Hello everyone. Its been a while since i last updated my blog. Well i have been really busy these holidays. In the month of june, i had friends from Singapore who came over to visit. So had to bring them around. After that, there was OCF winter camp, and finally the past 2 weeks, i get to rest at home. Time flies, school is starting in 2 weeks time again.
When i had to bring my friends around, we went to swan valley. Its like a place full of wineries. There is this particular winery that attracted my attention. They sell non-alcoholic wines, in other words, sparkling juices. Oh its really good! The winery is called Patritti. I love the Grape sparkling one. I will buy a few bottles back when i go back Singapore. So people in Singapore can wait for it. Also i went to this pizza place called 'Little Caesars', they serve the best pizza there. Its a world famous award winning pizza outlet. I kinda expected to have a large dining area, but its like really small. But its pizzas are so good, especially the dessert pizzas, makes a person drool in his/her sleep.
The other place i visit was the aquarium, its really nice, i think i can just sit down at the underwater tunnel and stare at the fishes all day. The biggests StingRay in the world is known as Smooth Rays apparently, or maybe in Aussie Land. Its 4.3metres long. The first thing that came to mind was Sambal Stingray, think about the amount of meat it will have. Yum.
Well after those highlights, the next highlight was OCF Winter Camp. It was 25mins drive from my place, so near home. That camp was really good. The theme was "God, Our Confidence". or something like that. Anyway made alot of new and good friends there. It was a combine camp between the three centres. The theme verse was taken from Romans 8:1. We are no longer condemned, PRAISE GOD!
We have a hope for the future. A hope that is not uncertain, but a hope that is certain. You know people these days always say :"i hope my exams do fine, i hope that things will turn out alright". They hope in something that is not sure of, but the hope we have in Christ is something that we are sure of, and something we can look forward to because we know God keeps his Promises.
This is only possible because of what Christ has done. God did not do it to reward or to discipline us, but because of His Grace and Mercy. Humans are bound to die, because it is our punishment for sin. All have sin, everyone has done something wrong before. Dont deny it. But God in his great love and mercy, sent Christ to pay the price. We are therefore free. Yet you see God is not a God who forces people to accept it, so you have the freedom to choose whether to accept or not.
It is true, that if you do not accept it, you go to hell, and its true that if you do accept it, you will be with God in heaven. Heres the tricky part. So why do you accept it? Because its your ticket out of hell? I am sorry to say, if thats your motive for accepting it, i believe that God knows. And that i wont be surprise on that day he will say "I never knew you". Matt 7.
Accepting God means admitting you have sin and thanking God for Jesus Christ. Not only so, you will want to change and repent from your past. And now being changed, we can do what is genuinely good and right, because we are made righteous.
Now what is meant by genuinely good and right? It means to do good or right things for another person to benefit. Everyone is selfish, all of us do good because we benefit from it. People say that all religion are the same, all teaches us to do good, but really i think christianity is really different. People do good deeds, because they want to save themselves, the more good deeds they do, the more "good points" they earn. So therefore knowing that i help an old lady, is something good, and therefore i have earn "a point" for my future. So the more good things i do, the more "points" i earn. Now with christianity doing good does not earn any "points". We do good because we want someone else to benefit from it. We hope that the person will be bless because of what we do. Which is why christians should be seen as unselfish people to help within the means of what they can.
I dont think every Christian can be perfect and that good, but with the help of the holy spirit, it slowly changes us and mold us to become like Christ. When you struggle, you know, that the spirit is there helping you and guiding you. It cries out for us. So always set your eyes on what is ahead. The hope that we are assured of.
I only recently discovered that i am that selfish person too. Its really all about me. I do things to be recognize, think about my own benefits and with service is so that i am seen to God as "a good and faithful servant". Service is more than just being seen as doing what is good to God, it also means to make sure someone else whom you are serving is benefiting and that God is seen by others because of what you do. I do not think i can do this by myself, but i firmly believe as Paul has, that in Christ who strengthens me, i can do all things.
