Talk About the B*** of the Church

There was something about the Church, which is the Body of Christ, that has been on my mind for quite awhile, and that is: if the butt (buttocks) were a part of the Church, I wonder what kind of people are they?

At first, I sometimes jokingly thought "You know those more difficult people in the church? Someone's gotta be the butt." 
No doubt, there ARE difficult kinds of people in the Body of Christ who are, sad to say, just a pain in the bumbums. And sometimes I do briefly think, hmm why ya? Why do these "butt-people" need to exist, or what kind of role do they play?

If it is just because of the fact that no one is perfect, and there is no perfect earthly church, so I guess maybe those are the more "imperfect" parts of the church? But still, no matter what, we are still one body so.. *shrugs~

1 Corinthians 12v12, 18:

12For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

18But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.

Boy check out verse 18, so.. the Bible meant to say that God is the one who hand-picks whoever is which part of the body? Even the butt? 

*whistles...~ O-kay... 

However, when I give more thought to this, I realised, and was reminded of how crucial the butt is. Rather than being the troublesome poopie-holes, they are the ones who actually get the s*** out of the body. 
They are the ones who work hard and with utmost urgency to keep the bad out of the Body of Christ. 
Or rather, DUMP out the bad that was produced inside the body. 

Now that I think of it, maybe being the bumbums of the Church isn't so bad after all. In fact, it is somewhat noble and too many a time, the Body of Christ lacks members who are in this position...

Helping to keep the peace between members...
Being there to reconcile and help resolve matters...
Willing to just clean up the mess, remove what is unhealthy, restore a "clean and clear" environment...

I am sure there are many more functions but my brain could not think of any more for now. 

 1 Corinthians 12v24-25: 

...But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

Indeed, no matter what role you play or what you are in the church, let us have the same care for each other, because

26If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. 

-- 1 Corinthians 12v26

I am not a cause of suffering, I am a blessing.

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request.

1 Chronicles 4v10

I am not a cause of suffering, I am a blessing.

My condition is able to change, God is able to change my condition.

Can He heal me? Can He speak to me like how He did to this person?

Yes, He can. Can He only heal colds but not heal critical illness? Can He only speak in a certain way and not speak more? Is that all God can do?

No, He can do more. A lot more than we can ever imagine. He can make miracles, then why do you think that He can't help me?

How can I be a blessing if I don't feel blessed? How can I change my situation and feelings to feel blessed?

Its not over yet, my condition does not stop here.

I am blessed to bless.

I am not a cause of suffering, I am a blessing.

Frozen Hair Girl

Frozen Hair Girl

The picture depicts a girl with frozen hair, so long its frozen to the ground of ice all around, she has a strand of gold hair and appears to be praying but its hard to tell what is her expression because her mouth is not clearly visible. 

Words are expressions of the heart, in this picture the frozen hair represents words that are cold and self-centered. These words are usually expressed from a hardened heart, but it would only make one stuck at a place,without freedom and alone. In the picture the girl's hair is starting to thaw from the top of her head, indicating a change of heart.

As the girl's hair thaw her gold hair shows. The gleaming gold strand shines beautifully, like words that are decorated beautifully and nice to listen. But they come from a heart stubborn with pride, expressed in such a way it is covered up to make them sound nice it is almost convincing. It is not natural, anyway, gold isn't hair, it's metal. 

The girl is kneeling, showing humility and looks as if she is praying, probably sorry for the unpleasant words she had said, hoping to change her character for the better. Words are versatile expressions of the heart whether helpful or not, good or bad. Who knows what the mouth is capable of and what will it say next? After all, it is not drawn in the picture.

~Inspired by a vision from a relative in February, picture drawn on 25th March 2014. 

