.. christmas carnival 2006!! ..

some cute pictures we took..

bryan & ruth

wenzi

joshua!!

alvin & his new found love..

.. yellow monkey in the action ..

.. pok pok & me ..

4 services over, 1 more to go..
17 members, 26 friends had came..
3 salvations, 1 rededication.
thanks everyone in W116 to make it happen.
i knew you had tried your best & did what you can.
am so proud of you.
let's work towards the retention of the people.
grow the Kingdom of God.

Jesus is the REASON for the SEASON.

Let's look forward to a great 2007.

.. gifts revealed ..

these gifts are really cute.. given by Eddy & Jessie..
they gave Shi Fu "Dale"..
mine is "Chip"..
so add them together you'll get "Chip & Dale"..

thanks for the gifts..
Merry Christmas!!

.. blessed christmas ..

wow, this Christmas was blessed with so many gifts!!

i placed all the gifts i rec'd from my colleagues on my laptop, and took this picture..

indeed Christmas is the season of giving...

2000 years ago God gave His only begotten Son so that those who choose to believe in Him will be reconciled back to God and have eternal life...

i'm glad i did.

life indeed has changed tremendously for me personally.

i can not imagine living a life without God.

no God? no elaine chua...

attended christmas service today. what to say? spent my Christmas in church for the last 7 years. every year the celebration just gets better & better.

presence of God filled the entire place..

i'm glad some of my colleagues came to join us.. i pray they will be back some day...

People needs the Lord.

i'm glad to see my members doing their very best to invite their friends & family to come..

3 more services to go!

like what Pst CK said, Christmas is not about marking the end of a year..
how about marking the start of a brand new year? Wow. indeed, why not?

have a great start to the year 2007.

a year where i know God's grace will abound even more.

a year where i believe God will move in us even greater.

a year where i believe W116 is going to another level of glory.

a year where everyone will be progressing & not back-sliding...

a year where my career will break forth to another level! amen!

i pray for all my beloved members..

pok..
vic..
yj..
mj..
pf..
joel..
alvin..
ping..
li..
alan..
sham..
dong..
joshua!..
ben...
wen..
and of cos..
Shi Fu..

may everyone of them be so blessed so blessed.. in this year 2007.
let dreams, visions & prayers come to pass..

they will become stronger..
bigger on the inside..
loving God, loving people..
do great things for the Kingdom of God..
AMEN.

3 more services to go! may God add more people to W116 through this Christmas..

we will love them..
teach them..
guide them..

may God uses everyone in W116 to make such an impact to this world that we're living in..

may all in W116 be willing to be used by God.. ARISE..

Christmas. I LOVE CHRISTMAS.

Looking forward to 2007 where I know God will move in a powerful way.

Merry Christmas everyone!

.. li & shi fu in SVC today ..

!! Vic's B@ptiSm d@Y !!

10 Dec 2006

Such a joy to see Vic getting water baptised..

Knew her for 3 years, seen her grew up..

Just like another younger sister to me..

But she is different.. She can drive a car even before I know how?..
Hee hee..

I must JIA YOU!!..

Vic, may you grow in God even more.

Walk in power, and fulfill your purpose.

Praying together with you that you daddy will come to know the Lord.

As for you & your house, you'll serve the LORD!

.. 6 dec 2006 ..

just thought of blogging! =)

it has really been weeks & months of stretching for me...

esp in the area of work.. sigh.. yah, i'm sighing.. I'm also human ma? hee...

but thank God He is with me.

been through days where I left God, but I came back, because I know I can't do without Him.

