I love Jesus today more than I did yesterday

I am more energized this month than I did last month

I want to do more for Christ

I'm still young, I want to do everything, I want to give everything

It's not because God's Kingdom needs me

It's because I need Him

As I serve Him, I'm the one that gets transformed

The longer I know You, the more I love You

The longer I know You, the more I want to serve You

I'm at the last stage of reading The Fourth Dimension.
Amazing, amazing, amazing...

I love my life.

LOVE,
JOANNE

It's MONDAY!

Woke up at 7am this morning...it's seriously a tough thing to do esp after a hectic weekend.
Two alarms went off at 7am. My eyelids were extremely heavy today, my bed is soooo comfortable with cold wind blowing at me, my thick quilt over my powerless being. I was suupppper tempted to just lie in bed and sleep my morning away...but i dragged myself out of bed and my day began...

Yesterday's service was FAN-TAS-TIC!!!
I'm am just so blown away by Pastor How's sharing on the direction of our church with a newly added dimension.
Prayer, Faith, Smaller and shorter CGs and lastly spiritual adoption.

Many knew that my cousins are all in church and that's a superbly wonderful thing (:
I thought that was pretty cool, but really...I have another 20 over cousins age ranging from 1 year old to 32 years old. That's like a generation, or perhaps two generations, Uut of the 20 over cousins, only four are Christians. And the most amazing thing is, those cousins below 18 years old...they seems more like a stranger to me. That's because we only meet once a year. I have a gigantic family on my paternal side, so huge that you lost count of how many cousins you have and which family my beloved cousins belong to. That's so sad...yet, so comforting. I am so going to win them to Christ.

Some so adorable, some so sweet
Some looks really smart and some mischievous.
I shall bridge the gap between my generation and their generation.
Who knows...I may even lead some to Christ right at my aunt's home.
You bet, it's possible. Fourth dimension.

Here I come, my little cousins...hahaha. Sounds like a big bad wolf huh.
Hahhs. I'm not. Like my Pastors, I'm a repairer of the bridge, a builder of the highway for others.
In Jesus name, amen.

I don't know what else to blog about anymore...from now onwards, everything is random.

Oh man. Island Creamery is awesomely awesome.
Ice cream with Horlicks flavour, Teh Tarik, Nutella, Very Berry...
You have their special MUD PIE which you cannot miss out on.
People, it's the place to hang out. They have a guitar for u to play with too.
I tried once...and I almost ended up worshipping...hahaha. Just kidding.

Rinnah is super adorable.
I played with her today and we pretended to be passengers going on board a plane.
We gave our tickets, order drinks, chose our meal, experience the thrill of the plane taking off and even attempted to order noodle with soup on board...but besides being the passenger, I was also the air stewardess.
It was soo fun! Played for awhile and she waved goodbye to me as she left for school.

I'm having rehearsal tonight. Winnie and Winifred are back. Brilliant.
The singers really add to the team. Next week's service will be great.
FX and Cheryl...they are the pillars of the team man.

Ivan, I'm going to blog something about you.
Hanging around you makes me see things beyond what I see.
Your faith is infectious. I wish that I can hang around with u more often.
Hahhaa.

I love Jesus and I love my life!

LOVE,
JOANNE

FOR YOUR GLORY

Here's another one - FOR YOUR GLORY.

FOR YOUR GLORY

Whatever the call
Whatever the cost
All of our lives
For the King of the lost
Forever we come to bring You praise

Whatever the course
Whatever the way
I'll follow You through the darkest day
Your Word inside is a mighty blaze
All my days give You praise

For Your glory we carry high the torch
For Your glory we live the highest call
For Your glory we bridge the great divide
For Your glory Your light can never hide

You're the voice that stills the storm
You're the Son that breaks the dawn

FOR THIS CAUSE,
JOANNE

Freedom

it's 10.54am and I'm listening to the latest album by C3 - For Your Glory.
Still in the midst of listening, however I came across a song written by Nikki Fletcher and Ryan Smith called "Freedom". I'm absolutely in love with this song now!!! :) :) :)
It's a rock song...here's how the lyrics goes...

