Hey guys, Jus to share with you a few Testimony to encourage you guys before 2009 end and be faith filled for 2010!

1. Results
My this Semester exam was not as easy as expected especially History of Management Theory (one of my module). The paper was 50% of my entire grade. Out of that 50% i couldnt do 24% of section A as the questions i predicted did not came out at all. I panicked during the exam. Kept praying to God in my heart, as i know besides God's miracle, i will not be able to clear this paper. I trust in God with all my heart that He would help me as well as prayed with faith and fasted for my results. Indeed, God is good... Instead of just a pass, i got a credit (one grade higher than pass)! Praise the Lord. I know it's not by might nor by power but by the works of the Holy spirit that i was able to get such a good grade. I was happy with my overall results with 2 credits and 2 distinction. 1 high distinction, 1 distinction and 1 credit for all my projects. PTL!!!


2. Financial Blessings and Favor in work place
I just wanna thank God for financial blessings. It's not a big amt but thank God for Pastor Tan. He provided for my JB Pastor Kong retreat. Eventhough i was there to look after his kids, but it was a privilege being able to serve Pastor Tan and the best thing was being able to speak to Pastor Kong. Pastor Kong retreat was 4 days, without favor from my work place, i will not be able to take 4 days off. Thus, I wanna Thank God for Financial Blessings and favor in workplace. =)


3. Protection upon my mum and greater capacity and friends

As some of you know, my mum when through a major operation on 17th Dec. She was suspected of having breast cancer (75% to 99% chance, but could only confirmed after operation), diagnosed by 2 professional doctors. Of cos my entire family was super worried abt my mum. I wanna thank Anthea for praying with me and those who prayed for my mum. I fasted and prayed and confessed in faith that the lump inside is jus a phloysis tumor (not a harmful one) and not any cancer cells. I prayed with my sister (who is a believer in our church as well). Indeed, the doctor has no final say, only God has the final say! Praise the Lord! The lump was only a phloysis tumor! My mum is back to her normal self now.

During that period of time, i had to prepare for thailand trip, had to do plenty of calling as it is children's church big day (CMAS), Had to plan for cg outreach bbq and had to invite friends for outreach and svc. I thank God for stretching my capacity and providing me strength to do the things He had tasked me. Indeed God is good. Outreach my connect grp invited a total of 7 friends and CMAS a total of 6 friends. I jus wanna encourage all of you esp the helpers that God is good! If you're faithful in the lil things He has tasked you to do, be assured that God will surely bless you abundantly!!!

Hope these testimonies will help you start a FAITH-FILLED 2010!

Happy New Year!

Once there was this very wealthy young man. He lived in a great, elaborate house with dozens of rooms. Each room was more comfortable and more beautiful than the one before it. There were paintings and sculptures. Crystal chandeliers, golden, ornate railings on the stairs. More beauty that most have ever seen. One day he decided to invite the Lord to come and stay with him. When the Lord arrived, this young man offered him the very best room in the house. The room was upstairs and at the end of the hall. “This room is yours, Jesus! Stay as long as you like and you can do whatever you want to in this room, remember Jesus, it’s all yours.” “Thank you” the Lord replied, and with that the man shut the door and went about his daily business.

That evening after he had retired for the night there came a loud knocking at the front door. The young man pulled on his robe and made his way downstairs. When he opened the door he found that the devil had sent three of his demons to attack the man. He quickly tried to close the door but one of the demons kept sticking his foot in. Sometime later, after a great struggle, he managed to slam the door shut and returned to his room totally exhausted. “Can you believe that!” the man thought, “Jesus is upstairs in my very best room sleeping while I am down here battling demons. Oh, well, maybe he just didn’t hear.” He slept fitfully that night. The next day things went along as normal and, being as tired as he was, the young man retired early that evening.

Along about midnight, there came such a terrible ruckus at the front door that the young man was sure that whatever it was would tear the door down. He stumbled down the stairs once again and opened the door to find that there were dozens of demons now trying to get into his beautiful home. For more than three hours he fought and struggled against the demons from hell and finally overpowered them enough to shut the door against their attack. All energy seemed to fail him. “I really don’t understand this at all. Why won’t the Lord come to my rescue? Why does he allow me to fight all by myself? I feel so alone.” Troubled he found his way to the sofa and fell exhausted into a restless sleep.

