Thank God for His Mercy and chance given to my friend

Few days before my mission trip, I saw my friend shocking blog entry. He blog that if his heart valve condition do not improve, he will only have five more years to live. The doctor is looking for possible valve replacement. This friend is another person whose birthday falls on 13th November. Yes it is another 13th November. This date is too special for me. However the sad thing is, the three souls that I know are still not saved. Life is so short on Earth, we are just pilgrims passing through this world. At the blink of your eyes, many years would have already past. Some things would seem like it had just happened yesterday.

This friend of mine is going through a lot of affliction, I really feel for him. He had stroke while he was in his youth; healthy and running. Nobody would think that he would have a stroke. He had at least three relapses of this illness. Recently, the doctor found out that he had some valve problem which will affect his heart. It makes me wonder why he had to go through so many things.

He was once furvent in church. However, he may not be His. Through the relapses, I was thinking God may be saying to him, "I am giving you another chance, repent ye sinner!" God may be giving him this last chance; only five years for you to make the decision to trust in Him. As I reflect on myself, God has indeed given us a lot of chance to repent but we just kept on sinning. Even for myself, sometimes I felt unworthy to serve Him because of the besetting sin that I have. Through this incident, I have rekindled the love for souls of man. The Lord is coming back very quickly, I must share the "Gospel-Good News" to people that I get in contact with before it is too late. May God help me!

Thank God for the mission trip (19th-21st Nov 2008)

Thank God for a safe and fruitful mission trip to Kemaman. Thank God for giving me wisdom to teach the children. After the trip, I realised that our church is very blessed compared to the church over there. They don't have a church pianist and they are lacked of Sunday School teachers. I also attended the Friday evening service. I noticed that quite a number of youths are not attending the service even though they attended the fellowship meeting in the afternoon. After a chat with one of the youths there, I realised that some felt bored, some go to Kuantan for entertainment and some just don't want to attend the service. I also came to know that the English service people are getting lesser and lesser. It is really not an easy work over there. Dr Wee and Mrs. Wee are very hospitable people; everyday we ate sumptuous food. I really admired them that for the work of the gospel, they can use their house for Vocation Bible School (VBS). During the VBS, whenever there is a break time, the children will run around the house; as if the house has turned into a mad house! Not to mention, after the children left, they have to clean up the place. Even though there is a maid who helped out, I still admired their kind act. Dr. Wee shared that they hoped that by reaching out to the children, the children can bring their parents to church. This act of sowing the gospel seed really encourages my heart! If God willing, I will be going again next year! May God preserved the church over there.

Thank God for patience

God is really training my patience this few years. He knows that I am impatient in some areas in my life. He wants me to wait patiently for His timing. I believe that His timing is the best, however it is really frustrating sometime when I think that I may be given a false hope. It is a long waiting period. As I say, I know that the Lord is training my patience. I hope that through this testing, I will emerged as a more patient person. Trusting and having faith in God is the key to win this testing. Without faith it is impossible to please God.

Isa 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Lam 3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

I will encourage myself with this verses. I will be blessed if I had faith in God. Yes! He feed the sparrows. How much more He will give the best to His children!

Thank God for that my friend came to church

God works in amazing ways! I had just posted a blog entry two days ago about sending an SMS to my two friends, on their birthday, reminding them to trust in Jesus. Never did I know that God will move in one of my friend's heart to attend church. I thought that this friend will not come to tabernacle church any more. God really surprise me this time! I am sure the gospel was preached on the pulpit again. I pray that their hearts will be soften and will one day really trust in the Lord. Who is the other two persons who is having birthday on the same day as this friend? Well it is my mother and Junfeng. This few days, my daily devotion is on the book of Acts. I was again reminded to proclaimed the gospel. I am leaving for mission trip in Kemaman on this Tuesday night and will be back on Saturday morning. I can see that the Lord is preparing my heart for this Vocation Bible School to share the story of Jesus to the children over there. It has been a long one year since I last taught bible stories using the Chinese language. It had become rusty now. However, I know that God will help me and give me the right words to say. My beloved brethren, if you happen to read this entry during this week, please pray for me that God will use the whole mission team effectively to proclaim the gospel. We heard that the responds over there are not very good, may God's Will be done in this matter.

13th November 2008-Thank God for a nice birthday celebration

Yo! On 13th November 2008, it is a very special day. I have two friends having their birthday on this day. Early in the morning, I sent SMS to greet them. They are still outside the kingdom of God. I reminded them to quickly believe in Jesus Christ soon. Later in the evening, I celebrated birthday with another group of people. Who are they? They are my relatives. My mother is also having the same birthday with my friends. Amazing right? We ate at Bukit Batok Swensen. Those present on that day were my 4th Aunt, her two children, my grandma, my sister and my niece. I took the opportunity to take a photo with my mum. Thank God for the celebration! Like I wrote earlier on, My greatest wish is that they will quickly come to the saving knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

Thank God my God-daughter was born this morning

After a hard labouring process, my God-daughter Arielle finally came into this world this morning. It must have been a though process for the mother to go through the operation because the baby cannot come out the natural way. Thank God that both the baby and mother are safe now. Baby Arielle must grow up in the fear and knowledge of God to 'repay' her mother's hard work. I was reminded how mothers have to endure the painful child delivery process just to bring us into this world. Mothers are great and they sacrifice a lot for a child. Appreciate your mother and be filial to them!

Thank God that for NICA my school won 2 awards.

I had requested prayers from Shomerim and the church to pray for the National Infocomm Club Award organised by IDA this year. There are some occasions that I am asked to lie during the competition period. Thank God that I did not allowed it to happen. If I am weak, I would have fallen. Thank God that He honoured my decision and our school won two awards; Merit Award and Students' Choice Award for the project "National eGame Creation". Truly God is really good to me. This really adds to my porfolio! This year we won three ICT competition awards. All glory and honour be to God above!