Freedom

If not for love
If not for grace
And all the sin You've erased
I will always have reason to praise

It's not by strength
It's not by might
But by the Cross I'm justified
Though all else falls away
Still I'll praise

It's for freedom that Christ has set us free
I live for You and not for me anymore
And Your mercy is new with everyday
No longer will i forfeit grace
I'll follow You and live by faith

You have made a way for us
When You died upon the Cross

If not for love, where would I be if not for love?
If not for grace, where would I be if not for grace?

I love the convictions.
I love the passion.

If not for God, where would I be if not for God?
I'll follow You till the end, and live by faith.

LOVE,
JOANNE

Come on...now is the time!

These are the little lovelies in my life, i shall name them one by one!
Qiao Hui, Amy, Tessa, Ming Ge, Yi Jing, Ying Xuan, Gwyneth, Norries (supposedly a guy) & Abigail <3
They are just so amazing (:

Today, Amy, Tessa and myself had a great prayer meeting! Qiao Hui, Gwyneth, Yi Jing and Ming Ge...we'll have another one for you soon!! But, it was great today. Shared with them about the Fourth Dimension, testimony after testimony of envisioning, praying, faith and blah and blah. While we were praying, Amy and Tessa started seeing themselves doing great and mighty things in Zone F, leading people, praying for people etc. That's the fourth dimension they are talking about. I was just so amazed by everything that happened today.

I am just so excited and glad in my heart.
Looking at them, I realised they've grown so much in their faith.
From someone who skipped sunday service because of homework, she can be turning up for all sorts of events in church now.
From someone who refused to put God first in her life, she's reaching out to her friends in school and wanting to bring about a revival in there.
From someone who's bounded by her bad past, she's now free in Christ Jesus!
They have grown! They have grown!
I am so thrilled in my heart. (: (: (:

God is good all the time.
We're gonna breakthrough 20!!!
We're gonna give Him our very BEST!!!
We're gonna glorify Him and put Him FIRST in everything we do!!!!
Come on...now is the time.

His Spirit shall come upon all flesh.
Young men shall see visions...
Old men shall dream dreams...
Eyes have not seen, nor ear has heard...what the Lord has prepared for those who love Him.

I am going to Island Creamery tomorrow morning!
With Qiao Hui, Amber, Tessa etc.
I'm so looking forward to it (:


Amazing...Amazing...

LOVE LIFE!!
JOANNE

schools seminar

What an awesome Schools Seminar we had!
It's been great having Pst Joakim and his family with us.
Like what Pst How said, somehow they are like a part of our family.
Just this weekend, I had a few encounters with God which aligned my heart and mind into one... and elevate my thoughts and dreams higher than I can possibly dream. It's just so amazing.
Had some powerful insights to myself too.
I'm praying and I'm praying...the fourth dimension. Seeing those things which do not exist as though they did.

Last night, a few of us went out for supper and we had a walk down the memory lane.
Talking, laughing, reminiscing about the past...though the past is good, the future is even more amazing!
Went to the arcade to play Marvel vs. Capcom. I'm amazed that I'm still quite "good" after years off my Sega 2.0 set. Haha. I thought I was good, until I played the game with Daniel. He is the Master of all. Before his e.guit came into his life, Sega was his forte (still is i believe). His Spiderman beat my Ryu!!! AHH. Haha...
It was really fun (:

Then some of them went into a LAN shop at Park Lane...and they started playing Command and Conquer! Oh man.
Just by looking, it looks pretty exciting and fun... Yong Hui was breeding "aliens" and building a powerful and unbeatable empire for his so-called "army". That's disgusting...aliens that looks wriggly and looks like centipede, flying creatures that goes around destroying other grounds. You feel like dropping at atomic bomb on to Yong's empire...and silence the aliens.

