Hi.
Are all of you on Day 21 today ?
"That Ye Bear Much Fruit"
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith, meekness, temparance; against such there is no law.
- Galation 5:22-23
Am really challenged by the request to score looking at how its fare compared to what I put during my first time doing Give me 40 days last year ... Not much improvement ...
How's your "score" looks like? Where did you put your "x" on the line of each fruit, are you happy with it?
I would like to encourage myself and all of you, lets us looks at our score and put an effort work on it, ok?
Here in my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. John 15:8
See you all tonite at my place.
From,
Joey
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Prayer Request - Refugee Voices - The Campaign
On Day 4 of Give Me 40 Days, we pray
Father, during these 40 days, please fill me with the Holy Ghost so that I might know your righteousness, peace and joy. Use me as a vessel to bring the fullness of Your Kingdom into the lives of others. In Jesus' name I ask, Amen.
Did you say this prayer?
As I'm doing online search on Isaiah 61 and following up on the latest progress in political news.
I come across this article in the Aliran Monthly website. I'm certain this is a divine "appointment".
Where God touches my soul deeply and especially the prayer of a 12 year old in the following article (He is asking Lord to fill the world with Love, Peace and Joy). Please read through and keep them in your Prayer List.
God bless, Good nite.
from, Joey
___________________________________________________________________
REFUGEE VOICES
Tuesday, 08 July 2008 23:45
(Extracted from Aliran Monthly)
It's not often we get to hear refugees speak for themselves about the circumstances that forced them to flee from their homeland and their plight in Malaysia. Here are stories from three refugees, edited only for spelling and punctuation.
__________________________________________________________
A vulnerable woman's life
I was working as a primary school teacher in a village in Burma near the border area of Thailand. Inevitably, to avoid the sexual harassment by the military soldiers, I fled to Thailand. I borrowed some money to pay agent fees from the head of village. There, in Thailand, again, I was cheated by the agents, saying that I have to work as a house maid.
Actually, I have been sold to the massage centre to be a sex worker. As I bitterly refused to do the sex work and I have been kicked by the employer all night long. Due to my deep apology with tears, the agent had taken me to Malaysia to leave the sex worker work.
After reaching to Malaysia, I was sent to a restaurant to work as a dish washer. From morning 8.00am to night 11.00pm, I had to work - 15 hrs per day. Rather than a sex worker, I prefer to do any hard works.
But I got salary only RM 600 per month - without any day off. From my salary, RM100 pay for the police collected by the boss, RM100 for my food, RM100 for my room rent. With the remaining RM300, I had to send back to my country to pay my debt, till I clear my dues.At work, I have to tackle smart, not to be sexual harassed by the boss and the male workers. I dare not wear pretty clothes and do my beauty, dare not apply lipstick and makeup, as our Burmese ladies used to do.
Actually, I am not so happy to stay like this. Sometimes, I miss my mom, my dad, my brothers and sisters. I can only cry secretly, never let them know my troubles.
Without a proper document, daily, I have to avoid from the police and Relas. One day, before sending money, I have been caught by a police, and the money, to send home was bribed to police to be released..
When sleeping at night, I can't have sound sleep. The sound of horns or screaming voice interrupt my sleep. Along working hours already made me weak, this fear of police and Relas double me to get a heartache. The worry to pay my debt also increases my blood pressure. I am full of stress and tension. If, I am sick who is taking care of me? No extra money in my hands.
Before resettling in third country, for temporary, I want to work in Malaysia, to pay my debt and for my survival. .I cannot go home at the moment. I pray for Malaysia government, Relas, immigration officers and the police to have mercy on us!
Please, only your help we need is o not arrest us.
MMM
_______________________________________________________________
Life of fear in Malaysia
At one night in Johor Construction site,
"Dong! Dong! Dong!" (Banging at the door)
Oh God! Who is knocking at the door? Please, God, keep away from us all harms and dangers!
(from outside) "Hurry up! Open the door! Otherwise, you all will be killed!?"Shhhhhhhhh!" whispering each other in fear. "Shall we open?" "No, Yes... No, Yes," arguing each other,
At last, "Wong!" A big noise has come out and the door was broken by the rowdies.
Oh! They are gangsters, looking so strong and wild, holding long, sharp knives and ropes, rods to beat. Tied up all our hands at back with ropes and asked us to lie down facing to the floor. All we are seven persons, but no one was able to response, bearing in silence.
"Show us, where did you keep all your money!" a chief gangster shouted.
They knew that we have got our salaries recently, in the afternoon; we could not remit money to our home yet. At night time, the gangsters, came to rob all our salaries, kicked on our back, our shoulders, and slapped at our faces, then took all our money all together about RM8,000, including seven cellular phones. Luckily, they did not kill us.
We cannot go and complain to the police because we don't have any documents. If we go and complain, police will arrest us even we have UN documents.
The worst is we have informed our parents already that by tomorrow we will be sending money back home! Now our parents will be expecting to receive money; how do we inform them? If they know the truth, they will be so worried about our stay, working condition in Malaysia.
Please, our lives are so bad, to work, to earn, to stay, and to sleep, nothing is secure. We feared of our brutal government and we fled. We had been threaten by the agents on the way of trafficking.
We have been humiliated and exploited by our employers, working in dangerous work, getting only very less salaries. We are in fear of arrest by Relas and police. We are in danger of being robbed by gangsters.
Don't you have pity on us? Please, we are also human beings, we are not criminals. We are working so hard. Our sweat has fallen from forehead to our toe, don't bother at all even we are so hard in dangerous, dirty and difficult works.
We work sincere; we stay simple; we do not commit any crimes.
We thank you for giving us space to stay on your soil for temporary shelter. May God bless you for this. We would like to help you by giving our services and working so hard for you while the locals cannot do as much as we do.
For a kind response, please, help us by not arresting us. Release us if we are detained!
ZZ (a very pitiful construction worker)
__________________________________________________________________
A wish and a prayer of a 12-year-old refugee boy
I am 12 years old boy. My name is ZT. I came from Burma three months ago. Living in Kuala Lumpur with my parents for temporary, I want to resettle down in other country instead of going back to Burma.
I see almost everyday raids taking place around Kota Raya. Its make me feel shocked since I saw the first time. I am not happy at all. You can imagine how a life of a fearing child could be happy.
When I woke up early in the morning, as I know I am still safe, not being arrested last night, thank to God for letting me sleep well all night long!
When I see some children in school uniform, going to school, I envy them too much; I wish to go to school like them to learn.
When I see some children are playing in the playground harmlessly, I wish I could enjoy of playing like them in the public garden!
When I see some children are enjoying of eating chicken fried and ice cream, my mouth is watering, I wish I could eat so. If I ask my mom to buy, she would buy me, but, we have to save for food for tomorrow, as we have short of stock.
Sometimes, I feel like wearing beautiful and fancy dress to be charming. But, I feel pity on my dear refugee friends they would feel sad if they cannot wear like me. I will wear occasionally, like Christmas time only.
I have some Malaysian playmates, local friends, but, they dare not deal with me free. They seem to be conscious not to mix up with us all the time. I feel so sad on this situation. I wish I could move the partition between us.
When I was not well, my mother took me to nearby hospital. But when the receptionist denied me as we could not show any IC card/ passports, my fever went up. Because I felt angry; are we not human beings? Thank God, today we can go to ACTs clinic for health problem. I wish we have some more clinics in other areas that run for refugee health assistance. Because it is very crowded with one clinic.
When I see Relas and Immigration authorities are chasing, beating and arresting our people from hidden place, I hate them. They looked like the evils/devils as in the ghost movies. They looked so cruel and inhuman.
I wish they disappear in the country. They are dangerous to our refugee people. It will be so good if they are not seen anywhere.When I see the agents, I feel that they are money hungry monsters. They don have any pity on us. They are threatening us all the time, on the way of trafficking. The word is still haunting me: "You will be killed if we don't get money from your parents for bringing you to Malaysia."
I wish all the smugglers, gangsters and the pickpockets abolished in Malaysia - because they are those who are harmful to us after Relas.
I wish my parents, my sisters, and all of the adults of refugee people can work peacefully so that we can earn money for our daily lives.
I wish the employers treat my parents and other workers well, and pay money regularly, so that problems in our societies will be lessen.
My mother asked me to pray for Malaysia Government to amend/redress their policies to be a well comprehensive one, so that all human being will enjoy their full human rights. The refugees also will be protected by the protection of human rights on the other hand.
I wish our government of Myanmar also change their stony hearts, grow their pity and not to be cruel to our people and have some reforms in our country.
I special pray for the UNHCR and NGOs who help us, to get more blessings for helping the refugees with all their good kind hearts. I believe there is special place for them in the kingdom.
Finally, I pray for the real peace for the whole world, so that no fights, wars, and all the people of the world will be happy always without fears and tears. This is all my wish and prayer special for all:
God bless to all! And to the whole world. Decorate their hearts with kindness, sympathy; justice and forgiveness. Fulfill their hearts with Love, Peace and Joy.
Please, Lord, hear my little prayer for my people. Amen
MZ
___________________________________________________________________
The campaign
From 1 May to 20 June, the refugees will be writing letters of appeal to several key individuals -Abdullah Badawi, Zaid Ibrahim, and the Chief Ministers of states (and the equivalent Minister for Kuala Lumpur). They are committing to writing (at least) three letters a week for seven weeks.
Malaysians are being asked to show their support for these efforts,by picking up one of these letters and reading them aloud every time they appear before a crowd. This only takes a couple of minutes of their airtime. We are approaching as many people as we can. We are asking prominent people - musicians, artists, singers, public intellectuals as well as ordinary folk - those of us who meet in small groups, in churches, schools, etc. - to read these letters aloud.
Reading their letters will give the refugees tremendous encouragement. As the weeks roll by and as we get closer to 20 June, it is hoped that bloggers will post some of these letters on their blogs and websites. Civil society groups will also be asked to commit to letter-writing as well - also (at least) three letters per person, over seven weeks, so we can lend our voices to those of the refugees.
The hope is that these efugee letters?will just keep appearing everywhere, out of nowhere, every time an event happens. Let us be witnesses to the suffering of those who live in our own cities.
For real stories of refugees in Malaysia, see http://fiftyrefugees.wordpress.com/
Father, during these 40 days, please fill me with the Holy Ghost so that I might know your righteousness, peace and joy. Use me as a vessel to bring the fullness of Your Kingdom into the lives of others. In Jesus' name I ask, Amen.
Did you say this prayer?
As I'm doing online search on Isaiah 61 and following up on the latest progress in political news.
I come across this article in the Aliran Monthly website. I'm certain this is a divine "appointment".
Where God touches my soul deeply and especially the prayer of a 12 year old in the following article (He is asking Lord to fill the world with Love, Peace and Joy). Please read through and keep them in your Prayer List.
God bless, Good nite.
from, Joey
___________________________________________________________________
REFUGEE VOICES
Tuesday, 08 July 2008 23:45
(Extracted from Aliran Monthly)
It's not often we get to hear refugees speak for themselves about the circumstances that forced them to flee from their homeland and their plight in Malaysia. Here are stories from three refugees, edited only for spelling and punctuation.
__________________________________________________________
A vulnerable woman's life
I was working as a primary school teacher in a village in Burma near the border area of Thailand. Inevitably, to avoid the sexual harassment by the military soldiers, I fled to Thailand. I borrowed some money to pay agent fees from the head of village. There, in Thailand, again, I was cheated by the agents, saying that I have to work as a house maid.
Actually, I have been sold to the massage centre to be a sex worker. As I bitterly refused to do the sex work and I have been kicked by the employer all night long. Due to my deep apology with tears, the agent had taken me to Malaysia to leave the sex worker work.
After reaching to Malaysia, I was sent to a restaurant to work as a dish washer. From morning 8.00am to night 11.00pm, I had to work - 15 hrs per day. Rather than a sex worker, I prefer to do any hard works.
But I got salary only RM 600 per month - without any day off. From my salary, RM100 pay for the police collected by the boss, RM100 for my food, RM100 for my room rent. With the remaining RM300, I had to send back to my country to pay my debt, till I clear my dues.At work, I have to tackle smart, not to be sexual harassed by the boss and the male workers. I dare not wear pretty clothes and do my beauty, dare not apply lipstick and makeup, as our Burmese ladies used to do.
Actually, I am not so happy to stay like this. Sometimes, I miss my mom, my dad, my brothers and sisters. I can only cry secretly, never let them know my troubles.
Without a proper document, daily, I have to avoid from the police and Relas. One day, before sending money, I have been caught by a police, and the money, to send home was bribed to police to be released..
When sleeping at night, I can't have sound sleep. The sound of horns or screaming voice interrupt my sleep. Along working hours already made me weak, this fear of police and Relas double me to get a heartache. The worry to pay my debt also increases my blood pressure. I am full of stress and tension. If, I am sick who is taking care of me? No extra money in my hands.
Before resettling in third country, for temporary, I want to work in Malaysia, to pay my debt and for my survival. .I cannot go home at the moment. I pray for Malaysia government, Relas, immigration officers and the police to have mercy on us!
Please, only your help we need is o not arrest us.
MMM
_______________________________________________________________
Life of fear in Malaysia
At one night in Johor Construction site,
"Dong! Dong! Dong!" (Banging at the door)
Oh God! Who is knocking at the door? Please, God, keep away from us all harms and dangers!
(from outside) "Hurry up! Open the door! Otherwise, you all will be killed!?"Shhhhhhhhh!" whispering each other in fear. "Shall we open?" "No, Yes... No, Yes," arguing each other,
At last, "Wong!" A big noise has come out and the door was broken by the rowdies.
Oh! They are gangsters, looking so strong and wild, holding long, sharp knives and ropes, rods to beat. Tied up all our hands at back with ropes and asked us to lie down facing to the floor. All we are seven persons, but no one was able to response, bearing in silence.
"Show us, where did you keep all your money!" a chief gangster shouted.
They knew that we have got our salaries recently, in the afternoon; we could not remit money to our home yet. At night time, the gangsters, came to rob all our salaries, kicked on our back, our shoulders, and slapped at our faces, then took all our money all together about RM8,000, including seven cellular phones. Luckily, they did not kill us.
We cannot go and complain to the police because we don't have any documents. If we go and complain, police will arrest us even we have UN documents.
The worst is we have informed our parents already that by tomorrow we will be sending money back home! Now our parents will be expecting to receive money; how do we inform them? If they know the truth, they will be so worried about our stay, working condition in Malaysia.
Please, our lives are so bad, to work, to earn, to stay, and to sleep, nothing is secure. We feared of our brutal government and we fled. We had been threaten by the agents on the way of trafficking.
We have been humiliated and exploited by our employers, working in dangerous work, getting only very less salaries. We are in fear of arrest by Relas and police. We are in danger of being robbed by gangsters.
Don't you have pity on us? Please, we are also human beings, we are not criminals. We are working so hard. Our sweat has fallen from forehead to our toe, don't bother at all even we are so hard in dangerous, dirty and difficult works.
We work sincere; we stay simple; we do not commit any crimes.
We thank you for giving us space to stay on your soil for temporary shelter. May God bless you for this. We would like to help you by giving our services and working so hard for you while the locals cannot do as much as we do.
For a kind response, please, help us by not arresting us. Release us if we are detained!
ZZ (a very pitiful construction worker)
__________________________________________________________________
A wish and a prayer of a 12-year-old refugee boy
I am 12 years old boy. My name is ZT. I came from Burma three months ago. Living in Kuala Lumpur with my parents for temporary, I want to resettle down in other country instead of going back to Burma.
