2011 in retrospect

2011 came and soon it would be history! There were many events this year but the highlights were:
1. MYMCA Ballet Concert - "One Day" in September
2. Men's Ministry Retreat @ Gunung Ledang in October
3. A Holiday on the West Coast of USA in November
4. Visit to M.V. Logos Hope in December
Thanks be to God for His love & grace towards us.

We look forward to 2012 as we ask of God who is utterly faithful to be our guide again.

Praise God from Whom All Blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below,
Praise Him above ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.


Enjoy!

Guarding our hearts

"The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure" so writes the prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 17:9). Whatever captures your heart will control your life. Guard your heart for the heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart. But Jeremiah also goes on to speak of a time when God would make a new covenant that involved the changing of the heart.

Jer. 31: 33 "But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God; and they shall be my people."

Following Jesus Each Day « Godspace

We were created by Him and redeemed with His life. It follows that His agenda rules, not ours.

A necessary corrective for all of us: Read Following Jesus Each Day « Godspace

Wisdom with age?

A year older for the country and a year older for me. May God give me wisdom to live wisely all my days.

John Stott: In his own words

Evangelical statesman and giant, John Robert Wamsley Stott died 27 July 2011. He was 90 and lived a full life for Christ impacting and influencing many worldwide for the Kingdom. He has no less an impact in my own life. I have heard and met him in person, heard him on tape and certainly read his many books. He is one person whose one thing in life was for the glory of God and left a blazing trail for us all to follow after.

Here's Uncle John (as he is affectionately known as) recounting how he came to the throne of grace:

"As a typical adolescent, I was aware of two things about myself, though doubtless I could not have articulated them in these terms then. First, if there was a God, I was estranged from him. I tried to find him, but he seemed to be enveloped in a fog I could not penetrate. Secondly, I was defeated. I knew the kind of person I was, and also the kind of person I longed to be. Between the ideal and the reality there was a great gulf fixed. I had high ideals but a weak will. . . . [W]hat brought me to Christ was this sense of defeat and of estrangement, and the astonishing news that the historic Christ offered to meet the very needs of which I was conscious.

Whether you are estranged from Christ or walk with Him, may this memorial site be used by God to draw you to the only source of life for us all, Jesus Christ."

(extracted from John Stott Memorial site)

What Would I Say of the Lord?

Amidst all the strife, conflicts and natural disasters around the world, this is what I can say of our Lord:

You give rest to the weary
You bring strength to the weak
As they wait in your presence
There is grace for their need.

So Iʼll wait... Iʼll wait
Yes Iʼll wait... Iʼll wait for you
I will say of the Lord “He is my refuge”
I will say of the Lord “He is my strength”
I will say of the Lord “He is my shelter”, my hiding place

You can come in the silence
You can come in the noise
Bringing peace in a moment
Bringing comfort and joy

I will say of the Lord “He is my refuge”
I will say of the Lord “He is my strength”
I will say of the Lord “He is my shelter”, my hiding place
I will come to the source of all creation
I will drink from the well that never dries
I will draw from the one who wonʼt grow tired, the Lord of all


Lou & Nathan Fellingham and busbee
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Billy Graham on Aging, Regrets, and Evangelicals | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

This interview with Billy Graham is, similar in nature to what Jesus prayed in John 17 and what Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians. There are many words of wisdom to us who may be much younger than him but nevertheless will one day have to face and deal with. Especially worth noting is the final section where he restates what is really important for us as persons in Christ and as a people of God, the church. May we as persons in Christ be wholly centred in God and may the church always remember its calling to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. What a powerful witness we would be if all of us are able to remember our primary calling as His children!

Q & A: Billy Graham on Aging, Regrets, and Evangelicals | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction