Friday, February 15, 2008
We are not ashamed!
Sharing the Gospel
Many of us know the essence of the Gospel - that God loves us, that Man has sinned, that Christ died to reconcile us to Him and that we need to accept Him as our Saviour. We can even recall many instances in which we could have shared... silences we could have spoken into, problems we could have prayed over with our pre-believing friends, intimate conversations during which we could have shared about Who we placed our faith in.
But are we often held back by the fear that the Gospel will offend?
"Will introducing the Gospel into this conversation be too abrupt or obvious?"
"What if my friend starts to think of me as brainwashed and biased?"
"What if I offend my friend and make it harder for him/her to receive the Gospel in future?"
"Will they think I always have an ulterior motive of converting them? Will that make them more reluctant to draw closer to me in future?"
And because of this, we have slunk away from many chances we could have had to declare it.
People's Response to the Gospel
In the book of Acts, the disciples declared the Gospel to all, unabashedly and boldly. Did they receive the opposition that we so fear in this day and age? YES! They were persecuted and reviled in almost every city (Acts 8 onwards). Many were receptive to them at first and granted them an audience, but these who were once receptive turned hostile towards the Gospel after listening to what the disciples had to say (Acts 7, Acts 13).
Let's not deceive ourselves: The Gospel WILL offend, no matter how you sugar-coat it. (Romans 9:33 NKJV - Jesus is a rock of offence to many, which makes them stumble.) There is only one way for anyone sharing the Gospel not to offend anyone at all: if the full Gospel is not shared.
But was preaching it worth it? Yes, because many also were not offended, and believed. If we are afraid to risk offending, we are also forgoing the chance for others to believe.
Learning From Experience
Many of us are afraid to share because of past experiences, in which our friends complained to us of insensitive Christians who've shared with them, or in which we have ourselves been those insensitive Christians.
We have come away learning this lesson: "I must be VERY careful about sharing the Gospel in future." We come to the conclusion that God must be telling us that it is our technique of sharing the Gospel that is wrong, and omit sharing it on so many occasions for fear of making more mistakes.
Why not let THIS be the lesson we learn instead? That instead of cutting down on sharing the Gospel because we've not yet "perfected" our techniques of "non-offence", we decide, "I will increase in LOVING others all the more." For perfect love casts out all fear, and against it there is NO LAW (Galatians 5:22). God WILL be pleased if we share out of love, even if the results seem to go awry, as it did in so many cases with the disciples in Acts.
God's Promise
God promises to be with us as we share the Gospel (Matthew 28:18-20), not just to stand by and do nothing, but to BEAR WITNESS (Acts 14:3). His Word does not return to Him void! If we sow, we WILL see fruit (Galatians 6:9), but we MUST sow.
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."
Romans 1:16-17
Prayer & Meditation
The believers prayed for boldness when they first encountered persecution.
Read Acts 4:23-31
Prayer:
- deeper love for lost friends
- boldness to witness, unashamed
- dependence on the Holy Spirit
- inquiring of God for guidance for every step in witnessing
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Have you really met Him?
The purpose of Harvest Rally was to seek His face, and to meet Him. 2 Chronicles 7:14 does not even instruct us to pray that He would heal our land... it only told us primarily to humble ourselves, pray, seek His FACE (not even His hand in the form of a revival for our society), and turn from our wicked ways.
2 things happen when we have seen God:
1) We are changed - we are broken, as Isaiah was when He saw the Lord. (Isaiah 6)
2) We are even MORE desperate and hungry for Him. Think of Moses, who spoke with the Lord almost face to face for 80 solid days. I think very few, if any, of us would even dare to compare our encounters with God to that of Moses. And YET, at the end of those 80 days, Moses did not say, "Thank You for having revealed Your glory to me!" Moses said, "Please show me Your glory." (Exodus 33:18) He wanted SO much more that he reacted as if he had seen none!
After Harvest Rally, what are we thinking...
That was a good job! or
This part of the programme was good. or
I have seen God, and I am happy for it.
Or are we thinking,
God You are so HOLY and woe am I! I want SO much more of You.
Are we desperate for Him?
If we have not been changed, if we have not been truly broken, and if we are not more desperate for Him (not the works of His hand!)... if we are COMPLACENT, then have we truly met Him?
If the answer to this question is, "No", let us commit to seek Him DESPERATELY and extravagantly. Although there appears a cost to pay, we WILL gain the treasure in the field and that Pearl of great worth - Christ Himself - that whatever we can possibly offer, even if we paid with ALL that we have and are, will pale in comparison to Him and His glory that we will see.
Prayer and meditation:
- Pray for YOURSELF, for revival.
- Ask Him to reveal Himself to you.
- Let His glory and beauty invite you to pursue Him more.
- Ask Him to help you repent His way, to truly break you.
- Be silent and know that He is God. (Psalm 46:10, Habakkuk 2:20, Ecclesiastes 5:1-2)
2 things happen when we have seen God:
1) We are changed - we are broken, as Isaiah was when He saw the Lord. (Isaiah 6)
2) We are even MORE desperate and hungry for Him. Think of Moses, who spoke with the Lord almost face to face for 80 solid days. I think very few, if any, of us would even dare to compare our encounters with God to that of Moses. And YET, at the end of those 80 days, Moses did not say, "Thank You for having revealed Your glory to me!" Moses said, "Please show me Your glory." (Exodus 33:18) He wanted SO much more that he reacted as if he had seen none!
After Harvest Rally, what are we thinking...
That was a good job! or
This part of the programme was good. or
I have seen God, and I am happy for it.
Or are we thinking,
God You are so HOLY and woe am I! I want SO much more of You.
Are we desperate for Him?
If we have not been changed, if we have not been truly broken, and if we are not more desperate for Him (not the works of His hand!)... if we are COMPLACENT, then have we truly met Him?
If the answer to this question is, "No", let us commit to seek Him DESPERATELY and extravagantly. Although there appears a cost to pay, we WILL gain the treasure in the field and that Pearl of great worth - Christ Himself - that whatever we can possibly offer, even if we paid with ALL that we have and are, will pale in comparison to Him and His glory that we will see.
Prayer and meditation:
- Pray for YOURSELF, for revival.
- Ask Him to reveal Himself to you.
- Let His glory and beauty invite you to pursue Him more.
- Ask Him to help you repent His way, to truly break you.
