Vision of shining Open Bible

27th May 2010

Aunty Yoke Ping who lives in Bukit Indah (from the Chinese Service who joins the church morning prayer everyday coming on her bicycle) saw a beautiful vision in the morning prayer this week. This is just after the GDOP.

She saw an Open Bible in the wilderness shining brightly through its pages!

As we prayed for the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit....

(Isa 32:15 NKJV) Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.

The Lord is pouring out His Spirit and he is going to cause the Bible to open up, pouring out revelations to all God's people when they read the Word. The Holy Spirit, the Teacher, the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of HIM will open up the Scriptures to us and it will be as if Jesus Himself will be teaching us. It's going to be so clear to us. It is going to shine right into our hearts!

(Luk 24:32 NKJV) And they said to one another, "Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?"

Let's get into the Word and expect the Holy Spirit to shine THE WORD OF LIFE into our hearts!

Let's be encouraged to keep reading the Word, keep memorising the scripture memory verses, keep listening to the preaching and teaching of the Word and keep spreading the Good News!

Testimony of Aunty Jessie

Last Wed night while fetching Aunty Jessie (82 years "young" aunty who was saved and baptised last year) to the Ampang combine prayer meeting I asked her how her Bible Reading was because I know that she follows the Bible Reading plan.

She told me she is now in the the month of June readings.

Wow! she is ahead of schedule reading the Bible. Praise the Lord for her! A most encouraging aunty indeed! She is also reaching out to minister to a new believer too. The other day she walked to the market to buy vegetables from a sister who came to church and accepted the Lord during our Passion of Christ movie. She wanted to encourage her to come to church!

Global Day of Prayer GDOP 23/5/2010

25th May 2010

Praise the Lord for the Biggest Prayer Meeting in Malaysia held at Stadium Malawati (Meaning Visitation) on the Day of Pentecast 2010. Thousands of Malayian Christians join with Christians of 220 nations with over 300 million believers meeting in different parts of the world to pray for world revival. The unity of His church and the Lord's awesome presence is indescribable.

We all gathered to ask the Lord for rain; for the greatest outpouring of His Spirit on the earth.
(Zec 10:1 NKJV) Ask the LORD for rain In the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone.

And we have prayed and we will continue to pray ....
(Isa 32:15 NKJV) Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.
(Isa 32:16 NKJV) Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
(Isa 32:17 NKJV) The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
(Isa 32:18 NKJV) My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,

The Lord used a man named Graham Power (now 53) who accepted the Lord as his LORD in 1999. At that time he was a very successfull businessman (he still is now). Then a year later he received a vivid dream seeing a stadium packed with Christian praying in unity for revival. He obeyed the Spirit and went on to organise GDOP. In 10 years it has grown into the greatest prayer movement in all history.

Graham is a businessman who loves the Lord and wants to serve Him fully.
It is amazing what God can do through the obedience of a man who is in love with Him and has a burning zeal of the Holy Spirit to see His Kingdom come and His will done on earth. God is indeed doing a swift work on the earth because He is coming back sooner than we think. He will use anyone no matter what background they may come from or how old they are as a Christian as long as they are fully yielded to Him. I believe that He will use many in HGC and many whom He will bring into HGC.

There were two books sold at GDOP by Graham Power (you can get it in Canaanland) that I'm beginning to read and they are very inspiring.
1. Not by might nor by power (tells the miraculous story of GDOP) - gives the vision of the church in unity in prayer (2 Chro 7:14) and how it is spreading like wild fire.
2. Transform your work life (shares God's vision for the church - believers impacting the marketplace)- shares the clear compelling vision of God for the church to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. God will use His servants doing great exploits for His glory in the marketplace to transform the nations!

I know that the Lord has heard the cries of His people gathered in unity worldwide who has prayed fervently and HE HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT IN MEASURES BEYOND WHAT THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN!

Just as I was writing the above statement Jonathan Liew came into my room and shared that today in school he shared with his friends the story of the 2 wolves that I told him (illustration of the spirit and the flesh) and as he shared the Spirit of God came upon him and he prophesied about the 2nd comiing of Jesus and about God's call to repent! One friend was very touched and wants to know more!

