Rejoice Always!

2007-06-27T01:46:00.000+08:00

Winnie's JOYous News June 07 Issue 10
I'm going to Korea 29June-6July for Campus Mission 2007 Conference with 15,000 Campus Crusaders! It's going to be a magificent experience as we worship our awesome God together with one heart! Just the thought of being in the midst of people from all over the world, truly excites and touches my heart. God IS at work all over the world...and He will 'showcase' His glory @ CM2007! I am excited n count it a privilege to catch a glimpse of God's glorious work in countless individual lives...join me in prayer as I go...
My goal is to ENGAGE with God. No handphone for me, finally! I am going to fast from handphone :)
Pray that I will have a very refreshing encounter with the Lord and deeply in His Word :)

Thank you!!!

Love, Winnie JOY

2007-04-25T02:08:00.001+08:00

Join us in Prayer for NP CCC Freshmen Recruitment Drive!

We really appreciate your prayers for our Welcome Tea coming up this Thursday,
26 April :) Feel free to join us at NP Blk73-03-23 at 5.15pm :) If not, do join
us in your prayers and thoughts!

Praise and thanksgiving for NP Freshmen Recruitment thus far:
1. More than 360 Christian contacts generated so far! All our SMs and staff had
been faithfully calling up and challenging Freshmen to join us :) Response had
been pretty good! Praise God :)

2. Praise the Lord that all our 3000 Indifference CDs are fully distributed!
Yeah! No more leftovers :p Pray for all who received to be touched by the music
and God's presence!

3. We've an amazing response from pre-believers indicating that they are
interested to know more about Christ thru CCC's activities! Haha, yeah, we
counted: 270 out of the 1800 we surveyed! That's 15%! Yeah, pray that we'll
also be faithful in following up with the Non-Christians soon and invite them
for our overnight camp! We are excited to begin reaching out to International
Students in NP as the Lord brought many of them to our paths and who indicated
openness to know more! It's Harvest time!

4. Our very first Prayer Dedication Meeting combined with CF was an amazing
success :) All of us (abt 50) enjoyed praying for each other and also the
interaction had been great! Some freshmen joined us too :) One of the sch's
director, Adrian, joined us and encouraged us that seeing Christians coming to
pray for NP has been his dream and prayer all these years, it has finally
begun!

Specific Requests:
1. Welcome Tea "Flamengo". I'll be speaking at our WT on Matthew 5:14-16 about
how we are to be the light of the world :) I'll sharing stories from VT's
shooting incident to help challenge their thoughts on how we ought to live our
lives as Christians and what kind of legacy do we want to leave behind after we
die.
We are trusting God for a good turnout of 100 students. Pray that our seniors
will take initiative to welcome newcomers warmly!

2. Overnight Camp: proposal had been sent in late, pray that we'll still be
able to get rooms to use for our OC - 4-5May. Pray for good bonding with
freshmen and esp non-Christians to join us :)

3. Discipleship Group formation: praise God that our SMs had been already
forming their DGs and many are open to join us. Pray for our SMs to challenge
the freshmen well to join us and grow in our NP Movement!

"Spiritual Movements in EVERY School so that EVERY NP Student knows SOMEONE who
truly follows JESUS!"

Shining for Christ,
Winnie JOY
(On behalf of NP Team)

2007-04-19T02:07:00.000+08:00

Dear all,

Pls pray... if u haven't heard the news yet , there was a deadly shooting in Virginia Tech (VT), USA, on Monday, 16 April 07. 33 students & staff shot dead. It pains and grieves my heart. Campus students & lecturers losing their innocent lives. Through the reading of the reports on CNN, and various websites, my heart goes out to the killer. He's a South Korean, 23 yr old student. He's been staying in America since young. But he had been known to be one of strange character by most who met/knew him. I feel sad and burdened for many student who are in a foreign culture. Depression, deep loneliness and isolation can really cause tragedies to happen. I feel even more burdened to pray for the many international students in our midst/all over the world. Pls be a friend to them if you can. Pls extend a loving hand to towards them. Many are feeling lost, empty and lonely...struggling to 'fit' in to the new environment. Though we are still unsure about this Killer's motives, but I am reminded of another Campus killing incident in Monash University, Melbourne, 2002. The Killer- an International student who struggled with English n communication.

