Testimonies

Couldn't made it for Sunday Service this morning, Yvonne was down with asthma this morning.....brought her to see a GP. Anyway, here's 2 encouraging testimonies of how great is our God.....

Testimony 1 - My God shall supply all my needs.........
Kenny work contract was about to end in May. So the care group started to pray for God to open door. Since Kenny have just recently became the father of 2, he is needing a more stable job. Last Friday, he shared that a company he applied a year ago called offering him job. After interview, the company decided to offer him. What's amazing was later the company called him again and counter proposed to offer him a higher position. Hallelujah!!! He is our provider....my God shall supply all my needs.

Testimony 2 - We are a family
Yvonne and I were having dinner with Eugene and Yan last Thursday. During dinner Yvonne mentioned about dear Jackie needing to take taxi to & fro from work cos she is still in clutches...(a whole month salary gone liao....may delay her marriage....). Eugene and Yan almost immediately called Jackie to offer her rides to her office in the morning.
I was so moved by their willingness, generosity and sacrifices....cos they have to leave their home for work slightly earlier to fetch Jackie....... Indeed, we are all in the family of God.
And a prayer in my heart.......Eugene and Yan could join our care group........

Some Thoughts About Pop Cultures and Cultural Mandate

Been obsessed by these topics lately, doing lots of reading and research......till I digest further, here some notes for our thoughts.......

" Though the gospel of Jesus Christ never changes, it must be contextualized to the culture it is brought to.....like language which which the hearer can understand.....and understand without misunderstanding. Like in Malay environment we point with our thumb and not with our middle finger......"

"Every church must and need to continually undergo reform to continue the missiological work of the gospel in their time and place. When churches fail to reform they inevitably begin to die and become increasing disconnected and irrelevant tot he people and cultures around them."

"This is why every time the gospel crosses from one culture in to another there ensues a rigorous debate to sort out what is gospel truth, what is sin and what is simply baggage added to the gospel as it was contextualized in a culture...In bible times, these were topics like meat sacrifice to idols, day of worship, circumcision, sexual immorality etc. And for our day these include time of worship, body modification, musical style in worship, styles of dress, sexual preference, etc."

Hence, Christians are to observe and analyze culture and make decision regarding our proper actions and reactions within it. But we must be a informed and thoughtful Christians, if we want to make a difference in the ever changing culture. We are to practice discernment while actively transforming culture......

Regular Excerises

On MC again today! Blood pressure is like roller coaster ride.....causing bad headache and sometimes giddiness.......must be the food and lack of excerises lately. Think better get back to my inline skating again......

Here's some pics

Harry's Birthday


Mothers' Day Celebration at VFC


Every mom got a big strawberry and a delicious muffins....too bad didn't take the pic it. Of course, how can we miss honoring our moms with standing applauses and prayer for them.......

Mother's Day

Our initial plan was to have it at Penang Place, for an assumptions penang food buffet. But hor, they are fully booked. Not only Penang Place, but most restaurants at the West are all fully booked for dinner.....so ended up at Aikra(Japanese food) .......guess Singaporean expression of love and honoring for mother is through food? Anyway, here are some photos of Yvonne and her family.....Ah Fu and gal were in Japan.

As for Lui's family, we had a simple steamboat meal at my place, simple and healthy....cos not sure what should mom diet be......

Losing Heart!!!

"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Gal 6:9

Not sure, if this is out of context......We all tried very hard to do outreached, may it be our pre-believer friends, relative, family, etc. But most of the time we don't see results.

Just for a lunch time thoughts - isn't reaching out to the pre-believers a good deed? Whether is inviting them to services, care group or just thru friendship...we are all reaching out right? And the important thing is, it does'nt matter if we are sucessful or not!!!!!! We are still reaching out...and this is doing good.....

And if we are doing good, we will as promised, reap if we do not lose heart..........yap, press on everyone!!!!!!!

Pray for Healing for My Mom

mom op is scheduled in July, the surgeon will try to used the new method to remove the gall bladder, 3 to 4 small insertions. But if complication entails, the conventional method will be used. The new method has a quicker recovery time, 2 days in hospital and you are out. But the conventional, will need to stay in hospital for about 5 days. Also the wound recovery is also double the times needed.

So let's pray for a smooth op, without others complications and the new method is used. And of course, pray for financial provision lor..........

mom previous stayed at the hospital cost sis cash $1.3k .......and the hospital told us that for her op in July, may cost as much as $5k in cash, tat's after deducting from CPF!!!

The funny part and also the sad part was that the nurse informed us that if we choose to downgrade to the subsidised ward (class b2).....it will not be conduct by the same surgeon. A new medical officer will take over...........and if the current surgeon is free, he will pop by to take a look during the op.........

the morale of the story.....subsidies rates.....subsidies standard of medical professional care........hahaha...

Another Cultural Mandate Write Up

These another write-up by a pastor........

How the Cultural Mandate and the Great Commission Complement Each Other

Unfortunately many Christians take an "either/or" approach to the Cultural Mandate and the Great Commission. While some focus their efforts almost exclusively on electoral politics, or impacting the fine arts, others stress evangelism and missions to the exclusion of the needs of the contiguous culture. Some believers even go as far as to suggest that Christian engagement in the public square is detrimental to the church's witness. But far from opposing each other God intends for His Cultural Mandate and Great Commission to work together. Both are critically important commands God has given his Church to change the world. We must not emphasize one over the other.
Our obedience to both mandates is the best way to support God's plan for His creation. Here are a few ways this is so.


Obedience to the Cultural Mandate serves the Great Commission by
... providing an opportunity for the gospel. When Paul stood before the Felix, and Jesus stood before Pilate, they declared key aspects of the kingdom of God. Christians that take an active part in the political system, public education, the arts and sciences, and more, will find an opportunity to represent God.

... fostering a flourishing context for the spread of the gospel. In countries where the government is totalitarian, communist, or fascist, the flow of the gospel is not stopped but is certainly slowed. Where government respects the free exercise of religion, greater inroads for the gospel are created. To the extent that Christians seek to protect their right to openly proclaim the gospel in the courts and legislatures throughout the land they help ensure a public platform for the proclamation of the salvation message.

... promoting moral laws that help guide people to Christ. Paul teaches that the moral law of God acts as a tutor leading people to Christ ( Galatians 3:24). Laws that prohibit murder, stealing, and other sins help make people aware of the difference between right and wrong. The Holy Spirit uses this awareness in people to draw them to Jesus.
Today our nation is more and more losing its ethical moorings as greater numbers of people disrespect laws meant to promote good behavior while at the same time many of our nation's public servants are now seeking to promote laws designed to permit behavior God considers evil. The result is a growing indifference in the culture to right vs. wrong, a problem that can only result in further indifference to the gospel. The Church can help reverse this trend by following the dominion mandate and working to defend moral laws.


Obedience to the Great Commission serves the Cultural Mandate by
...adding lost people to the family of God. As increasingly more people come to a saving knowledge of Jesus through the church's zealous efforts in evangelism, the more these people can be trained in the important work of building a Godly culture. And on and on the process goes...