HALELUJAH!

Yesterday I drove Chin Nee and her parents to Ipoh for a relative's funeral. At the time there the Lord led me to speak with an elderly lady and she prayed to receive Jesus into her heart!

It is awesome indeed!!

Jesus weeps with you in your sorrow

21st May 2010
(Joh 11:35 NKJV) Jesus wept.
Refer to John 11:1-45 for the full story

Jesus wept with Mary and Martha and their relatives and friends over the death of their beloved brother Lazarus. This is another incident that shows how Jesus stooped to lift up. He always comes down to our level of need and pain to indentify with us. He is always full of compassion. He feels our pains, our disapointments, our griefs and all our deeepest emotions. He sympatizes with all our weaknesses. Heb 4:15

The amazing thing is that Jesus already knew that He is going to raise Lazarus from the dead. Before He came with His disciples to Bethany He told His disciples about Lazarus in (Joh 11:4 NKJV) "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

Yet when He was with the grieving, His heart was deeply moved and troubled when he saw Mary and those with her weeping and He wept with them. (Joh 11:33) He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. Only after He felt their sorrows that He then proceeded to raise Lazarus from the dead who was already dead for 4 days.

What can we take away from this?
1. Jesus feels our pains and sorrows and all our deep concerns
2. In our journey of life we can be beset with much sorrows but lets be comforted that the Lord knows everything and that He is in control
3. Some of us may be feeling the grief of the "spiritual death" of our loved ones. You are on fire for God but your spouse or your children or grandchildren shows no interest whatsoever in the Lord. It pains your heart and you have been crying inside to see them "dead".
4. Jesus intends to raise the dead back to life. Hear His command. Release it in His name.
Lazarus come forth! Call the name of your spouse or children and command in His name.
"__________________" come forth in Jesus name!!!

Jesus said, "I am the RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE!"

Halelujah! WHAT A WONDERFUL SAVIOUR AND LORD WE HAVE IN JESUS!

He gives power to the weak

19th May 2010
Is 40:28-31

Many if not most of us are faced with challenges in life that can be very trying and requires much enduring strength; strength of character, of patience, of wisdom, of faith and of enduring love.

The times when we are weak are the times when we can be strong IN HIM.
This is when we depend on Him.
This is when we humble ourselves before Him and receive grace from Him.
The Apostel Paul says, "When I am weak then I am strong" 2 Cor 12:10

Today the Lord says to you, "I give power to the weak".
Have you acknowledged today that you are weak without Him?
Have you acknowledged that without Him you can do nothing?
If you have, then indeed you will receive power from Him, the everlasting God, the LORD!

(Isa 40:28 NKJV) Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
(Isa 40:29 NKJV) He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
(Isa 40:30 NKJV) Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,
(Isa 40:31 NKJV) But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

Prayer :
Lord I am weak BUT I thank you that YOU GIVE ME POWER AND STRENGTH!
Pour your love and power into my being and strenghten me that I will live in Your victories for Your glory! In Jesus name! Amen!

Stooping down to lift up

15th May 2010

In our Spirit to Spirit Communication training with Pastor TT, one of the most powerful principle that impacted me was in the message by TD Jakes when he taught that if you have not stooped you cannot speak.

I’m reminded of the story in Luke 24 about the 2 disciples who were walking down the road to Emmaus. At that time they were sad, down, discouraged, confused and lost because they didn’t know that Jesus, their Lord has risen. If we are in their shoes we will definitely feel the same. Have you felt sad, down and discouraged before? I probably have more times than I can count.
One thing good about these 2 disciples is that they had each other to walk together and talk together. I pray that you will have such friends in the church.

Then in v 15 Jesus HIMSELF drew near and went with them.
That’s our JESUS! He will come to where we are and walk with us.
But He will come so gently.
He will even come in disguise so that He will not shock us.
He is very gentle, very wise, very sensitive, very compassionate and very skillful!

