We gather here to know God and make God known
Now almost 1000 of us have gathered and we are indeed making God known!
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Love, INC
YBIC Adrian NG
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Enjoy your weekend getaway
Dear Adrian :
Do enjoy your quiet moments with your wife this weekend in KL. Your kids is in good hands of a few family , no worries .........
Jason
To the rest of the brothers who are still figuring out how to use this blog , do join us seek advice from Adrian how to use it. So far , only Tony , Kevin and myself is active.
Jason
Do enjoy your quiet moments with your wife this weekend in KL. Your kids is in good hands of a few family , no worries .........
Jason
To the rest of the brothers who are still figuring out how to use this blog , do join us seek advice from Adrian how to use it. So far , only Tony , Kevin and myself is active.
Jason
Love Is an Action
Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions. 1 John 3:18 (NLT)
Challenging huh.
Kevin
Challenging huh.
Kevin
Are we praying enough?
Saw this decal yesterday...
P ray
U ntil
S omething
H appens
How is our prayer life? Are we praying enough?
Are we pushing hard?
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Love, INC
YBIC Adrian NG
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Love Is a Choice
… That you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Deuteronomy 30:20 (NIV)
It is interesting to interpret "May Love". Sometime we think we love him but our actions prove more that we love ourselves. Love is a commitment. Did we commit to him to read his words and talk to him?
Hmmm. need to repent more on prayer.
Kevin
… That you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Deuteronomy 30:20 (NIV)
It is interesting to interpret "May Love". Sometime we think we love him but our actions prove more that we love ourselves. Love is a commitment. Did we commit to him to read his words and talk to him?
Hmmm. need to repent more on prayer.
Kevin
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Yesterday night managed to spent some time talking to my two gals before they sleeps .
Both of them starts asking me about my childhood story , i managed to tell them a bit of my childhood , some good and bad things that i did when i was young . we had a good laugh .....
Suddenly felt that my kids have grown alot , especially Janelle , she says that she should start to study harder when she is younger , so that she can work and contribute more to the family . I told her eventhough she will be P5 next year , it is still not too late to work hard.
We end up with a prayer and in their prayer , i can feel that they are more sincere then any other days , praying for their future and also for their love ones.
BIC :
Jason Kuwe
Both of them starts asking me about my childhood story , i managed to tell them a bit of my childhood , some good and bad things that i did when i was young . we had a good laugh .....
Suddenly felt that my kids have grown alot , especially Janelle , she says that she should start to study harder when she is younger , so that she can work and contribute more to the family . I told her eventhough she will be P5 next year , it is still not too late to work hard.
We end up with a prayer and in their prayer , i can feel that they are more sincere then any other days , praying for their future and also for their love ones.
BIC :
Jason Kuwe
Monday, November 24, 2008
It's the start that stops most people
So glad that we started blogging and share encouraging news & insights!
What stops people from getting started. There are a few primary causes:
- Fear of failure (lack of faith)
- Fear of responsibility
- Conformity
- SNIOP (Susceptible to the Negative Influence of Other People)
"What would stop me?" You either take responsibility for your life or you make excuses for the way you live. The choice is yours.
What stops people from getting started. There are a few primary causes:
- Fear of failure (lack of faith)
- Fear of responsibility
- Conformity
- SNIOP (Susceptible to the Negative Influence of Other People)
"What would stop me?" You either take responsibility for your life or you make excuses for the way you live. The choice is yours.
Quote of the day
Quote of the day
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ~ Dwight Eisenhower
Get it going....................
Dear Adrian :
Good job on creating this blog , i didn't expect to be so fast ....... Thanks for taking the initiative to get the blog going.
To all the brothers in the zone , do log in and start sending a post , it may take quite some time for some of us to figure out how to use it , but lets have fun.
Things we can communicate in this blog can be :
1. Prayer request
2. Good news sharing
3. QT sharing
4. Encouraging one another
5. EPL scores updates
and many more.......
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Youtube Commentary 1 - Training
This is a series of commentaries that our brother-in-Christ Oswald Chu, from the Toronto Church of Christ, has been sharing on Facebook. I have seeked permission from him to share them on this blog. Each commentary usually starts with a video segment, followed by selected scriptures and comments. Enjoy!
