42 "And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large milestone tied around his neck. 43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell, where the fire never goes out. 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48 where
" 'their worms does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'
49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
50 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."
-Mark 9:42-50
randolf shared with us during area prayer meeting yesterday.
he's a great guy. ex-gangster who repeated his o levels two or three times. cant remember. he got saved and repented.
when i knew him in sec one, he was waiting for his results and told me he knew by faith, that he did well in his o levels. then he went to ns and i didn't see much of him for two years.
its been four years now. he's changed alot. for the better i must say.
he used to be really serious and all. like. when he's around, everyone's all solem. after ns, he's lighten up a whole lot more, taken up playing with lighters as a hobby and turned into a monkey. lol. must have been the confinement period with the guys.
speaking of ns. sherron's going to ns soon. and so is jonathan. oh boy. i cant wait to see their hair chopped off. lol.
i remembered last year, the shock i had when sherron chopped off his hair. it used to be long. like those cheena boybands kinda long. then one fine saturday, i saw a face. he looked kinda familiar. when i stared harder, i realised that it was him. lol. i got a shock of my life.
it was scary.
back to randolf. he shared about save one more for jesus (s1m4j) and all. he took out the lighter and literally touched the flame. my brother saw it. he said it was no illusion. when randolf's concerned, i believe him. he asked jonathan oh to demonstrate for him and put the lighter close to his hand. jonathan oh said it was pain. and randolf asked us. if you guys can feel the pain, what about your friends? the ones who do not know jesus? do you think they can take the pain?
there's something about randolf that commands respect. like when he's serious, he's dead serious. and thats despite the fact that his sentes are littered with tonns of 'okay'.
he asked us to turn to mark 9:48. where their worms do not die and the fire is not quenched.
its like. i've been wondering a hell lot about heaven and hell lately. and there. randolf spoke about it. he even had a dream about heaven and hell. he said hell to him is fire, darkness and worms.
hell to me is darkness. and absence of god.
and no thanks to randolf. i cant stop thinking about worms. "not those kinda worms that wou squash and they die. these worms will gnaw continuously at your flesh."
during cell, jonathan felt dejected. the cell attendence is dropping. from a ninteen to nine to five(not including jonathan and joshua). then he asked us why we came for cell and church. and he wanted the truth. not politically correct answers.
so i told him.
seriously if you ask me, i dont know why i'm still coming to church. if i dont come to church, my parents will question me. and now i'm here in church, and you question me why i'm here. i dont have answers to give you. i guess i'm here waiting for god to speak to me. the last time i was so fired up for god was after the outer limits camp in pri 6. since then, i've been on and off with god. but the incident that happened end of sec two affected my spiritual life. and its never been the same.
no matter how much i lie to myself, gilbert really affected me. and there was more before gilbert.
its like a burden to me.
but no matter how much i try, it wont get any lighter.
its hard. but i'm holding on for the sake of god.
" 'their worms does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'
49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
50 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."
-Mark 9:42-50
randolf shared with us during area prayer meeting yesterday.
he's a great guy. ex-gangster who repeated his o levels two or three times. cant remember. he got saved and repented.
when i knew him in sec one, he was waiting for his results and told me he knew by faith, that he did well in his o levels. then he went to ns and i didn't see much of him for two years.
its been four years now. he's changed alot. for the better i must say.
he used to be really serious and all. like. when he's around, everyone's all solem. after ns, he's lighten up a whole lot more, taken up playing with lighters as a hobby and turned into a monkey. lol. must have been the confinement period with the guys.
speaking of ns. sherron's going to ns soon. and so is jonathan. oh boy. i cant wait to see their hair chopped off. lol.
i remembered last year, the shock i had when sherron chopped off his hair. it used to be long. like those cheena boybands kinda long. then one fine saturday, i saw a face. he looked kinda familiar. when i stared harder, i realised that it was him. lol. i got a shock of my life.
it was scary.
back to randolf. he shared about save one more for jesus (s1m4j) and all. he took out the lighter and literally touched the flame. my brother saw it. he said it was no illusion. when randolf's concerned, i believe him. he asked jonathan oh to demonstrate for him and put the lighter close to his hand. jonathan oh said it was pain. and randolf asked us. if you guys can feel the pain, what about your friends? the ones who do not know jesus? do you think they can take the pain?
there's something about randolf that commands respect. like when he's serious, he's dead serious. and thats despite the fact that his sentes are littered with tonns of 'okay'.
he asked us to turn to mark 9:48. where their worms do not die and the fire is not quenched.
its like. i've been wondering a hell lot about heaven and hell lately. and there. randolf spoke about it. he even had a dream about heaven and hell. he said hell to him is fire, darkness and worms.
hell to me is darkness. and absence of god.
and no thanks to randolf. i cant stop thinking about worms. "not those kinda worms that wou squash and they die. these worms will gnaw continuously at your flesh."
during cell, jonathan felt dejected. the cell attendence is dropping. from a ninteen to nine to five(not including jonathan and joshua). then he asked us why we came for cell and church. and he wanted the truth. not politically correct answers.
so i told him.
seriously if you ask me, i dont know why i'm still coming to church. if i dont come to church, my parents will question me. and now i'm here in church, and you question me why i'm here. i dont have answers to give you. i guess i'm here waiting for god to speak to me. the last time i was so fired up for god was after the outer limits camp in pri 6. since then, i've been on and off with god. but the incident that happened end of sec two affected my spiritual life. and its never been the same.
no matter how much i lie to myself, gilbert really affected me. and there was more before gilbert.
its like a burden to me.
but no matter how much i try, it wont get any lighter.
its hard. but i'm holding on for the sake of god.
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