Be blessed * 

Again, I Cry for Malaysia

Okay~ it’s been a really REALLY long time since I posted/ blogged something long. I have no idea what’s taking so long for Blogger to load the “New Post” page, but anyway, back to the reason I’m typing this. Hehe~

Alright, so I’m typing some thoughts sempena (in conjunction with) Malaysia’s 13th General Election. Nothing really political in this post actually, just thoughts and some personal experience, any info on what’s going on in my country you are welcomed to Google Search. XD *ching smile~

So here goes…

A.S.H.: “Celina, don’t you read the news?? You should learn to read the newspaper, watch the news… there’s so much going on out there and so many problems, if you don’t know, how are you going to pray for the nation?”

Me: “erm… ehheh~”

I don't really read news, I'm not really interested in politics and stuff, and I admit I'm ignorant to some extend concerning nation, world, bad or ANY news that are always reported. Hmm...Yeah happy-go-lucky Celina…

No. I do read news. Not a lot but yeah, I can’t really remember what I read though, sometimes >< Many think that I don’t care, matter of fact is I don’t like reading the news because often times if I do read and THINK about it I feel very shaken and sad. I don’t like feeling sad. Even small news like bullying in school would make me come to tears when I pray. So I read, then I try not to think about it, and life moves on. I know I shouldn’t be like this, oh God forgive me.

Hearing the stuff about what Barisan Nasional (especially the ex-Prime Minister) had done I was like “What~??! That’s just so ego!” I mean, come on if you really care for the people you would’ve realize you’re not doing so much of a good job and let someone else take over. It’s just selfish and obviously you don’t really love Malaysia enough to let Malaysia be in better hands. That ego will definitely bring any leader down, as the Bible says

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18 [ESV]). 

Indeed, 

“For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.” (1Timothy 6:10 [NLT]).

Again, I cried for Malaysia. Just the last Thursday night we had prayer meeting at church, Freda let us watch a video of prophecies over Malaysia from a group of brothers and sisters in Jerusalem. I just can’t hold back my tears as I hear of God’s mercy and grace over Malaysia, that there will be great change, so much so that I myself couldn’t really believe it. Besides things considering about our government, there is also declarations of Salvation in Malaysia and alliance with Israel, only God’s people would understand the magnitude of this significance.

The ring I wear is a commitment to God to be a Prayer Pillar, however much I don’t like to cry and feel heartbroken I will say yes to Him to feel His heartbeat for Malaysia and to use my tears, lament and travailing for His glory. Not just a Prayer Pillar but also a Gatekeeper. So cool, Gatekeeper~ haha XD
Was Google-searching “prophetic word for Malaysia” and look what I found ^^ check out these links:

http://allenstae.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-three-prophecies-on-malaysia-by-rev.html

http://limpohann.blogspot.com/2013/03/heeding-prophecy-for-malaysia.html

Be encouraged everyone. God bless Malaysia!

The Real Thing

When I hear the thunder

I think of You, God

Standing on the plains

Where all I can see is just the work of

Your Hands

The sky, the land,

With no man, nor man-made thing in

sight

This, is the real thing

This, is my God.

Amplified:

 

When I hear the thunder

I think of You, God

I know that I’m okay

That I will be okay

For my life lies in the Hands of Powerful Almighty God

Standing on the plains

Where all I can see is just the work of

Your Hands

In the centre of Nature

Your creation

I am in awe and wonder of the beautiful landscapes,

Flora and fauna

The sky, the land,

With no man, nor man-made thing in

sight

When the imperfections and exaltations of man

The distractions of the world with its lights

Are no more

What’s left are the things that exists from the dawn of time

Moreover the One whom existed before the beginning

This, is the real thing

This, is my God.

--Inspired by the thunder and rain on a midnight in May 2012

STPM results are OUT?

Not yet XD

Haha~! Soon, soon >< Argh... I'm excited yet nervous yet anxious yet... like that lorh~

I don't even dare simply pray about the matter, it's like there's nothing much, nothing really relevant to pray about. If I pray to get what I deserve, manatau (what do you know) I deserve ZERO "A"s.

Aah~ scary.

