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Saturday, 25 October 2003
Making the right decision in life
As a tribute to all who visit my webby, tat?s a treat for all of u.. tis few weeks i will be posting some of my preaching sermons.. it may help those who are goin thru tat certain situation in life.. All these sermons I?m posting are not from my preachin test but are sermons I prepared along e way.. hope u guys will get touch reading all these sermons..

First sermon I?m posting is

?Making the right decision in life?

Decision, Decision, Decision..
We always face decision in our life. Decision will affect the course of our life and we can never escape the reality of making a decision. Whether it is minor or major, a decision still has to be made. It is like we come to a crossroad where we have to choose either the left route or right route. We can?t choose both, one has to be chosen and that?s the decision.
When you have chosen it, be focus on that route. Never regret what you choose.

Let me share with you three keys on how to make an unregretful decision. They all start with the letter ?P?.

Key #1: Pray
The power of prayer..
We need to pray when we are in a crossroad where decision has to be made. When you pray and God has given you an answer for that situation, just obey Him and do it. Sometime when we pray and hear from God, we never act out what He said.

There are no right or wrong decisions in life to make. (Pro 16:33)But its every decision is from the LORD.. A good example is me choosing to go to Bible school instead of university this year. Friends, decisions are never right or wrong. Like my example, it is not wrong to go to university this year and not act out what God told me to go to Bible school. It is not a wrong decision, just that i will miss out God?s plan upon my life. His ways are greater than our ways, His thoughts are greater than our thoughts.
Just make sure that when you make that decision, God is with that decision and is with you. I believe the best assurance someone can get is when he/she makes that decision, God agrees with the decision.

When you make that decision, there?s a second key we need to do

Key #2: Plan
When you fail to plan, you plan to fail. When God give us the vision and you make a decision to follow that vision, don?t just pray and think that is it. Friends, don?t say God will do everything for me when i obey Him. Friends, faith without works is dead. Having faith in God is good but all you can do after obeying Him is to sit back and relax and think God will bless you, you have to wait longer. God take no pleasure in those who are lazy.

Let me give you an example, i will take me as an example again. I always want to go into full-time in church in tv ministry. I pray about it and have made the decision. It is good to make that decision but if i stop at this point, i will not see it happen so i must plan.

When you know what you want, you will know what you need to do to get what you want.

Friends, have a plan in what you decide to do.

The third key is the most difficult key cos many people always fail in this area.

Key #3: Pressing on / Patience
It is easy to make a decision and give up but hard to make a decision and press on with it. This is where a person character builds up, it is also where God will mould you. This is the most difficult part, it?s when you don?t see anything happening but have to trust in God?s promises. When you don?t see God?s hand, trust God?s heart.

Many people want their prayer, their decision to come true as soon as possible. Friends, God will not give us what we cannot handle. The reason why God is delaying His answers and why you still don?t see anything happening when you make that decision may be due to the fact that you have not reach the stage where God can mould you. Be broken before God so that He can use you. I have told a lot of my friends too that it is also because of our capacity, we don?t have the capacity to handle the things that are to come when we make that decision.

Friends, what you need to do after praying and planning is to be fervent in your walk with Him. Press on and be patient, you may not see anything happening in the natural but in the spiritual, something is happening. The hardest thing a man can do in tough times is to be still and know that He is God.

Friends, i pray that all of you who are going thru some dilemma or situation in life to pray and seek God, plan and ask God to guide you and finally hold fast to His confession.

It is good to believe in God, many people believe He is God but it is better to obey and trust God..
Friends, have faith in God..
Faith--> Forsake All I Trust Him

Posted by blog/brian0 at 11:36 PM
Updated: Sunday, 26 October 2003 12:07 AM
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Tuesday, 21 October 2003

Hi guys, i'm back to blog again.. went to paya lebar methodist church for prayer meeting. had prata for lunch and it was very nice..

