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the purpose driven life day 23 how we grow... spiritual growth is not automatic. it takes an intentional commitment. you must WANT to, DECIDE to, MAKE AN EFFORT to grow, and persist in growing. Christlikeness is the result of making Christ-like choices and depending on His Spirit to help you. change the way you think...behind everything you do is a thought. every behavious is motivated by a belief, every action is prompted by an attitude. the way you think determines the way you act. thinking about others is a mark of maturity. Christianity is not a religion or a philosophy, but a relationship and a lifestyle. the core of that lifestyle is thinking of others, like Jesus did, instead of ourselves. the end :) aniwae, everybody, i am a tp design student. because of my stupid mistake, i'm not in mass comm. but, nevermind. they'll call me only if anyone gives up their place. and i'm first on the list. but, whatever. it's ok. ...

hah! mark! you got that verse from somewhere didn't you. aside from the bible, i mean. haha. it's a really nice verse rite? isaiah 43 : 1-4 and read isaiah 43:18-19 too!

soldier, shoulder, shouger, solger, shoger, soder, shouder* -xue the purpose driven life day 19 basically, cultivate community! the end. heh. day 20 restoring broken relationships.... the main points on how to do so... 1. talk to God first! 2. take the initiative 3. sympathize with their feelings 4. confess your part of the comflict (humility) 5. attack the problem, not the person 6. emphasize reconciliation, not resolution day 21 protecting your church... 1. focus on what you have in common 2. be realistic in your expectations (ideal does not equal real) 3. encourage. not criticize 4. refuse to listen to gossip 5. support your leaders :) day 22 (did this one last night. bam! wham! smack! exactly what i needed to know) we were created to become like Christ! most of the time, the Holy Spirit's power is released in your life in quiet, unassuming ways that we are not ware of or can't feel...eg...

my mom's given the best advice so far. not that any other advice will be of any use coz i just sent np mcm an email to say that i've accepted the course. and i'm calling again tmr to confirm. my mom said smtg like.. that... it's quite clear where i should go. and there will be distractions and all that (she means design) but...yep. don't get distracted la. ahhhh. i gotta be prepared to work very hard. ok. that's not anything bad. coz you have to work hard at whatever you do anyway. the not -so-nice thing is that, i hear in year one that we study uh...philosophy? ok. actually, philosophy is ok to read and think about and..i dunno. but...if i have to write my ideas down and all that ah...die. when i write down chim stuff, i always get lost halfway...i lose focus. argh... wow. this is my future. oh yah. i DID dream last night. i dreamt that another friend of mine was scared that he would chose the wrong thing and not go where God wanted him to g...

and so, this morning. i received a call from the mass comm. dept at ngee ann poly. and guess what? they've decided to accept me. and since i submitted my blah blah everything for design and was so looking forward to it already, i declined the offer. and then my dad scolded me coz i didn't ask my parents about it first. and because i was so rash. true. and so now, i don't know what i want to do, where i want to go. more importantly, i don't know what God wants me to do, where God wants me to do. i'm so scared that if i chose one, it's the wrong one...not where God wants me to go. so how now brown cow? i have until monday to decide. oh. and, monday MORNing. i am super like...i don't know what to do. ahhh! ok. yes, i know. pray. but..ah. maybe God will give me a dream, like he did for kayhuat. and i will dream of whether i'm supposed to go to design, or mass comm. i cry out, and God hears my voice. but i don't hear His!...

my God is big so strong, so mighty there's nothing my God cannot do everybody's learning sign! ok. not everybody...but quite a few pple. whee! i was teaching rik sign like, half the way home in eugene's car. the first thing chinmei asked me when i got home was... "did eugene speed?" and she wants to scold him coz he did. heh. my God is big so strong, so mighty there's nothing my God cannot do

i've got a practical exam for sound tmr. oh man..... pray for me!!!! and pray for kathleen too!!! glory to God in the highest beautiful Jesus. my heart belongs to thee...