God is always faithful even though we may not be obedient to Him sometimes. He said He will not leave us or forsake us. Indeed, looking back in my life, I found that this is true. I may be wondering away from Him at times, but He is also there, patient with me and urging me to come back to Him.
The song "Forever you are faithful" is nostalgic because some ten years ago while attending FGA in KL, the worship team often sing this song.
"Oh God thank you Lord for being faithful despite my unfaithfulness."
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Philip Yancey - Vanishing Grace
Over the weekend the city of Kuching is much blessed with the hosting of the famous Christian author Philip Yancey. This is not the first time he has come to Malaysia, but this is his first time in Kuching. His sharing was hosted by Trinity Methodist Church, Kuching.
In his first session he shared about his new book, "Vanishing Grace" a follow up to his earlier book "What is so amazing about grace?". God's grace is not a problem here, but more and more we do not see grace being dispensed even by Christians. He said in America many people are turning away from God and many hated Christians. How are we to show grace in such atmosphere? In his word, how do we dispense grace? As Christians we are taught to dispense grace to others yet many fall short, including yours truly.
He told a story of a young woman who shared how she ministered to telephone sales people. Many of these sales people called many potentials each day and mostly irritated people slammed down their phones. Therefore, this woman decided to be patient to them and gave words of encouragements. Many broke down from her encouragement.
We ourselves will have similar experiences, like when we waited at the supermarket check out and the cashier needed her superior to clear an error on the cash machine. How do we re-act? Or when we go to fast food out lets and there were delays in serving us? You get the picture.
There are much to learn from his new book "Vanishing Grace".
In his first session he shared about his new book, "Vanishing Grace" a follow up to his earlier book "What is so amazing about grace?". God's grace is not a problem here, but more and more we do not see grace being dispensed even by Christians. He said in America many people are turning away from God and many hated Christians. How are we to show grace in such atmosphere? In his word, how do we dispense grace? As Christians we are taught to dispense grace to others yet many fall short, including yours truly.
He told a story of a young woman who shared how she ministered to telephone sales people. Many of these sales people called many potentials each day and mostly irritated people slammed down their phones. Therefore, this woman decided to be patient to them and gave words of encouragements. Many broke down from her encouragement.
We ourselves will have similar experiences, like when we waited at the supermarket check out and the cashier needed her superior to clear an error on the cash machine. How do we re-act? Or when we go to fast food out lets and there were delays in serving us? You get the picture.
There are much to learn from his new book "Vanishing Grace".
Friday, August 28, 2015
FBC Family Camp 2015
Last weekend, on 22nd and 23rd Aug 2015, our church had our family camp at Dynawood Beach Stay, Semantan. It was about one and the half hour drive from Kuching.
It was a great family camp and everyone had a great time of fellowship and also great foods! Thanks to our brothers Thomas, Nelson, Nick, and Sisters Nancy, Jenny, Hwei Choo, and many others who put in much work marinating as well as bar be queing the meats. We had chicken wings, lamb, crabs, corn, and sausages.
We had beach games for everyone. After dinner on Saturday, we sat down and sang many songs, thanks to Brother Paul Wong who played the guitar and also our comedian Kristie Pui.
Of course we listened to a message by our invited speaker Pastor Wong Chee Keong, from Charis Church, KL.
All in all a great camp!
It was a great family camp and everyone had a great time of fellowship and also great foods! Thanks to our brothers Thomas, Nelson, Nick, and Sisters Nancy, Jenny, Hwei Choo, and many others who put in much work marinating as well as bar be queing the meats. We had chicken wings, lamb, crabs, corn, and sausages.
We had beach games for everyone. After dinner on Saturday, we sat down and sang many songs, thanks to Brother Paul Wong who played the guitar and also our comedian Kristie Pui.
Of course we listened to a message by our invited speaker Pastor Wong Chee Keong, from Charis Church, KL.
All in all a great camp!
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Monday, June 29, 2015
A Christian Reaction to Same Sex Marriage
Recently the US Supreme Court approved same sex marriage in the US. This is a landmark decision. But what is it meant for Christians?
Friday, June 19, 2015
It is more blessed to give than receive
The teaching of Jesus about giving appeared to be contrary to logic, but indeed His Words are true even to this day. Recently an experiment was conducted in Malaysia to ascertain how the general public react to giving and receiving from strangers. It is heart warming to learn that many people have the heart for helping others and they do not mind giving. Even the poor are willing to give.
It is very touching to watch how the Nepalese workers are willing to give a beggar even though they do not earn much and their families back home are in dire needs of their monetary support. The matters are worst now that many of their families suffered from the recent earthquake in Nepal. Many are now homeless.
Watch the following video of the experiment done in Malaysia recently:
On the flip side, there is a video of a "beggar" who gives the money to strangers who pass by instead of he receiving the money from the strangers. Some people were rude, some could not understand, but best of all some insisted on giving the "beggar".
Just like Jesus taught : Acts 20:35 " In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
Watch this video of the flip side story of giving:
It is very touching to watch how the Nepalese workers are willing to give a beggar even though they do not earn much and their families back home are in dire needs of their monetary support. The matters are worst now that many of their families suffered from the recent earthquake in Nepal. Many are now homeless.
Watch the following video of the experiment done in Malaysia recently:
On the flip side, there is a video of a "beggar" who gives the money to strangers who pass by instead of he receiving the money from the strangers. Some people were rude, some could not understand, but best of all some insisted on giving the "beggar".
Just like Jesus taught : Acts 20:35 " In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
Watch this video of the flip side story of giving:
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Strange Sound Heard Around the World
Strange sound that sounded like the sound of shofar have been heard around the world. Are these signs that Jesus is coming back.
Read more here : http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/prophecy/23381-do-strange-trumpet-noises-coming-from-sky-point-to-christ-s-return
Read more here : http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/prophecy/23381-do-strange-trumpet-noises-coming-from-sky-point-to-christ-s-return
Monday, April 20, 2015
FGA 36th Anniversary
On 12th April 2015 FGA, Kuala Lumpur celebrated their 36th anniversary at Bukit Jalil stadium in Kuala Lumpur. Personally I am a part of this great Church because I was baptized there more than 10 years ago and I still have many brothers and sisters worshiping in this Church. As I gathered, the 36th anniversary was a tremendous event especially in terms of out pouring of the Spirit and the number of participants. All in about 13,000 participated in this event. If I am not mistaken, this was one of the biggest Christian gatherings in Malaysia. It was an unprecedented worship and celebration event.Pastor Philip Mantofa, the pastor of Mawar Sharon Church of Indonesia preached at this event. When he made an altar call, 6,000 participants rushed forward to the front stage! Hallelujah! that had not been seen in Malaysia before! All glory to God!
Christianity Malaysia wrote an article of this event, you can read at this link:
http://christianitymalaysia.com/wp/moving-forward-as-one-fga-easter-36th-anniversary-celebration/
If you wish to watch a video of this event go to You tube and type:
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Rev. Philip Mantofa : Moving forward as ONE! (The Altar Call)
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
RIP Lee Kuan Yew
Just yesterday, the world witnessed the passing of a great Asian leader Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. It is indeed a great loss to the nation of Singapore. He was the man who created Singapore out of nothing so to speak. Because when Singapore left Malaysia, the country had nothing. It is a small island, there was little land for agriculture, or any industries, yet he built it into a first class country today. Today Singapore has one of the highest standard of living in the world.However, we know that he did not know the Lord which in a sense is a negative. But God had plans and He used Mr. Lee to prosper Singapore. Just like many pagans in Biblical times, God used them to prosper Israel. God used Pharaoh to help in delivering the Jews out of Egypt to the Promised Land. There are many similar stories in the Bible.
Pastor Kenny Chee of Singapore has written about Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. You can read at the link here:
http://www.blogpastor.net/
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Friday, January 2, 2015
Airasia Plane Crashed
Indeed it had been a bad year for Malaysia and also many around the world. The three planes crashes happened to be Malaysian. Many nationalities also perished in these crashes.
Why these happened seem to be beyond our understanding. Only God knows the answer. We Christians know that God is sovereign and He is in control even though we do not have any answer to these tragedies.
About 41 members of Mawar Sharon Church from Indonesia headed by Pastor Philip Mantofa perished in the Airasia flight.
We are saddened by these tragedies, and despite these, our Lord wants us to look to Him. Let us continue to pray and uphold our brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering now in various countries. Our hearts and prayers go out to them.
To read more :
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/airasia.crash.killed.41.members.of.one.church/45225.htm
Why these happened seem to be beyond our understanding. Only God knows the answer. We Christians know that God is sovereign and He is in control even though we do not have any answer to these tragedies.
