JELLY PRINCESSES HAVE MOVED to a RESORT! hahaha..

Saturday, August 29, 2009 by Janee

HI EVERYONE!
If you are looking for the online home of Jelly Princesses, we have re-located to:

~~ www.nlcc.com.au/jp ~~


Be blessed as you go, and hope you will be blessed by our Jelly Princess resort hahaha...^__^
Note: Jelly Baby (aka Sarah) will continue posting here, so not an entire re-location ;D

xx

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change is here

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 by j e l l y baby

dear precious children of God,

it is not long until Spiritual Encounter. as i've been praying and fasting for this event, i believe the Holy Spirit has stirred this particular verse in my heart.

"My sacrifies, O God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise."
Psalm 51:17 TNIV

to truely surrender everything to our Lord God Almighty, to come before Him as a broken spirit. to receive His strength is not only until you sense your weakness. to genuinely stand before the MAJESTY, the King of kings with a humble and repentant heart.

sisters i urge you to set aside time if you have not yet done so, to simply come before God with a heart of repentance. for if you cherished sin in your heart, the Lord will not listen to you.

this Spiritual Encounter is not to be taken lightly, God will sweep through ALL the hearts and bring forth GREAT TRANSFORMATION and you do not want to miss this move of God!

have a desire for change. hunger for the Word of God.

God can only intervene in the details of YOUR lives if you just give EVERY PART of your life to Him. do not hold back, but allow the spiritual being within you to rise up. there is a time for everything and a season for every activity. the time for a change in your life is here now.

it is not too late to prepare your heart. ASK and you will receive. INVITE the Holy Spirit to prepare your heart for a BREAKTROUGH this weekend, FAST & PRAY to truely subdue the flesh and be led by the Holy Spirit.

i believe this is the time for you to receive a divine touch from God, to establish a divine connection from a face to face encounter with THE LOVER OF YOUR SOUL, and to receive a divine direction from YOUR SAVIOUR.

turn to Him with all your heart, rend your heart before Him and return to the Lord your God. a simple prayer from the heart is a step closer to transformation:

O Lord i chose to surrender my all to You,

i release my studies, my relationship, my pains and hurts,

my everything to You, Lord.

Have Your way in my life.

Holy Spirit search my heart, only You know my heart best.

i chose to receive a transformation right now, O Lord i need a change in my life.

do not lose heart, keep Jesus centre of your focus. have a sincere faith & a pure heart. fast & pray, not feast & play. expect a change from God. He has no limits, so do not set Him any.


with love, jelly baby xo

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NEW LIFE!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 by anne

PRAISE GOD FOR NEW LIFE IN OUR GROUP!

WE'D LIKE TO WARMLY WELCOME:
NICOLE, YEE LENG & LILY
INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD!

MAY YOU BE FILLED WITH THE LOVE, JOY & PEACE THAT COMES FROM KNOWING JESUS AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOUR!

GIRLS, GOD [& MYSELF] ARE LOOKING TO YOU TO WELCOME & LOVE THEM INTO THE ARMS OF GOD. GET TO KNOW THEM, INVITE THEM TO A COFFEE OR MEAL & SHOWER THEM WITH BLESSINGS LIKE EVERY NEWBORN BABE SHOULD BE BLESSED WITH!

LOVE JMOM XXX

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beginning of breakthrough

Sunday, June 21, 2009 by Princess Christy

Dear beautiful sisters,

What a beautiful sunday we had, coming together to worship our Heavenly Father, who has great plans for our future, and training us to be Masters of breakthrough in all circumstances of our lives, so that we can rise up to our destiny and who God wants us to be!

Praise God for His words through the sermon that our dear jellymom has given to our church this morning, in which with the accompanying of the Holy Spirit! Hearts have been softened, spirits have been stirred, attitudes have been changed, circumstances have been turned upside down, and stronghold have been broken! Hallelujah!

Just want to share a little testimony of how God has already begun to change my heart, my attitude; and i believe that He will continue to teach me the way i should go.

There is a friend who has backslided for over 5 years. Even though she claims she knows the existence of God, she stopped going to church. Without having a relationship with God, her life has been in darkness: her way of seeing life, the way she lives life is simply worldly. There have been times where her actions and words which caused resentment, irritation, frustration... in my heart. There have been times when i just turned blind eyes, thinking that i would just wait and see, while keeping her in prayers every now and then. There, i felt to realise my incomplete faith, because faith without action is dead; and more importantly, i failed to love my neighbours as i love myself.

However, praise God that He has continued to teach me through YAF about faith, and this building up of faith through hearing and learning; led me to pray to God more specificly about this problem, and to ask for instructions on what actions i should take.

One important point that God spoke into my heart was that, if I, as a child of God, who is able to bring the presence of God, shining the light into her life; how can the people in the world, who are currently influencing her life, can ever bring her close to Him again. Then, the sense of urgency arose in my heart. Despite of the past hurts or resentment that i had, i repented, and i asked God to take away all that was in me, to replace His goodness and His love in me.

My first step to it was to invite her for dinner. It was a big step for me because I had constant fear that she might reject me, or i didn't know how i could do it. But by God's strength, I did and i felt this peace was in my heart that i haven't experienced before when i am around this friend of mine. After that, i was given more courage, more love to show my concern and care for her. Even though it was just a little thankyou that she said, but i know that something within our friendship has already changed!

Then today in the morning service, especially the time when we were called to come up to the front, i knew in my heart that God wanted to change my attitudes, instead of thinking badly of others, and sometimes complain~ rise up as masters of faith! Then to my amazement, pastor anne said the word 'attitude'. at the moment onwards, i know that God is in control of this situation, so i just gave thanks to God for listening to the concerns of my heart, for knowing what i need to be changed, for really instructing me, and teaching me the way i should go; for really counselling me and watching over me. He is amazing, and He is the same yesterday, today and forever! Hallelujah!

So, the outcome is this: i had dinner with this friend tonight (God has the best timing =) ), i prepared the meal with great joy, peace in my heart. At dinner, she asked me say grace, and so i did and i also prayed for her exam tomorrow. Even though we didn't have time for a deep, long talk, but i know that God is guiding me through this, and the Holy Spirit is softening both of our hearts, that i may be used by Him to continue to shine light into her life, bringing her back to the arms of our Heavenly Father~

Thanks for reading my long post~ but i just want to acknowledge what God has done for me. Through this testimony, i want to give Him all glory, all praises, all honour; for without Him, i am nothing. It is by His grace, i am who i am!

God bless you all with studies and everything else in life~ Pray that we will all rise up as Masters of Breakthrough, that we can run fast, and move forward in our walk with our Lord!

P.S. WELCOME NICOLE~ INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD!!! ^^ WE ARE SISTERS FOREVER!!!

Agape,
Christy

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in preparation for spiritual encounter

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 by Su

Girls,

It sure has been a long time since i last wrote to you.... but after last night at women's net, i felt such an urgency to encourage each one of you to prepare your hearts for the upcoming spiritual encounter in July.

Last night, during women's net, there was such a weight of God's presence that came upon us during worship. As we were praying and singing to the Lord our own song, I suddenly felt like I was on fire and I was dripping wet, not from sweat but from the anointing of God. It just kept pouring and pouring and pouring... The more the Holy Spirit filled me, the more I yearned.. until I couldn't contain it but I started to weep. I don't know how long that was but the next time I opened my eyes, all the women around me were on their knees, worshipping, weeping and being refreshed in His presence... It was so beautiful and I never wanted it to end.

I am sure all the women have their own testimonies but I am just sharing mine because God gave me a foresight into what He is going to do at spiritual encounter. He is going to release new wine in our midst and He is going to pour His glory afresh.. He is going to go beyond what we can even imagine! However, not all will receive His anointing. Only those who have prepared their hearts as a broken and empty vessel can be filled. You have to make sure that there is room for God in your heart; and no, not just left over space but complete surrender and utter consumption. Unless your temple/your vessel is fit for God, He cannot make His throne there.

Prepare yourself for newness of life. Get rid of the old expectations, old limits, old wineskin. Declare and agree that you never want to be the same again. Discipline your flesh and purify your hearts by fasting. Then when it is time (which doesn't necessarily have to be at the encounter), allow the ANOINTING and POWER of GOD to replenish, reconstruct and renew you.

Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord.
Till He comes and rains righteousness on you and fills the whole earth with His glory.

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SEIZE THE DAY!!!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 by anne

Hi Girls! It's so great to read the recent posts and see how you are recognizing God's hand of deliverance upon your lives. Let us remember to be mindful of the REASON why God has put us here on this big round planet. Let us remember NOT to get bogged down with the details of life but cast our vision forwards to the eternal plans God has destined for us.

During the heavy study period, here's a few tips:
  1. Start the day thanking God that you are created in His image & have His mind over every matter
  2. Declare who God says you are out aloud until you feel faith rising within your spirit
  3. Put worship music on whenever possible & listen to good sermons while commuting
  4. NEVER STOP reaching out & looking for opportunities to help one another - in looking outwards, God will look upon you with favour & extend His grace [empowering presence]
  5. Remember time is a gift. Steward it wisely, don't waste time on facebook & sleep & eat to get energy - not to indulge in the flesh!
  6. Keep yourselves hydrated - physically & spiritually
Love you and am praying for you to be WITNESSES OF HIS MAJESTY wherever you go! The biggest and most impacting assessment of our lives is our daily routine before God.

STIR UP YOUR SPIRITUAL APPETITE!
HUNGER AFTER GOD!
DON'T EVER BE SATISFIED WITH MAINTAINING WHERE YOU'RE AT.

PEOPLE OF GREATNESS DO NOT HOLD THE FORT, THEY STORM THE HEIGHTS.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 by Janee


Amen Jellybaby!!!
Just thinking of blogging and I got to see your blog too! xD

How's everyone going?? Mandy has a presentation in 20 minutes!
And Jellybaby has some tests as well right?and Christy has like 10 tasks/assignment things...who else? xD well!

We declare favour and wisdom for you all in the name of Jesus so you can bring glory to God!
May God's wisdom and strength, concentration and problem-solving skills be upon you, and we claim success and JOY in all things!

Anyhows, i just want to give praise to God for something that happened last week~!
(Everytime i use the word "realised" --> it is Holy Spirit teaching me things ^__^)

Throughout a law degree, there is this work experience thing called "clerkship" where we apply to law firms to get a position. It is quite competitive as each firm only offer 2-5 positions ~
As for us third year students, there is only two firms in adelaide that will take in us, as most firms only take in final/penultimate year students.

Yesss so I applied for one of them because I liked the sound of that firm.
Some time later, I received an email invitation to a "group assessment" interview.

I really have to praise God for making a way for me to get there on time xD. The interview was at 2.30, and I usually finish work at 1.30. This gave me an hour to get home change and get to the law firm @_@
But praise God, my boss for some reason let me off at 1ish haha xD yaayayayay So awesome.

God always makes a way =D

Then my dad was available at home to drive me there..and then we couldn't find the place...finally, i just got out and realised it was in a building =.= Thanks be to God that my dad dropped me off pretty much in front of it even though we didn't know. That is God's hand of guidance!
i was like a minute late...but the other 4 people were still in the waiting area..phew! The lady came in a minute later and asked us to go in.

It was quite a tough interview as I don't know much about business..We had to discuss a business scenario.. ^_^

But yeah, it was a very interesting experience, even though I didn't get into the stage two interview. We get this "rejection email" ahaha.

At first, I was heaps disappointed because I declared and believed that everything would go well with God's favour. So I didn't understand why I didn't get through.

After YAF on friday, we learnt that we couldn't just command God to do things. That really spoke to me! hehe..I truly realised that NOTHING is in our control- and EVERYTHING is in God's control.

We are merely instruments for God to use, and if this is how far God will me on this path, then I thank God for this experience. I got to learn that I may have to learn more about business things, have to learn to be more assertive when giving ideas, learn how to express ideas clearly and how to be comfortable working on a project with strangers! haha lots of things to learn!

I've never really felt disappointment in this sense as in disappointed in myself.. so this was a new thing that I had to get over and realise that so long as I do my best, God will have planned the rest.

ALSO, I have to tell myself off for being disappointed with myself haha..because I realised that GOD created each and EVERY single life.

