first week at work
God will complete the work, even if it’s not in my way, because He who starts will bring it to completion!
First week at RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland)
2 Pantries – Coffee is essential, what’s more tempting is it’s limitless supply
1 Oreo a day keeps you awake!
Unhealthy lunches and sinful indulgence in Mcdonald’s $2.50 meal as influenced by Tan Yi Zhi
A whole fridge overflowing with Cokes and Green Tea
My job scope is enlarging and it’s getting stressful…
Stressful?
The first week helped me to know myself better…
I am thankful that God has placed me in a flexible and friendly team…
I was under the pressure given by myself to perform well and to make sure there wasn’t any screwups… I guess that’s the part of me even in my life and ministry that I try hard to fill in the voids of uncertainty that God has left to be rooms for faith and trust. I was kind of disappointed with myself as I kinda made a mistake in my work and it was such a simple job. I guess afterall, administrative work might not work. Not really an office boy, but rather doing backoffice work such as reconcilation and more. After drafting out my responsibilies, I realised that I have at least 6 files to clear daily other than emails. Man I am still excited by the fact of having my own desk, with my own 2 screen computer, and the only intern to have a Mug for Coffee!
I was determined to build strong spiritual habits and dependence during this internship period, starting and ending my day in honour of God. Well it was a breakthrough for me! No more lateness but the morning worship definitely lifted up my spirit and joy in completing the day with Jesus.
I got to say a week back, I was grateful and thankful by how far my Ministry has moved in quality. We have seen a change, from the spirit of self-centeredness to love, from responsibilities to desires, from getting over and done with to vision and conviction. From 4 to 7 to 9!
BUT, right now I am feeling super UNCONTENDED BECAUSE 9 IS SERIOUSLY TOO SMALL!
1 more week, begining my fast to see a breakthrough in my life and ministry. 15!
I need God to maximize my time!
anything everything
Filed under: Learnings, Ministry, Personal | Leave a Comment
sip
don’t be late
don’t be late
don’t be late
don’t be late
don’t be late
DON”T BE LATE!!!
Filed under: Personal | Leave a Comment
taken from perrynoble.com
#1 – He refuses to admit his mistakes.
#2 – He begins to blame the problems on people or circumstances rather than actually seeking out what the problem might be.
#3 – He refuses to listen to the team assembled around him.
#4 – He fights every idea that isn’t his own, thinking his originality is what must keep the church afloat.
#5 – He refuses to face reality.
#6 – He is unwilling to make the necessary changes because it would be highly unpopular.
#7 – He tries to listen to what everyone has to say about every situation.
#8 – He begins to believe that God’s favor on his life is because of how good he is rather than because of how good God is!
#9 – He believes that he can’t learn anything from churches that are smaller than his. (This would be arrogance!)
#10 – He abuses his staff to accomplish his agenda rather than leading them to accomplish God’s.
#11 – He fears asking for commitment because of how people may perceive him.
#12 – He becomes obsessed with the way things are rather than how they should be.
#13 – He views himself as an expert.
#14 – He tries to motivate with fear rather than vision.
#15 – He doesn’t seek fresh revelation from God and often goes back to what has been done instead of seeking direction for what has never been done.
#16 – He stops taking risks and becomes obsessed with playing it safe.
Filed under: Learnings | Leave a Comment
i am a fat man
lol i got to admit, yea i am fat.. but still secured because God loves fat people….
it’s finally over!
time to give thanks!
thank you God for your faithfulness, in times when i bury my head into the books and leaving you aside, you still stood by me
thank you God for being patient, times of inconsistencies, yet you still provided…
thank you for refreshing me today when i worshipped you, it made my entire day…
thank you for giving me wisdom, especially when you are reading countless lines of codes… you will need it
thank you for reminding me and assuring me when my codes went wrong 30 mins before the actual presentation…
thank you for trading the nervousness for peace…
thank you for reminding me not to be afraid, there are hundreds of verses for me to claim…
thank you for growing me, as i slowly discovered it in this period of doing this project, an awesome plan that reveals so many things, got to chew on it…
thank you for opening up a door for business in getting a cheap supplier for the jerseys
thank you for placing great people in my life to spur me on
thank you for sustaining me when I had only 3 hours of slp for several days (a lesson learnt, depend more on the HS than coffee to keep you awake, coffee seems to have a laxative effect, maybe I had too much…)
lastly, thank you for revealing to me its never about me…
thank you so much!
well done team!
need a spiritual retreat, and got to start exercising man…
a shock discovery that i’m 175.5cm and not 178cm.. man my BMI was deceiving me all along… need to run more jump more kick more
getaway
Filed under: Learnings, Personal | Leave a Comment
club vs country
I managed to catch a glimpse of england vs slovenia and apparently after 30 plus mins I fell asleep.
With a star-studded squad, players drawing the highest salary, icons and captains of their clubs, slovenia was still playing better football (at least for the 30 mins that I watched).
Awkward build-up of play, misplaced passes, occassional display of individual skills (S.Wright Philip, Beckham is in danger), it was obvious that the players were not as comfortable as playing for the club and its understandable.
Spending time weekly to challenge in several competitions, playing at least 38 matches a year, as compared to challenging only a trophy and are being called together less 20 matches?
It’s random, but the thought came to me…
“Is my group a Club or Country?”
“Is there dynamics?”
Being in a Country is like serving at the Church level, Kingdom level because we all have the same identity…
Who says soccer isn’t educational, at least not for me lol…
In any team, there should not be any singled out individuals, team’s dynamics vs individual potential, it will kill off the rest’s potential…
I was just thinking, that as leaders, our people look up to us, observe us and through us, they see a bite-size reflection of God, say 1/1000000000, lol but if we don’t reflect well this bit, I guess they won’t be interested in (1 – 1/1000000000).
lead with examples
Filed under: Learnings, Personal | Leave a Comment
tough vs tender
it just hit me again on the topic of tough and tender love which needs to be balanced…
gen y, will tough love no longer work? i am talking about our members who are gen y.
the focus centered around their own emotions is increasing, that sometimes they might not notice that the word “love” is behind “tough love”, all they see is “tough”. The emotional part of them clouds their clarity in seeing the reasons for hard truths at times.
Is moving away from tough love to win them, even after they are won = feeding their emotional side?
but what if tough love always discourages? will the soft approach induce them to become more emotional as the mindset of not hurting them will always be there. Are we being dragged by this shift in culture?
again we should always play both the father and mother role, balanced.
i might not make sense after slping only 6 hours for the past 2 days.
Filed under: Learnings | Leave a Comment
getaway
looking forward to the end of my major project?
with my attachment following the week after?
looking forward to the end of my attachment?
woah that will be half a year later!
the only thing i can look forward to is my daily devotional time with you =)
and that’s more than enough to put a smile on for the the road ahead, excitement? fear? doubts?
faith
Filed under: Personal | Leave a Comment
-
voices