- Be silent and know that He is God. (Psalm 46:10, Habakkuk 2:20, Ecclesiastes 5:1-2)
Hallelujah I am Free!
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. - Matt 6:33 - 34
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." - Matt 11:28 - 30
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Having a lot of practicals, tutorials, tests and lectures to attend to? Or maybe you are weary from the ministry you are serving in? or the sins which are in your life are proving too heavy a burden?
But wait a minute! Shouldn't Christians rejoice in the fact that they are free? that their God reigns even in their difficulties!
In Exodus 12 - 14, in it the people of Israel in Eygpt just experienced the passover and were released from their slavery under Eygpt. They left immediately and followed God after 430 years of slavery! Imagine how the people felt! Now how about you?
The reason (at least i know for myself) why we may be overwhelmed could be that we have forgotten about the future hope we have and have been focusing so much on the present. We forgot that Christ has set us free and chose to place on ourselves the yoke of slavery to the world.
Let us cast aside our worries, put aside our wicked ways, put away our kingdom and seek God's kingdom and purpose. Set aside time daily to pray and seek God's face. Rejoice in the fact that you are free and stay free! And use your freedom to glorify Christ in whatever you do! I am sure people will see your joy amidst difficulties and see God working in your life!
Personal Prayer:
- Thank God for freeing us from the hold of sin in our lives
- Cast your worries unto Him and place your trust in God to deliver you over all the burdens for His glory.
- For God to help you focus on His kingdom and His will
- Perserverance to live for Him amidst the difficulties
Pray for Community and Campus:
- That People will be able to feel the burden of this world and see that Christ yoke is light and accept it!
- That the powers of this world will be dethroned from the hearts of people and Christ will rule in their hearts
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
It Begins After 8.30pm
Harvest Rally is finally here! Let us know that Harvest Rally is not the finale, but the START of this movement to seek Him and glorify His name.
Do continue to check this site for updates!
Daily prayer meetings continue!
1pm
Benches near Qoo Machines
(between LT25 and Coffee Grounds)
Do continue to check this site for updates!
1pm
Benches near Qoo Machines
(between LT25 and Coffee Grounds)
Day 14 – The beginning (29/01)
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. – 2 Chronicles 7: 14 – 16
We have been through 13 days of preparation. This journey does not finish after Harvest Rally. Our passion to serve the Lord and our prayers should not end here. Let us look back at the past 2 weeks and give thanks to the Lord for seeing us through this time. Thank Him for teaching us and pruning us in His sovereign way.
In the same way, let us continue to uphold fellow believers and pre-believers in our prayers. We want to persevere on this life journey with Christ sitting on the throne of our lives. Keep praying for the harvest and that God’s name will be known through our lives!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal Needs:
- Renewed passion daily
- Not to grow weary and tired
- Commitment and perseverance to love and serve Him and that passion and desire will not end after Harvest Rally
- Constantly uphold fellow believers and pre-believers in prayer
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- To continue to encourage one another in our walk with God
- Constantly reminded of the need of people for God (Matt 9:37-38)
- Seeds planted (during the weeks before HR as well as on HR itself) would yield fruit
- Growth of new believers and for the Christians to follow up
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. – 2 Chronicles 7: 14 – 16
We have been through 13 days of preparation. This journey does not finish after Harvest Rally. Our passion to serve the Lord and our prayers should not end here. Let us look back at the past 2 weeks and give thanks to the Lord for seeing us through this time. Thank Him for teaching us and pruning us in His sovereign way.
In the same way, let us continue to uphold fellow believers and pre-believers in our prayers. We want to persevere on this life journey with Christ sitting on the throne of our lives. Keep praying for the harvest and that God’s name will be known through our lives!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal Needs:
- Renewed passion daily
- Not to grow weary and tired
- Commitment and perseverance to love and serve Him and that passion and desire will not end after Harvest Rally
- Constantly uphold fellow believers and pre-believers in prayer
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- To continue to encourage one another in our walk with God
- Constantly reminded of the need of people for God (Matt 9:37-38)
- Seeds planted (during the weeks before HR as well as on HR itself) would yield fruit
- Growth of new believers and for the Christians to follow up
Monday, January 28, 2008
Day 13 –Preparing your heart (28/01)
Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.' And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. – Ezekiel 11:17 – 20
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle!
Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah – Psalms 24
Even as we approach the day of Harvest Rally, Let us continue to prepare our hearts for God to work in and through us. Only those who have clean hands and pure heart can approach God. But how do we have clean hands and pure hearts? We remove every detestable thing that displeases God.
Today, take this time to be still before God and ask Him to prepare your heart and cleanse it. Allow God to direct you in this time of prayer.
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal Needs:
- Ask God to show you what to pray for and His directions for you.
- Holy Spirit to prepare & convict hearts
- Cleansing of heart and hands
- Pray against worldliness and pursuit of worldly things (studies, knowledge, relationships, money etc) above God.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- Empowerment of Holy Spirit for Christians
- Pray for God to send forth His people into His harvest field
- For God to soften hearts
Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.' And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. – Ezekiel 11:17 – 20
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle!
Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah – Psalms 24
Even as we approach the day of Harvest Rally, Let us continue to prepare our hearts for God to work in and through us. Only those who have clean hands and pure heart can approach God. But how do we have clean hands and pure hearts? We remove every detestable thing that displeases God.
Today, take this time to be still before God and ask Him to prepare your heart and cleanse it. Allow God to direct you in this time of prayer.
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal Needs:
- Ask God to show you what to pray for and His directions for you.
- Holy Spirit to prepare & convict hearts
- Cleansing of heart and hands
- Pray against worldliness and pursuit of worldly things (studies, knowledge, relationships, money etc) above God.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- Empowerment of Holy Spirit for Christians
- Pray for God to send forth His people into His harvest field
- For God to soften hearts
Sunday, January 27, 2008
2 DAYS TO THE START OF IT ALL!!!
Prayer & Preparation
1. Monday & Tuesday prayer: 1pm (benches near Qoo machines)
2. Pre-Harvest Rally Prayer: 29 Jan, Tuesday, 6pm (outside LT26)
3. The fast continues...
29 January 2008 (THIS Tuesday)
6.30pm
Confirmed Venue: LT26
Day 12: Loving the Lost (27/01)
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." – Matthew 9:36 – 38
Harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
That’s what Jesus saw in the people.
