I'm 39!

Today I celebrate my 39th birthday~

I look forward to what God has instored for me as I step into the last year of me being in the thirties. I hope to do something exciting for the Lord before I enter into the BIG four-zero... something that will make me smile whenever I look back at my 39, something that would be sweet and savoury :)

I remembered when I turned 35, I was feeling sober by this verse in Psalm 90:10 - "The length of our days is seventy years — or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away." If my life span is 70 years like what the Psalmist said, then I would have lived(used up) half of it... what am I going to do with the other half left??

I wonder would I have the same sentiment again when I hit the big 40 next year, being sober thinking of having left with another half of my entire life span if I were to have the strength to live a neat 80 years... hmmmm...

ANYWAY, if God called me home today, then all these thoughts are but just a waste of time! Being SOBER is GOOD, as long as I move on and stop dwelling on it and rot, that is, nope!

I neeeeeeeeeeeeed to LIVE LIFE to the fullest by LIVING LIFE FOR MY GOD! What have I been doing with my past 38 years huh? HUH??

Seize the year, Lydia!

Seize the time!!

Seize the moment!!!

My prayer, O God, on this my 39th birthday, according to Psalm 90:12 onwards:

Teach me to number my days aright, that I may gain a heart of wisdom. Have compassion on me - your child. Satisfy me in the morning with your unfailing love, that I may sing for joy and be glad all my days. May your deeds be shown to me, your splendor to my children. May the favor of the Lord my God rest upon me; establish the work of my hands for me — yes, establish the work of my hands.

In Jesus' gracious Name I humbly asked.

Amen and Amen!


Blessed 39th, Lydia!

Have fun in the Lord with your dear husband and children today :)

Perhaps Today!

~ The Rapture ~

"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words." ~ 1 Thess 4:16-18

Titus 2:13 says "while we wait for the blessed hope — the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,"

"You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." Luke 12:40

The Rapture, which is the Second Coming of Jesus is an established fact. It is a promise that Jesus gave us when he said in John 4:1-3 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."

I may not have the priviledge to be at His First Coming which had happened some 2000 years ago when Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem, Israel, but I have the greatest definite priviledge to participate in His Second Coming! Glory!!

Even if I were to died before the Rapture takes place, I would still be a participant, in fact... "the dead in Christ will rise first!"

Totally Awesome! =)

The Imminent Return of my Savior, my Lord Jesus Christ, means that He could return at any moment, at any time, it is even at the door!

Perhaps today is the 2nd Coming! While there is no "Perhaps" in regards to the event of His return, the "Perhaps" here is refering to the TIMING~

Following is a super-nice poem written by J. Danson Smith. I SO love it! Hope you like it too :)

PERHAPS TODAY
(The unedited version)

Today? Perhaps! Perhaps today!
The Lord may come and catch away
His ransomed Church, His blood-bought Bride
To take her place at His blest side,
When dead and living saints shall share
One trumpet summons to the air.

Perhaps today! Yes! He may come
And call us to our Heavenly Home,
That wonderous place beyond compare
Which He, in love, doth now prepare--
Our Father's House! How sweet! How blest
To be forevermore at rest!

Today? Perhaps! Tis true! Today!
Ere nightfall we may be away,
Transported Home! How blest! How grand!
Transported Home to Gloryland!
One twinkling moment, then to be
With Him for all eternity.

Perhaps today! Then why the fear?
Tomorrow we may not be here!
The thing so dreaded may not come
Till we are safely gathered Home!
The threat'ning storm-cloud may not break
Till, in His Presence, we awake.

Perhaps today! Oh, lonely soul,
Thy heart shall reach its longed-for goal;
The fellowship, the joy, the bliss,
Which now thy heart doth sorely miss,
Perchance may be thy heart's delight
Ere closes in another night.

Perhaps today! Then much-tried saint,
Look up, nor let thy spirit faint;
The stretching road thine eyes may see
May never be traversed by thee--
One moment's space and then above,
To find thyself in cloudless love!

Perhaps today, afflicted life,
Thou shalt be taken from the strife,
From all that hatred to thy word
Which comes as thou dost please thy Lord.
And then, ah then, how shall the pain
Compared with all thou then shalt gain!

Perhaps today the fight will cease,
And then, eternal wondrous peace!
The evil hosts which rage and roar
Shall reach us there? NO, nevermore!
O blessed hope, to them be free
For ever through eternity!

We'll meet again - perhaps today
The dear ones who have passed away--
The loved ones who now softly sleep
When Jesus now doth safely keep,
Oh wondrous joy to meet them There
At that blest union in the air!

Perhaps today this mortal frame
With all enfeebled nature's claim
Shall be exchanged, and we shall own
A "temple" where shall not be known
A sense of weakness or decay,
Or strength that surely ebbs away.

Perhaps today we all shall stand
At Christ's tribunal, wondrous grand--
There gathered through redeeming love,
All ransomed, yet to have Him prove
Life's service, and to gain reward
Where life or labour pleased the Lord.

Perhaps today! He'll come most sure!
This hope He means to keep us pure--
To have us watching, ready, free,
Untrammeled with iniquity,
That we may meet Him without shame
Or conscious sense of guilt or blame.

Today perhaps! Perhaps today!
Yes, He may come! Then watch and pray!
This "blessed hope" keep much in view,
Nor deem it dead, though taught by few.
And be as urgent as you may
In winning souls, while 'tis "Today"!

~ Written by J. Danson Smith~

Published in the book, Maranatha Bells,
by Arno C. Gaebelein,
Copyright 1935

I SO look forward to meet the Lord in the air and the transformation of my lowly body to that of Christ's glorified body at the Rapture!! Can't wait~

We are called to be ready at all times for we do not know when Jesus will return for us. What is known is that He promised to return. The Lord keeps His promises.

May we be ever ready to meet the Lord Jesus in the air.

May we expectantly await to meet the Lord in the air.

May we pray fervently from our hearts, "Come quickly, Lord Jesus."

不住祷告! Persistent Prayers!

A very nice song that reminds me to pray, pray, pray! :)



我以禱告來到祢跟前，
我要尋求祢。
我要站在破口之中，
在那裡我尋求祢。

(副歌)
每一次我禱告，
我搖動祢的手，
禱告做的事，
我的手不能做。
每一次我禱告，
大山被娜移，
道路被鋪平，
使列國歸向祢。

主我是軟弱及無助，
祢卻是我的力量。
祢以親切的手引導我，
那就是我的得勝。


A simple translation of the song:
I come before You in prayer, seeking You.
I stand in the gap, there I seek You.