Pls pray for the grieving families of those 33 students and staff who lost their lives in VT. I know the world's praying and grieving for the lost of these students and staff, but let's not forget the grieving family of the Killer. Many must be very angry with the Killer, but he is already dead. Pray for forgiveness and healing to take place. Pray for spiritual revival to take place in all campuses around the world. Pray for Christians to be real people with real emotions who feel for the lost and broken because we believe in a real God who loves.

More info:
Full coverage: Virginia Tech shootings
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/US/Virginia_Tech_Shootings;_ylt=AiVLN_hxHOFrAtF017V4XlnZa7gF

Below from CCC International website: http://www.ccci.org/feature_stories/2007/04/tragedy-at-virginia-tech.html

Tragedy at Virginia Tech
Students and staff members respond in prayer

Updated: 18.Apr.2007

The world continues to watch with horror regarding Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech.

On campus, there is a large Campus Crusade for Christ group, nicknamed Cru. Ten staff members serve a group of more than 500 involved students.

At least 3 of the shooter's fatal victims were students involved with Cru at Virginia Tech.

Responding in Prayer

"We had a prayer meeting Monday night for our students and the students of some other organizations," says Dave Broadwell, who has worked with Cru at Virginia Tech since 1991. "Most students are shocked and numb at this point, not sure what to think and feel. I feel the same way."

The day after the shootings, the staff members agreed to spend the day in the Cru office to pray with students and talk with them.

At noon on Wednesday, the team planned to pray with other Christian groups on the drillfield--a very central place on campus, says Broadwell.

How You Can Pray

The staff team invites the watching world to join with them in prayer, depending on God.

"Please pray that amidst it all that the Lord would be glorified, families would be comforted and students would grieve appropriately," says Broadwell. "I have a feeling no one is going to know how to move on from here."

Helpful Information>>

Where is God in the Midst of Tragedy? and other questions that might help you explore issues about college, life, and what it might be like to know God

Visit the official site of the Campus Ministry for an updated blog written by a Campus Crusade staff member at Virginia Tech.

Thought-provoking and faith-inspiring articles about evil, forgiveness and suicide, sponsored by Christian Leadership Ministries, the faculty outreach and training arm of Campus Crusade for Christ

Pls pray...that's the only thing we can do. God hears us...just pray...

Grieving,
Winnie Joy -
I will still rejoice in the Lord even in such a circumstance, because I believe God's purposes will still be fulfilled and accomplished even in a tragedy like this. Pray and reflect...what is your response?

2007-03-16T00:26:00.000+08:00

Appreciate your Partnership through Prayers!!!

PrayerLetter Page 1&2

2007-03-16T00:15:00.000+08:00

Going on Mission with our Mighty Savior, who is MIGHTY TO SAVE!

I'm leaving soon for my mission trip to Thailand, with my 8-member team! Sorry for not sending my newsletter to anyone, I've been sooo busy! Haha, but I guess this Prayer Letter is more important ;) After explaining to you all about Southern Cross the other time, believe it's no longer as foreign as before, appreciate your prayers for my team and I as we trust the Lord to reach out to the China tourists in Pattaya thru distribution of evangelistic materials and also doing lotsa Prayer walking around the places we distribute. We'll also be visiting the slums areas and do special prog like skit,songs and gospel message n testimonies. Just found out that we're visiting 3 slum areas and donating water and rice as well as reaching out to about 130 adults and 50 children! Pray that we'll find our confidence and adequacy in the Lord, coz most of us are so inexperienced in reaching the Thai slum villagers. Do pray for us to unite together as a team and love one another as God loves us ;)

John 13:34-35 is my prayer for my team:
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

Mighty to Save by Hillsongs is our Mission Trip Theme Song too! Let this be our prayer to God!
Artist: Hillsong Australia
Album: Mighty To Save
Track: Mighty To Save

Everyone needs compassion
A love that's never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
A kindness of a Savior
The hope of nations
Savior
He can move the mountains
My God is Mighty to save
He is Mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as You find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything i believe in
Now i surrender

Shine your light and let the whole world see
We're singing for the glory of the risen King...Jesus

http://www.christian-lyrics.net/artist/hillsong-australia/track/mighty-to-save

Appreciate your prayers very muchie!! :)
My prayer letter can be found at http://www.sccc.org.sg/modules/paper/

2006-12-22T00:24:00.000+08:00

It's MORPHing time! METAmorphosis is back in town!
26-30 Dec 2006! Pray for the 500 conferees gathered to have an amazing life transformation as our lives be touched by the Presence of our Almighty God @ our Annual Tertiary Student Conference - Metamorphosis! This year's theme is:
Movements Everywhere - be that SOMEONE! :) who truly follows Jesus!

Lord, we welcome You to change us! Come! Spirit, come!

As I was preparing for one of the Meta training sessions: Lordship & Personal Rights - Gen12ii mission training... A song kept ringing in my head... a familiar tune... then I soon realized it's this year's Meta theme song! Hosanna by Paul Baloche! It's amazing how the Lord's preparing me... I've been feeling frustrated with myself for being slow in my preparation. But year after year, God never failed to remind us of His power in the midst of our tiredness, frustrations and inadequacies in preparing for the conference.

It's ALL about HIM, not about us.

Appreciate specific prayers:
1. God to be glorified -- when we are most satisfied in Him -- as written by a well-known author, John Piper. This phrase shall be my prayer - for all the Conferees to find our true satisfaction in God.
2. God's Word to transform our lives - by the renewing of our minds. How else can we be transformed except by God's Word who convicts our heart by the Holy Spirit?
3. God - to be made known -- there'll be workshops to train and equip the Conferees to share Christ more effectively! On 28th Dec, shall be the day where we go forth as an army of God to spread the Joy of knowing Christ personally to the hundreds and thousands in the streets of Singapore! Pls pray for us to be empowered by Holy Spirit to share God's word boldly! Amen!

Okiez... here's the theme song! So excited to share with u... it keeps ringing in my head...
Hosanna
Brenton Brown, Paul Baloche

Key: G

Verse 1:
Praise is rising, eyes are turning to You, we turn to You
Hope is stirring, hearts are yearning for You, we long for You
'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day
In Your Pres - ence all our fears are washed away, washed away

Chorus:
Ho - san - na, ho - sanna
You are the God Who saves us, worthy of all our praises
Ho - san - na, ho - sanna
Come have Your way among us
We welcome You here, Lord Jesus

Verse 2:
Hear the sound of hearts returning to You, we turn to You
In Your Kingdom broken lives are made new, You make us new
'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day
In Your Pres - ence all our fears are washed away, washed away

'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day
In Your Pres - ence all our fears are washed away,
'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day
In Your Pres - ence all our fears are washed away, washed away
(Repeat)
Ho - san - na, ho - san - na
Ho - san - na, ho - san - na

©2006 Integrity's Hosanna! Music Thankyou Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing)
All rights reserved. International copyright secured.
CCLI song #4662491
http://www.pwarchive.com/song.aspx?SongID=2666&v=1

2006-12-16T00:34:00.000+08:00

A Heart of Gratitude - Winnie's JOYous News Dec 06

2006-10-30T23:10:00.000+08:00

Jehovah Jireh, my Provider, His grace is sufficient for me!

Thank God for an amazing Sep-Oct school vacation... which was full of student planning retreats and preparations for the new semester and also the Passion Camp that really ended the holidays well :) Praise God! I've learnt much and enjoy the NP students alot all through these interaction time!

