Bentong Gospel Centre: Reflection of His Light to the World!

Fantastic Movement – Agape 10 (special episode)

2011-06-07T19:01:00.009+08:00

Some funny movements on day 2

Monkey, Gorilla, Chimpanzee~~

Find...find....find....

This is panda? Turtle? Human? Stupid stupid cannot differentiate~

Megan eyes were pain~

Fantastic Movement – Agape 10 (episode 2)

2011-06-07T18:36:00.007+08:00

Day 2

Oh ya~ there were many activities in day 2. Like building water rocket, station game and amazing race…

We supposed wake up at 6.30am and having morning jog at the beach at 7am. But, our camp advisers noticed that our campers were so tired and would like to give them a very good and enough sleep, so, we let them sleep until 7am. We were just able to do some simple stretching in the morning that led by Kinn John and Tiam Fei. One of our committee members, Sue Vern was so tired in the early morning, she slept on the pondok in front of the campsite office. Come on girl! Just the second day!

Our MTV that morning led by the most creative committee member in Agape 10, Han Sze who known as So Leng Chai in our camp. He is blessed by God for having creativity and humorous. He gave all the campers a joyful and excited morning. All the campers laughed until “see teeth cannot see eyes”. We had our first session – Freedom by Mr Calvin from Bangsar Gospel Centre. We learned about what is the meaning of being free. Besides, we learned about the benefit of rule and regulations in our world. After that, we were separated into our own groups. We discussed and shared about “Freedom”. All the campers looked enjoyed the sharing section.

Then, of course, come to “build a rocket” time. There’s a kind of rocket without fire but with water, known as water rocket. They had to design and build a rocket for their groups. Ha~ha~ it was not easy, the physical concepts have to be applied on the water rocket. Actually there’s a secret: the cone of the rocket should be symmetrical to the center of the bottle so that the rocket does not flying up or down (Bernoulli’s Pronciple), the front part (cone) should be a bit heavy. But, there’s only 2 groups put some stones or sand into the cone… well, the rocket would launch at the 3^rd day. Let wait and see whose rocket would fly further…

Let it be nice and stable.....hmm.... am i correct?

Guppy Group is making their awesome rocket

Tiam Fei is testing the power of the rocket launcher.

Wow~ is so powerful man!!

After lunch and rest, our batteries were charged fully!! We were ready to challenge the next activity which was station game. What we did in station game? Our brother Jason asked all the campers to cut and paste the alphabets from newspaper to form a bible verse, John 3:16. Looks like very easy, but there was not easy actually. The Guppy Group used quite a lot of time to complete it. Next, they had to carry a ball from a place to another by raffia string. It was another tough job for them. Ha~~ ha~~ good job Jason!!! Came to the last game, all the campers had to drink all the mineral water in the box… one of the young Guppy member, Zhi Ern (little 7), drank the water until her face became red. And Wen Seng, from Guppy too, drank the water until vomit!!! Haiz…. Patient my frined!

ah~~ drop...drop...

Weng Seng is vomiting the water....

Benjamin Ling:" is too easy for me!"

Afterward, we had 1 hour for discussion about Hollywood night! A group was given a brief story line from the Bible and having 2 task fulfillments. The first task fulfillment was action, comedy, mystery or romantics. The second task fulfillment was either dancing or singing.

Hurray! Came to Amazing race! This game was designed by the most creative man in our camp So leng Chai! Firstly, the campers were asked to line up in their group and sit down. And they had to use their legs only to pass water pails. The first finished this task were given the right to start Amazing Race first. The 2^nd team who finished the task was delayed 60 seconds. The third team was delayed another 60 seconds. The same condition was applied on the last team.

They were given hints for finding 7 alphabets in our chalet area. Then, they had to find another hint at canteen area for the third destination. There was a small incident, Group Nemo which was the first team who started the race became the last team who reached the third destination. Why? Ha…ha… our good friend Benjamin (not the group leader) led his group to no way. He brought the first and second hints and lost them. And the whole team had to find the first and second hints and lead them to the last team reached the beach. Came to beach!!! Han Sze and Kah Choon hid the hints in the beach. All the campers had to dig the beach and find the hints. Hahaha… they were not able to find them, Han Sze had to give them some instructions finally. Well, afterward, they had to make a human sea turtle!!! Finally, they had to make a 10 minutes videos to promote the campsite… they cannot finish the last task because the sky became dark and lightning!!! All the campers moved back to the campsite…

Campers have to collect all the alphabets for knowing the next destination.

Guppy group leader, Ken Vi is using all his power to dig....

Hmm....what is this~

I push!!!

MTV section!!! Tiam Fei introduced the Monky Dance and Monkey Song to the campers. All the campers felt the song and dance were weird. Ha~ha~ that was just nice to punish the people who was late and lost in game.

During night, we had our 2^nd topic which was self-worth by Mr Calvin too. We learned about the reason of low self esteem and the correct way to escape it. We also learn that in front of God’s eyes, we are precious too Him and He is willing to die for us.

The last activity of that night – Show time. in that time, we watched the video taken during Amazing Race. We were entertained by Vishnnu so much. He spoke a lot of things and don’t know what was the funny thing and made all of us laughed madly. Anyway, thank you Vishnnu!! Ahaha~~

Fantastic Movement – Agape 10 (episode 1)

2011-06-05T21:32:00.007+08:00

Agape youth camp in this year is the 10^th youth camp organized by Bentong Gospel Centre (BGC) Youth Fellowship (YF). Throughout the 9 years, we learned from mistakes and changed it, remained what is good, put it in Agape 10. Finally that was a better organizing in Agape 10.

Day 1

Campers are you ready? Yes! Campers were ready to move to Agape 10 at BGC. All the campers packed their stuff nicely and put in the bus. When all the things looked going smooth but camp commandant forgot to bring projector… Ops, How? Ha…Ha…. He had to go back and take… There was another small incident, Jason (our camp helper) was late because he just went back from Cyberjaya in that early morning. By God’s grace, he was able to step on the staircase of the bus… Ha..Ha…

There's the place we gathered and started the fantastic journey!!

If you think that the campers would keep quite because the people around them were not familiar and new for them. Then, you are totally wrong!! They mixed together, talking around, laughing around….madly! Hmm…looks like we did not need any ice-breaking session…

Kuantan!! We were here!!! After 4 hours plus journey, we came to Teluk Cempedak. Hui Kuan was crazy, she just ran to the beach and shouted. She never came to beach before and this was the first time. After getting lunch at a food court, we started to move to KempVille. There was another small incident, our camp commandant, Stephen forgot the way to KempVille!! Oh no… But, we still managed to get there!!

Teluk Cempedak, the first destination of Agape 10

We got there earlier than expected. Check - in which is the first activity of Agape 10 suppose started at 3pm but we reached there about 1.30pm. Furthermore, our material was still at Unser that was driven by our 2 camp advisers, Mr Chow and Mr Yap. Was quite funny, they got lost!!! So, Han Sze and Tiam Fei who in charged Ice-breaking had to changed their plan and figure out more games for Ice-breaking because ice-breaking section was much longer than what was planned. Anyway, by God’s grace, these two brothers were able to make it very good! And all the campers were laugh like mad!!! Wahahaha….. Maybe was no the games matter, but Han Sze and Tiam Fei are too handsome? Ho…ho… who knows?

Finally, Unser came!!! That means our stuff came!!!

The place we lived, we ate, we played, we laughed....

And we can be started Team Building on time!!! However, the sky looked dark and started drizzling. Oh no, it was another unexpected thing. Team building suppose played at outdoor. Now, we had to make it indoor. But, it was just drizzling for 5 minutes and stopped finally. Firstly, we had Spin-bean-cat walk. This awesome game was purposely designed by Justin, one of the Agape 10 committee members. Guys, you know how funny was it? See the photos!!!

Megan laughed until cannot see teeth and eyes!!

The most excited one of course was WATER!!! Our campers like water very much. When they see water, their eyes were shined!!! Campers had to use their legs to take up a pail of water. See is a thing, do is another thing. It was not easy weh~ The naughty Pei Win shook the pail when Tiam Fei, Justin, Cyrus, John and Ken Vi did the demonstration, made Tiam Fei’s trousers wet finally. Well, everyone had fun there…

All the salty foots....... yiyerh.....

Alright, the following game was to hold the pail of water with rubber tube and traveled it to another place. Looks like very easy, the campers knew the hardship when played it. This was because someone in the team had to be blinded folded…

Water is being filled, campers!! ready!!

Water was poured to another pail

The rubber tube was pulled by campers. Erm... looks like the tube does not follow the instruction...

Jia Jia(the girl who wears green shirt) tried to give instruction to the blind man.

Karen is feeling hard to open her mouth for giving instruction..... I think so~

The Snake. Finally… the teammate made a long line. The first person was the head who can “eat” other snake by grabbing a towel from the last person who was the tail of another snake. It really need a lot of communication and team work weh~ finally, don’t know was Molly won or Dolly won...

By 6.30pm, it was shower time!!! In a room we had to share bathroom with another 7 people. So, the room leader always shouted at the outside of the bathroom. “faster!!! Faster!!! No time ah!!” Actually there still had plenty of time. wahahaha~~

Around 7.30pm we had dinner together. We all enjoyed the meal however it was not taste very good because we were hungry after whole day travel all the way from Bentong.

We had our first MTV section, we sang, we played, we laughed. And we also started the Guardian Angel. Everyone had to take a name from a plastic bag and take care the person secretly during the camp... Finally, we had our beach exploration at night. There was a huge different experience. At the beach, we can't see anything, we just can heard the sound of sea water wave and the sound of laughing. And we can feel the embrace of the natural wind. Great time there!

To be continued

Agape 8 (2008) Review

2011-03-27T12:05:00.004+08:00

There was 3 years ago!! Let's review it through this video!! Thanks for Js's effort to make this wonderful video. We appreciate it!!!

Agape 10 Camp Site Preview

2011-02-13T14:08:00.010+08:00

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Agape 10 Annual Youth Camp 2011

30 May - 2 June, 2011

Kemptville Resort, Kuantan, Pahang

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Finally, The 10th Agape Camp!!

2011-01-30T22:25:00.006+08:00

There's a great thing, Agape 10 Youth Camp is near!!! This year we're
at KempVille Beach Resort, From 30th May to 2nd Jun 2011 only RM180.00
Quickly sign up!! Limited place!!

About Agape 10 Youth Camp
1. RM 180 includes Accommodation, Transportation, Meals, Activities, Camp Hand book & T-shirt
2. Pillow, blanket & bed are provided by the resort
3. Topics we’re going to discuss are: Youth & Freedom, Youth & Self-Worth, Youth & True Love
and Unfailing Love
3. We’re going to have Telematch, Treasure Hunt, Bal l Game Competition, Team Building,
and so much more....
4. Limited place, please register before 7th May 2010
5. Please bring your own sufficient clothing, sports attire, personal toiletries, personal medicine(if on
medication), water bottle, small torchlight, slippers, sport shoes and some cash

About Campsite
1. Located at Tanjung Lumpur, Kuantan (8km from Kuantan town)

Wanna Know More About Agape 10 Youth Camp?
2. Visit our website, http://bgcyouthcamp.wordpress.com/ 0r Facebook: Bentong Gospel Centre Youth Fellowship

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!

Fruit Day

2011-01-27T23:11:00.004+08:00

真人真事!

2009-07-12T03:49:00.000+08:00

我是一个来自单亲家庭的人。在我五岁时，因为父亲的事业出了一些问题所以便请来了算命师，结果算命师直批我的存在必然会”一、父母离婚、二、父亲事业毁垮、三、最好的朋友都会死。结果我的命运就是因为算命师而改变了。爸爸开始痛恨我、妈妈一直四处奔波去问神来解命。当我二年级时，我父母就正式离婚，虽然我很努力地想去改变这件事实，但一个八岁的我又有什么能力呢？当时在学校里，“单亲家庭的小孩“与”被丢弃的小孩“是被划上等号的。所以日渐我便失去了朋友开始自僻了起来，那些同学跟我沟通时，不过是借功课抄的时候，然而我最好的倾诉对象和朋友就是－电脑，所以我把所有不愉快的事情都放入电脑中尽情发泄。对于种种的不满，我放弃了我的人生！甚至将自己推到死亡的边缘，但无论我再如何尝试结束生命时，都会有事物阻止我。

五年级时我认识了一位好朋友－叶健雄。那时的我很高兴地告诉自己我终于有一位可以谈天说地的朋友了。健雄很了解我时常都会在我身边，但是好景不长在他在1999年的9月患上了末期癌症结果就经常缺席。2000年1月他离开了我，当时的我简直是跌倒了谷底！结果UPSR的成绩也并不是很理想。不了解状况的爸爸就把我痛打一顿。我每天都活在恐惧的阴影中，父亲每天喝醉酒毒打我们！最后我决定我不可以再忍受我一定要报仇，从那一刻开始我便痛恨身边的人、事、物，把仇恨和报复为我生命的中心。甚至我放弃读书，跑去追随许多有关乩童、茅山法术、符咒、通天窍等当中我还有继续研究佛教、道教、儒教、兴度教、天道教等。

在十六岁时，无论风水学、算命学、宗教学、法术学我都因为接受了邪灵的帮助而无一不精通。或许周遭的人都会觉得只有十六岁的少年，怎么可能会这样多东西，但是更重要的是我自己都无法理解它在我身上所做的一切。在佛堂里，大家都把我当宝一样来看待但在他们眼里看见的不是我，而是我脑袋的学识。我时常都会担任佛堂一职，但无论功德我做再多、付出再多我也无法得到平安、安稳的睡眠。每天晚上都会有邪灵打扰我每睡一、两个小时就会惊醒。我活在恐惧的生活当中，每天都在问自己：“我的功德做得还不够多吗？还不够努力吗？”在2004年十二月，有位弟兄带我到少年军的营会，当时我虽然有听见许多见证也很想接受，但由于我还是留念在佛堂所以就逐渐忘了。唯一让我难忘的是我再营会中拥有了短暂的、安稳的睡眠。到了高中三那年，我的生活就是早上四点起床走路到巴士站上学，下午两点钟放学继续打工直到晚上九点半才搭巴士回家去温习功课。许多人都会好奇，我父亲既然有钱为何我还要那么奔波工作，在他们眼里看见的都是外在的又明白到我的家庭问题吗？。

到了我高中三毕业以后，我申请助学金到吉隆玻拉曼学院读书，那时我认识了人生当中第二个好朋友－利建业。我们在学校里形影不离总是在一起, 但在七月二十九日那晚，原本约好他一起吃晚饭的我却因为失约让他在独自出外吃晚餐时遭人袭击攫夺而身亡，这事情让我很内疚。我每天都把自己关在房间里责备自己。晚上凌晨一点左右，我到了十九层的建筑物那里准备结束自己的生命。我把钱包、手机、锁匙和遗书都放好了，当我踏上去准备要跳时，突然有一位青年人捉着我的肩膀跟我谈天到凌晨三、四点钟。隔天起床时，只看见钱包、手机、锁匙和遗书都在桌上。我便跑去问我的Housemate 的时候大家都摸不着头。因为既然我的钥匙在房间、也没有人开门给那位青年人，那到底是谁送我回来？为了确认我不是发梦，我再次到十九楼那里去。看见的不只是我的鞋印、还有我喝过的那瓶水在那里。

建业离开两个星期后，我便回到怡保探望他的父母，并认识了他的朋友敏俊。当他看见我过着行尸走肉的生活时，就很努力带我到教会去希望可以拯救我。当牧师帮我做释放工作时我都一直逃避，后来牧师告诉我他们告诉我：“我们放弃了，你既不合作也不接受，那么我们也无能为力。”。那天晚上我从弟兄家逃跑出来到怡保花园的店铺那里坐着。突然敏俊联络我替我祷告后我就呕出一粒粒粘搭搭的东西；牧师又联络我替我祷告又让我呕出带有血的一条条的东西；最后我聪明啦！把电话关掉就没有人可以打扰我了。突然有声音告诉我，打开圣经（忘了什么章节因为那时我也糊理糊涂）读了以后便把圣经放在一旁。结果一到水沟旁就呕出一条会动的东西；我那时就愣了一下，我持斋那么久怎么可能会有那样的东西出来？隔天一早牧师就接我回到他的家休息，结果就很安稳睡到傍晚五点多。经过那次以后我也慢慢接受了耶稣成为生命的主，也要求牧师替我做祷告。那天我终于明白世界上的人、甚至牧师都会选择放弃我，但神是永远不会放弃任何一个灵魂！

直到我接受了耶稣是我生命的主，我的心里逐渐平安，即使在黑暗的夜里我都不怕，因为我知道耶稣在我身边保护我让我可以从晚上睡到早上，而且从内向的我到今天我已经有了数不清的朋友。虽然我曾经哭泣、悲哀、噌恨，但因着神的爱，今天我也从中得着释放，看见生命的曙光。我如此的分享不是要领受怜悯，乃是要告诉你们，我已经得到了最好的礼物了，那就是神。我想你也跟我一样得到这份好的礼物。神给的机会虽然会不止息，但别因为错过了生命中最宝贵的东西时才学会接受、珍惜那份礼物。

就如神给我的应许：
约翰福音14章27节：
“……我留下平安给你们，我将我的平安赐给你们。我所赐的，不像世人所赐的，你们心里不要忧愁，也不要胆怯。

上帝祝福您！

Author: Anonymous

Agape Special Web Editions!!!

