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Our cluster won 2 prizes in the recent ‘FCBC, My Family of Faith’ Photography Contest! Congratulations and keep up the good work!

1ST Runner Up
“THE ART OF LETTING GO”
Charlene Goh Ying Zheng (Ps Lai Fun’s Network)

4TH Runner Up
“HANGING ON TOGETHER…”
Pamela Loh & Tan Yon Whui (Ps Lily’s Network)

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27^th May 2007.

The Global Day of Prayer 2007 was held at the National Stadium at Kallang. It was memorable for a couple of reasons. This will be the last time that such an event will be held at the National Stadium before it is torn down and it is always exciting to see and witness the massive number of believers gathering together to pray. In Matthews 18:20 says, “For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”, well there were definitely more than 2 or 3 but since the numbers had increased by thousand fold, God’s presence was tremendous upon us.  

Well one of the notable difference this year was that, the Youth net didn’t go down in full force as Wang Xing and myself moved into the stadium where FCBC was stationed, it seemed that the number as compared to last year had dwindled. It was apparent for our tribe as well, that Grandpa was surrounded by less than 20 members of our tribe on that day. It was kind of disappointing to see that, as the gathering of believers to pray was to pray for our nation. I certainly do hope that those whom miss this gathering had valid reasons, for those who were not there……. You guys miss big time. God’s blessing was incredible on that day!!!! As I stood there to pray with the gathering of believers at the National Stadium, I caught a glimpse of God’s greatness. He shielded dark rain filled clouds away from the stadium, as His people pray, the Lord’s presence came and I began to feel that it was such a privilege just to be standing there to pray for our nation.  

One of the main verses was from 2 Chronicles 7:14 (New International Version)“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”The event started with worship and soon it progressed into the stage where the people gathered to pray in repentance on behalf of the nation. As the program continued, it progress to the stage where we were praying for healing upon the land. That was when I was reminded that indeed our Church is moving into a spearheaded direction where the 100k Campaign will certainly be used and blessed by God to bless and heal our nation.  

The Lord bless the 5000 warriors and those in our tribe that have responded to this calling to know that truly that God has called upon you and as you humble and seek His face, the land of Singapore will be healed for God will use you mightily, for the Lord will hear our prayers from heaven and soften the ground before us to allow the warriors to move in and bless the nation of Singapore. Amen. 

I do look forward to next year’s Global day of Prayer as when we are there, there will surely be many wonderful testimonies that God will bless us with through the 100k Campaign. Don’t miss both the events!! =)

Written by Bipeng (Weng Cheong’s Tribe)

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“Despite the short event ‘runway’, the successful fruitions of Structure Experience (SE), Grand Dinner. Logistics and Administration etc were the sowing results of the various groups of committees. I boast in pride, of my family, of every member in it. For each of them has shown us, God’s loving character by serving the RL288 family. Yet, beyond these physical activities, I thank God even more for the Word of God shared during the sessions which I believe…will accomplish what God desire as mentioned in Isaiah55:11. There were many exciting blessings from God, of which I shall name two:

i) It was raining. God aroused the faith of the committee to pray. Wearing sunglasses and looking up the sky, rebuking the dark clouds to leave, asking God to show the sun and dry the place-while rain-drops kept falling on our heads. Yet, despite all these acts of Faith, nothing beats seeking God for His Will for the S.E programme. I happy to acknowledge that the Father’s Will was to continue our dry weather programme. We realized that Faith is not denying the weather that sweeps over our lives. It is believing that behind the clouds and beyond the storms waits a Faithful God!

ii) During the 2nd and 3rd session, God showered His love and affirmed His love for me. In seeking God’s heart, tears began to flow down, when I least expected it…a moment when heavens was opened and God reminded me the strongest evidence of His Love, was the sacrifice that brought remission of sin through Jesus Christ.

I am blessed and refreshed to know that my life is in God’s transforming process and “He who began a good work in us will carry it on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ!” Amen!”

(Kevin Chan, Retreat I/C)

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“Honestly I did not look forward to the camp as usual. Morever, this time round, I have an added on responsibility to organise the SE. However, the Lord is faithful even when I am faithless. I am once again amazed by His faithfulness. The rain came when we are starting out the lunch section of SE but it stopped after we prayed. At that point of time, I know deep in my heart that only God could help us. It is such helplessness that brought my total dependence on Him. Though it drizzled after the lunch, I felt a deep sense of peace knowing that I can totally depend on Him. During the session on Saturday night, the Lord also bless me with a simple truth, that is, I need to love Jesus in all that I do. Simple but very impactful to me. Thank God. I am glad I was there at the RL288 retreat, going deep wth the Lord.”

