Church News (Page 59)

By Not Known If you were to ask someone: ‘Do you feel blessed by God?’ they would probably answer with either a ‘Yes!’ or a ‘Not yet.’ Common causes would then likely include: good/bad grades (if you are a student), good/poor relationships with colleagues or with family, a secure/troubled career, financial security/burden, etc. It…

By Not Known Uzziah was crowned king of Judah when he was only sixteen years old.  For many years, he sought the Lord and was a king celebrated for victories against her enemies − the Philistines, the Arabians, the Meunites and the Ammonites.  God gave Uzziah great prosperity and power, building towers, fortifications, cisterns and war machines. He also…

By Not Known Today is the last of the 15-day Lunar New Year celebrations. Festive decorations and dining cutlery will be stored away afterward, perhaps to be re-used next year. Empty drink cans and bottles will be sent for recycling, only to find their ways back into our fridges again. “Masks” of cordiality that have shielded dislikes and disagreements between…

By Not Known RELATIONSHIP: Having accepted Jesus as our Saviour, we now have a relationship with Him which needs nurturing (just like any friendship). God longs for us to know Him intimately. It’s a daily walk with Him that nourishes us, not just messages from camps or on Sundays no matter how inspiring they may be. DISCOVER: There is so much of God to discover!…

By Not Known Today is the first day of Chinese (Lunar) New Year.  This major celebration is celebrated by Chinese all around the world including Vietnamese and other Asians who observe the lunar calendar.  Visits are made, mandarin oranges are exchanged with wishes and greetings.  Companies present hampers and gifts to their clients as gestures of…

By Not Known This year, Valentine’s Day has slipped under the radar because of the Lunar New Year holidays. However I felt I should write something if for no other reason to warn that there is a huge difference between lust, infatuation, romance and true love. Someone put it like this: All our lives we have heard the fairy tale of love. It has been our bedtime story…

By Not Known There are only two more days before 2014. I have always found it tremendously helpful at this time of the year, to spend time reflecting over the past 12 months of my life. God has always used these times of reflection to teach me certain lessons. These in turn, help me look ahead to the next year.   So I would like to show you a verse, followed by two…

By Not Known Mark 2:9 raises the question – Which is easier, to forgive sins or to heal the paralyzed man with a mere word? Sin is paralyzing. It renders people unable to have a close relationship with God. It prevents people walking in His ways and moving beyond their present circumstances. Rather than healing and then forgiving, Jesus first pronounced forgiveness…

By Not Known Recently my clan had to make our way to a family gathering held in the northern part of Singapore. It was not the first time ‘up north’, but we always had difficulty with the roads leading there. This time, we decided to use turn-by-turn (GPS) navigation on my phone. As we travelled, we obeyed every instruction from the ‘man’ in the…

By Not Known It is interesting that Mark did not begin the Gospel from the birth of Jesus Christ.  Neither did John when he began his Gospel from the beginning of time – when the Word “was with God in the beginning” (Jn 1:2). Instead, Mark began from Isaiah’s prophecy where the word of God foretold the messenger, John the Baptist preparing…