Lately, God had been teaching me to trust Him to provide. Through a simple lesson from the 5 loaves and 2 fish... I learnt at a recent Staff Conference:
1. Don't see what you don't have as important to do God's will.
2. Don't doubt what you have as insignificant to do God's will.
3. Surrender what you already have and that is sufficient for God to fulfill His vision for us.
4. Know that your God has everything to provide (even for the multitude!)

What I have all belongs to God and I gotta learn to be good steward of all that God entrusts to me... the responsibility is great... in God, all things are possible!

Movements everywhere...is it possible? The task seems immensely great! Huge! But God reminded me once again that in Him, all things are possible. Just believe! 1 Thessalonians 1 showed me that the early Christians demonstrated spirit-filled life as they depend on Holy Spirit to convict their hearts and empower them to spread God's good news everywhere! Through their lives, they testify of their faithful labor in the Lord and out of love and hope in expectancy of Christ's return! Even in trials and tribulations, we can still rejoice because the Joy of the Lord is our strength! Hallelujah :P

The Lord gives and He can choose to take away too... "The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD." Job 1:21
These few years, I've learnt to be content with what I have...it's tiring to keep striving... I'll learn to be still and trust in the Lord, be it ministry or personal life or relationships, God will provide. In Him, I trust. He who called me, is faithful to carry me through.

Enjoy some of my recent photos :) Hehe...had a hair cut recently and the aunty blew my hair straight! it's been years since I last had some straight hair.. hehe..took photos to remember :p

2006-09-26T02:14:00.000+08:00

RUN with VISION

NP CCC Vision letter... pls pray for NP as we are having an Evangelism Training Camp next week! We need your prayers and support :) Thank you!

2006-09-23T01:11:00.000+08:00

Running the Race Well

Run with Vision, Run with Perseverance and Run to WIN!

This is the theme of the Student Leaders Retreat that I've just organized for a bunch of enthusiastic and passionate NP CCC Student Leaders. In my eyes, these amazing students are hand picked and specially invited by the Lord into these series of leadership development retreats-- Poly Summit, Spiritual Multipliers Conference and SLR. Personally, I am humbled...amazed...in awe of God's amazing works in the lives of these individual students. Just a visit to these many students' blogs, amazed me. Many times, as the Lord reveals to us some things to pray for individual students, the amazing thing is how fast the Lord answers our prayers... I can't change ppl's hearts, but God can. I can't convince ppl with my words, but God's word can.

"Amazing Lord, thank You for being ever so faithful. Thank You my Lord, I really wanna give You all the glory, all the good works You've been doing in the hearts of these precious, precious children of Yours in NP. Yes, we may have a compelling vision to give our lives and time and effort for, but let us not lose focus. You are our ultimate goal - to know You and make You known - is what I live for. Help me to stay faithful to this call. I love You Lord." - Amen.

Dear NP Crusaders and staff - if you are reading this blog, allow me to welcome you. Personally, as I shared on the last night of SLR, it is not easy to share openly how I really feel but I believe in order to have authenticity and sincerity, I need to begin opening up my life to you all before I expect the same. I am reminded through Ying Kheng's msg at SMC the keys to true discipleship - Real, Revolutionary and Relationship. I really desire to have a personal friendship with each of you, I don't want to see you all as just crusaders/students, I want to be your friend. I want to be real and genuine and sincere. I hope you will too. Thank God for giving me the opportunity to serve in NP. Through the spiritual gift analysis, I am even more convinced now that God had placed me in NP for the right purpose, at the right time, and as a right person. It's hard to imagine me saying this (just 3 mths ago) but now I can say without a doubt that the Lord has placed me in NP for a purpose, to serve and love and lead all of you where the Lord shall lead us next. May our hearts expand as our vision expands... I can hear my heartbeat more and more lately... p-e-o-p-l-e... p-e-o-p-l-e...

Hehe, it's a long entry, but once again, when inspiration comes, I can't but write... hehe...hope your heart has been blessed reading it. Pls pray for me and NP CCC students and staff that we'll continue to ABIDE in God as we RUN towards our VISION together to see: Spiritual movements in EVERY school so that Every NP Student knows someone who truly follows Jesus!

