Interesting Story...

I received this interesting email from a friend...
Jesus and Satan were havimg an ongoing argument about who was better on the computer.
They had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing of all the bickering.
Finally fed up, God said, "THAT'S IT!"
"I have had enough. I am going to give you a test that will run for two hours, and from the results, I will judge who does the better job."
So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away.
They moused
They faxed
They emailed
They emailed with attachments
They downloaded
They did spreadsheets
They wrote reports
They created labels and cards
They created charts and graphs
They did some genealogy reports
They did every job known to man
Jesus worked with heavenly efficiency and Satan was faster than hell.
Then, ten minutes before their time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, rain poured, and of course, the power went off...
Finally the electricity came back on an each of them restarted their computers.
Satan started searching frantically, screaming:
"It's gone! It's gone!" I lost everything when the power went out!"
Satan stared at hi blank screen and screamed every curse word known in the underworld... but Jesus just sighed.
Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files from the past two hours of work.
Satan observed this and became irate.
"Wait!" he screamed. "That's not fair! He cheated! How come he has all his work and I don't have any?"
God just shrugged and said,
"Jesus saves..."

My job...

I'll be graduating from NUS on 14 July. Finally... After so many years of studying, its time for me to enter into society and start working. So after receiving my exam results at the end of May and having decided then that I would not continue my honours year, I started looking for a job. Well, I can't say that I was looking actively as I already had in mind what I would be doing... Anyway, I finally met my JC tutor on Monday. He's working as a financial adviser now and that is precisely the line of work that I had in mind. So, I met him up on Monday and on Tuesday, I went to the office to register for the exams that I needed to take to qualify as a financial adviser. There are 3 modules that I need to take and I need to pass all 3 modules in one month. So I need to start mugging again... Heh... Anyway, if you are thinking of getting an insurance policy anytime this year, could you please hold on? Wait for me to pass my exams, become a financial adviser and you can be my client. I will gladly serve you...

Mr and Mrs Smith

I went to watch Mr and Mrs Smith last Friday... At the end of it... Well, the show is just about hype. 15 minutes into the show and you can understand why Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston had a divorce... Just watching the way how Mr and Mrs Smith met and got to know each other in the show and you get the picture... Other than that, I can't remember what the whole show was about... In the end, both of them had to kill a large number of assassins that had been sent to kill them. And so Mr and Mrs Smith worked together and shot them, and both of them were not hurt at all... Its kind of exaggerating... Anyway, hopefully the next two movies I'll be watching won't disappoint me... Looking forward to Batman Begins and War of the Worlds...

Extraordinary Emerge 2005

Emerge is a youth conference that is organised annually by CHC since 2003. This is the third year running and the theme for this year's Emerge is "Extraordinary". And it has really been an extraordinary conference. The standard for the various competitions is getting higher and the performance for every event is getting better. Indeed it is really moving from glory to glory! Putting aside the competitions, the music, the songs, the dance, what struck me the most was the presence of God. We can have the testimonies, the sermons, the praise and worship but without the presence of God, the conference would have boiled down to nothing. Words can never describe the presence of God. At the end of the conference, I know that whatever has been done or said isn't the focus, but the focus is just about the presence of God. Worship is not about the songs we sing, its not about how well I can pray, its not about the music, its not about how well I know the Bible, it is just about GOD. It is coming back to the heart of worship when nothing else matters except God. Essentially, it is a time for me to renew my pledge of love to God, and its a further confirmation that I never ever want to be away from His presence. For the rest of my life, I never want to turn away from Him...
As I sang "I never know how much it cost to see my sin upon the cross", it took on a new meaning. I knew it cost God everything to have Jesus on the cross but it really makes you think why would God want to do that. It is His love for us and He chose to gave His only son. His magnitude of love is indescribable, so on one hand I knew that it cost God everything but on the other hand I really didn't know how much He gave and sacrificed so that I could be saved...

Beloved Hated Israel

"Beloved Hated Israel" is a book written by Rev. Dr. Ulf Ekman. He is a pastor from Sweden. What makes this book interesting is that it is written about Israel, about the Jews. The land of Israel is a controversial topic. It generates much discussion and sometimes, heated debate. Nevertheless, through this book Pastor Ulf writes about the history of Israel, its problems and its future. The Jews are a chosen people of God. Through this book, Pastor Ulf has further my understanding about the Jews, and given me insight as a believer. I don't want to say much about this book but I'll let the words do the talking... Beloved Hated Israel is a must read for every believer.
Sentences/phrases in the book that have impacted me:
"Backsliding is really nothing other than a lack of gratitude for what the Lord has done."
"Be they Communists, Muslims or secularised politicians - no one has the right to prevent someone else from praying."
"In the biblical sense, the Jews are a prototype, an example of all mankind's journey through life and its dealings with, escape from and return to God."
"This is why anti-Semitism is so dangerously irrational. When it strikes out at and hates the Jew, it is striking itself. The hate it hurls against the Jewish people is a destructive self-haterd, which is essentially a hatred of God and a dark rebellion against God's love."
"The Holocaust is a showroom of horror, exposing our perverse ability to excel in concentrated evil."
"The motive of everything we do must be genuine love, and that love is unconditional."
"...I help Jews return home to Israel because a Jew once helped me. In fact, He saved my life."
"The higher the calling, the greater the opposition and suffering. But this will be followed by even greater glory."