Being disappointed in myself, would be like disappointed with God's creation? and that is not right!
So yes, I learnt a lot last week and would've shared at yaf, but too long so decided to blooooogggggg it!

bwaha..
ok. Gotta go study now as its 4pm ahhh!! hehehe
Persevere and have JOY in everything you do because every minute you are living and breathing is a present from God.

I thank God that we are put together on this planet, at this time year generation era country, and that we get to share life together in Christ. It's so amazing that out of so many years that life has been on the planet, that we are all living at the same time ...if that makes sense

ANYWAY LIVE LIFE, REACH OUT & STUDY LIKE JESUS WOULD xD heheheh

LOVE JANE
XOX

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Saturday, May 16, 2009 by j e l l y baby

hi girls.

As mid-year exams are approaching and stack of assignments are rolling in. Lets not forget to spend time with Jesus. He is the EVERLASTING source of strength, peace & wisdom.

Keep each of the uni girlies in your prayers. Lets lift each one of them up and commit their studies to God. Declares God's divine strength, divine peace & supernatural wisdom to overflow in all their lives.

To all the hard studying girls, don't let the devils sneak in on you during this assignment & exam period, BUT remember to KEEP YOUR LORD JESUS CENTRE OF YOUR FOCUS. Make good use of your study time & make time for Jesus, remember to give your spirit a rest too.

Declare the promises of God upon your life. Isaiah 58:6-11

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them (the spirit of the antichrist) ,
because the One who is in YOU is greater than the one who is in the world.
1John 4:4
keep warm & well. May the abundants of God's blessings overflow in your life, that this assignment & exam period be a time for you to shine to all your peers. God is with you & so are my prayers.
with love, jbaby xo

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a time for PRAYER

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 by j e l l y baby

hi girls. guess why this wednesday is special :)
YAY!! its PRAYER MEETING TIME. 6th MAY. 8pm. chapel. 17A Augusta Street, MAYLANDS.
prayer meetings are ALWAYS full of God's anointing and power. a GREAT time to come and rest in His presence with worship and prayer.
lets be GRATEFUL, use this great opportunity to give thanks to God for bring us all into FOUR great months of 2009 with favor & increase (especially thank God for the 15 brothers and sisters who have just gone through the baptism of water)
see you there.
God bless sweeties. love jelly baby xoxo

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 by j e l l y baby

good morning sweet daughters of God. last night my heart was stirred by the Holy Spirit to GO DEEP, real deep into Jeremiah 1:9
Then the Lord reached out His hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "I have put My words in your mouth".
it is so wonderful our Jesus, our Lord, your Savior is the same today, yesterday & FOREVER. if He can encourage jeremiah to step out of his comfort zone and anoint him with BOLDNESS, COMPASSION & WORDS of WISDOM & STRENGTH to go to nations & kingdoms;
the SAME Lord can do it for you.

going through the entire chapter, you will see the reasons

WHY GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU.
the Almighty One, our Lord & our Savior declares in -
verse 8: ... for I am with YOU & will rescue YOU
verse 9: ... put His words in YOUR mouth
verse 10: ... today He appoints YOU over nations & kingdoms to uproot and tear down... to build and to plant
verse 12: ... for He is watching
verse 18: ... He has made YOU a fortified city... to stand against the whole land

GO OUT THERE, make the effort, make the most of EVERY opportunity, live by faith for you and i are the chosen generation to make a difference.


Whatever you do, work at it with ALL your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, SINCE you know that you will RECEIVE an inheritance FROM the Lord as a reward. Colossians 3:23-24
Jesus has equiped you. He came to give you life and He bought all your shame & pain upon that cross, taking it all from you. He is the light that has overcome all darkness, He has and will enable you to have victory in all things. Keep the Word of God hidden to your heart, load up your spirit weapons daily, stand firm & don't be shaken.


"... God our Savior,
who wants all people to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth."
1 timothy 2:3-4

i pray that you girls will advance God's work with sincere faith, love from a pure heart. Live for eternity & run for Jesus. the heavenly Father is with you and will rescue you. Love each & every one of you girls.

Agape, jelly baby xo

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TIME FOR GIRLS TO COME TOGETHER

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 by Su


THAT'S RIGHT! GIRLS JUST WANA HAVE FUUUUUUNNN!!!
What better way to do it than with your sisters? It's time for us to have yet another get together! It sure has been awhile since we last combined our jellies and popcorns together.... so here goes:
WHEN: 25th April 2009
TIME: Approximately 6pm
WHAT: Steamboat!!!
WHERE: At ChurchAt the village in CHINATOWN! (*thanks to maggie!* please post exact address.)

please, PLEASE, PPPLLLEEASSEEE comment on this post if you want to come and whether someone else under you plans to attend. we need to organise food and transport...
^____^

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Reaching out our hands to the nations

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by Princess Christy

Hello to all my beautiful sisters,

what a wonderful night of worship and prayer we had at our April prayer meeting!!! The name of our Lord is highly exalted, lifted up in worship and praise, because He is indeed worthy!!! For all the sisters who couldn't be with us, we missed you and we had you girls in our hearts and in our prayers! We pray that we will grow in love and unity, and that each one of us will draw closer to God and to one another! Pray that the fresh revelations of the words of God will revive your hearts, stir up your spirit, that this Easter you will be transformed and experience the harvest of increase! Amen!

I just want to share with you something that i received tonight. As we were singing in worship, I ask the Lord to open up my eyes, eyes that see what God sees. Immediately, a picture of His people suffering in pain, in poverty, in all sorts of suffering crying out in desperation. The Lord reminded me that He is the God of ALL! He made these people in His image, these people are HIS CREATIONS WHOM HE LOVES! Even though they may be people from different nations, different cultures who may seem to be strangers to us, but they can be OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS as we continue to bring these souls into the kingdom of God.









The next thing that came into my mind is: how can i reach out to these people who are so far away, or are strangers whom we do not know. The Lord reminded me the verse from<> 'Indeed, the LORD's hand is not too short to save, and His ear is not too deaf to hear.' His hands and arms are definitely not too short to save; even though we may have physical limitations to what we do (e.g. we may not be able to simply go in person to all these nations), but in the spiritual realm, THERE IS NO LIMIT! The Lord is indeed mighty to save, and we just need to REACH OUT OUR HANDS TO THE NATIONS, through our prayers and fast, as well as our HELPING HANDS! After that, i also had the question in my hand, how much impact can we bring? Then God told me that it is beyond our understanding how BIG the difference we can make by saving one soul, let alone the whole nation! It may be the person that you bring salvation to, he/she will be brining the Gospel to multitudes! God has divine connections linked up for us here on Earth and in heaven, that we, as people of God, can MAKE A DIFFERENCE and ADVANCE THE KINGDOM OF GOD!
So I pray that may we all be guided by the Holy Spirit in journey of life, that we will rise up as mighty armies of God, forcely advancing; being the LIGHT OF THE WORLD, that all shall be saved! May God make us usable for His plans, that we can be the channel of blessings, ministers of God who will bring the Gospel to all men!
Love you all & keep inviting your friends to come to EASTER PRESENTATION! Dont miss the chance!
agape,
princess christy

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welcome to MOON!

Monday, March 30, 2009 by anne

We'd like to welcome our NEWEST SISTER IN CHRIST
MOON
into our gorgeous family!
She's now an 8 days old spiritual babe
and we're so blessed to be her new family.
Praise God for Grace who introduced her to us all and
praise God for all the girls who have in their own way
introduced JESUS to her!

AMEN!

This is OUR YEAR of increase and so let's focus on what matters for eternity as we continue to connect with God and with one another to live like heaven on earth everyday!

Love to you all and much prayers...
see you at the Prayer Meeting this Wednesday @ 8pm!

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g12

Thursday, March 19, 2009 by Su

darlings,
wowers! this blog is really kicking on strong! its been nearly a year since i started this blog... nice to know that God has used it as instrument to bless one another... but i shall talk abt in a later post...

for this post, i just want to share our the time i had in singapore with some brothers and sisters from our great family. like some would have heard by now, the conference wasn't as good as expected but there were a few sessions which were amazing that i will mention here.
FRIDAY MORNING was top class. worship was anointed! there was such a tangible presence of God. I could literally taste and see that the LORD is amazing and great! I didn't want it to end. anyways, Pastor Lawrence did the first message for the day which was titled PARADIGM SHIFT to G12 CELL CHURCH. He spoke about the difference between a church with cells and a cell church then the different cells in the g12 vision and ending on the nature of the cell church with community, corporation and cause. the second session that morning was done by Ps Caesar and this was titled "IF YOU CHANGE, EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE" with his passage coming from 1 Chronicles 4: 9 and 10 (otherwise known as the Jabez Prayer). This was really powerful and really changed my perspective on everything.
the other awesome session was on Saturday night when we had Delirious lead us in a time of worship. i have to say, they have somehow managed the fusion of having a rock concert and time of community worship really really well. even though the music and tunes were loud and different, the joy of being in the presence of the Lord was so great. time just flew by heyyyy..


spiritual encounter was another thing all together! after being slightly disappointed with the conference, i didn't know what to expect for the second half of our time with FCBC.... but i had no reason to doubt because God moved in such a powerful way. even from the beginning, during worship of the first night, God's presence was soooo strong. we barely sung any songs.... people were all weeping and singing unto the Lord new songs from their heart. it was soo beautiful! no one had any agendas and we lost all concept of time. all we wanted was to be in communion with Him. that could be said for the rest of the encounter, esp during worship and certain altar calls. even though some speakers were admittedly better than others, on the whole, i left well-fed. God really dealt with my heart and made me confront certain things that i pretended were closed. He healed me and gave me total liberty. at the beginning of the whole thing, the first lady gave us all a butterfly and she said that at the end of it, we will leave as different women. even though i look the same outside, my heart has changed and like a butterfly, the transformation is complete and i feel like im flying with new life and freedom.
lastly, the experience in singapore cannot be described without giving a specific shout out to the people i shared it with. stiggy, it was a shame that you weren't feeling well for much of our time in singapore but whatever time we did have as a group, it was fun.... patricia and anne, it was great seeing you after sending you off to indo; it was mindblowing hearing your testimonies and all the things that God did in your lives esp over breakfast and hot soya bean milk.... wen and rachel, thanks for sharing our beautiful little room with me; it was awesome talking to you girls till early hrs in the morning and keeping each other company throughout the days even though we had a really wet bathroom every night (hahahahaha.. *wink wink*).... henry and eddie, thanks for taking care of us girls in geyland, esp at night when it was dodgy; it was such a blessing to deepen my friendship with the two of you and getting to know your hearts. lastly, ac and di, what a difference you two brought to my time in singapore from the durian eating to trying on glasses to major D'n'Ms on bus rides with ac to scaring the beef out of me at the singapore flyer to loooong flights with law to playing with the cute doggies at aunty po's house; you two are little but big angels from God. ^____^ all of you, i loooooveeee you!!! i know that this is the beginning of many trips we shall have together as one BIIIIG FAMILY!

to everyone, while we were away, i had time to reflect on where we are at. even though we went to really anointed churches with huge teams to work with and had extensive resources, im so glad that im part of NLCC coz i know that we have even bigger and better things installed for us. not saying anything bad abt those churches but He really does have unique and specific dreams for us. i remember when i flying into one of the cities and i looked out of the window, i heard the voice of God speaking to me saying, "You can have this city and many more nations.. they are yours.... I have anointed NLCC to reach multitudes... If you would only claim and walk in the ways I have set out for you. There is no stopping MY MIGHTY ARMY"... Im so glad im going out to war with each one of you by my side. I know i can trust each one of you and we can cover each other's back. 

stay on the right side... choose the winning team!

ps more photos to come out on fb. 

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WELCOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BACK HOMEEEEEEE!

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 by Janee

WELCOME BACK HOME MISSION TRIP AND G12 DELEGATES!!!!!XOX

We know you all had a fantastical awesome time because how can you not being in the saturated presence of God??!?

=D can't wait to hear all about it!!!

May you all have divine rest to power up to pass on FIRE TO NLCC and to get stuck in to preparations for the upcoming events ^_____^

May God bless you with strength like ...lions! yes powerful!

To all the other girls,
HOW ARE YOU ALL??????? Give a shout in the box >>>>> !
hehe it'll be nice to see how we all going :P

As for me, I am bUUUUUUUUUUUUUSY! heheh I was about to start my tutorial reading + questions for tomorow, but thought I'd blog because constant updates on this page keeps it active and alive! so please blog often girls ;) even super short ones just saying whats up! hahah cos then we know what you are up to and prayer points if you have any!

Prayer point for me (And Princess aManda) is that when we do our law readings (super long with sentences that go on and on and repeats half the same thing...-.-) that we have concentration and UNDERSTANDING and not be DISTRACTED! ANd that we won't get sick of reading, so we are not turned off from reading God's word! YOSH. thanks girls *^______^*e

shout out if this also applies to you ! ahahha i'm sure if would cos so much reading.
But yes, when we all agree and declare- we CAN read and understand against alllllll confusion, because He who is in us, is larger,stronger,more powerful, than he who is in the world.

We have divine strength! THANKS TO OUR AWESOME FATHER!!!

YAY love to you all !!!!!! Thanks Princess Jellyfish for your recap for yaf =D I like how you wrote. "We have been set free and held up by our Lord! Hallelujah!!"
We are certainly are held up! HAVE A GREAAAAAT WEEK SISTERS <3

XOX

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feel the urgency. be the few.

Monday, March 16, 2009 by j e l l y baby

"ENTER through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it." ~ Matthew 7.13
dear sparkling jelly princesses. I believe WE are the chosen generation, the generation called to touch heaven and change earth more than ever before. It is URGENT to reach out and change lives. Jesus came to earth for a reason - it re-establish His Father's Kingdom.
Let us not forget that when Jesus died on the cross, taking ALL our sickness, shame, hurts and disappointments, as well as our sins away from us had a PURPOSE for us to RISE UP and continue His and our Father's will of His Kingdom to reign over all of heaven and earth.
The way to life is narrow, it is not a smooth and easy to ride through for there will be many trials and temptations. Keep in mind that these TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS are to teach us and train us up. Just like school and university - we learn and learn and learn, then you need to sit tests, do assignments and prepare yourself for the BIG exam which will reveal whether or not you are equipped for the 'go pass' to enter into your career as a professional. So very similar, the Word of God - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth (BIBLE) will teach you and equip you, then when trials head your way you are able to overcome them with the knowledge of God's Word and conquer HDs.
Look at trials and temptation as training sessions, these sessions will chip off bad habits and polish up the Jesus in YOU.
Guard your heart at all times, be alert and be quick to respond to the opportunities that God opens up for YOU to speak life into your family peoples, your friends, random strangers (random bus stop peoples) and don't forget to encourage not only the new christians but the older christians.
We're family in Christ.
"But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" ~ Matthew 7.14
Don't be the common or the many that lust after the things of the world, but be the few, the few that walks with Jesus, the few that look towards God for peace, unconditional love, the few that draws strength and wisdom from Him and the few that our Heavenly Father looks upon with favour and takes delight in.
if you think about all the christians in the world, the true ones that have deep intimate relationship with Christ, then think about ALL the ones still living the ways of a fallen world that have yet to know Him the way you do - your Abba, your Provider, your first Love.
i pray that the Holy Spirit will stir in your hearts daily to enable you and move you to do great and mighty works our Father has called you to do. Lets be great citizens, citizens of the Kingdom of God that are super quick to obey, naturally quick to love and forgive, willing to share and slow, very slow to anger, worry and complain.
Stay sweet, use your time wisely - be organise, live everyday effectively advancing God's kingdom and above ALL, appreciate God - be thankful and grateful, and remember to count your blessings.
Keep running. Look far, Go deep, Dream big. Love each and every one of you girls.
Agape, jelly baby x x x

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Understanding our Heavenly Father

Sunday, March 15, 2009 by Princess Christy

Dear sisters,



Thank you for another great night of YAF led by Jellybaby & powerpuffs~ you girls have enabled us to open up to share & to ask questions (lol especially for our HD student ...haha) so that we can all learn from one another!

Okay, from what we learnt yesterday night, i decided to put one of the verses into action.

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Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.



WILLING TO SHARE. These few words spoke into my heart somehow when the verse was read and the Holy Spirit reminded me of something that He revealed to me during one of my 3x3 prayers. So i just want to share this with you all:

The word: 'UNDERSTANDING' came into my mind during my weekly 3x3 prayer.

So i spent time thinking, what does this 'UNDERSTANDING' mean and how does it relate to what God wants me to do. This then relates to one of the verses that Jellymom has written in one of the blog entries about The Year of Increase, which says 'Increase in wisdom and understanding that helps you in all things'


Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.

From this word, I came to understand that in order for us to please God, we must obey His command because it is out of our LOVE for Him that we want to follow His wills. So, in order for us to an understanding of God, of who He really is; not soemthing that we try to think or judge He is, but who He really is through His words, through His amazing power manifested. It can only be done, when we surrender of all we have, then we can know who God is.

In every relationship, understnaidng is crucial in order for the two people to be in harmony, in love or at peace with one another. This is the same when it comes to our relationship with God. As we understand God by forgetting about ourselves, but 'be in His shoe', we will be more in love with Him, wanting to do what He wants, rather than following our own ways. We will be so in love with Him that we just want our lives to satisfy and to please Him!

So, i pray that we will be active in sharing our faith, so that we will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

Love you all sisters, you girls are great joy and encouragement to me =)



Let's continue to spread the Love of God through our speech, our actions, our prayers etc~ so that we make the name of Jesus famous and known in all corners of the earth!!!

God bless you all

xoxo Christy




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Miracle updates!

Sunday, March 8, 2009 by Princess Mandy

To my dear sisters,

Thanks *again* for being so supportive on Friday night! Not only did we have fun preparing/leading, we learned a lot in the process! And from you girls too as you asked questions and participated in the discussion! I just received a sms from our precious Jellymom so decided to blog it straight away!

"Just finished service. Amazing miracles. Man in wheelchair, didn't go church 5yrs since stroke. Couldn't open fist, move hand, walk. Now can do all. Left wheelchair walkin in front of all! His wife w. walkin cane, dr's gave up on her. Cancer. Worse cond.than husband, severe pain gone. Walk without cane, telling all i'm healed! Man totally blind. Eyes just white, told Patty she's pale skin, smiling, he copied her movements, healed! Boy's leg grew out 1.5 inches! Dramatic miracle in sight of parents. Ankle twisted made straight. Mute & deaf, healed! Yest. man w acute pain in chest, back, etc for 25yr, can't walk without pain, healed! Way more things, 2little sms! God bless! Anne & team :) SPREAD UPDATES PLS!"

Whoa! Amen! Praise God! Hallelujah! God is ALIVE and is MOVING through the NLCC team! Continue to uphold them in your prayers!! Our God is AWESOME! How can we ever stop praising and worshipping Him!? Our God is such an exciting God!! So if you're having a boring dull day, you do not know Him. See what the team is doing in Indonesia?? It's not just for "super Christians" but for every single one of YOU who has been born again into God's family! That means YOU and ME! We can ALL do these because the miracle working God lives inside of us!


I've been meaning to blog for a few days now... But haven't got around to that until today! In addition to the updates of the Indonesia mission trip, I was inspired when I read Joshua 1.

God said: Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you. (v.1) We claim this not only for the mission trip but also for our own lives! As we step into uni, God has ALREADY given it to us! (Notice the tenses used.) Every day as we go to uni, know that you have dominion (as Jesus has dominion and He lives inside of us) so we can have the confidence to reach out to our friends!

God the Father also said: No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life... I will be with you. (v.5) He is ALWAYS with us ( also see Mat 28:20); we can overcome ALL things! No harm shall come our way!

In this chapter, 3 times God commands us to
 be strong and of good courage (v.6)
only be strong and and very courageous (v.7)
be strong and of good courage (v.9)

There must be a reason why He had to say that 3 times! This shows the importance and need of us standing strong and being courageous! (Note: the 'only' in v.7 doesn't mean be strong/courageous and nothing else... the 'only' is for emphasis...) It's not only something that God told us is good to be but its a command! Essentially He asked in v.9, have I not commanded you to be strong and of good courage? So we don't have an option! It's a MUST! Stemming from what we learnt on Friday, no matter what we face, because we have the HOPE of glory and God is with us ---> so we CAN be strong and courageous!

In this same passage, I have been reminded to KEEP FOCUS! Only be strong and courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law... do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. (v.7) Do not be distracted from being obedient to God and drawing close to Him! Janey sorta mentioned that in her recent post too. Studies, work, other commitments, material things etc should NOT cause us to remove our eyes from Jesus! If it does, you need to question your priorities and really come before God! Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the subtle things that the devil place in your life that might be hindering God working in your life! When you DO fix your eyes on Jesus and walk in His righteousness no matter where you go you'll prosper! You'll be successful in studies, in business, have good health, have good relationships! Everything falls into place when your relationship with God is right and intimate!! So in your business, KEEP GOD AS YOUR NUMBER ONE!!!! Kepe looking ahead to what God has promised you (for being obedient and being a daughter of God) and that shall be our motivation to keep focused and not be side tracked!

That's all from me now...
See you all at Christy's for fun games, good fellowship and delicious foooood (Something that can never be missed when we have yaf grp events!)~~ Haha!

xoxo

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easter camp-harvest time!

Saturday, March 7, 2009 by Su

before i leave to g12,  i just wanted to encourage all of you to register for this year's easter camp.

now i know some of you might have gone to many camps before and think that there is nothing for you to gain but i beg to differ. we serve a God that is fresh and new even every morning, let alone every year. He will not disappoint. to those who are thinking of going to their first camp yet you are abit hesitant because you dont know what to expect, take the leap of faith and come. something special has been ordained for you from our great God. 
i was praying for easter camp the other day and i got a vision from God. at the beginning, there were many many many farmers (male and female; young and old)who were busy preparing themselves to go out to their field; ie getting their basket ready, sharpening their scissors and blades in order to cut down the fruits and putting appropriate entire to head out. then suddenly, all the farmers started heading out in one accord singing joyfully with a bounce in their steps and what i saw next blew me away. there were masses and masses and masses of ripen fruits everywhere; of all sizes, shapes and colours. there was not a branch that was dead but all were alive with beautiful fruits ready to be harvested.
in the same way, i believe many fruits will come as a result of this easter camp... that this will be a time for multiplication and increase over us. God is saying that this is NLCC's time for harvest and fruitfulness. that all the things that we have been praying for will be coming to past. 

i dont know abt you but im so pumped. i dont want to even think abt missing out. let us prepare ourselves. register and encourage all those around you to do the same! keep each other accountable. we are each others' keeper!

anyways, we will be thinking of you guys when we are in singapore in the g12 conference.
take good care of one another, esp all the new babies of both anne's jellies and my popcorns. ^___^
seek to be a blessing!!!

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Helloooo Princesses!

by Janee

My internet is back and fast! woo hoo ^_^

How is everyone?? First week of uni is over, and look what God gave us already- a public holiday for us to recharge!!!!!!!! YAY ^___^ God is so awesome!
AND just hearing all those miracles the Indonesia Mission Team have told us about, realllly starts off 2009 with a BANG!
And straight after, G12...the delegates that are going are gonna bring back some BURNING REVIVIAL FIRE!!! AMEN? =D YES!

because after that, will be an AWESOME EASTER PRESENTATION- followed by our AWESOME EASTER CAMP!!!!!

My oh my, this year is gonna be busy busy busy! =D BUSY about our FATHER'S BUSINESS!

Just wanna say thank you to all you girls for supporting us last night!!!

Your contribution is precious to us, because we learn from you girls and want to hear what your say !! so that we may all get to know each other more ^___^ It was a fun night! hehe!

Just wanna share what i heard from God a weeks ago, but i haven't blogged~!

It was when we were singing "You are in my all in all" at YAF ! The Holy Spirit was soooo strong then and really convicted me during one line, which was:

"Seeking you as a precious jewel,
Lord to give up, I'd be a fool"

Holy Spirit really showed me that the way to seek GOD, to seek JESUS, is to seek them with a heart of love- like how people love precious jewels because they are worth so much and it becomes the object of their desire!
I think Ps Anne has said this once before... but its to pursue and pursue ..because the end prize is something that is most definetly worth it- it is GOD. And that we should never ever give up..

because to give up, I'd be a fool.
I'd give up the HOPE that can lead me through all sorts of sufferings, and chances of growing. To give up, I'd let all my family n friends down...especially those that I haven't reached out to.

