As we close this April with our theme on Honouring God, we know it doesn't end like this!
Like what Ps Glenn Lim mentioned during service last saturday, in order to honour Him with worth, we need to first know Him, His nature and His character.
Let's not wait till Jesus has to shake us in order to truly know Him. I am very certain for you who has embark on this journey, life has never been the same:) He has been faithful and true, and there is nothing on earth we can exchange Him for. Continue to ask Him to reveal Himself to you, as you fear Him.
For us who has left our love, or because of other stuff has rob our gaze away from the One, it's never to late to come back to His heart. He desires the love of His children and those He create personally. Don't let things that are here for awhile and gone the next take priority for eternity.
"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.' Luke 13:24
Look forward to!:
Let Brother Bernard know if ure going so that we can cater for transport (one way only!) by next Saturday! Don't deny the power of prayer! If your friends are interested to come as well, do let us know! 31st May, History Making Day.
Answer The Call! Registration ends this week! If you have not submit payment, do make it soon to help our committee in their admin:)
This Week @ Detonate:
For those who are partakers of the Cebu mission trips, Pastor Jaacob Koshu is no stranger. His lfie of testimonies and wonders will surely encourage you to increase your faith, and to impact lives with the love of Christ! So be here at 4.45pm for a time of exalting His name through worship!
Indeed, Pastor Glenn shared a wonderful message about leaving our first love and not forgetting the times when we are so desperate for Him. Below is a devotion that I read that is really ministering.
Sometimes God feels so close. Some mornings He seems to speak so clearly in my Bible study, some days I see Him in everything around me, sometimes His voice is almost audible. Other times I can’t seem to feel His presence. He seems so far away. I want to have the enthusiasm and awe of the new believers I know…all the time. But then that is life. It is busy. It is hard and we do all we can to endure the hardships and make good decisions and just keep our head above water.
Recently, I was complaining to God about how hard life is, how I had endured plenty and thought a little “easy street” might be nice and how I just wanted to feel His presence more. Then I opened my Bible, He took me to Rev 2:1-4:
To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: 2I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
Becoming a Christian and then living life as best you can is not all that can be. John McArthur looks at this passage and says “We can’t just carry on with our responsibilities with a diminishing love for God and others.” God wants us to enjoy Him in this life (Psalm 27:13) He wants an “in love” relationship all the time and if God wants it, we can have it, if we are willing.
In the very next verse in Rev 2:5 God tells us how– He says “remember the height from which you have fallen and do the things you did at first”. Remember the grace God offered you. Remember the blood that has made you white as snow. Remember the love that He showed on that cross and remember others need to see this love and grace in you. Oh, how this one hit home for me. It is so easy to be so busy, so caught up in life, so aware of the evil in this world that I lose the awe of my Savior. God forbid. He is the One who will never leave me nor forsake me. He is the One who has carried me through so many hard roads. He is the One who loves the unlovely me and whose blood gave me a robe of white.He is the One who has been faithful.
Love the Lord – it is the greatest commandment…Matthew 22:36-38 (New International Version)"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.
Let’s pray together to love Him like we first did, to be in continued awe of Him, to remember His grace, to encourage each other as we look forward to the day of His return. He is there. His arms are open wide. Nothing compares to Him. He is the solid rock, the hope of all nations. He is the soon-coming King who knows every hair on your head. He is in control. He is all good. He has not left you. He will never leave you. All glory and honor and praise belong to Him.
Look forward to!:
31st may GDOP!
Answer The Call is on the last 2 weeks of registration! Do remember to sign up fast you haven't!
This Week @ Detonate:
Henderson Outing to Marina Barrage! Meeting Time: 9.30am
Location: Henderson Senior Activity Centre Blk 117 Bukit Merah View #01-205 Singapore 151117
you can take bus 16 from opposite Tiong Bahru Plaza, it's the 3rd stop.
please don't be late! And feel free to call sister ivy if you have any problems :)
Our familiar friend Glenn Lim will be here this saturday to inspire us to Know God, know ourselves, know our purpose!We thank God for a wonderful time last week and for many, the breakthroughs in our lives! May God inspire us yet again through him and open our eyes to understand more things than we have ever known! So cya all at 4.45pm for a great time of praise and worship!
