Monday, August 08, 2005

"He will never forget you."

We are all familiar with the song from Sunday School, 'Jesus loves me this I know.....' but how about this:

Jesus loves me, this I know,
Though my hair is white as snow;
Though my sight is growing dim,
Still He bids me trust in Him.
—Warner


God's love never grows old.




Even to your old age, I am He,
and even to gray hairs I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
even I will carry, and will deliver you.
—Isaiah 46:4

Monday, June 27, 2005

Billy Graham's Crusade in New York


Saturday, June 25

“God loves everyone here tonight,” said Billy Graham to a crowd of more than 80,000 Saturday evening at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The second day of meetings for the Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade saw more than 92,000 people in attendance, including 12,000 at the morning’s Kidz Gig. By the end of the evening, more than 4,400 had made decisions for Christ as Lord and Savior, with the majority being young people under the age of 25.

Both events of the day were youth-focused, as games and a live-action drama featuring Bibleman took place at the morning meeting and the “Concert of Hope” including Christian artists Jars of Clay, Nicole C. Mullen, and Tree 63 occurred Saturday night.

The week of the Crusade has seen much activity from Christian teens, as groups from around the country came to New York to participate in street ministry—sharing Christ with passersby, volunteering in soup kitchens and churches, and inviting people to the Crusade. More than 2,000 teens covered the city, visiting nearly every corner from Harlem to Times Square. Thousands of spiritual conversations took place as these bold young people took the Gospel throughout the city, and hundreds of thousands of invitations were passed out on the streets.

Platform guests at the evening meeting included New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former President Bill Clinton, who each shared brief remarks, and New York senators Hilary Clinton and Chuck Schumer.

Mr. Graham spoke of the Rich Young Man from Mark 10:17-27, who came to Jesus with a troubled heart and spiritual questions. “He did a lot of things right,” said Mr. Graham. “He asked the right questions, he came at the right time.” But when Jesus challenged him to change the way he was living, he “did the wrong thing.”

Full story here

Sunday, June 26, 2005

Ailing Billy Graham launches his last US crusade


By SHAWN MCCARTHY

Saturday, June 25, 2005

NEW YORK -- At 86 and in ill health, Billy Graham has come full circle in bringing his world-renowned Christian crusade back to the city he once condemned as "a stronghold of Satan" but which launched him into national prominence. ...




Billy Graham
Full story here
And also here

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Classic Devotional

God Meant It Unto Good
by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman


"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God" (Rom. 8:28).

How wide is this assertion of the Apostle Paul! He does not say, "We know that some things," or "most things," or "joyous things," but "ALL things." From the minutest to the most momentous; from the humblest event in daily providence to the great crisis hours in grace.

And all things "work'--they are working; not all things have worked, or shall work; but it is a present operation.

At this very moment, when some voice may be saying, "Thy judgments are a great deep," the angels above, who are watching the development of the great plan, are with folded wings exclaiming, "The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works." (Ps. 145:17)

And then all things "work together." It is a beautiful blending. Many different colors, in themselves raw and unsightly, are required in order to weave the harmonious pattern.

Many separate tones and notes of music, even discords and dissonances, are required to make up the harmonious anthem.

Many separate wheels and joints are required to make the piece of machinery. Take a thread separately, or a note separately, or a wheel or a tooth of a wheel separately, and there may be neither use nor beauty discernible.

But complete the web, combine the notes, put together the separate parts of steel and iron, and you see how perfect and symmetrical is the result. Here is the lesson for faith: "What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter." --Macduff

In one thousand trials it is not five hundred of them that work for the believer's good, but nine hundred and ninety-nine of them, and one beside. --George Mueller

"GOD MEANT IT UNTO GOOD" (Gen. 50:20).

"God meant it unto good"--O blest assurance,
Falling like sunshine all across life's way,
Touching with Heaven's gold earth's darkest storm clouds,
Bringing fresh peace and comfort day by day.

'Twas not by chance the hands of faithless brethren
Sold Joseph captive to a foreign land;
Nor was it chance which, after years of suffering,
Brought him before the monarch's throne to stand.

One Eye all-seeing saw the need of thousands,
And planned to meet it through that one lone soul;
And through the weary days of prison bondage
Was working towards the great and glorious goal.

As yet the end was hidden from the captive,
The iron entered even to his soul;
His eye could scan the present path of sorrow,
Not yet his gaze might rest upon the whole.

Faith failed not through those long, dark days of waiting,
His trust in God was recompensed at last,
The moment came when God led forth his servant
To succour many, all his sufferings past.

"It was not you but God, that sent me hither,"
Witnessed triumphant faith in after days;
"God meant it unto good," no "second causes"
Mingled their discord with his song of praise.

