Hallelujah for 2007!

Praise the LORD for 2007. As we come to a close for 2007, I pray all ur days ahead will be filled with the awesome love & knowledge of our Saviour Lord Jesus Christ, that u...

may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
(Eph 3:18-21)

Christmas Celebration

We have a wonderful Christmas celebration this morning at Crown Square. Check out my first photo slideshow done by iMovie!

This year we all arrived EARLY. By 8:30am we were already at the hall, praise the LORD!

A joyous celebration in remembrance of the birth of our Saviour Lord Jesus. All the ladies in this pix can testify to u how GREAT & AWESOME is our God, and how GRATEFUL they are to the grace & mercy of God. Me included, of course.

And to know the Messiah is coming soon once more...

Best, we have excellent lunch too!

For more pls visit my Church's Blog.

Bernard's Baptism

Bernard was baptised on Dec 19th! I was supposed to go help take some photos but missed the occasion cuz of some "technical problem". Glad my sis did snap this.

KL Trip

The kids spent part of their school holiday in KL recently. I was able to join them during the last few days. It was a good break. Not only were we able to spent lots of time together, but we also spent quality time with a few close relatives.

I think the kids and AiPing covered like 90% of the KL's Top-10 must see places...

From the historical landmark...

To the modern landmark...

We also tried to sample as much of KL's delicacies.

And to "rebuke" one of my friends (ahem, u know who u r), though good food (aka "expensive" according to him) is an important element for good time, but good COMPANY is even MORE important la.

But most surprising of all --- John trying out ALL THE rides in Genting!!! That's a miracle!

Evelyn & David's Birthday

Long time haven't been blogging about Birthdays! Below are a couple of birthday videos:

Evelyn's birthday at Chin's house.

David's birthday at mom's house. We didn't know until that night that it was cousin Philip's birthday TOO!!!! Gosh, can't believe the "truth" was only revealed after sooooo many years!

And that night, I also discovered the "maker" of the small wooden cross I have in my car - none other than the wife of my mom's care group leader!!! Surprise, surprise!

Photo Booth Fun

As I wasn't feeling well for past few days, ending up with taking several half-days off, but it doesn't mean u can't have a little fun with the iMac! These are just some of the funny Photo Booth effects that I played with. Very cool...

A Woman Rides the Beast - Dave Hunt

Have been wanting to buy this book - A Woman Rides the Beast - for quite some time. Was surprised to find a video version on YouTube. Awesome video!

Be warned though, it is an hour long.

Datuk Chua

Datuk Chua, ex-Health Minister, was at my Church this morning sharing his awesome testimony. Saved in 2004, he was not only healed supernaturally of several illnesses and delivered from "legions" of demons but his family also went thru major "transformation" - all gloriously healed & saved! Praise the LORD!

God is awesome!


His son, Damion, also shared his incredible testimony on the LOVE & FAITHFULNESS of our Living God. My heart burned while listening to both of their sharing. I was greatly encouraged.

Praise the LORD for raising up this family for His glory.

For more on the above, pls click HERE.

My iMac!

It is difficult to believe I just bought my VERY OWN Apple - an iMac!!! Though I have had some experience with Mac, from the Apple II to Macintosh, but that was like centuries ago. I still remember when I first played SimCity on a friend's Macintosh!

This is certainly a dream comes true. Hallelujah!


So far I really enjoy the stuff that comes packaged with the iMac. The softwares are just incredible. And I am really looking forward to learn "video editing" ;)

This will be fun.

Jesus, the Way, the Truth & the Life

The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
(Joh 1:29)

Buddha never said he came to die so that his Indian countrymen may have eternal life. Neither did Mohammad. Neither did ANY of the founder of any other religion. None could claim to be the Saviour of the world. The best they could do was to formulate a set of rules for their followers to live by. And at the end of the day, hoping most will merit enough good works to inherit a better "next life". If not, well, they only got themselves to be blamed.

