Love without expecting anything in return.

exam season

A song of freedom is on my lips, today..today-ay! YAY!!
Finally~!!!!!!! FINALLY, this is the day that I have been waiting for! 4 months of break :D :D :D
PRAISE THE LORD!!!

I have something to share actually :D
In spite of all the huhu haha ohmy ohmy stresstresstress, during this exam season, I want to praise God! :) because He is with me. even until this very day :) and the days to come!
Why am I so stress this sem compared to last sem? kalau last sem I stress, this sem i lagi stress!
I blame myself because of my very bad time management and I didn't really do well in my mid-term tests. I was caught up with many things just right before my study week. Hence, I only started my revision during my study week, which obviously NOT ENOUGH.. Hello, 60 over chapters in a week leh.. I am not exaggerating!
psychology - 12 chapters
macro - 13 chapters
bcomm - 10 chapters
blaw - 5 chapters
operations - 20 chapters
marketing - 19 chapters

That's why. I say. God is good! :)
Yesterday Audrey said to me, 'Eh I tabik you la. 3 days in a row also I can't tahan d, urs kena 5 days!'
It was His grace that brought me through all these :) so I tabik my God :) I thank Him for His grace is enough, it was Him who gave me strength when I was weak. It was Him who encouraged me when I was down.

There was one night I prayed to God before I sleep because I was so restless, 'Father, I only get to sleep for 4 hours :( can You somehow make me feel as though I have more than 6 hours of sleep? because I'm really very tired and I need some rest, thank You thank You!' Then the next morning when I woke up, I was not tired AT ALL! :D :D power power in the name of Jesus! lalalala

Next was the informal prayer meeting that Abel initiated. Challenged myself to stay focus on my 'usual business' :) It was challenging at first, but it was during prayer that God replaced my stress with His joy and my worries with His peace :) lalalala

Lastly, not forgetting the 'tlc' (tenderlovingcare) that I received during my stress-but-God-is-real week :)
Thank you friends who sms-ed and encouraged me :)
Thank you Tien-patrick for Tea-tac-toe and the queen card :)
Thank you Mike-milo for Tea-tac-toe, starbucks and pancake :)
Little things like that means a lot to me :)
And bising bising ask me to let down my hair from my tower (M06), middle of the night :p

Medan peperangan

Same power that conquered the grave lives in me!

May Fam and Fong Wan :)

Kucing yang gila :p

Fong Wan muka stress

Cinarek studying in his dream

Parents' tlc :)

me hate this bread.

Favourite! yumm!

one from tien, one from mike :)

Patrick encouraging Queen Carmen :)

I can see USM from my room punya window.
Challenge myself to constantly stretch my hand towards USM and bless it! :)

Blaw buat saya very stress. can't remember all the cases and sections

But after prayer meeting, I wrote this :)
because I felt God's comfort and begin to be able to absorb all the 'cases and sections' into my small tiny brain :) The paper was not as tough as what I expected. Really thank God. that's why I posted 'nyek nyek nyek' on my previous post :p u tau tak power of corporate prayer? :)

This past weeks, I'm learning more about God's love.
His love is not selfish. His love is selfless.
AH-MAY-ZING!! so much much much more more more to learn! But I know He is faithful to mature me and make me more like Him :) I don't have to struggle to change, I just need to surrender to Him to change me.
actually kan, the word 'amazing' is not even enough to describe His love :p


thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Jesus! :)

nyek nyek nyek








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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

Name above all names
Worthy of all praise
My heart will sing
how great is our God

Father, even as I sing this song, I want to believe in what I sing.
Jesus, the name above all other names.
At Your name, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that You are God.

Lord, strengthen me.
Lord, empower me!
In Jesus' name, amen!

Should there be a reason to love?

"If I love someone with worldly love, there is always a reason why I want to love. Ultimately, selfishness is at the center of all worldly love. Think about it. As an example, take dating relationships. Why do most dating relationships begin? Is it because two people want to display the love of Christ to each other? No, usually it is because one person notices something desirable (something that he/she wants) in the other person. Often, the quality is something as shallow as mere physical beauty. Sometimes that quality is money, status, or power.

As another example, take friendships. Why are some people not accepted socially? There are always those who just do not have many, if any, friends. Why is this? It is because these people do not posses a quality that others find desirable or beneficial; therefore there is no reason for someone to love them-another example of selfishness.

This agrees with the story of the good Samaritan that Jesus told in Luke 10:25-37. The man who was beaten and robbed possessed no desirable characteristics that made anyone want to love him and so both a priest and a Levite passed by the man without so much as calling for help. A Samaritan showed true compassion and love by helping him. There was a cost involved-at least monetarily (Luke 10:35), but also socially (Samaritans do not associate with Jews) and probably physically. It was no easy task to pick up a half-beaten, bloody man and take him to an inn. Jesus said that the story illustrated how we are to love our neighbors as ourselves (Luke 10:27). This was not a worldly love, but God's love.

True love originates from God, not from self: "love comes from God" (I John 4:7). In fact, it is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). If you love with God's love, the people that you love may not have any characteristic that makes you want to love them.

In prophesying about Christ Isaiah said that "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him" (Isaiah 53:2). Rather than loving people for your benefit, you choose to love them for their benefit and God's eternal benefit. Philippians 2:3-4 tells us to consider others better than ourselves.

According to the Bible (I Corinthians 13:1-8), love can be defined as any act, attitude, or manner of living characterized by patience, kindness, humility, selflessness, forgiveness, and a hatred of evil. Motives or goals of love include bearing with others, trusting, hoping, and enduring; thus, it is not temporary."

(taken from : http://www.ovrlnd.com/index.php)


Father, I pray that even when there's only one person, one soul, one heart to win for Jesus.. I will not let that ONE pass me by.. because I know that ONE matters so much to You. Help me Lord.. Help me to forgive, teach me how to love, teach me how to show compassion. In Jesus' name, Amen.

what is my 'usual business'?

I remember Wai Wai asked this question during bible study.
"What is our 'usual business'?"

Assignments? Exams? Or is it God's work?

I accepted the challenge to gather for prayer every night at 8pm. I'm not trying to be more spiritual and holy by attending more prayer meetings but I believe in the power of corporate prayer. I believe in the power of unity among God's people. I want to see change. I want to see revival. I want to see God's glory upon USM.

5 papers in a week :/
SO IT'S TELLING ME....







IT'S TIME TO STRETCH YOUR FAITH CARMEN!
I will not present offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing.(2 Sam 24:24)
The same power that conquered the grave lives in me!
I don't want to just say it, I want to be it and live it!

I'm more than just a student. I'm a missionary.

“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!” John 12:27

I want to stay focus on my 'usual business'.
With my eyes fixed on You Lord.