HAHHHHHHHHHHHHLOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :D
How is everyone coping with Mondayitis/Tuesdayitis? Personally, I'm just really, really, really, REALLY looking forward to the weekend... I need a break. (Apparently I'm not allowed to tell you any grandmother stories here, so if you see me I'll be glad to cast all my burdens on you in a thirteen-hour saga.) But there are no rules against singing, so: You are my strength, strength like no other...
Okay, enough small talk already and lemme announce some stuff lah. :)
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I bet you already know this, but for the blur ones out there, there's mid-week prayer on WED, 1-2pm, at the Campus Center Piano Room 1. Feel free to drop by, even if just for 10 minutes! I really think there's no replacement to resting in God's presence, and being in fellowship with each other through prayer. So, come lah... it'll be good, I promise! :)
If I told you Mel, Mornique, Xuan Qi, Isaac, Calvin and Amanda were working very hard, along with our awesome and faithfully available team for E-night this week, doing rehearsals and other behind-the-scenes stuff, would that inspire you to invite someone along for this Friday? If I told you that falling on your knees in prayer and crying out for the salvation of your friends was worth it, would that move you to ask God for more, for the lives of all your unsaved friends and family? What would it mean for you, personally, to see all that happening? E-night is on THIS FRIDAY, 7pm @ Banquet Room (Campus Center). (Note: This will replace the usual OCF meeting at Rotunda.)
Attention everybody! I know some of us, especially of the female variety, will have probably bought and hoarded stuff we've never really used, or needed, at all. And I hereby announce the solution to all your hoarding problems: FILL-THE-BOX! The Northern Territory mission trip people need your help - anything ranging from girl accessories, sports equipment, bibles and more! (Wow, doesn't this ad convince you now...). Do take note that clothes will not be accepted due to hygiene reasons, that may or may not be related to your own. Bring the stuff to E-night and pass it to Ivie. Oh, and Faith says it's not really nice to take a half-empty box all the way there, although it's "half-full" if you think about it more optimistically.
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On one last note, I just want to encourage all of you to especially uplift E-night, and all its workings, to God in prayer every day of this week. Let's see God work through the faith we have in His promises, and what He can do with such an event like this one. With that I'm just gonna leave you one of my favourite passages of prayer.
Luke 11: 5-10 (NLT): Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him,‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’ And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can’t help you.’ But I tell you this—though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence. “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
I often wonder how shamelessly persistent I should be, especially in praying for the salvation of my unsaved family and friends. Let's press on, together ;)
God bless you.
Love,
Charis :)
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Many many things :D
Hello folks!
How did the weekend go? I'm in the midst of doing some assignments now. You know, it gets SO HARD to start sometimes – and we procrastinate (facebook is a great tool for distraction). But once you get started, whee – it feels good to be accomplishing stuff you're supposed to do!
Announcements
E-night: Playing on broken strings
12 days to E-night! Remember what Chee Kai shared about on Friday? He shared the story of Elisha and the widow – keep bringing those vessels in! And God will fill them!
Darwin missions trip: fill-the-box
Bring sports equipment, girl accessories, anything! To fill-the-box which we'll be bringing to Darwin to bless the people there with! If you're unsure of what you can give, well, it's almost anything! You can contact Ivie :D
OCF this week
UNITED prayer: Mon 14 Sep, 5-7pm, R6
Know what UNITED is? It's basically this Christian movement in school whereby the Christian clubs gather together. We look forward to combining efforts to do stuff in school that will lift God's name high! Right now, we're doing that through prayer, where we knock on "heaven's doors" to intercede for our campus! We've had about 3 such meetings, and the next one is tmr.
Please do try to make it if you can, even if just for part of it. Even if no one else will intercede for this campus where we've been placed, let's be the ones who will say - I will stand in the gap. So maybe see you tmr!
OCF Prayer: Wed, 1-2pm, Piano rooms at campus center basement
Another prayer thing! Hm. Why do we pray? Why should we pray? Among a host of other reasons, let me share two reasons why I pray – 1. I believe prayer works! 2. Prayer brings me closer to Christ.
If you want to draw closer to God but find prayer a hard discipline to master, then ask God for help :) Ask Him to give you a heart and belief for prayer! And determine to want to pray.
