Finding your anointing...

I've been trying to find my anointing.

Yes, there are things I do pretty well, things which come naturally to me, but that's different from the anointing.

In my view, the anointing is when "whatever you touch turns to gold" (A phrase my good friend Jessel used to describe my brother). It is when the simplest ideas and simplest methods produce extraordinary results.

It is the difference between good, great and awesome.

It is when the results make a difference in the world around you and have an unexplainable unanimous vote of positivity from every possible angle.

I know people who work with the anointing - some know it, some harness it, some deny it - but no matter what they say, the anointing is so obvious in their lives and the things they do.

The biblical definition of "anointing" is to "apply oil" which sounds kind of funny when you apply it to the things people do. However, the literal meaning in today's English language is "to choose or as if by divine intervention"

That's IT!! To find your anointing is to find the thing you do, that somehow always seem to have some kind of divine intervention. Now, I know, that's kinda hard to do.

I like a quote from Rev Tan Ye Peng (CHC), "The way to find your anointing is by putting in 100% in what you do from 9 to 5"

It is just to put in your best, in order for God to use you and bring you beyond your best. Once you have experienced how the anointing works, you'll be able to harness you anointing in whatever you do - consciously or unconsciously.

James 2: 14,18, 22-24 says,

14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

It is not about how much we pray, how much we believe and how much we hope - it is about how we put our faith into action.

In the same way, finding your anointing is by putting your faith into action; doing the best you can in whatever you do, knowing that the Holy Spirit will intervene and bring you beyond your best!!

What Jesus does for you & I

I cried when I watched this ...it's so real ....

Amazing Creativity!!

Another example of how God gave us amazing creativity!!

Blessed greatly!!

I've recently been blessed greatly!!! Watch this space for more details soon!! :)

For now, let's just say it has to do with an Apple and a Bose ...... hee hee ...

Amazing Stage Design!!

This is really stage work in the NOW!!

Time for the church to keep up and stay relevant to society -

2 more days till Nov 14 ... the day I'm supposed to be able to get my Macbook Pro ... but am I actually gonna get it?

Oh well .... :)

It takes something more ...

It takes something more for a person to be faithful ...
It takes something more for a person to carry on ...
It takes something more for a person to go the extra mile ...
It takes something more for a person to feel mistreated but still go on ...
It takes something more for a person to love people he doesn't like ...
It takes something more for a person to survive on faith ...
It takes something more for a person to build a strong inner man ...
It takes something more for a person to work under a weak leader ...
It takes something more for a person to make history in the midst of old mindsets ...
It takes something more for a person to get all the blame for the weaknesses of his leaders ...
It takes something more for a person to commit his life to serving in a place with a whole load of baggage no one is willing to get rid of ...

Do I have something more?

Funny Funny Funny!!

The new Apple Macbook

I can't believe it ... I'm supposed to be occupied with many things - Church Operations, Youth ministry, Creative Arts Ministry, Freelance teaching, Freelance Sound engineering ..... but something keeps bugging me almost every free (and busy) moment ...

I WANT AN APPLE MACBOOK PRO!!

I've got so many reasons for needing one.

Going through the 30 day rule now - wait 30 days before you buy something to minimise impulse buys .... Well, I've wanted a Macbook since forever, but the new Macbook was only released on Oct 14, so to be fair to my wallet, I'll wait another 19 days .....

I guess I already know what the answer will be ..... oh well ... a Christmas present for myself maybe?? haha ...

Time of Testing

I guess it's a time of testing ... time to re-aligning my focus ... time where no one else understands except God ... time where I gotta listen and do what He says ... time where the following words take on a new meaning ...

Faith
Humility
Patience
Faithfulness
Submission

These words never carried more weight than now ...

2 Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God. 3 Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases. 4 Since a king's word is supreme, who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

5 Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm,
and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.

6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,
though a man's misery weighs heavily upon him.

7 Since no man knows the future,
who can tell him what is to come?

Ecclesiastes 8:2-7

1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:

9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. 13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

Ecclesiastes 3:1, 9-14

5 Those who sow in tears
will reap with songs of joy.

6 He who goes out weeping,
carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with him.

Psalms 126:5-6

I'm about 1500m above sea level now, marvelling at God's creation. I was just telling my mum, how can anyone live here and not believe there's a God? If anyone's wondering, try looking for me on Google Earth, my location according to my phone is ..... ok, just went out to get a GPS reading and it's totally fogged out. Visibly about 30m :) try searching for Mount Kinabalu Heritage Resort & Spa. Or a place called Kundasang.

Anyway, everytime I travel is a time for me to think and re-align my life. This trip is no different. Will probably post more when i get to use a proper computer, i'm like typing a really long sms on my phone now.

Oh, btw, to everyone, check out the new MacBook Pro on e Apple website! :)

Work Performance for projects/jobs initiated by you = A+
Work Performance for projects/jobs assigned to you = B+
Attitude = F9

Guess who ....

IT'S COMING!!

I need wisdom ...

2 Chronicles 1:10 - Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?"


It's my first full week back at work since bible school .... it's actually quite challenging.

A few projects I completed at work during bible school now need to be updated and re-worked.

Work is piling up.

Many people have asked me - what is your job? What do you do? Are there really so many things to do in a church?

There are.

I need wisdom - to make the right decisions and to do the right things at the right time ....

Are you a threat?

I'm in Jakarta now on mission trip. The Spirit impressed me with a question last night while I was still in Singapore eating supper with one of my cell members.

Are you a threat to the kingdom of darkness?

Somehow the question stuck with me and I've been thinking about it the whole day; even on the flight here.

Does the kingdom of darkness tremble when you speak? Do your words cause demons to flee? Is your ministry and your service in the church raising fear among Satan's generals?

As I'm starting to go on more mission trips, I begin to think - Are my trips causing harm to the kingdom of darkness?

After graduating from Bible school just last week, I'm going through a period of prayer and re-organising my life and ministry; to re-strategize and cause havoc in the spiritual realms. :)

I really pray that what we do in our ministry is not in vain.

So once again I ask - Are you a threat?

Mission Trip Tomorrow!

Flying off to Sabah for mission trip tomorrow morning. It's kind of a dream come true. I've always loved the place and the people.

Although I go back very regularly, I've always wanted to do something for the people .. this is my first mission trip there from Singapore - I'm hoping it's the start of something special ..

Accomplishment

It's been a busy day .. but I feel like I've achieved a lot ...

Going through a period now where people might be misunderstanding me .... cos of sch, i cant spend as much time at work .. but oh well ... I think I'm doing pretty ok .. just picking up the momentum to do better at my work .. :)

Thank God - I will be excellent in what I do!!

Is it really just the Chinese culture?

I just finished a major project at work.

Honestly, I think I did a good job - not a perfect job, not the best that can be, but still a pretty good job.

But I'm not happy.

Maybe it's just me, maybe I expect too much, but instead of getting a pat on my back, it was announced in front of everyone that "we have not done a good job, there are many areas that we could have improved, please forgive us for any shortcomings."

After the project, everyone was tired - I got back to office the past few days, all pple wanted were to close accounts, "find out which areas can be improved" .... Did I really do so terribly?

There was a lot of stress before the project - my colleagues did cover up my shortcomings; there was a lot of stress during the project - I felt my colleagues & superiors were not there when I needed them during the project; the stress is over after the project - I'm human, I need a pat, just a gentle pat. Instead of a pat, I'm all alone, like a pet abandoned after the circus show is over ...

But no ... I did everything wrong - I did the wrong things, said the wrong things, controlled my emotions wrong, drove the wrong way .. every thing's wrong - but hey, THAT'S NOT TRUE!

Is my attitude wrong? I am but human ...

Maybe at the end of the day, all I need is God to say "Well done." Is this what it means to pursue the recognition of God & not of man? I've been trying to have the right attitude and motives all this time - have I got it all wrong??

I know He wants me to go further .. to do something greater for Him - but is this the avenue? I'll ask Him.

Living in His promises

Ever wondered how unpredictable life can be?
Ever wondered how the things we expect don't happen?
Ever wonder how come God's promises don't work out the way we expect them to?
Ever wondered why we call Him God and yet we expect Him to do things the way we would do them?