2009-03-19T17:21:00.005+08:00

Agape Special Editions

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More Updates on Agape 9 The Annual Youth Camp 2009!!!
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Agape9

2009-03-16T00:25:00.003+08:00

Updates for Agape 9, 2009.

Early March, 2009
- Agape 9, officially announced.

7 March 2009
- Agape 9 Forms officially published.
- Discounted Price at only RM150 only.
- T-shirts may not be available but it will be substitute with similar value items.
- Forms will be printed in colours
- Additional Activities added.

15 March 2009
- Agape 9, special edition web version and E-Page is under constructions.
- Agape 9, special edition banner published, but link and pages not available yet.
- Additional Workshop launched.
- Latest versions Agape 9 forms officially published.
- Seats are limited! So? Register fast lo...
- More updates would be available as soon as the special page ready!

Thank you!

Agape 9

2009-02-24T16:27:00.011+08:00

Agape 9

BGC - Annual Youth Camp 2009

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Venue: Melaka

Date : 8-11 June 2009

Fees: RM150 only
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Dateline: 7 May 2009

Happy New Year!

2009-01-04T17:16:00.000+08:00

Wish all readers and you, Happy New Year 2009!
This Picture Taken from my church Bentong Gospel Centre
Genting Highlands Fireworks Display 2009

Its reviving!!!

Catch up for more Updates!

IS ReBORNing!

2008-11-24T00:12:00.003+08:00

Its reviving!!!

Catch up for more Updates!

Agape 9 Revealing ...

2008-09-30T12:02:00.004+08:00

Is this called revealing? Erm... may be... Anywhere, the committee had been decided to take U ... a ride to old little town of Malacca, a place of history and place of remembrance how our heroes stand and fight for our country!

Agape 9 destined at Malacca will be falling into next year Youth Annual Camp 4 Days 3 Nites*. Taking you experience the toast of joy in this camp... Registration will be open "real" soon!

Stay tune for more updates....

Submitted by Js
*Subject to change or increase...

Reckless Abandon

2008-09-29T17:48:00.002+08:00

As we stumble toward the end of the year, it seems the world has become more dangerous. Over the last couple of years the U.S. State Department has issued serious “Avoid Travel” warnings to a growing list of 27 countries. Traveling abroad, especially for Christians, is fraught with risk. It’s no secret that anger toward the “Christian West” is on the rise in certain parts of the world today. So, why do Christians continue traveling to places like Iraq, Sudan, Nigeria and Afghanistan?

Most theologians would agree that followers of Christ are scripturally mandated to “go and proclaim” the love of God. But for Christians, the risk-vs.-reward equation is changing fast, and not just in North America. The issue is being debated openly in South Korea right now, a country that sends out more Christian missionaries than any other country in the world, save the United States.

One of their most recent missions went horribly wrong. A Korean pastor, Bae Hyung-kyu, who led a team of young volunteers on a humanitarian aid mission to Afghanistan, was shot and killed by the Taliban after his mission team was taken hostage in July. On the day of his 42nd birthday, he was shot 10 times in the head, execution style. Another hostage was killed. After weeks of negotiation, the rest of the team was released.

In the aftermath, criticism for the Korean church, and others like it, is rising. The wisdom of dispatching short-term aid workers into dangerous areas is being challenged on many levels by people of all faiths. After all, these volunteers from Korea were warned by their own government not to travel to Afghanistan. The church sent them anyway.

So why would a perfectly normal church in a perfectly safe neighborhood send a group of very nice nurses, engineers and benevolent youth workers into Afghanistan—or, for that matter, any part of the world that kidnaps and kills Christians?

Bloggers are typing up a windstorm response to that question, many claiming that the church was irresponsible, that they shouldn’t allow their members to venture into such hostile territory. Sitting safely behind his Northern California-based computer monitor, one blogger typed, “It was a fool’s errand, to be sure. All the young missionaries accomplished was to be abducted off their bus by the Taliban and used as bargaining chips by the barbarians.”

The comments in Korea are even less flattering. A self-described secular Buddhist woman said, “The missionaries are getting what they deserve, maybe now some of them will stop trying to ram Jesus down our throats.”

Criticism didn’t stay hidden in web-land either. Lee Chan-min, an official with International Youth Fellowship in South Korea, told the International Herald Tribune, “We should not cross the line from medical and volunteer aid work into the kind of missionary work that could put our people in danger.”

You might wonder how that kind of logic sits with Christ followers like the original Apostles, or Dietrich Bonhoeffer, or Jim Elliot. Each of them, and many more, allowed their faith in God to lead them directly into harm’s way, and nearly all of them paid for it with their lives. So it seems that something fundamental to our message, and its delivery, has changed. Has our over-developed world of liability insurance and denominational actuaries and class-action lawsuits watered down ancient Scripture’s warning that this was all supposed to be dangerous in the first place? When Jesus said, “In this world, you will have trouble,” He wasn’t talking about losing the right to pray in school or losing our 501(c)(3) IRS tax advantages.
Matthew 24:9 says, “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me” (TNIV).

Our nation (and others like it) was founded on the convergence of mission risk, financial and material reward—and faith in God. Following the Homestead Act of 1863, a legion of well-meaning North Americans flocked west to grab land and build a nation (indefensibly destroying Native American peoples and cultures along the way). Those who walked the dirt before us established social and economic increase by building schools, businesses and churches in the presence of toothless swindlers, really bad weather and grizzlies. Once churches became more established, colleges and seminaries were built to feed the ministry with trained workers.

So, in parallel to the building of railroads and highways, a religious infrastructure was set up to handle demand and the fruits of domestic evangelism. Simply put, people were getting saved. These new believers also wanted to do something with their new faith. They took seriously the Great Commission. After things solidified on the home front, believers began to look overseas, and the evangelical missionary movement kicked off in the early 1800s. A man named Adoniram Judson was possibly the first by dispatching himself to Burma in 1813. During his tenure as a missionary, he translated the Bible into the Burmese language, planted 100 churches and led over 8,000 people to Jesus.

Nearly 70 years later, the first Protestant missionaries entered the Korean peninsula and began a long and difficult outreach to a population entrenched with animism, Shamanism and Buddhism. But the Good News could not be subdued there either, as Christianity began to expand to 13 percent of the Korean population. By 1945, some were calling the capital of Korea the “Jerusalem of the East.” Currently, 30 percent of South Korea is Christian. To this day, South Korea hosts the world’s largest church, with nearly 750,000 members—the Yeoido Full Gospel church in Seoul.

The risk for these pioneers of the faith was immense. For one, Judson himself lost two wives and a daughter on the mission field and even contemplated suicide during a yearlong battle with severe depression in the jungles of Burma. In North Korea, after the Communist surge, thousands of Christians and missionaries were forced to move south of the demilitarized zone or take their faith underground and risk intense persecution. To this day, Korean Christians in the North are imprisoned, tortured and even killed for such crimes as owning a Bible or simply talking about Jesus with a family member.

But, alas, we are not Judson, this is not the 1800s and we are not living in North Korea. So, for the average Christian in this everyday life, how much risk is too much?

In the end, only God can judge how much risk is too much. Heck, even driving to work is risky. So we need Him with us in everything we do. If we are endlessly working a day job to pay off the subprime mortgage, as a Christian, we should still bring Christ with us. “Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way“ (Colossians 3:17, The Message).
When we agree to follow the person and teachings of Jesus, we agree to surrender our plan for His, and by definition, that means we agree to a massive amount of personal risk. In our journey of faith and life, He can take us anywhere and allow anything to happen. He can take life and give life, no matter its duration. He extracts meaning from the briefest physical existence that we know. Like when a pre-born child dies in the womb of a mother—it’s our magnificent Father who painfully mines out the meaning in even that experience. He mysteriously brings it purpose. So how much more the life of those who choose to follow His voice, and perish, or become gravely injured in the process?

The main problem here is not Christ followers taking too much risk. The problem is that we are not taking enough risk. We’re getting theologically fat and spiritually bored with our safer versions of sunshine-pumping Christianity. Heck, even well-meaning Christian books that encourage us to take more risk are written by well-paid people who seemingly take very little life-threatening risk themselves.

Hear this: It was always supposed to be dangerous. The stakes are high, and many people around the world are in great jeopardy, severely marginalized and in extreme poverty. To state the obvious, people are dying. They need help, and it’s the Good News delivered by the crazy risk-takers who bring it. It’s people like the Korean Christians and countless others who carry it through at great cost.

Author: Anonymous...
Adapted from website!

Right, Left or Center?!

2008-09-19T22:19:00.006+08:00

One day last spring, on the sleepy drive to school, my 8-year-old son declared he was voting for Barack Obama. Never mind that it was still the primaries and no one knew whether Senator Obama would be the Democratic candidate. Never mind that the Republican candidate was still to be decided. And never mind that he was only 8 and wouldn’t vote for another 10 years. I asked him why he was voting for Senator Obama. His answer was crisp: “Because President Bush got us into a war.” Clearly he cared about the future of our country. My son is a one-issue voter.

As people of faith, political life is simpler when we are one-issue voters. The more problems that concern us, the blurrier our choices become. No matter what ticket we choose, this will be a historic presidential election. We have the opportunity to change America’s story by electing an African-American president or a female vice president—a significant milestone in a country that once counted blacks as three-fifths of a person and did not let women vote until 1920. It is also an opportunity to change the story of the role of evangelicals in politics.

Traditionally, evangelicalism has been associated with the religious right, the Republican party and three flagship issues: life (abortion, euthanasia and stem-cell research), sexuality (homosexuality and same-sex marriage) and culture (a worry over the increasing secularism of America demonstrated in the removal of prayer from public schools, the teaching of evolution and the removal of the 10 Commandments from courtrooms). The predominant worry of the evangelical right has been the steady drift of America away from its “Christian cultural heritage.”

A smaller, but equally important, voice emanates from the evangelical left (yes, there is an evangelical left, and it is growing). The left argues that Jesus’ concern extends beyond personal moral issues to a broad political agenda that includes social justice across a range of issues often ignored by the right. Birthed out of the radical Jesus movements in the 1960s and early ’70s, the evangelical left has united around the issues of war (with predominantly pacifist impulses) and poverty (deploying social programs to help the poor). Because of its association with social justice issues, the evangelical left feels most comfortable within the Democratic Party .

Recently, a centrist position in evangelical politics has wrestled its way into the conversation. Tired of partisan rhetoric, the center wants to attach itself to what is good on both the right and the left while distancing itself from particular party affiliations. They try to avoid the nostalgic references to America’s Christian heritage and the insistence of some on the right for a special voice at the table of public policy. They also shun the left’s seeming avoidance or marginalization of the life and sexuality issues. The center wants to be independent, offering a critical voice to both parties.

Taken together, the various stripes of evangelical politics are must-research topics for any political strategist. In the last nine months alone several books have been published representing the right, left and center. David Gushee’s The Future of Faith in American Politics and Ron Sider’s The Scandal of Evangelical Politics attempt to articulate a centrist position. On the left, Jim Wallis has recently published The Great Awakening. This follows on the heels of his 2004 best-selling God’s Politics. Tony Perkins’ and Harry Jackson’s Personal Faith: Public Policy is an attempt to broaden the political agenda of the right.

If the statistics are accurate, nearly 25 percent of all voters consider themselves “evangelical.” This is an enormous voting bloc. Our presidential candidates in both parties are quick to mention the importance of their personal faith and the central role it plays in their lives. Following their successful conventions, they will set out over the next 60 days of their campaign to court people of faith (not just evangelicals). As followers of Jesus, we have an important opportunity to contribute to the shaping of the American story in the 21st century.

But where do we start?

First, we must begin by locating ourselves on the evangelical map (or off the map). Whether we are right, left or center, we need to know our starting point. If you have ever looked at a map of a mall without a red star that says “You are here,” you know how frustrating it is to try to find a store. The red star makes all the difference.

Second, we need to determine where we are going—our destination. The words of Jesus in the early chapters of the Book of Matthew are profoundly political: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near” (Matthew 4:17, TNIV). Jesus reminds us that there is a spiritual reality that overlays our political life. This spiritual reality does not negate the political, but informs and transforms our involvement in it. We are citizens of God’s Kingdom first, America second. But we are citizens of God’s Kingdom so we can be better for the world. The words of Jeremiah to the exiled Israelites in Babylon should echo in our political involvement: “Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper” (Jeremiah 29:7).

The beauty and frustration of Jesus’ moral life was that it complicated the status quo. Which is better, to keep the strict laws of the Sabbath or to heal a man disabled for life, to stone a woman caught in adultery or redeem her from the wake of her lifestyle? Jesus was crucified as king and criminal precisely because He placed people over policies and popular theologies. He entered into the narrative of people’s lives, and people are always messy. Nothing has changed in 2,000 years. We are still messy.

Seeking the welfare of the city means entering into that mess. But it means getting dirty in a different kind of way—in the way of Jesus. We get dirty through our service to the city, not through our path to power. Instead of reacting to the social decay around us, we get dirty by trying to pioneer new solutions to social problems. We get dirty by living out our faith in public life by doing good deeds—the kind of deeds that the world recognizes as good (Matthew 5:13–16). As a community of faith, we are called to set our hope on the sovereignty of God, not on the promise of politicians. Resting in God’s care allows us to be free to make mistakes with our best political decisions. And it allows us to enter into the hopes, dreams, fears, problems and frustrations of people’s stories.

My hope for my son is that over the next 10 years he will mature beyond being a one-issue voter. I hope that he will be able to see the complex problems that our country faces and have the courage to take action—even if it means getting his hands dirty. I, on the other hand, have to vote this year. It’s going to be messy, but historic.

Author: Ron Sanders
Adapted from website!

Relativism

2008-09-19T22:19:00.002+08:00

Some people take the word “relativism” to refer to something bad. Others are obviously more comfortable with it. So I had better clarify what I mean by it. There are good ways of thinking relatively and there are bad.

When Truth Is Relative

If I say Abraham Lincoln was tall, that statement will be true or false in relation to (that is, relative to) the standard of measurement. “Abraham Lincoln was tall” is true in relation to me—and men in general. But the statement “Abraham Lincoln was tall” would be false in relation to the Sears Tower or, say, the average adult giraffe. So we say that the statement is true or false relative to the standard of measurement.

This is an indispensable way of thinking. Many examples from our daily lives could be given. My father was old when he passed away. True, relative to men. False, relative to civilizations or Redwoods. That car was speeding. True, relative to the 35 mph speed limit. False, relative to NASCAR. That baby’s cry is loud. True, relative to ordinary human conversation. False, relative to thunder. And so on.

The reason we do not call this way of thinking relativism is that we assume he who says Abraham Lincoln was tall and he who says Lincoln was short both believe there is an objective, external standard for validating the statement. For one, the standard is human beings, and for the other, it’s giraffes. So as soon as the two people know what standard the other is using, they can agree with each other, or they can argue on the basis of the same standard. This is not relativism.

Relativism is when a person would prefer to say something like: “There is no objective, external standard for measuring the truth or falsehood of the statement ‘Abraham Lincoln was tall.’ And even if there were, it would be unknowable and I wouldn’t want to base my convictions on it.”

