The Case Of Faith Part1

Whoa whoa whoa, looks like there's a debate going on in our cbox. Well, I'll share with you what I know about the truth about God.

- only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist -

God is a hidden God. You have to make an effort of faith to find him.God gives us just enough evidence so that those who want him can find him.

"He is not far from anyone of us." - Acts17:27

What do you want?
The bible says that if you seek God with all your heart, then you will surely find him. Surely find him. It's the person who wants to know God that God reveals Himself to.
And if a person doesn't want to know God - Well, God has created the world and the human mind in such a way that he doesn't have to.

"Almost everyone now believes that the universe, and time itself, had a begining at the Big Bang." - Stephen Hawking
Now, this poses a major problem for skeptics. As Anthony Kenny of Oxford Univesity says, "A proponent of the Big Bang theory, at lease if he is an atheist, must believe that the...universe came from nothing and by nothing."
Eminent scientist Sir Arthur Eddington wrote:

"The begining seems to present insuperable difficulties unless we agree to look at it as frankly supernatural."

Did this come into existence spontaneously and without any help from any creator?

Stephen Hawking calculated that the rate of the universe's expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, the universe would have collapsed into a fireball.

British physicist P.C.W Davies has concluded the odds against the initial conditions being suitable for the formation of stars - a necessary for planets and thus life - is a one followed by at least a thousand billion billion zeroes.

Nobel Prize-winner Sir Francis Crick said,

"The origin of life appears to be almost a miracle, so many are the conditions which would have had to be satisfied to get it going"

Even so, scientists have tried to come up with creative theories to try to explain how
biopolymers(such as proteins) became assembled with only the right building blocks
(amino acids) and only the correct isomers (left-handed amino acids) joined with
only the correct sequence.

With the discovery of background radiation in 1965, the Big Bang theory came to dominate in cosmology. The bad news for evolution was that this meant the earth was probably less than five billion years old.

"Actually, it's not as long as you think. And not only was the time too short,
but the mathematical odds of assembling a living organism are so astronomical
that nobody still believes that random chance accounts for the origin of life.
Even if you optimized the conditions, it wouldn't work. If you took all the
carbon in the universe and put it on the face of the earth,allowed it to chemically
react at the most rapid rate possible, and left it for a billion years, the odds of
creating just one functional protein molecule would be one chance in
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Fredrick Hoyle put it colourfully when he said that this scenario is about as likely as
a tornado whirling through a junkyard and accidentally assembling a fully functional Boeing 747.

"In other words, the odds for all practical purposes are zero. That's why even though
some people who aren't educated in this field still believe life emerged by chance, scientists simply don't believe it anymore."

To be continued...

Adapted from Lee Strobel's The Case For Faith

Lead Me To The Cross

Savior I come,

Quiet my soul remember,

Redemptions hill,

Where Your blood was spilled,

For my ransom,

Everything I once held dear,

I count it all as lost,

Lead me to the cross,

Where Your love poured out,

Bring me to my knees,

Lord I lay me down,

Rid me of myself,

I belong to You,

Lead me, lead me to the cross,

You were as I,

Tempted and trialed,

You are,

Te word became flesh,

Bore my sin and death,

Now you're risen,

To your heart

To your heart

Lead me to your heart

Lead me to your heart.

I know this site is dead but anyway.

This song is a very impactful song.

This is deicated to all ppl around

the first time you read this song u will think its for ppl who are lost or backslidden

but the truth is its meaning stands for everyone

pastor,backslidden,strong faith person just anyone

everyone has to be led to the cross

and everyone i present to you cfsmkusj13 Theme of 2009,Theme song etc.

LEAD ME TO THE CROSS

Calling all smk usj 13 people!~

Calling all smk usj 13 people!
Our school's Christian Fellowship is having something a little different this year...

Youth Alpha!~

We'll be having it from January till August, on Fridays from 12.45 p.m.-2.10 p.m.
And there will be...(*drumroll*)

Food!~

SO...

What the heck is Youth Alpha?

The Youth Alpha course is an opportunity for anyone,
and I mean ANYONE, to explore the Christian faith in a relaxed,
non-threatening way over ten thought-provoking sessions.
It is low key, friendly and fun! You get to ask ANY questions
you want and chat through the issues in place where your views are respected.

For more info, drop me a comment in my cbox:)
OR
...visit these links!

YouthAlpha

SMK USJ 13 CF Blog

The first session is on


The 1st session is on the 23rd of Jan
If you want to sign up, please contact me by next Wednesday.

Thanks for reading!

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Forgive Me..

O Lord for give me,
I have sins that bind me,
The sins of this world i need not want,
Burned by the guilt that it gave out,
I searched for solutions and tried to make way,
But all in vain i can say,
These years i faked and made,
Hiding this disgrace in my head,
Acting normal and Holy away,
While trying to find a proper way,
I wasted these years in my run,
Savagely devoured by the world,
In its pleasing but deadly manner,
O God let me be free!
For i want a life of you and me,
I am slipping by the edge of a cliff,
Where life and death is so near in reach,
Hanging on by myself in a useless effort,
How much longer i can stand?
How much longer till this ends?
God if this is your test PLEASE HELP ME!
I cannot stand this alone,
Its too hard,
I need your guidance.
I need your grace.
I need your help.
I need YOU.