As ambassadors for Christ, Do we see the harvest as Jesus saw it?
When I was younger in my faith, I would see my peers as people who did not need the gospel. These friends were all well-off, happy high-flyers. This view caused me to not pray for my friends’ salvation and share with them the gospel.
I realized that in the end that my friends are harassed and helpless because of the sin that has separated them from God. They are helpless to save themselves. It is with this change in mindset that I am able to have the compassion to share with my friends.
Is there anything inhibiting us from praying for our loved ones and sharing with them about the work of salvation Jesus has done? Do we shepherd and build up other Christians, protecting them from harassment by the evil one?
Answer the call to be a labourer and pray!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal Needs:
- Pray and ask God to show you who to reach out to; be it your immediate family, friends, …or even to the seemingly unreachable.
- Ask God to help you see what He sees, that there are people around us who are harassed and helpless.
- Ask God to help us love the people He has placed around us and in our lives enough for us to want to share God with them.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- Pray that as a ministry, we will catch the vision of reaching out to the lost, and share the gospel with them.
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." – Matthew 9:36 – 38
Harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
That’s what Jesus saw in the people.
As ambassadors for Christ, Do we see the harvest as Jesus saw it?
When I was younger in my faith, I would see my peers as people who did not need the gospel. These friends were all well-off, happy high-flyers. This view caused me to not pray for my friends’ salvation and share with them the gospel.
I realized that in the end that my friends are harassed and helpless because of the sin that has separated them from God. They are helpless to save themselves. It is with this change in mindset that I am able to have the compassion to share with my friends.
Is there anything inhibiting us from praying for our loved ones and sharing with them about the work of salvation Jesus has done? Do we shepherd and build up other Christians, protecting them from harassment by the evil one?
Answer the call to be a labourer and pray!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal Needs:
- Pray and ask God to show you who to reach out to; be it your immediate family, friends, …or even to the seemingly unreachable.
- Ask God to help you see what He sees, that there are people around us who are harassed and helpless.
- Ask God to help us love the people He has placed around us and in our lives enough for us to want to share God with them.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- Pray that as a ministry, we will catch the vision of reaching out to the lost, and share the gospel with them.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Hear Us From Heaven
Come heal our land
Breathe life into these dry and thirsty souls
Lord, hear our prayer
Forgive our sin
As we call on Your name
Would You make this a place for Your glory to dwell
Open the blind eyes
Unlock the deaf ears
Come to Your people
As we draw near
Hear us from heaven
Touch our generation
We are Your people
Crying out in desperation
Day 11: God’s ambassadors (26/01)
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. – 2 Corinthians 5: 18 – 20
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." – Matthew 28: 18 – 20
God has commissioned us as ambassadors to share the gospel. As ambassadors we represent the kingdom of God and share in its vision and plans. The overarching plan of God’s kingdom is to reconcile people to God so that they would be able to worship Him and dwell in His glory!
Sharing the gospel is a command that God has assigned not just to a few but to all. Do we own that ministry of reconciliation? Do we make the effort to bring people to know God and the gospel?
One main thing that holds us back is fear. Fear that people will avoid us, fear of being labeled a fanatic, fear that we will not know what to say, fear of looking stupid and the list of fears goes on. But one thing clears all these fears. That is the knowledge of Jesus’ promise that He will be with us always to the end of the age. He will be our answer, our strength, our hope, our identity, our King in our ministry of reconciliation as long as we step forth and obey!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal Needs:
- Pray that God will help us conduct ourselves in the way that is pleasing to Him so that we will be a good and positive ambassador for Him.
- Pray that we will feel honored and privileged of being "instruments of righteousness unto God."
- Pray that we will be willing to be used by God to do His work.
- Pray that as we do God’s work and labour alongside with Him, we will be faithful for faithfulness is an absolute necessity for an ambassador. For an ambassador does not represent and speak for himself, but for another.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- Pray for Christians from across denominations and campus ministries to unite and that we will project the right image as we serve Him in all ways.
- Pray that God will help us to realize what our roles as His ambassadors are, and that our mission is to bring the reality of His amazing grace, His empowering presence to the lost and the lonely, the hurting and wounded, those held in bondage as well as those who need hope.
- Pray that we will be faithful representatives of the Father's heart.
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. – 2 Corinthians 5: 18 – 20
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." – Matthew 28: 18 – 20
God has commissioned us as ambassadors to share the gospel. As ambassadors we represent the kingdom of God and share in its vision and plans. The overarching plan of God’s kingdom is to reconcile people to God so that they would be able to worship Him and dwell in His glory!
Sharing the gospel is a command that God has assigned not just to a few but to all. Do we own that ministry of reconciliation? Do we make the effort to bring people to know God and the gospel?
One main thing that holds us back is fear. Fear that people will avoid us, fear of being labeled a fanatic, fear that we will not know what to say, fear of looking stupid and the list of fears goes on. But one thing clears all these fears. That is the knowledge of Jesus’ promise that He will be with us always to the end of the age. He will be our answer, our strength, our hope, our identity, our King in our ministry of reconciliation as long as we step forth and obey!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal Needs:
- Pray that God will help us conduct ourselves in the way that is pleasing to Him so that we will be a good and positive ambassador for Him.
- Pray that we will feel honored and privileged of being "instruments of righteousness unto God."
- Pray that we will be willing to be used by God to do His work.
- Pray that as we do God’s work and labour alongside with Him, we will be faithful for faithfulness is an absolute necessity for an ambassador. For an ambassador does not represent and speak for himself, but for another.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- Pray for Christians from across denominations and campus ministries to unite and that we will project the right image as we serve Him in all ways.
- Pray that God will help us to realize what our roles as His ambassadors are, and that our mission is to bring the reality of His amazing grace, His empowering presence to the lost and the lonely, the hurting and wounded, those held in bondage as well as those who need hope.
- Pray that we will be faithful representatives of the Father's heart.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Day 10 Building God's house– (25/01)
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD."
Then the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet,
"Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins? Now, therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the LORD. You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.
Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labors."
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD.
Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke to the people with the LORD's message, "I am with you, declares the LORD." And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet,
"Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say, 'Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it not as nothing in your eyes? Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD of hosts, according to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. My Spirit remains in your midst. Fear not.
For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts. The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.'" - Haggai 1:1 – 2:9
Consider your ways!
How many of us have built and dwelt in our “paneled houses” while God’s house lies in shambles?