This sounds silly as long as we are talking about Abraham Lincoln’s height. So let’s shift over to something relevant. Consider the statement “Sexual relations between two males is wrong.” Two people may disagree on this, but that doesn’t necessarily mean either of them is a relativist. They may both say, for instance, “There is an objective standard for assessing this statement—namely, God’s will revealed in the Bible.” Then one may say the Bible teaches that this is wrong, and the other may respond, “No, it doesn’t.” That’s not relativism

It would be relativism if someone said, “There is no standard for right and wrong that is valid for everyone. You may believe that sexual relations between two males is wrong, but you can’t claim that others should submit to that standard.”

What does this imply about truth? Relativists may infer from this that there is no such thing as truth. It is simply an unhelpful and confusing category since no standard is universal. Or they may continue to use the word “truth” but simply mean what conforms to one’s own subjective preferences. You may prefer the Bible or the Quran or the Book of Mormon or Mao’s Little Red Book or the sayings of Confucius or the philosophy of Ayn Rand or any of a hundred other standards. These relativists will use the language of “true for you, but not true for me.” In either case, we are dealing with relativism.

The essence of relativism is the conviction that statements—like “Sexual relations between two males is wrong”—are not based on truth that is valid for everyone. There’s no such thing. Concepts like true and false, right and wrong, good and bad, beautiful and ugly are useful for expressing personal preferences or agreed-upon community values, but they aren’t universally valid standards.

Assessing Relativism

The claim that there is no one standard for truth and falsehood that is valid for everyone is deeply rooted in the desire of the fallen human mind to be free from all authority and to enjoy the exaltation of self. This is where relativism comes from. Relativism is not a coherent philosophical system. It is riddled with contradictions—both logical and experiential.

Sophomores in college know something is fishy when someone claims all truths are relative. And every businessman knows that philosophical relativists park their relativism at the door when they go into the bank and read the language of the contract they are about to sign. People don’t embrace relativism because it is philosophically satisfying. They embrace it because it is physically and emotionally gratifying. It provides the cover they need to do what they want.

So this is something we should avoid and grieve over and labor to overcome. And it seems to me that one of the ways we might make some headway in preventing ourselves from embracing relativism and rescuing others from it is by simply pointing out how evil and destructive some of its effects are.

The Evil and Destructive Effects of Relativism

I. Relativism is treasonous.

Relativism is a revolt against God. God’s very existence creates the possibility of truth. He is the ultimate and final standard for all truth claims. When relativism says that there is no standard of truth and falsehood that is valid for everyone, it speaks like an atheist. In rebelling against the very concept of divine law, relativism commits a treason that is worse than outright revolt because it is devious. Instead of saying to God’s face, “Your Word is false,” it says to man, “There is no such thing as a universally binding divine word.”

II.  Relativism is dishonest.

Everyone knows in his heart that believing relativism to be true is self-contradictory. Everyone also knows intuitively that no one even tries to put it into practice consistently. Therefore, both philosophically and practically, it cultivates duplicity. People say they believe in it, but they don’t think or act consistently with what they say. They are hypocrites. You can’t be an authentic relativist.

This becomes more obvious as relativists live their lives. They simply do not live as though relativism is true. Professors play the academic game of relativism in their classes and then go home and get upset with their wives for misunderstanding them. Why do they get upset? Because they know that there is an objective meaning that can be transmitted between two human beings, and we have moral obligations to grasp what is meant. No husband will ever say, “Since all truth is relative, it doesn’t matter how you interpret my request for sex.” Whether we write love letters or rental agreements or instructions to our children or directions for a friend or contracts, we believe objective meaning exists in what we write, and we expect people to try to understand it. Then we hold them accountable if they don’t.

The very process of thinking about relativism commits you to truths that you do not treat as relative. Relativists employ the law of non-contradiction and the law of cause and effect whenever they talk about their belief in relativism, and these laws are not relative. If they were, relativists could not even formulate the premises and conclusions that lead them to relativism. This is a deep duplicity. And when one does it knowingly, it is immoral.

III. Relativism hides that we are straying from the truth.

One of the most tragic effects of relativism is the effect it has on language. In a culture where objective truth is esteemed and employed for the good of the people, language holds the honorable place of carrying that precious cargo of truth. In fact, a person’s use of language is assessed on the basis of whether it corresponds to the truth and beauty of the reality he expresses. But when objective truth vanishes in the fog of relativism, the role of language changes. When language no longer exists to relay truth, all that’s left is for it to be a tool to fulfill the wishes of the one using it.

This gives rise to every manner of spin. The goal of language is no longer the communication of reality, but the manipulation of reality. When language becomes relativistic, it no longer functions to affirm the truth, but to conceal when we stray from it. Relativism corrupts the high calling of language and makes it a disguise for those who don’t have the courage to publicly renounce the faith they say they have.

This is the exact opposite of the commitment Paul had in the way he used language. He writes, “We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God” (2 Corinthians 4:2, NRSV).

IV. Relativism cloaks greed with flattery.

Apparently, the apostle Paul was accused in Thessalonica of simply wanting money from his converts. When he responds to this, he shows the link between flattery and greed. “Our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts. For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness” (1 Thessalonians 2:3–5).

Flattery is the use of language to make someone feel good about himself with a view to getting what you want. Paul calls it a pretext for greed. When relativism removes truth from language, language goes on sale. If we can get more money by telling people what they want to hear, we will.

Relativism is the perfect atmosphere for turning language into a pretext for greed by flattering people with what they want to hear. This is no surprise to Paul. “The time is coming,” he says, “when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth” (2 Timothy 4:3–4).

V. Relativism cloaks pride with the guise of humility.

On Sept. 9, 1999, Minneapolis’ Star Tribune carried a lead editorial that said, “Christians must abandon the idea that the Jews must be converted. That idea ... is one of the greatest scandals in history.” So I wrote a letter to the editor and argued that since only “he who has the Son has life” (1 John 5:12), it is not scandalous, but rather loving, to urge Jewish people to receive Jesus as their Messiah. This brought a blistering letter from the pastors of the four largest churches downtown. They wrote, “Unfortunately ‘arrogant’ is the right word to describe any attempts at proselytizing—in this case the effort of Christians to ‘win over’ their Jewish brothers and sisters. Thoughtful Christians will disassociate themselves from any such effort.”

The point of that story is if you believe in one truth that all people must embrace in order to be saved, you will be called arrogant. On the other hand, relativism is seen as humility. I certainly won’t say all lovers of truth are humble, but I do want to suggest that relativism is not humble; it’s a cloak for pride.

It works like this. Truth with a capital T—Truth rooted in God’s Word—is a massive, unchanging reality—outside of us—that we little humans must submit to. True humility is to acknowledge this and put ourselves submissively under this reality’s authority.

But what about relativism, which denies this reality exists? It poses as humble by saying, “We are not smart enough to know what the truth is—or if there is any universal truth.” It sounds humble. But look carefully at what is happening. It’s like an employee saying, “I am not smart enough to know who my boss is—or if I even have a boss—so I must not have a boss. I guess I’ll be my own.” In claiming to be too lowly to know the truth, relativists exalt themselves and make themselves the supreme arbiter of what they can think and do. This is not humility; it’s the essence of pride. And the only way pride can be conquered in us is for us to believe in Truth and be conquered by it, so that it rules us and we don’t rule it.

Embrace the Truth Whose Name Is Jesus Christ

Relativism is treasonous against God and dishonest to our fellow believers. It tempts us to put ourselves first and make our own desires more important than anything else. What a bondage! But it is not a bondage from which there is no freedom. Remember Jesus’ words: “The truth will set you free.” If you trust Christ to protect you from harm, and bring you safely to His eternal Kingdom, and be for you the supreme Treasure of the universe, then you will be free to see the truth and embrace the truth and love the truth and be passionate about the truth whose name is Jesus Christ.

Adapted from the Website...

Families Camp 2008

2008-09-16T02:06:00.008+08:00

Its our BGC annual Family Camp again... here's some update of the pictures!

It just happen in the last weekend, with a talented speaker- Uncle Dexter from Shah Alam Gospel Centre on a talk regarding the church and its people. With 4 talks in Genting View Resort for Three days Two Nites... Click the Picture to browse more pictures on BGC's Friendster!

Stay tune for more updates...

Submitted by Js
Meant for Private Circulation only!

Hope in the Midst of Darkness

2008-09-16T02:03:00.001+08:00

September 11 marks a date now embedded into our national identity. Seven years ago the attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center forever changed the landscape of America, and today the scars and memories are still searingly fresh.

That infamous morning in 2001, while the news outlets bombarded us with live footage and eyewitness accounts, I remember thinking, “This isn’t happening.” My feelings of helplessness were merely a microcosm of what the country felt. . It seemed like in that brief moment, the traditional objectivity that news anchors adhere to was cast aside and their hearts were exposed. While flipping through the channels, phrases such as “God bless you” or “Our prayers go out to you” flowed. There were no adequate words for this catastrophic event, but these anchors were clearly reaching.

After the smoke cleared, I found myself going back to the statements made by the news anchors. It occurred to me that while many people say the existence of evil is the most convincing evidence against the existence of God, when evil acts actually occur, many individuals revert to using religious language. Why is this? What causes this contradiction?

We are wired to think that even though evil is prevalent in this world, it’s not supposed to be this way. We have an ingrained feeling that something is off and that what we see around us today isn’t what was intended. Deep inside, we suspect we are not meant to live in a hopeless world. Philosophically speaking, this way of thinking would be considered by some to be some sort of existential cowardice. Philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzche and Jean-Paul Sartre would tell us to suck it up, that this life is all you get, so deal with it. To these philosophers, Christianity is the ultimate psychological crutch.

However, when evil occurs, it seems that Christians and non-Christians alike find it difficult to deal with—we naturally hope, like St. Teresa of Avila, that “pain is never permanent.” So when instances of evil are out of our control, such as 9/11, we instinctively turn to spirituality to alleviate this feeling of helplessness because good has to triumph over evil. There is no other alternative for us.

In the end, God will return to eradicate evil and set up a new earth under His rule. This is what made the cross bearable. Christ “endured the cross, scorning its shame” with the view that this would be the act that would make the new earth possible (Hebrews 12:2, TNIV). What drove Christ to suffer evil? Among other things, hope. Hebrews 2:14 says that Jesus humbled Himself and shared humanity with us, “that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.” Clearly, Jesus held the confident hope that His perfect humility would result in the greater good.

It is this same kind of hope that drives the human soul. Being created in the image of God, we’ve inherited it. We bear up under pain in hope of deliverance in little ways throughout our lives.
For example, people flock to the gym in droves and endure the suffering of working out with the hope that they will fit into that size-4 dress or look good at the beach.

College students continually sacrifice relationships and precious sleep with the hope that they will attain the grades they need to get their diplomas, achieve their dream jobs and get their parents off their backs.

Parents sacrifice money, time and sanity to provide and care for their children with the hope that they will have successful lives, leave a legacy and not repeat the mistakes of the previous generation.

Undoubtedly, hope drives us.

So when evil occurs that men can’t fix, we naturally think that there’s a power out there that’s greater than us who is able to right this wrong. This evil drives us to recognize our helplessness and forces us to see that we all are a part of something infinitely bigger than ourselves.

And, in the end, the greatest hope will always be that “‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away” (Revelation 21:4).

Adapted from Website!

Joy of Gatherings

2008-09-08T23:04:00.004+08:00

Here's some updates of BGC's unofficially and some official events...

Last Week, a day before Malaysia Birthday... a group of small gathering happening in Mr. Chow house, BBQ~ing with a little gathering with some basketball players from Sulaiman School(SMS), Js showing a little part of "Life" video and Stephen sharing some good news while Tf was setting up some fire outside... here's the pictures...

Watching Life Video

BBQ~ing

Group Photos

After these days, heaven rejoice over few who are curios to know more bout the good news! And here's come Sunday, was a small family gathering in one of the Sister's house! Many families was there to fellowship in these gathering, having fun together, playing together, cooking together, and lots more... here's goes the picture would tell u more ... ^^

Dr. Stephen Loke Teaching the Children on "How to score A's in School"

Adam smashing the flour to make "Tong Yuen"

Tasty Machi ... from the tong yuen ... :P

Children loves the sweet!

Durian Ice Cream made by one of our sister from BGC ... made out of 30 biji durian!
Its taste so nice... Malaysia Truly Asia...

The powerpuff girls playing Congkak with Adam...

While the F4 + Stephen playing PC Games...

Taken yesterday by Js, and this verse Psalm 119:105 came into my mind ... And sharing with you all...

Notice: 5- 7 Sept 2008, there will be a Family Camp at Genting View Resort (GVR), so there's is NO Sunday School, Youth Fellowship and Sunday Worship services.
Sunday Worship will be on at the campsite!

Submitted by Js
Meant for Private Circulation Only!

God's Protection:: Destroy By Gustav

2008-09-06T14:15:00.004+08:00

The Hands & Feet Project, a children’s village in Jacmel, Haiti that was started in 2004, has suffered severe damage from the latest hurricane to hit the area. Following the destruction from hurricane Fay, hurricane Gustav buried the village in several feet of rock that came tumbling down the mountain during the storm. Although the overwhelming process of restoration has begun, tropical storm Hanna that hit this week again devastated the village and relegated the children and staff, 48 people in all, to live in one second-story room.

“We are in need of much prayer and financial support right now,” says Drex Stuart, a lifetime missionary who has previously served in Haiti and heads up the Hands & Feet Project with his wife, Jo. “Thank God all of our children and staff are safe. However, we have had major damage to our property, even worse than when [tropical storm] Noel hit last November.

“With our property completely buried in approximately four to five feet of mountain rock, we are doing the best we can to begin the clean-up process,” Stuart says. “Much of our supplies, food, clothes, diapers, formula, etc., have been destroyed and two of the houses where the kids lived were flooded with four feet of water and are currently unlivable. All 36 kids are living in the main house with the nannies.”

After Gustav hit Haiti, Stuart and his son, Audio Adrenaline frontman Mark Stuart, flew into Haiti with a civil engineer to assess the damage and come up with a plan to protect the village. Following the assessment, the cleanup process began, but after four days of clearing rock and piling them up to make an earthen dam that would eventually be a 12-15 foot high concrete retaining wall with re-enforced steel for protection, tropical storm Hanna came through this week and washed all the progress away.

“Our property is about 50 feet wide, but we are also going to help our neighbors finish their walls, because otherwise ours will be ineffective,” says Joel Griffith, Hands & Feet project managing director based in Franklin, TN. “In total, we will build a 200-foot retaining wall covering a Christian school that has 850 kids, the homes and property of five neighboring families representing 50 people and our property housing 36 orphans and 12 staff.”

“We had major damage to two of our children's houses and we lost most of our property walls, the foundation for our new cafeteria/kitchen," Griffith says. "With the retaining wall and purchasing a backhoe to keep it up, we are looking at an estimated immediate need of $100,000-$150,000. Although at this time we cannot handle supplies because of shipping costs, we are asking for monetary donations through our website, handsandfeetproject.org.”

As hurricanes Ike and Josephina threaten Haiti yet again, Mark Stuart also urges people to help. “Pray for Haiti, it’s a country that is often overlooked by the news channels when hurricanes happen because there are really no tourist areas. No reason to really pay attention, but it’s a place that really could use our help.”

God's Protection!

Adapted from Website...

Victorious Singspiration

2008-08-26T18:32:00.004+08:00

Victorious Singspiration

Venue
Rawang Christian Church

Date
31 August 2008

Time
7.30 pm

FREE ADMISSION!

Presented by Rawang Christian Church Choir...
Bentong people or interested visitors to know more about this event, please do contact Js...

Submitted by Js
Meant for Private Circulation Only!

高皓正 - 不要惊动爱情（《真的恋爱了》插曲）

2008-08-23T20:03:00.002+08:00

Just Sharing ...

Seed of Life!

2008-08-23T11:51:00.002+08:00

When I was a little boy, just about 10 or 11, we visited my great-aunt and great-uncle. In the yard beside their home stood a towering pecan tree. Every summer pecans would fall off the tree and sprout, producing a mini-forest of several dozen small saplings. On the last day of our visit that summer, we carefully dug up one of the tiny trees, placed it gently in the trunk of our car, and took it home. We planted it in the corner of our yard. And we waited.

I remember counting up the number of years that would pass before the tree produced any pecans, and realizing that if all went well, it just might make the first crop the summer before I left for college. It seemed like an eternity.