I see almost everyday raids taking place around Kota Raya. Its make me feel shocked since I saw the first time. I am not happy at all. You can imagine how a life of a fearing child could be happy.
When I woke up early in the morning, as I know I am still safe, not being arrested last night, thank to God for letting me sleep well all night long!
When I see some children in school uniform, going to school, I envy them too much; I wish to go to school like them to learn.
When I see some children are playing in the playground harmlessly, I wish I could enjoy of playing like them in the public garden!
When I see some children are enjoying of eating chicken fried and ice cream, my mouth is watering, I wish I could eat so. If I ask my mom to buy, she would buy me, but, we have to save for food for tomorrow, as we have short of stock.
Sometimes, I feel like wearing beautiful and fancy dress to be charming. But, I feel pity on my dear refugee friends they would feel sad if they cannot wear like me. I will wear occasionally, like Christmas time only.
I have some Malaysian playmates, local friends, but, they dare not deal with me free. They seem to be conscious not to mix up with us all the time. I feel so sad on this situation. I wish I could move the partition between us.
When I was not well, my mother took me to nearby hospital. But when the receptionist denied me as we could not show any IC card/ passports, my fever went up. Because I felt angry; are we not human beings? Thank God, today we can go to ACTs clinic for health problem. I wish we have some more clinics in other areas that run for refugee health assistance. Because it is very crowded with one clinic.
When I see Relas and Immigration authorities are chasing, beating and arresting our people from hidden place, I hate them. They looked like the evils/devils as in the ghost movies. They looked so cruel and inhuman.
I wish they disappear in the country. They are dangerous to our refugee people. It will be so good if they are not seen anywhere.When I see the agents, I feel that they are money hungry monsters. They don have any pity on us. They are threatening us all the time, on the way of trafficking. The word is still haunting me: "You will be killed if we don't get money from your parents for bringing you to Malaysia."
I wish all the smugglers, gangsters and the pickpockets abolished in Malaysia - because they are those who are harmful to us after Relas.
I wish my parents, my sisters, and all of the adults of refugee people can work peacefully so that we can earn money for our daily lives.
I wish the employers treat my parents and other workers well, and pay money regularly, so that problems in our societies will be lessen.
My mother asked me to pray for Malaysia Government to amend/redress their policies to be a well comprehensive one, so that all human being will enjoy their full human rights. The refugees also will be protected by the protection of human rights on the other hand.
I wish our government of Myanmar also change their stony hearts, grow their pity and not to be cruel to our people and have some reforms in our country.
I special pray for the UNHCR and NGOs who help us, to get more blessings for helping the refugees with all their good kind hearts. I believe there is special place for them in the kingdom.
Finally, I pray for the real peace for the whole world, so that no fights, wars, and all the people of the world will be happy always without fears and tears. This is all my wish and prayer special for all:
God bless to all! And to the whole world. Decorate their hearts with kindness, sympathy; justice and forgiveness. Fulfill their hearts with Love, Peace and Joy.
Please, Lord, hear my little prayer for my people. Amen
MZ
___________________________________________________________________
The campaign
From 1 May to 20 June, the refugees will be writing letters of appeal to several key individuals -Abdullah Badawi, Zaid Ibrahim, and the Chief Ministers of states (and the equivalent Minister for Kuala Lumpur). They are committing to writing (at least) three letters a week for seven weeks.
Malaysians are being asked to show their support for these efforts,by picking up one of these letters and reading them aloud every time they appear before a crowd. This only takes a couple of minutes of their airtime. We are approaching as many people as we can. We are asking prominent people - musicians, artists, singers, public intellectuals as well as ordinary folk - those of us who meet in small groups, in churches, schools, etc. - to read these letters aloud.
Reading their letters will give the refugees tremendous encouragement. As the weeks roll by and as we get closer to 20 June, it is hoped that bloggers will post some of these letters on their blogs and websites. Civil society groups will also be asked to commit to letter-writing as well - also (at least) three letters per person, over seven weeks, so we can lend our voices to those of the refugees.
The hope is that these efugee letters?will just keep appearing everywhere, out of nowhere, every time an event happens. Let us be witnesses to the suffering of those who live in our own cities.
For real stories of refugees in Malaysia, see http://fiftyrefugees.wordpress.com/
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Post from Bro. Kok Mun & Sis. Wendy
Hi Beloved brothers & sisters in Christ,
Wendy & me are so touch with the contribution of all the cell members , must be the voice of God speaking to us all, inspiring us to built his kingdom, It so awesome to see our cell being bless so richly. The anointing present of God set all of us on fire for his Glory. Worshiping God is graceful, but prayers is equally important to maintain the intimacy with God.
So if there are any prayer needs, we are encourage to intercede & pray for each others' needs.
So let us have time of not only devotion, but time of prayers for one another needs.
God Bless,
Kok mun / Wendy
(this message has been edited)
Wendy & me are so touch with the contribution of all the cell members , must be the voice of God speaking to us all, inspiring us to built his kingdom, It so awesome to see our cell being bless so richly. The anointing present of God set all of us on fire for his Glory. Worshiping God is graceful, but prayers is equally important to maintain the intimacy with God.
So if there are any prayer needs, we are encourage to intercede & pray for each others' needs.
So let us have time of not only devotion, but time of prayers for one another needs.
