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特伦斯 许伟伦 aka IcHiRo ShIgEkI aka TaReNtsU aka KoFu UeI RuNu TeReNsE aka JiK SeOk An..LiFe Is FuLl Of MyStErIeS & AdVeNtUrEs....FoOd MaKeS ThE WoRld Go RoUnD... 11月2日 'Why' FactorDo you know that the toughest and greatest prison is not made of bricks and steel bars?
But rather is something we cannot see with our naked eyes.
Our MIND is the ultimate prison that will hinder us from moving forward to achieve our breakthroughs.
About two months ago, I was trapped in my own mind. I was too comfortable and so used to doing the same things and when I had to move on to do other things,
I could not accept it. The Children of Israel could not go to the promised land because they were too stiff-necked.
The question that flashed before my eyes was "Why?". Why must I do this? why must I do that? Why Me?
Many times we are liked the children of Israel that we forgot the reason why we became a christian.
As a Christian since 2005, I learnt to apply "FAT" which means Faithful, Available and Teachable.
1) Are you FAITHFUL to the things that you committed to?
2) Are you AVAILABLE to God? Do you always say 'NO' and 'Not free'?
3) Do you have a TEACHABLE attitude?
The first thing before I became a Christian, I told God that I want to be committed. From then on I was faithful in tithing, offering, attending service and cell group meetings and I hardly missed them because they are very important. If I were to miss church, I will feel very uneasy. Even when my members don't go, I will still go because God to me is first in my life.
Been faithful is not enough, you got to be available to let God used you. Children Church ministry is really a busy and highly committed ministry. When I joined this ministry, just serving once a week doing visitation is very tiring and I have to do this every week. But now my capacity has increased to serving 2-3 times a week by doing visitation and transportation, plus teaching bible lessons. That time during Children's Day I had stretched myself to serve everyday from Monday to Saturday.
Because of this, my breakthrough came.
When I was working full-time, studying part time degree and serving in the ministry for twice a week, you may ask that how would I have done all these?
Would my study be affected? The answer will be a definite 'Yes' because I won't have time to study and by the end of the day I was so tired.
I tried to reason myself that it was impossible to do this but God showed me a way. Phil 4:13 I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me.
Our mind is limited but God's mind is infinite. Available to serve Him that He will not shortchange you, despite of the odds that are against you. On the contrary when I followed His way, not only could I cope with all these, but my results for the last two semesters came out to be all straight A's, with distinctions.
We cannot be too comfortable just to do the same things. God cannot bless us if we are liked the Children of Israel, not ready to accept the new things in our lives.
Are our feelings more important than God? There were times when I don't feel like attending Church or serving anymore but its no longer our feelings and moods that we depend on. If God is not first in your life, it is very difficult for breakthroughs to come. God is in the center of my life when it comes to work, study, relationships or ministry and without God I can't possibly do all these.
Is your work, study or ministry more important than God? We need to set priorities in life. God needs to be first in your life.
My first year as a christian I put my study first before God and the result was very bad. I did a course which I was not good at and I could not attend church because all my lessons clashed with the services and cell group meetings. Then God spoke this verse that changed my entire walk with Him in James 7-8 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
So in the end I realized my mistake and quitted my course and learnt to put God first.
My life began to transform as a result of this.
"T" stands for having a Teachable attitude. Do you accept corrections by leaders or someone who holds an authority over you? Are you accountable to those that are above you? Have you gone against people because of your feelings?
If you don't follow the vision that the person whom is leading, there can never be growth and breakthroughs. Recently I experienced things that I'm really conundrum about. Conundrum means puzzled, feeling unsure and having a conjectural answer. When leaders do things, sometimes I could not understand the reasons but I learnt to flow and trust. When Jesus was doing things which the disciples could not understand, they still follow and stick with Jesus.
To be ISOLATED is equal to the first sign of an unteachable spirit.
Are you willing to make sacrifices and changes in your life?
Are you willing to adjust to a form of authority?
Are you so secure in your own small little prison cell that you do not want to break out from it?
I had a struggle with these even till now but as a Christian, but there is nothing that He will not accomplish in my life.
Once I broke free of the 'Why' factor in my mind, the 'Do' factor came and that I will do without questioning. 6月25日 Keys To Study BetterI did pretty good, with all straight A's, having two Distinctions(A+), one A and one A-. I had scored two consecutive straight A's for two semester. Last Semester I had three Distinctions and one A-. Both semesters I had a GPA of 4.88 out of 5.00. Overall cumulative GPA is 4.35, with five Distinctions, eight A's, four B's and two C's. I will be awaitng for my graduation soon with a Bachelor Degree in Mathematics which i had completed in 2.5 years. How I did it is really not easy. Way back before I applied for this course, I did a different degree programme which I took for less than one semester and I quited it. It was all because I wanted to get a degree as fast as possible within the shortest time but in the expense that I will miss church services and cell group meetings. Shortly, I was struggling and couldn't cope with the lessons. In the end I had no choice but to quit the course in which God spoke to me in James 1 that he who is a double minded person is unstable and will not receive anything from the Lord. After this I had a phobia to study. I didn't know what to study and I was losing my direction in life. In order to recover, I gave myself a year to pray and think through because I didn't want to repeat the same mistake again. When I took this course I wasn't sure it will work out but my past experience told me that this was/is my strength and just went for it. The truth was that Maths was my weakest subject and I really didn't like some of the topics. But the moment I decided to confront it, things started to change and I became better after that. So I went ahead with the course. Initially I was struggling to study and it was very difficult to cope when I had to work, serve, go to church and giving tuition. Many times I was tempted to give up a lot of things, especially in the ministry. To be honest at that time, I was thinking children church ministry commitment was very high and I had no time to study and do assignments. At a certain period I had no mood to serve because of the tiredness. Then God gave me two revelations, one of which was Mat 6:33 and the other was Phil 4:13. This two revelations are the pillars to my study. The Key is Balance. From my own definition of Balance is that no matter what you do, you have to do it 100%. Giving your Best not only in study, but in ministry, work etc... Some people asked me how I did it so below are the things that I have applied in my study. When it comes to study: #1: Don't be a Loner
Hope it will benefit those that are still studying or preparing to study soon. :) 12月15日 Spikey and Tingting WeddingCONGRATULATIONS to both Jonathan(nickname: Spikey) and Tingting on becoming Mr and Mrs Jonathan Lim. :)
I have known Spikey for almost 20 years since K1 and we have been to the same school from K1 to HIPS to HIHS to Ngee Ann Poly. We were almost in the same class every year except poly. I think it is very rare for someone to keep in touch with a friend at such a young age. He is a very cheerful, playful and optimistic person. He is also a person with full of tricks and surprises that never fail to amaze us. What i can say is that once you know him, you will enjoy hanging out with him. I can still remember vividly that during our primary school days, me, Spikey, 1punch and Ah xiang, decided to become Jie Bai 'Brothers'. We ranked ourselves according to our Birthday dates. Lao Da is me, Lao Er is 1punch, Lao San is Ah Xiang and Lao Si is Spikey. Anyway he is nicknamed Spikey because he always spike his hair. Lolz... So from then onwards we sticked together and hanged out together. He was the one who 1st started introducing us a lot of interesting and exciting things such as Magic Cards, rollerblading. I wasn't really keen in rollerblading till my 13th Birthday where he and our Brothers bought me a pair of blades and that's how i started to grow interest in rollerblading. Spikey taught us(me, 1punch, ah xiang) how to rollerblade and he is very good in it. And then the four of us began to form our rollerblading gang, blading and performing dangerous stunts on the road, park, void decks etc... We were very young, full of energy, fearless and dangerous was our middle name. Yup..That was the good old secondary school days. Now I'm the only one left who still blade during my free time. Hopefully we can still blade together again sometimes. Then Ah Theng joined us and he became our 'Da Ge'. Our bond with our secondary school friends are very closed and we knew almost every one from 'A' to 'D' class.
As for Tingting, I started to know her since Sec 2 when we 1st became councilors under the same commitee board and also because I always go to the 'A' class to find 1punch. I'm not sure how they 1st got to know each other but i was thinking maybe it was because they attended the same church and went to the Mass every fri in school since both of them are Catholics. Anyway only both of them knows the answer. They 1st started to see each other since Sec 3 and to think that its been 10 years already since now. Tingting is liked the girl next door and she got the sweet face look. Spikey is the lucky guy to win her heart.
Hope that both of them will work hard for their future and love each other always. Next time we can let our next generation children to become Jie Bai 'Brothers' and 'Sisters'. :)
Straight A's (3 Distinction & 1 A-)I recently just got my results this week and it was the moment that i had been waiting for. Whatever you sow, you shall also reap. In the beginning of this year i set a goal to get straight A's this year. Unfortunately, the 1st half of the year i did not get it, but i never give up. Subsequently, i did my planning to hit my goal by the end of the year.
I began to write the results that i expected to get and did some assessments on my progress. For every assignments, i was targetting full marks and true enough, out of 16 assignments, i have 13 assignments that i got for full marks. Praise The LORD !! :) This became a movtivation for me because this was no longer a dream but something that was very real.
I didn't really study a lot but i put a lot of effort to complete my assignments on time. The 1st time that i attended Dr A.R Bernard Service, he completely blew my mind away and because of that i received the revelation on "Knowlege is Power". That started to inspire me to be excellence in my studies and i know that i have the potential to do it.
Pastor Kong said this "Expect the unexpected". It was really unexpected because the most that i think i could get was just straight A's with maybe 1 distinction. And instead of 1, i got 3 distinctions and 1 A-. It was the 1st time of my life that i not only got straight A's as a 1st timer, but 3 Distinctions (previously in the past got 1). This is what God can do if u believe in Him. With men it is impossible, but with God, ALL things are possible.
If anyone was to read this, they will find it hard to believe but this is what i believe in. Everyone, including you and me, can believe that you are the one who can do it also. :)
9月1日 Launching of EduNet book "Class Dismissed: Lessons beyond the classroom"Recently in advanced of Teachers' day, EduNet has launched the book "Class Dismissed: Lessons beyond the classroom" to NIE to inspire the students and teachers.
And last week in church, in celebration of Teachers' Day for the teachers and educators, I received a free copy of the book.
This is the notes that was written by me inside the book.
Class Notes:
"Learning should not be an obligation but a passion. A change of mindset definitely
results in a change of attitude towards learning. I was a reluctant learner in the past.
Even though I cannot turn the clock and change who I was, I can do the best I can to
impact someone's life and to inspire him to have the passion for learning" The Quote "Learning should not be an obligation but a passion" is what learning should be, it must be from your own initiative and passion to desire to learn. Learning is something fun and enjoyable. As u begin to learn, new things will be added to your mind and you become progressive. I like to play a lot and so when comes to studying and learning i always want to mix fun, if not it be very boring and you will lose interest in it. Someone inspired and said "Playing while working" and i thought why not "Playing while studying", and that started motivate me to enjoy the learning and studying. After you are movtivated, your attitude towards learning will change and the next thing you will experience is that you will excel in your studies. Even when you grow old, you will never stop learning because Learning is for Life. :) |
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