1 John 5:14-15 says, This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of Him.
OCF: Fri, 7pm, R3
Be there or be square! :D Haha. We're continuing our Bible Study on Ephesians. This week, we're gonna look at how to live as "children of light"! And we might have another interesting presentation from the team going to Darwin... :D
Okiedokes, be good everyone. And remember that God is your strength.
See you soon!
In His love, Faith!
How did the weekend go? I'm in the midst of doing some assignments now. You know, it gets SO HARD to start sometimes – and we procrastinate (facebook is a great tool for distraction). But once you get started, whee – it feels good to be accomplishing stuff you're supposed to do!
Announcements
E-night: Playing on broken strings
12 days to E-night! Remember what Chee Kai shared about on Friday? He shared the story of Elisha and the widow – keep bringing those vessels in! And God will fill them!
Darwin missions trip: fill-the-box
Bring sports equipment, girl accessories, anything! To fill-the-box which we'll be bringing to Darwin to bless the people there with! If you're unsure of what you can give, well, it's almost anything! You can contact Ivie :D
OCF this week
UNITED prayer: Mon 14 Sep, 5-7pm, R6
Know what UNITED is? It's basically this Christian movement in school whereby the Christian clubs gather together. We look forward to combining efforts to do stuff in school that will lift God's name high! Right now, we're doing that through prayer, where we knock on "heaven's doors" to intercede for our campus! We've had about 3 such meetings, and the next one is tmr.
Please do try to make it if you can, even if just for part of it. Even if no one else will intercede for this campus where we've been placed, let's be the ones who will say - I will stand in the gap. So maybe see you tmr!
OCF Prayer: Wed, 1-2pm, Piano rooms at campus center basement
Another prayer thing! Hm. Why do we pray? Why should we pray? Among a host of other reasons, let me share two reasons why I pray – 1. I believe prayer works! 2. Prayer brings me closer to Christ.
If you want to draw closer to God but find prayer a hard discipline to master, then ask God for help :) Ask Him to give you a heart and belief for prayer! And determine to want to pray.
1 John 5:14-15 says, This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of Him.
OCF: Fri, 7pm, R3
Be there or be square! :D Haha. We're continuing our Bible Study on Ephesians. This week, we're gonna look at how to live as "children of light"! And we might have another interesting presentation from the team going to Darwin... :D
Okiedokes, be good everyone. And remember that God is your strength.
See you soon!
In His love, Faith!
OCF Convy @ Melaka
If you're still considering whether you should go or should not go OR have not even given it a thought, just pause a while and give it a thought!!! It is seriously an opportunity NOT TO BE MISSED! Attending convy with members from all the OCF centres in Australia is a whole new experience on its own. Imagine attending it with OCFers of different generations before you ... and to see how God has worked in their lives from then till now and how God is still working in the current OCFers lives... Seriously, I encourage you to go for it!!!
Well here are some details about OCF 50th Convention, http://ocfconvention.org
Dates: 9 - 13th December 2009
Venue: Hotel Equatorial Malacca, Malaysia
Theme: Restoring Hope, Renewing Vision
1 Peter 1:3b "In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ..."
Price:
Current OCF Students Full Time - AUD240 (Early Bird), AUD290 (After 11 Sept)
Current OCF Students Part Time - AUD190
Alumni (refer to attachment convy fees)
If you're interested or want to sign up, just reply this email!! or let me know at OCF this friday.
Finally, the makan-makan trip details (tentatively) after convy...
13th - leave malacca drive to KL (explore and eat around KL, PJ)
14th - Drive up to Penang: stopby Bidor, Ipoh, then reach Penang eat eat eat eat
15th - eat eat eat eat in Penang, drive down dinner at Ipoh and head back to KL (can leave at anypoint in this time to respective countries)
16th - Genting? Shopping in KL? Free and easy...