The years passed, and the tree quickly outgrew me. Seasons came and went, and the tree kept growing. I left for college, and the tree was just beginning to produce. Today, it stands tall, shading much of the yard. It will continue to grow and provide shade and beauty for decades, probably long after I am gone.

We planted many different things in the hard, unforgiving West Texas soil. The flowers we planted bloomed quickly, but fall brought their beauty to an end. The tomatoes and peppers we planted were good to eat, but the garden spot is long since covered by a storage shed. We planted those things for ourselves, but in a sense, we planted the tree for someone else. Because even though we get to enjoy its shade now, it is still just a baby, and will be growing and reaching skyward for years and years to come.

The temptation is to plant tomatoes, because we soon can eat the fruit of our labor. The temptation is to plant flowers, because we soon can smell their sweet aroma. But the true challenge in life is to plant trees, and not just any trees, but big, slow-growing, long-living trees, because it is those trees which benefit countless multitudes.

Each day, you choose how you will invest yourself. Your hours are spent on many pressing things which must be done today, immediately, RIGHT NOW, without delay. Your days feel full to overflowing. But look....carefully.... cautiously.....at the frayed edges of each unraveling day are a few moments which you can choose how to use. They are easily spent, so very easily squandered on a fruitless desires or painless pastimes. These moments must be gathered up, treasured for the treasure they are, and carefully applied to the pursuits which will make a lasting difference a year from now....or a decade...or a century.

Pursuits like creating a future which most dare not even imagine for fear it will intrude on their comfortable present.

Many will plant flowers. Some tomatoes. The rewards are present and plentiful and personal.

Plant trees instead. The results can be far-reaching and eternal.

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It's The End...

2008-08-20T02:11:00.002+08:00

It’s the end of my summer. The ending of things always sends me into a place of contemplation and reflection, and on this day, the 15th of August, it’s not any different.

For the last time (at least as an intern), I’m sitting here in the RELEVANT office typing up my thoughts, surrounded by fantastic works of art, literature and music. It’s quite easy to be thoughtful in a place like this. It’s been quite easy to be thoughtful all summer long, partly because of the creativity I’ve been surrounded by and partly because of the amazing things God has revealed to me.

I was sitting on the beach on Wednesday with Meredith (it was our last roadie hurrah), and I was reading over my journal from the summer. I journal all the time – writing down my prayers, thoughts and life experiences. I was floored by the constant state of revelation God put me in this summer. He totally blessed my time down here in the realm of learning new things about Him and myself.

I tried to narrow down the intense load of disclosures into the most potent things I’ve learned, but it was honestly hard. I wanted to memorize every word of my journal from the last two months, but that’s probably humanly impossible (I go on and on and on). As I’m sitting here now, though, I think I could at least try it for you guys out there in blog-land.

It all narrows down to trust and risk for me. First, there’s the trust. I read the story of Abraham and Isaac this summer and realized something for the first time. Abraham wasn’t excited about this test, but he really wasn’t worried. He trusted in God’s ability to fulfill His promises. God had promised Abraham a son, and He would provide that son, no matter what Abraham did. So, Abraham was willing to kill his only son because he knew that even death couldn’t void God’s promise. God could easily bring Isaac back from the dead. Ha! What a twist! What if we lived like that in our day-to-day life, trusting God that much? What would it be like?

Another story that floored me even more was about Jesus (as many of them are). Jesus is an almost-thirty-year-old carpenter. That wasn’t an anomaly in the Jewish culture, but Jesus knows He’s the Son of God. He knew He had the power to rise up and take control over all of the kingdoms of the world, and He wasn’t getting any younger. Satan tried to hand Jesus the world on a silver platter, but, instead of taking His life into His own hands, Jesus trusts God enough to be a poor carpenter for thirty YEARS. God then blessed His preparation time by having Him do ministry for two years – two years that would change history forever.

I’m graduating in December. I’m not going to be a college student anymore. And, I’m not going to lie; I want to change the world. I want to heal the brokenhearted and hold the suffering in my arms. I don’t know what’s coming after school, but I’m not scared anymore. Jesus trusted in God and lived a quiet life for thirty years. He waited thirty years to hear God say, “This is My Son.” I’ve learned over the summer that I can wait, too, if that’s what God wants. I don’t have to jump on a plane the second I graduate (although I totally would). All I have to do is live in His love. It’s easy. It will be fine. Actually, it will be world-changing, no matter what the activity I’m doing is.

So, I learned that God is worthy to trust. If He’s worthy to trust, then He’s also worthy to take risks for, right? How risky have I been this summer? Not as much as I would have liked to have been, but coming to a brand new city much bigger than anywhere I’ve ever lived, moving in with a family I’ve never met before and knowing absolutely no one until my first day at RELEVANT is pretty risky in my book. But, guess what.

This summer has been wonderful. It’s been hard at times, but it’s been wonderful. In the times when I didn’t know anyone super well yet, God was my absolute best friend. In the times when I was taking road trips with great friends to watch Disney fireworks and singing 90s Buzz Ballads with the interns on the way to the beach, God was who I thanked for these wonderful blessings.

Risk is hard, but we we’re not truly living without it. Belief can be tough, but unbelief cheats us. It cheats us of the Will of God – His beautiful, perfect, scary- as-all-get-out Will. Between living in a plastic bubble of safety and complacency and jumping off of a cliff into the realm of God’s Will, after this summer, I’ll take the cliff every time. He is worth it.

I never want to be cheated by unbelief again. I want to be risky. What about you?

Adapted from Website ... Intern Blog!

First Real Mission

2008-08-17T19:48:00.001+08:00

It’s almost the end of the week, and we’ve run out of projects, supplies and motivation.

For the past few years Todd and I have sponsored our church’s youth mission trips to Queretaro, Mexico. In general, we know what to expect. A little paint here, a little polish there, some late-night tacos, an evangelistic drama—all in the name of the Lord.

The truth is, no one really cares. As I unpack the paints, I think, “Haven’t we painted this wall before?” We are frustrated, the students are uninspired and, worst of all, the nationals we have come to serve are unaffected.

One of the men from our group comes up to us and says, “About two more hours, and we can clean up here and head for dinner.”

“Two hours, huh?” I sigh.

I close my eyes and try to think how to fill that time, until Todd interrupts my thoughts: “Remember the orphanage we visited in Albania?” he asks, his back to me, bent over, cleaning some paintbrushes.

“Sure. Why?”

“You think there are any in this town?”

Even before he can stand up and turn around, I’m gone. I dash over to where our teens are talking to some of their Mexican counterparts.

“Orphanage-o? Orphanatorio? Orphanagorio?” I try every combination with my best Mexican accent to get a reaction. “Aquí?” (“Here?”)

“Sí. Sí.” They look at me, laughing, either because the answer is obvious or because of my funny words. I don’t know which.

I wish I could say that Todd and I sat down right then and made a plan, but we didn’t. The truth is, within 10 minutes of his question, we leave the students with the other adult sponsors, and we’re in a taxi trying to find an orphanage.

Looking back now, it seems foolish. We didn’t speak much Spanish, didn’t have much money if we got into trouble, and were in a city where we could have easily gotten lost. An hour later, we’re standing in front of a children’s home on a dusty road, knocking at the door as we wave goodbye to our taxi driver.

We hear a series of locks, bolts and chains being unlatched, and the door swings open. Have you ever heard the expression “his face is an open book”? Well, the title of the book on the face of the man who answers the door is Who the Heck Are You? Even though he’s sitting in a wheelchair, he seems eight feet tall. Seeing him makes us wonder if all those locks are to keep people out or keep children in. While he waits for us to explain ourselves, I catch a glimpse of a child over his shoulder.

We struggle with our bad Spanish for more than an hour but don’t get far. Finally, frustrated, Todd gives up and starts playing basketball with some of the boys, leaving me to continue the conversation. For a while we watch Todd in silence, our host with a blank expression on his face and me hoping we really are on a holy errand.

The thought crosses my mind, Has this man already asked us to leave in Spanish and we just didn’t understand? Or is this something that You planned, Lord?

Finally, the man turns to me and says, “I can understand you. I’m an American.”

I can’t believe it. Why did he pretend? I know I should be mad—but my first thought is gratitude that we can now communicate.

He continues, “I’m a Vietnam War vet. I came to work with abandoned children because I know what it means to be tossed aside. Like them, I’m trying to forget the people who failed me. I don’t always trust outsiders.”

I say nothing.

Todd, who has overheard everything, walks over from the court, with the ball under his arm, and says, “We have $200, 25 eager students and a whole day left in our trip. Is there anything we can do for you if we come back tomorrow?”

The man shifts his eyes and says softly, “The children haven’t had meat in a year, and that window up there is broken.”

Sometimes just talking can cost you. His admission costs him something, and our request costs us as well. We all overcome our fears and say things that are uncomfortable. But we do it. As we sit there on that bench, sipping our lemonade, I know what’s happened: Our first real mission has begun.

The next day, with a much clearer sense of purpose, we set out for the children’s home. On the way, we stop at a market to buy food and toys. When we get to the front door, the children are waiting, laughing and asking if “Michael Jordan” has come back.

We have 200 hamburgers, a new window, and our crew of teenagers.

The orphanage is built like a bullfighting arena, with a large open area in the middle. Steep stairs go up to the dorms on the top layer, which encircle the courtyard below. We set up the grill in the courtyard and begin serving the meal.

After all 40 of the kids receive their hamburgers and second helpings, we find ourselves still flipping burgers. From behind the grill, Todd whispers, “What’s going on? These kids can’t still be hungry; go see if you can figure out where all the food’s wandering off to.”

So I mingle with the kids, who are holding napkins full of hamburgers. Some are carrying them up to their rooms; I follow one little preschool girl up the stairs to the dormitory, and with each step, it’s almost as if I can feel her leading me, wanting me to see something. When we reach the top, she hesitates only slightly as she enters and leaves me standing in the doorway.

She’s hiding the hamburger patties under her mattress.

When I walk into the room, some of the other girls are startled and one of them starts to cry. Why? Do they think I’ll be mad? Yell at them? Hit them? Take the hamburgers back? I don’t know, but none of those things even occur to me. I simply help the little girl I followed lift her heavy mattress.

After we carefully hide the girl’s hamburger, I take her hand, and we head back out the door. Then I stop and send her down to get Todd. After he bounds up the stairs, we stand together in that doorway, and something happens to us, right there, that we don’t even realize at the time. But when I chart the events of my life that followed, they trace back to that moment in the doorway.

We walk slowly down the stairs, trying to think of how we might be able to buy more hamburgers. At the bottom, the director is watching us skeptically, waiting for our reaction, and he explains that the kids often save food for later. Even though we know the hamburgers won’t keep long, none of us has the heart to stop them.

That day Todd and I had a defining moment—an experience that impacted our thinking, touched our hearts and compelled us into a new course of action. It changed our lives. I used to be afraid of that word, change, as if it implied, somehow, that I need to be corrected. But now I have a different view of change. It is a shift in perspective, and not the Extreme Home Makeover kind of change we see on television. It is a shift in what we think we are capable of. In where we want to see our life heading. In how we are willing to spend our time, talents and resources.

When people tell me about how God “moved” them, it is that kind of shift, I believe, they are talking about. It’s a step in a new direction that we couldn’t have taken on our own. Sometimes defining moments result in immediate and complete life transformations, like it did for the apostle Paul on the road to Damascus; but more often, such moments are more subtle, things we can only see in hindsight.

For me, the hamburger incident was not a defining moment that lit up in neon lights. Not at all. I flew home the next day, went back to work, headed to the grocery store, called my friends—but there was a difference. I have since described it as being like a burr under my saddle. I knew I would never feel quite comfortable again. Something inside me had shifted, and after the supernatural pleasure of that “defining moment,” like an addict, I knew I wanted another hit.

Before that trip to Mexico, I was not a bad person. I wasn’t doing anything wrong that required major discipline in my life. But that trip was more like a big wooden marker in the shape of an arrow pointing to someplace I couldn’t see—a place I was nervous about, but excited to explore. Just a week before the trip, the path I was on in my life had seemed fine, but now, in light of that experience, I didn’t want fine anymore. For a year afterward, I moved around on that saddle trying to get comfortable again, but there was that silly burr, always reminding me that I had changed that afternoon in Mexico. That is what reckless faith does—it propels me faster and harder toward God’s true plan for my life.

Todd and I talked hundreds of hours in the following year about those hamburgers and about all the people we knew who could buy food for orphans if they only knew there was a need and how important they could be in meeting that need. It became clear that the arrow was pointing us back to Mexico, and so, without much guidance other than a vague sense of the rightness of the decision, we moved to Monterrey.

Today, when people look at our organization and ask about strategy, vision casting, projection and planning, we just smile. It would be tempting to spin it all so it seems more polished.

But the truth is, it started with a little girl hiding a hamburger under her mattress.

Taken from Reckless Faith © 2008 by Beth Guckenberger. Used by permission of Zondervan.

Auto Pilot!

2008-08-10T09:53:00.003+08:00

Some shots of Olympic in Beijing 2008!
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08.08.08 = 888 Olympic Beijing 2008

2008-08-08T16:02:00.004+08:00

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Gifted & Help!

2008-08-08T14:46:00.004+08:00

Bringing you back in some of the great photos that may shocked you ...
All these pictures were taken from some other places... Whether in wars, hunger, feminine, plague, disaster, or anything... Help are indeed needed for all these people who survive throughout the chaotic period.

You may never become president. Or a famous movie star. But as one of believers or followers or Christ, You yes YOU! And You definitely a Very Important Person (VIP)! The church is like a body and each member is like a body part (1 Corinthians 12).

Remember all gifts are intented to help others
(1 Corinthians 12:7)

Look for ways to help...

1957. The first day of Dorothy Counts at the Harry Harding High School in the United States . Counts was one of the first black students admitted in the school, and she was no longer able to stand the harassment after 4 days.

1962. A soldier shot by a sniper hangs onto a priest in his last moments.

1965. A mom and her children try to cross the river in South Vietnam in an attempt to run away from the American bombs.

1972. After South Vietnam planes accidentally drop a bomb on a town.

1975. A woman and a girl falling down after the fire escape collapses.

1980. A kid in Uganda about to die of hunger, and a missionary.

1987. A mother in South Korea apologizes and asks for forgiveness for his son who was arrested after attending a protest. He was protesting the alleged manipulations in the general elections.

1989. A young man in China stands before the tanks during protests for democratic reforms.

2001. An Afghani refugee kid's body is being prepared for the funeral in Pakistan.

2002. Soldiers and villagers in Iran are digging graves for the victims of the earthquake. A kid holds his father's pants before he is buried.

2003. An Iraqi prisoner of war tries to calm down his child.

The Holy Word say you're not saved by doing good deeds (Ephesians 2:8-9). But it also says that people who are saved should "devote themselves to doing what is good" (Titus 3:14). The Greek word used here for good means "right and beneficial". Good deeds are actions you take to benefit others!
You dont have to look far to find good deeds to do! You can help out at home, help a friend with studies. Volunteer as an aide at a hospital, retirement home or even mission works. Give the clothes to the outgrow to a thrifts store. Share the good news with your neighbor and friends. So many great opportunity all are around you!

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Be devoted to doing good, and the greatest blessing of all will be yours! (Titus 3:8)

E~Gadgets!

2008-08-07T22:55:00.004+08:00

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Announcement!

2008-08-07T22:35:00.004+08:00

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Dedication

2008-08-05T16:49:00.005+08:00

Have you dedicate to serve the Lord? Is not necessary to be full time worker or any full time ministry or anything... Dedicating to someone you believe and trust in is like another stock investment and you wish to have a wealthy return! Well, dedication to the Lord is more than just wealth; but in return, it more than what you would expect and every single fall and hike, it will show you what it really meant to shape u from! Dedicating from what He gifted to you, is another way to strengthen ya gifts and spiritual contentment in Him...

Dedicated ya strength so that He may bless you more from a day till d end of time!
Have you accepted Christ as your personal Savior? Tell us and we'll pray for u...

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God bless...
All d best for those who having their exam and test! May d wisdom of God be with you all...

Picture & Sniper!

2008-08-03T13:45:00.004+08:00

Yesterday youth was another hidden "program" that had been foretold secretly by many people in the hidden jungle of Bentong lies down under the Rest House of Bentong!
There is English Methodist Church, Scripture Union came all d ways from Perak just to share some thoughts and sharing with us... Where is our position now? The great hits that impact our life? Do we have the will to overcome it?! Hardly if we dont have any strong foundation for it!

