Beware, change ahead!

Are you ready to break free from the confines of your comfort zone?

Why should I change?

Change is a neccessary part of growth. The pain it brings is often a forecast of the joy that is to come, after we have been tested in the furnace. We can't claim the wonderful promises that God has in store for us, until we change ourselves and take a brave step to let go and move away. Like Abram's move.

It is said that God loves us the way we are. So why should we change? The story is told of a father playing with his daughter in the playground. She slips and falls in the mud, her pretty dress is caked in dirt and her face splattered with brown spots. Does the father still love the daughter? Of course, the dirtiness doesnt make him love her less. But will he leave her that way? Of course not. He'll bathe her and put on fresh clothes so she'll be clean again.

God loves us even when we're covered in the mud of sin. But He loves us too much to leave us the way we are. He'll lead us to wash in rivers of forgiveness and put new robes of righteousness on us. So we're able to stand before His holiness again.

Isn't that a great motivation to change?

How do I know what to do?

To change, we must clarify our purpose and direction. We need to seek God earnestly and as Him to show us where we're headed. Sometimes the answers will not be complete, but when we trust and obey Him, we can be sure that He will not disappoint us. He is with us every step of the way.

Making baby steps in the right direction...

• Clean out your closets, let go of deep hurts and pain, overcome addictive behaviour. behold i have created new heavens and new earth and the former things shall not come to mind




• Stay on track with the life goals and hang on to the promises of God, ignoring what we see around us. we live by faith, not sight




• Focus on the needs of others rather than our own wants. Wallowing in self-pity only saps our energy and robs us of joy. When we turn to helping others instead, we'll be blessed and encouraged! it is more blessed to give than to receive




• Be inspired to make a change in your ministry attitude, use the gifts that God has given you to serve Him. every good gift comes from God

Head's up, people! we're about to move into a season of change!

ATTENTION

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Date: This Sunday, 20th May 2007
Time: 10:15am
Venue: Youth Church USJ, above Ali Berkat Restaurant, USJ Business Centre
Speaker: Brazilian Football coach Romao (pronounced hoe-mao)

Score yourself a fantastic Sunday, come and be blessed!

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...running low on faith and gasoline

When your car runs out of gasoline, do you pour water in the tank and continue to drive? Of course not. You would certainly stop at the nearest petrol station. Even if you're running low on cash, you would pump some gas. Cause you know you can't drive without gas in your tank.

Neither can we continue living our life as a Christian without connecting with God. Life without prayer is as dry as a car without gas. You're driving, but you feel no power. You know you wont get far. Before we feel the jerk of an empty tank, we need to stop in our tracks, reconnect with God, and fill up on the petrol of prayer. Even if we have precious little time to spare, a short few honest words spoken in your heart is all that's needed.

We need God's petrol if we want to rev up our lives!

-inspired by Carrie Underwood's hit song "Jesus take the wheel"

Justin's 19th birthday

swimming @ cell

Ah, to be a child again

Child-like innocence is trusting God with all our heart, not our head. It's about loving Him with all our might, not our minds. There are some things which we may never know til we meet Him again, but it shouldnt affect our relationship with Him.

There are things I will never know about my parents, but I still love them anyway. Am I going to stop being their child just because I don't understand something about them? Are we going to stop being God's children when we're confused and don't understand Him?

We need to hold on to God no matter what, trusting that He is our loving Father. We need to have the pure heart of a child again...

FITNESS FIRST

Coming to Jesus is something like joining a high-tech gym. All you need to be fit is right inside there, ready to be used. But joining a gym won't make you fit, unless you actually sweat it out in exercise! In the same way, accepting Christ wont make your Christian testimony automatically shine out in a dark world. That takes daily commitment and trust in God. Righteousness needs to be built up day by day....

Seek out God every day through prayer, fellowship, and His Word, and you'll become a truly fit Christian.

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him and He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn. Psalm 37: 5-7

Lord, I don't want to be useless to You. Make me fit for Your kingdom.

RESPECT

Two paths lead to respect, and the one you choose determines your future - so choose carefully.

The first path comes most naturally. You watch your back, strike before you're struck, and butter up the right people until you've clawed your way to the top.

What's the second path? Follow the principles laid down by the Lord. This is not the easy way. It's not a shortcut, and at times it doesn't even seem to work. But it will soon give you self-respect - the first step on the path to success.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all who do His commandments -Psalm 111:10

Father, help me choose wisely when I come to life's crossroads. Give me wisdom to choose the Lamb's path, not the tiger's. Help me be someone who is respected for the way I live, not for the damage I can do.

