Hello!

to God be the glory
In end 2007, Sparked Movement was born as an answer to a calling to make a difference in MGS. We are a group of past and present girls who has a simple and humble aim of spreading His love to the entire MG community through simple ways, praying that He would work through them. Throughout the year 2008, we've been trying to reach out by making little gifts for everyone in the MG community.
In 2009, God has been moving tremendously in our hearts and lives to return to this dream He has placed us with one year ago. So we are back - with a new and refreshed vision! It is our hope and one desire for all in the MG family to see and experience God in a new dimension.

Welcome to our blog, made with much love for our God (for the glory of the Lord), and for you. (:

Rejoice
'Cause "God is love"; 'Cause He'll never leave us nor forsake us; Because He will come (Hosea 6:3) "Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth."

Please do feel free to share your prayer requests, thanksgiving, or testimonies with us yea! Any queries as well (could leave a tag too?)
The 8 of us can be contacted at:
sparked.movement@gmail.com

We look forward to hearing from you! God loves you, remember!
All testimonies and thanksgivings (whenever appropriate) will be posted on this blog. Responses to sharings and prayer requests as well, so do return to this site often! :)
"Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." (Galatians 6:2)


In loving arms
Currently, our main aim is to reach out to those within the MG family (but we will constantly listen out for His voice and go to where we've been called to) We thank God for this opportunity He's given us to reach out to all of you MG girls, past, present (and future! ;)). It's our prayer for the passion of Christ to be ignited within you, the hunger for God to grow, the love of our Heavenly Father to be shared with each and every member of the MG family (and others around you too, of course). :)

Perhaps you're hurting deep within, perhaps you need to find a way out from the dark pit you've fallen into (God makes a way, even when there seems to be no way!) Maybe you feel as though God has abandoned you and you keep asking an age-old question: "how can God allow such suffering to happen to me or those whom I love?" Perhaps you've heard (or are hearing) a calling from God, perhaps you yearn to love Him, perhaps you earnestly want to seek Him and let God be (your) God in your precious life.

God loves you all the same, no matter how much joy or sorrows (which in actual fact, can be traded in for joy, because Jesus died on the cross for all of us and OVERCAME death - how's that!) you've got. You're worthy of His love, you're worth us spending time talking (or if you'd prefer, chatting) to, to care for and love (as a sister in Christ).
You could be afraid of the implications of having to share your problems with someone else. But hey, fret not. No names will be mentioned on the blog, and every email/message we receive will be kept confidential within the team. This could very well be an open door God is setting before you today, because He knows your heart and your needs so so well, more than anyone else.

Cheers. In Him, we're one and eternally victorious!


He reigns,


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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Who can compare?

Reading numerous GP packages have yes, enlightened me with the current affairs of our world. But before we forget, it's not our world but rather God's world. I have understood better the atrocities of God's children, the corruption of His people, the wicked mentality of His creation who have adopted the persistent greed that shadows their thoughts all day long. Not to mention the superiority complex that God's people have, regarding themselves all high and mighty and of course the spiteful judgement they impose on others. And before we forget, God's creation, God's people, God's children - that's us.

Now imagine, our Father up in heaven more than aware of the disfiguration of the world He created, caused by His children. God knows of the past, present and even the future foolish decisions His dear children made, makes and will make.

The nuclear arms race. How did we end up at such a state, really? The more important question would be why we chose to. The destruction and unflattering truth of the world now, disheartens me. Maybe that's why they say - ignorance is bliss. But then you might wonder, would God choose to ignore? Well if He did, God would not have made the effort and the greatest sacrifice two thousand years ago, sacrificing His only son, Jesus Christ, to die for us. And "us" being the people who often prioritize other things over God, people who defy God's word, people who hypocritically say we love God but do not live up to it. John 3:16 says "For God so loved the world that He gave us his one and only son, that whoever who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life". God's love, who can compare? My heart cries when I read Joshua 1:9, it says "the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go", where God so faithfully watches and protects us, but we simply take it for granted.

Jeremiah 29:12 always comforts me - "call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you". No matter how smallour cry might be, God hears us, He knows when we call Him. And then now, you might delve in to a pit of guilt of not hearing or choosing to listen to God when He calls us to something.

As a child, I always imagined God's voice to be this loud booming voice, one that would tremble the earth, thunder cracking at the background and when God speaks, the whole earth stops and listens. Even though, yes God doesn't always speak to us directly with His voice, He speaks to us through so many other avenues - loved ones, songs and of course, His word (the bible)

God has really done so much for us, nothing can compare. The next time when He speaks to you, will you stop and listen? Or would you dismiss God's call to you? God has done an incomparable amount of things for us and it is time for us to give back to this God of ours, who deserves it all.

Take care & God bless,
Diane

In His love (:

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Riches and power? God has both.

Before I begin this post, everyone in the sparked movement team would like to wish all of you a very Happy Lunar New Year to everyone! :)

Well so 2 nights ago, I was in the car with my mom and sister. My sister brought up this topic of money, fame and power. She highlighted the harsh reality of our world, that indeed our practicality has overwhelmed us that insubstantial things such as money, fame and power has engulfed us. The thought of how our lives has become so materially-centred led to the thought of how God watches His children. How families are torn apart by disputes over inheritance, how people stoop down low using unscrupulous means to attain fame and power, how so many in the world are blinded by greed for these superficial things. It pains me. But can you imagine the hurt that our Father feels?

