I was very touched by my players today.
Told them to do a 3v3 AvD drill. My captain was full of running. She was so earnest and robust, she took on the whole defence on her own countless times.
Her speed, strength, and footwork has improved tremendously in just over one month. I really couldn't believe it, until I saw for my own eyes!
Even my DM has improved a lot. You look at the way they cheong you know. There was fire in her running. They want to score.
My DC came despite the doc telling her that she has a loose ACL. What else could I expect from her? She is risking their limbs to play!
Somehow, girls (and women) have this stubborn threshold of pain that eclispes boys (and men). They want something so badly, they just endure all pain and push on.
Respect.
I just want to thank God for inheriting this bunch of passionate players, and please bless them with your grace, don't let them get injured.
And of course, bless this team with enough players from the incoming J1 cohort so that we can send an 'A' girls team.
So that their efforts and sacrifices will not be in vain.
So that they can realise their dreams!
Hallelujah!
http://www.imeem.com/sarahgaile08/music/eLqZRl4Z/hillsongs_for_all_youve_done/
Monday, January 12, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Self-Centeredness
Psalm 10:4-15
4"In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God."
5"His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and Your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies."
6"He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble."
12"Arise, Lord! Lift up Your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless."
15"Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out."
Lord I pray for You to help me break the most wicked man that I have ever known. He who sinned of being self-centered for all his twenty seven years.
And that man is me.
4"In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God."
5"His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and Your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies."
6"He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble."
12"Arise, Lord! Lift up Your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless."
15"Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out."
Lord I pray for You to help me break the most wicked man that I have ever known. He who sinned of being self-centered for all his twenty seven years.
And that man is me.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
A Simple Story
Just heard somewhere and would like to share.
Once upon a time there was a man. He didn’t believe in God or Jesus. He would often say, “since god is so almighty and powerful, why did he come down to earth and become a mortal? Isn’t he stupid?” And so he didn’t bother to follow his wife and children to church. His wife got tired of persuading the negative him, and let him be, albeit much disappointment.
One Christmas morning his wife packed their kids in the car and drove off to service, and left him all alone in the house on a cold morning. He was cool about it, and snuggled in the cosy fireplace.
Suddenly, he heard slamming sounds on the window. Upon inspection he realized it was a flock of migratory geese caught in a storm. The geese were swept away from their flight path into the man’s house. The man was upset, and wanted to save them. He used a variety of strategies.
Strategy #1: Mass Appeal
He opened the door of his barn and fluttered his arms wildly like a mad chicken, all in the hope that those geese would fly in. They didn’t.
Strategy #2: Temptation
He placed some food as bait inside the barn. Hoping the geese would buy the trick. They didn’t.
Strategy #3: Brute Force
He picked up a large his fork and tried sweeping all of the into the barn. This only succeeded in scaring them even further. The geese just fluttered around the farm in a wild mess and none got into the barn.
The farmer was lost. He was hurt. He really wanted to save them. Suddenly he thought of a brilliant idea.
Strategy #4:
He picked up a geese which he reared, hung it over his back, and ran through the flock of wild geese. The geese saw one of their kind flying towards safety, and all followed suit into the barn! The man lay seated on the ground, witnessing the sight of the geese flying into his barn. It was then he realized why God wanted to become mortal and walked the earth with man. The man knelt down and gave thanks, and followed his wife and children to church regularly after that!
If the man hadn’t “become” a geese, the rest of the geese wouldn’t have followed him. If God didn’t become a man and suffer with man, man would never have believed Him.
God never tried to appeal to you, never tried to tempt you, never tried to force you to believe in Him. The only way used to convince us was to suffer with us by sending his most precious Son to us, for us, so that we would realize how sinful we are and how righteous He is. (Sending his Son to earth is the same as God “becoming” mortal to suffer with us, because according to John 10:30, “I and the Father are one.”)
How many times in our lives did we respect the army officer who sat down and cleaned the motorbikes with us instead of ordering us to do stuff, the teacher who came down and gave you consultation instead of forever being busy, the boss who would teach you things instead of telling you to do it and expect results?
God gave up something precious to Him for us.
Imagine the feelings of the many parents as they were leaving Tekong ferry terminal on the first day of enlistment of their precious sons. Cannot bear to leave their sons. Most would even want to suffer in the place of their sons.
But all we did was to shame, humiliate, and even slaughter Jesus in His journey to save our souls.
How would the parents, siblings, and friends feel if the PCs, PSs, and Sect Comd were to shame, humiliate, and even slaughter their sons/brothers/friends in the course of training? How would the parents of the recently beaten up SAF recruit feel?
Jesus suffered so much in the hope that we would talk to Him. In the hope that we would ask from Him all that He would gladly give us. In the hope that we would obey His plans and will for us.
Wouldn’t you just hope for someone to walk with you instead of telling what to do?
Mark 6:31
“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
Aren’t you sick of all the pain in life and its many suffering?
Romans 5:3-4
“Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”
Aren’t you tired of so much darkness?
John 8:12
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Aren’t you tired of being a negative and pessimistic person, always waiting for things to happen, not proactive, not positive in trying to achieve what you want to achieve?
Matthew 7:7
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you"
Disappointed that life does not go well for you, work, love, or health?
1 John 1:15-17
“Do not love the world or anything in the name of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world – the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does – comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desire pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.”
Lacked some encouragement, assurance, and delight in you, such that it is killing your self-esteem?
Zephaniah 3:17
“The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”
So heartbroken that you wanted to cry?
Psalm 147:3
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."
Actually, all we needed to do is to ask for forgiveness and happiness! That’s all!
Mark 11:24
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."
John 16:24
"Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete."
Because what He wants to give us is something money cannot buy.
John 16:33
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Ultimately, if we receive all that He wants to give us, the future that He promised is full of hope and light!
John 1:51
“I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Zephaniah 3:20
“At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home.”
With this I shall say a prayer for you, since it is by divine appointment that you have stumbled onto this blog entry!
Dear God,
I praise You because of how mighty and loving You are. I want to pray for whoever reads this blog entry. I pray for their well-being, and I hope you would bless them with Your grace, whether they are believers of non-believers. Even if they are non-believers, that does not disqualify them from being Your Children! Some of them might be in deep physical pain, others emotional pain. Please shower them with Your grace and blessings, heal them in Your will, and guide them towards the happiness that he or she is looking for, towards fulfilled lives and satisfaction!
And all these I pray and ask for in Jesus’s name.
Amen.
Would you like to sing this song together?
http://www.imeem.com/jubz/music/BhrAoXs_/hillsong_how_great_is_our_god/
How Great is Our God
The splendor of a King
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice
He wraps himself in Light
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end
The Godhead Three in One
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb
Name above all names
Worthy of our praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God.
Once upon a time there was a man. He didn’t believe in God or Jesus. He would often say, “since god is so almighty and powerful, why did he come down to earth and become a mortal? Isn’t he stupid?” And so he didn’t bother to follow his wife and children to church. His wife got tired of persuading the negative him, and let him be, albeit much disappointment.
One Christmas morning his wife packed their kids in the car and drove off to service, and left him all alone in the house on a cold morning. He was cool about it, and snuggled in the cosy fireplace.
Suddenly, he heard slamming sounds on the window. Upon inspection he realized it was a flock of migratory geese caught in a storm. The geese were swept away from their flight path into the man’s house. The man was upset, and wanted to save them. He used a variety of strategies.
Strategy #1: Mass Appeal
He opened the door of his barn and fluttered his arms wildly like a mad chicken, all in the hope that those geese would fly in. They didn’t.
Strategy #2: Temptation
He placed some food as bait inside the barn. Hoping the geese would buy the trick. They didn’t.
Strategy #3: Brute Force
He picked up a large his fork and tried sweeping all of the into the barn. This only succeeded in scaring them even further. The geese just fluttered around the farm in a wild mess and none got into the barn.
The farmer was lost. He was hurt. He really wanted to save them. Suddenly he thought of a brilliant idea.
Strategy #4:
He picked up a geese which he reared, hung it over his back, and ran through the flock of wild geese. The geese saw one of their kind flying towards safety, and all followed suit into the barn! The man lay seated on the ground, witnessing the sight of the geese flying into his barn. It was then he realized why God wanted to become mortal and walked the earth with man. The man knelt down and gave thanks, and followed his wife and children to church regularly after that!
If the man hadn’t “become” a geese, the rest of the geese wouldn’t have followed him. If God didn’t become a man and suffer with man, man would never have believed Him.
God never tried to appeal to you, never tried to tempt you, never tried to force you to believe in Him. The only way used to convince us was to suffer with us by sending his most precious Son to us, for us, so that we would realize how sinful we are and how righteous He is. (Sending his Son to earth is the same as God “becoming” mortal to suffer with us, because according to John 10:30, “I and the Father are one.”)
How many times in our lives did we respect the army officer who sat down and cleaned the motorbikes with us instead of ordering us to do stuff, the teacher who came down and gave you consultation instead of forever being busy, the boss who would teach you things instead of telling you to do it and expect results?
God gave up something precious to Him for us.
Imagine the feelings of the many parents as they were leaving Tekong ferry terminal on the first day of enlistment of their precious sons. Cannot bear to leave their sons. Most would even want to suffer in the place of their sons.
But all we did was to shame, humiliate, and even slaughter Jesus in His journey to save our souls.
How would the parents, siblings, and friends feel if the PCs, PSs, and Sect Comd were to shame, humiliate, and even slaughter their sons/brothers/friends in the course of training? How would the parents of the recently beaten up SAF recruit feel?
Jesus suffered so much in the hope that we would talk to Him. In the hope that we would ask from Him all that He would gladly give us. In the hope that we would obey His plans and will for us.
Wouldn’t you just hope for someone to walk with you instead of telling what to do?
Mark 6:31
“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
Aren’t you sick of all the pain in life and its many suffering?
Romans 5:3-4
“Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”
Aren’t you tired of so much darkness?
John 8:12
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Aren’t you tired of being a negative and pessimistic person, always waiting for things to happen, not proactive, not positive in trying to achieve what you want to achieve?
Matthew 7:7
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you"
Disappointed that life does not go well for you, work, love, or health?
1 John 1:15-17
“Do not love the world or anything in the name of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world – the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does – comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desire pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.”
Lacked some encouragement, assurance, and delight in you, such that it is killing your self-esteem?
Zephaniah 3:17
“The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”
So heartbroken that you wanted to cry?
Psalm 147:3
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."
Actually, all we needed to do is to ask for forgiveness and happiness! That’s all!
Mark 11:24
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."
John 16:24
"Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete."
Because what He wants to give us is something money cannot buy.
John 16:33
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Ultimately, if we receive all that He wants to give us, the future that He promised is full of hope and light!
John 1:51
“I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Zephaniah 3:20
“At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home.”
With this I shall say a prayer for you, since it is by divine appointment that you have stumbled onto this blog entry!
Dear God,
I praise You because of how mighty and loving You are. I want to pray for whoever reads this blog entry. I pray for their well-being, and I hope you would bless them with Your grace, whether they are believers of non-believers. Even if they are non-believers, that does not disqualify them from being Your Children! Some of them might be in deep physical pain, others emotional pain. Please shower them with Your grace and blessings, heal them in Your will, and guide them towards the happiness that he or she is looking for, towards fulfilled lives and satisfaction!
And all these I pray and ask for in Jesus’s name.
Amen.
Would you like to sing this song together?
http://www.imeem.com/jubz/music/BhrAoXs_/hillsong_how_great_is_our_god/
How Great is Our God
The splendor of a King
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice
He wraps himself in Light
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end
The Godhead Three in One
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb
Name above all names
Worthy of our praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God.
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