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Saturday, February 28, 2009 ( Is What We Believe in Really 'the way, the truth, and the life?' ) More resources on Apologetics @ 6:45 PM by MaRia 0 comments Wednesday, February 25, 2009 ( God why did you make us different???!!! part 1 ) I'm sure most of us are intriqued by the topic of manhood and womanhood, like re'ship and stuff. I would just like to share couple of things, and please do share your thoughts too!! I think it is important to understand the way God has created us, so we can live out our 'role' to its full potential. Eph5:22-30 22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing[b] her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— 30for we are members of his body. 31"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."[c] 32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. I shall divide the topic into 2 different parts: 1st is the differences in roles and 2nd the differences in mentalities. ROLES: before I go further I would like to define the meaning of masculinity and femininity. (from the book "What's the Difference?" by John Piper) Masculinity: "Mature masculinity is a sense of benevolent responsibility to lead, provide for and protect women in ways appropriate to a man's differing relationships" - (meaning of leadership) (***below is not absolute, eg, woman can lead at times etc, i'm just giving the broad picture****) Men are to... 1. lead 2. initiate 3. provide 4. care for physically, emotionally, financially etc...(however, knowing God is the ultimate Provider!!!) 5. be responsible 6. protect Femininity: "Mature femininity is a freeing disposition to affirm, receive and nurture strength and leadership from men" - (meaning of submission, submission does not mean girls are weak or created inferior!!! here u go girls..i'm speaking for u...:D ) Women are to... 1. affirm 2. receive 3. nurture In short, Men, we are to GIVE and to LOVE, Women are to RECEIVE and to BE LOVED. Thus is the re'ship between Christ and Church...God is the ultimate Giver in which we receive from!! However, this may differ slightly, since re'ship between husband and wife is different to male friends and female friends interatctions, so keep that in mind. There is so much more to say and elaborate on in terms of these points, however will leave it open for discussion. I know I have probably left a lot of loops wholes for attacks..haha...since I'm just giving a broad picture...so please do share ur thoughts!! Next week will share on the differences in mentality... Jason @ 9:21 PM by Young Adults 0 comments Monday, February 23, 2009 ( Change in time for future prayer meetings. ) For our future prayer meetings, the time will be changed to 7.30pm instead of 8pm. See you this Wednesday! :) Emmanuel, Keqi @ 12:53 AM by Geleidi 0 comments ( YAM Updates for weekending 1st of March 2009 ) The YAM Committee/Servants’ Team met up this afternoon to discuss the YAM Programme Structure. There’ve been a few changes to the programme and the introduction of new concepts and groupings, so we hope that all of you will be able to attend this Sunday’s service for us to explain to you the rationale behind such an implementation, as well as to gather any feedback that you might have. Anyways, here’re the updates for this week: 1) Prayer Meeting Time: 8pm (weekly) Day: Wednesday, 25 February Venue: KPC Level 3 Library Point of Contact – Gladys or Maria 2) CBSI (Community Biblestudy International) Time: 8 pm (weekly) Day: Friday, 27 February Venue: KPC Sanctuary Point of Contact – Daryl/Your Group Discussion Leaders 3) National Servicemen Biblestudy – Group for full-time NS men and other men too. Time: 9 to 10.30 am (weekly) Day: BREAK TILL SUNDAY, 22 MARCH 2009 (DUE TO UNCLE MICHAEL BEING OVERSEAS FOR WORK) Venue: KPC Level 1 MPH Point of Contact – Uncle Michael 4) YAM Service (Westminster Confession of Faith and Care Group Scheme) Time: 1.30 to 3.30 pm Day: Sunday, 1 March Venue: KPC Auditorium, Level 4 Point of Contact: The Servants’ Team! *Do take note that YAM will have its Sunday programmes on the first and third weeks of the month. More details this Sunday! ________ Have a fruitful week ahead and God Bless you! Daryl Boey @ 12:29 AM by Servants' Team 0 comments Wednesday, February 18, 2009 ( You Know Better Than I ) This song really spoke to me. Many times we think we know how because of past experiences with Him but it may seem like a dead end when times get hard. The Lord chose Joseph but he had to learn to trust God to see His bigger purposes for Joseph's family and the Israelites.He teaches us new ways. New ways to trust Him. To learn to live a life of faith where the answers lie only by seeking, waiting and surrendering our 'need to know why' to Him. Let us press on with a humble heart in surrender and say to Him 'You know better than I Lord...' Below is an excerpts from 'My Utmost for His highest' devotional The Initiative Against Depression "Arise and eat." 1 Kings 19:5 The angel did not give Elijah a vision, or explain the Scriptures to him, or do anything remarkable; he told