IGNYTE - His Purpose . My Generation

A God who changes life.

I really want to thank God for what He had done in my life especially in my education and my spiritual walk with Him. I remembered in Primary 4, I was starting to get naughty and did many things that were not pleasing to God. I skipped class and left school early without anyone knowing. One reason is because I did not want to study anymore because I kept failing test after test and was often misunderstood by my parents for being lazy. I was very angry with God and slowly left God. I did not even care if I was a Christian; I bullied my classmates till their parents came after me, got into fights and spoke words that were not pleasing to God.

I hid a lot of things from my parents and soon, my parents found out a shocking truth. I stole money from them and not only that; I even stole money from my Grandma who loved me the most out of all her grandchildren. I can tell that they were very heartbroken and I was very ashamed of myself. I decided to confess everything to them.

In one of the DL camps, God spoke to me and from then on, I also confess everything to God and allow Him to guide me and lead me once again. In Secondary School, my grades started to improve and God has blessed me in many ways. God called me to be a spiritual parent in IGNYTE and I believe that God would use me to bring people to know this God who is full of compassion and love the lost. A God who changes life. All glory to God.

Eugene Teo
Sis Limin’s Cell
Z1 (Sec 2)

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When Doubt becomes Faith

In the first one and a half years of my JC life, all my time was dedicated to the Christian Fellowship group. We constantly prayed and interceded for the school and lead other Christians to rise up in their own Christian walk. But after I stepped down from CF, I found that I no longer had anything to do. I may have stepped down but something in me knew that there had to be something more for me to do. I felt dry walking into school everyday without a meaning. So, during the period of June, I was earnestly seeking and praying to God about my next direction in school. But God was silent. Finally, at the end of the month, God broke the silence. He questioned me, “ If you are able to dedicated your time to pray for the school, why won’t you do likewise for your class?”

When I heard those words, something within me cringed. I may have loved my class a whole lot, but I just didn’t feel adequate to be the one to start any “Christian” stuff in my class. To speak and minister to them individually was a norm for me. But to see myself standing up to be a spiritual leader in my class was overwhelming. I doubted myself, I doubted God. However I still tried going around to ask who didn’t mind having a class cell. Truth be told, I never expected much. But God had His ways… He already prepared the path.

Amazingly, God had already spoken to 2 of my classmates before He spoke to me. They too, began to feel the burden for the people in our class. I must say, it was a really smooth journey. We grew from a group of 5 people to a group with at least 12 regulars. That was a feat in itself. But what amazed me more was the way God began to work with the non-Christians. Initially I wanted it to be low profilel. I was afraid that if the nonbelievers found out, they would be really upset with me for trying to be a “Holy activist”. However, the secret was not a well kept one. Soon, the entire class found out. The surprising thing was that instead of putting us down, some of them even showed interest and came to join us. I didn’t even have to convince them. God had stirred their hearts up without me speaking a word. Through that, I was the one ministered to. Since then, so many doors have been opened.

From the start of July, we’ve been meeting every Monday afternoon for class cell and on Thursday mornings for Class prayer. At class cell, we’ll have a short time of worship and then my class rep and I will take turns to share about a passage or a topic, while at prayer, we will pray and intercede for the non-Christian classmates. They are so eager to grow that even now during our prelims, they chose to continue with our weekly cell. And every morning before the papers, we look around at see all the students studying hard while my class would sit in a circle and pray for the paper. Indeed they have learnt the meaning of trusting in God.

Each time I walk away from class cell I am amazed at how much God has worked in their lives. Seeing them grow more and more every day is such a miracle. Many lives have changed. Many have decided to turn from their old ways and become new living testimonies for Christ.

Michelle Leong
Z2

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More Ways than 1!

God has blessed me in more ways than one in my entire college life.
As much as i know that God has called me to join canoeing for a reason- to reach out to my backslidden friends, i cant help but feel that i will last as long as a mosquito on a suicide bombing mission.

Canoeing is one of the most hectic cca in school because we train 4 times a week(and trainings can be really tough) after school and by the time i get home after trainings, its usually the best time to sleep. It was really trying because half the time i find myself struggling to catch up with my school work and trying my best to look attentive in class. At one point of time i felt really disappointed because i couldn't get the best of both, i really wanted to give up and just concentrate on my studies. Besides, i was often caught in between church commitments and my cca. Once my coach was angry that i skipped training camp because of IGNYTE conference. I felt really lonely because i thought no one truly understand how i felt at that point of time. But God did. He gave me wonderful friends and leaders who kept encouraging me and reminding me of my purpose in school. That made me press on and i am proud to say that God made everything worth it because during my nationals, he saw me through every race and i made it into the finals!

After i got back my A level results, i didnt know where i could go because i did worse than expected. But today, i have no regrets because i did my best. I am just thankful that God gave directions and he blessed me with his favour time and time again because my applications were smooth and successful and i look forward to starting school at NIE because i know wherever he brings me to, he will see me through. All i can say is that God never forgets his little children. He has plans only to prosper us and we, as his precious ones, have nothing to prove and nothing to lose. (:

Juliana Peh
(Z1 leader)