The New Beginning

Hey guys,


this is the first post of the year 2009 and first up, I would like to wish happy new year to one and all! 2008 has been a good year for us, regardless of whatever setbacks that we've faced. There were good and bad times but in the end, we'll grow out of it into stronger people. Look at Refresh 3.0. For me, even though I missed the majority of the camp, it was definitely better than 1.0 and 2.0. I saw people bonding and worship together with one heart and one voice. Although the strings kind of loosened after the camp, the youth service resumed back to a weekly basis from September but yes, it's officially dead. Actually, it was re-transformed into Youth Worship which will debut on Sunday of the 2nd week of January. For those who've been for the pre-service on the last Sunday of the year 2008, Pastor Vincent prompted a question on how we want to worship God in this new sanctuary. Whether it's through dancing, jumping or singing your hearts out, let the focus be onto God for worship doesn't only happen on Sunday mornings or the weekends. It can happen anytime, anywhere. Remember the two focus: Youth Worship and Newton Youth Club. Both are platforms and opportunities to bring in new and lost friends so guys and girls, let's seize the day. As for 2008, whatever's in the past, stay in the past. We've passed 2008 and now we have 2009 to deal with. But the whole ordeal is just to leave it to God with faithful hearts as we seek to glorify His name. To conclude this post, I would like to quote Stephen Christian as what he said kind of make sense for a new beginning:

"We will all come to the point in our life where we have to admit that we feel defeated, that something has conquered us. We must change, not because we want to, but because we desperately have to. We can not take life in its current suffocating state, even to admit such desperation shows that we are feeling deserted, wandering the barren desert, a shell of our former selves. It is only up from here, it is impossible to sink any lower into ourselves or our circumstances. But we can be salvaged, a deliverance. No vice can stand, no fix can take. The thorn in the side can be removed, but you have to be willing to admit and surrender. Surrender your habits, your lifestyle, your past, your present, and your future. This is your new surrender. The new surrender. New Surrender."