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2012-01-11T00:18:00.001+08:00

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2011-12-06T15:40:00.000+08:00

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2011-11-30T17:30:00.000+08:00

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2011-11-23T04:30:00.000+08:00

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NOUVEAU NUMERO DU JOURNAL CASA ANNONCES

2011-10-25T22:03:00.000+08:00

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2011-05-12T23:00:00.000+08:00

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Nous vous faisons parvenir, ci-joint, votre invitation au salon "DECO EXPO" qui se tiendra du Jeudi 12 au Dimanche 15 Mai 2011 à Casablanca au Centre des Expositions de l Office des Changes - Route d El Jadida.

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2011-03-23T15:17:00.001+08:00

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CASA ANNONCES NUMERO 835

2011-03-05T19:36:00.001+08:00

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Nous vous prions de trouver, ci-joint, la nouvelle édition du journal CASA ANNONCES.

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LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL

Redouane BARGACH

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2011-01-22T01:23:00.001+08:00

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2008-11-18T23:19:00.001+08:00

When Susan walked in on Sunday, she looked so different that I cried. I wasn't sure why I cried ... Perhaps it was her sari, perhaps just the new fragrance she carried, I am not sure. But I know my eyes couldn't leave her and I kept weeping!

She asked me if this was the first time we've seen a baptism n I replied no but you are this place's first fruit I think - meaning first night lady to get baptized. I didn't explain all these details except to tell her that I was really glad to meet her and to be her friend

She smiled back at me and said I don't quite understand but I guess it doesn't quite matter.. Glad you are happy

Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God .. I saw God in Susan on Sunday. I saw God in Susan again today.. Her pure and simple heart makes christianity approachable n real

Viviene - action for aids

2008-11-12T20:28:00.001+08:00

Marilyn n Gillian from Healthserve n I went to check out this place n I was v touched by the lady running it.

I don't think she is a believer but ha ha like me, she is a revolutionist (blame it on my grand uncle) that loves the poor n oppressed.. Except hers is training from young while mine is grace of God cos I desire with all my heart to have His heart!

I was so touched by what she shared that I SMS her to find out what motivated her n also took the opportunity to share with her why I do what I do - which I honestly told her that it's cos Jesus loved the poor n oppressed n I am desperate for Him..

Please pray for Viviene that the Lord will save her, if she is not already a believer n please pray that like Viviene, when people talk to me, they will leave my presence wanting more of what I have.. That they will go home very captivated not by me but by the One behind my actions ...she is so simple that I probably won't remember her on the streets.. But I think I will always remember the aura she carried!

Shirley

Heart verus Head

2008-11-12T17:59:00.001+08:00

Lately the Lord has been telling me a lot on this... Today I met a lady who does the same type of thing as me except her end goal is to get the night ladies to wear condoms so as to prevent Hiv while my end goal is to share my Bridegroom King Jesus witg them ..(ha ha )

Yet as I listen to her share her stories, I feel like I can connect with her .. In fact, I even think of keeping in touch with her cos I feel she can and will inspire me to press in and press on ...

Don't know if she knows Jesus but days who God can't use anyone!

my rights will soon be gone!

2008-11-10T11:01:00.001+08:00

lately so many people have been bringing the subject of gay marriages up ... its quite scary cos the face of the world can change within ten years meaning that in America, soon the kids will learn in school that its natural for people of same gender to fall in love and get married... yet the church remains voiceless until we ourselves are void of worshipping the creature vs the Creator, sexual immorality, etc ...

i look at my own condition, the fear of men i struggle with etc and i realise perhaps this is why i cannot make an impact as yet into the situation ... perhaps this season of grace, the Lord truly needs to put in me a fear of Him and to show me my true condition as the chief of all sinners so that from this position, then only may i rise up with authority, grace and love to speak into their lives and to get them to turn around. Cos its when i know that i too am a sinner saved by grace, then when i speak, i will do it with compassion and authority!

i have nothing against the gays and lesbian. infact, i love them. i love them enough to want them to return to God ... i care for them and i still care for my lesbian and gay friends. but i guess i desire to love Jesus and His Word more. this is why i confess that i judge myself too... i pray too that my heart will be pure and i will not be one of those that struggle with the same roots ie idolatry, etc but with perhaps different expressions!

Heal my heart and make it clean

Open up my eyes to the things unseen

Show me how to love. like You have loved me

Break my heart for what breaks Yours

Everything I am for Your Kingdom's cause

As I walk from earth into eternity

Brooke Fraser (Hillsongs Publishing)

2008-11-09T14:26:00.001+08:00

Heal my heart and make it clean

Open up my eyes to the things unseen

Show me how to love like You have loved me

Break my heart for what breaks Yours

Everything I am for Your Kingdom's cause

As I walk from earth into eternity

Brooke Fraser (Hillsongs Publishing)

I came to Geylang to find The King; instead I found the kingdom which I dont quite like simply cos the kingdom didnt come with the King!

Is this perhaps what it means that I win the whole world but lose my soul? Is this what perhaps it means that the kingdom doesnt really bring me joy, only The King would ... only The King can ... only The King will ...

I am reminded of the song - I started a joke, that caused the whole world laughing ... yet now, i feel I have become the joke ... I boasted about a sold out life that would live only for Jesus; yet, now I wonder yet again if this is possible - perhaps what XJ's blog says is right - detachment and freedom ... do I dare to walk this journey of leaving everything to find The King ... I think I really have no choice ... I think the most frightening part is that it comes with a cost - and the cost is called true love ... unconditional love! A LOVE THAT DESIRES TO LAY DOWN EVERYTHING ... hmmm, herein lies the problem!

Head or Heart

2008-11-06T11:52:00.001+08:00

Chloe will be having her art exhibition to raise funds for Spider's church in the Philippines.. The pictures below .. She told me that the pink painting on the left which represents kindness was done from the head so it took only half hour. Pretty but easy! The one on the right representing love however took much longer... It took six hours cos it was from the heart! It was much harder! Isn't this what it's all about .. Heart or head! No wonder it's easier to do acts of kindness than love. No wonder it's easier to be involved in a ministry than love people ... Yet the Son of Man came not to build a kingdom but to die for you n I. He chose His heart cos His head would have said we are not worth it!

Egypt

2008-11-05T22:58:00.001+08:00

I want to go backwards - but not to Egypt but to Jesus! I miss Him but I am lost. I don't really know how to make my way back cos Egypt has now entered my protected world

What does someone do when he / she has steered off course .. I don't really know except I hear my spirit say in my weakness He is strong .. I daren't trust my instincts anymore cos I have stumbled away .. But I guess somewhere at the back of my mind I think if I wait , He is going to come n He will save me from my miry clay .. I guess I ask Jesus if possible make this day swift cos I am afraid that I will drift away from You rather than fall into Your arms of love.

Someone told me recently that when u jump off the plane, you jump. I am trying to jump except my two hands are still clinging onto Egypt.. My fears suddenly seem bigger than life itself ... pry open my control n fears n assure me by Your love and joy... I know in my head that when I finally jump I am going to jump into life n love .. That me n my next generations will reap what I sow ... yet I struggle ... am i facing my humanity?

I guess if there is one thing I have to ask of the Lord, the one thing I ask is that He will give me grace to finish the race well so that my generations and I will hear the Lord say 'Well done, my good and faithful servant, you have truly run the race and fought well as my Warrior Bride!"

2008-11-02T12:41:00.001+08:00

hi hi

incase i scared u with what i sms u ... this is what the Lord has been telling me which i submit to u for prayer and working out by faith n His grace!

1) second time round is always redemption

when God created the universe, He told adam n eve to be FRUITFUL N MULTIPLY ... along the way, eve and her offspring sinned and so God eventually had to wipe out the world through a 40 day rain ... scary thing is that prior to this, mankind had never even saw rain before ... so its something completely new new new! dare we believe that God is still in the business of doing something new ...

when noah finally got out of the boat, the Lord gave him the same command - be FRUITFUL N MULTIPLY! same thing but in a completely new place and environment

2) mind turmoil in the ark

i wondered few days ago what noah's mind must be struggling with (something i am now struggling with ...) when i get out of this ark, will i see dead bodies floating ... will i see any survivors ... where will i end up and what will the earth now look like ... i think these are the questions that u and i now have in our heads ... do we dare to let go of the past and LET GOD DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO ... yet, after noah got out of the boat, it was something totally NEW!!!!! lonely but new ... but i guess the one hundred odd days in the boat could have helped him gel with his family and animals so perhaps this is why it had to take so long for the water to dry up ... who really knows except, i think, if i were him, some of the questions while building the ark wld be - shoots, is this really the God i thought i knew ... will He do it to me next time i misbehave ... and i dont quite like this restoration ...i guess the Lord knows so the Lord told gave him the rainbow in the cloud incidentially that's my name ... to assure him that He is a God of redemption and not a destroyer ... i think He wanted noah n gang to see Him afresh ...He wanted them to see Him as who He really is - a God that restores; a God of love

3) flesh vs the spirit

have we become so pathetic that now we follow our flesh (ishmael) and now no longer trust the Spirit ... someone told me lately - let go and give up completely ... i fear so much cos i think if i let go completely, then i will lose my idols ... the very thing i hold onto with all my life ... yet, as i reflect, isnt this what is controlling my life .... isnt this what is causing me to stumble and fall ... isnt this what people are using against me ... i pray that the Lord will let me have it after i get my breakthrough but ... i think i am so weird cos when i get my breakthrough, why would i want these things that cause me to fall all the time ... surely God has something bigger and better for me ... its called HIMSELF ;) it's called HIS LOVE ... but i am so afraid cos i have now come to worship the flesh rather than the Lord God Almighty! the second time round is abt redemption and returning to our first love ... how ... Janet B, a prophetess told me - simply pick up yr mat and walk ... be wholehearted ... i guess something without faith, its impossible ... so i think with whatever mustard seed faith we have, we just bash our way through ... its so small but its all we have and that's enough!

4) recovery vs returning

no recovery is truly possible cos its leaning on our securities except a returning to our first love where we let go of all control and ways of men but to jump into the arms of love ... do we dare ... i dont know ... i am so afraid that the Lord will give me something i dont like ... of course God knows what's best for me - but because my concept of God is that He wants things His way so dare i believe its truly the best for me ... maybe returning means learning again who this God we claim we love really is ... maybe its relearning that He is not as complicated as what people make Him out to be ... and maybe its knowing knowing knowing in our hearts that people may betray us but He never will so He is trustworthy ...

much love

God's got style!

2008-10-05T09:53:00.001+08:00

i've been telling the Lord that i want to go for a date with Him ... i started with a long date if possible, then slowly now its just a date la ... yesterday someone offered me a free stay at st regis hotel ... yup, the six star hotel ... i think its one or two nite free ... and yipee, i can have a whole room to myself with food all paid for!

surely the Lord is good and yup, when He gives, i think He gives only the best - grin!

"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything,

they just make the most of everything that comes along their way".

2008-09-28T22:39:00.001+08:00

i now serve a few different ministries in geylang ... and yes, i am not very comfortable with it but since its something that the Lord asked me to do, i just do it!

in the past i used to struggle with the Lord, a lot! yet now, it seems like it gets easier! in the past when i feel frustrated, i would whine and tell the Lord that i disapprove of His logic... yet now, it seems like i dont struggle so much and i am now even starting to enjoy my migrant or refugee status in geylang!

lately i had an awful encounter with one of the ministries and while complaining to the Lord and telling Him what i thought of the whole thing, His gentle reply through a song was - you complain, complain, complain but I still love you anyways! perhaps its His kindness, perhaps His sense of humour i dont know ... what i know is that this reply helped me see the funny side to things and to bring a breakthrough cos now that i am going through another struggle with a different ministry, i dont fuss anymore... infact, i am now laughing about it and i dont struggle as much... i just thicken my face and grin and tell myself that I SHIRLEY LEE HOON CHAI AM LOVE AND SO I WILL LOVE, SERVE AND HONOUR WHOEVER AND WHEREVER THE LORD SENDS ME ...

have i matured? i sure hope so ... yet truth be told, i think its not really maturity but simply the Lord weeding out the pride in me, slowly but surely ... i used to tell myself in my religious voice that blessed are the perseucted for theirs in the kingdom of heaven (hehe) but now, i humbly tell myself thank God for discipline cos its in these moments that my heart can get tenderised and the grace of God can be real ...

i guess geylang has taught me some very key lessons - its really not about what we can do - how silly too of us to think our righteous acts can bring us closer to God ... but its about christianity being real! i guess because my desire is that my obituary will say these words - SHIRLEY, A PERSON WHO LOVED JESUS PASSIONATELY AND AS A RESULT PEOPLE WITH COMPASSION, i shall endeavour to fight the good fight of love grrrrr and to really allow the good Lord to perfect love in me - killing all the fears i have and to allow love to reflect in me ... is it worth it? hmmmmm when the race is over, i think i will say yes ... so grace, grace and more grace ... grace to let go of pride, fears and my selfish rights and grace to allow Jesus to truly be the Lord of my life

my place of refuge was strangely at the streets!

2008-09-12T02:02:00.001+08:00

is there a shift taking place? we, the believers are trying to build a comfortable place for the people outside to come in ... strangely, today, i found my place of refuge at the back lane in geylang ...

i was getting really tired and frustrated cos i needed a place to space out but found none. i had texted some people to see if i could chill out at their office but since i didnt get a reply, i tried hanging out at some of the coffee shops but just couldnt find solace anywhere ... not sure why but then i decided maybe i should go to the back lanes to see the girls (perhaps to while my two hours away) and strange as it sounds, it was there that i suddenly left that i could let my hair down and just be myself. yes, i went to grab a chair and sat down with the girls and perhaps cos of my body language, the girls just left me on my own too ... weird ... i sat for a while until the pimps came out and then i left!

strange as it may sound - i wonder if the Lord is doing something ... could it be that He is now integrating the two groups ... while i found a refuge place somewhere else later, i was amused that today, the place that i could really relax and be totally free was at the back lane in geylang ... huh

2008-08-28T03:13:00.001+08:00

this young doctor's sharing touched my heart when he said, pls remind me if i ever forget ...

i guess likewise, if i ever forget the promises God made to me, pls remind me.... if i ever forget the promises i made to Him, pls remind me. i always feel that to start is so easy. yet to finish it well, boy that takes guts, endurance and perseverance.

my ex boss, a non believer, told me just now - dont work too hard. from a workacholic, it sounded weird! yet because he repeated himself a few times and after the x number of times i teared, i knew the Lord must be saying something.... i guess for me, its come to a place where its easier to busy myself doing stuff for the Lord ... i am good at it so its fun and it makes me feel good :) are these brownie points ? i dont know except, one thing i know, the good is not always the best. so what's the best for me this season?

i wonder, o i wonder why its so hard to return to sitting at the feet of Jesus - could it be because i have lost His presence? i guess it all comes down to where my heart is. its where my thoughts and feelings all began. so if by chance the Lord lets you read this dead blog, pray for me. pray that the dead in me will be resurrected. pray that i will desire the better thing in life - to really go back to sitting at the feet of Jesus and to gaze at the beauty of who He truly is

Jesus Help!

The father is going to dish out his inheritance soon!

2008-07-14T10:18:00.001+08:00

few days ago, i had a dream - i dreamt that my friend's mother called cos my friend left his house because of a fight he had with his mum. the fight was apparently cos his younger, irresponsible brother was always misbehaving and his mother had yet again embraced him and given him the better part of the pie! i tried calling my friend but his phone was engaged. i then called another fren and her phone was engaged too. i was feeling really scared and tried discussing it with somone else.

in the natural, my friend is a ministry leader and his family is really such that he is much more responsible than his earthly sibling.

in the Song of Songs, mothers usually represent the Church.

truth is, i will be moving back to my father's house by 22 july 08. the house is totally under my dad's name. in the natural too, yesterday i heard that singapore hop was doing an event called honouring the spiritual fathers and for some reason, i thot it was a diff event and so asked mano if i cld help out. of course she very galdly say yes! get it - i asked to return to help the event!

i am wondering if :

* there's going to be a shift in the spiritual realm where the prodigals are going to return plus there will be a big reunion in the body of Christ!

* there is going to be a promotion - ie present ministry heads will now become fathers in the faith. those who dont realise this will get offended cos they will wonder why the Lord's hightlighting the prodigals or younger kid when they've worked so hard. TRUTH IS THAT ITS PROMOTION TIME COS THEY ARE NOW SEEN AS FATHERS IN THE FAITH if they can catch it!

* the present younger ones will start becoming the ministry leaders

* the present spiritual fathers are going to dish out inheritance ... they will release, bless and encourage us to run the race ahead of them - ABRAHAM GOT THE VISION, ISSAC AGREED TO BE A SACRIFIC AND TO TRUST HIS DAD FOR THE RIGHT WOMAN WHILE JACCOB, DEAR JACCOB WRESTLED WITH GOD FOR THE LAND! not sure what the deal is but i know that we all need each other ... haha i always think i am an issac although i wrestle with God like jaccob ... whatever, Issac saw God as the God of Fear cos his dad dared to lay him at the altar! jaccob was just this brat who had the grace of God on His life COS HE DESIRED THE THINGS OF GOD

not sure if i am on target with the Lord ... but i guess whatever the seasons are, i really think soon there will be season change...

shirley

2008-07-13T03:36:00.001+08:00

i wonder if anyone still reads us that we are now seemingly dead! i wonder if all that we did and are doing will ever be recorded in the Book of Rememberance ... yes, i am emoting and pouting cos I cannot understand how a good God can allow such intense pain to be in people - I guess i did until i entered into the Santuary of the Lord and He showed me who He is ...

I finally am starting to understand psalm 73 where the psalmist vented until He entered into the House of the Lord and then He understood why it was ok to suffer for the Lord! Infact, its more than ok - its an honour to be in the low position of helplessness cos its here that the Lord embraces you tightly! Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life ... even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i will fear no evil cos His rod and staff they comfort me!

release me

2008-06-15T00:01:00.001+08:00

have you ever heard this song release me? if you not then this is truly the song for the season, until we have found the sun (Son)

yet when i hear this song, i think of the many times i hold others down cos of my small-mindedness... gosh, how myopia can cause one to see things from a wrong perspective and to force the other to do things our ways, causing grief more than help.

i guess this is why wisdom says love is when it falls on the ground and dies (that's what Jesus said before He went to the cross) it cannot bear fruit. yes, i believe this season for me is when everything i treasure must die so that i will be released to find the One i love. And in the process of having found Him, i will learn to release others to be the person they were meant to be

rick joyner in his book "The Final Quest" said that love is achieved only when we truly worship God... cos when we truly worship God, then all selfish ambitions die and we give rather than take!

i have always been called a faith baby - i desire that my name will be changed to become a person of love.

