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YOUTH CAMP 2009
11th-14th DECEMBER 2009
ACS (Barker Road)Oldham Hall
we don't have a cool name (like overflow) for it yet
but watch this space for updates on YOUTH CAMP!
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OVERFLOW
so blessed, YOU can't contain it!
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We live for you, Lord! | 2:23 AM
We live for you, Lord! | 11:40 PM
WHY PRETEND? Today while walking home I saw these two little girls at the void deck acting out a scene from some Channel 8 Chinese Drama serial. One was about 5 and she was pretending to be a mother, and the other girl was pretending to be a grandfather of some sort. They were so absorbed in their roles that they did not even hear their father call them home.
It reminded me of how much we humans like to pretend. At school, we might like to pretend that we're something better, so that others will like us more. At work, we might take on a different personality and a different approach, so that we might be closer to that promotion or be able to build better relationships with other people. At church, we might like to pretend that we are always on a spiritual high, always close to God and maybe just - faultless. Sometimes, we pretend so much that we even forget who our real selves are, absorbed in our role-playing and role-switching that we are entirely oblivious God's voice.
Seeing those two girls at the void deck and their father reminded me of how our father looks at us just as we are. Nothing we do can make Him love us more, just like nothing we do can make Him love us less. So why pretend to be something more than we are not? Know that God loves you and that He will still love you if you are less than perfect. After all, He created us imperfect so that we would find a need to rely on Him.
Have a good week and be yourself!
We live for you, Lord! | 2:19 AM
A recent devotional I received from Rick Warren's Daily Devotionals read...
If you only love on and off like a light switch, you do not love others like God wants you to love. Jesus said, "If you only love those who love you, what credit is that to you?" (Luke 6:32 NIV). His point is this: anybody can love those who love them in return. Becoming a master lover means you learn to love the unlovable. It's when you love people who don't love you, when you love people who irritate you, when you love people who stab you in the back or gossip about you. This may seem like an impossible task and it is. That's why we need God's love in us, so we can then love others: "We know and rely on the love God has for us" (1 John 4:16 NIV). When you realize how much God loves you—with an extravagant, irresistible, unconditional love—then his love will change your entire focus on life. If we don't receive God's love for us, we'll have a hard time loving other people. I'm talking about loving the unlovely, loving the difficult, loving the irritable, loving people who are different or demanding. You can't do that until you have God's love coming through you. You need to know God's love so it can overflow out of your life into others. Love must become your lifestyle, the habit of your life. But it starts with a decision. Are you ready? Your life is worth far more than you think, and by learning to love others with the love God gives you, you will have an influence far greater than you could ever imagine. If you will commit to this, you will experience love as God means it to be, filled with hope, energy, and joy.My prayer for you is "that your love will grow more and more; that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love..." (Philippians 1:9 NCV).
We live for you, Lord! | 9:07 PM
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♥A family that PRAYS together stays together!
Pray about everything. Tell God what you need. Thank him for all that he’s done.
[And if you do this] You will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful
than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds in
Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6 (NLT)
♥PRAYER REQUESTS!
sunday, 30 August 2009
{PEOPLE}
- Aaron Ong, Teresa, George, Meiyi, and Weijie
to be protected from the Influenza A H1N1 virus even as they are overseas
- Steven, Serene, Ernest and Benjamin
to receive God's guidance and wisdom in the planning of youth camp 09
{THANKSGIVING}
- youths had a great time at HOHOBALL and TCHOUKBALL yesterday (:
- dance workshop held by the dance ministry was also a great time of fellowship
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♥iScatterSeeds Conference
every year, MCI will embark on a church camp outside Singapore
for personal enrichment and for a time of relaxation with the family
THIS YEAR, church camp has been given a WHOLE NEW DIMENSION
we are heading to CHIANGMAI, to scatter the seeds of the gospel
and see how the mission work is progressing there.
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DATES: 16-19 JUNE 2009!
VENUE: Lotus Pang Suankaew Hotel, Chiangmai, Thailand
THEME SPEAKERS:
Mr Neel Roberts - Strategic Missions Coordinator for Thailand, OMF
Rev Derrick Lau - Pastor-in-Charge, MCI
WORKSHOP SPEAKERS:
Ms Florence Leow - Missionary to Shan People, Thailand
Mr and Mrs Leong Seng Kok, MCI Missionaries to Doisakhet Learning House, Thailand
Ms Ho I-Hui, Senior Lay Exec Staff, MCI Mandarin Ministry
Ms Yuen Wai Mey, Lay Exec Staff, MCI
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if you would like more info, please email mciyouth@gmail.com
with the heading "i want to scatter seeds" and we will get back to you asap!
alternatively, drop by the counter at church on sundays for forms and more information!
are YOU ready to scatter those seeds?