One Sunday.

Ed-na.

hee hee hee.

Le-mon tie.

牛肉 He.

Lam finally got her Hot plate black pepper beef rice.

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Claypot rice

Duck Rice + Roast pig

Chicken Cutlet

Don't Forget The Lyrics - YCKC Edition

Last Sunday, 20th July, for the first time in Singapore, the popular gameshow Don't Forget The Lyrics was played in Singapore at Yio Chu Kang Chapel Capernaum Room, by the YCKC youths! Everyone was divided into 5 groups and each group sent a representative per round to play to 5 categories of Christian melodies: Hymns, Sunday School, Retro, Greatest Hits, & Songs You Can Jump To.

The energy was rocketing; voices were soaring; the tension was high... We belched out tunes that ranged from popular contemporary songs like Chris Tomlin's How Great is Our God to all-time favourites like One Way, reminiscence-inducing Jesus Loves Me This I Know to power-packed hymns like How Great Thou Art and even uber-retro songs like Jehovah Jireh.

Everyone from recent graduates of Sunday school, to old folks like Wayne had their bit of fun recalling lyrics and singing (often out of key) to the amazing band consisting of Amy, John, Nick, Ern and Kevin that played every single song live! Marcus, being the game master, carried the whole show with his electric energy and sugary (for lack of better word, needed an 's' word) singing.

All in all, everyone had a good time playing along, singing along to the tunes and remembering lyrics to the very songs that we sing almost every Sunday. One important thing I took away from that Sunday's activity was how all of us Christians were a family in Christ, and even simple things like Praise & Worship songs are but some of the common threads that bind us together.
In a superficial way, it forms a part of our identity. On a deeper level, I am reminded how we are a family in Christ, worshiping God in unity through songs (amongst other ways) because of our single faith in Him, because we have been blessed and chosen by Him to be His children, to so freely go to church on Sundays to sing songs of praise and worship to our Lord.

And when the session ended, I felt gleeful and warm; it felt like we just had a family bonding time - in the form of a gameshow. And I know that the cheer, smiles and joy that resounded in each one of us was also pleasing to God, because in our doing (perhaps unknowingly), we had glorified God for His grace to us, in choosing us, sustaining us, and blessing us as a family so richly.

All glory to God!
Ronald

[What's Up This Week] Video: That The World May Know

'That the world may know', a video by Focus on the Family is a visual tool to bring us on a tour to the famous Holy Land, Bible lands and historic sites, led by Dr. Ray Vander Laan who is a historian and a great teacher.

In this session we are going to have Ray who would help us revisit the theme of 'WHO IS GOD' on Mt. Carmel. That is where God answered Elijah's prayer and threw fire down upon a sacrifice and 'defeated' the Baal prophets in 1 Kings 18:21! Further, Ray will bring us through some familiar characters that we have been studying about, such as Solomon, Ahab, Joshua and Elijah.

Be prepared to watch how we can learn the the important lesson of recognizing God for who He is and become like an Elijah of our world today!

Scheduled for 27 July 2008 Youth Service

[Living Word] Love of God - Part 6

Wrath is defined by the Oxford American Dictionary as extreme anger. In the Bible, ‘wrath’ is exemplified as God’s righteous anger. The anecdote above illustrates rather clearly something I believe most of us can understand or relate to; that is, because we love someone, we expect certain standards from him or her, that when they fail our expectations, we not only become disappointed, but also, angry. Did you think God had a very ‘cool’ persona? Did you think Jesus was a very ‘cool’ guy? You’re very wrong. He’s probably one of the most emotional persons in the Bible***. [Click here to read on.]

[Living Word] Love of God - Part 5

“ For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. ”

- Ephesians 1:4-6

In the previous chapter, I have covered what it means by God’s love, which I believe have also effectively touched the first three points I mentioned in Chapter 3, i.e., God’s intra-trinitarian love, sacrificial love and providential love. We now arrive at the fourth point, one that is highly contentious and hence the cause of divide amongst Christians since the Reformation – God’s love for His elect. This chapter must be seen in light of God’s sovereignty and His love; so do not restrict your focus as you continue reading, but more importantly, do keep an open mind and a Spirit-led heart to seek out answers and it may just benefit you.

This particular chapter is also especially messy due to its perplexing and gargantuan nature. I have however tried my best to structure it into 6 essential questions covering the following issues... [Click here to continue reading]

Captain's Ball Day 3

[Living Word] Love of God - Part 4

" The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. ”
– John 3:35

The idea of a father-son relationship is depicted in many points in the Bible. It is interesting to note that the first time such mention surfaced in biblical history is in 2 Samuel 7:14-16, when God told King David through the prophet Nathan about His own plans for building a temple for God... [Read the rest of it]