Youth Energy had a YE’S FRIENDSHIP DAY yesterday and those of you that didn’t turn out, well you have missed it! Too bad! But don’t worry; I will share with you in this post about what happened yesterday.
The event was kicked off with Adrian Yap and his team leading us in a God-lead Praise and Worship. It was a whole load of fun in God’s presence! Pictures below, catch’em.
Then we introduced the new-comers with a rather spotlight-introduction. Later on Mr. Handsome Ang Wei Loong took 300 seconds from us to tell us briefly what are FRIENDS...
Now the interesting part... Two very gila gila men were specially invited for this event. They are Kwang Yew and Desmond Lim. Both of them have been best of friends since they were in diapers (I think). And Mr. Larry Chew interviewed them ala Late Night Show With David Letterman but this time was Late Afternoon Show With Larry Chew Wai Kum (Pictures below)
Questions were thrown out at them to answer. Funny and embarrassing questions haha. I can’t tell you here cause um they are ahem... Private and Confidential. You got to be there to hear for yourselves =)
After the “Show”, Her Majesty, the Queen Lee Jian Quin had us play a game involving plastic bags! Gosh! Terribly hilarious!
Okie, pictures time!!! =)
The LIFE Cells Leaders!!!
God bless you all!!!
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FRIENDS...
Why is it important? Does the Bible tell us the importance of friends? Oh yes it does. Let me now share with you what the two best friends Kwang Yew and Desmond shared and I am going to add on.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work:
If one falls down,
his friends can help him up.
But pity the man who falls
and has no one to help him up!
Also, if two lie together,
they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not easily broken.
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their work:
When one goes to the field to gather the crops for the day, he comes back carrying 10 baskets full. Imagine the toil and sweat. But if a friend helps him, they might come back carrying 5 baskets each or even 10 baskets each so it adds up to 20 baskets! That is what the Bible mentions in the verse above. Help one another.
If one falls down, his friends can help him up:
If one falls and stumbles, one can pick himself up. But wouldn’t it be much easier if there is a friend to help him up? In this race we Christian run, many of us will eventually fall along the way, the man of the greatest faith even faces temptations and stumbling blocks. That is why it is important to have a friend to help us in our journey and see to it that we finish the race and meet Jesus face to face one day. But pity those who fall and doesn’t have a friend to help him up. You can do something today: be a friend to those who don’t have friends.
Also, if two lie together, they will keep warm:
Note, this verse speaks in a double language; it does not encourage us to sleep together or something yea. This verse speaks about sharing and caring. If one is left out in the streets with no home to stay during the winter, a true friend will go out in the streets in search of his homeless friend and when he finds him, he will gladly bring him to his house. That is the warmth of a friend. In the Bible days, travelers face the freezing cold at night, especially in the deserts. So what they do is to lie close to each other to share the body heat. But how can one keep warm himself? A friend is in need.
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves:
In times of trouble, a true friend will be there to see you out safely. No matter what it may cost, a true friend will risk everything to help his friend. If one is overpowered by the enemy, it is hard for him to stand alone. But if two are together and the enemy attacks, they can defend each other’s back. That’s what friends are for.
A cord of three strands is not easily broken:
There is power in numbers. A chopstick can be easily broken, but a bundle of 10 chopsticks will prove you weak! Here the number three is mentioned, this is because the number three in Biblical terms means the Divine Completion. And here it also means that two friends are good, they can help each other and defend each other against out foe. But three is the divine completion; the third person must be Jesus Himself. Two true friends in Christ will prove the enemy weak.
Greater love has no one than this... That a man would lay down his own life for his friends...
The Greatest Friend of all...
The Best of the best...
The Friend of friends...
JESUS CHRIST...
John 15:13-17
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his FRIENDS.
You are my friends if you do what I command.
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you FRIENDS, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
You did not choose me but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. Then the Father in heaven will give you whatever you ask in my name.
This is my command: LOVE EACH OTHER.
Why is it important? Does the Bible tell us the importance of friends? Oh yes it does. Let me now share with you what the two best friends Kwang Yew and Desmond shared and I am going to add on.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work:
If one falls down,
his friends can help him up.
But pity the man who falls
and has no one to help him up!
Also, if two lie together,
they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not easily broken.
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their work:
When one goes to the field to gather the crops for the day, he comes back carrying 10 baskets full. Imagine the toil and sweat. But if a friend helps him, they might come back carrying 5 baskets each or even 10 baskets each so it adds up to 20 baskets! That is what the Bible mentions in the verse above. Help one another.
If one falls down, his friends can help him up:
If one falls and stumbles, one can pick himself up. But wouldn’t it be much easier if there is a friend to help him up? In this race we Christian run, many of us will eventually fall along the way, the man of the greatest faith even faces temptations and stumbling blocks. That is why it is important to have a friend to help us in our journey and see to it that we finish the race and meet Jesus face to face one day. But pity those who fall and doesn’t have a friend to help him up. You can do something today: be a friend to those who don’t have friends.
Also, if two lie together, they will keep warm:
Note, this verse speaks in a double language; it does not encourage us to sleep together or something yea. This verse speaks about sharing and caring. If one is left out in the streets with no home to stay during the winter, a true friend will go out in the streets in search of his homeless friend and when he finds him, he will gladly bring him to his house. That is the warmth of a friend. In the Bible days, travelers face the freezing cold at night, especially in the deserts. So what they do is to lie close to each other to share the body heat. But how can one keep warm himself? A friend is in need.
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves:
In times of trouble, a true friend will be there to see you out safely. No matter what it may cost, a true friend will risk everything to help his friend. If one is overpowered by the enemy, it is hard for him to stand alone. But if two are together and the enemy attacks, they can defend each other’s back. That’s what friends are for.
A cord of three strands is not easily broken:
There is power in numbers. A chopstick can be easily broken, but a bundle of 10 chopsticks will prove you weak! Here the number three is mentioned, this is because the number three in Biblical terms means the Divine Completion. And here it also means that two friends are good, they can help each other and defend each other against out foe. But three is the divine completion; the third person must be Jesus Himself. Two true friends in Christ will prove the enemy weak.
Greater love has no one than this... That a man would lay down his own life for his friends...
The Greatest Friend of all...
The Best of the best...
The Friend of friends...
JESUS CHRIST...
John 15:13-17
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his FRIENDS.
You are my friends if you do what I command.
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you FRIENDS, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
You did not choose me but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. Then the Father in heaven will give you whatever you ask in my name.
This is my command: LOVE EACH OTHER.
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A Friend,
Zlwin Chew.
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