Everytime I pray,
I moved Your Hands.
Things that prayer can do,
I can't do it with my hands.
Everytime I pray
The mighty mountains are removed
The paths are made straight,
And the nations turned to You.

Lord, I'm weak and helpless,
but You are my Strength.
You lead me with Your Hand
and that is my Victory!


Very nice song indeed! Pastor was sharing in the prayer meeting about "The Parable of the Persistent Widow" in the context of Jesus' Second Coming.

Luke 18:1-8
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'

"For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'

"And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"


Dear Lord, I want to be found faithful in praying for my children, for my loved-ones, for the salvations of my friends, for the world, for everything that You have put in my heart to pray, when You come again for us. Yes, faithfully and persistently praying until Jesus returns at the Second Coming!

I don't want to be fooled by the devil who has been discouraging me to pray. Lord, please help me to never give up praying. Help me to be persistent!

Satan hates to see us praying because he knows that prayers move the mighty Hand of GOD that's why Satan is trying his utmost best to distract us from praying, making prayers look boring and pointless... But, NO! I don't want to be fooled by the devil! So Lord, this is what I pray:

Help me to be "be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."(Romans 12:12)

Help me to "pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints."(Ephesians 6:18)

Help me to "devote myself to prayer, being watchful and thankful."(Colossians 4:2)

Help me to "pray continually" (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

In Jesus' Name! Amen!!

Life Without Limbs

~ Nick Vujicic ~

Philip came across this video which is very inspiring and shared it with me, needless to say, I was inspired! Hope it blesses you too. This man is a christian born without limbs and by the grace of God, he is now serving God and has become an encouragement to others. God can use our adversity for His own Glory. Amen!

You may like to visit his website here at The Official Nick Vujicic Web Site.

Also, I copied and pasted his Life Testimony here so you can read.

A Remarkable Story of God's Grace

It says in James 1:2, "Consider it pure joy, my Brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds."

It seemed like a tall order to “count” hurt, pain and struggle as nothing but “pure joy” when my birth date arrived. My parents were Christians; my Dad was even a Pastor of our church, so that verse was quite familiar to them. However, on the morning of December 4th , 1982, in Melbourne, Australia, the last two words on the minds of my parents was "Praise God!". Their firstborn son had been born without limbs! There were no warnings or time to prepare themselves for it. Having no answers at all, the doctors were completely shocked and taken off guard!

The whole church mourned over my birth and my parents were absolutely devastated. "If God is a God of love, “ they questioned, “Then why would He let something like this happen, and especially to committed Christians?" My Dad did not think I would survive for very long. But, tests proved that I was a healthy baby boy with just one hitch, I’d been born without any limbs.

Understandably, my parents had strong concern and evident fears of what kind of life I would be able to lead. The first big hurdle was for my parents to be at peace, trusting that God was still fully in control. It took a number of months and a lot of tears, questions and grief before coming to terms within their own hearts. God provided them with the strength, wisdom and courage they would need through those early years. Soon after that, I was old enough to go to school.

School was really enjoyable for me and I really tried to live life like everyone else. But, it was in my early years of school where I encountered uncomfortable times of feeling rejected, weird and bullied because of my physical difference. It was very hard for me to get used to. In spite of this, with the support of my parents, I started to develop attitudes and values which helped me overcome these challenging times. Though I knew I was different, on the inside, I was just like everyone else. There were many times when I felt so low that I wouldn't go to school in order to avoid all the negative attention. With encouragement from my parents, I began to ignore the bullies and tried to start making friends by just talking with some of the kids. Soon the students realized that I was just like them. Starting there, God began to bless me with new friends!


Many times I felt depressed and angry because I couldn't change the way I was, or blame anyone for that matter. In Sunday school, I learned that God loves us all and that He cares for us deeply. At that stage in my childhood, I could understand His love to a point. But, as you can imagine, I still got hung up on that fact that if he really loved me, why did He make me like this? I wondered if I’d done something wrong and began to feel certain that this must be true. Otherwise, I thought, God wouldn’t have made me the only weird one out of all the kids at school. Feeling I was a burden to those around me, I sensed the sooner I’d just go away altogether, the better it would be for everyone. So, at a young age, I wanted to end my pain and my life. But I am thankful, once again, for my parents and my family who were always there to comfort me and lend me their strength. Thankfully, a real turning point arrived!

Due to the emotional struggles I had experienced with bullying, self-esteem and loneliness, God began to instill a passion of sharing my story and experiences to help others cope with whatever challenge they might have in their lives. Turning my struggles into something that would glorify God and bless others, I realized my purpose! The Lord was going to use me to encourage and inspire others to live to their fullest potential and not let anything get in the way of accomplishing their hopes and dreams.

As I grew older, God continued to prepare my heart and teach me to seek Him. One of the first lessons that I have learned was not to take things for granted. With a wake-up call around the age of twelve, I realized just how much God had blessed me. My foot, what I’ve termed “my little chicken bone” I had been taking for granted. But it serves me well. God had freely given to me and so much with my loving family, and so many other blessings, I realized “Why should I still complain?” God directed me to Romans 8:28 and there I found this, "And we know that in all things God works for the best for those who love Him." Wow! That verse really spoke to my heart. It convicted me to the point where I’m confident that there’s no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence and that these "bad" things happen in our life to make us more like Christ.

In James 1:3 & 4, it reads, "...know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." Enlightened through God’s Word, I felt complete peace rush in, knowing that God will not let anything happen to us unless He has a good purpose for it. At the age of 15, I completely gave my life to Christ after reading John 9. In this chapter, Jesus said that the reason the man was born blind was "so that the works of God may be revealed through Him." I truly believed that God would heal me so I could be a great testimony of His awesome power. As I grew in Christ and in spiritual maturity, the Lord gave me the wisdom to understand that if we pray for something within His will, it will happen, but in His timing…not ours. And likewise, if our prayers are not within God's will, then I know that He has something better. His purpose became clearer to me and now I’m fully convinced and understand that His glory is revealed as He uses me just the way I am. And even more wonderful, He can use me in ways others can't be used.

Now twenty-five years old, I’ve completed a Bachelor’s Degree in both Financial Planning and Accounting. Also, I’m active as a motivational speaker. Again, my number one passion is for souls. I just love to go out and share my story and testimony wherever opportunities become available. Over time, I’ve developed messages that relate to and encourage students through topics that challenge today's teenagers. The Lord has used me to speak in the corporate sector as well. For more information on Nick's presentations, go to "Nick's Ministry".

