Aeon Flux

http://www.aeonflux.com/
Sypnosis from the website:

In this futuristic sci-fi thriller set 400 years in the future, Charlieze Theron stars as Aeon Flux, the top underground operative at war with the totalitarian regime governing what appears to be a perfect society. But is this perfect life hiding a perfect lie? Aeon is on the fromt lines of a rebellion that will reveal a world of secrets. A startling vision of a future in flux from Karyn Kusama, director of the acclaimed "Girlfight", "Aeon Flux" is written by Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi, based on charactes created by Peter Chung in the pioneering MTV animated series.

Holy Is The Lord

Holy Is The Lord
Eoghan Heaslip (from the album "Grace in the Wilderness")

Key: E

Intro:
F#m C#m B B F#m C#m E Emaj7


Verse 1:
               E
From all that dwells below the skies
          B               E
Let the Creator's praise arise
          E
Let the Redeemer's name be sung
               B               E
Through every land, by every tongue
(repeat)


Chorus:
CHORUS
     A  E        B  E
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
     A  E   B            E* Emaj7 E* Emaj7
Hallelujah, Holy is the Lord


Verse 2:
Eternal are Your mercies, Lord
Eternal truth attends Your word
Your praise will sound from shore to shore
Till suns will rise and set no more
(repeat)

©2004 Vertical Worship Songs
All rights reserved. International copyright secured

(above lyrics and tabs taken from http://www.pwarchive.com/song.aspx?SongID=1936&v=1)

KSBJ's Enter His Gates

http://www.godlistens.com/
Featuring artists like Delirious, Darlene Zschech, Chris Tomlin, and the Passion Worship Band.

A good partner is essential

Nuff said

on another great wedding just past

Last Saturday went to attend the wedding of one of my dear JC friend and brother-in-Christ, Aaron. Man, what a great wedding!  really rejoiced with him at marrying one godly & "chio"  lady. I've watched this brother grow up from being that gangly, hormone-crazed, angstful 17 year old in the past,  to the fine, Godly man that he is today. Praying that he and Shirley will really have a wonderful time together, serving the Lord and one another in love and in grace.

Think what touched me most is the words Aaron said to his dad*. They have had some issues in the past; but praise be to God, I think Aaron has matured and moved on from there. They hugged one another, to the applause of the crowd in the parish. Somehow I just imagined our Heavenly Father also applauding that act of reconcilliation, from His throne in Heaven...

As I remarked to my General Paper teacher from junior college, not many people left in my JC class that's still single and available liao, all "dropping off like flies" to marriage   next one will be another dear brother, Ivan "Botak", who incidentally is holding a church wedding on Boxing day.^ Can't wait for it to come!

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* "Phua, that crazy old man ah..."  Yes, aaron did use those words...

^ never thought i see Ivan accepting Christ, but the Lord is mysterious in His ways

The Bread Site

http://breadsite.org
This site is dedicated to presenting the hope that is only found in Jesus...

Ocean Floor

Audio Adrenaline - Ocean Floor
From the album Lift

The mistakes I've made
That caused pain
I could have done without
All my selfish thoughts
All my pride
The things I hide
You have forgot about
They're all behind you
They'll never find you
They're on the ocean floor
Your sins are forgotten
They're on the bottom
Of the ocean floor
My disdeeds
All my greed
All the things that haunt me now
They're not a pretty sight to see
But they're wiped away
By a mighty wave
A mighty wave, mighty wave
They're all behind you
They'll never find you
They're on the ocean floor
Your sins are forgotten
They're on the bottom
Of the ocean floor
Take them away
To return no more
Take them away
To the ocean floor

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After-thoughts:

Many a times, when I fall short of God's standards, I berate myself for falling short. I tend to dwell on "Oh, why am I so weak? I shouldn't be tempted by this anymore!" or "Why am I so stupid? This is the dumbest thing I could have ever done!" yeaps, many a time I play junior Holy Spirit in my life, when I should be listening to Him...

But God is gracious and merciful - He reminds me that I am now not yet the finished product He intended - still WIP ("Works In Progress"). God, outside the constraints of space and time, have already forsee my end, my finaly state. Even though I may fail God, He will never fail me. Out of the miry clay, He will lift me high above. Not by my works, but by His grace. There are still areas in my life that still needs to be moulded by God. It's not all easy and painless, being subjected to the Master's ministerings. But I know He is faithful - as long as I am willing, He is able!

 

Psalm 103:11-13 (New International Version)

  ¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
       so great is his love for those who fear him;

 ¹² as far as the east is from the west,
       so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

 ¹³ As a father has compassion on his children,
       so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;

2005 Stephen Tong Christmas Gospel Rally

Start:	Dec 11, '05 7:30p
Location:	Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre

2005 Stephen Tong Christmas Gospel Rally
唐崇荣博士圣诞布道会
- 杨达明长老英语翻译 English Translation by Elder Yeong

Theme of the rally
神与人之间 Between God & Man

入场免费 Free entrance

More details at
Tel. no.: 6333 0511
contact@stemi.org.sg
www.stemi.org.sg

Big Idea's Jonah - a VeggieTales Movie

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Animation

From the back cover:

For thousands of years people have heard the story of a man who was eaten by a whale and lived to tell about it! But never in all that time has it been told by vegetables... until NOW!

Get ready as Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and the rest of the Veggie gang set sail on a whale of an adventure in Jonah, Big Idea's first full-length, 3-D animated, feature film. Filled with music, laughs and some of teh silliest adventurers ever to be swallowed whole, this is the story of Jonah and the whale as you've never seen it before - a story where everyone learns that one of the best gifts you can give - or get - is a second chance.
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http://www.bigidea.com/movies/jonah/about.htm

Not To Us

Chris Tomlin - Not To Us
From the album Not To Us

the cross before me the world behind
no turning back
raise the banner high
it's not for me
it's all for YOU

let the heavens shake and split the sky
let the people clap their hands and cry
it's not for us
it's all for YOU

CHORUS:
not to us
but to YOUR name be the glory
not to us
but to YOUR name be the glory

our hearts unfold before YOUR throne
the only place for those who know
it's not for us
it's all for YOU

send YOUR holy fire on this offering
let our worship burn for the world to see
it's not for us
it's all for YOU
for YOU

CHORUS

the earth is shaking
the mountains shouting
it's all for YOU
the waves are crashing
the sun is raging
it's all for YOU

the universe is spinning and singing
it's all for YOU
YOUR children dancing
dancing
dancing
dancing
it's all for YOU
it's all for YOU
my all for YOU
my all for YOU

CHORUS

Friend Of God

Phillips Craig & Dean - Friend Of God
From the album Let the Worshippers Arise

Who am I that You are mindful of me?
That You hear me when I call
Is it true that You are thinking of me?
How You love me
It’s amazing

Who am I that You are mindful of me?
That You hear me when I call
Is it true that You are thinking of me?
How You love me
It’s amazing

Chorus:
I am a friend of God
I am a friend of God
I am a friend of God
He calls me friend

Who am I that You are mindful of me?
That You hear me when I call
Is it true that You are thinking of me?
How You love me
It’s amazing, so amazing, It’s amazing

Chorus:

(3x’s)
God Almighty
Lord of Glory
You have called me friend

Chorus: (4x’s)

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CKYS Houseblessing

unpacking of the food

yea, a time of praying and feasting at Chomh Keat's and Yise's new place. Photos courtesy of Jared.

on being rebuked about my idleness

argh, my pastors always say in church: confession is good for the soul, and bad for the reputation. well, I don't have much of a reputation*, and am definitely not as famous as my pastors. But still need to "air" the soul a bit, to get rid of the musty-ness. And to give glory to God. So here goes:

I've stopped working since middle of July this year, after the end of my 1-year contract job. After 3 years of working in administartive positions, I threw in the towel and decided to "take a break". My family finances has been more stabilized - while it's not exactly all roses and champagne, we can still get by on "roti" and "maggie mee".  I was also not really excelling in admin. jobs - didn't have the aptitude for it. So when my contract ended, I told the management I didn't want to renew.

And thus began my 4 months of rest. And rest it was, playing computer games, reading, swimming and cycling a bit. And from that rest came ill-discipline and backsliding. I thought I supposedly had more time with the LORD, when in fact I spent less time with Jesus on reflection**. Even when He has promised He will take care of me, I did not really turn over my life to HIm for His use.

All these came to a head in the last week of October. I was searching for a verse from the Bible which I wanted to send out to my "kakis"^. Somehow, I just forgot where I got this verse from in the Epistles, and cursory flipping through various of the letters didn't help. So I did a systematic search, starting from the Epistle of Romans.

As I scanned through systematically, suddenly the passage from 2 Thesseaonians 3:6 - 15 leaped out. I don;t know how many of you have this experience, where the words in a certain part of the Bible just leapt before your eyes and demand your attention. Here's the passage concerned:

⁶In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us. ⁷For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, ⁸nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. ⁹We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow. ¹⁰For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

 ¹¹We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. ¹²Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat. ¹³And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.

 ¹⁴If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of him. Do not associate with him, in order that he may feel ashamed. ¹⁵Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

(New International Version, from http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=60&chapter=3&version=31 )

I've never read the Bible cover to cover once in my life, even after 15 years of being a Christian. And I've never really been on a systematic reading schedule of the Word. So when I read this in detail, I can safely say it's the first time I'm actually reading it, word for word. And of all the passages in the Bible, the Lord has to make this leapt out to me.  

Well, to make a long story short^^, I gave up my idleness over to the Lord, asking for forgiveness. I took up a friend's offer to do volunteer work at her workplace, which is a Christian organisation. In short, I learnt to "settle down and earn the bread" and to "never tire of doing what is right." And I'm much blessed by the time I put in there, short as it was (only about a week's worth, what with the spate of public holidays). Indeed, the Lord is faithful, and He blessed me with material and spiritual sustenance. I can never thank Him enough, for His timing and the people He puts around me to help me through. Guess the only way I can repay back a little to Him is to give glory to what He has done. 

So thanks to all those who have been praying for me too. Do keep praying, that I will not spiral all the way into the extreme, focusing so much on my work till I become obsessive about it.^^^ 

Till my next post...

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* more notriety than fame, my friends will tell me...

** last time when working, at least one can give the excuse of saying, "Lord, work so hard already, no energy to read the Word la"...  actually, not an excuse ah...

^ The verse was from Hebrews 12:5 , "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son". Also from Proverbs 3:11, 12.

 ^^ this is already turning out to be quite a lot already.... but what to do? Have to explain clearly mah...

^^^ hard as it may seems, but you'll never know

Hotel Rwanda

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Drama

From the back cover sleeve of the VCD:
Don Cheadle gives a riveting performance as Paul Rusesabagina, the manager of a European-owned hotel in Rwanda, who created a secret refugee camp for the Tutsi people during the brutal genocide committed against them by the Hutu people in 1994. His efforts helped to save 1200 lives out of close to a million who were killed. HOTEL RWANDA shows this man'scourage, while also capturing the political events that occured between April and September '94.
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More info at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Rwanda

Chicken Little Numa Numa Dance

http://www.disney.it/Film/movies/chickenlittle/chickenlittle.mov
Woo hoo, funny little guy doing the Numa Numa!

Taken from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numa_Numa

Official Chicken Little movie site:
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/chickenlittle/