God Bless,
Kok mun / Wendy
(this message has been edited)
Friday, June 27, 2008
Food Food Food
This short piece is dedicated to a food blog by one of our cell member's hubby. Very interesting and yummy... (you will be salivating when you go through the pictures of the food... guarantee!)
The URL is http://tailim.blogspot.com/
Go on, you will fin more in there than just food... hee hee hee!
Thanks for sharing this with us sister Jo!
The URL is http://tailim.blogspot.com/
Go on, you will fin more in there than just food... hee hee hee!
Thanks for sharing this with us sister Jo!
June Babies
Last night, we celebrated the June babies in our midst after our 4 Ws (Welcome, Worship, Word, Works). As it turned out, it was really "babies" that we had in our midst who had their birthdays in June. Both these babies, Clarisse and Josh, turned 6. Children in our midst are just as much part of our cell meetings - so if you are reading this and have young kids, do consider joining God's Call, if you have not found a cell yet in SIBKL. Our fearless leaders are brother Chin Kiang and sister Joey. Or you can leave your email address in our comment box or chat box for us to contact you. We do look forward to welcoming you to our midst.
Ok, I'll let the pictures tell the story of the celebration.
Enjoy.
Beautifully lit birthday cake.
Everyone singing birthday songs... yes, including the one that goes, "May the good Lord bless you...."
We were so blessed to have our very own missionary, bro Kum Hong, to pray for these 'babies'.
Finally, the cake cutting!
(The pictures ends here as the photographer also wanted to eat the yummy foods that all had prepared... Bon A petite!)
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Cell Duties (or rather Cell Privileges)
Hello all!
It's a privilege to serve our loving and mighty God. We have now incorporated the cell's duty roster on the left hand side of this blog. Do check it out to see when you will have the privilege to serve.
Remember, we serve not because we are doing God a favour or earn brownie points...
We serve because he served us first!
It's a privilege to serve our loving and mighty God. We have now incorporated the cell's duty roster on the left hand side of this blog. Do check it out to see when you will have the privilege to serve.
Remember, we serve not because we are doing God a favour or earn brownie points...
We serve because he served us first!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
150 minutes
Time runs and never stops. The hands of the analog clock goes round without an end whilst the digital clock has its liquid crystals charging and discharging to produce intelligible numerals. Time waits for no one, so the saying goes.
What are we on about?
From now on, we will take better charge of time in our cell meetings. Our target to start our cell meetings will be 8:30pm on Fridays with an end at 11:00pm. This will give us 2 and a half hours of meeting together or to put it in minutes, 150 minutes of meeting of souls.
We would like to encourage everyone to fully realise these 150 minutes of our lives on Fridays. 150 minutes that are set aside to worship together, to read His Word and discuss topics of interest together, to support one another in prayer and to fellowship with one another over fantastic foods!
150 minutes of dynamic interaction with God and with men (and women la... figure of speech). It's an investment of our time; a choice we make to meet, greet and inspire. So let's not short change ourselves of these 150 minutes.
Be blessed (incomplete truth if you stop reading right here......)
and let God be glorified (this is why we are who we are, where we are)!
What are we on about?
From now on, we will take better charge of time in our cell meetings. Our target to start our cell meetings will be 8:30pm on Fridays with an end at 11:00pm. This will give us 2 and a half hours of meeting together or to put it in minutes, 150 minutes of meeting of souls.
We would like to encourage everyone to fully realise these 150 minutes of our lives on Fridays. 150 minutes that are set aside to worship together, to read His Word and discuss topics of interest together, to support one another in prayer and to fellowship with one another over fantastic foods!
150 minutes of dynamic interaction with God and with men (and women la... figure of speech). It's an investment of our time; a choice we make to meet, greet and inspire. So let's not short change ourselves of these 150 minutes.
Be blessed (incomplete truth if you stop reading right here......)
and let God be glorified (this is why we are who we are, where we are)!
Friday, June 13, 2008
Hello there Folks !!!!! michael and yin ching here !!!!
Greetings !! We are here at last !!
Will write more in the days to come.
We are doing this with the help of Joey, master of blogs.
Cheerio.
Regards,
micchael and yin ching
Will write more in the days to come.
We are doing this with the help of Joey, master of blogs.
Cheerio.
Regards,
micchael and yin ching
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Cat and Dog Theology!
A dog says: "You pet me, you feed me, you
shelter me, you love me, You must be God."
A cat says: "You pet me, you feed me, you
shelter me, you love me, I must be God."
After an interesting series on Cat and Dog..
So, are we serving God, or "pray" for God to serve us ?
Are we living for God's glory or living for ourselves....
A Prayer Of Repentance
For thinking life was about us and not You,
For advancing our kingdom and not Yours,
For seeking Your blessings more than You,
For an incomplete Christianity,
For mixed-up priorities,
For living for ourselves in a Christian context,
For not seeing Your glory all around us.
For advancing our kingdom and not Yours,
For seeking Your blessings more than You,
For an incomplete Christianity,
For mixed-up priorities,
For living for ourselves in a Christian context,
For not seeing Your glory all around us.
We repent. Fill us again with your Holy Spirit that
we might live to make You famous.
Amen..