In recent years, I’ve learned to become independent and can now take care of all my personal needs. I’m able to do everything from brushing my teeth and combing my hair to dressing up and taking care of my personal hygiene, including shaving. I get around the house by jumping around and, outside the house; an electric wheelchair assists me. For recreation, I enjoy swimming, fishing and playing soccer.

Passionate for reaching out to the youth, I’m constantly ministering in schools from elementary to high school. Ultimately, I make myself available for whatever God wants me to do, and wherever He leads, I follow, for I’ve learned to trust Him fully.

Achieving goals and pursuing dreams is something I’m actively pursuing on a regular basis. Some of these include becoming the best witness I can be of God's love and hope, to become an international inspirational speaker and to be used as a vessel in both Christian and non-Christian venues. These goals are, even now, being realized. Other aspirations of mine yet to be realized is my desire to modify a car that I can drive, to be interviewed on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" and share my story, and to write several books. With anticipation, I look forward to starting on the first of these this year. Not surprisingly, the title will be, "No Arms, No Legs, No Worries!"

Many would think these goals were too far-fetched. However, I believe that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and it's within God's will, you will achieve it in good time. As humans, we continually put limits on ourselves for no reason at all! What's worse is putting limits on God, who is well able to do all things! We put God in a "box". The awesome thing about the power of God is that if we want to do something for God, we must refocus. Instead of concentrating on our capability, our attention needs to shift to our availability. For, the Word of God is clear; it is God working through us. Without Him, we aren’t capable of doing anything on our own. Once we make ourselves available for God's work, guess whose capabilities we rely on? God's! Philippians 4:13 highlights this point well, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." God has a truly great purpose for your life!

As far as your unanswered prayers, remember that God is Faithful. What are we to do when we are seeking but not finding? Jeremiah 29:12 states, "Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the Lord.

Take courage my friend for the Battle is the Lord's. Let me urge you to keep striving for the truth. The truth, found in Jesus Christ, is what will set you free. It’s His peace, reigning in your heart, that will give you true freedom from the fear and doubt that has previously resided there. May the Lord bless you as you diligently seek Him and grant you Godly wisdom and strength through your journey.

Lastly, if you know of an audience which may benefit from hearing Nick's story, please contact us at support@lifewithoutlimbs.org. Also, watch the updates on our websites and see if I’ll be speaking your area!

In Christ’s Service,
Nick Vujicic

"As far as your unanswered prayers, remember that God is Faithful."

I really like what he said about God's faithfulness and our unanswered prayers. Many times I focused on my unanswered prayers and silently complaint in my heart... O God, please forgive me! Please help me to remember that You are Faithful!

Dear God, please help me to be faithful to You till the end. Amen!

《生命的内容》

生命何其短暂，刹时就消失无踪
好像云雾，也如流水
没有人掌握它

灵魂却是永远，得永生或是沉沦
在于今生，正确选择
你是否有把握？


来！快信耶稣，他能除去你罪
赐你永生活命，免至灵魂沉沦

生命不计长短，在于生命的内容
信靠耶稣，灵魂得救
生命就有意义

最近传来许多不好的消息。。。不是这位朋友开刀， 就是那位同事重病。顿时使我想起以上的这首诗歌 《生命的内容》。

初信主时，好喜欢这首诗歌， 记得那个时候，一直唱， 一直唱！ 在房间里弹着吉他大声大声地唱。在洗澡时也放声唱。和弟兄姐妹聚集时，也一定一起唱着这首好听又有着极大能力的诗歌！

因为好希望全家人，全座组屋的人， 全世界的人，都来信耶稣，得永生！


雅 各 書 4 : 13 - 14

你 们 有 话 说 ： 「 今 天 明 天 我 们 要 往 某 城 里 去 ， 在 那 里 住 一 年 ， 做 买 卖 得 利 。 」 其 实 明 天 如 何 ， 你 们 还 不 知 道 。 你 们 的 生 命 是 甚 麽 呢 ？ 你 们 原 来 是 一 片 云 雾 ， 出 现 少 时 就 不 见 了 。

James 4:13-14

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

I have been receiving some bad news recently, either this friend of mine is going for an operation, or that colleague of mine was diagnosed with cancer. I thought how fragile life can be...

A song came to my mind which I loved to sing, again and again, when I first believed in Jesus Christ and became a Christian. I sang it in my bedroom playing the guitar, I sang it in my showers, I sang it with brethren in our gatherings! It is so meaningful and so powerful!

I just love it because I wanted my whole family, all my neighbours and the whole world to come to faith in Jesus, to receive life everlasting!

The song went something like this:
LIFE is so short, suddently it disappears.
Like a mist, or a rushing river, none can control it.

But SOUL is eternal, salvation or demnation.
It's this life's decision, do you have the confident?

Come! Believe in Jesus! He can wash away your sins.
And give you eternal life, that your soul escapes demnation.

"Eternity is but a breath away"... let's make the right choice before it it too late~

永恒就在一息之差，让我们做对的选择，以免为时太晚啊~

Before a word is on my tongue...

Psalm 139
O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.

You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,

even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.

This is one of my favourite Psalm. It tells me how wonderful my God is and how He knows me and loves me! God is omniscience; He k-n-o-w-s all things. He knows the secret thoughts in my heart and is familiar with all my ways; even before a word is on my tongue, He knew it already! How awesome! God is omnipresence; He is e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e, I can never run away from Him! God is omnipotence, He can do all things; nothing is impossible for Him!

My God is a God of blessings and I have many sweet encounters of His wonderful blessings. I took pictures of the blessings to record what He has been doing for me and the most recent one was the Sugar-Roll-Blessing :)

Sugar roll is my favourite! That afternoon when I went past the bakery shop during lunch hour, I was eyeing their sugar roll. It used to be $0.80 per piece, but now it is $0.90, an increase of 10cents. I know it's not much, but I just couldn't bring myself to buy it for my own indulgence. I need to spend less for my children's sake. So I walked away with saliva pooling in my mouth, haha! Then, back in the office, to my pleasantest(if there's ever such a word) surprise, my colleague, Max, came over to my desk and gave me this:


He said, "Nahh, give you half, I can't finish all." HUH?! He couldn't finish it all? Such a small piece of sugar roll, and which man could only manage to eat half of it?! I was speechless! WOW! I made myself a cup of coffee and savour every little bite of my precious sugar-roll-half :)

MORE from last year:

July 2008. I told Philip that I suddenly developed a strong liking in green apple flavour Vitagen, but it seems like they only sell all purple grapes flavour in a pack which is more popular. I wonder they ever sell green apple flavour in a pack.... Then we forgot about our conversation. During that same week, when the Vitagen auntie came knocking on our door in the afternoon, instead of taking out 2 mixed-flavour packs which we usually would buy from her, she took this out and asked Philip whether he fancy to buy all green apple flavour Vitagen pack:


I came home to this wonderful surprise and I just have to snap a picture of my all-green-apple-flavour-Vitagen-pack! :)

August 2008. It was near mid-autumn festival and I was thinking of eating a green-tea red bean paste mooncake on my way to work. Then I saw it in the office pantry!! Can you see the round redbean paste embraced by the green-tea flavoured paste covered with brown skin?!


