FLY!

Hi peeps! I learnt tonnes of stuff at Kidshaper last week hehe. I wanted to share about what I picked up from the conference. This blog is about one of the sessions that i went to:

The Kidshaper theme this year was 'fly'. The first session was on wednesday night. It was about soaring to new heights. God did not make us to live normal lives; we were made to 'fly'. Climb to new altitudes and levels in your walk with God. We should not be content of how pure our lives are, but we should be aiming to constantly grow in faith and get closer to God. This reminds me of the 'Highlife' theme for the fungus/101 camp. It was really something we should remember each adn every day.

Is God in control of your life, or is it yourself that makes all the decisions? Do you walk in his will or your own? That is one part that the precher mentioned. When we become a Christian, we are meant to take up our cross everyday. This means that we die to ourselves for the sake of Christ.

Also the precher mentioned somethign that was also not particuarly relevant to the topic, but i wanted to include it too. Soemtiems we do what God wants us to do, but we don't do it the best we can.

Eg: God wants you to talk to your friend about him. You go up to them and breifly tell them then walk off.

We did waht God asked us to do, but we did not make a proper effort. God sees your attitude towards all the thigns that you do. He looks at the inside, not the outside.

"We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us" - That is absolutely true. I noticed that society tends to depict Christianity as really boring and strict. They thing God is one who condems and punishes us all the time. I am a sure we all know that is not the case, so take a step of faith and boldness and tell your friends about God. The Crazy Sex Rally is comign up soon. As i mentioned before; an awesoem opportunity to invite ur horney friends! xD

Yeh a main point of the sermon was also faith. The bible states that without faith, it is IMPOSSIBLE to please god. That is where he responds and miracles start to happen. That also coems back to a phrase 'the just shall live by faith'. If u understand it, that is cool, cause i dont hehe.

Don't doubt God; he is real, and we know it. Soar to new levels of faith each day, and strive to get closer to God.

Bye peeps! God bless!

Btw, nice weather to today eh? And sprign in 1 week! booyaHHH!

Random Quiz

Hi peeps! I stole this quiz thingy from Jean's Blog ^^

Rules:
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they got tagged and to ask them to play and read your blog.


Starting time: 5.54 Pw
Name: Jon Lee
Sisters: -
Brothers: 1.
Shoe size: 9?
Height: 170 around
Where do you live: Australia.
Favourite drinks: Water ^^
Favourite breakfast: Hash Browns
Have you ever been on a plane: yes.
Swam in the ocean: yes.
Fallen asleep in school: *Duh*
Broken someone's heart: i guess. Was that mean to be literally?
Fell off your chair: yash
Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call: nope
Saved e-mails: kinda
What is your room like: really messy during the week, till I clean it on weekends :)
What's right beside you: ipod
What is the last thing you ate: Mie Goreng from church
Ever had chicken pox: yehhh! I like infected everyone too
Sore throat: ya
Stitches: nOOO
Broken nose: noOO
Do you believe in love at first sight: no
Like picnics: kinda
Who was the last person you danced with: hi :)
Last made you smile: Mister Goh!
You last yelled at: dun remember

Today did you:
Talk to someone you like: yes.
Kissed anyone: no.
Get sick: no.
Talked to an ex: ermm no
Miss someone: nopes
Best feeling in the world: being happy ^^
Do you sleep with stuffed animals: YEHHHH!
What's under your bed: my secret stash of drugs. OH WOOPS! DID I JUST???!!!?
Who do you really hate: noone really
What time is it now: 5.59 pm

Randoms :
Q: Is there a person who is on your mind right now: no
Q: Do you have any siblings: yupp.
Q: Do you want children: i guess
Q: Do you smile often: :)
Q: Do you like your hand-writing: i cant even read it
Q: Are your toenails painted: i am a boy -.- ... or am i?
Q: Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in: my teddies bed
Q: What colour shirt are you wearing: white
Q: What were you doing at 7:00pm yesterday: Playing badminton lol
Q: I can't wait till: FUngus crazy sex rally!
Q: When did you cry last: dun remember.
Q: Are you a friendly person: dunno
Q: Do you have any pets: Not anymore.


