Thank God for year 2006

As I look back at 2006, below were the items that I want to Thank God for:

1) Helping me to improve in my piano as I serve Him in this area.
2) Giving me the grace to complete the two semesters of studying "The Life of Christ" in FEBC.
3) Giving me the strength and the wisdom in my work as there are more teaching and competitions to handle.
4) His merciful hands that have moved quite a number of my students to come to church and other church activities.
5) Helping me in leading one soul to say the "Sinner's Prayer".
6) Sending a video specialist to help me in the School Video Award this year.
7) Good HOD IT that is not so demanding.
8) Joy and grace in service; especially as a Church Pianist.
9) Consistency in attending Church prayer and fellowship meetings.
10) Helping me in the preparation for my Grade 5 Theory Exams.
11) Getting a Christian piano teacher where my piano skills can be improved.
12) God's messages heard in Camps and worship service that keep me close to Him and not departing from the faith.
13) Being able to teach my students piano.
14) Caring mother that cooks for me frequently.
15) Good Christian colleagues at work.
16) Good health and that I did not take any sick leave this year.
17) Contentment in the things that God has given me.
18) Being able to serve in the Church Camp as Assistant Camp Master and Leader.
19) Being able to serve in the Mission Field at Kuantan and Kemaman and also to share God's Word in Chinese for the very first time. God's grace in able to play the piano in the worship service there.
20) Getting the Majesty Hymns as a gift from a sister-in-Christ.
21) Not losing my handphone as I am a careless person.
22) Having the money and to buy things that I want.
23) Being more caring this year although I offended one person because of that.
24) Having a sprain ankle during a combine fellowship outing that reminded me to be patient for the process of recovery.
25) Many other blessings that I have missed out.

Praise the Lord! May He continued to keep me close to Him!

Thank God for Mission Trip

Thank GOD that my faith is strengthen through the mission trip. Thank God for the many souls that is saved. These few days had been raining. Thank God that during the VBS in Kuantan, God withhold the rain several times. It is a miracle to most of us that were present there. Praise the Lord!

Thank God for the Church Camp in Batam

Thank God for the wonderful Church Camp in Batam at the Holiday Inn Resort. The food there was great. Thank God for helping me in the various roles as an Assistant Camp Master, Group leader and also in my sharing on the thanksgiving night. Not to forget, thank God also for the sweet fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ. I am looking forward to the Mission Trip to Kemaman and Kuantan now.

Thank God for 6 students going to my church today!

Thank God! Today God allow me to break my record! I brought 6 of my students to church today. It is truly God's glory! I pray that those students who have not believed in the Lord Jesus Christ will quickly come to His feet. He is coming very quickly and soon to judge the sinful world. Haha, one student is camera shy. That's is why you can't see her.

Thank God for completed entries for competitions

Finally, the students have completed their work! Thank God especially for the School Video Award(SVA) competition; there is a video expert who came to my school to help the students to complete it. Some students find it a drag to come for the sessions that I had with them while some students enjoyed it. Never the least, I think most of them enjoyed the filming process. The most tedious time is to do the storyboard for the video and also the video filming process. I have to keep on reminding my students to complete it quickly and not to waste precious time. It is sad that I make a student angry during one of the sessions. I was not intentional and I regretted it a lot. I have already apologised to her. I hope that she is not angry with me now. Thank God that through this competition, I am able to interact with the students and also being able to know them a bit better. I also want to thank God for giving me committed students who are willing to sacrifice their holiday to completed both Animania and SVA Competition. I hope that I will have the opportunity to witness to them and tell them more about Christ. There will be a gospel meeting in my church on 17th Dec, Christmas Service on 24th Dec and Christmas Gospel Chalet at the Changi Chalet on 26th Dec. I pray that the Lord will by all means save some souls into His kingdom! Halleluia (Praise the Lord)!

Thank God for Witnessing to Students

Thank God for being able to witness to my students because of the School Video Award competition. On last 16th November 2006, Thursday, I managed to lead one student to Christ. Truly this is a very joyful occasion. I hope to be able to bring them to the Chirstmas Service and also the Christmas Gospel Chalet. May God be meciful to them and save some into His kingdom. Amen!

Exams Over:)

Thank God that my Piano Grade 5 Theory exams and FEBC night class exams were finally over! Well I am now waiting for my results. I am excited about the coming Church Camp at Batam and also the Mission Trip to Kuantan and Kemaman.

Thank God!

Below are the few things that I want to thank God for:

1) My piano playing has improved, I can read the base clef more quickly now.
2) My classroom management in school has improved. Fellow colleagues noticed that I am more strict with the students compared to last year.
3) I can attend the night class at Far Eastern Bible College to study "The Life of Christ II"

God's Blessings in 2005

As I pondered upon what the Lord had blessed me with in 2005, I want to echo this verse that I found:

Genesis 49:25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

Truly the Lord will not withhold His blessing from us! Below is the record of blessings that I can think of, that the Lord had blessed me with last year:

:: Thank God for ::

1. being one of the 3 leaders in Shomerim in 2005 (although I am not a good leader and was not willing at the beginning, God still used me).

2. being more caring towards others because I was a leader.

3. constantly reminding me of my sins in His Word and teaching from God's servants as I had to lead by example.

4. being able to encourage a brother, using God's Word, who was feeling down and wanted to depart from the faith.

5. a good, less stressful job with lots of free time.