That the Lamb will get His reward through me!

A Business with a Difference - where people matter ... is this our lifestyle?

2008-06-04T20:53:00.001+08:00

Our trip in Japan has been interesting ... Interesting cos the Lord in His faithfulness brought likeminded yet grossly different people to gather together in beautiful Kitami... yet for me, its not the place per sae that I will treasure and remember but the people!

This trip has been eventful! I get to see the different types of people and their / our different love expressions ... I get to see the Lord's faithfulness in each and everyone of our lives be it for the Japs or the Singaporeans. Strangely, for the singaporeans, all of us seem to be walking through a similiar journey although all of us are reacting / expressing it differently. Yet two affirmations from Jesus through all our reactions / actions / expressions are :

- we dont need to be different or do more - Jesus loves us for who we are

- we may be dark, yet He finds us lovely!

I think this is the wonder of a company of weak believers coming together to spend time together cos in our weakness, we find strength and acceptance in each other ... its in coming toghether in our weakness that we truly learn how to appreciate each other ... so for now, there's many things i can write about the trip - yet the most important memories i want to carry with me is that the Lord brought a company of love sick believers who may have broken wings yet cos of His faithfulness, the Son of righteousness will bring healing in the land of the rising sun

God's got vintage wine prepared!

2008-05-14T09:15:00.001+08:00

Michael Tyrrell:

"God's Vineyard--God has 'Grape' expectations!"

God has "Grape Expectations" for the Body of Christ, and the squeeze is on! Being a Nazarite by birth, I must abstain from the fruit of the vine. However, after a recent trip, I have found a new appreciation for wine and its source...the grape. Each night of our trip, my wife and I had dinner with our friend Marti, who is an expert on fine wine. I quickly realized that winemaking is extremely complex. There are many important factors: the origin of the grape, the soil, the geography, pruning the vines, adequate sunlight, and just enough rainfall; then comes the harvest.

The grapes are picked when they are perfectly ripe and you would think they are ready for use, but no, they're ready for juice! That's right, they're crushed and the liquid is poured into bottles, corked and sealed. Then they are hidden in darkness, usually a wine cellar. Often this process takes years, and then when the wine has "come of age," it is ready for use. There are no shortcuts. To speed the process would create a bitter, inferior wine.

It seems the same process holds true in God's vineyard. Chances are you are experiencing one of the following conditions:

1. The pruning
2. The crushing
3. The splendid isolation (wine cellar)

Though all three are painful, the most difficult stage for me has been the splendid isolation. The reason it is so difficult is because we are created for community, as we see in Isaiah 65:8, "...when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and men say, 'Don't destroy it, there is yet some good in it...'" Notice the text says cluster, not cloister; we were created to stick together on the vine.

The Pruning

John 15:1-4 reads, "I am the true vine, and My Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me." If Jesus is the true vine and Father God, the gardener, it stands to reason that there is ample provision for a sweet harvest. Yet, whenever I see "true" it gives the indication that there must also be "false." Here's another clue: Jesus names His Father as the gardener of the true vine. His Father cuts off every branch in the true vine (Jesus) that is barren (or fruitless). However, every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes. Why? So that it will be even more fruitful. Wow, God's ways are not our ways. If we had a fruitful vine, we'd pick it clean. God prunes for twice the fruit! Doesn't that encourage you? This season has wreaked havoc in one's assessment of self. This is because we misinterpreted pruning as punishment. Nothing could be further from the truth. Just like "the son He loves, He scourges," if you're being purged you have been found fruitful. Listen to the words of one of my favorite poems:

Just as the grapevine must be pruned to give it deeper roots, At times, we must be pruned to help us grow and bear more fruit; And though sometimes it seems to us the pruning takes too long, We'll see God's wisdom as we grow more patient, wise and strong.

Now, before we move on, consider what a false vine could be and who its gardener is. The world's system could be a false vine. It sustains life and yields bitter, temporal fruit, and man is its gardener. Genesis 3:17b-19 says, "Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground...for dust you are and to dust you will return."

Praise God, we no longer live under this curse, or off of that vine. We are in Him, abiding (living) in the true vine.

The Crushing

So much for the pruning; let's examine the crushing. Isaiah 53:10-12 reads:

"Yet it was the Lord's will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer, and though the Lord makes His life a guilt offering, He will see His offspring and prolong His days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in His hand. After the suffering of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied; by His knowledge My righteous servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give Him a portion among the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He poured out His life unto death..."

Crushing always precedes pouring. Again, the key phrase is, "It was the Lord's will to crush Him." There is no shortcut in the process. If you are being crushed, you've already been pruned. On a positive note, that means you've been chosen, hand-picked by the Father, and you're halfway through the process. In Jesus' day, wine was also called, "the blood of the grape." Like the grape, we don't know what's inside of us until we're crushed. Will we be sweet or bitter? God doesn't care for sour grapes...read on.

Isaiah 5:1-4 says, "I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good (sweet) grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit (sour grapes). Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good (sweet) grapes, why did it yield only bad (sour ones)?"

Sometimes we become bitter (sour) towards the Lord because we are offended by Him. We thought we could become like Christ without suffering. We forgot about carrying our cross, dying daily or laying down our life. Some of us would be irreverent enough to serve wine in a box to a King, a cheap, inferior brand that takes on the characteristics of its container.

In Matthew 27:33-34 we read, "They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). There they offered Jesus wine (wine vinegar) to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it." Remember, Jesus was from Nazareth (He was a Nazarite), and He did not drink wine or vinegar; and gall was a powerful painkiller. He rejected them both, as a Nazarite and as a Savior. He would rather have gone thirsty than to have broken His vow in a moment of weakness. And He had to feel all of the pain of the Cross, so He rejected the gall.

If we allow ourselves to become bitter and reject suffering as part of our inheritance, we offer Jesus the same drink. Today, many have walked away from Him because they were offended. Dear ones, if you are being crushed, that means He plans on pouring you out, and He always saves His best wine for last.

On to hiddenness ...The Splendid Isolation: God's Wine Cellar

I Peter 3:4 reads, "But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price." Being hidden is lonely, humiliating, frightening and essential. Maybe it's the 7,000 that God told Elijah He had hidden in His hand, or Joseph who was hidden away in a prison dungeon. Or perhaps it's David, who went from a lonely, Judean hill with sheep as his only company, to hiding from a crazy king, and then living in a cave system called Adullam until he was ready to be king. Unfortunately, many people give up in this final phase of the process. Like with a good wine, this is the part of the process that produces character, seasoning and a wonderful bouquet (aroma). So allow yourself to be humbled in the sight of the Lord and He will exalt (lift) you. But remember...the opposite is also true.

Dear ones, a wine without character is worthless; always prize character above anointing alone. Stay hidden until He comes for you. He won't be a minute late. God is about to unearth His vintage, a "Romans 8" people, a remnant. He has "grape expectations" for us. He has indeed saved His best wine for last, so the world can say, "Taste and see that the Lord is good" (Psalm 34:8). The world is full of sour grapes; let's offer them a sweet alternative.

Scripture Meditation:
Isaiah 65:8; John 15:1-4; Genesis 3:17b-19; Isaiah 53:10-12; Isaiah 5:1-4; Matthew 27:33, 34; I Peter 3:4; Romans 8 (all)

Stay true to the Word of God

Be flexible to the moving of God's Spirit

Be tender hearted, compassionate and open

Spend time with Him while there is time!

2008-05-01T01:15:00.001+08:00

3 may 2006 was the first time, four brave women walked into Geylang Lor 19 to speak with some nite ladies ... er, after a lot of worship and struggle! we dragged our feet, all except mimi who performed like a rock star! she took over and led us! the three of us were awkard, apprehensive and afraid! haha - humility and obedience overtook us - maybe!

2 may 2008, su yin and jonathan will see one of their dreams come through! su yin waited 7 years to debute her songs while jon has been waiting for a pretty long time to organise this song writers' event. strangely, as God always does things, it's the same event, unplanned!

unless a grain of seed falls on the ground and dies, it cannot bear fruit. yet when it dies, it will see a huge harvest - could the death of aon birth a resurrection of dreams ...

i will enter my third year on may 3. surely the Lord's promises are yea and amen - He promised me that the first year, it would be digging foundations. the second year, we would live off the first year's work but the third year, i will see good and awesome fruits - the one thing i ask of the Lord, that i will seek, is to gaze at the beauty of God and to inquire in His temple so that when hard times come, i will stand secure!

people always think aon is strange or weird - almost like we spend too much time worshipping through the ministry of beholding Jesus through songs, intercession or reading the Word... my desire is that in the third year, the Lord Himself will defend me by transforming and encountering me as He did John the beloved so that wherever i go, people will say this girl, she reflects her beloved.... and this girl that is me, will always have nothing to boast of except the beauty of her King!

this song comes to my mind

i have sung of many songs

lesser words and lesser themes

help my heart to be renewed

with the beauty of the King

yes, the third year, this is still my prayer .. this was what the Lord promised me when He invited me to Geylang - that i will find His heart and will get to know Him very intimately. i believe its called a God encounter! for me, this will be the best form of evangelism or breakthrough cos it flows out of my very being. revival starts with me! the lifting of oppression, etc, i believe it all starts with me!

may this year be a breakthrough time for all of us labouring in Geylang!

btw, min got to do something couple of weeks ago that he too has been waiting for a long time ... so i guess next should be me right?!

"Die before you die, there will be no chance after" - C.S. Lewis

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persecution

2008-04-27T10:48:00.001+08:00

is it coming? is there going to be a tipping scale such that there will be a great divide amongst the churches and or nation ... for some reason, i feel that the Lord's going to do soemthing! and something GRAND AND FAST! i know that He is going to soon pour out the Holy Spirit again (the latter rain will be grander than the former rain) and that something is going to take place. many of us have been praying for this since 2003 / 4 and in the book of revelation, it says that the prayer of the saints will tip the bowl and the Lord will move!

i dont know what God's going to do but i look at the weekly newspaper reports, i see people gearing up to help the migrants in spore, i wonder if the Lord has heard the cry or the poor, oppressed, aliens, widows (and those in depression) and He is going to move ... He is going to set them / us free. He is going to kiss them with something only He can do ...

i am excited that the Lord's going to move again ... yet, i also sense that perhaps its not going to be as clean and smooth as we think it to be - all revolution is bloody ... i dont think it will be bloody in the natural realm but i do think that it will be bloody in the spiritual realm ... the church will now have to decide whether we are in or out! we will have to now decide if we want to make a contribution or a COMMITMENT! for those who want to make a contribution, i believe they will remain loveless and cold ... but those willing to make a commitment, the journey though tough will suddenly see a breakthrough in their spiritual walk and talk.

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2008-04-16T23:40:00.001+08:00

Last Monday 7 April 08, we were worshipping at Okios Fellowship (YWAM, Okios, AON) when Joyce of Okios asked me to pray with her for the people. That nite, the worship session was exceptionally annointed - I think the Lord must have been very pleased with the unity amongst the brethen!

I dont quite like praying for people cos I dont always have a word for everyone. So I sometimes feel unsure if the Word is from me or from the Holy Spirit!

Yet I know that the Lord's heart or strategy for this season(and maybe it has always been so) is SERVE HIS BRIDE so went along ... After a while, I got tired and went to hide in a corner when Joyce signaled me again to pray for Joshua.

I DID NOT TOUCH JOSHUA ... I just lifted my hand a little (the other hand was still in my pocket) and started praying isaiah 11 : 1- 2 over him ... Before I could even complete it, he suddenly fell under the power of God! The presence of God was strong and I just knew knew knew that the Lord was going to release to many of us the 7-fold Spirit! (The day before, someone in church prayed the same prayer over me)

Yet as I mull through the event, I felt the Holy Spirit say that the 7 fold Spirit comes when we, the Church of God starts washing the feet of the other. When we truly lay down our rights, ministry, ourselves and start loving the towel more than the robe! The Lord showed me that day that He is going to come and we will be one of those that will walk in His strong annointing - no longer will it be the few annointed men of God - BUT ITS GOING TO BE FOR ALL WHO DESIRE ... ALL WHO LOVE THE TOWEL MORE THAN THE ROBE ... ALL WHO DARE TO HIDE BEHIND THE CROSS SO THAT WHEN THE GLORY COMES, WE WILL NOT FIGHT WITH THE LORD HIMSELF FOR THE CREDIT!

Let's press in to ask the Father of Glory for a deeper revelation of Himself this season! Let's really walk in meekness cos that I feel is the key strategy I reckon - Truly, blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth!!!

Paul Keith Davis:

"The Bride's End-Time Harvest Anointing"

One of the great Old Testament prophecies regarding the promised Messiah is Isaiah 11:1-2. This passage prophetically foretells the anointing to be resident upon the Messiah, Who would usher in a new era in human history.

It declares:

"There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of His roots. The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. His delight is in the fear of the LORD, and He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears..." God's "Sevenfold Spirit" is a wonderful mystery to highlight the functioning of the Lord's Spirit in the earth. It is not in contradiction to the triune nature of God but a perfect and complete expression of His Spirit that demonstrates the fullness of His character and power. The Spirit of the Lord doesn't "have" wisdom and revelation, counsel and might, knowledge and reverential awe; He "IS" all of these.

The Book of Revelation uses the phrase "Seven Spirits of God" in four passages. It is taken from two Greek words:

Hepta= meaning seven or more appropriately sevenfold.
Pneumata= meaning a plural rendering of spirits, breath or wind that can also be used to describe a singular object or person.

The seven aspects of the Holy Spirit provide a more clear definition of His nature. The Spirit of the Lord is an expression of who He is while wisdom and revelation, counsel and might, and knowledge and the reverential fear of God are what He is.

The Jewish Bible records Revelation 4:5 as follows:

"From the throne came forth lightnings, voices and thunderings; and before the throne were seven flaming torches, which are the sevenfold Spirit of God."

The Lord's Ministry

A simple examination of the four Gospels clearly illustrates the functioning of this manifestation of God's Spirit through the One who is our perfect example. However, it does not end there! Astonishingly, the Lord Jesus prophesied that as He was sent by the Father so also are we to be sent by Him. He goes further emphasizing the works that He did we shall do also and even greater works shall we do because He has ascended to the Father. We simply cannot fulfill this responsibility with any anointing less than the full manifestation of the sevenfold Spirit of God. The Bride of Christ is to be "bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh." The body is to be an extension of the Head. We are called to carry on in these last days the fullness of the Lord's ministry to bring in the harvest of the ages through a many-membered body. The Lord is depicted as a lamb slain having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God. Revelation 5:6 declares:

"And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth." The sevenfold Spirit is a complete representation of His revelation (seven eyes) and power (seven horns) essential to accomplish His plan in the earth. In order for the Church to do the works that He did, fulfilling John 14:12, this same manifestation of the Spirit must also rest upon her! The Lord promised to baptize us in the Holy Spirit and fire; the Seven Spirits of God are manifested in fire.

Consecration and Preparation

It is no small responsibility for someone to be anointed in fullness with the sevenfold Spirit of God. Much prayer and preparatory refining must usher in the release of this powerful spiritual reality. Careful adherence to the leading of the Spirit must also follow in the administration of these mantles of the Spirit's attributes. It will be the responsibility of God's fivefold ministry gifts to prepare the Bride for her end-time anointing. The apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers are given for:

"...the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ." Ephesians 4:12-14

There are numerous forerunners that have gone before us as spiritual prototypes to demonstrate a mature life in God and the fullness of His anointing. John G. Lake was described as a 20th century apostle of faith. Even after experiencing great success in evangelism and miraculous healings and deliverances, he describes being propelled into a deeper place in God following a nine-month season of prayer and fasting. It was there that he discovered the fullness of Christ that catapulted him into a much higher plain of revelation and power clearly demonstrated in the last decades of his life. His messages vividly outline the progressions in his life that brought him to the place of total surrender to become a "Christ-man," as he put it. For those who have been so prepared, the Seven Spirits of God will become a reality in this present age. The Church has seen only an isolated few willing to pay the price and endure the persecution to become a mature man and the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. Even so, this generation will produce a company of "dread champions" anointed in this way; an invitation is being extended to whosoever will.

Divine Pairs

The Seven Spirits of God work together in pairs. The spirit of wisdom and the spirit of understanding work in harmony with one another. The spirits of counsel and might work in unison as do the spirits of knowledge and reverential fear of God, all flowing from the manifestation of the Spirit of the Lord. The gifts of the Spirit are appropriations of the Spirit operated by His will when the need arises. We do not possess the gifts; rather the gifts are manifested according to need. All nine gifts of the Spirit can operate within a believer filled with the Holy Spirit. However, the Seven Spirits of God are measurably greater demonstrations of the Spirit taking the mature and purified believer deep into God's mysteries and power. The Seven Spirits of God are "mantles" placed upon the believer to operate in full measure. It is a wonderful thing to receive a word of wisdom; but it is altogether greater to walk in the spirit of wisdom. The "mantle" that rested upon Elijah and Elisha was an Old Testament representation of this reality. An examination of the messages and miracles demonstrated in these ministries reveals the functioning of God's sevenfold Spirit. The distinction is that the Spirit descended upon these prophets as the need arose while we are promised an abiding presence that is perpetual.

The Spirit's anointing that came upon these Old Testament prophets rested for a season until God's mandate was complete and then it lifted; in the ministry of the Lord Jesus the Spirit remained, tabernacled in the Son of God. The Bible declares that the Heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended as the appearance of a dove and remained. This is our promise as well!

Wisdom and Revelation

For the purposes of this month's study we will emphasize understanding of wisdom & revelation. We will address in next month's newsletter counsel & might and knowledge & reverential awe. For the release of the mantle of wisdom and understanding we must pray and ask for it and the integrity to steward it well. The apostle Paul taught us that in Ephesians 1:17-19. Equipping and instruction will result, helping us to appropriately understand the Biblical offices and administration. We must earnestly desire these mantles and pray for the maturity, character, and grace to be endowed with them. Their benefits are enormous:

1. The eyes of our hearts are enlightened.
2. Insight to know what is the hope of His calling.
3. What are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.
4. What is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.

