Heya guys, just wanna inform you all that although this Friday is a public holiday and there's no college, thus no CF too, we're having an outing!
Yeah we'll be heading to Sports Planet Subang for some futsal, and bonding at the same time. A family that sweats together, stays together! (whaddayamean you haven't heard that before?)
Even if you have a bench leg (read: kaki bangku) don't worry, so am I! Those of us who can't kick the ball can simply kick the air. We'll tell them we're practising martial arts. NO LAR. Don't be so self conscious wei. Just go there, sweat it out and have some fun.
Details are as follows:
Place: Sports Planet, Subang
Time: 10.oo a.m., Friday
Meetup location: Taylor's Subang guardhouse, at 9.30 a.m.
Do RSVP! So we can expect how many people are coming and whether or not you need transport. The meetup location is especially for those who don't have transport and/or don't know the way. You can head straight to Sports Planet if you already know the place.
If you are coming, or bringing a friend along too, drop us a mail at taylorscf@gmail.com, leave a message in the chatbox on the right, or SMS me directly at 017-3674123. Please indicate your name and your mode of transport.
Well that's all, any enquiries feel free to contact us as well. Take care and GOD BLESS. =P
Let's come together and be blessed while having a rockin' time in God's presence! See you there~ =P
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
a lesson in obedience
I Will Move the Rock
by Cindy Lu
A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light and the Savior appeared. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might.
This the man did, day after day. For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down, his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.
Seeing that the man was showing signs of discouragement, Satan decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the man's mind such as: "You have been pushing against that rock for a long time, and it hasn't budged. Why kill yourself over this? You are never going to move it."
Thus giving the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure, these thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man even more. "Why kill myself over this?" he thought. "I'll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort, and that will be good enough."
And that he planned to do until one day he decided to make it a matter of prayer and take his troubled thoughts to the Lord. "Lord," he said, "I have labored long and hard in your service, putting all my strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What is wrong? Why am I failing?"
To this the Lord responded compassionately, "My friend, when I asked you to serve me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all your strength, which you have done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push. And now you come to me, with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But, is that really so? Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled, your back sinewed and brown, your hands are callused from constant pressure, and your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you have grown much and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. Yet you haven't moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your faith and trust in My wisdom. This you have done.
"I, my friend, will now move the rock."
At times when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what he wants, when actually what God wants is just simple obedience and faith in him...
By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but it is still God who moves the mountains.
God, You call us to obedience everyday. Sometimes, I want to see beyond obedience. I want to know why, how and when. Yet, it is usually long after the obedience that I begin to realize what Your plan was back then. So help me just be obedient for today. I am learning, Lord that by being obedient today, I am stronger for tomorrow. In Jesus' Name, AMEN!
recently a friend of mine used an analogy to describe what she was going through, she said it was as if she just kept climbing out of the dark hole she was in but just as she was so close to the top, she would fall again, and have to start climbing out from scratch. and i just remembered this story again. and i'm not too sure if my theory is correct, but i feel it might be very similar. as she struggles with her issues, she is pushing the rock, getting stronger each time. and similarly, as we face all the difficulties in our lives, we are called to climb, to push, and ultimately to let God bring the victory. :) and you'll discover that the climb is what will bring you closer to God, deeper with Him and give you strength to call out to others in the same dark hole. :)
God bless you all! :)
by Cindy Lu
A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light and the Savior appeared. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might.
This the man did, day after day. For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down, his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.
Seeing that the man was showing signs of discouragement, Satan decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the man's mind such as: "You have been pushing against that rock for a long time, and it hasn't budged. Why kill yourself over this? You are never going to move it."
Thus giving the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure, these thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man even more. "Why kill myself over this?" he thought. "I'll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort, and that will be good enough."
And that he planned to do until one day he decided to make it a matter of prayer and take his troubled thoughts to the Lord. "Lord," he said, "I have labored long and hard in your service, putting all my strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What is wrong? Why am I failing?"
To this the Lord responded compassionately, "My friend, when I asked you to serve me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all your strength, which you have done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push. And now you come to me, with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But, is that really so? Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled, your back sinewed and brown, your hands are callused from constant pressure, and your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you have grown much and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. Yet you haven't moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your faith and trust in My wisdom. This you have done.
