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Monday, October 27, 2008
Hey Guys, Ethan here with another Post From the same book ( Be All You Can Be!)
Did you know that most people only use 10% of their potential? If they use as much as 25%, they would be called Geniuses
How then do we unlock our Potential? Here are a few ways to begin : 1.Look Up The first thing you do is to look up and find a model, someone who is doing a better job than you are. What we need is somebody who is a little bigger and a little better than we are, and we need to spend time with them.
...I play racquetball with a colleague of mine. He is a good racquetball player; in fact he is better than i am, and he always wins the first game. I'm challenged because he's better than i am, so i give it my best. If you have ever played anybody who's worse than you, you know that you start going downhill. You get lazy, and you don't keep your mind on the game. That's what happens to my colleague. By the third game, i win. When you play somebody better, you stretch; when you play somebody worse, you shrink...
So if you want to unlock your hidden potential, spend your time with people who will stretch you. Find somebody who thinks faster, runs faster and aims higher. Those are the people who will lift you up.
-quoted from Be All You Can Be!
Doesn't this somewhat sound familiar? Well it should be familiar, Pastor Kong always urge us to spend time with Eagles and not turkeys It's true that when we play somebody worse, we shrink. Think about the Race between the Tortoise and the Hare. The Hare was better, but it lost in the end, it could not keep it's mind on the race!
Now if you're thinking " i don't play sports nor games, so this can't really apply much to me right?" Fortunately, it applies to many aspects in our life! Think about the areas within your life where you want to get better, get bigger in!
Let me cite and example. you can try it too get 2 balloons, and stretch one over the other so that you are able to blow air into the balloon inside now as you blow the balloon inside, it gets bigger, the rubber stretches wait a minute, doesn't the one on the outside too?
when we hang around people who are better than us in that area we want to get bigger in we get challenged, we get stretched, we grow, we get better and bigger! So go out there and get bigger!
Yours, Ethan
p.s:Just the first point for this post, will be blogging the other points soon =) so stay tuned
LOVE; - 6:19 PM
hey guys, i just wanted t say that im still very amazed by the group that gathered at our recent outreach at settlers. seventeen of us together with fourteen new friends. like what janice says 'fourteen leh!'. that's almost one plus one, people! awesome job people! after th whole big group that came that night, i just felt that God's speaking t us that we need t increase our capacity t contain the harvest. like what is said in luke 10:2
"Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest."
each one of us need t take that option t be th labourers out there t bring in the harvest. don't look around cause that includes you too! let's be sons and daughter in our Daddy God's house and as a team t grab th harvest in!
GO E413! love, maddy
LOVE; - 11:32 AM
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Settler's Cafe. Aren't you guys excited? I for one am! Lets confirm our friends today, lets really give it all we've got!
Well, I was reading this book at kino when I was out with Reuben. Can remember the title but its a really kiddy looking book. The story goes about a best friend who really didn't know what to give his friend for his birthday cause his friend had everything already. So he thought he should give nothing. And you know searching for nothing is quite hard. He went to the supermarket cause grandma always said that there's nothing to buy there, when there was actually a huge sale going on. He went to the Arcade cause his little brother said that there was nothing to play there, but there were lots of things to play with! So he unravelled a box and wrapped it up, inside there was nothing. So he passed it to his friend and he opened it and found there was nothing. Yes, the best friend said, "Nothing, but the both of us(:"
The best gift you could give anyone is a genuine relationship.
-RyanScottWee
LOVE; - 11:10 AM
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Hey guys!
How was The Edge meeting last week!
What impacted you, blew you away, what did God speak to you?
Share your thoughts with us here k! (:
LOVE; - 6:01 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
The horrible past of once a school that brought education to people. Turned into a place of torture and pain. Now known as the genocide museum, the 2US dollars entrance fee is worth all the heartache throughout the compound's four walls that are built about 3 metres up.
The school speaks of a time where Cambodian's faced trial and tribulation just because of suspicious feelings. Imagine you just think these people having actually betrayed a regime but they are totally innocent. The Khmer rouges took advantage of their positions at that time and the consequences were fatal.
I'm going to focus on the renakse petitions. When I first saw that, in my mind I was just wondering where hope was in all this? Did people actually want to get out of their situation? The petitions spoke of hope! Throughout the whole tour around, my heart was just hurting seeing the number of people that suffered. In my head I started to visualise the people when they heard about a petition of sort. Some were unsure, but I could just imagine people get up from their cells head held high and heart full of hope that at last the calvary would arrive!
These petitions are now important documents to justification of the khmer regime's ways of tourture or 'punishments' to the people of opposition.
In the end a new party over threw the khmer rouges and it was the end of the killings.
please check the site regularly to find out exciting news about our church! more exciting things to come!! (: (:
tiff
LOVE; - 12:00 PM
Saturday, October 18, 2008
WOOOOOHOOOO! hey guys, yesterday's EDGE had been an awesome night out isn't it? i totally love it; th preparty, the praise&worship, the Word, the hyped up crowd! =D how exciting.
alright i hadn't been using blogger for soooo long. is it upload 5 pictures each time th fastest way already? anyways, more pictures on facebook. if you dont have an account, please repent and sign up @ facebook.com. and join EDGE group and look out for december's TH GREAT EXCHANGE! =D (facebook is N-O-W!)
and hmmm, i felt the word that ps zhuang preached yesterday was really awesome. something that all of us ought t take note of before we ourselves fall into the same mindset, having low self-image. it's very true that when we see ourselves so small and insignificant, that's the way how people would see us too.
"every one of us always act, feels, and behaves according to our self image."
so let's not just get caught up in changing our outward appearance only but also what's inside yeah? (1) replace all wrong thinking with the Word of God (2) confess the promises of God (3) visualise the blessing in your imagination. God has a very healthy self image Himself, so let's be like Him! (:
and by th way, does anyone have any suggestions how you want th new skin t be? tiff suggest comments below post. anything else just tag at the board yeah.
see you guys later at service!
buckets of love, maddy(:
LOVE; - 12:58 PM
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Hi E413!!! Guess wad? This is my 1st ever blog post! LOL
okok I wanna share with you guys this video that i saw recently on youtube. Its about a man who died and was ressurected by God. Here look at what he has got to say about his experienced. =D
Jacky
LOVE; - 2:33 AM
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Harlow friends, would like to share a rather lengthy word today =) Was reading this book entitled " Be All You Can Be!" by, as you guessed, my favourite author, John C. Maxwell
Heres from Chapter One : Fruitfulness Is Fun! - Our Power Source "In John 15:1-10, Jesus gives us the principles of fruitful living. Let's look at them together. First, Our Potential for fruitful living is unlimited because of our source. Jesus starts by saying "I am the true vine" (verse 1). Jesus is our source. When we realize that, then we understand why Paul could say. "I can do all things through Christ who Strengthens me" (Phil4:13). We become Fruitful when we tap into the right source."
Being Fruitful indeed is Fun! Who said that having our character developed has to be dull and saddening? God is a God of Joy! Jesus is Our Power Source, thats why we sing the song "My Source"
"You are my Source and my Salvation, nothing compares to You..."
nothing compares to Jesus being our Source, thats why He says that He is the TRUE VINE
"...When we begin to get a glimpse of the unlimited resources at our disposal - the Power of God Himself - then and only then can we sense the assurance that we are fully equipped to do whatever it is that God calls us to do.."
Unless we allow Jesus to be the Source of our Life, the True Vine, we cannot experience the full potential of the revelation that We can do all things through Christ who Strengthens Us.
"We might feel the like the little mouse who was crossing a bridge over a ravine with an elephant. As the elephant and the mouse crossed the bridge, the bridge shook. When they got to the other side, the mouse looked at his companion and said, " Boy, we really shook that bridge didn't we?...When we walk with God, that's often how we feel - like a mouse with the strength of an elephant. After crossing life's troubled waters, we can say with the mouse, "God, we really shook that bridge didn't we?..."
Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China, said, " Many Christians estimate difficulty in the light of their own resources, and thus they attempt very little, and they always fail. All giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and His presence to be with them."