The spirit of wisdom is the supernatural ability of God that comes upon our spirits to see Jesus as He is and receive a spiritual understanding and knowledge of God's word that enables us to know what to do, when to do it and how to do it in every situation. It also reveals God's manifold and unsearchable wisdom and secrets affecting His plans and purposes. It means a deeper intimacy into the things of God. The Lord Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father and the Bride is to be seated with Him in Heavenly places. Therefore, this places the Bride at the right hand of the Father with Him. In this place, the Lord can communicate in a moment of time--insight that would take many hours and even months to unfold otherwise. If we will learn the art of waiting on God, we will discover the mysteries of the Kingdom through these mantles.

Spirit of Understanding

The spirit of revelation/understanding is a comprehension of the things of God providing understanding with the mind giving insight with perception. Wisdom and understanding means the insight into the true nature of things with the ability to discern mode of action with a view to their results. It is the ability to not only know the things of God but also the application of them practically. Revelation is the comprehension imparted into our spirits from the Holy Spirit and transmitted into our minds. It is the voice of God speaking to our spirits and informing our minds of that which God is going to do; the unfolding of hidden secrets to us by the Holy Spirit; and the revealing of mysteries and insight into the future.

Daniel 1:17 and 5:11-12 conveys that Daniel was anointed with this same spirit and how it functioned in his life. As with Daniel, it will enable us to understand God's plans and purposes in the unveiling of Himself. Gabriel came to Daniel saying, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding" (Daniel 9:22). Following that commissioning, Gabriel unveiled tremendous visions with far-reaching implications and then explains their meaning. As demonstrated by this great prophet, humility and an excellent spirit are vital attributes in the operation of the spirits of wisdom and revelation.

Our Mandate

The spirits of wisdom and revelation will enable us to understand the deep mysteries and purposes of God that are kept hidden. The apostle Paul stated in Romans 16:25:

"Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my Gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past..." Paul's ministry clearly revealed mysteries of the Kingdom with this anointing and mantle of the Holy Spirit. When the spirit of wisdom is resting upon you, even while meditating upon the Scriptures, suddenly deep truths are instantaneously imparted. The spirit of revelation is then present to give understanding of Truth and its relevant application.

Wisdom & understanding provides knowledge of the Godhead and allows us to know God more affectionately, leading to intimate appreciation of God Himself; the inner beauty of the Lord is His grace and Glory. Likewise, we must adorn the inner man with meekness and humility. The inner beauty of God is His grace; the beauty of holiness. The spirit of wisdom and revelation will give us the comprehension of these aspects of God. As 2 Corinthians 3:17 declares:

"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."

Paul Keith and Wanda Davis
WhiteDove Ministries
Email: inquiries@whitedoveministries.org

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From Ellen

2008-04-14T23:58:00.001+08:00

A Loving God desires to be with His People

,,,walking in the cool of the garden... Genesis 3:8

...and Enoch walked with God...Genesis 5:24

...I will establish my covenant with me and you... Genesis 17:7

...surely the Lord is here... Genesis 28:16

...an entire nation heard the voice of God speaking to them Ex 6:7

...My home has been a tent since I brought Israel out of Egypt 1Sam7:6

...I have chosen Jerusalem as my permanent home... Psalm 132:13,14

...Fear not for I am with you... Isaiah 41:10

...she shall call his name Immanuel "God is with us"... Isaiah 7:14

...I will never leave you nor forsake you...Hebrew 13:5

...I will come and get you...you can always be with me...John 14:4

...when the Lord builds up Zion he will appear in his glory...Ps 102:16

"He who has said all these things declares yes I am coming soon

Amen! Come Lord Jesus! " Revelation 22:20

a very urgent call!

2008-04-14T22:09:00.001+08:00

the Lord told me in 2004 to look out for the rise in oil and gold prices, the fall of the US dollars cos there will be a worldwide famine which will see the biggest harvest in our generation! that we (aon i thot) must prepare ourselves to be the city of refuge for the people!

the below is the FIFTH time i am hearing / reading that there's a shift in the spiritual realm within three days! yes, su yin, same message somewhat again!

i know its going to be the best of time for those who have persued intimacy with Him but the worst of times for those who dont know Him intimately cos their hearts will be offended. MY HUMBLE TAKE IS PLEASE PLEASE SPEND TIME WITH THE LROD ... GET TO KNOW HIM INTIMATELY COS HE IS REVEALING HIMSELF IN A NEW WAY TO US THIS SEASON ... dont be like the pagans or the pharasees who couldnt tell the times and the seasons ... who got offended when Jesus wanted to reveal Himself to them ... FOCUS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THIS SEASON - GETTING TO KNOW THE LOVER OF OUR SOUL! i tell you, the Lord's pouring out grace for us to really get to know Him - FAST, PRAY whatever it takes, get to know Jesus and meditate on the Word of God ... i cant say it more urgently but i tell you this season it is!! get to know Him too by serving the body of Christ - really serving by kneeling down with the towel!! get off our high horses or the Lord will topple us off! make time for the God of all gods.

AON / God's Wanted People- pls get serious with the 8 day prayer ok ... i really desire that all of us become closer to the Lord this season. I THANK GOD HE CLOSED AON DOWN SO THAT WE CAN FIND TIME TO TRULY SEEK HIM... lets be found finding Jesus and serving others ... yes, we will serve all the other ministries but we MUST BE FOUND FIRST IN OUR CLOSET with God - do whatever it takes ok ... i tell you, the season we have all been waiting for is coming ... i can feel it like a horse can feel rain! i have never felt it as much as now!!

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We Have Entered the Month of Nisan

These are intense but glorious times throughout the world. The Church is arising from nation to nation. I am seeing a hunger for prophetic revelation. This will give us vision of what God is doing this hour (Proverbs 29:18). Without prophetic revelation, we lose our way. Thank you for believing in me to be an ambassador of God's prophetic voice. We must be willing to tear down the religious structures that keep the wineskin for this age from coming forth with power. In this season, a major shift is coming in the way we worship and acknowledge God corporately. This past weekend I was amazed at the different expressions of worship and sound being released at our Firstfruits Gathering. Not only was the worship prophetic, but it was generational.

We have now entered the month of Nisan, the "first of months." The tribe that the Lord chose to be "first" was Judah. Judah means praise. The word "praise" originates from "value" and "price." So in this month, praise should be preeminent. The Hebraic calendar has certain times when certain blessings can be spoken into the earth.

Each month is designed by the Lord to release a blessing into our lives. His desire is for us to move from blessing to blessing all year. In this "first of months" there are certain things which must be done "first." The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and said, "This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you" (Exodus 12:2). This month marks the beginning of the Hebrews' movement out of Egypt and into His covenant. Even as the Church became secularized and moved in the Babylonian concept of Easter, we still operate in the observance of deliverance by the Blood--by recognizing the Resurrection.

This is Not a Season for the Body of Christ to be Passive

There are many wonderful examples where the Israelites expressed violent praise. Moses and Miriam both sang and danced when they passed out of Egypt. Miriam was actually 90 years old when she led the congregation in dancing. The Israelites also expressed violent praise at Jericho. Gideon expressed violent praise over the Midianites. Paul and Silas expressed violent praise that shook them out of prison. Don't worry about what to say to praise violently--just let your heart respond to God for He IS worthy! Psalm 81:10 says, "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it."The restoration of David's Tabernacle is advancing in the earth realm in this generation. You should read Amos 9 as well as Acts 15, and then the Book of Revelation. One expresses prophetically, another expresses historically, and the latter reveals the present expression of the war in the Heavens. When you read more closely, you can see how we, as God's army in the earth, will co-labor with the Host of Heaven to express a Holy God's overcoming power throughout the nations of the earth. This will unlock a global harvest. Your violent praise is preparing a storehouse for Kingdom harvest.

As you praise "violently" you are also releasing the "Roar of the Lord" that has been held captive in God's people. Let me explain the "Roar of the Lord." God's sound permeates from Heaven and orders much of what goes on in the earthly realm. When He is ready to bring restoration to earth, He releases His sound. Judah goes first! Judah roars! The roar of God is within us. Judah means "Praise Yahweh." Do not resist the major shift that is recreating the way we worship and our corporate acknowledgment of God. Yahweh signifies the God of covenant.

This is a month when our praise and worship is important to the LORD. This is also a time when we begin to value the covenant that He has allowed us to enter into with Him. What a price He paid to give us access to the Throne Room. Our worship will take on great covenant significance at this time, and release great blessings into the earthly realm.

Violence means "vehement, forcible, or destructive action, often involving infringement, outrage, or assault." Matthew 11:12 says, "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." In the phrase, "the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence," a share in the Heavenly Kingdom is sought for with the most ardent zeal and the most intense exertion. The NIV reads, "The Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it." To give praise to God is to proclaim His merit or worth in every situation that we find ourselves encountering. You can shout "Glory!" You can release blessing! Your heart can express thanksgiving.

Praise includes offering of sacrifices (Leviticus 7:13), physical movement (2 Samuel 6:14), silence and meditation (Psalm 77:11-12), testimony (Psalm 66:16), prayer (Philippians 4:6), and a holy life (1 Peter 1:3-9). Praise is linked to music, both instrumental (Psalm 150:3-5) and vocal. Praise includes spontaneous outbursts of thanksgiving for some redemptive act of God (Exodus 15; Judges 5; 1 Samuel 2; Luke 1:46-55, 67-79). Praise also includes formal psalms and hymns adapted for corporate worship (2 Chronicles 29:30) and Church (Colossians 3:16). Praise should be a heart expression and not an outward show (Matthew 15:8).

The Sound of the Throne Room

God is pursuing His people. The Spirit of the Lord is calling us to worship. God is releasing a sound from Heaven that is being embraced by people all over the world. The call causes us to draw near to Him and to each other. The sound causes us to go to war. We must manifest on earth what God says in Heaven. God's sound permeates from Heaven and orders much of what goes on in the earthly realm. When He is ready to bring restoration to earth, He releases His sound. A physical sound has always led the armies of God forth. I always visualize it this way: God is on His Throne, and Jesus is seated next to Him. Jesus is the door that we have into the Father's Throne. The Word of God tells us in James 4 to submit ourselves to God, draw near to Him and then resist the devil. I believe that as we worship and submit ourselves to a holy God, we can come into intimate contact with Him. Even though we walk here on the earth in our worshipful submission, we ascend into Heaven. As we individually seek God and ascend into the Throne Room, we can hear the sound in Heaven in our spirit man on earth. We also find this all the way through the Book of Revelation.

The Book of Revelation is just an incredible, elaborate pageant that is interpreted to us by heavenly, celestial singers along with creatures and elders. John saw a door standing open in Heaven, and the voice he heard was like a trumpet speaking and saying, "Come up here and I will show you things that must take place after this" (see Revelation 4:1). The Lord's voice, many times, sounds like a trumpet calling us forth. The trumpet, or shofar, in the Word of God had a distinct sound to assemble and call God's people to war.

Nisan is the Passover month.

This is a time to CROSS OVER into the inheritance that has been promised you. Joshua 3:15-17 says, "And those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks during the time of harvest)...and the people crossed over completely to the other side of the Jordan." I believe we are moving in God's perfect time. Timing is so important. "In Him, we move and have our being" (Acts 17:24-26, Colossians 1:19, 2:9). I am praying for you to be in God's perfect timing.

In this month of Nisan, here are key areas that you can use for an 8-Day Prayer Focus:

Day 1: Read Genesis 29:35, 49:8-12, Deuteronomy 33:7, Judges 1, Judges 20, 1 Samuel 16, and Psalm 89. Judah goes first. Since this is the beginning of months, this month represents the Tribe of Judah. Let praise arise in your heart. If you will begin to praise now, then He will enthrone Himself in the midst of your life and situations. Begin this month praising and let praise be the pattern for you all year long.

Day 2: Catch a "New Wind" of His Spirit. Read 2 Samuel 5, 1 Corinthians 13, and John 3. This month represents the annual renewal of God's HEI plan. Remember the Hebrew letter HEI. This is the month linked with the window of Heaven and the sound of Heaven invading your life in the earth realm. Another sound we find before God led His troops forward was "the wind in the mulberry trees."

In 2 Samuel 5, David had experienced a major breakthrough in his own life. What had been prophesied over him 29 years prior had actually come into fulfillment. He then had to lead the armies forth into battle. David had one driving purpose: to get the Ark of the Covenant of God back into its rightful position in the midst of God's covenant people. When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed as king, they rose up against him. David defeated the Philistines and drove them out of his jurisdictional authority. However, they regrouped and came back at him again. He asked the Lord if he was to pursue them.

In 2 Samuel 5:24 the Lord answers, "And...when you hear the sound of the marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly." The sound of marching was not just the wind blowing the tops of the trees, but the hosts of Heaven and the armies of God rustling the leaves and signifying they were present to help David in victory. This is a month to recognize the angels among us! If we will keep our spirits active and in communion with Holy Spirit, we will begin to see the Presence of God and His Hosts of Heaven that are contending on our behalf.

In the Book of Revelation, we find the real issue is the relationship between the sounds of Heaven and the demonstration of God on earth. Sound leads us forth. Be willing to allow the sounds of Heaven to order your actions today.

Day 3: Read 2 Samuel 11:1 and Daniel 1-4. Months in the Hebraic calendar overlap with months in the Roman calendar. This is the season of spring, and the beginning of the months of direct light. Ask for the spout of revelation to rest on you for the next six months.

Day 4: Read Psalm 107, Exodus 10-12, and Hebrews 9. This is the month of redemption. He paid for you by His BLOOD so you could be released from any prison that is holding you. Therefore, spend this month thanking God for your deliverance and He, as your Deliverer, will position Himself on your path for the year ahead.

Day 5: Read Psalm 90-92, Acts 5, and 19. This is the month of the beginning of miracles--BELIEVE for the impossible!

Day 6: Read Haggai 1-2, and Zechariah 4. This is the month that sets the course for your future. This is the month to decree (by speech) your future. SPEAK FORTH your expected end and declare it will be greater than your beginning.

Day 7: Read Genesis 22. This is the month of the RAM or (lamb). Look for your RAM in the bush. God will begin to reveal Himself as Jireh to you.

Day 8: Read Psalm 26, and Luke 10. This is the month to put your best foot forward--the "right foot" month. Choose to give the Lord your best.

When you are in God's time, you can reconcile His redemptive plan for your life and walk under the spout of His blessings. In God's timing, His secrets and "pregnancy" plan are revealed. In God's timing, your mind is impregnated with His thoughts. When you reconcile your walk with God's timing, what is seeded in your thought processes develops into a full fledged mental expression.

By understanding God's timetable and His ordered monthly plan, you can schedule your affairs and align your earthly appointment book with Heaven. This will cause you to succeed in bringing forth the FULLNESS of God's portion and ultimately fulfilling His plan for you in the earth. This is called experiencing His FULLNESS!

Fullness means the LORD will fill you until you run over; He will fill you until His plan is fulfilled! (John 1:16). The concept of fullness means that there is a place of abundance for you to experience (John 10:10). Fullness occurs when something fills up or comes to completion (Matthew 9:16, Mark 2:21, 6:43, 8:20). Think of the fragments of the fish and loaves that filled the baskets. That is a good example of fullness. The Lord takes what you have, breaks it, blesses it, and then you have more than when you started.

Fullness is happening in your life when the measure of Christ's blessing is overflowing (Romans 15:29). Harvest is linked with fullness. When the salvation of the Gentiles has come into a number that satisfies God's requirement for completeness (Romans 11:25), we have entered into fullness and we will see the God's plan for fullness of the Jews manifested.

Nisan is also a month of redemption. May this be a time of visitation where the presence and power of God invades your space and orders your steps! The redeemed of the Lord will say "SO." This is a time when the burning bush, "I AM," type of worship is coming into the midst of God's people. This is going to release a deliverance call across the earth. When the ROAR of the Lord goes forth, a prophetic mantle falls (Amos 3). Let loose the Roar of the Lord that is deep within you. This will enable you to hear clearly for your future. There will be an anointing to open your "ears." You will sense the Lord break hidden grief that has kept your joy capped.

Shout "Glory!" Release blessings! Express thanksgiving! What you want to do is say, "God, I want to be blessed with the fullness of Your redemptive plan for my life!" What does redemption mean? A price has been paid for you to be unlocked out of every one of your prisons. Make a list of your prisons and then start shouting, "I am coming out!"

Everyone can embrace this call to ascend and become a worship warrior. If we believe in Jesus, we are automatically enlisted in His army. Worship warriors arise! Worship Warriors of every generation, young and old, connect and stand. This is the time to worship, enter boldly into the Throne Room, be clothed with favor, and go to war. The sound is being released. Listen to it, enter the battle and release the Harvest! This is a great time to praise!

Feel His Presence overwhelm you!

Blessings,

Chuck D. Pierce
Glory of Zion Ministries

The Judge is Coming, Bow Low!

2008-04-13T02:04:00.001+08:00

(Paraphase)

Napolean conquered the world through force and managed to win many nations. Jesus won the world through love and humility and millions of years later, He is still winning nations and people!

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth!

The Judge is coming, bow low. For the meek and weak, perhaps its promotion time. For the proud and aloof, perhaps its a season of repenting. Judgement is always to turn our hearts back to the Father. For those humble and wise enough to return to His love, we will see Him as a merciful God. For those of us stubborn in our ways, perhaps we will miss the most important thing - The grace and mercy of God the Father Himself!

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Awesome God

2008-04-09T23:39:00.001+08:00

I thank God for Noi ...

I was beginning to feel jaded and very frustrated with walking the streets ... almost like starting to resent it cos frankly I get fed up with smiling and not being able to really strike a real conversation. I almost feel like a barbie doll there! just beautiful on the outside, yet so shallow in the inside!

Anyhow, I am so glad Noi is here. Noi is a young doctor from Laos whom I met at a party. Meeting her itself was divine cos I happen to walk past the table she was seated in and the host's mother told me in a factor of fact manner to sit down to talk with her. I guess when the host request this, you have no choice but to agree :) Although the conversation that day didnt take off too much, I am glad we met cos i got a little more enthused with helping her.

Since God is a God that delights in answering our prayers, He used Noi to excite my heart yet again cos a few days ago, I just told the Lord that I want a real sheep. I want someone whom i can connect with, share the gospel with and disciple.