The Last Samurai
1 Corinthians 9:25 (NIV)
25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
1 Timothy 4:7-8 (NIV)
7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. 8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
Proverbs 27:17 (NIV)
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Luke 11:1 (NIV)
1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
When we have the determination and commitment we will achieve our goals. For us as disciples, our goal of training is:
Luke 6:40 (NIV)
40 A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
YBIC - Oswald Chu
Toronto Church of Christ
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Love, INC
YBIC Adrian NG
The Last Samurai
1 Corinthians 9:25 (NIV)
25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
1 Timothy 4:7-8 (NIV)
7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. 8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
Proverbs 27:17 (NIV)
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Luke 11:1 (NIV)
1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
When we have the determination and commitment we will achieve our goals. For us as disciples, our goal of training is:
Luke 6:40 (NIV)
40 A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
YBIC - Oswald Chu
Toronto Church of Christ
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Love, INC
YBIC Adrian NG
Test
This is a test post.
This account shall be a common one for all to use to post. Do sign off with your own name so we know who you are!
This account shall be a common one for all to use to post. Do sign off with your own name so we know who you are!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Science Vs God
"Let me explain the problem science has with Jesus Christ." The atheist professor of philosophy paused before his class and then asked one of his new students to stand.
"You're a Christian, aren't you, son?"
"Yes sir," the student answered.
"So you believe in God?"
"Absolutely."
"Is God good?"
"Sure! God's good."
"Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?" !
"Yes."
"Are you good or evil?"
"The Bible says I'm evil".
The professor grinned knowingly. "Aha! The Bible!" He considered for a moment.
"Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?"
"Yes sir, I would."
"So you're good...!"
"I wouldn't say that."
"But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't."
The student did not answer, so the professor continued.
"He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?"
The student remained silent.
"No, you can't, can you?" the professor says.
He took a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax.
"Let's start again, young fella, Is God good?"
"Er...yes," the student says.
"Is Satan good?"
The student didn't hesitate on this one! "No."
"Then where does Satan come from?"
The student answered: "From...God..."
"That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?"
"Yes, sir."
"Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?"
"Yes."
"So who created evil?" The professor continued, "If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil."
Without allowing the student to answer, the professor continued:
"Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?"
The student answered: "Yes."
"So who created them?"
The student did not answer again, so the professor repeated his question.
"Who created them?"
There was still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer broke away to pace in front of the classroom. The class was mesmerized.
"Tell me," he continued onto another student.
"Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?"
The student's voice was confident: "Yes, professor, I do."
The old man stopped pacing. "Science says you have five senses that you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?"
"No sir. I've never seen Him"
"Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?"
"No, sir, I have not."
"Have you ever actually felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelled your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?"
"No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't."
"Yet you still believe in him?"
"Yes."
"According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?"
"Nothing," the student replied. "I only have my faith."
"Yes, faith," the professor repeated. "And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith."
The student stood quietly for a moment, before asking a question of his own.
"Professor, is there such thing as heat?"
"Yes," the professor replies. "There's heat."
"And is there such a thing as cold?"
"Yes, son, there's cold too."
"No sir, there isn't."
The professor turned to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly became very quiet. The student began to explain.
"You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit up to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees.
Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat.
We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it."
There was silence across the room. A pen dropped somewhere in the classroom and sounded like a hammer.
"What about darkness, professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?"
"Yes," the professor replied without hesitation. "What is night if it isn't darkness?"
"You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?"
The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester.
"So what point are you making, young man?"
"Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed."
The professor's face could not hide his surprise this time. "Flawed? Can you explain how?"
"You are working on the premise of duality," the student explains.
"You argue that there is life and then there's death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought.
It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it."
"Now tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?"
"If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do"
"Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?"
The professor began to shake his head, still smiling, as he realized where the argument was going. A very good semester, indeed.
"Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?"
The class was in uproar. The student remained silent until the commotion had subsided.
"To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean."
The student looked around the room. "Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?" The class broke out into laughter.
"Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelled the professor's brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir. So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?"
Now the room was silent. The professor just stared at the student, his face unreadable.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the old man answered. "I guess you'll have to take them on faith."
"Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,"
The student continued. "Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?"
Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course, there is. We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil."