The next morning he decided to inquire of the Lord about the happenings of the last two evenings. Quietly he made his way to the elegant bedroom where he had left Jesus. “Jesus,” he called as he tapped at the door. “Lord, I don’t understand what is happening. For the last two nights I have had to fight the demons away from my door while you laid up here sleeping. Don’t you care about me? Did I not give you the very best room in house?” He could see the tears building in Jesus’ eyes but continued on, “I just don’t understand. I really thought that once I invited you in to live with me that you would take care of me and I gave you the best room in my house and everything. What more can I do?”

“My precious child,” Jesus spoke so softly. ” I do love and care for you. I protect all that you have released into my care. But when you invited me to come here and stay, you brought me to this lovely room and you shut the door to the rest of your house. I am Lord of this room but I am not Master of this house. I have protected this room and no demon may enter here.”

“Oh, Lord, please forgive me. Take all of my house – it is yours – I am so sorry that I never offered you all to begin with. I want you to have control of everything.” With this he flung open the bedroom door and knelt at Jesus’ feet. “Please forgive me Lord for being so selfish.” Jesus smiled and told him that He had already forgiven him and that He would take care of things from now on. That night as the young man prepared for bed he thought to himself, ” I wonder if those demons will return. I am so tired of fighting them each and every night.” But he knew that Jesus said that he would take care of things from now on.

Along about midnight the banging on the door was frightening. The young man slipped out of his room in time to see Jesus going down the stairs. He watched in awe as Jesus swung open the door, no need to be afraid. Satan stood at the door this time demanding to be let in. “What do you want, Satan?” the Lord asked. The devil bowed low in the presence of the Lord, “So sorry, I seem to have gotten the wrong address.” And with that, he and the demons all ran away.

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There is a moral to this tale. Jesus wants all of you, not just a part. He will give you victory over all that you give Him. How much of your heart have you given to the Lord? Are you keeping a portion of it away from Him? Perhaps the attacks are coming more and more each day. Why not let the Lord fight the battles for you? He is always victorious.

“You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you [Jesus] is greater than the one who is in the world [Satan]” 1 John 4:4.

Just to share something which i read from the bible. =) Hope it brings something to you! Of course its all in my own revelation and thinking. Subjective. haa

Proverbs 7: 6 - 8 (NKJV)
⁶ For at the window of my house
I looked through my lattice,
⁷ And saw among the simple,
I perceived among the youths,
A young man devoid of understanding,
⁸ Passing along the street near her corner;
And he took the path to her house


This verse from the way it seems how a man w/o understanding and fell right into immoral behavior. But let's us take a closer look at the whole verse.

'I perceived among the youths, a young man devoid of understanding'
Yes why among the youth and not among adult, isn't adult the 1 who always have external affair?
From this sentence, it used YOUTHS, it meant - immature. And it does not really mean immature in reality, but IT is in spiritually. Yes, and its always usually the new who just received Christ. Usually, because it might refer to people who are long in church still yet to be spiritually mature.

And later on of the phrase you see that it said a young man devoid of understanding. Initially i was thinking "huh, what understanding? understanding of what?" UNTIL i read Pastor Phil's book - Inspired to PRAY, it gives a me a whole new understanding.
Understanding is the KEY to leading & relating to people & navigating our way through our life with God. It just meant - understanding God's Words and His way. Some people just don't get it, God why me? God, why at this time? God, why? why? why? which i believe Pastor Tan did state before.
And you saw through your position, among the youth there! there's a youth who is lacking of understanding. Someone who don't understand God's way and plan and purpose. Someone who lack of understanding.

v8, and you see temptation start coming in. There, a women waving seductively at the weaker member. And yes, when you do not have God's understanding, you just took the path yourself thinking that there bound to have another alternatives for this problem. Thinking: "No, I do not need God's help for this. Even He close the heaven's door to me, treating me with a silent days, i shall live by my ways." And thats when temptation start waving at you, giving you the ways which God have no intention for you.
And you just walk along the street near her corner, and you took the path to her house, fell into a trap setup by the devil.


Simple verse like this, but i believe it speaks to us who constantly falling into the devil's trap. Constantly into temptation and sins again and again. Constantly thinking that God will forgive, forget, and give grace back to you.
BUT one thing i can be assure is, every time we sinned, God cried for us. Just like how a naturally father who see his daughter/son, going into a stray way. How much it hurts, it comparable to how God see us sin. It just hurt so much that, He might not even have a good night rest because of it.