Where is the person you have feelings for right now? - my english is crap, and I dun understand the sentance
Did the last person you held hands with mean anything to you now? – no.
Do you sleep with the TV on? – I dun even watch tv lol
What are you doing right now? – typing?
Have you ever crawled through a window? – hehe yes
Can you handle the truth? - yes.
Are you closer to your mother or father? - Mum
Who was the last person you cried in front of? – cant remember either
How many people can you say you've really loved? - Everyone
Do you eat healthy? - I want to, but i dont hehe
Do you still have pictures of you & your ex? - no
Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you? - i think
How often do you go to church? – I am orthodox hommie
If you're having a bad day, who are you most likely to go to? - myself
Are you loud or quiet most of the time? – Quiet
Are you confident? - depends. My 'hyper after 11pm theorem' applies. Did u know I am crazy after 11pm?

5 things I was doing 10 years ago..(1998)
1- i was 5 years old
2- punching people
3- crying.
4- eating.
5- laughing

5 things on my to-do list today
1- Do my hw -.-
2- Read the bible and pray
3- Watch olympics
4- Spam people
5- Blog

5 snacks I enjoy
1- Grass
2- Corn Chips
3- More corn chips
4- Chocolate
5- Cake


5 things I would do if I were a billionaire
1- rob more banks
2- travel.
3- spend on toilet paper
4- donate to charity
5- give some to friends and family


5 of my bad habits
1- I spam people till they explode
2- I speak so softly that u would headbutt the wall
3- My memory is bad
4- I cbs doing hw
5- I am lazy and loving it :)


5 places I have lived in
1- mum's tummy.
2- current house.
3- -
4- -
5- -

5 jobs I've had
1- Student.
2- Hired slave
3- Kid
4- Friend.
5- Cousin.

5 people I tag
Anyone that has blogs that I know

Here I am, humbled by your majesty.......

Hi peeps!
Surprisingly i am not tired from the whole week filled with Alpha retreat and Kidshaper lol. Today I went to church and we compared a humble vs proud mind. Well i guess we know it is better to be humble than proud.

Humble yourself before God humbles you hehee. Cause it won't be a nice experience if he does so. I remembered an awesoem song by Delirious. It is called Majesty (here I am)

Here I am humbled by your Majesty
Covered by your grace so free
Here I am, knowing I'm a sinful man
Covered by the blood of the Lamb

Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine
Since you laid down your life
The greatest sacrifice

Majesty, Majesty
Your grace has found me just as I am
Empty handed, but alive in your hands
Majesty, Majesty
Forever I am changed by your love
In the presence of your Majesty

Here I am humbled by the love that you give
Forgiven so that I can forgive
Here I stand, knowing that I'm your desire
Sanctified by glory and fire

Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine
Since you laid down your life
The greatest sacrifice

I really love the first line, and also the one where it says 'forgiven so that I can forgive'. It is really true. God forgives us so that we can forgive. God loves us so that we can love. God is merciful to us so that we can alsio be merciful to others. God shows us grace so that we can show grace to others. God really wants us to treat others how he has treated us.

Now I gonna go :) Bye peeps!!

Kidshaper 08!

Hiya peeps!
I just came back from kidshaper today. yay! I gotta say, it was definately something that took my walk with god to a new level, and also equipped me up with heaps of advice and inspiration to be a leader at sunday school and elsewhere.

I believe God really wants me to be more of an influence into other people's lives, and many people have told me that. I completely agree. To be honest, where my walk with God really took off was cause of some of the really positive influeneces around me. I want to be like that to others lives. Kidshaper was a conference about leading. I will blog about each of the sessions in the next few days, but i just wanted to say that the conference in general took me to the 'highlife. Highlife camp was awesome, and definately an appropriate and important name.