"for in Him we live and move and have our being.."

my team leader is away on leave for 2 weeks, so in a way i'm standing in as her "backup". well, it's tremendous stress lo. and with a not so understanding boss, i was, super stressed. managing a team of people is really not as easy as ABC leh.. but i'm glad in a way to be given such an opportunity.. well well.. i am indeed learning more than ever before. placed in a situation where i definitely have to learn to step out.

leading the group of colleagues is really like leading another CG.. haha... but, leading W116 is definitely much better lo. =)

i love W116.

today met up Alvin for salvation Bible Study.. wow, it was so fruitful lo.. God is good.. though one left, He added another one to us. am glad that his was a genuine salvation.. praise God! will continue to work in his life.. i pray he will get to know the Lord more & more as days go by.. discover his purpose in life.. wow! that'll be such a great testimony! =)

well.. it's going to be busy days ahead.. but am looking forward to Sat & Sun! this Sun is Vic's baptism!! WOW!! may her spiritual life advance to another level of faith & strength as she identifies her life with Jesus' death & resurrection! Amen!

.. this is for F@ITH ..

just want to drop a short blog..

May your eyes see, your ears hear & your heart be open to receive...

Christianity is not simply a religion. It is a relationship. You know that.

If God is the creator of everything, He is the Creator of Faith & Science. Then what makes you think that Science can explain about God & faith? Science is a creation. God is the Creator. As simple as that. Why do you allow your heart to be deceived & confused?

God is good. The devil is bad.

Choose God, not the devil.

The day will come where truth will be revealed to all men. Let our faith in God stands strong till that day comes.

I will.

.. heaven & earth may pass away, but His WORD will stand ..

wow... nice picture!! took it during the anniversay at SIS...
madeline finally got it reprinted & gave us a copy.

hmmm... would be perfect if dad is in the picture...

been 7 years since we came to know the Lord...
wow... it has really been 7 amazing years where God has shown Himself
so true, so faithful, so good, so merciful, full of grace....

Our God is an AWESOME God!

"When once is saved, the whole household shall be saved!"
This verse will come to pass, I believe.

.. 3am plus ..

it's 3am plus, usually by this time i would already been sleeping for few hours le lo... but not for today...

it's been a long long while since i'd ever felt so down...

but i'll choose to believe in God & His power... to turn the situation around...

in my work.

in w116.

in a prayer that i'm holding dear to my heart.

God will come true. He is faithful & true.

Give all glory to You.

.. a grieved heart ...

my heart is grieved... burdened... perhaps it's a time where the Lord is drawing me once again to Him, where my heart can engaged His heart once again. know the Father's heart, His burden..

can Father be grieved? why not? when His children neglected Him, living their own ways of life, not really thinking much of His Kingdom.

will the time really come when the children will indeed not just seek after the blessings, but the Blessor?

what is accountability? it's weird why some people cannot account their lives to a spiritual leader. i feel the problem today is not on the definition of accountability. the problem today is on the definition of a CGL?

who do you think a CGL is? has the faith of the people in God's leaders wavered as time passes? that they simply chose not to account, but to live their own way of life? that they think their own wisdom surpasses the wisdom of their leader? then, why do you still want to be placed under their leadership?

my heart is grieved... burdened... had a short conversation with Pastor CK yesterday after Svc, his heart was so grieved. we are spirit-beings. as we communicate spirit to spirit, i somehow caught his grief, his burden. i just felt my spirit awakened inside of me. Come on Elaine! Arise! Be a support to the Pastor that God has placed you under! Be a fighter for the Kingdom in this zone! My heart wept.. I make a decision that I will change.

why is it that people always choose to be so self-centered, where they always think about, "I, Me, Myself?" What I want to do, what I want to be? This is what I want to do, this is what I want to be? This is the way I want to choose to live my life?

where are the days where the people of God will be so Christ-centered, where they will think about, God, what can I do for you? God, who can I reach out to? God, I want to spend time with you? God how can I shine for you in the marketplace? what can I do? Jesus I want to carry Your burden.. Jesus, how can I grow in You even more? Jesus, how can I grow Your kingdom?.... Jesus, how can I serve You more?....

are the days gone where fervency & passion for God's kingdom are over-shadowed by the cares of the world, the lust of the eyes & the pride of life?

God, let my people come to a place where I do not have to worry about them. They can release me to do more for You. They will grow in You, desiring to do more for You. They will think about You. Think about Your people. They will be fighters together with me as labourers for Your Kingdom. They will put Your Kingdom first. Oh God, I cry out to You!

my leave is over... back to work tomorrow! am excited, looking forward to it. though it's going to be battlefield again, yet i know God will reward the hard-working. I will continue to work hard, shine for God. :)

I will arise, & lay down my life as a sacrifice. Jesus, You deserve all.