Had a dream of when STPM results are out. Nightmare. All I know I woke up in the morning feeling so grey and mom was just standing by the door, not really knowing what to say when I gloomily half-mumbled about my dream to her while folding something on my bed.

But you know what, thinking back of how far I've came, being obedient to God on staying back, in the past 1 & 1/2 years He had never let me down. So I confidently say, why won't He do it again for the last time in this phase of my life? XD *ching smile~

I took the 1st step of faith and obedience to His will, and I've enjoyed SO MUCH MORE from my good God just because of this step. In the future, if I answer "YES SIR!" to Him all the way, who knows what great measure of blessings and all the indescribable awesomeness awaits for me!

Here's a question: Can you profit, in ANY way, for disobeying God?

No way.

Remember this as I make it clear to you:
There is NO WAY you can profit for disobeying God.

I don't want to talk big on my results, honestly, I don't dare to >< But I did give my shot and not play play (too much XD) in where God had placed me, so whatever the results, I still thank my God :)

God says in the Bible:"I know the plans I have for you, they are to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" [Jeremiah29v11]


Put your trust in Jesus, He never lets you down :)

Some Good Quotes :)

I got this in an email from my "angel", Karen (Yes SFers, like the angel-mortal thing in SF, but she's not in SF ;) )

Someone has written these beautiful words. Must read and try to
understand the deep meaning of it.
They are like the ten commandments to follow in life all the time.

1] Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble, but
it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout.

2] So why is a Car's WINDSHIELD is so large & the Rear view Mirror is so small?
Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, Look Ahead and
Move on.

3] Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes
years to write.

4] All things in life are temporary. If it is going well, enjoy it, they will
not last forever. If it is going wrong, don't worry, they can't last long
either.

5] Old Friends are Gold! New Friends are Diamond! If you get a Diamond,
don't forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a Base
of Gold!

6] Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from
above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!

7] When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when
GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.

8] A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than
losing eye sight?" He replied: "Yes, losing your vision!"

9] When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and
sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed
for you.

10] WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away
today's PEACE.

If you really enjoy this, please pass to others. It may brighten
someone's day...

Be blessed :)

Life Up-Level-ing

More of the future unfolding...
"Sell" doesn't have to do with money.
More accurately, "sell the Gospel"
Staying in Bio stream?
Future spouse...whoa...
Prayer life revived, anointing needed to maintain.
Studies, gotta catch up.
Puzzles, a whole lot!
Greater things to come, with a great price to pay.
Look towards heaven, look beyond the horizon.
Praise God for new SF & Impactors committee (PS. XP, Jeremy's bro is now SF prez)
Everything is up-level-ing, from the inside out.
Be encouraged!
We're still in the race towards God's Kingdom, stay in the track of God's perfect will for each of us.
Update next time, not gonna online frequent... you know, STPM.
God bless~!

Emotional Attack? Or Is It...

Spiritual attack.

I don't like it. I don't want to say it but I had to be honest. I'm not happy.

NYRC is just tomorrow. And just within this week, my emotions were like riding a roller coaster.

No. It's not what you think. Things aren't just that simple. It's this and that, plus a whole lot in between.

Yes, each time, spending time with God builds a whole lot of strength. I feel good, confident that the devil is not gonna put me down because I'm victorious and he's the loser.

But I just hate it, the rare times I actually even use the word "hate", when he's such a pig-headed bad guy when I'm trying my best to be as hardcore as I can.

Stress. Depressed. Guilt. Loneliness. And more...

This is sick, the bad guy knows my weak points. Hitting me hard again and again when I'm trying to keep myself focus on the things of God.

Am I trusting in God? Am I relying on Him? Am I crying out to Him to help?

OF COURSE I AM!!! I'm always trying to put up a nice and cheerful front, not weighing you down with what's going on inside, smiling again the next morning.

OF COURSE I AM CRYING WITH MY SICK AND PAINFUL HEART DAY AND NIGHT!!!
NO ONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S THE WHOLE MESS GOING ON INSIDE EXCEPT GOD!!!

