In the Bedroom after the War
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May 30, 2009
Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 11:59 PM I'm blogging on my blackberry. It's not the first time, but it's the first time I found it fun. John Tang is sleeping in his seat right next to me and I'm enjoying the long bus ride home. I'm pretty hungry and I can't wait to get home. I want some food, pack my stuff for tomorrow, maybe read a little and pray and just rest. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord. Thoughts of peace, not of evil, to give you a future and a hope I serve an amazing God. I'm pretty sure things will work out for me. Gdnight, for now... May 24, 2009 Making a difference is pretty easy Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 9:49 PM I love my life. Totally enjoyed myself heading Red Rain. Serving God is enjoyable. There were a lot of discoveries i had during this time that i ran Red Rain. People tend to be a little bit different on the job and off the job. But, i appreciate it. Personally, i saw people through the ops pt of view and the pastoral. There was only a slight difference. I don't think it's huge, i think pastoral people will do well in ops and so ops people in pastoral too. Ultimately, people is the common denominate here and people are the most important. To me, no matter how busy, i make it a point to visit my grandparents and connect with my parents. Even my friends, i definitely will make time for them. It is a whole lot easier to do life when we realize people are the most important. It will push us to work things out, communicate, connect, chase & even court each other. We will enjoy life a whole lot more when people, when others become the center of our interest and attention. We need to give attention to people. We need to be interested in people. People are the most important. Take away technology, job, etc, people still make things happen. Take away people, none of these things move. People are that important. Let's make a difference in our society today by making a difference in ours. It just takes all of us to be more interested, attentive towards others. In church for 10 yrs, 5 yrs, 2 yrs or even just few months of weeks or even days. We all can make a difference easily by doing this. I am very intrigued when people don't care about others. It takes just a little bit. A smile, one sms, a high five, a few steps to go up to a person and carry on a previous conversation. It is all it takes to make a difference. Let's make a difference (:
Your Full Usage Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 3:10 AM It's kinda late now but i'm still fairly awake. I can't help but wonder what this or that person is doing right now. After a long day, you start to be a little bit wishful. Maybe it's a sense of accomplishment. I don't know, i just have pictures of the crew resting in my mind. In any case, today was awesome. The concert was great. The music was blasting and the band had a great time. I think tomorrow will be better because we changed a little bit of the order of things here and there. Come check us out, if you would. Red Rain Concert apart, i have many things racing through my mind at this particular moment. Life is too exciting, too much to live for, i love my life, i like the race in my mind. Today as i sat behind watching everyone hang out, even my peers hang out, it dawned on me that some of those things that were unimportant to us when we were 16 17 are very important to us now. They ain't huge things, but significant. It was very refreshing. More than anything else, like always, i love the church, pastors and Jesus. My life would have been so meaningless without Jesus. Well now, i am rather tired now. I'll see you soon and come say hi in real time when you can. Let's all make full use of our time on earth. It can't be we just live to die.gdnight & gdbye May 22, 2009 A New Generation Arise Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 12:59 AM  It's midnight & we're pretty still wide awake Check this out! I have many thoughts racing through my mind. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 3 are about people. 1 about an event. another about life in general. and now 10 more thoughts about very small things happening around. I just pick up small little things just like that. That is very good when i am working. Bad when i'm not. Well i'm master, i take control. I'm more stress about other things than the concert. So i'm still in church and a couple of crews are still working hard on the concert. Tomorrow is already friday and yes it is pretty fast. See, let's get onto the same page. Red Rain is about lives. We've got close to 700 new friends already & i am expecting for more. Man, when i told Charleston i expect 500 new friends for Red Rain... It's already 200 more. So God is amazing. And so too all of you out there inviting your friends. And all the crew. Ezekiel 37: 1- 10 1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I said, "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know." 4 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! 