Sunday Service 21st March 2010

Today two visiting pastors spoke at our Church.

Pastor John Leroy originally from Australia and now serving in Sanggau, Indonesia. He ran a boarding school for about 240 children. It is called the New Hope Ministries. The boarding school gives a home to the children from the villages so that they can attend government schools. They also have computer classes for the children. The school is in need of used clothes for the children. Our members are encouraged to donate these clothes to them. Those who would like to sponsor children there can do so. According to Pastor Leroy it is for RM60 per child per month.
(The picture on the right is Pastor John Leroy and his wife)

Dr.David Sheddan is from International Mission Board. He preached on John Chapter 4 about Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at the well, and her conversion and how her testimonies helped many Samaritan to believe in Jesus. Like this woman we in Church should commit ourselves to evangelise. The harvest is plenty but workers are few. He advised us to actively share the Good News with the lost.

Generosity is evidence that someone is a Christian

On Friday night our LG studied the first portion on "generosity", and here is a video that shared some similar points as well as adds on to what we shared.

Messages in Water - Dr.Masaru Emoto

Facination! Watch it!

Amazing 100 year old Doctor

Paneled House

I came across a devotion in the Daily Bread about building paneled house and the message is similar to the one shared by Dr. Chung. Please read..

Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple to lie in ruins? —Haggai 1:4

The prophecy of Haggai is often overlooked in Scripture, but it holds much for us. This brief book consists of four messages from God to the Jewish exiles who had returned from Babylon. Their mission was to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
They started well, but then their enthusiasm waned and they turned to building houses for themselves. In his first message, Haggai asked, "Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple to lie in ruins?" (1:4).
In message two (2:1-9), Haggai asked if anyone remembered the temple Solomon had built, and that King Nebuchadnezzar destroyed. A few elderly exiles could recall the former glory. By comparison, the abandoned work looked pitiful.
Let's think for a moment about our work of building the church. For us, the church is the body of Christ—the believers themselves (1 Corinthians 12:27). Our mission as followers of Jesus is to become a strong, dedicated, growing, witnessing church.
How is your local congregation doing? Is it busy doing the work of God? Are you personally involved? Or have you become distracted with the work of building your own "paneled houses"?
— David C. Egner
God gives us talents to be used for Him.
Should then His work for lack of zeal decline?
His kingdom first! Our light must not grow dim—
Through faithful servants may His glory shine! —Mollon
Commitment to Christ goes hand in hand with commitment to His church.

Arise, build and experience the splendour of re building

Sermon by Dr. Chung on 14 th March, 2010

1. Don’t let the past hold you back. (Haggai 2:3). You have experienced past glories, how does it look to you now?
Don’t dwell on the past, and don’t let it hold you back. Satan used it to hold us back.

2. Restoration time. (Haggai 2:4). Take courage said the Lord and do work. The message for FBC is to get involved. Everyone must get involved to restore our Church. Quoting Dr. Chung, “Engaged the Holy Spirit in all we do, and you will see the fruits”.

3. Promise & reminders of God. (Haggai 2:5). God said since He delivered the Israelites from Egypt, He had no problem helping the remnants who went back to Israel. Quoting Dr. Chung, “God never promise more than He can deliver”. God will fulfil everything He promised. The Holy Spirit is a reminder, He reminds us. Dr. Chung quoted Zechariah 4:6 “So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: “Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit”, says the Lord Almighty.

4. Revival will come. (Haggai 2: 7-8. God will shake heaven and earth and revival will come. Dr. Chung said this is also a message for FBC. God will fill this house with splendour. The gold and silver are mine said the Lord, so don’t keep what are not yours. Which mean don’t grab glory for yourself. Also message for FBC, (Haggai 2:9) “The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house, says the Lord Almighty”. God replaces gold and silver with a different kind of splendour. The splendour of the presence of God in Jesus.

Dr. Chung finished his sermon with the following quotes:

Zechariah 10:1 “Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime, it is the Lord who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone.”

Hosea 6:3 “Let us acknowledge the Lord, let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises he will appear, he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth”.

A Hokkien Worship song on Discipleship