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Closing date is 28 May.

Making Peace with Your Past (Part 1)

Hi,

As usual, yinc pple get it 1st.. before the main crowd..
Contribution from me.
A bit long but take your time to read.
Hope it will minister to you.
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2 Cor 1: 3-4

For some of us and for most of us, the past can be very painful. We might be hurt deeply when we were betrayed by our loved ones. We might have an abusing father, an unloving spouse, or uncaring friends that have hurt us before. Nobody likes pain and so was Jesus, but yet He still chose to go to the cross and went through the pain of physical suffering and emotional pain, just for you and me. What we have been through in the past will help to give us a new glimpse of ourselves, of our God and of our future. If we don’t deal with our past, we will not be able to move forward and let God use us.

There are 2 keys to making peace with your past – found in Paul’s words in 2 Cor 1:3-4.

1st key is Who God is To Us (v3) which will give us a New Hope.
“… the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort…”

The 1st key to healing is to know who God is. He is the Father of mercies and the God of ALL comforts. He is overflowing, overwhelming with mercies and forgiveness. We have a God that bothers about us, a God that is near to us, and we know that God is actually involved in our pain.

Here are 4 steps we can take in making peace with our past. Of course, they sound easier said than done. I know because I am still learning.

1. Accept the reality. We need to know that we can’t change the reality. We can’t pretend we don’t have abusive parents, we don’t have unloving spouses and we live in a bed of roses. We can’t change the circumstances, but we can pray that God can change us through the circumstances.

2. Feel the loss. We need to come to terms with it. We need to tell ourselves that it is alright. Staying angry or bitter will not help. It is not simply deluding or bluffing yourself that I am alright, but it is a volitional choice that we can take. We can tell ourselves “it is well with my soul”.

3. Live with it. In this life, we may never get the answers that we want and our dreams may never come true. But there is no point in escaping, running away from it. We can change churches, but the problem will still be there. It means living with the pain and the thorns in it.

4. Re-invest your love and loss in God. He knows all our future and what He can do through us. It is not whether does God comfort us, BUT whether we allow Him to comfort us, whether we allow ourselves to move on. Of course, we might be thinking to ourselves that is ridiculous. Of course, we want God to comfort us. But God wants to comfort us through serving Him, the question is are you then willing to serve? And how does God comfort us through our service to Him?

Look out for the 2nd key to making peace with your past – What God Does Through Us (v4) in the next ... week..

Trust His Heart

All things work for our good though sometimes we can’t see how they could.

Struggles that break our hearts in two sometimes blind us to the truth.

Our Father knows what’s best for us; His ways are not our own.

So, when your pathway grows dim, and you just can’t see Him, Remember He’s still on the throne.

God is too wise to be mistaken.

God is too good to be unkind.

So when you don’t understand, when you don’t see His plan,

When you can’t trace His hand, trust His heart.

He sees the Master plan. He holds the future in His hands.

So don’t live as those who have no hope. All our hope is found in Him.

We walk in present knowledge, but He sees the first and the last.

And like a tapestry, He’s weaving you and me to someday be just like Him.

God is too wise to be mistaken.

God is too good to be unkind.

So when you don’t understand, when you don’t see His plan,

When you can’t trace His hand, trust His heart.

Yongfei.

yinC / DVC Part 3

Hi people,

finally, our 3rd session on Debunking the DVC..

When: This Fri, 19th May, 7.30-10pm.

Where: Bro Bern Yap/Sis Audrey's residence. But let's meet at Jurong East Mrt Stn Ctl 1st at 7.10pm, as per the last yinC session. Qinglong has kindly agreed to meet you people there. Please let Qinglong know who's coming or who's late so that we will wait for you. So please either email/call/sms him to tell him you coming anot!!!
And don't be late!!

What to bring: Your questions to bombard our 3rd speaker for the series, Bro Joshua. We will be covering the identity of Mary Magdalene.

Extra: Those under 16 yrs old, pls inform your parents verbally, okieeeee...

Xinyi will also be refunding the $10 to you for the movie. Please get from her this Fri. Movie outing is cancelled. Well, we can wait for the VCD/DVD and all watch together (and don't let the movie earn so much money from us). You can also use the $10 to sign up for the coming Youth Camp.

any questions (from you or your parents), attendance, later-comers, pls sms me 90464266 or Qingong 98007829.

be sure to be there, see you!!

thanks,
fei.

Arise and build

Youth camp is here!

Theme: Arise and build, Nehemiah 2: 20
Date: 7-9 June
Venue: BB/GB Sembawang campsite
Age: 14 years and above
Fee: $10

Closing date: 28 May

Sign-up list will be up next week. Do pray about it (i.e. please, less holiday homework), and bring your friends along.

Cheers,
Jamie

yinC / DVC movie outing

hi people,

i have decided to cancel the DVC movie outing, so for those who have paid, I will ask Xinyi to refund you back..
but of course, you can use the money to sign up for the up and coming Youth Camp!!!!
Stay tuned for more details.

Cheers,
Fei.

Silkscreen printing trial

Hey guys, me bought the material for silkscreen printing. Anyone wanna try it out this Sun after church? Not much time left to camp.

I would need help to prepare the stencil for yinc logo. Anyone can spare a white T? I used to have one but dunno if i can still find it at Clementi. I got a black T to try the printing on. I'm quite excited leh =)

Shall we try the yinc "eagle" logo? The one on the blog....more chio than "English" logo, right? (if u know wat i mean)....but higher difficulty level.

Games @ WCP

Thank God for the weather and for all of you who turned up for the games. It was a very nice and pleasant surprise that so many of you made it in spite of the looming exams.

All you out there mugging for exams....will be remembered in our daily prayers.

At Mac, was talking to yongfei that perhaps during the sch hol, we could organise a games session at sentosa, at one of the beaches. What say ye?

yinC / DVC Part 2

Hi,

2nd session on Debunking the DVC..

When: This Fri, 5th May 7.30-10pm.

Where: Bro Bern Yap/Sis Audrey's residence. But let's meet at Jurong East Mrt Stn Ctl 1st at 7.10pm, as per the last yinC session. Please let Qinglong know who's coming or who's late so that we will wait for you. So Your RSVP is REQUIRED!!

What to bring: Your questions to bombard our 2nd speaker for the series, Sis Audrey. We will be covering the Authencity of the Bible.

Extra: Those under 16 yrs old, pls inform your parents verbally, okieeeee...

Xinyi will also be collecting the $10 from you for the movie. Please pass to her this Fri. Movie outing is tentatively on 27th May (Sat), around town area. timing will depend on whether is there choir. if there is, then will be around 6+ or 7+ show.

any questions (from you or your parents), attendance, later-comers, pls sms me 90464266 or Qingong 98007829..

be sure to be there, see you!!

thanks,
fei.