SF Tshirt Design Progress

Final product? None.
So sad huh? My design was unused *sigh~
But I still like my design ^^
LIVE LIFE TO THE MAX!
God bless :)

Ah Ah Ah~ Christmas! Hehe~

Merry Christmas!
I don't know what to say after my last post, had various feedback, but I kind of saw some of them coming.
But its good feedback, make me grow a bit *smiles~ ^^

To readers of the last post "'Fair Is Foul", if what I've type are offensive, inaccurate, exposing, irrelevant or just plain straightforward.
Don't worry, I know what I need to learn, not to go too far at either sides.

Anyway, Blessed Christmas to all :)

'Fair Is Foul

and foul is fair’ chant the 3 witches in Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’. Shakespeare had a clear knowledge of Scripture and it’s highly likely that his inspiration for the witches’ chant came from this warning given by the prophet Isaiah hundreds of years before: ‘Woe to those who call evil good and good evil’ (Isaiah 5:20).

The above is an excerpt from a bible reading guide for youth called Bible Bytes. What situation or example can you think of when it comes to twisting good and bad?

I remember a teacher of mine once said something that had erased a whole lot of respect I had for him/her, I rephrased what was said: “If you want to be a politician, you got to know how to cheat, bribe and take bribery.”

That is so wrong!!! Hey guys, this is not right at all!

I wanted to scream my thoughts and correct that teacher right at that time but somehow I didn’t, all I did that time was just voice my objection to a classmate beside me. This still bothers me because many students liked that teacher! The immediate words Jesus said that comes to mind when I thought about it was:

It will be terrible for people who cause even one of my little followers to sin. Those people would be better of thrown into the deepest part of the ocean with a heavy stone tied around their neck! (Matthew 18v6)

As disgusting as the person leading someone to do wrong, there’s something to say about those who are supposedly “victims” as well as the rotten, out-to-be-thrown-into-the-sea people:

Don’t let anyone [trick; fool; deceive] you with [foolish talk; empty word; words that don’t mean anything]. God punishes everyone who [disobeys him; are disobedient] and says [or does] foolish things. So don’t [be partners; have anything to do] with them. (Ephesians 5v6-7)

You know something? I know I shouldn’t be saying this, that the teacher I mentioned, supposedly was a Christian (I heard). I’m gonna give you some … moment to let it sink in and for you to react any way you want (exclaim or go “eww...” or something) so here goes:

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Ready to continue? All right, breathe and read on!
I’ve been thinking often about the topic of Christians falling away from the faith, I know there’s a word for it – backsliding. In case you don’t really know what’s backsliding, no, it’s not sliding down the slide on your back; it means…erm…here are a bunch of meanings that I’ve found:

To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the
faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.

Now what can we say about people who backslide, are backsliding or had backslidden? Often times we say that God is merciful and gracious that He’ll take back the lost sheep or prodigal son with open and loving arms and well, I agree, and its true! But in Hebrews 6v4-6, Paul the Apostle warns against falling away:

But what about people who turn away after they have already seen the light and have received the gift from heaven and have shared in the Holy Spirit? What about those who turn away after they have received the good message of God and the powers of the future world? There is [no way; impossible] to bring them back. What they are doing is the same as nailing the Son of God to a cross [all over again] and [insulting; bringing shame] on Him in public!

Did you see what it says? Impossible! You might wanna read the verses again.

Impossible to be brought back to repentance! Oh no… is this real? Can a believer fall away? What happened to “eternal security”? is this passage referring to people who never fully became Christians? Paul argued again in Hebrews 10, and verses 26-29:

No sacrifices can be made for the people who decided [deliberately] to [keep on] sinning after they [received the knowledge; find out] about the truth. They are God’s enemies, and all they can [expect; look forward to] is a terrible judgment and a furious fire [that will burn up His enemies]. If 2 or more witnesses accused someone of breaking the Law of Moses, that person could be put to death. But it is much worse to [dishonor, hate, trample under foot] the Son of God and to [disgrace; treat unholy] the blood of the promise that made us holy. And it is just as bad to insult the Holy Spirit, who shows us mercy [and brings God’s grace]. [Don’t you think people like that should be punished more [severely] than anyone else?]