How many of us are just happy to be saved from hell while many still have yet to know God?
How many of us are satisfied with just having good grades and a secured future while neglecting God’s purposes?
How many of us are just talking about following God without actually following Him?
How many of us grumble about not having enough time for ourselves but are fine with 5 minutes of prayers and quiet time?
There have been many things we learnt over the past 9 days… yet we can just be happy learning all of this without really surrendering to God. We can hear messages of having God’s vision but not moving to fulfill that vision. We can be praying day after day and not be willing to conform to His will.
Consider your ways. Commit to build up God’s kingdom and the temple that is within you! Let us obey His call and God will let His glory be known in us and through us in the campus!
Prayer and meditation
Praying for Personal needs:
- Praise God for His love, goodness, greatness, faithfulness, mercy, blessings, grace and deliverance
- Give thanks to God for the past 9 days of prayer and for what He had spoken to you.
- Ask God to fill you with a passion and desire to make His glory known
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- Give thanks for how He has been preparing the campus for His glory
- Ask God to spur the Christian community to build up His kingdom
- God’s praises will be on the lips on every Christian and that NUS will hear of His greatness!
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD."
Then the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet,
"Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins? Now, therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the LORD. You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.
Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labors."
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD.
Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke to the people with the LORD's message, "I am with you, declares the LORD." And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet,
"Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say, 'Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it not as nothing in your eyes? Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD of hosts, according to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. My Spirit remains in your midst. Fear not.
For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts. The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.'" - Haggai 1:1 – 2:9
Consider your ways!
How many of us have built and dwelt in our “paneled houses” while God’s house lies in shambles?
How many of us are just happy to be saved from hell while many still have yet to know God?
How many of us are satisfied with just having good grades and a secured future while neglecting God’s purposes?
How many of us are just talking about following God without actually following Him?
How many of us grumble about not having enough time for ourselves but are fine with 5 minutes of prayers and quiet time?
There have been many things we learnt over the past 9 days… yet we can just be happy learning all of this without really surrendering to God. We can hear messages of having God’s vision but not moving to fulfill that vision. We can be praying day after day and not be willing to conform to His will.
Consider your ways. Commit to build up God’s kingdom and the temple that is within you! Let us obey His call and God will let His glory be known in us and through us in the campus!
Prayer and meditation
Praying for Personal needs:
- Praise God for His love, goodness, greatness, faithfulness, mercy, blessings, grace and deliverance
- Give thanks to God for the past 9 days of prayer and for what He had spoken to you.
- Ask God to fill you with a passion and desire to make His glory known
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- Give thanks for how He has been preparing the campus for His glory
- Ask God to spur the Christian community to build up His kingdom
- God’s praises will be on the lips on every Christian and that NUS will hear of His greatness!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Day 9 – Loving God’s People (24/01)
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. – 1 John 4: 7 – 12
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. – Colossians 3:12 – 13
God loves everyone… Except that brother who keeps pointing out my faults and tells me to change. Except that irresponsible sister who does not do well in ministry. Except that guy who keeps disagreeing with me. Except that lady who gossips… and the list goes on.
That’s not what the Bible says. For God so loved the world! As far as the world is concerned, it means everyone who is in it! We need to remember that God has accepted and forgiven each and every person we see and interact within the body of Christ
We will sometimes be offended by another person but let us as Paul wrote in Colossians, “put on compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another… forgiving each other… put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”
Put on love as how God loved us. Be willing to lay down your rights, your time, your talents, all that God has blessed you with, to love and serve the body of Christ.
Prayer and meditation
Praying for Personal needs:
- Pray that you will love your fellow sis, and bros in Christ just as how God loves us.
- Love within your family, church, friends
- Pray that we will be humble enough to serve others as part of our love for them.
- Pray for God’s help to love even the unlovable as yourself as this is what God has commanded us to do.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- forgiveness for strife between individual Christians, churches, and campus ministries, love thy enemy
- Pray that there will be no rivalry between Christians
- agape love between Christians to be evident to all
- Love for all people (Willing to love and not shun away)
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. – 1 John 4: 7 – 12
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. – Colossians 3:12 – 13
God loves everyone… Except that brother who keeps pointing out my faults and tells me to change. Except that irresponsible sister who does not do well in ministry. Except that guy who keeps disagreeing with me. Except that lady who gossips… and the list goes on.
That’s not what the Bible says. For God so loved the world! As far as the world is concerned, it means everyone who is in it! We need to remember that God has accepted and forgiven each and every person we see and interact within the body of Christ
We will sometimes be offended by another person but let us as Paul wrote in Colossians, “put on compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another… forgiving each other… put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”
Put on love as how God loved us. Be willing to lay down your rights, your time, your talents, all that God has blessed you with, to love and serve the body of Christ.
Prayer and meditation
Praying for Personal needs:
- Pray that you will love your fellow sis, and bros in Christ just as how God loves us.
- Love within your family, church, friends
- Pray that we will be humble enough to serve others as part of our love for them.
- Pray for God’s help to love even the unlovable as yourself as this is what God has commanded us to do.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- forgiveness for strife between individual Christians, churches, and campus ministries, love thy enemy
- Pray that there will be no rivalry between Christians
- agape love between Christians to be evident to all
- Love for all people (Willing to love and not shun away)
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Hosanna
I see the King of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes
I see His love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing
Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the Highest
I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
I see a new revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees
We're on our knees
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me
Break my heart for what breaks Yours
Everything I am for Your kingdom's cause
As I walk from earth into eternity
Day 8: Trust and Faith in God (23/01)
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. – Proverbs 3:5 – 6
Gladys Aylward, missionary to China more than fifty years ago, was forced to flee when the Japanese invaded Yangcheng. But she could not leave her work behind. With only one assistant, she led more than a hundred orphans over the mountains toward Free China.
In their book "The Hidden Price of Greatness," Ray Besson and Ranelda Mack Hunsicker tell what happened: During Gladys's harrowing journey out of war-torn Yangcheng ... she grappled with despair as never before. After passing a sleepless night, she faced the morning with no hope of reaching safety. A 13-year-old girl in the group reminded her of their much-loved story of Moses and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea.
"But I am not Moses," Gladys cried in desperation.
"Of course you aren't," the girl said, "but Jehovah is still God!"