2 Corinthians 5:7 says "For we walk by faith and not by sight" Why is it then that we live to attain these material riches rather than God's riches?

Why is it then that we compromise the values that Christ has taught us just to satisfy our greed for the temporal limelight? Why is then also, that we worship money and power instead of believing that God is the ultimate provider?

I used to wonder what God meant by "riches". Being "rich" wasn't dependent on the monetary wealth of a person, but rather it was the richness in spirit and faith that determined how "rich" you were.

Hebrews 13:5 says "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” "

Do remember that God will provide, and it's not necessary for us to fret over matters such as not having enough money or a job that does not pay well. Whatever situation God puts you in, He provides you with what He deems sufficient. Also, what i find amazing in this God of ours is that while being the most powerful, God does not abuse His power, He does not succumb to bribery or treachery but our faithful God loves us above everything else. And you don't need to gain recognition via means of fame and power because the most High, our Everlasting God recognizes you.

So the next time you grow envious of someone apparently "rich, famous and powerful", do know that man only has that amount of access to those and it all eventually comes to an end. However, our God who is truly rich, famous and powerful is the everlasting God, the alpha and the omega and His glory and love endures forever.

Take care & God bless,
Diane

In His love (:

Sunday, February 7, 2010
Why believe in God’s existence, when it can’t be proven scientifically?



If you truly stop and ask yourself. Have you really ever doubted God;s existence before? God exists everywhere, in every corner of our lives. We can feel it because we're His children. Yet, how do you prove to your friends and family that God truly exists?

Well, I chanced upon this article, on RBC website. Do take a look (:


Something that can be demonstrated by the scientific method is a scientific fact. But it doesn’t follow that just because something can’t be demonstrated scientifically it is less “real” or important than “scientific fact.”

For example, the survival of human civilization depends on the distinction that most people make between good and evil. Yet moral values like good and evil can’t be scientifically proven. Does the fact that moral values can’t be proven imply that they are less real—less “factual” in an ultimate sense—than the things that science can prove?

Most people would consider it morally evil for a man/woman to abandon his/her wife/husband and young children to begin a new life with another woman/man. Most people would consider this a serious moral failure, one of the “worst” things a person could do. But is there any compelling “scientific evidence” that could be brought to bear on such behavior to “prove” that it is wrong?

What “scientific evidence” could prove that murder, rape, and robbery are wrong? What would become of our system of justice if the prosecution had to scientifically prove that it is wrong for one person to kill, rape, or rob another person!

The existence of love, evil, and good are not “falsifiable hypotheses.” Yet most people—including atheists—admit that values like “love,” “goodness,” “friendship,” and “loyalty” are moral/spiritual realities that truly exist. Theists, whether Christian or non-Christian, have long considered the mind-boggling complexity of the material universe as evidence of a Creator. Although the scientific “spirit of the age” of the 20thcentury once insisted that the material world was nothing more than the product of impersonal, random evolution, today’s scientific consensus is shifting towards the conclusion that the universe was consciously designed (with incredible exactitude) for the development of life.1

Just as it is reasonable to assume that everything in physical reality has a cause, it is reasonable to assume that everything in spiritual reality has a cause. Immaterial spiritual values like love and goodness are even more amazing than the material wonders of the universe.

God’s existence cannot be proven scientifically. But although God’s existence can’t be proven, reasonable people acknowledge that the small number of alternative explanations for the wonders of material and spiritual reality can’t be proven either. Although faith is as much a matter of the heart as the mind, and belief in God is a moral as well as a rational decision, the rational case for the existence of God as the source of all reality is stronger than any other explanation.



http://rbc.org/questionsDetail.aspx?id=45738&Topic=784

jieyi(:

In His love (:

Thursday, January 21, 2010
Isaiah 41

Hello! Apologies for the lack of posts. We will try to do this on a more regular basis!

Anyway, here's a photo accompanied by a really powerful verse. I'm not sure what how everyone's doing, but what I know for sure is that there will be many a times when we feel down, afraid, and unsure about our life, and our days ahead. So here's just an encouragement! Thank God for His amazing love powerful enough to say these words!


Isaiah 41
taken during cambodia mission trip 2009

take care everyone! (:

love,tiff

In His love (:

Thursday, December 24, 2009
A standard to follow

For the past couple of months, God has really been teaching me alot on thanksgiving. Thanking God for the bare necessities that we often overlook. Thanking God for the food, the water, the parents, friends and loved ones which and whom we often complain or resent about, often because they don't meet our apparent "optimum standard". But then again, who are we to set a standard? Especially when God, the most high loves us unconditionally even when we very obviously, sin and don't meet His standard.

The following is an entry by Roxanne Robbins in my ODJ issue entitled "Praise in the slum", which intrigued me to share this with you.

