I read the italics in the previous post again and htink people wouldnt have a full grasp of what im singing about lol Pardon me for focusing on it to be poetic more than it to be comprehensive. Trying a lil bit of sebastian's style and a lil of Phil Pringle's. Trying to flaunt something i dont really have haha. Am working on it. Need to read & write more.
Anyway i was trying to illustrate one's journey leading to the awakening of this 'mighty man' in him. I call it the 'monster' Anthony Robbins calls this guy the 'Giant' as he titled his bestseller 'Awakening The Giant Within'. And i wanna further talk about this 'mighty man' mentioned in the bible [Joel 3:9-10]
Would like to first share with you an adaptation from my notes during Men's Meeting with Phil Pringle: -The reason why you have problems is because God is trying to wake yup the mighty man in you - we've got to wake up and do something about our dreams(this is the season for fulfilment right now!) - Stop dreaming the dreams. WAKE UP! - The reason for David's lion & bear confrontations is to bring out the 'Giant Slayer in him when he eventually comes face to face with Goliath - Men should be able to accept responsibility and be a problem solver and to take up the role of a leader - When you've got a problem. Pray. God's trying to get your attention. - David had a team of mighty men around him. This men whom associated themselves with David become giant slayers themselves. - Faith is not just believing, it's COURAGE - Bible says resist the devil and he'll flee from you. Therefore a fight/battle must be put up in order for victory.
As i was meditating on 'mighty men' a summarising word kept poping out.
The word is 'STRONG'.
'STRONG' in not just the physical aspect but also the spiritual aspect of a man.
In Phil Pringle's book 'Leadership Excellence', Strong is a character trait of a leader. Which means strength/being strong is a matter of choice. God commanded Joshua to only be strong and of good courage [Joshua 1:18]. 'Be strong' is a command, therefore we can obey it. We can choose to be strong.
"The strong can do what the weak cannot. The strong succesfully resist what the weak dont. Strength doesnt give up. Strength continues when others wilt. Strength carries the heavy loads. Strength breaks through, creating momentum. Strength clears the way. Strength supports the weak. Strength resist relentless thoughts, lifts up heavy emotions and carries the burden of care without caving in. The weak leader crumbles under anxiety, drops the ball when it gets too heavy and falls before powerful opposing forces. Strength calls people to work, offering no reward. Strength calls for sacrifice from those following. Strong leadership holds to a course without deviating under pressure to a weaker option. Strength moves forward despite criticsm and opposition. Strength stands alone in an unpopular decision. Strength holds fast to the plan even when it brings pain. Strength keeps standards when friends relax theirs."
"Our degree of authority will only ever be equal to our degree of submission. Our strength is found, not in our resistance to authority but in yielding to it"
"Strength isnt always looking for consensus before action.Strength requires people to DO THINGs"
"people respect strength even if they dont agree with you. Weakness inspires no trust at all."
"The most dangerous enemy is the one who is uncaring of position, power or prestige, and can forsake them at any time."
"Strong leaders realise they reproduce what they are, not what they say."
"Leadership does not begin just with vision. It begins with getting people to confront the brutal facts and to act on hte implicatoins." -Jim Collins
Quotes above are taken from the 'Leadership Excellence'. It's one of the best book i've ever read so far and im reading it again currently for the second time.
Men's Meeting on fri was really.. really AWESOME. Joel 3:9-10 (NKJV) The AWESOME 'mighty man' MUST wake up!
Yesterday was an AWESOME, AWESOME day. i felt very lively and happy to see lotsa people around
Pastor Phil Pringle (PPP) was so AWESOME on the platform Just the sight of this man makes me a better person The mentioning of his name The sound of his voice The words that came out! I believe we're all called to exude this kinda 'aura' to the people around us man No living person inspires me more than Pastor Phil
Sang birthday song for 'DoNAmic' and 'Jay el' I like the colourful cards! I like the inspiring content of the book by John C. Maxwell! I like especially the cap with a caricature of me on it ;) man.. this whole AWESOME deal rocks! N20 woohoo AWESOME Xenia woohoo lol AWESOME (tag ma board leh if you ever come here or see this) Dominic mentioned that he enjoys us and that kinda sparked something in me man. i felt blessed when he said he felt blessed haha good stuff brother :)
" Ya ever experienced this acute moment in your life, when the desperation in you gets really tired of 'putting up' that it cried out to break free? It's like the hysterical wanting of the soul to be somewhere else immediately! Somewhere the body cannot go right now..
A 'monster' it turned out to be. Thinking he knows what he wants and then do whatever it'll take to attain that gratification. Dangerously untamed he seemed, you began to resist. He got tired, away and slept.
