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goals for 2006 for Nissi the 3RD area

yo dearest Nissi 3rd! acts, archers and knights! do encourage ppl to come and view the goals online too! spread around! and nissi3rd members, work towards as A BODY OF CHRIST !love all of u.

Goals	objectives
Archers, Knights and Acts to commit to multiply, totaling up to 6 individual groups and 72 members in our area from Dec 05 to Feb 06. Increasing in numbers throughout the year	One soul per week implemented (OSW, every week sharing in cell group about evangelism in school) Evangelism as a lifestyle
Growing spiritually and deep into The Word.	Being prayerful, and consistent in quiet time by discipler encouraging disciple
To have ¾ of members attending Bible Studies	Disciplers and leaders encouraging members to go BS, and promoting BS
To pledge to be faithful in follow-ups and weekday/weekend discipleship	Leaders having checklist of follow-ups and checking
To put God first in all situations, with loving family coming in 2nd, academic achievements 3rd and casting away all other distractions and fixing our eyes on Jesus Christ	Pray, remind and encourage one another

 

Nissian3rd Mission Statement for 2006: 

 

Raising up the banner of Jesus Christ in our lives, through responsible discipleship, passionate evangelism and victorious missions.

 

• have you done your OSW? shared to one or more friends every week about Jesus?
• invited one or more friends to cell and NITE LIFE every week?
• have you memorised Nissi3rd mission statement for 2006?
• have you done your quiet times and prayers?
• have you commit yourself to the goals of nissi3rd ?

nissi 3rd!

remember to do your OSW! OSW OSW OSW!

invite a friend to cell group and SNL...if you can invite a WHOLE CLASS, THAT WOULD BE COOL!

satan works overnight. we got to work harder them him for JESUS!

remember our goals!

one soul per week.if one of you shares the Gospel to one person every week, by one week, 50 others would have heard the Gospel! and out of these 50, a few would be saved for sure when God draws them according to His timing!!

new term, new year, new school, new environment, SAME GOD! SAME MISSION! SAME GOAL!

reach out for the lost!

hey Nissi3rd!

please pray for ruxiang! Doctors have found yet another 3 tumors in her lungs, and one in her leg.

She is undergoing chemotherapy now. Chemotherapy causes one to feel nauseas, headaches, and lose appetite.

for a young age, ruxiang will have to go through a lot.

nissi3rd members, new or old. go and support her. and support her in prayers too. but also be there to talk to her, to joke with her, to pray with her. to encourage her with the Word, with games, with jokes.

it would reduce her pain i think, with the joy of the Lord in all of us, including her.

she is in SGH in outram park, in Blk 4, Ward 48, Room 11.

continue to pray for her, to trust in God, and having the spirit of Job in the Bible.

though all things might seem confusing, and uncertain, our loving Almighty God sees the whole picture. He knows better than anyone of us. and He knows what is best for Nissi3rd, ruxiang, munchung and their family.

lets trust Jesus. and pray to Him.

Whatever the situation, you see, dear Nissi3 members, God is in control. and He loves ruxiang, more than anyone of us. for God is love.

i do admire ruxiang's courage and faith. she encourages me alot.

yes, Nissi3rd will continue in prayer, in faith and in unity to see our sister through this.

amen?

and somebody say amen!  

i have been reading God Catchers by Tommy Tenney.

generally, its about captivating God's heart, and putting into His perspective of what He really wants.

sometimes, we think we can formulize or come up with a formula, to capture His heart, or to please Him.

like, having one praise song and 2 worship songs during P/W?

like, having a "solemn look" or "constipated look" when worshipping God?

like, coming to church once a week and behaving like a non christian for the rest of the week?

like coming up with a whole row of events which only plays with people's emotions without the Spirit of God?

 

there is no formula to captivating His heart. really. all the things we do in church is good. and yes we do it unto God. but realise that these things will not totally satisfy Him. because ultimately the things we do are for ourselves or people who are not believing in God yet. the things we do pleases Him, but they do not satisfy Him totally.

what satisfies Him then?

our hearts that yearn so much for HIS GLORY AND POWER.

and our cries of " I NEED YOU GOD!"

and when there is true worship like this from us,

(quoting from God Catchers),

God stands up in heaven and says"i smell worship..."

"where is it coming from God?"

God"i don;t know, but I am going to find it right now."

true worship requires ur heart cries of "I NEED YOU GOD IN MY LIFE!" and also humility.

God Catchers says that"if you find Jesus' feet, you would find His face one day"

if only we will kneel down, and kiss His feet, and worship Him in humility, He will show His face.and we will find His face.

 

do not come to church and worship God in vain. He only reacts and pursues TRUE WORSHIP.

TRUE WORSHIP IS:

not singing of songs during P/W for the sake of going thru the motion.

not coming to church and pretending everything is alright when it is not.

not saying that you do things for God yet you are actually self glorifying.

 

its time to worship Jesus at His feet and seek His face, in spirit and in truth. and shake that "I AM ALRIGHT ATTITUDE" and seek Godly advice and say

 

" I NEED YOU DESPERATELY, GOD !!!!"

it was another day.

my disciple, weiwei and i had spent a night in the streets, wandering about.

remembering how the 3 of us escaped the incredible water waves that erupted from Singapore River.

the woman in her 30s had left us, in search of help for her brother. we wanted her to come with us, but she seemed like she did not trust us.

i guess, these are terrible times. brother will betray brother, sister will betray sister, and parents will betray children.

we were in the heart of town, Orchard Road by dawn.

as i looked up the sky, it was beautiful.

i mean, God works like this.

in the midst of trials and hard times, there is always something beautiful which is from God, to look out for.

my disciple took a deep breath..

fresh air.i was thankful for the air i breathed. to be alive still in these times.

it had been awhile since i saw the rest of my YI friends (except for those in the shophouse). i wondered if they were still alive.

the last 24hours seemed like weeks to me. we dodged police officers, patrol cars, governmental patrol personnel, and even army officers with guns.

we walked pass Civic Plaza, the open space outside Ngee Ann City. i recalled how Nissi 3rd did spend one Christmas together there, eating Tako Pachis, and Japanese fried noodles, and with Christians performing a play on the birth of Jesus Christ.

these times were no more.

then weiwei tugged at my sleeve. she pointed at the direction of the Civic Plaza.

a crowd was gathering. and the bad thing was, the people were jeering.

i need not guess what was happening. it must be another christian discovered.

we moved towards the front of the Plaza.

a boy in his teens was kneeling down, faced down. army officers were standing beside him. the crowds continued to jeer. when it hought that the tee shirt and hair looked a bit familiar, the boy lifted his head.

to my horror, it was Munchung! he was bleeding from his eyes. i clutched my fists. and then he saw us and made eye contact, as if he was telling us to leave, and not care about him. as he tried to stand up and move towards me, the officers pushed him down to his knees.

i darted forward abit, but my disciple pulled me back.

i was filled with anger.

i thought, i could KILL those scumbags. but i knew Jesus would not.

how could they bully a harmless Christian?

and then an officer came forward with a device in his palm.

it was the chip inputer. they called it ChipIn and they could just insert the mark of the beast into our hands or foreheads in less than 2 seconds.

munchung struggled. but he was held down.

i went to weiwei's ears and whispered fiercely.

"yOU MEAN WE ARE JUST GOING TO WATCH OUR BROTHER RECEIVE THE MARK?"

"DO NOT BE ANXIOUS!! just let our Father lead us CAN..?"she whispered back.

there was a moment of silence as the officer with the ChipIn stepped forward.

and then he boomed through a microphone.

"hey you Christian. are you willing to submit to the World Union, and accept the organisation's mission towards goodwill and peace?"

munchung looked up and stared at us, as if asking for help.

now he needs help, but HOW COULD I HELP HIM?

i mean anyone in my shoes would be stuck in between.

WOULD YOU HELP HIM THERE AND THEN AT THAT MOMENT?

 

i wanted to help him, but how could i? could i make matters worse? i had other people with me.

our friend up there on the stage did not answer. that provoked the officer to slap him on the face.

the crowd "wooed"..

i was fuming mad..and near to tears.. God God God, please..let Your will be done.Cover my dear friend.

and then, the officer began to force the device on Munchung's hand, determined to input the mark. a struggle ensued.

"let go of me!! i don't want that chip. I DON'T WANT IT!" was all munchung could shout.

the crowd was cheering now. perversed and crazy, i thought, these people would kill any christian they see now.

what peace is this, that that dirty beast has promised the world??

what joy and prosperity is this? that the scheming beast has told the world about?

and then he, munchung, rained a punch on one of the officer on his right.

oh no.

and then he rained another punch on the officer on his left.

PISH!

ouch.

and then we watched in astonishment as he gave the officer with the CHIPIN device a good punch in the tummy

you could almost hear me say "yes!"

but i cupped my mouth.

and then munchung jumped down the stage to make his escape. and then there was chaos. i knew for once that the crowd would get him. i had to do something. i prayed and prayed as the crowd was preparing to pursue the much-hated christian.

and then God's hand came upon me. i had an idea.

above all the shouts and gruntings, i suddenly shouted " EVERYONE! A SUSPICIOUS ARTICLE !! RUN! disperse!! IT MIGHT BE A BOMB!!RUN!"

without even checking or looking, the crowds dispersed in all directions even before they could keep sight on munchung.

well, isnt that typical of our countrymen? insecure, and selfish, they would be the first for every cheap bargain, and the first too, to run in times of troubles.

i turned in the direction of where munchung ran off. i saw him turn the corner of Wisma Atria. 

and then weiwei joined in my shouts.

"aaaa!!! I SEE IT! BOMB WIRES!! run! get the kids out of this place!'

finally, her loud voice came to good use.

and the crowd turned into a stampede. people rushed everywhere and anywhere. they pushed us and each other. some screamed, some cried. but all was frantic, and chaotic.

i actually rolled my eyes there in the chaos. are they so brainless. i managed to steal a giggling moment for myself.

in the midst of that, i knew God had helped me accomplish my objective - to help munchung escape.

and then my disciple, weiwei and i got out of the place, running.

not because we were escaping from some bomb, but to find Munchung and to bring him back to safety, from these anti-christs.

 

as we ran towards Wisma Atria, i thought.

did i just make a lie? and then i turned back to the Plaza as i ran, just to see the stampede.

 

there on the floor, in the middle of the open space Plaza, was a shopping bag, with raffia strings sticking out.

wow.

did i just "prophesy"? whose bag was that? and who put it therE? i laughed in my heart and thanked my ALmighty God!

but i know one thing for sure as i ran towards the corner where Munchung turned - that God will appear in our aid, that is....if we are desperate enough to find Him.

yes, this is the perfect time to be desperate for Him.

^{HEBREWS 12:1-3} 

¹Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. ²Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

PRAY FOR RUXIANG, THAT GOD WILL BE WITH HER, AND HIS POWER AND GLORY REVEALED THROUGH HER

PRAY FOR JIEMING, THAT GOD WILL EASE HIS PAIN IN HIS LEG AFTER OPERATION, THAT HE CAN WALK WELL

PRAY FOR ANISIA, THAT SHE WOULD REALISE THAT JESUS LOVES HER ALOT, AND THAT SHE WOULD HEAR HIM ONCE AGAIN

PRAY FOR JUN AN, PRAY FOR JAMES TAN (KRANJI SEC) TO HAVE TIME TO COME BACK TO CHURCH TOO

PRAY FOR NISSI3RD TO GROW AND GROW AND GROW AND TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER TRUTHFULLY, AND WORSHIP GOD TRUTHFULLY.

 

dear Nissi 3, please take note..

• welcoming LESTER from acts as our newest new comer into the family of God
• welcoming Sheryl from acts!
• welcoming Hansen from acts
• welcoming bryan from knights 
• and others whom i MIGHT HAVE LEFT OUT!  you know im getting old.haha

CLAPSSS!

dear Nissian 3rds,

• do not give out your numbers or your friends' numbers to any strangers, outsiders, or visitors to the church UNLESS NECESSARY for FOLLOW UPS.

 

• please remember your commitment to the Nissi 3 Mission Bank, by inputing $2 everyday, which is $10 by saturday for your very own account, for paying for your mission trip and honouring God!

 

• also, remember your commitment to 15 hours of studies per week for secondary school ppl, 10 hours for polytechnic and so on. do your part as a student for God

 

• disciplers, please meet up with newcomers, or disciples, to get to know them better.

 

• get ready to purchase 40 days of purpose book and discussion book ($10) and go on a journey to discover your REAL PURPOSE IN LIFE!

 

• doing OSWs faithfully, praying and reading our Bibles!

 

• Putting GOD FIRST IN EVERY SITUATION, loving family 2nd, academic achievements 3rd and casting all other distractions away and fixing our eyes on Jesus Christ

 

Nissi 3rd, encourage one another to come here for updates on cell group, annoucements, reminders, and the end times story. 

also go www.tabulas.com/~wantedbysatan

yes i love you all nissi 3. i know u all do love me right? OK GOOD!

tomoro is cell group! and Nite life!!

pray and prepare your heart, to worship God in spirit and in truth.

some encouraging news.

huijin and i stalked 2 Mormons when they were talking to a woman at Mac lot one. we sat beside them on the next table and prayed and listen. then the Mormons act smart, come and talk to us. so i started to point out that they believe in 3 gods. i point out to them John 1:1 because Mormons do not believe that Jesus is God manifested in flesh.

in the end, we walked away with the woman and brought her to Christ!!

the real Christ, that is. haha

 

satan is working hard. we must pray for the Mormons to be saved, and against their "evangelism".

 

(John 1:1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word (Jesus) was God.

(John 8:42-47) Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear My word. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 

 

evangelise and win souls for God, Nissi 3!

John15:13

"Greater love has no one than this, that He lay down His life for His friends."  

welcoming back,

DANIEL from KNIGHTS!

EUROY, SHERYL AND ANDY from ACTS!

welcoming newcomers,

CAIERN and SHITING from ACTS!

POOH YING from ARCHERS

Nissi3 leaders outing on friday, so far, xuanwen, wanxin, keni, huat, weiwei and me are confirmed. left to be confirmed are: kongsheng, shuen, peijun, cherie, sean,

SMS ME SOON LA!

for all nissi 3rd members, this is the verse for you, as you lead, serve, memorise verses, study, read bible, pray, prepare praiseNworship and icebreakers, evangelise, remember psalms16:11.

Psalms 16:11
You will show me the path of life: in Your presence is fulness of joy; at Your right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

updates on Nissi 3rd area.

• nissi3acts led by weehuat would be having pre prayer session before cell group every week, to prepare themeselves for cell group. knights and archers, it would be good if you all want to do it too!
• leona, serene and winnie have been doing prayer walking at their school, Zhenghua Secondary.
• WE WILL HAVE EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH SOON AT ZHENGHUA SEC!
• pastor daniel, munchung, munchung's dad, leona, xuanwen and myself brought ruxiang to The LightHouse church for a weekly healing service on saturday after praise and worship in SNL. the service was amazing, and lots of people were healed! ruxiang will be healed too!
• nissi archers had their steamboat gathering (20th Jan) friday!
• the mission bank account and the Study Hour Clock have been ACTIVATED. praise God for all your faithfulness!

specific prayer requests:

for KNIGHTS -

for God to send and provide more COMMITTED members. pray for effective evangelism for knights, so that the group can grow.pray for growth spiritually.

for ACTS -

for God to guide the group in follow ups, in quality discipleship. pray also for newcomers to love the place and to commit to cell group. pray for growth in the Word and in numbers. pray for Jesus to protect the flock so that members in acts will not backslide.

for ARCHERS -

for God to multiply the group in His timing and to be able to use WISDOM to evangelise to their friends.

praying praying praying... 

for Ruxiang -

that God will heal her, and that her faith will increase. that no matter what the circumstance, ruxiang will go for Jesus! that we will be faithful in encouraging our dear sister too!

for Jieming -

that the leg that underwent operation will be healed in Jesus' Name, that the pain will be lessen and gone! pray for recovery

for pple who don't feel like coming to cellgroup/church-

that they will not rely and believe on these lies from the evil one. pray that we will be like BArnaBas, the ENCOURAGER.

for Sec One students -

pray that they will get used to the environment, yet standing stronger each day in Jesus. to be used by God mightily in their new schools.

for the people awaiting OLEVEL/ALEVEL/NLEVEL results -

for God to give them something constructive to do, and not to be influence by the worldly practices at their workplace etc.

 

 

when was the last time you praised someone?

i watched "i not stupid too (2)", and it really brought back a lot of memories, if not, also some reminders to my life.

the message of this movie is simple. some of us have grown up without much praise or love from our parents, teachers or even friends.

as a teenager, i grew up like that too.

it was not that i yearned for praise when i was younger, (and i am sure teenagers today would agree with me) but it was just that the stress from parents and school was just too overwhelming, at that point of time. doubled with that were naggings and scoldings from parents for every little thing i did.

the problem was, my parents seldom praised me when i did something right.

but when something had gone wrong, be it a small matter or a big issue, scoldings, condemnations and reprimandings came in straight.

but i saw the Light after that, Who set me free.

and this was exactly what Jack Neo was trying to portray.

i did something good, not that i wanted anyone's praise, but sometimes the "something good" that i had done would even become something bad in my elders' eyes.

and when i did something bad, would i still need to explain myself?

and that is when Jack Neo was right, over the no-praises-but- only-scoldings years, teenagers have grown to "shut themselves up".

i used to shut myself up by smoking, running away from the house, stealing, vandalising, drinking and lots more, when i was younger.

teenagers nowadays shut themselves up away from their "caring yet helpless" parents by cutting themselves, contemplating suicide, going into one infatuated relationship to another, and the newest trend, by blogging.

it is quite sad a trend, to see that teenagers are turning to dead computer screens, electronic blogs and "unseen" friends online to convey their frustrations, anger and problems, when in the first place, their parents should be the ones talking to them.

in the last few scenes of "i not stupid too (2)", Jack Neo is quoted as saying that all of us (YES ALL OF US) used to grow up in an environment of praise when we were much younger! but over time, what had actually happened? have we learnt so much to be so negative, cynical and critical?

our parents would surely praise us when we first learnt to walk. they would sure praise us when we learnt how to write. they would sure praise us when we learnt how to go to school ourselves for our first times! but what happened when we grew older? this is really a point worth noting and thinking!

i think i know what teenagers are thinking nowadays, in regards to this problem.

they must be thinking,"have i grown so detestable to my parents, that everything i do will result in my parents' disapprovals and scoldings?"

or "why do my parents not understand me? why are they always busy? why are they spending so much time with their money, business, dogs and work instead of me?"

or "when is the next time my parents are going to say something good about me??"

or "will my parents finally understand one day that their big cars, money cannot buy back our broken relationships??"

or "why are my parents not a good example for me to follow? why is my dad drinking and why is my mommy having an affair??"

or "the adults can do the things they tell us not to do! and when we do it, they do not explain to us.instead they scold us. when will we truly understand the adults??"

i once saw this happening to a young boy, excited about his first day of school the following day, was awaiting his dad to come back to help him with his new school tie. and when his dad came back, guess what the dad said?

he said, "aiya, don't come and bother me la.you know i don't know this kind of thing.don't bother me!"

now, that is what i meant, when i said that something good that teenagers do, can even become bad in their elders' eyes.

thats not all.

fathers drinking to "christmas day" every night, with their teenage kids staring at them on the same table, mothers playing mahjong all night long, with their teenage kids trying to study, parents forcing teenage kids to do what the parents think is best for THEIR OWN PLANS, fathers too busy at work, mothers too "tired" from washing clothes, parents fighting and threatening each other with choppers in front of their teenage kids, mothers having extra-marital affairs, fathers abusing their teenage kids and mothers telling their teenage kids to hate their own fathers, and the list goes on. 

- when would be the day that we would realise that all of us still need praises, love, attention, care or even touch?

- when would be the day that adults would realise that they have been destroying their own teenage kids?

- when would be the day where all of us will realise that our unappreciated teenagers need alot of praise and motivation and love to push them forward?

- when would be the day we know that words can mean a lot at the appropriate times?- when would adults realise that their own teenager kids can pick up smoking from them?

- when would be the day where adults would stop "killing" the kids?

- when would they realise that juvenile delinquency has resulted partly because they no longer know how to love their own children?

Proverbs 15:4 "Kind words bring life, but cruel words crush your spirit 

"I may be able to speak the languages of men and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains - but if I have no love, I am nothing. I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burnt - but if I have no love, this does me no good."

evangelistic outreach to ZhengHua Secondary School is scheduled!

from 6th to 16th February 2006, Nissi 3rd Area will prayer walk the school. Your leaders will provide you all with a timetable to sign up for prayer walking! those who did prayer walking and evangelistic outreach before, this is nothing new! so sign up fast when the timetables are out. for newcomers, more details will be given soon!

and on 17th February (friday), we will go to the outside of the school to share the good news.

but beware, we are stepping into the enemy's territory! so pray!

evangelistic outreach is -

a whole group of us "stationing" ourselves outside a school/mall, waiting for students or youths to share the Gospel using a survey. all of us will be paired up. it would be real cool seeing people being saved!

get ready everyone. pray for the school everyday! and pray for good followup afterwards, so that people who received Christ on the spot will come to church and commit to Christ!

Zhenghua Secondary is God's and we proclaim this in Jesus' Name! we shall take it, and nothing can stop us!

Matthew 10:7-8 (New International Version)

7As you go, preach this message: 'The Kingdom of Heaven is near.' 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,^[a]drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

but for now, have a nice and good chinese new year people of God. remember, be a good testimony for Jesus.

it is not that we cannot gamble, but we CHOOSE not to, cos Jesus' standards are higher.

it is not that we cannot drink or smoke, but we make a smart choice not to be mastered by anything.

pray for ur relatives and take any chance to share the Gospel. satan has lost!