Elijah to do the most ordinary thing, viz., to get up and eat. If we were never depressed we should not be alive; it is the nature of a crystal never to be depressed. A human being is capable of depression, otherwise there would be no capacity for exaltation. There are things that are calculated to depress, things that are of the nature of death; and in taking an estimate of yourself, always take into account the capacity for depression. When the Spirit of God comes He does not give us visions, He tells us to do the most ordinary things conceivable. Depression is apt to turn us away from the ordinary commonplace things of God's creation, but whenever God comes, the inspiration is to do the most natural simple thing - the things we would never have imagined God was in, and as we do them we find He is there. The inspiration which comes to us in this way is an initiative against depression; we have to do the next thing and do it in the inspiration of God. If we do a thing in order to overcome depression, we deepen the depression; but if the Spirit of God makes us feel intuitively that we must do the thing, and we do it, the depression is gone. Immediately we arise and obey, we enter on a higher plane of life. - Oswald Chambers @ 11:35 AM by MaRia 0 comments Tuesday, February 17, 2009 ( Invitation to YA for LF on 28/2/09 ) As announced last Sunday, on 28/2/09 (Sat) 3-5pm Ladies' Fellowship will gather to hear Ms Debbie Walker,missionary of One Challenge, share on the topic "A Woman After God's Heart". She will also teach a simple handicraft entitled "Cushion of His Grace". A small registration fee of $3/- per pax is chargeable to defray the costs of the handicraft. After our announcement, Florence Ng informed me that she will be bringing 11girls from The Turning Point to join us, to learn a useful handicraft and connect with church community. Seizing such a rare opportunity, I will like to extend a personal invitation to you and any of the YA to join us-something different like handicraft making and more so , for personal development through the sharing of God's Word, fellowship with different age groups of KPC, and to "connect" with residents of Turning Point. A good integration start for 2009, towards our Cross-Culture Caring Community. Those attending, pls register @ our booth by Sunday(22/2). Those who like to attend but do not want to do the handicraft pls indicate on the registration list @ the booth. Thanks. We are blessed to bless (Gen12:2) Aunty Debbie @ 1:14 PM by Servants' Team 0 comments Monday, February 16, 2009 ( you are double owned... ) "In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation - in Him when you believed - were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. He is the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory." Eph1:13-14 When I was Papua New Guinea, they have a trandition; when you make something, you own it. Many of them survive on basic tools, like canoes, baskets, wooden houses etc. And most of them are handmade. So you make them, you own it. It is the same with our Creator King. In Col 1: 16 says" because by Him everything was created, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities - all things have been created through Him and for Him." All things have been created through Him and for Him!! we are FOR Him!! Our lives, actions, speeches are not for ourselves, or other people but for Him!! We belong to Him because we're made by Him. With our lives we ought to reflect His glory. However, due to the fall, we have all turned our backs on Him and make ourselves god. By His grace, bought us back again with His blood. Whatsmore, in the Ephesians passage above, we're SEALED with the promised Holy Spirit. Sealed in Greek has many meanings, in this context it is best interpreted as ownership. We have a mark of His ownership!! Living inside us. He owns us, bought us, and marked us. There is nothing in us that belongs to anyone else but Him. Therefore friends, let us live for Him, everything that is in us!!! my prayer is that we may together walk this journey with a goal of to "live is Christ and to die is gain". If it is to love, then love, if it is to forgive then forgive, if it is to endure then endure, if it is to fight, then fight, if it is to be molded to be more like Him, can a clay say to his potter how to be molded? Let all that we are shine His glory!! Friends, we are far richer than we think, such awesome eternal glorious inheritance, where we lack no spiritual blessings!!! What God has for us to finish this journey on earth is immesurable, more than we can ever ask or imagine!! Not only that, we have an "inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in Heaven for us" 1 Pet1:4. What an awesome hope!! Hang in there bros and sis, continue to let your "work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Thess 1:3 live for Him, for we are double owned... Jason @ 10:55 PM by Young Adults 0 comments ( =) ) "Great news, my dad is out of ICU. Transfer to ICA, just beside ICU, but still under observance. Thank u for praying n keeping praying." =) In other