He knows everything and yet He talks to us as if He knows nothing.
He always stoops down to where we are.
And that’s where He will begin.
In v 17 He asked a simple question and then He listens as the disciples talked. They seem to go on and on from v18 to v 24. Jesus only asked a two word question in between, ”What things?” to get them to talk some more.
Only after they have spoken their hearts and mind did Jesus then seek to correct them of their unbelief and then proceeded to patiently teach them from the scriptures about the truth.

Often we are confused, lost and discouraged because we don’t know where the Lord is in our lives and circumstances and what He is doing. We don’t know His promises and where we are in His plans for us especially when we are in some kind of sufferings.

And the Lord made things clear to them from the Scriptures so that they can be in the light.

When Jesus has completed making things clear to the two disciples He made Himself known and then vanished from their sight.

Then the disciples made this statement,
"Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?"

That walk and talk with Jesus sets their hearts burning.
And it was so empowering and energizing that, “they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem”.

May we also learn to do what Jesus did with our brothers and sisters who are down and discouraged.
May we stoop to lift someone up!

(Luk 24:13 NKJV) Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem.
(Luk 24:14 NKJV) And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
(Luk 24:15 NKJV) So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them.
(Luk 24:16 NKJV) But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.
(Luk 24:17 NKJV) And He said to them, "What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?"
(Luk 24:18 NKJV) Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, "Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?"
(Luk 24:19 NKJV) And He said to them, "What things?" So they said to Him, "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, (Luk 24:20 NKJV) and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. (Luk 24:21 NKJV) But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. (Luk 24:22 NKJV) Yes, and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us. (Luk 24:23 NKJV) When they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive. (Luk 24:24 NKJV) And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but Him they did not see."

(Luk 24:25 NKJV) Then He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
(Luk 24:26 NKJV) Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?"
(Luk 24:27 NKJV) And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

(Luk 24:28 NKJV) Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther.
(Luk 24:29 NKJV) But they constrained Him, saying, "Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent." And He went in to stay with them.
(Luk 24:30 NKJV) Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
(Luk 24:31 NKJV) Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.
(Luk 24:32 NKJV) And they said to one another, "Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?"
(Luk 24:33 NKJV) So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem,

Helping those in need to give

While talking to a ministry leader of a WELFARE WORK, I’m reminded of the precious life lesson of helping people which must not be JUST giving to them no matter how needy they may seem.
In order to really help people we must help them to give what they have; what they can give. If they can’t give money they can give help (physical or whatever they have).

This was illustrated very clearly in the story of Joseph in Egypt. During the 7 years of famine after the 7 years of prosperity, the people who needed grain had to come to Joseph to give something in exchange for grain.

First they bought grain with their money.
(Gen 47:13 NKJV) Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
(Gen 47:14 NKJV) And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

When the money failed, they bought grain with livestock
(Gen 47:15 NKJV) So when the money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For the money has failed."
(Gen 47:16 NKJV) Then Joseph said, "Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if the money is gone."
(Gen 47:17 NKJV) So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the cattle of the herds, and for the donkeys. Thus he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year.

When even the livestock are gone, they sold their land and even their bodies in exchange for grain so that they won’t die
(Gen 47:18 NKJV) When that year had ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord that our money is gone; my lord also has our herds of livestock. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands.
(Gen 47:19 NKJV) Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants of Pharaoh; give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land may not be desolate."
(Gen 47:20 NKJV) Then Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. So the land became Pharaoh's.
(Gen 47:23 NKJV) Then Joseph said to the people, "Indeed I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh. Look, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.

Then in exchange for the labour of the “now servants of Pharaoh” they were given 4/5 of the harvests for food.
(Gen 47:24 NKJV) And it shall come to pass in the harvest that you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh. Four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and for your food, for those of your households and as food for your little ones."

Conclusion
What do you think of what Joseph did?
What do you think the people think?
Do you think that they hated Joseph for buying their lifestocks, their land and even made them servants?
Read the verse below and see the answer.
(Gen 47:25 NKJV) So they said, "You have saved our lives; let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."

Joseph realised that he must not take dignity away from the people.
He must not make the people "poor, useless beggars".
The people had dignity. They can give something in exchange for food.
They cannot be just takers!
They are made in God's image to be givers.
They can be givers!

