so there's something that has been in the back of my mind and it's that there is a good chance that you kids will teach my kids kinda like how some of your parents taught me. I realize that if I don't do a really good job with you guys then my kids will be taught poorly and that's how downwards spirals begin. not to say that I'm helping you to help myself, just that it's weird to see people do a crap job with ministries. Not necessarily at our own church, just an observation :P

2011

It's always I guess nice looking back at the year. I guess looking back on 2010 a lot of things has happened and a lot that was said and done. For me, it's really easy for me to get caught up in seeing how much I grew in general or what I learned or what I learned about God more in life. I guess it's nice "feeling good" I guess about yourself. But iunno...I think the bottom line is that it doesn't really matter. Like I think we'll all stand before God one day and it won't matter how much we grew or how much we learned or the experiences we had, I think what matters is how God was glorified. Francis Chan kind of talks about God making a movie. We're the extras like the people in the movie who are in the background. He's there in the beginning when nothing was created and He'll be there in the end ending the movie. We're just the extras that get 2/5 of a second in the movie. Kind of realized that we were all made for Jesus' pleasure and glory not for us and it's not really about us. Col. 1:16. Yea, I'm not so sure if it's really about how much we grow or how much we learn but it might be about how much was God glorified in our lives.

But anyways, have a merry Christmas and Happy New Years!

Grade Day: December 20

so... for the people that were not there for grade day... here is my bible study that i did!

Bible Study

Christmas

Why was December 25 considered as Jesus’ birthday? Ask Everyone

Luke 2:1-3

December 25 was chosen for Jesus’ birthday because no one knew the actual day or date of his birth. Luke tells us it happened when the Roman emperor Augustus ruled the world. But he doesn’t give us the day or the month. Romans already celebrated the festival of Saturnalia in December. The general holiday gave Christians time for their own celebrations. The Scandinavian mid-winter Yuletide festival was transformed into the birthday feast of Jesus Christ.

Why do we give gifts on Christmas? Ask Everyone

Matthew 2:1-12

John 3:16

John tells us that God loved us so much that he gave us Jesus, his Son. When Paul thought about that most wonderful of all presents he exclaimed, “Let us thank God for his priceless gift.” Many of the Christmas customs we enjoy today are left over from long ago, from the days before December was taken over as Jesus’ festival. Giving presents, eating special foods, decorating homes, lighting candles, all began in the long distant past. Because these customs were so deeply rooted in the minds and memories of the people, the Christian leaders of then had to let them stay. But they were given new meanings.

The Love of God

What is Love? Define

God’s love is his holy disposition toward all that he has created that compels him to express unconditional affection and selective correction to provide the highest quality of existence, both now and forever, for the object of his love.

1 Corinthians 13

John 3:16

In the Bible, we find a particular word used to name the love that God exhibits: agape. English uses one word (love) in dozens of settings, but Greek has several words that often end up being translated into our language as love. God’s agape-love is characterized by being giving, sacrificial, unconditional, and boundless. Read John 3:16

This verse illustrates the characteristics listed above. God gave sacrificially (“his one and only Son”) so that anyone who believes (“whoever”) could have boundless abundance (“eternal life”).

1 John 4:7-21

Romans 8: 38-39

Share examples of God’s love in your life

Closing Prayer

O Lord, our God who is love, as we consider the infinite nature of your compassion, mercy and favour, grant that we might grasp and accept the reality of your love, abandon all the things we’ve tried to use as substitutes, and sacrificially demonstrate your love to others.

Let us rely on and rest in the certainly of your unconditional love, even when we don’t feel it. Help us to see it even in difficult times, to know that it’s always there regardless of our performance, and to thank you for it constantly. Let it really sink into our heart as we’ve never known it before. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Earn This

I just finished watching this in history class today and I'm just reminded of Jesus. Some background information in the movie "Saving Private Ryan"...basically, there is this solider named Private Ryan. A team of soldiers is sent on a rescue mission to find Private Ryan located deep in Germany and bring him home. This is because his three other brothers were recently killed in war and High Command wants him to go back to his family. So basically, a team is sent out to look for Ryan and on the way, they lose about two soldiers before they find him. So they already lost two soldiers just for this one man. Then on, they find Ryan but he doesn't want to go back home because he wants to stay with his fellow soldiers. The team that went to find him decide to just stay and help Ryan and his fellow soldiers prepare for an upcoming German attack. Another line from the movie not included in the clip is something like, "Maybe one day we'll look back and say that saving private Ryan wasn't a bad thing and made up for the mess of the whole war."

