Jelly Princesses

HEELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO GIRLS!

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

May you all have a great Christmas season, filled with God's blessing of love joy peace and wisdom! especially for 2009!!

Share the love of our Heavenly Father to everyone, and shine the light that you have received- the BEST gift of all!!

Love you all very much!
XOX

Hi girls,

I'm blogging the important dates so there's no excuse for you girls not to attend (plus everyone is on hols except Maggie and Jonin)!! xD Remember spending time/effort for God is a way to be grateful to God for all the things He's blessed us with this year!!

Monday 1st Dec
Jojo leaving Adelaide~~~ Remember her in prayers!! xD We'll misssss you!!!!

Wednesday 3rd Dec
What: Revival prayer meeting!!!
When: 8pm
Where: @ church

Thursday 4th Dec
What: Prayer meeting to intercede for our friends whom we're inviting for the picnic
When: 10am
Where: @ church

Friday 5th Dec
What: Make garlic bread for picnic
When: 11am
Where: @ church
What to bring: Jellymom, do you want us to bring anything to make garlic bread??

Saturday 6th Dec
What: PICNIC!!!!!
When: 11am
Where: @ Penfold Park

Wednesday 10th Dec
What: Life grp strawberry picking
When: meet 11am?? (to be confirmed...)
Where: @ church then we'll drive church bus to Hahndorf

Saturday 13th Dec
What: Life group high tea
When: 2.30pm
Where: @ Jellymom's house
What to bring: Jelly mom, you want us to bring a dish each??

[Mandy will be on the plane going back home while you have the high tea! Feel free to eat my share haha!! =)]

Saturday-Sunday 20th-21st Dec
What: Pastor Jean Lim ministering

Tuesday 23rd Dec
Jonin leaving Adelaide~~~

Thats what I've got in my diary so far!~~

I got something else to share...

I mentioned at YAF that all my results were out and that I was happy with what I got. But before I got to that, I was kinda disappointed at one of my marks. I mentioned to church friends that I'll probably get a distinction for that subject, after someone was teasing me about getting the top marks. I mean, I still got a credit so it wasn't bad... But it just didn't meet my expectation. Nevertheless after I checked my results I thanked God for blessing me with at least all passes. I tried to figure out how I got my credit... I don't think I've ever studied as hard for an exam than I did for this particular paper. Suddenly I remembered... One day at uni when my friends and I were meeting up to study togeter, they were saying "I only want a pass" or "I'll be happy with a pass". I thought, yea I'll def pass because I have God on my side, I'll def get higher than a pass. So I said to them "I want a credit" seeing that their standards were so low. So yesterday I reflected on why my attitude when I was with my uni friends were so diff to with brother/sisters at church. I finally understood so I've decided to blog it to warn you guys too. A few verses came to mind (you see, its good to have learnt our memory verses!):

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit." (Proverbs 18:21)

"Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so." (James 3:10)

"Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 10:32)

"Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God." (Luke 12:8)

"...for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap." (Galatians 6:&b)

I realized that I kinda paved my own path to get to a lower result... I wasn't game enough to tell my uni friends that particular time that because of who I am in God's eyes and that His favour is on me that I'll excell in that subject. By my words I had sown something that was harmful into my own life. If I had thought of these verses prior to me being careless with my words, then this would not have happened. But God makes all things good!! "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28). He used this experience to teach me a lesson.
So afterwards, I repented and thanked the Holy Spirit for revealing this this lesson to me. Praise God there is no condemnation in God when you come back to Jesus!! "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8:1) So yea... this was my experience this week~ xD

I pray that you too would be careful with what you do in your everyday lives... Be watchful (as I said in the previous post) with the things you do and say so not to accidentally sow harmful things in your lives. The devil knows how to subtly pull us down... But we are OVERCOMERS in Christ!! And when we do fall, God will pick us up!!! He loves us no matter what!!! What great assurance!! =) Hehehe...

God bless you all~
Mandy
xoxo

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME GIRLS!
SO NLCC picnic on the 6th of DECEMBER..
we get to pray over it and pray for our friends to come and enjoy God's love and presence!
..soooooooo..how about this coming tuesday, 25th?
cos mandy n i have been assigned to set up christmas tree.....so whoever wants to, can stay and help after praying..and we can eat random stuff..? heheheh

let's hear some opinions!

To be beautiful sisters,

Just want to say....



Another thing I wanted to share was a vision that I received from God last week... I was praying for compassion for His people and the vision kinda looked like this (except it was my own hands that I was looking at) --->>>

They were 2 red bricks that I was holding, one on each hand. At first I didn't know what the significance of it was and even questioned whether it was from God, because earlier in the day I was talking to Janey about a house built with red bricks. As I asked God what He was trying to show me (if it was from Him), He said to me:

Are you a stepping stone or a stumbling block??

Then it got me thinking... I first took it literally: bricks can be used to build walls and houses but if it was in the wrong place, lying on the floor, someone may trip over it.

The 2 bricks were identical on the appearance. He reminded me that the things we say and the things we do, as children of God, could either build up/encourage someone or hinder someone. Suddenly I felt the importance of the way we live our lives. I was reminded that we have been told to "be doers of the word and not hearers only" (James 1:22).

God later led me to 1 John 2:9-11

9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

The Scripture said that to be a stepping stone, you'll need to LOVE your brother/sister! If you're walking in the light, that is in line with who God wants you to be, you'll be a stepping stone.

Romans 14 :13

Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.

In the previous verses the Apostle Paul was talking about people in the church having disagreements in opinions... We must LOVE them and accept one another: Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. (Romans 14:1) Those who are weak in the faith include new Christians, Christians with the lack of spiritual food and those who know enough about God just to slip into the kingdom of God... Those who are weak in their faith are easy to fall/stumble so we should not be judgmental towards them, lest we make them fall. We are in no position to judge one other anyways. Only God has the right to judge us (Romans 14:4). Correction is different from judging though. If fellow brothers/sisters are in sin, correct them out of LOVE rather than being judgmental. When you do this, you lead them to repentance and also you build them up (being a stepping stone).

Soon after I had the vision, an example came to mind (not so much about judging others but by the things we say and do) - suppose there is a stronger Christian who normally encourages weaker brothers/sisters about putting God first during exam times. And when the stronger Christian has an exam him/herself, they are not seen at Church... What would the weaker Christian think if he was looking up to him/her? In this case, the stronger Christian would have become a stumbling block to the weaker one, although it may not be intentional.

I was challenged to be mindful of the little things that we say and do. I in turn ask you the question that God put forth to me... Let us all be stepping stones to each other by LOVING one another, being there for one another, being accountable, being encouraging, supportive, loving, friendly... and the list goes on... Children of God on the outside may look the same as anyone else (just like the 2 bricks) but it is their action that tells us who they really are!!

I believe that during exam period and as we approach Christmas time, we need to rise up to be the person God wants us to be and really to be stepping stones to one another! Harvest time is coming... The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few... Let us get to work girls!! Not just on Fridays and Sundays but everyday of our lives! Everyday is an opportunity to bring someone to Christ! Amen?? =)

God bless you all~~

Mandy
xoxo

Yeah~ I have conquered my BIOCHEM exam with a testimony to share with you!

SHEPHERD OF MY SOUL (c.1982; composer unknown)

Shepherd of my soul, I give You full control
Wherever You may lead I will follow
I have made the choice, to listen to Your voice
Wherever You may lead, I will go

Be it in a quiet pasture, or by a gentle stream
The Shepherd of my soul is by my side
Should I face a mighty mountain, or a valley dark and deep
The Shepherd of my soul will be my guide

Shepherd of my soul, Oh You have made me whole
Where’er I hear You call how my tears flow
How I feel your love, how I want to serve
I gladly give my heart to You O Lord

Be it in the flowing river or in the quiet night
The Shepherd of my soul is by my side
Should I face the stormy weather or the dangers of this world
The Shepherd of my soul will be my guide

Just to be with you, o Lord.

Hi girls!!

AMEN (to Anne's post)! Despite exams being the women of God, we MUST rise up and KEEP reaching out! This is our purpose! We cannot stop doing what we've been called to do! **Thanks again Anne for posting the exam timetable up so we can strengthen/encourage one another**

Worried about exams? Remember Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

What Anne said at the beginning at YAF acted like a wake up call!! A father who loves his son would discipline him... So will our Father in Heaven and our spiritual mom too! (Proverbs 13:24) And also a wise child will accept his/her parents' discipline (Proverbs 13:1) and we are all wise, aren't we? =P So just want to say thanks Anne for the disciplining, we know you want the best for us and so we will present ourselves approved to God (2 Tim 2:15)!!

After the disciplining at YAF... I told God that I wanted a fresh start and that nothing was to stop me from reaching out/praying/communing with God. Since Friday night, devotions have been more focused and the day becomes a LOT better (efficient/fun/full of joy)!! On Sunday morning devotion was good... Worship time at church was so happy/joyful xD Dwelling in God's presence... My first time teaching Sunday School was good... Didn't mind serving food right after the lesson... =P Been busy running around but it was enjoyable. SOL 3 class was good, learnt how to do mini sermons~ And after a wonderful morning, God blessed me with divine ideas to write 2000 words for my assignment that is due this Friday! Despite spending the extra time with Him, it doesn't cost you in terms of your studies! So just want to encourage you all that Mat 6:33 DOES WORK! God's logic/way to do things is totally different from the way of the world! So don't get them mixed up during your busyness!!!