I always want to take my walk with God higher each day. I am content of what I have and what God has given me, but I am not content with my walk with God. None of us should be. God doesn't want us to live just normal lives, he wants us to FLY!; to be extraordinary.

The peeps that came for the whole conference were Sonja, Audrey, Mister Goh!, Samuel Chee, Me, Nick, Rachel Lee, June and her friend. We stayed in a apartment in Richmond, fairly close to the the church we went to. I gotta say, the webbie of the apartments looked pretty pro, but when we got there, we didn't get a run for our money lol..

The place looked good on the outsidem but in the inside, you noticed many flaws and problems. Eg, i wanted to open the bathroom window; it fell out. lmao!! Oh yeh, Nick borrowed Pete's car for the few days. We totally stuffed it up so bad! lmaOO! Both the roller doors are pratically falling out and can barely close, and the boot can't shut properly either lol. We also rolled his car in the muddy Richmond AOG carpark. Lol don't go for a car wash cause if u do, the water will coem in through the massive gap in the door loolll.

And also, my diet is so gg. Last week I had the alpha retreat. there I ate so much junk food, and this week, i think i ate fast food like 5 times? I usually have it like only once a few weeks. hheee..

Events and conferences like these are not designed to restore our lost passion for Christ, but to soar higher than before; to take us to a new level.

Bye peeps! I tired lol. Cyaz! I will blog more about the messages soon!

Alpha Thingy!

Hi peeps! I just came back from the Alpha retreat today lol. It was a fun time aswell as an awesome experience with God. The peeps that came were Qynn, Vernis, Kim, Jean, Samuel Chee, Jared (aka mister Goh!) Hughbert, Hugh, Harold and myself. We went to this place which I already forgot where it is, but it was about 45 mins away.

Recently we were discussing about the holy spirit and what he does. It can give us many powerful gifts like healing, wisdom and speaking in tongues etc.... At the retreat, we were given an awesome and priceless opportunity to experience some of it ourselves! We were given the chance to take the offer of speaking in tongues.

Firstly, it is faith and trust that allows these gifts to be properly accepted. I learnt that every christian has the holy spirit livign inside them, but not everyone is filled with the holy spirit. Sound confusing?- I was confused at first lol. Well it is actually pretty simple; the spirit is living inside us, but we all have different gifts and powers from it.(being filled with the holy spirit)

Well ya, i really wanted to take my faith to a new level, and the gift of tongues is something that does that. When we pray, we may soemtimes pray for the wrong thing, or we may be stuck for ideas or words, but when we speak in tongues, the holy spirit is really speaking through you, using what is in your heart. So you dun really need to know wat to pray, just let the holy spirit do tha talkin' (*american gangsta accent*)

I took the opportunity to learn how to speak in tongues. It is like a baby talking for the first time; you dont really know how to talk properly. At first, I struggled to get words out of my mouth, cause I really din know any words. The peeps who knew how to speak in tongues prayed for those who didn't know how. After perserverence and trust, I managed to roll some words out of my mouth. I din know wat I was saying, but I just let the holy sprit move through me. The gift of tongues is simmilar to any other language; you need to practice and use it often for it to expand. So those who have the gift of tongues, remember to practice and use it during your time with God so it doesn't go out of your head.

We had some extreme worship at the retreat too- using Kim Ooi's laptop :)
The reasome why I loved worship there is cause it was sincere. No matter where we are, we can worship God the same. We may not be at church, we may not be at Fungus, and we may not even have proper music, but we can still worship God with our all. Actually, we dun even need to sing to the lyrics if we don't want to, just worship God however you want to. Even if your voice is really bad, just shout it out lol. i am sure we would respect u even more if u did that, cause it shows that you worship God regardless of anything.