I was so touched that I was near crying when I carefully sink my teeth in... what more could I ask?

Nov 2008. Xmas came early when everywhere you turned you could hear either the jinggling song or the dreaming song, lol! I love fruit cakes, top with icing please! My favourite desert of the season. And I have it again, in the pantry again!


No icing this time but almond slice, why not? I like crunchie almonds too! :)

Dec 2008. Went to work without taking my breakfast. A female colleague, Juliana, came to my desk and with two hands she presented me this nutricious beancurd in soya milk by Mr bean:


Either she bought extra or she didn't feel like taking breakfast. She never tell me why, just said, "Eat lah." haha! Thank you, Juli! And thank YOU, God :)

CNY 2009. Usually my colleagues would bring the goodies, that they couldn't finish, to the office so we could help them clear the stock, but to have difficulty in finishing the ever-popular cum expensive BBQ pork slice and the ever-crsipy prawn roll?? Can't be! But it was so:





Here is a song composed using the words from Psalm 139, Simply beautiful! I like to listen to it over and over again, and think about my wonderful, wonderful GOD!




主耶和華，你已經鑒察了我。
我坐下，我起來，你都已曉得。
我行路，我躺臥，你都細察，
你也深知我一切所行。

我舌頭上的話，你沒有一句不知道。
你在我前後環繞著我，按手在我身上。
這樣的奇妙，是我不能測透，
你的至高你的尊貴，是我永遠不能所及。

我可以往哪裡去躲避你的靈？
我可以往哪裡去逃，可躲避你的面？
我若展開清晨的翅膀飛到地極，就在那裡，
你的雙手也必引導我。

Nods!

Thaddea @ 12 months!

I have more clips on Thaddea nodding her head to questions like "Is mommy pretty?" LOL!

All of Grace

Last year's theme for our church was "ALL OF GRACE. ALL OF GOD."

Yes, it was a year of God's wonderful grace, magnified particularly in my life and in the live of little Ezra Lim.

God graciously healed me of breast cancer, it is a MIRACLE that has given me a chance to live for my Lord and I'm very grateful for that.

For Ezra Lim, it is also by God's grace that he is still living today. Diagnosed with ALL(blood cancer), he had gone for the 3rd round of chemotherapy. It is tough for a 7-year-old boy, the side effects of vomiting after the treatment was too much for him to bear. He was angry with God initially, but now he thank God for His grace which saw him through and will see him through many more treatments to come.

The testimony of little Ezra was amazing. His mommy shared how they were able to reach out to many foreigners whose children, some as young as 2-year-old, are also having ALL and came to Singapore for treatment. Ezra made friends with the children and showed them around and telling them not to be scare of the hospital. And his mommy would talk to the parents, encourage, pray and share with them about God's grace.

Tong Hak(Ezra's mommy) testified how her life was changed from busy giving tuitions, sending Ezra to school and going on vacations during December holidays... to reaching out to people as far as from Vietnam! It is bitter sweet for her, seeing her son suffering is difficult, but being able to reach out to other souls with God's love is so wonderful.

Ezra came to the Watch Night Service on New Year's Eve, he is still the same active boy just like before, only that most of his hair has fallen off from the treatment and he needs to wear a mask to protect himself as his body resistance is low. You can spot him in this video clip, he appeared briefly at the 30th sec.


The musicians were practising for the worship and the song was "Power of Your Love", Daddy was playing the drum-machine, it's a machine because it is not the real drum, just some key pads that you hit with your fingers, haha! I was actually taking a video of Thaddea drinking water, I love that she likes to drink water, so not like her two sisters whom we need to pester them to drink more!

Ezra's daddy gave a song special with a group of brethens that night which I didn't get to record it down. But thank God that they presented the song again on Sunday.


Jonah, Ezra's only brother played the 二胡 which sounded so NICE! I was in the Chinese Orchestra when I was in Secondary School and I played the 二胡 too! So imagine how I melted listening to this song... even Thaddea who was sitting on my lap was so still, she was captivated by the 二胡! :)

若不是主的恩典
If Not For The Lord’s Grace



若不是祢的恩典
(Nah Um See Le Eh Woon Diam)
If not for Your grace, O Lord

我根本不敢来见祢
(Gua Goon Poon Um Kha Lai Gi Le)
I will not dare come before You

若不是祢的恩典
(Nah Um See Le Eh Woon Diam)
If not for Your grace, O Lord

我想我活不到今日
(Gua Xiu Gua Wah Buey Gao Kin Jit)
I would not live till to this day

是祢的恩典使我得救
(Si Le Eh Woon Diam Sai Gua Teck Giu)
It is Your grace that has redeemed me

是祢的恩典给我能够更爱祢
(Si Le Eh Woon Diam Ho Gua Eh Dang Keng Ai Le)
It is Your grace that makes me love You even more

副歌
主耶稣我感谢祢的恩典
(Zhu Yah Soh Gua Gum Xia Le Eh Woon Diam)
Lord Jesus, I really thank You for Your grace

主耶稣感谢祢每次给我机会
(Zhu Yah Soh Gum Xia Le Dah Bai Ho Gua Gi Huey)
Lord Jesus, thank You always for giving me a chance

主耶稣感谢祢赦免了我的罪
(Zhu Yah Soh Gum Xia Le Xia Bian Liao Gua Eh Zuey)
Lord Jesus, thank You for pardoning all my sins

是祢的恩典, 是你的恩典
(Si Le Eh Woon Diam, Si Le Eh Woon Diam)
It is Your grace, it is Your grace

因你的恩典, 一生奉献
(Yim Le Eh Woon Diam, Yi Seng Hong Hien)
‘Cos of Your grace, I offer my life

My Hokkien is less than a bucket of water, haha, but I really like how the lyrics of the song came with the english pronounciations for the hokkien words... pretty interesting!