About 41 members of Mawar Sharon Church from Indonesia headed by Pastor Philip Mantofa perished in the Airasia flight.
We are saddened by these tragedies, and despite these, our Lord wants us to look to Him. Let us continue to pray and uphold our brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering now in various countries. Our hearts and prayers go out to them.
To read more :
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/airasia.crash.killed.41.members.of.one.church/45225.htm
Friday, December 12, 2014
Marriage Course Graduation 2014
Last evening the graduation party for The Marriage Course was held at Imperial Hotel, Kuching. This was the second course organized jointly between the Welfare, Women and Family Ministry of Sarawak and Alpha Malaysia. The Sarawak Alpha is headed by Dr. Wong Howe Tung and Gan Chuei Lian. In view of the raising divorce rate in Malaysia, the WWFM recognized the need to strengthen marriages.The party was graced by Welfare, Women and Family Minister Datuk Fatimah Abdullah. The event was also attended by Alpha Malaysia, SEA head, Foo Lai Wai, Relation Central Manager, Ai Siang, and Alpha National Coordinator Melissa Then.
Altogether there were 31 couples but not all of them could attend the function last night.
One important milestone of this course is that this second intake has more young couples. The youngest in terms of marriage is a couple who is married only for two years.
To read more check out this link :
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Community/2014/12/01/Building-strong-marriages-Special-course-aims-to-improve-married-couples-relationships/
Monday, December 1, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
Dementia
Dementia is a dreadful disease that doctors do not know the exact cause and also have found no cure.
My mum is diagnosed with this disease and in fact she is unable to recognize any of his children. Actual she could not response to any question, and unable to communicate with any one. She just make some chattering noise. She is now living in a home.
Watch this video about dementia.
My mum is diagnosed with this disease and in fact she is unable to recognize any of his children. Actual she could not response to any question, and unable to communicate with any one. She just make some chattering noise. She is now living in a home.
Watch this video about dementia.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Joseph Prince's Teaching Biblical?
Joseph Prince is a popular pastor from Singapore. He is famous for his teaching on "hyper grace" but is his teaching biblical?Read an article written for Charisma news to find out.
Go to link :
http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/the-pulse/40943-is-joseph-prince-s-radical-grace-teaching-biblical
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Habitat for Humanity Kuching
On 17th Sept 2014, six of our Life Group members participated in Habitat for humanity Borneo Blitz build at Jalan Stephen Yong road in Kuching. This is a major build for Habitat as 14 houses will be built in one location. These houses are concrete duplex houses of high quality.
We did various jobs like brick laying, mixing cement, carry bricks, some plastering, removable of dirt etc. Although we were involved for only one day, it was a full day's work. Practically we work through out the day.
Praise God that the house we were helping to build belongs to our Iban Church member Billy! What a nice surprise. If he did not mentioned that he worship at FBC we won't know because we do not know all the Iban members of our church. Billy and his wife were there to help too. This is part of the agreement for being awarded a Habitat house.
This experience reminded me of my participation in Habitat Mongolia in 2005. A team of us from our church joined Habitat Mongolia to go to a city called Darhan about 400 km from UlanBator, the capital of Mongolia. We also had a blessed time there building for the Mongolian families. They were very appreciative of our help. We ourselves were also very much blessed to be able to do a little to help the less fortunate.
More infor: http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/04/24/fatimah-launches-borneo-blitz-build-2014/
Habitat, Mongolia
We did various jobs like brick laying, mixing cement, carry bricks, some plastering, removable of dirt etc. Although we were involved for only one day, it was a full day's work. Practically we work through out the day.
Praise God that the house we were helping to build belongs to our Iban Church member Billy! What a nice surprise. If he did not mentioned that he worship at FBC we won't know because we do not know all the Iban members of our church. Billy and his wife were there to help too. This is part of the agreement for being awarded a Habitat house.
This experience reminded me of my participation in Habitat Mongolia in 2005. A team of us from our church joined Habitat Mongolia to go to a city called Darhan about 400 km from UlanBator, the capital of Mongolia. We also had a blessed time there building for the Mongolian families. They were very appreciative of our help. We ourselves were also very much blessed to be able to do a little to help the less fortunate.
More infor: http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/04/24/fatimah-launches-borneo-blitz-build-2014/
Habitat, Mongolia
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