But listen to some of Jesus' claim about Himself:

"I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
(Joh 10:9-10)

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"
(Joh 11:25-26)

Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
(Joh 14:6)

"I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.
(Joh 15:5-6)

Many people (unbelievers) will tell u Jesus was a GREAT man, a WISE man, a HOLY man, a GOOD teacher, a MORAL person... (but they will never admit Jesus is God). They will tell u the world will be a much better place if only we could follow Jesus' teaching... Well, obviously they DO NOT realise what they are talking about!!!

Any person reading the Bible "seriously" will only have 2 (TWO) conclusions about Jesus:

- He is INSANE!

- or, He is REALLY who He claims to be: LORD of Israel, Messiah of the whole world, Redeemer of mankind, God Almighty in human flesh.

There ain't no MIDDLE GROUND! NONE! Either Jesus is the greatest conman ever lived, or He is GOD!!!

BEHOLD, HE [Jesus] IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
(Rev 1:7-8)

As for me and my family, we have decided Jesus IS the way, the truth & the life. My Redeemer, my Saviour, my King, my Lord & my God.

Jesus, Light of the World

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."
(John 8:12)

During the Cultural Revolution, the Communist government of China purged its land of Christianity so effectively that for over a generation any vestige of the gospel message laid long forgotten, buried under deep memories of a few, suppressed by much persecution. It was a dark time indeed for China.

Yet in the late 1970s, from the cold ashes, God rekindled the fire in such a dramatic way that China today has more than 100 million born again believers! No one, no missionary, no human alive could claim ANY glory from this most miraculous revival. It was God and God alone who pulled this off. And like any nation in the past 2000 years, where the Gospel of Jesus Christ was preached, the nation was transformed - for the LIGHT has come!

And so too are the lives of true believers.

When the Light comes, people are transformed. When the Light comes, darkness flees. When the Light comes, people are set free from bondages. When the Light comes, liberty reigns. When the Light comes - love, joy, peace MULTIPLIED!!! O SUCH JOY!

Are u tired? Are u burdened? Are u facing a hopeless tomorrow? Are u living in bondage? Are u living in defeat? Are u living in hate? Are u harbouring deep unforgiveness? Are u living in fear? Are u living in pain? Are u living in DARKNESS?

COME TO THE LIGHT!

No matter who u are, where u are, how u are - God can SAVE U and TURN ur situation around!!! Just COME!

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light. For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
(Col 1:12-14)

The Law EXPOSES our Sinful Nature

I often hear ppl explain it this way: Religion is about ppl REACHING OUT for God but Christianity is about God REACHING DOWN for man. And that is so true.

In Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam...just to name a few, salvation of ur soul is 100% dependent on ur SELF performance. Heaven-hood is qualified by a summation of ur lifetime's merits. Therefore, God is not an active participant. He only observe from a far away place... almost like us watching tv... non-intrusive...impersonal...cold...

In simple term, religions of the world are MAN-centered. Its ALL about U.

But thats not the Truth. God, far from been just our Creator, He is ACTIVELY searching us out night & day. He is ACTIVELY seeking out true worshipers. He is ACTIVELY enjoying us & blessing us. And He is ACTIVELY revealing Himself to us...

In fact, God knows mankind has NO ABILITY to save themselves. Just like a terminally ill person has no ability to enjoy any sort of active lifestyle with his family... man is corrupted to the core with sin that he has no ability to live a righteous life.

Only problem is, man is NOT AWARE of his own terminal condition. In fact, man thinks he is doing very fine, thank you very much. So in order to EXPOSE that condition, God gave the Law thru Moses. I mean He could have given 100 or 1000 - but God ONLY gave 10. Simple enough? Easy enough?

Guess what. From mount Sinai where the Law was given more than 4500 years ago, up until today, NOT even a SINGLE human being has yet to achieve 100% compliance. (With the only exception of Man Christ Jesus as God incarnated.)

because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
(Rom 3:20)

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;
(1Co 15:56)

Yes, u read that right - the POWER of sin IS the Law!

Does that mean the Law is evil??? No. Far from it. The Law is HOLY, JUST & GOOD. Problem is, man is not. Man is a SLAVE to sin - unholy, unjust & corrupt.