We can find in the Bible many instances of God’s faithfulness. Yet whenever we meet with a trial, we forget His faithfulness and worry. We put up our own defenses without first coming to God and leaning upon His wisdom.
Yes, we may not be Moses, David, Peter or Paul but the fact still remains that God is God. The All powerful, All knowing and All present God who loves His people!
In our daily life, is there any area where you tend to worry excessively? Is there any aspect where you turn to your own methods first before turning to God? Choose to trust in Him in all circumstances and lean upon His wisdom!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal needs:
- Pray for increased level of faith and trust in Him
- Cast aside worries into His hands
- Boldly stepping out in faith to serve beyond our comfort zones.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- Pray that people will step out of their comfort zones and obey God (e.g. evangelism, living by His Word etc) trusting Him to bring us through every other circumstances
- People will be more willing to trust in Him rather than what they know
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. – Proverbs 3:5 – 6
Gladys Aylward, missionary to China more than fifty years ago, was forced to flee when the Japanese invaded Yangcheng. But she could not leave her work behind. With only one assistant, she led more than a hundred orphans over the mountains toward Free China.
In their book "The Hidden Price of Greatness," Ray Besson and Ranelda Mack Hunsicker tell what happened: During Gladys's harrowing journey out of war-torn Yangcheng ... she grappled with despair as never before. After passing a sleepless night, she faced the morning with no hope of reaching safety. A 13-year-old girl in the group reminded her of their much-loved story of Moses and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea.
"But I am not Moses," Gladys cried in desperation.
"Of course you aren't," the girl said, "but Jehovah is still God!"
We can find in the Bible many instances of God’s faithfulness. Yet whenever we meet with a trial, we forget His faithfulness and worry. We put up our own defenses without first coming to God and leaning upon His wisdom.
Yes, we may not be Moses, David, Peter or Paul but the fact still remains that God is God. The All powerful, All knowing and All present God who loves His people!
In our daily life, is there any area where you tend to worry excessively? Is there any aspect where you turn to your own methods first before turning to God? Choose to trust in Him in all circumstances and lean upon His wisdom!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal needs:
- Pray for increased level of faith and trust in Him
- Cast aside worries into His hands
- Boldly stepping out in faith to serve beyond our comfort zones.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- Pray that people will step out of their comfort zones and obey God (e.g. evangelism, living by His Word etc) trusting Him to bring us through every other circumstances
- People will be more willing to trust in Him rather than what they know
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Day 7 – Obedience and Submission(22/01)
Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways. – Psalms 119:33 – 37
"Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.”
– 1 Samuel 15: 22b – 23a
“Why? Why must I obey? Can’t God overlook this one area? I have been obeying every other commandment? I can even tithe more and serve more! Can’t I have a little freedom of choice? Freedom to do what I want as long as it seems right to me and to others?”
Everybody longs for freedom. But for many people its pursuit ironically leads to bondage. The greatly loved Bible teacher Henrietta Mears knew the secret of true freedom, and she wanted her students to know it too. With young people in mind, she said, "A bird is free in the air. Place a bird in the water and he has lost his liberty. A fish is free in the water, but leave him on the sand and he perishes. He is out of his realm. So, young people, the Christian is free when he does the will of God and is obedient to God's command. This is as natural a realm for God's child as the water is for the fish, or the air for the bird."
Trust and Obey!
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus
Than to trust and obey!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal needs:
- Pray for understanding so that you can obey His teachings and obey them with all your heart
- Pray for re-alignment of hearts and focus towards God rather than to self
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- obedience to those God have placed over us
- Understanding and acceptance of God’s rule as King
Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways. – Psalms 119:33 – 37
"Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.”
– 1 Samuel 15: 22b – 23a
“Why? Why must I obey? Can’t God overlook this one area? I have been obeying every other commandment? I can even tithe more and serve more! Can’t I have a little freedom of choice? Freedom to do what I want as long as it seems right to me and to others?”
Everybody longs for freedom. But for many people its pursuit ironically leads to bondage. The greatly loved Bible teacher Henrietta Mears knew the secret of true freedom, and she wanted her students to know it too. With young people in mind, she said, "A bird is free in the air. Place a bird in the water and he has lost his liberty. A fish is free in the water, but leave him on the sand and he perishes. He is out of his realm. So, young people, the Christian is free when he does the will of God and is obedient to God's command. This is as natural a realm for God's child as the water is for the fish, or the air for the bird."
Trust and Obey!
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus
Than to trust and obey!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal needs:
- Pray for understanding so that you can obey His teachings and obey them with all your heart
- Pray for re-alignment of hearts and focus towards God rather than to self
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- obedience to those God have placed over us
- Understanding and acceptance of God’s rule as King
Monday, January 21, 2008
Day 6 – Hungering for and treasuring God’s Word (21/01)
"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.
And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience. – Luke 8: 5 – 15
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. - 2 Timothy 3: 16 – 17
If God’s Word was one of the compulsory readings for our modules, would we cherish it even more? Would we study it diligently? Maybe memorize the verses which are important for the exam? Mark the bible and tag important points for the important points? I know I would.
However we do not need a module to make us cherish God’s Word. Our life is an open book exam and the Bible is our compulsory reading! It is our light and our authority as we walk down the path of life.
Be the good soil in which God’s word is planted:
Grab the Word of God whenever you hear, it before the devil snatches it.
Be rooted deeply in it so that you can overcome trials.
Push aside all other distractions that pull you away from God’s Word so that they don’t choke you
Cherish the Word of God and thank Him for speaking to us!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal needs:
- Be aware of the need for God’s Word in everyday life
- Pray for a longing to seek Him day to day
- Pray for understanding of His will for us, and to learn to abide in Him.
- Return to first love & hunger for God
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- As a ministry, as a DG,… encourage one another to read and understand His word.
- People will be convicted by the Word and live by it rather than by the world’s standard. (The word is their authority)
- Pray that we will live by the Word instead of pursuing knowledge, studies, popular cultures (You Tube, CrunchyRoll…)
"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.
And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience. – Luke 8: 5 – 15
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. - 2 Timothy 3: 16 – 17
If God’s Word was one of the compulsory readings for our modules, would we cherish it even more? Would we study it diligently? Maybe memorize the verses which are important for the exam? Mark the bible and tag important points for the important points? I know I would.
However we do not need a module to make us cherish God’s Word. Our life is an open book exam and the Bible is our compulsory reading! It is our light and our authority as we walk down the path of life.
