hmm.. these few days haf been quite fruitful in terms of like studying... QT oso.. i sat down, without any distractions, the place was SO quiet, something which you would never get in singapore. heh.. but ya it was good.. 2 things struck me today. first was Eph 6:7. a timely reminder to serve Him wholeheartedly.. and 2nd is a verse that i've gone thru so many times just this year alone. first during sgl training, den when i do my own prep, den while leading small gorup, den during cell someone mentioned, now its in my QT material.. hmm.. Phil 2:3 "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in himility consider others better than yourselves." another timely reminder.. hmm.. since i'm struggling wif related things. oh well.. God is great.. tats how mighty and faithful He is..

hmm.. read(past tense) jess's blog, and den borrowed jon's purpose driven life book *since e cells r doing tat now* hmm.. scanned thru the 2nd purpose, and was struck by these notes.. firstly is pg 154-158.. on healing relationships.. how important it is for such things to be done especially within a church and moreover the leadership.. hmmm.. really surprise tat i actually read it.. divine appointments *not really appointments but cant think of another replacement word* yup yup.. n chpt 21 really struck me..

(1) focus on the common things, not on each others' differences.. how often have we been saying that we are different in this n that, but lose focus that we are serving the same God, we are one body of Christ, and what we do are for the same purpose? (2) be realistic.. ok i cant remember dis one now *i din write it down juz did speed reading* (3) choose to encourage, not criticise *how do we tell the difference? it is all up to each person to interprete, but we must keep in mind that all our fellow bro n sis in christ all haf e aim of encouraging us, even if it sounds like criticism. think positive! (4) refuse to listen to gossips.. ok gossips are basically bad. tats was quite straight forward (5) practice God's method for conflict resolution.. i thin kdis one is like e pg 154-158 tat i quoted juz now in e above para.. same thing.. most importantly, is to haf harmony! (6) support pastor and leaders.. there is a reason for God to put the leaders there.. and the only thing we can do, is to follow their instructions, give the the due respect, and haf faith in God that they are making the right decisions. understnading their perspective oso.. hmm.. oh well.. suddenly, one by one, things started to hit me in the face.. like u noe.. so many times we lose focus. hmm.. n its all summarised nicely here.. oh well. mayb one day e whole ym shld do the purpose driven life. e 40 days thing.. its very good.. *pardon me, for i may sound like i'm comparing auzzie n s'pore but i'm not* it seems like the "IN" thing here now in most churches, but i guess its really good. the dvd tat they haf on it oso very good.. e sml grp study guides i think.. ya. haf been very enriching for me. esp if u do in a grp.. if u do alone, like last rd, i "droped out" half way. heh..