The first clip is basically at the end of the final battle against the Germans. The main guy who led the team was about to die and he said the words, "Earn this. Earn it." Basically, Ryan is one of the only ones left after the battle and a whole lot of people died because of Private Ryan. Many people sacrificed their lives because of this one guy. And the guy says to him to Earn It. He already got something he didn't deserve so he doesn't have to neccesarily earn it but like, how if he going to live knowing that people died for his sake. I hope for me and you guys that we can learn to always take Jesus' sacrifice more seriously. I know that I need to really learn more about His love and sacrifice.

Master

I guess I will share about my experiences this weekend. This weekend one thing that was coming up was God being my master or Lord. I feel like whenever the word obedience or doing whatever God tells me to do pops up there are these images in my head of me preaching openly at school. I feel like these images are made by fear and not from God. I feel like these images are like prison or something I find hard doing I guess. I feel like there are two sides in my life right now. On one hand there is obedience to the Bible of God's Word and on the other is just obedience to these images that make me fear I guess. I find peace in obedience to God's Word but uneasiness in obedience to these images. Well, another thing that has been on my mind, if we can't obey the little things in the Bible, how can we obey the bigger things? Like if God tells us to never be anxious and to rejoice but we can't do that how can we do bigger things like fulfilling the Great Commision? Iunno, these are just my thoughts for now.

Look at what they make you give

So i saw the Bourne series and this is one of those things that came up. "Look at us. Look at what they make you give," says Jason at the end of the series and that's one of the themes of the movie. How we go about choosing the things and how Jason is looking back at his life and wondering. Well not even wondering, knowing that it wasn't worth it. When you look at yourselves and the things you spend time on what do you see? Is it worth it? Are you becoming more like the man (or woman for the ladies) you want to be and is that more Christ-like? Good song that sums up the series and the emotions behind it.

parables

So yesterday Bern was talking about some old favourites in terms of parables and every time he's about to speak about something I feel like it'll be interesting. It's interesting because he's about to talk about something I've heard a million times and read a million times and it'll be a chance for me to revisit and re-appreciate it. There is a good chance that what he says isn't totally new to me but God reminds me that it's not about Bern, it's about him and me.

The first parable is directed to the men. Men should identify with this and that is the seeking with lost people. The interesting thing for me is that the second parable talks about a woman and seeking a coin. What's the difference between seeking the sheep and seeking the coin. One of those factoids that occurs to me is that the 10 coins fills a set, it's similar to a necklace. There are some thoughts around that, like it's part of a dowry or it's her life savings or whatever, but suffice to say, it's part of a whole. The interesting thing now is to look at what is necessary to be done. We need to find individuals to bring them into the fold but it's not just a matter of bringing people to church or to the presence of God, it's the completing work of God that is finding the coin to complete the set. It's both the restoration into sonship and the completing work of sanctification that is being addressed here. Jesus is appealing to both men and woman and interestingly enough men do something overarching while women deal with the details and completing. I think everyone has to be both but Jesus does make that distinction for a reason. You can look into it yourself.

The lines from the song, Nothing But The Blood of Jesus, come to mind.

"What can wash away my sin,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again
Nothing but the blood of Jesus"

This one verse sums both parables up. He deals with our sin and makes us whole. How wonderful :P

SNA

Anyone going to SNA?

Shall we?

Well, i got 1040 last night thanks to the contributors lols, but yeah, would you like me to bring it in next week? Brian offered to bring his laptop, comment below if you would like this, or would not like this, thanks~

HELLO!!!!

HEY GUYS
im just wondering but liek who is leading or wat are we going next week for NHG??
i was wondering if i could lead again for nhg but idk? does anybody want to lead?????????????????????

Lol, does time really pass by quickly? I was just looking at Tim Luk's blog and went back to the archives when he was like Gr. 11 or around our age. I think we were Gr 3 then. Maybe one day, someone will stumble on this blog and we'll be all old and stuff.

