Glad that all is fine and my prayers are answered. Thank You God for all you have done for me in my life and next time I shall be extra careful. Well life has been pretty normal and boring. Vesak Day tomorrow and finally rest for me. Cohesion today and we had nasi lemak and it was quite good. Going to pc show tomorrow and maybe else where, not sure yet.
Shopping on Friday with Lt Elvin, his friend and Cpt Lee. First we had dinner at
Tiring day today as I went to run with SO, RSM and Ong. We jog to the 2.4 running route and time ourselves as we ran. It was disappointing for me as I clocked 12 min 8 sec which is short of silver. I realized that I have not been improving ever since my 1148 time. I need to work harder and train so that I got a chance to get promoted to CPL sooner than 3 months and btw as of first June I am promoted to LCP. Finally but it is quite screwed up as I am like about 5 months to ORD. But what to do, life does not agree with us and all we can do is to make the best of it and be the best we can be. When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade out of it and drink it.
Think I shall share some bible study which I have done which is on the armor of GOD from Ephesians 6:10-13 NKJV: "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. "
Shield Of Faith
The first piece of armor we take up is the shield of faith. The shield of faith quenches or extinguishes all of the fiery darts from the enemy.
"Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one." Ephesians 6:16 NKJV
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you, 5who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time." 1 Peter 1:3-5 NIV
Helmet Of Salvation
"Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." Ephesians 6:17 NIV
Considering the strategic value of our minds, God has given us the helmet of salvation to protect us from the enemy. This helmet functions by the peace of God, which is engaged when our minds are focused on God and trusting in him. Consider these verses that link God's peace to our minds:
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
3You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You." Isaiah 26:3 NKJV
The helmet, like the other pieces of armor, is dependent on our faith in God and his promises.
Breastplate Of Righteous
"Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place" Ephesians 6:14NIV
Our faith is the power link that connects our breastplate with God's infinite power. By believing in Jesus, we receive all the power and benefits of being righteous in God's sight (see below for examples). If we don't believe that we have God's righteousness, then our breastplate will be ineffective.
Our sin has an associated "spiritual nakedness" with it that repels God from us. When Adam and Eve sinned, they lost their covering of purity and became spiritually and physically naked. Their sin and nakedness separated them from fellowship with God. Since the wages of sin are death (Romans 6:23), God mercifully slaughtered an animal (s) and made clothes of skin to cover Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:21).
God's actions foreshadowed the lasting sacrifice he would make by sending Jesus to die on the cross for mankind. The blood of Christ provides atonement for our sin and clothes us with a righteousness (symbolized by a breastplate) that covers our spiritual nakedness. We can now boldly approach God's throne without fear of punishment (Romans 5:1; Hebrews 4:16).
Another important function of the breastplate of righteousness is revealed by the action of Christ's blood on our conscience. The blood of Jesus spiritually washes us clean from our sin (Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 10:22). This cleansing action removes potential "footholds" that would have caused us to be vulnerable to the devil's attacks. With the breastplate of righteousness covering us through Christ's blood, the devil has nothing in us to exploit (John 14:30)."Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth..." Ephesians 6:14 NKJV
A Christian's survival in the world requires a firm grounding in the absolute truth of the Bible. The power of truth is that it sets us free by breaking the power of the devil's lies and the deception they create (John 8:31-32). Just as with Eve in Eden, the devil downplays the consequences of sin and promotes its pleasures. Firmly rooted in the truth, we are best equipped to recognize the lies, resist the devil and do God's will.
Battle Shoes
"And your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace" Ephesians 6:15 NIV
"And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace" Ephesians 6:15 AMP
The spiritual footwear that comes from the "Gospel of Peace" gives us the firm-footed stability, promptness and readiness we'll need to face our agile adversaries. The term "Gospel of Peace" refers to the peace we have with God through Jesus: "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God" (Romans 5:1-2NIV).
Sword Of The Spirit
"Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." Ephesians 6:17NKJV
The Sword of the Spirit is a powerful weapon of spiritual warfare. The sword is formed by speaking God's word. When we use the sword properly, God's power and resources are available to us. It is the only form of offence we have and it is important as we could not just keep defending and not attacking.
Oh man I have so much that I want to blog but have been either too lazy or busy doing some other stuff to do it. Think I shall just do some updates in this entry and save those essay types for later posts.
