James Yap - My Cancer ‧ Faith Journey

14/01/2026

𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆
𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙣

👋 Hi all, this being my 1st personal medical update this new year, I would 1st wanna give thanks to the Lord on this Lord's Day for His overflowing grace... PTL 🙌

My family has also been immensely touched by your warmth, care & share + much love support for 2025 - we're indeed so very grateful 🙏

Though there were challenging moments for the past 10 days including a whole day of serious diarrhea (1st time ever in my life with such great intensity) + some curious bleeding incident on another day, the Lord has always been good to carry me through them... 🙌

Now looking forward to a very critical CT scan this coming Wednesday - that would certainly confirm if these 5 rounds of chemo so far - have been effective - would help Dr Ben (my oncologist) to determine if my remaining chemo rounds would to stay the same or to add extra drug(s) / dosages or any other steps to take moving forward, we beseech & appreciate your intercessions 🙏

May you & your family be awesomely blessed with brimful of peace & joy this new week..!! 🤗

🙌 𝗦𝗗𝗚 🙌

11/01/2026

𝔹𝕃𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔼𝔻 ℕ𝔼𝕎 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟞
𝑱𝙤𝒖𝙧𝒏𝙚𝒚 𝑭𝙤𝒓𝙬𝒂𝙧𝒅 (Isaiah 42:16)

Stepping into the new year 2026, one may ask about my reflections & what I hope / wish for (this new year) moving forward...

The Lord has been awesomely good to me for the Year 2025... Amongst the many that I would want to give thanks, He enabled the medical team to spot the new nodules (extremely minute) found in my lungs during scans rendered in April 2025 whilst allowed Dr Ben (my oncologist) to continue monitor my conditions & sprang immediately into actions without undue delay - persuaded me to embrace the 2nd set of chemo treatments after finding these nodules continue grow & multiply in July 2025... For this - I'm truly grateful..!!

My daily bible reading the past quarter that focused on the Old Testament with a verse that the Lord spoke to me pretty loudly was - from 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝟰𝟮:𝟭𝟲 (NLT) -

𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 [𝙮𝙤𝙪] 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝,
𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 [𝙮𝙤𝙪] 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙮.
𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 [𝙮𝙤𝙪]
𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 [𝙮𝙤𝙪].
𝙔𝙚𝙨, 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨;
𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙠𝙚 [𝙮𝙤𝙪].

This is such a powerful promise of hope & direction from Him - showing the Almighty will provide a way forward even when His people (me being included - though in context, it's referring to the Israelites - His chosen people then), who might/may not see it themselves, turning despair into deliverance.

Yes indeed, I shall cling on to this verse throughout this new year dearly..!!

2025, being a year of much thanksgiving despite some challenges, distractions, spiritual attacks, etc... my family & I were so very overwhelmed by all your warmth, love, care & share that enabled our moving-forward so endearingly sweet. Once again, we thank y'all with all our hearts.. 🙏🙏🙏

Wishing you & your family - A Fruitful, Cheerful & Healthy New Year! 🎊🎉

🙌 SDG 🙌

21/12/2025

𝕄𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝/𝔼𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝/ℙ𝕤𝕪𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕁𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕪
Christmas Advent stories

🙌 How Awesome is our God 🙌

Surprise... surprise...!!
Yes indeed, this Christmas Advent has been bringing me many pleasant surprises!!

So very glad to be able to have the morning worship onsite & again surprised @ Pastor Kai, a former pro medical practitioner laying his hands upon me interceding for my medical conditions + the inspirational message on the "Surprise from Above" preached by Pastor Timothy...

Well, thinking back - yes indeed - my cancer.faith journey has also been an embracing surprise...

Also appreciating separate home visits by my former graduated music students... Really looking forward to celebrate Christmas very soon...

ALL ABOUT CHRIST'S LOVE

🙌 𝗦𝗗𝗚 🙌

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22/10/2025

𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆

On a work trip in Shanghai with Alice Yap - continue building stamina in mental strength...💪

Also praying for divine appointments 🙏

🙌 𝗦𝗗𝗚 🙌

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17/10/2025

𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆
𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙙

Update from my July medical screening
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👋 Hi all, my test results taken past Friday (10/10) though showing my cancer markers ran very well with CEA @0.5 (previously 0.6) & CA19-9 @

06/09/2025

𝕄𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝/𝔼𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝/ℙ𝕤𝕪𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕁𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕪
𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨

🙏🙏🙏 Thankful that I was able to watch this very live broadcast featuring my eldest daughter 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗬𝗮𝗽 in the 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙆𝙞𝙙𝙨 小超人回来了 series - a timely review of what was broadcasted 21 years old ago when Alice & I were being interviewed on the TV - we were so young then. Now, look how frail I'm - but I'm still thankful for all the opportunities being bestowed upon, to be with my family, my dear ones... really🙏🙏🙏

James N Alice Yap ==================================
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Janice was being featured on TV Channel 8 & mewatch program 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 (星期二特写) 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙆𝙞𝙙𝙨 小超人回来了 last night (26 Aug) @ 8.30pm. If you missed it, you may still review it with different options:
https://youtu.be/9Bp6XdhGpJ4 (Original version 守护艺术初心)
https://www.8world.com/.../the-super-kids-are-back-arts...
https://youtu.be/O1kL-d5GJm0 (Remake solo edition 绘画天才转投戏剧教育)
https://www.8world.com/.../artist-turns-drama-educator...
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18F9p8Sgsz
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🙌 𝗦𝗗𝗚 🙌

17/08/2025

💪 2𝘯𝘥 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 💪
𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 (Brian Littrell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqKQYbQM4ks

During a video shoot at home whole of today amidst the commemoration of my 2nd year of my this My Cancer ‧ Faith Journey, the interviewer posed me a question - Who or what helped you get through that difficult time?