I'm still believing, something good, something even greater is prepared and will take place. NYRC will be my retreat/intensive "training" to "repair" and equip me for greater things to come.

God bless~

**NYRC = Northern Youth Revival Camp

I Need My Director, Now.

Things are pretty lost for me now, I know the story line, I know my role, but I don't get the whole picture. Is that what the Director wants? Anyhow, even though now I'm not in a good state, perhaps in a mess, I'm sure that under the guidance of the Director, He'll make it all work.

I think Joshua could have said similar things about
the Director of his life. The
newly commissioned leader of Israel is standing at the
threshold of Canaan. Moses, his mentor, has died. He’s
the new top dog, and the weight of the responsibility must
have been palpable. Twice God told him, “Be strong
and courageous” (Joshua 1:6,9). And once He said it
with emphasis, “Be strong and very courageous (v.7). It’s
not difficult to imagine Joshua’s fear and apprehension.
More than 2 million Israelites were looking to him to lead
them to their homeland.

How would he do it? God didn’t provide him with a detailed script, but He did give Joshua assurances and commandments.

Essentially, God’s assurances were: l’ll be with you. I
won’t give up on you. I won’t leave you. I will be with you
every step you take (vv.5,9). And God’s commandment
was: Make sure you study and practice everything written
in My Word (vv.7-8). Joshua’s response? Complete
devotion and surrender to his amazing Guide.

Near the close of his life, Joshua proclaimed, “Not a single one of all the good
promises the Lord had given to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; everything
He had spoken came true” (21:45).

We too can abandon ourselves to a story and to a Director who “will make it
all work.” —Poh Fang Chia

"Director, what do I do next?"

Some Good Stuff From My Cousin

Her name is Jessica. One of the cousins/relative who've inspired me. Here are some posts I copied from her :)

My co-worker randomly asked me to work out with her tonight, so I took it as a divine appointment. While working out she kept complaining about having pain in her hips, so I asked her to hold out her legs,& sure enough, one leg was shorter than the other! She doesn't believe in Jesus, so I asked if I could pray,& she said,"Yes." Tonight, Jesus healed her and her legs grew out & are completely even! Jesus is AWESOME!

God's love is stronger than death!! Oh how He agapes (loves) us!!

After counseling and advising students who have stolen cars and dealt drugs for a living, as well as some who have suffered from homelessness, teen pregnancy, and expulsion from high school, I think it is so important for us to focus on who we are and what we can do with God instead of dwelling on our failures. We can't expect to move forward into God's destiny if our heads are always turned towards the past.

She really inspires me to be bold with my faith, sharing about Christ and not to slack in exercising my faith especially in the area of healing/word of knowledge. Be encouraged!

T.T

This doesn’t feel right.
I know, but yet I didn’t act accordingly.
My sins are like snakes in my guts, worms in my head.
Oh Lord, save me.
Emo? A little.
What am I doing? What was I thinking?
God, I am sinful, who am I to think I could help others?
I don’t like what’s lurking inside me.
Peace? Jesus is the Prince of Peace.
I claim myself to be a peacemaker, at least that’s what I think.
But I ask myself:

In what area of MY
life AM I attempting
to keep peace or make
peace? Thinking of a
conflict I AM currently
facing, what can I do
to “live in peace”? Do
I trust God to work
out the conflict or AM I relying on MY
own efforts?

*cries~ God, I don’t like the snakes and worms in me. Please take them away… please..

2nd Day of 2011

The first day was really something for me, my new year started out not with a cheer but with fits, shouts, screams and tears. Sounds depressing, but this is what holds for me in this new year, new birth.

2010 was a wonderful year for me; I think that it’s the best year in my entire life so far! But something tells me that 2011 won’t be easy for me, first of all, partly because I’m having an important exam and my stress level might cost me another 2kg of my weight. Not gaining weight but losing weight, as I did in my SPM year.

Hey relax…It’s just SPM…
That’s what I told my friends WHILE sitting for SPM. I wonder if I have the guts to say that for STPM.