On Friday, I was free last minute so I stayed behind at camp to asked around if anyone wanted to go have dinner and maybe to celebrate with Raimie as he is going to ORD. In the end, the only ones left were Budi, Shah, Ramdan, Raimie and I. We decided to go pack some food at Jalan Kayu and celebrate with a huge feast. Budi, Shah and I went to get the food and we bought a lot man, Indian Rojak, Mutabak, Satay, Magi Goreng, chips and drinks and went to have a great feast to celebrate Raimie’s ORD. Too bad for the others who could not join us, we had lots and lots of fun with all the eating and talking and joking. We discuss rocket science and had some magnificent display and later had some evaluation session by Prof Budiman, Doc Shah and our F1 driver. The interviewer was none other than special reporter ME!!. Lolz. Certainly a great night to remember. Guys remember to celebrate with me when I ORD too.
On Saturday, I went to Geylang with Benny, Herman and Jason to try the famous beef kuay teow, bean curd and the durians. Lets start with the beef kuay teow first, it was the best I have ever eaten and I am not kidding. The beef and so soft and tender that it almost dissolves in your mouth and with the tinge of chili in the sauce makes the whole dish simply delicious. For people who hate beef kuay teow, this will make you love it and for people who loves it like me, you won’t eat other beef kuay teow again. After that we went to try the bean curd and it was just as great. The bean curd is so soft and smooth that it could just slide down your throat when you put a spoonful into your mouth. Its simply great but it was a little too sweet for my liking though. The durian is well normal nothing much actually.
Saturday was also an eye opener as Herman brought us to walk around the red light district area. I never actually know
BS today was on the armour of god and about how we should put on each piece of armour and protect ourselves against the evil one, stand firm when under attack and also to fight back using the word of GOD. Intereting topic which makes me guilty about the lack of quiet time that I have and this makes me vulnerable and I must improve my quiet time, renew my faith each day and have the full armour of GOD all the time to be ever ready.
Had a new MP spec today and I heard it’s a new system implemented for every camp to have a MP spec. As he was the pioneer batch, his posting came as a surprised to us and right now his job scope is still not very clear. Hope that he is here to help us with the pass office, improve the discipline in our platoon which needs major revamp and also to facilitate our spot checks as an MP presence would very much boost our image. But now it remains too early to tell how it is going to be and I only wish for the best.
Sometimes I wonder what is wrong with her man. Today was her off and I am supposed to have dinner with her as she wanted to eat nasi lemak from chong pang. But when I called her, she did not picked up so I went to take a bathe and when I came out, I got 2 miss call from her and I call her back and she was like some bloody mad women ranting at me for not picking up the phone and I tried to be nice and say ok so what do want to eat and she was still harping on the fact that I did not pick up the phone and I was so frustrated that I gave up and put down the phone. See I am not like those useless bum at home who shake in their pants whenever she starts her ranting. I mean like come on man when people try to call her she never picks it up after like 10 miss calls and now she is scolding people for like missing 2 calls. SERIOUSLY WHAT THE HELL MAN. I am never giving in to such a person and she does not even realize the troubles that she caused with her attitude. She is not talking to me and neither am I going to give in. We’ll see how it goes.
BTT cleared at the first attempt. Yeah now for FTT which is on 12th july. I heard its quite tough and many tend to fail this and I hope that I can pass on first attempt too. I reached the centre at around 0830 which was very early considering that my test is at 0915 and I only had to reach at 0900. I sat there and studied while waiting for the test to start. Oh and I saw Enrique there, he was taking his bike test I think. At 0900, the staff called for all taking the test and we had to present our identification and take a piece of paper with out particulars on it with a password to our stations. I got 15 and after that we listen to some briefing. At 0915, the test start and after keying in the password, I started the test. At first I had problem going to the next question and I kept hammering at the touch screen till the guy told me to be patient and he was quite irritated. I took around 10 min to complete the test and was the first to leave the room. After which I went to print the results and to book my FTT. When I was at the counter I overheard this Indian man arguing with the counter staff over the renewing of the PDL and why it was only 6 months and stuff like that. He was quite rude and was using vulgarities. In my mind I was like thinking, such people should find out all the details before making a fuss about things and most often its their fault for not reading properly and then now want to quarrel and make a fuss and worse still using vulgarities in a public place. Can’t believe that such people do exist in this world.
When I went to deposit money today, my money got stucked in the machine and this is the first time this has happen. I called the bank and after getting some particulars and details about my transactions, they promised to bank the money in and sent an sms to inform me after that. I got the sms in the afternoon and wow luckily my money is not gone. Lolz
If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. (Lev
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Had a talk by a speaker by Choices ministry where they seek to counsel, help and heal people with homosexuality problems and struggles. In short, this session talks about what defines a homosexual, their sexual orientation, the root of the problem and finally how to relate to people around us who are facing such problems.
I guess the first thing which comes to most people’s mind when this topic is being discussed is that this is a taboo topic which no one would talk about it seriously or even treat it as a joke for due to our conservative nature, sex is a topic not widely talked about, much less a topic such as homosexuality. However this stigma that we have towards this topic can become a serious problem as in the mist of the hush and jokes, we may have unintentionally drown those among us who really faces such problems and it makes peer support and even the church sometimes an unsafe place to seek help and support for the problem. As such many people would either bite the bullet and endure this perversion and practice abstinence and try to suppress this feeling which is good at the surface but the problem still persists or worse still fall in the trap of thinking that I am born this way and there is nothing I can do to prevent so I would just carry out what I think is right and there are many out there who are available readily due to the enemy’s power and influence to further push the person deeper into sin. As Jesus say, love the sinner but hate the sin, therefore we must be open and willing to help and relate to people who have such problems and not be paranoid and have unnecessary fear for them as at the end of the day, they are humans just like us who have a problem.
From this session, I realized that there are many different types of homosexual according to how they deal with their problems. First there are the kind who know that this is wrong and they abstain from such behavior and act normal. However this kind of reaction is dangerous as it may lead to seeking of pornography and masturbation as a form of fulfilling their hunger. The root of the problem is still there. Then there is the kind who leads double lifestyles where they are married with kids but have homosexual relations outside their marriage and it is kept secret from their wives. This most often leads to the danger of STD from their promiscuous double life and when the cat is let out of the bag, it may lead to divorces which lead to broken families and having emotional strain on the kids. The third kinds are the activist who promote their form of lifestyle as good and seek to decriminalize homosexuality in countries and also to criminalize speaking against them and saying that this is wrong and is a problem ought to be solved. This is what is happening to Singapore right now where the government is considering amending section 377 of the penal code which as it is now criminalize homosexuality. However
Pro gay activist would argue that being homosexual is something natural and not a choice however many research and evidence of cases from choices ministry have shown otherwise. Homosexual behavior is not genetic but rather due problems which developed during upbringing of a child or incidents which leave scars in certain points of a person’s life. An example is when during the development of a male child for example; he needs a father to teach him during around 12 years of age to detach from his mother and how to be a man. If this is absent in a case of single parents or the father is simply to busy to spend time with the child, the problem remains till puberty and the next stage of development which is sex is confused with the early stage of need a male figure. Thus this would lead to the confusion of needing a male for sex which develops the homosexual behavior and many people just seem to have the feeling but the root of the problem here which they fail to realize is the lack of a father figure during childhood development. Another case is where in the case of a single parent family, and the mother or father is so domineering and fearful that the child develops a fear for the particular sex and generalize all sex to be like that. Therefore a male with a domineering mother would have a phobia towards females and would not seek to find intimacy in females and would turn to males instead. The last example is when a person such as a girl finds herself being cheated by a man in a relationship and makes her loses her faith in males. This would lead to a phobia for males and causes the development of homosexual behavior for females to seek solace and protection from men. From the above, we can see that homosexuality is not genetic or anything natural but what I would call forced choices by circumstances and environment. Therefore it is a problem and people need to want to seek help for it and turn from their homosexual ways.
In conclusion I would like to say that homosexuality is a problem and a serious one and I would urge people who have friends with such problems to seriously pray for them and hope that they would be willing to accept help and want to change. Finally I pray that god would bless Singapore as a nation that we and our leaders would stand strong against the negative influence of the world and not amend the penal code to legalize gays as it would risk the destruction of our society and make it illegal for churches or anyone to speak against them as we are the protecting our children from the evils of our world and helping to keep them pure, god loving and faith children of god. I finally pray for people who have such problems to not be shy about it but rather faced it and truthfully seek help for the problems you have. May god bless all of us. Amen