Breaking

Something that's really been on my mind today has been brokenness. Like remember how Tim today shared about how he had to reach rock bottom in his own life in order to take God seriously. Today, I've been wrestling with this in my own life. Refering back to the video of God's chisel and how it really hurts when He transforms. I guess the main thing is not asking God to break me but asking God to break others. Like it's one thing to ask God to break you but another thing to ask God to break others and I think a lot harder. Like there's some people in my life where things of this world are really big and are cherished and if I pray that God would break them, I'm afraid of their response when the things they love are taken away. But iunno...but I think the main thing I'm struggling with is helping people through it when God breaks them. Like again...it's one thing to ask God to break another but another thing to help them through it. Yea iunno...

Oh You Bring

Been listening to this song. Thought I might share with you guys.

Homework for Bible study

HEY GUYS AND GIRLS

sooooo i guess a challenge/homework for you guys is
can you spare some time reading the bible and having a "quiet time"
just a challenged that i think would be great for everyone :D

I guess no title is in now. Lols =P. Anyways, i  was talking to a friend of mine today, or well he was just venting out a bit of his frustration with some school people. But somewhere through this, i shared my view on grades and shtuffs, and i somehow got to the point of saying, "If you don't like my answer, don't take it". And he PM'd it haha, but it got me kinda thinking or well it's cus i was reading while talking and i was like dang. I find the same thing is with God, if you don't like His answer, don't take it. I was reading 2 Thes 2:10 and it said "They perish because they have refused to love the truth and so be saved." And i think that it really is a narrow path, it's God or the world and sometimes it's really difficult to go God's way. And for me, i find it difficult to focus on God sometimes, but i guess pray for me that i do focus on God in all that i do.

hello kids :D and Enoch? :D anywaysss for one of my projects for english and its about immortality or well the 'death of death". i was thinking.. what if one day scientist do find a way to achieve this. Wait according to the bible is this possible? but yeah even "if" they do discover a method. what is the christian view on this? just a curios person :D

D.Wu

i guess i'll follow in nathan's wonderful example and just write something. lol~ i find it funny when people feel like it has to be profound for them to write something when often times it's just good enough to write anything :P

anything that is personal. i really love checking in and seeing that you guys are actively posting without me. it's like you guys are the small group I've always wanted to be a part of. it's a real blessing for me. it's why, even though I have many other things i should be doing with my own peer group i really try to hang out with you guys too. sometimes when i'm there i realize you don't really need me but i like to be around anyway. it's like being a parent I think. Sometimes I feel like there are things that could be better with the study and stuff but then I realize that it would be fine if i didn't say anything.

I think life is slowing down a bit and it's kinda nice for me. it's not even a transition, i busted my shoulder so i'm out for at least another few days and I know people that can't sit still and I'm just not that way. I love rest. :P

i don't know if i've ever told you guys this. some people wonder how I know what it is that God wants me to do. The answer now is that I know what the Spirit is doing so it's easy. In my early days it was simply this: Since I'm really lazy, if there is any more work that i feel i want to do it must be God. Since I never look for extra work and i wouldn't subject myself to more work i should just do it assuming it's God. I'm sure my system doesn't work for everyone but something like it might work. Like, I'm naturally really eager to do stuff so if I ever want to quit something it must be God? LOL~

cheers, y'all~

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Well, it's kind of late. Well, for me at least. I consider 12:43AM pretty late : P Well, I was just staying up because of homework. Iunno, I feel bad because I've been not catching up with homework. I could say excuses like I'm too busy but iunno, it's hard I find to do every single piece of homework that I have. I guess today was an interesting day. sorry, random post...

Okay, so what's been going on with me

I unno, I might as well post why I haven't been at SComAC and like what's been happening in the little while

So basically my parents used to go to UAC, but then the pastor left, so my dad didn't want to go, but someone recommended RH3C to him and he started going again. I think he really likes it as there's a lot of people he can bond with. My mom ended up following too. I think I heard them say once that they didn't feel like they fit in either, I unno. But for some reason now they're showing a stronger opinion on what church I should go to. So for the time being, I have been at RC3H and UAC.