Be the good soil in which God’s word is planted:
Grab the Word of God whenever you hear, it before the devil snatches it.
Be rooted deeply in it so that you can overcome trials.
Push aside all other distractions that pull you away from God’s Word so that they don’t choke you
Cherish the Word of God and thank Him for speaking to us!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for Personal needs:
- Be aware of the need for God’s Word in everyday life
- Pray for a longing to seek Him day to day
- Pray for understanding of His will for us, and to learn to abide in Him.
- Return to first love & hunger for God
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- As a ministry, as a DG,… encourage one another to read and understand His word.
- People will be convicted by the Word and live by it rather than by the world’s standard. (The word is their authority)
- Pray that we will live by the Word instead of pursuing knowledge, studies, popular cultures (You Tube, CrunchyRoll…)
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Day 5 – The fast God desires (20/01)
'Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?' Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers. Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.
Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the LORD?
"Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. – Isaiah 58:3 – 8
The purpose of fasting is to take our eyes off the things of the world and focus on God. During Isaiah’s time, the Israelites sought their own pleasure and oppressed people during their fast. God did not accept this attitude in fasting and said that such fasting would not please God.
Before we begin the fasting tomorrow as one body, check if there is any sin in your life. Check also your attitude in fasting. Sin and poor attitudes will prevent us from focusing on God during the fast. We have to be broken and repentant during the fast, seeking to know God and to submit to His will. Only then will God be pleased with such a fast.
Through this fast, let us understand that only He can restore our hearts and bring revival to our campus, making His name powerfully known! Let us humble ourselves before Him and submit to His authority!
For those who are unfamiliar with fasting, you may want to check out the following site:
http://www.billbright.com/howtofast/
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for your Personal needs:
- Pray that God will reveal to you the purpose of the fast
- That through the fast, you’ll become more connected with God
- That through the fast, you’ll be transformed; experience a personal revival
- Give us an increased desire to seek Your face, to draw near to You.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- People will all come closer to God, and get more engaged through the fast
- Fast will be honouring to God
- We will be bold and courageous in inviting friends for harvest rally
- Change of heart and mind for the pre-believers
- Open-ness of the hearts of the pre-believers
- Pray for any pre-conceived ideas and misunderstandings about the faith to be erased and cleared
'Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?' Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers. Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.
Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the LORD?
"Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. – Isaiah 58:3 – 8
The purpose of fasting is to take our eyes off the things of the world and focus on God. During Isaiah’s time, the Israelites sought their own pleasure and oppressed people during their fast. God did not accept this attitude in fasting and said that such fasting would not please God.
Before we begin the fasting tomorrow as one body, check if there is any sin in your life. Check also your attitude in fasting. Sin and poor attitudes will prevent us from focusing on God during the fast. We have to be broken and repentant during the fast, seeking to know God and to submit to His will. Only then will God be pleased with such a fast.
Through this fast, let us understand that only He can restore our hearts and bring revival to our campus, making His name powerfully known! Let us humble ourselves before Him and submit to His authority!
For those who are unfamiliar with fasting, you may want to check out the following site:
http://www.billbright.com/howtofast/
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for your Personal needs:
- Pray that God will reveal to you the purpose of the fast
- That through the fast, you’ll become more connected with God
- That through the fast, you’ll be transformed; experience a personal revival
- Give us an increased desire to seek Your face, to draw near to You.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- People will all come closer to God, and get more engaged through the fast
- Fast will be honouring to God
- We will be bold and courageous in inviting friends for harvest rally
- Change of heart and mind for the pre-believers
- Open-ness of the hearts of the pre-believers
- Pray for any pre-conceived ideas and misunderstandings about the faith to be erased and cleared
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Day 4 – Laying aside the world(19/01)
And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God." – Luke 9:23 – 27
The world is a very comfortable place to live in. We can easily snuggle up in it and enjoy its pleasures. These pleasures are not wrong in themselves. Some examples are hobbies like computer games, shopping, television and achievements like good grades, securing a future job and success.
However, when we become heavily involved in them, these things easily distract us from seeking God. We place them as more valuable than quiet time and prayer.
Jesus sees the world in a different perspective. They do not even last for eternity. These things do not even bring us salvation of our souls. Jesus said that there is no point if a person could have the whole world but yet lose it all in the end. Rather, we should seek and treat Him as more valuable than ANYTHING that this world can offer. Because God is eternal and His Word is endures forever.
One example that a friend used during his message was this. In his hands is a $50 note and he is willing to give it to the person who would give him a $10 note. A person went up and willingly gave that $10 and got a $50 in the end without any strings attached. In the same way, God is worth so much more and we can follow Him only if we give up the world which is worth so much less.
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for your Personal needs:
- Pray for compassion to share the gospel with your loved ones.
- Pray that God will reveal the needs of prebelievers and other Christians to us.
- Pray that we will not be overwhelmed by the things that take our time and desire to serve God.
- That we will have the courage to step out to evangelize to pre-believers.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- We will be bold and courageous in inviting friends for harvest rally
- Change of heart and mind for the pre-believers
- Pray that more Christians will invite their friends for Harvest Rally and that more will answer the call to be a laborer.
And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God." – Luke 9:23 – 27
The world is a very comfortable place to live in. We can easily snuggle up in it and enjoy its pleasures. These pleasures are not wrong in themselves. Some examples are hobbies like computer games, shopping, television and achievements like good grades, securing a future job and success.
However, when we become heavily involved in them, these things easily distract us from seeking God. We place them as more valuable than quiet time and prayer.
Jesus sees the world in a different perspective. They do not even last for eternity. These things do not even bring us salvation of our souls. Jesus said that there is no point if a person could have the whole world but yet lose it all in the end. Rather, we should seek and treat Him as more valuable than ANYTHING that this world can offer. Because God is eternal and His Word is endures forever.
One example that a friend used during his message was this. In his hands is a $50 note and he is willing to give it to the person who would give him a $10 note. A person went up and willingly gave that $10 and got a $50 in the end without any strings attached. In the same way, God is worth so much more and we can follow Him only if we give up the world which is worth so much less.
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for your Personal needs:
- Pray for compassion to share the gospel with your loved ones.
- Pray that God will reveal the needs of prebelievers and other Christians to us.
- Pray that we will not be overwhelmed by the things that take our time and desire to serve God.
- That we will have the courage to step out to evangelize to pre-believers.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- We will be bold and courageous in inviting friends for harvest rally
- Change of heart and mind for the pre-believers
- Pray that more Christians will invite their friends for Harvest Rally and that more will answer the call to be a laborer.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Jesus Take The Wheel...
... of our lives & our ministries...
She was drivin' last Friday on her way to Cincinnati
On a snow white Christmas Eve
Goin' home to see her Mama and her Daddy
With the baby in the back seat
Fifty miles to go and she was runnin' low
On faith and gasoline
It'd been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention
She was goin' way too fast
Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn't even have time to cry
She was so scared, she threw her hands up in the air
Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
'Cause I can't do this on my own
I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel
It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder and the car came to a stop
She cried when she saw that baby in the back seat sleepin' like a rock
And for the first time in a long time she bowed her head to pray
She said I'm sorry for the way
I've been livin' my life
I know I've got to change
So from now on tonight
Artist: Carrie Underwood
Album: Some Hearts
She was drivin' last Friday on her way to Cincinnati
On a snow white Christmas Eve
Goin' home to see her Mama and her Daddy
With the baby in the back seat
Fifty miles to go and she was runnin' low
On faith and gasoline
It'd been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention
She was goin' way too fast
Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn't even have time to cry
She was so scared, she threw her hands up in the air
Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
'Cause I can't do this on my own
I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel
It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder and the car came to a stop
She cried when she saw that baby in the back seat sleepin' like a rock
And for the first time in a long time she bowed her head to pray
She said I'm sorry for the way
I've been livin' my life
I know I've got to change
So from now on tonight
Artist: Carrie Underwood
Album: Some Hearts
Day 3 – Love For God (18/01)
And Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment.”–Matthew 22:37–38
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.
And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD. Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!
You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, LORD, do I seek." Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me not off; forsake me not, O God of my salvation! For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in.
Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies. Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence. I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!- Psalms 27
In the bible, Jesus did not say that the greatest commandment is to serve God. Neither did He say that it is to make disciples or to live a holy and righteous life. Instead, it is to love God with your whole being (heart, soul, mind and strength). It is from this command of love that all other commands follow.
In our life, we can be easily caught up in a lot of things such as school work, ministry, worldly passions and desires, interest and hobbies, relationships etc. These things demand our attention and we can easily forget to seek God and wait upon Him
One person whom we can imitate is David. As a king, David would have had a lot of things (even enemies!) that call for his attention. Yet he said that the ONE thing that he will seek after is God!
Is there anything that is hindering your love for God? Choose now to love God over and above all other things and wait upon Him.
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for your Personal needs:
- Learn to love God above all things for this is the first and greatest commandment
- Ask God to help you set aside the things you love more than Him
- Learn to trust Him in all circumstances, not only when the situation calls for it.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus
- Pray that we will remind one another of God’s love for all of us and to love Him more in return.
And Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment.”–Matthew 22:37–38
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.
And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD. Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!
You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, LORD, do I seek." Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me not off; forsake me not, O God of my salvation! For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in.
Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies. Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence. I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!- Psalms 27
In the bible, Jesus did not say that the greatest commandment is to serve God. Neither did He say that it is to make disciples or to live a holy and righteous life. Instead, it is to love God with your whole being (heart, soul, mind and strength). It is from this command of love that all other commands follow.
In our life, we can be easily caught up in a lot of things such as school work, ministry, worldly passions and desires, interest and hobbies, relationships etc. These things demand our attention and we can easily forget to seek God and wait upon Him
One person whom we can imitate is David. As a king, David would have had a lot of things (even enemies!) that call for his attention. Yet he said that the ONE thing that he will seek after is God!
Is there anything that is hindering your love for God? Choose now to love God over and above all other things and wait upon Him.
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for your Personal needs:
- Learn to love God above all things for this is the first and greatest commandment
- Ask God to help you set aside the things you love more than Him
- Learn to trust Him in all circumstances, not only when the situation calls for it.
Praying for the Ministry and Campus
- Pray that we will remind one another of God’s love for all of us and to love Him more in return.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Day 2 – Living by Grace (17/01)
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. – Ephesians 2:8 – 9
What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. – Romans 6:15 – 18
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.
The grace of God is indeed amazing. In that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. We as Christians live under grace. This grace can be regarded as an undeserved gift from God and it has two characteristics.
The first is that as a gift, we do not need to work for that grace – either to get it from God or to repay God for it. God gave it to us and all we have to do is accept it in faith.
The second characteristic is that as a gift, we cherish it and be thankful for it, taking care not to take it for granted by sinning continuously. Our lives should be lived victoriously, conquering sin since we are saved by His grace.
Even as we continue to be broken before Him, let us rejoice in the all- sufficient grace that God has given us at every moment and live our lives under grace till we reach home with God.
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
This grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
Prayer and meditation
Praying for your Personal needs:
- Pray that we will learn to let go of self- sufficiency
- Learn to act out a spirit of gratitude so that we do not sin further because of grace
- Seek a deeper faith and be assured of our salvation
- Allow God’s grace and mercy to flow through our lives
- Acknowledge our need for Your Spirit of Grace. May He abound in our lives
Praying for the Ministry and Campus
- People will have a deeper understanding of God’s grace and live by it
- Pray also for the pre-believers that they will come to know the grace of God and to accept this grace that God has given
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. – Ephesians 2:8 – 9
What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. – Romans 6:15 – 18
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.
The grace of God is indeed amazing. In that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. We as Christians live under grace. This grace can be regarded as an undeserved gift from God and it has two characteristics.
The first is that as a gift, we do not need to work for that grace – either to get it from God or to repay God for it. God gave it to us and all we have to do is accept it in faith.
The second characteristic is that as a gift, we cherish it and be thankful for it, taking care not to take it for granted by sinning continuously. Our lives should be lived victoriously, conquering sin since we are saved by His grace.
Even as we continue to be broken before Him, let us rejoice in the all- sufficient grace that God has given us at every moment and live our lives under grace till we reach home with God.
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
This grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
Prayer and meditation
Praying for your Personal needs:
- Pray that we will learn to let go of self- sufficiency
- Learn to act out a spirit of gratitude so that we do not sin further because of grace
- Seek a deeper faith and be assured of our salvation
- Allow God’s grace and mercy to flow through our lives
- Acknowledge our need for Your Spirit of Grace. May He abound in our lives
Praying for the Ministry and Campus
- People will have a deeper understanding of God’s grace and live by it
- Pray also for the pre-believers that they will come to know the grace of God and to accept this grace that God has given
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Today marks the first day of prayer and preparation for Harvest Rally. Let us cast everything to our Lord who is faithful and good.
Day 1 – Brokenness and Repentance (16/01)
But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. - Isaiah 64:8
For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. -Psalms 51:16 – 17
Whenever a potter shapes the clay, he has a design specifically for that clay. When it is spoiled or deformed, the potter would reshape it according to the design he has.
In same way, God (the potter) is moulding us (the clay) at every moment of our lives and as humans we have defects due to our sin. Since God has a perfect design for us (to be like Jesus Christ), He would need to reshape us into a perfect vessel. He would reveal to us areas in our life which are displeasing to Him and teach us how to correct them.
When God reveals the sins in our life, are we willing to be broken and mouldable before God? Are we willing to forsake our ways to accept His design for each of us? David recognized that God does not delight in the offerings of praise or service to Him, but that God delights in people who are humble before Him.
The process of being moulded and perfected would be painful. Yet at the end when we look back, we can praise God for the perfection He is creating in our life!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for your Personal needs:
- Ask God to point out to you the areas in your life where you have sinned and to convict you of those sins
- brokenness, Willing to be humbled before God
- grace and strength to overcome sins
- to surrender completely to Christ
Praying for the Ministry and Campus
- Genuine repentance to sweep across Christians
Day 1 – Brokenness and Repentance (16/01)
But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. - Isaiah 64:8
For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. -Psalms 51:16 – 17
Whenever a potter shapes the clay, he has a design specifically for that clay. When it is spoiled or deformed, the potter would reshape it according to the design he has.
In same way, God (the potter) is moulding us (the clay) at every moment of our lives and as humans we have defects due to our sin. Since God has a perfect design for us (to be like Jesus Christ), He would need to reshape us into a perfect vessel. He would reveal to us areas in our life which are displeasing to Him and teach us how to correct them.
When God reveals the sins in our life, are we willing to be broken and mouldable before God? Are we willing to forsake our ways to accept His design for each of us? David recognized that God does not delight in the offerings of praise or service to Him, but that God delights in people who are humble before Him.
The process of being moulded and perfected would be painful. Yet at the end when we look back, we can praise God for the perfection He is creating in our life!
Prayer and Meditation
Praying for your Personal needs:
- Ask God to point out to you the areas in your life where you have sinned and to convict you of those sins
- brokenness, Willing to be humbled before God
- grace and strength to overcome sins
- to surrender completely to Christ
Praying for the Ministry and Campus
- Genuine repentance to sweep across Christians
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Do you not say, "Four months more...?"
Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
John 4:35
How often have we said, "SOME day I'll seek God with all my heart..."?
"... ONE day I'll share Christ with my friends..."
"... revival MIGHT come within the next 20 years..."
"... EVENTUALLY we'll be ready."
This is what the LORD Almighty says: "These people say, 'The time has not yet come for the LORD's house to be built.' "
Then the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: "Is it a TIME for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this (the Lord's) house remains a ruin?"
Haggai 1:2-4
God tells His people, "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." (1 Peter 2:9)
If we are not that generation, then which is it?
If this is not the "sign" we are looking for, then what?
If not in NUS, then where?
If not now, then when?
Let us cleanse our hands NOW... Let us purify our hearts NOW, that we may ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place, for
"He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.
Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob."
(Psalm 24:5-6)
John 4:35
How often have we said, "SOME day I'll seek God with all my heart..."?
"... ONE day I'll share Christ with my friends..."
"... revival MIGHT come within the next 20 years..."
"... EVENTUALLY we'll be ready."
This is what the LORD Almighty says: "These people say, 'The time has not yet come for the LORD's house to be built.' "
Then the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: "Is it a TIME for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this (the Lord's) house remains a ruin?"
Haggai 1:2-4
God tells His people, "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." (1 Peter 2:9)
If we are not that generation, then which is it?
If this is not the "sign" we are looking for, then what?
If not in NUS, then where?
If not now, then when?
Let us cleanse our hands NOW... Let us purify our hearts NOW, that we may ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place, for
"He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.
Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob."
(Psalm 24:5-6)
Harvest Rally 2008
It's about the Body of Christ rallying together as one, coming to pray and seek God that His name would be powerfully known in NUS.
2 Chronicles 7:14-16
"If my people, who are called by My Name,
shall humble themselves and pray,
and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin
and will heal their land.
Now My eyes shall be open,
and My ears shall be open to the prayer of this place.
For now I have chosen and sanctified this house,
so that My name may be there forever.
And My eyes and My heart shall be there forever."
29 January 2008
6.30pm-8.30pm
LT 27
Be there!
2 Chronicles 7:14-16
"If my people, who are called by My Name,
shall humble themselves and pray,
and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin
and will heal their land.
Now My eyes shall be open,
and My ears shall be open to the prayer of this place.
For now I have chosen and sanctified this house,
so that My name may be there forever.
And My eyes and My heart shall be there forever."
6.30pm-8.30pm
LT 27
Be there!
A trip down memory lane...
… Groups of Christian medical students praying before and after school, everyday…
… Year 1s burdened for God to move, burdened to share Christ…
… Medical ministry leaders uniting in vision for spiritual revival…
Have you not heard? God is working powerfully in OUR faculty…
Medical Dentistry Nursing
… a prayer movement… a call to reap in the harvest… a mighty move of God …
Will YOU be a part of it?
Calling all Christians in Med/Den/Nur (Prof or student)
JOIN US as we sound the rallying trumpet…
For an exciting time of encouragement, sharing and prayer!
“Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'?
I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields!
They are ripe for harvest.”
HARVEST Rally
25 Jan (Thursday)
6pm
LT 29
"this rally... is about gathering people who believe in the power of prayer, who believe in calling unto God for a work bigger than the sum of ourselves, for an outpouring of God's Spirit which God has already promised to us. when revival tarries, it is not cos it's not time yet... but more that His people are not ready for it yet. God had wanted to bring the Israelites into the promised land... but they were not ready as a people to inherit that Promise...
"will we ready ourselves to inherit what God has in store for us? this is our time. will we rise up to lay claim? we will get down on our knees?"
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