Travis - Closer

I've had enough of this parade.
I'm thinking of the words to say.
We open up unfinished parts,
Broken up, it's only love.

And when I see you then I know it will be next to me
And when I need you then I know you will be there with me
I'll never leave you...

Just need to get closer, closer,
Lean on me now,
Lean on me now,
closer, closer,
Lean on me now,
Lean on me now.

Keep waking up (waking up), without you here (without you here).
Another day (another day), another year (another year).
I seek the truth (seek the truth), we set apart (we set apart)
Second glance, a second chance.

And when I see you then I know it will be next to me
And when I need you then I know you will be there with me
I'll never leave you...

Just need to get closer, closer,
Lean on me now,
Lean on me now,
closer, closer,
Lean on me now,
Lean on me now (lean on me now).

And when I see you then I know it will be next to me
And when I need you then I know you will be there with me
I'll never leave you... just need to get...

Just need to get closer, closer,
Lean on me now,
Lean on me now,
closer, closer,
Lean on me now,
Lean on me now (lean on me now).

closer, closer... closer, closer.

the most courageous thing one can ever do is to love.

More

Lord unveil Your face
As I worship You
Reveal Your majesty
Touch my heart anew

Lord unveil my eyes
To see Your glorious truths
The love You give so free
Has drawn my heart to You

I can't help but love You more
When more and more I see
How much I mean to You
Jesus
I can't help but want You more
When more and more I see
Your goodness unto me
I fall in love with You more and more

© 2004 New Creation Church

Living Word

Living Word You came
Speaking hope into my world
You change me

Living Truth You are
Light and glory to my soul
You fill me

I will not trust my arm of strength
Upon Your Word I stand

Jesus Your Grace has raised me up
Jesus Your Truth has set me free
To worship and adore You Lord
For all You are to me

I trust in You, abide in You
My hope, my strength

© 2007 New Creation Church

the letter

so it came. finally.

been expecting it for a week or so, but when edmund forwarded keat's sms about checking my enlistment date on that 1800 number, i just had to call. it didnt work for me, but edmund managed to procure information. then when i went home later, it finally arrived in the mail.

11 jan. if you want to buy 4d, buy sth like 1118 ok? but if got prize remember your source hor.

i'm going into school 1. so far, i've found 2 other people from school who are in the same school and day as me, but i'm hoping for more. still, if that doesn't happen, at least i'll get to make more new friends!

Shout Your Praise

Greater than this world that says
That I'm not worth much today
Is Your blood that washed my sins away

Higher than the signs that tell
Me of how much I fell
Is Your word declaring
You've lifted me up

So I, I believe
And I, I put my faith in You

Jesus all my worth is found in You
Lord I reign in this life
'Cos You have bought me with the highest price
Now in Your righteousness, Lord
I will stand
To shout Your praise
Lord, I shout Your praise

© 2007 New Creation Church

today, i realised once again, how blessed i am. having parents who really love me, and love me deeply; a PapaGod who loves me so much that He promises to never leave me nor forsake me; and a Saviour who is so mighty and loving to save.

and you know what? here's the best thing. this is all in spite of me. it's not because i've done anything to deserve it, but entirely by His grace. it's times like these that i feel so overwhelmed, that i just lift my hands in thanksgiving.

so what could i say?
what could i do?
but offer this heart, o God,
completely to You.

Yeshua - the great I Am of my life.

I See Grace - New Creation Church's Latest Live Worship Album

finally, finally, New Creation Church's latest live worship album is out!

Entitled "I See Grace", it comprises 10 tracks all composed between 2006-2007, and is a wonderful collection of beautifully written hymns to our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. get it today and be richly blessed by these songs which tell of His perfect, detailed, magnificent love for you!

Discography:

1. Lavish
2. Saved My Soul
3. You're The Same
4. In You I Live
5. Yours Forever
6. The One Thing
7. I See Grace
8. I Stand In Worship
9. You Are My Lord
10. Only You
11. Rejoice O Israel

boy do i sound like an ad or what. but i've gotten my copy, and i'm enjoying listening to it very, very much.

hey blog,

it's been a while. haven't had the time or the mood to blog, since we're moving into the mugging monsoon season. the entire atmosphere smells of muggers. me? i guess i've been caught up in it too as well i guess, and to be honest, i haven't been this hardworking since, well.... since. i guess when your prelims grades don't make for nice reading (although everyone says that, unless you're a AAAAA student la... then again, if you get my kinda results... but i digress. suffice to say that i'm underperforming, though i'm not the worst), you really wake up and start to do what you should've been doing for the larger part of the past 2 years. but as i always say, shoulda, woulda, coulda, but didnt. still, i can't complain much about my prelim grades, given the amount of effort i did put in. my only concern now is whether i can do as much as i need to within this month or so.

but, surprisingly, i'm actually enjoying each day i'm mugging. i thought i'd be burned out real quick, but after this past crazy week (and believe me, it has been crazy), i'm still standing pretty alright. it's definitely the Lord who's given me the strength and willingness to do. after all, studying is my calling for now, and it's the least i can do to honour the one who bled and died for me, and who holds the breath of my life in His hand. He's still the one who's mighty to save.

Say So

What does it mean to be saved?
Isn't it more than just a prayer to pray?
More than just a way to heaven?

What does it mean to be His?
To be formed in his likeness?
Know that we have a purpose.

To be salt and light in the world
in the world
To be salt and light in the world

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, say so, say so!

Oh that the church would arise
So that we would see with Jesus' eyes
We could show the world heaven

Show what it means to be His
To be formed in his likeness
Show them they have a purpose

To be salt and light in the world, in the world
To be salt and light in the world
To be salt and light in the world, in the world
To be salt and light in the world

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, say so, say so!