Sunset or Sunrise? (Too BIG... Resize... Right Click > View Full Image to see wholly!^^)

The day before the hidden plan of God, which is the eclipse day that flashes by Malaysia at West Coast around 6.45pm... Although is just few second vision, some people had claim they see an eyes of shape towards the sunset in Malacca! Anywhere, here's is few shots in the Friday Morning, Thursday Evening, Friday Evening and the real shots of Starry Starry Skies (Js + Tf) and the real eclipse!

Thursday Evening

Thursday Evening

Friday Evening ~ Eclipse Day!

Eclipse Pass by Beijing ... (By som1 else)

11pm at Saturday Nite Church Area ... Snipering some shooting stars ... Js+TF!

God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars... Genesis 1:16

Wedding ... Desmond + Dorothy at Petaling Jaya Gospel Hall 9.30am ~ August 2th, 2008!
Animated Picture! Motion JPEG! ~~~ gif! :P

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Wedding! Who? UTub~MtV

2008-07-31T07:24:00.007+08:00

Congratz, Ms Dorothy and his beloved! There will be a wedding ceremony held in Petaling Jaya Gospel Hall at 9.30am This Saturday 2th August 2008! Ms Dorothy is a RBS Helper during year 2007 as well as other year which I'm not mention! For those who knew Dorothy, you are encourage to join their wedding ceremony at PJGH this Saturday!

The Highlighted/ Arrow Pointing Person - Ms. Dorothy!

Looks! Who I found?! Some Brethren members singer and artist!
Adam Sang ~ Bentong Gospel Centre

Des... ~ Termerloh Gospel Hall

More MTV & Video to come!!!
This Saturday... Another Special YF Meeting, do contact us for more information bout this meeting. Camp fire had been carry down to another week!!!
So Stay Cheerful and Stay with us Always!

"Photographer can come from anyone of us!"

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Flashes of Eclipse!

2008-07-28T19:39:00.003+08:00

Don't miss it !!! Eclipse! Although you may not see from Malaysia, but doesnt mean you cant take a sight of it... Well, our teams will bring you to the LIVE of Broadcast of the Eclipse on August 1, 2008 which is Friday this week! The mostly you can view it at around 5pm ~ 7pm++

Here's is a stimulation from National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) as predict how the eclipse would pass by Asia this year! You look carefully in the picture, although no official said that eclipse may visible for Malaysian but there's will be a flashes of eclipse around that time which is visible to Malaysia!

This was a projected eclipse on August 1, 2008!

This was the stimulation of the eclipse on August 1, 2008!

(D time stated is not Malaysia Time standard!)

Source More ~ info on Eclipse August 1st, 2008!

If you had count or see the time, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore would be GMT +8 so do some a little calculation and you may get the time where when the eclipse would flash by Malaysia!

Again... this was another awesome creation by Him... and all glory belong to Him alone!
Amen

SATURDAY... a day after Eclipse!!! PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP @ Bentong Gospel Centre, 4pm 2th August 2008! Camp fire had been carry down to another week!!!
So Stay Cheerful and Stay with us Always!

"From D.Cam is just another instrument for Professional Photographer!"

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Awesome!

2008-07-27T14:25:00.006+08:00

Awesome! God is Awesome! Do you agree with me? The answer gotta be yes, let's begin with Saturday! The YF having a improper meeting, hanging out in Deli Choice for Coffee Treatment! Because of the rains and the skies... the whole environment turn out a very beautiful scenery! Although is dark, but the skies is cheerful! In the cafeteria, we was having a great conversation with Vivian L, Stephen, Tiam Fei and Js. It was a great enjoyment of having chit chatting bout life and living stories. After that, Js and Tiam Fei head back to church, doing a minor set up and start photo shooting in every corner of the church!

Sunday Shooting after Sunday School

Rain down on us enjoying the photographing session with our camera, its definitely another crazy yet extreme activities by us! Furthermore 50% of the camera is just newly bought n being wet by tropical raindrops! Here's are some shots...

Can you take some shot like this without blur?

Reflections of Light and Water !

Follow by Sunday, after Sunday school; and this time few couple of camera frenzy was hike out the old church premises and begin to shoot some pearl pure morning dew... Shining and sparkling as diamonds to us, catches our eyes fix on that camera shot! Setting Macro Mode, Adjusting ISO Sensitivity to a appropriate to enhance the photographing! It was another amazing scenery by God that create fo us! Thank you, Lord... for all this very wonderful scenic memorable pictures!

Join us next Saturday(2.8.08) for Photography Workshop and enhance your skill with us!

Sharpness! See ants also wanna take photograph with those flower! ^^

After Photodiscovering... it was another lunch time with some kids and the 4 of us which stated above! Taking few shots with Optical IS, baby mode with V~Smile face on it! It was fun an chubby picture was taken during the lunch! After that, Stephen was bringing ms V to shopping, teaches her how to shop like a mature woman? Well, the whole scenario was humorous atmosphere! It was superb jammed in Bentong today, 100PLUS drink 3 Liters ~ 6bottle for RM10! Don't you u think is superb CHEAP... and it only for today and 1 part of road is block for this MEGA SALES in Bentong, Thong Fatt Hypermarket!

Shopping "Tour" Guide ~ Stephen!

Again and again!
NEXT WEEK SATURDAY... PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP but this time, it comes with Practical Session, for the Speaker would like to share and show u directly how to shot a great picture without using a professional camera! This will only happen in Bentong Gospel Centre, 4pm 2th August 2008! Camp fire had been carry down to another week!!! So Stay Cheerful and Stay with us Always!

From Digital Camera to a Powerful Shooter! Definitely every single steps start with a mini camera that can set and shoot! haha^^

Js's Quote:"a Pro-Photographer is the one who knows how to play with light with all different kind and standard cameras; with feels and emotions to illustrate the real identity of how great Thou art"

MTv! PnS See Snap Shoot!

2008-07-25T17:22:00.003+08:00

Missed Mentakab IU Day? Oh well, don't worry! Here's a little short "MTV" made by the Agape 8 Mentakab Campers! Is a purpleline dance performance on the IU day!

Mentakab Agape 8 Camper Dance Performances!

Are you attending the Camera or Photography Workshop tomorrow? Remember to bring your digital camera, or any camera you wish to learn... A basic introductory on photography will be given by Js to share his enjoyment and skills with you! So don't missed it! Once begin, it will never be rewind!
Catch up this Workshop for FREE ADMISSION! At Bentong Gospel Centre, 4pm, Saturday! July 26, 2008 ~~~Only by Youth Fellowship @ Bentong Gospel Centre!~~~

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E~Video Frenzy!!!

2008-07-22T11:14:00.006+08:00

It's been a great joy that song and many nice songs circling around the corner of the world...

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Here's the HK Movie that stated in 2 of the pages in the Newsletter! Here's the preview, mtv and the rest... This was another great evangelical show featuring many artist to pull out the string to share this "LOVE" with you!
Movie Name: 《真的戀愛了？》

Behind The Scenes/Trailer

Main Theme Song ~ 關心妍 - 愛若微風

The Song Video Listed below does not relate with the Movie above ... It just a thought of sharing with those who are left behind, hiding from many, heart broken, unsolve problems in the hearts, may i take this opportunity and dedicated all this video to you!

Still waiting for your lifetime partner?

He hear your prayers!

My favorite! Sun Above Clouds...

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Picnic & Water Dining @ Lentang! Childhood Flashback

2008-07-21T20:17:00.006+08:00

Early 9am was shot suddenly to 11am while waited for some youth to free from their tuition early in the morning... Running back to church, packing up and head straight passes hills, trees, mountains and mother natures!

Overpass the bridge, our allies was almost finish their picnic! The Methodist Church was heading there at 7.30am in the early morning, tasting the freshness of what the Lord had given them in the morning! Well, as for us, Grace of God haven't ended yet; providing us an area to set up BBQ pit, and most of all... what really happen was it as dark cloud ... and we were ... Oh No ! Not again, but He was there for us and protected us from drowning in the rain! Flashes over the skies with a rainbow smile, it was sunlight again flashing at us... and we continue our games an activities on the river beach enjoying water dining, sand building, human sand folding and many more!

Splashing water with great excitement and really this is another day that god had made us glad, and we rejoice in Him always!
Now here;'the picture to tell u more bout it :P!

Water Dining... Setting Up!

Building a Bridge?

Flash Back our Childhood ... playing with Sand ... Sand Design!

Hmmm... Childish ... LOLed!

Looks like someone melted into the fun with sand!

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Sunday School 3 Days 1 Nite Camp?
Youth Camp Agape 9, Where is it? Comment on it or give us suggestions!!! Vote it!!!
Christmas Evangelistic Show in Vega mall Shopping Complex 20 or 21 Dec 2008! Wanna join?

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Yeah! Another Xtreme Activities...
More pictures on d wayz!!!

Flashes of Silence

2008-07-17T13:26:00.007+08:00

Yesterday and another yesterday... Senior with KL'Frens was having a great joy of fellowship while staying in Bentong! While having this great time of fellowship, they actually arrive it in another yesterday and puff us out ... at Tuesday when they suggest to do another Water BBQ beneath the secret lair that treasure beyond the river of 7 miles. 7 Mile or know as Batu 7 is a river where people have fun and playing water in this crystal clear water ...

Path to 7 Miles River

Journey begin at 2pm and head in to a real fantastic path tat had long lost before, having bgc 2 senior 'buka jalan' for us; definitely ease our way heading into our final destination! Crossing river of coz becoming of of the itinerary that cannot be missed! Setting up, some people just jump off from a small hill cliff, burning coal, swim around...

When the first lightning came, flashes of silence sharpen our eyes fix on the rivers... Small branches of trees, tree leaf, and the water getting brownish! And here's come the flash flood that make us panic carry stuff all to high hills ...

Continue BBQing during the flash flood was the first time in my life, as well as other... Pictures on the wayz

No one could had experience the cold under water and the hot foods in our mouth in the situation where the current was was unpredictable and its flash flood! Hurry in minutes, again ... we cross off the river with 1.5 metre depth of water which i flowing quickly! Plus all of us carry almost valued up to RM20k of equipments pass cross the river! Though is dangerous, but we thank Thee we can make it by His Grace!

Crossed River, Head up to 4WD Jeep heading to Hots Spring that hidden in the spirit of District Bentong! Reaching the spring, it was fresh, few person was there, and there's is a small rain flowing down from the skies making the hots spring spur off the hot juice all over the area! Some of us just directly jump off the the hottest area which is1.6m depth of water with 42'C hot! It was great! Beneath the ground it was around 50'C underground that burning the mud n it flows off the fresh springs!

Hot Spring, Bentong!

According to "legend" that had been foretold by a senior brother Kuang Fei, this hot spring meant for them to boil egg in the past! Well, in practical yes this spring can boil egg but it just the matter of time to make it 1/2 boiled. Well... after the playground of hots and cold air in the springs! Decision that judge a dinner fall in "Mei Heong" Restaurant at 8pm !

People who attend this Xpeditions: John Kit, Kevin, Stephen, Kuang Fei, Jet Yen, Kah Choon, Kah Yin, Js, Yin Mei (hope ya name correct!?) ANyone miss out? :P

Tonite, "Inter-Nation Sunday School Discussion Meeting" was held in KY house was begin after a broadcast "LIVE" on TV9 Debate btw Anwar... In conclusions...

Last week mini camp of Sunday School was a "Yeah" deems as a successful camps! And after a short meeting, it plan to have to large scale Sunday School 3 Days and 1 Nite Camp! Wanna know more? More update coming soon and really soon!!!

Sunday School during Holiday? In BGC history is like a Sun rising up from the "North"! And most surprising of all, our BGC is going to perform once again in Shopping Complex in December 20 or 21st, 2008! Stay tune for more update ya!

Sunday School 3 Days 1 Nite Camp?
Youth Camp Agape 9, Where is it? Comment on it or give us suggestions!!!
Christmas Evangelistic Show in Vega mall Shopping Complex 20 or 21 Dec 2008! Wanna join?

Oh ya! This Saturday Youth Outing at Lentang Water BBQ! Hav you Sign up yet ?! More information refer to previous post!

Sunday School reunion this week Sunday oh! Usual Sunday School...

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Yeah! Another Xtreme Activities...

Sunday School Mini Camp! YF "Water Dining"?

2008-07-13T18:33:00.010+08:00

It is the day where children gather together to have fun for a longer period, as a camp; playing together, enjoying all the fellowship and games that had prepare!

It happen at 13th July 2008 which was schedule at 10.45am till 3pm consist of many activities that colors the life of the children into a better world ...
The activities begin as ...

10.45am - Singspiration
11.00am - Ice-Breaking
11.15am - Story Telling with Q&A
11.45am - Senamrobic (Children Aerobic :P)
12.30pm - Lunch Time
1.15 pm - Workshop = John 1:3
2.15 pm - Indoor Telematch
2.45 pm - Prize Giving
2.50 pm - Group Photo
3.00 pm - Home Sweet Home

Activities that promote teamworks, spices up their life, and of course expand the creativity of Children! And most important of all is the good news they receive from this camp! From this camp, although is short but they all very enjoying the games and the fun with everybody! Around 40 kids plus some Sunday school teacher as well as youth helper, this camp again is fun and indeed is another joy and glory to His name!

Children "innocent" looks!!!
Don't see they innocent... they are hyper superb hyperactive children!!! They might climb your head if they insist to...

Here's there are photos tat illustrates all the program that had set in place...

Chairing "Singspiration"... Js and Stephen

Ice Breaking + "Divide and Play"

Senamrobic ... (Children Aerobic with kids songs^^) by Teacher Ms Lee Lan

Lunch Time ~ Special Nasi Lemak ...

Workshop "Cut & Paste" !!! John 1:3 God Made All Things

Children "Masterpiece" Arts Attack!!!

Telematch - Indoor ...

Red Group

Yellow Group

Green Group

Wanna see their hyperactive sound?

More to come!!!

Ohya!!! Don't forget ... There's a "Reunion for Sunday School" as well, there will be fantastic games and activities... and most favourite of all... Video starring all Sunday School Children! Greatly preview by next Sunday and Slide Show showing the Reflection of Camps next week... Make sure you be there ... next week Sunday School tune back as usual... as usual... 20th July 2008, Sunday

AND............................

Crystal clear river ... plus a "On Water Dining" Fantastic... and It will never ever happen in KL & Selangor coz river dirty:> Dont jealous! So join us ...

Water BBQ? In water all wet, how bbq? Wanna see the magic? Come on ... We'll show u how!!! Water Captain Ball? Water Dining? All water?
Next Saturday 19th July 2008!!! Youth Fellowship will be heading to Hutan Lipur Lentang, Water BBQ, plus Water Games will be again featuring this Saturday Youth Meeting which begin at 9.30am in the morning!!! No meet up point, but transport will arrive at your doorstep n pick u up, so get ready before it reaches your door!
Set your time, jok down the schedule; rang up Stephen and pack up!
Ready for this event... and and and ... em... and ... for those who age below 21 years old, please let your parent sign the permission slip before you are allow to board at this trip! And most of all... Its Only at RM2 only! Where to find? Transport, fuel, toll n Meal included! SEAT IS LIMITED...

Caution: Parent permission slip is important, it deems as a ticket and assurance for this trip!
Note: Pickup only applicable at Bentong area only
Important: Please register yourself to Stephen or Js before 16 July 2008! Or Contact us through blog or msn or friendster or phone us!

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Hope...

2008-07-12T13:31:00.004+08:00

The seed of Hope!

Its a Chinese song by Taiwan church!

Flower MTV - Children of God...
More... Chinese Songs... Heard tat its not forsale in Malaysia!
Enjoy!

I finally realize how great His love was... for by His grace, many children were blessed and saved by Him ... His love is far beyond our understanding, the flower mv contented to tell us, in many indescribable hard situation, He was there for us ... never forsake us and be with us and carry us all the time!

Announcement!
This Week 13 July 2008, Sunday... Our Sunday School will be having a camp a short hour camp! Lunch is included, admission is free and is applicable or children below 14 years old! Sunday School @ Bentong Gospel Centre @ 11am-3pm Sunday!

God bless...

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Wishes? Dreams? All Coming True?

