Gambling.... YOU BET, I BET, WE BET...

so there.. ppl be wise in what u type. it shows how wise or unwise u are...

anyways, i need to force myself to reflect. i begin to see how it's a 'discipline'.

how much am i willing to forgo for the sake of The Christ? Xinyi coming back from aussie, wow, so much reflections. of all places, she says in aussie, Christians are really persecuted. there is actually a cost involved to say u are a christian.

and could it be that our inaction as individual christians and corporately reflect our convictions? too many christians are stuck in this "know more than u do" syndrome. why is it we are the most significant grp of ppl who don't do what we know?

action action action.

christianity has alot of action involved.

but maybe we reflect too much.

and do too little.

ironically, in doing more, we have deeper reflections. a good thing.

so Lord help us do as much as we believe.

maybe there is no cost per se to believe in Christ here in SG. officially we can reach like 20% christianity.

but hey, this is like THE time to really believe, cuz there IS freedom. i'm not really into academic debates how little freedom there is here, but yea, maybe in my bubble, i think there is. good times are blessings. bad times are blessings if we do see it as so.

..."in the good times and bad times, i'll trust in Him, He is my strong protector and shelter. Power belongs to Him, my God, and my solid rock, my heavenly Father!
my hope it comes from God alone, in Him will i depend. His constant love will be my protection, i will never be shaken..."

song for SUPA camp this year. Solid rock was the theme, and this simple song with its actions is so ministering.

Kidz camp ministers so much

in the simplicity God is profound.

amazing thing that SUPA camp does is that it doesnt bother to dumb down the bible for the kids. they have to read and memorise ESV. thats solid stuff. but they contextualise they lesson so that they are engaged and they remember.

Maybe thats mission? Engaging, Contextualising so they will remember the Christ.
imagine preaching gospel using Santa Claus?

a mentor figure of mine did. MT says he only knows Christ and the bible. so contextualise. tell them what is true from what is familiar to them.

imagine in a mission field where that culture sacrifices pigs to the deities. imagine a missionary using that to explain Christ the sacrifice. Taboo? maybe? to Jews and Muslims definitely.
but what if Christ is preached? we don't know the work that The Sovereign can do.

so maybe, just maybe, pushing down stuff like "cuz the bible said so" doesnt make sense.

contextualising takes very much a whole lot of effort. it involves u knowing the bible.

but hey, it's high time for some action too.

all these ideas we always moot, never come to pass, cuz no one dares to step up and do it.

we end up focussing on admin stuff and managing ppl and church, rather than engaging.

oh well.

action + faith + The Word.

move on.

my buddy has been rebuking much about it for quite some time. years. "it's not what u think u can do, but what u can really offer and do."

only God can empower me.

Christabel, my co leader from SU youth camp was reflecting to me abt how during the ropes course, we were like shaking like jelly, but we still had to take that step. so faith comes as i step out

not juz praying bout it, highly necessary as that is.

God help us.