Let's praise Him together!

New thing

2009-01-04T00:47:00.003+08:00

well hey band and hey all! this is 09! are you excited what god would do this year? so sorry for the 2008 album being overdue...somethings God decided to speak to us first and lead us through before continuing on. well just want to share something here...that also can share with you at the same time who the real God is and how He is like abit...

well okay..been going through some storms at home lately...brother intends to go melbourne permanently, my dad well...is caught up in a act, my mum is well...getting misled by emotions and things..., God spoke about relatives too...well we arent close and 100%ly that after my parents generation pass on, the current generation which is mine would no longer appearingly be related...like we wont meet, we wont talk etc. cause we hardly know each other, or remember each others face or name...well God is doing great things. despite all these and some more things...He still assures me again that He is in charge...and i just feel this sense of peace within my heart...to say that Jesus Christ, You are in charge and I am just going to submit to whatever Your plans maybe, just lead me by hand and keep me in Your plan!

another thing...something i wrote while i was reflecting this week...rather long...but i pray you'd hold on till you're done reading it:

Your grace still amazes me. A song that kept playing on my computer for most of the week. Along with the song: By your side. Just wont get tired of the song. Do you still get amazed at and by His grace? If not, ask the Lord to renew your heart. Some lyrics: “Each day I fall on my knees, Your grace amazes me. Coz its deeper, wider, stronger, its higher than anything my eyes can see, Your grace still amazes me”. It’s a everyday renewal thing. Letting the Lord’s grace that He has and had showeth unto us to overwhelm us, to scoop us up again, to usher us into a time of rejoicing in the midst of mourning. To bring us out of our comfort of lamenting and not looking at other things and people into a time of going out and telling people of our comforter. The extreme opposites. Of valley to mountain. I’m saying your valley can be another person’s mountain. We may think that im in a serious valley. Where to another person wherever they come from, that is already a very good mountain, a very good position to have. Despite what’s going on, at least we have food on our table, we have a good place to sleep, there’s shoes on my feet, there are people loving me, I know who my parents are, I know the Lord provideth for my whole family so we can pay our bills, we can purchase food whenever we require to satisfy our hunger, where each of us can have our separate meals and not need to share to make ends meet. These to others are mountains to even have them, some even don’t dare to dream of having them. But having all these, we are in our valley. Our valley could be someone else’s mountain. How low is your valley? It is at the lowest of your valley, that it could be someone’s highest of their mountain. The Lord is always by our side. Even if we don’t have any of the above to thank for, which is a very slim chance, we still have God with us. Other’s don’t have Jesus in them. Shouldn’t we be thankful for not just having Jesus in us, but also because we know Him. How deep is His love for us? Who can fathom, who can estimate, who can know, who can measure? The depth, width, broadness, length, height, diameter, circumference, mass, weight, any form of human measurement where God is never limited by? It’s a relationship not a possession. It’s a relationship not another achievement, it’s a relationship not another on your contact list, it’s a relationship not a religion, it’s a relationship not a mere source of comfort, it’s a relationship not a make use. It’s a relationship. Have you been taking and not giving? Have you been asking but not loving? Have we missed the point of this relationship?
This relationship: Father to child, Master to servant, God to man, Best friend to friend, Provider to receiver, Comforter to comforted, Love to lover, Savior to redeemed, Faithful to compromiser, Faith to faithless, Shelter to shelter less, Food to the hungry, Strength to the weak, Hope to the hopeless, Potter to clay, Vision to the lack of vision and much much more. Whatever we have there is the opposite. Because there is a difference between when there is God in the picture and when there is not.

yup...i pray God, in this very moment. You would come another gap closer to us. like the air that we breathe that You so freely give. bring us to know You more Lord. In Jesus name i ask and pray. Amen

Take Care dear all and God bless
With God's love,
Victoria

2008-10-12T16:57:00.003+08:00

hello everyone!!!

i really hope you guys can start posting something soon. doesn't have to be long yet not so brief so that at least we can be updated on each other's lives. been doing a lot of cleaning and packing in camp in preparation for the overseas trip. it can get quite frustrating at times because it's really difficult to clean some stuff.

i went up mount faber on sat morning. didn't know what to do but just wanted to find a place to relax. i was really tired when i reached the top actually and i was able to see quite far from where i was standing, giving a feeling of spaciousness. the wind was nice too but the sun was rather hot. sometimes we can be running around so much without realizing that rest is as important to our work and so we must not overwork ourselves. ok?

yup that's all for this week!

