Friday, March 13, 2009
The Word.
Zone service tomorrow 5.30pm @ T1 [not changi airport duh -.-]
Important announcement will be made.
Please don't be late and inform your followups
For those going to the zoooooo in the morning, we are meeting 8am at serangoon MRT station.
6.45am in tampines
please wear a white top
-Jessica
Monday, March 2, 2009
The Word.
Hi, I'm Paul Michael Khoo Zhixiong and here's my life story testimony. I was very different before I came to really know God. My life story starts when I was just only 14 years old, young and crazy =D. I've met the girl of my dreams, my first GF! But it all shattered a year later as she had to migrate to Australia with her family. And to add on to that, I had retained which really made me feel worse.
From that point I just completely fell apart. Is like I did not care about of my life from that on. I began to follow a so called gang, always up to mischief and doing a lot of bad things. After about 3 months after that year, I like became much more Emo, not cut arm type of Emo but just emo lol. For me at that time, the only way to let out my felling was through my blog, talking about how I don't fit in this world etc.
Okay, here's the part I will never forget, on the 3rd last day of school, some of my friends were going out to go steal bikes which I used to follow them but on that very day, I don't know why but I just felt I should stay home on that day and the min I got home I started to shed tears. If I'm not wrong it was on a Friday. After a few days later , I have this sudden urge to turn to God , so I felt that I should read the bible , and so , I started to flip through pages reading random verse in the bible . Well it was a start =D
Now this is the main part of my testimony. It has finally reached Monday and I've had just heard the news that my friends have just been caught for stealing bicycles. That day I was really shocked, I started to think on what would have happen if I had followed them that day. I feel that on that very day, God had reached out to me on that very day which was a major turning point in my life. It was the day that I actually believed in God.
Last time when I went to church was just to hang out with friends and I did not really participate in any of the church activities. From that day, I really turned to God a lot. I start to be less Emo and started to look at the brighter side of life, pushing the horizon of my hopes into the future.
My retaining in sec 2 that year was something I now say is a miracle to me. Sure I have made a lot of good new friends. But best of all is that if I did not retain that year I don't think I would be where I am right now, a very strong and dedicated Christian.
During that year, in the middle of the year, Candy was inviting people to go to her church (corner stone), 2 times she asked me to go for 2 events, and it was all maybes for me which lead me to my laziness of not going. About month later, I was playing Dota( a computer game ) =D , me and my friends were short of one player so I think someone called Jerome to play with us. That was the first time I met him, well met him online and like got to know him abit. About a month later or 2, my parents asked me, ok well forced me to go to church lol, And so I went.
That day was just too coincidental, it was like Fated I tell you! While during the service, Jerome saw me and like called me then I was like "oooh what a coincidence". Oh ya me and my parents were like sitting at where Zone 4 was sitting. Fated man! And if I did not know Jerome before that day, I might not be going to church today lol. A day later I just realized that it's the same church Candy had asked me to go 2 times. Ok I started thinking, that's just really coincidental. Then I started to think that it was a sign from God.
OK about a week later, there was another event which cornerstone was holding, "some event that had to do with mask" I think it was called "who are you or your identity". Candy asked me to go again to her church. Ok this time I was like more on to go but the only thing is I don't really know anyone there. Ok this part is a bit blur but I ended up going with Jerome to church that day. I forgot how it got there lol. That was the first time I went church for that year on my own will lol. And that day was the day where I began to be cleansed by the Holy Spirit, and few months later got baptized. Paul Michael Acts Khoo!!! Sounds soo cool but nah, hahaha.
God Has really played a great part in my life. THX GOD!!! And Thx Candy, Jerome and everyone who has been there for me, you all have really played a big part in my life!! Jesus my savior!! That's about it my life story testimony.
-Paul
Monday, February 23, 2009
The Word.
I thank God for putting me in a christian family. All my life, I have never been exposed to other religions or beliefs and have always believed that God was real. But, it was because of this that my life needed a change and a move of God in my life. Because I took things for granted and since I was young
I always believed that just believing would be enough, that I did not need to go deeper. That just knowing and believing is enough and this was why before I rededicated my life to God, I followed the crowd and did not think anything was wrong, like cursing and swearing and almost totally ignoring what a true believer should be like. So you can say I was acting like a non-believer but the only difference was that because of my upbringing, I believed in God.