(Jasmine Tay, Retreat 2I/C & S.E Coordinator)

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“Not only is the God we serve faithful, He also love us incredibly! The theme of this retreat is “Go DEEP”. Truly, during the session on the 2nd night, the Lord’s presence and love was so so strong! There was a deep longing He created in me for Him. His love touched me so deeply I can only cry, during worship, through out the whole of pastor’s sermon and the rest of the night as I prayed. God brought forth a change this retreat; to desire Him more daily. Not only that, He is also challenging me to lead a surrendered life. Each time I struggled to go my own way or cannot let go of certain things, He will gently remind me that nothing I possess belongs to me in the first place. I found true victory in surrendering! I am excited! To live a life of daily denying self, taking up my cross and following Jesus, and to see Him do great things in me, and through me! God is so good!”

(Everlyn Yong, Publicity, Security, Safety, Medical Coordinator)

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“The camp was a challenging one for me as there were not enough people to help out in the logistics but everyone was kind and helpful as they chipped in when possible. That’s the family spirit! Even though I missed out some parts of the teachings, God was there to teach me and bring me deeper into some of these teachings. I had received a lot in this camp and I pray that God will continue to work in my life and integrate these teachings and experiences into my very being. One of the lessons I learnt was during one of the worship sessions and it’s that God had to pay a heavy price so that I can come into His presence. The fullness of His wrath was brought unto Jesus so that the fullness of His love could be lavish onto men.”

(Kah Wai, Finance & Logistics Coordinator)

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“Being part of the SE team allowed me to understand the different gifts and talents God has placed in my cell group. Many times, we will try to propagate the truth that each member of the spiritual family needs to depend on one another through the sharing of the word, or ironically through structured experience, but this entire camp is like a Structured Experience to me. I had seen with my own eyes and experienced myself the truth that we need to lean on each other. Personally I need to accept my weaknesses and the need for me to rely on others. Not in the spirit of condemnation, but in the spirit of humility and joy. I was only able to respond in such a way because the Lord is pleased with my heart and what I had done.”

(Gam, S.E Coordinator)

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“I want to thank God for His provision in this retreat! Being a first-timer, planning this retreat was no easy task for me. To top it all, we seem to be lacking in everything. Not enough time, not enough money, not enough manpower, not enough food, not enough camp booklets.. (and the list goes on..) But God is our Jehovah Jireh and He is a faithful God! Not only did He meet our needs, He blessed us with abundance. Thank God!!

(Angie, Finance & Logistics Coordinator) 

Pastors with the people behind the scene.

We held the planning session on Friday night. For a 2-hour programme, it was mainly games and Breaking the Barrier. For those who don’t know, Breaking the Barrier (BTB) is a sticker book which is used to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with children below the age of 12. Strange, we thought of many games and even thought of going down. But with the 2-hour constraint, we decided to play the games in the house.

I was supposed to go through BTB with my cell leader on Sunday. Turns out that there was a salvation at Barnabas club so I managed to run through it, and in Mandarin! Well, we went through BTB. I’m surprised to note that practically the entire cell had not even seen BTB. Strange huh. But it’s the same as the John 3:16 sharing for adults and teens, except that it’s in a sticker format instead of drawing lines, circles, and arrows. While sharing with my cell leader, I observed something interesting. I have been doing BTB for the last 10 years. No, I’m not that old, but I did it even as a child. I used to wear the sash at Come Celebrate Christmas and share BTB with children. If my memory serves me well, I started sharing BTB at the age of 12.

It’s interesting to note that, at that time when I shared, I never had any difficulty. I was always confident and never had to think about, “How do I explain life forever?” or “How do I explain sin and death forever?” Yet, while we were discussing BTB at Expo, we had to think through questions like these. And I concluded, as children, we are indeed much simpler. Actually, come to think of it, children do know when they do something wrong. It’s not too difficult to explain sin and get them to understand it. I guess, as adults, we do look too much into details. That is the beauty of the child-like faith. Simple.

My cell leader was worried that they may not understand and I told her that BTB can be understood by children from 5 years old. Personally, even when I speak to the parents of the children we manage at Barnabas club, I realize that, as adults, we tend to wonder if the child really knows what he/she is doing and we doubt their faith. Thinking about that makes me sad. Even for the Lord’s Supper, as long as they are aware of the significance of the elements, I don’t see why they cannot participate in it. Even I myself sometimes question the child but I remember this, “The Holy Spirit in an adult is the same size as the Holy Spirit in a child.” Never ever underestimate children. They are more powerful than we can ever imagine. Jesus, Himself said, “Let the little children come to me for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” I truly believe that. Alright, back to the party.

