This is what Mel Choo shared at the dinner:
Firstly, I want to thank God for the many opportunities to serve in both gkids, young arrows and GCYC. I really learnt alot from Him and learnt more of depending on Him for every of my needs. He taught me the importance of always coming back to Him to refresh my spirit and to spend time with Him. He really blessed me alot this year, for example, giving me strength when I really need it. I really didn't think I could handle kids well. But through gkids and YA, I really understand why God has such a big heart for the young children. He also taught and blessed me with patience and His love, especially during gkids and YA. He helped me to understand what it means to give out of my heart, and not expecting anything in return. There are many trying times in gkids and YA, but that's when His love and patience came through for me and this allowed me to hang in there. I may not be able to see the fruits of my labour now, but I believe that God has already planted the seeds of His love and kindnes in the lives of the kids.
Secondly, I want to thank God for answering my prayer for GCYC. Last year during GCYC, I thought to myself how great it would be for me to serve more in GCYC by hosting someone. But I thought that it would be impossible because I don't have my own big house to host the delegates. So when I heard Ps Yo asking us during the leaders' meeting before GCYC to help host the delegates in GBC this year, I was really pleasantly surprised! God really is good.
Thirdly, I want to thank God for giving me a few opportunities to step out of my comfort zone for Him. I remembered that during the gkids' encounter, I wasn't sure what to do as this was my first encounter as a leader and I wasn't able to attend the briefing before the encounter. But the Holy Spirit really guided me throughout the camp and used me to minister to the children.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Year of Victory in Yoznet II
Jia Hui shared her testimony that day during dinner too. If you missed it, this is from Jia Hui herself:
I thank God for the platform to rise up as a Gkidz leader. Indeed, The Lord has used Gkidz to mould my character and to build me up as a leader and spiritual mother. I have learnt to not fear rejection but to speak the truth in love, I have learnt to be firm with them, I have learnt to minister with excellence and pray for the needs of my girls, I have learnt to give up my personal desires and dedicate my time to them, I learn to grow in love and see them as my spiritual daughters… You know, I believe that as I ministered to these girls, the Lord was beginning to heal my fears and past hurts that I had.
Rising up as a leader made me begin to understand the heart of the church leadership. I learn to be good soil for my spiritual mother to sow on - to be accountable, to support her in whatever way, to be honest and open, to understand her heart behind the things she does…
I thank God for my spiritual daughters… 2 of my girls wished me “Happy Mothers’ Day” as well! Indeed it made me start to see myself as a spiritual mother. I thank God for the paradigm shift… indeed G12 is not just a system for multiplication, but it is truly about family.
As part of the year of victory, one of my ASK BIGS is that I’ll have 12 by September 2007, and I thank God that indeed He has given me 12 girls in my open cell! God is a God who answers prayer!
GCYC! :D
I thank God for being able to serve the nations by hosting the Vietnamese delegates for GCYC! Indeed it has been a time where I receive much much more than I gave. =)
I thank God for opening my eyes and my heart to love the nations with action. I learnt to go the extra mile just like Jesus went the extra mile to die on The cross for us that we may have eternal life =) (Matthew 5:41-42)
On the last day, I was really tired after 6 days of running on little sleep and hectic and demanding schedules at school and GCYC. And after we came back from the dinner at expo, they asked to go shopping at Kovan! Wah, we had to walk a fair bit from GB campsite to heartland mall… And it really took all the perseverance and strength that I had left to walk there with them – because I know that that is what Jesus would have done!
I thank God for the opportunity to step out of my comfort zone to lead a group for the blessing of the families at Bukit Merah. Haha. I have never done anything like that before, but I believe that my excitement in blessing the families has indeed rubbed of on my group members and they begin to see that it’s actually very easy to be a blessing! Haha.
I thank God for using the nations to continue His healing work in me. I have been struggling to receive the truth that I am fearfully and wonderfully made by God. Amazingly during the conference, He used 3 different people to tell me three times that I am beautiful – on the very first encounter that I had with Vy, she said sincerely to me, “you’re very beautiful and kind”… I’m really touched by the love of God that He would bring people from overseas just to bring that Rhema word to me.
