tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:16:29 +0000personalstrengthtechnologyChristmasJesusactsbadgesbatteryblessbloggingcampchocolateschurchcoffeedevotionsdrivers licenseempowerencouragementexperiencefocusgiftgraceimpossiblejobneighbourhoodnike+ipodphilippianspraypromisepsalm 23psalm 34resourcesrestrunningsalvationshepherdsleepsnowflakestresstastetestthankstimetipstiredtrustunitywearywork"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." - Mark 10:45http://v1c.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Victor)Blogger220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-7053093095404691798Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:23:00 +00002007-05-10T09:29:11.028+10:00personaltechnologyMy days at Blogger have finally come to an end (for the time being)... I have moved on to (hopefully) greener pastures at Wordpress (it has several features which blogger is lacking). Later on I am hoping to host my own blog.I've created a domain name: http://www.veekter.com which currently points to my blog hosted on Wordpress - http://veekter.wordpress.com.What do you think of the name? Take a http://v1c.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-2989636287551643895Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:56:00 +00002007-04-13T10:11:00.908+10:00tipsNo it's not just about using powerpoint. Seth Godin writes in his blog about really bad powerpoints. I've pondered about what the differences are between an ok presentation and a very good presentation. Steve Jobs is one of the best keynote speakers I've heard and Seth's blog entry does point out some of the things which causes Steve's keynote to stand out from the rest.As I will be beginning to http://v1c.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-give-presentation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-8892150839872056258Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:11:00 +00002007-04-13T10:06:27.081+10:00technologyI have always disliked the vulnerabilities of Windows, but today's dilemma with the animated cursor fix, really surprised me. The fact that Microsoft, out of all software companies, would release a patch, that still contained bugs.So really in the end, it came down to performing a Windows update to fix the original problem and then the user has to put up with the error messages, until the hotfix http://v1c.blogspot.com/2007/04/microsoft-fixes-fix.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-7917017513403419477Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:29:00 +00002007-04-03T11:15:42.835+10:00resourcesOver the past week I have been checking out some interesting blogs and I had no idea that so many churches and even the pastors themselves are using this tool to share and help others.One great blog I've been reading is called Swerve and it's the blog from the pastors (I believe) of LifeChurch.tv. Reading their blog has really opened my eyes as to how alot of churches fail to see some of the mosthttp://v1c.blogspot.com/2007/04/resources-galore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-2755548461362215249Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:19:00 +00002007-04-13T10:04:02.642+10:00churchHey everyone!Hope Within Reach has launched a new website: http://www.hopewithinreach.com so come and check it out - especially if you're in the Sydney area, they've got some amazing programs."Hope Within Reach exists to strengthen and equip individuals and families with the resources and skills to effectively manage the social, vocational, financial and personal aspects of their lives. Through ahttp://v1c.blogspot.com/2007/03/hope-within-reach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-6645202626487000737Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:35:00 +00002007-04-13T10:04:21.039+10:00personalI was thinking about going for a run this morning, but instead I woke up way too late. Now my nose is doing the running! Catching a cold is very annoying, reduces my productivity to about 50% because 50% of the time I'd be blowing my nose.However 50% is better than 0% right? So that's no excuse to be doing nothing, although I may not be able to do as much, I can still do something! Sometimes we http://v1c.blogspot.com/2007/03/morning-blues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-6615307928260372642Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:44:00 +00002007-04-13T10:05:17.254+10:00personal"For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him," - Hebrews 2:2-3In verse 2 it talks about the just reward. Everything we do has a consequence, doing the wrong of course http://v1c.blogspot.com/2007/01/great-salvation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-5834217602598029124Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:35:00 +00002006-12-23T09:01:02.013+11:00ChristmasgiftJesussalvationWhy is Christmas celebrated on December 25th? Christmas is a day where we celebrate the birth of Jesus. So that means Jesus' birthday must be on December 25th. Technically this is not necessarily correct as there is no evidence to suggest that, it is only a date that has been given by the early churches. The next question you may ask is: why God didn't tell us Jesus' birthday? The thing is He http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/12/christmas-eve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-62552726726947447Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:24:00 +00002006-12-16T10:52:31.124+11:00badgescampexperiencejobpsalm 34tasteWOW! It's been an interesting couple of weeks. So much has happened, yet so little has been blogged (in fact none at all). Let's see, I'll begin with me starting my new job in North Sydney, this was on the first Monday of December. I was almost late, but thank God I got there in time. I spent half the day filling out forms and doing administrative stuff. There wasn't much I could do really, in http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/12/taste-his-goodness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-230991291023703872Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:06:00 +00002006-12-01T08:16:26.592+11:00encouragementimpossiblethanksThank you Lord for this wonderful day that I can just rest and not have to do any work (I'm sure I'll end up doing some work though). Yesterday was my last day at work for my old job. Next Monday I will be starting at my new job in North Sydney. It will be an interesting experience, praise God that He has opened the doors.There's just so many things I could thank God for. Truly there is nothing http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/12/day-off.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-4825901403071528512Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:43:00 +00002006-11-30T07:56:26.254+11:00blessgracestrength"The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace." - Psalm 29:11Wow this is an amazing promise from the word of truth, which is 100% reliable. The Lord will give strength to His people to His people. So who are His people? You are His people, when you have accepted Jesus Christ into your heart, you accept the entry into the kingdom of God. At the same time, http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/lord-will-bless.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-1506635770076134680Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:38:00 +00002006-11-30T07:56:54.078+11:00batterychocolatesfocusneighbourhoodprayrunningHow does a battery work? Batteries don't last forever on a single charge. A battery must be charged and when the power is used up it must be recharged again. Likewise we cannot survive without recharging ourselves. How do we recharge? Pray and wait upon the Lord.Yesterday I decided to go around my neighbourhood (door knocking) to sell the fundraising chocolates. I prayed that I would sell all thehttp://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/recharge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-7233495272293373477Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:29:00 +00002006-11-27T08:01:42.811+11:00coffeepromiserestsleepwearyFor the past week or so, I've only been getting about 5 hours of sleep each night. For some this might be heaps, but for me this is nowhere near enough. I normally need at least 7 hours of sleep. Although I'm so tired right now, by coming to God, He gives rest and strengthens me.Coffee doesn't work on me. Last night I had the strongest coffee I had ever. It was a jelly which was basically http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/sleep-deprived.