Im sorry that i sin,
Please pull me up once again,
There are too much in my mind now,
I cannot handle it alone,

GOD FILL ME AGAIN
LET ME BE THE PERSON I AUGHT TO BE
REIGNITE THE FIRE IN ME
THAT I MAY BE RESTORED
I CALL OUT TO YOU RIGHT NOW O LORD
HEAR MY CRY
HEAR MY DESIRE
CHANGE ME
USE ME
WALK BESIDE ME
I LAY MY LIFE TO YOUR HANDS
THE MOST AWESOME POTTER
BREAK AND MOULD ME
I HAVE A BROKEN HEART
AN EMPTY HEART
A BROKEN LIFE
LORD HAVE MERCY
FOR I STRAYED AWAY
GUIDE ME OFF THIS TRACK
AND REJOIN YOU THAT LEADS TO TRUTH
YOUR WILL BE DONE IN MY LIFE O LORD

my cry my desire my hope my call to you

Thank You.

RELISED SOUL

Fired Up For God~!

During the December break, I was asked if I was interested in attending the Youth Leadership Development Program (YLDP): a six day camp I knew nothing about. First off, I didn’t even know what YLDP stood for! I was reluctant, but after much persuasion from my parents,
I finally gave in.

This year, the camp is at the SUFES campsite, Tapah (for Pre-Level, Level 1, 2 & 3),
from 9 to 14 December 2008. Daniel(my church member) and I got to sleep in tents (I never looked forward to sleeping during the camp because of that). The place was horrible: the showers had no heaters, there were mosquitoes the size of your thumb, and there was dew on the top of the tent every morning.

Despite all that, I have been really touched by God during those six days. This was in fact, the only camp so far where I looked forward to the worship sessions. I found myself worshiping God on a whole new level and did things I never did before like raising my hands. And during worship I looked around me, I was just amazed at the sight of my generation just worshiping God and you could feel God’s grace upon us. It hit me so hard that I just knew that God was real.

Through the daily devotion, I learned that as a Christian, our spiritual journey is also long distance running, where we will also face tiredness, ”out of breath”, or even sometimes feeling like “Just let me die already!!” There is this phenomenon called “second wind”, which is a phenomenon whereby an athlete who is too out of breath suddenly finds strength to press on in his run. We have to find the source of our second wind to help us make it through our spiritual journey. This was what really got me thinking.

During the sessions, I learned that:

- Being a leader is not for fun

- A leader is someone called by God to influence a specific group of God’s people towards his purposes for them

- God develops leaders over a life time

- God is more interested in who we are than what we do

One of my new friends at the camp had family problems; her mom and dad always fought. She comes from a Buddhist family, and she’s the only Christian in her family. During worship, she always cried. On the last night, she got a call that her parents were going to split up. Together with her friend, she stayed in her tent and prayed while we were in the hall. A few minutes later, she got a call that her parents decided not to. How great is our God!

God really spoke to me throughout the entire camp and opened my eyes to a whole lot of new things and I now look at things at a different angle. My life has been transformed, and I don’t want to hold the good news inside!

Lord Jesus,
Thank You that the joy from You is my strength.
I put my trust and my hope in You.
Continue to give strength to the tired and weary.
I pray for those who are sick and hurting,
that they may be healed in Your gentle and caring touch.
Teach me to be the encouraging and listening friend to those who
have no one else to hear them. Open my eyes to my
own weaknesses and my need for Your grace;
and let this knowledge be the seed of faith which binds me to
You and gives me strength to go forward in Your service.
You didn’t send me to start the race,
but You sent me to finish it. Strengthen me, be my wind.
In all this, help me to realize that in the end,
it’s You I want.
Amen.

“Let all the world look to Me for salvation.
For I am God. There is no other.”
Isaiah 45:22

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

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IAN

Hello 2009!
the season to turn over a new leaf?:D

Let us ALL pray for revival over our nation,
in unity and in ONE accord!

Let us not forget about Jesus Christ,
our Almighty Saviour who picked us up
when we were weak, being there when we're down
and always comforted us like a friend:)

If you have ANY testimonies that you would like
to share (Sharing is caring!Caring is loving!)
with all of our brothers & sisters in Christ here,
please do not hesitate to e-mail us at :

cfsmkusj13@hotmail.com

Just to encourage and be encouraged!;D

I'm very sure that God has done mighty works
in each of our life especially in 2008!So lets' not be
shy to share it out.

May God's blessing be overflowing in
YOUR life.Remember,have faith in HIM and
He WILL be there!

MICH

WHY is my life like this? WHY is it so unfair?
WHY are other people's life better than mine?

