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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:46 PM
Interesting e-mail.
I've got this off my email, sent by my uncle.
About Rick Warren (REMEMBER HE WROTE-PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE)
You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having "wealth" from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren,
"Purpose Driven Life " author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:
People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort.
God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.
And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems.
If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness,"which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her.
It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.
Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.
It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.
So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.
Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.
We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?
Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
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Friday, January 11, 2008 1:41 PM
大家好!
Hey haha I can type chinese so cool! oh well. you peeps probably know how to do it since dinosaurs roam the earth, but still cool, 我喜欢讲华语。
Haven been posting much photos lately due to me not having photoshop no longer to edit my photos. but Hey I discover this pretty cool free photo-editing software called GIMP. Praise God for open source programs.
Thank God for W382, I have never fail to feel at home whenever I return to SG. A bunch of wonderful brothers and sister whom I consider family. Ever so loving, ever so caring. Truely they have brighten up my days.

A year has passed since I last seen them and wow, indeed God has done many great works in the cell group. They have grown so much!! Its so encouraging to see them mature in Christ. Of course not forgetting the wonderful leader Calvin who's leading them.
"How do you lead such a huge group of youth and still develop such a close relationship with each and everyone of them?" I asked.
"God and love" what a simple yet profound answer from Guru Calvin.
How can I miss out the simply fabulous group from brissie who's back in SG with me,

Lifegroup at Jasmine's ChinaTown. There's soo many of you that I feel I'm still in brisbane.
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Monday, January 7, 2008 1:59 PM
One more week.
So fast so fast with an twinkle of an eye, my holidays in Singapore will be coming to an end. Regrets, I din manage to meet up with all my friends but then its all well. Next time ba next time.
Activities for the last week in Singapore has been fully planned out, felt so organised for once :) Oh yeah I finally finish that Henry Cloud book on "The complete guide to boundaries" I don't recommend reading that, the lousy writer likes to beat around the bush with the same point over and over again. sigh. I felt my time so wasted...
Ok to all the SGnians treasure me while you can haha. To all the Brisbanenites I'm coming back sit tight :)
Weee. I love my life!
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Friday, January 4, 2008 2:55 PM
My destiny
Did a tickle test, and guess what..
Li, your destiny is to be a Performer
Whether you know it or not, this is the role that is most in tune with who you are at your core. As a Performer, people are stimulated by your talkative, friendly, entertaining manner and love your generous, comical, and uninhibited way. With your outgoing, impulsive, and positive nature, you can't help but be uplifting to those around you because you are constantly showing them that loving life is productive and necessary. You are always attracted to new ideas, fashions and trends, and fascinated by the possibilities that each represent. You probably listen to your senses before making decisions, but because you are generally eager to experience all that life has to offer, you should pay even closer attention. You may have a tendency to be overly self-indulgent and this could be harmful to you and the people you love. Remember that your charming social gifts can help you go far.
Mmmmmmm... do you think its accurate?
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Monday, December 31, 2007 12:31 PM
Singapore Beee Zeee
Oh man. It has been a long time since I've been tat busy, not a moment to slack besides the 8 beauty sleep hee..
Well, its been great, a year of not stepping on the sunny island, now that I'm back, its a totally different feeling, Singapore... actually I quite like it here.
Till I've got more time, see yaz.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:08 AM
Back in singapore
wOAh the fligh was dots. 3 back to back movies from "No reservation" to "Chuck and Larry" to "The invasion" leaves my eyes blood-shot. One thing that keeps me awake among all these is the consistent doses of Singlish the air-steward uses that never fail to amuse me. "Can you pass me the beef lice" haha still amuses.
Plans?
-Meet up with all my mates. (
Make your appointment today based on first come first serve basis)
-Feed myself fat with all the food!
-Download all my sermon podcast so I need not waste my bandwidth back in brissie.
-Get contacts for the next year :)
-Replace my lens
-Buy new clothes
-Buy a pair of running shoes
-Fix my sistas com
-Watch movie
-Settle my NS stuff
-Attend Hope Singapore at least once
-MMMMMMMmmmm what else do I wanna do...
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Friday, December 21, 2007 10:44 AM