it is always satisfying seeing people on fire for God, but i know it is hard to keep that passion burning. Events like camps and retreats are designed to bring your faith to a new level, so when you go back to your normal life, make it somewhat different to your usual self. Take a new step as time progresses, even if it may be only a tiny step. Oh, and talking about that, go and invite some of your friends to the upcoming Fungus rally lol. If we step out in boldness and faith, I trust God will show up in the situation. Just show them the title of the rally; I am sure that will stir something up within them ^^

Well ya, the retreat was a really fun time too lol. A few of us cooked breakky and dinner too :)
For dinenr we cooked spaghetti, and for breakky, hash browns, sausages, scrambled eggs and bacon. hehehee...... I hardly slept last night lol. Olympics on tv, hyper kids in the room; its pretty hard to sleep lol. I got kidshaper this week too lol. I am so gonna be really tired after the week hhee. Well peeps, i gonna sleep now. Bye!!

Highlife !!

Heya guys! I was meant to post this ages ago but i kinda forgot lol. Well ya this is my post on the Fungus/101 highlife camp!

When i went to camp, i had a feeling that God was gonna move powerfully in the lives of those who had a passion for him. Even before camp, he reminded me that he was an awesome and powerful God. Like heaps of peoples were not able to come to camp for many reasons, but were suddenly allowed to come only just before it started! Prayer is powerfuL! lol...

I walked into camp with a pretty bad cold; i pretty worn down and tired. I decided to lift everything up to God, and trusted that he would heal me. By the next day i was healed and could worship God without any setbacks! Praise God!

A personal encounter with God is what we all need, and I really wanted God to touch me at this camp. I wasn't content with the life I am living, and I wanted to get closer to God. On the last night (yesterdaY) it was during a worship session where I encountered him. There was an alter call for forgiveness and to make commitments to live for God in our daily lives. We went hardcore and the pastor asked us to confess our sins in front of everyone and ask for forgiveness. This was for those who wanted to. I responded to it, and confessed for putting other things in front of God. It was destroying my walk with him, and the Holy spirit convicted me to do something about it. I chose to quit Battlestations and every game or thing that causes my relationship with God to be wrecked. I just deleted the facebook app just a sec ago :)
(btw this was originally written on July 5th; day after camp. I am just finishing the post lol)

In the bible, God says: "If my people humble themselves before me and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and forgive them." That is the only way we can be forgiven. Some may think that just asking God to forgive you will allow them to be forgiven. You actually need to also try your best not to do it again. The first part of humbling yourself before him is pretty much admitting you have sinned.

The camp in general really restored my passion for God. I made commitments to keep that fire for him burning in my life even as I left camp. I wanted Highlife '08 not to be simply an event I rocked up to and had a great time and left still as the same person, but I wanted it to change my life forever. With an awesome camp in the presence of God and an atmosphere of worship; it is pretty easy to be on fire for Christ. When we leave there and go back to our homes and normal life full of temptation and distraction, it is really easy to drift away from God. I pray that i will always put him before anything else in my life. Those of you who made commitments at the camp, remember to live your life for God alone, and to make it an act of worship to him.

I will cover soem aspects of camp:

Food:
Bring instant noodles man! SImply cause u may not like the food there, and you certainly dont get fed enough there lol. Kevin Chang kept on saying "this food tastes like *%#%!!" lol man... the camp guys could hear him saying that :) Oh ya i rememebr the hash brown eating contest onthe last day, between him and me lol.... i think he dropped out :) lol everyone woke up late that day so i pratically cleaned up all the food ^^

Cabins:
I met soem interesting dudes in my cabin. I got to know some better, and met some new guys.
There was this dude in particular called James who was obsessed with porn/chicks..... =.="
I could see his walk with God was pretty distant. I prayed for him and asked God to change him. I also noticed that if you want something to happen; fight for it! In this situation, the way I would fight for it was to really put some effort into telling him more about Christ. As i mentioned before, we had a forgiveness session. I was pleased and surprised to see that he surrendered to God and asked him to forgive him for his darkest of sins. I walked up to him and told him that for God to forgive him, he needed to humble himself before him (which he already did), and to turn from his ways. I later prayed for him. I already saw God moving in that guy's life.