2008-10-05T15:38:00.003+08:00

oikos on wednesday was great! my cell group went to east coast park to run in the morning. the place was very crowded when i reached and there was hardly any space to walk on the pathway. we ran along the less crowded stretch of east coast park and it was quite an enjoyable one because we tried to keep together for as much of the race as possible. we managed to complete the course that we had set and rested a while before we went a second round. the pace was much faster the second time and i felt really tired at the end of it. zhen yuan can run really fast! joe too! haha.

nothing much happened in camp this week.

saturday was study oikos again! well, i tried to teach as much as i know but there were many things i have forgotten, especially those that require explanations derived from theories. haha. had cell group after that and i went home to rest after a day out.

my mum's not at home this weekend. she went to malaysia on friday night and will be coming back only tonight, after i book in most probably because the bus doesn't return to singapore so early.

What a week!

2008-09-27T08:41:00.002+08:00

hi guys!

this week hadn't been that interesting i guess. the only thing that i remember doing in camp is playing soccer. really want to thank God for the opportunity to play soccer even in camp. i haven't been playing with my friends on saturdays for like 2 months or more already (they even stopped messaging me!). it's fun playing with my friends in camp too, just that on thurs there were some rather unfriendly people who were playing there and i was quite tempted to play rough with them. however, i thought it would be wrong for me to do that and i tried to control myself really. i couldn't stand their attitude because they made a lot of noise and they pushed others in order to get the ball. if it were in the past i would have slided them really hard but i didn't do that! haha.

booked out early yesterday then managed to have dinner with 2 of my friends before i made my way to prayer meeting. felt quite bad during prayer meeting actually cos i forgot to bring my Bible out of camp. it was very weird cos i reminded myself earlier on to bring along my Bible but it totally slipped my mind when i booked out. was i really serious about going yesterday? i don't know. i really need to go back to seeking the things of God...

Look Out, its coming!!!

2007-11-10T00:15:00.000+08:00

Hey!!! we have by the Lord's grace, blessing and guidance, complete the HCC song. BE on a look out, its coming your way!!! =) it has also marked a new chapt in Exulte Deo, so please cont to pray for us yea?! Lets run run run!
P.S. ref to part three prayer needs for our prayer needs list yup thanks...

Running with You,
Exulte Deo

A change of direction

2007-10-11T22:17:00.001+08:00

hey peepzz!! Exulte Deo has a change in our course and we are now heading to composing the HCC song before we start on our album. well prayer requests are still very much valid just that we are in the detailed process of God for us. clearing this and that which He shows...pray God would guide us, and we wouldnt use what we have, but what He gives us to use to write okay...its just so important...thanks....

Exulte Deo

Update of news

2007-10-06T21:33:00.000+08:00

hey all, the album would not be out by this year. BUT pray along with us as He prepares us for the release of it. that in the process His Glory will unfold!! Keep saving still, by then I'm very sure you would buy more than one, one for self and XX copies to bless your friends etc. TC& GBU

Praying& worshipping with you,
Exulte Deo

Part Three: Updated prayer needs

2007-10-04T15:33:00.000+08:00

~Part Three~

1. We can be fully consecrated prior to the actual CD recording commencement of this project.

2. Through the meeting, God would guide us in coming to a united conclusion.

3. God will continue to open doors where recording and all the production stuff is concerned.

4. God would enable us if He wills/wants us to write songs for the CD & the whole process would be by Him & through Him & for Him. And for Him to bestow us ministering voice.

5. We can get all the instruments that we need to use (esp a keyboard).

6. There will be no interference in the recording process so that we can give our best, pleasing to God.

7. Recordings will proceed smoothly, and the recording quality will be more than good enough to go commercial.

8. Completion of recording by God's Kairos (appointed) time.

9. That after the CD is produced (best even before), the stores will be more than agreeable to sell it (it would speak to them).

10. Stores & store owners/ store employees alike will get so hooked on the songs that they'll play them in the shop so that it can speak to people.

11. Sales for the album will be good, so that we can raise more than enough funds to help with the fundraising burden of the building committee greatly.

12. People who hear the songs will be touched by God.

Thanks alot, With Love, Blessings & prayer, Exulte Deo

Part Two: Prayer Needs

2007-09-20T23:43:00.000+08:00

~Part Two~

1. We can be fully consecrated prior to the commencement of this project.
2. We will get the go-ahead from all the leaders and such.
3. God will open doors where recording and all the production stuff is concerned.
4. God would enable us if He wills/wants us to write songs for the CD & the whole process would be by Him & through Him & for Him.
5. We can get all the instruments that we need to use.
6. There will be no interference in the recording process so that we can give our best, pleasing to God.
7. Recordings will proceed smoothly, and the recording quality will be more than good enough to go commercial.
8. Completion of recording by December.
9. That after the CD is produced (best even before), the stores will be more than agreeable to sell it (it would speak to them).
10. Stores & store owners/ store employees alike will get so hooked on the songs that they'll play them in the shop so that it can speak to people.
11. Sales for the album will be good, so that we can raise more than enough funds to help with the fundraising burden of the building committee greatly.
12. People who hear the songs will be touched by God.