news, David'll be going back to Australia to continue his university studies this coming Friday. Some of us'll be going down to the airport to send him off after CBSI. For more details, do check with him or me. Thanks! Daryl @ 6:36 PM by Servants' Team 0 comments ( ) Here's the clip @ 2:04 PM by MaRia 0 comments Sunday, February 15, 2009 ( YAM Updates for weekending 22nd February 2009 ) We’ve survived the Westminster Confession of Faith! Okay maybe not the whole document but at least a good part of two chapters. Hopefully, all of us’d have a clearer picture of the all-important role of Christ in our faith and that He is both fully God and fully man at the same time, being thoroughly equipped to perform His role as our Mediator and Guarantor of our faith and salvation. =) We also had our monthly corporate prayer meeting as well as offering collection – these two events will be a regular feature from now on (third Sunday of the month unless otherwise stated). I’m sure you guys understand the importance of especially coming together to pray a body of Christ right? =) That said, do take note that Gladys will be taking on the role of facilitating prayer from now, and Zuhao will be taking on part of her welfare role in a partial exchange of duties. Anyways, here’re the updates for this week: 1) Prayer Meeting Time: 8pm (weekly) Day: Wednesday, 18 February Venue: KPC Level 3 Library Point of Contact – Gladys or Maria 2) CBSI Time: 8 to 9.30 pm (weekly) Day: Friday, 20 February Venue: KPC Sanctuary Point of Contact - Daryl 3) National Servicemen Biblestudy – Group for full-time NS men and other men too. Time: 9 to 10.30 am (weekly) Day: Sunday, 22 February Venue: KPC Level 1 MPH Point of Contact – Uncle Michael 3) NO YAM Service on Sunday, 22 February. The YAM leadership will be meeting, along with some of the Faith Factor Leaders on Sunday, 22nd May for the re-focusing and planning of the YAM Structure, Programme and focus. So do continue to keep the leaders in prayer. We will update you on any changes as soon as we can. Thank you! But if you guys are still keen on meeting up after lunch to study or have some informal fellowship, do feel free to arrange these on your own! =) Point of Contact – THE SERVANTS TEAM: Daryl, Gladys, Maria, Zuhao and Marianne Lee. That said, see you guys at CBSI this Friday, and for those who don't attend CBSI, see you in church on the first Sunday of March (1 March)! =) God Bless, Daryl Boey @ 11:19 PM by Servants' Team 0 comments Saturday, February 14, 2009 ( Just Another Photo Booth? ) @ 6:39 PM by MaRia 2 comments Wednesday, February 11, 2009 ( Surrender ) Have you had times where the past you regret what you did, or the present in distress and anxiety with nothing you can do, and the future, unknown full of darkness? The Lord knows, He knows and cares and He is there with us all the way through, past, present and future. He says in 1 Pet 5:7 "cast your anxiety on Him because He cares for you." His love and grace is sufficent for all that we need in ALL different circumstances that we are going through and will ever go through! for His love is good and endures forever. He desires us to remain in His love, to taste the goodness of His fullness. "We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God" Rom8:28 so no matter what happened in the past, or what's happening now, or what will happen in the future, one thing we're certain, God's love and grace is sufficient and abundant in all situations. For He has given us His Son, will He not along with Him give us everything that is good for us? Rom8:32 isn't that amazing? that we are more than conqueors!! Not only we have overcome death in Christ but ALL things that are happening in our lives are FOR us, not against us, no matter how dark or hopeless it may seem. He is sovereign over all!! His love and grace is sufficient!! We can never escape from His love. Nothing can separate us. So let us come to Him in surrender, our ways of doing things, wisdom, achievements, failures, anxiety etc and rest in Him and He is faithful to carry us through till the very end, till eternity for His glory. For Him, Jason @ 12:49 PM by Young Adults 0 comments Tuesday, February 10, 2009 ( Hello. Is your tummy free to help me today? ) Just a random post in hope to get more tummies to help me. My mum organised a RANDOM bbq at our place. Do come if you can make it. Details are as follows: Venue: 21 Lorong H Telok Kurau Time: 8.30pm onwards Date: 10 Feb Contact: Gladys @92389204 Please try to come ya? Waiting for you to come, Gladys By the way, today is Dawn's birthday! Quick msg her your birthday greetings!:D @ 1:56 AM by Geleidi 0 comments Monday, February 9, 2009 ( YAM Updates for weekending 15 February 2009 ) We all survived the first part on the Westminster Confession of Faith (actually, only one short chapter), but nonetheless, I’m sure we had a clearer understanding of what it really means to be sinners and how God has saved us through Jesus Christ. Anyways, here’re the events for this coming week! 1) Prayer Meeting Time: 8pm (weekly) Day: Wednesday, 11 February Venue: KPC