. Worth More Than A Sparrow .

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

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Joash commits to...

1) Not sleep in air-con
2) Not bath in hot water
3) Spend no more than $3 on a meal
4) Sleep two weeks per week on the floor
5) Drinking only water (and coffee/tea if necessary to stay awake in class)

for the month of july(:

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tsk tsk joash. angst is nooot good.

dancers can't dance if they are afraid of falling(:

in other news, i love suyin. SIGH.

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Monday, 29 June 2009

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The more I know, the less I understand.

sigh.

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Sunday, 28 June 2009

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okok i feel like blogging about the service today :D (even though i got lots of work to do. sigh. nvm, blog fast fast.)

i loved the service today(: i didn't realise how... not-at-home i felt at the new place until uncle david came and gave me a punch halfway through worship. haha. made me realise that bartley isn't just about the old building, but it's the sum of all the pople inside that forms it. like the video said...

We are Bartley Christian Church

This is who we are. It's not about a building, but it's the people who make up the church. I felt so at home after that (: It's really really very nice to be home once again.

ok(: now about the programmes and stuff. THE BAND WAS AWESOME. ahaha. Aviom rocks my socks. The orchestra was really good too!! Sharon's flute and Grace Teo's violin sounded awesome. (the rest sounded good too, just that i particularly noticed it when these two instruments were solo-ing) And the choir has improved a lot :D i like. hahaha.

I lreally appreciated the song that they sang, which was.. "Find us Faithful"

After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone
And our children sift though all we've left behind
May the clues that they discover and the memories they uncover
Become the light that leads them to the road we each must find

I was like.. uhmm.. semi-crying. ahaha. Ok, not crying per se. More of tearing. I KNOW, it's still very cmi. But aiyah. I suddenly realised the weight that is upon the shoulders of us young people. The older generation has gone before us and left behind a legacy. They have lived through so much more than us, experienced so much more trials and temptations, and come out victorious. And it's just.. staggering. We think we've gone through a lot. but we're only.. what. 20+ max? Could I/we take another 20 years of harder and harder trials, and still come out faithful?

Sometimes I wonder if tm412/Frontline Youth was a stand-alone youth group, would we grow up to be like today's bartley christian church? Would we be able to rise up? Would we answer the call and reach the world around us? Would we eventually grow to become a thousand strong? Or will we just "maintain" the same numbers until we hit our 40s and 50s?

They answered the call.

And so must we.

And so will we(:

Oh yes!! THE DANCE TEAM. They did really fantastic today man!! Last time, dance was just.. dance to me. but today they were really really rocking. hahaha. Ok, besides the awesome dancers (like yimin), the meaning of the dance was there. And the song choice was fantastic too! Dancing to praise him(: I like a lot.

With all the young people rising up to serve God, and a new awesome building with lots and lots of gadgets, I'm pretty excited to see where Bartley will go in the next few years (:

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Saturday, 27 June 2009

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with songs that bring Your hope...

and songs that bring Your joy...

no God like our God(:

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Friday, 26 June 2009

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i wanna MARRY YOU.

ahahahaha. funny song :D

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Tuesday, 23 June 2009

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pox says:
but of course do look out for the guys if you can :)
pox says:
nonono do look out for the guys (fullstop)
pox says:
:)
joash; He lives(: driven by brokeness. says:
HAHAHAHA.
joash; He lives(: driven by brokeness. says:
YES CGL!!! :D

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i love my cgl. ahaha.

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the older you get, the more human you realise your parents are.

and the more you realise you can jack them. ahahahaha.

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Wednesday, 17 June 2009

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I wanna see the broken hearts
finding hope in God above
I wanna know I’m doing all I can
So with this life, with all I am
No matter what the cost may be
I pray to see your love become our cause

I won’t stop believing
You alone are, You alone are God
In You there's freedom

Your love brings me to my knees again
We're gonna bring an anthem of love
We're gonna live for you now

This perfect love, I can't explain
This way of life that has no end
Your mercy satisfies, it's all I need
My purpose found in You alone
to love the lost and bring them home
We were made to glorify our king

Your love brings me to my knees again
We're gonna bring an anthem of love
We're gonna live for you
May your love become my every thought
I wanna know the sound of your heart
I wanna live for you now

Sing You, you bring me life
You bring me hope
You're all I need

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finally back (:

it feels really nice to be home. what makes singapore, singapore. serene and quiet roads. nice big houses. carpeted floors. friends smiles.

home (:

love all of you lovelies who were there when the three of us came through those gates :D they were "?!?!?!?! what is joash carrying?!" heheheheh. it was a bargain man :D Sabian HHX Evolution cymbal set for only $1100. woots.

anyway, been catching up on blogs over the last 30mins. why are kids here so emo ah :/ or maybe it's just because they have an avenue to express it. BUT IT'S OKAY. cos God's the solution (: so i'll do my best to be his tool wherever i go, and see lives changed for his glory.

the last two months has been incredible. i have really become accustomed to life over there. loud horns every 5 seconds. mountains wherever you turn your eyes too. awesome cute kids outside the school. sigh. but what's more important is that lives that i managed to interact with and the lessons that i've learnt.

this isn't going to be some long post or what (partially because i didn't journal like chris and ian) but... i guess what was really impressed on me was the need to be frontline. THIS is the frontline. school, family, church. broken lives that needs to be healed by jesus's power. the power of his restoring love and grace. there IS no "i need a break" or "they'll be fine, i need to worry about my own problems too". driven by the brokeness of the people around, i cannot sit silent when i have the ultimate cure in me.

hur hur, frontline youth (: ironic that as we're about to change the name, then i truly get what it means to be frontline.

i'm also learning to take it slow :D i'm just gonna ignore the fast paced life over here in singapore. with so many choices everywhere, we just wanna do everything and not miss out on anything. but in reality... we can't. but that's okay. we pick what's important. like, God, family, studies, friends, etc. and of course in appropriate amounts(: we don't have to burn out trying to do everything because we'll feel like the world is moving on without us if we don't. yeah... chillax is the key (:

i kindda miss ah yi. and all the other kiddies too. AND CLIMBING MOUNTAINS WITH THEM.

ok, i'll post some pictures soon when i get them uploaded(:

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