Had a good night and today is a brand new week!
I'm excited!!! woohoo!! And I have not watch Kung fu Panda!!!!!
I'm so going to watch it this week!! Muahahahha

OKAY! That's all!!!! Got to go to Yishun now...mummy, im coming...!!

LOVE,
JOANNE

Happy Birthday Valerie!

First of all, I wanna say..."Happy Birthday Valerie!"

Just came back from Swensens, Orchard. A group of us went to celebrate Fifi's 21st birthday and it was fantastic.
It's been 4 to 5 years since we've known each other and I must say, she's really a great friend to have!

Have been on my guitar, worship leading for the past few days...It's really stretch, but I absolutely love it!
It's still nothing compared to what Pastors are doing everyday. I really respect and honour them.
I have been getting into prayer. In fact, everyone is doing...praying 1/2 hour to an hour a day.
I can literally feel my spiritual life going up higher and higher...

Two days ago, I was reading the book of Acts and it was so awesome to see how the disciples were filled with the HS, being constantly in prayer...how miracles came about in their ministry because of prayer and faith.
Just last night, I had a "terrible nightmare"... so terrible till i can't reveal it.
However, this "nightmare" kind of woke me up from my deep sleep.
Many things start to fall into place...everything links and it became one full picture.
Dreams and visions are the language of the Holy Spirit... i love em'!

Alright...it's getting late...got to sleep now...

Joanne

Significance vs. Success

I am tired and weary after a long game with Pst Lia, the female staff and leaders - CAPTAINS BALL.
I am resting, trying to breathe in as much oxygen as I can before I head for a wonderful shower.
Church is so amazing! There's a time to play, to have fun and there's also a time to work, work and work.
If you are a staff on board, let me tell you - this is a privilege.
Thank you Pastors (:

Last night, while I was on my way home in a cab, along the road of Eunos... I thought of Pst Lia <3 She's the most amazing woman in my life, my greatest blessing. As much as I am not a perfect person, I am doing my best to live my life to its fullest. It's my dream to be a little Pastor Lia, in whatever ways I can be. Worship leading, discipleship, in heart, the love for young children, seeing much life and vision in their eyes when these young ones were soaked in the presence of God...and the list goes on. Not to mention, Pst Lia's motherly love and compassion for people.
Immediately, I text Pst Lia and told her that she's my greatest blessing!!!

Whenever I see my Pastor, I see how much more love I need to have in myself for others. Last week, Pastor Lia preached a super duper powerful sermon on Significance and Success. So many stuffs came rushing into my mind. Comparing failure and success, naturally, I would choose success. The feeling of being on top of what I am doing feels tremendously great. The feeling of playing our very best on the worship team and having a power pact service is unexplainable. The adrenaline that rushes to your brain...wooohooo. However, to me, I will choose significance above success. I want to be significant in the things I do. Being a blessing to others, and not just achieving what I want to achieve. When I'm worship leading or playing the guitar on the team, the 'something' I'm constantly looking forward to is not the success of a great, skilled team...but as a team, we can be do what we do to bless others, ushering the presence of God into our place and at the end, people will say this... "Wow, today was such a powerful service, I was so touched by the presence of God that I could not stop tearing because the joy of the Lord seems to come in waves...pouring over me.." Let's be significant to others. This is by Phil Pringle...enjoy!

Possibly the greatest ability all of us have is giving significance to others.

One small spark of recognition can ignite a flame of creativity and drive that releases a person into a collision with destiny.

When you meet someone, anyone, include the 'wow' factor.

Be amazed at their life.

Notice their accomplishments with praise.

Tell others how incredible they are.

Thank them for helping you.

Ask them how they do what they do.

Let them teach you something.

We may have just one chance to change a person's life.

Don't miss your chance today.

Signing off...Joanne