2006-09-17T22:42:00.000+08:00

My beloved nephew, Baby Owen is so adorable! :)

Check out this site for his photos! very professionally taken :p
http://www.robertofalck.com/session/060823/slideshow.html

His mum is my cousin, Grace and his dad stays in New York :) aren't they a loving family?

I've been busy lately, so haven't been blogging much... but whenever i feel tired, looking at owen's photos puts a smile to my face... hope he'll do the same magic to u too... SMILE! God loves you!

2006-08-02T23:42:00.000+08:00

Project MIB Xtended!! My July Edition of Winnie's JOYous News is out!

2006-07-15T16:40:00.000+08:00

A Beary Reflection

These 2 Beary gifts are given to me as birthday gifts by some China students in NYP. 2 pre-believers, Haiyan and Lili whom I'm close with, blessed me with the very lovely cuddly loving bear, whom I named,"Guai(1) Guai(1)" -- Obedient bear... hehe...and the Bear's Diary is my latest prayer journal where I pen down my daily thoughts and reflections during my devotion time with God. It's given by a Chinese new believer and her discipler. Precious are these because they remind me of God's love and faithfulness towards reaching them for Christ!

"1 There is a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven. 2 A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.

11God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end." Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, 11

Although my heart is sadden each time I have to be seperated from precious people in my life, but I need to choose to remember that God has made everything beautiful in it's time. There is always a time to bond with people, a time to invest our lives into lives of people, whom we met as strangers and then become a dear part of our lives. Distance may test the strength of our friendship and we need to put additional effort to maintain the friendship. What made me feel so melancholic is due to the recent transitions that I need to go through. Changes after changes.

I need time to reflect before I share more thoughts in my up-coming Prayer Newsletter I hope to issue out soon. Stay tuned for my updates...

Thanks dear friends for regularly reading my sharings and encouraging me to write more. I hope as you journey along, do drop a note or comment and let me know what you are thinking and where are you in your life journey too. Life is a journey, too short to journey alone. Let's encourage each other in this path of discovery...

A thanksgiving too!! My wisdom teeth surgery was successful! Praise the Lord! Haha, I'm still alive and well ;p Thanks for praying for me...do continue to pray for speedy healing of the wound... there's a big hole in the place of where my tooth used to be...right bottom wisdom tooth. Hehe... :p

2006-06-30T13:55:00.000+08:00

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...

hehe...I shall face my wisdom tooth surgery with boldness in the Lord!

I am holding onto God's promise to be with me, even as I face pain :p

Monday, 3 July, shall mark my first wisdom tooth surgery. I dun understand why must there by wisdom tooth when it is not wise, so un-necessary and will cause pain. Haha, no one will understand. But still it is a challenge for me, one who's tolerant level for pain is quite low. I still thank God for preparing my heart to even visit the dentist and settle my wisdom tooth problem. There are often things in life that we don't want to face or deal with, but when faced with no other choice, "it's either pain now or later"... we have to accept it.

I will be taking next week's MC to spend time at home resting, spend time with my parents and hehe, of course, watch Korean VCDs... and read books :p so do wait for me to come back and continue writing in my blog!

Pray for my dear ones for courage...thanks!

Psalm 23 A Psalm of David. (From the Amplified Bible)

1THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack.

2He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters.^(A)

3He refreshes and restores my life (my self); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Him--not for my earning it, but] for His name's sake.

4Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me.

5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with ^[a]oil; my [brimming] cup runs over.

6Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place.

Haha...

