Have u ever met sales people while walking back to your home or your destination and they stop u and ask "Hi can i have 5 min of your time to tell you about our wonderful offer for you" ?? I met 1 yesterday and as usual i fell back on every excuse i learned throughout my 25 yrs of life, "Erm, i got somewhere to go to, very bz, sorry",
"Not interested, sorry", "TOILET NOW CANT TALK!"
but yesterday i remembered something Ps Wenan told me, "What if they asked us for 5 min of our time and we tell them, Would you give me 5 min of your time for me to tell u about a wonderful offer too? his name is Jesus!"
heh, sales person beware, a convicted man is a scary one =D~
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
I must Praise God
How many people can say that they shared their testimonies with a colleague?
I was able to share mine with the whole office (it wasnt tat big an office =p)
To God be the Glory
I was able to share mine with the whole office (it wasnt tat big an office =p)
To God be the Glory
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Why there is no Santa...
Consider the following:
1) No known species of reindeer can fly. But there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer which only Santa has ever seen.
2) There are 2 billion children (persons under 18) in the world. BUT since Santa doesn't (appear) to handle the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Buddhist children, that reduces the workload to 15% of the total - 378 million according to Population Reference Bureau. At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes. One presumes there's at least one good child in each.
3) Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical).
This works out to 822.6 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with good children, Santa has 1/1000th of a second to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left, get back up the chimney, get back into the sleigh and move on to the next house.
Assuming that each of these 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false but for the purposes of our calculations we will accept), we are now talking about .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75-1/2 million miles, not counting stops to do what most of us must do at least once every 31 hours, plus feeding and etc.
This means that Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second, 3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man- made vehicle on earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second - a conventional reindeer can run, tops, 15 miles per hour.
4) The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized lego set (2 pounds), the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa, who is invariably described as overweight.
On land, conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that 'flying reindeer' (see point #1) could pull TEN TIMES the normal amount, we cannot do the job with eight, or even nine.
We need 214,200 reindeer. This increases the payload - not even counting the weight of the sleigh - to 353,430 tons. Again, for comparison - this is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth.
5) 353,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance - this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 QUINTILLION joules of energy. Per second. Each.
In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them, and create deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second.
Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force.> In conclusion - If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now.
1) No known species of reindeer can fly. But there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer which only Santa has ever seen.
2) There are 2 billion children (persons under 18) in the world. BUT since Santa doesn't (appear) to handle the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Buddhist children, that reduces the workload to 15% of the total - 378 million according to Population Reference Bureau. At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes. One presumes there's at least one good child in each.
3) Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical).
This works out to 822.6 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with good children, Santa has 1/1000th of a second to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left, get back up the chimney, get back into the sleigh and move on to the next house.
Assuming that each of these 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false but for the purposes of our calculations we will accept), we are now talking about .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75-1/2 million miles, not counting stops to do what most of us must do at least once every 31 hours, plus feeding and etc.
This means that Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second, 3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man- made vehicle on earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second - a conventional reindeer can run, tops, 15 miles per hour.
4) The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized lego set (2 pounds), the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa, who is invariably described as overweight.
On land, conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that 'flying reindeer' (see point #1) could pull TEN TIMES the normal amount, we cannot do the job with eight, or even nine.
We need 214,200 reindeer. This increases the payload - not even counting the weight of the sleigh - to 353,430 tons. Again, for comparison - this is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth.
5) 353,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance - this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 QUINTILLION joules of energy. Per second. Each.
In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them, and create deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second.
Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force.> In conclusion - If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now.
Friday, December 4, 2009
My Cup Overflows
Indeed my cup overflows. As some of you may know, i actually started work at One Fullerton on Monday. I have to praise God, and also thank a few people like Lay Keng and Huimin who helped me get this job.
At first Lay Keng told me that it was gonna be an $8/hr job~ and there i was prancing around like a madman cos it is considered quite high for a part time job. Then another sms came from my employer, who smsed me saying that he was gonna pay $10/hr.. i couldnt believe my eyes and rejoiced even more. But little did i know there was more to come~
I always remembered this verse that i read on Lemuel's wall when i went into his room. Matt 5:41: If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles and it stuck on me for a long time. After the first night, i couldnt sleep at all and i started to do 2 things, one which i would not devulge as of yet, the other was God challenging me with Matt 5:41.