Indeed, I will continue the year with the 3 victorious attitudes – always thankful, always victorious in Christ, always a blessing to all… and with the 3 key strategies of going deep, looking far and asking BIG! =) We’re all warriors of light who will stand and fight, guarding my heart, mind and emotions at all times in this warfare! All glory to GOD! :D
I thank God for the platform to rise up as a Gkidz leader. Indeed, The Lord has used Gkidz to mould my character and to build me up as a leader and spiritual mother. I have learnt to not fear rejection but to speak the truth in love, I have learnt to be firm with them, I have learnt to minister with excellence and pray for the needs of my girls, I have learnt to give up my personal desires and dedicate my time to them, I learn to grow in love and see them as my spiritual daughters… You know, I believe that as I ministered to these girls, the Lord was beginning to heal my fears and past hurts that I had.
Rising up as a leader made me begin to understand the heart of the church leadership. I learn to be good soil for my spiritual mother to sow on - to be accountable, to support her in whatever way, to be honest and open, to understand her heart behind the things she does…
I thank God for my spiritual daughters… 2 of my girls wished me “Happy Mothers’ Day” as well! Indeed it made me start to see myself as a spiritual mother. I thank God for the paradigm shift… indeed G12 is not just a system for multiplication, but it is truly about family.
As part of the year of victory, one of my ASK BIGS is that I’ll have 12 by September 2007, and I thank God that indeed He has given me 12 girls in my open cell! God is a God who answers prayer!
GCYC! :D
I thank God for being able to serve the nations by hosting the Vietnamese delegates for GCYC! Indeed it has been a time where I receive much much more than I gave. =)
I thank God for opening my eyes and my heart to love the nations with action. I learnt to go the extra mile just like Jesus went the extra mile to die on The cross for us that we may have eternal life =) (Matthew 5:41-42)
On the last day, I was really tired after 6 days of running on little sleep and hectic and demanding schedules at school and GCYC. And after we came back from the dinner at expo, they asked to go shopping at Kovan! Wah, we had to walk a fair bit from GB campsite to heartland mall… And it really took all the perseverance and strength that I had left to walk there with them – because I know that that is what Jesus would have done!
I thank God for the opportunity to step out of my comfort zone to lead a group for the blessing of the families at Bukit Merah. Haha. I have never done anything like that before, but I believe that my excitement in blessing the families has indeed rubbed of on my group members and they begin to see that it’s actually very easy to be a blessing! Haha.
I thank God for using the nations to continue His healing work in me. I have been struggling to receive the truth that I am fearfully and wonderfully made by God. Amazingly during the conference, He used 3 different people to tell me three times that I am beautiful – on the very first encounter that I had with Vy, she said sincerely to me, “you’re very beautiful and kind”… I’m really touched by the love of God that He would bring people from overseas just to bring that Rhema word to me.
Indeed, I will continue the year with the 3 victorious attitudes – always thankful, always victorious in Christ, always a blessing to all… and with the 3 key strategies of going deep, looking far and asking BIG! =) We’re all warriors of light who will stand and fight, guarding my heart, mind and emotions at all times in this warfare! All glory to GOD! :D
Year of Victory for Yoznet
Yoznet had a family dinner for tribe members who had served in ministry in some way or another this year. It was a short but good time. Through the worship and the testimonies we could see God working in our midst - speaking to us, teaching us, growing us. Denise, who leaves this week, shares her journey with God this year below:
Serving this year as a cell leader and in Young Arrows has been very exciting. Through it all God has shown me that the 3 attitudes: always thankful, always victorious in Christ, and always a blessing to all are really choices that I have to make daily.
Serving hasn't always been easy. Working with the kids in YA can be quite hard because you don't see the fruit of your labour immediately. I also felt that I wasn't making a lot of difference since I will be leaving for the UK soon and it felt like I was leaving behind unfinished work. However, upon reflection about the 3 attitudes, I realised that it's simply my job to have the attitude of a winner, and God will give the victory.
In cell group, it was also quite hard because a lot of my girls can't come for church due to parental objection. So I ended up having to meet them separately because trying to find a common time for cell group was impossible. As a result this was very time consuming. At times, I was very tired and felt like giving up.