To this the student replied, "Evil! does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God.
God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that results when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."
The professor sat down.
(Credit of this story goes to my fellow bro John Koh)
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Love, INC
YBIC Adrian NG
"You're a Christian, aren't you, son?"
"Yes sir," the student answered.
"So you believe in God?"
"Absolutely."
"Is God good?"
"Sure! God's good."
"Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?" !
"Yes."
"Are you good or evil?"
"The Bible says I'm evil".
The professor grinned knowingly. "Aha! The Bible!" He considered for a moment.
"Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?"
"Yes sir, I would."
"So you're good...!"
"I wouldn't say that."
"But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't."
The student did not answer, so the professor continued.
"He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?"
The student remained silent.
"No, you can't, can you?" the professor says.
He took a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax.
"Let's start again, young fella, Is God good?"
"Er...yes," the student says.
"Is Satan good?"
The student didn't hesitate on this one! "No."
"Then where does Satan come from?"
The student answered: "From...God..."
"That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?"
"Yes, sir."
"Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?"
"Yes."
"So who created evil?" The professor continued, "If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil."
Without allowing the student to answer, the professor continued:
"Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?"
The student answered: "Yes."
"So who created them?"
The student did not answer again, so the professor repeated his question.
"Who created them?"
There was still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer broke away to pace in front of the classroom. The class was mesmerized.
"Tell me," he continued onto another student.
"Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?"
The student's voice was confident: "Yes, professor, I do."
The old man stopped pacing. "Science says you have five senses that you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?"
"No sir. I've never seen Him"
"Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?"
"No, sir, I have not."
"Have you ever actually felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelled your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?"
"No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't."
"Yet you still believe in him?"
"Yes."
"According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?"
"Nothing," the student replied. "I only have my faith."
"Yes, faith," the professor repeated. "And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith."
The student stood quietly for a moment, before asking a question of his own.
"Professor, is there such thing as heat?"
"Yes," the professor replies. "There's heat."
"And is there such a thing as cold?"
"Yes, son, there's cold too."
"No sir, there isn't."
The professor turned to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly became very quiet. The student began to explain.
"You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit up to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees.
Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat.
We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it."
There was silence across the room. A pen dropped somewhere in the classroom and sounded like a hammer.
"What about darkness, professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?"
"Yes," the professor replied without hesitation. "What is night if it isn't darkness?"
"You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?"
The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester.
"So what point are you making, young man?"
"Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed."
The professor's face could not hide his surprise this time. "Flawed? Can you explain how?"
"You are working on the premise of duality," the student explains.
"You argue that there is life and then there's death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought.
It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it."
"Now tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?"
"If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do"
"Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?"
The professor began to shake his head, still smiling, as he realized where the argument was going. A very good semester, indeed.
"Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?"
The class was in uproar. The student remained silent until the commotion had subsided.
"To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean."
The student looked around the room. "Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?" The class broke out into laughter.
"Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelled the professor's brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir. So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?"
Now the room was silent. The professor just stared at the student, his face unreadable.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the old man answered. "I guess you'll have to take them on faith."
"Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,"
The student continued. "Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?"
Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course, there is. We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil."
To this the student replied, "Evil! does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God.
God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that results when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."
The professor sat down.
(Credit of this story goes to my fellow bro John Koh)
~~~~~~
Love, INC
YBIC Adrian NG
Seek Ye First
Let's learn to seek God first and His righteousness. Amen!
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Love, INC
YBIC Adrian NG
~~~~~~
Love, INC
YBIC Adrian NG
First Post....Welcome!
I have been meaning to start a blog that will chronicle my walk with God, but have been procrastinating on it. And I guess He wasn't too pleased about it, so He got the wives in our group to start one first. Well the husbands got interested too, since this would be an alternative way for us to share our thoughts and to interact with each other. Thus this blog is finally born....
Do feel free to post your thoughts, share some pics, talk about your QT, unload your worldly burdens here. This shall be our new "home" on the internet ;)
~~~~~~
Love, INC
YBIC Adrian NG
Do feel free to post your thoughts, share some pics, talk about your QT, unload your worldly burdens here. This shall be our new "home" on the internet ;)
~~~~~~
Love, INC
YBIC Adrian NG
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