Ever realized how every time you're sure you got a promise from God, He'll test your faith?

Ever realized how something will be taken from you before something greater is given to you?

Faith & Fear cannot co-exist - in the same way, Harvesting cannot exist without sowing - we have to give up something to get something.

Trust Him! Only He knows what's best for you!

Had a great birthday!!

Had a Great Birthday yesterday - it was really, honestly, sincerely MUCH better than I thought it would be. :)

Celebrated with some new friends I got to know on a mission trip to Kedah - these are GREAT friends & yes, I just might write about them soon. :)

We had lunch at Seoul Garden - some of you might cringe at the idea of Seoul Garden for a birthday, but hey, I LOVE MEAT!! They suddenly gave me a GIGANTIC (to me) Winnie the Pooh soft toy. HAHA .... I used to think I would drop dead if someone gave me a soft toy for my Bday, but you know what? I GENUINELY LIKED IT ALOT. I don't know why .. haha .. *but ah, my car not very big, so if I keep it in there, like a lot of space taken up leh ... oh well .. :)*

After that, had the customary "Waiters bring you a surprise cake" thing there .. I think it was one of the first time I experienced it and it made me feel "warm" .. :)

Then RUSHED back to office cos I had tons of stuff waiting for me to do, but instead of asking me to "DO STUFF", the office pple were just waiting to celebrate my birthday .. haha .. you know, it feels good when pple put you ahead of work. :)

Something really funny happened - one of my SOT team mates smsed me saying something like "Sorry forgot to celebrate your Bday today" .. then suddenly a WHOLE stream of sms from my team suddenly came in. :) hahaha .. must be someone sent an "emergency sms" to remind everyone in the team. :)

Anyway, my SOT team was really really sweet today - they bought a cake and sang CHC's famous Happy Birthday WOOOOOOHHH song ... but the best thing was, they made one of nicest card I have received for my Bday ... :) It's REALLY REALLY NICE!! :) Can see much effort and attention was put into it ... :)


Having said SO much ... I'm surprised, cos the pple who celebrated my Bday this year were pple I got to know within the last 2 mths. Most of my "real" friends just sent me the obligatory birthday SMS.

You know it makes me wonder, do people start taking relationships for granted after a long period of familiarity ... it's actually really sad ... oh well .. :)

The only "old" friend who really remembered my Bday was David Tan who sent me an email from Australia .. haha ... Good old David ... :)

Oh, and I MUST mention Salome - she was under a lot of pressure to let me have a great Birthday. Salome, if you're reading this, I wanna say it again, I HAD A GREAT BIRTHDAY 2008! Thank you and I love you! :)

Back with great enthusiasm!

Wow! It's been more than 6 months since my last post!! Didn't think it was such a long time till I saw the date of my last post.

What can I say? I've still got a great job!! HAHA .. Well, I'm now into my 9th month of working in BPC - experienced some ups & downs .... in fact, I'm kinda going through a period of "down" now, but it's kinda like riding a roller-coaster - when you're almost nearing the lowest part, that's when you brace yourself for a sudden upward plunge!

I guess that kinda sums up the season I'm in now. I'm bracing myself for an upward plunge, and I know that this plunge will take me much higher from where I came from! :)

So what's happening in my life now?

I started studying at the City Harvest Bible Training Centre in March this year - it'll last all the way till Aug 24th which is my Graduation Day!! After which I will receive my Certificate in Theology. :)

The church is sponsoring my studies, which means of course that while I'm studying, I'm also working in the church! :)

AND, to "supplement" my income, I'm also teaching Guitar and Bass on my "off days" and after office hours. hee hee .... with my supplementary income and God's gracious providence, I'm able to rent a car from a friend long term.

Yes I "own" a car now and the feeling is great!! I'm just afraid how uneasy I'll be after I return it .. :)

Well, that just about sums up what's happening in my life now.


You know what, I forgot the joy of blogging - it seems now that once I start writing, I've got so many things to say! It might just be the momentum of writing - I just finished writing a 1700 word essay for school yesterday. :) You know what I LOVE WRITING!!!! :)