**************************************
And here's the 8 Dangers of Meo-logy to Avoid
Danger #1 - Feel Good Theology
Danger #2 - Cats Always Look For Themselves
Danger #3- Cats Expect Life To Be Fair
Danger #4- Selective Application
Danger #5- Winner' Circle Mentality!
Danger #6- Cats Develop Wrong Priorities
Danger #7- Humanism Creeps In
Danger #8- Worship Is "A Part" Of Life!
Please remind your accountability partners ya!
For those who miss out or wanted to have a recap please follow this link here to get the read up..
Friday, May 30, 2008
Last Night's Cell Meeting
Last night, we resumed our cell meeting. It started off with an ice breaker led by sister Yin Ching and we all burst into much laughter when each of us shared a funny/embarrassing moment in our lives. Stories ranging from anticipated instant stardom, durians that went 'clunk', cyclist knocking busses/lorries, flying crabs, zapple, eggs, mismatch shoes, hijacked ang pows and all sorts. Cell members, if you are reading this, you know who you are!! For those who missed our cell last night, come and find out for yourselves in our next meeting.
We had a time of worship led by sister Jocelyn where we broke into praying for disaster victims around the globe. The power of God's presence compelled us to pray earnestly. He is sovereign.
We continued with our Cat and Dog Theology study, listing out the dangers of a Cat Theology (or rather Meo-logy). Perhaps we can list them down on this blog under comments. Can you all remember the 8 pitfalls? During the video teaching, we also broke into smaller groups to discuss rather thought provoking and life challenging questions.
And of course, every wonderful meeting must end with great food... and really, we had such a feast even at 11pm! Our hostess bought curry from Sri Rampai and it was so fantastic to have it with Gardenia bread that was lightly toasted! Besides that, we were blessed with the ever famous porridge (the same ones as you get on Sunday at the cafeteria i.e. RM3 per bowl) from our sister Wendy, cheese cake baked by our sister Yin Ching, another type of curry but home cooked by sister Jocelyn's mother in-law and satay. The satay and porridge were a hit for the kids whilst the adults cleaned up the curry. So delish!
We all went home after exercising our authority in the heavenlies through prayer, were spiritually filled up and physically "blotted"! Ha ha ha! So next time, come and join us... you'll never know what God has in store for us!
And oh yes, I think there will be a Fruit Fiesta mini retreat coming soon, an over-night stay at an orchard. Durian lovers, watch this space!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
How To Share the Gospel with Others
Found this on the internet and would like to share for our preparation this Saturday.
We have rehearse using "Sample E: use the Bridge methaod"
also found that "Sample D: Taste and See approach" is good in closing encourage them to taste the Goodness of God.
The last part : Sinners Paryer will be a good help for those who want some reminder.
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What did He come to do?
· Save the world John 3:17
· Save the “worst sinners” 1 Timothy 1:15
· Call people out of darkness 1 Peter 2:9
· Give His life a ransom Mark 10:45, 1 Timothy 2:5
· Call sinners to repentance Matthew 9:12-13
· Give His life John 10:10
How do we begin?
Sample A : Using the “Romans Road”
q Romans 3:23 “…All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…”
q Romans 6:23 “…. gift of God is eternal life……”
q Romans 10:9-10 “….confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus....believe with your heart that God has raised Him from the dead……..…… you will be saved…”
Sample B : Using “John 3:16”
q Jesus Christ – gift from Godq Accept and not reject the free gift
q “For God so loved the world”------> Receive His love
Sample C : Using mini book by Bro. Hagin “I went to Hell”
q Reality of Heaven and hell
Sample D : Using “Taste and See” approach
q Psalms 32:8 “..taste and see that the Lord is good”
q Eg. Taste to see if an orange is sweet
Sample E : Using the “Bridge” Method
q Romans 6:23 – Sin separates us from God
q 1 Timothy 2:5 – Jesus Christ is the mediator (Bridge) between God and men
q John 14:6 – Jesus Christ is the only Bridge to God
3. MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (IN WITNESSING)
(a) The Holy Spirit convicts the world of 3 things:
_John 16:8-11 (TLB)
v 8 “And when He has come, He will convince the world of its sin, and of the availability of God’s goodness and of deliverance from judgment.
v9 The world’s sin is unbelief in me,
v 10 there is righteousness available because I go to the Father and you shall see me no more,
v 11 there is deliverance from judgment because the prince of this world has already been judged.”
(b) Rely and expect the Holy Spirit to lead us to talk to the right person, at the right time and at the right place
Romans 8:144. PRAYING THE PRAYER FOR SALVATION WITH SOMEONE
Sample of the prayer:
“Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for sending your Son, Jesus Christ, to die for my sins. I confess with my mouth now that Jesus Christ is Lord, and I believe with my heart that God raised Him from the dead, according to your word, I will be saved. (Romans 10:9) You said in your word, when I receive Jesus into my heart, You give me the right to become a child of God. (John 1:12) From now on, You are my Heavenly Father. I am your child. Thank you Father. In Jesus Name, I pray.”
We have rehearse using "Sample E: use the Bridge methaod"
also found that "Sample D: Taste and See approach" is good in closing encourage them to taste the Goodness of God.
The last part : Sinners Paryer will be a good help for those who want some reminder.
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What did He come to do?