Christianity is about DESTROYING that illusion of self-sufficiency, self-righteousness. It is about driving u to the realisation that u NEED a Saviour. That u are stuck in mire clay so deep, u can't pull urself up by urself. U NEED HELP!!! And just like Buddha was searching for the Light all his life after realising how hopeless man is, I got GOOD NEWS for u - the LIGHT has come!

We are ALL Sinners

Bible says:

as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE."
(Rom 3:10-12)

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
(Rom 3:23)

But the attitude of most people would be: "Me sinner? NO WAY!"

Their typical argument: "I provided for the family, I put food on the table, I put kids thru schools, I worked hard, I don't cheat ppl money, I don't kill ppl, I don't burn ppl house down... Me SINNER???"

Like the Pharisees in the bible probably would have argued: "We followed all the laws of Moses! We fast 10 times a week! We give tithes faithfully! We keep the Sabbath! We pray loudly 20 times a day! Us SINNERS??? How DARE U!"

Or like the rich young ruler in the Bible: "ALL these things (laws of Moses) I have KEPT! WHAT am I still lacking that I may gain eternal life?"

Are u one of them? Allow me to apply just 3 tests:

1) Have u lied? (White lies included)
2) Have u hated? (Didn't matter u were the victim)
3) Have u lusted? (Didn't matter it was only for 2 seconds)

Have u? No? Wow, u just failed test #1!

Bible Prophecy

We, generally, have an intense desire wishing to know our future. Yet foolishness isn't a word that comes to people's mind when they read their daily horoscopes faithfully, or forking over money generously to mediums, fortune tellers for something little more than "guesses". And often they would bet their last dollar on the "accuracy" of these readings/predictions irregardless how many times they had been "cheated" before. Funny, isn't it?

When it comes to the Bible, the standard for prophecies coming to pass is - 100%. Anything LESS is not acceptable. And yet, there is a "blindness" in the world to this amazing fact. For instance, Jesus fulfilled 109 prophecies in His First Coming - from His place of birth, to His earthly ministry, to His death - in explicit details! Btw, the odd of any single person fulfilling all 109 prophecies is statistically so astronomically huge that it is beyond the mental capacity of our human brain to comprehend.



But there are 3 times MORE prophecies concerning Jesus' Second Coming in the Bible than His First Coming! Why do u suppose God wants to put down SO MANY signs for us to watch out for? I could think of only ONE reason - so that we WON'T MISS IT for heaven sake!!! (no pun intended)

For the Body of Christ - Pls WAKE UP.

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.
(Rom 13:11-14)

For my friends & relatives who have yet to come to know the Lord, pls do not say in ur heart: "Aiya, u Christians have been talking about Jesus coming for hundreds of years already la..." For when u say that, u ARE fulfilling Bible prophecy too, for the Scripture says:

Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation."
(2Pe 3:3-4)

To those believers who think Bible Prophecies are not important:

"Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door. "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
(Mat 24:32-34)

Let me ask u: "How do u 'SEE ALL THESE THINGS' & 'RECOGNISE THAT HE IS NEAR' when u have no idea what to see & what to recognise?"

Bible says ALL Scriptures is given by inspiration of God and are necessary that the man of God may be COMPLETE, thoroughly EQUIPPED. Let us not neglect more than 1/4 of the Bible which are prophecy related.

For instance, do u know the REBIRTH of ISRAEL is the SINGLE BIGGEST SIGN fulfilled for the past 2000 years after the death of Jesus?!

Decision Time

To my beloved friends & relatives who have yet to come to recognise that u are a sinner in need of a Saviour; who have yet to receive Christ Jesus as ur Lord & Saviour, know that we are living in a time the Bible calls - The Last Days. It is a time of increasing darkness filled with unimaginable perils. But there is HOPE in Jesus.



Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
(1Co 15:51-52)



For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
(1Th 4:16-17)

Current world events are proceeding at a furious pace in accordance with the prophecies as foretold in the Bible. We are living in the generation where more Bible prophecies are coming to pass than in any other generation since the day of Jesus.

Without an understanding of a Biblical world view, it is almost impossible for anyone to comprehend the rapid deterioration of morality, the alarming rise of wickedness, and the never ending political upheavals in the Middle East where there seems to be no solution.

