum bak lolz...In case u guys duno...I work at 'Dome'. I hope u all know wat dat is huh? lolz...so yeah...if u kum by one day while am wrking, u WONT get a free drink from me...get it outa ur head now!!
Gosh! >_<>
Okay, so i'll get to da point.
This story was sent to me through my email and it really touched me.
As i am very impatient this story tested...and is STILL testing my patience and i hope it tests yours too.

Attitude
Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry
and asked him, I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life. "
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in the restaurant business...he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gun point by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was,
he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door,"
Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Jerry continued, "...the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'BULLETS!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'."
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.

Oh yeah...by the way am Stacey. As Ivan said...if u guyz are interested in meeting up on fridays for youth group...contact the oldies lolz...They r quite wise *cough*
No seriously, fridays r really fun with all the games n stuff we do!!
Ok, now i think i've seriously done enuf talking for once.
See u around!!
God Bless
Mwuaks >_<

~serving~

hey, ivan here checking in again... fridae was a great time!! games was gd,worship was gd, word was gd, refreshments was gd too!! haha, though some of us didn't come.. but well, we still had fun.. well, pray for those who are struggling in their exam periods!! well, in case u didn't come, word was about serving in ministry, all for the sake of god.. its all in john13:1, so if u're interested, read up!!

well, for god who invested in us, we should invest in the others as well.. not onli to christians, but also to ppl of other religions.. for they would hopefully be blessed by our god through us.. we can invest in others through small stuffs such as helping ppl wif schoolwork or even talking to them.. Ben Raja told us tat, when he was once a teacher, he met a child who was suffering a bad case of a hunchback and he couldn't even carry his bag due to his back condition.. well, there was another boy who was abt 7-8 yr old, and would always be there at the school gate waiting for his friend, the hunchedback boy, and he would then carry his bag for his hunchedback friend.. these were all due the boy's initiative.. a boy of such a small age, who barely could do simple math and calculations, had such a great heart of gold.. well, this strucked me hard and well.. i felt bad as for someone so small had even a better heart than mine, and started thinking abt it.. its time for me to change and i hope u do too!! well, we can start changing by serving god.. serving god in ministries and such.. if u are a non-christian, u should come and join us at our youth.. for u can once see how awesome and magnificient our god is..

if u are interested abt serving god in ministry or such, u can talk our youth leaders... ben raja, ray, chui lin, chin seng, benedicts and jayne..
well, u can call and meet them up and have a consultation wif these wise ones..

!!! nth's by coincidence, its all planned out !!!






[property of our awesome god]
~ivan~