Somehow, even with friends and having my life filled with a lot of fun. I just could not feel satisfied with life. No matter how much fun I had or how much fullfillment I got through various experiences. There was something missing in my life which I could not figure out what. Because I had not even realised that just believing in God was not enough and I was not truly living the life I was destined to. This continued till around the age of 16 where I was invited to events and services at Cornerstone. But even then, I continued my life and had not caught the fiery passion of God.
It was not until one service, that I was totally transformed by God. From then on I knew that I was on the right track, on the right path as my life just kept on getting better and much of the filth was slowly but surely being gotten rid off.
-Jonathan
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Word.
This week cell (21st February 2009) will be at Jessica's house 2.30pm SHARP ! If you need help getting there, please inform me.
Roster is as follows:
Word - Lijuan (still got who else)
Pnw - Jessica
Faciliator - Jonathan
Games - Jerome
Refreshment - Candy
Offering - Jonathan
Remember, don't be late ! inform your followups =)
-Jessica
Monday, February 16, 2009
The Word.
Hello. I'm here to share my testimony. Well, I am born from a Christian family but I was no different from any pai kia from the streets. Before I came to Cornerstone I was at my previous church Glory Sanctuary. In that church I was just a person with the title Christian but I didn't live up to it. I went to church did the sound and during the sermon I would go to the pantry for coffee till the sermon is about to end. I went home and still I was the same person still scolding vulgarities etc. I went church because of my friends there. Other then that church didn't really mean anything to me.
Till the time I was retained in secondary 3, that was the time I really regretted not studying. That year I experienced a lot of things for the first time, example, canning in school because of saying a vulgar word and another time for truancy. That happened during the first half of the year. My life was heading to a dangerous path, luckily I was invited to Cornerstone, I went there and I felt that it's time for a change.
After a few weeks of attending the service I finally felt God’s presence and it really caused a burning within me. First time I actually got touched by God actually. Well after that I cut all the nonsense away, all the vulgarities and the whatever. It is all by God's Grace and Mercy. All praise and glory unto Him, Jesus.
-Jerome
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Word.
Ignite and a few other related networks in Singapore will be hosting a one-night worship event with Planetshakers Band on 15 Feb (Sun), 7:30pm @ Cornerstone Community Church.
Admission is FREE!
We are expecting a full house crowd so you may want to come early. See you there!
Monday, February 9, 2009
The Word.
Testimony before & after i've known Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior
For me personally, i feel that there is a lot of opportunties in which my family would get saved. Firstly, when i was young, my mother brought me to church. She was a christian but not a christian if you get what i meant. As for my dad, he took bible study and scored a good grade. For my both sisters, they went to church before but didnt stayed and become a christian.
My whole family knows the gospel, believes that there's Jesus, but sad to say, none of them is a christian. But i believe one day they will be saved because if one is saved in the family, your whole household will be saved...
I came church about 3 years ago when I was in secondary 1. In the past, I was someone who couldn't be bothered with life, I lived my life day by day without a purpose and a plan, my mouth was full of vulgarities, I hanged out with so called ''bad companies'', I was really rude to my parents & I had a very bad attitude problem in other word (dao), I also quarrelled alot with one of my first Good friend in church whenever we talk and also many other bad points of me.
Someone brought me to church at first, it was of the wrong reason why i wanted to come and probably even stayed in church. It was not even for God, after not long when i started so called attend church i went through some problems in my life. I slowly stayed in church and I slowly begin to experience God's presence and stuff. I remembered my first altar call in cornerstone was not for receiving salvation but it was receiving the gifts to speak in tongues & my first book which i've read is the book of revelation. weird right?
God slowly cleanse my mouth from all the vulgarities, letting me know what is right and what is wrong, giving me a new life with plans and purposes & also taking away all my attitude problems which i had in the past. I could boldly say that I'm changed not by my own strength but by God's grace but still, I'm not perfect cause no one is perfect in this world.
I believe my life would not just stop here but it's just the beginning and I believe that God will continue to change me to be a better person. I am really thankful that i've came to know the Lord if not, I would not know what had become of me now. I aspire to be a counsellor to impact others and also letting them know that that's always someone who will love them no matter what and he is none other then JESUS :)
-Candy Faith