· Save the world John 3:17
· Save the “worst sinners” 1 Timothy 1:15
· Call people out of darkness 1 Peter 2:9
· Give His life a ransom Mark 10:45, 1 Timothy 2:5
· Call sinners to repentance Matthew 9:12-13
· Give His life John 10:10
How do we begin?
Sample A : Using the “Romans Road”
q Romans 3:23 “…All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…”
q Romans 6:23 “…. gift of God is eternal life……”
q Romans 10:9-10 “….confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus....believe with your heart that God has raised Him from the dead……..…… you will be saved…”
Sample B : Using “John 3:16”
q Jesus Christ – gift from Godq Accept and not reject the free gift
q “For God so loved the world”------> Receive His love
Sample C : Using mini book by Bro. Hagin “I went to Hell”
q Reality of Heaven and hell
Sample D : Using “Taste and See” approach
q Psalms 32:8 “..taste and see that the Lord is good”
q Eg. Taste to see if an orange is sweet
Sample E : Using the “Bridge” Method
q Romans 6:23 – Sin separates us from God
q 1 Timothy 2:5 – Jesus Christ is the mediator (Bridge) between God and men
q John 14:6 – Jesus Christ is the only Bridge to God
3. MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (IN WITNESSING)
(a) The Holy Spirit convicts the world of 3 things:
_John 16:8-11 (TLB)
v 8 “And when He has come, He will convince the world of its sin, and of the availability of God’s goodness and of deliverance from judgment.
v9 The world’s sin is unbelief in me,
v 10 there is righteousness available because I go to the Father and you shall see me no more,
v 11 there is deliverance from judgment because the prince of this world has already been judged.”
(b) Rely and expect the Holy Spirit to lead us to talk to the right person, at the right time and at the right place
Romans 8:144. PRAYING THE PRAYER FOR SALVATION WITH SOMEONE
Sample of the prayer:
“Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for sending your Son, Jesus Christ, to die for my sins. I confess with my mouth now that Jesus Christ is Lord, and I believe with my heart that God raised Him from the dead, according to your word, I will be saved. (Romans 10:9) You said in your word, when I receive Jesus into my heart, You give me the right to become a child of God. (John 1:12) From now on, You are my Heavenly Father. I am your child. Thank you Father. In Jesus Name, I pray.”
PRAYER REQUEST
Dear All,
Please participate with us in this week daily prayer for the cell harvest.
We want to precede our doing with "tones" of prayer, releasing the ministering angles a to go before us. Amen.
Pray for :
- God's preparaing the hearts of the visitors to be receptive before our sharing
- a great time of bonding
- good weather
- a successful event and fruitful harvest
- ...
also do pray for those who are suffering loss and recovering from shocks at the moment in China due to recent earthquake and Myanmar's cyclone victims.
Friends, we want to be a willing vessels for the Lord !! Amen !
Please participate with us in this week daily prayer for the cell harvest.
We want to precede our doing with "tones" of prayer, releasing the ministering angles a to go before us. Amen.
Pray for :
- God's preparaing the hearts of the visitors to be receptive before our sharing
- a great time of bonding
- good weather
- a successful event and fruitful harvest
- ...
also do pray for those who are suffering loss and recovering from shocks at the moment in China due to recent earthquake and Myanmar's cyclone victims.
Friends, we want to be a willing vessels for the Lord !! Amen !
Monday, May 12, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Children's Song
To all mummies of God's Call,
Please learn this song with your kids below... this is to help the children participate in our upcoming Cell Harvest! God can use even the tiniest hands to bring in the harvest! :D
And oh,
HAPPY MUMMY's DAY!
Touch Your Finger to Your Nose
Touch your finger to your nose,
Bend from your waist,
Way down and touch your toes,
And when you come up,
Slowly start to sing,
And say to your mummy,
"I love you".
Chorus :
I love you, I love you,
Say to your mummy,
I love you
I love you, I love you,
Say to your mummy,
I love you
Reach your hands up to the sky,
Look to the left,
And right and blink your eyes,
And when you turn,
Around you start to sing,
And say to your mummy,
"I love you"
Please learn this song with your kids below... this is to help the children participate in our upcoming Cell Harvest! God can use even the tiniest hands to bring in the harvest! :D
And oh,
HAPPY MUMMY's DAY!
Touch Your Finger to Your Nose
Touch your finger to your nose,
Bend from your waist,
Way down and touch your toes,
And when you come up,
Slowly start to sing,
And say to your mummy,
"I love you".
Chorus :
I love you, I love you,
Say to your mummy,
I love you
I love you, I love you,
Say to your mummy,
I love you
Reach your hands up to the sky,
Look to the left,
And right and blink your eyes,
And when you turn,
Around you start to sing,
And say to your mummy,
"I love you"
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Global Day Of Prayer
A Prayer for the World
“They lifted their voices to God with one accord…” –Acts 4:24
“They lifted their voices to God with one accord…” –Acts 4:24
On 15 May 2005 millions of Christians from 156 nations in the world united in the first ever Global Day of Prayer. Christians gathered in different venues, seeking God's face in repentance and prayer for the transformation of their communities and nations.
Driven by Hab. 2:14 ("For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea"), the dream is to mobilize Christians from every single nation in the world to participate in the Global Day of Prayer over the next few years until 2010. However, the focus is not only on a single day of prayer, but to see a lifestyle of prayer established that will transform communities.
