WE ARE ONE

It is very hard to really describe what took place in cell group on 12th June 2009.

We received a sms from Sis.KimSuan that reads: "Join Amy and I to push in the Spirit because something is breaking out here in Muar, so tag on. Continue to do this until Friday."

"Hmm. Ok.... Like how?" I wonder. Since Sis.KimSuan is not around, I will be leading the cell group and this instruction of hers is very very very new. In fact, she did not tell me how to do it. Heee. So just listen, obey and do. Holy Spirit is the best teacher right? haha

Cell group began at 8:30pm sharp and ends around 11pm. We just sang 1 song, a very short one in fact and the rest of the time was praying, speaking in tongue, prophesying and God encountering moment. This is where the tough part comes, I don't know how to describe to you how exactly we build a bridge or connect from Sri Gombak to Muar (which is around 150km apart). What happened that night was just awesome. Words fail me, seriously.

Since that night, our eyes are opened and minds are widen. No longer our mindset is set on ourselves but as a team. A team with God, TCC members, other pastors who are connected with us, last but not least with our dear nation, Malaysia. No longer we ask for our own portion but for His people, for His desire and for His nation. This relationship we have with God, Pastor Paul & Pastor Nancy, Malaysia and other pastors who are connected with us, just grew so close that night. This is because we are all connected to one source: God. In regardless of our distance, we work and think as one.

During Cell Group on 19th June 09, we tagged on to the Revival Conference in Ipoh, to push in together with papa Jonathan for Malaysia. After all these, we know one thing for sure that New Malaysia has arrived - Malaysia for all Malaysian, faces without races.;And the intimate relationship we have with God now is totally indescribable.

Now. this. is. life.

Thank you so much Jesus!

By StephNg

NEVER GIVE UP, KEEP TRYING !

I was appointed to share what I’ve learned in a conference during cell group. At first, when my leader called me to share, I was very nervous because I don’t know how to share by speaking what the Holy Spirit wants me to (just like my leaders) but I can only share by reading what I wrote.
But of course, I did not give up or say I don’t want to do it. I tried my best to share what I’ve to share. During cell group, I managed to share only a little bit without looking at my notes. Although I cannot share like how my leaders do, but I know that if I keep on trying I can do it!
Just like what my leaders said: No matter how tall the mountain is, if you don’t give up but keep climbing, one day the mountain will be under your footstool, you’ll be higher than the mountain!!!

By Amy Ho, 11 yrs old

REFLECTIONS BY THE ‘MOTHER OF THE HOUSE’ (Part 2)

Going to Muar in November 2006, and getting connected with Papa Jonathan David’s ISAAC network was the spiritual turning point for TCC. Things began to surface & to break out – both affirmatively and otherwise – depending on the heart condition of the believers. As a result of the meaningful positive changes that occurred in the lives of those who accepted and who flowed with the present revelation truth, this “Amazing News blog” was birthed. I find it absolutely heart-warming to note the expressions of thanksgiving, and /or acknowledgment of God’s wonderful grace in every aspect of our lives. I believe greater things are yet to come . . . but right now for me, I find myself finally ‘at home’ in TCC because the spiritual dynamics are beginning to take resemblance like that of my home church at GCC in KK.

The Bible Book of ‘Esther’

In the early days of our ISAAC connection (beginning 2007), a group of ladies initiated a monthly ladies’ fellowship. During that time I contemplated embarking a bible study with them & I chose the book of Esther. But while I was working on it, the group dissolved. This year (i.e. 2009) as I read the book of Esther again, another facet of revelation begins to unfold itself, one that I can fully relate with & which I will briefly share – please read the whole book of Esther!!

In Esther chapter 9, we read about the Jews (God’s chosen people) having the upper hand against their enemies. They were not only living but they were breaking out & breaking through with such confidence that ‘No one could stand against them’ (verse 2b), turning every situation around for their own good, to their own advantage. I have no doubt that after that designated day (see verse 1), every Jews ‘in all the provinces of King Xerxes’ (verse 2a) will have their own exciting stories or ‘amazing news’ to tell. I was impressed that such experiences & encounters were possible because of what took place at the palace in the earlier months.

At the Palace

Esther chapters 4, 5, 7 & 8, we see how Queen Esther worked & intervened on behalf of the Jews through her publicly inconspicuous (i.e. behind the scene) actions:

• Her fasting (4:16) – personal consecration before God
• Her coming before the King (5:1) – courage and availability at a great cost
• Her banquets with the King (5:4; 7:1) – required planning, preparation and
patience
• Her request & petition to the King (7:3, 4 & 8:5, 6) – the timing, the
choice & the presentation of her words were carefully selected.