My view is kinda all over the place. Because at first, and still now to be honest, I don't want to move away, but then again, this may be something God wants. A hymn called "It Is Well With My Soul", I unno, I find that I shouldn't worry too much. I was talking to some of my fellowship group leaders at school and they simply said that real churches have the same mindset : God. So even if I'm a church that I don't like, God's still there and I'm not supposed to be there for friends, I'm supposed to be there for God! Like I make friends on the way, but even if I'm at a different church, it shouldn't stop me from worshiping God!

So that's what's been going on, for prayer requests, let me just move away the fact that I'm at a different church, but let me realize that nothing should change.

So yeah, you guys have any prayer requests? :D

Our parents : p

p.s this is not a rant :P i was just sitting infront of my laptop and noticed things

So while sitting infront of my computer playing games today, i've noticed that my parents are usually the cause for my downfall in my christian walk.  Maybe you guys are different, or maybe we're the same, but my parents never talk about christianity much, even though they have both been baptized.  But their expectations for me always seem to be revolving around violin .. and some school/chores (mostly violin -_ -).  When i don't do well in either of them (mainly violin : o) my mom just tells me to do better or she'll take away my laptop.  I can't recall the last time they asked me about how my relationship with Christ was or anything.  Yeah : p that's what i think about my parents in a point of view, they're pretty nice in many other aspects but this is one aspect that's always on my mind. 

So what do you guys think about your parents?  Do they help you in any way shape or form in your Christian walk?

Brian Ching : p

All that I Need

I guess I'm learning what it means to realize that God is sufficient. Iunno, I feel like I'm comparing myself with others and wanting what they have as a Christian. For example, just seeing people so full of the Spirit and I do want that. There's nothing wrong with wanting that but I thnk for me, it goes to keeping my focus on others and not God. It started when I was watching a trailer for the 1040 documentary. I guess it goes again with comparing myself with these people who are so filled with the Spirit.

Gabe reminded me of a song, the lyrics go:

Your love is all that I need, all that I need, all that I need
Your love is all that I need, all that I need is You.

Just a reminder that God is all that I need, not to be "spiritual" or "so high and mighty" but yea, that's what I'm discovering.

Babies; Killing yourself to win

Baby Micah.
It's been a while since I've interacted with kids below grade 6 and more so babies. I realize there is a transformation that happens when my mom and dad are playing with him and it's something I can't quite do naturally yet. I can't lower myself to baby talking and just playing. There is too much going on in my mind and I know I'll figure it out when I have kids but it's weird for me to remember how different this baby is than all the other people i interact with. It's like how we ought to deal with Christians in different stages of development. We can't expect babies to be adults and shouldn't treat adults like babies.

So I was at Mcdonald's for breakfast because they have Monopoly. I realized, one of my main motivations for going there is, other than the food being cheaper than the alternative, is that I just want to win stuff. Then i realized that Mcdonald's is bad for me and I'm killing myself to win and there is a good chance that I won't win anything I care about anyway. It's like being at church or any relationship when you try to win a fight. you destroy so much to win and in the end you realize that winning was pointless to begin with since love overshadows all of that.


Also, so i'm a big noob, how do I just post the vid instead of the link?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1L4s0x-OfU

Unashamed And Heart of Worship

Just wanted to share with you guys two songs that have kind of highlighted my week and what I learned. It was also pretty cool seeing that they chose Heart of Worship at Dido on Friday. A blessing from God!

Heart of Worship - Matt Redman


Unashamed - Starfield





Basically yea these songs are my week and things within the song God has kind of taught me.

Questionzzz

Are we opening this blog to the rest of the grade or do you think we should? Please comment below

Bible study...

so...
here is my bible study...

The Faithfulness of God

What is Faithfulness?

Someone faithful is loyal, dependable, and firm in adhering to promises or observing duty. The Bible speaks of God’s faithfulness; it speaks in terms of eternity and perfection. If we apply our definition of faithfulness to God, we realize that he is dependable, trustworthy, loyal, reliable, and true to his word—always and forever.

Hebrews 6:18: “So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.”

Deuteronomy 7:9: “Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.”

Lamentations 3

What does the word “lament” mean?

A passionate expression of grief

What does Lamentations 3 have to do with God’s faithfulness?

