This relatively unknown pastor speaking about the topic of life on purpose. I wonder how he got himself a slot at TED. Good job with a great life on purpose.

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Hint to how to make your children’s church exciting?

Michael Jackson lived up to 50.  Hmm, I may only have over 10 more years
Farrah Fawcett lived up to 62…. ahhh maybe I get another 12 more years after that.
But Anthony Yeo died at 60,  so perhaps I have 2 years lesser.

As I think upon these people and the legacy they leave behind, I realise our time is short and the choices we make within these short time, determines how we live. It isn’t about how long we live but whether if we have decided and then started to live.

When God gave us the Great Commission, he gave us the greatest mission and the highest dream or venture possible. It is at a scale greater than Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, celebrities, kings and presidents or any world changers in that matter. So as God’s chosen ones, we are to set our heart on the highest dream that God has placed in us and then spend the rest of our time whether it is 10 or 20 or 40 years to live it out. It’s scary but that’s what ‘purpose’ is all about, to scare us into not  waiting for life to happen but to make life happen.

Time, resources and talent has already been given and for us to take. Let’s not waste it.

Tips:
1) Are you living by a set of values? If not, set that set of values to live by.
2) Are you living for things or are things living for you? Define your highest dream or calling, so that your time, talents and resources aren’t just consumed but are used for that purpose greater than yourself.
3) Have you started to try rollerblading or the things you always wanted to do?
4) Have you left ever left comment on my blog? If not, do it at least once, start now.

Ever sad, discouraged and doubt that the work you don’t mount to anything in the Kingdom of God? I did just this morning. I was irritated, troubled and had strange thoughts up there. Then the Lord encouraged me. He said “Wake up and get your act together”, so I woke up with that rebuke and got my act together.

There’s something about what they teach you in school or sunday school that is so wrong. School teaches you a lesson and then gives you a test at the end of the year. Life on the other hand gives you a test and then a lesson at the end of it. We have to change the way we do school and church.

That’s why we should believe in getting comfortable with mess, with discipline, discipleship and in being involved life.

I use my mouth too much. This week, I’m learning what to do with my hands and feet when I teach.

1) Use my hands to gesture, signal and as a prop! Not only does it enhance communication, it is also fun and serves as a good cue to guide me when I teach.

2) Use my feet to walk on stage purposefully. Think of myself as a Flash based website rather than a static one cos kids just love the former much much more than the latter.

3 more days before our kids come back from Sydney. Missing them so much. The past few times of meeting and catching up with people, young and old, I can’t help to think that soon I’ll be catching up with these 3 little ones.

Their one week home quarantine is going to be bad for school but good for some catching up.

I rest knowing

“I’m God’s beloved and I’m in His love and I’m directed by His love always”

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Co-preaching 5 services with Ps Jeff isn’t a walk in the park, it’s an endurance race. The first 4 was okay but the last one was so tough going that i can’t recall what happened.

There are 8 things I learned

1. Connection with the congregation is key
2. Quality is better than quantity
3. The nervous energy is a very useful thing
4. There’s no failure like success
5. Believe the Lord’s work is done regardless of how we feel
6. Content (or the Word) is king
7. Chemistry with co-preacher ensures speaking with one voice

And finally 8. Following Ps Jeff means ’staying in church’ longer than everyone else….. which is really not a bad thing.