2008-07-06T17:58:00.007+08:00

Have you ever come across wishes and dreams? Have you ever wish by throwing a coin into a well or before blowing the candles? And most important of all, have all the wishes and dreams come true? Have u been blessed? Well, if there don't come true; what's wrong with your dreams? Today i will share a little bit of my testimony bout a little "dot" in my lifetime! And this is all about dream and of course a little mixture of fantasy! And by today Sunday Worship, I realize How God had bless me so far?! And I realize by His Living word, that little "dot" in my life had become a "starz" of the year!

Here's the topic!!! My Story... Js "doT" StOrY!

7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. John 15:7

Turn over your key, start your engine, i m gonna bring you back to 2006 and towards the beginning of 2007! And this story came when I was taking the beginning second year of my Degree in University College Nilai! Before the semester start, our Leo Club having this Annual Meeting in somewhere in the Girl's Hostel; from charity to welfare, our club had been organize many great event! All these event are just round and round in a very "mini" circle. And because of that, our president decided to go beyond the circle! And this time, being a little bit of outrageous; we decide to go for 2 days trip! The idea was propose by me, which my initial idea is just to visit the Kampung Orang Asli in Kampung Enggang, Lanchang! Due to a journey far from nilai, we decide to over nite in a small town namely Bentong! Being a chairperson is very tough to lead and organize this camp! This journey lastly resulted in visiting Kampung Orang Asli, and visiting the Elephant Sanctuary and a dinner in Bentong which is the first day and the second day, we heading to Hutan Lipur Lentang and also Bukit Tinggi resort!

Day by day, only prayer cames into heart! And by prayer alone, we felt peace; with many of my dedicated committee members with some external help, we plan and hope to work things out for this trip! This trip require a large sum of money, a bus tat carry 40 persons, hotel management, as well as JPJ namelist! Although many minor part seems to be easy to figure it out, but i can tell its very hard! During hard time and suffer in hardship, I realize God really walk with me, carry me in times of difficulties by sending friends and people that surround me! During that period of time, I personally didnt really realize that is a verse bout talking abide in me all your wish will come true! Week by week, the day was approaching, we were strugling bout money and resources! The total of these trip if i not mistaken was needed around RM8000 as total budget!

When the day is near, by faith and trust; we got a bus persiaran which is original price at RM1300 from a friend's relatives company who working as tourist company! They charge us at RM1000 for the bus plus a Certified Tourist Guide at RM300 per whole trip! We manage to booked all suite, 12 deluxe rooms as well as 5 single rooms in Golden Court Resort! And also 4 Dinner Table in Golden Court! Adding on, another blessing flows from Bukit Tinggi which original charging us at RM16 per ticket ended up charging us RM12 per visit! It was anothe added blessing to our journey! When the days was near, i keep on day dreaming, dreaming as well as fantasizing bout this trip, laying out the contingency plan of this trip! With another total sponsor of many items, and cash at around RM3200. Also a full permission from the pegawai Elephant Sanctuary to allow full range of activities on our visitation!

Before the actual day, we feel that the blessing was keep overflowing! And on the actual day, my vision getting clear instead; I realize some one was behind me beside my committee was pulling off the dark clouds as we visit the place! By adding another tourist guide, the whole journey was oragnized properly! Video showing elephant cultures, bath and sitted with elephant and feeding them! Fellowshipping with the Orang Asli and we heading back to Bentong for a great dinner!

On the next day, after visit Bentong; we head to Bukit Tinggi stopping by the Hutan Lipur Lentang for natures walk! Heading up the Bukit Tinggi, I realise my dream had just show what's really happen in front of me! Really, its amazing ... On that hill, I knew He was there to color the clouds of joy! Visiting the Japanese Garden, Japanese Botanical Garden, Colmar Tropic ale French Theme Resort as well as Rabbit Farms with additional deer rides and archery funs!
Everything is just turn out the way i dream about! And awesomefully, this whole journey is not just a blessing towards us as well as those people surround us! We really thank God for the outcome, and in the end; throughout so mnay things that happened! I can said "God is always there for us to cling on"! With this passage i share a little star in my lifetime with projected picture...

Flash Back Agape 8, it was also another blessing; a blessing that God granted till we cannot denied that this is the power of God! With added picture of sweetness plus a cubic of sugar into a cup! It just like drinking a sweetest drink that you ever had. Behind the camp, planning committee just around 6 persons plus helper is definitely only around 10. Resources is really ... from far we see, is we lacking of man power! But we go by faith, many substitute and contingency backup plan that backing each activities to enhance the smoothness running of the camp! And really, by the end of the day... many of us enjoy in serving in joy! And truely, abide in Him, all our dreams and wishes may come true in His will...

Here's a little announcement!!!
Next Week 13 July 2008, Sunday... Our Sunday School will be having a camp a short hour camp! Lunch is included, admission is free and is applicable or children below 14 years old! Sunday School @ Bentong Gospel Centre @ 11am-3pm Sunday!

God bless the reading of this passage!

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The Joy of Fellowship

2008-06-30T01:14:00.006+08:00

Many great fellowship had bring us into a bonding of brothers and sisters in Christ!

Receiving Certificate of Baptism: Mr. Chin(Elder) & Han Sze

One of our brother leaving Malaysia for almost 6 months courses of "Evangelism" in Bali, Indonesia! Many great fellowship of time had been carry out once again and by doing that, it boost the relationship among each other!

Saturday of Celebration of cheers in Youth Fellowship, bringing all kind of memories of years 1999 till now! Showing and sowing the seed of slide picturing many of us, and most of us had done in the past! Fonding of all king of memories indeed everyday is a great mystery as well as a present from above! Each day is important, so appreciate and live it to the fullest!

Saturday, Celebration of Youth Fellowship for Kenneth's Birthday as well as Han Sze's Farewell day. It suppose happen in Lentang but due to morning schooling, and it had been subjected to postponed the date! Anywhere, pictures and videos below showing the gathering of us! Having many great time with each other and being enjoy in every moment we spent.

(From Lower Left: Joshua, Shin Yee, Han Sze, Melissa's little brother, Kenneth, Cyrus, Justin, Kinn John, Jia Shen. From Upper Left: Felix, Stephen, Tiam Fei, Jeremiah, Melissa, Natalie, Jean Wen. Joining later: Vivian Loke, Kah Yan, Adam)

Saturday Nite, having some great dinner in our oldies restaurant! "Mei Heong" enjoying "Sa Sweet Little Chicken" and some assorted mees, spending time reaches 12am...

The Power of Your Love

Sunday Morning, Enjoying Bentong Famous Tom Yam! For our third party!

And lastly it juzt happen just now ... having a short discussion as well as planning and farewell for our brother Han Sze for the last party! Cooking, Frying some Nuggets, Fries, Cheesy Hot Dog and with drinks, it just lighten up the fellowship with some praise and worship song added another great time for having each other!

Turn Your Eye's Upon Jesus

Sneaking out the 2008, inKoming event will be slightly a bit extreme! Heading up, shooting as high as possible to challenge once more in one our event- "The Nite of Christ"! I'm guess you blur bout this event! Do not worry, from time to time, from this blog to ws4jesus or vice versa, our "secret recipe" will just reveal to glittering your eyes with our extraordinary youth program!

Nuclear Facility! Power Plant!

This coming 5th July 2008! Topic setting up as "Debate", what do you think bout "Petrol Hike"? Should government allow nuclear energy to solve its petrol issue? Is it real that First Nuclear Power Plant Research Centre build in Central Pahang, Bt Ibam? Join our debate! And see how Christian reviews all this issue! As conclusion, you be surprise on the outcome of these debate!

Petrol hike is killing us?

Some information you might need to prepare for the debate! Do join us this youth meeting, transport is free! Kindly email us!

Information as below: Click the SOURCE
Petrol Hike Information and News : SOURCE
Nuclear Research and Power Plant in Central Pahang?: SOURCE
Malaysia Nuclear Agency (Malaysia's Institute of Nuclear Technology): SOURCE
More information you may found in : http://www.wikipedia.com

Stay tuned! Stay update!

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Are you still burning for God? Or "Hangus" d?

2008-06-27T23:22:00.004+08:00

High! Hi ... everyone ... our planet is burning... but are you?
Let eXplain here den!!!^^ Burning for God isn't easy!!! But make yourself "Hangus" or "Toasted" is just like flowing with river till it drops to a huge waterfall...

BUT REMEMBER!!!

Don't Forget the Basics - Remembering God's Goodness when Faith is Difficult! [God's Grace]

There is an epidemic of spiritual amnesia going around, and none of us is immune. No matter how many fascinating details we learn about God’s creation, no matter how many pictures we see of His galaxies and no matter how many sunsets we watch, we still forget.

Most of us know that we are supposed to love and fear God; that we are supposed to read our Bibles and pray so that we can get to know Him better; that we are supposed to worship Him with our lives. But actually living it out is challenging.

It confuses us when loving God is hard. Shouldn’t it be easy to love a God so wonderful? When we love God because we feel we should love Him, instead of genuinely loving out of our true selves, we have forgotten who God really is. Our amnesia is flaring up again.

It may sound “un-Christian” to say that on some mornings I don’t feel like loving God, or I just forget to. But I do. In our world, where there are hundreds of things to distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.

I recently attended my high school reunion. People kept coming up to me and saying, “She’s your wife?” They were amazed, I guess, that a woman so beautiful would marry someone like me. It happened enough times that I took a good look at a photograph of the two of us. I, too, was taken aback. It is astonishing that my wife chooses to be with me—and not just because she is beautiful. I was reminded of the fullness of what I have been given in my wife.

We need the same sort of reminders about God’s goodness. We are programmed to focus on what we don’t have, bombarded multiple times throughout the day with what we need to buy that will make us feel happier or sexier or more at peace. This dissatisfaction transfers over to our thinking about God. We forget that we already have everything we need in Him. Because we don’t often think about the reality of who God is, we quickly forget that He is worthy to be worshipped and loved. We are to fear Him.

A. W. Tozer writes:

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us … Worship is pure or base as the worshipper entertains high or low thoughts of God. For this reason the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like.”

If the “gravest question” before us really is what God Himself is like, how do we learn to know Him?
We have seen how He is the Creator of both the magnitude of the galaxies and the complexity of caterpillars. But what is He like? What are His characteristics? What are His defining attributes? How are we to fear Him? To speak to Him? Don’t check out here. We need to be reminded of this stuff. It is both basic and crucial.

God is holy. A lot of people say that whatever you believe about God is fine, so long as you are sincere. But that is comparable to describing your friend in one instance as a 300-pound sumo wrestler and in another as a five-foot-two, 90-pound gymnast. No matter how sincere you are in your explanations, both descriptions of your friend simply cannot be true.

The preposterous part about our doing this to God is that He already has a name, an identity. We don’t get to decide who God is. “God said to Moses, ‘I Am Who I Am” (Exodus 3:14). We don’t change that.

To say that God is holy is to say that He is set apart, distinct from us. And because of His set apart–ness, there is no way we can ever fathom all of Who He is. To the Jews, saying something three times demonstrated its perfection, so to call God “Holy, Holy, Holy” is to say that He is perfectly set apart, with nothing and no one to compare Him to. That is what it means to be “holy.”

Many Spirit-filled authors have exhausted the thesaurus in order to describe God with the glory He deserves. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that our words can’t contain Him. Isn’t it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?

God is eternal. Most of us would probably agree with that statement. But have you ever seriously meditated on what it means? Each of us had a beginning; everything in existence began on a particular day, at a specific time.

Everything, that is, but God. He always has been, since before there was an earth, a universe or even angels. God exists outside of time, and since we are within time, there is no way we will ever totally grasp that concept.

Not being able to fully understand God is frustrating, but it is ridiculous for us to think we have the right to limit God to something we are capable of comprehending. What a stunted, insignificant god that would be! If my mind is the size of a soda can and God is the size of all the oceans, it would be stupid for me to say He is only the small amount of water I can scoop into my little can. God is so much bigger, so far beyond our time-encased, air/food/sleep–dependent lives.

Please stop here, even if just for a moment, and glorify the eternal God: “But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. But you remain the same, and your years will never end” (Psalm 102:12, 27).

God is all-knowing. Isn’t this an intimidating thought?

Each of us, to some degree, fools our friends and family about who we really are. But it’s impossible to do that with God. He knows each of us, deeply and specifically. He knows our thoughts before we think them, our actions before we commit them, whether we are lying down or sitting or walking around. He knows who we are and what we are about. We cannot escape Him, not even if we want to. When I grow weary of trying to be faithful to Him and want a break, it doesn’t come as a surprise to God.

For David, God’s knowledge led Him to worship. He viewed it as wonderful and meaningful. He wrote in Psalm 139 that even in the darkness he couldn’t hide from God; that while he was in his mother’s womb, God was there.

Hebrews 4:13 says, “No creature is hidden from His sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” It is sobering to realize that this is the same God who is holy and eternal, the Maker of the billions of galaxies and thousands of tree species in the rainforest. This is the God who takes the time to know all the little details about each of us. He does not have to know us so well, but He chooses to.

God is all-powerful. Colossians 1:16 tells us that everything was created for God: “For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.”

Don’t we live instead as though God is created for us, to do our bidding, to bless us and to take care of our loved ones?

Psalm 115:3 tells us, “Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.” Yet we keep on questioning Him: “Why did you make me with this body, instead of that one?” “Why are so many people dying of starvation?” “Why are there so many planets with nothing living on them?” “Why is my family so messed up?” “Why don’t You make Yourself more obvious to the people who need You?”

The answer to each of these questions is simply this: because He’s God. He has more of a right to ask us why so many people are starving. As much as we want God to explain Himself to us, His creation, we are in no place to demand that He give an account to us.

All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?” (Daniel 4:35)

Can you worship a God who isn’t obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?

Do you really believe that compared to God, “all the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing,” including you?

God is fair and just. One definition of justice is “reward and/or penalty as deserved.” If what we truly deserved were up to us, we would end up with as many different answers as people who responded. But it isn’t up to us, mostly because none of us are good.

God is the only Being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty of sin. Maybe that is not an appealing standard. But to put it bluntly, when you get your own universe, you can make your own standards. When we disagree, let’s not assume it’s His reasoning that needs correction.

It takes a lot for us to comprehend God’s total hatred for sin. We make excuses like, “Yes, I am prideful at times, but everyone struggles with pride.” But God says in Proverbs 8:13, “I hate pride and arrogance.” You and I are not allowed to tell Him how much He can hate it. He can hate and punish it as severely as His justice demands.

God never excuses sin. And He is always consistent with that ethic. Whenever we start to question whether God really hates sin, we have only to think of the cross, where His Son was tortured, mocked and beaten because of sin. Our sin.

There is no question that God hates and must punish sin. And He is totally just and fair in doing so.

Copyright © 2008 Francis Chan from the book Crazy Love: Overwhelmed By a Relentless God published by David C. Cook; May 2008; $13.99 US; 978-1-4347-6851-3

AUTHOR INFO

Name: Francis Chan

Bio: Francis Chan is pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, Calif., as well as a board of director of Children's Hunger Fund and World Impact.

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Sneak Peak of 2oo8 Program!

2008-06-24T22:03:00.000+08:00

I'm pretty sure you all are very curios bout what is gonna happen in the youth fellowship soon! Anywhere... Here's have some sneak little peak of what is gonna happen is the next few months. Climbing the mountain is really tough even though all accessories is well prepared, anywhere don't worry; we're not bringing you all to climb any mountain but we gonna bring you to an "roller-coaster" ride of several events that twisted your mind and feel a whole new world for you! Don't worry, is not brain washing!

9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment! Ecclesiastes 11:9

Anywhere before any reviews being made... let me brief you what had happen in the past! With some added short clips, we bring you to a whole new world... with 2second animate motion pictures will show you what's had been describe to you!!! ^^ Enjoy...

Waaataar BarBQ! Having in Lentang River... Have u ever feels the joy of having cold and hot at the same time? Well, you definitely gotta try it! The idea is fantastic... And what is really amazing was we set up 2-3 BBQ pits in between the river, having a great bbq as well as steamboat in between it! And another great event that was organized by YF of Bentong Gospel Centre... Ohya ... Please keep the river clean! It's crystal clear water, so keep it fresh; don't ever treat it as your emergency toilet, and the toilet over there is well maintain wth 20cents service charge! :>

"Coasting" and "Bathing" with Elephant!