Good Friday is a day of mixed feelings for me. HURT, because the Father lets go of His Son to die for a whole world of sins. LONELINESS, because of what Jesus felt at Gethsemane. JUBILANT, because of the new hope given to all. THANKFUL, for the sacrifice paid by Him who laid down His life.
And so, we live to worship You. Be glorified.
Look forward to!:
YOUTH CAMP '09ANSWER THE CALL! Wow, this camp is gonna be life-changing! Imagine we discovering God's call upon our lives and to take up faith and obedience! Incredible! So sign up with sister lydia now!
This Week @ Detonate:
Our familiar friend Glenn Lim will be here both this saturday and next to share with us God's Word. May God inspire us through him and open our eyes to understand more things than we have ever known! So cya all at 4.45pm for a great time of praise and worship!
Did you know that God has put good things within you that He wants you to give away to others? Imagine that within your spirit God has placed two baskets. As you begin your day, the Holy Spirit deposits in one basket what God wants you to give away that day. Each day the number and type of things deposited in your basket may vary, depending upon the needs that God wants you to touch and the people He wants you to bless.
Often, what the Holy Spirit deposits in your basket is a mystery. You do not know exactly what God has in mind for you during a day. The good news is that He doesn’t ask you to try and figure it out or run around in circles trying to make everyone happy or meet everyone’s needs. What He does want you to do is to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit and to respond to Him in simple faith and obedience.
As you go through your day, you may discover that the Holy Spirit has deposited within your basket a prayer He wants you to pray, a word of encouragement He wants you to speak, a blessing He wants you to give, or an act of kindness He wants you to extend.
For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 NIV
Whatever it is that the Holy Spirit has deposited in your basket is what He desires for you to give away during your day. When you go to bed at night, it is good to have an empty basket. Nothing needs to be carried over, because the Holy Spirit will make new and fresh deposits each morning.
Earlier, I said there were two baskets that God has placed in your spirit. The second basket does not contain the things you give away during the day but the things that you receive from God that enrich your life and refresh your spirit. When you bless others, you are blessed; when you give out, you receive; when you empty yourself, you are filled.
Look forward to!:
YOUTH CAMP '09ANSWER THE CALL! Wow, this camp is gonna be life-changing! Imagine we discovering God's call upon our lives and to take up faith and obedience! Incredible! So sign up with sister lydia now!
This Week @ Detonate:
It's GOOD FRIDAY and we wanna be gathered in His house for this significant commemoration. Although as believers we are reminded daily of the meaning of Good Friday, but our non-believing friends do not! So, it will be a great opportunity to ask your friends to come to know about what's so special on Good Friday that it is officially a public holiday! You never know, they might really be curious about it! 10 am, in main church building Sanctuary hall. Do make a point to come earlier:)
It's gonna be another exciting moment as Sister Mei Ling shares through interesting means and a guest (guess who!) will be sharing his/her testimony! Be there at 4.45pm and join in the awesome worship!
When we obey God and cross the line, there will bound to be a challenge. Elijah faced drought; a widow who have insufficient food to share. That's all we get for obeying?
BUT be steadfast! When we cross the line that God draws for us, God takes the responsiblity for the situation. God planned everything in advance, and there is no one situation that is surprising to Him. All we need to hold onto is the promise of a breakthrough that comes in that challenge.
For the widow as well, thinking that she was preparing for her last meal, God draws a line for her to give a portion of what she has to Elijah. Who in the right frame of mind would have asked a poor widow in her last meal to 'first make a small cake of bread for me(Elijah)'? But she crossed the line, did what she was told, and saw a breakthrough. That meal wasn't the last. It was the first of many more to come.
Will you cross the line?
Look forward to!:
YOUTH CAMP '09ANSWER THE CALL! Wow, this camp is gonna be life-changing! Imagine we discovering God's call upon our lives and to take up faith and obedience! Incredible! So sign up with sister lydia now!
This Week @ Detonate:
Alright listen up you fellow fishers of men! This week we are going onto the streets to share this great and marvelous gift that God is giving to all! Yeah! We will gather in our newly painted hall at 430 pm sharp for a time of worship before we set off together at different locations and be back for a time of sharing and dinner fellowship! What a saturday!
Prayers from the Body:
We gonna get down to our knees to pray for the people that we will be sharing to on the streets on 4th April. We gonna trust and believe God to help to open the hearts of those in our generation to recognise God in their lives! Yes Lord, open heavens that day for those who are to about to receive You. Amen!
