Rehearsal

Rehearsal last night was awesome. We rehearsed the performances (both dance and skit), the Praise and Worship (two songs only) and... Wait, that's all lerr. Hahaha. The timing this year was awesome - for the rehearsal of each agenda that is. People came on time and there was ample time for comments and critiques for our fellow participants. After the rehearsal, we prayed for both our presidents (we love both of you =P).

After the rehearsal, there was usher training and choir practice. The choir sounds awesome. Good to see that there are many people in this team. For the ushers though, please be more pumped up. Last night I went around, you guys are like, literally dead. Sorry to say that. Put them smile on your face, be loud, there's nothing to lost if you give your all to God. Remember ushers, you people are the first person the rally-comers are gonna meet. So, accept everybody by showing God's love to them. Be radical. Be excited.

For all of you people who are planning to come for the rally, don't plan, make it as your final answer to really really really come for the rally. It's gonna be awesome. Just praying about it really makes more adrenalin hormone pumped out into my body. So people, keep praying for the rally, for good weather, for everything to run smoothly, and also for your FRIENDS! They're the utmost important people in the rally, your non-believer friends. If you want to see them save, do your part for now, pray for them, or maybe share to them about the Good News before the rally. Persuade them to come! Haha!

I hope that every school has already started to pass around them fliers. We only have a week to promote, so, lets do this with a willing heart, to sacrifice your time just to hand out fliers. Make sure every student in your school knows!!!! This rally might, wait, I mean, WILL change their lives! Glory to God. Amen.

Usher Training

All serving ushers for this ISCF Rally, please be informed that there will be an usher training/meeting this Friday during the rehearsal. It starts at 7:30PM till 9:00PM. Please be punctual and your attendance is compulsory. Those who do not attend this training/meeting will be stripped off the team. As much as we want to serve the Lord, the Lord also requires discipline from all His servants. God bless.

REHEARSAL!

Muahahaha! It's rehearsal time! We're gonna run through a full rehearsal before the rally on the 29th of June from 6:00PM till 8:00PM I think in Klang Baptist Church. We're gonna run through the dances, the skit, ushers are gonna have their first meeting, the Praise and Worship team will play two songs (I think). So yeah, this rehearsal is for EVERY SERVING PERSON IN THIS REPEAT. It's COMPULSORY. Yes, IT'S COMPULSORY. Our President used the word "SERIOUS" (first time.....) in his Email to all the committees. So boys and girls who are serving in this rally, please make sure you attend this rehearsal. It's very very important. That's when people can give us comments on where are we weak in and stuff like that so that we can improve before the rally itself.

So people, PLEASE TRY TO MAKE IT... WAIT... YOU PEOPLE MUST ATTEND THE REHEARSAL. Sorry for any inconvinience(sp?). We really need to have this rehearsal. God bless to all of you people who sacrifice a lot for this rally. Remember, you're not doing this because some mad CF president asked you to, but because God has planted something in your heart and now you're serving Him. Not the rally committees. It'll be awesome if we had FULL attendance.

For those who are feeling stressed up, please pray! When we're serving the Lord, the Satan will surely attack us if he finds any foot holes he can step in. Remember, the committees are keeping all of you in prayer. If you have a problem, just go to your CF president and request for a prayer or something. God bless all of you Servants of Christ.

REMEMBER! Rehearsal's on the 29th of June 2006, 6:00PM till 8:00PM, Klang Baptist Church (it's right opposite Lotus Restaurant).

Devotion #8 I think

Message from Prayer Coordinator:

hey all, rally's near! Pray guys! I tell you, Friday, June the 22nd was a total prayer blast. We had our prayer meeting in the Nehemiah room at Grace Assembly. God's presensewas just so awesome that many are blessed. But!!! that doesn't mean you'vmissed da
experience
He'll give you that awesome experience if you ask for it. Therefore pray like you've never prayed before. Do everything with God's strength

Here are some scriptures from the bible that I find it useful for many of you .
Philippians 4:13
Proverbs 3:26
Proverbs 14:26
Isaiah 30:15
Isaiah 41:13
Romans 8:37
Romans 8:31
1 John 5:4
(phew..... alright... guys do yourdevotions, pray, seek His face and run the race!)

Be that generation that stands up for Christ!

Always believe in you guys! (God too.. hehe =) )
Be blessed,
Samson.

Love God with all your
weakness

by Jon Walker

“‘Love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength and with all your mind ….'” (Luke 10:27 NIV)

No doubt it sounds
strange, but in order to love God with all your strength, you have to
admit that you are weak and that your strength is limited.

