Dare To Believe

Do you ever feel like you are inconveniencing God? Are you content to just barely get by in life, to just endure it? Some people think they are being humble by not asking God for things, but Jesus paid a precious price to give us abundant life! He loves to hear us call upon His name! I encourage you today to be bold and dare to believe God. Don´t just think "survival" when God is thinking "abundance." If you will think bigger, you´ll see God act bigger in your life. When you release your faith in a big way, God doesn´t say, "Who do they think they are? The nerve of that person." No, when you stretch your faith, it brings a smile to God´s face. He probably says to the angels, "Listen to what they´re saying. They believe I can do great things. They believe I can turn any situation around. They´ve got their trust and confidence in Me, so I´m not going to disappoint them!"

The Scripture says "our faith pleases God." So take a step of faith today and dare to believe that God will do the impossible in your life!

I personally experienced this over and over again in my life, even when times get really tough...

In the Bible, David encountered many difficult situations. That spirit of heaviness tried to steal his destiny. He got depressed and discouraged, but do you know what he did? He started talking to himself. He said, "Why are you cast down, oh my soul? Put your hope in the Lord." He was saying, "David, snap out of it! Why are you discouraged? Why have you lost your joy? God is still on the throne, and He still has good things in store." When that heaviness tries to come on you, do what David did. As you put your trust in the Lord and praise Him, He´ll give you His strength and empower you to overcome every obstacle you may face!

When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but
merely opening your hands to receive something better.

Alvin & Cheri appears in Lifehouse's music video "Broken"

Watch it here.

If you are having a hard time seeing us, you can view the stills here.

AOPtv Covers Lifehouse's Music Video "Broken"

We've actually got invited to be part of the music video of Lifehouse's "Broken". The production emailed tons of LA Lifehouse Fans & we got picked! The set is supposedly in New York, that's why we dressed in "fall" attire in a 78 degrees climate. We've also got our Lifehouse's Who We Are CD autographed! woohoo!

So, we took this video using my iphone 3g and broadcasted it LIVE inside the LA tunnel!



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Passion L.A. 2008

Yes!!! Passion has come to LA! Live in the newly erected Nokia Theater in Downtown LA.. with Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, David Crowder Band, Christie Nockels, speakers Louie Giglio & Francis Chan. :D

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check out Passion's website at www.268generation.com

Alvin & Cheri's Wedding

Located at the Pine Wind Garden, Torrance Civic Center, Torrance, CA :D
simple & intimate Japanese garden wedding, officiated by Ptr. Gary Shiohama.
Photos by Megan Stark.

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Our Story

Cheri and I go a long way back since 1997 where IRC (Internet Relay Chat) was one of the most popular past times people do. I started a channel called #christian. It was a small place where we talk about God, friendships and anything about life. Little did we know that this was the introduction to our story.

We first saw each other during a gig by my old band Red Sea Parting at Liberty Hall back in 1999. Out of all the songs that was played there was only one song that stood out (yeah, we messed up on the other songs..) it was the song "If You Believe". I certainly had no idea that this would be the song that would tell the story for the things to come. As I recall, when our band finished playing our stuff, we mingled with the audience, and of those was Cheri. We both spoke briefly and later asked her to hit the drums after finding out that she herself was a drummer. I could only remember saying "WOW!, have I chatted online with her? She rocks!" to my other friends. It was merely a friendly acquiantance.

I left for the US the following year and haven't heard from her since.

In 2002, during my vacation to Manila, I met her again.. and to my surprise, she has been going to my church(Christian Bible Church of the Philippines) and are very good friends with my buddies. I got to know her better and this is where our friendship started. We've continued chatting online since then and got to jam together during my 2nd visit to Manila in 2004, around this time we became the best of friends. It was also during this time that Cheri also had me read the book "Boy Meets Girl" by Joshua Harris as I just recently gone through some rough times of breakup. The book pointed out the Godly ways of handling relationships which was completely opposite on what I was doing. It did put me on the right direction and allowed God to use me in the area of true worship. We both continued our communication online and even as world's apart, it felt really close as we were always there for each other.

After another two years, 2006. Me and Cheri both decided to do a recording the songs that I wrote, and upon my arrival, we both knew deep inside that our paths are pointing to each other and how much we like and appreciate each other as a person, we didn't rush anything, I went back to the States and allowed God to reveal His plan.

We both had been praying for the special someone for God to provide for years.

I had believed, so did she.

Thanks for reading this, hope you'd be blessed by it and continue to put your trust in Him.


IF YOU BELIEVE

words and music by Alvin Ong

Look above the heavens and see for certain signs
We're searching for the answers and ask the question why
That's how it's came to be
It's so hard to see
If it's for you and me to be

Chorus
If you believe that it's you and me
Then our God will set us free
You and me are meant to be
If you believe that the stars would shine
Then together we'd be shinning bright
It takes for you and me to see
If you believe

Love involves decision, baby look into my eyes
Give God each and every moment, He'd be the one to lead your life
Don't be afraid
Just bow down and pray
We'd be together someday

Bridge:
Someday when we'll find in each others arms
I know we would never be apart

The Alvin Ong Project Supports Download For The Cure

Partnered with the most recognizable name in the fight against cancer, the American Cancer Society, Download For The Cure® offered an international music search to select a 15 song virtual compilation album. Music artists who applied had the opportunity to be heard by an industry panel hand selected for their different functions within the music industry. The panel consisted of representatives from major labels, managers, attorneys etc. High profile music industry names like Luke Wood, head of A & R Interscope Records, Andy Karp, head of A&R Atlantic Records, Nikki Hirsch, Director of Marketing Virgin Records, John Alagia, Hit Producer and even the VP of Marketing and Content for MySpace, Josh Brooks, leant their expertise and ears to this amazing program.

http://www.downloadforthecure.org

We got heard!!! :)