Today was simply awesome! I shared with her that after Michelle prayed (what i truly meant was after Michelle and I repented haha as initially we didn't really see her as a soul that the Lord wants to save) the Lord started moving. Yup, immediately after that, we had two people call to say that they will house Noi plus I met Joyce who said she could attend the TSEL English Course, which was starting next Thursday and Joyce herself will be teaching the course. Joyce is the Director of TSEL hence essentially Noi has the best teaching her!

I shared with her that i feel God's showing her favour and SHE AGREED. i thot she didnt understand so repeated myself and she replied by telling me how hard michelle worked (called many schools, surfed the net etc) but to no avail. Then WL texted her to call FL and M but nothing came out of it. She then continued to offer that the day after michelle said it was really hard to find an english course, she was pleasantly surprised to hear that she found one. I slipped in again that it's God's blessings and she said, YES I KNOW!

Noi also asked Min to download the bible into her handphone and even asked for an audio bible. She was also very agreeable to attend cell groups and even the baptism service this Friday!

I believe that Noi will get to know Jesus very soon. But more than this, I thank God for grace and for thrilling my heart yet again. i guess at the end of the day, God knows what it takes to trigger me to return to being excited for souls!

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do my parents really know me best?

2008-04-04T04:26:00.001+08:00

i am frustrated! i dont understand why everyone thinks my call is to reach out to the prostitutes... i know that i have been called to break oppression and this involves oppression from at levels! while the prostitute ministry is highlighted, i dont think i am limited to doing this ... actually, i think its so highlighted because very few dare to enter the darkness to find the treasures!

lately i have been wanting to revisit dreams to do a campaign to be a voice for the migrant workers and the other voiceless. of course there are a lot of objections from other groups ... is this an oppression or is it timing? even as i mull through what breaking of oppression really is, i say that oppression starts at my own backyard! oppression is when i cannot be myself and i have to do what someone else wants me to. i am not against serving the other person - infact, i feel this is aon's call ... ie to love, serve and to really be a servant leader. yet, oppression is when you feel capped. maybe this is the difference between the corporate world and the christian world. in the corporate world, i will push my way through. in the christian world, i understand that humility and hiddenness is critical so i must choose to bow low. i thank God for discipline and grace! i thank God He's doing a work in my life in the middle of the struggle!

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Why Lord

2008-04-04T00:59:00.001+08:00

You had to walk for miles in this terrible storm to get here. It's dangerous, you shouldn't have. She would have understood if you couldn't make it."

LD, the converted night lady cannot understand why you opened the door for her and then closed it so tight.

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identity or midlife crisis

2008-03-30T20:23:00.001+08:00

Nov last year someone told me that we needed to find our identity before we can work or partner each other. last week, something very small triggered a huge emotion in me. i think the Lord was showing me that He was shaking away all my securities and that unless my identity is in Jesus, i would be ridiculously weird. holding onto a $100 type party when i am called to organised $100,000 parties! not that the $100 type party is unimportant but i guess its just ridiculous that i would be hurt or sidelined that others took over.

i guess it all comes down to where our hearts and identities are. last friday we talked about this in our worship session - that aon needs to change our identity to become Geylang's Wanted Church/List/Treasure/ People. this simply means that if we can root and ground our identity in Jesus, then the ministry and the building becomes unnecessary! what is now necessary is that we are children of Abba Father, the bride to Jesus and the friend to the Holy Spirit. long short of it is that our identity is truly in God!

i guess when this happens, then it will become so easy for us to slip in and out of our comfort zone and just become whatever the other ministry requires of us to be. meaning that when i visit one thing ministry, i will do harp and bowl. when i visit healthserve, i will be their silent partner and friend. when i am in okios fellowship, i will pray for the revival and the prostitutes... and when i return to aon, i will be this weak child of the father who is always in trouble yet who knows that its ok cos Father God accepts and delights in me, even in my weakness!

i am glad the old season has ended. i am glad aon is now dying and will soon be dead yet, i believe the Lord's re-opening us with a new chapter where we will be so secured that we will know know know that we are part of God's wanted list! yes, we are the geylang wanted church / list / treasure / folks / people.

so for me, i guess the Lord is showing me that even in my darkness, yet He finds me lovely! (song of songs chapter 1)... so my prayer is that i / we may truly find our identity in Jesus. when that happens, i guess i / we will be truly happy.

my spiritual parents mothers are right ! all of them said the same thing (strangely even the same words) .... that this is the season for me to return to the father's house (haha in chinese whenever there's a huge fight or disappointment, the bride returns to the father's house for comfort) to let them pamper me and to heal my broken wings. so i guess this season for me its back to psalm 91 and perhaps also spending time in singapore house of prayer just ministering to God in the dark hours when the night seasons hit hardest!

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acclerated growth

2008-03-28T01:38:00.001+08:00

wow, my friend came back from nepal and he shared so many fantastic reports about what the Lord's doing there. funny, he told me to my face what i am doing is chicken feed as compared to the christians there. so why am i whining so much - maybe this is why everyone is telling me that the Lord's doing a accelarated work in my life.

people come, people go. seasons come, seasons go. i sure hope the new season will be one which will go deeper with the one we had in the old ... a deepening of friendships and a tightening of love. those that we must let go, we will. those that we must cling onto, we will. so help us Lord

When its too painful to cry

Think about the sacrifice He made for you and I

Though it lingers

Wait for it

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exile: a photoblog (part I)

2008-03-19T20:41:00.012+08:00

resident cuties

a break in the clouds

earthen vessel..
..on a sea of blood
ikea showroom

fallen flags

media mound

contraband cassettes

dark days

communion

The Promise

2008-03-16T00:56:00.002+08:00

The Lord promised that if we build Him a house of prayer in Geylang, He will come!

The Lord promised that if I broke my perfume jar on Him, He will defend me.

The Lord promised that if i dare take an inch, He will move a hundred yards.

The Promise -

Surely He will make it come to pass.

Though it lingers, it will come to pass!

Some kids watch television. Some play video games. Others curl up with a comic book or a novel. My children love nothing better than whiling away hours listening to stories about what it was like when I was a kid. They specifically enjoy hearing about my most vivid image of a late March Canadian blizzard, the night of my Bat Mitzva. Standing at the bottom of the porch steps, staring upwards, I watched in delight as endless soft, wet curtains of snowflakes floated downward. Dancing in circles, I tried to keep time with the wonder swirling around me as nature seemed to share in my contagious excitement. Wondering what it was about thick fresh snow that made the world suddenly quiet, I enjoyed the deep stillness and peace while anticipating my grandfather's arrival.

Suddenly the heavy storm door clanged open and my mother's voice broke through my reverie. "Batya, you're getting wet. You'll catch a cold. What are you doing out there in the dark? Come inside, your birthday dinner is almost ready." "I'm waiting for Saba(Grandfather)," I answered. "We can't start without him."

"Can't you see we're having a blizzard?" she asked. "The roads are treacherous, the busses have not been working for hours, even the phone lines are down. He's not going to be able to get here." "He's coming. He said he would be here to celebrate my Bat Mitzva with me and he will. We can't start without him," I insisted.

"Please Batya," my mother implored, "You're turning twelve, it's time to grow up. Be mature and understand that things happen and therefore it isn't always possible to keep even the most well intended promises." Turning away she re-entered the house.

Inhaling the crisp, clean scent of the air, I let the silence comfort me and the snowflakes hug me. Why did I have to grow up if that meant understanding that people can't keep their word? Was nothing sacred? In that case, I would rather remain a child. The snow crystals sparkling like a million scattered diamonds tempted me and unable to resist I lay down and formed snow angels in the freshly fallen snow. Giggling as a snowflake entered my nose, I sat up. Then suddenly there he was in the distance trudging through the heavy snowdrifts: Tall, so tall that nearly everyone had to look up to him, broad shoulders, solid as a rock. His glistening long black coat, felt hat and salt and pepper beard fit in perfectly with the black and white negative of the landscape. Stumbling, I struggled to make my way down the snow-covered driveway to greet him. He was not one for gratuitous smiles, therefore the smile he gave me when he caught sight of me warmed me up inside. Steadying me with his sturdy hands, he caught me before I slipped and fell. Hugging him, breathing in the smell of his wet wool clothing, I felt safe.

"You're here, I knew you would come," I cried, tears of joy coursing down my cheeks.

"Of course," he responded in his quietly resonant voice. "I said I would. Now let's celebrate your birthday milestone." Peering at his face I saw the wry humor and twinkle in his deep blue eyes behind the poker-face solemnity of his expression.

The door burst open to the surprised shouts of my siblings calling, "Saba's here!" and the mouth-watering smells of my mother's gourmet dinner emanating from the kitchen.

As my father helped my grandfather shed his soaked clothing and boots, my mother turned to my grandfather and said, "You had to walk for miles in this terrible storm to get here. It's dangerous, you shouldn't have. She would have understood if you couldn't make it."

My grandfather looked at her and stated simply, "When you tell a child you're going to do something, you do it. No ifs, ands, maybes or buts."

Lord, I am your child! No ifs, ands, maybes or buts ok!

If you hang around the Dream King,
You will get into His dream stream,
If you join His dream team,
You will do the Martin Luther King thing.

history repeats itself - maybe!

2008-03-15T22:18:00.002+08:00

two years ago hi pt had a split and the which team left with Don were
homeless for one nite - they spent the nite at east coast beach!

monday, aon's worship and walk the street team will be homeless! wala,
since God is all knowing, haha, we will spend it at east coast beach too, except this time with good food! surely God must have a sense of humour plus a heart that cares cos He knows that this is something that aon will probably apprciate greatly! i guess at a time like this, He is using a very dear friend to show us the kindness and servant heart that He knows will help to bring healing:) He is using this friend to show us the character of God.

my friend desires that he will Love God and Serve People ... surely through this act of love, he is already examplifying it. i reckon this is possible simply cos he dares and is willing to use the towel more than the robe!

last tues aon was in real pain! at a time when we most needed comfort, he dropped everything just to stand by us and to pray with us!

Desmond is from the Y Gen! i thank God that he will be the generation that will one day lead us onto newer heights and greater depths!

sl

Name Change - a community decision

2008-03-06T00:40:00.001+08:00

when a crisis hits you, you get to see who your real friends are. when a crisis comes, you get to see what's important to you. i am glad to say that for AON and myfoot, we truly desire that the name of Jesus be magnified and people matter!

i was very touched when i saw how my partners be it in AON or myfoot rallied around me and me for them now that the pressure is amounting.... i am very touch by how cornerstone is willing to put her name down to stand by me (whether or not they give the monies) in this crisis. i guess the Lord is truly bringing me healing and highlighting to me what really matters ... a company of generous believers that will lay down our lives and desires to serve the other's destiny!

anyhow, few mths ago min and i felt that aon needed to go for a namechange ... 1 march, vincent texted me at 3am telling me that aon needed a namechange! i was touched cos i know that for someone to get this from the Lord, he must have been praying for me :) actually, prior to this sms min had gotten a dream with the new name. yesterday li sha told me that she felt that aon needed a new name and the meaning of the new name and edward said the same thing just now ... i believe we will soon change our name and we will reveal it to you when the time is right ... funny cos this name is almost like a community's effort!

yes, with this name change, i know that my community will be built soon ... i used to think it was the place (land) ... i guess now i realised its not so much the land but simply the people. AON's business tagline is ALL OR NOTHING, A BUSINESS WITH A DIFFERENCE, WHERE PEOPLE MATTER! i guess my heart is now at peace. whether i stay or go, it doesnt matter ... cos the people that stood by me in this journey will always matter to me :) they will always be my community .. they will always be the ones that when the rubber hits the road, i hope i will stand by them like how they stood by me

shirley

In the face of a baby, is the God of a miracle,

In the face of a prostitute, is the heart of God.

When you offer a drink to the poor,

You offer Jesus a cup of cold water.

Those who have been forgiven much love much

I love simply cos He first loved me!

the waiting

2008-02-28T00:27:00.001+08:00

jia you, jia you, jia you, jia you...

not by might, not by power but by my spirit

2008-02-19T11:19:00.002+08:00

the Lord came through for m! perhaps not in the thunder that we all read about in the Old Testament and what we always talk about in order to term as a miracle ... yet He came in a very gentle kiss that is tenderising my heart!

it takes God to know me - He has style! He has wisdom ... He has this thing about Him that when He does something, it always brings me to the place called humility, in a good way.

only God knows my deepest desires ... so He kisses me in those places so that when the miracle takes place, albeit everyone elses reaction, i tremble with the thought that my God is so intimate ... and He loves me so dearly. Cos yet again, He has given me the desire of my heart!

Perhaps no one else appreciates the miracle - yet when it happened, my heart leapt for joy - cos suddenly, i am reminded that Jesus is still looking out for me - but more than looking out for me, He is reaching into my heart and filling those fears with faith.

truly not by might nor power but by the Holy Spirit - cos when that happens, the work becomes secondary ... we His people become the primiary focus

18 Feb - A DATE WORTH REMEMBERING...

2008-02-18T09:54:00.002+08:00

feb 18 two years ago, the lord spoke strongly to me ... on the very same thing Ellen wronte about. i journaled my desire that the Lord would do something like that for AON too!

we really need the lord to come through today ... perhaps sy, this is why there is a call for fasting not merely in AON but also amongst the young people (your age group) ...

i woke up with a dream this morning - that p yang didnt help us the way that i wanted him to ... i was very discouraged and disappointed and then the Lord said to me - shirley, not by might nor power but by my holy spirit!

can it be true that AON will be saved within a day ... can it be true that Geylang will be saved within a day ...

i fear being disappointed ... i fear that the Lord wont come through ... yet for today, i want to position my heart to believe that He will do a miracle ...

last nite, my partners from my foot asked me what sort of miracle i am looking for re myfoot ... i said i dont know cos a miracle is a miracle - how do u determind what a miracle is .... i guess a miracle is when the Lord comes with His grace and awesome mercy and we will all WILL STAND AMAZED and say, surely THIS MUST BE GOD! Lord, this is what i am waiting for ... this is what i need for me to continue the second lap!

sl
Ellen mccloskey <ellenrejoice@yahoo.com> wrote:

Several students at Duquesne University in Pittsburght, Pennsylvania...were sensing a spiritual void... and were seeking that fulfillment in their lives.

A counselor, Flo Dodge suggested they read the Acts of the Apostles. That alone was enough to excite them especially Acts 2:17   And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh...

Is this what these catholic students were longing for?

They began praying, then felt they were to go for a prayer weekend together to the Ark and the Dove retreat center.    Toward the end of their time, there was a water line break, and they thought that each should go off alone...to thank the Lord for their time there...and to pray about the water situation.

SUDDENLY....each one was overwhelmed by the PRESENCE of the Lord

some were even slain in the Spirit....each did not know of the others experience...and it took awhile for them to come together...but each one was Spiritually changed.

Of course, they also did not realize the impact of this weekend.   God truly honored their desire for more.....AND...the Holy Spirit was poured out on them but also on the Catholic Church.

That event is known as The Duquesne Weekend  February 18, 1967

The spiritual lives have also been changed of thousands around the world...

and they have a NEW hunger for the Word of God.

I have the privilege of knowing a few of those DU students.    But my blessing was to supply Bibles for these many Catholics in the Pittsburgh area. I could hardly keep up with the supply. I was with the American Bible Society for 28 years...and the need never diminished.

That was 41 years ago...but my prayer every year is that God is not a respector of persons....He will pour out His spirit on any who are seeking more of Him... also on denominations...and even on Islam.....

Yes Lord we thank You for who you are...and that You are faithful to Your Word...and the rest of the prophecy in Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of theLord shall be saved.

Hide Me Now, Under Your Wings!

2008-02-12T15:49:00.002+08:00

The Hidden Tax

The black horseman of the Book of Revelation speaks of a condition wherein a man's daily wages are so poor, he can barely support himself, much less his family. For the first time in the history of mankind we are seeing a condition which could fulfill that prophecy: global monetary inflation.

Inflation is essentially a massive, hidden tax imposed on citizens without their understanding or consent. Suppose you earn $10 for something you sold or a service you performed. You receive a $10 bill in exchange for your work. It represents the value of your hard work. It also means that at current market prices, your $10 will buy x amount of goods. Along comes government, which prints another $10 bill. It looks just like yours and spends just like yours. The only difference is that government did nothing to create its $10. Remember, you had to work for yours. At first, both $10 bills buy the same amount of goods. But after awhile, merchants notice there is more money "out there" and with it, more demand for their products. So they raise their prices. Suddenly, your $10 is worth $5 less than it was before. It is not the products and services which have become worth more; the currency is worth less than it was before.

Some economists say that inflation is a normal part of a healthy economy. This is false. It only exists when a monetary system has no sound base. We are also told that the boom and bust cycle is a normal part of all economic activity. It isn't. It's only part of an inflating money supply, and today that inflation is worldwide.

Economists say inflation between 3% and 5% is normal to moderate - a sign of a healthy, expanding economy. But let's assume 5% inflation over the lifetime of an individual. That 5% devaluation applies not only to the money earned this year, but to all money saved from previous years. At the end of year one, a dollar is worth 95 cents. At the end of year two, 95 cents is reduced again by 5%, being worth 90 cents and so on. By the time a person has worked 20 years, government will have confiscated by inflation 64% of every dollar the person saved over those years - not by taxes but by inflation. By the time the person has worked 45 years, the hidden tax will be 90%. The government will take virtually everything a person saves over their entire lifetime, not counting what they will pay in income taxes!

For more information on inflation, the history of our monetary system and financial institutions, and what the Bible has to say about it see our topical study Behold a Black Horse. Also be sure to check out Chuck's new briefing The Vortex Strategy, in which he discusses how we can prepare for times of economic uncertainty. (from 2 tim 2:2 ministry)

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LD starts work today! LD is All or Nothing's firstfruit ie she is our very first nite lady that we talked with in the restaurant! Today, 11 Feb 08, 8am, she starts work and she is very thrilled!

LD used to get a neat $10k for good months and $6k for bad months. She presently gets slightly below $1k and she has to fork out $185 for accomodation.

I must confess I have mixed feelings. On the one hand I am excited that she is embarking on a new journey with the Lord and by God's grace only, yet on the other hand, I am a little concern that she will return to her old lifestyle cos the monies seem so little ... I 'struggle' whenever she says she will come to AON to look for me (cos I am so afraid that the guys who used to pester her will find her) and I keep trying to comfort her by telling her that perhaps God will promote her and she will get a pay rise ...

LD on the otherhand is so excited and thrilled. She is excited cos the Lord is giving her a new start! She is excited cos she sees favour smiling at her ... She is excited cos she knows she is the Lord's favourite one and He is coming for her this season - so what's happening to me? Why am I so filled with fear ... Perhaps I dont trust God enough to know that He knows her better than I do... or perhaps I am looking at the circumstances to determind the grace and love of Jesus ... whatever it is, I know that AON's first fruit will be something that when ALL OF US ARE IN HEAVEN, we will all hear the Lord say "Thank You for helping LD find me, thank you for showing LD love. Thank you that cos of LD, many in Geylang now has hope!" (this is LD's desire that through her, many in Geylang will find Jesus!)

So to all of us in Geylang and perhaps not in Geylang but in some ways part of AON, a very big THANK YOU and yea, may today mark a breakthrough season for us!

2008-02-11T12:21:00.002+08:00

thunders, lightnings, flashing around

its in the throneroom where everything happens

the golden sceptor is raised

the trumpet has sounded

suddenly i see a glimpse of light

i see hope

i see my Saviour's face

2008-02-04T21:16:00.002+08:00

this song has been ringing in my mind, so i might as well blog it for the record

shalom shalom jerusalem

peace be with you

when messiah comes to take us home

may His praise be found in you

not sure why but i believe this is a critical season for Israel and perhaps the believers ... so Yeshua, pls take care of your beloved bride and pls show her that You the Prince of Peace loves her

will you come?

2008-02-04T21:03:00.002+08:00

they say i am a dreamer

blind and cannot see

that life consist of living

only to make money

well if that's what i am Lord

wont you care for me

i only want to be like

the man of galilee

everyone is watching

everyone is waiting

everyone thinks we are foolish

to live this life like this

i have decided that i have only one life to live

so i might as well live it to the fullest

that i might as well live it

as how the Lord would want me to

have i heard wrongly?

have i gone astray

even in my weakness

yet you find me lovely

even in my darkness,

yet i know i can still trust in you

so is the man of galilee a fool

well, he died for you and i

did this man make a mistake

he took this risk for you and me

i dont know what my outcome will be

but if i have to let it all go

i will still say that it was worth it

it was worth the pain and the joy

just to know this man they called a fool

so perhaps it takes a fool to dream

cos dreams are foolish and for the fools

so i say again

i only want to be like

the man of galilee - a fool that gave his life for you and me!

beyond the window, there is an open heaven,

when there is nothing left to do, just wait,

though it lingers, it will come to pass!

2008-02-04T13:48:00.002+08:00

A little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it was "too crowded." "I can't go to Sunday School," she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by.
Seeing her shabby, unkempt appearance, the pastor guessed the reason and, taking her by the hand, took her inside and found a place for her in the Sunday school class. The child was so happy that they found room for her, and she went to bed that night thinking of the children who have no place to worship Jesus.

Some two years later, this child lay dead in one of the poor tenement buildings. Her parents called for the kindhearted pastor who had befriended their daughter to handle the final arrangements. As her poor little body was being moved, a worn and crumpled red purse was found which seemed to have been rummaged from some trash dump. Inside was found 57 cents and a note, scribbled in childish handwriting, which read: "This is to help build the little church bigger so more children can go to Sunday School." For two years she had saved for this offering of ove. When the pastor tearfully read that note, he knew instantly what he would do. Carrying this note and the cracked, red pocketbook to the pulpit, he told the story of her unselfish love and devotion. He challenged his deacons to get busy and raise
enough money for the larger building.

But the story does not end there...

A newspaper learned of the story and published It. It was read by a wealthy realtor who offered them a parcel of land worth many thousands. When told that the church could not pay so much, he offered to sell it to the little church for 57cents. Church members made large donations. Checks came from far and wide. Within five years the little girl's gift had
increased to $250,000.00--a huge sum for that time (near the turn of the century). Her unselfish love had paid large dividends.

When you are in the city ofPhiladelphia , look up TempleBaptist Church , with a seating capacity of 3,300. And be sure to visit TempleUniversity, where thousands of students are educated. Have a look, too, at the GoodSamaritan Hospital and at a Sunday School building which houses hundreds of beautiful children, built so that no child in the area will ever need to be left outside during Sunday school time. In one of the rooms of this building may be seen the picture of the sweet face of the little girl whose 57 cents, so sacrificially saved, made such remarkable history. Alongside of it is a portrait of her kind pastor, Dr. Russell H. Conwell, author of the book, "Acres of Diamonds". This is a true story, which goes to show WHAT GOD CAN DO WITH 57 CENTS.

Jesus, if you can do it for them, surely you can do this for us!

more-proper haiku #3

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simple unfolding
of undeterred, unabashed
Work of His own dreams

haiku attempt #2

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"even the dogs eat
the crumbs at their masters' feet"
so how 'bout us Lord?

useless meaningless haiku

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banana pudding
pterodactyl ice kacang
coral reef sandwich

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beyond the window there, there is an open heaven!

That the Lamb will get His reward through me!

2008-01-16T13:45:00.001+08:00

PROMOTION IS COMING - BOW LOW

to many of you, i keep 'boasting' that finally i will be going to the throneroom to see the face of Jesus ... (since most of you know that i live for one thing which is to see the face of Jesus and to really know His heart ... meaning that I WANT TO GO TO THE THRONEROOM TO SEE JESUS FACE TO FACE LIKE JOHN THE BELOVED DID!)

yet just now Holy Spirit revealed something to me which i so dont like ... hmmm .... the first nite of the Heidi Baker conference, i was at the altar contending for a face to face encounter when suddenly i saw a vision of someone in a very glorious vision - haha this is not someone from aon so of course i got frustrated... infact this is someone i think would probably say whatever! when i tell him this vision haha ... so of course being me, under the annointing i pouted ... (sigh, i guess this is why its possible even in the millenium when satan is bound, people would still turn away from Jesus)

anyhow, i was mulling about what happened just now and sulking when it suddenly hit me that promotion is bowing low ... promotion is inviting the very people in the streets whom would spit at me to my house for dinner ... promotion is loving the homeless and the tenth time they come and give me their grand stories (and at the back of my mind i am still thinking - be quiet in jesus name hahaha or sorry jesus pls help me love cos i feel like smacking him) and you still feed him and repent until the Lord tenderises your heart and you are able to say with compassion bless you my brother ... promotion i guess is laying your life down for people, even your enemies ...yikes ... no wonder there is such a great divide between the greek and the hebrew mindset ... the greek is about building the tower of babel while the jewish mindset is to follow the shepherd who said - greater love has no man than this than a man laid his life down for his friend ...

no wonder i hate promotions ... no wonder the Lord sent aon here with no grand trumpets but just simple words to walk in the opposite spirit ...

so i say to You Jesus ... GRACE GRACE GRACE and change my heart!

sl

Re: Abba father is going to give instructions in this hour. Will we be open to hear?

2008-01-16T11:58:00.001+08:00

i concur with the email below cos the nite before, while i was at the altar contending for my breakthrough, i suddenly saw a similiar pic except it was a friend standing before a very glorious harvest ... the harvest was white for the reaping and the skies were glorious like from the throneroom ... it was a joyous time ... yet in my heart i was frustrated. i had thot that i felt frustrated cos i was contending for my breakthrough so fed up tht i didnt see myself in this pic but perhaps i was also frustrated and upset cos i dont seem to be the one leaning on Jesus and seeking His face ...

btw within two weeks i heard threee times through three diff people that 2008 and 2009 is going to be tough times ... but the church will prosper ... so perhaps its now time to really seek the face of Jesus ... something i am struggling so much cos i am so frustrated with roller coaster emotions .... i think these seasons are the worst - where u know the Lord's going to do something but the delay is killing ... so help me Jesus!

glenn chua wrote:

During the first service in cornerstone on 13/1/08, Sunday , there was a period of identificational repentence for the different nations. It was done by people of different nationaities. I had such an anguish and cried along with the prayers. Then i had a vision. By this time, i was really weeping quite alot, the more i saw, the more i wept. In the throne room, i saw the various nations coming before the Father before his throne. As they weep, Abba Father weeps together with them. Then i see his blood flowing out to the nations. This symbolizes his mercy and love. There is crying from the Father too because judgement is coming. Then Jesus comes forward and puts his hand on each and every nation. The time is coming and is already here where Jesus is calling out those who are his, those who will be his bride, pure and spotless and without blemish. And at the same time, i saw the Father giving out instructions on what must be done in this season and it is urgent! Hearing the instructions are vitally important!

Oh, who will be those who will be close enough to HIS heart to hear what HE has to say? Who will be those who will seek his face and ask what is he thinking and what is he feeling? The bridegroom wants to tell the bride many things, will the bride turn her face towards her beloved and give her husband her full attention for right now, the husband is giving the bride HIS FULL attention.

Matthew 9:37-38 The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Are there few missonaries, pastors? There are not. There are many. But from Heaven's view point, there are few whose hearts are totally loyal to him. 2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.

Jesus is calling out for those who will be his in this hour. Will we be those which heaven sees as loyal to him? The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Will we hear the instructions being given in this period of time? In these next 2 to 3 months, critical and vital information and instructions will be given. Will his bride have ears to hear in this season of open heavens? One makes hay when the sun shines and the time to seek his face is now.

I believe that singapore will be spared some of the judgements that will come. After all, there has been word that there will be prosperity and there will be revival. But we cannot ignore what will happen around singapore because many will be sent out directly to those nations which would be in peril.

Glenn

In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; and in all things, love

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The movement that became the Moravian Church was started by Jan Hus (English: John Hus) in the late fourteenth century. Hus objected to some of the practices of the Roman Catholic Church and wanted to return the church in Bohemia and Moravia to what he believed were the simpler practices of early Christianity: liturgy in the language of the people, having lay people receive communion in both kinds (bread and wine), and eliminating indulgences and the idea of purgatory.

The movement gained royal support and a certain independence for a while, but was eventually forced to be subject to the authority of Rome. Hus was tried and burned at the stake.

Within fifty years of Hus's martyrdom, a contingent of his followers had become independently organized as the 'Bohemian Brethren' or Unity of the Brethren, which was founded in Kunvald, Bohemia, in 1457. These were some of the earliest Protestants, rebelling against Rome more than a hundred years before Martin Luther. After 1620, due to the Counter Reformation and the Thirty-Years War (16181648), and after being abandoned and betrayed by the local nobility which had previously tolerated or supported them, the Brethren were forced to operate underground and eventually dispersed across Northern Europe and as far as the Low Countries, where bishop John Amos Comenius attempted to direct a resurgence. The largest remaining communities of the Brethren were located in Lissa in Poland, which had historically strong ties with the Czechs, and in small, isolated groups in Moravia.

The 18^th century renewal

Zinzendorf preaching to people from many nations

In 1722, a small group of Bohemian Brethren who had been living as an underground remnant in Moravia for nearly 100 years arrived at the Berthelsdorf estate of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, a nobleman who had been brought up in the traditions of Pietism. Out of a personal commitment to helping the poor and needy, he agreed to a request from their leader (Christian David, an itinerant carpenter) that they be allowed to settle on his lands in Oberlausitz in the east of modern-day Germany. The refugees established a new village called Herrnhut, about 2 miles (3 km) from Berthelsdorf. The town initially grew steadily, but major religious disagreements emerged and by 1727 the community was divided into warring factions. Then, on 13 August 1727 the community underwent a dramatic transformation when the inhabitants of Herrnhut "Learned to love one another," following an experience which they attributed to a visitation of the Holy Spirit, similar to that recorded in the Bible on the day of Pentecost. Herrnhut grew rapidly following this transforming revival and became the centre of a major movement for Christian renewal and mission during the 18th century. Moravian historians identify the main achievements of this period as:

Setting a up a watch of continuous prayer which ran uninterrupted, 24 hours a day, for 100 years.
The origination of the Daily Watchwords
The establishment of over 30 settlements globally on the Herrnhut model, which emphasised a lifestyle of prayer and worship and a form of communal living in which personal property was still held but simplicity of lifestyle and generosity with wealth were considered important spiritual attributes. As a result, divisions between social groups and extremes of wealth and poverty were largely eliminated.
The start of missionary work (see next section).
The formation of many hundreds of small renewal groups operating within the existing churches of Europe, known as "diaspora societies". These groups encouraged personal prayer and worship, bible study, confession of sins and mutual accountability.

Missions

The Moravian missionaries were the first large scale Protestant missionary movement. The church sent hundreds of Christian missionaries to many parts of the world including the Caribbean, North and South America, the Arctic, Africa, and the Far East. They were also the first to send unordained "lay" people (rather than trained professional clergymen), the first to go to slaves, and the first in many countries of the world.

The first Moravian missionaries were a potter named Leonard Dober and a carpenter named David Nitschmann, who went to the Caribbean island of St Thomas in 1732.

The start of far-flung missionary work necessitated the setting up of independently administered Provinces. So from c1750,^{[citation needed]} the history of the church becomes the history of its Provinces. Articles about some of these (and their history) are linked from Organisation below.

Moravian Church

The modern Unitas Fratrum or Moravian Church, with about 825,000 members worldwide, continues to draw on traditions established during the 18th century renewal. In many places it observes the convention of the lovefeast, originally started in 1727, and sometimes continues to use older and traditional music in worship. In addition, in some older congregations, Moravians are buried in a traditional God's Acre, a graveyard organized by gender, age, and marital status rather than family. The Moravians continue their long tradition of missionary work, for example in the Caribbean. This is reflected in their broad global distribution. The Moravians in Germany, whose central settlement remains at Herrnhut, are highly active in education and social work. The American Moravian Church sponsors Moravian College and Seminary. The largest concentration of Moravians today is in Tanzania.

The motto of the Moravian church is:

(Latin) In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas

(English) "In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; and in all things, love"

That the Lamb will get His reward through me!

Jesus Help

2008-01-10T14:31:00.001+08:00

It shall be as a sign upon your arm, and as tefillin between your eyes,
that with a strong hand G-d took us out of Egypt.

- Exodus 13:16

Break my heart for what breaks Yours;

Show me how to love like You have loved me!

The Bride Is the Beauty of Holiness

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The Bride is also an army. She is an awesome queen! She is glorious and beautiful, and growing in passion for her King. Even so, she will likewise be growing in a fierce irresistible devotion to truth, and the Biblical standards of morality and integrity. She will know how to keep her vessel with the honor and dignity that the true royalty in the earth have. She will walk in "the beauty of holiness" that is so compelling that the rest of mankind will begin to marvel at her, and be drawn to her and to her King. Let us resolve this year to honor God with our devotion for having received the gift of salvation, to be a part of His Bride, and to be alive in the greatest of all times to serve Him. He has saved His best wine for last. Those who have eyes to see and ears to hear will begin to stand out in radical contrast to those who do not. We must have the courage to be different, radically different, never compromising the sure Word of God and His ways. If we do not stand out, then we are not standing up for the truth. This year the great separation, the great distinction, will become increasingly clear.

Rick Joyner - 8 January 2008

Re: "SEEING the Unseen and HEARING the Unheard AND the LIGHT INVASION of 2008!" - a must read!

2008-01-05T13:09:00.001+08:00

yes, God will be using the masses!!! no empire building for yourself...

On Jan 4, 2008, at 10:10 AM, Shirley Lee wrote:

January 3, 2008, Ras and Bev Robinson and Patricia King:

"Be on the alert for My sudden visitation of revelation. My messengers have been sent out from Heaven with a message for you, a calling from deep unto deep. I will appear in unexpected ways. Be neither surprised nor alarmed. In this visitation, I will reveal that which you have not seen and will cause sounds you have not heard. Do not expect the grandiose. There shall be no empire building for yourself. All this is ultimately for My purposes. If you obey My voice and My word, My reward for your pinpoint obedience will be great. Seeing the Unseen and Hearing the Unheard."

Exodus 3:2, "Suddenly, the angel of the LORD appeared to him as a blazing fire in a bush. Moses was amazed because the bush was engulfed in flames, but it didn't burn up." 1 Corinthians 2:9-10, "That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, 'No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.' But we know these things because God has revealed them to us by His Spirit, and His Spirit searches out everything and shows us even God's deep secrets." We live in a three dimensional world that is measured by length, width and height. But there is a fourth dimension, a deeper dimension. Quantum Physics proves there is greater power at the deeper level (atomic) than a chemical level (dynamite).

"This year I want to meet with you at a deeper level--another dimension. My power is being released more widely across the earth because many are meeting me at this deeper level, where you learn more of My truth, ways and power. Dig deep into the Scriptures, dig deep into My nature, dig deep into My presence. The deeper we go, the more revelation and power I release." Ephesians 3:16-19, "That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God."

word from sl : this has been my prayer since 2004 ... may we all enjoy it. may we all we partakers of this grand, new thing that the Lord is doing ... may we be people who will know our God very intimately. Jesus, pls remember all in AON and my family!

"SEEING the Unseen and HEARING the Unheard AND the LIGHT INVASION of 2008!" - a must read!

2008-01-04T10:10:00.001+08:00

January 3, 2008, Ras and Bev Robinson and Patricia King:

"Be on the alert for My sudden visitation of revelation. My messengers have been sent out from Heaven with a message for you, a calling from deep unto deep. I will appear in unexpected ways. Be neither surprised nor alarmed. In this visitation, I will reveal that which you have not seen and will cause sounds you have not heard. Do not expect the grandiose. There shall be no empire building for yourself. All this is ultimately for My purposes. If you obey My voice and My word, My reward for your pinpoint obedience will be great. Seeing the Unseen and Hearing the Unheard."

Exodus 3:2, "Suddenly, the angel of the LORD appeared to him as a blazing fire in a bush. Moses was amazed because the bush was engulfed in flames, but it didn't burn up." 1 Corinthians 2:9-10, "That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, 'No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.' But we know these things because God has revealed them to us by His Spirit, and His Spirit searches out everything and shows us even God's deep secrets." We live in a three dimensional world that is measured by length, width and height. But there is a fourth dimension, a deeper dimension. Quantum Physics proves there is greater power at the deeper level (atomic) than a chemical level (dynamite).