Jeremiah expresses his sorrows on the Israelites because he was grieving about the punishment that was coming to them. But in verse 21, Jeremiah remembered the faithful love of the Lord never ends!

Why is Jeremiah so depressed?

Jeremiah is so depressed/sad because the Israelites, kings and leaders wouldn’t listen to God’s word. In Jeremiah 36-40, Jeremiah was dictating all the words the Lord had spoken to him while Baruch was writing them down on a scroll. The scroll was talking about God’s judgement on Israel, and Judah. The Lord was trying to get the people of Judah to turn from their wicked way; but when the people of Judah would not listen and turn from their wicked ways, God would punish them. But the king of Israel burned the scroll and wanted to kill Jeremiah.

How does God reveal his faithfulness?

Through His Creation

Examples: Psalm 119:90, Psalm 145:13-16

Through His People

Examples: Genesis 12: 1-3, Micah 7:20, Psalm 132:11, Matthew 16:18

Through His Spirit

Examples: John 14:15-18, Galatians 5:22:23

Through His Character

Example: Isaiah 25:1

Through His Son

Examples: Isaiah 11:5, Revelation 19:11

End

God is faithful to his Word, to his promises, to his people, and to his character because he cannot be otherwise. You can depend on him 100 percent of the time. He will never let you down. He may not do what you want him to do exactly when you want him to or even how you want him to. He may not orchestrate it in a way that you can understand it now or perhaps ever; but he will never let you down.

What does God’s faithfulness mean to you?

How could this knowledge of God’s faithfulness affect their daily life

Bible study...

Some Thoughts

Some thoughts in my mind are...

Is it bad to seek for pleasure?
Is it bad to seek for pleasure other than satisfaction from Christ?
Why do we watch TV or movies?
Is it bad to entertain ourselves?

These are just some questions that I have sometimes.

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It's Been A While

Yea, it's been a while since my last posting. But I'm writing this during careers class with less than 15 minutes left before the next bell. Iunno, I feel like sometimes I'm being more sucked into this world. Like, I feel like I'm not as resistant to everything like swearing and stuff as I should be. And the scary thing is today there was one point when people were swearing and I was laughing along with their jokes and actually felt pleasure in hearing swearing. Like iunno...everyone around me was talking about that apparently there is a party today and how people are going to get drunk and high and even things about guns. I've been feeling less resistant to this world and that is bad.

An example is when the national anthem is going on and people are just fooling around. And they don't realize that people have died so that we can hear that national anthem today. But why don't I realize that people are fooling around every second but ignorant of God who is hurting for them? Maybe because it's hard to realize it in my own life.

On another note, I watched a video a couple days ago called "God's Chisel". It touched me but maybe I'll share thoughts later.

i'm ballin'

lol~ i love saying that~ it sounds so funny. Anyway, so i was ballin' last night at it was a night where my team lost pretty badly all night. funny coming off last week where my team won the entire night. what's the difference, well obviously the players made a big difference. it was describing it to shirley. some players have certain disadvantages and it's important to recognize what they are before playing. It took me all night to figure out what our team should be doing and that's the weird part for me, how long it took me to recognize.

I was playing with Jeremy Lo. His obvious disadvantage, he's in grade 9. He thinks like a grade 9. Nothing he can really do about it. pushing down the court is always important. most people don't know how to count. they de-value solid fundamentals (mostly because they are still developing). He shift out of his zone too often and gambles on defense. One of the highlights of the night is when Jeremy schools the hell outta Matt though.

I was playing with Uncle Paul. His obvious disadvantage, he's old. There are certain stamina issues that comes with it. certain compatibility issues that comes with being in a different mind set and different play styles. it just makes him a little less predictable for the rest of our team.

I was playing with Ken. His obvious disadvantage is that he's not a cerebral player. Certain things that seem like common sense really aren't. It reminds me there is no such thing as common sense. At one point of the night i was reminded that perception is also relative. "stop ball" is not common to all people. knowing where the ball is was so foreign to ken i had to push him towards the guy with the ball. unfortunately i push ken into him :( my bad :S

I'm playing with me. Obvious disadvantages of just not being very good at this game. I don't really mean basketball, i mean figuring things out on the fly and leading. I've listed obvious, painfully obvious things about people that we all know. Still, it took me 2 hours to figure these things out and what to do with it. Iunno... it's weird to know that the game that i'm losing isn't just basketball, it's leadership as well. it's communication. it's reading people that i'm not doing. i like basketball. next week will be a better week.