If interested, please let me know too! =] so can arrange transport & accom... hehhehe =) but that's not the main point, if you're going for makan-makan, try to GO FOR CONVY at least part-time!! ;)
love, Sue Ann
Well here are some details about OCF 50th Convention, http://ocfconvention.org
Dates: 9 - 13th December 2009
Venue: Hotel Equatorial Malacca, Malaysia
Theme: Restoring Hope, Renewing Vision
1 Peter 1:3b "In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ..."
Price:
Current OCF Students Full Time - AUD240 (Early Bird), AUD290 (After 11 Sept)
Current OCF Students Part Time - AUD190
Alumni (refer to attachment convy fees)
If you're interested or want to sign up, just reply this email!! or let me know at OCF this friday.
Finally, the makan-makan trip details (tentatively) after convy...
13th - leave malacca drive to KL (explore and eat around KL, PJ)
14th - Drive up to Penang: stopby Bidor, Ipoh, then reach Penang eat eat eat eat
15th - eat eat eat eat in Penang, drive down dinner at Ipoh and head back to KL (can leave at anypoint in this time to respective countries)
16th - Genting? Shopping in KL? Free and easy...
If interested, please let me know too! =] so can arrange transport & accom... hehhehe =) but that's not the main point, if you're going for makan-makan, try to GO FOR CONVY at least part-time!! ;)
love, Sue Ann
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Deep and wide
Hey champions!
Some more mid-week thoughts coming your way! =) are we all surviving through our uni work and studies? NO! coz i believe that God did not redeem us merely to be survivors, but to be MORE THAN CONQUERORS. conquering our tutes, assignments, difficult mates, rotten circumstances, anything and everything! -Romans 8
A PRAYER
Dear Father,
Come.
Into our lives and into our hearts once again.
In the midst of emptiness, surround us with Your presence.
In our moment of fear, embrace us with Your love.
In our moment of our weakness, reach out with Your grace.
This amazing grace that flows from Your nailed hands,
the grace that brings us home someday.
We love You Lord Jesus.
Amen.
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OCF AT A GLANCE
Prayer Wednesdays (1-2pm, Piano Rooms)
One day in the house of God is better than a thousand days elsewhere! Amen? Let's spare this ONE HOUR to come together, worship, and pray. We pray souls and salvations in. We pray love and grace out. =)
AGM/Commissioning on Friday (7pm)
Awesome general meeting! =) Come and be blessed! We have a GUEST SPEAKER - Ps Misso - who God is ready to use to move our hearts! And we're gonna commission and anoint the new committee of 2010. Be part of it, run with us! (Plus, rmb what Daryl said - if we don't have 75% attendance, we have to do it all over again!) So we would love to see you there! =)
17 days to E-NIGHT!! Wooo hoo!
Ring the bells, invite them in! E-night starts here, right now, it starts with YOU. Don't hog those flyers we've got.. Give them to your friends till we run out! =) Start praying for your friends to meet God that day, and start praying for God to sweep over that place! Whoa. How amazing would that be?
Fundraising : Cookies, kaya, krispy kremes - all going for grabs!
Darwin Missions Trip
Come on Friday - the Darwin team has something *special* for each one of you! =)
Be a blessing : Sponsor a plaque for a child for $5.
Be a double blessing : Fill up our box! - Sports equipments, girl accessories, anything! Bring them along kay.
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Last words - stay with your faith, guys. Run the race, and just love Jesus. if there's one thing i'm learning, it's that He ALWAYS comes through for us, no matter what. See, His hands are SO HUGE that even when we run the furthest away from Him, He is still holding us in the palm of His hands. no escape! isn't that comforting? =)
Love you people,
and stay awesome for our awesome God,
Ivie =)
Some more mid-week thoughts coming your way! =) are we all surviving through our uni work and studies? NO! coz i believe that God did not redeem us merely to be survivors, but to be MORE THAN CONQUERORS. conquering our tutes, assignments, difficult mates, rotten circumstances, anything and everything! -Romans 8
A PRAYER
Dear Father,
Come.
Into our lives and into our hearts once again.
In the midst of emptiness, surround us with Your presence.
In our moment of fear, embrace us with Your love.
In our moment of our weakness, reach out with Your grace.
This amazing grace that flows from Your nailed hands,
the grace that brings us home someday.
We love You Lord Jesus.
Amen.