Ahhhh... thank You GOD... for your GRACE!

2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

Watch Night Service

It's our custom to attend the church's Watch Night service every New Year's eve. Service starts at 9pm and we were encouraged to fast on that day which was suppose to be our church's quaterly fast and pray day. Usually we'd go for supper after the service but now with 3 kids on-tow, we'd rather go home and eat instant noodle(our very first meal of the New Year, haha!) after tucking the children up, by then it was 2am in the wee hours of the new day! :)

We have thanksgiving time opened to the floor after worship. Anybody can go on stage to thank God for the year that was about to end. Some may also give a song special. There were no fireworks when we count down into the New Year but glorious Praise and Worship unto God for the brand New Year! After which we entered into covenants with God. Very meaningful and very nice. I like the idea of being in the House of God at the dawn of the new year :)

Not many attended...but the presence of God is so wonderful!

Daddy wrote the following and intended to go on stage to share but he didn't get a chance to do it. He was able to thank God still on the first Sunday of the New Year during testimony time in the service. I'm gonna copy and paste it here for memory and for the glory of God :)

A thanksgiving for the year 2008 by Daddy, Philip.

Thank God for...

• Thaddea. She is an unexpected gift from God. God is Sovereign.


• Lydia(mommy truly =D) who is still with us and healthy.


• Surgery I had that taught me to take care of my body, the temple of the Holy Spirit.


• Providence which teach us to learn faith.


• Humility to accept help and gifts from others.


• Lesson learnt to be thankful and to appreciate what we have when we are in need.


• Mountain and valley in spiritual life. God is faithful.


• Music Ministry. Thank God that I can return to serve in this ministry after a long period.


• All the people who have been a great help and encouragement to us.


• Timely word when I felt so directionless and had achieve nothing all these time: "To be successful in God’s kingdom is to be faithful in where God has placed me."


• Year(2009), though there is much uncertainty, God is faithful and we trust that He is holding our tomorrow.

Praise the Lord. Amen.

Yes! Thank You Lord!!

他們哭了

I was reading James 1 this morning and verse 27 stood up...

James 1:27
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

Every baby deserved a loving parents. If not a loving parents, then at least a caring nanny, or a doting adoptive parents. To love, cuddle and take good care of them. I cannot imagine us without our baby Thaddea, or worse, Thaddea without us...

I always wish that I have more money to sponsor a child or two in an orphanage or fostercare. Right now, I can only pray for them. May God brings every orphan into a forever family who will love and care for them forever~ Amen!

These children sang of the invisible Hands of Jesus. Though they cannot see Him nor touch Him, they knew that He is always there, wispering ever so softly to them. O, they knew deep in their hearts that their Lord Jesus is always there with them.

It was the nail-pierced Hands of Jesus that have touched and comforted their broken hearts. It was the soft gentle words of Jesus that once again filled the hunger and thirst of their hearts.

Praise the Lord!



雖不見祢，觸不到祢，
但是我知，祢正在對我低語。
哦！主耶穌，哦！主耶穌，
我深知道祢一直就在這裏。
　
是祢的手，釘痕的手，
重新撫慰我那破碎的心田。
是祢聲音，溫柔話語，
再度填滿我心靈中的飢渴。

记得初信主时，我也哭了。是主的大爱感动了我，叫我的眼泪一直流，一直流。主啊，谢谢祢救我灵魂，赐我永恒的生命。谢谢祢为我被钉十架，流宝血洗净我。

詩 篇 103:1-2
我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华！凡在我里面的，也要称颂他的圣名！我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华！不可忘记他的一切恩惠！

寶貴十架 ~ Precious Cross

On the first Sunday of the new year 2009, a Communion Sunday, I was deeply touched by the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ.

Throughout the service, as I prepared myself to participate in the Holy Communion, even though Thaddea was quite a handful, she always is, :P, in my mind I kept thinking of Jesus dying on the cross for me.

I must have been on Jesus' mind when He braved the cross. His love for me was so great that He bore with the pain when the nails were being hammered into His hands and feet.

Lord, thank You for bearing the cross for me. The punishment that I deserved, You took it upon Yourself. This is too much for me to grasp... I'm overwhelmed!

When I think of the cross, I see Your great love for me. I see the blood You shed on the cross, so precious and so powerful! Your blood washed away my sins and gave me life everlasting!

You are God's perfect sacrifice, once for all, to reconcile me to God. Thank You Jesus, my Lord, my Saviour!




1 Peter 3:18
"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit."

Makoto Muramatsu

I LOVE CATS!

I wrote about my passion in 吗哪月刊(church's chinese department's publication) many years ago, yes, it was in chinese... if I can find the script, I'll definitely post it here ;)

Makoto Muramatsu(村松誠), a Japanese artist who makes super cute images of cats (many kitties) and other animals with a lovely and silly expression. I love his works, they are all so sweet and cute!!

Images of cats:



Images of other animals:



My very first encounter with his work:



My profile picture:

Tiffany and Theophila wish they could go out and play.
Thaddea snuggling up with mommy.
Daddy has gone to church for prayer meeting.

I chose this as my profile picture because it protrayed our recent family adjustment to spend less due to a super-tight financial budget... no more going out on a Saturday: we saved about $50 for travelling out, lunch at the mall, coffee at the library, taxi to church, dinner outside and taxi home. Sure hope we won't have to be like this for too long... I miss Cafe Galilee and prayer meeting!

My favourite:

someone bought this for me...

Jigsaw puzzle for my sister's b'day

Tiffany wrote the birthday greetings at the back of the puzzle. She also drew something for her aunt - her all-time favourite skeleton-man(haha!) with a very colourful background!

Notice a missing piece at the bottom left corner of the jigsaw puzzle? We made-up by quoting this to her:

"Life is like a puzzle.
JESUS is the missing piece!"

My sister is also a cat-lover!

No Words. Just Tears.

My Life Testimony

Have been wanting to post this...

"My Life Testimony" is about how I came to know Jesus and why did I embraced Him as my Lord. It was written way back in year 2000 when I was being asked to share in a gospel evangelistic meeting about my faith.

It's amazing how God works. I started to re-type it 2 months ago because I lost the soft copy in my office computer. I was happy that I still have the hard copy with me... but re-typing it out is very time-consuming, so it was kind of 'abandoned'.