2006-06-29T02:11:00.000+08:00

True Companion: "Bone of my bones"

“So when choosing a companion, look for the man who is as related to you as a brother. Look for the one with whom you can communicate without words. He is the one who knows what you are. He knows what you are going to say before the words leave your lips. He knows what is in your heart because it is in his too. You were cut off the same material. You sense things about each other as twins do. He is your brother. Undoubtedly you will face challenges and problems in life, but you will seek solutions in the same place. You will both turn to your Father.” -T.D. Jakes (The Lady, Her Lover, Her Lord)

This quote's taken from my friend, Yitinn's friend's blog..."Taken from one of the beautiful sister's blog - this is one of the best desciption of the companian that i've ever read after all these years. Amen. Amen. Amen. :)"

What is my criteria for life-long companion? This person must have a deep love and devotion to God. God must be the Number ONE, then I come next...hehe :p and then both seek the Lord together...beautiful, ideal, challenging too... hehe, but can work towards it by God's grace and leading!

2006-06-26T23:59:00.000+08:00

I'm BACK!!

Wow...amazing, I didn't know so many people tried reading my blog only to find it not updated for quite awhile. Hehe, yes, I am back! Happy? :p My original desire to begin blogging is to share my thoughts with my friends and to encourage & inspire... hehe, please be patient with me as I learn to figure out the world of blogging.

Here're some of my recent thoughts:

“If I am willing to take a step that involves many uncertainties, a deep assurance comes to me through Your Word and Your Spirit. As I keep walking, You will let me know why You led me this way…”

It takes faith to say, “Lord, I’ll go where you want me to go, I will be what You want me to be,
I’ll do what You want me to do, whatever the cost.”

“Faith is to accept closed doors in God’s will, to enter the doors that He opens, to walk one step at a time.”

– Living without Regret

These were the many wise words from the book Living without Regret that inspired me to surrender my life to the Lord and follow Him wherever He leads. Reflecting on my journey since I joined Campus Crusade for Christ as a student in 1998 till I joined staff in 2001, wow, God had been clearly so faithful in bringing me through different experiences and challenges. Dreams fulfilled and also shattered at times. I realized, that's what life is about. Ups and downs, joys and sorrows, gains and losses, celebration and grief. Let's embrace life with courage from our faithful God!

2006-03-01T22:58:00.000+08:00

Project MIB - Missions In Our Backyard - Newsletter!

2006-03-01T22:51:00.000+08:00

Project MIB - Missions In Our Backyard 20-31 March 06

Coming 20-31 March, I'll be embarking on a new project called Missions In Our Backyard! Along with 4 SP students, we are going to reach out to Mainland Chinese Nursing students who are currently studying English in NYP! Thank God for opening doors and opportunities to build relationships with them... please pray for us to have creativity to bridge the love of God to them!
Please check out my team's newsletter!

2006-03-01T00:39:00.001+08:00

First heard this song "Who am I" over the radio in Colorado... Felt God's gentle assurance
that I am simply His! I belong to Him :) The lyrics is epecially meaningful and the tune's
catchy too!

Artist:  Casting crowns
Song: Who am I lyrics

Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt,
Who am I?
That the Bright and Morning Star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wandering heart,

Not because of who I am,
But because of what You've done,
Not because of what I've done,
But because of who You are,

I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow,
A wave tossed in the ocean (ocean),
A vapor in the wind,
Still You hear me when I'm calling,
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling,
And You've told me who I am..
I am Yours.

Who am I?
That the eyes that see my sin,
Would look on me with love,
and watch me rise again,
Who am I?
That the voice that calmed the sea,
Would call out through the rain,
And calm the storm in me,

Not because of who I am,
But because of what You've done,
Not because of what I've done,
But because of who You are,

I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow,
A wave tossed in the ocean (ocean),
A vapor in the wind,
Still You hear me when I'm calling,
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling,
And You've told me who I am...
I am Yours, I am Yours.

I am Yours,
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
'Cause I am Yours,
I am Yours.

http://www.christianlyrics.circularmoney.com/castingcrownswhoamilyrics.html

2006-03-01T00:38:00.000+08:00

I love the flowers in Colorado!

2006-02-28T08:01:00.000+08:00

Wow... I am surprised! Never thought I'll one day have a blog of my own and express my thoughts to the world... I'm excited to use this tool as a form of encouragement and personal development :p