Hey, take courage when we face discouragement, especially very very difficult situations. To a believer this is merely nothing but a SHADOW even if it looks like the valley of death …

The King of kings is our refuge, our deliverer, our solace. The armies of angels in heaven are on our side.

Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. Than whatever that is in the world. We believers have the power and answer right inside of us. Look within us for strength and for dignity. We are heirs of this cosmos, joint-heirs with Christ.

The Bible tells us, as Christ is, right here and now, so are we … where? IN THIS WORLD! not in the life thereafter. But NOW in this world we live in.

Start asking the Lord for big things which He has already placed in our hearts. If there is still some shadows of doubts, ask Him to shine lights in these areas.

Jeremiah 29:11 is true for every believer, Our God has plans greater than what we can envision.

Let us forget the past and stretch forth towards the goal that Christ has already placed in our hearts.

Believe, what He has revealed to us to ask in prayer, we receive. The only thing that stops our believing is our very own doubt.

He is the One who placed the desires there, especially if they are not sinful nor greed driven. They are safe to follow. Like asking the Lord to bless us to build the largest company in one area which He has put in our hearts.

It is He would would answer our prayers. He places the desires there, He would also supercedes what we Amen to Him. HE is an exceptionally generous and powerful God. Who loves us very very very much.

Amen.

We should receive when we pray in accordance with His Will written in His Word. If ever there are occasions we don’t receive, it is when we doubt. Let us not doubt but believe what He has decreed for us in His goodness and His love in His Word. Amen

When the Lord asks us to do something, our first reaction could be, the task is too humongous for us.

And our hearts are filled with excitement because it is a very pleasant task.

So like Mary, we say “Amen” .

Some 3 years ago, the Lord put the desire in my heart to invite 50 people to an evangelistic rally. My mind began to rationalise. Who would take care of them? Where do I find these 50? Will they have bad experience knowing that the place is not so elderly friendly. I know in my heart that He wants to invite the elderly folks.

I observed the place and the event that year. I invited no one, the first year (2007).

The following year, I received a telephone call from a pastor from another church. The Holy Spirit within me told me “Ask him to invite”.
At that time, I invited 30. This is the figure and the amount that I am willing to part with at that time. And praise Jesus, two precious ones came to know the Lord. The stadium seats about 6,000 and about 98 people came to know The Lord last year.

This year, as some indicated that they would also like to contribute, I invited 45 (the contact person told me the bus could accommodate 45). And we saw 7 salvations! Look what the Lord has done!

Our hearts rejoice seeing so many souls saved.

All glory and praise be unto the Lord.

Humanly speaking, the task seems too huge. But if we say “yes” to the Lord, He just makes all things come together and we His partners just watch Him work.

1 John 5:5 (King James Version)

5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

As long as we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, we have already overcome the world.

Thank you Lord Jesus, yes, You are the Son of God.

Thank you for the victory, thank you based on the authority of Your Word here, we who believe you are the Son of God, have overcome the world.

Praise the Lord!

Amen

Without vision, the people perish.
With vision, the people flourish.

Thank God for providing the foresight to our leaders who lead the people with great positive visions ahead. So the people flourish!

Praise the Lord.

Let us also have little visions for ourselves to work towards to everyday … so we too shall flourish.

Amen

Jesus is the Word of God

John 1 (King James Version)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

spending time in the Word is liken to spending time with Jesus.

not just reading the Bible but listening to anointed sermons.

take it as God is speaking to us directly through the speaker
ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth that can set us free …
the truth that we know will indeed set us free …

Good health and good wealth follows after the man / woman who studies the Word and not the other way round.

Amen

previously we heard people sharing about how Job’s restoration came about …

and I am sure you heard something like this also

Job’s restoration came about after he prayed for his friends

recently the Lord addressed me on this issue

He said there is no precendence on such a theory

as in if you want to be blessed in this area
pray for others in this area

if you come across such please let me know

his restoration came about because of his repentance
repentance as in how he changed his thinking
or how he feels

the fact that the Lord asked his friends to go to Job to be prayed for

could have made Job feel a sense of righteousness backed by God
even in the midst of his own trials

and this sense of righteousness
translates into answered prayers for this friends

and if he prayed for his friends
of course he would also pray for himself

hence the restoration.

the feeling of condemnation hinders answers to prayers

when God restores Job’s sense of righteousness
everything else in Job’s life’s is restored and blessed double …
even better than before …

we should emphasize greatly on the teachings of righteousness by faith
we should magnify this teaching so that God’s children
indeed feel a sense of belonging in this powerful family of the Almighty.

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have everything we ask for in prayer.

God bless all our plans and our success.

Yes, once we remove bitterness and hatred from our hearts, we instantly become candidates for the Lord’s miracles and blessings to flow in our lives.

Let us do a reality check, and seriously ask ourselves if we have not been indeed enjoying a wonderful relationship with our Father. Where have we gone wrong? Father has not changed, He is always the same. So there must be something that has gone wrong with us.