I typed up a few verses over the weekend that is encouraging over exam period. Its just some from the sweet Word of God... So feel free to add to the list! =P

2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ….

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Matthew 19:26 With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

Mark 10:27 With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all tings are possible.

Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For MY yoke is easy and My burden is light.

Stressed? Don't be! As children of God, you don't have the right to be stressed!

Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you.

Jeremiah 32:27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?

Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things...

Keep running the race FAST girls! We're in it TOGETHER! We learnt at YAF that 2 are better than 1 (Eccesiasties 4:9-12)!! And the devil shall have NO FOOTING over our lives, AMEN?

Love u all~~
Mandy
xox

P.S. Don't forget the "hwk task" for this week... =)

exam timetable

Nov.8

Nov.10

Nov.11

Nov.12

Nov.13

Nov.14

Nov.15

Nov.17

Nov.18

Nov.19

Nov.21

Nov.24

Nov.29

Christy: Bio-chemistry [1:50-4:30pm]

Alison: Skills DEMO

Jane: Crime & Punishment…. & Philosophy

Alison: Skills DEMO

Grace: Finance

Mandy: Property Law [1:50-4pm]

Alison: Neuro

Alison: E.O.

Jojo: Pharmacology

Jojo: Applied Pharmaco-therapeutics

Fish: Business communications

Fish: Computer based Quantitative Methods

Jojo: Molecular Chemistry Based Therapeutics

Grace: Options

Sarah:

Fish: Principles of Finance

Fish: Quantitative Methods

Lee Ping:

Fish: Accounting concepts & Methods

Jane: Chinese

Christy: Chemistry [1:50-5pm]

Mandy: Succession [9:20-11:30am]

Lee Ping: OSCES 17 Script concordance

Lee Ping: MCQ

miranda, welcome to God Himself and also to family of God. now, even though your family is all the way in china, you have stacks of brothers and sisters who love you! know that God has great things installed for you. your life is never going to be the same again.

wowies..haven't blogged since BEFORE miracle encounter!!!
=D..its the time of the year where exams, assignments pile up up and away! hehehe..but its also a test of our faith =D we must not let those piles of work block our sight of our Heavenly Father! He is the one who gave us JESUS and is our provider-of strength, wisdom and divine favour to successfully be more than conquerors!!

These assignments, tests are just more opportunities for us to take to GLORIFY GOD!!!

Just like the Miracle Encounter was to bring glory to GOD...and even as all the hype is fading away, God will never fade, and neither is his power of LOVE. it is to stay- whether we feel it or not, whether we use it or not, whether we give it to others or not, God will always give to you.

PRAISEEEEEE GOD!
woo ^^

Here's a quick summary of what we learned in life group today for those who weren't there!

Memory Verse: 1 Peter 4:10
"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms."

we learnt about LOVE! 1 John 4:7-21
What is LOVE?
GOD is love --every action he does stems from Love.
Love is a gift, so it is to be given and received! v 19-- we love because God first loved us ^.^
Love takes initiative.

What is YOUR definition of love?
Well your definition of love is reflected through your expectations.

Special presents, diamonds, money, romance will NOT hold together a relationship (with partners, families, friends etc)

What will hold a relationship together is love that is unconditional.

"Agape"-- is a Christian love, which is unconditional.
There are NO conditions to why we should love. We love because we have GOD, who is love.
And we are able to love supernaturally, that goes against all human nature.

EG: loving your enemies! that is hard to do, but we know we are empowered to do it because God gave us the command, and He wouldn't give us commands without giving us the ability to do it =D

Love is an action word - it is sacrificial- COSTS us our pride, time, efforts, patience...

Love is fearless- we have confidence in the security of the God's love.

Love does not expect anything in return.
Jesus Christ saved us NOT because of anything that we could do FOR him....but purely because God SO loved us.

Matthew 5:43-48 LOVE your enemies ^__^

In summary- get to know God- and you'll get to know true love, which will then flow through you as love should, and you can then love others in the same way that Jesus loved the people =)

I will sign off now...GOODNIGHT Princesses =)

Love from warrior JANNNNEEEE

HELLOOOOOOO GIRLS!!!! WARRIOR JANE dropping by XD

Miracle Encounter is coming up VERY VERY SOON =)

When we had worship on Sunday morning, I was praying for the Miracle Encounter, when the Holy Spirit reminded me that, God is an infinite God , who plans way before we did.