10% what you say and 90% how you say it.

So I watched this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzqTFNfeDnE

And well it kinda got some of my friends who aren't necessarily Christians hyped and they thought it was pretty epic. And I just kinda was thinking why this would be, of course at the time I had not watched it and it felt like they were talking about the awesomest thing that ever happened and I slept through it. But after I watched it, something nathan said to me last night came to my head, (the title). And I thought, well there wasn't too much context or heart convicting stuff in the video, it was just epic and true - in other words, what was said wasn't really important (but it was) but the way it was delivered was magnificent. Why was it magnificent though? Because he knew Who he was talking about, the way he feels about Jesus, you can hear it in his voice and the way he speaks. And in the same way, I just thought, the way we speak, everything we do really does show something about our spiritual life, whether i'm sarcastic, or have a monotonous tone in my voice, if something really gets my voice going beyond monotony, shouldn't it be God? And I guess I'm just sorta thinking ish about the way i act at school, not only what i say, but how i say things too. yeah

waking like dying

I guess we're on the topic of sleeping and dreaming so I'll post this hear too...

So I woke up the other day and the feeling of waking up is almost always one i don't like. As I felt myself dragged outta bed it felt like what i imagine dying to feel like.

I guess this video is somehow appropriate:



I think dying and waking are very similar even in our spiritual life. being awake and aware inevitably incorporates the shedding and death of the sleeping self. I guess transitions are just that, going from life to life is like going from asleep to awake.

My morning

So today i didn't go to church because i wouldn't wake up and my family decided to leave me. But i have a reason for it...ish? I had this dream where i was in markville mall in the upper floor. Then something happened and somehow i realized that the world just ended? So in this aftermath, a bunch of events happened which i don't remember (actually i think i remember playing tag with you guys haha : p).  But after all that, some event that i actually remember that got me thinking happened.  I was in some bar like room and (this is very random) i was hungry. Then this guy who i know, and is usually not the type to do this sort of thing, gave me piece of bbq pork from his fan hup.  And this is when i actually woke up to a door slam noise and a car driving away : ).  So, while i was sitting in front of the computer thinking about what i should do, I thought about this scene and tried to see if it was telling me anything.  What i got from it is that people who have experienced God's almighty power will change? I'm still not sure what it's telling me yet, or if it's telling me anything at all (maybe it tells you something? i don't know : ] ). Yeah and that was pretty much my morning told at night time : ).

- Brian C

I was thinking about why my life looks the way it does, i mean, why is it that the things i do here at the office look like what they do. why is it that my work day has my mind wandering and there are times that i spend on ministry. is it because it's acceptable at the office, no. i don't think any office accepts that. i also know that it's 6:20 and i stayed late to finish some work and work hard, generally. iunno... we have one life and we live that out. when you care about God and his kingdom your life will reflect that even when it's not acceptable. i'm ok with not being acceptable.

Generic Title

Soo, I haven't posted in a while, and I'm happy to see that people have posted :D haha, anyways, here's what my day ish yeah.
Through the course of the day, I find myself often distracted by things and caught up in the pride of academics. Pride of academics? Yes pride of academics, what I mean is that sometimes concepts easily come to me, and that easily gets to my head.
And I find it hard for myself to think back to being Christian. It's pretty embarrassing to think that I would be letting things like that go to my head, especially after being shown that I know nothing. Something that was said in Smallville that I thought was neat was something along the lines of, not knowing knowledge, not only as a challenge, but to humble oneself. And that's something that's difficult for me, as well as loving people.
I've also been thinking about how we represent God lately, though I know I'm no poster child for God, humbleness, serving others, loving those whom He has set in our lives, these are things that make up our credibility when seen by non Christians, what sets us apart - in a sense. We should be standing out in a not humanly way when seen by people, it's not really something I've been working towards, but focusing on God and laying ourselves down in the midst of it all is what is important.
-BakChoy :D

Revival

so just right now i saw this vid. and its called The Fire. search it on youtube and please watch :D so like it talks about how a lot of "christians" that say they prophecies the name of Christ just go straight to hell. and it makes you wonder. the life your living now? is it worthy for God Almighty :O some of us may think that once we sin, oh well thanks God for forgiving me. but we dont realize HOW MUCH it hurts God when he forgives us. and it makes me think like sometimes even if i think its a "small" sin, i think oh well it doesnt matter and like i dont know. i really hope that none ofus in this group will go to hell and that we all help each other :D so gooo watch it and blog about your reaction? :D I really hope by watching this it really changes the way you think. let the speaker speak to youuu! and dont harden your heart to his words LISTEN! ( youll get it if you watch it soooo watch it :D )

PS. here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhX7m3rF20c

Brokennes

Iunno...I'm writing this during Careers Class. I feel so drained and tired. Need more sleep and I missed out on a good part of lunch today. I feel very mentally incompatible to do work well. I guess this is a parallel in my own spiritual life as well. I feel so tired and I feel so broken by my imperfections. But at the same time, I'm learning to surrender to God in my brokenness and to let Him work in me to do His will. Kind of learning mroe about what Paul learned in 2 Corinthians 12. I'm broken and I feel like a mess but I'm learning to be willing to do whatever God wants because it is only THROUGH Him that I can do all things. I'm broken by my lack of passion for God and just my tiredness both physically and spiritually. There is beauty in the broken but also pain. I guess need to remember that everything is NOT too unbearable and through Christ, we care more than conquerers.

driving and driving...

hey guys~
just trying to catch up on the blogs. Nice to see many of us posting. so i hit a biker with my car. i could defend myself as it wasn't completely my fault but i felt there was value in just swallowing that part of it and moving on with life. I realize that regardless of how little of it is my fault, it doesn't change anything other than making me feel better... then i thought about why i would even feel better and i realized that there is still part of me that doesn't like to be wrong. it's funny, i follow some starcraft 2 commentators and they had a video based where viewers had to refrain from doing a certain thing, self imposed restrictions. I bet many people lost because they tried this but ya know what, it's ok to be wrong or fail once in a while. We're human. I was happy to just to get over it and represent God well.

on a side note, i played basketball yesterday. I've been going the last couple weeks and I think i'll be going most thursdays. one thing i do, and i mentioned this in a comment somewhere, is that i try not to dress too much like i'm playing basketball. i was wearing track pants last time instead of shorts and yesterday i wore long sleeve t-shirt. iunno, it's these little things that just remind me that I didn't come to do anything crazy. I think being able to do that reminded me of the easy things i can do to win instead of working hard and forcing too many things to happen. I'd almost forgotten how deadly the mid range jumper is. That was bread and butter yesterday. catch and shoot. one dribble or quick cross and shoot. just enough distance to be safe. not everything has to be a power move. i don't have to drive past or use my athletic ability to beat someone 100% of the time. it's nice to sit back and watch life unfold and not get too caught up on anything, whether it's sports or driving incidents or punching out 9ers (wink david). i think sometimes it's that, either we punch people out or we let it go/walk away.

:P

University Fair

Anyone interested in going to university fair on Friday since it's a PA day?

My Second Post :D

Hey everyone! :D
Just gonna post about some recent thoughts about stuff going on and stuff. Well this week has been decent, but there have been really good points (in my opinion) about things that happened and that were going on. Just gonna talk about today because that's all that's relevant though. Well near the end of the day I was in a poopy mood because I missed the bus to go get some forms that weren't there (darn guidance >=( ) then at Timmy's the service was inefficient and slow. Worst of all, I kinda blamed one of my friends for missing the bus because he reminded us to get the forms. But yeah, jerk move on my part. I also rejected him from going on a walk with me because I felt I really needed to calm down and stuff. Luckily I don't think he gets mad too easily. Things picked up for Dido though :D, new cell groups excite me lols, and tomorrow is the start of Mandarin classes. So yeah, no sleeping in anymore =o! And yeah, that was my day.
-BakChoy :D

