GOD IS SOVEREIGN

Last night I came a cross an email (printed copy) from Stephanie. The email was a description of what had happened during that Friday night in cell group as they (in Seri Gombak) tagged on in the spirit with Amy and I (we were in Muar for ITIP). As I reread the email which recorded many prophecies that was released by some of them during that night, I was overwhelmed with God’s loving kindness and faithfulness, that tears just begin to flow.

It’s been about three months and many things have transpired throughout this period. As I reflect back, I could see God’s wisdom, grace, love and faithfulness upon each one of their lives.

The prophecies were released on June 13; I still remember that Stephanie posted in this blog what happened that night in cell group. Refer post June 29.

The following are some of the excerpts of the prophecies:-

Steph: "Once you hear His Word, speak it out. Don't keep it. There will a breakthrough today!"

Edwin: "We will receive His Holy Spirit and also a new mindset in us. The Holy Spirit will cause our mind and thinking pattern to be stronger and stronger."

Peter: "God has said this many times but He will say it again. There will be One Malaysia. Equalization of resources…..

Vanessa: " God is molding us in every area of our life. We will be the one who will never give up. We will handle things in a different manner and handle things that even adults cannot handle! People will never see us as normal children.

Eric: "A new breed of people will arise. This new breed of people will not be affected by what people say; They will move in God's way and finish the race to prove it."

Edwin:"We are united as one; When one of us breakthrough, the others will have breakthrough too. Together we will arise to the next level."

Below are some of things that transpired within these three months:-

1. Our Prime Minister and the government has been stressing on this so greatly that many actions/steps are taken to ensure that this 1Malaysia becomes a reality.

Yea!!!! God is sovereign and He is working in our nation. A NEW MALAYSIA IS HERE!!

2. God is molding each one and I can see how some of them begin to rise through every trial and learn to handle matters like family problems which sometimes adults would have given up but yet they are determined to fight on and not be overwhelmed by all these problems. They fight their own emotions and mind to keep themselves pure so that they are not contaminated by anger and bitterness.

3. I see them pushing in the spirit to draw even closer to Him and holding on to His words firmly even when the enemy tries to intimidate them by attacking their character. They learning to fortified their mind and thinking patterns with His words and not be affected by what people like their school/college friends say about them when they refuse to participate things that is not right. Those whom in the past does not put in effort in their studies, I can see them changing and putting in effort to be diligent as they refuse to be bound by their old mindset. Yes, they are choosing to reign in life and in righteousness.

As a cell leader and friend, I have seen how within these three months how each one of them begin to learn to fight their own battles, overcome it victoriously and of all begin to mature in Him. I realize that those words released on June 13, were really words of assurance and reminder to all of us that God is Sovereign as He knows and holds the future and that what He had said, it’s done!

That’s why guys (kids and youth of the cg)! we must never give up because God has put an ingredient in us that we would never let Him go!! We are fighters that would fight al the way till the end! We are the new breed without greed! We are the true sons that would rise to anticipate the father’s heart! We would finish His course for His kingdom and glory!!!

O LORD, YOU REIGN IN THE HEAVENS AND EARTH!

NOW, REIGN IN US, O LORD!!!

from Kim Suan, Children and Youth cell leader

WE ARE THE CHAMPION

Do you feel that sometimes you are a loser and that you have no talents at all? Maybe and maybe not. If your answer is yes, then let me proof to you now that it's not true at all.
Hey, God's word says that too. Don't believe me? Look below and you'll see.

Deuteronomy 28:13:
The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AT THE TOP, NEVER AT THE BOTTOM.

So do you believe me now? I hope so. I never thought that I could beat an expert in all the subjects in my class even in my dream! But now, it came true. Not in my dream of course but in reality. Guess what? I got the first place in English essay competition! It was almost unbelievable! All thanks and gory to God! Thank God for giving great leaders to me like Sis. Kim Suan, Sis. Laffy, Eric, Edwin, Steph., Shawn, Pastor and Aunt Nancy.

Sis. Kim Suan taught me in Sunday school that when I have the wisdom, intelligence and excellence that God gave + my own effort and hardwork, I will be the top! God gave you wisdom, intelligence and excellence too! Just put in your own effort and hardwork and you will succeed! Find your talents and improve it! God bless!

By Amy Ho, 11 yrs old

REIGN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS & IN LIFE

I am very sure you know what is Facebook or Friendster right?
It’s very popular and many teenagers, adults…etc.
Even kids play Facebook and Friendster!

Do you know that if you are under 12 years old, you can’t play it. You are considered as underage. Almost half of my classmates play these games. But I know that I should be patient and wait until I can play.

I know I can cheat my age because there’s no harm but that would mean I won't reign in righteousness and in life.

I want to reign in righteousness and in life!!

A lot of my friends told me that I should go and have one account but I rejected. Maybe you think I am a religious nut but I’m not! I’m telling the truth!

The main point I’m telling is that whatever we do, we must reign in righteousness and in life and also not to believe people’s word easily.

By Amy Ho, 11 yrs old

ACCURATE PARTNERSHIP

Last Sunday, our church had a couple to share the word of God. It was the first time for the wife, the husband complimented her when he took over the mike after the wife had shared. :) It was so sweet and blessed to see husband and wife serving God and living their live as a team. They shared about how to have an accurate partnership and why we need to have the right partners to finish our race to destiny.

Before the couple started to preach, Pastor Paul Kim talked about Acts 6 - Seven person was chosen to deal with a problem. These 7 chosen one were not fearful but even brave enough to settle the problem! They rose up to help Peter and released him to further his journey. So does this couple. Pastor was pleased that day, just like a father attending his children graduation.