5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath [a] enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.' " 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.' " 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army. God has called us into our schools. Son of man which is us, will these bones live? Will your school live? Hey, will these bones live? We would be tools and Jesus will breathe and they will come alive. They will stand on their feet, an exceeding great army. A new generation arises. Make sure you come for red rain prayer meeting and pray hard man May 21, 2009 We don't know much Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 12:44 AM You see when a major concert is just a few days away, there are a lot of things to do. If you have been to church today, you would see a lot of us working hard to put it together. I tell you the concert is going to be great. Okay, i need to start thinking about my army camp. Let me deal with that next week. And a couple of things here and there. We've got above 500 new friends for Red Rain & i expect it to increase. It's going to be fun. Well, make sure you sign up for basketball, soccer and music classes after the concert. $300 worth of prizes for basketball and soccer so don't miss out. I already played some basketball in church today. Well, there are a lot of things i want to do. And now, let me lead my Barcelona to champions league glory in fm2009. It is kind of fun. Not addictive but pretty fun. On a random note, go download coldplay's free live album on their website. Greenday has a new album out too. And so does Red Rain. I heard the album sounds good. So make sure you get a copy of that as well from the booth after the concert. I'm just thinking and i can't stop thinking for the last few days. We are all going to be fresh before the concert. And i need to work out my life next week. There are a lot about life i don't know. That's why i am excited about it. In essence, it just means there's so many things we never know, so much of God we never even thought of. Life is so huge. Life is good. I love life for life itself. May 20, 2009 I LOVE MY LIFE Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 1:47 AM Today was pretty beautiful altogether. At a last minute activated exercise, i got to know my 35yr old warrant officer a lot better. We had a pretty good discussion going on and i thought he was a good man. Definitely not Christlike in character and value system but there was somethings like humility and brokenness that i could sense about this man. The truth is sometimes Christians can be really proud and unbreakable. I could sense weight about what he said, yet he wasn't a christian. How much better would it be for us if we were broken and humble since we have the Holy Spirit? He was wiling to learn and willing to listen to a recruit, in me. Outright genuine and that made me realize i rather hang out with these guys than some Christians (: I got to church after camp, the preparation red rain programme is going well, everyone is working hard to make it work out. I'm terribly excited, and i guess you are as well. Make sure you come for prayer meeting. Saturday & Sunday would be special and so be there too. It's still pretty early, so i'm going to play some games. Started playing this week. Pretty bored about it already but well... It helps me work better somehow. Red Rain is already in town, you'll get to see them real soon. Check out the website. Isabel is blogging real soon. Get on the discussion forum, you don't need to register. I wished my life was always this or a lot more busy. Just simply dying in camp. Totally boo and not enjoying camp. Just think i'm not busy enough. Gdnight & Gdbye May 18, 2009 Alive Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 7:57 AM Dear Everybody, it was pretty exciting over the weekend, in fact more than exciting, very insightful and deep. I was so impacted by Pastor How's sermon on the God of Generations. It was refreshing especially for me & i bet it was good for all of you too. Pastor said something that really brought back a lot of memories, this he said after service. "We need to get back our raw passion." Wow, though it is so straight forward and simple, the way Pastor How puts it just enlightened me. He shared about how we need to balance between being a sophiscated bunch of people and a raw passionate bunch. It was amazing... So, after that, the weekend was pleasant. We had numerous meetings & all very fun. I left church a little later than usual, got home, washed up and slept. This morning, i woke up fast, there was no toughness. I was up and ready to conquer life today. There was an anticipation, and you only feel that with God. I am going to have an amazing week. Though life is never a bed of roses. Though up till today, i have not truly 'mastered' the art of living life, curbing it's problems, i still think it's amazing because that is just 5% of life. The other 95% is vibrant and exciting. I remember Ezekiel 37 this morning. It's me and the valley of dry bones. It's you and the valley of dry bones in your schools. Let's say to them, breathe, live & come alive. "Living life with You, I feel alive" That's that... May 14, 2009 Walk after God & Man Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 5:41 PM Lately i've been so inspired by what Pastors have been sharing with some of the leaders. I cannot help but think about it then God began to reveal to me... Hosea 13:5&6 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. When they had pasture, they were filled; They were filled and their heart was exalted; therefore they forgot Me. This is a powerful verse. When i was filled, my heart was exalted, everything was going well & good. Maybe that is all it ever is? Soon i forgot about Jesus, got caught away, doing the things i did, captivated by the things around me. This is what the verse mean. B&F Zone Leaders, we must learn from this verse. Pasture is not the main reason we seek God. Let's seek God for who He is. Then it will be the ultimate love story. Let's LIFT our walk with God. 1 King 19:19&20 So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. "Let me kiss my father and mother good-by," he said, "and then I will come with you." Beautiful (:
Reminiscing my Poly days Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 10:00 AM Hey what's up? haven't been blogging lately, totally forgot about the blog. Got to bring some life back to this page again soon. I can't help but think how school is like now for many of you. Honestly, i miss school. I'd rather be studying than serving in the army. I know it's a latter stage of life to learn latter stage of life things (haha) but i miss studying. Gonna start studying next year. I terribly miss a few people and have a bugging sensation deep inside. I can't wait for the weekend to come because there is going to be so much to do and next week, next week will be even more exciting. I miss my fast paced, all out, do or die life. A few days back, Jian Ming and i were reminiscing the poly times, we worked like 120 to 130 hours on busy months. Had 6 follow ups from 12 to 6pm. Did an average of 15 a week. Had CG, had meetings, had everything else. We really do miss all those times. I am terribly envious towards anyone and everyone now, wish me well (: Nonetheless, i'm going to start going back and meeting people, changing lives and believing in people. We make history by doing that one at a time. So i am terribly excited. Gonna put people first before meetings and all. Well still, i don't think one will ever be TOO busy. I don't think ever in my life i have been VERY busy. Life just gets busier. So if i'm busy now, then i'll die working tomorrow. There is always time, at least i believe, to make whatever happen. So i am excited too to do a couple of things on my own. I want to seek God, study, get my drievr's license, read up about somethings, play soccer, jog more regularly. Look, serving God is so fun. Many people think that you just get sucked in and you lose your life. Haha, true and false. True, you gain a better life. False, you still have a life. It's all about making life happen and i have learnt so so much from Pastor How & Pastor Lia. They have time for Rinnah, have time for sports, they have time for family and they are the busiest people in our church! I am very inspired. Serving God is noble. It is honorable. Yet, yes it takes alot out of you. It is not easy. But still it is not supposed to be that hard. We have tough times but they're nothing compared to the next tough time. Pastors said it takes a special breed of people to serve God. I am understanding it even more each day. Serving God makes you love your life. Taking that serving opportunity away makes you treasure serving God more which in turn makes you love your life even more. That's why many of us just love life and its simplest things. We pretty much make something out of nothing. I seriously love everybit of my life. I just want to be me. I am even failing in love with the struggles. Hahaha narcissistic! But really, i am passionately in love with my life. So come onboard... be a leader, love life, attack life & do something and make a difference. Let's be that special breed of people that our Pastors already are! Don't say you're too busy to serve God or do something with your life! I really dislike it (: hahahahahahahahahahaha May 8, 2009 Words Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 2:24 AM Words can be so powerful. It builds up & it tears down. It can encourage or it can destroy. Words can express a heart. Words can put up a facet. Words are just quite interesting. Words can be the true. Words can be the false. Words can be liberty. Words can be bondage. Man... half the time i don't realize how important words are. Words builds us up. Words create. Words are potent. Words are seed. Gonna speak good words. My destiny is framed by my words. May 2, 2009 I LOVE ROY (edited hehe) Ivan 'Vern' Poh from URL @ 12:47 AM Manhood is defined today by Mr Roy Tang Ruo Yu (: My buddy is so secure. Ain't we proud we have a zone manager like him in our church? Now, makes me feel so honored to be a zone manager! MUAHAHA He totally rock. The stripes The bars & the crabs The nothings Proud to be a nothing and everything in Jesus. Sergeants, Sirs & Mrs. The greatest of them all are Mrs (: Muahaha an old army joke for all of you... Faith Hope and Love, the greatest of all is love. Guess Mr Roy Tang doesn't just have faith, hope but also love (: No wonder he's the greatest We love Roy (: Oh yes and anyway, love is merciful (: so chill out guys. have mercy. that is the ultimate statement of victory and honor. When Jesus had mercy, man.... everything just stood still Man, but i love you guys.
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