Sessions: speaker was pastor Michael Raj. He was Chris' youth pastor back in Malaysia. He was a truly anointed man of God. The sessions were packed awesome worship and preaching. In one of the sessions we were asked to imagine what my walk with god will look like in the future.

Firstly, looking back over the years, my life was in the same position for years; pretty much far away from Christ. It is only over the last year or 2 that I have made a commitment to take up my cross and walk in Gods will, and not my own. I still hope to be more passionate for Christ and be closer to him in the next few years.

Another awesome bit of camp was the last nights campfire. We could barely light the flame at first, but then after a while we got a few huge fires burning! My shoes got burnt on the fire hehee. I want to add photos but i dunno how to lol :)
And also on the last night, we had the skits from each 'family'. I was in browning family. The most funny bit was Kevins 'R Rated' version of Umbrella :) He started going overboard, which also lost his group marks! hahahha!

Yeh i can blog much more but i wanna summarise everything pretty short; God is great! hehhe. It was an awesoem camp. I just noticed i have an english essay due tomorow. I better get going lol. Bye peeps!

Amazing Grace

Heya peeps! Hehe i cbs blogging much lately, but i blogging now :) The last week has been pretty fun, cept for half the week I had a pretty bad flu. So many people seem to be getting sick lately lol.... Today was a somewhat different day at church. Well everything was the same routine, but it felt different. Sunday school was really good today, cause more kids came than usual, and it was a pretty fun and satisfying lesson.

The message that the speaker today gave at church was really hardcore (in a good way). It was about grace i think. We are given god's grace so that we can have a second chance. We are not given grace so that we can continue to live sinful lives. I guess some take it for granted. I am tired lol. i wanna sleep :)

Bye peeps!

Alpha and Fungus :)

Hi everyone!! Soz for not blogging in a while cause I kinda slacked off a little lol.

Each week at Alpha i learn heaps of stuff. So if u want to know more about Christianity, try coming along to Alpha! This week we learnt about witnessing. I kinda forgot exactly wat was shared, but I will try to summarize it in my words:

Witnessing is sharing your faith with others. There are many ways you can witness to others. Some ways are better for some people. This could be telling them about the love of Christ, or simply living a Godly life; where words are sometimes not necessary. But before you do any of this, make sure the life you are living really does reflect the true image of God. For example:

If you live a life where you always tell 'white lies', and then tell your friends about God, you are creating a false impression on what a Christian is. Well of course we all sin, but this refers to those who continuously live the same, sinful life no matter how much they know it is wrong.

That reminds me of something I wanted to say lol. Sinners honestly don't bother me, it is those who claim to be a Christian and know very well that what they do is sinful, but still do it. Even the most godly people were once sinful, but they chose to turn from their sinful ways.

I think these were the steps of witnessing:

1. Live a good example
2. Share the gospel with others
3. Keep them in prayer, and for their hearts to be softened

Remember, don't worry on how to witness to others, god will make an opportunity, and all you have to do is step out in faith. God will do the rest.

And something I got from the bible:

When you feel a urge to share you faith, but don't, god holds you accountable. But if you share the best you can, yet they turn you down, God will still be happy with you, cause u done your part. Don't be discouraged. Witnessing is the job God has given you, but you are only responsible for doing that job, not for the results.



And now for Fungus:

lol if i am right, I thought we had the same discussion at Fungus last week about sex. Ermm i think I blogged about it last week, so check some of my older posts :) I also tend to forget what i have blogged about and often repeat stuff, so please excuse that lol....

Oh ya, lol the new name of the Fungus rally is 'Crazy Sex Show!'...... so its a show now?? lmao!! Think peoples lol... here is the perfect opportunity to invite all your madly horny friends to Fungus rally! Hopefully they will turn to Christ. *sigh*, nearly everyone in my school is really horny lol, but that means I can invite more people! hhhehehe!! Anyways, i better get to sleep lol.


Bye peeps! :)