By doing this, you
acknowledge God as the true source of your strength, and that in your
weakness, he is strong. You become strong as you become totally dependent
upon him, allowing his strength to work through you.

As you allow God to
show his strength, you will find yourself doing things you never thought
possible. God promises you can do all things through the Father as he
gives you his strength (Phil. 4:13). You’ll take steps of faith you
never thought possible, and you’ll love others in a way you never
imagined as God supplies you with supernatural strength and energy.

God is strong and he
wants you strong. He will change you in places where you cannot change
yourself, and he will transform the broken places of your life in order
to use them for his own glory.

God doesn’t ask you
to take steps of faith alone; he is with you in every step, filling
you with a grace-charged strength. God only asks you to take one step
of faith at a time.

So what?

· Tell God you
need his strength – and really mean it this time. Ha! When you
try to love and serve others with just your own strength, you’ll inevitably
fail. After all, there are a lot of frustrating, unlovable people out
there. (Just ask some of my friends!) And that’s OK because God wants
you to fail in your own strength so you’ll start to rely upon his
strength.

· You can’t love
God wholeheartedly – Jesus knows you won’t be able to love God
with your whole heart until you become dependent upon his strength to
do so. You simply can’t do it through your own energy or strength,
but Jesus also knows you’ll come to realize this yourself the more
you attempt to love God – and others – on your own. At that point,
you’re faced with a very clear but difficult choice: Keep on keeping
on in your own strength, wondering why this abundant life thing doesn’t
work, or take the “Nestea plunge” into the deep end of dependence
on God’s strength.

· One step of faith
at a time – Relying on God’s strength doesn’t mean he will
require you to take giant leaps of faith. He’s taking you on a lifelong
journey, and my experience is that God only asks for one step at a time.
The so-called “leaps of faith” you see some people take actually
are the culmination of a lot of little steps of faith that you may not
be aware of. The first step is to ask God to be your strength as you
take your first steps of faith. Willingness to rely on him is
a step of faith.

· Question for
meditation: How dependent on God am I each day as I walk out my
faith? Where am I moving independently of him?

What If...?

This is a post on Interschool Rally 2007.

What If…

Have you ever asked yourself this question that begins with "What if…"?
What if I were to enter Arts Stream after Form 3?
What if I were to go for Yvonne's party?
What if I were to buy this shirt?
What if…
What if…
What if…

What if…

Have anyone told you that everything happened by chance? You forgot to bring your school tie and so happened that day your school called off assembly and you go "Phew!" . Or remembered the day you were walking home from tuition and two guys was about to mug u but so happened that a group of adults were passing by and you were saved? Is it by chance? What if there was assembly that day? What if the group of adults did not pass your way?

What if I were to tell you that nothing happens by chance?

What if there weren't any plants on earth? What if all the trees on earth one day disappear? What if I was more handsome? What if I was prettier? What if I was a celebrity? What if I can sing like Daniel Lee? What if I were born in another family? What if my parents have enough money to send me to school? What if I had a million dollars? What if… And the list of questions goes on.

Many of us are wired this way that we think life is just about studies, entering college, get a job, get married, build a happy family, continue working until you retire, send your children to college, and wait for your departure from earth. Doesn't it sound so boring? And so mechanical? You wake up, you go to school, you come back form school, you go for tuition, you come back from tuition, you study, you eat, you sleep, you wake up the next morning and do the same routine. But I throw you this question:

What if you were meant for MORE than this?

What if you were meant to do more than just study, enter college, get a job, get married, get babies and build a family? What if I tell you there is more to life? What if I tell you with no doubts that…

You were born for more!

Life is not just about eating, drinking and be merry. Life is not just about having a "Happy ever after" ending. Life is more than this! You think you can't do much, you are limited with financial problems, you were born in a poor family, your parents are divorced, you are the least favorite in school, and everyone treats you as though you are invisible. You are sick of life, you tell yourself that for the rest of your life you will remain the same. Wait… Don't give up hope yet… Because there is someone who knows what he is doing with you.

Are you constantly asking yourself, "What will my future be?"

What if I tell you that you don't have to worry about your future because it is well taken care of?

Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord,
"plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

What if I were to tell you that life is not just about getting a good job, getting married, building a family and waiting for life to end?
What if I tell you that God knows your future? What if I tell you He has something great in store for you? Will you believe me? Will you believe God?

There is something waiting for you this season. There is a greater reason for your existence here on earth. You will be blown away. There is something great to be revealed to you on the 7th of July 2007.

Come for this year's Interschool Rally. There is something waiting for you to be uncovered.

What if you do not go for Interschool Rally 2007?
I leave the answer to you alone.

What if you come for Interschool Rally 2007?
Come and you will know the answer.

See you on the 777.

Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord,
"plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

What if you were born to do more…
Zlwin Chew
www.zlwin.blogspot.com

A message from a fellow ISCF Rally guitarist.

What If...?

This year's ISCF President have many new ideas for the rally and all. And one of them is to have our very own theme song. So yeah, he called the band, Bus Company, to write a song on this year's theme, that is What If...? and here's the result. Glory to God.

Devotion Number..... Never Mind.. Devotion....

Message from Prayer Coordinator:

Hey peeps..... rally is in two weeks time and are ya'll prepared? Get ready to receive God's abundant blessing and see His mighty works on that day. Well, wanna see all these things? you gotta get desperate for it! Fast! (if it's possible try to fast for more days instead of just wednesday only). Pray! (pray like you've never prayed before, ask and He will give the nations to you). REad (read your bible, catch the fire ,the truth, allow Jesus to manifest in you that the works of the enemy will be destroyed). No one is too small or too big to serve the Him, we need one another to function as Christ's body. (don't ever feel that you're too insignificant! your effort makes a difference!)

Attn: Prayer intercessors,
get ready to pray and please be reminded of the date 7/07//07 from 730p.m. Intercede for them and fast.

Again, please refer to your prayer pointers that I've mailed to you guys in the first issue of devotion. That's just your guide lines lar.. you are always welcome to pray on your own...

Alright, all the best to all of you! I know something great is going to happen.
Always believe in you guys.
Yours in Christ,
Samson

Will God Help Me?

by Jon Walker

Will God help me?

By Jon Walker

"'Love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength and with all your mind' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
(Luke 10:27 NIV)

You learn to trust
God by obeying him in small ways.

At this point in your
faith-walk, you probably agree that God is the supreme ruler of the
universe, powerful enough to overcome any problem or defeat any enemy.
"Everything comes from him; everything happens through him; everything
ends up in him." (Romans 11:36 MSG)

And if that is true,
then our struggle to take a step of faith is not over the issue of whether
or not God can deliver – he clearly can do that.

The real the question
is: Can we trust God to be sensitive to our needs (or what we perceive
to be our needs)?

Perhaps the resistance
you and I exhibit when we’re faced with a faith-step is because we
seriously doubt God will look out for our best interests – “Yes,
I believe God can work this out, but will he?”

And this often lapses
into the speech of behavior that says, “I know I can work this
out, but I’m not sure God will – at least I’m not sure he will
do it the way I want to see it done.”

The incredible thing
is this: God patiently understands your hesitancy, so he made the first
move toward establishing a loving, trusting relationship with you. He
didn't wait until you could be trusted to receive his love, and he doesn’t
insist you become trustworthy before he trusts you with precious gifts.
(Romans 5:6-8)

This means that by
taking small steps of faith, obeying God in small ways, “We find ourselves
standing where we always hoped we might stand – out in the wide open
spaces of God's grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise.”
(Romans 5:2 MSG)

So what?

· God is trustworthy
in everything (Psalm 33:4) – He is love (1 John 4:16b), and therefore
patient and kind; he's never rude or self-seeking; he's not easily angered,
and he keeps no record of wrongs; he does not delight in evil but rejoices
with the truth; he always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always
perseveres; he never fails. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8) He is always fair
(Deuteronomy 32:4), and he’s never failed to fulfill one of his promises.
(Joshua 21:45)

· Meditate on God’s
faithfulness – When you struggle to trust God, meditate upon his
faithfulness and love. Remember that, for now, we "know only a
portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete.
But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled."
(1 Corinthians 13:9-10, MSG) "Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Never rely on what you think you know. Remember the Lord in everything
you do, and he will show you the right way." (Proverbs 3:5-6) God
is calling you to grow up in your faith and to trust steadily in him.
(1 Corinthians 13:11-13, MSG)

· Take your fears
(lack of trust) to him – God's perfect love casts out all fear,
and that means you can safely tell him about your doubts and fears.
He isn't angry when you struggle with your faith. Imagine a father watching
his child take those first baby steps. Like a father overjoyed that
his child is learning to walk, your Heavenly Father encourages you to
take small steps of obedience.

Message from the President

To everyone who is serving in ISCF rally & have a heart to see something BIG happen in KLANG !

There will be a prayer meeting
Friday ~ 7.30 p.m. ~ Grace Assembly Klang

We are going to enforce and cry out onto the Lord for something New and Great to happen in this Land! We don't want all the same things to happen all over again ! This year we going to ask more than just an interschool rally ! I welcome you to come and join us this friday to fight this war with us !

