Sayang Camp 2008
15th December - 16th December 2008
15th December - 16th December 2008
according to a friend it's not considered a camp, cause it's only two days and we stay at a friend's place. he says it's a sleepover party. i still say sayang camp is a camp because there's more than twenty people and we have worship and sessions and bbq and all that! :)
i thank God that camp went pretty smoothly, that no one got seriously injured or anything, though there were some people who fell sick after camp, that He gave us great weather during the games and bbq, that He touched and changed our lives. well, He touched mine! :) there so much to thank Him for.
yew kong's message that night was really good. i'm not just putting in a good word just because he is my brother. but i was really inspired and encouraged by the message, he really shared it from his heart. how cf was back then, the people who left legacies behind, and what cf should be about.
you know how along the way, as the years go by, especially in the cf journey, things get lost along the way (passions, visions, purposes, love, relationships, meaning, etc.) and we pick up other things along the way. and then we feel it's all so meaningless, so dry, we just work out of traditions and because it worked for the years before.
but it's time we stop, and start seeking God for His purpose once again. rewind and look back on what God has done not what we have done. we have to realize it's not what we do, but what God is doing. we need to move according to His direction. we musn't move in our own wisdom and plans, but in His time and His commands.
it's time we come back to God. come back to His love.
understand we need Him, not want Him.
i thank God for sayang camp, thank God for the poeple who came, thank God for His faithfulness and grace.
Lord, thank You for your grace and love.
as you have reminded us of the meaning and purpose of cf,
teach us to be attentive to Your voice and direction.
tecah us to come back to our first love - You.
forgive us for losing sight of You, for chasing after our own goals.
we need You, Lord.
Revelations 2:1-5
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
i thank God that camp went pretty smoothly, that no one got seriously injured or anything, though there were some people who fell sick after camp, that He gave us great weather during the games and bbq, that He touched and changed our lives. well, He touched mine! :) there so much to thank Him for.
yew kong's message that night was really good. i'm not just putting in a good word just because he is my brother. but i was really inspired and encouraged by the message, he really shared it from his heart. how cf was back then, the people who left legacies behind, and what cf should be about.
you know how along the way, as the years go by, especially in the cf journey, things get lost along the way (passions, visions, purposes, love, relationships, meaning, etc.) and we pick up other things along the way. and then we feel it's all so meaningless, so dry, we just work out of traditions and because it worked for the years before.
but it's time we stop, and start seeking God for His purpose once again. rewind and look back on what God has done not what we have done. we have to realize it's not what we do, but what God is doing. we need to move according to His direction. we musn't move in our own wisdom and plans, but in His time and His commands.
it's time we come back to God. come back to His love.
understand we need Him, not want Him.
i thank God for sayang camp, thank God for the poeple who came, thank God for His faithfulness and grace.
Lord, thank You for your grace and love.
as you have reminded us of the meaning and purpose of cf,
teach us to be attentive to Your voice and direction.
tecah us to come back to our first love - You.
forgive us for losing sight of You, for chasing after our own goals.
we need You, Lord.
Revelations 2:1-5
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
what a verse to end with. but something we need to ponder and think about. a warning to heed. but our God is a God of second chances.
Let us return to our first love.
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