My answer was & shall remain as what this lyric video shared:
𝙄𝙣 𝘾𝙃𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙏 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚
𝙄 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨
𝙄𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮
𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚
𝙈𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝
𝙈𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚
𝙄𝙨 𝘾𝙃𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙏 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚

🙌 𝗦𝗗𝗚 🙌

Lagu “In Christ Alone” terdapat di album Thank You Jesus Pt.1In Christ alone will I gloryThough I could pride myself in battles wonFor I've been blessed bey...

13/08/2025

𝕄𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝/𝔼𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝/ℙ𝕤𝕪𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕁𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝
𝗠𝘆 𝟱𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 2𝘯𝘥 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺
🙌 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤 𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 🙌

Today marks exactly the 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 of my Stage-4 cancer Journey which itself has been a great divine birthday gift, surviving through numerous challenges & struggles... Such a wondrous grace...!!

Whilst being endowed with blessings upon blessings, now looking not only forward to many more healthy years ahead, but walking closer with Him & with the people I know + making new friends...!! It's certainly relational...!!

🙌 𝗦𝗗𝗚 🙌

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12/08/2025

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟰 - 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗻 & 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘊𝘎 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 @ 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘶 𝘗𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘵

🤲 Wanna give thanks & sing praises to our Lord Jesus for the church CG weekend retreat @ Batu Pahat 🙌𝗣𝗧𝗟🙌

Whilst having a wonderful breakout time with the fellowship group hike at Bukit Payong for building physical stamina & strength, we were so blessed to be able to pray for our nation Singapore on our SG60 National Day & at the same time intercede for the local people in Batu Pahat & Malaysia at-large to see the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ 🙏

On a separate day, we were able to immerse ourselves in God's creative powers @ Kampung Segenting (a fishing village) sunsetting seaside 💪 & acknowledged His wisdom in human's labour at the Zenxin Organic Park farm for better dietary health awareness & quality 👍

Truly appreciate all your prayers for the smooth journey & safety 🙏 Wishing y'all & family brimful of shalom rest & blessings this new week..!! 😇

🙌 𝗦𝗗𝗚 🙌

02/08/2025

𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆
𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳

🙌𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙗𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙙.. Psalm 96:11🙌 Closing the week again, I wanna give thanks & sing praises to Lord Jesus for the smooth procedure rendered past Wednesday 🙌𝗣𝗧𝗟🙌

Dr Charles has had a tele-consultation with me yesterday to analyse the report results of the procedure (Sigmoidoscopy) rendered by him - I was cleared of the remaining colon (sigmoid or pelvic colon) with no negative development & polyp found, so my surgery case (March 2024) is then fully closed.

But the attainment of the remission state would to be postponed till September 2028 due to the growth of the small nodule detected in my left lung earlier (as detailed in my earlier FB post) - to be further closely monitored (till the CT scan to be done this coming October) by the medical team. I look forward now to a CG retreat in Malaysia next weekend in closer fellowship with Him corporately. Truly appreciate all your prayers🙏

Wishing all bountiful blessings & peace in the coming week..!! 😇

🙌 𝗦𝗗𝗚 🙌

26/07/2025

𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋’𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵 ~ Psalm 24:1

As we're closing the week, I wanna give thanks & sing praises to Lord Jesus for the many lessons learned this week 🙌𝗣𝗧𝗟🙌 While my next few days may be challenging, I'm looking forward to the consultation coming Monday with my cardiologist, Dr Edgar who would to assess my cardiac fitness for performing a Sigmoidoscopy the coming Wednesday on my remaining colon (left 1/3) by Dr Charles - my chief (colorectal) surgeon. These medical arrangements were made pretty last minute & only confirmed (on 20 July) by the medical team after reviewing my latest condition as shared previously. Beseeching again your intercessions, I'm truly grateful 🙏

Wishing all a week of peace & tremendous blessings ahead..!! 😇

🙌 𝗦𝗗𝗚 🙌

22/07/2025

𝕄𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝/𝔼𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝/ℙ𝕤𝕪𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕁𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕪
𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨

I'm absolutely thankful for the immense opportunity to be able to contribute to the development of Singapore Music, etc within its music educators' community... This helps me mark important milestone for greater motivation & goal as I move on en route my this faith-cancer journey with greater meaning & purpose, instead of self-glory - but more to encourage other cancer patients like myself to step up, living one's remaining life with greater sense of purpose, continuously & courageously inspiring others to contribute back to the society with one's giftings...

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