Scary…

Wow… now back to the “eternal security” issue. Yes, Salvation is eternal and even though some of us are born again, we still make mistakes and sin but God will forgive (but there’ll be consequences) and help us get back to the right path. So what sin that God can’t forgive? There is NO sin God can’t forgive…

Wrong.

I tell you that any sinful thing you do or say (blasphemy) can be forgiven. Even if you speak against [the Son of Man; God; Jesus], you can be forgiven. But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven, either in this life or in the life to come. (Matthew 12v31-32)

As Bible Bytes put it, “NO FORGIVENESS FOR THIS SIN!” No forgiveness, no mercy, no grace, ever while you’re alive till even after you’re dead. Now what is the link between this huge mistake and the impossible-backslide-case?

Let’s talk about what it means to speak against the Holy Spirit by referring to what happened that made Jesus said those words in the verses above (check out Matthew12v22 onwards). Jesus healed a blind and mute guy who happened to be demon-possessed. Cool right? But the leaders/scholars known as the “Pharisees” at that time thought that it’s totally weird, witch-y and demonic even. They even said that Jesus healed the guy with powers from Beelzebub (the prince of demons).

Alright let’s fast forward a bit to Matthew12v38 onwards. Here, this bunch of I-think-I’m-so-smart guys asked Jesus for a miracle. But Jesus answered no; none will be given except the sign of Jonah. He even called them “wicked and adulterous (unfaithful; eg. Cheating in a relationship)”

Ooh~ what’s the big idea? What’s the sign of Jonah thingy about? The sign of Jonah refers to the miracle of Jesus rising from the dead after 3 days. You see, at first the “smart guys” called Jesus a fake when He did a miracle and yet after that they wanted another miracle or a “sign” so-called from Jesus. So Jesus did die and rose again after 3 days, their reaction?

Those crazy-unbelieving-sucker head “smart guys” still didn’t believe it though they witnessed the whole nail-on-the-cross and KNOW Jesus is alive!(You can find out how they chase Jesus' followers all over the place in the book of Acts) This is like saying air doesn’t exist but you’re breathing air and this is what speaking against the BIGGEST MIRACLE DONE BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ALL ABOUT! *spits~ I’ll just call them nuts.

Hey you may be laughing or chuckling now, but this is the unforgivable-impossible-to-save sin. You might have witnessed the work of the power of the Holy Spirit, but you could have still, in your stiff-necked-block-headedness, turn away from the truth.

Are you guilty of unbelieving? Doubting the move of the Spirit? Saying something against the faith of Christians with whom we might disagree? Hey I'm not saying I'm completely blameless or holy, just to pose a few questions to ask ourselves.

Think about it. Sometimes we might be playing “fair is foul and foul is fair” when we don’t know it.

Note to readers: if you’ve never experience this awesome truth of God’s saving grace in your life, there’s the “ABCs” of Salvation at the end of my previous blog post "Exposing Christianity".
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If you want to rededicate your life to God, get help from a fellow Christian you can trust, or leave me a comment, I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Exposing Christianity?

I don't know why but lately I've been "checking out" some dark, ugly stuff.
Well not that I'm into some sort of occult research, but just random stuff I stumbled upon.
This is kinda contrasting to the Christmas season, where its about love, joy, light, and the ultimate truth about Salvation.
Christmas is really not all about Santa or Christmas trees and stuff, its about the God sending his only beloved and unique Son to save us from sin, from death.
Why? Because we all sin, and the price for sin is death.
So we need someone sinless to redeem us from death, so we can have a restored relationship with our Father in Heaven.