Level 3 Library Point of Contact – Gladys or Maria 2) National Servicemen Biblestudy – Group for full-time NS men and other men too. Time: 9 to 10.30 am (weekly) Day: Sunday, 15 February Venue: KPC Level 1 MPH Point of Contact – Uncle Michael 3) YAM Service – Worship, Prayer and Part II of the Westminster Confession of Faith Time: 1.30 to 3.30 pm Day: Sunday, 15 February Venue: KPC Level 4 Auditorium Point of Contact – THE SERVANTS TEAM: Daryl, Gladys, Maria, Zuhao and Marianne Lee *My apologies for saying that there’d be corporate prayer on Sunday (8 Feb). We’ll have ministry prayer this coming Sunday instead (15 Feb). I think Zuhao will be putting it at the end of the YAM month (Week 3) from now on. The YAM leadership will be meeting, along with some of the Faith Factor Leaders on Sunday, 22nd May for the re-focusing and planning of the YAM Structure, Programme and focus. So do continue to keep the leaders in prayer. We will update you on any changes as soon as we can. Thank you! That’s all the updates for now! See you guys on Friday/Sunday! P.S. Our YA polytechnic students'll be having their upcoming exams in what, two weeks' time? Study hard but don’t forget church and your walk with God! For the rest of us, do wish them well when you see them or via SMS or MSN or Facebook or calling them up! =) Daryl Boey @ 12:28 AM by Servants' Team 0 comments Tuesday, February 3, 2009 ( YAM Events for the Week (8 Feb 2009) ) CBSI will proceed on as per normal this Friday, and will continue to do so on a weekly basis unless otherwise stated by your group discussion leaders. So I won’t be posting any updates on CBSI from now. Just remember that it’ll be a weekly affair! This Sunday, we’ll be having regular YAM on Sunday afternoon, starting from 1.30 pm at the Auditorium. There’ll be a short time of worship followed by corporate prayer and a short message by Pastor Joshua. Pastor Josh will be going through the Westminster Confession of Faith (Part I). It’ll serve as a good reminder on what we Christians believe in and hold on to, especially with regards to certain aspects of our faith (Pastor Josh, do correct me if I’m wrong!). That said, I really hope to see all of you guys this Sunday, and not just only coming for the “fun” and exciting activities like the kueh paiti lunch and CNY visitations! See you this Sunday! Daryl P.S Prayer meeting will be going on as usual on Wednesday evening in church. For more details, do ask Gladys or Maria! =) @ 10:20 PM by Servants' Team 0 comments ( Word of God ) today's sharing is out of usual, not human words, but only Word of God for it is Life!!! Enjoy... In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were created through Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created. Life was in Him, and that life was the Light of men. I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through me. The Words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are Life. How happy is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path of sinners, or join a group of mockers! Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction, and he meditates on it day and night. He is like a tree planted beside streams of water that bears its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control. Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves. You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles? In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. So you’ll recognize them by their fruit. Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithful love; according to Your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion. Wash away my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin. For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me. Against You – You alone – I have sinned and done this evil in Your sight. Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. Surely you desire truth in the inner parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and full of faithful love. He will not always accuse us or be angry forever. He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve or repaid us according to our offenses. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His faithful love toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. In Christ we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift – not from works, so that no one can boast. To all who did receive Him, He gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in His Name, who were born, not of blood, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God. In Him when you believed – were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. He is the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory. All those led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children, and if children, also heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ – seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God; those who are called according to His purpose. What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord! for Him, Jason @ 9:19 PM by Young Adults 0 comments |