Lift up your heads!

This morning May 13 the Lord gave Ps 24
Verses 7-10 are the verses we often use to welcome THE REIGN OF KING JESUS!

When we look at the whole Psalm we will be greatly encouraged.

V1 begins ... The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.

v 3-4 asked the question about who may stand in His Holy presence and receive His blessings and share in His great authority.
Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.

v5 declares ... He shall receive blessing from the LORD, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Who are these ones .... v6 .... the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face.

Then come v7-10
(Psa 24:7 NKJV) Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.
(Psa 24:8 NKJV) Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle.
(Psa 24:9 NKJV) Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.
(Psa 24:10 NKJV) Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah

This May 23 - Global Day of Prayer - 220 nations of God's people who seek Him and Seek His face will in UNITY welcome THE KING OF GLORY, THE LORD STRONG AND MIGHTY, THE LORD OF HOSTS to come into the NATIONS OF THE WORLD AND REIGN!!!!

HALELUJAH! HALELUJAH! HALELUJAH! HALELUJAH! HALELUJAH! HALELUJAH! HALELUJAH!
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

Picture : Taken in Switzerland's Alps, at the peak reading Ps 121 - I will lift up my eyes to the hills.....

Web Site adresses

Check out the following web sites. It's great


http://godrev.jesus.net
This is the website of knowing God. 5 years old.
It's in many languages and up to date 1.8 million has made decisions for Jesus.


http://www.newgenerationuk.com
This is the youth ministry that Anina is working with.
Great for youth.

Seek the Lord while He may be found

This morning 12th May 2010 Prayer

The Lord gave the verses in Is 55
(Isa 55:6 NKJV) Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.

The song on Sunday
I WILL SEEK YOUR FACE
CALL UPON YOUR NAME
JESUS
ALL I WANT IS YOU
JESUS, JESUS

Is our No. 1 song.
Why? Because this is the Lord's desire, passion and cry for us.
WheN we have HIM and are in INTIMATE COMMUNION with Him we will be
TRULY SATISFIED
TRULY AT PEACE
TRULY STRONG
TRULY WISE
TRULY FRUITFUL for HIS GLORY

Let us seek Him
Let us call upon Him
Let us be willing to pay the price for it.
COME BUY EAT!
The rewards of will be very very great!

HE WILL ALWAYS BE FOUND AND ALWAYS BE NEAR TO US!

(Isa 55:1 NKJV) "Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price.
(Isa 55:2 NKJV) Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
(Isa 55:3 NKJV) Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you— The sure mercies of David.

(Isa 55:7 NKJV) Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
(Isa 55:8 NKJV) "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD.
(Isa 55:9 NKJV) "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.
(Isa 55:10 NKJV) "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater,
(Isa 55:11 NKJV) So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

The Lord is with you!

This morning 11th May 2010, the Lord gave us the 2 verses below:-

(Heb 13:5-6 NKJV) Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU."
So we may boldly say: "THE LORD IS MY HELPER; I WILL NOT FEAR. WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME?"

It is wonderful to know that the Lord WILL NEVER LEAVE US NOR FORSAKE US.
We all need to know that and experience that. It is OUR GREATEST BLESSING - TO HAVE HIM WITH US!

Let's look at the context of the verse.
Apparently there is the tempatation to be coveteous i.e. to want more; more of what others have and we apparently don't have. That is the disease of wanting more and it always leads to discontentment, unhappiness and all kinds of negative emotions like depression, anger, frustrations, irritations etc.
And one the worst thing is we can become ungrateful - ungrateful for all that the Lord has done for us and is to us.

THE LORD is saying to us, "I AM YOUR SHIELD AND YOUR EXCEEDINGLY GREAT REWARD" Gen 15:1
Are we content with Him?
He who did not spare His own Son but delivered Him for us. Are we grateful for Him?

When we are grateful, we can boldly proclaim, "
"THE LORD IS MY HELPER; I WILL NOT FEAR!"
AMEN!!

With His great love,
Ps Khor