zhu ri xue zhu ri

dear all,
what happened? no one came to visit? please try to keep this blog alive, otherwise there's no meaning to reviving it already. thanks,
these are the videos for the zhu ri xue zhu ri.



this is the sharing by junyan, julia, bella and lloyd. and the skit by the er tong below.




God bless,
jen

FOP

hey, next week's already FOP. We should be going on friday since saturday de next day's sunday (gotta wake up early) and sunday the next day got school.

MEET @:

Kallang MRT station 6 pm 3 AUGUST 2007

pls tell us earlier if ure going so we noe who we're suppose to wait for.
Thanks.

hope to see you all,
jen

“What’s in your wallet?”

“What’s in your wallet?”

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:3

An advertising blitz for a growing credit card company features two humorous television commercials. One features Vikings who are defeated by that credit card’s low interest rates. The other series of ads pokes fun at the apparent difficulty of cashing in on the “other company’s” frequent flier miles. Every one of the commercials ends with the same catchy tagline: “What’s in your wallet?”
It’s an interesting question. The stuff in our wallet represents financial security, purchase power, and prosperity. The question “What’s in your wallet?” is a clever way of planting doubt in our minds about whether or not we have the right stuff to get all the satisfaction we are looking for in life. It prompts us to wonder if we are getting all that we think we deserve. Is there more out there that we don’t yet have? Do we have what it takes to be successful? Of course, the intent of the ad campaign is to make us think that only this particular card will make us satisfied, secure, and significant. And if we don’t feel secure about having the right things in our wallet, perhaps we need to reevaluate its contents. But those who have traveled life’s road for a while will tell you that it’s not really the stuff in your wallet that finally brings the happiness you’re looking for.
Thankfully, God has an announcement of His own about where to find satisfaction, security, and significance! In Ephesians 1:3-14, the apostle Paul can hardly contain himself as he lists the incredible resources that our Father has placed at the disposal of His children. When we turn to Christ by faith, we’re given forgiveness—the joy of a clean conscience before God. We’re entrusted with His wisdom—inside information on how to live life without the downside of our ongoing dead-end experiments. We’re given access to his mercy and grace to find help in the time of need, worship to lift our spirits above the din of ordinary living, and prayer to put us in touch with the One who cares for us and loves us without condition. We find all of this and more in our spiritual wallet!
What are you trusting to bring you joy and satisfaction? What do you depend on to give you a sense of security and safety? Where do you turn for significance? Are you focused on a wallet that’s growing with the “right” credit cards, a thick stack of cash, and the right business cards? Ironically, a full wallet can be carried on a body with an empty heart.
Live for the incredible spiritual wealth and riches offered to you by our loving heavenly Father, who, according to James, delights in giving good gifts to His children. Your physical wallet may be almost empty, but, if your heart is full of all that Jesus offers, you’ve got all the right stuff to defeat the Vikings that plague your life and to experience true joy and satisfaction.
YOUR JOURNEY…

Think through the way you’ve spent your time this week. How does your time spent with God, accessing the riches of your heavenly Father, stack up against time spent focused on material possessions and earthly wealth?

Take a few minutes to make your own list of some of the spiritual riches that you have received in Christ. If you need some ideas, read all of Ephesians 1 and the first part of Ephesians 2.

How would your priorities and plans for the week change if your attention to spiritual riches grew and your focus on material possessions diminished?

love,
jen

photos (:

BIRTHDAY PARTY [ Jan - Mar ]
* I'll be posting the Apr - Jun's birthday party pics soon :)

GIVING OUT OF REBORN CERT

the perfect prayer

hey all, gotta keep this newly-revived blog moving so i shall post (:

Passage – Luke 18: 35 – 43

As He drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. And hearing a crowd go by, He inquired what this meant. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” And he cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Verses 35 – 38)

Years ago, I wrote lyrics to a song about the Lord’s prayer. The title was “The Perfect Prayer”, because Jesus Himself spoke it. But there is at least one other perfect prayer in the gospels. It is extremely short, containing just five words: “Son of David, have mercy.”

Once again, you must see the story with a first-century perspective. Everyone believed that the man was blind because he had sinned, and sinners do not deserve anything. When you understand this, you begin to see that the disciples were justified in trying to shut the man up. Jesus should not have had time for such people.

The blind man’s stubborn persistence in crying out to Jesus is what makes me love this man so much. I believe it’s why Jesus also seems to have been delighted with him. He sits there forsaken, in his own dark world, crying out for a gift he knows he doesn’t deserve. He cries out for mercy, for hesed. His cry is the perfect prayer, because it is the simplest request for what is most critical. It is a plaintive cry for a piece of God’s own heart.

Look at the end of Luke’s gospel. Jesus goes to Jerusalem. The cross is awaiting him there. Only one chapter before (17:11 – 19), we read the story of the 10 lepers. Their cry, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us,” was almost identical to the blind man’s cry. Jesus had told the 10 to go and show themselves to the priests. While they were running back, they discovered they were healed. Only one, a Samaritan, turned and ran back to Jesus, “praising God”. Jesus told the lone leper exactly what he told the blind man, “Your faith has made you well” – the faith to ask for something he knew he did not deserve, believing in the nature of the One from whom he was asking.

Jesus is about to enter Jerusalem and the Passion. There on the cross He will perfectly demonstrate what the hesed of God looks like: that God so much longs to lavish his mercy on us that He will sacrifice His only Son, an unimaginable alternative.

To those of us who have a right to expect nothing, Jesus offers everything. The doorway to an infinite store of mercy can be opened by five simple words, “Son of David, have mercy.”

Responding - How have I experienced hesed this day?

Following - God longs to show you mercy if you call on Him.

- Michael Card, RBC Ministries

see you all tmr,
rebecca

need your opinions

hello people,

i was thinking since we have been collecting money from most of the people in Anshao for buying of presents for those birthday people, do you mind if we have like a monthly fund where we collect $2 from EVERYONE?? do comment at the tagboard. :)

gentle announcement:

(1) There will be NO SUNDAY SCHOOL for Pastor Kelly's class this coming week (22nd July). But there will be 'remedial' for those who did not attend last week (8th July).
Please turn up PUNCTUALLY at 8:30.

(2) There will be a meeting for ushers and 迎新 commitees at 1pm by Pastor Kelly. We will be evaluting on our performance for the past month. Please pass the msg down and inform me if you cannot attend.

lots of love,
yvonne

prayer request

dear anshao members,

please pray for crosby who is ill. he vomitted blood today. thank God that he has stopped vomitting, but he still feels giddy and unwell. do keep him in your prayers.
thank you.

agape,
rebecca & esther