You know, I'm not a person who likes to argue, but I'll just stand for what is right and true, the hardcore way.
There are "religious" or "scientific" people out there who claimed Christianity to be a fake, a lie, and they have all sorts of ways to send that idea across.
Frankly, if I'm to debate with them, I won't say I'll be completely confident or will melt in nervousness.
I just don't know what I'll do.

But one thing I can be sure of is, God will be there for me and by His grace I'll pull through the situation.

Many hear that the "end" is near, I don't deny it, no one knows when it'll be except God.
What's gonna happen to us? I can't really explain.
Many things will happen, and many controversies will rise up.
The war will be as such: The World vs Christians
It's scary, I know, but I've learned and is still learning that there is nothing to worry, and nothing to fear.
Impossible you may say, exactly.
Because, the only person you should fear is God, not man, nor troubles, nor disasters.
You see, fearing God is not like "Aah! He's God! He can zap me anytime!" No.
Fearing God is respecting and acknowledging the fact that He is Creator over all things, holy, and His Words are true.

So when His Word says "For God so love the world that He gave His only begotten (unique; single of its kind) son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish (die; be destroyed) but have everlasting life." God really mean it!
1st, He mean it when He says He SO loves the whole world, including you and me
2nd, He mean it when He says that He gave His only Son Jesus to us, Jesus came to the world
3rd, He mean it when He says that anyone, ANYONE who believes in Him shall not die (as in die spiritually in hell) or be left to destruction
4th, AND He mean it when He says when you believe in Him you'll have eternal life, after your body dies, your spirit lives eternally in heaven

Of course, this is not the only sentence He said, where can you find more of God's Word?
The bible! They're not just a bunch of stories and poems.
Once you acknowledge that God is real and He loves you, the bible becomes a love letter!
His messages come through many ways like through the events in the bible, even in the poems/songs and proverbs!

Now would you like to put your trust in this One and Only True Living God? Follow these ABCs to do so:
Admit –you’re a sinner/imperfect. No one can live up to the Holy God’s standard. That’s why no human being is dependable!
Believe –Jesus died on the cross for you. God loves YOU so much that He sent Jesus to take YOUR penalty to save YOU from YOUR sins. Now that’s some one I can trust my life with!
Confess –your sinfulness/imperfection to God, and turn away from it. It could be a sincere cry from your heart, or it may be expressed out loud like this: “Dear God, I know I’m a sinner. I believe that Jesus died for my sins. I trust Him as my Savior (penyelamat). Come into my heart, I make you my Lord and King.”

There you have it, if you had followed the ABC's, welcome to the family of God!
Put your trust in God today, He says He'll never leave you nor forsake (give up on) you, and He mean it! :)
God bless~

Naruto's Back!

I mean, my Naruto name stickers are back! Hehe~
Jed got me this bunch of name stickers with Naruto characters on it but I lost it a few years ago.
How did I find it? Okay here's the scene:

Ma is tidying bookshelf.
Ma is taking out books.
Ma is taking out papers.
Ma stack books and papers on the floor.
Ma picks up a plastic covered sheet of paper.
Ma looks at paper.
Ma puts paper back on stack.
Ma continues to tidy up.
Ma becomes curious.
Ma picks up plastic covered paper again.
Ma look at it.
Ma turns paper around.
Ma sees 61 stickers with Naruto and Celina's name on it.
Ma calls Celina.
Ma explains what happened....