I have seen my real father turned from 30years old dad into 50years old overnight. Just within 1week, he became so much older. Thats why i believe its the same in our Spiritually Father.
Hope it brings something into your life. =)


Loves,
Sebas

“Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Revelation 19:7-8

The whole purpose of the Lord dying on the cross is that He might have for Himself a beautiful, glorious Church. Jesus Christ is the Bridegroom and the Church is the Bride. The marriage of the Lamb and His wife is really the union between Jesus and His Church. But the second coming of Jesus will only take place when the Church has made itself ready. What do we mean by “being ready”? Revelation 19:8 says that the Bride is ready when she has put on her wedding garment.

There are three important features about this garment:

(1) The garment is made of linen. Why linen? Linen is a material that is very comfortable to wear. Ezekiel 44:18 says, “They shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen trousers on their bodies; they shall not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat.” What is sweat? Sweat is associated with the curse that has put man under labor (Gen. 3:19). There are two forms of righteousness: one by human works and another by God’s grace. The righteousness that is typified by linen speaks of the righteousness by grace. Christianity is unique among all other belief systems in the world in that it teaches a salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ (Eph. 2:8-9).

(2) The garment is clean. Cleanliness comes when you are washed by the Word of God (5:26). This means that your life must be governed by the Word of God. Not only does the Word cleanse you, it also sanctifi es you—making you holy unto God.

(3) The garment is white. Revelation 7:14 says, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” The color white speaks of the righteousness we have through the forgiveness of sins. And it is the precious blood of Jesus that washes us white as snow.

Are you ready to meet the Lord at His coming? Do you have the linen garment? Is it clean and white? Revelation 16:15 says, “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” God doesn’t take away our salvation but we can lose it. There are two sides to the gospel: God’s side and our side. There is no problem with the former but it is the latter that we need to be careful about.

Adapted from Pst Kong's blog.

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Well, all thanks to my dear Angel - Mr. Chee Yuan, who got me this book that consisted of 1. faith, 2. hope and 3. love for angel and mortal.

Just to share with you guys some insights from that book, and hopefully its helpful to you all! :)

The book started off really good with this very first verse:

"IF my people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and PRAY and SEEK my face, and TURN from their wicked ways, then I will HEAR from heaven, and WILL forgive their sins, and HEAL their land. "
2 Chronicles 7:14

Look at what God is looking in us. The very first thing he expected from us is to humble ourselves. To abstain from food(fasting) , lower down our pride and bowing down to Him, who is our king and shall reign from Beginning to the End.

And when we humble ourselves, we pray for things and thirst for His presence and seeking for His face. Jesus said in Luke 11:9 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." and you will find things that you have been asking for is given to you, things that you been seeking for it added to you and things that you been wanting to break through will be done so in His name.

Hear the Words of God, and turn your wicked ways from the Devil. Let no temptation take over your flesh, for the flesh is weak but the spirit is strong. And remember the promises that God have promised us? That he would never give a temptation that is beyond our strength and when temptation are given to us, it is a test. A test for us to be an overcomer for Him. Remember what Pastor Tan have just said: "God is under-going a process of choosing the one" The very few special ones that God have chosen for His Will to be done.

And He will hear us, hear us from heaven from our crying prayers, from our daily prayers, from our weeping prayers, from our very own bottom of the heart prayers that reached to Him, and He have sent Jesus from heaven to come down and WASH away our sins and HEALED the broken and lame, and brought them to meet face to face with God.

There isn't anyone is definitely the first, neither there is a last to reach to God. There is only a way to reach God our Father, that is only through Jesus Christ, Son of God. He is the only way, the truth and life. No one goes to the Father except only through Him. John 114:6

But DO take note, that all these things will be done in Jesus name, will be done for you who asked for it, will be done for you who been seeking for it, will be added to you when you gives, will be open for you if you knock, all of these will be done ONLY, only... IF you do it.

Only IF you do it.
Only IF you ask for it, then it will be given to you.
Only IF you knock, then it will be opened to you.
Only IF you gives, then it will be added back to you.
Only IF you seek, then you will find.
Only IF you pray and humble.....

Everything doesn't matter if you don't even take the first step out.

Hope it brings from insight to you too. =)

Loves,
Sebas.

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