On Christmas day, we got there at 12pm to prepare. Mainly blowing the balloons and packing the party packs for them.

The children are from my cell leader’s tuition group and they’re aged between 7-12. This is the best age to do BTB! Golly! And they’re all chinese speaking. Hmm, sharing BTB in Mandarin is a huge challenge for me. Ah well, cell leader doing it, so as long as she knows, that’ll do.

They began streaming out of the room at about 1.45pm and they starred at this bunch of adults sitting in the living room amongst balloons and gift packs. We had lunch before we started the games. Usually, I take this time to sort of mingle with the children and play/talk to them to get them comfortable with me.

Getting me to lead the ice breakers is not a problem, but when it comes to doing it in Mandarin, sheesh, it is quite a challenge, even if to 10 year old children. I did Simon Says in English and I had no idea they could not differentiate left and right yet. It was quite funny, but I suspect that they did not really understand the game. The next game we played was Pass the Fish. Music plays, pass the fish; music stops, person holding fish must do something. This was really funny because the boys were very sporting. He insisted on doing a 黃飛鴻 stance.

We continued to play Blow Wind Blow in Mandarin. 大風吹 was also quite challenging for me. It’s a tongue twister! The children enjoyed this game the most because they were already familiar with it. After that, we played the last game of Squirrel & Hunter. No photos of the games because I was also the photographer! So I couldn’t possibly lead the game and be the photographer at the same time. After a water break, we gathered to hear the Christmas story before launching into BTB.

The story is a simple one but I think it was too short so it was kinda abrupt. Basically, it’s the story of Joseph and Mary not being able to find a place to sleep for the night and they landed in the stables with the horses. Mary gave birth to Jesus that night and the three wise men followed the star. Upon finding Jesus, they worshipped Him and gave Him gold, incense, and myrrh. It ended to a chorus of Hark the Herald by the group of “angels”. After this, we gave out the BTB sticker books to the children.

2 leaders attached to 3 children and as my cell leader started introducing God, we facilitated the session. All the children were very attentive.

The time came to make their decision with the gold feet. As each leader explained to the child, the children were left to decide their direction. BTB wrapped up with the Sinner’s Prayer. Everyone prayed out loud together and they all personalized John 3:16. It’s really cool to get the children to read the verse with their names in it.

Cell leader’s husband sang a song talking about their new friend, Jesus and we took some group photos.

100% salvation for the children. I believe we did BTB with 8 children. So hallelujah for the new 8 precious children that have entered the kingdom of heaven! With all my heart, I truly believe that children are fully conscious and aware of what they are doing when they pray and ask Jesus into their heart. Never doubt their simple faith; you might even learn something from them if you stick around them. I have never stopped learning from children and they have always imparted great joy and faith in my heart.

Writers of this entry
Camy & Kristy (Cynthia’s Tribe)

First Posted on http://camy.livejournal.com/437933.html

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Watching MOL for the second time…

The Magic of Love @ Christmas is an annual performance staged by our senior pastor and his team. More than just illusions, magic and elaborate costumes, the Magic of Love is a moving tale of the powerful love shared between a father and his daughter. It was evident by the response from the audience that the touching story had captivated their hearts, and praise God that many people gave their lives to Jesus for the first time!

Despite it being my second time watching the Magic of Love, I was still left amazed and in awe at the end of the performance. I was amazed not purely because of the wonderful magic and mysterious illusions; instead, what left me in awe was the reminder of the greatest gift that our Heavenly Father has graced us with- His son Jesus Christ who died for our sins. It served as a reminder to me that the finest gift I can give to my loved ones this Christmas is not the most expensive phone or Ipod, and is not something that money can buy. The greatest gift that we all can afford to give to our loved ones is to share of God’s love with them this Christmas.

