Answered prayer

I thank God for answering my prayers. In school there is a boy who always bully me and make up lots of stories about me until i couldn't stand it. So I Pray to God:

Dear God,

Please help this "boy"

I pray that you will stop him from making stories about me

And I pray that he will change to be a better person

After a week, I could see changes in him.....

God will always help us 

Jesus,Beautiful Saviour

Jesus Beautiful Saviour:

Jesus, beautiful saviour,
God of all majesty,
Risen king,
Lamb of god,
Holy and righteous,
Blessed redeemer,
Bright morning star

All the heavens shout your praise,
All creation bow to worship you

How wonderful, how beautiful,
Name above every name, exalted high
How wonderful, how beautiful,
Jesus your name, name above every name, jesus

I will sing forever, jesus i love you, jesus i love you

Concert - Don Moen - How Great is Our God

My 3 Little Friends..... Eliza,Trinity and Camerone Chin

Aren't they so loving?

Eliza and her beautiful smile!

Trinity say cheese!

Camerone and his Thomas and friends train

Eliza and her smiley face

This are my three little friends....... aren't they cute?

Songs of Praise

Hey everyone,

I would like to share this song with you all written by Don Moen:

All We Like Sheep:

Lyrics are:

All we like sheep, have gone astray

Each of us turning our own separate ways

We have all sinned and fallen short of Your glory

But Your glory is what we desire to see

And in Your presence is where we long to be

O Lord, show us Your mercy and grace

Take us to Your holy place

Forgive our sin, and heal our land

We long to live in Your presence once again

Taking our sickness, taking our pain

Jesus the sacrifice Lamb, has been slain

He was despised, rejected by men, He took our sin

Draw us near to you, Father, through Jesus Your Son

Let us worship before You, cleansed by Your blood....

 I like this song and it touches me everytime I sing it........

We always have to pray to God, our Heavenly Father.........

He is always there for us everytime...... we are down..... He's also the one who comfort us..........

God was the one who died for us on the cross and forgive us for all our sins........

Sometimes.... when we are in trouble.....we don't know what to do... like the lyrics said:

"Each of us turning our own separate way"

Do you asked yourself why? why?

So tell God that you want Him to forgive you for your sin and you wanna live in His presence once again!

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

My Trip to Singapore on the 30 July-1 August: Festival of Praise and Special Worship Seminar With Don Moen

  On the 30th August-1st July,15 of us from Trinity Methodist Church,Kuching went to Singapore to attend the Festival of Praise concert by Don Moen and Planetshakers. We also attended the special worship seminar by Don Moen at the Heart of God's Church.

Don Moen

Me,Don Moen,Aunty Kara and Flora

Me,Don Moen, Aunty Kara and Flora

I learnt lots of useful things from the seminar. It was fantastic! Don Moen is the best International Worship leader!




Here are the tips that Don Moen gave to us:




Firstly, tips on songwriting:


1. What Makes a Great Song?


a. Memorable melody/lyrics


b. Good "hook"


   1. Words that define "hook" would be:


       a] Catchy
       b] Truth
       c] Emotional
       d] Accessible
       e] Original
       f] Universal theme


 C. Examples:


   1. Lord I Lift Your Name On High
   
      a. Hook is the "gospel'


   2. Open The Eyes Of My Heart


       a. A universal prayer


   3. Shout To The Lord


      a. Scripture
      b. Melody is "rangy"


2. How to Write:


 a) Get your thoughts out of your heart onto paper, tape of hard disk.


  
     a. Don't worry about rhymes at this point/ editing


 b) Think of what you want to say to God


     a. Write it down. State it simply


       i) Examples: I Love You Lord
                         I worship You
                         I want To Be Where You Are
                         Thank You Lord


     b. Sit in an empty church


        i) What lyrics comes to mind?
       ii) What do you feel you want to say?




     c. Take advantage of great teaching


      a) Great teaching will stir up Your gift


         i) Hillsong
        ii) Read great books like The Bible!


     d. Keep a journal


        a] Write down your random thoughts and prayers


     e. spend time working on your craft
     
         a] Nashville is a good example of people devoted to the craft of 
             song writing


    3. How To Make A Good Song Into A Great Song


     a) Write the song 3 different ways:


          a. Don't settle for the first thing
            b. Sing it the way you'd say it
            c. Try your song out on some friends, your choir director or church


                Example: Fresh Fire- Took months to compose


           i) Listen to what they say!
      


           d. Watch the response of people


           e. Make changes where necessary. Let your audience help you write
   
              - able to learn from mistakes
              - get their opinions




        B. Keep Writing!!! [rewrite/ match music] 




Worship Leadership:


Five questions I always ask:


1. Who is the Audience ?


    a) Men's bible study
    
    b) conference [special music]


    c) Youth group


    d) Traditional or contemporary


     1. The important thing is to remember to be yourself in every situation. 
         [God anoint who we are]


****
- understand your audience
- gain the trust of audience
- If you are confrontable, then the audience will be. Don't be affected
   by appearance.




 2. How much Time Do I Have?


     a) 10 minutes? 30 minutes?


     b) Respect your time limit
         
          - Serve the pastors, not what we want to do, serve the community!
          - Given 10 minutes use 9 minutes
          - Don't go over your limits


3. What are The Expectations of the Organizers ?


    a) Transition music between speakers ?


     - Example: How Great Is Our God: sing in key of C is too low so sing in 
                         key of G


     b) Deep time of worship, allowing time for the Holy Spirit to move ?


4. What are My Expectations ?


   a. Psalm 22:3.... God inhabits our praise !


   - In whatever situation, 9 or 2000 people turn up, GOD will come.


5. What Are God's Expectations ?


     a) With every opportunity to lead worship, God has a purpose and plan


     b) Find out what it is !


         1. Fellowship with His creation


         2. Worship is a dialogue, not a monologue. Give God a chance to 
              speak.


** 
- When everything goes wrong, someone came and it's a powerful night. - - It's all about God, not us.
- Without God's presence there is nothing!


       3. Salvation, healing, deliverance, provision, etc. All these things should 
           happen as a result of being  in God's presence!




 Creating a Flow In Worship Service:


Lead People to come into God's presence/ God will do rest


1. Where to Begin ?


    a) Many people assume the pattern is to start fast and end slow.


    b) Psalm 100:4 tells us to "Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His 
         courts with Praise".


    c) This doesn't dictate tempos, but a certain attitude of the heart.


***
Worship is when God is touching people's heart


He does not lead but He let us participate in His Plans




"God, what do you want me to do?"




2. Worship is More Than Music


    a) What is Worship?


        1. Prayer, testimony, preaching, serving,encouraging, giving, lifestyle


    b) The "liturgy" of praise and worship:


        1. Does your congregation know what's going to happen next?


    c) Try shaking it up !


         1. Work with your pastor's on this = Sermon + Worship


 3. Anticipate How a Song Ends


    a) What kind of mood is it setting ? [the tempo]


    b) How does the next song begins ?


    c) Make transitions as smooth as possible -Key of C to G


       1. A good bus driver doesn't make any quick moves. No abrupt turns


    d) Tempos and Keys


         1. Make sure they work for the audience !


         Eg. Right song but wrong key




  4. Allow the Holy Spirit to Move:


    - worship through your rehearsal


     a) Follow His lead........ listen


     b) Move on after waiting..........




  5. Don't finish In The Flesh What God Began In The Spirit [doesn't get to 
      the point where God "fine" you for worship]


      A. Amos 5:21-24




*****


Do not live in fear of Man






     
        
              










                      

Here and There

It's been a month or so.... that I've not updated my blog...... 

Went to Perth during the three weeks school holiday......

On the 15-16 of June we had our choir workshop in church............ Ms Wong taught us how to sing............ and  Daily Devotion led by Pastor James......... and of cause the food that Aunty Kara cook! 

Tim Hughes at TMC

Worship Central Tutorial // Creating An Effective Flow In Worship

Creating An Effective Flow In Worship:Worship Central

By Tim Hughes

Tim Hughes - Everything (Live)

everything

Hillsong United and Tim Hughes - Consuming Fire (Live)

Tim Hughes - One Way

Tim Hughes and me

                                 Tim Hughes and Ben Ong

Hooray....... school holiday

Tim Hughes - Here I am to worship (HAPPY DAY DVD)

Here I am To Worship

Tim Hughes - Blessed Be Your Name

Blessed Be Your Name-Tim Hughes

Lovely Song

Oh Happy Day,Tim Hughes

Oh Happy Day Lyrics!!!