But God reminded me of Exodus 14:14 - The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still and 2 Chronicles 20:15 and 17 - 'Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's. ... You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.'
God reminded me that the battle belongs to him. So when I felt like giving up, God helped me to remember that I was not alone but that he was fighting for me and with me. He reminded me not to try to fight the battle with my own strength but to just maintain an attitude of victory and the victory would come.
After the last Encounter, God showed me this about the 3 attitudes and I wrote it down: “I think I'm beginning to see everyday that the 3 attitudes that Ps Khong keeps talking about are really choices. Attitudes don't depend on circumstances or feelings, they're just difficult choices that deny our flesh and call upon the most painful, inertia-laden parts of the spirit. Attitudes that force us to commit our burdens to God. Attitudes that force us to push the extra mile on faith in God's word, even when we don't see. But ultimately they are the attitudes that bring victory, that bring us back to the cross, that apart from him we can do nothing, apart from him there is no choice, apart from him that life is really not worth living.”
Now, God has shown me that an attitude of victory really does bring victory. When we make the choice to be winners, God makes us winners.
Serving this year as a cell leader and in Young Arrows has been very exciting. Through it all God has shown me that the 3 attitudes: always thankful, always victorious in Christ, and always a blessing to all are really choices that I have to make daily.
Serving hasn't always been easy. Working with the kids in YA can be quite hard because you don't see the fruit of your labour immediately. I also felt that I wasn't making a lot of difference since I will be leaving for the UK soon and it felt like I was leaving behind unfinished work. However, upon reflection about the 3 attitudes, I realised that it's simply my job to have the attitude of a winner, and God will give the victory.
In cell group, it was also quite hard because a lot of my girls can't come for church due to parental objection. So I ended up having to meet them separately because trying to find a common time for cell group was impossible. As a result this was very time consuming. At times, I was very tired and felt like giving up.
But God reminded me of Exodus 14:14 - The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still and 2 Chronicles 20:15 and 17 - 'Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's. ... You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.'
God reminded me that the battle belongs to him. So when I felt like giving up, God helped me to remember that I was not alone but that he was fighting for me and with me. He reminded me not to try to fight the battle with my own strength but to just maintain an attitude of victory and the victory would come.
After the last Encounter, God showed me this about the 3 attitudes and I wrote it down: “I think I'm beginning to see everyday that the 3 attitudes that Ps Khong keeps talking about are really choices. Attitudes don't depend on circumstances or feelings, they're just difficult choices that deny our flesh and call upon the most painful, inertia-laden parts of the spirit. Attitudes that force us to commit our burdens to God. Attitudes that force us to push the extra mile on faith in God's word, even when we don't see. But ultimately they are the attitudes that bring victory, that bring us back to the cross, that apart from him we can do nothing, apart from him there is no choice, apart from him that life is really not worth living.”
Now, God has shown me that an attitude of victory really does bring victory. When we make the choice to be winners, God makes us winners.
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Tribe Dinner at TC
Hmm. Why has Yanying been called out?
Because it's her birthday!
Praying for Yanying:
Time for icebreakers! (led by JIARONG)
Happy Yoznet People:
Because it's her birthday!
Praying for Yanying:
Time for icebreakers! (led by JIARONG)
Happy Yoznet People:
Monday, September 03, 2007
Thanking God for the 100K
When I first started this 100k challenge, I thought it was easy, hence I didn’t think much on praying really hard for myself in terms of protection, fear etc. However, during the first week of this challenge, I didn’t do very well. It was then that I realized that i was actually afraid of approaching others, which is not right. If you know me, I’m quite an easy-going and friendly person, hence with this “not right” feeling, God showed me that I must really start praying for myself and I really need to pray for protection and against fear etc. I thank God that God heard my prayer and forgave me for not taking prayer before that.
