Posts from 2017 (Page 3)

By Not Known On this day in history, on 9 July 1963, the leaders of Singapore, Malaya, North Borneo (now Sabah) and Sarawak signed the Malaysia Agreement to establish the Federation of Malaysia, which was formed shortly after on 16 September. However, less than 2 years later, on 9 August 1965, Singapore became a sovereign, independent nation. The rest, as they say, is…

By Not Known So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.” Gen 32:30 In my recent reading on the book of Genesis 32, I was fascinated with Jacob’s account of his meeting and wrestling with God.  I think of the times when fear and anxiety plagued us unnecessarily simply because we allowed them to paralyze…

By Not Known It is a common sight in church to see people diligently attending the Sunday worship service, praying, giving tithe and offering, and even actively serving in a ministry or ministries. Do all these please God? Yes, if all these are carried out with the right motive in the heart and with God as the main focus, rather than carried out as empty formalities or…

By Not Known No doubt you have heard the expression “a friend in need is a friend indeed.”  The origins of this idiom is unclear, and seems to date back centuries, such as ancient writers Ennius, “A sure friend is known in unsure times,” and Euripides, “It is in trouble’s hour that the good must clearly show their friendship; though prosperity by itself in every case…