Break the Dawn

Everyday God paints a beautiful picture just for you. Not once, but twice a day. The majestic sunrise and sunset is but a shadow of the glory of God's majesty. We can't see it on earth right now, but we know we will when we meet Him in heaven again. If we open our eyes to the little ways in which He shows His love to us, we would be encouraged.

Forum I

The speakers: Sydney, Bernice, Shannon.
Moderator: Hosanna
Topic: Peer Pressure.A light moment The audience


Another segment of the audience.

Missing Mercury

Have you heard of Missing Mercury? It's the hottest new band to hit town!

Here they are performing their hit song, "Hit The Road" at their first gig.

Here they are again at the LIFE rally in PJ. This is Sean, the frontman.

Darren, singer and guitarist.Yaw/Aubry, the drummer.Justin "Pino" the bassist.Will try to upload some of their music for your listening pleasure soon. Stay tuned!

Featuring: LIFE

As the first part of this series, I would like to feature the LIFErs on our Transit Blog. For the benefit of those not in the know, LIFE is the younger coutnerpart of Transit, for teens or semi-teens aged around 13-19. They are a crazy bunch.

Let's have a peek at what they do during the LIFE cell:
The guy in the green shirt is Justin Ooi, the current President of LIFE. Don't ask me what he's doing. This is Tammy, the 'baby' of LIFE. She just turned 13 last week. Nope, I dont know what she's wearing either.

This is Lydia and Mandy. Two dancers.

And im still clueless what they are doing.

I dont know what LIFE cell does, but it looks like a bunch of fun.

LIFE meets every Friday 3pm for Youth Church and 8pm for LIFE Cell. Go ask them what they do! :)

Be That Girl 07

Here are some really late photos from an event we attended way back on March 28.

"Be That Girl" was a unique girl-only event which aimed to teach girls the confidence, healthy self-respect and image-enhancement skills found in the security that comes from Christ.

Dancers from LIFE took part in this event, showcasing their God-given talents. Here they are praying before the event.

Some last minute practicing...And it was their turn to appear on stage... All the praying and practising finally paid off.The audience was suitably impressed. Besides dances, there was also a fashion show... quite cool
Some of our friends in Grace Klang were featured in the show, including the irrepressable Sam Oh.Here's the final lineup of all the models.And here are the Grace Klang models with our very own LIFE dancers.

Aubry and Sidney posing with Amelia, one of the organisers of the event. She was also the organiser for Starmaker, check our archives to find out what that song-writing competition/musical was all about.
We dance for joy because our Life is in Jesus!

FAMILY

Father and sons: all different face

Twins who are non-identical. Yup, totally different personalities too.

Sisters who look like twins... well, sort of.

Sisters who look like sisters ( i mean, they sort of do, dont they?)
Sisters who dont look like sisters. Actually got a bit of resemblence... the nose and mouth is similar

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to
Tamera Jayne Nagaratnam (Tammy) 8 April turned 13
Kevin Tan 10 April turned 20?
Lydia Lamit 16 April? turned 19?
Naomi 18 April? turned 19?
Why did they look at the other side???

Hosanna's Housewarming and Birthday "party"

Here's some long overdue photos... on April Fool's day, Hosanna had a housewarming party to dedicate her new house (it's an apartment actually) in PJ. Transiters turned out in full force! It got off to a false start, with the fierce guards almost not allowing the Transiters in. Yup, security nowadays is strict. But somehow they made it.

It's a miracle in fact how Hosanna got the house. Ask her for her testimony on that. We thank the Lord for His blessings and for providing for us. He is good to us all indeed!

Another wonderful year to thank God for (Hosanna shall not reveal her age... but you can guess by the amount of candles)

Here's the Transiters playing Taboo. This game brought out a never seen before side in some of us. Especially Aubry Chong Yuan Yaw. The classic line of the day has to go to his fantastic description of a goat...

Aubry: uh... ah... it's .. the opposite of a cow

and most fantastically, someone even understood it!

Sean: goat!

Wow! pengsan.

Everyone 'conteng'ed the board, inspired by the April Fool's Day mood. By the way, did anyone get fooled?

Meanwhile, some guys busied themselves folding paper planes. Dont tell anyone... they threw it down from the 11th floor balcony! Talk about going all out for the sake of research... kids, dont do this at home.

Hosanna thanks all who came. A house is not a home without people and the life they bring. Laughter adds character to four walls more than furniture can.

Thank you for the printer! If came in handy!