After I came back from Shanghai, I fell even further behind in my 100k and did not reach the number of people that I should have, and I started to pray really hard again.. Thank God, on 28th July, I’ve invited a number of my tuition kids (ranging from primary 4- sec 1) to come for the walkathon, but in the end only 1 student turn up. I wanted it to cancel at first, but somehow I just felt God prompting me not to as I can include Joanne into my 100k blessings after the walk. After the walk, I brought her for lunch and after lunch I immediately share the 100k blessings with her. As I was explaining each blessing to her, I came across forgiveness and eternal life, hence I took the opportunity to share the gospel with her. After sharing the gospel, I asked her this question, “Joanne, now you know that Jesus is God and He is a God who can help you to solve all problems, He is a God who loves you so much that He is willing to die for you on the cross. Do you believe this Jesus?” To my surprise and great delight, she said “Yes!” I was super happy.
In the evening after the walkathon, I went to give private tuition and I took the opportunity to talk to this Primary 6 boy call Hong Xun. I wanted to bless him with 100k blessings too, again when I reached forgiveness and eternal life option, I took some time to share the gospel to him.. In the end, I asked him if he believe in this Jesus who died for his sins and want to accept Him as his God? He said, “Yes”. We then say the sinners' prayer together. I was really blessed that Saturday. 2 salvations in one day.. I then sensed that God wanted me to do a follow-up with these 2 students and not just these 2 students but believing that more will come to know the Lord.
The best thing that came out of this campaign is the possibility of using my tuition centre as a means to reach the Bukit Merah community. After sharing with Pastor about the open doors I had at the tuition centre, I’ve decided to take it further by opening a club called Issac Club for the children to have free tuition. The first hour will be used for tuition, and the next half an hour will be a time of worship, bible story telling and games time for the children. God had in fact even pre-planned the tuition schedule for me. Three months ago, I restructured the tuition timetable and left a slot for any activity that the Lord may lay on my heart to conduct without any clear idea of what I will be doing.. I’m really excited to see what God is going to do when this club is open. I believe God can transform Bukit Merah.
After I came back from Shanghai, I fell even further behind in my 100k and did not reach the number of people that I should have, and I started to pray really hard again.. Thank God, on 28th July, I’ve invited a number of my tuition kids (ranging from primary 4- sec 1) to come for the walkathon, but in the end only 1 student turn up. I wanted it to cancel at first, but somehow I just felt God prompting me not to as I can include Joanne into my 100k blessings after the walk. After the walk, I brought her for lunch and after lunch I immediately share the 100k blessings with her. As I was explaining each blessing to her, I came across forgiveness and eternal life, hence I took the opportunity to share the gospel with her. After sharing the gospel, I asked her this question, “Joanne, now you know that Jesus is God and He is a God who can help you to solve all problems, He is a God who loves you so much that He is willing to die for you on the cross. Do you believe this Jesus?” To my surprise and great delight, she said “Yes!” I was super happy.
In the evening after the walkathon, I went to give private tuition and I took the opportunity to talk to this Primary 6 boy call Hong Xun. I wanted to bless him with 100k blessings too, again when I reached forgiveness and eternal life option, I took some time to share the gospel to him.. In the end, I asked him if he believe in this Jesus who died for his sins and want to accept Him as his God? He said, “Yes”. We then say the sinners' prayer together. I was really blessed that Saturday. 2 salvations in one day.. I then sensed that God wanted me to do a follow-up with these 2 students and not just these 2 students but believing that more will come to know the Lord.
The best thing that came out of this campaign is the possibility of using my tuition centre as a means to reach the Bukit Merah community. After sharing with Pastor about the open doors I had at the tuition centre, I’ve decided to take it further by opening a club called Issac Club for the children to have free tuition. The first hour will be used for tuition, and the next half an hour will be a time of worship, bible story telling and games time for the children. God had in fact even pre-planned the tuition schedule for me. Three months ago, I restructured the tuition timetable and left a slot for any activity that the Lord may lay on my heart to conduct without any clear idea of what I will be doing.. I’m really excited to see what God is going to do when this club is open. I believe God can transform Bukit Merah.
Ps. After seeing the 2 salvations, my faith increased and begins to pray for all my students. On Monday when I went back for tuition, I’ve blessed whoever came for my class that day. A P3 student even asked me, “Miss Ng, can you bless my friends, my papa, my mama, my grandparents and my brother?” of course I say yes! And I asked him to invited them to come down and I’ll bless them.
To God be the glory!
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