"God means it unto good" for thee, beloved,
The God of Joseph is the same today;
His love permits afflictions strange and bitter,
His hand is guiding through the unknown way.

Thy Lord, who sees the end from the beginning,
Hath purposes for thee of love untold.
Then place thy hand in His and follow fearless,
Till thou the riches of His grace behold.

There, when thou standest in the Home of Glory,
And all life's path ties open to thy gaze,
Thine eyes shall see the hand which now thou trustest,
And magnify His love through endless days.
--Freda Hanbury Allen


• This classic devotional is the unabridged edition of Streams in the Desert. This first edition was published in 1925 and the wording is preserved as originally written. Connotations of words may have changed over the years and are not meant to be offensive.
source: Streams in the Desert

"What is the Gospel ?"

Have you ever tried to define or explain in simple terms what is "the gospel" of Jesus Christ ?

What exactly is the "gospel" ?

Here is part of the explanation from someone who had asked himself this question many years ago:

The Gospel is not just any word about Jesus or any word Jesus spoke. It is a very specific thing. The Gospel can be summed up in one little phrase: "The forgiveness of sins." In other words, if you have the forgiveness of sins, you have the Gospel. If you do not have the forgiveness of sins, you do not have the Gospel. This may seem like a simplistic concept to many who read this, and indeed it should have an air of sweet simplicity. However in our modern evangelicalism, the Gospel has been obscured and expanded to mean things that stand apart from the forgiveness of sins.

(The full article can be viewed at source :Faith Oasis )

Monday, June 13, 2005

Nigeria's war on Christians

FAITH UNDER FIRE

Nigeria's war on Christians
Islamic law brings death, suffering to non-Muslims
Posted: June 11, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com


More than 10,000 Christians have been killed since 1999, the year Islamic "Sharia law" was introduced in Nigeria, according to Voice of the Martyrs, a group that aids the persecuted church around the world.

Nearly 1,000 homes and churches have been burned down by Muslim radicals – with a wink and a nod from a government that doesn't recognize the rights of non-Muslims.

The war on Christians began in 1999 when Alhaji Ahmed Sani assumed the office of governor in Nigeria's Zamfara state. Just five months later, he introduced Sharia law. Soon 11 other northern Nigerian states, all with Muslim majorities, followed Zamfara's lead and implemented some form of the harsh Islamic legal code.

Sharia is based on the Quran and Hadith, the Islamic sacred book and teachings. It imposes a strict code of conduct on the population. For example, if an individual is convicted of stealing, the punishment is amputation of his hand. In the case of adultery, the punishment is death by stoning. "If you go around villages, you will see people missing one hand or one foot," explained Rev. Obiora Ike. "Do you think that’s the result of an illness? That is the result of Sharia Law."

Christians in the country say the imposition of Sharia law has resulted in a wave of violence and attacks against them, their homes, churches and villages as the militants wage jihad, or holy war, against them.

Sharia law permits violent attacks against non-Muslims and the killing of former Muslims who have converted to Christianity or other faiths. The destruction of churches and the prohibition of new church constructions are considered legitimate actions.


Recently, before a large crowd, the Zamfara state government recently held a five-year anniversary to celebrate the implementation of Sharia. Governor Ahmad Sani recalled why Sharia was introduced into the state: to satisfy the desire of the people for governance by the "laws of Allah … to cleanse society of social and moral vices like alcoholism, gambling, theft, armed robbery, prostitution, bribery, corruption and deceit."

Muslim zealots are being financed by Saudis who want to Islamicize the entire African continent.

The implementation of Sharia has been blamed for the vast violence and deaths occurring not just in Zamfara state, where it was first implemented, but in other states as well.

Earlier this year Muslim militants announced a death sentence on five Christian students expelled from Abubaker Tafawa Balewa University and the Federal Polytechnic in state of Bauchi, in November 2004, for sharing the gospel with Muslim students. Muslims in the schools complained that the Christian students blasphemed the prophet Mohammed.

The families of two of the students, Hanatu Haruna Alkali and Abraham Adamu Misal, were attacked Jan. 26, when militants went to their family homes located in the state of Gombe, in northern Nigeria, with the intent to kill them. Reportedly, Muslim militants have attacked Hanatu's family's house several times, and the family fears for their lives.

Rev. Oludare Aliu, national coordinator of the students' ministry of the Evangelical Church of West Africa, said: "Muslim militants went to Gombe to … kill Hanatu, but fortunately, she was not at home at the time. The family was held at gunpoint. Hanatu's father happens to be a former military officer. He wrestled with the militants and was able to disarm one of them who had a gun. While he was fighting them, one of the militants stabbed Hanatu's mother with a knife. She has been treated for the wounds."