The next morning i went to work early at 7.30 and did abit of quiet time before starting to work. I actually got convicted to email my boss telling him that he was paying me too much and that if it was alright, i would go an hour earlier to work and he need not pay me for that extra hour and if it was alright to take a 2 hr break on mondays to go for prayer. He replied thanking me for my support and told me no problem!! but the best was yet to come.
I always believe in doing my best when under authority, just as Joseph was to Potiphar, i wanted to be diligent in what i do as a man under authority and yet still be able to uphold God's standards. Then today, my colleague told me that we were gonna be paid by the volume of work that we do!!
i was shocked honestly, it meant that whatever i sowed for the 1 extra hour everyday which i meant to just honour God and to help my Boss abit more actually produced a blessing which i did not even ask for or expected! Because of the extra 1 hr i put in everyday and doing my job diligently, i have done almost 2 times the amount of work that my fellow colleagues have!! so it means that i would be paid almost 2 times more as well!!
But in all this, it really wasn't me at work. I was just faithful in doing what i believed in and God gave the increase. And where there's sowing, so is there harvesting. So just like Abel gave the first fruits of his harvest, so will i honour God with my first fruits as well.
you might think that i might be starting from zero if i gave all i earned~ but i think the last verse of the Desert Song really sums up why i do it.
Verse 4
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favour and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be emptied again
The seed I've received I will sow
To God be the Glory =)
At first Lay Keng told me that it was gonna be an $8/hr job~ and there i was prancing around like a madman cos it is considered quite high for a part time job. Then another sms came from my employer, who smsed me saying that he was gonna pay $10/hr.. i couldnt believe my eyes and rejoiced even more. But little did i know there was more to come~
I always remembered this verse that i read on Lemuel's wall when i went into his room. Matt 5:41: If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles and it stuck on me for a long time. After the first night, i couldnt sleep at all and i started to do 2 things, one which i would not devulge as of yet, the other was God challenging me with Matt 5:41.
The next morning i went to work early at 7.30 and did abit of quiet time before starting to work. I actually got convicted to email my boss telling him that he was paying me too much and that if it was alright, i would go an hour earlier to work and he need not pay me for that extra hour and if it was alright to take a 2 hr break on mondays to go for prayer. He replied thanking me for my support and told me no problem!! but the best was yet to come.
I always believe in doing my best when under authority, just as Joseph was to Potiphar, i wanted to be diligent in what i do as a man under authority and yet still be able to uphold God's standards. Then today, my colleague told me that we were gonna be paid by the volume of work that we do!!
i was shocked honestly, it meant that whatever i sowed for the 1 extra hour everyday which i meant to just honour God and to help my Boss abit more actually produced a blessing which i did not even ask for or expected! Because of the extra 1 hr i put in everyday and doing my job diligently, i have done almost 2 times the amount of work that my fellow colleagues have!! so it means that i would be paid almost 2 times more as well!!
But in all this, it really wasn't me at work. I was just faithful in doing what i believed in and God gave the increase. And where there's sowing, so is there harvesting. So just like Abel gave the first fruits of his harvest, so will i honour God with my first fruits as well.
you might think that i might be starting from zero if i gave all i earned~ but i think the last verse of the Desert Song really sums up why i do it.
Verse 4
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favour and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be emptied again
The seed I've received I will sow
To God be the Glory =)
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Home
You know.. after i came back.. i found out how much i love Singapore. And it just dawned on me why i love it so much, the food, the friends, the family. I don't mind doing overtime everyday, slogging my life away as long as im in Singapore. You'd tink that after 3 yrs away, the lure of Brisbane would have made me want to stay in Australia forever. Everyone else in Singapore wants to get out and i must be the only insane person that wants to stay! but thats not the point.. the point is where home is?
Just how much am i looking towards that heavenly home when i finally see Jesus. Am i just as expectant as i am when i come back? maybe its food for thought for all of us today.
like they say home is where the heart is.. where is your home?
