Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God

Matthew 6:33 tells us to seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Putting the kingdom of God first will prosper us. It says, ALL, not some, not a few, not many but ALL these things that you desire will be added unto you. So it pays to spend some quiet time seeking for God's answer to the day, to pray and talk to Him and to read the Bible where He speaks to us. We need to set our priorities right and everything else will fall in place nicely for us. As we take care of God's kingdom, God will take care of our business and our daily affairs. May God Bless you as you read my blog.

Rapture

I have heard from Pastor Joseph Prince that we are the rapture generation. Well, nobody knows when it is going to happen but with the signs that's been happening all over the world like earthquakes, wars, pestilences, etc, you know that the end times are coming. I certainly look forward to being raptured - having a new body that transcends matter and rising to heaven, and not experiencing sickness, weakness or death.

Death is a curse that fell on Adam when he ate from the wrong tree. And because of Adam's sin, all mankind has to go through death and women experiencing great pain in labour. The earth has the taint of the curse. Eventually there will be a new earth and new heaven where wild animals live at peace with each other where there will be no more killing.

Your Miracle is in Your Mouth

I just came back from Gurney Plaza and my friend bought a copy of Pastor Joseph Prince's book entitled "Your Miracle is in Your Mouth" for RM24.95. It is a small book of 87 pages and I can finish reading it in 1 hour's time. I was surprised to see Joseph Prince's CDs and books on display under the Christian Bestseller section in MPH in Gurney Plaza. At the back of the book, it states below:

How you see God affects how you receive from Him. See God for who He really is in two thrilling Old Testament stories full of powerful new covenant truths. And as you see a gracious God in the midst of an imperfect people, and the love of Christ in His perfect sacrifice, faith will spring up in your heart to speak His Word and receive your miracle.

Wow! Such powerful testimony. For the newbies who don't know who Pastor Prince is, well, here's an introduction: Joseph Prince is the senior pastor of New Creation Church - a dynamic and fast-growing church in Singapore, which has a congregation of more than 15,000 members. His ministry as pastor, teacher and international conference speaker focuses on unveiling Jesus and revealing His heart to the people.
Joseph Prince is happily married and deeply devoted to his wife, Wendy and daughter Jessica Shayna, who are a constant source of love and support to him. For more information on and resources by Joseph Prince, visit their website at www.destined2reign.com

Partaking the Holy Communion Worthily

When Jesus died on the cross, his shed blood is to forgive us our sins in the form of wine and his broken body for our healing and removal of sickness and diseases. That's why we take the broken bread to represent his body. To receive healing, we need to partake the Holy Communion worthily and discerning the Lord's body. According to Pastor Joseph Prince, many near terminal cases were completely healed when the family members take Holy Communion by the bed side of the sufferer in ICU (Intensive Care Unit) in the hospital. You can partake the Holy Communion to health, wholeness and prosperity.

Heaven in Revelation

The last book in the Bible brings together into one great vision many themes of God's original creation. In Revelation, heaven comes to earth. The city of God descends to us. God lives among his people and wipes every "tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away" (Revelation 21:1-4).

Until then, we have to contend with death, curse, sorrow, and all the bad elements of this present earth when Adam fell by eating the apple from the wrong tree. I shall certainly look forward to the day when heaven descend on earth and God lives with us.

Good Friday

I just got an sms from my youngest sister that our new Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng attended Way of the Cross in Cathedral of the Holy Spirit plus tons of pressmen. Though I am a Protestant attending a Baptist Church, my dad and my two younger sisters are Catholics and are church lectors. This is a pleasant surprise to know that Guan Eng is a Christian.

Today is Good Friday and the coming Sunday will be Easter. This is an important occasion marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after being crucified. Now with Lim Guan Eng being a Catholic, hopefully the churches in Penang will have more power and authority to preach and build more churches with crosses. In the previous administration under Dr Koh Tsu Koon, the word Church was not allowed to be used in new church buildings and they can only be called Christian Centre. Notwithstanding, even crosses are not supposed to be shown in the new church buildings. It was a systematic suppression of the practising of Christian faith and gradual Islamisation all over Malaysia. May God bless Penang and the new Government comprising DAP, PKR and PAS alliance.

Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who

Just 2 days ago, I went to GSC cinema in Queensbay Mall to watch Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who in its debut opening day on the 13th of March 2008.

The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant who, on the fifteenth of May in the Jungle of Nool, hears a small speck of dust talking to him. It turns out the speck of dust is actually a tiny planet, home to a city called "Who-ville", inhabited by microscopic-sized inhabitants known as Whos.

The Whos ask Horton (who, though he cannot see them, is able to hear them quite well) to protect them from harm, to which Horton happily obliges, proclaiming throughout the book that "a person's a person, no matter how small". In doing so he is ridiculed and forced into a cage by the other animals in the jungle for believing in something that they are unable to see or hear. His chief tormentors are Vlad Vladikoff, the Wickersham Brothers and the Sour Kangaroo, and the small kangaroo in her pouch. Horton tells the Whos that they needed to make themselves heard to the other animals, lest they end up as part of "beezlenut stew", which they finally accomplish. The Whos finally make themselves heard by ensuring that all members of their society play their part. In the end it is the smallest Who of all, Jo-Jo, who provides the last volume lift to be heard, thus reinforcing the moral of "a person's a person no matter how small".

Now convinced of the Whos' existence, Horton's neighbors vow to help him protect the tiny community.

It's interesting to see a pretty big creature like Horton concerned with protecting the tiniest creatures of all...even if the others in the jungle of Nool may not believe that's he's right about all those tiny people on the speck (well, maybe Rudy, the Sour Kangaroo's son, may think he could be right...)

Lovable characters like Horton, who can be serious at times (and is truly determined) but also wild-and-crazy, full of imagination and whimsy. Like the mayor, who is determined to protect his city from the dangers they're now being exposed to (who will protect the protector? "A giant elephant, up in the sky!... Don't bother to look, he's invisible...")

Highly recommended! The look of the film is visually stunning, and a good voice cast (CBS Radio's Charles Osgood narrates; the mayor and his wife are Steve Carrell and Amy Poehler, and Jim Carrey of course is Horton.