Before NLCC had the idea of Miracle Encounter, it was already in the mind of God. The miracles that will happen, have already been ordained. Therefore, we can just CLAIM it by FAITH. Because faith is believing and expecting the things not yet seen! (The bus is coming ^_^)

Also, Holy Spirit reminded me that what we expect will be exceeded, and that God has much bigger and larger plans for NLCC, and that miracles have ALREADY been happening.

Who would've thought that when we first heard about Miracle Encounter, that WE would be going to the streets and talking to STRANGERS and just following on the promptings of the Holy Spirit, walking into opportunities, speaking to people's hearts, telling them the GOOD NEWS, telling them of HOPE..
-->giving the sick- the disabled- the faithless- people who've never heard about JESUS-->
a CHANCE to come to know of the love that God has for them.

We, who are the church, going to the streets! I believe that is a miracle already =D I've never spoken to strangers about Jesus before..but the more we do of God's work, the joy that comes from doing it is...a joy that i've certainly never felt before!

When the sick person in a wheelchair says "Oh thank you, I'd love to come! How do I get there?"
You feel such a joy that is only explained because you know that that person will get to see and experience and come into contact with the LOVE OF GOD.

The miracles started way before this coming Thursday, and will CONTINUE until Jesus comes again, because JESUS is the same yesterday, today and FOREVER!

Therefore keep declaring that MIRACLE ENCOUNTER will just be the BEGINNING of something GREAT, something MIGHTY, something GLORIOUS, that is coming...the REVIVAL!
So when the Miracle Encounter is over, we as NLCC, must pray for the seeds, nurture the seeds, and WORK to bring in the harvest! Because it will just be the beginning of the revival!!!

We cannot rest because we'll have plenty of time to rest when we are with God ^_^

As for now, get assignments done quickly with the Holy Spirit....who will guide you through and provide strength wisdom and understanding.
I've done 1,200 already! woo hoo ^_^ need to make lots of time for the Miracle Encounter- praying hard working hard and enjoying hard =D hehehe!!!

KEEP INVITING PEOPLE- everyDAY ...at least ONE ahhaha! or 5 or 10 ...one missed opportunity and the person that you DIDN'T talk to, didn't get to hear about JESUS ...so use all opportunities the Holy Spirit brings you xD

With the girls today...we bumped into a group of young people. One guy who just asked us random questions about the people across the road dressing up in japanese anime styles...and we ended up asking him to come to miracle encounter- and found out his sister was disabled!

So opportunities come from ANYWHERE so have your HEARTS full of compassion and open, eyes opened and ears listening, and be IN TUNED to the Holy Spirit!!!

Then get ready for some fun ..it really is fun ...there are so many stories...just ask around and you'll hear many fantastic stories from the prayer walks and flyer distributions! =D

love of loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee
WARRIOR JANE *salute*

back to my essay XD

CONGRATULATIONS TO JELLY FISH AND JELLY QI!!!!!

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF NLCC !

It was SO joyful to see you girls go through the waters of baptism, because now you are CLEANSED, and have publicly declared to the enemy that YOU ARE A DAUGHTER OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER ! YAY!

We are your sisters now, so whenever you need prayers, or to talk or have fun with- just CALL US ! =D or message or email or post here! heheh

We are ONE in Jesus so we will love you regardless of anything that happens!

That goes for ALL EVERYONE ! =D hehehe

Whatever happens in our daily lives, whether it be happy or sad, tiring or discouraging, frustrating or painful.....you can still rejoice because we have our names as a CHILD OF GOD!
Citizen of the exalted Kingdom of God!
and that is something that NO one can take away from you, as NOTHING can separate us from the love of God.
Woo hoo!

Let's continue to keep the Miracle Encounter in prayer, and pray for all those who will be coming- that their hearts will hunger to see signs wonders and miracles!

Jesus is the same YESTERDAY - yesterday as in the books of MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN- where he healed people by putting his hands on them, spitting on mud and healing a BLIND person....

TODAY...which is NOW. Jesus is your healer NOW. If you are sick, in pain or have heavy burdens, Jesus takes it away, because He already paid the price so you don't have to suffer. Just CLAIM IT =D

FOREVER- Jesus CONTINUOUSLY heals, not just yesterday and not just today, but at the MIRACLE ENCOUNTER AND AFTER TOO!

How wonderful! =D So if you see someone sick, they are in pain, and what you say will NOT make that pain go deeper, because the words you speak are through the Holy Spirit- and that only brings healing and GOOD- because it comes from God.
So it will not hurt them =D But by not saying anything, well that hurts God, because he doesn't want to see those people in pain- that's why he sent JESUS!

So let's represent JESUS to the world, to the hurting...have a heart of Compassion =D and be MOVED!

ok back to study now =D hehehe
love you all very much
God bless you all with love joy peace and wisdom for your studies or jobs!
xox