Anyway, new birth means pain, contraction, tension and tears. Lessons I had to bring into this new year is faith, trust, and patience. Very simple lessons, but God says I had to relearn them. It’s easy to have faith when it’s easy, when the issue isn’t on you, when you have the ASSURANCE that it’ll be okay and you’ll get the answer, SOON. But it’s a whole different thing when the going is tough; the issueS are ALL about you, and you have NO IDEA if it’s gonna be okay, NO IDEA when you’ll get the answer.

Trying not to be anxious. Wait. Trust.

God had been speaking so much to me through many different channels in 2010, thank God! But His “style” is such that He only reveals part here part there…to me I’m like *groan~ God, You’re very withholding You know? I know You know. Pfft~

Suspense… I have the entire year to look for answers…
Suspense… I HAVE to wait for perhaps the entire year to find out the answers…
Suspense… AARgh~ School barely started and I’m anxious like crazy! (Frankly speaking)

SILENCE!
PATIENCE!
God speaks.

Don’t be anxious about anything. Instead, tell God about everything. Ask and pray. Give thanks to Him. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds because you belong to Christ Jesus.

Whoohoo~! I feel the adrenaline of another adventure, like I’m starring in Spiderman4. EXCITED!!! XD By the end of this year I’m gonna look back again, and by God’s grace, be able to say, this is better than 2010.

ALL GOD’S PEOPLE CHEER!!!

'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:

… … … …

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......

Future…Career…Courses…Choices…?

I’m sure you’ve been thinking about these stuff too, especially when you’re at least a teen. Recently I’ve been reading up “Phases’ [The Ambitions Issue]” and if you’ve been aware of what’s the latest topic in my blog, I’ve been finding out some more in-depth stuff on my personality through career / personality tests etc.

By the way “Phases” is a Christian Malaysian youth magazine published by Scripture Union, its real cool! But unfortunately, according to Runa(SU worker), “Phases” is already “phased out”, so to speak. There are no one left to run and continue to produce it (how sad~). The issues I have are from the years 2000-2002, and they’re RARE to find now!

OK anyway, where was I?

Right, so I was reading around, thinking, looking back, and wondering…What’s God’s will for my life?

I mean, so far He had guided me real closely, getting me to stay back for Form6, letting me play roles in SF and Impactors which are pretty important, giving me the opportunity to go for FWP (which I may not have the chance if I’m studying somewhere else) and revealing to me many more things about my life. Awesome. There’s just so much to tell if in detail.

Look, God had been so gracious to you, leading you every step of the way, what more can you ask? Are you impatient or something?

Impatient, perhaps. But it’s something more, it’s like the clash of what are my passion / dreams / what I’m called to be, and realities of the world of success / riches / expectations.

I’ve been told, or rather prophesied that I’ll be helping people (in what way, I won’t go into detail here), and even write books. Plus, my dream in my early teens was to become an artistic Christian leader.

Now, I’m studying science, biology in fact, plus my math and chemistry were like… ugh~ So, I’m like, “God what am I doing here in Form6?” And what do you know, ask an obvious question, get an obvious answer, God’s like saying, “Because it’s My will for your life, and you chose to follow it.” Great. Now why do I have to stay back again?...

Talk about math and chemistry, I’ve read and heard that comparing ourselves with others is no longer a fair judgment of our abilities because we usually end up comparing our weakness with someone else’s strength.

But it’s hard to just ignore that nagging voice of “you’re not as good as so and so…” in your head! Come on, the dude’s got 90 for math and the other dude’s got 99 for chemistry!

Shut up. When I got my math paper I was thrilled! Not because I scored really well, but it’s just because I improved a bit from 48% in the previous exam, to 56%. While some are still pretty happy for me, but others like parents needed some convincing (so that I won’t look so weak that I needed tuition classes)

Look! No math tuition! Yet I’ve improved and I’m above average in my class! (I think, well in terms of math subject) Why can’t the world rejoice with me?