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-214794328947572223Thu, 23 Nov 2006 21:03:00 +00002006-11-24T08:16:20.583+11:00psalm 23shepherdstressWhy do you stress? Is it because you have a really hard exam coming up? Or maybe you've been put under alot of pressure at work. Our capabilities are limited, there's not much we can do about that ourselves. However God did not expect us to live on our own.Psalm 23 talks about God being the shepherd. It highlights who God is and who we are in God. Only through God can we have the provision, peacehttp://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/dont-stress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-5159219354844571346Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:37:00 +00002006-11-22T07:49:49.156+11:00nike+ipodsnowflakeunityI have been using the Nike+iPod kit for a couple of weeks now and I thoroughly enjoy it. Just recently I found out that Nike actually has special events where people run as a group to reach the required goal. Through these things Nike has donated to charity (eg. 1 mile = $1). I think this is just a great idea. Imagine people from all over the world, reaching for a common goal. That is what we arehttp://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/common-goal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-6520419651514941491Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:18:00 +00002006-11-21T07:30:31.386+11:00actsempowerphilippiansstrengthtiredThe last couple of days I have been feeling very tired. I'm not sure whether it's a lack of sleep or whether I'm doing too much. It's easy when we do feel tired to ask God for strength and to rely on Him. But many times when we should have asked for His strength, but we fail to. We think we can live life on our own strength, however we can only live life to the full with the strength of God."But http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/empowered.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-8836898713498826593Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:45:00 +00002006-11-18T10:56:08.786+11:00drivers licensestrengthtesttrustWho or what do we rely on to give us strength each day? Yesterday I was really touched to put my full trust in the Lord. The story is that I had been planning to go for my drivers license test (Driver Qualification Test) to get my full license. Week after week I would put it off, until on Thursday I remembered that my license actually expires in November. It turns out that it actually expired on http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/trust-in-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-1303966301264232755Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:39:00 +00002006-11-16T07:58:26.783+11:00bloggingdevotionstimeworkWell after almost 2 years since I've started using blogger, I've finally changed the look of my blog. This was due to the fact that I have now migrated over to the new Blogger beta and so I thought I'd try out the new layout customization. I think it doesn't look too bad at all, and the interface was not too bad. Although there were a few quirks, but having a bad line on my end didn't help http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/new-look.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-116336533486458049Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:37:00 +00002006-11-15T07:28:35.691+11:00What is faith? I watched an episode of House MD where they treated a "faith healer" who is used by God to heal the sick. Of course House does not believe in such things and calls him a lunatic. One of the things he says: "faith is ignorance". Well how would you live without faith? we need to have faith in different aspects of our lives. We need to have faith that the next time we take a breath http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/faith-to-live.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-116319349406823118Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:04:00 +00002006-11-15T07:28:35.402+11:00You think that life is hopeless.You think that your toils are useless.There is a hope, there is a way.God gave His Son that we may,Receive salvation and His glorious riches.His name is none other than Jesus.- Written by: Victor (me)Praise God! I hope these words have blessed you.Hope Mission Centre has started a building project and it would be awesome if people could contribute by donating to http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/one-hope-one-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-116310663661431920Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:02:00 +00002006-11-15T07:28:35.208+11:00When we go through tough times and it seems like God is not there, it can be difficult. You start to wonder, where are you God? I don't feel you anymore...why is this happening?But what really is happening is that you are the one that has left God, sometimes out of our own fleshly desires we leave God to satisfy our own cravings. Then when we hit problems, we ask why? If you want a reason, it's http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/come-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-116293356349675658Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:50:00 +00002006-11-15T07:28:34.954+11:00What do we do when problems and trials come our way? Do we run away or do we stand up and face them? By ourselves we are not very strong, but if we have God on our side who can be against us?"In the LORD I put my trust; How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain"?" - Psalm 11:1So if we have the Lord on our side, if we put our trust in the Lord, then why do we still run away fromhttp://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/dont-be-wuss.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-116284619031931632Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:40:00 +00002006-11-15T07:28:34.755+11:00"The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble." - Psalm 9:9God is a just God, He doesn't believe in poverty, discrimination or anything like that. Which is why, whenever we are oppressed or we are facing a problem. The Lord is there with open arms to take care of us. We can see there are so many problems and so many people in this world facing oppression. Not http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/refuge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-116276055874409452Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:54:00 +00002006-11-15T07:28:34.519+11:00If you think about it, the universe is so big, we haven't even seen 1% of it. So in the grand scheme of things, we are just a microscopic speck. Imagine you had something like an iPod. On the iPod there's the metal case, the screen, the circuit boards. Then if you go even deeper, you'll find different types of bacteria on it and specks of dust. That's similar to how we are compared to the http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/miniscule.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12370314.post-116267632255879852Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:27:00 +00002006-11-15T07:28:34.259+11:00Today and in the coming weeks, Hope Church will be having a garage sale. In the bible, people gave up everything to be given to those in need."Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles' feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need." - Acts 4:http://v1c.blogspot.com/2006/11/garage-sale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Victor)0