I am redeemed, I am redeemed
I am redeemed, I am redeemed
I am redeemed, I am redeemed

To be salt and light in the world in the world
To be salt and light in the world
To be salt and light in the world, in the world
To be salt and light in the world
To be salt and light in the world, in the world,in the world, in the world, in the world!

Let the redeemed of the Lord rise up!
Let the redeemed of the Lord rise up!
Let the redeemed of the Lord rise up, rise up, rise up!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, say so, say so!

I am redeemed, I am redeemed
I am redeemed, I am redeemed
I am redeemed, I am redeemed

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, say so, say so!

ahh...fantasise

you know the starting part where everyone chants, "summer. summer. summer"?

i really feel like doing this at the end of the last paper for prelims and a levels.

then this is the first song i'll listen to =P

but now, back to stats first..
*fantasising*
do not disturb.

Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

needed to remind myself.

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


Saviour
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

© Hillsong Publishing 2006

stand still, and see the Salvation of the Lord.

You're The Same

Yesterday, today
Forever You're the same
Jesus Your love
Will never ever change

You are here with me
Watching over me
Day after day
You are my hiding place

You calm the storms
You raise the dead
You cause the blind to see
The lame to walk again
Yesterday, today
Forever You're the same

You walk with me
You talk with me
You're pleased to hear my voice
Each time I sing Your praise
Forever You are the same

© 2007 New Creation Church

for whatever reason, the headache i went to sleep with last night refused to let me go. i'd tried reading the Word, confession of faith for my healing, and to even just simply pray. but the healing didn't manifest yet. so i went to sleep anyway, and praise God, i had a great night of sleep.

but come morning, mr migraine was back again. now it had really started to bug me. but, i did what i do best to it. just dao. but somehow when i was asleep it seemed to have made a pact with my nose to keep secreting mucus to remind me that i wasn't well, to try and detract me from the simple truth that i am the healed by Jesus' stripes.

so on i went to school, having those 2 compounded by a niggling throat, who decided that "three's a crowd" was utter crap. so i was blowing my nose, having throbbing veins in my head and trying to clear my throat every 5 mins or so.

then, during bio lecture, this revelation just dawned on me.

"so who cares what he thinks? i thought it's Jesus said one."

a simple truth like that suddenly gave me the strength to completely dao the pain. up till then i was trying very hard, maybe too hard, that i was actually giving it more attention. hmm. sounds familiar.

it didn't help that in the afternoon, we had to do a math mock prelim paper (i wonder if they'll call our prelim paper a "mock a-level paper"?). before that, i had been doing chem questions for 2 hours straight, and my head felt pretty stiff, replacing that horrible migraine, but still feeling quite bad nontheless. i remember spacing out at least 3 times during the paper, but still came back to attempting the few questions i actually understood what they were asking about.

isn't it funny how the more you think, the more convoluted your thinking becomes, and the worse you do for math? that's how i feel anyway.

so, after the paper, i felt....tired. disappointment in math hardly comes nowadays, since one can only improve or maintain. a U. (hey don't laugh, most of our cohort failed). i'm actually pretty happy about this paper though, but of course it doesn't mean i'll get an A. maybe perhaps, just maybe, possibly, a D? :)

anyway, when i found out we were having dinner with my aunt and cousins, i wonder if it'd make me more tired or more exhausted. they were at my place to watch the guy who was fixing the air-conditioners at home; 3 of them broke down simultaneously lol.

dinner was a very enjoyable affair. it started off with meeting carl at the eating outlet, and it turns out that he reached the exact same place before me; even though we left school at the same time, he by bus, me by car. still, we had to pick up the kids, so...

dinner with the kids was fun, as always. it's times like these that i am reminded how blessed i am; to have three little cousins to play with, to be able to watch over them like a Big Brother (though i never had one myself). i'm really fond of them; they're the closest i have to siblings.

but wait, here comes the best part.

after we came home (after ice creams at mannoners after dinner), i only realised in the shower:

my headache was gone!




not only did He touch that little symptom, but He made the process of healing thoroughly enjoyable.

thank You Jesus. :)

Hillsong - Here In My Life

I have never walked on water
Felt the waves beneath my feet but
At Your Word Lord
I receive Your
Faith to walk on oceans still

And I remember
How You found me
In the very same place
All my failings
Surely would have drowned me
Still You made a way


You are my freedom
Jesus You're the reason
I'm kneeling again at Your throne
Where would I be without You
Here in my life
Here in my life


You have said that
All the heavens sing for joy
At one who finds the
Way to freedom
Truth of Jesus
Brought from death into His life

And I remember how You saw me
Through the eyes of Your grace
I know the cost was
Your Beloved for me
Still You made a way

© Hillsong Church 2007

i love the chorus.

totally by chance today, i watched blue's clues on nick.

and boy, did it bring back some memories.

i remember in p6, i used to watch it everyday after school (at 2pm too i think). and in school everyday, i'd never fail to sing almost all the songs, especially the last song (the song the guy steve sings before credits start rolling). i used to do that all the time, and was, as a result, more often than not, at the centre of attention.

how times have changed. lol. (or has it?)

anyway, just for old time's sake, here are the lyrics for the last song of every episode:

Now it's time for so long,
But we'll sing just one more song!
Thanks for doing your part,
You sure are smart!
You know, with me and you,
And my dog blue,
We can do, ANYTHING!
That we wanna do.

Only You

Jesus, You have won me with Your love
Now my heart belongs to You
You're my Saviour, my King
With You I've everything
In my life there's only You



Only You, You died to set me free
Now I'm Yours for all eternity
Only You can love me like You do
My desire, my life
Only You


Jesus, when I look into Your eyes
I know everything will be alright
Here in Your embrace
I'm humbled by Your grace
With my life I worship You

© 2007 New Creation Church