Please forward this to everyone whose involve in interschool rally! include :-

1. Performers
2. Worship Team
3. Choir
4. Ushers
5. Counsellor
6. Ex committee
7. Committee

** All committee and Worship team , your attendance is compulsory! if you cant make it please inform Me, Huei Lin or Amy ! with reasonable excuse!

See you People !

In short, EVERYBODY WHO'S SERVING IN THIS YEAR'S RALLY, MUST ATTEND THIS PRAYER MEETING. God bless.

PRE-RALLY 2007

Well, even though I did not go to the PRE-RALLY, I am here to report the news about about it and I am sad to say, that I am pretty much envious for not being able to go, for it was a BLAST. The report, I had was astonishingly wonderful.


First there was the workshop that was organized by ISCF. The workshop consisted of three sessions. First there was the much anticipated praise and worship which was kicked off by President Adrian, himself.He got the crowd, jumping and worshipping God.

Adrian and band

Next, Miss Tan Siew Chin, took over the workshop and then she kicked off the first session, where all the students were given materials and where they were asked questions like heaven and what is faith and evangelism?The second session too was a continual of the first session and this time she taught them about how we should save and be an example to Non-Christians. However for the third session, the students were seperated into their own respective schools, where they were asked to jot down the number of souls that they wanted to save. There was a small discussion among the students. Basically this was to help the students learn a clearer perspective on evangelism and witnessing to others.

Well the night rally kicked off with a band performance by BUS COMPANY which was lead by Shaun Xavier. They took a bold step and performed a song that they have written specially for our upcoming inter-school rally: WHAT IF. The crowd received the new song with standing ovation and even sang along to it. Guess, we will be looking forward to it more during inter-school rally.

Shaun Xavier, Lead singer of BUS COMPANY


Bus Company.Don't be surprised, if they released an album in the near future.

Next, there was the much anticipated Praise and Worship, that was lead by Jeremy Teo and his band. The band played the popular Praise and worship songs that everyone might look forward to during inter-school rally. This got the crowd to jump and praising and giving glory to GOD in unison.


Jeremy Teo and his band leading Praise and Worship.


What do you think they are doing? Of course Praising and Glorifying God.

As soon as the crowd died down after Praise and Worship and they settled themselves down, there were two testimonies that were given by Ah Sher and Swee Quin both Convent girls, who testified about what God has done in their CF.


Ah Sher


Swee Quin

Pastor Gideon, the Youth pastor took over and preached. He preached about witnessing to friends and for us to stand in a gap. It was basically a continuation from the workshop. All in all, it was a great event and many went home with a new pledge to continue witnessing and evangelizing to their friends.


Pastor Gideon in action.

All in all, this Pre-Rally turned out to be a success. Before I end, I would like to leave a note to all you readers out there. This words were inpired by President Adrian as he was challenging us who were in Youth Energy today.

"This inter-school rally is just an event. Its just a normal event that is being held by all the other schools. But one thing's for sure. This event is an opportunity that is given to us to witness to others and I would like challenge you guys out there to go out.....Go all out and witness to your friends. Don't let this opportunity slip as it is a great opportunity for you guys to go and target whose life you wished to change. And also pray for those friends,that they were be able to be saved. Prayer works miraculously. Never underestimate the power in a prayer."
Adrian Yap, in Youth Energy

You heard it, or read it. So now go out and start targetting and witnessing those who you wished to see,saved. God Bless.

CRAP!!!!!

It's up =P... The second video...



Glory to the GREAT I AM!!

Oh CRAP!!!!

Oh crap!!!!!! The second video has been edited... Catch it tonight during the Pre Rally!!!! Where? Glad Tidings Assembly at 6:00PM(Oh my... So early, just realised...)-10:00PM.... Admission is FREE!!!!!

Glory to GOD.

Devotion #6

Christ In You

By Jon Walker

“God wanted to make
known to those among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery,
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (Colossians 1:27 HCS)

While moving through
the line at a college cafeteria, one of my friends spotted a note stuck
in a bowl of apples. It read, “Please take only one apple per student.
Remember, God is watching!”

When my friend, one
apple in hand, got to the end of the line, he spotted another note –
this one hand-written – next to a bowl of cookies. It read, “Take
all the cookies you want! God is watching the apples.”

Has it ever struck you
how comically absurd it is for us to behave as if God is compartmentalized,
convincing ourselves that somehow we can live separated from – or
hidden from – God’s omnipresent spirit?