But I got GOOD NEWS for u. The God of the Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, the Creator of the heavens & the earth, the God of Israel - He has a plan for u. Bible says:

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
(Joh 3:16)

What separated mankind from our Creator - sin - God has already taken care of that thru the death, burial & resurrection of Jesus Christ. Today, ur salvation is only a confession away. Bible says:

But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART"--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
(Rom 10:8-10)

There is a way OUT of the terrifying time ahead. And the answer is found in Jesus, and Jesus only.

Ur eternal destiny - the outcome is in ur power to decide.

Kampung Seruit

Today, I followed Pastor Cheng to brother Liz's kampung. Meant to be a "mission survey" trip. But I decided to bring the family along. And it was the RIGHT decision! Hallelujah!


Brother Liz's kampung actually isn't that far away from the city. But it is 100% kampung. Very cool. Brought back a lot of memories.


The kids just LOVED the place. Immediately they went about exploring the place. Even the discovery of a mushroom was a thrilling experience! ;)


The house that we went to was surrounded by all sorts of fruit trees. Among them was this Dragon Fruit tree - John's 3rd favourite fruit. Actually this was the very FIRST time for me to see the actual tree! :P


Soon, the kids from the kampung led us to explore more of this beautiful place. From this very cool wooden platform on the river bank...


...to this rubber "mill"!!! Just AWESOME! (Second time in my life to see it.)


For me, it was dejavu. When I was a kid, I did a LOT of the above... trekking over thick undergrowth... looking for rubber seeds... playing hide-n-seek... :)


The place is just so beautiful. I walked the "street" by myself for about 20 mins looking for interesting subjects to photograph. And I noticed every corner is beautiful...


...every plant is beautiful...


Even the flowers on the fence are gorgeous...


Even the cat!


The kampung trip was supposedly a short trip. But an unexpected heavy downpour delayed the journey back.


But it was "good" delay. We had lunch at bro Liz's sister's house instead, and the desert was NANGKA-CEMPEDAK! The kids had been clamoring for me to buy the fruit for a couple of days already! But cuz of Hari Raya, most fruit stalls are closed. Praise the Lord for the delay! :P


A wonderful short trip.

A video of the last couple of minutes drive up to the destination:

Bethany & Kids

Amazing Grace

Last week I was caught in a flight delay that lasted for 8 hrs in a tiny town! And somehow I got the feeling that it was "purposely" arranged so that I could share the Gospel with a friend - which I did. Hallelujah!


While waiting in the airport, I saw this guy escorted by 3 policmen... a drug pusher now awaiting for death sentence. To me, anyone who is involved in the drug business is "unpardonable". Actually to us, a lot of crimes are "unpardonable". Which, upon reflection, makes God's GRACE so much the more... AWESOME.

Seriously, we all are SO "worthless" - just like this drug pusher. Yet, the MOST worthy of ALL, the CREATOR of heavens & earth, was willing to come down to die for us.....

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
(Rom 5:8)

U think u are willing to "die" for this drug pusher? Not in a million yrs, right? Yet, the Son of God came down to die for him too...

Taipei Trip

Last month, mom, Ah Lung kuku & Ah Lian kuku followed Shirley & KuNei to Taiwan.


There were in Taipei for 10 days. But KuNei only companied them for 3 days before flying off to Vancouver.


From the stories I heard, too bad my kukus were not adventurous enough in their search for food.


Despite Shirley trying to introduce them to the BEST food in Taipei, they still ended up looking for FooChow food!!! What a waste!


And they also weren't adventurous enough in sight seeing... All of Shirley's plan down the drain.


Don't know WHAT these bunch of kukus WANT!

Ah Hui's Dad

This morning at the church, I was told Ah Hui's dad had passed away last night. I knew he had been suffering from cancer for quite a while. But the most pressing question in my heart was: "Was he saved?" When my sister told me Ah Hui's dad had received Jesus as his personal LORD & Saviour JUST last week - my heart sang PRAISES to the LORD for His faithfulness.


Though I don't really know anyone from Ah Hui's family, I do know NONE of them know the LORD. Ah Hui herself is a young Christian. Mom used to worry about David having a "nonbeliever" girlfriend. So we prayed for her conversion and shortly after, she accepted Jesus! She is a testimony to the LORD's grace & mercy.