Do I have to repeat myself? Nah...guess not. Anyway, my Ma takes the "search" credit ^^

Yay~! It's alive...!!! *muahahaha~ Don't worry, I've been delivered from Naruto. No more Naruto fan (or as my seniors called me, "Naruto". Serious! They call me Naruto when they see me ><) But I'm still sticking with "Naruto" as my bowling name XD Anyway, I've had to admit I've misled many juniors (even seniors) to "follow" Naruto. Naruto is undoubtedly cool, top manga and anime for like... a very long time. But behind all the "jutsu" and "chakra" stuff lies a mix of Japanese, Indian, and even Chinese divination. Naruto himself is a host (Jinchuuriki) for one out of nine tailed demons (Bijuu) and his is a nine-tailed demon fox (Kyuubi). The creation of these "demons" from Masashi Kishimoto are not merely imagination, there are actually myths and history behind them. Here's a page on these stuff if you want to find more: http://www.leafninja.com/jinchuuriki.php
Kishimoto really did quite some research, no wonder Naruto had been and still is a big impact.

These are just barely 20% of the "witch-y" stuff in Naruto. After I know the dark stuff I actually continued to read until more demons and hell-ish stuff appeared in later episodes (Epi 400+) Then I stop following Naruto episodes all together, well frankly, partly because I don't have the time too><

Anyway, thank God for His deliverance, discernment, and my Ma ^^ hehe..

...Watch what you put into your head......

OOPS~

I just realized that my title for the last post "11th & 12th Dec" was wrong. It supposed to be "6th & 7th Dec" ><>scatterbrain~ @@ hello Celina? what were you thinking?

Anyway, some say I think too much, some say I don't think... I wonder which is true or neither of them are >< hmmm....

Dumdeedumdum~ "God made me who I meant to be, He loves me just the way I am...and for this simple reason, I am happy to be me! Whoa-oh Whoa-oh~..." Hillsong Kids really have the simplest and best lyrics! But give me Donut Man anytime XD

*sigh~ some kids just don't grow up don't they? This is what I call "child-like faith"! Haha~^^

Rejoice always~!

11th & 12th Dec~

Feeling a little bored, lost to blog…let’s see, anything interesting these few days?
Yesterday morning, woke up to a random father who went to market himself early in the morning and bought chicken and seafood. Assigned me to prepare and marinate them. Reason? Barbeque dinner!

“Did Pa say when he’ll do this?” Ma asked.
“Nope. Err...Yes! He just told me to marinate this stuff for TONIGHT.”

What was I saying?><

Anyway, it was a pretty nice day, nice food, nice fellowship, yum~ ^^

Oh! That afternoon I did a little gift shopping, and came home with a mini dress for Christmas and I actually liked it and picked it for myself *Flashes smile~ XD What an accomplishment!

Hm… what else is new? Ah~ today went to Penang for brace appointment and back. Doc said I’ll brace-off at 16th Jan! Whoohoo~! Can’t show my full enthusiasm as Doc was poking around inside my mouth when he break the news, just a loud “OWH-gh”.

Listened to Donut Man while travelling, suddenly Pa started singing along *chuckles~ XD
“Can you please switch it off?”
*??~
“This is like a lullaby… I’m so SLEEPY!”

HAHAH~! This just proves Donut Man songs are peaceful ^^~

Dumdeedumdum~ God bless ye!

Reminiscing NSCFL Camp ‘07

I think it’s exactly 3 years since then, I’ve taken out the “goodie bag” a while ago and look through the stuff.Some pictures from NSCFL (National School Christian Fellowship Leaders) Camp at "Seminari Theologi Malaysia" in Seremban:





The Teams with their cheer!









Devotion:






Picnic lunch! XD




more pictures~



HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARISSA!


Talk about rebel, and promises:



MUAHAHA~ Games time! XD










Great time of worship and coming before God~






My favorite part of the camp, "Selah" day, praying for CFs around the country (featuring: feet washers):

















Here’s part of the letter from the Scripture Union team which reflects about their thoughts on the event.I also almost forgot about the note of promise to God that we wrote during camp. Have you made any promises to God before that you had forgotten or had just put aside?I heard the main character of a series called “F.B. Eye” quoted something like this:
“Sometimes, we need to take a step back to see how far we have gone.”
I think it’s really true. Take a break when you’re tired, look back and reflect, and see how far God has brought you.

Be blessed~