Bear from the Deer Sanctuary!

This time, the youth event bringing the teens joining with adult under the leading of our Elder Yap, heading into the Elephant Sanctuary! Riding the elephant as well as "coasting" and "bathing" with the elephant! Futher in, we also heading into deer sanctuary! Well, its not really all deer though, inside filling with snakes, bears, ostrich, birds, and rain deers! Smelling great while entering the sanctuary and mind your foot to prevent the great smell of "chocolate bar"! Feeding all animals with free supplied foods, the animals will automatically draw near to you! Further in, that's where Kampung Engang, where we have the fellowship with the Orang Asli, tasting their mystical cultures as well as their traditions!

Again! Water! But not BBQ, but water fiesta! Out of sudden, someone were joining us from a chrch who are celebrating their birthday on that day! That day is just whole wet wet wet !!! Don't think too much! Just ordinary Wet! Throwing with water balloon like dodge ball game in the lined up area. Joining with other church throwing water balloon at each other as a game added another highlight event for the Youth Fellowship of Bentong Gospel Centre!

Without forgetting those who is on their Birthday, our youth fellowship will always catch them up, locked them either in some favorite spots in Bentong such as our church, deli choice, or even in KFC! Celebration with friends and brothers-sisters in Christ, definitely another great joy of having each other in a moment of celebration!

Other Activities such as Visitation from many churches, a faithful bonding of one church to anther church stronghold and strengthen each other relationship! Churches from Kampar, Puchong Jaya, Bangsar, RBS... and many more visit each other bringing news of greetings, understanding of allies churches in promoting Christian as a light to the world! Beside visitation, there's also sub camp's activities that held in Jeram Besu, Water BBQ in 7Miles, Camp Fire and Camping outside the church, Caroling in Restaurants, Mountain Biking to Chammang Waterfalls and so on ...

Later of all that had been listed and sufing above! Our Youth also have many activities in the church, playing ping pong, caroms, Uno, cards games and also tea fellowship that encounter trust and confidence in each other in games and team building activities! Also not forgetting, floorball (like hockey), basketball, volleyball, mini football, futsal, badminton, captainball... and all sort of sports mostly can be done in the church!

Beside all these crazy activities, among the youth; there are some "activist" hyper active youth, follow them, one day you definitely eligible to become one of them! Yam Cha in Mamak Stall? Chit chat in cafeteria? Food tasting? Nah... all these just ordinary fellowship!!! Not so extreme yet! Wanna go extreme? you can search for these people among us! But REMEMBER, all these is not official event of Youth Fellowship Programs! Its only some crazy people doing some crazy things only!!! So what's crazy thing we do? Living in a small town of Bentong, although many places of interest but there all in a far distance to travel to!!! So, some of us or them figure out some where to entertain those crazy type of people! It's syok! It's just hyper active! Activities such as driving car up to Genting for yam cha session, somemore in Starbucks, First World! Photographing session with Js, cycling up to Genting Sempah for Mc Donald, Unbreakable spirit of reunion in Chammang waterfall after Agape 8, visit The Rock church in Bukit Tinggi ... Swimming and many activities and so on!!!

Our Annual Youth Camp had been running for the 8 Years! And guess what?! Our number is increasing rapidly... All these place was chosen and people who go for it deeeply enjoy their moment in the whole duration of camps! And fantastically, God really working among us, and because of Him, every single camp is another added victory for Him! And the Camp Theme set as AGAPE which mean sacrificial love like God's love to spare our sins and being saved! Places that we had visited...
Agape 1 = Genting Ria Apartments
Agape 2 = Agape Campsite, Port Dickson
Agape 3 = Melaka Gospel Hall
Agape 4 = Highland Christian Centre, Camerons
Agape 5 = Broga Campsite, Kajang
Agape 6 = Sg Ruan Methodist Campsite, Near to Raub
Agape 7 = Christian Convention Centre, Penang
Agape 8 = HCC, Camerons Highlands
Agape 9 = ???

Camp's Videos!!!

Added more...
Joint Camp with Ampang Gospel Centre in Golden Sands Campsite, Port Dickson
One Nght Camp in Tasik Bera, Temerloh

What's is gonna happen in the next few months? We deeply encourage you to join us in a mystery making of all these activities!!!

Youth Fellowship Every Saturday 4.00pm at Bentong Gospel Centre
Need Transport? Don't worry, Email us! We'll response to you in Time!!!

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In KL, LOST? Don't worry again! We soooon, setting up a beacons of lights in KL soon!!!

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Testimony of a Child - 一个小孩子的见证

2008-06-22T23:10:00.000+08:00

主耶稣以他的爱，救赎的恩典，不按我们的罪待我们，却以他的怜悯，赦免我们的一切罪过。
　　
　　道成肉身的主耶稣住在我们中间，充充满满的恩典，有真理！感谢神，就在今年（2003年）的9月2日早上，天下着小雨，我们夫妇送孩子小诺亚名字（真名）去幼儿园的路上，摩托车与一辆货车相离太近，发生车祸！我们连人带车全部倒地唯独我的孩子飞了出去！我与孩子间相离咫尺，却未能将她拉过来，眼睁睁地看着货车的后轮象压块大石头一样，从我孩子的头上压了过去！......当时我脑子里一片空白，大喊诺亚的名字，爬着过去将她抱了起来，在抱起来的那一瞬间，小诺亚的脸就歪着，鼻子、嘴和耳朵全都往外流着鲜血！更可怕的是：头上有个“鸡蛋”大的血洞，正往外流着血和脑浆......诺亚歪着嘴只哭叫了二声，就再也没有出声，昏死过去！我大喊诺亚的名字，万般无助，极端痛苦，这时圣灵感动我从内心大喊道：“主耶稣啊，你快救救我的孩子，救救诺亚吧！”也正是圣灵感动我如此冷静，抱着诺亚拼命奔跑！一位好心的司机大哥，争分夺秒地将我们送进医院。

　　在急救室里，医生给孩子检查一下，摇摇头说：“没什么希望了，孩子的右半边脑壳都碎了，脑组织都出来了，瞳孔已经放大，并且脉膊也很微弱！”说着就放慢了速度......这时，诺亚又往外吐了一大口鲜血，我跪在地上拼命大喊着：“万能的上帝啊！救主耶稣啊！你快救救我的孩子吧！只有你能救她了！”“医生啊，孩子还有一口气，你不可以放弃呀！”医生听了感动的说：“抓紧时间吧，给孩子个作个CT，赶快联系脑外科手术！”

　　孩子做完CT，在脑外科重病观察室，等候手术时，我们全家都到了，医生这时送来病危通知书，并且说：“孩子现在很危险，无法手术，因为孩子的血压高压五十都不到，低压已经没有了，脉膊也几乎停了，身上的血快流完了，现在手术，又要出大量的血，孩子随时都会有死去的可能，必须先输血，等血压稳定了才行！”我跪在病床前，摸着诺亚冰冷的小脚，低着头大喊着：“不！不！我不信，我不相信，我只相信我主耶稣，他能让拉撒路死了4天都能复活，何况诺亚还有一口气，他一定会救她的！”

　　真是感谢神！主耶稣就在我们身边，他听到了我们全家在手术室门口的齐心祷告，诺亚连输了二袋血，等了半个小时，血压慢慢上升了，手术终于可以做了！我们在手术室门口分分秒秒地祷告着，祈求着，这1分1秒都是生命。仅用了三个小时，医生就出来了，说：“手术做的很成功，并将碎了的脑壳又重新拼好，不用再二次手术！流出来的脑组织将影响她半年内走路，左手可能不会再动了。还有半边脸的面神经被压坏了，以后可能面瘫，不知能不能恢复。现在最主要的是在十五天危险期内，千万不可以发烧，不然就是大脑炎，大脑炎就意味着孩子活着也是弱智！”我们全家听了已经很高兴了，接下来就是不分白天，黑夜地不停地的祷告，还有很多教会的弟兄姊妹为诺亚不停地祷告！

　　祷告的力量真是伟大，经历了这么大的创伤，诺亚居然没有发烧，并且手术后1小时就能说话，神智一直很清醒，我们祷告，赞美时，她也和我们一同答“阿们”！并且说：“你们知道吗？是天上的耶和华神救了我，是他借着医生的手给我做的手术......”由始至终从未喊过痛，我们心里都明白，是我主耶稣将她的疼痛全拿掉了，真是超过我们所想超过我们所求！

　　神是现实的，神就是真理！就在出事的第一个礼拜天，我们夫妇约好宝宝这次命保住，就一同去教会敬拜神。可我们软弱，体贴孩子没有去。到夜里，诺亚突然全身僵直，没有知觉，不停抽筋，我怕急了，跪在地上喊着：“宝宝呀，你不会有事的，你不会离开妈妈的。。。”孩子的父亲也跪在地上大喊到：“救主耶稣呀，我信你真的信你了！你饶恕我们的罪，快救救诺亚吧！”这时，诺亚的奶奶，一位忠实的老信徒安慰我们说：“你们别难过，上帝不会吧一个不健全的小羊羔留给你们的，那不能荣耀神的名，上帝要接诺亚去也是神的美意，你们爱孩子不能超过爱神！如果这次诺亚能活过来，就一定是健健康康的，你们只管相信神，顺从神！”

　　是的，从那以后，我们完完全全地将诺亚交给耶和华神，神爱我们，给我们信心，给我们力量，也真实地让我们看到了神的大能！在第二个礼拜天，我们一大早去教会敬拜神，回来后，诺亚居然可以坐起来了，第三个礼拜天，诺亚自己要去感谢神，并且说：“带我去吧，我去了就会全好的！”......我们顺从神的意思，尽管孩子从来未抱起来过，但我们还是将诺亚轻轻地抱到离医院最近的一个教会作礼拜，孩子安静地听着赞美，祷告！回来后神迹出现了，就在那个礼拜天下午，神让诺亚站起来了，并且手指也奇迹般地会动了。接下来第四个礼拜，也是出车祸整整一个月，我们仍旧带诺亚一同去敬拜神！神的大爱不但让诺亚站稳，而且可以来回走动，手更神奇地会拿东西了！我们从内心感谢上帝，感谢他一直与我们同在的耶稣，他每时每刻地在我们身边，垂听我们的祷告，帮助我们战胜了任何困难！诺亚自己不管见到谁，都高兴地说是上帝救了她，而且完完全全地医治了她！所有的医生、护士、亲戚朋友，还有医院楼上楼下的病友们，见了诺亚都说是神迹，相信了神的大能，相信我主耶稣的大爱！

　　感谢神，赞美主，耶稣用他丰满的恩典，我们都领受了而且恩上加恩，我们将这荣耀都归于我主耶稣基督，天上的父神！

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　见证人：小诺亚的母亲

Adapted articles...its a very touching articles!!!

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aIyUk (aiyoh) Day - Tell & Share

2008-06-19T01:21:00.000+08:00

Have you ever heard of our Agape 8: The Next Episode! Definitely Never Heard Before Right! Anywhere, stay update from our blog, we bring and announce you what's is hidden in this Agape 8: The Next Episode! Is not Agape 9, but it was a hidden content of our Agape 8! Be patience my friend, with this private blog, we reveals what's our hidden plan and latest content of this private and confidential stuff rite in front you eyes!!! Stay close... be remember... Stay UPDATEs!!!

Alright, Beside Agape 8: The Next Episode! Next, this week Saturday! Is about time to tune up your "democratic" voice! A 10-15minutes survey will be carry out, tell us what's your idea? And most important is!!! Tell us! Tell us! and Tell us!! We will answer your call! How to tell? just join us this Saturday Youth Fellowship meeting at 4pm... Don't Worry! Transportation is provided... Just contact our brother Stephen!

Today, it comes with nothing much to share! But... have you ever see Malaysian dancing Koreans Dance? Have you ever see your friend singing up on stage? He or she might need your support down there! Mix Dance, Drama, Performance Band, Beat Box and many more! All in one event... Guess what!? You, yes you! Are being deeply welcome to join this "International Understanding Day" organized by SMK Hwa Lian, Mentakab! Some of the Mentakab's friends may performs up there! Pull up your support and join them in these event! Smart casual was require! (Advice: Eat some Durian before you come! Just Kidding!!!) Well, with a good "International" performance, entrance fees of course a compulsory to support them in financial or other charity needs and the price of each ticket was selling at RM5.00 only!

Like my design? Just let me know before you copy ooo ... juz kidding!!!

Ohya, Transportation to the event was not included in the fees, so you have to come by yourself; don't worry, a 5-star "luxury" with natural wind plus always door open bus, you gotta be taking a try and head up to these event! For further information, please contact me or your Mentakab's friends!!! Don't miss it!!!

Please inform me or anyone or Mentakab's Friend who are interested to join this event!
Note: This event-International Understanding Day is not related whether indirect or direct to our church activity! And we bear no responsibility to any cause of it!

If you could not find anyone in contact, please drop us a message in BGC's Friendster / BGC's Blogspot chatter box or comment box! Our 24minutes Online help will assist you soon!

Thank You and God bless...

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Angel : "愛永飛揚"

2008-06-18T00:44:00.000+08:00

Once upon a time, an angel in the skies, make a cover every night,
Once upon a time, an angel in the skies, make my heart warm behold;
Is a Miracle... that make my heart warm belong...
My Love, You always be with me, tell me where I should go?!
Once upon a time, an angel in the skies, and soon He/She become me and your beloved Guardian Angel!!!

"Yesterday was a History, Tomorrow is a Mystery and Today is a Gift! That is why it calls "Present"!" Quoted by Master Oogway - The Movie Kung Fu Panda!
It means that we should appreciate each day and each moment we have with each other!

Every single minute was a mystery, you may not know what is ahead of you! Really, many people thoughts they have many great days for them to come, but life isn't in control by them! That's is why it is very important to appreciate each other, uphold in many ways and encourage their best for everything things they do in their life which may deem meaningful and memorable to themselves as well as others!

Here' sharing an album performing by a Taiwan band namely Stream of Praise(讚美之泉)! It was a Hong Kong Live Concert... recorded as an MP3 as inspiration and motivation for those who are spiritual thirsty and weak in spiritual needs. This also very suitable for those who are seeking peace and comfort to calm their heart, it was very nice Chinese mandarin and a single Cantonese track. Beside those which had been describe, this album also very suitable for those people who are seeking the truth!!! And its was a general album. Sharing here, you can download! But of course, if you can afford to purchase; we deeply encourage you all to purchase!

Stream of Praise Live Worship Hong Kong!

1 開場
2 如果你想知道
3 讓讚美飛揚
4 我對你的愛永不變
5 全能的創造主
6 我的心你要稱頌耶和華
7 有一位神
8 我心要稱謝耶和華
9 更深渴幕你
10 分享
11 展開清晨的翅膀
12 耶穌，我的耶穌
13 傾聽我的心
14 天堂在我心
15 榮耀都歸你
16 願你國降臨
17 我一生要讚美你
18 進入你的同在
19 認識你真好
20 讚美之泉

Year: 2002
File type: MP3
Bit rate: 128kbps

Download Links
Purchase Link
Zip Password: Nogol

For those who are sick, whether you in any area of Malaysia! We will deeply upholding you in our prayers. May God speed healing hand heals you all and also bring comfort and prosperous to many! "Sunflower always smile at Twin Tower, Sky will tell them; you all will be fine, and blessing will never ended"! Be remember, weather changes like flashing lights, drink more water and do take lot of care! Any prayer items, please don't be shy! Tell anyone of us, we share your burdens and happiness together! That's what a family are meant for! You can drop a message in our Friendster profile or share it with your closer friends! May God bless you all...

BGC's Friendster Links - Remember to add us oh!

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Father's Day

2008-06-15T21:30:00.000+08:00

See what's the youth had been coming out?!

Performing some arts and creativity from a roughly 3 minutes show which was prepare less than 20minutes! Best Actor and Best Actress being judge out by the scene of movies! From these two group, one things that shows is the sacrificial love of a father to their children!

God the Father Himself sacrifices His beloved and begotten Son with uncondition loves that we only need to trust and follow Him! That's all... and the outcomes was not only a life of that insured of insurances to a new life and also after life! For His grace is sufficient for us! And because of us - our sins, He bear all on His shoulder! Why? To protect us and to spare us from eternal suffering! What else we need more than just trust Him and Follow Him?! No... For we are saved by His grace, not works or anything!