My week and a half

So this week/ half of last week I started school, and I set a goal for myself to finish all my homework before 10.  It went pretty well the first couple of days but then I realized that it was because the first couple of days had pretty much no homework but signing things.  So to make my situations worse, I switched my classes around and got put into a class with a bunch of homework.  I pretty much went from no homework to 5 pages a day and 3 assignments =. = .  Since I didn't have much homework in my other classes, it all balanced out, but I still felt like I was at a loss.  I also attempted to join the soccer team like David, but I'm not that good and I'll probably end up warming up benches : ).  I have also been reading my bible (cough backslash bible gateway) and getting more information about the Holy Spirit and our lives for NHG this Sunday (my first Sunday in 3 weeks that I'm actually not ushering :O) and I've learned alot more about the Holy Spirit than I already knew before, so I'll be ready : ). 

And that was basically my week minus some minor details (since I don't remember them =. = ).

Brian C

My Day or past few days

Today, i had a soccer tryout and gym but while i was reflecting about my day on my walk home ( hehe Jon :D) i noticed that everytime i would go to do any of these sports, my mentatlity would be "ok its game time" but never once have i ever been ok its God's Time. ive always been to focus on winning or scoring that goal that i stop thinking about God and just forgetting about him :O So this is pretty much my day.. OH yeah so something i have been struggling a lot throughout my life is my temper. like little things just set me off and i become a person that isnt really what God wants me to be at all :O like yesterday, i hit a niner and we trashed talked a bit. but know that i think about it. wow that was totally unnecessary and such a waste of time. i often ask God to help control them :D iunno i jsut dont want to be that guy that everyone thinks is a jerk and stuff like that. So YEAH that was my day. hope y'all had an awesome day today. comment and pray :D aights later

OH and pls comment if this blog thing is wrong cause i dont really know what we are writting about :O just anyhting? :O

D.Wu

my day

i doubt i'll talk about my days very often, i like talking about moments and thoughts.  it saves me from painfully recalling and vomiting details as they don't tend to interest very many people.

dual church.  this has been one of the key thoughts in my mind.  If you check out my blog enochtang.blogspot.com there are some things there.  honestly, i feel like this is something i have to stress to you guys but then again, i'm not sure how relevant the dual church is with you guys.  I wonder if what goes on over on that side even means much to you guys.  iunno... i like to look at church from God's perspective as much as possible and i've been wondering how to work together with the chinese side more and more, especially as i look at how sunday school is and how bernard wants youth ministry to be.

it's interesting for me when i go through the work day and I know the thing that's occupied my heart is the church.

- NoC

My day :D

Well, thanks 'Jones' for the nice intro or the blog, but for the sake of consistency, I'll post about my day! :D Yays. Well, today was generally a decent day, there really aren't many variables that would change my day from a 'bad day' to a 'good day'. Nonetheless, I always feel that each day should be treated like a gift, for it is a blessing of grace from God, is it not? Anywhoo, Media arts is still my loneliest course... but that's just my mindless complaining at this point, haha. However, after school I felt like going on a walk since I didn't have homework and the weather was oh so nice. :D And I guess on my walk I had a lot of thinking time and appreciating time. And Jones' words echoed in my head, the awe factor, or well not necessarily what he said but the gist of it, and I sat around staring at stuff and prayer, it was really neat actually. So yeah, walks are fun and relaxing way to get off the stress of a school day or worries, just to go out and pray.
- BakChoy :D

The Classic First Post

So I guess this is the first post and we just thought it would be "neat" to have a blog consisted of NHG members. So we can just share about anything and everything. So you guys have fun with blogging!

I guess I'll kind of share about today. I guess for me today, I was just reminded of the urgency of how much time we have left on the earth while I was reading a book. I guess I use to think about that a lot but somehow stopped thinking about that but now, today I was reminded that our lives are short. This one line from a song has always stuck with me. It goes, "Today is all you'll ever have." And it's true. Today is all you ever have. We don't have tomorrow because when tomorrow comes around it'll be called Today. Well, I guess then the question is "What are we suppose to do then?" Maybe the answer is giving our all for God each and every second. And this is very challenging because Satan will be right there to stop us. But there is something special about striving towards this TOGETHER and to know that we're not in this alone. Sorry, just wanted to share this with you guys. Off to bed and hope this blog helps us to grow closer together and God. Have fun with your crazy spheals.