Easter or Eggster or Resurrection Sunday?

  

Have your friends ever asked you why Easter is celebrated with colorful Eggs, Easter Bunny, Chocolates and Baby Chicks ?

Well, in case you didn't already know..
LET'S GET INTO THIS!

Easter is the day we use to symbolize Jesus coming back from the dead after 3 days.. because He died on the cross, on the day we celebrate as 'Good Friday'.

How and the exact date we celebrate it is actually different all over the world,but this is how we celebrate it here..

Jesus dies on the cross  -->   3 days  -->   Jesus is Alive!

Similarly,
Good Friday  --> two days passes ---> Easter Sunday

It has nothing to do with eggs, rabbits, chocolates or baby chicks because they didn't rise from the dead!
But they are however things used by people over time to remember this day or just for the fun of it.

Some say, Egg shells are painted to symbolize Jesus's empty tomb after he walked out of it,
The Easter Bunny, well, is just a character that's something like Santa Claus who gives gifts on this holiday.
Chocolates, sweets and such are just nice to eat! Nothing meaningful really..

There are lots of stories and history related to this festive time, but the main thing is we Christ-lovers celebrate it because Jesus sacrificed his life for us who didn't deserve his love, and now he's alive and we have a second chance.




Now, do you roughly get the idea?

Hope this helped :)



Everyday Jesus is Alive!

Its a happy day

“For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 NLT

Sharpen Your Life. Now!

Don't you just feel so tired sometimes?

Frustrated

Worn out

And just plain hopeless

 ¹⁰ Using a dull ax requires great strength, so sharpen the blade. That’s the value of wisdom;  

           it helps you succeed. Ecclesiastes 10:10

Sometimes, in the course of going to school, rushing to tuition and all that other things that make us chase every minute and the very hours in a day..we lose our sharpness.

Why be sharp? What's so important?

A sharp life :)   - Meaningful activities

                        - Strong connections/bonds with friends

                        - Noticing God working in your life

A dull life :(   - Alot of activities or Always busy but with activities that leave u empty

                     - Many friends, but little connection with them or Little trust and partnership

                     - Frustration and sadness, little happiness and satisfaction.

That's why its so important for us to keep ourselves in check.


How do we do that?
       

- Quietness.

This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: 
        “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. 
                        In quietness and confidence is your strength. Isaiah 30:15

- Sometimes we take our emotions, our stresses and worries to public places like twitter and facebook. While we try to relax by letting things out, we're not actually finding a solution. And by telling it to all the people out there, who might or might not know you that well, you take away the privilege of going to God first.

With Scripture,        When I discovered your words, I devoured them. 

                                They are my joy and my heart’s delight, 

                                for I bear your name, 

                                O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies. Jeremiah 15:16
- Listen to what God is saying to you. He might be telling you not to do something, or to be careful or just comforting you..but you'll never know if you don't ask God to speak to you.

        Surrender,  

        and Silence.

- Just being with God in quietness and talking everything out with Him. Making God a part of our lives and surrendering to Him the things we can't handle on our own, cause there's just so many things that's out of our hands. This is where we get our sharpness back, and there is no substitute to it.


Let's have some time with God, today!
Do your devotion, and maybe try praying things out loud this time.


We gotta start somewhere, right?

Baby steps! :)

*A message shortened from Ps. Mike Constantine's "Sharpen Your Life" on the 4th of March 2012.

Last Sunday was amazing!

And if you didnt make it, check out our Facebook page to catch the snapshots :)

Project Love 2.2!

Till another adventure comes,

SEE YOU TOMORROW!!

Updates of February!

Hello!

How have you been?

During this month we'll only be meeting once, and its during Project Love 2.2!

Aha! 

Which means, for concurrent on the 19th ALL of us are heading out..OUT of the church and visiting the Old Folk's Home. This is part of a community service effort to show love to people not only our friends/family/relative/cat/dog/hamster, but those we don't even know..because Jesus' love was like that! 

Boundless! 

  This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.  This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.  Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:9-11

So come!

We'll all do something wonderful for these folks' together.

Let's do this. And let's do this because God has loved us first.






See you then:)

CNY

Ba Kua.
There's only one occasion every year when we gnaw, tear and bite into this scrumptious treat.
Marinated sweet and salty, sticky and flame-licked to perfection.

But you leave just enough room.
Then wiggle out your fingers and grab something shining yellow and calling out to you..

And let it melt as you sip on that drink in your hands ..

Have a Happy Chinese New Year this 2012,
but remember haircuts before CNY! Or you'll even scare ghosts away.

And as you meet up with aunties and uncles, show love and kindness. They may point out things about your weight or height that u might like or dislike sometimes, but its only cause the last time they saw you was a year before! And even so, don't they always hand you that red packet in the end? :)




Take care and drink loads of water!

FOLLOW

Its the beginning of a whole new schooling year!
*Moans together.. AUGHHHH-AIYAHHHHH-AIYOOO-SSHHHBBHHHAHHHH-YENADEII!
But its time to be awake and focused because there's another 12 months lying ahead of us, yes..
So, have we set a goal for this year? Are we mentally ready for whats next?
Or are you just gonna go-with-the-flow and end up lost in the wave of all that's going on around you?

Well, don't be lost then!

BE LED. 
not lampu LED okay...

⁶ And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Colossians 2:6

Did you know that, We are called not only to believe, but to FOLLOW CHRIST.
Why? 
Simply because God's plan for your life is to follow Him.

No, we don't just cincai follow..We follow because He sees where we need to go and leads us there.
There's an amazing plan for your life, set and ready for you to accept it!

And also because..

1. Following is a Command.
We are called to follow, not inspired to follow. 
As Christ-lovers, we follow Him knowing the best is for us.


But we aren't forced, because..
2. Following is a Personal Choice.

¹⁸ One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. ¹⁹ Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” ²⁰ And they left their nets at once and followed him.  

 ²¹ A little farther up the shore he saw two other brothers, James and John, sitting in a boat with their father, Zebedee, repairing their nets. And he called them to come, too. ²² They immediately followed him, leaving the boat and their father behind. Matthew 4:18-22

James and John was there with their father, but they went when Jesus called (even leaving behind their father) because they knew it was a decision only they could make for themselves.

# How do you know when you are following Jesus?
When He turns around, you are right there.

²⁶ Anyone who wants to be my disciple must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me. John 12:26

Even Jesus Himself was a great follower.

¹⁹ So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. John 5:19

3. Following is about FOCUS.
Its by always asking,  Jesus what are you doing now? 
What are you doing in my life today?  Where are you? 
Remember to keep your eyes on Jesus.

#Very Important!  Before starting anything, Relationship/ Job/ School/ College
                                                 ASK JESUS..
                                                            Where are you leading me? 
                                                                                Is my focus on You?

¹ Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And  let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. Hebrews 12:1

 Ask yourself: Who is infront of me? What is my focus?
               What have I left behind? 



Don't be lost, Follow the best GPS ever. And you will reach your destination ;)

Have an amazing weekend, and an even better year compared to the last!





Message from one of the sessions during H.U.G.E. Camp,
A message by Ps. Jeremy Seaward.

2012!!!!!!!

Its 2012 already! And the world is not ending anytime soon!

You know why????? 



Mark 13:32 “However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in 


heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.




So fret not! Because the end of the world is NOT PREDICTABLE!

Have a happy and worry-free New Year from YA! Teens :)












Anyone made 2012 Resolutions yet? Leave a comment! Tell us what 


it is!