"I, my friend, will now move the rock."
At times when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what he wants, when actually what God wants is just simple obedience and faith in him...
By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but it is still God who moves the mountains.
God, You call us to obedience everyday. Sometimes, I want to see beyond obedience. I want to know why, how and when. Yet, it is usually long after the obedience that I begin to realize what Your plan was back then. So help me just be obedient for today. I am learning, Lord that by being obedient today, I am stronger for tomorrow. In Jesus' Name, AMEN!
recently a friend of mine used an analogy to describe what she was going through, she said it was as if she just kept climbing out of the dark hole she was in but just as she was so close to the top, she would fall again, and have to start climbing out from scratch. and i just remembered this story again. and i'm not too sure if my theory is correct, but i feel it might be very similar. as she struggles with her issues, she is pushing the rock, getting stronger each time. and similarly, as we face all the difficulties in our lives, we are called to climb, to push, and ultimately to let God bring the victory. :) and you'll discover that the climb is what will bring you closer to God, deeper with Him and give you strength to call out to others in the same dark hole. :)
God bless you all! :)
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Change Your World
Pastor Cathryn was back last Friday, this time to share about Change Your World, which is a youth movement which aims to... change your world haha.
She inspired and challenged us to rise up and not just live our lives without any regard for the person on the street. I'm sure we can agree that there's really so much we can do in this world, you only need to see in the daily news, take a walk down your street, and see that there is so much injustice in this world. So many people, whether older people, or even youths like us who are not as well-off, whether financially or physically. That's only in our immediate surroundings. Think then of the people halfway across the globe, fighting for their lives due to war and disease. Yes they may seem far, but they are humans like you and me.
The question to ask ourselves is: what can I do?
World changers don't exactly come out of their mother's wombs with a label 'World Changer' stuck on their foreheads. Pastor Cathryn showed us many amazing videos of youths who decided to step up and do something good, something that started small but then grew to become a global movement, effectively making a positive change in this world.
One particular video that struck me was that of a busy street during a rainy day. A giant tree branch had fallen and blocked the whole road, and the cars simply couldn't move. One small boy saw the situation, saw everyone just seated in their cars waiting for the branch to be moved, but no one actually doing anything. He dropped his schoolbag and started to try to push the branch out of the way. Everyone was shocked to see him do that because he was only one person, but then more and more joined him, and finally the branch was removed.
Sometimes, we look at the world, or even just Malaysia, and we tell ourselves, things will never change. But change starts with us.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -Edmund Burke
You might have heard this quote before, but once again it is not of use to just hear it and not do anything. YOU can make the difference.
So anyway, Change Your World Quest has the objective of inspiring and supporting those individuals who do want to make a change in this world. Why don't you check out the Change Your World blog here to know more.
There will be a Change Your World concert on the 4th of September 2010 in Sunway Convention Centre, with awesome music, media and message. Come and be inspired! Passes are RM20, but Taylor's College Christian Fellowship is subsidising RM5 for Taylor's students who wanna go, so it's only RM15 and whoa! You get a free CD too. So yeah, that's it for now, stay tuned to this blog for updates throughout the week, and do remember to drop a message in the chatbox! Ciaoz and GOD BLESS.
P.S. A-Levels trial exams for two weeks, starting Monday. Do keep the A-Level students in prayer!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
faith
HEY GUYS!!!!
here's a video my friend made for a series in my church. you might spot someone you know in it!!! but man, she's a horrible actress. check it out!!! :) it's simple, but has BIG meaning!!! :D
SEE YOU AT PRAYER MEETING! :D
here's a video my friend made for a series in my church. you might spot someone you know in it!!! but man, she's a horrible actress. check it out!!! :) it's simple, but has BIG meaning!!! :D
SEE YOU AT PRAYER MEETING! :D
Monday, August 16, 2010
the good samaritan
HI PEOPLE!!! :)
sorry for the late update! last friday we were really blessed to have Pastor Cathryn from Eaglepoint Church come and share with us! She quoted Luke 10:25-37 which spoke on 'defining who our neighbours are'. She brought up many thought-provoking ideas on the matter that made us rethink our attitudes really.
