Sunday Service

Today we have Bro. John Carter preaching in our church. For the last two weeks he has been here preaching on the book of Ephesians over at Agape Baptist Church. Today he preached on Matthew chapter 3, 4, and 5, He concentrate in particular on the Beatitudes. He explained why God said "blessed are the poor in spirit...meek etc. He said God made these qualities come out from our inside, we cannot do any thing. Basically we have to humble ourselves.

Marriage Course

Two marriage courses will be running at the end of February. Bro, Chew, Sister Lena, Bro, Tung Hui, Sister May Sum shared their experiences and all attested to the benefits of the marriage course regardless of whether you have been married one year or 50 years.

Alpha Classic

Our church is also starting Alpha Classic on 4th March 2011, and Bro Han Wei promoted it by distributing the yellow stars for our members to invite their friends.

What Good Is God?

This is the title of the book written by best selling author Philip Yancey. This may be a question that most Christians asked one way or another in our lives. When things are going well for us we do not think very much about God, but when things are not going our ways, we ask question like "What is God good for?". Philip Yancey, a journalist turned author wrote this book like an investigator and not an authority although he has some theological training. He asked questions like many of us would ask.

From his research and visits to people around the world, he found that faith in God does help people to overcome various trials and tribulations. Some of us may have experienced this for ourselves.

"We live by faith, not by sight".
2 Corinthians 5:7

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Blessings in Ordinary Things

Usually most of us see blessings from God in the miraculous happenings that He gave us. This is quite normal for many of us. But there is the other side of the story, that is His blessings in the ordinary things in our lives. In fact, being chosen by Him to be in His kingdom is a miracle in itself. Why didn't He chose someone but you?

I believe a part of living a Godly life is to enjoy His blessings in the ordinary things we experience daily. Like a few weeks ago, I was going to pick my son at St. Joseph Secondary school, Kuching after class at around 12 noon Friday. If you are staying in Kuching you know how bad the traffic jam around the school every Friday. As I was about to leave my house, a Sister called asking me to be the assistant secretary of our Church, because I spoke to her for a while there was a delay in arriving at his school, but the timing was perfect,as soon as my car arrived he just hoped into my car! No waiting required! Praise the Lord! Otherwise I have trouble looking for a parking.

A brother and I are in the exhibition business. We had organized a health expo at a bigger venue, Borneo Convention Centre, Kuching.(Outskirt of city). A prime customer Parkway Health Group ( they own Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Greneagle etc in Singapore), Singapore had signed up as a Platinum Sponsor earlier. Because of business consideration we have to change to a smaller venue in the city center. Our challenge was to discuss with our customer Parkway about the change and wondering how they will take it. We prayed about it before seeing their manager. We met the manager, discussed with her about our plans and she agreed to continue as Platinum Sponsor! She even said her prayers have been answered! Praise God! Our God work in mysterious ways.

A Sister from Alpha Malaysia came to town on a Friday evening two weeks ago. She did not have prior dinner arrangement but she thought of a Kuching sister whom she got to know earlier, but she could not remember her name nor her mobile number. As she was making other arrangement this sister whom she thought about rang her to invite her for dinner! This sister said she received a missed call on her mobile. Later our sister from Alpha checked her mobile directory and found she did not have phone record of this sister! Glory to God! Only He could have made this arrangement.

Let us seek our Lord everyday, and let us enjoy His blessings in the ordinary things He provided for us.

"Surely, O Lord, you bless the righteous, you surround them with your favors as with a shield". Psalm 5:12

One Minute Apologist

Apologetic is about defending the Christian faith, what you believe as a Christian.

One Minute Apologist is a You-tube based program to teach about the Christian faith to enable Christians to spread the good news. This program is founded by Bobby Conway.

As a young Christian he tried to evangelize but found that he could not answer many questions about Christianity, therefore he started this program to help others.

I have such experiences too, that I am not equip to share the good news with non believers. I believe many Christians are facing this problem. Here is a good avenue to equip ourselves by watching One Minute Apologist on You tube.

On the other hand, I found that Alpha course is a good way too. All the Biblical teachings are done on DVD by Vicar of Anglican Church Nicky Gumble. Up to date 169 countries and more than 18 million people have experienced this course. Many souls have been saved.

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Commissioning of New Alpha Team

Our Church, First Baptist Church has completed the first Alpha Classic last year, and now we are preparing to conduct the second Alpha Classic. The new team has been formed and today we had the privilege to have Sister Cynthia of Alpha Malaysia to pray and commission our new Alpha Team.

Our second Marriage course is starting in February and this morning we had Bro Malcolm, and his wife Sister Irene to share how they benefited from this course. Bro. Chin Luk also shared his view.

Note: Picture of Sister Cynthia praying.

Workplace Alpha - KTS Group

Sister Cynthia from Alpha Malaysia is here to conduct leaders training for the KTS Group of companies. KTS is a local conglomerate involving in timber industry,oil palm plantation, construction, food manufacturing etc. It has about 1000 employees. Understand that it is the Deputy Managing Director, a Christian who wished that all his employees get to hear the good news. There were about 15 people attending the training today. It was assisted by two brothers, and a sister from FBC. Bro. James from Breakthrough Centre was there to help out too. KTS planned to start their first Alpha course on 4th March 2011.

John Carter

John Carter, Bible teacher, and elder of Holborn Church, UK is here again in Kuching to deliver a few lectures on the Book of Ephesian. John Carter is no stranger to many Malaysian, as he has been helping Malaysian churches for the past three decades. Last July he and his son Andrew were here to teach on the first eight chapters of Romans. His son is the pastor of Therfield Chapel, near Cambridge.

Last evening Bro.John covered on the first seven verses of Ephesian chapter one. He will be giving a series of lectures over these two weeks.

His visit is jointly organized by Agape Baptist Church and First Baptist Church.

Note: Picture of Bro.John and Bro.Andrew