There is a very high chance that our blessings stop
the moment we allow bitterness to enter our hearts
be it related or not

so in order to enjoy the constant flow of blessings
and a very happy and healthy relationship with the Most High

let us not harbour bitterness in any area of our lives
let us not envy others when they are better off than ourselves
let us not back bite others even though we feel that we are much better off then them
let us just be contented with our lot in life and enjoy the very present moment.

It is God who promotes one and tear down the other
it is better that the Lord promotes us than we promote ourselves

in the end, let there be love.

and begin to enjoy the blessings of seeing our prayers answered speedily again and again.

Amen

When we sin, do we go to God and ask for forgiveness?

After asking Him for forgiveness especially of our most terrible mistakes, do we still feel that we should kind of pay for those stupid mistakes instead of getting away from them scotch-free? Without any recompense?

Recently I committed a driving offense, my cashcard was not inserted properly into the IU in my vehicle and I missed the ERP deduction (some kind of a road tax for using the road on busy hours).

Immediately after I realised my mistake, I telephone the authority to explain to them that it was purely an unintentional mistake.

However, I was told to wait for the letter which meant I would be issued a fine for the offence.

After I received the letter, I wrote in to appeal for waiver of the fine via email to the one who sent me the letter.

He replied the very next day by sending me a letter to waive off the fine.

While I was checking out on my email daily for his reply.

It was until the last day to pay up for the fine and there was no response forth coming. So I obediently paid the fine as failing to pay up after the deadline would incur heavier penalty charges.

I paid up just after midnight of the last day and I emailed to the authority about my remittance.

Today we checked the mailbox, and lo and behold, there was the reply letter to waive off the fine!

And when I switched on my computer to check my email,
the officer replied my email too.

He said that they would honour the waiver and I would be
receiving a cheque for that waiver as I had already paid the fine.

You can imagine how wonderful I felt.

And indeed if we think a little deeper, even a human being
could show one another such grace. How much more God our heavenly daddy?

Even if we thought our sins were not forgiven and
we worked hard to earn our salvation
yet, grace would still be extended
and God would indeed honour His Word given to us
through His Son Jesus Christ.

The God of the Universe
the Creator of heaven and earth
cannot lie.
Surely blessing He would bless us,
multiply He would multiply us.

It is entirely based on Him honouring His Word
and nothing we could do could stop Him from blessing us and
loving us and showering us with more blessings!

Praise Jesus who made these all possible for us.

Amen and all glory be to Jesus!

Amen

yesterday I had a conversation with my hubby regarding God
what would it be if we see things from the eyes of God, from God’s perspective?

HE is so generous, so good, so perfect and has given us everything we would ever need here on earth.

And HE tells us His beloved children, only “Ask” … and it would be given.

“Ask” don’t doubt … and know … just know … it is given.

Even if we want to go to somewhere far far away and visit their countries … we can just ask … and consider it given.

at times, God can give to us bypassing the medium – money

see yourself as God when you “Ask” Him for anything.

Hope you are blessed …

Here I see God’s love for us  …. as we were praying before we sleep last night regarding miracle seed sowing for church building … I found myself saying to the Lord … in Joseph’s time … he said after he gave the seeds to the people for sowing in the time of famine … he actually prophesied the increase … and that the people must give to Pharoah 20% from that increase … BUT HE DID NOT SAY HOW MUCH WOULD BE THE INCREASE … so the Lord quickly and I must say He told me without me asking … the increase is not 100% … it is 100fold … if you are Isaac … sowing in times of famine … I was so excited and I took a piece of paper … and folded it in front of my hubby …. this is one fold … which means double … the paper split into two … and I folded again means 2fold … the same paper … and it split not into 4 … but into 8 … and when it reached the 3rd fold … the paper was split into 16 … so going by that mathematically … hundred fold could mean 2 to the power of 100!!! now that is alot !

to further convince myself … I wake up now in the morning and and I checked out the verse in Genesis 26
12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

this verse the word hundredfold means times 100
and in Hebrews there is a word Sha-arh with it …
and it only appears once in the entire Bible …
and the word Sha-arh has the meaning of split
1) to split open, reason out, calculate, reckon, estimate

I am so excited that I use my computer to calculate what is 2 to the power of 100 … but the limit of human technology could only give me the visible up to 2 to the power of 36 … which is
68,719,476,736.00

awesome … what a mightly God we serve! and He is our Father!

now … Children of the Most High … has the Most High given us the secret to financial freedom?

yes!

praise the Lord!

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This revelation is so true, if we had sown in Feb, by now we have reaped more than double.

Let there be boldness to trust in the Lord’s leading and guidance.

Let us forget the past and reach out to the price of high calling in Christ Jesus.

and He said … if two shall agree here on earth … it would be done for them …

do we see God’s heart of generousity?

go get sowing … the power to prosper is in the seed …

We pray for ALL who believe to prosper MIGHTILY IN THE LORD JESUS!

Amen

we learned last Sunday that faith is believing and speaking, believing and speaking, believing and speaking …
Let me share another testimony with you …
more than 2yrs ago my friend and i went to a mega store selling electrical items …

after hearing a testimony of how a couple laid hands over a plasma TV, prayed over it and claimed it as theirs … the wife won in a company’s dinner lucky draw not just the plasma TV … but the whole set of home theatre system … that they were so grateful … and were able to watch the World cup on this new gift which they claimed as theirs.

