It's only Friday, Sunday's coming.
This sentence (in the title of this post) has helped to bring me through the past few weeks.
It was the main idea of a video that was played in YM Camp 2006. Jesus died on Friday; but what the disciples didn't know was, He would rise again on Sunday. He would conquer death. Friday was devastating, but Sunday was coming. Sunday was when the good news came.
It's only Friday. Sunday's coming!
Things may seem bleak now, but take heart, for it will become better. Through God, you can conquer anything. We are More Than Conquerors! (:
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
- Romans 8:37-39
School's good, but workload's crazy. I'm so thankful that God's with me or I think I'll lose my sanity soon.
So many things have been happening. What with all my commitments, and how to manage my time to fit everything into my schedule. I feel bad for the people I work with and my superiors for giving some slack to one of my commitments, but with the amount of homework given to us every day, I don't think I will be able to cope as well as if I do what I'm doing now.
Sometimes I feel like as a leader I shouldn't be doing this because I should be able to juggle my studies and CCA (as well as church, but most people don't know about this/don't feel it is important enough to treat it as importantly as I do). The pressure from the world can be really stifling, and I can't see how God is working sometimes! But praying really does help (:
However, I need to do my quiet time consistently. ): I admit I haven't been doing that, but I shan't give any excuses.
My mom doesn't like me to be too 'into church stuff'. She asked me what my highest priority is now, and I said, "God, and studies". She got upset at that. I'm finding it quite upsetting now, too. With my family not believing in what I believe in, and my mom not committing at the degree in which I'm doing to God as well. "Every one has a stage in life - what is your stage now? .... Do you know what I'm driving at?" I understand that studies is important, and it's not as if I'm completely neglecting my studies. I also want to do well in my studies. If not, how am I supposed to be a good testimony for God if my results are completely crappy?
I know she's glad that I'm mature enough to think about these kind of things, because she did say that. But I know that she wants me to put studies first. I said, "God doesn't equal to church, you know." I asked her about going for GAP every Friday night, and that was what sparked the whole discussion (our best bonding/discussions seem to always be in the car.. hmm.).
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
- Matthew 6:33
I talked to her about this verse, about how if I seek God first, my studies and all will also fall in line - then she got upset again. She doesn't like it when I take the Bible seriously, it seems. She was telling me about this new testament (I can't remember what it was about, but she said she'll find it again for me.) Then after she started talking about extremists, I realised it was because she doesn't want me to become like one of them.
How do I be a bold evangelist for Christ then? I want to change the world for Christ, and I can't be shying away from stepping out for God, putting Him first in everything! I explained that God being first in my priority means like commiting everything I do to Him, not like I completely submerge myself in church stuff and not do my work and revision. Sigh, I really don't know what else to do..
But to seek Him.
I am more than a conqueror.
In the middle of a world that denies it believes
It is breaking apart at the very seams
There is one thing to be alive for
And it's to take up my cross and follow you Lord
I don't know how reliable this source is, but here - just to show that this is precisely why I'll be blogging very, very inconsistently:
O Level Dates
Oral Examination
EL: 12-25 August
CL/ML/TL: 26 June - 10 July
Listening Comprehension
CL/ML/TL: 15 July
Practical Examination
Science: 07-16 October
Written Examination
CL/ML/TL: 26 May
Everything else: 08 October
20 October - 12 November
If that isn't enough to scare myself, prelims are in July.
o.O Sigh.
It was the main idea of a video that was played in YM Camp 2006. Jesus died on Friday; but what the disciples didn't know was, He would rise again on Sunday. He would conquer death. Friday was devastating, but Sunday was coming. Sunday was when the good news came.
It's only Friday. Sunday's coming!
Things may seem bleak now, but take heart, for it will become better. Through God, you can conquer anything. We are More Than Conquerors! (:
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
- Romans 8:37-39
School's good, but workload's crazy. I'm so thankful that God's with me or I think I'll lose my sanity soon.
So many things have been happening. What with all my commitments, and how to manage my time to fit everything into my schedule. I feel bad for the people I work with and my superiors for giving some slack to one of my commitments, but with the amount of homework given to us every day, I don't think I will be able to cope as well as if I do what I'm doing now.
Sometimes I feel like as a leader I shouldn't be doing this because I should be able to juggle my studies and CCA (as well as church, but most people don't know about this/don't feel it is important enough to treat it as importantly as I do). The pressure from the world can be really stifling, and I can't see how God is working sometimes! But praying really does help (:
However, I need to do my quiet time consistently. ): I admit I haven't been doing that, but I shan't give any excuses.
My mom doesn't like me to be too 'into church stuff'. She asked me what my highest priority is now, and I said, "God, and studies". She got upset at that. I'm finding it quite upsetting now, too. With my family not believing in what I believe in, and my mom not committing at the degree in which I'm doing to God as well. "Every one has a stage in life - what is your stage now? .... Do you know what I'm driving at?" I understand that studies is important, and it's not as if I'm completely neglecting my studies. I also want to do well in my studies. If not, how am I supposed to be a good testimony for God if my results are completely crappy?
I know she's glad that I'm mature enough to think about these kind of things, because she did say that. But I know that she wants me to put studies first. I said, "God doesn't equal to church, you know." I asked her about going for GAP every Friday night, and that was what sparked the whole discussion (our best bonding/discussions seem to always be in the car.. hmm.).
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
- Matthew 6:33
I talked to her about this verse, about how if I seek God first, my studies and all will also fall in line - then she got upset again. She doesn't like it when I take the Bible seriously, it seems. She was telling me about this new testament (I can't remember what it was about, but she said she'll find it again for me.) Then after she started talking about extremists, I realised it was because she doesn't want me to become like one of them.
How do I be a bold evangelist for Christ then? I want to change the world for Christ, and I can't be shying away from stepping out for God, putting Him first in everything! I explained that God being first in my priority means like commiting everything I do to Him, not like I completely submerge myself in church stuff and not do my work and revision. Sigh, I really don't know what else to do..
But to seek Him.
I am more than a conqueror.
In the middle of a world that denies it believes
It is breaking apart at the very seams
There is one thing to be alive for
And it's to take up my cross and follow you Lord
I don't know how reliable this source is, but here - just to show that this is precisely why I'll be blogging very, very inconsistently:
O Level Dates
Oral Examination
EL: 12-25 August
CL/ML/TL: 26 June - 10 July
Listening Comprehension
CL/ML/TL: 15 July
Practical Examination
Science: 07-16 October
Written Examination
CL/ML/TL: 26 May
Everything else: 08 October
20 October - 12 November
If that isn't enough to scare myself, prelims are in July.
o.O Sigh.