Now, who here wants to be a Mouse that's beside an Elephant (God). Who wants to be a person who reckons on God's Power and Presence to be with You. Let us tap into the right source, Jesus, and shake bridges and be Giants in our field! And Let's Stay Fruitful! (:
God bless, Ethan
LOVE; - 11:49 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
yo!! im here too!! =) this blog looks really awesome.. just like E413!! =D hahahahahahaha.. gonna start taking lots of photos before and after cell le.. hehehe.. =)
and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASS!! =D
woah.. now there's like 3 blogs under my dashboard.. hahahaha..
seems like a really random post.. hahahahha..
jan
LOVE; - 8:56 PM
hEyO gUyS! dRoPPiN mY fiRsT pOsT iN tHiS AWESOME bLoG! tHAnKs So MuCh FoR ThE "SUPRISE" yEsTeRdAy! I'm ReAllY tOuChEd By it=D i LoVe ThE "prinCeSS PaRtY" yOU GuYs ThReW, hEhEh! pSt pSt, i ReAcH hOmE aT 12+aM, *HuSh* PaSt ciNdErElLa'S cUrFeW! *wiNk wiNk* bTw mAdDy, timE tO bRuSh uP aCtiNg skiLLs, hAhA! nAh, nO wOrriEs. hWeE! nExT timE WaLk pAsT mE aT mUsT sAy HI oK=p mUaHaHa!
RaNdOm pIcS aT SMU!
cIaO cIaO! bAcK tO lEsSoNs!(:
LOVE; - 10:51 AM
Who are the Disney Princesses?
Ariel- The Little Mermaid Aurora- Sleeping Beauty Belle- Beauty and the Beast Cinderella- Cinderella Jasmine- Aladdin Snow White- Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Fa Mulan- Mulan Pocahontas- Pochahontas.
Alice (Of Alice in Wonderland): Alice herself is not technically a princess. Alice appears as one of the princesses of hearts in the Disney/Squaresoft game "Kingdom Hearts" as one of the 'princesses' who is targeted by Maleficent and Ansem. She is also included in the 2008 artwork for the princess collection however, further confusing her status.
and if you havent got Facebook yet then errr....its time to come out of your cave and discover the wonders of technology and online networking! XD
All the details of this week's The Edge are there so go check it out! (:
tiff
LOVE; - 10:58 AM
Alright it's 4am now, should be sleeping, but couldn't resist catching a glimpse of this blog and yes, i fell into temptation to blog, again
Caught this song on YouTube, that i have linked to a couple of you would like to upload it here, check i out, hear me out
Sounds familiar? This is the song that me and Ryan used as a base for John's then Farewell Song But you know, there's always a difference between Live and Recorded. Check out this Live Version, what touches my heart most besides the lyrics? The harmonica No, Serious, it's so much different from the Album's song.
So my point is? A Live Revelation from God, is always different from a Recorded one. =)
Catch me if you can, Ethan
LOVE; - 4:06 AM
HULLOOO EVERYBODYYYY!!!
isnt this gorgeous?? so exciting, our very own little corner on the world wide web!
first up, lets give a big round of applause to Ryan, da man behind this baby! *applause he's done an awesome job, agree?!
I just wanna say i'm so glad n excited that we have this channel to communicate and keep in touch with throughout the week and i hope ya all will contribute your EXCITING, JUICY, HAPPENING news, events, thoughts, feelings, visions, revelations, testimonies, opinions, encouragements for one another, pictures pictures pictures and anything else that you express yourself with!
Let your imagination and creative juices run wild and feel free to share with all of us! nothing is too insignificant or unimportant to be shared cos every single one of us is so precious and unique in God's eyes X)
SO i'm looking forward to hearing from all of you and let's make this blog so E413- if ya know what i mean (;
Love all around!!
<3, tiff(:
LOVE; - 1:37 AM
Ground Rules: 1. Words that edify. 2. Pictures that do not embarrass. 3. No Profanities.
Revelations are more than welcome, I hope that this blog would be one that we can really share and express ourselves, especially those who do not have blogs.
Lets this be the opportunity where we can truly share about our lives, testimonies, even your day.
Do share your troubles with Tiff or your connect group in-charge(: