Commandos for Christ

fellow brothers in Christ,
i hope this serves as an inspiration when things get tough.
as my csm used to say, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going.
however, i feel it's different when we take on God's perspective.
hold true to your prayers and preservere, allright?
time flies anyway. make good use of it now.
cheers. =)

Hi brothers.

Well, from the heading, you might be thinking im here to suan u all again. Lol. Haha. Yup, I've ORDed, from AF!

And just like the 2.5 years of NS, my 7 months in AF has taught me a lot. I would like to share with you guys on one of the most important things I've leart there.
Servanthood.
When I came into AF at the start of the year, I was a cell member only. I didn't have any ambitions then, but God challenged me to serve. I distinctively remember hearing God telling me to serve Him. And my reply then was so typically me. "Huh. Don't want la. I got nothing, You know." But God persisted, and told me to serve, and He will guide me. And after one conversation with our brother Kelvin Low on 1st Jan 2005, I made my committment to God to serve Him, regardless of what I am. And God gave me the wings to soar. One year ago, if you told me that I would be in church I would have laughed hard. Yet today, thanks to God's grace, not only am I back in church, but I am also serving and growing in God.

And that's the beauty of God. Its never about who we are, but it's always about how He can use us. Stop for a moment to think about the crazy things God has made you do for Him. I don't need to say more, do I?
I took 1 year to learn this fact, that I can do all things thru Christ who strengtens me. And my prayer for all of you guys, especially the younger guys, is that you wouldn't need such a long time. I believe that for many of you, God has already given you a challenge to do something for Him in AF. Be it to rise up as an SL, a leader, or even to take 5 mins to pray for the cell each day, don't fight with God, and give in. No one said its going to be easy, but remember this;

When you sow in tears, You will reap with tears of joy.

So step out, and rise up for God!

I would also urge all of you to treasure your times in AF. The worship culture in this section is very strong and unique. It's just really awesome when brothers can worship out LOUD together, without having to worry about disturbing others. Many a times worship in cell has brought me to a closeness with God that I find hard to experience else where. Don't know whether you realised it by now, but the uniqueness of this section is that there are NO GIRLS. Haha. For me, in terms of sharing, it means we can afford to be more open. And also more clownish, and have more fun.
So treasure your times in this section, because I can tell you that there is nowhere else with a culture as unique as this!

Like to thank the following for my times in AF:
P Gary-Thanks for all the advice and times you've shared with me. Can't thank you enough. And don't worry, I'll still be bugging you even though I'm off!
Yong Heng-Never really shared that much with you, but you've given me good solid advice, everytime without fail. Thanks!
Darren-Thanks for coming to AF. For your wonderful worship sessions, and your times of sharing with me. Don't worry, even though I'm no longer in your cell, there's still bus no. 74 and 165. Thank God for you, and for SBS! Haha
Kelvin-Thanks for that sharing at Kaf's place. It was a little sharing on your part, but it really opened my eyes to what God can do and gave me the confidence to take up God's challenge! Thanks!
Kaixin-Oh I got one very good thing to thank you for! Opening up your place for lcell, and saving us that trip all the way to NOrmanton Park! Thanks man! hahah!
Robin-Thanks for your prayer pointers. Really spot-on, and they affirmed what God has bspoke to me about many times. And thanks for your gel on Sat. Your smelly plasticine gel. What a send off!
Kimchi-Yo! Haha. Thanks for the food. And thanks for the concern during the Pre-NS camp. You looked like you wer very afraid of my horns. But haha, thanks for really helping back then!
Melvin-Thanks for taking over this blog. Dont huh me!

Allrite, so that's it. Thanks for the good times. And don't worry, I'll be coming back for 'reservist' with you all(Overnight cycling, Paintball. Don't forget to jio hor!). See you all in YAS!

To God Be The Glory

Hey guys.

Cell at my place for this coming Sat, 16th. I'll release more details in the days to come, but got anything u all really wanna do? Like Soccer, Captain's ball or anything? Please post abt tt by 12th July(This tuesday). Thanks.

BTW I got PS2 and Xbox. So bring ur games la. but i only got 2 controllers for xbox, so donovan pls top up.

Thanks!

Anyway the XA-Sci blog is here. Pls check it out. Let's dismiss the notion that guys cant write.

Let's build a hedge over our brothers in the various camps through our prayers.

Pray for those who are doing or going to do their BMT as well as those in their units:
- they will have favour over their superiors and camp/platoon mates.
- they will endure the physical activities during the week (for safety as well)
- when they spend time with God, they will not be distracted, but their TAWG will be fruitful.
- they will be good testimonies as a Christians, people will be drawn to them for help or advice.

Believed that your prayer will be heard and answered by God. Your prayer can touch your brother's life today. Start praying.

Tho this is pretty late, but i'll just post it anyway... Makan & stay over at my place (jiahao) 44 spring side link. Meet at Nee Soon camp bus stop. Be a good & young tree! (Pre-NS guys shd know wat i'm talkin abt! right YH?)

Hiya guys..Janan here.
Well, I just wanna thank God for His blessings in brunei.
Before we went, they told us about how it would rain from 1800-0600 like clockwork. I prayed that it wouldn't rain as much, and when we went there, for the 3 weeks, it only rained like 4 days. And out of that, only for 2 days were we caught in outfield. And due to the load and terrain, there were many occassions that my rear met the floor, ankle slipped off rocks and stuff, but I didn't get any major injuries that hindered me. Not even a sprained ankle. Also in Singapore, during outfields, I noticed that I got heatrash extremely easily, again I prayed against this before going to brunei. And again, in those 3 weeks that I was there, I hardly got any heatrash at all.
I just wanna thank God for those miracles and His strength that I relied on to get through the tough training.

Anyway, one always needs prayer...and I would just like to make a small request. I'm currently going through my Airborne course now. This is my second week. Will be jumping the tower and next week, I will be doing a live descent. I do not know why, but I've developed a fear of heights. I was never like this in poly. I would like to request for prayer against the spirit of fear, and for the spirit of boldness and courage to do what I need to do.

Thanks guys.

Janan

Friday morning, when most of you people are still sleeping. I returned back to camp, only to discover i lost my cardholder (containing my 11B, EZ-link...) Sianzzz. I conducted a stand by bag exercise, but still can't find it.
I decided to PRAY. Here is the amazing part, a few seconds later, David sms-ed me and told me that my cardholder is found.
Thank God for recovering my cardholder.
The only problem is that i could get it back on Tuesday, cos the office is closed on weekends and PH.

Hi Guys. Camp's over! It's a bit sad; I really missed the staying-with-your-friends 24/7 feeling that you can only get from camps. But at the same time I also really missed working! Haha.

Anyway. To those who missed camp. You missed one unique experience. You better make it for the next camp.

Ok I had a testimony to share on the last night, but thanks to our brother JiahaoWho coincidentally should be joining this blog pretty soon), I didn't have a chance. So, here it is;
Ok I worked on the ConstantThing Comm. And though i learnt a lot from the Comm, one thing that happened as a result of my workload(Comm + Outside work) is that my TAWG really suffered a lot. I was simply too tired to spend time with God. And also, for the past 2 months TAWG was becoming more of like a chore to me, so the prssure from the workload was simply a good excuse to siam my tawg totally.
So came camp, and I expected a lot a lot a lot because I knew I was degenerating already. Just to give you an idea of how much I expected:I think by Wed morning God had already put in me more than He had for my last 2 camps, yet that wasn't even 35% of my expectations. And on Wed night, God showed me during the service what I lacked. A passionate heart. One thing that confirmed that was the very fact that almost everyone felt disappointed that ConstantThing only received 3 salvations but I felt that it was successful.
On Thursday night, God showed me a glimpse of His heart. His plans, His desires, His character and His love. And really, God's heart is so big, so gracious, that I simply cried as I stood in awe. I cannot put in words what i felt. It really is the heart of a Father. Loving, forgiving and BIG. And so, God thoroughly refreshed me and I can proudly say that God has restored my heart with passion exceedingly.
For me, evangelism has always been a hindrance. Due to my old lifestyle, I always felt that people would judge me with my past actions, hence I would never be able to be a good testimony. This gave me a fear, and even though I always gave my friends Christian advice in the way they led their lives and all, I was never able to pop the final question, to ask them to come to church. But on Thursday night, God revealed this to me, and He has given me the courage, and a new heart for my friends to go and speak God's love into their lives.

So, especially to the younger ones coming in, I really want to give this to you. Stay strong in God, and God will provide for you all that you need, especially for the next 2 years. It will be testing times. But God can provide, amen?

Ok. Continue to let your testimonies, prayer requests flood in.
And to the poly guys, WELCOME! Sign up for PRe-NS Camp!

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