Queen Esther’s selfless sacrifice, godly wisdom and graceful persistency resulted in the changes of the King’s attitude and decree towards the Jews. A new order or edict was written on their behalf permitting them the right to defend / protect for their lives on the designated day.

Queen Esther’s seemingly minor role in the palace was highly significant for without her, chapter 9 concerning the jubilee of the Jews, may not be written. Through Esther, I begin to see my role at the house and my relationship with Pastor as divinely predetermined . . .

To be continued . . .

By Ps. Nancy Kim

BELIEVE IN GOD

On one Friday, I didn’t bring my Science textbook. I felt scared because if we don’t bring our books to school, our teacher will scold us and will punish us. Then I started to pray, hoping that God will help me. I prayed and prayed until my teacher comes. But at this time, I stopped praying but believing in what i had prayed. Then our science teacher asks us which one to learn, in mandarin or in English. Although a lot of wanted to learn science in English but our teacher wanted to teach us the science in mandarin. When I heard this, I felt very happy. Then I thank God that He heard my prayer.
By Gloria Tan, 12 yrs old

REFLECTIONS BY THE ‘MOTHER OF THE HOUSE’ (Part 1)

Reading about the wonderful works that God is doing in the lives of our TCC members brings joy and fulfillment to my heart. Their amazing stories are like a beacon of hope to me personally as I reflect upon the events of our church for the past four years. (Yea, I have a tendency to ponder things in my heart, but this is not unusual for mothers, I think – see Luke 2: 19, 51)

“You Are the Man’s Wife . . .”

In March 2005, I was formally assimilated into the core of TCC by virtue of my marriage to the sole Pastor of the church. I had no idea what the role of a Pastor’s wife actually entails, but the words “Remember you are the man’s wife; not the pastor’s wife” from my Senior Pastor, Dr. William Vun, helped adjusted me in the early phase of my marriage. I felt that as the man’s wife, my primary function was to attend to his needs and to partner with him in the ministry.
My concept of partnering was to personally support, strengthen, sharpen and stand alongside him in areas of the emotional, spiritual, and intellectual; it was not to actively or necessarily fill up any physical or technical deficiencies in his services to the church, just as a lawyer’s wife,
a doctor’s wife or any other wife does not cover the lacks in their husband’s work or occupational career.

The Ladies’ Prayer Meeting

The spiritual climate of TCC in the early days of 2005 & 2006 was not like what I was used to at my home church, Glory Christian Center (GCC) in Kota Kinabalu (KK); I missed and longed for a consistency in our spontaneous excitement, passion and depths in our worship to God, in our understanding of the Word, and in our interpersonal relationship with one another.

Beginning 2006, when I heard of the Wednesday prayer meeting between Serena and Kim Suan at Serena’s top floor shop-lot, I invited myself to be their co-prayer partner. It was during those times of prayer together that I discovered Kim Suan and I were able to connect in the spirit as we cried out to God on behalf of TCC. In Matthew 18: 19, Jesus said “if two agree about anything . . . , it will be done by my Father in heaven”. Without a shadow of doubt, God heard our cries and acted. In June 2006, when GCC organized ‘School of Impacting Pastors’ (SIP), I convinced Pastor to release Kim Suan (with her prior consent & willingness,) from church administrative work for 2 weeks so that she could attend the SIP at KK.

Winds of Change

Upon Kim Suan’s return from KK, Pastor was amazed and affected by the positive changes he noticed in her. At his own will, Pastor started listening to the SIP CDs that I bought. God was definitely moving and working in his life. I was pleasantly surprised when one day, he finally consented to listen to the ‘Papa’ of my Senior Pastor. Just at the right timing too, I received an unexpected, first-time ever email from Jaya of Muar, informing that Dr. Jonathan David will be in KL. To ensure that Pastor would not back down on his word, I called Pastor Cyrus and Pastor Paul Smith – both of whom I have not known or met before – for details of Dr. Jonathan David’s KL meetings. (Boy, had I got to make many persistent phone calls cos’ they were not easily available! I later learned that they were on mission trips) Armed with the needed information, I reminded Pastor – “you promised you will go to Dr. Jonathan David’s meetings!”

It was August 2006, at FGA, which is off the Old Klang Road, KL that Pastor met and heard
Dr. Jonathan David for the first time after about 3 decades from their last encounter. Subsequently in November 2006, Pastor, Laffy and I travelled to Muar for our very first GEAR (God-Encounter Apostolic Reformation) and . . . the rest becomes His-Story!
To be continued . . .

By Ps. Nancy Kim
(our dearly beloved mum of the house :)