The urgency to reach out THIS YEAR is pulling at my heart, because if I let other things come before God, I'd be a fool...those things (ie studies..work..materialism) aren't gonna help me in eternity, because those things are all temperorary but the ONE who will last, is the one that we should seek!!

If we seek things that are temporary, the desire we have for them are temporary too, so when we get them, we desire them no longer.
But if we seek God, who is eternal, we will never lose that desire, and will constantly hunger for more of him even if we had a taste- we will want more!!

That's why I'm looking forward to seeking God on a new level in 2009! I want to learn more, hunger more, and know more of His word!!

How exciting that NLCC is really rising up and our jelly princess life group is becoming really close =D But its not a type of closeness that when other people come in, they don't fit it. It's like a close-ness where we ALLLLL share the same love and DESIRE and VISION!!!

Like when new friends come in, we ALL want to show love to them and make them all feel welcome without being told XDDDD ! I love it!

I love how we have our destinies lined up together and that we get to GROW TOGETHER!!!!!!!

It's SOOO EXCITING that we are REALLY LIKE SISTERS~!!!! hehehe ^___^ im feeling JOYOUS atm!

THis morning i woke up really dizzy and feeling like i was going to be sick.. that i had to leave early with my sister from a drawing class >_< but ive rebuked it..and since JESUS is my healer- I feel 100% annnnd i got some time to BLOG~!!!

And I had forgotten how fun it is to blog! Because as we hare- Holy Spirit starts to take over and put words in you heart to write :)

I encourage you all to blog more (and i will myself too - so long as my internet is working fast enough to load this page ^_^). AND if you don't know what to blog, just blog about your day :P hehe! it's also a good way to know what each other has been up to, what you need prayers for, or what made you smile today ^__^

ok i have work now!! I love you all heaps and can't wait til steamboat!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE WARRIOR JANE

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Great MIRACLES begins to unfold in INDONESIA!

Monday, March 2, 2009 by Princess Christy

Hey beautiful sisters,

I just received a sms from Jmom at 12:48am (adelaide time) = 10:18pm (Indonesia Time). It is so exciting to hear the great news, and so i can't wait to share with you all, despite my last upload of post wasn't successful~ but i will not give up until this post can be shown to you all!

The message from Anne and team is as follow:

'great miracles from morning to night. Woman with TB healed! Man with blurred vision in right fwd instantly healed. word of knowledge hearing problem left ear instantly healed. Muslim man came from hospital ICU meant to go for operation completely healed, unable to move,now have no more pain. Man with stroke left eye bad vision, healed. So many other miracles! the team is having so much fun! 1 man cam from streets as he heard the preaching, came with pain in back, completely healed. God is great! please share report! much love, anne& team'


'Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.' Psalm 37:3

So praise the Lord for His faithfulness in answering our many prayers and has such wonderful plans for NLCC to go out to the nations, truly making disciples of all nations! For those of you who will be fasting& praying in the next few days~ Jellybaby has recommended me to read Psalm 58 on true fasting, which gave me new insights to see as God sees! So may you continue to uphold the team in your prayers so that we as One, a body of Christ will unite together to celebrate our victory in Christ Jesus!

xoxo
Princess Christy

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Radio Link for Jelly Mom's preaching

Saturday, February 28, 2009 by PrincessY(n_n)T

Dear beautiful Princesses,


Our dearest Jelly Mom and Patricia have gone out to the nations for God!! May we can continue to keep them and hold them in our prayers! Our prayers will go with them and they will be used by God mightly! I know all of you want to know what will happen over there. You dont need to wait until Jelly Mom comes back, there is a radio link to listen to her preaching for every meeting!!! So you wont miss out!!

Thank you Sarah for posting the link via email!! According to Jelly Mom, you will need to download the program which will enable you to use the radio link. so try it out!!

THIS IS THE LINK THAT PASTOR ARDIAN GAVE ME:http://streaming.rhemaradio.com:5858/listen.plsTHIS IS THE FREE PROGRAM NEEDED TO LISTEN TO THE LINK:http://www.winamp.com/player

I know you may have uni, but may you can listen to it whenever you can and share around.

Love xx

Yan Tao

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Prayer Roster for INDO trip

Thursday, February 26, 2009 by Su

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Ephesians 3:14-20
"For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom His whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the believers, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen"

Sam shared with me his thoughts on this mission trip and it really spoke to me so here I'll enlighten all of you. He likened this mission trip to Indonesia to that of an astronaut team heading to space. Just like the team would have the support of the ground staff sending them out, WE AS A FAMILY WILL AVAIL OURSELVES TO INTERCEDE AND SUPPORT THEM WITH OUR PRAYERS. Just like the team would need the green light from their boss and government, OUR SENIOR PASTORS AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH SENDS THEM OFF WITH BLESSINGS. Just like each person needed to fulfil their specific roles, WE AS A FAMILY HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL PART TO PLAY IN THE GREATER SUCCESS. Just like the work does not end till the team back on earth, OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PRAY, TO DECLARE, TO SPEAK AND TO INTERCEDE SHALL NOT CEASE TILL WE HEAR THE LIFE CHANGING TESTIMONIES.

Keep each other accountable now that all of you have the roster. Remind your brothers and sisters. And if anyone wants to make changes or join this roster, let me know. ^___^

NLCC, WE ARE CLEAR FOR LIFT OFF!

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RUN with what has been given to you.