.. arise & build 2006 ..

i give my all to You

i give my all to You

pouring out this treasure You gave

in Your promises our hearts turn brave

i will arise & lay down this sacrifice

as we're building Your house on high!

the day had finally come to pledge once again to the work of the KOG..
this year is really different.. really different..
a feeling that things are going to be great great GREAT! PTL!

am really excited about the new place that we're going to go into.. the marketplace! though do not know where, do not know when, do not know how?! Truly we don't have to figure out everything in advance before we begin to do something. We begin with the faith that we already have & we commit to act on the faith we have.

i'm really glad to have my appraisal done a day before the day of the pledging. it certainly helped to increase my faith to go ahead with the amt that i wanted to give in this year's arise & build. God is good lah.. He knows the best. :) He's always so timely to give us the encouragement whenever we need...

i'm really glad to be able to pray for TSP before she goes.. still remember the days where she really got me so upset so upset at work.. never once before did i thought of leaving the bank. but she managed to "provoke" me to think that thought! wow! not bad huh.. really get on my nerves. :P but i guess, through her, God is showing me the weak areas that i still need to work on.. :)

it's really such a great feeling to be sharing with people about the good news.. about God. even though they may not respond immediately, i'm still glad to share, cos i know another seed has been sown into their lives. :)

can really see w116 is breaking through!! PTL!! yeah! God is faithful to His promises. glad that everyone in w116 is tithing, that's why windows of heaven are opened over us! hope joshua & xh will make a decision to stay with us & get to know God more in the days to come. God has a great destiny for the both of them too!

thanks guys, for always desiring to give your best & precious to God. God is good. He never short-changes. Looking forward to hear the many testimonies that all of you will share in the days ahead!

.. mia ..

been missing in action for more than a week.. :P

been very very busy for the past 1 week..

netball comp on mon, wed, fri.. thank God it's over!! YEAH!!

injured my left foot, right arm, over-stretched my abdomen.. can't walk straight.. hee.. aiyo really very jia lat.. age catching up with me? haha..

i feeling sleepy le.. thank GOD it's PH tmr!! YEAH!! so motivated to work today cos looking forward to a rest from work! :P aiyo i need a break from work.. thank God my leave is approaching... hoho... :D

looking forward to the outing with my ppl this sat... been a loong loong while since we go for some fun.. let's have fun, w116! ;P

Don't forget to invite your friends! :)

ZzzZzzZzz... good night everyone...

Father thank you for the day.. Good days are good days... Bad days also good days... because You are there.. :)

let's tarry through..

yeah! finally my tag board is back... using cbox now. thanks brandon for sharing! =)

sigh.. but lost all previous tags... nevertheless, take it as a brand new start! =)

today went for prayer meeting! hmmm... heard some remarks that they don't really know what pst albert is talking about. as in his points are flying everywhere.. do u agree?

Yes i do agree.. however, i feel, it also reflects the condition of our hearts.. our minds. This was one of the few times where i saw ppl leaving the place halfway thr the meeting. at least i counted there were 5 of them. perhaps some of them do have genuine reasons, they need to leave because they have some impt appointments to attend to.. even if so, can't they really just tarry through? my conviction is, i won't leave the house of God, until, the meeting is over, & pst says we can be dismissed! why? i just felt leaving the place while the preacher is still talking, is so disrespectful... Dis-honoring the servant of God --> Dis-honoring God. yes, it is that serious... at least it is to me..

not that i'm judging the people who left.. if they do have genuine reasons, they have to go. but those people who can actually stay, but chose to go.. well.. i do hope they can tarry through the next time when there's such a meeting again.

tarrying through.. it takes strength. discipline. tenacity. a love for the word of God. a love for the servants of God. when we find our mind drifts away, it is our responsibility to draw our mind back! FOCUS! listen! like what pst albert said, our daily spiritual warfare, flesh vs spirit. friends, let your spirit man rule over your flesh.

thank God my people tarried through. =)

but i do know some of my ppl who needs to learn to overcome their flesh... well.. dun fall asleep while in Svc or even BS. what's the point of attending, when the word is not going into your head, cos you are not even listening, because you fall asleep?!? Oh oh.... :P

well.. guys, build up your inner strength. tarry though with Me.. Jesus says.