I was so privilege to be their interpreter. The other 2 senior interpreters were not around that day, so I thought I am all by myself this time! Unexpectedly, not only Sis.KimSuan (She is English-educated and does not read Chinese characters, yet she can interpret!!! Powerrrrr~) was there to help me but some Chinese speaking aunties also helped me. Haha. I am so thankful to have them! They can interprete!!! These aunties are so cute, they smile at you as they correct your mistakes and continue to encourage you to improve.

Pastor concluded the message by reemphasizing how important it is to have accurate partnership. Whatever that was spoken that day was actually happening during the service. Isn't that awesome?

A Chinese proverb says: An elderly at home is a treasure at home. (家中一老是一宝)

When we are all accurately connected to each other, we synergize our efforts, multiply our strength and generate greater impact. Every strength make a difference. :) I thank God for these people in my life!

By StephNg

GOD'S WORD

I followed some of our church members to the conference ‘IYC’ in Muar. During that week, God did many amazing things in my life. I learned a lot from Papa Jonathan David too. I believe that God really spoke to me through Papa.

When Papa says: When we face problem, DON’T pray. Prayer is not going to solve the problem. I was shocked, and I know I wasn’t the only one that was shocked. In my mind I said: What? Don’t pray? Then what shall we do? I always pray when I face problem, isn’t that the way to solve the problem? He went on saying: Prayer is not going to solve the problem, what is going to solve the problem is God’s word! And that’s the moment I solve all my confusion. God isn’t going to help us solve every single problem when we pray.

I also shared this to Sis. Stephanie. She says that I should look through the bible and find verses that will encourage me when I face problems. Let me give you an example. When we have no faith in God, we can read the story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17. In this chapter, we can know that David, who is just a young man, can kill Goliath, who is a 9 feet tall giant. David have strong faith in God, he killed Goliath easily by throwing stones.

When God gave us challenges, we are the one that is going to overcome it. God will only give us challenges when He thinks that we are ready to face it. God has given us the tools that we need to overcome the challenge, and we are going to use it and achieve victory!

By John Ho, 13 yrs old

GOD IS MY STRENGTH

I learned so many things in IYC. Life is never the same anymore.

During IYC, we were told to pray and push in the spirit every morning. "Pray like it is the last time to pray to God." someone said. Everyone of us decided to turn away from our old life and to make a firm decision like Daniel - to live a life, set apart for Him. I want to be the student of His Word!!!

I used to wake up at 5:15am to rush to work. (and only arrive home at 8pm) Now, I wake up at 4:30am for a God encountering moment before starting my busy day. I did not pray or ask God if I should do that or ask Him how to do, I just did it. He has given me everything I needed to build His Kingdom. I want His presence, His fresh word and His Holy Spirit.

I have been doing that without failing since I came back from IYC. I almost gave up the second day as there are so much work undone, in the end, I only sleep for 5 hours. When the alarm rings, I wanted to sleep longer. It must be the Holy Spirit who quicken my spirit. My spirit took charge and I woke up.

On the 3rd day, I only sleep for 4 hours. You know what, I do not feel tired physically. Infact, I feel more fresh! Seriously, I don't know how it happens but I am glad it does! This is something I never knew I can breakthrough that easily.

I used to sleep in the bus and feel tired the whole day in work. Now, I even listen to sermon mp3 through my cell phone and stay fresh alert in work! My colleague just asked me why am I so smiley. :D~ It is His Spirit that keeps me strong, His Word that guides me and His presence that accompanies me.

This is so fun! It is only the 4th day of my new lifestyle. I will not give in to the lies of the enemy!! This IS my new lifestyle!! Everyday is getting more exciting as I see miracles happening in my own life!!


It doesn't matter what the word is becoming because I know who I am becoming!!!

By StephNg

HUMILITY

During this holiday, I participated in the “IYC” conference in Muar. Plenty of things happened there…amazing things that God has done…

First of all, I want to ask you whether you know what’s the true meaning of “humble” mentioned in the bible. Maybe some of you will think it means not to be proud just like what I thought it was. But actually, it means that a person that is humble and is a high achiever not just ownself but for OTHERS. People with humility are also hardworking people, they will always help others to be where they are. I have always thought I was humble, that is until last Thursday.

Dr. Jonathan David’s daughter, Joanne, separated all the primary students and all the secondary school students each into a group, including me. At first, I was very unhappy because I don’t want to be in a “children’s group”, I felt that my level was higher, at that moment, I started to become proud, but I didn’t even notice it.

I complained this separation thing to my leader, Sis. Laffy. After she heard this, she immediately told me I’m beginning to be proud, she said: “You may be a level higher than the other children, but you must know that God did this for a purpose.”, I felt quite hurt because everybody in school has been saying I’m humble, but I took her word seriously, and change my attitude.

Joanne did not manage to find a leader for our group so everybody voted me and Nicole (my best friend) to be the temporary leader. I noticed that all of the kids won’t open their mouth and lift up their hands to worship God. I pushed them like how Sis. Kim Suan did to us and it worked! About a day later, they spoke in tongues strongly and lift up their hands to worship God, besides that, our relationship also got better and better.

It was through this I learned that being humble means "HELPING OTHERS TO ACHIEVE THE LEVEL WHERE I AM NOW!" I really hope that all the people in the group would continue to have this strong passion for God, truly, God is AMAZING..!!!!

By Amy Ho, 11 years old