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OCF AT A GLANCE
Prayer Wednesdays (1-2pm, Piano Rooms)
One day in the house of God is better than a thousand days elsewhere! Amen? Let's spare this ONE HOUR to come together, worship, and pray. We pray souls and salvations in. We pray love and grace out. =)
AGM/Commissioning on Friday (7pm)
Awesome general meeting! =) Come and be blessed! We have a GUEST SPEAKER - Ps Misso - who God is ready to use to move our hearts! And we're gonna commission and anoint the new committee of 2010. Be part of it, run with us! (Plus, rmb what Daryl said - if we don't have 75% attendance, we have to do it all over again!) So we would love to see you there! =)
17 days to E-NIGHT!! Wooo hoo!
Ring the bells, invite them in! E-night starts here, right now, it starts with YOU. Don't hog those flyers we've got.. Give them to your friends till we run out! =) Start praying for your friends to meet God that day, and start praying for God to sweep over that place! Whoa. How amazing would that be?
Fundraising : Cookies, kaya, krispy kremes - all going for grabs!
Darwin Missions Trip
Come on Friday - the Darwin team has something *special* for each one of you! =)
Be a blessing : Sponsor a plaque for a child for $5.
Be a double blessing : Fill up our box! - Sports equipments, girl accessories, anything! Bring them along kay.
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Last words - stay with your faith, guys. Run the race, and just love Jesus. if there's one thing i'm learning, it's that He ALWAYS comes through for us, no matter what. See, His hands are SO HUGE that even when we run the furthest away from Him, He is still holding us in the palm of His hands. no escape! isn't that comforting? =)
Love you people,
and stay awesome for our awesome God,
Ivie =)
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Week seven (eleven it's a store and more!) :P
Hello there!
It's midway through week 7 and it means we've made it through the halfway mark of this semester! Even if you are stressed out or burdened by a huge workload, assignments or tests, just remember that God will be there with you every step of the way. Just like how Jesus healed sick person after sick person, performed miracles after miracles, He will never tire or stop being in the midst of your situation. Psalm 48:14 reminds us that 'this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end'. So hang on there and let God bring you through.
Friday OCF
OCF will be on this Friday as usual. 7pm at R3. We'll be continuing our study of Ephesians, so come prepared with Bibles & pens, and most importantly an open heart to hear God's word! Prayer is on before OCF at 620pm so come and stand united in prayer.
E-night
A reminder that our very own E-night will be on 25 September (Fri). Watch out for more info, and flyers that you can pass along to a friend. Start praying for friends whom you will invite.
Missions
We've got our mission trip to Belyuen in Northern Territory during the mid-sem holidays. This week, we're launching our 'Fill-the-Box' campaign. Bring something that our team can bless the community with. Not to forget, you can sponsor an awesome plaque to be given to the people in Belyuen as well!
Looks like we've got quite a lot happening in the run-up to the mid-sem holidays. Be excited about what OCF is doing, because YOU are part of this family too!
Have a good Thursday & Friday, and I shall see you this Friday! Don't be late! ;)
With God's love,
Eugene
It's midway through week 7 and it means we've made it through the halfway mark of this semester! Even if you are stressed out or burdened by a huge workload, assignments or tests, just remember that God will be there with you every step of the way. Just like how Jesus healed sick person after sick person, performed miracles after miracles, He will never tire or stop being in the midst of your situation. Psalm 48:14 reminds us that 'this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end'. So hang on there and let God bring you through.
Friday OCF
OCF will be on this Friday as usual. 7pm at R3. We'll be continuing our study of Ephesians, so come prepared with Bibles & pens, and most importantly an open heart to hear God's word! Prayer is on before OCF at 620pm so come and stand united in prayer.
E-night
A reminder that our very own E-night will be on 25 September (Fri). Watch out for more info, and flyers that you can pass along to a friend. Start praying for friends whom you will invite.
Missions
We've got our mission trip to Belyuen in Northern Territory during the mid-sem holidays. This week, we're launching our 'Fill-the-Box' campaign. Bring something that our team can bless the community with. Not to forget, you can sponsor an awesome plaque to be given to the people in Belyuen as well!
Looks like we've got quite a lot happening in the run-up to the mid-sem holidays. Be excited about what OCF is doing, because YOU are part of this family too!
Have a good Thursday & Friday, and I shall see you this Friday! Don't be late! ;)
With God's love,
Eugene
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