So Ah Hui is the FIRST Christian in her family. After Pastor Ivan (JB) came to minister at our church, I believe Ah Hui & David were both baptised in the Holy Spirit then as they started to have the boldness to share the gospel with Ah Hui's dad.


Combined with the prayers by Ah Hui & David's care group last Wed, Ah Hui's dad accepted the LORD last Thurs! Hallelujah! And I heard he had often requested David to pray for him in the hospital. And I heard David even prayed an ENTIRE night once for him! And my sister testified that Ah Hui's dad was in such peace for the past week. WHAT a testimony!


Bible says:

The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
(2Pe 3:9)

The devil's hold over this family was broken once Ah Hui became a believer, purchased by the blood of Jesus. All of them were destined for hell once. And all of them deserved going to hell. But Bible says:

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
(Joh 3:16)

Praise God for His grace & mercy. God has made the Salvation of our soul SO EASY! Yet so many of us are so stiff necked & hard hearted. So many would rather trust in their own self-righteousness manifested in the hundreds & thousands of the various forms of religions in the world.

Then his servants came near and spoke to him and said, "My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?"
(2Ki 5:13)

God has paid the FULL price for us to go to heaven thru the Cross. Jesus has taken ALL our sins and given us His righteousness. U don't need to slay that dragon in a far away land. U don't need to climb the highest mountain. U don't need to fast 40 years. U don't need to pay USD40 million. All that is required of us is to BELIEVE!!!

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
(Rom 10:9)

And for Ah Hui, the salvation of her ENTIRE family is already settled by God's Word:

They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
(Act 16:31)

Mom, Philip & Pastor LIM GEE TIONG!

Cousin Philip DREAM CAME TRUE when he FINALLY could sit down with his Senior Pastor, Pastor Lim of Blessed Church, for a FEW HOURS to chit chat! LOL!

I heard from my sister Evelyn, while mom did the part of Martha busy serving, cousin Philip played the "Mary part". SMART cousin!

Pastor Amos - Moving in the Spirit

Last week, Pastor Amos (Senior Pastor of Tabernacle of Holiness, Singapore) came to minister at my church for 3 days. We had 3 sessions of solid teaching, 2 sessions of healing rally & 1 Sunday morning sermon.


Pastor Amos was teaching on the prophetic stuff. But since I missed ALL 3 lessons so I gotta wait for the CDs to come out :(


But before each healing rally, he would share a message first. Praise God Pastor Amos was an excellent teacher. He was able to bring across the "heavy stuff" message to the whole crowd effortlessly - with added bonus gift - he was HILARIOUS!


Both rallies were packed to the brim. There were many from other churches too, praise God.


You could sense a lot of expectations during both rallies. Praise God our God is a MIRACLE working God. And He is a God of HOPE.


Pastor Amos started both sessions with mass prayer first.


Then he would move from individual to individual...they were so many of them...


Thus, praise God for the church elders/leaders. Here "literally" lending both hands to be anointed for the call of duty ;) ALL worked tirelessly both nights to pray for the needy and the sick.


There were many young ones in the crowd.


There were some "dramatic" ones too. This woman was set free from the demon that had been tormenting her for the past 30 years!!! Hallelujah!


There was one very "spooky" tale also. This young lady claimed the devil came to tell her that her beloved grandma would die soon. Hmmm...I guess Jesus didn't call devil as "Father of Lies" for nothing. It was obvious the devil couldn't touch the grandma so instead he had to "spread fear" thru lies. But I got GOOD NEWS - Bible says at the NAME of JESUS - EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW! Thank God for pastors like Pastor Amos who came to preach the TRUTH - that the devil FLEES when the name of Jesus is proclaimed! Hallelujah!


True to the theme - Moving in the Spirit - Pastor Amos also gave words of prophecy when required. Here I witnessed Edel "accidentally" been prayed for and received the words of prophecy. God NEVER misses anyone.


And lastly, to me, the BEST is always when people come up to receive Jesus as their Lord & Saviour.