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SECELL, Church of Singapore (Balestier) E-Sword Youth Secondary School Ministry :)

Secondary
+ Cell
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= Secell

* E-Sword Youths Ministry - Zone 1
* Secondary School students ages 13-16
* First established in 1995

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Apr 20: Project Z
Apr 27: Cell Lunch
May 04: Secell Games Day
May 11: Project Z
May 18: Project Z
May 25: Outdoor Outing!
Jun 01: Project Z
Jun 08: Project Z - Closure
Jun 15: Cell Lunch
Jun 22: Community Service
Jun 29: Outing!

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Youth Camp 2006

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Church June Retreat
Berakit Mission Trip

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Over the past two weeks a few of us have been attending a foundational class, and it has been a great blessing to all who went. One of the things that was shared was that often times we feel that even though we are Christians, because we constantly sin we feel unworthy to approach God and this prevents us from worshipping Jesus as we should. We need to recognise this as a lie and be clear that our father-child relationship with God does not change because we sin. The correct order of worshiping God is not to first straighten out ourselves then approach him, but rather it is the opposite:

Mark 2:17
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

If we go to see a doctor when we fall sick, why is it that we dare not approach the forgiver of sins when we do stumble?

Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus


Let us therefore be reminded that Jesus' great love that covers our sin, and how he desires us to come to him, no matter our state or condition. We started and ended that session of the foundational class with a song, which I felt was really appropriate:

So you would come
Before the world began, you were on His mind,
and every tear you cried, is precious in His eyes.
Because of His' great love, He gave his only Son,
Everything was done so you would come.

Nothing you can do, could make Him love you more,
and nothing that you've done, could make Him close the door.
Because of His' great love, He gave his only Son,
Everything was done so you would come.

Come to the Father, though your gift is small.
Broken hearts, broken lives, He will take them all,
The power of the word, The power of his blood
Everything was done so you would come.


10:40 PM



Sunday, May 11, 2008

Now that most people's exams are over, more ppl should be visiting this blog. Hence putting up something to bless everyone.

Since we were on the topic of Renewal of Our Minds today, here's an excerpt that really really blessed me, hope it's the same for you! Taken from Pastor's Joseph Prince's book, Destined to Reign:

"Victory In Your Thought Life

Song of Songs 4:3b
"Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate."

In the Song of Solomon (Song of Songs), Solomon said,"Your temples... are like a piece of pomegranate." The temples are a reference to the head. The bible actually compares your head to a pomegranate (which is quite a funny picture). When you cut a pomegranate in half, you will find that it is filled with white seeds in a beautiful red liquid. When I was in Israel, I was told that the red liquid is very strong - if you get it on your shirt, the stain will be very difficult to remove.

Now, this is a very powerful picture for you to have if you want victory over your thought life. You may be struggling with temptations, lustful and angry thoughts, or thoughts of guilt and condemnation, but the Lord wants you to have victory over these battles in your mind. He wants you to picture your head like a pomegranate (!). The rich red liquid is a picture of the blood of Jesus Christ and the many seeds, your thoughts. The blood of Jesus is constantly washing and cleansing your thoughts. The temptation that you had in your head just now has already been washed away. Your thoughts are under a constant waterfall of cleansing and forgiveness.

When the bible declares in 1 John 1:7 that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin, the tense here in the Greek for the word "cleanses" denotes a present and continuous action. In other words, Jesus' blood "keeps continually cleansing". This means that the blood never ceases to cleanse your thoughts. Even right now, your thoughts of guilt and condemnation are being washed away. Angry and lustful thoughts are being washed away. All manner of temptation is being washed away! ...


You cannot stop your flesh and the devil from putting negative thoughts and temptations in your mind. But you can have victory over your thought life by seeing that all your thoughts are continually being cleansed by the blood of Jesus. His redemptive work is your victory over your thought life."

Amen! Truly, through the finished work of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit, "we demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." - 2 Corinthians 10:5


God bless. And all the bestest for your results. They're already in the hands of God. :)

 Dan

7:55 PM