The Imam And The Pastor

Today my church showed this video after the mass. Very inspiring and touching(and a touch of humour), it shows the idea that "dialog is better that dealt" .Sorry I can't find the whole 39 minute documentary, this is just around 10 mins. But hope you all will still get the message of this video:

God bless you all in this starting of a new week, Don't forget to check out the ICCF shirt too :)

Love,
Lionel

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Take It All !

Good morning everyone :)

Ever burdened by worries, studies, waking up early for 8am class (like me =.=) or anything at all?
Well lets start of the day with this great song that I heard recently. :D

Lift your burdens and all we are today to Him, TAKE, TAKE, TAKE IT ALL! :D

My God I'll only ever give my all :)

Love,
Lionel

Everything

Here's an "Everything" skit performed by our big bros and sis from ICF of Nilai :D

Nice right? Right? :D
Hope you guys enjoy this video as much as I do. Most of all, learn and know that with God everything is great :)

Creatig Space, Hostility to Hospitality

Hello everyone, read this article from the church's bulletin, just feel like sharing with you guys:

Conflict and turmoil occurs when there is a lack of tolerance for the space of others or where their boundaries are not respected. Within a multi-cultural and multi-religious environment where common 'space' is often shared, we need to ensure that the respective space and boundaries of each individuals or religious faith has to be respected and guarded from unreasonable invasive impingement.

The first part of this two-fold task calls for the creation of space. What does it man to 'create-space'? God gave us to choo0se between right or wrong, to freely accept Him as well as the reverse. It is only within such space that allows for the true freedom that one can speak of Love.

We can also find strong correlation between creating space and extending hospitality. "Hospitality is not change people, nut to offer them space where change can take place." - Reaching Out, Henri Nouwen. Such hospitality, according to Nouwen, transform hostility to friendship.

Creating space also means taking risk, especially the risk of becoming vulnerable. When persons are defensive and guarded, then relationship with others are often hindered if not made impossible. Creating space means learning to trust the other.

Ultimately, when we create space for others to be themselves, we also create space for God. God is our ultimate Host - the one who provides common space for all humanity to meet, interact, dialogue and commune.

But creating space alone is insufficient for fostering interfaith harmony. Creating space needs to be matched by respect for limits and boundaries. If one fails to respect the limits of space created, then one can either lose one's own identity to the other or wholly absorb the identity of the other into ours. Failure to respect limits and boundaries erode the uniqueness of each religious tradition. Failure to respect space is often the cost for strife and conflict.

As Christians, it is our mission to continue working for interfaith harmony through authentic dialogue and collaboration with others. It is a challenge to constantly take the risk of making space for the other whilst ensuring that the space of everyone, including ours is respected and defended.

Hope you learn something from this article and try to apply it in your lives.

God bless everyone, have a great week ahead :)

Love,
Lionel

Situation In China...

Let us pray for our brothers and sisters from other countries. May they have the strength and courage to fight the good fight and remain faithful to Jesus Christ who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Amen

Announcement 08/02/2011

Sorry guys since this week is test week. ICCF is not going tot have gathering or prayer meetings.

But hope you all will not seize to praise and worship God. Keep up the prayers.
Be in line with God's will, keep calling out to God on behalf of others and ourselves

May God bless you all with overflowing wisdom, grace and love, in this test weeks. All the best fellow Intians :D


God is good all the time, all the time God all is good

With greatest love from,
ICCF

Commenting How To...

Many people have asked how to leave comments on this blog, so I have come up with a step by step tutorial on how to leave comments:

1. Click on the "comments" that appeared in the bottom of each posts you want to coment:



2. After clicking it, a window will pop out which looks something like this:



3. Then its just the matter of leaving your comments(for this example "Hello").
4. After that, type out the word that appeared below the comment box (for this example is the word "under")
5. Then choose your identity (for this example I chose to write a nickname. You can choose other options too, but I find the 3rd option is the easiest. The 4th is for the people who wants to remain anonymous (don't want to be known of their identity))

Hope this helps, any questions, you can email to iccf email : iccf2008@live.com

Have a great day everyone, God bless :)

Love
Lionel

Hosanna

Hello everyone, welcome back from Chinese New Year Holiday :D
I must admit, it's kinda short tho :S

But lets put everything aside now, I want to start off the week by sharing this magnificent and powerful song by Israel Houghton, called Hosanna(Be Lifted Higher) with you guys

I know Inti's line is very VERY slow, but let it load. Trust me its worth the wait :)

May God bless you all it this blessed week. Hope you all do well in all of your tests

Love,
Lionel

Saint Agatha of Sicily

For all the Catholics out there, today is the celebration of a feast in honor of Saint Agatha of Sicily.

Agatha is a Christian saint. And her memorial is on 5th February. She was and still is truly a child of God. To read more about her life, please click on her name above.


God bless, everyone. have a happy holiday :)

Lionel

Happy Chinese New Year 2011

Hello everyone! ICCF would like to wish you all a Happy Chinese New Year :D

May God bless each and everyone of you all abundantly. And as a student, may you all have a great and err.. prosperous year as usual.. :P

Happy Holiday Everyone ^^

With Great Love from,
ICCF

Presidental Address

Dear ICCF members,

      members of the present and those to come - I've been in the ICCF for at least two years during my time at Inti and I can honestly say it was the best part of my life. So many things happened in the ICCF, so many things to learn, so many experiences to share and gain (But then again, my whole life at Inti Sarawak revolved around the ICCF, so I guess it was natural that being in ICCF was very meaningful to me :P)

      I was a committee member, and I guess I will write a little bit for the committees of the ICCF. The first thing I would like to say to all of you is: Congratulations! ICCF stands for the Inti College Christian Fellowship. Unlike other clubs, we are earthly bound to the authority of Inti, but spiritually we are under the authority of God almighty! I guess I can say that this club is the next best thing Inti can offer besides education. Be proud to be a member of the committee of the ICCF. From now on (and always actually) we are all one family under our heavenly Father.

      We are all bound to make mistakes and deviate away sometimes. But as a family, we should help each other. Be supportive, understanding and express love to each other just as you would do with your own family! Only through this unity that ICCF can continue to serve and glorify God.

      Perhaps you will all encounter the inconvenient truth, that is all the committees will shift one day, and maybe you are not ready to face it. It happens to our committees before, and I think the best advice I can give is to pray more and to have faith. Sometimes, by letting go, that you will gain something greater. Worrying is normal, but do keep this in mind, that "greater things have yet to come, greater things are still to be done!"

      Be strong ICCF members! God has always been there with you all and He has been gracefully keeping all of you under His care. ICCF is where you can find shelter, find comfort, and let go of your burdens. Try your best to know and understand God, try to follow His way, because when we go through God, everything is awesome! Pray more and try to make Him your priority in your heart. Build a relationship with God, and then you can build your relationships on Earth.

May God Bless You All. All of you will always been in my prayers.

Love,
Lionel