Just how much am i looking towards that heavenly home when i finally see Jesus. Am i just as expectant as i am when i come back? maybe its food for thought for all of us today.
like they say home is where the heart is.. where is your home?
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
I got reminded
Of a song i used to sing when im young..
I have decided, to follow Jesus,
I have decided, to follow Jesus,
I have decided, to follow Jesus,
No turning back, no turning back.
Though I may wonder, I still will follow,
Though I may wonder, I still will follow,
Though I may wonder, I still will follow,
No turning back, no turning back.
Though none go before me, still I will follow,
Though none go before me, still I will follow,
Though none go before me, still I will follow,
No turning back, no turning back!
The world behind me, the cross before me,
The world behind me, the cross before me,
The world behind me, the cross before me,
No turning back, no turning back!
Will you decide now, to follow Jesus,
Will you decide now, to follow Jesus,
Will you decide now, to follow Jesus,
No turning back, no turning back!
No turning back... Sean... No turning back
I have decided, to follow Jesus,
I have decided, to follow Jesus,
I have decided, to follow Jesus,
No turning back, no turning back.
Though I may wonder, I still will follow,
Though I may wonder, I still will follow,
Though I may wonder, I still will follow,
No turning back, no turning back.
Though none go before me, still I will follow,
Though none go before me, still I will follow,
Though none go before me, still I will follow,
No turning back, no turning back!
The world behind me, the cross before me,
The world behind me, the cross before me,
The world behind me, the cross before me,
No turning back, no turning back!
Will you decide now, to follow Jesus,
Will you decide now, to follow Jesus,
Will you decide now, to follow Jesus,
No turning back, no turning back!
No turning back... Sean... No turning back
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Photos and Memories are all thats left
My aunts went through the photo albums to reminiscence about the old times. I barely took a look at the album before i started tearing..
2 people very dear to me are now alive only in the album, Grandpa and Great Grandma
I literally grew up with them, Grandpa would come back all sweaty and stinky with his yellow hardhat(he was in construction) and still bring me downstairs for snacks. While Great Grandma literally raised me up. She smoked, she drank but she loved me even though all she could speak was hakka and all i could ever do was smile and act blur.
Now all i have are memories and photos. I picked the happiest one i could find
Grandpa's birthday
2 people very dear to me are now alive only in the album, Grandpa and Great Grandma
I literally grew up with them, Grandpa would come back all sweaty and stinky with his yellow hardhat(he was in construction) and still bring me downstairs for snacks. While Great Grandma literally raised me up. She smoked, she drank but she loved me even though all she could speak was hakka and all i could ever do was smile and act blur.
Now all i have are memories and photos. I picked the happiest one i could find
Grandpa's birthday
Monday, October 19, 2009
Summary of the days: the Questions & Requests
"You need to come back"
"Ok, i'll book the next flight"
15 min later
"Daddy, im coming back tomorrow at 3pm and..."
Dad cuts me off
"Grand dads gone.. he passed away"
Rage hit me... WHY! ... I AM JUST A DAY AWAY!
Sorrow hit me... WHY! ... CANT I SEE HIM ONE LAST TIME!
Guilt hit me... WHY! ... Didnt you spend more time with him ..
the question hit me... Why? God... Why?
How can i praise you when u take grandpa away?
How can i have faith in you when i just prayed for his recovery in faith?
He .. was.. unsaved..
But still in this Lord,
Teach me.. to praise you in the midst of this,
Help me.. to share your love in this,
Guide me .. always,
Heal me.. so i can do unto others
"oh beautiful lord, wonderful savior,i know for sure ...."
"Ok, i'll book the next flight"
15 min later
"Daddy, im coming back tomorrow at 3pm and..."
Dad cuts me off
"Grand dads gone.. he passed away"
Rage hit me... WHY! ... I AM JUST A DAY AWAY!
Sorrow hit me... WHY! ... CANT I SEE HIM ONE LAST TIME!
Guilt hit me... WHY! ... Didnt you spend more time with him ..
the question hit me... Why? God... Why?
How can i praise you when u take grandpa away?
How can i have faith in you when i just prayed for his recovery in faith?
He .. was.. unsaved..
