🔠🅰️🔠🔠🔠🔠🔠🔠🔠 : A trick or a treat?

When it comes to #Halloween or any other grey area in life — discernment is a must.

We examine why Christian participation in all things of this world must be weighed up with wisdom and precision.

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Feeling fearful? Here are 7️⃣ promises of God to stand upon

Fear, horror... there's more than enough gruesomeness in our world today. So, here in this moment, let's focus on something good. These here 7 promises from the Word of God will foster faith and encourage you right now:

✔️ God is your shepherd
✔️ God will shield you 
✔️ God is in control
✔️ God will keep you safe
✔️ God has saved you
✔️ God will provide for you
✔️ God's love for you can never be taken away 

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P.S. First name that comes to mind — go! Now share this with them to encourage them and be a blessing.

I’m hopeful for the future of our youth ministries 👍

Responding to FOPx’s recent survey results, JANELLE YEO, Youth Pastor at Mount Carmel BP Church, reflects on the report’s findings and shares why she’s optimistic and hopeful for the future of our youth ministries.

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Youth ministry: 5️⃣ key focuses for success and solid growth

#ICYMI, FOPx published a 110-page report detailing insights and ideas for local youth ministries.

We looked at more than 40 of these ideas to distill 5 focuses churches can consider if they want to fill up the seats with young people who will be equipped, encouraged, edified and go the distance.

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My journey into pornography and masturbation started from a very young age, in the aisle of a local bookstore... 😞

That was how my lifelong struggle with sexual purity began… but here’s why I have always found the good fight worthwhile (and how I’ve learnt to make right choices and flee temptation!).

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What does it mean to put on the armour of God?

Do you hear that? That jink-jink-jink sound?

That’s us putting the armour of God on – have you?

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The latest episode of ‘Let’s Take a Walk’ is out! 🚶‍♀️

Joining FELICIA CHIN is SABRINA TAN, founder and CEO of Skin Inc, who shares about the heart behind her work and how she achieves success while juggling business and family.

As a hopeless romantic who used to fall for every guy in a 10-metre radius... ❤️

...it took TESSA TIN a long time and a lot of heartbreak before she stopped idolising relationships and started looking at love healthily.

Sharing insights from her chat with Pastor Lee Hann Yang, a marriage counsellor from Evangel Bible-Presbyterian Church, and writers like Marshall Segal, Tessa tells us how she began to see singlehood as a season to prepare for marriage and to become the woman God has created her to be.

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Single, lonely and serious FOMO… can anyone else relate? 💔

Our evergreen writer opens up about how FOMO and the loneliness of singlehood led him to wrestle with worth, his identity and love itself.

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What does it mean to grow spiritually? 📈

Working through disappointment in church and cell group, this is how JOHN LIM realised what growth truly is and how he moved from consumer to contributor.

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The Gospel in Attack on Titan

A deep dive into how the acclaimed shonen anime series is a looking glass into the human condition and a broken world’s need for the Gospel.

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P.S. Our artist attempted a panel in Isayama-san's style. Go check it out in the comments and let us know what you think — along with some thoughts about the manga or anime. Just keep it kind!

Momentum Youth Prayer & Worship Night is happening tomorrow night at TOUCH CENTRE (FCBC) from 745-945pm

Young people: bring a friend and come join peers, youth leaders and pastors in an extended time of prayer and worship. No registration required.

READ "Young people: Let’s seek God together in prayer and worship" ❤️ th1r.st/mypwn

Joseph Chean: Remembering the missions maverick who lived for the Kingdom

Pastor NG ZHIWEN pens a heartfelt tribute to the man who lived to do “crazy” things for God and whose heart burned for unity and the nations.

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Joseph Chean: The missions man who was many things but most of all, a 🔠🔠🔠🔠🔠🔠

As someone who had learnt, served and did life with Joseph Chean in YWAM DTS, ROY TAY reflects on the life and legacy of the tireless missions mobiliser.

"As tears of reminiscence flow down our cheeks, our smiles can widen because Joe died doing what he loved – preaching God’s Word to the nations."

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爱我愿意: “Count Me In” for HHM’s first-ever Christmas concert! 🥳

Join celebrities such as Rui En, Felicia Chin, Annette Lee, Chew Chor Meng and Charlie Goh on 10 December for HHM‘s Christmas celebration concert!

There will be good music, good dancing, good fun and most of all — good news. 🎁

Tickets for the 8pm show have already been sold out, but tickets for the 4pm show at Suntec Convention Centre have just been released — get yours and bring a friend while you can!

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Joseph Chean has passed the baton to you, the next generation

At Momentum Youth Prayer & Worship Night, Thir.st Editor Edric Sng paid special tribute to Joseph Chean’s life and legacy, urging youths to receive the baton from this hero of faith and go on to make their lives count for the Kingdom.

“Joseph himself would not care for your admiration or adulation – he would call for your action,” said Edric, who affirmed that though a great man has gone, greater things are yet to come.

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“I forgive him”: Kim Chean on the taxi driver involved in her husband Joseph Chean’s accident

On the first night of Joseph Chean’s wake, attendees were given details about the traffic accident through a slideshow put together from Kim’s ensuing trip to Turkey – which also featured a stunning story of forgiveness between Kim, the taxi driver and his mother.

Read on for an adaptation of the full presentation, along with a reflection on forgiveness.

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