"This year I want to meet with you at a deeper level--another dimension. My power is being released more widely across the earth because many are meeting me at this deeper level, where you learn more of My truth, ways and power. Dig deep into the Scriptures, dig deep into My nature, dig deep into My presence. The deeper we go, the more revelation and power I release." Ephesians 3:16-19, "That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God."

word from sl : this has been my prayer since 2004 ... may we all enjoy it. may we all we partakers of this grand, new thing that the Lord is doing ... may we be people who will know our God very intimately. Jesus, pls remember all in AON and my family!

word for 1 jan 2008

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I believe the word below is truly from the Lord! Infact, on 1 Jan 08, i woke with a dream and the words i heard were I AM DOING A SEPERATION... i felt the Lord was saying I will be seperating the wheat from the tares ...

i received this email with these words this morning - its not that i dont love righteousness but its just that i dont hate sin enough ... this guy was saying why the Lord needed to shake us or what Jesus was coming for ... how true. like him, i desire to be righteous cos Jesus is righteous but honestly, i dont really hate sin! i often times even tolerate it in my environment and myself - esp myself! anyhow, i know Jesus is coming for HIS PRECIOUS BRIDE this season! there must be purging, there must be a refining ... cos we are lovers of Christ, lets embrace the good and the bad times with joy (perhaps not happiness but true joy) and lets allow the purging so that we can be the isaiah 52: 12 - 53 bride He wants us to be - yup, believe it or not, the bride is suppose to reflect the groom (that's where she gets her identity) and that's what Jesus our bridegroom, king and judge looks like! pls read below. and yes, aon will be calling for a fast (something i personally struggle with but i know i will need desperately for the coming days). peace and love SL

January 1, 2008, a word from Stacey Campbell.(Elijah LIst)

"For 2008, Prophetically, I Hear SICKLES--God is Preparing to REAP NATIONS"

The following prophetic article is featured in the January 2008 ElijahRain Magazine which you can purchase by clicking here: http://www.elijahlist.com/downloadstore/elijahrain/index.htm

"I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One 'like a Son of Man' with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to Him Who was sitting on the cloud, 'Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.'

So He Who was seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. Another angel came out of the temple in Heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, 'Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe.' The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath. They were trampled in the winepress outside the city" Revelation 14:14-20

"'Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side. Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow--so great is their wickedness!' Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision." Joel 3:12-14

Sickles are Swinging Over the Nations

For 2008, prophetically, I hear "sickles." They are swinging over nations, and they are set to reap. But what will the harvest be--national revival or national judgment? The Bible (see Revelation 14:14; Joel 3:13) speaks of two types of sickles. One is a sickle of salvation to reap the ripe harvest of the earth. The other is a sickle for grapes--a sickle bringing judgment and the wrath of God. What if the sickle that swings widest over a nation could be determined by the Church of that nation?

Faith Gives Way to Sight

It is no secret that all over the world things are heating up. On the one hand, there is great anticipation as some of the prophetic words of the past few years unfold before our very eyes. "Convergence," "Acceleration," "Generations," "Alignment," "Crossing Over," "Great Signs and Wonders," "The Beginning of a New 40 Year Cycle"--the prophetic buzzwords of the past few years are no longer future, but present. All of the above are happening throughout North America and the rest of the world. Our faith is giving way to sight. The push in the spirit is upon us and we all feel its weight. God has positioned many of us to ask for and receive things way beyond our natural capability (see Ephesians 3:20).

Why? Because to this very day, God continues to "so love the world" (see John 3:16) and, unfortunately, much of the world is still grossly lost. All over the world nations are in moral crisis. From school shootings to child porn, sin is escalating. In North America, economic crisis is looming and will probably crack wide open at some point in 2008. Communism is threatening Mexico and other Latin American nations. Russia is beginning to taunt the West again. Terrorists are indiscriminately blowing up whatever they can get away with. Child poverty is raging all over the globe and pushing the cycle of sin to unthinkable levels.

But when sin abounds, grace does much more abound. God is raising up a standard to turn the tide of evil back to righteousness. The prayer movement is exploding with 24/7 houses of prayer springing up everywhere. Miracles of all sorts are taking place. Marketplace apostles, prophetic evangelism, and spiritual fathering and mothering are established norms in many places. Like a giant chessboard, the world is taking shape for the war for the souls of men.

Preachers of righteousness, their hearts on fire from having spent hours in the presence of God, are emerging from the prayer room like John Wesley and Savanarolla of old. Their words, empowered by the Holy Spirit, will shift cities and nations. As the god of mammon is shaken in North America in 2008, stadiums will fill with massive gatherings of fasting and prayer, the generation prepared with signs and wonders will, like the apostles in the book of Acts, be released to preach to receptive ears.

Pushing Through with Prayer

"And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness." Acts 4:31

Prayer is the tipping point. Prayer will release both the judgments of God (see Revelation 8:3-13), and create the climate for people to call upon the Lord (see Judges 2:11-22; 3:9, 15; 4:3; 6:6, etc). The scene is being set. If there ever was a time that a nation could "be saved in a day," now is the time. The wealth transfer has begun, the miracles are happening, the leadership has crossed over and stadiums are already being filled with tens of thousands of believers who are gathering in solemn assemblies of fasting and prayer. I know 20 and 30-year olds who are changing the political climate of nations, who are seeing the lame walk and the blind see, and who are consumed with passion to see a resting place for the Lord established.

The speed at which the Church is accelerating is almost frightening, but we have no choice but to follow the Lamb wherever He goes. We are within decades of the Gospel of the Kingdom being preached to the whole world. And we all know what Jesus said would happen after that (see Matthew 24:14).

Yet we must face the fact that acceleration is happening in both kingdoms, the Divine and the demonic. In this hour when the world is hanging in the balance, the Church on earth has the power to influence the destiny of nations. We are the salt of the earth, the agent that retards sin and establishes truth and righteousness. When we are faced with the merciless onslaught of evil, we don't look around, we look up. 2008 is a year of incredible opportunity for the Church, as long as she responds "with faith" to the opportunities that will come suddenly upon the earth.

As I said, in my spirit, I hear sickles. God is preparing to reap nations. Will they be saved--or judged?

"So He Who was seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested...The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath." Revelation 14:16, 19

"Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow--so great is their wickedness! Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!" Joel 3:13-14

Prayer--massive gatherings of fasting and prayer (concerted, fervent prayer) will determine which sickle swings widest over America and the other nations of the world. When the prayer bowls fill in Heaven, the result on earth is the acceleration of harvest and judgment (see Revelation 8:3). In 2008, the Church must join with the intercession of Jesus (see Hebrews 7:25) for the release of national revival. Just as with individuals, there are certain national demons that will only come out by fasting and prayer.

The formula for national change has been the same for thousands of years: "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray, I will...heal their LAND" (2 Chronicles 7:14, emphasis added).

If we take the principle of first binding the strongman through national assemblies of fasting and prayer, and then loosing the harvesters (marketplace apostles, fiery end-time preachers, mercy evangelists, and miracle workers), we can take nations. As the kingdoms of this world are shaken and fear fills the world, a faithful and faith-filled Church will respond to the crises and reap perhaps the greatest harvest the world has ever seen at one time.

Prayer and fasting, combined with radical missions must be released at a new level. 2008 will be the bomb--"for those who have ears to hear."

my three days retreat with the Lord - a very blessed new year from all or nothing

2008-01-01T13:57:00.000+08:00

hi hi

the three days were AWFUL to say the least, yet very necessary! made me realise how much i need it and how much i need to return to the Lord. truly its His grace and mercy that allowed me / us to continue with AON and with life itself!

as i mentioned, on reflection for the year, the report card has been NOT GOOD ... rather than being an esther, i was in most cases a vashti! rather than being a david, i was in many cases a saul! yet in God's kindness, at 1130pm on 31 dec 07, smily sms'ed me and said message from pastor yang is zech 3: 1-9.

i told you that this was the passage that the Lord gave me when i was in ihop to affirm me that spore will be saved, and the very same passage for geylang ... zech was also the book that when singapore hop sent me off, few prayers were made from here ... one was the new turban and new garments and the other was the glory of God in the city yet the walls were explode cos of the blessings of God! i guess in my weakness, the Lord had to affirm me that look kid, you goofed it major this year, yet i am giving u new garments and a new turban! for all the sins, i will repay with blessings if only you would repent and have a broken spirit and a contrite heart - something i know i desperately need! something i know that unless i can truly have this, the pride, arrogance and leaning on men will offend the Lord

i always spend my birthdays in the house of prayer /Lord. this is my heart's desire and this has been the norm for the past few years... yet this year, i so didnt go into the adoration room ... i went there for a few minutes and left despite sensing the very strong presence of God ... as i reflect, i wonder if the Lord allowed this to show me what the people outside are feeling ... yes, the prayer room is awesome ... yet, perhaps like me they walk in condemnation knowing that where they are at is not exactly where they would like to be with the Lord and so they avoid the presence of God ... not until the Lord would come to them and give them a new turban and an renewed heart :)

yes, i am leaving the convent (incidentially the foundation of this convent is charity which essentially means love ... everything they do therefore is simply to love jesus and to love people through evangelism ...) and i will attempt to spend some time in the prayer room for a bit ... i thank God for this time here and for taking me through a journey to show me where i am at with Him so that even as i enter 2008, i will embrace it with hopefully a broken spirit and a contrite heart!

btw, i dreamt twice within my two nites here that the triad boss came to our place to eat !!! first time it was a small table and the second was huge! i think the harvest is here ... and yes, the Lord told me too that we really need to find our own identity - one that He has given us ... i so believe its from jer 3, zech and isaiah ... some of the things He said was one sign I give you is that you will see foreigners help you build this place - i guess the time is here since we have hwa gen, the nigerians, peter yr sister's friend etc ... so let's do it this time round with the foundations as love, peace and truth! lets be those that will really uphold the justice of Jesus and to really walk in His ways ... lets make our identity a company of believers who will give Jesus our all, holding back nothing not cos we have to but cos He is altogether lovely! and He truly is! may we discover this truth this year!

finally, a very blessed new year! lois and some JG people from singapore hop came on 28 dec 07 crossing over to 29 dec 07 and the thing that the Lord reminded me through that session was lets never ever be an essau ... he sold his destiny for a bowl of soup! i think the thing that really hurt the Lord was profane fire ie he never treasured his birthright and so built for the earth (it was a worship that was mixed) ... and sadly, earthly prosperity he got (he was rich!) ... yet in the eyes of God, he was a fool! the Lord despised him ... lets offer Jesus our all ... lets be a jacob and really wrestle with Jesus that we would give off our all to Him - yes, i am still wrestling ... but i pray that we will cross over to the place that He wants us to be ... lets never settle for second best but to always contend for the best. i guess proverbs 3 :5,6 is so apt isnt it ... that we truly need to learn to trust in God with all our hearts so that we will never lean on our own understanding ... i guess it all comes down to where our hearts are ... i guess its also truly about faith, trust and humility!

love you

ps - i couldnt fast !!!!! Lord give me the grace to fast this year ...

Do You Know Him by Catherine Brown and Joni Ames

2007-12-26T16:37:00.001+08:00

His birth, death and resurrection were foretold centuries before He was born.
He was born at a troubled time in history into a nation where His people were oppressed by a cruel dictator king.
He was born into poverty, with no place to rest but a simple stable surrounded by animals and hay.
He escaped death and survived an horrific genocide of thousands of little baby boys in His land.
He was visited by wise men and astrologers who bore gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
He was appointed and anointed to bring us life through His death.

He and His family were refugees on the run until the time of danger had passed.
He was raised to worship God and to love Him and His Word with all His heart.
He was a child prodigy who astounded religious leaders with His authority and teaching.
He worked hard for a living for all of His life, learning the trade of a carpenter.
He was committed and He was caring.
He was labeled a renegade but He was a Man who was never a rebel.
He was the Cause and Cure. He is the King of all Kindness. His family did not always understand Him or where He had come from.
He confounded magicians because He was a worker of miracles.
He turned water into wine at a wedding and the guests drank of an unending river.
He fed the many who gathered to hear His words.
He always has bread for the hungry and manna for those in need of mercy.
He attracts people to Him like a magnet to metal.

He spent time with prostitutes, thieves and murderers.
He spoke to kings and rulers and those in authority.
And He loved them all unconditionally, without bias.

He walked on water and spoke peace to storms.
He cleanses the lepers and cares for the brokenhearted.
He heals blind eyes and proclaims liberty to the captives.
He opens deaf ears and causes the mute to speak.
He causes the lame to walk and the sick to leap with joy.
He heals every disease and every sickness.
He delivers the demonized and rules over all creation.

He was despised and rejected.
He was smitten and afflicted.
He was crushed for our transgressions and the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him.
He carried our sins and our sickness even though He was without sin.
He cut a new covenant of grace for all mankind through His Blood sacrifice at Calvary.
He confounded satan and the hordes of hell when He defeated death on the Cross.
He spent three days in the bowels of hell until He was resurrected and conquered death for evermore.

He made a public spectacle of the powers and principalities and brought captives with Him in His train.
He taught with wisdom and preached with eloquent mercy.
He speaks the language of love and love was His language.
He defended the adulteress and was attacked by mobs and death threats.
He hid until His appointed time and walked with dignity amidst brutality and bloodshed.

He was despised by religious leaders, hated by many, and rejected by His own people.
He is the King of kings yet He came to earth as a servant King.
He was without sin or spot or blemish and yet, He carried all our sin.
He humbled Himself for baptism and death on the Cross, and He received His Father's favor and blessing.
He was tempted in every way by the devil and He overcame evil in the desert.
He was incorruptible in a world ruled by corruption, avarice and lies.
His love is unstoppable and His love is unquenchable.
His grace is a free gift to all men, and He is a gift from our Heavenly Father.

He is a man of prayer and a man of power.
He confronted politicians and tore down false doctrines and theology.
He railed against hypocrisy and modeled holiness.
He overturned the money tables of unjust traders and spoke passionately about His Father's House.

He was falsely accused and branded a heretic.
He was chained like an animal and battered beyond belief.
He was spat upon and His beard was torn from His face.
He was ridiculed and reviled, yet He uttered not a word.
He was beaten and His flesh was whipped 'till it was torn apart, yet He continued to walk in forgiveness towards His abusers.
And He said, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do."
He was attacked and He was abhorrent to the masses.

He wore a crown of thorns that we might have a crown of glory.
His feet were pierced and He engraved us on the palms of His hands.
He was imprisoned and deserted by His family and friends.
He was accused of insanity and accused of being demonized.
He was lonely and isolated and separated from His Father on the Cross.
He gives without seeking anything in return and is righteous in all He thinks and says and does.

He is a defender of the fatherless and the widows.
He receives all mankind who come to Him with earnest hearts.

He speaks with God and with angels and raises the dead to life.
He lived a pious life and a life of purity.
He is just and kind and good.
He is the patient Son of Man and Son of God.

He is before all things and in everything--He has the supremacy.
He is the first and the last; the Alpha and the Omega.
He has ascended to the right hand of the Father and His Name is above all names.

He is the Prince of Peace and the King of kings and the Government of God is on His shoulders.
He is Eternal Father and Mighty Counselor. El Shaddai and El Rohei. He is Jehovah Jireh and He is Jehovah Adonai.
He is near to the brokenhearted and a smoldering reed He will not snuff out.
He lives evermore to make intercession for the saints.

He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world and the King of Heaven and of Earth.
He is the King of Holiness and the King of glory.
He is the King of Grace and the King of Love.
He is the Key of David and the Rock of all Ages.
He is the Author of Creation and the firstborn from among the dead.
He is the Root and the Branch of Jesse and He is the great I Am.
He is the King of Truth and the High Priest of our faith.
He is our Redeemer Kinsman and by His Blood sacrifice, our sins are forgiven and we are washed whiter than snow.

He is the Healer and He is our Hope.
He is incomparable in His might and incomprehensible in His majesty.
He is the King of Humility and the Righteous Judge.
At the ends of the age, He will return in all His glory to judge the quick and the dead.

He holds the power of life and death in His hands and He lives forevermore.
He is ever merciful to the penitent sinner and cares intimately for His children.
His mercies and His judgments are inescapable.
His rewards for the righteous are indescribable.
He is all powerful and He is all knowing.
He is ever present and there are no other gods like Him, for all other gods of the nations are idols.

He is the seeker of diligence and the pursuer of excellence.
His love for all people from all cultures is unparalleled.
He is worthy of worship and is to be adored.
One day, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of the Father.
His supremacy is unquestionable and His authority is absolute.

His name is Yeshua for He is Savior, and His name is Abba for He is our Father.
He is a warrior and yet, He is the Prince of Peace.
In Him all things hold together.
He commands legions of angels and is concerned for the destitute and the downtrodden.
He is near to the brokenhearted and sets the lonely in families.
He is compassionate and a Shepherd to the harassed and helpless.
His sheep know His voice and He is the way, the truth and the life.
He is the Bread of Heaven and the water of life.
He is the bright Morning Star and the One who placed the stars in the sky.
His is Breath and He is Life.
He is the Resurrection and the Life and He is the Light of Life.
He is Counselor and He is Advocate. He is Comforter and He is not ashamed to call us brother and friend.
He is King of the Jews and a friend to sinners.

He will bring justice to all at the ends of the age and repay each according to how they have lived either in wickedness or in righteousness.

He forgives us and completes us.
He is our purpose and our holy passion.
He is our inspiration and our All Sufficient One.
He is our Bridegroom King and we are His Bride.
He adopts us and He accepts us as His own.
He affirms us and transforms us by His Word and His Spirit.

Sly Arrogance By Yossy Gordon

2007-12-25T21:38:00.001+08:00

One of the followers of Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch (the "Mitteler Rebbe,
1773-1827) was known for studying and praying with great devotion, and
displaying a kind, gentle manner to others. Yet, he still had a
serious character flaw. He greatly admired his own virtues. Afraid that he
was growing arrogant, the chassid decided to approach his Rebbe for
guidance.

After hearing the chassid describe his predicament, Rabbi DovBer was
silent for a moment, and then responded:

When Gâ'd created the world, He created both good and evil. After
these two elements came into being, they came before Gâ'd and asked for
their respective missions. "Spread the light of goodness and kindness in
the world," Gâ'd instructed the Good Side. "This is achieved by making
people aware of their Creator."

Gâ'd then instructed the Evil Side to combat the good, thereby giving
people the choice and opportunity to overcome adversity. The Evil Side
asked, "But will I be able to do my job? Will people really listen to
me?" When the Creator responded in the affirmative, the Evil Side asked
to be told its name. "You will be called the Serpent," said the
Creator.

Upon hearing this, the Serpent became worried. He was afraid that his
name alone would frighten people away and doom his mission. "Have no
fear," reassured Gâ'd, "you will succeed."

Indeed, the Serpent was successful in misleading Eve to sin, convincing
her to eat from the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden and to share
her sin with Adam. After eating from the same fruit, Gâ'd banished
the pair from Eden, and thus began all of life's challenges.

However, when Adam and Eve realized their sin, they repented completely
and managed to atone for their folly. Seeing the holiness that now
permeated their lives, the Serpent came before the Creator again: "Destroy
me," he implored. "I will never be able to succeed now!"

"Have no fear," responded the Creator. "I will change your name to
Angel of Death. No one will recognize you."

The Evil Side â" disguised as the Angel of Death â" did his sinister
work for generations, until our grandparents Abraham and Sarah began
spreading the knowledge of Gâ'd in their surroundings. Forlorn, the
Angel of Death complained again that his job was too difficult, well-nigh
impossible. "Fear not," said the Creator, "I will change your name
again. From now on, you will be known as Satan. No one will recognize you."

So, Satan began his career. His work went well until Moses made his
appearance. When he began teaching Torah, Satan was ready to throw in the
towel for good. He appeared before the Creator asking for a merciful
end; now he truly felt useless. Again, his name was changed. This time,
he was renamed "Arrogance."

Arrogance now began his career. This time, his disguise was so good
that he even penetrated houses of Torah learning. The more a true scholar
studies, the more he realizes how little he really knows. However,
under the influence of Arrogance, people would study and not be humbled by
their knowledge. Instead, they assumed airs of superiority and looked
down with disdain at the unlearned. Of course, they sugarcoated these
feelings by claiming to defend the dignity of their knowledge, not their
own person.

This continued until Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov arrived in this world.
He revealed the true unity of Gâ'd, before whom all are equalâ"no
matter their level of scholarship.

Again the Evil Side came before the Creator, disguised as Arrogance,
asking for a merciful end. Again his name was changed. This time instead
of plain Arrogance, it would be known as "Fear of Arrogance." Being
less bold than plain old Arrogance, Fear of Arrogance could do its work in
peace.

"Now listen here," concluded the Mitteler Rebbe, "you should know that
Fear of Arrogance is Arrogance, who is Satan, who is the Angel of
Death, who is the Serpent himself! Quickly, throw him out of your house
because your life is at risk!"[1]

Footnotes:
1. Sources: Shmuos V'Sippurim, vol. 2, pp. 169-170; Rshimos Dvorim,
vol. 4, pp. 187-189. See also Otzar Sippurei Chabad Volume 16 pp. 48-50.

Thanks and Blessed Christmas

2007-12-22T17:19:00.001+08:00

Dear pastor and mano

blessed christmas and may Jesus continue to be our only reason for living!

just wanted to say thank you for depositing a seed / many seeds in min and i when we were in hop that we are now beginning to see the fruits ... i guess not only a love for spore but a deeper love for Jesus and as a result for the land and the people!

this christmas is different yet special! so very special cos this will be the first christmas that min n i will be taking two homeless men to church tomorrow and on tues, a few indian prostitutes to jeline's church ... our prayer is that even as we reach out to them, Jesus will captivate our hearts ... that even as we show them the love of Jesus, we will catch His love for us ... that through all that's happening, our hearts will truly burn for this man Jesus ... i guess my personal prayer is that the presence of the Lord will be so strong in all the houses of prayers that people will know that the christian God is real! that the people will come into the Houses of Prayer cos of this man Jesus!

thanks for introducing the House of Prayer to us and allowing us to us to be a part of it during our time with Singapore HOP

Love always

Shirley (on behalf of All or Nothing Pte Ltd)

homeless - may they find a home in Jesus

2007-12-22T15:43:00.001+08:00

home is where the heart is ... home is where Jesus is!

tomorrow, we will be bringing two homeless people (if God wills) to church ... i pray that even as we start this new season, we will be the little Jesus that they are looking for ... we, AON, will be the home that they can hang out in ...

Jesus, my prayer for them is that they will be one of those who will be completely sold out for You ... that they will be one of those that will be sitting on the throne with You when we rule and reign in the new Millenium! Jesus, captivate their hearts and show them that You alone are God!

From Jesus : My Love For You

2007-12-22T15:36:00.001+08:00

My Love For You

Nailed upon the cross is the past.
Injustices old or new shall not last.
The past cannot be altered nor can it be taken back.
Former things do not matter, for My love does not lack.

Wrongs just seconds old or piled up for years,
My love is the cure for all shed tears.
Days made new, times of the past all restored, relationships made right,
My love an all-embracing light.

My love is not to be hoarded but given away.
The cross offers you new life each and every day.
My cross has removed all your dross.
Come what may from sunrise to sunset,
My love is omnipresent, omniscience and omnipotent.

My love will always linger and remain.
My great love removes each and every stain.

Forever and a day, My love shall endure,
My love eternally untainted and pure.
My love is holy, innocent and blameless;
My love shall wash over you, leaving you spotless and shameless.

My love finds a manner in which you can cope,
filling your life with joy and hope.

Forgiveness, mercy and grace shroud the lessons of life.
My love by no means causes trauma or strife.
My love always flowing, moving forward, and never looking back,
My love never points a finger or keeps track.

The out pouring of My love redeems,
My love sown in the depths of your inner man beams.
You flourish when My love draws you near;
you see that My love has no fear.

The future lays in the power of My almighty hand.
With that wisdom you can take a stand.
The outlook of life lies deep within your heart.
Light and darkness, shall truly part.

Revelation of My love and dark shadows cannot live side by side--
one or the other, child, you are the one who needs to decide.

hooray door! hooray ywamers!

2007-12-13T00:16:00.000+08:00

2007-12-05T12:41:00.001+08:00

MA said in one of his replies that if you want to see Jesus on the cross on our wall, you need to get really low ... really really low ... JESUS HELP ME ESPECIALLY and the rest of us in aon to get really really low - i know this is what You are trying to do with me and i am fighting with You cos i think You are grrrrrr ... sigh Lord, make me willing to say yes cos presently, even my spirit is not willing - so what more the flesh ... yet Lord, i know by Your grace, You are more than able! so MAKE ME WILLING PLS!!!!!

get ready!

2007-11-27T23:41:00.001+08:00

in 2004, when i was in IHOP kansas, USA i asked the Lord - when will you save spore... this promise that You gave us in 1995, when will i see it come to pass ... almost immediately i heard Him say, within a day you will see your nation saved(from the book of zech). ten minutes after that, linda brumbeck, then i didnt know her came over and told me, "i dont know what you are asking God for but i tell you within a day, you will see it come to pass." at that time, i sensed that the Lord was going to come, but it was through judgement (THEN AGAIN, COS THE LORD IS GOOD AND HIS JUDGMENTS ARE FROM A HEART OF LOVE, I FELT THAT THIS WILL DRAW US CLOSER TO HIM AND NOT AWAY!)

in dec that year, i felt the Lord tell me that He was coming to spore and i felt Him ask me where i thot He would be. for some reason, i replied - geylang. i heard Him ask me why and i said cos Lord, You always go for the weak, the poor, prostitutes and the oppressed. i felt Him say - I will see you in Geylang ... thus begin my journey in 2006

in dec last year, the Lord gave me a song with the following words :

can it be true (x2)

that geylang will be saved within a day

i so believe that she will bow and worship You

i so believe that she will bow before Your throne

i so believe that she will bow and kiss Your feet

embrace You with a holy kiss

never have i felt the urgency more than now ... i somewhat feel that the time for the shaking is going to come sooner than we expect ... like really soon. i believe that the annapolis conference in maryland, usa now where the world is asking israel to give up her land will cause the Lord to shake ... maybe!

for those who think i am an israel freak ... i am not. but i love israel cos God loves this nation. i stand by this nation simply cos i believe that this land was given to abraham as a covenant from God ... its not merely the nation that i am defending but simply the Lord's covenant la ... anyhow, this aside, i somewhat feel / submit to all of you that this cld be the season where the Lord's going to do something major ... may we be ready ... cos i somewhat feel that this is the time where He is going to bring in the big harvest that we are all waiting for ... the end time harvest that will bring so much joy to many of us ... yet i believe God's going to use many people that we least expect ... like the nameless, faceless that has prepared themselves for years as wilderness christians ... AND THOSE NAMED FOLKS i believe they too will be included la ... except, i wonder if all of us will be through a season of shaking if He has not already started shaking us (haggai) so that our foundations will be built on gold, silver and precious stones

i think its really going to be a very grand season soon ... my prayer for all of us is that we will always be in the ways of Jesus and that we will serve the other man (Jesus)'s bride. that we will do everything to prepare the other believer to become the beautiful bride Jesus has called him/her to be ... i think this is what the new season is going to be about ... not so much building our ministry but the other person's destiny ...and yes, i am very proud and pleased to be in a community that is helping me reach and achieve this :)

what a joke!

2007-11-25T23:30:00.001+08:00

at service today, the speaker spoke about fishes and he said, if you want money, go to the fish! if you are broke, go catch fishes ie, be a fisher of man (he was preaching from the story where Jesus told peter to get the tax money from the fish's mouth... )

i always dream / wish that i will see our offering box filled with money from the people in the secrety society ... like they will start tithing to us ... when i heard the speaker just now, my heart skipped a beat! yea, surely they will be the ones to get me out of my financial crisis ... hmmm ... then my friend called to say that she bought me the bible study series cd on the book of ruth ...

what's the connection - nothing except, listening to the speaker, it suddenly dawned on me that - gross, the kinsman's redeemer saved ruth and naomi haha ... so ...major not cool! but since i am human and desperate, thank God that ultimately, He is my kinsman's redeemer and He uses His pawns!

btw sy, in israel, the book of ruth is always read during the pentecost season ... and yup, lately, many many many people have been nudging me to read the book ... surely the Lord's going to pour out His Spirit soon - Lord this is our desire ... please come in a loud way cos i am getting deaf and my heart's super cold ... so grace, grace, grace!

corr between the people in all or nothing cafe!

2007-11-25T13:53:00.001+08:00

sl responsed :

dear sy,

i cried when i read your prayer...

i guess deep in my heart i always wish that shld aon make a name for herself, its cos the presence of the lord is so strong here that everyone will come here to find this man jesus ...

the lord told me that the pp will never come for the food but his presence ... i guess this is why i never ever focused on the food (cos i just figured whoever comes will eat whatever we serve cos food is secondary - yet after all that's happened, i realise we need and do want to be professional grr cos this is having an excellent spirit and this gives us an audience to the king) ... i guess its an audience to both the kings of this world and OUR HEAVENLY KING!

sl

sy wrote

dear God,

between the time we get to do 24-7 and now, i would like there to be a night of the week where

- we gather for worship outdoors within our fence

- pple fr the streets hear and come in to be prayed for, to be healed in the worship. and get delivered & saved.

- this night @ aon gets a reputation around town for being a night of healing and deliverance, so pple just sit around waiting for that day of the week to come.. and it's the only bright light in their week. and they'll bring their friends..

- eventually pple will realize tt they can come any day...

we can only do this when You start to move- s o.. how about

- sending us a strong presence of Your Spirit.

- sending us workers to bring in the harvest

thanks

in Jesus' name

Amen

Forgive me Vincent for blogging this without permission!

2007-11-19T00:13:00.001+08:00

Bringing healing, Inspiring Hope

Have you seen My people in little India lost and aimless?

Have you seen the dimness in their eyes, the emptiness in their souls?

The solace they could not find in the cold empty HDB flats they help to build

but could not call home they thought they would find here in little India

Have you seen My people in Geylang exploited and abused?

Have you seen the lewdness in their eyes, the hunger for love in their souls?

The security they sought in the arms of mean men is just as fleeting

as the quickie time they spent in sordid houses of shame in Geylang

Where are My prophets to uphold the justice for them?

Where are My pastors to heal the wounds in their souls?

Where are My priests to lend a helping hand and pray?

Where are My servants to lay down their lives today?

For I walk the streets in little India and Geylang of the nations,

Come bring My healing and inspire hope for a new generation.

TODAY IN JUDAISM: Friday, November 16, 2007

2007-11-18T14:08:00.001+08:00

Abraham called [the site of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem] a "mountain"; Isaac called it a "field"; but Jacob called it a "house"

- Talmud, Pesachim 88a

at all or nothing cafe, we call our compound a house ... this is why we wanted the healthserve's party theme to be a home concept ... at all or nothing cafe, we call our compound a house cos we are building a HOUSE OF THE LORD so that He will delight in coming and habitate with us nite and day.

joy - i guess its about knowing jesus

2007-11-18T13:39:00.001+08:00

my neighbour wrote to me and told me that 16 nov 2007, everyone felt the joy of the Lord in the place ... strangely, that was one of the saddest day of my life! the Lord showed me a type of what aon will become (except it will not be christian entertainment but worship ascending to the throne nite and day ... and yes, sy and min will be part of the team ...and haha ME too!!!!!) yet, because of what someone told me the day before, i wondered if the Lord would take it back and pass it onto someone else to build it ...

i told sy and min that if i had had to let it go without seeing this, my heart would probably not hurt so much ... yet, because this was what i lived for, to see a place with a company of believers worshipping Jesus 24 7, i left the place with such a broken heart that bitterness and pain crept in ... i left the place resenting the church of God and perhaps being very mad at God ...

yesterday when min released the song - pass it on at the mica conference, my heart got healed... the Lord reminded me that kindness was the healing balm for restoration ... that even as He showed me kindness, my i show kindness to others ... that the joy of the Lord was not in seeing Him meet my expectations but in knowing and loving Him even when it hurts ...

i dont know where the Lord will take aon ...

i believe He will restore us by the people i least expect (the Lord sent a homeless man to help us for the 16 nov party to rearrange the furniture cos He knew that min and i were very very tired plus sister eadweena texted to say that i neednt pay for the help that her centre gave the day before).

i believe that He will do something so grand that all i will be able to say is THANK YOU JESUS ... so Lord, i tell you today that i truly believe and desire that you restore aon ... that you recreate us to be the worship centre you have called us to be... that truly Lord, we will rebuild the tabernacle of david - cos david's army was the desperate, destitute and depressed!

To my neighbour Healthserve for their Thanksgiving Dinner

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To our friends, volunteers and family,

HEALTHSERVE

We may never remember you for what you have done

But we will always remember you for the love you've shown us

We may never remember you for what you have told us

But we will always remember you for the love of Jesus in you

We may never remember you for your dreams and ideas

But we will always remember you as our friend who dared to dream

Thank you for your friendship

Thank you for walking this journey with us

Thank you for taking time out to share your life with us

Thank you for being you!

Yes, we don't know what tomorrow may bring

We don't know how we will cross over to our Promise Land

Yet one thing we do know

That when the race is over

We will thankfully say to our Creator

Thank you for allowing us to cross paths

Thank you for creating such special friends!

Love, All or Nothing Café

prayer room images

2007-11-10T00:24:00.000+08:00

WHO ARE WE - 10 july 2004

2007-10-29T19:56:00.001+08:00

i found my 2004 journal and wala, discovered what the Lord had to say about us - ALL OR NOTHING CAFE! except then, i didnt know we would be called AON!

anyhow, on 10 july 04 He gave me psalm 84 and told me the following ...

a) what is the place going to be like Lord ...

I think it will be a place where we will at all times be saying...

- rev 4:8 : holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, who is and who is to come :)

- rev 4 :11 : worthy are You our Lord, God ... to receive glory, honour, power because You created all things and because of Your will, everything exists!

- rev 5:12 : Worthy is the Lamb that was slain,ed to receive all Power, all Riches, all Wisdom, all Might, all Honour, all Glory and all Blessings!

- rev 5:13 : to Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessings, honour, glory and dominion forever and ever

b) why Lord ... why would i want to say all these things nite and day ...

- cos i will be so awed, thankful and amazed by the God i serve. i will be able to see Him for who He really is - big and awesome

- david, the father of what we are trying to establish, was a warrior. when he focused on who Jesus really is (meditate day and nite), he could grasp that the Lord of host Himself is fighting the war and not us!!!

- focusing on Jesus gives me a fearless spirit and this helps me/us prepare for end times

- when i keep declaring His attributes, i realise that Jesus, the God Almighty really loves me; ie such an awesome God would allow me to love Him and war / partner WITH Him

- rev 4:11 : because Jesus created all things, i can help 're-create' and 'heal' land

- our praises break strongholds

- change when i gaze/behold Jesus

- creates a love sick environment

c) why did david desire God's dwelling place (and i do too Lord)

- knew that this was the place to be refreshed (promise from isaiah 56) where those who go to HOP would be joyful (psalm 43:3,4)

- from his being, he desired to worship God (he was a lovesick bride) nite and day : wanted to gaze at the beauty of Jesus (psalm 27:4)

- knew that God would meet him there (psalm 84 - from valley of Bacca to springs)

- place of rest to prepare for war

- place to get revelation

- knew God DESERVES IT!

- cos perhaps this is what's taking place in heaven? nite and day angels are worshipping God

- we are created to worship God

- knew principle of giving thanks all the time

- psalm 63:2 : seen His power and glory in the temple

- refuge place (psalm 63:7, 28:2, 27:5)

d) why did he call Jesus the Lord of Host

- he was a warrior so he knew Jesus as the captain of the Host, the Lord and King of the army

- he could see in heaven where Jesus's position was the King (even though He's also our bridegroom and judge)

From my friend in Israel - Ellen

2007-10-26T22:16:00.001+08:00

Isaiah 53 To see Jesus Christ Messiah....and the Olive Tree

If I'm looking at Jesus, then I am seeing the Messiah--the Anointed One...by the Oil and by the Spirit--the Gift of God

I see Him here on the Mount of Olives....it is covered with olive trees

I see Him praying in the Garden of Gethsemane "olive press"

I see Him pressed like the olive --- His bloody sweat pouring out like oil

I see Him--a tender plant--a root out of dry spiritual ground. Without a root there can be no tree to bring Truth--Living Water--to a dry and thirsty people

To the religious His words sound as hard as rocks...but from within come beautiful streams of Life-giving water

Some dealt harshly with Him...beating Him as the branches of these olive trees...to drain the very sap and oil for their own satisfaction and pride

He was sad that these could not yet understand..but like the root of the olive tree...His Truth will bear fruit for thousands of years

He shall see His seed...that by the travail of His soul, many are justified...and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand

You cannot kill an olive tree....nor stop the Truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

FROM SL : BY THE WAY, ALL OR NOTHING CAFE SELLS ONE OF THE BEST OLIVE RICE IN THE WORLD!!!!!