So here goes: "More than a million people live in Kibera, East Africa's largest slum, located in the heart of Nairobi, Kenya. A railroad track divides the massive area in half and, when no train is chugging through, also serves as a walking path for Kibera residents and visitors.

One day, as I was trekking down the track, a man in a shabby suit approached my friend and me. "i've just come from church," he proclaimed. Appearing to be oblivious to the horrible stench that prmeates his s600-acres slum home, he thanked us for coming by and added with a smile, "The Lord loves us and will provide for us." He then shook our hands and walked away.

Surely this man craved better circumstances, but somehow he could still "Acknowledge that the Lord is God" and that the Lord will take care of him "as a sheep of his pasture" (Psalm 100:3)

His secret? Perhaps, more often than most of us, he has searched for water and found none; then, with a parched tongue, he's cried out to God for provision - and He delivered. Perhaps a mere cup at first. But then more. Of the poor and needy, God says, "I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them..Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground" (Isaiah 41:17-18)

Through this man was a stranger, his life and faith have greatly inspired me. He showed me it's possible to praise God while living in squalor. We can, regardless of our physical circumstances, "worship the Lord with gladness...singing with joy" (Psalm 100:2). For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever" (Psalm 100:5)."

This entry struck me that while those who are desolate, desperate and in dire straits still holds strongly to their faith, with no complain or resentment, trusting and knowing He'd provide, people like us, who live in comfort not having to worry about the next meal. Really, what have we to complain about? And that wasn't the only point that struck out. The fact that the man in the story spoke with courage to the author and her friend, without hesitation of how they'd view him, from his shabby clothes, probably also reflects on how he understood God's theory of "not judging". We're all guilty of judging the person next to us, a stranger on the street of all sorts of things. But why is it that we care so much of how others look at us rather than how God views us, especially when we shouldn't even be judging in the first place.

So friends, the next time you pause in hesitation, wondering of how people are going to judge you, tell yourself that God loves you no matter what you wear, how you smell etc. The only standard we should take note off is the standard we should follow - God's standard.

Take care & God bless,

Diane

In His love (:

Monday, November 23, 2009
Temporal or eternal worth?

Hey friends!

"There are some things on earth that money can't buy."

I'm quite sure many have heard of that statement before. The other day I was just pondering over it, and a thought came across my mind:

There are two types of 'things' on earth. the type which money CAN buy, and the type which money CAN'T buy.

The first type would mean material things like clothes, food, electronic items and whatever else. They are things which plays a highly significant role in our daily lives now.

The other type which money can't buy would be things like family, (true) friendships, time. These play a much bigger role in our lives compared those stated in the previous para, but we tend to take them for granted so many a times.

And so the point is, why the difference between the two?

My answer would be, the stuff that money can buy, are things that are created by human hands.

Whilst for the precious things that money can't buy, are created by much Bigger, Wiser, and Purposeful hands. -God's :)

The God who is eternal, forever. Family, friendships, time can go on and on forever for eternity too, if we choose to look at it and keep it that way. :) While as we all know, material things don't. In fact, most of it don't even last for our lifetime here on earth!

Personally, this thought left me quite in awe. I am in awe of this God I acknowledge as my God, because He took on the job of creating things for us by himself which would really end up the most precious of all - in comparison to the other things which He gave us the talent to create.

Another reason to praise God! haha yayyy. Happy holidays to all the secondary school people, very soon for JC, poly and uni ones! Remember to take these last few months of the year to discover reasons to keep yourself continually praising Him! :D

love,tiff(:

PS: Our tagboard is rather dead! when you visit here, tag please! It'll leave us encouraged and more inspired to post more posts!

In His love (:

Saturday, November 14, 2009

I can't agree more with Diane's post! God is our loving Abba Father who loves us beyond what we can imagine. A recent devotion caused me to think: I know God loves me, sure, but do I really BELIEVE that?

1 John 4:16 - And we have known and believed the love that God has for us …

In the same way, while we often know how great & powerful God is, that He can do anything & everything (except lie), we don't always believe He is willing to do it for us. Remember the leper in Matthew 8? He came to Jesus, bowed down, & said, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean." He had no doubt that Jesus had the power. But he didn't know if Jesus was WILLING.

I have been searching my heart & soul lately, wondering if I, too, like the leper, doubt that God is willing. Do i only know that God loves me, and not truly believe it in my heart of hearts?

As I come to the word, and read "For God so loved the world that He gave .... " I cannot help but linger on those first few words - and then it hits me afresh again. Yes, He loves me SOOOO much that Jesus died, a perfectly sinless man (God's only Son), on that cruel cross, so that ALL my sins (past, present & future) were nailed to the cross with Him. I realise I have to and I really want to daily spend time renewing my mind with the truth - God's word, so that I can understand, experience & BELIEVE more & more just how deeply I am loved.

So it is no wonder, that the book of 1 John is filled with reminders of how deeply our Abba Father loves us. "See how great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God ...." [chpt 3:1]

Beloved daughter of the Most High King, rest in His love today! And give thanks! [In everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thess 5:18]

Rejoicing in His abundant love,
elaine

In His love (: