Thank You.

Around 1980 years ago,
A brave Man walked among us,
Ate among us,
Dressed like us,
Hungered like us,
He is like us,
Yet, He is different.

He is the Saviour prophets mentioned time after time decades before He was born,
He is the Saviour who did the greatest sacrifice,
Died the torturing pain of the cross.


His name.. Is Jesus Christ.

He loves you so much that He died to save You,
Do you love Him..?



Wishing you a blessed Good Friday.

=Jeremy=

God Knows..!

Have you ever experienced this;
You are about to buy something.
That something has a variety of choices.
You liked 1 of the variety, but it exceeds your budget.
Then you "SMS" God for His guidance at that very moment, "Lord, which one would You like me to have, this one or.. that one..?"
You did not His reply yet, so you continue looking at the other available choices.
And.. voila..!
You found the one that suits your taste..! And guess what, the price is just nice as well, not exceeding your budget.
Then you happily purchased it and bring it home, feeling blessed.

At home,
as you're reading that something you bought,
A thought suddenly came in,
"Suits my taste and does not exceed my budget. I'm so blessed."
Then another thought came in.

"God knows everything that you need, for He is the Provider."


What I'm trying to point out here is, no matter what we need or what we're facing, God knows, God leads and God provides. Yes, he truly does..! I'm sure you must have experienced this kind of incident too, right..?

I hope this short so-called testimony of mine clearly shows that God is our beeeeeest friend.. owh, and shopping partner as well. May the Lord continue to guide all of us throughout our daily lives. =D

=Jeremy=

2010

A new year can mean something to everyone. Frustration, hope, a change, or maybe something no one knows but you. Anyway, would you like to tell everyone what does 2010 mean to you..?

Drop us a reply. We'd be glad to hear from you. Happy schooling. =D




=Jeremy=

ESPlosion 8 Testimonial

Alright, youths..!
Now that some of you are back from the camp, would any of you mind sharing your experiences..?
What you like most..?
What you hate..?
What impacted you most..?
What struck you..?
What(or who XP) you miss most..?

Do share a testimony here..! Feel free to either e-mail it to here or just drop it at the CBox right there..!

Let us all pray for ESPlosion 2010..!




=Jeremy=

My Dad Came to Jesus By Marijo Phelps

My Dad Came to Jesus By Marijo Phelps


Picture the German guy with the dry and droll sense of humor, the one with wonderful stories to tell, the one who treated children as people of worth. Kids were to be seen and heard and listened to. He was the one who spent time with the neighbors that the rest of the neighborhood avoided, totally. Yet he had never asked to be forgiven of his sins and was breaking God's heart like we all have. Maybe he thought his "good deeds" would earn him a way into heaven. The Bible doesn't say that's how it works.

Romans 10:9
That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.(NIV)

Romans 10:10
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. (NIV)

Yes, he went to a Bible study and read to Mom from the Bible each night. We thought that was because he really wanted to please her.

Ding dong. There were two little neighborhood girls at the front door. Mom was back in the kitchen fixing lunch but could hear those eight year olds.

"Mr. Schacht, if you were to die today, would you go to heaven?"

"Well, ahhh, yes, I believe I would."

"Why would you go to heaven, Mr. Schacht?"

"Well, because I asked Jesus into my heart."

"Thanks for taking to us, Mr. Schacht and we are glad you'd go to heaven!"

Mom dropped a few pots on the floor and came into the living room in a BIG hurry, "Richard, when did you ask Jesus into your heart?"

"Ahh, it was when we lived in Hawaii, about either years ago. You remember that Bible study? Well, I decided I had too much sin in my life.."

Shortly after this moment of truth with the neighbor girls Dad decided it was time to be baptized. This meant talking to their pastor and discussing scripture so the pastor was sure that the person being baptized really knew what they were doing before baptism.

Eight years and this German gentleman hadn't told ANYONE in the family (we can safely say that stubborn and silent were his strong suit, when it came to "personal" things, like his relationship with Jesus)

At Christmas that year I couldn't let this rest. We had heard Mom's version of this story but never Dad's so in front of the rest of the family (grandkids who were young adults, my sister, mom and dad) I casually asked him about being baptized and what he told the pastor.

With that prompting all his "testimony" finally came out. What a lot of smiles there were around that Christmas dinner table.

A number of years later, when Dad went from "time" into "eternity", the Lord Jesus very graciously spoke to the immediate family again.

I wrote this prayer in my journal shortly after Dad's memorial service:

Lord God, thank You that Dad "saw" and was excited about angels before he went to see you. Thank You for assurance of his salvation for each one of us, after I prayed to ask You for this without telling any of the rest.

Mick said he "saw" Dad in heaven, young and whole and strong like the photo of me with dad and the fish (dad was 36 then)

I got quiet time scriptures the day he died all about faith and not works, You and not us and how we were "but flesh" I certainly knew You had paid the price and Dad had asked to be forgiven.

Mom saw Dad smiling when she spoke of Jesus, he hadn't been able to smile for months due to the Parkinson's "mask" and his "frozen" face. He smiled and took a last breath and went to be with You!

Ahhh, Lord God, You love us so much and are right there to walk us through. Even in the death of a beloved Dad and Husband. Thank You cannot begin to say what is in my overflowing heart.

(C) Marijo Phelps all rights reserved. Use with with proper credits.




About Self

Saved by His grace in 1974, from 9 years of professing atheism into His loving arms. RN for 23 years, missionary with YWAM then statistical analyst for Every Home for Christ over 9 years. Living with my husband in the middle of a mountain meadow. GRIN! Wanting to spread the good news

Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com CHRISTIAN WRITERS

Daniel Cheng: Cambodia and Me

A testimony of Daniel's missionary trip to Cambodia and his personal experiences as a Christian youth at a country he had never thought of going before..

"Going to Cambodia was a totally different experience for me. I'll start with how I ended up there. On a perfectly normal night I came home from tuition and heard my mom on the phone with my sis, and they were talking about going to Cambodia. After the phone conversation ended, I asked her, "Is sis going Cambodia? With who?" Guess what, she gave the most shocking answer ever in my life. her answer was; "Yes, she's going Cambodia and she's going with you and Dad." I was like NO WAY I'm going there, but that 'no way' definitely turned into a 'yes way' because the next thing you know, I'm on a plane flying to Cambodia.

"Our group leader is Uncle Wang. Well, he is something like the discipline teacher in our group, leading a bunch of lost children. He made sure we come for our morning devotion, briefing and de-briefing. Next is my dad, Uncle Peter, which is always the one who shares with old people there. He is the one always going around with Uncle Wang to minister to the adults. Aunty Tay which is like the "mother figure" in our group, who always pack her things tidy and always give good suggestions. She would always share stories with the children too. On top of that, she has a really beautiful voice Aunty Helen. She was really the tun of this mission trip. She was in charge of the children ministry but seriously, she would do alot better if she was in charge with the laughing ministry (joking..!). I think she did a really good job handling the children ministry and I believe many children were blessed by her. Grace, the treasurer of the group. She would count any money we would use as a group like meals, the transportation fees, etc. For your information, she can really count. We were using US Dollars there and everything would seem really cheap when you divide it by 3.5. But unlike me, she was always aware of the that and we were able to go through this trip without overspending. Well, that leaves me and Alex. We are the youngest in the group and we are like the 2 kids they brought along with. They seriously had to take care of us because we got sick. I had a fever and Alex got serious stomach upset. Anyways, I think God really planned us for the trip and make in suce a way that we could go together as a team. No coincidence.

"While we were in Cambodia, there were many shocks for me. Goingthere make me realize that the things we have everyday and take it for granted is actually a luxury for the Cambodians. It also makes me look at things with a different light. What I think I can't live without, they are actually going through it everyday. The best example would be electricity. When we were there, we could not get used to the hot weather, and sweating all over. However, we could not find any place to hide from the sun because there wasn't any. Everywhere was so hot and no air-cons, not even fans. So the best place to hide when we were in Baray was the van. I never thought air-cons can be such a relief. There were also many, many other things that we have and they don't. But these things that they don't have actually made them even happier than us. They know how to appreciate things that are given to them. One night, after diner, we had nothing to do and we saw some kids playing. It was a dark night and my vision wasn't clear. We could not see what they were playing with. Throw up to the sky and see who can catch it first. Later we found out that it was just an ordinary bottle cap.

"In Cambodia, there's someone that I can really look up to- Aunty Esther. She managed the Baray Home Stay, the place we stayed- from scratch. She really cares a lot for Cambodia and gave up her life to serve God there. God worked through her, blessing many people in Cambodia. by creating many job opportunities, spreading the gospel, managing the homestay to generate income for the workers to support their family, and many, many other things she had done as well.

"It's impossible to sum 7 days into this piece of sharing. I encourage everyone to go there if there's a chance. Well, if you're going to ask me "So are you going to Cambodia again then?" I would tell you, "Sure, but only if Aunty Helen is going too. =p"

Daniel Cheng.

Idolatry...Don't!

©2009 ~silvermoon76

Remember the 10 Commandments ?


NO ONE, I repeat, NO ONE, should worship any carved image or any form of statue/picture (image) other than the LORD our God, for our God is the only one whom everything on Earth should worship.


Today Pastor Koshy paid a visit to our church and shared about the 2nd Commandment (continuation). Yes, it's about idolatry. Owh, Pastor gave us some really cool bookmarks too..! Thanks Pastor..! Thanks… person who made them..? LoLx.


Okay, back to our point. What portrays idolatry? According to Pastor, the word 'worship' in Hebrew, when translated into contemporary English, literally carries the meaning 'to bow down before'. I guess everyone here knows how it looks like to bow down before something made in the image of anything. Yes, that 'image of something' is the idol. It is not worthy of worship, for we should worship the one and only living God, our Father who art in heaven. Remember - we shall have no other Gods before Him.


Worshipping idols is a sin. Repent. Pray and ask for God's forgiveness.


So, brothers and sisters, think of what Pastor Koshy has shared (and what I have typed)


Pray and ask for God's light to shine upon your path. I'm sure you'll find peace of mind. =)


=Jeremy=