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NIV)

Group 1 and group 2 ended with a tie no win and loose!

Enjoy their 3 Minutes of their Masterpiece Presentation!!!

After finishing the show... sports on d wayz!!!
And what really happen is... almost all the youth heading to our favourite cafeteria celebrating some one belated Birthday!!! Pictures had been shots many ... and it will be uploaded... later!!!

Lastly, Wish u all... "Happy Father's Day"

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Are You Ready? "Feels" in Hell!!!

2008-06-15T14:39:00.000+08:00

Are You Ready?
This was the first time I ever rush back to my house in urgent to write something important now! Yesterday night, I was reading and listening to a video bout Hell! What about it? Hell is real, is a torturous place; eternal suffering and worse hell is not just a bedtime story or something to scare people off its real and it was very real. Have you ever think hows hell it come out of the scenery? 18 stage of hell? No!!! its worse than what you had picture in mind.

I'll let the "23 Minutes in Hell" by a speaker from oversea go to another continent to share on this! Although, somehow i feel he a bit too imaginative or whether it is really a vision for him. I don't know! But what I want you all to realize who are you rite now?! where you go later? and have ya name written on the book of life? Decide which path you wanna be in the future after life?

Live View Removed! Please click the link below to proceed the video!

23 Minutes in Hell!!! Total was about 1 hour long!
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For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew 24:27 (KJV)

Are you decide already?

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Going "Mobile"?

2008-06-14T00:02:00.000+08:00

Taking a Holy Bible anywhere was heavy and troublesome?
If so, we have some free ware just for you, install it into your hand phone or PDA, so u cn read and study it anywhere u go!!!

Mobile Bible Application
System Requirement: Color PDA/Phone with Windows Mobile Version 5 or above OR S60 Operating Support...

CLICK ME TO FIND PHONE THAT COMES WITH S60 OPERATING SYSTEM!
CLICK ME TO DOWNLOAD MOBILE BIBLE INSTALLER!!!

PSP Version Holy Bible (The Good News Bible)
Cannot Install Bible on ya phone? Don't worry! U can squeeze this Holy Bible into ya psp too!!!
Note: Follow the Instruction Below!

INSTALL:
open the exe then it will ask you for destination
then select your PSP drive(memory card) as destination then click next, done:)

USING:
go to your psp's internet browser
on the address bar type file:\tgnb\index-nt.htm (for new testament) index-ot.htm (for old testament)

enjoy! GodBless!

This software interface looks crappy, don't complain, because it can function well! You shud be proud by using this fantastic software because the code was written by 14 years old boy!

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PDA HOLY BIBLE SOFTWARE (NIV) - POCKET BIBLE 3

All new PocketBible 3 is best-selling Bible software for your Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC. New version 3 offers highlighting, automatic synchronization and much more. You can choose from a wide selection of Bible translations and Bible reference material to use with the program.

Sample Screenshot Interface:

PALM/HP/DELL/ASUS/O2/TUNGSTEN/DOPOD/HTC/NOKIA/etc
Minimum System Requirement: All PDA with Windows Mobile Installed ...

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OTHER HOLY BIBLE SOFTWARE!!!

It's an open source project, but it is very well done.

Bible+ Features

* Fast Display Engine
* Cross-references (double-tap the verse number)
* Fast book selector, completely-Graffiti Goto
* Fast (ARMlet) search engine with transliteration, stop and resume
* Notes page for fast notetaking (with export to MemoPad)
* Built-in languages: Hebrew, Accented Greek, Interlinear Greek,

"Thin" font
* Simultaneous Hebrew or accented Greek with Chinese
* Large Font option
* Copy word/verse/screen to clipboard
* Snapshots for search and navigation
* Highlighted bookmarks on color devices
* Extensive Graffiti shortcuts
* Footnote support
* Drag Scrolling
* Dual Version Display
* Browser-like operation
* Customizable Preferences
* Sony CLIE HiRes+, Landscape HiRes+, and HiRes (with FontHack123)
* Palm Dynamic Input Area (320x480 and 480x320)
* Runs on Palm OS 3.5 and up
* Dictionary lookup on double tap via Plucker Plugin Interface (PPI)
* Auto-off, and
* Auto-scroll

I've included all the Bibles I could get and also the latest version of Bible+. To install them just put them on your SD card in the folder

Bibles included are:
Amplified, Contemporary English, ESV, Holman Christian Standard, NASB, NET, NIV, NKJV, NLT, NRSV, The Message

Other Bibles are easily available if you go to the Bible+ site. I am only including the ones that you have a tough time finding. Only works for certain Mobile Devices only. U can try, if cannot. please uninstall or delete it from your mobile devices. And choose those which is suitable for you!

DOWNLOAD HOLY BIBLES OPEN SOURCE BIBLE
OTHER BIBLES LINKs

ONLINE WEB BIBLE (ANY VERSION)

Cannot install? Don't worry, u can use ya mobile phone or PDA or laptop to browse through, surf under either WIFI, GPRS, WAP, 3G, EDGE, HSPDA WLAN services...
Minimum System Requirement: Colour Phone/Smartphone/PDA with GPRS or EDGE or WAP
Notes:
#1 Certain area WIFI is FREE of charge. Example: Starbucks, Pizza Hut, KFC etc
#2 GPRS, WAP, 3G, EDGE, HSPDA WLAN services, charges applicable subjected to respectful telecommunication company like Maxis, Digi, Celcom, U-Mobile etc.

Mobile Online Web Bible!
Address: http://m.youversion.com

That's all ... Enjoy!

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Petrol Hike ?!

2008-06-13T20:39:00.000+08:00

CYBERJAYA: Seorang pemandu lori tangki nyaris maut apabila kenderaan yang dipandunya terbalik di Persiaran Apec, semalam!

Dalam kejadian jam 2 pagi semalam, pemandu, Sapian Idris, 40-an, dalam perjalanan dari Pulau Meranti ke Putrajaya apabila dipercayai gagal mengawal lori itu menyebabkannya terbalik dan sebahagian daripada 32,000 liter muatan petrol melimpah.

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Current Price = RM 2.704/litre
Next Month Price (1 July 2008) = RM3.15/litre

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Hillsongs United - Solo Vocalist!!!

2008-06-11T14:16:00.002+08:00

She has a amazing voice!!! And most important she is part of the Hillsong Worship Teams!!!

Enjoy!!!

Artist: Brooke Fraser
Album: Albertine
Year: 2006
Quality: 320kbps

1. Shadow-Feet
2. Deciphering Me
3. Love, Where Is Your Fire?
4. Love Is Waiting
5. Albertine
6. C.S. Lewis Song
7. Epilogue
8. Faithful
9. Seeds
10. Hosea's Wife
11. The Thief
12. Hymn

Album: What To Do With Daylight [2003]
Artist: Brooke Fraser
Quality: 192 Kbps

01. Arithmetic
02. Saving The World
03. Still In Love
04. Lifeline
05. Waste Another Day
06. Without You
07. Reverie
08. Indelible
09. Better
10. Scarlet
11. Mystery

Enjoy!!! Fantastic voice...

Submitted by Js
Meant for Private Circulation Only!

Let There Be Light

2008-06-11T12:40:00.000+08:00

Joshua Mills...

An anointed minister of the gospel, recording artist, conference speaker and author, Joshua Mills worships and preaches by standing under the cloud and ministering directly from the glory unto the people. He has written over 600 songs and is known for his ability to lead people into spontaneous worship. Janet Mills ministers the Word of faith at Women's meetings and revival crusades in the nations. Traveling all over North America and around the world, they have been creating a realm of glory wherever they go, with a message that praise changes the atmosphere.

Along with holding meetings in Europe, South America, Asia, New Zealand, and other nations, Joshua and Janet Mills have ministered extensively throughout the Canadian Arctic regions witnessing dramatic transformation taking place in whole communities and the lives of many Inuit people.

The Lord is working with Joshua and Janet, confirming His Word with miraculous signs and wonders that testify of Jesus Christ. Along with people turning to God and finding salvation and receiving healing in their bodies, the Lord is visibly manifesting signs of His love. In all of their meetings the sweet presence of Jesus permeates the atmosphere and people's lives are changed forever. Joshua and Janet Mills reside with their son, Lincoln, in London, Ontario, Canada as well as pursuing God?s purpose and destiny for Hollywood and the Entertainment Industry in Southern California.

"Let There Be Lights" (1Hr, 53Min, 32sec)
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That's all ...

Submitted by Js
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Camp Reunion vs "One Nite Camp"?

2008-06-08T19:58:00.001+08:00

Yesterday which is 7 June 2008, while the Agape 8 families was suppose to having their very first official reunion, and suddenly before it begin... here come the three female musketeer plus a male knight, bravely riding the bus of Union all the way from Mentakab to Bentong!

After some flying colour over the skies and some aeroplanes across their eyes, finally they began with their 1st step into the bus which was subjected to depart at 4pm. Guess what?! The Bullet Bus was really wayz back in the 1980s which running at around 40km/h... Without air conditioning, with wide open windows, the bus for them become exhausting heat and really was an oven in a city.

The bullet flied through our eyes, me(Js), Tiam Fei(TF) and kah yin(KY) were shock!!! Guess what again? The bus reached the bus station was the period of the journey as in from Bentong to KL by bus was 5.30pm! And d time had been cut short into an hour plus for the "Roaming"!

Xploring our church, pass through Pelangi Swimming Pool, tunneling pass by back of our church and entering the chaotic jungle of Chammang. And we entering a combat zones filled with yellow orange sticky muds! Shower with a short like of rain, and far beyond us was a lively waterfall that had swallow many of the living with the dead. Reaching the falls, behind us come pass a little fall. Here's come our first destination...

Sign also need umbrella...

Carry on ... bringing them into Bentong best tom yam! And realize Bentong Tom Yam and Mentakab "Tiam Yam" had different style of having it. After crying, laughing, crying again, smiling again and what is the most special of all is ... we eat almost surpass our 7.30pm time. Makan in speed of BOM Yummy ... fetching Xiao En and heading up to church!

During reunion, sound like lot of fun there, the situation was a great laugh fun where our dancer post and shake around like a boon boon dancer follow by his fella friends. How to make tie really makes people learn how to advance tie shape making in speed. And really congrats for those who pass the test. But for those who didnt pass, don't worry; more other skills for you to learn! Dancing skills may be! Pulling off the games, everyone was suddenly adjourned the hall to worship hall for slideshow, with the fascinating 15 minutes of flash and movies scene, it entertains many people. Next would be the summarizing and the feast period where everyone enjoying fellowshipping, some enjoy being 'slapped', chase by d little kids, monkeying around! Kuang Fei was ended up summarizing the event.

Gathering Singing Praises!

Dance Shake Dance Shake!!!

1 in 1 out dono do wat!!!

Seated Cinematic

Showing ...

Watch Dancer Video Only at here!

Next our Mentakab 4 brave soul heading to Fun Fair to spin and spin around the spin 360' games! Walking pass the narrow path, saw many people being playing some 30:70 winning games! Paying 5 person but ended up only 4 Mentakab people, while the one who was Han Sze hiked away leaving 4 brave people shoot up and round round and round the space! After walking back to the church, heading to "xu xu fan" not fans and not toilet xu xu ! But is having a supper meal which the meal was sell to early morning people or early morning working people ... like us!

Spin Ride ...

Waaaaaahhhh!!! Am i yelling too? No...

Light off after it reach the top, auto mechanism!

Tapaoing some favourite... and head for a tea! Running away from the rain while someone was "chasing" us by phones, smses, and oversea with international roaming phone calls. And we reach the "10 stars Hotel" late by only 4minutes and 58sec 12ms only. Chit chatting bout killer and "mini bungalow" in Bentong and stuff bout camps till 1.29am. It was late but some say its early!

Singing Glory Glory in the Morning Worshiping our Lord. After worship, heading up to Bentong famous "Wan Tan Mee", followed by "ABC Ice Kacang"! Before that, visiting Pei Ling Mixed Rice Shop, 2 Street of Mobile Shopping Complex. and Bentong Famous "Peace" shop which is RM2 shop! After that heading to Teh Tarik in Lentang, but sadly teh tarik was tooo hurry in current! Follow by loooking at Giant Pisang Susu in High Hills. and heading back to Hots springs in 10 miles aways, passing by 7miles dropping by looking at the river... the river was sweetening yellow and orange in colors. Ended up in Hots spring, legs bathing and legs games over there! Why ? coz many of them was afraid to jump into the water! May be too hot or the bubble blong from below was scary after all...

Hmmm... TF was ... dunno le... ask him!

The Lake of Algae and Hots Spring

Playing Water with Legs

Spreading the water into the furthest distance

Legs Bathing...

Kaki siapa ni!?

Heading back, many of us was paying coz the fuel was warning sign with3-4 times sign! Scary and worse is pumping RM10 petrol was only at 3.71 litres !!! Wow!!! No lunch and changes, everyone was hurry into the bus! Till d bus almost Xplode with no air conditioning inside and worse... no manual windows too. But thank God that the bus filled with sufficient oxygen for the passengers!

Tears of Joy, Laughter of Happiness, Bitter of Peace, and Patience of Kindness was wonders in d air, filling into the reunion was another great trip of 1 nite camp for Mentakab people and the joy of having each other in unity of happiness for those who stay not so far Agape 8 members who attended this Agape 8 Camp Reunion.

Looking forward to see you all in the coming Youth Fellowship at every Saturday 4pm, Bentong Gospel Centre. And if you wish a platinum rated transportation, please contact our brother Stephen. And for those who missed this year Youth Camp, don't worry! Agape is not fullstop but it carries on forever and ever! But Go4it before it surpass ya ages, and go 4 it; I'm very sure you wont regret it!

Why this photos here?! Agape 9 ?!

Looking forward to Agape 9... Keep in touch ya in Friendster, MSN, Blog, SMSes, in any many ways!!! God bless you all...

Articles by Js08

Excellent Rating for AGAPE 8

2008-06-07T00:17:00.000+08:00

We want to thank all the campers for the excellent rating that you have given BGC Agape 8 camp. Based on the evaluation form, you have rated our camp an A with a satisfaction rate 0f 83%. Thanks very much. We are really honoured to get such a high rating from you. I would say this would be a very high standard to maintain for the future camps ahead. Nevertheless, we will continue to improve Agape camp year by year. Hope you have enjoyed this camp.

Look forward to see you in Agape 9!!!

Father's Day is Approaching!!!

2008-06-06T23:54:00.000+08:00

Have you ever come across this event that you trying ya best to make ya hppy on this weekend!
I'll bet you would try ya very bext for it rite? Have you prepare something for your dad d?!

This video featuring Abraham's sacrificing his very own son to show his love for God. As much as God, The Father who sacrifice His beloved only begotten son- Jesus Christ for us!

Let's the video tell u all the stories!!!

Camp Reunion

2008-06-06T23:04:00.000+08:00

Fantastic Reunion once again and again in the 8th time of our Annual Youth Camp 2008!

Venue @ Bentong Gospel Centre
Date @ Tomorrow which is 7 June 2008

And most of all, there will be 5 from Mentakab which they will be joining us for the camp reunioin! This camp reunion is for the people who attend the camp last month!! Beside the joy of gathering with each other in the area, we will be also having fun with many kl fella who back from great eastern seaboard.

With a compliments of a 4R size camp photos by purchasing a DVD photos and videos by BGC at discounted rate of 20% which is only RM4.00!!! This is forsale once and for all.

*Subject to some pictures only!

Another Page of Life!

2008-06-06T11:53:00.000+08:00

Agape 8

Starting another new journey for the Youth Fellowship of 2008 by BGC.

Previously Juz Ended Up Agape 8, our beloved annual Youth Camp 2008. Is another fantastic camp I would say. Travel from places to places like Strawberries Farm, Orange Market, Apple Fruits, Painful Cactus Point, Street Light, Bees Seller, and many more!

Camp is not just bout tours and leisure! Its also bout games and activities. Competing from the various group who comes from different town of Cameron Highlands which they are origin from Pahang. Heading on to the championship, talent times, amazing race, telematch and also breaking d ice would not be missed in the whole running of these camps.

Apart from activities while campers running here and there for it, our camp also prepare some sharing and some life testimonial sharing through another living stories by many of our young people. Filled with talented campers with extraordinary committees, this camps was flow with another greats event that happens only by Bentong Gospel Centre.

Looking forward to Agape 9...
Js