God is really good cos when i am bothered by "tat" issue, He bring frens in my life to bring me thru.. He truly lives forever in my life and i will never let Him go..
Anyway, i have placed everything onto e altar of God, i'm trustin Him in tis cos i knw it's no use striving hard for it when all u need is God to come thru.. i believe wat i value is wat God value too..

i talked to a fren abt it, told me i'm showing signs that i love and value her but i feel time will tell, no use me feeling it.. wat e sermon is said is true, actions cannot replace words and words cannot replace actions as well.. i can do so much but if i dun express wif words, it's nothing at all.. it's like e story of mary and martha..

Anyway, i juz gonna let go and let God but tat doesn't mean i will be passive, juz tat i will be there always.. tat's wat love is, be there always and not asking for any return..

will be planning some outing for SOT students so tat we can get together before all e foreign students leave s'pore..

i tink i need to start my cartoon drawing and photography again cos very "rusty" oredi, not being doin it for a while oredi.. might wan to look for some photography contest to gain experience so if u guys see any ads abt photography contest pls let me knw..

gonna end here.. share wif u guys more again.. have a great week ahead..

Posted by blog/brian0 at 12:03 AM
Updated: Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:06 AM
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Sunday, 19 October 2003

hi all, juz woke up cos yesterday went to bbq and reached home late.. not serving todae cos asked my fren to take over me so i can rest more.. Really enjoyed myself yest in e bbq..

Actually oso did alot of my "first time" stuff before e bbq but it's good.. gonna rush off for svc soon but juz wanna blog cos something have being bothering me for a while oredi and i really dunno wat will happen..

the actual thing is i have had feeling for someone for sometime oredi, i oso pluck up my courage to let my cgl knw but i didn't need to mention and she knw oredi.. my cgl tink it's ok but wan me to get to knw her better..
tink i'm confused nw becos i dunno, i dun wanna be disappointed cos i scare it's juz one-sided..

anyway, i knw God knw everything.. Two months to graduation, i tink nw e best thing to do is put this mindset aside first and concentrate on SOT.. let's consider it next year then..

tink i tink too much oredi but tat's me.. tink i oso share too much of my feeling here but juz feel like sharing.. gonna go, share my thoughts again..

Posted by blog/brian0 at 9:56 AM
Updated: Saturday, 25 October 2003 11:33 PM
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Saturday, 27 September 2003
A real testing week for me..
Frens, tink tis few days have being e most difficult days i have went thru.. i knw many will say that we have had a great time wif Dr John Avanzini.. i had too but in e midst of it, i have to go thru something that i thought it won't happen to me..

Since that day, i have being asking myself alot of questions.. a lot of ppl oso talked to me but i really didn't mean it, why won't someone understand and knw that i went back e second time for that purpose.. it really affects me alot, in my studies, in my serving and my strength to go thru all tis.. it is not e physical strength i'm talkin abt but e mental stress and strength to go thru everything and come out strong and not tink abt it..

Last few days, i'm really askin myself if i wanna be out of all tis but i always tell myself i wanna be here cos i love God and i won't be affected by tis.. i kept on telling myself i can go thru and i won't be affected but how many or u knw that e mental part is so hard to bear.. i'm really tired, God.. how can i be happy when everyday i'm goin thru meetin after meetin and to serve or attend svc as if nothing happen.. God i really pray u allow me to go thru tis stronger.. My heart will trust in u..

Frens, i really feel tired and wear-out from all tis so really do encourage me if u can cos i dun wanna throw in e towel and quit cos i really love God so much to let go..

i knw i won't let go of God and leave even if everything had being removed from me cos nothing will separate Him from me..
Pls do pray for me, i knw i will go thru it..


Posted by blog/brian0 at 6:34 PM
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Thursday, 25 September 2003

Hi Frens,
Tis whole week is exam for all SOT student but thank God I tink I?m able to pass.. A real stretching week for us cos other than exam, we have to attend Dr John Avanzini nite conference so will feel quite tired at e end of e day but I thank God He gimme strength to go thru all tis..

Yesterday was a day i feel really sad abt and oso for e first time, feel such a heaviness in my heart.. dunno how to share wif u guys but along e way back home cos i didn?t manage to catch e church bus, i was tinkin abt it and can?t bring myself at ease cos it?s too sudden.. But i knw God knw me well.. thks for Zac?s encouragement, i went home to pray and tis morning prayed again and felt much better..

i knw it?s a private personal lesson for me to learn but i thank God i went thru it without any hardness of heart..