Thanks alot, With Love, Blessings & prayer, Exulte Deo

Album 2?! It's comin your way!! heh...

2007-09-19T11:18:00.000+08:00

~Part One~

Hey hey all!! Exulte Deo's next album is coming up!! Please do keep the band in prayer yah in this process, so that we'd be by God and not us. Start saving 30cents everyday and you'd be able to afford the album when it comes out! Please support, as the profits would go to the church's equipment fund drive (if we can make it in time) if not, it would go to the church's building loan fund. Exciting things Amen?! We might even have ** bonus tracks from different ones at church, in expression to their songwriting passion for God! Please pray along with us till the publishing of the album yeah! Anything you may feel God be speaking to you about this or God-given ideas etc that you maybe have, feel free to approach me (Victoria) @ 91186563 or if not, add me on msn/ send me an email christsp@hotmail.com ....
Take Care& God bless!!!

"Let the True Worshippers arise this day,

when the Last days are evident,

bringing God closer to man in every way,

when now God sometimes seem just so far away".

With Love, prayers& blessings,Exulte Deo

Ehehe...

2007-09-15T19:57:00.001+08:00

Whoopee. I discovered that I have access to this blog after all - permissions got transferred when Blogger ported. Gwahaha. Exultedeo.blogspot.com shall come back to life shortly!

Hey... can the three of you access this? If so, edit this post and say aye.

**EDIT** To access it, use your Blogger/Google account. It's listed under all your blogs. XM might have problems though if he forgot his password since voltx.blogspot.com has been dead for half a year...

First Album: Lost n Found

2006-12-25T02:09:00.000+08:00

this is our first album taken on the 23rd of December 2006. Clara is missing though because she is away. so far comments received are that first track leaves impression. We hope those who received would be blessed. God bless. With Love, Vicky

Song Lyrics and Chords for Lost and Found

2006-12-22T15:53:00.000+08:00

These are the song lyrics and chords for the songs found in our first album "Lost and Found".

You

Written by: Jack Lim

Vocalist: Jack Lim

Instruments: Guitar

Refrain

C#m

I want to sing

I want to bring

My everything

F#m B C#m

Before my Lord and King

Chorus

C#m A B C#m

I want to tell the whole world about You

A B C#m

How You have changed me through the things You do

A B C#m

To magnify Your name above all

A B C#m

That Your name will shine through the hearts of all

Verse

C#m

Lord You’re the Lord of all

Creator of the world

You spoke Your word and then

Perfect things were formed

F#m A

Still we turned from You

B B7

Time and time again

F#m A

Still You won’t give up

B B7

And gave Your life for Man

Coz You’re Capo 2

Written By:Victoria

Vocalist: Victoria

Instruments: Guitar & Drum

A B

I tried to run, tried to hide

From the feelings deep inside

A E

Tried so hard, tried my best

D/F# A

To ignore you the best I can

A E

But no matter where I hide, no matter where I go

D/F# Bm E

You followed through not leaving me alone

A E

Ready to catch my fall, to catch my breath

D/F# A E

You never failed beginning to the end

Chorus 1: *2

A F#m

Coz I said, you’re the love of my life

E D

You’re the truth and the life

F#m Bm

You’re the way, you’re the one

E A

No one replaces you (you’re the one)

Bridge:

A E D/F# A

My heart turned warm and cold, turned in and out

D/F# E A

My whole life turned upside down

A F# E A

But in the midst of it all I heard you say

D/F# E A

I’ll do this till you’re back again

Chorus 2: *2 Capo 4

Coz you’re my child

You’re the apple of my eye

D/F# A

You’re why I sacrificed

Bm E

On the cross that I died

Coz you’re my child

You’re the jewel of my heart

D/F# A

Right from the start

Bm A

When I came, you were mine

Beautiful

Written by: Jack Lim

Vocalists: Jack Lim & Priscilla

Instruments: Guitar

When I’m by myself

F#m Bm

When I’m frail and weak

G D

When all things that surround me

Em A

Become things I won’t see

You are with me

F#m Bm

With Your presence strong and sweet

G D

‘Till I’m filled by Your desires

Em A

And You are all I seek

Chorus:

