Death death death alive

I was talking with Berenice often this week. She's busy doing SYFC events, leadership camps, Nav camp and activities, Kenjitsu martial arts and lots of other stuff all at the same time. And now school is coming up next week... o.O cue horror music.

She said her POV on life has changed a bit since her few camps the last few weeks this holiday. She is seeing how temporal things are now. There are other more important eternal things to learn and worry about. Some of these include God, His word and the souls of all people (and that's why we always have witnessing as much as possible; can be done by life or by lips, to anyone near to you). I encouraged Berenice all the more. Recently my cat died. An ex-classmate of mine in sec sch 4 years ago also died in a NS Bedok camp

Quiet Time today--John16:1-15

 

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John 16:1-16
Work of the Holy Spirit

 ¹ “All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. ² They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. ³ They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. ⁴ I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, ⁵ but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶ Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things.

God's gift in the hospital

We went to the Tan Tock Seng hospital last Tuesday to visit Tresa and her dad and mum. Tresa's parents had received Christ just yesterday when my Bible leader went to pay homage and shared the gospel (of which they may have heard at Mass often) and both were eager to receive Him. So when we got an SMS that Tresa's parents received Christ, I was at a lose for words. I think Tresa may have been too.

Translation:
"There is a present, have you received it? It cannot be seen, the heart only knows.
This little present waits by you heart's door; it's been prepared for you, no one else incurs.

Chorus-Our life is short, time passes unnoticed. If you don't treasure it, chance comes to naught.
Although the gift is good, if you reject it still, how can you attain it--the gift of grace and life?

My dear brethren, have you considered? The babe in the manger is here for you.
My dear brethren, have you understood? The best gift on earth: Jesus the Son of Man! 
(repeat chorus)

Quiet Time today--John15:18-27

 

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John 15:18-27
The World Hates the Disciples

    ¹⁸ “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’^[a] If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. ²¹ They will treat you this way because of my name, for they

Queit Time today--John13:18-38

 

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John 13:18-38
Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

    ¹⁸ “I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture: ‘He who shares my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’^[a]

   ¹⁹ “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am He. ²⁰ I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”

Quiet Time today--John12:20-36

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John 12:20-36

 ²⁰And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
 ²¹The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
 ²²Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
 ²³And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
 ²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
 ²⁵He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
 ²⁶If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

Quiet Time today--John11:45-57

 

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John 11:45-57
The Plot to Kill Jesus

 ⁴⁵ Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. ⁴⁶⁴⁷ Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.    “What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs. ⁴⁸ If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”