Thank you, Jesus..

Posted by blog/brian0 at 11:36 AM
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Monday, 22 September 2003

Hi all, never really blog for a long time and tis is my second time i post something here for tis month. tink i'm really busy wif preparing for preaching test, work and ministry. wanna post but always get home too late so too tired to even surf net..

Thank God todae i dun have to work cos tis evening have IPPT, physical fitness test.. never really do any preparation, dun have time to run or even go to gym.. juz gonna go there and see how i fare.. tink would have to go again next time for a re-test..

juz share abt wat i did for e last few weeks, never really did much except for school, work and ministry.. my life has now being surrounded by all tis. My Cg juz got multiplied last weekend, it was great cos it's onli my second multiplication i experienced in my 5 years in CHC.. Pst Kong shared wif us a great msg last week abt e Jerusalem church, really convicted to bring my frens to know God..
During Cg testimony, i shared abt how God bring me thru my preachin test. My cgl asked me to share wif my cgm which sermon i prepared touched me e most. i said faith msg cos it's faith that brought me closer to Him and i have faith in Him that He will see me thru all things i am goin thru.. Without personal faith conviction, u can't preached a msg to convict ppl to have faith..

I really thank God for wat He had done in my life.. He is the same yesterday, today and forever so i believed He has greater things for me..

As SOT is comin to a close although there are still 3 more months, i tink wat i really received most from SOT is my faith in Him to bring me thru, there are times where i dun have much but i trust Him in His provision, times where i am weak but i lean on Him, times i dun knw wat to do but i received wisdom from Him..
Frens, all of us must always thank God and i will never fail to thank Him cos i knw without Him, i can never go tis far.. God dun need u to thank Him but He need to knw that u appreciate Him for all He had done..

It's really good to be able to sit down and relax and reflect on wat God has done..

Walking wif Him is really e greatest adventure i had put myself in. Never look back when i have placed my life into His hands..
Frens, i hope u will not look back too when u have read all tis cos losing earthly possession is nothing at all compared to losing someone that loves u so much, Jesus love us too much..

I Love u, Jesus..

Posted by blog/brian0 at 12:48 PM
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Friday, 12 September 2003

Hi everyone, it's really being a long long time since i update my blog.. really sorry for not updating u guys..
Really busy nowadays cos preaching test is on oredi, gonna work and serve more in ministry..
I got alot to share wif everyone of u but let's hope i can remember all..

Firstly, i thank God for openin doors for me to serve more in my ministry. Thru God's grace, i am helping out in e editing of e "Book of Zechariah" video.. On last sat, i went in to church office to do my first editing and bro Adrian was oso in office that dae. He came and chatted wif me and asked me again abt wat's my plan after SOT.. Tis time round, not like the last time he asked me, i told him abt my desire to serve full-time. He asked me some questions and i told him wat i really felt, from the bottom of my heart. He told me he would ask Pst if it is possible to employ another staff. If possible, i will be on for part-time first for 4 months or so to see if i like the working culture anot.
So guys, pls pray for me abt it.. Really wan to be able to serve God with all e time i have..

i oso tink my attitude and my walk wif God changed after Pst Ulf came and speaked to us in e conference.. i am nw more focused in doing things that God has given in my life.. i knw God is rising our church up and i will do everything God has placed in my hands to e best i can knw of.. i feel my attitude towards alot of things have changed, i feel i am nw more serious when it come to my walk wif God. It does not mean i am not serious last time, juz that i can sense i am telling God, "God, u can use me in any place and country, i wanna live a life for u". My walk wif Him no longer juz dwell on "Him wif me" but on "God using me to impact life"..
Last Cg, i shared a testimony that i feel i shld share over here as well.. it is abt wat Pst Kong shared when Dr edwin louis cole told Pst before he died that we can take the world for Jesus. Although i have heard it many time but at that moment when Pst say it, i was like how shld i say i was or shld i say i am captivated by that few words cos i really tink we can take e world for Jesus. Even before Dr edwin died, he shared tis words to Pst, it makes me feel how much more ppl like us nw must take e world for Jesus when we are still living on tis earth. it cause me to treasure every time i have so that i knw that every minute i live, i am impacting life and taking e world for Jesus..
It oso relive my vision in me.. i knw i can use e media as a tool to impact many people who watch it. Preacher use God's word to impact and i feel i can use e footage and pictures which is like God's word to impact and touch life.. i am all so excited abt it..

i knw God will truly indeed be the God of all.. i thank God for everything and i pray that He will see me thru all tis cos i knw i am nothing without Him..He's my everything.. Thank You Jesus..