D F#m

Beautiful are You LORD

G D Em A

The whole earth will bow to Your majesty

D F#m

Rejoice in the Lord

G D G D

He holds our days in His endless grace

Em A D

To the glory of His name

Bridge:

Bm A D G

I love You and my heart

D Em D A

My soul my all I give to You

10/7/06: Fade (Key Fm)

Written By: Victoria Loh

Vocalist: Jack Lim

Instruments: Guitar & Piano

In this struggle of mine

I hope to love you more

That when all is over and gone

Somehow it would seem so small

And if the world fades away

And if I remain to see the day

I want to run to you

To your arms where I’ll be safe

Fm D# C#

If my world should fade away

Fm D# C#

And the stars guide my way

Fm D# C#

To the skies beyond my reach

Would you ask me to stay?

Chorus: *2:

C# D#

So just let me fall into your arms

G# D# Fm

For nothing matters more

D# C# D#

I’ll tell the world that you're here

G # D# Cm

And they'll fear you when you're near

Fm D# C#

Tell me how

Fm D# G#

Teach me how

Fm D# C#

Show me now

A#m Cm

And let me be just a passer-by

C# D#/G Fm

On my way home where heaven is

Every time I strayed away Capo 3

Written By: Priscilla

Vocalist: Priscilla

Instruments: Guitar & Drum

Verse 1

G D/F#

Tell me why Lord, must you hide your face

C G Am D

You seem so distant, so far away

G D/F# Em

I need to ask, how long would this gloom last

C Am D D7

When will this end? Will this loneliness end? {Will it end?}

Pre-Chorus 1

C Am C D/F#

You say you won’t leave me or forsake me, but somehow you don’t seem close

C D/F#

Can’t you hear my cry: Why must you hide when I need you the most?

Chorus 1

G D/F#

Coz I’m starting to stray away, I’m starting to fall apart

C Am C D/F#

Are you here with me, will you rescue me, oh I am so crushed

G D/F# Em D/F#

I’m knockin’ on your door, I can’t hold on much longer

C Am C D/F# G

Please answer me, come speak to me, come and touch my heart

Verse 2

G D/F#

Looking back, it was part of your test

C G Am D

Sorry that I let you down, hope you’ll understand

G D/F# Em

E’en when I strayed away, you drew me back to you

C Am D D7

What can I say? I love you, I will follow you {follow you}

Pre-Chorus 2

C Am C D/F#

Now I know you won’t leave me or forsake me, even if you don’t seem close

C D/F#

Away from you, I ran, yet you still held my hand when I needed you the most

Chorus 2

A E

Every time I strayed away, every time I fell apart

D Bm D E

You were there for me, you rescued me, right out from the dark

A E F#m E

I won’t seek feelings no more, instead I will seek you Lord

D Bm

Place my trust in you, my hope in you

D E A

And I thank you for touching my heart

6/5/06: Father, forgive me

Written By: Victoria

Vocalist: Priscilla

Instruments: Piano

And he saw me

G A

The thorns of my flesh

The prides in my life

Em F#m

And he knew how to pay the price

He took it on

G A

The scorn and shame

D Em

He took it all

F#m

He took away the pain

A Bm

He knew what I’d say

G A D

When I saw him on the cross that day

A Bm

He knew deep within my soul

That I’d melt down and pray

Chorus: 1^st inc bridge 1, 2^nd inc bridge 2

Bm A

Father forgive me for I have sinned

D G

Forgive all my iniquities

A F#m

I’m falling on my knees

Bm G

God I’m sorry for the day I said

Em F#m

"I don’t want you in my life again"

Bm G A

Oh help me, dear lord I pray

Bm A

God forgive me, this is my prayer today

Bridge 1:

Bm G

Father forgive me

Oh forgive me

(Bridge 2):

Bm G

Father forgive me

A F#m

I’m falling on my knees

Bm G A

Broken on my knees

And he saw me

Rest

Written By: Xueming

Vocalists: Jack Lim & Victoria

Instruments: Guitar

G C

I’m searching for a resting place,

Em D

And I’ve looked around on my own.

G C

Many paths I’ve seen; I’ve seen ahead,

Am Am7 D

Without knowing which path to take

C D

Walking around on the different paths

Em Am

Yet they all seem to end no where

C D

Just when I’m falling down

Chorus*2

G D Em Bm C

Lord you picked me up and you gave me hope

And I’m leaving;

C D

All I had inside

Where the streams of living waters flow

D Em

And I long to be in this place

C Am

For its where I know

C D G

I’ll find my rest in you