Yesterday as I was searching for Tiffany's earlier birthday photos in my home computer, I saw this folder 'LYDIA' in the C drive, because I seldom work on my home computer and, because it is screaming out my name, I open it out and saw my script!!

So, right now I'll just copy and paste and go through it again to fine-tune the words, you see, I used a lot of abbreviation which you might not understand ;) SO, here we go:

MY LIFE TESTIMONY

I am glad that you are reading about me at this God's appointed time. I would like to greet you in the Name which is greater than any other name, and that's the great Name of Jesus Christ!

I am giving you an account of my life testimony. That is to share with you how I came to know Jesus and why did I embraced him as my Lord.

I was born into a Taoist family. My parents pray to ancestors and worship a statue-god called "da-bo-gong". Mom would ask me to help her every 1st and 15th day of the lunar month to offer food and burn incense. I was just a little girl then and knew nothing much except that all these rituals were performed so that our ancestors and the statue-god would in turn protect and bless us.

A picture of my deceased grandma was placed on the altar and also a list of our ancestors' names. I was not close to grandma at all because she passed away before I was even born. I used to wonder where had she gone to and did she really hear us praying to her?

But as a little girl, I have more faith in my deceased grandma than the statue-god, because once my Dad was washing it and it slipped off his hands and was broken. Though I was still little, I wonder how this god is going to protect us when he couldn't even wash himself or protect himself. I remember Dad got to use superglue to fix him up before he gets another new one from the temple.

After I grew up a little. I was in primary school when I heard stories of a historical man called Jesus. I was fascinated by His stories. The 1st story I heard about Jesus was how He rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" He was in a boat when a storm broke up. With just one command, the wind died down and it was completely calm. I thought to myself, WOW-WEE, this Jesus must be somebody, because even the wind and the waves obeyed
Him.

Shortly after that, I got a chance to attend a children's Sunday
School with my sister, Sarah. From there I heard many more cool stories about Jesus. How He healed the sick, made the blinds see, the lame walk. The miracles He performed, feeding the 5000, causing the dead to rise and delievered those demons possessed. I don't know why BUT something inside of me just know and believe that this Jesus is for REAL.

My parents came to know about us attending church and they stopped us. They even beat up my sister because she had converted to christianity. I was afraid and I told myself never to become a christian, if not my Dad would definitely beat me to death.

Time passed and I grew up a little more, prettier and taller(haha!) and was in my secondary school years. But then, I was a troubled soul. I was bound by spirit of inferior complex. I tend to pity myself a lot. And I mean REALLY A LOT, so much so that I attempted
suicide.

Yes. I thought life was NOT fair, why my friends were all better off than me? Why A's parents were so rich? They could lived in a terrace house and had a garden, but mine was just a 3 rooms flat and could only put a few flower pots on our 5-foot-way. Why B was so clever and scored so well for all her subjects but I could only managed a pass and even fail some subjects no matter how hard I studied? Why C was so pretty but I was just a plain jane?? Why? Why?? Why???

It may sound silly now but then it was terrible, envious and jealousy and self-pity clouded my mind and I often hide away and cried. Once, I nearly popped 2 moth-balls which my Mom put in the wardrode to keep away crocoaches. I thought death could put a stop to all my so-called 'sufferings', but the other part of me was afraid, I didn't know where would I end up and what would happen to me?

I began to ask many questions about life and death. Why I was born into this world and into this family. Why people died. I mean it is so meaningless, the moment you born into the world, every minute that passed makes you closer to the day you died. *SIGH*

Then Jesus came into the picture. At the darkest moment of my life I would say, my sister, who continued attending church though my parents were strongly against it, had began to share with me about Jesus' 2nd coming and that how the world is preparing for His return.

The Bible predicted that there will be an increase of natural disasters like earthquakes, floods. Increase of wars and rumors of wars. How this world would become a cash-less society. Mark of the beast 666 on the palms and foreheads of men for transaction. I wonder whether you people heard of the recent development, a professor tried implanting microchip into his arm!

Hmmmm.. how interesting I thought. Whatever the Bible predicted regarding the events before the coming of Jesus, the newspaper was reporting on it. This created an interest in me that I wanna read the Bible which itself claims to be the Word of God.

SO, from my sister's sharing and from reading the Bible, I began to understand many things about life and death. That death is the result of sins. I realise I have sins, tons of it and that I sin naturally. I don't need to be taught how to tell lies, how to steal, how to hate, instead I need to be taught otherwise.

I learnt that it was appointed for men to died once and after that judgment. I realized that those who died could no longer protect us as they are waiting to be judged by God. Therefore, ancestors worship is totally out. About being filial, I think I should demonstrate it while my parents are still around, not only after they died.

Then, I came to know of this Creator God, the God of the Bible, and how He loved me by sending His Son, Jesus, to died on the cross for my sins. I felt the love of God for me is so real.

Whenever I read the Bible, I could almost felt like God is speaking to me. Like for instance, in Jeremiah 1:5, God said that before He formed me in the womb He knew me, before I was born He chose me! I felt so special and slowly that spirit of inferiority just left me. No longer I pity myself, I began to count my blessings which God so graciously bestowed on me through His Son, Jesus. I began to thank God for my family, my life, my friends and even my appearance.

In 1985, I was 15 yrs old then, I made up my mind to accept the sacrificial love of Jesus. I went to a rally. The preacher was talking about the narrow gate.

Matthew 7:13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."

I know that if I become a chrisitian, my Dad would beat me to death. But I was certain that I need Jesus, who is the narrow gate, though it may be tough to walk on the narrow path, it leads to life and I wanna be those few who find it!

Hence, at the end of the rally during the altar-call, I slipped up my right hand and went forward. I confessed my sins to God and asked Him to forgive me. I believed and received Jesus into my heart, into my life. Instantly, I felt all my sins were washed away by the blood of Jesus. I was reconciled with God and abundant joy just flooded my heart.

No words could express how I felt. It was the glorious moment in my life, tears just streamed down. I remembered the song they sang at the rally: "He is Lord, He is Lord. He has risen from the dead and He is Lord. Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." I tell you, I couldn't agree more with the song ever so strongly!

Yes, my parents got to know about my conversion, and Dad did beat me up badly(though not beat to death, but with water-hose, the bruise was on my right thigh for the longest time!) but I was willing to suffer for my Lord, because God is faithful; he never let me suffer beyond what I could bear. He always provide a way out so that I can stand up under it. Guess what? Slowly I was able to attend church.

Finally, I would like to conclude here that it is the love of God that draws me to Christianity. Christianity to me is not just another religion, it is a LIVING relationship with the God of the whole universe, which made possible by Jesus Christ who paid the penalty of sins on my behalf when he died on that awful cross.

I love Jesus very much and the fact that He rose from the dead, I believe He is the begotten Son of the Living God and that He is coming soon.

Now, God loves you and has given you ample opportunities to know Him. God wants you to know Him more intimately through His Son Jesus Christ.

With this, I end my sharing and may Jesus be so real to you, like He is to me, that you cannot, but to receive Him into your heart to be your Lord and Saviour.

Praise the great Name of Jesus. Amen!

Congrats! You've finished reading my very long testimony! Now you got to know a little more about me, ya?

Thanks for reading!

I will update this post again with a picture of myself at 15 years old, I hope I can find one!

Go Bible!!!

Last Sunday, a very kind brother uploaded a FREE Bible viewer in my handphone, with 2 translations NIV and KJV! I find it SO convenient for looking up bible verses and for reading.

Later I realised that it can be downloaded from the internet. The people who did this said it's for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ and the furtherance of His Kingdom. And I think it's really COOL!

Also, there are 22 different languages to choose from!! You may wanna download it in your handphone too ;)

Click GO BIBLE!!! Some details:

Go Bible is a Free Bible viewer application for Java mobile phones (J2ME MIDP 1.0 and MIDP 2.0).

Go Bible 2.2.6 Features:
Christ's Words in red
SMS scriptures
Bookmarks
History
Coloured themes
Fast search


Enjoy!!

PS. Philip help me to download a chinese version too... hehe!

Not for us only...

My last entry was about God's timely message of Health and Healing for us as we all fell ill one after another, from the youngest babe, little Thaddea, to the oldest "babe" - mommy, haha! I have just recovered from Upper Resipratory Infection... Thank God for healing all of us and thank God for good health for everyone in the house now :)

2 days after the Fast and Prayer, we received a sms from the church's Prayer Band requesting us to pray for Ezra, a 7 years old boy, was diagnosed with first stage Luekaemia and is going for a bone marrow test.

Leukaemia is a type of cancer that affects the white blood cells. In leukaemia, white blood cells become abnormal, and divide and grow in an uncontrolled way. Ezra's mommy noticed that Ezra's hands and feet were yellowish and he seems to have increased bruising... so she asked elder Hong Choon who is a doctor and he recommended a specialist for her. That was how they discovered it. Doctor told them that Ezra had Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemia. "ALL" affects lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) so they cannot work properly. This may cause a serious infection. It also causes many abnormal lymphocytes to be made, which crowd out the normal red blood cells and platelets. ALL is the most common type in children.

In acute leukaemia, symptoms develop rapidly and the leukaemia can quickly become life-threatening if it's not treated. Thank God that they found out early and right now, little Ezra had undergone his first chemotherapy. Due to the side effects of the treatment(weak, nauseas & loss of appetite), Ezra is quite difficult to handle. He has also developed a fear for doctors. We are praying for the parents to be strong and that God would lessen the side effects of chemotherapy.

For the family:

2 Corinthians 4:8-10
"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body."

Ezra Lim, Jesus Christ heals you! Amen!!

The Great Physician

"Chief of the Medical Staff"
By Christian artist Nathan Greene

The only man in the house, Philip, was sick and needed to be hospitalised for a minor surgery.

During the week of his surgery, I took urgent leave from work for 5 days to care for the children. We didn't go for the prayer meeting on Saturday. When we went to Church today, it was a Prayer and Fast Sunday which we would stay back after Sunday Service and continue with the P&F till 5pm. I was pleasantly surprised that the Sunday message by our guest speaker, Rev. Johnnie Tan, was about Health and Healing.We needed to hear that, really! Thank God for a timely message!

I was told by SK that yesterday's Prayer Meeting was focused on healing too. The worship leader, sis. Apphia, led an opening song about healing. And the closing song led by Pastor was also a healing song.

God knows our need. God assures us of His Power to heal. Praise God for that! One thing for me to take note is that there are hinderances to our healing and one of it is "Idolatory". There are modern idols which we need to check ourselves and rid of it for healing to flow. Could 'blogging' became an idol to me?? I wonder.... Okay, I will make sure that I put God first before I blog ;)

Pastor taught us to proclaim this which I would like to make this my confession everyday : I confess that Jesus Christ is my LORD, the HEALER! Amen!

Oh yeah... the picture, that piece of artwork "Chief of the Medical Staff" by Nathan Greene, the christian artist which I mentioned in my last post.... When I prayed for Philip during the time when he was going into the operating theatre, I was praying for Jesus to guide the hands of the surgeon, after praying I was reminded of this artwork which I remembered seeing it while I was writing about "Ever Interceding".

Praise God that it was a successful operation!! In fact, it took only 5 minutes. Even though it was a minor surgery, I admit that I entertained the fear of losing my husband... what if he couldn't wake up from the GA? With GA, there is always a risk... Thank God that not only Philip woke up from the GA, he is recovering pretty well, just need some times for the wound to be completely healed. And thank God for assuring us with His wonderful Word through His servants. Indeed, Jesus is our Great Physician! Hallelujah!

During the Prayer and Fast, Pastor also led a prayer for healings and encouraged us with the following verse:

Isaiah 58:8 "Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard."

We were so comforted and re-assured when we came home from church today. *BIG SMILE*

Ever Interceding

of Jesus praying...

Lydia! Lydia!

Satan try to destroy you with cancer,

but I have prayed for you,

so that you would not died.

So that your husband, Philip,

would not be deprived of a wife.

So that your young children

would not be deprived of their mother.

I was sitting right at the back of the church as Thaddea was sleeping in my arms, when I heard over the speakers, right from behind the pulpit, this prayer which Pastor mimic what Jesus would have prayed for me. It was so loud and so clear. It was so touching. It sent tears to my eyes and still does...

Pastor's message for that Sunday was: Jesus is praying for us, what are we going to do about it? It was a revelation given by the Holy Spirit to Pastor in the last week of August, that Pastor realised that we must say "Thank You Jesus."

Pastor shared that even though he knew this doctrine of Christ interceding for us, he never did say thank you to the Lord, until the Holy Spirit revealed to him. That's why Pastor stressed that just by knowing in the head is not enough, we must be touched by the Holy Spirit. The other thing is : We must ask Jesus to pray for us.

Acknowledge.

Appreciate.

And Appeal.

Lord, please continue to pray for me, I really appreciate that, I really need that!

After the service, I went up to pastor and said, "Pastor, may I shake your hand please? I want to thank you for the message you shared today on Jesus interceding for us. All this while I only thought that the church had prayed for me and you, pastor, my husband and my children prayed for me, but I never thought that Jesus would pray for me too. And I thanked everyone except Him..." Pastor reached out his hand to shake mine and said, "Oh, I also didn't know until the Holy Spirit showed me."

Ever Interceding

Now, what do you think of this piece of artwork? I think it is very very nice, lor! I was searching for a picture to go with this post and found this piece of excellent christian artwork by Nathan Greene! The moment I saw it, I wanted so much to purchase it for my dear pastor... but then hor, my budget too tight, lah.... anyway, if you are interested to own one, you can buy it from here or here

Though I may not know how to appreciate arts, I think this piece of artwork really portray what the Lord is doing even right now... It reminds me of how Jesus Christ is Ever Interceding for us... I could almost see the intensity! What a wonderful High Priest we have!

"Oh Jesus, our High Priest in Heaven, please pray for us."

"Thank you Jesus for praying for us."

Romans 8:34b "Christ Jesus, who died - more than that, who was raised to life - is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us."

Answered Prayer

Tomorrow!

Yes! Tomorrow is our 11th Wedding Anniversary!

11 years ago when two had become one, my prayer was answered so beautifully ever in my life :)

This morning I took pictures of our wedding pictures, blurry but great for looking back :)

Exchanging vows

Rendition of our wedding song
~ Answered Prayer ~

Philip & Lydia

To be exact, we have been in love for 21 years! 10 years of courtship and 11 years of life together as husband and wife, with 5 years of being parents to our beautiful girls, the 'fruits' of our love together... Wowwee, definately a 'Love-Long-Run' (爱情长跑), haha!

Still remember the wedding song we chose? Yes, it's "Answered Prayer" by Lisa Beville & Bob Carlisle.

Still remember how I was quite disappointed that the song does not have an accompaniment track? Yes, we need to make do with just the guitar.

Still remember how you surprise me when Desmond and Denise sang with the accompanied music track? Yes, George managed to get it oversea at the very last minute!

Still remember I was almost in tears half way through their singing? Yes, when I suddenly realised they are singing with an accompaniment tracks!

Yes! Yes! Yes! God made everything so beautiful, it was answered prayer upon answered prayers!

Hey look what I found here: An Interpretative Dance of our wedding song. I believe it was at a Filipino Wedding. The dancer so beautifully danced out the words of the song. I like especially these few lines:

It's times like these I thank the Lord for the life that we share... I like the way she looks up to the Lord :)

And every day I spend with you is another answered prayer... I like how she puts her hands together going up to Heaven.

When your heart touches mine... so so beautiful and touching!

You have shown me the power of what love can do ... powefully stunning!

I see glimpses of heaven with your simple 'I Love You' ... so so sweet!

Simply beautiful! You got to watch it!!



Here is the lyrics of the song:

At the end of a long day, can't close my eyes
Watching you as the sun sets as it slowly waves goodbye
It's times like these I thank the Lord for the life that we share
And every day I spend with you is another answered prayer

Answered prayer, when your heart touches mine
We've found a love only few ever find
Answered prayer, now that you're here
Our love grows richer year after year
And if life should end tomorrow, I'd leave a millionaire
'Cause in my heart, I'd take with me
A life of answered prayers

You have shown me the power of what love can do
I see glimpses of heaven with your simple 'I Love You'
And every time I think of you, it almost seems unfair
For a man like me to have so many answered prayers

Answered prayer, When your heart touches mine
We've found a love only few ever find
Answered prayer, now that you're here
Our love grows richer year after year, after year
And if life should end tomorrow, I'd leave a millionaire
'Cause in my heart, I'd take with me
A life of Answered Prayers

Answered Prayer


老公，能够嫁给你是我一生所想的。
感谢上帝应予了我的渴望。

Thank God for fulfilling my desire.
Philip, you are an answered prayer to me.
I love you, forever!

我爱你，永远爱你！


I just can't get enough of our Wedding Song! Here is another one sung by the chipmunk/chipette, Simon Seville & Jeanette Miller, it's a classic! Enjoy!! :)



Here is my post last year on our 10th WA.

Finally, our wedding verse:
Song of songs 8:7 "Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned."

《 耶稣是谁？》Who is Jesus?

多数不同信仰的人都承认耶稣基督是2000年前生活在以色列的一位好人。有人认为他是一位先知，也有人认为他是一位道德家，还有人认为他是一位宗教改革家。但是透过《圣经》的教导，我们不得不承认他不仅仅是一位先知，一位道德家，或是一位宗教改革家。

实际上，如果我们仔细查考《圣经》，我们便不会只把他当成好人，而必须承认他在这世上的存在是整个人类历史的中心，对他的适当的回应是我们永生的盼望。

您想要更了解谁是耶稣基督？他将如何改变你的生命吗？籍着唐崇荣牧师2008布道会《谁是耶稣？》，我们诚挚地邀请您与我们一同分享福音的好处！

People of different faiths generally accept that Jesus Christ was truly a good man who lived in Israel about 2000 years ago. Some consider him a prophet, while others regard him as a moral teacher; yet others see him as a religious revolutionist.

But when we honestly look at what the Bible tells us about Jesus, we would realize that he was definitely more than a prophet, a moral teacher, or a revolutionist. In fact, if we were to closely examine the claims of the Bible, we will no longer see him as a mere good man. We shall have to acknowledge that his presence on earth was the central event in all human history, and that our eternal destiny has everything to do with our response to this event.

You are sincerely invited to come and gain a clear understanding of who Jesus really is, and to learn what Jesus has to do with your life.


The speaker Stephen Tong is a servant of God who is powerfully used by God, you can take a glimpse of him preaching the Gospel, also a testimony of a man who was touched by God through the ministry of Stephen Tong, watch it by clicking here.

Though the message will be spoken in chinese, there will be English interpretation along with it. I have invited my dad to go on this Friday night... he hasn't give me an answer yet. If you sincerely want to find out who this Jesus really is, but ain't want to go alone, you may like to join me, a group of us are going on Friday. Send me a sms 97928159 :)

Venue : Singapore Indoor Stadium
Date : 11 - 14 September 2008 (Thursday till Sunday)
Time : 7.30pm

Also, there is a Q&A Session on 13 September, Saturday, 6.30pm to 7.30pm. You can ask the speaker whatever question you have concerning Jesus.

This is gonna be great!

John 3:16 "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."