Posted by blog/brian0 at 1:39 AM
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Wednesday, 27 August 2003

Hi guys, it's so wonderful to be able to rest again for another two days.. tink it's best i start going back to gym and swimming again.. not being doing that for some time oredi cos too busy.. Tink will do that tml since tml i got nothin on in the morning..

Will go library to get a book for a fren before my fren comes to my hse, need to teach my fren how to use some software. i oso not so sure abt it but tink wif e book i can be able to teach lah..

Yesterday was indeed a rush day for me but it's fun.. i reach church office @ 1 plus, once i reached there heard that some people are coming over to tour e place so was clearing up stuffs in tv room and oso set up e projector in e conference for them to view e video of our church building. After everything was set up, Edwin(one of e tv church staff) asked me to help him out, i was supposed to help him out next time every tue. Was so excited abt tis cos always wanted to serve full-time in church, tis maybe e first step(i oso dunno) but happy lah.. haha.. was doin some archiving for tis whole year videos that we have. Really get to see how e whole media department work when i'm there, e work juz come in & deadline is so tight but everyone took it as a challenge. Happy to be able to work wif them so closely..
We went down church @ 6.30pm, rushing cos haven't had my dinner yet. In the end, had to settle wif juz two hamburgers.

e conference was good, even though i didn't get to hear everything cos i was in e tv room doing iris and can't concentrate to hear pst Ulf's preaching.. but hear from pst Kong that will produce a cd for everyone abt yest msg cos we must need to knw that we dun live a life of lawlessness..

so much of sharing my day, hope u guys share wif me ur day oso.. gonna leave soon to e library..
see ya guys tonite.. c" )

Posted by blog/brian0 at 9:17 AM
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Tuesday, 26 August 2003

A very good morning to everyone.. tink all SOT students must be very happy that at least they can rest for todae cos no school.. for myself, i am very happy cos never sleep until so late for such a long time..
Actually shld be helpin out a fren wif some computer stuff but cos need to rush to church office later so can't help her.. told her oredi so helping her tml.. Later going church office to help out in tv stuff, need to do archive for e videos.. will go down wif tv staffs for conference later and i have to reach church @ 5pm to help out wif e overflow thingy..

Yesterday conference was good even though i have to serve ministry and was sitting in the overflow room.. Pst Ulf preached abt impartation thru relationship.. wat he say is so true, to have frens is to be a fren urself. Frenship is so special and we can really learned alot from each and every one of them. i really thank God for all my frens that crossed my paths, all the Cg leaders that impacted me and inspired me to go all out for God.
Tink todae will serve again and shld be sitting in overflow room to help out cos nw doing more of technical stuff in tv.. but i thank God that He can use me in any area as long as i can serve Him..

Frens, we must have a servanthood life, to our frens as well as to God..

Posted by blog/brian0 at 10:49 AM
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Monday, 25 August 2003
StEpPiNg oUt
hi everyone.. wake up so early cos need to work in the morning.. goin to work soon.. Pst Tan preach a very good message yest on progressive commitment.. letting go of something when u walk deeper wif God.. tink after tis message i decided to let go of my comfort zone.. too comfortable in the sense that i always stick wif my own group and not talkin to other new frens in the Cg.. will break that comfort zone cos i believe i must be a people person.. Be there for the people..

Anyway, i dun tink i will tink abt wat e "bothering" stuff oredi.. decided to not tink abt it anymore.. gonna have a freed up mind and lifestyle to serve God wholeheartedly in His kingdom..
Yest was membership day, being reflecting abt myself there and then.. tink i too into my comfort zone oredi..
It's time to step out for me..

Posted by blog/brian0 at 7:29 AM
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