HELP ME UN-BOX MY GOD OF SURPRISES!

2007-10-25T00:52:00.001+08:00

have i become jaded in my walk with God ... have i assumed that i know this matchless uncreated God so well that i can second guess Him ... today's lunch with my friend was really a pleasant surprise even as he reminded me to embrace entering the darkness in my lives and to ask the God of grace for the self control to hold back lighting my own torch in my dark seasons ...

tonight's time of studying the book of esther was awesome! mc reminded me again that the reason why we cannot be a vashti is simply cos God will be hurt! He truly wants the best for us so why are we so afraid ... so i ask myself again - why am i so afriad to let go and let God ... why am i so afraid to let go of my idols and comfort zone ... why am i so afraid of receiving God's love and best ... could it be that i dont trust God ... or could it be that i dont really have an intimate relationship with Him so dont really know His heart ...

i guess tonite's prayer that i wld walk into the dark nite of the soul is something that i am afraid, yet necessary! cos its in this season that i know God will surprise me ... its in this season that I will see His face and hear His voice - yet i struggle to say yes ... i guess the next best thing therefore is LORD, GIVE ME THE COURAGE TO SAY YES!

AON's first shabbat meal!

2007-10-20T00:26:00.000+08:00

AON had our very first shabbat meal in aon today. it was something we really wanted and finally initiated by Molly (ywam south africa), who would have been in indonesia otherwise (apart from the volcano eruption...) and was here for such a God ordained time as this...thank you. I had a wonderful time of fellowship over dinner with our new friends and more than that, a family in yeshua, breaking bread and drinking the fruit of the vine with the revelation of Jesus Christ in all the processes. Not with any religious overtones (or undertones) but a true relationship with Jesus among brethren. Jesus was at our table tonight as we fellowshiped together in Him. And a time to remember the Jews in prayer for they too celebrate shabbat, but without the blessed revelation of Yeshua as their very own Messiah. In fact, it was only after the dinner that I had wondered if I had forgotton to pray for them, and I know that even as I did forget, that by His grace, i would remember to in future. After the meal, and the clean up... I so thank God for this team that helped (thank you!), we had a time of worship and prayer.

A few things came up and I wonder if they might be pillars of our future shabbat meals.

1. Contending to enter our rest in Him, for which Christ contended for us. (Heb 4:9)
2. That the weeks trials and temptations pale in light of our reflection as we enter shabbat that our good Lord has allowed everything to happen in order to prepare us as a Bride for His coming, and until we are prepared things will not be easy for us, but nevertheless, God has covenanted with His people a weekly day of rest, where we can enjoy Him and worry not of our trials. (This is a discipline as stopping from work and our interest is something we choose to do to honour God)
3. (Today at least) found myself reflecting on God's creative work at the cafe, and praying for the God's creative work in the following week. (what ccan I say, I could just sense Go'ds desire for His own creative power to be unleashed, and He was waiting for His people to see it that way.)
4. Jews in Singapore. Found myself praying particularly for the Jews in my home country. Wondered if the shabbat meal is like a source of provocation to the Jews, and is effective in a home country. Since, as and when it becomes a lifestyle as opposed to a reason for outreach, then it becomes a living testimony to a Jew whose lifestyle encourages observing the shabbat, but without the light of Yeshua for understanding. (Rom 10:15,19)
5. Holiness. Shirley pointed out that man finds rest from work a joy since the curse after the fall caused man to work with thistles in the way, while women enter into holiness since women fell from her covering after the curse of the fall.

Thanks shirley for preparing a wonderful meal and ywam team for your love and support, and SY, glad you were around. So we had a total of 9 people for our first shabbat, like the fruit of the spirit, Yeshua's family. Thank you Jesus for being the unseen one at out table tonight. Amen.

MA

From my friend who is now living in Israel

2007-10-19T09:00:00.001+08:00

Hezekiah was preparing Jerusalem's water system against future attacks by digging a tunnel through 1,750 ft of hard limestone bedrock. That certainly required TEAM work!!!

There was a Northern TEAM had 3 false starts and a Southern TEAM 5 false starts so the tunnel was not straight but was a large rugged S

This tunnel is an amazing feat of ancient engineering for 701 BC Studies still continue to try to understand how the TEAMs met just by the sound of pick-axe or the other's voice.

But God's voice was heard through the Prophet Isaiah 22:11 you have madea ditch between two walls for the water....but you did not look to the One Who Made It. And the One Who Formed It long ago, you did not see. In Ezekiel 47 God also promises a river flowing from a rebuilt Temple on the Temple Mount flowing with LIFE to the Dead Sea

Notes from messiah magazine #93 BREISHEET 5767 2006

Walking through that very dark...very narrow...kneedeep water takes about 40 minutes

As I walked through...I was playing my harmonica...to a fitting song the Lord gave me about 15 or 20 yrs ago while with a van full of kids and grankids were in bumper-bumper traffic thru the Liberty Tunnels in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, it fits some of life's tunnel situations......

When you're goin' thru a tunnel...y gotta be lookin' straight ahead

Don't look up and don't look down...to the right or to the left

When you're goin' thru a tunnel...y gotta maintain your speed

Keep your eye on Jesus....and let Him lead

We're goin' thru....we're goin' thru this may be a tunnel but we're goin' thru

We're goin' thru...we're goin' thru Jesus is a leadin' us and we're goin' thru

YESTERDAY...God answered prayer and blessed with the FIRST RAIN... it was so EXCITING....YESTERDAY in United States the tibetin monk was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.....and addressed as His Holiness......This is a very dark Spiritual Tunnel for US especially coming a few weeks before attempting to divide God's Land

We serve a Holy God....He will not be mocked.....

SL writes : May ALL OR NOTHING PTE LTD be focused on building what the Lord has called us to build ... a 24/7 worship centre (throneroom) for His glory, a cafe to provide work for the less fortunate, a worship/ creative school, a safe environment for people to seek refuge ... and this is just for starters yet may we be deligent, faithful and focus

Happy offerings!

2007-10-17T18:15:00.000+08:00

The offering box is done-ish! Its still in wip as far as the decor goes, but it is able to function.

The impetus to get it done began since the week of the feast of tabernacles. The short of which was that I felt that the Lord wanted a place where people could give their financial offerings to Him and remain anonymous. Also, while we were beginning to receive loose change during the same week, I felt the Lord give me a pretty personal illustration of why we need to have a place that was sanctified and set apart for offerings to Him...and not merely receive loose change.

SO...thank you Lord for the box.

In the meantime, I'm still praying that the Lord would raise some talent and anointing for the finishing touches to the offering box. The idea right now has been to paint it a cheery color (like a mural perhaps), and basically, encourage happy giving to the Lord. I'm also praying as to the particular scripture that will go on the box. If anyone has any ideas (feel free to incubate the ideas...that came up in today's prayer meetings...ie we might not want to blog everything down as and when, in case the Lord wants us to "incubate" the idea/thought till the right time.)...nevertheless, if anyone has any ideas...let me know.

MA

is this what a community is about?

2007-10-17T14:15:00.001+08:00

you give you take away, my heart will choose to say BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD!

i woke up this morning very excited - arthur's back today! wow, liz must be so thrilled (although she's in the plane with him ...)... i kept thinking that a new season has come and a good one i think! arthur used to be our cell leader and when he left to england for his further studies as they call it, the cell 'split' with all of us seeking the lord in our own corners yet loving each other la! i wonder if his return would be like the birth of something new ... perhaps like all the returnees seeking God together again ... whatever, i wait in expectancy!

then i received kp's sms that ellena's daughter has passed on ... i shivered when i read the text and when we prayed for her in aon, i couldnt stop crying. i felt a little of the pain, grief, fear and whatever that perhaps ellena was and is going through....afterall, we were all in hop together for so long... i felt sad also for kp's team cos i know that they must be affected since they spent so much time together in israel ... i wonder if questions like is this backlash, what happened, pain etc may cross their mind ... i think about all these things and i tear again ... Jesus help - what's happening ..

is this what a community is about? i cry when i see my brother crying, i get all excited when i see a couple reunited after a year's seperation ... perhaps simply put, a community is a true body where we embrace each other in good and bad times. when one suffers, the other suffers too. yet when one is happy, we all get happy ... surely this must be the Lord's way ... and i think the person who caught it best was Mary of Bethany who knew that what the Lord needed at the time before His greatest act of love on the cross was the extravagant love she chose to shower on Him... His blah disciples were still fighting over who was to be number one ... she caught something they never did ...she caught his heart! she probably knew that he was struggling and in pain ... and she knew what would bring him joy is simply to shower her all to Him.

Lord, my prayer for aon and myself is that we will be the ones that will know You intimately. that we will be the ones that will hurt when you hurt, laugh when you laugh and cry when you cry! we will be the ones that may never do great things yet aon will be the place where You will delight in hanging out in cos we your favourite ones are here!

2007-10-17T08:51:00.001+08:00

the Lord sent me away from my old refuge place with the words that i belong to the new wineskin (I AM NOT IMPLYING THAT THEY ARE OLD! RATHER, ITS JUST THE WORD GOD GAVE ME AS MY MINISTRY/PERSONAL GOAL I GUESS) so henceforth, i must live my life leaning 100% on my Beloved (Song of Songs 8 : 5) and to be a servant leader whose main goal in life is to persue Jesus and to serve His bride!

i have a shawl that i use all the time during my times of worship then. strangely, the day after i left, the shawl shrunk to the size of a doormat! i felt the holy spirit say loudly and clearly, henceforth, be simple like a servant and be a servant leader! serve, serve, serve with humility ...

so why do i always 'persecute' my neighbours and call them seasoned wine or old wineskin... last sat they celebrated their first birthday and the word the Lord gave me for the leader of the organization is HUMILITY AND KINDNESS ... strange that he would have that as his foundation yet i see him as someone who is seasoned wine ...

perhaps the judgements in my eyes, the religious spirit, the pride has clouded my eye and i cant see that the good Lord has created us different yet similiar. we do things differently. yet God defines us simply by our hearts ... so who is to judge ... who is to really know!

perhaps the Lord's using them to teach me what the true new wine and entering into the new wineskin really is about (huh?) ... just humility, kindness and simplicity! btw, my neighbour has never even heard of the word religious spirit - cos i think in his economy, a christian just follows what the bible says - no need for things to be so complicated! so perhaps min is right - at the end of the day, the new wineskin is someone who allows the Holy Spirit to be God ... to have His way in our lives and ministry ... everything else i guess is superfluous!

2007-10-13T01:42:00.001+08:00

ok i will do my part in blogging :)

'monkey' see 'monkey' do ... except, whatever the next gen does, it's going to be bigger! the Holy Spirit's told me this twice and KP says that when you hear something twice, God's shouting! (something he caught from the book of Genesis)

i was really encouraged by sy's commitment to see ong discipled ... sure i got to know ong and drove her around but sy took it a step further by doing the same plus taking on the challenge to disciple her ... last nite i saw an elderly lady begging. i reached out to pass her some money - i always do that cos i hate seeing old people beg! plus i think its an awesome privilege to bless the poor ... sy shared that last nite, she encountered a similiar experience in orchard road - except for her, she passed an old lady money and then spent time chatting with her ...

i was deeply touched cos i know this takes a lot from sy plus i suspect the lady must have been touched that someone out there really cares! Jesus, may she catch Your face in sy's!

surely our next gen's going to do something bigger and grander than we will - sy's next gen will probably be the teens and the teens will be the kids ... may we impart good fruits!

The Cat and the China Man

2007-10-13T00:08:00.001+08:00

I had to make a note of this week: The cat and the china man that both peered into the prayer room during the corporate worship time on Tues evening. I was reminded about the sparrows that used to bathe in the sand outside the prayer room (haven't seen them for a while though) and the birds that wanted to build a nest on the wooden support beams at the entrance of the prayer room. We didn't think it was a good idea and put a stop to it then. I don't want to go to deep into it right now, but for now take it that its worth noting these events with the animals.

This week on China seems to be quite hot too. Seeing that Yuan Chuan cooked, Han Ying Li was blessed by her Chinese cooking, the HK elderly missionary exposure teamed turned up on Thurs and we're expecting more for Sat. with the ~20 young China students Samantha's Church, and of course the China man that wanted to take snap shots of the prayer room while pray was in progress. I forgot his name.

We welcome Mary back from Israel, and she went straight from the Mt Zion to the dishes on Thurs., after her time with the Lord praying of course. She brought back fruit of the land , like olives etc...ty. yum.

The funny thing about being busy with the work is that we also drift from the worship. I'm wondering how we can be hot on both. Any comments anyone?

I feel more like a news feed than a blog...anyway...here goes the post.

MA

happy birthday, kid

2007-09-12T22:05:00.000+08:00

i'll admit.. i kinda expected some cataclysmic event to wreck the earth on Sept 11.. It seemed to pass without much fanfare tho.

Nevertheless.. the birthday feast was good. The worst thing about it was that the fish dish bypassed my section of the table. Inhumane. The best part about it was the company.

You guys with more substantial things to say better start blogging...

SY

moaning sacrifice

2007-09-11T00:54:00.000+08:00

today i realized how near-impossible it was for me to worship according to Romans 12:1.. when i'm tired, frustrated, lazy, bored and lethargic.. can my heart + mouth still thank and praise Him the way i so fervently profess during times of what i like to call "worship"?

"So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him." Rom 12:1, The Message

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random discussion excerpts:
1. embracing bridehood
2. hiding in God's shadow
3. crazy stories testifying that God is alive and working and willing to save this country and its fallen generation

SY

perspective

2007-09-07T19:01:00.000+08:00

today we discovered a new way of looking at the mural on e prayer room wall.. back flat, head to the wall, eyes zeroed up on the cross 'feetfirst'.

p.s. will you guys vote on the menu special or else we're gonna have bison toes for real..

stuff

2007-09-01T18:07:00.000+08:00

i woke up this morning + in a vague daydream fashion imagined what i would say to my congregration if i ever led worship.. it was about bringing back the authenticity in worshipping Him, about how dear they are to the Lord: the precious Bride of Christ, for whom He gave His life. How much of a yearning He has toward us.. 'Think about what you're doing, Church- are you singing out of obligation, because it's just something we do at a Sunday service?..Open up your heart to Him, give Him all your frustrations, fears, joys, longings. Sing with all your emotions, with all your life.' And I'd be weeping on my knees, overcome with the compassion Jesus has for the Church... and some would catch my heart + be weeping on their knees.. And I'd call for a surrender of social etiquette, 'christian-ness', religiosity, a freedom to express our love + worship to God with no inhibition.
i hadn't planned to come here this morning, but i rolled out of bed on my knees..and soon headed east.

a couple of things that triggered this:
convo with MA about our incredible worship experiences overseas
15-yr old Bethany Dillon's CD
my own recent frustration with having to sing "worship songs" without any conviction

it was one of the rare times we were (or i was) moved enough by the Spirit to pray so desperately, for 1.5 hours..
prayer summary: "break into us, break through to us.. we're tired of wanting the freedom to live + worship wholeheartedly for You.. bring Us back to our first love, excitement in knowing You."
other random snippets:
S: "all the HP boys want is Jesus.. they're dying cause all they're being made to do is work."
MA: that the worship teams that are birthed from here: will carry Your heart. That it'll be about passion for Jesus + His work on the Cross, and not anything else.

Lord thank You for birthing prayer in us this morning.

SY

test

2007-08-26T02:24:00.000+08:00

finally this thing is up..
since it is impossible for me to document everything that has happened in this place since i've been here (let alone since you guys started praying for it) i'll just drop in a prayer from friday.
Themes in the past week: fish, fishermen, river, andrew, noah, trees, midwife, light, glory.
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Glory: Lord, I want to see the kind of glory that heals the blind, causes the lame to walk, the shackles on the prisoners' feet to be broken, that raises the dead. The kind that causes sinners to crawl at your feet with one breath of Your Spirit. Like the youth at Fredericksburg- totally abandoned + totally satisfied in You. HERE Lord
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some brief questions about this blog: who is our audience? what's our focus? is there anything in particular we want to highlight? what things should be kept private?
Don't worry, i will delete any rubbish i come up with (you can too, delete my rubbish) later. especially if you find the dots obnoxious. just don't make it pink. please add to or delete whatever links etc. you want. and find a better blog title..

SY

All Or Nothing Cafe

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Viviene - action for aids

Heart verus Head

my rights will soon be gone!

Head or Heart

Egypt

God's got style!

my place of refuge was strangely at the streets!

The father is going to dish out his inheritance soon!

release me

A Business with a Difference - where people matter ... is this our lifestyle?

God's got vintage wine prepared!

persecution

From Ellen

a very urgent call!

The Judge is Coming, Bow Low!

Awesome God

do my parents really know me best?

Why Lord

identity or midlife crisis

acclerated growth

exile: a photoblog (part I)

The Promise

history repeats itself - maybe!

Name Change - a community decision

the waiting

not by might, not by power but by my spirit

18 Feb - A DATE WORTH REMEMBERING...

Hide Me Now, Under Your Wings!

will you come?

more-proper haiku #3

haiku attempt #2

useless meaningless haiku

Re: Abba father is going to give instructions in this hour. Will we be open to hear?

In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; and in all things, love

The 18th century renewal

Missions

Jesus Help

The Bride Is the Beauty of Holiness

Re: "SEEING the Unseen and HEARING the Unheard AND the LIGHT INVASION of 2008!" - a must read!

"SEEING the Unseen and HEARING the Unheard AND the LIGHT INVASION of 2008!" - a must read!

word for 1 jan 2008

my three days retreat with the Lord - a very blessed new year from all or nothing

Do You Know Him by Catherine Brown and Joni Ames

Sly Arrogance By Yossy Gordon

Thanks and Blessed Christmas

homeless - may they find a home in Jesus

From Jesus : My Love For You

hooray door! hooray ywamers!

get ready!

what a joke!

corr between the people in all or nothing cafe!

Forgive me Vincent for blogging this without permission!

TODAY IN JUDAISM: Friday, November 16, 2007

joy - i guess its about knowing jesus

To my neighbour Healthserve for their Thanksgiving Dinner

prayer room images

WHO ARE WE - 10 july 2004

From my friend in Israel - Ellen

HELP ME UN-BOX MY GOD OF SURPRISES!

AON's first shabbat meal!

From my friend who is now living in Israel

Happy offerings!

is this what a community is about?

The Cat and the China Man

happy birthday, kid

moaning sacrifice

perspective

stuff

test

The 18^th century renewal