Familliar?

Well its a thing everyone face.
Its because we often see what is bad rather
than what is good.

Well I was always complaining bout my life..
About me being the oldest son and my mum often said
"Kenny do this do this and that" and when I questioned
them,they'll say cause I'm the oldest guy here.

Also,complained about me not being allowed to go to
church on Sundays, about me not being born in a
christian family,about me not having Brat Pitt's looks
(Don't deny it people,i know you did felt this way
before!),about me not being that smart,about not
being rich,about the probs i have, about my attitude
prob,about me being fat =.=.....

So it went on.Until yesterday..

When i heard about this person "A" who is a christian
whoisnt born in a christian family,getting beaten by
dad,cant go to church!So miserable till "A" cant take
it anymore and stop going to school for awhile.

Then i thought of those who were diagnosed with
incurable sickness.CANCER? AIDS?

But there was a particular girl though she passed away
quite a while ago..she impacted my life!They made
a movie based on her diary.

The story's name: One Litre of Tears

This drama is about a girl who was diagnosed with a
disease called Spinocerebellar Atrophy, in which the
nerve cells of areas necessary for the human body to
move and balance–including the cerebellum,brain stem,
and spinal cord–transform and eventually disappear.

When she was 15 years old, and was able to continue
her life until her death at the age of 25 years old.

The plot is based on the true story of a Japanese girl
named Kito Aya,who had the same disease. She kept
writing in her diary to remember her experiences until
she could no longer hold a pen.

Aya simply wished to live until the end of her life, and
the purpose of writing in the diary was to remind herself,
not to give up!

She shed tears many times, at the same time
encompassed by the rich love and support from her
family, friends,and boyfriend.

Her diary “1 Litre of Tears” was published after her
death,because of its inspiring and courageous message of,

“Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing.”

Synopsis:
Ikeuchi Aya (Sawajiri Erika), a 15 year old girl, is the
eldest daughter in a normal Japanese family. She lives
with her reliable mother, Shioka, who works as a
nutritionist,her father,Mizuo, the wacky owner of a
tofu shop, her quiet younger brother,Hiroki, and two
younger sisters, the sarcastic Ako and innocent Rika.

On the day of her high school entrance exam, she left
the house full of energy, but she missed her stop to get
off the bus and walk to her high school because she fell
asleep.She quickly got off and ran from the bus in the
rain when she discovered she was late.

She slipped, fell down and injured her knee.At that
time,she met Haruto Aso, who was trying to skip the
exam.He gave her a ride to school, the administrators
allowed them to take the exam (despite the fact that
Haruto was uninterested in taking it),which they
both later passed.

The new semester began, Aya and Haruto were in
the same class, and both were elected as the
representative of their class. Aya also joined the
basketball team, and was reunited with the boy who
she was fond of from the male basketball team.

Just as she was beginning to enjoy her high school days,
Aya starts to experience some physical difficulties. She
always dropped food from her chopsticks, could not
estimate the distance of the objects in front of her,
could not pour water into a cup without spilling it,
and occasionally wobbled while walking!

Her mother, Shioka, who was the only one to notice
the physical changes in Aya, started to worry about
what was going on.

One day, Aya’s life started to change after she tripped
and fell.She couldn’t protect herself with her hands
while falling and she hurt her face. After this, her
illness slowly revealed and her tragedy begins…

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My first reaction was to google what is this SCA all about.

Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is one of a group of
genetic disorders characterized by slowly progressive
incoordination of gait and often associated with poor
coordination of hands,speech,and eye movements.

Frequently, atrophy of the cerebellum occurs.As
with other forms of ataxia, SCA results in unsteady and
clumsy motion of the bodydue to a failure of the fine
coordination of muscle movements, along with other
symptoms.There is no known cure for spinocerebellar
ataxia,which is a progressive disease (it gets worse with
time),although not all types cause equally severe disability.

Treatments are generally limited to softening symptoms,
not the disease itself. The condition can be irreversible.
A person with this disease will usually end up needing to
use a wheelchair, and eventually they may need assistance
to perform daily tasks.

Kito Ayo. At the peak of a teens life at a age of only
15 yrs old,she was told of her incurable disease.
Incurable?

Meaning death call is awaiting and welcoming?
Soon, she was couldn’t run about without falling clumsily,
couldn’t walk properly as her legs weaken day by day,
and eventually lost her mobility to a wheelchair.

She lost her school, and friends who eventually got tired
of looking after her and her future. Each day, she woke
up in fear, and progressively losing the things she
owned and herself.

'Why me?' and 'Whats my purpose in life?'

Were the two questions that hunted her everyday?
Nevertheless,with the love and support from her family,
she fights to live on and she found her purpose to write
about her life and did not stop even she was bed-ridden.

Finally, she did when she lost her arms mobility
and eventually her speech movements.
(Taken from a site*)

So WHAT can we say?
Aren't we just SO BLESSED?

Think bout it.