Time passed and now you've come to the eventual point when the longing still trying to get your attention (and it'll not go away until something is done), and the monster still asleep. It's time to wake him up. You need him somehow but you need him.. to at least do something about what's been bugging you, to get up, to stand your ground, to fight, to persist, to endure, to pursue, to conquer, to win, to turn things around, to forward. Wake him up.. you need him now. "
I'm watching service LIVE now as im typing and Pastor Phil introduced to the congregation his Personal BLOG! I like it when i saw his handwritings ;) This is so so so good AWESOME stuff man! PTL!
ok.. there's this new batch of trainees that came in and i've been looking among them to see if there's someone i know. Nope.. until coupla days back someone came up to say 'hi'. Someone i knew during my NYP dragonboat days. Cool ;)
and.. er.. mom bought a new Samsung LCD monitor from the IT Fair to connect with my old CPU. It's time they learn about the computer and the internet man. Cant wait for them to start seeing hte things i see haha
Been reading business books again.. reminds me of Sebastian. How he discovered the world of business and got so excitied about it that i got drawn into it too. Had a few lil ventures with him and thinking back, i wouldnt have learnt all the good stuff if not for his bold initiatives. Together with us i bet Weilong benefited alot from the trinity as much as i do ;)
i think i've been learning alot really.. enough for me to start applying what i know.. fantasies can be so addictive that you spend alot more of your time thinking, talking, praying about them than taking real action. Truth hurts sometimes. (hmm.. haha Paul Scanlon :))
It's like what Joyce Meyer mentioned about the people who prefer the Perks without the Works. I'm one of them man haah.
Speaking of whom.. i quote her alot because i like her man. I think she's giving to people what they really need that's why. I believe she's a woman of God and I realised how i need her teachings. Go check her out guys!
You may get the rest of the video at Youtube or download her podcast on iTunes. Type 'Joyce Meyer'. Approach me if you need help :)
ill er update more when i recall more things to put up here =)
This is old but it sure still makes me laugh big time!
I felt like going out today with my IPod only so i went down to Borders to get something for Mr Weeelong. Celebrated his 21st birthday(11th March) today at Aloha Loyang. Turned out he's read 'Buzzmarketing'(by Mark Huges) before! I had been wanting him to read the book so badly that a long long time ago, i went to borrow it from the library so that i could pass to him to read. And today i bought him the same one lol.
Fortunately with 'Buzzmarketing' i bought 'Secrets to Dominate Your Niche' (by Sant Qiu & Thomas Fernandez) which was for maself but i decided that weilong have it.
Then I went home carrying both books with me because i told weilong that i knew he still has alot of other books not finished, and so asked if he could lend these to me!
Pookeepoo. Jade. CBRD. Platoon2. PS Eugene. $1,000,000. Dad. Mom. Yes-man. WACOM. painting. selling. reading. books. writing. drawing. Weilong. Sant Qiu. Martin Lindstrom. marketing. Mark Huges. advertising. designs. Jade. 141209-ord. Sam Chung. Design Gathering. Junyong. Laselle. Baptism. Joyce Meyer. Phil Pringle. Phil Cooke. Kong Hee. branding. Small Medium Enterprise (SME). MM Lee. Sweep. OIR. Entrepreneur mags. seminars. Dennis Wee. $1,000,000. green Lamborgini. Driving License. books. sketchbooks. Portfolio. networking. joint-ventures. internet marketing. Creflo Dollar. A R Bernard. Valerie. CNNmoney.com. Threadless. T-shirts. Fashion. Pookeepoo. Sebastian. Business. :). Ang Yun. Fabian. Christopher. Eric. Weee. Andrew. Inventor. Seletar Camp. Punggol. Gyming. Protein. swimming. Joyce Meyer. Sant Qiu. Martin Lindstrom. Mark Huges. SME. Thomas Fernandez. Stuart Tan. Adam Khoo. Da Hong. Ricky. Junyong. Jiawen. DRAW. digital Painting. WACOM. Singing. Jade. food. Punggol jogging. Photography. Camera. Creativity. Revelation. Oprah Winfrey. Ellen Degeneres. Movies. 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'. 'The Butterfly Effect'. Bible. Marriage. Kong Hee. Sun. AIM. Illuminate. Pookeepoo. Design Gathering. Sam Chung. Junyong. =). $1,000,000. :D. podcast. music. Ipod. Fall In This Place. Worthy. Asia Conference '08. Christmas. Ministry. portraits. Caricatures. Drawing. Portfolio. vector art. make-up cg later!. I dont know why im doing this but im doing it and it'll keep on going till i decide to stop. So i wanna put it to a done now and hope ya find it interesting. It was being done within 10-15 minutes =). Do try it out if you would and tell me about it!
JINLONG - Jay eL . 77 =)