Pathetic~

Regardless of my achievements, or even if others have a big “PATHETIC” label waiting to clip unto me, I believe that God has an awesome blueprint with my name on it and my job is to do what it takes, with what I have, and live out that particular blueprint. The best part is, no one else can do that. *smile~ ^^

What about the reality versus dream part?

Oh yeah about that, it all comes down to one thing – choice. Which way after Form6 should I choose? I haven’t had a clue, seriously, even after considering my interests, strengths and weaknesses.

Pfft~ so much for reading this long post and not finding any conclusion from Celina huh?

Well there’s a conclusion, not from me, but it’s a truth spoken from the Mastermind of Life Himself:
“For I know the plans I have for you… plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”
[Jeremiah 29v11]

Now that conclusion, I like! *ching smile~ XD Be blessed!

10th LYPG ‘10 Report

Time: 1400-1530
Date: 28th August
Place: FGC main sanctuary
Lead by: Phoebe, Tim
Number of people who showed up: 7
What we did: worship, prayer, sharing, closing prayer

This time LYPG is kinda different, Tim shared, well a few shared, okay bottom line is we shared more than we prayed.
SO here's some stuff talked about:

*There was a friend interested to share the Gospel and went out alone and became just the only light. Ended up, not so good. People looking in from outside know that something is wrong, the person is compromising and conforming to the world.
*Suicide dude case. Any small sense of hope given to a suicidal person can make a difference, even save a life.
*What are the Christians doing? Where are they? Yes, we have the urgency to do something but we need to check if our condition is all right, are we stable?
*Christians have to wake up and realize that, if we can't let others see the difference between us and others, what's the point?

Some stuff to reflect and ponder on right? Let's search our hearts, spend time with God, redefine values and priorities where needed.

Be blessed~!

9th LYPG ‘10 Report

Time: 1400-1530
Date: 24th July
Place: FGC main sanctuary
Lead by: Ji Xun
Number of people who showed up: 9
What we did: worship, prayer, waiting on God, sharing on what we received, prayer

The main Scriptures for today are from Hosea 14. Here are some points after waiting on God:

*-Hosea 1
-anger of God
-not living as His children of God though we have Christian names
-Malaysia not living right
-though God is faithful, because of the people not living right/obeying God, He is angry

*-We as young people have not enough understanding about other religions, we don’t take it seriously. That’s why others can’t connect with us and it’s hard to reach out to them.
-It’s important to notice the practices of other religions to connect with them.
-We need to familiarize ourselves in our own country first or else how are we going to reach out to other nations?

* It’s not good for young people or anyone to joke about other races.

* Declare Psalm 24

Let us be convicted always and live right before God, let us reach in and reach out!

Be blessed~!

8th LYPG ‘10 Report

Time: 1400-1530
Date: 24th July
Place: FGC main sanctuary
Number of people who showed up: 9
What we did: worship, update/sharing, prayer, waiting on God, sharing on what we received, prayer

This time we continue our “out there in the world” theme. First, some of us update each other on info/what we received from our last “out there” session. Turns out some of us did find some info and what we received had been quite relevant.

After a time of prayer and waiting before God, most of us received places in the world to pray for. Here’s some points:

Brazil: children, abduction/abortion/sacrifice
England: big churches but no one goes there except tourists; setting bad example as a church, though built missionary schools in Malaysia but now in spiritually bad condition; Islam is growing instead.
Pakistan: mostly M, strong Islamic country; around the world there are many converts into Islam; if Pakistan is touched and changed, M all over the world will get to know God
Malaysia: corruption, pray for justice and against corruption
Western countries: especially England, many jobless people, many Christians, economically declining, first country to bankrupt will be a Christian country.
America: are they portraying a Christian image? Christians’ image affected by Hollywood, America has power to change things/influence
Uganda: pray that churches will continue to grow

Continue to pray for the world, the country God has placed in your heart.
Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world~

God bless~!