In the story, the priest walked by the injured man without even looking, and the Levite was "a little more kepo" and went to see him, but walked away anyways. So when most of us read the story, we figured that we were more like the Samaritan man than the other two. But then Pastor Cathryn challenged us, asking how many of us watch the terrible things on the news through television, and can WALK AWAY, unaffected? How many of us can watch floods, genocide, trafficking and abuse happening all over the world, and feel no different? and at that moment, so many of us went WHOA.... never thought about it that way!
Many of us were left with that question, what are we doing as human trafficking is happening while we go through our everyday lives? What are we doing to relieve the plight of others? Do we care enough about the people suffering from malnourishment or poverty around us? I was personally challenged by everything Pastor Cathryn said, but felt like there was nothing much i could do now for these people who need help. So thinking about it, there are definitely some things we can do now, as little as they may seem. What we can do firstly, is PRAY. Matthew 21:22 says that " and all things you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive." The simplest thing we can do for our brothers and sisters who are suffering around the world now is pray, to really pray as a cf and by ourselves, never giving up on praying even if nothing seems to be moving. Let's persistently keep upholding them to God, believing that one day they will be saved, physically and spiritually.
Also, let's keep a look out for things other things we can do now, even as students, be it volunteer at UNHCR, Tenaganita, or even just helping out with different ministries in church. Maybe if we surrendered just a bit more of our time, we could really make a difference in the lives of others. And the Bible says seek and you will find, so I believe that if you seek to make a difference, you will find many opportunities to be agents of change. But for sure, it won't be easy, but definitely so worth it.
Matthew 5:16 - "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father, who is in heaven."
Join us next week, same time same place! And prayer meeting is ALIVE too, every morning at 7.40 am in the SAM garden! :) Change begins by prayer, remember that! :D Have a good week people! :)
GOD BLESS YOUU!
sorry for the late update! last friday we were really blessed to have Pastor Cathryn from Eaglepoint Church come and share with us! She quoted Luke 10:25-37 which spoke on 'defining who our neighbours are'. She brought up many thought-provoking ideas on the matter that made us rethink our attitudes really.
In the story, the priest walked by the injured man without even looking, and the Levite was "a little more kepo" and went to see him, but walked away anyways. So when most of us read the story, we figured that we were more like the Samaritan man than the other two. But then Pastor Cathryn challenged us, asking how many of us watch the terrible things on the news through television, and can WALK AWAY, unaffected? How many of us can watch floods, genocide, trafficking and abuse happening all over the world, and feel no different? and at that moment, so many of us went WHOA.... never thought about it that way!
Many of us were left with that question, what are we doing as human trafficking is happening while we go through our everyday lives? What are we doing to relieve the plight of others? Do we care enough about the people suffering from malnourishment or poverty around us? I was personally challenged by everything Pastor Cathryn said, but felt like there was nothing much i could do now for these people who need help. So thinking about it, there are definitely some things we can do now, as little as they may seem. What we can do firstly, is PRAY. Matthew 21:22 says that " and all things you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive." The simplest thing we can do for our brothers and sisters who are suffering around the world now is pray, to really pray as a cf and by ourselves, never giving up on praying even if nothing seems to be moving. Let's persistently keep upholding them to God, believing that one day they will be saved, physically and spiritually.
Also, let's keep a look out for things other things we can do now, even as students, be it volunteer at UNHCR, Tenaganita, or even just helping out with different ministries in church. Maybe if we surrendered just a bit more of our time, we could really make a difference in the lives of others. And the Bible says seek and you will find, so I believe that if you seek to make a difference, you will find many opportunities to be agents of change. But for sure, it won't be easy, but definitely so worth it.
Matthew 5:16 - "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father, who is in heaven."
Join us next week, same time same place! And prayer meeting is ALIVE too, every morning at 7.40 am in the SAM garden! :) Change begins by prayer, remember that! :D Have a good week people! :)
GOD BLESS YOUU!
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