6. having time to learn the piano, attend Prayer Meetings, Christian fellowship and Bible studies because of my not-so-stressful job.

7. service to the Lord as a pianist at the Prayer Meetings (despite the fact that I am not good enough and still need a lot of practice).

8. distinction in my grade 5 piano exam and for having a good piano teacher.

9. brethren and my grandmother who lent me money to buy the new piano.

10. an anonymous person who sponsored half of my fees for the night class at the second half of the year.

11. faith being strengthened as I attended the 2 Monday night classes.

12. being able to complete the FEBC night class reading assignment of the NT in the second semester. In doing that, I understand the NT more and was blessed through the long duration of readings.

13. opportunity to share God's Word in the Youth Camp and Shomerim special gathering (God spoke to me as I was preparing the exhortations).

14. more opportunities to serve God, whether it be music or Church-related ministry, and for the talents that the Lord has given me.

15. the conviction of not listening to the Chinese pop song channels; in doing that, my mind became more focused on Christian and Classical Music.

16. somehow being able to complete the reading of the whole Bible in 3 years (hopefully I did not accidentally miss a chapter because sometimes I forgot where I had stopped).

17. keeping my faith as I see brethren leaving the Church; I felt sad for them. Pray that the Lord will bring them back one day.

Thank God for attending Night Class

Thank God for this opportunity of being able to hear God's Word in this semester in FEBC. Truly I acknowledged that the time spend during all the Mondays were indeed worth while. At first, I did not want to take credit for this semester cause I am afraid that I will be busy. Another reason is that I have some financial problem at that point of time. Never the less, God has His own plan. I shared during one of the prayer meetings that I was considering whether to take credit or not.

During that week, on Sunday, a sister in Christ passed to me forty dollars and she said that someone is willing to pay half of the fees for me. After looking at the requirements of this module and also making prayer unto God, I decided to take the step of faith.

Before attending the class, I must acknowledge that my spiritual life do not have any improvement. In fact, I felt a bit down. As I begin to study God's Word, there is this peace and joy in my heart. I had never spent so much time in studying God's Word. Never did I imagine that I can study more than one hour without feeling much tiredness. I had read the New Testament two years ago. During that time, I had been rushing through the reading as it was the church resolution to complete the reading of New Testament in a year. I did not benefit much for that moment of time.

However, never did I expect that I am able to complete the New Testament reading in half a year and this time with much understanding. Truly, I must thank God for giving me the wisdom and desire to seek His Word. There are two things that have left a deep memory in my mind. I have always wanted to know more about the canonisation of the King James Bible. Thank God that this doctrine had been wonderfully preached and now I appreciate the Bible that I had held now. My faith is greatly strengthen to know that God's Word will never perish. God had breathed in His Words for us and He will preserve His Words forever! It is really important for me to know this or my faith may be shakened. Thank God for this assurance of His Word in the Holy scriptures itself.

I also have some doubts regarding why the King James Bible in the year 1611 include the book of Apocrypha and now the King James Bible does not include it in now. After that, I came to know that during the translation, the King James translators did not translate this part of the scripture seriously. Later on the church fathers acknowledge that this portion of scripture is not the Words of God. This is why now King James Bible does not include the book of Apocrypha.

Another interesting thing that I learn is that the King James Translators took God's Word very seriously. When they came to write the name of God, “Elohim or Yahweh”, they need to bathe themselves clean before writing it. This reminds me that I have to treat the Word of God very seriously also. I also learn that it is important to know the author of the book that I am studying. This gives me an idea of what kind of perspective I should have before even embarking in the studying of God's Word.

It was also after attending the night class then I came to know what is verbal plenary inspiration and verbal plenary preservation. Satan never fails to attack God's Word. Knowing this doctrine has helped me to defend God's Word more confidently. Truly, it is hard to defend God's Word if you say that some parts of the Bible is not preserve by God. I cannot make myself to think what will other religious people will think if we ourselves cannot even trust God's Word.

The next one is regarding 1 Corinthians 13. One of my favourite portion of the scripture is 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a. This few verses tells me what is true love. I even compose a song regarding these verses. Thank God that now I understand the whole chapter after attending the night class. For verse 10, I also want to thank God that now I am convince that the “perfect” in the verse refers to the Bible. Now I can explain to the Charismatic friends what does the word “perfect” means. In the past, I thought that it means the second coming of Christ.

For the four gospels, it is new to me that the four books can be categorised as Lion for the book of Matthew, Ox for the box of Mark, Man for the book of Luke and Eagle for the book of John. These are quite similar to the four beasts in Revelation 4:7, except that the Ox is replace by calf. By using the four animals to represent the four gospels, it really helps me to understand the gospels better. Now I know that the Lion represents Christ as a king, Ox represents Jesus as a servant, Man represent Jesus as the perfect man and Eagle represents Jesus as God Himself. These summarise the four gospels, truly amazing!

Thanks to God that I have now found many verses in the new testament that are worth remembering. It covers a lot of areas like how should we live our life, how we ought to behave towards God and Man, how we can encourage brethren, how we should not stumble a brethren, awareness of false teaching and false prophets and also our great commission to preach the gospel and many other more precious truth. Thank God also for small blessings on the way. Next year, if God willing, I hope that I can still continue to attend the night class. Truly, attending night class is a foretaste of heaven! Alleluia!

Psalms 19:7 and 10:

“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:” sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. “