Hanatu is now in hiding. Militants also attacked Abraham Adamu Misal’s family. He escaped and is in hiding.

On March 17, in the Nigerian state of Benue, a Christian student, Ngumalen Atser, was raped and poisoned to death by two Muslim men. This incident escalated tension between Muslims and Christians, which led to Muslim militants attacking the villages of Chilakera and Imbufu April 10. Seventeen people, mostly Christians, died.

According to a Compass Direct report on this situation, "Community leaders in Nigeria – both Muslim and Christian – blame the escalating violence on social tensions produced by the implementation of Islamic law in a dozen northern states of Nigeria."

The meeting place of Word of Faith Ministries in the state of Kaduna was burned to the ground that same day – April 10, for the fourth time in five years. However, members of the church have rebuilt every time. No arrests have been made in connection to the arson.

Read full article here

Sunday, June 12, 2005

(Humour) - Don't take Life too seriously !

1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set.

2. A day without sunshine is like – NIGHT.

3. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

4. I just got lost in thought. It wasn’t familiar territory.

5. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

6. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

7. I feel like I’m diagonally parked in a parallel universe.

8. Honk if you love peace and quiet.

9. Remember. Half the people you know are below average.

10. He who laughs last thinks slowest.

11. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

12. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

13. I drive WAY too fast to worry about cholesterol.

14. Support bacteria. They are the only culture some people have.

15. Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your week.

16. A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory.

17. Change is inevitable – except from vending machines.

18. Get a new car for your spouse – it will be a GREAT trade!

19. Plan to be spontaneous – tomorrow.

20. Always strive to be modest – and be PROUD of it!

21. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple payments.

22. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand!

23. OK, so what’s the speed of dark?

24. How do you tell when you are out of invisible ink?

25. If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. (Murphy’s Corollary 34)

26. When everything is coming your way, you are in the wrong lane.

27. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off NOW!

28. Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don’t have any film.

29. If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

30. How much deeper would the ocean be if there were no sponges?

31. Eagles may soar, but weasels do not get sucked into jet engines.

32. What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

33. I used to have an open mind, but my brains kept falling out.

34. I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

35. Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

36. Inside every old person is a younger person who is wondering what happened.

37. Just remember. If the world didn’t suck, we would all fall off.

38. Light travels faster than sound, which is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

39. Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach that person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks.

40. [If you have one like the previous 39's, then forward it to me and I will add it here !]

Global Breakthrough meeting on 20 - 24 June 2005

An Apostolic and Prophetic Ministry that seeks to take you to touch
God for yourself and to take the breakthroughs that God has for you!

'Sharpening your spiritual senses!' will help you to learn to increase your
awareness, sensitivity and sharpness in your walk with God. God has not
called us to walk ignorantly and carelessly but rather in clarity,
sharpness, accuracy and precision! Have you ever spoken to people whom
some of them give you a kind of blank or blurry look? They have no direction
in life and don't seem to know what is happening to them. If in the natural
they can't see, in the spiritual neither can they see. All things are
parallel. That which is natural can affect the spiritual and therefore, God
has to take us to look into His spiritual insights through the revelation of
His Word in order for us to come into the place where we start to see
sharply and hear accurately from God.

'My people are destroyed because of lack of knowledge' - Hosea 4:6.
To be ignorant, uninformed and blur in life means you do not know your
authority as a child of God and what God has given you. Sharpening your
spiritual senses will help you and will deliver you from walking in suspicion
and ignorance! God wants to awaken His people to know and to have their
spiritual senses sharpened! Hebrews 5:14

SHARPENING YOUR SPIRITUAL SENSES!
Date: JUNE 20 - 24, 2005 (Monday to Friday)
Time: 8.00pm - 11.00pm
Venue: Global Breakthrough
No. 54-1 (1st floor)
Jalan Mega Mendung
Off Jalan Klang Lama
58200, K.L.
(Above INSETT hair saloon )

For more inquires, contact:

Pastor Lydia Chee 012-3159717
Pastor Joseph Lam 012-5257135

Saturday, June 11, 2005

Negara Ku




Negara Ku



Negara ku
Tanah tumpahnya darahku,
Rakyat hidup
bersatu dan maju,
Rahmat bahagia
Tuhan kurniakan,
Raja kita
selamat bertahta,
Rahmat bahagia
Tuhan kurniakan.
Raja kita
selamat bertakhta.

To hear [click] here

(English Translation)

My country, my native land.
The people living united and progressive,
May God bestow blessing and happiness.
May our Ruler have a successful reign.
May God bestow blessing and happiness.
May our Ruler have a successful reign.

Words by: Tunku Abdul Rahman
Music by: Pierre Jean de Beranger
In use since: 1957