But still in this Lord,
Teach me.. to praise you in the midst of this,
Help me.. to share your love in this,
Guide me .. always,
Heal me.. so i can do unto others
"oh beautiful lord, wonderful savior,i know for sure ...."
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
The Cure
Been reading this book lately, its call Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger and i must say that it has been really inspirational to read it. It is about this lady from Britain who was called to be a missionary and found herself at the shore of HongKong with a little more than a 100HK dollars in hand. The next 40 yrs of her life was dedicated to the poor, the forsaken, the rapist, the drug peddlers, the prostitures and the likes. Many have turned to Jesus and in such a wonderful way, albeit it was not an easy journey but I for one have learnt something very important after reading this wonderful book. Its called Praying in the Spirit.
I have always taken this gift i have for granted, only used it when i really needed it.. but as i continue to read the book, it tells of heroin addicts that come off heroin by just speaking in tongues! and i realised that in our lives, our bad habits although not as perverse or as hurtful as drugs can also be set free by the power of the Holy Spirit. All they had to do was Believe that Jesus is Lord and Saviour! time after time in the book it says that drug addicts do not feel the withdrawal symptoms of coming off heroin by just praying in the spirit. Gang leaders and whole triads turn to Jesus one by one having their lives changed because of someone who died for them 2000 yrs ago.
Amazing isnt it! if you have a problem today that u cannot handle with your own strength be it a bad habit that you want to kick but cannot, i strongly suggest trying Jesus. All we have to do is Believe and pray.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Prodigal
Tip: Set your volume to 75%-90%, close your eyes, raise your hands and worship
Prodigal
Words and music by Michael Gungor and Michael Rossback
I’ve tasted Your glory and I left it there.
Your poured out Your Spirit and I didn’t care.
Still you loved me
I’ve lived for myself with nobody to blame.
I took what You gave me and squandered Your grace.
Still You loved me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
I could live for the broken and share in their pain.
I could die like a martyr or live like a saint just to love You.
I could sing like the angels and gather Your praise:
Be blessed beyond measure and give it away just to love You.
Still nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
My heart has been broken; I’ve laid out my shame.
Because of Your mercy,
All I can say is I love You.
So I’ll tell of Your story
I’ll carry Your name
I’ll live for Your glory Lord,
I’ll share in Your pain just to love You.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
Nothing can separate us
Nothing can separate us
Not death or life
Or depth or height
Or unseen power
Now or ever!
Prodigal
Words and music by Michael Gungor and Michael Rossback
I’ve tasted Your glory and I left it there.
Your poured out Your Spirit and I didn’t care.
Still you loved me
I’ve lived for myself with nobody to blame.
I took what You gave me and squandered Your grace.
Still You loved me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
I could live for the broken and share in their pain.
I could die like a martyr or live like a saint just to love You.
I could sing like the angels and gather Your praise:
Be blessed beyond measure and give it away just to love You.
Still nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
My heart has been broken; I’ve laid out my shame.
Because of Your mercy,
All I can say is I love You.
So I’ll tell of Your story
I’ll carry Your name
I’ll live for Your glory Lord,
I’ll share in Your pain just to love You.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
Nothing can separate us
Nothing can separate us
Not death or life
Or depth or height
Or unseen power
Now or ever!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The All Consuming Fire that didnt consume me
Today was another tuesday prayer meeting and i was just reminded of the vision i had the last time i was there.
I remember i was worshiping God and i had a vision of a flame that started from one side of the room and slowly swept across the room. I was kinda scared as the fire crept slowly towards me but i didnt move, and finally the fire just went past me.
During that mmt, i asked God, Why? why wasnt i burnt? i deserve to be burnt, at least a bit... i've done u wrong so many times!! Why am i spared?
i kept asking why... i remembered falling to my knees and deep down in me.. i already knew why.. it was love... for the Bible tells us that God loves every single person even though we sinned against him and i was shown mercy for something i didnt deserve. and i was thankful.. not only becos i escaped punishment but because after all i did before i was a Christian, he still chose to bring me back to have a relationship with Him.
It might have only been a vision. But it felt so real at tat time. It really reminded me of how awesome my God is.
Romans 8:38
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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