As Christmas is a time of blessing, giving and loving, let us love our friends and family with God’s love, allowing them to truly feel the warmth and love of our Heavenly Father. =)

Contributed by: Jaclyn Lee (Xiangru’s tribe)

 

Going as an intercessor… 

MOL this year was a little different for me this year. It was the first time I went as an intercessor. Although Xiangru had briefed us before going into the intercessor room, I was a little unprepared in my heart and did not know what I was in for. When I entered the room to join the intercessors, I asked God to prepare my heart because a spiritual warrior cannot enter battle without the armour of God. As the praying and worshipping started, I could feel the strong anointing and presence of God in the place. God started to unravel his works through MOL before my eyes. Initially, MOL was really just MOL to me, bringing friends to Christ etc. However, at that moment of interceding, I could really sense God’s powerful right hand moving strongly through the whole hall and the raised spiritual climate in me. While praying half-way, I started to feel tired but God was good, he gave me a fresh anointing and even passion for the pre-believers sitting right in the hall. God even gave me a vision. It was picture of a guy sitting in the audience that Saturday night. Somehow, God was telling me his story and I started praying for him. We were to also pray for Priscilla’s testimony that it would touch the lives out there. While doing just that, I myself was deeply moved by her story and God’s great move in her life. Maybe at that crucial point of her life, all seemed bad but it turned out to be for the bigger picture of God’s work. The intercession night soon came to a full stop but I know God’s work has just really started. Even though I felt really worn out spiritually at the end, but it was a great experience just doing His work and seeing the Holy Spirirt move powerfully in the MOL.

Contributed by: Dora Tan (Xiangru’s tribe)

Magic of Love (MOL) had created a great impact on me. It was not just magic, but also a lesson we can learn about love through a touching story of a father and his love for his daughter.

Before it started, I thought it’s just going to be like a normal magic show that we usually watch. However, it was not what I expected, but much better. Pastor Khong actually related magic to Christianity, which was truly unforeseen.

This year, there were more illusions, which brought the show to greater heights. MOL was indeed filled with much more excitement and also appalling scenes such as the Table of Death, etc. Other jaw dropping scenes were the quick person switches of characters within split seconds and when Pastor Khong suddenly appeared in the crowd in the grand finale. There were also other tricks, which brought excitement to us such as the making of ‘snow’ and changing of the colours of the handkerchief.
However, other than the magic tricks, the story plays a big part in MOL too. It portrays the love between the father and daughter. I found it touching and meaningful and made me treasure the relationship with my family and God even more. Sometimes, when we are stubborn, our pride overcomes our love and faith for God and we draw away from God, just like the character, Priscilla in the story, who wanted freedom and fame. Yet, God’s love for His people is still never changing. He forgives us when we sin, just like how the father forgave and rescued his daughter.

Towards the end of MOL, Pastor Khong also used the balls to talk about sin and the separation from God, which I thought was a creative way to illustrate. I was also deeply moved when Priscilla shared about her life and was impressed by how God blessed Pastor Khong and his family.

 

Overall, I felt that Magic of Love was great! I’m glad that my friends were touched by the story too. I’m also happy for those who accepted Christ in this MOL. I hope that God will continue to use Pastor Khong and Priscilla to touch lives around the world and spread God’s words; bringing the lost people towards the path of being warriors of light!

Contributed by: Bernice Eng (Xiangru’s tribe)

I injured my shoulder during my school’s camp and had to be rushed to the hospital. The doctor diagnosed that I had sprained my shoulder and injured one of the nerves, thus causing my palm to swell up and become numb. The doctors could not do much except to prescribe some painkillers and send me home with my hand immobile in a sling. Having an arm in a sling was a great inconvenience; I was kind of ‘handicapped’. Things that seemed so simple like taking a shower, took me a whole hour to complete. But that did not deter me from going shopping, albeit the many stares, with my friends. However upon going to church that Sunday, I was surprised to realize that the message for that day was “A God who Heals”. God really works in the most unexpected ways.

When pastor Lawrence gave the altar call, I responded with 3 other friends and prayed for each other. As my friends, Yuan Bing and Estee, prayed for me, I felt an immense pain on my shoulder as if there was a huge hand clamming down on my shoulder and pushing hard. When I shared with them about the pain I had experienced, they thought that they had accidentally pressed too hard. Later as my cell leader, Samantha and Gloria, prayed for me, there was a hot sensation pulsing up and down my shoulder. Samantha led me to proclaim God’s word that I would receive His healing. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect God to perform a miracle on me that day.

Afterwards, during worship, I could lift my hands up to clap along. I was so amazed, that when I prodded and punched my own arm a few times, to find that the pain was really gone. “Oh my gosh, its not pain anymore” was my exact words to Gloria as I realized that my arm was healed. I was bewildered and as my cellmates were overjoyed and started clapping and hooting, I guess I have not grasped the reality of what had happened and I just looked on blankly. Although I did not fully understand and believe, the Lord still did a work in me. By His grace, I’m HEALED! Praise the Lord!!

Written by Charis Lee (Samantha’s Tribe)