Pst Albert. One of my most respected servant of God. He's just like the great apostle Paul in our generation. Gift of celibacy. Gave his whole life to serve the Lord. In a country where the freedom to worship cannot be compared to Singapore... yet he tarrys through & is still going strong. I won't forget the teachings he taught us in SOT, his sharings just awed us, awoke the spirit of martyrdom in us. When some servants of God left Sri Lanka when war broke out, claiming that God has called them to go ministering in other foreign lands, yet, he stayed. Not afraid of dying for the Lord. This is what a true disciple of Christ is all about.

He taught us. "Don't worry that you will die for God... In fact if you really die for God's sake, you should feel very honored cos only people of the early apostles' calibre will go through such martyrdom! Not any Tom, Dick & Harry will go through that, you know?" Haha.. all of us in that class that day laughed, yet, something had been planted in our hearts that day.

The spirit of martyrdom. Not afraid to face the persecution (or even death!) that comes along in our walk with the Lord.

In a peaceful country like Singapore we're living today, i don't think we will face such death-threathening situations lah... aiyo we are really so blessed. May none of us be in a stage of complacency & take things for granted because of that. Come on friends.. Let's appreciate the goodness of God over lives, and give Him the best of our lives, our everything..

alright.. enough nagging.. oops, i mean sharing.. :P

Hope all who read this blog today will receive something into their hearts...

Have a blessed week ahead... rejoice! for God is a GOOD God!

what happen??!!

"fa sheng she me shi??""...
what happened to my tag board?????..... can somebody help me?.....

hee... maybe the tag board facing some revamping hor?... hope it's back SOOOOOONNN..

- disappointment -

today was the 2nd match of the corporate's league.. our opponent was Standard Chartered Bank.. should be a game won, but, again, we lost..
hmmm.. ok lah.. gotta pick ourselves up lor. think we improved in quite a few areas from monday's game. so, will keep on keeping on! hee.. we will win de!
aiyo, injured my left foot today during the 2nd quarter.. clashed with the GA & someone else, twisted my left foot.. could felt the sharp pain.. got to be replaced.. the kind of feeling watching from the sideline is really different.. wanted so much to be part of the game. Shifu quickly went to buy a pain relief spray for me.. tried spraying on my left foot, and rested. was watching & cheering the team on.. 5 more mins to go, i felt better & so went back into the game. still, a little too late lah.. the final whistle was blown. we shaked a friendly hand-shake with our opponents, felt a little disappointed lah... really should have won the game.

scoreline: 19-10.

Monday's match against PWC: 11-33.

3 more matches to go, Monday, Wed & Friday! Safsa, Hong Leong & TTSH.

Come on gals, we can DO it!

ooooOOOooo... left foot really pain lo... I pray for healing in Jesus' name..

- - - - - -

this morning got really upset with one of my member.. should say disappointed lah, that's why the title of today's blog is
- disappointment - ....

Sent a SMS last night to remind this member about attending bible study @ YMCA.
this morning got a reply "can't make it, cos got work training."
- "What work training"?
- "Work training."
- "I know work training. Wat work training is that? Why is it today? Can you make some arrangement? Dun make it as if Bible Study is secondary, can?"
- "I cannot make it."
What reply was that? I was upset, and replied, "XX, wake up your idea! Doesn't mean that minimum 8 lessons for the quiz means you can skip 2 lessons. Finish all 10 lessons before you can take the quiz."
And you know what did this dear member reply?
- "I know! but i really got work until 8 plus today... i can't make arrangements because today is my first day.... understand?"
i replied, disappointed... "Wat attitude r u trying to show me? I'm fine with it if you can't make it today. Wait till next round lessons and u attend the makeup. Reflect on ur attitude shown."

the member never replied. i'm fine too. cos what else to say, if this is what u get from your people?

well. tell me. explain to me. i will understand. dun give me attitude. Is this the way to talk to your fellow friend-in-Christ?

guys. i can never imagine me talking to Pst CK nor Bro KH in such a way.. Respect & Love those whom God has placed you under.

I thought this member loved & respected me.. but apparently, it was not..

Well, i'm ok.. just a little disappointed this is all I get from my people. Think it's natural to feel that way.. I'm fine lo. The bible already says serving God is not smooth-sailing. it's not what you would want it to be. But, at the end of the day, as long as I know that I did my best in serving God & my people, that is enough.

Hmmm... may these last 3 months of 2006 really be a breakthrough for w116 in terms of growth, numerically & spiritually. Guys, We need to grow for the sake of the Kingdom!

Thank you Jesus for loving me.. It's Your love that gives me the strength to keep on living for You.

You deserve my best, my everything.

.. discipleship ..

yesterday was a day of discipleship.
i discipled my members.
sis evelyn discipled CK leaders after svc...
sowing & reaping??.. =)

i hope my members will know that discipleship is part & parcel of a christian walk..
i may be angry, but i still love them a lot..
pls dun hate me or be afraid of me..
i'm really a very nice person one...
dun leave church because of my discipleship, okie?
where i would want to see my CG to be? sis evelyn shared on what pst kong preached.
"Gone are the days where the people of God are unable, unwilling & doing the unnecessary."
perhaps this is where i would want to see my members be.
Enabled. Empowered. Ever willing to avail themselves.

I really felt my people are really good people. They love God.. are obedient.. teachable.. really a wonderful bunch of people to lead! praise God for w116!.. however, i know there's still many areas to work on.. esp in the area of attitude. not that they are bad, but, can be better! =)
Our attitude determines our altitude.. Attitude is very important!

Attitude towards loving the lost..
Attitude towards serving God in their ministry faithfully, & willingly..
Attitude towards loving the people in the CG..
Attitude towards respecting those in authority..

Attitude towards GOD.
Simple things like praise & worship, we should be giving our very best, simply because He deserves it.. these are the basics! what is a half-hearted praise or worship? it is equivalent to giving God a sub-standard kind of gift. Dun give to God. Give to the devil.

Bible study.. is it really so hard to be following through a consistent plan weekly?
still remember the good old days in hollywood where my CGL dun have to come after me, to remind me to go for bible study.. it's in my heart! in my spirit... the love for the word of God just removed all my tiredness.. it gave me strength. Will be queuing for svc at 4.30pm, all for the purpose of getting good seats for CG members. with sharon & cheryl, fellowshipping while queuing... no air-con, perspiring all over. still remember the kind of excitement & joy when the doors opened at 6pm, rushed in! felt the air-con! so cooling! getting centre seats will be our joy! =)
after svc, go for a quick dinner.. then rushed back for bible study. though late & feeling tired, yet it doesn't matter.. wow, those are the days of growing up in the Lord. Pleasant memories.. those were the days where the Lord built inner strength & tenacity in us...

i hope to see this kind of fire in my people. taking the responsibility over their own walk with the Lord. have the diligence to complete the different levels of bible study.. dun miss the lessons, if not have to play "catch-up" games... why make life so hard?

have the conviction about the importance of the Word of God - it will renew our minds, it will change our lives. guys, God has planned great things for your lives! =)

it's really time to lift up the standards of my people.. to be christians not by name, but by the way they live. it's not an easy job... it's tough..
but with God, all things are possible..
I have faith in God.. I have faith in my people.. I have faith to see with the eyes of faith that the people in w116 will be flourishing & prospering... top students, top performers, shining for God in all aspects!

Let our attitude towards giving be tested in this coming arise & build.. i believe w116 will pass this test very well cos we are a bunch of great givers. it's exciting days ahead... looking forward to seeing the move of God over the lives of my people & myself!

guys, discipleship will still be going on in the days ahead.. but do know that i really love you guys lots.