Verse 1:
The greatest day in history, Death is beaten
You have rescued me
Sing it out Jesus is alive
The empty cross, The empty grave
Life eternal You have won the day
Shout it out Jesus is alive
He's alive


Chorus:
Oh happy day, happy day
You washed my sin away
Oh happy day, happy day
I'll never be the same
Forever I am changed


Verse 2:
When I stand, in that place
Free at last, meeting face to face
I am Yours Jesus You are mine
Endless joy, perfect peace
Earthly pain finally will cease
Celebrate Jesus is alive
He's alive

Chorus:
Oh happy day, happy day
You washed my sin away
Oh happy day, happy day
I'll never be the same OHH NO
Forever I am changed


Oh what a glorious day
What a glorious way
That You have saved me
Oh what a glorious day
What a glorious name

YEAHHH


Chorus:
Oh happy day, happy day
You washed my sin away
Oh happy day, happy day
I'll never be the same
Forever I am changed

What a glorious glorious day,
I'll never be the same

Oh, Happy Day! Tim Hughes

Tim Hughes

Oh, Happy Day! Tim Hughes

Oh,Happy Day-Tim Hughes

Tim Hughes - Mighty To Save

Tim Hughes, Mighty To Save!

Banana Crumble

Yummy! During the school holiday, I made Banana Crumble! Here is a picture of it!

Above All

Hooray....... school holiday

Banana Crumble

Hey guys! Got another recipe for you guys! BANANA CRUMBLE! Yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It's actually very easy to make but when it comes to cleaning up it's the hardest!

Banana Crumble Recipe:

For filling: 8 bananas 

               100 g brown sugar

               2 tablespoons butter  

For crumble: 100 g flour 

                    100 g butter (softened) 

                    Pinch of salt

                    Few drops of vanilla extract

Instrcutions: 

In a pan, put in 8 bananas, 2 tablespoons butter and brown sugar on low to medium heat, stirring occasionally. 

Bring to slow boil and until sauce turns thicker consistency. 

Make sure you don’t burn the mixture as it will caramelize.

Turn off the heat and transfer into a 9”inch pan.

In a bowl, sift and salt together. 

Add in butter and mix together until you get a crumbly texture. 

Add in vanilla extract. 

Sprinkle mixture over the filling. 

Put banana crumble pie pan into oven at 300 degrees Farenheit or 150 degrees Celsius for 1 hour. 

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Chocolate Brownies

I want to share with you guys this recipe. It's from an aunty. Hope you guys know how to bake?  

Chocolate Brownie Cake:

Grease (use butter) and flour on an 8 inch square pan.
Heat up oven to 350 degrees farenheit (175 degrees Celsius) .
In a sauce pan, melt ½ cup butter .
Once melted, add in 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tsp. vanilla extract .
Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa powder, ½ cup flour, ¼ tsp. salt, ¼ tsp. baking powder.
Pour into your prepared pan.
Bake for 25-30 mins. Don’t overbake.
When done, take immediately out of oven and let cool down.
If you don’t, a turned off oven means the cake will continue to bake in the leftover heat and that will mean the ends might be overcooked.
I find doubling the recipe helps as this cake is so delicious that you can make more and there still won’t be enough for family and friends to eat…hahaha.
You can also put less sugar in and more cocoa powder (by only a few tablespoons) otherwise the cake will taste bitter due to the cocoa powder.
Happy and blessed baking!

Here We Are

Hooray....... school holiday

My dream.............Birthday........................

          One night I had a dream................ I dreamt that my mum didn't celebrate my birthday! Her friends call her and ask her can they have Ladies Night Out and I dreamt that it was on my b'day: 28th of January! I was so upset with her and so angry and I don't even want to talk to her!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT..... unfortunately, it's only a dream..... but if it is not a dream...... maybe my dream is true! It's not jealousy BUT Anger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday Prayer Meeting: 28th January 2010

              On the 24th of January 2010, when I went to church and I look at the Bulletin, I was so shocked! My dad's cell group was to lead the prayer meeting on the 28th of January. Dad didn't know until I told him and he was so...... shocked! He said " I thought Pastor James told me that we are only leading sometime in March or April"! And....... my dad's cell group is the 1st cell group to lead this year! I was a bit disappointed at first, because my b'day falls on the 28th of January as well, but mum and dad say........... you get double blessing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We all practice really hard....... and thank you Pastor James for helping us during the prayer meeting!

I Will Sing

Don Meon's song played by me using Keyboard