This move of prayer is still miraculously expanding. In 2006 millions of Christians from 199 nations united in prayer and in 2007 even more Christian from 204 nations participated.
On Pentecost Sunday, 11 May 2008, the nations of the world will once again unite in the Global Day of Prayer.
On Pentecost Sunday, 11 May 2008, the nations of the world will once again unite in the Global Day of Prayer.
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So how could be part of it? Yes ! Coming together to pray for the the nation , our country and the World ...
What's happening this week:Global day of prayer (1-11 May)
-Tues 6/5 night prayer meeting: 7-11pm Sanctuary 2
-Fri 9/5 night cell prayer : for our neighbours, community and harvest
-Sat 10/5 early dawn prayer: 7-9pm
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Find out more on Global Day .. http://www.globaldayofprayer.com/
This picture reminds me of how beautiful God has made the elements of the world for us.
A reminder that the sky is painted not by chance, but by design;
with purpose and not by coincidence;
with much detail and perfection;
that causes us to stand in awe of our Creator God.
His masterpiece draws us to the Creator;
a craftsman, a designer, an artist
but most of all, a God who is filled with love for His creations... us!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
CONTRIBUTING IN ARTICLES
Dear all brothers and Sisters,
All of you by now should recieve an invitation to be a co author of this blog, just follows the link and instruction and you will be able to go in to the blog where you can freely upload you photos, articles and etc..
If you have yet get the invitaton, just in case if I miss out, then just send me an email to cklee@megaharta.com will make sure you get an invitation soon.
Happy blogging!!!
All of you by now should recieve an invitation to be a co author of this blog, just follows the link and instruction and you will be able to go in to the blog where you can freely upload you photos, articles and etc..
If you have yet get the invitaton, just in case if I miss out, then just send me an email to cklee@megaharta.com will make sure you get an invitation soon.
Happy blogging!!!
Monday, April 28, 2008
The Begining Of God's Call Blog
Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,
Welcome to the "opening" of the God's Call Blog site!
I'm very excited and eager to do this after learning how to create my own blog, I pay that this is not just a short excitement but do really look forward this to be a good tools to keep us more closely in touch. Especially for those who has been very busy in the past few months that we have not been seeing the, visiting our cell for quite a long while. Do hope we are diligent enough to keep our cell notes posted here for the them to go through though they may not be with us physically in cell.
Let this be a place we can share our photos, interesting article, thoughts, scriptures, encouragement, walk with the Lord, testimonies (yes).... etc !!
Please don't mind of the syntax or composition of language here .. OK.
As much as we want to make our English proper, we don't want it to stress everyone else about their spelling and English and does not want to post here.
We want everyone be able to share freely.
Any comments ??
To see comments, can click on comments or better way is click on the same heading as this one on the left tab, it will show this posting and comments altogether in one place... Hope not too troublesome for you all...
OR JUST USE THE CHAT BOX AT THE SIDE TO LEAVE COMMENTS
Welcome to the "opening" of the God's Call Blog site!
I'm very excited and eager to do this after learning how to create my own blog, I pay that this is not just a short excitement but do really look forward this to be a good tools to keep us more closely in touch. Especially for those who has been very busy in the past few months that we have not been seeing the, visiting our cell for quite a long while. Do hope we are diligent enough to keep our cell notes posted here for the them to go through though they may not be with us physically in cell.
Let this be a place we can share our photos, interesting article, thoughts, scriptures, encouragement, walk with the Lord, testimonies (yes).... etc !!
Please don't mind of the syntax or composition of language here .. OK.
As much as we want to make our English proper, we don't want it to stress everyone else about their spelling and English and does not want to post here.
We want everyone be able to share freely.
Any comments ??
To see comments, can click on comments or better way is click on the same heading as this one on the left tab, it will show this posting and comments altogether in one place... Hope not too troublesome for you all...
OR JUST USE THE CHAT BOX AT THE SIDE TO LEAVE COMMENTS
Sunday, April 27, 2008
MAFIA
So, after reconsidering on the coming cell harvest with some of you, we have decided on the dates and theme, since it is in between mother and father day we though we can do parents appreciation day kinda thing. But some of the details as follows still need to fill in.. please help..
1. Date : 17 May 2008
2. Venue : my place
3. Time : 7 or 8pm??
4. Theme : MAFIA (Mother And Father I??? A???) , anyone can help with some creativity here?
5. Food : ??? to be discuss later
6. Who to invites : please start constructing the names in your own list where this friday we will cosolidate them and pray over the list. Let our prayers preceeds our invitation, our event. Lets us not worrying about the response but just be willing vessel, and lets God take care of the result.
** No Success Apart From God **
"Unless the Lord builds the house,
they labor in vain who build it.
Unless the Lord guards the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain."
Psalm 127:1
1. Date : 17 May 2008
2. Venue : my place
3. Time : 7 or 8pm??
4. Theme : MAFIA (Mother And Father I??? A???) , anyone can help with some creativity here?
5. Food : ??? to be discuss later
6. Who to invites : please start constructing the names in your own list where this friday we will cosolidate them and pray over the list. Let our prayers preceeds our invitation, our event. Lets us not worrying about the response but just be willing vessel, and lets God take care of the result.
** No Success Apart From God **
"Unless the Lord builds the house,
they labor in vain who build it.
Unless the Lord guards the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain."
Psalm 127:1
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