But this belief –
and the resulting behavior – is contrary to the Gospel. The brutal
and bloody death of Jesus was not just about paying the penalty of our
sins; it also released the Holy Spirit to scrub us white as snow so
this Jesus-Spirit could live within us.

When you become a believer,
God breathes the Holy Spirit into you (John 3), creating a constant
connection between you and the Heavenly Father, a flowing fountain of
living water springing up into life eternal. (John 4:14)

To echo Ian Thomas,
who is an obedient teacher of Christ, the work of Jesus allows God to
come out of heaven and dwell inside you. You now have the energy and
power of Jesus working actively within you, transforming you
from the inside out. (Ephesians 2:10)

You are united with
Christ, but not in some New Age mystical sense – He is God, and you
are not– I repeat not – any sort of God. As a Christian,
you partake in the Divine nature, but you are not divine. (2 Peter 1:3-4)
You’re merely – yet quite uniquely – a trophy of God’s grace,
wholly and totally dependent upon him for your salvation, your sanctification,
and the next breath you take.

The Good News is simply
this – Christ in you – and that is your only hope for glory (that
is, an eternity with God). “The mystery in a nutshell is just this:
Christ is in you, therefore you can look forward to sharing in God's
glory. It's that simple. That is the substance of our Message.” (Colossians
1:27b MSG)

So what?

· God is our strength
– Here’s a radical “so what?” With the Spirit of God inside,
you can stop praying prayers like, “God, please give me strength.”
The fact is, he is your strength. Your prayers can move
toward allowing his strength to transform you. (Strength is just an
example here – this also applies to wisdom, peace, joy, etc.)

· Up close and personal
– God is not a distant God. His spirit is working within you.
Paul suggests this is a down payment on the eternity to come, but it
also shows that God values intimate relationship over rules or religion.

· Expect God to
work in you – You are “God's workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus to do good works ….” (Ephesians 2:10a NIV) Don’t hope
that he’s at work in you; expect him to work in you, transforming
you into a reflection of Christ. Ask God where he’s working in you,
and then expect him to show you.

© 2007 Jon Walker.
All rights reserved

Help Promote This Year's ISCF Rally!

Alright Rally junkies, time to give you guys some work. What we need from ALL of you out there is to help us promote the rally before the flyers are out. Yeap. We need YOUR help. To help promote the rally, just... Wear past years' ISCF Rally T-Shirts to your tuition centres (yes, similar to last year). We're starting this mogok-like promotion on the first week of school when it re-opens, that's on the 11th of June 2007. Okay, here's your timetable on what to wear in the few weeks before the actual rally.

1st week : Get real (2004)

2nd week : What’s Next? (2005)

3rd week : Chapter 2 (2006)

Help us promote this rally... It's part of serving the Lord for the extension of His Kingdom. Do not be afraid when your friends ask you why are you wearing the same T-Shirt as other people...

Reason why we're having this type of promotion? Well, when ALL of us are wearing the T-Shirt, people will be wondering, why this people all wearing the same T-Shirt.. They'll feel left out (muahahaha) and yeah, curious as well on what's going on... If someone comes up to you asking that, just tell lerr, the promote about the rally then you throw in all the details about rally to him/her....

So, let's get our semangat to promote this year's rally mogok style! HAhaa!

Remember, we're starting on the first week of school after the holidays. God bless!

Do this to glorify our Lord's name! Amen.

PRE-RALLY SPEAKER!

Hey everyone!

Just to let you all know that it has been confirmed! Our speaker for the pre-rally will be none other than Pastor Julie Khoo from Youth Alive Malaysia. Praise the Lord! :)

The 7th of June is just around the corner. Counting down there's only 6 days left! I hope that you guys have kept this date free to attend the pre-rally. Its an event not to be missed! There's the workshop on evangelism and follow-up, and also the night rally.

Don't go saying "Aiyah, i just attend the pre-rally enough la, i don't have to come for the actual interschool rally."

Neither should you say "Aiyohhh, so many events, i just go for the actually interschool rally can already la. No need to go for the pre-rally because it will be like the same thing."

This is the wrong way of thinking! I urge all of you guys to attend both the pre-rally (7th JUNE) and the rally (7th JULY)!

Get determined! Encourage others! Spread the word! Invite both non-christians and christians! It's all about spreading the word of God, sharing with others about how great is our God! Letting others know about our Father in Heaven! Jeremiah 29:11 states "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans not to harm you but to prosper you, to give you hope and a future."

WHAT IF...

you could share with others?

WHAT IF...

you could encourage others?

WHAT IF...

you could change others for the better?

WHAT IF!