Friday, February 13, 2009 by j e l l y baby

"the highest heavens BELONG to the Lord, but the earth He has GIVEN to MAN" ~ Psalm 115. 16
dear beautiful jelly princesses, is it not amazing that the Creator of all things, the Lord of lords and King of kings, the ONE we call abba has given us earth??
We His children, His PRINCESSES that He takes delight in has been chosen to ESTABLISH God's will on earth as it is in heaven. WE will do mighty in the lands he has already ordain for us to have victory in. As the scripture says that God WILL work in you and act according to HIS good purpose. Our God is GOOD, He is a GREAT God.
TRUST in the Lord, He is your help and shield.
Feel the urgency to LEAVE your comfort zone, GO to your families and friends, and SPEAK to new faces and tell of God's SALVATION He has instored for them.
and RUN with it, RUN with the ideas, RUN ahead of the enemy, RUN to save souls, RUN to restore the broken hearted, RUN to heal the sick, RUN like Jesus,
RUN the race of life - the life our Lord Jesus died for.
We are all from another place, the Kingdom we belong to is not found on earth or in this world.
"the world is a playground made and given to us" - quoting off Jelly mom.
NOTHING here on earth belongs to us, but belongs to our Father, the Creator.
Princesses of God you have nothing to lose and everything you do here will be counted and YOU will recieve your REWARD in Heaven. Therefore, WHATEVER you do, WORK at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.
no matter the situation is good or bad, set your MINDS on the things above and not the earthly things, set your HEARTS on things above, where Christ Jesus - your saviour and the lover of your soul is seated, watching and awaiting for your mighty works to be a c c o m p l i s h e d.
i pray that our hearts will be soften and broken and filled with the Lord's compassion. I pray that He will use us mightly and He will give us BOLDNESS to speak salvation to the nations and you WILL bring nations to their kneels. I believe this is a year of change, a year that will set our generation apart from all other generations and WE together will MAKE h i s t o r y.
i am here for you and to help carry your burdens and i am with you all the way to fulfilling the law of Christ. With love always, your sister in Christ - jelly baby x x x

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Deep Communion

Sunday, February 1, 2009 by Su

Girls!
I know it sure has been awhile since I last posted on this blog or seen most of you but better than never. ^___^ Dont worry, I'll be back in Adelaide this time next week. Anyways, besides letting you know that I am alive and well (obviously!), I wanted to share a beautiful experience I had when I was in Brunei. I had the privilege to work with two missionaries that have been traveling around the world to further God's kingdom. The guy mostly moved in physical healing and his wife's main ministry was inner healing. As God would have it, they asked me to minister with them especially in the area of worship so during those days, I had an opportunity to learn and soak in all they wanted to teach me, which I wanted to share with my sisters.

Firstly, I could see such a hunger for God's word; it was truly the BREAD that kept them going from day to day; they knew it much better than the back of their hand; most evident when they preached.

Secondly, they had such a passion for God's people. They constantly put aside their needs and own plans to meet people at where they were at; this meant hardly anytime for meals or sleep. During the nights, we would minister way past midnight because people just could not help but respond to the call of God upon their life, then we would go home to rest before they would bring people to our house during the day for one-on-one ministry with families (there was no where else available). They just had such a burning desire to see as many people as possible reached and touched. People could see that and wanted to know what was the fire behind their passion.

Thirdly, love was always their agenda. They were ready to give up things other people would consider more important to just spend time with God's people. Each individual was like gold to them; even if are yet to be introduced. All they wanted to do was GIVE GIVE GIVE of their precious time, effort and money.

Fourthly and most importantly, they had such a DEEP COMMUNION with God. They could hear the voice of God so clearly; what an impression it made in me! They would lay hands on people for two seconds, download from heaven speak into their lives, telling them certain things from the past, current situations that they are facing then prophesy on their future. Not only that, they would simply look at a picture of a person and immediately, God would begin to speak through them. Obviously, with the anointing and presence of God comes signs and wonders so people were being healed and made whole. Time and time again, I was just amazed during our ministry just mightily God used them. By the end of the week, I was speechless. I now crave for that same intimacy. They are truly friends of God, who commune with Him every second.

More than the heat of summer, I pray that I make more of a lasting impression on people and I know that its only possible through God's power. I, no longer just want only 10 words of knowledge or visions from God daily but I desire for a non-stop communion that is completely unbroken. That, in the busyness of life, whether I'm in church or shopping or playing sports or driving the car or relaxing at home, I'm aware of God and availing myself to Him. Whether I'm with my family or with the worshipnet or with my uni mates, I am talking to God and He is talking to me. Whether I am on holidays or during uni or working, I never stop sharing life with God. This way, I will be more like Him and I can honestly say that its no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me.
Cant wait to hear all that has been going with you girls!
Love you girls! Miss you too!

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DID YOU KNOW?

Friday, January 30, 2009 by anne

DID YOU KNOW that during this time of food & festivities -In Afghanistan, children as young as 8 years old are being given away in marriage for the bride price to keep families from starving. According to Starvation.net, someone dies on our planet every other second to AIDs, starvation or waterborne diseases—eighty-five percent are children. 20% of children in Niger, Africa will die before they reach the age of five.

Let us think beyond to our brothers and sisters around the nations and remind ourselves of how shockingly blessed we indeed are! While many complain about the heat wave that we currently face - think of the comfort we have knowing that at any time, we can buy a cold drink, have a cold shower, put the air-con on, etc. - Then let your imagination take you to the nations.

DID YOU KNOW 40,000 children die every day worldwide to starvation and pestilence. India and Africa combined are burdened with ninety percent of this sad figure. The rest are spread over Latin American countries. Fifteen million children die every year worldwide.... did you know?

DID YOU KNOW the reason why we were so blessed to be born in our current circumstances is to bless all the families of the earth? [Gen.12:3] "& inYOU all the families of the earth shall be blessed"

DID YOU KNOW giving to the poor, clothing the naked, giving water to children, loving the orphans are COMMANDS by the Lord Jesus Christ and not just optional extras when we feel extra generous? "...Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?" - Isa.58:7 [NIV] I finish my fast today at lunch time. When I break fast, I am guaranteed good food, refreshing drink and satisfaction. I am mindful that countless multitudes are stricken with involuntary fasting - when will they break their fast? When the world arises, starting with the Church of Christ - to be the blessing that we were so blessed to receive first. [Gen.12:3]

This photo by Kevin Carter won the “Pulitzer Prize” in 1994 and became a symbol of the Sudan famine at the time. The picture depicts stricken girl crawling towards an United Nations camp, located a kilometer away. The vulture is waiting for the child to die so that it can eat her. This picture shocked the whole world. No one -including the photographer- knows what happened to the child.


In this year of INCREASE -
be moved to meet the needs of those who LACK.

The next time you're hot & thirsty, remember these words:
"But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life"
- Jesus. [Jn.4:14]

Use that water within you to refresh a soul today.

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