Well other than that there were workshops during camp. The one on being single is very good. If YF needs a speaker on it, let me know. haha. i wont mind speaking on outreach too. Alright till next time guys seeya!
When i had to bring my friends around, we went to swan valley. Its like a place full of wineries. There is this particular winery that attracted my attention. They sell non-alcoholic wines, in other words, sparkling juices. Oh its really good! The winery is called Patritti. I love the Grape sparkling one. I will buy a few bottles back when i go back Singapore. So people in Singapore can wait for it. Also i went to this pizza place called 'Little Caesars', they serve the best pizza there. Its a world famous award winning pizza outlet. I kinda expected to have a large dining area, but its like really small. But its pizzas are so good, especially the dessert pizzas, makes a person drool in his/her sleep.
The other place i visit was the aquarium, its really nice, i think i can just sit down at the underwater tunnel and stare at the fishes all day. The biggests StingRay in the world is known as Smooth Rays apparently, or maybe in Aussie Land. Its 4.3metres long. The first thing that came to mind was Sambal Stingray, think about the amount of meat it will have. Yum.
Well after those highlights, the next highlight was OCF Winter Camp. It was 25mins drive from my place, so near home. That camp was really good. The theme was "God, Our Confidence". or something like that. Anyway made alot of new and good friends there. It was a combine camp between the three centres. The theme verse was taken from Romans 8:1. We are no longer condemned, PRAISE GOD!
We have a hope for the future. A hope that is not uncertain, but a hope that is certain. You know people these days always say :"i hope my exams do fine, i hope that things will turn out alright". They hope in something that is not sure of, but the hope we have in Christ is something that we are sure of, and something we can look forward to because we know God keeps his Promises.
This is only possible because of what Christ has done. God did not do it to reward or to discipline us, but because of His Grace and Mercy. Humans are bound to die, because it is our punishment for sin. All have sin, everyone has done something wrong before. Dont deny it. But God in his great love and mercy, sent Christ to pay the price. We are therefore free. Yet you see God is not a God who forces people to accept it, so you have the freedom to choose whether to accept or not.
It is true, that if you do not accept it, you go to hell, and its true that if you do accept it, you will be with God in heaven. Heres the tricky part. So why do you accept it? Because its your ticket out of hell? I am sorry to say, if thats your motive for accepting it, i believe that God knows. And that i wont be surprise on that day he will say "I never knew you". Matt 7.
Accepting God means admitting you have sin and thanking God for Jesus Christ. Not only so, you will want to change and repent from your past. And now being changed, we can do what is genuinely good and right, because we are made righteous.
Now what is meant by genuinely good and right? It means to do good or right things for another person to benefit. Everyone is selfish, all of us do good because we benefit from it. People say that all religion are the same, all teaches us to do good, but really i think christianity is really different. People do good deeds, because they want to save themselves, the more good deeds they do, the more "good points" they earn. So therefore knowing that i help an old lady, is something good, and therefore i have earn "a point" for my future. So the more good things i do, the more "points" i earn. Now with christianity doing good does not earn any "points". We do good because we want someone else to benefit from it. We hope that the person will be bless because of what we do. Which is why christians should be seen as unselfish people to help within the means of what they can.
I dont think every Christian can be perfect and that good, but with the help of the holy spirit, it slowly changes us and mold us to become like Christ. When you struggle, you know, that the spirit is there helping you and guiding you. It cries out for us. So always set your eyes on what is ahead. The hope that we are assured of.
I only recently discovered that i am that selfish person too. Its really all about me. I do things to be recognize, think about my own benefits and with service is so that i am seen to God as "a good and faithful servant". Service is more than just being seen as doing what is good to God, it also means to make sure someone else whom you are serving is benefiting and that God is seen by others because of what you do. I do not think i can do this by myself, but i firmly believe as Paul has, that in Christ who strengthens me, i can do all things.
Well other than that there were workshops during camp. The one on being single is very good. If YF needs a speaker on it, let me know. haha. i wont mind speaking on outreach too. Alright till next time guys seeya!