My friend and I were so encouraged by the testimony that we went to lay hands on the flat screen TV set in the store …

and lo and behold … it was last year around this time, my brother in law gave me a 20″ Hitachi flat screen LCD TV for my bedroom …

and on Sunday after church  … this same brother in law met me  and told me he is going to give me another flat screen LCD TV … this time it is a 37″ wide Sharp Aquous … all FOC … my heart is overjoyed …not because he is giving me the TV … but that the action of claiming and receiving has come into effect in my life …

and what is more amazing is … the Lord spoke to me … FOC … means FULL OF CHRIST … not just free-of-charge … indeed I thank the Lord for loving me so much …

even the car park lot He gave me on Saturday … when I entered the carpark I just said I want a lot NEAREST to the lift …

even before I reached there and there was absolutely no lot available before I reached there … but when my car reached the entrance of the lift, someone came out from the lift and walked towards his car and drove away …

the lot was the nearest to the entrance to the lift from the driver seat …

 the Lord has indeed confirmed His Word on faith …

the essence of faith is believing and speaking … have we been believing and speaking God’s promises over our lives in a joyful and expectant manner?

Even if it is only once, the Lord knows and indeed watches over His Word eagerly to perform it … we indeed serve a risen Saviour … what a great privilege! Amen

Whatever we need in this life here on earth … they are all found in the scriptures …

since it is His word to us His children … we claim all the good stuff there …

praise the Lord

Let us worship the Lord our God.

He is worthy of all praise!

Blessed be the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!

Hallelujah, praise the Lord!

All glory be unto Jesus!

Praise Him Praise Him Praise Him forever!

Amen

My colleague has some skin infections,
I have seen the infection since Sept 1, which she has seen the doctor
but the wound was still fresh on Monday Sept 8. It just occured to me
that I could ask her to apply my anointing oil which I always keep with me …
I did not tell her that it was anointting oil at first, but just asked her to try
applying some olive oil that I had. Her skin was much much better on Tuesday,
the pus was no more, and there fresh wounds were all gone.

Then I revealed to her that the oil was no ordinary oil but holy oil which
was prayed over for the purpose of healing and blessing. (after I let her apply,
I said to God, I have done my part, now it is Your turn to do Your job ….
I am so happy He (my God and Father) is working and not on leave…. just joking ..

My colleague is not a Christian yet, but she told others that she applied God’s oil and it healed her …

She even asked me what are the other applications of the oil besides healing,
can she apply at her home to bless her family? I told her yes, and even car
and wallet, for protection and blessing …

She said she would bring an empty bottle so that I could pour some of God’s oil for her.

A leader of mine asked me to tell her that the oil could work wonders for her because of my faith and prayer over the oil so that she would not use the oil unwisely. So I did. I told her not to pass the oil to a third party just for her own use only.

True, Jesus is never on leave, he never slumber nor sleep, he keeps watch over each and every child of His.

I continue to pray for healing for each and everyone here.
I know He hears our prayers !

Praise Jesus and Abba Father!
Thank you Holy Spirit

………
some of the uses of anointing oil :
1. edible olive oil for cooking … for food and salads … DIVINE HEALTH AND FRUITFULNESS FOR THE FAMILY. The Lord will bless our bread and our water.
2. scented olive oil … like essential oil … my own application is just a dab of oil on the corners of my rooms and a little cross on the main door facing outside … actually to wade of evil if there are some unbelievers in the household, we apply the Blood of Christ over the doorpost and the lintels by speaking “Father in Heaven, we plead the Blood of Christ Jesus over the door post and the lintels of this house” … we can even say this while we apply the anointing oil at the door.
3. insomnia … just a dabb on the pillow before we sleep …
4. continue to apply the anointing oil on affected areas of our bodies daily once a day will do, until full manifestation of healing has taken place (my colleague’s skin after 5days of application is TOTALLY HEALED, now the dried spot which sealed up the skin for healing has fallen off … I can see that her skin is returning to NORMAL already. I don’t know if I may ask her to allow me take a picture of her healed hand to post her … let’s see how …
5. for SPOUSE ,,, someone applied the oil on their spouse’s pillow and the spouse became exceptionally loving towards her …
6. for selling of house … it is the prayer of the righteous that accomplishes much … what you pray to the Lord while you are applying the oil … my pastor and some of the church members did this … they applied the oil on a prominent part of the house, laid hand and pray that the house be sold at a record high price or the price that they want to sell. And they all GOT it! Some properties could not be sold for months, were sold almost immediately after applying the anointing oil.
7. over the children … that the Lord would protect them and bring them up to be history makers, leaders, whatever their giftings maybe … to be the very best in the areas of their giftings … to grant them wisdom and joy in growing up … no stress.
8. our wallets and our bank accounts, our investments… that they would never run dry on us … instead they be filled with abundance … overflowing … to the extend we can be a blessing to others in a generous way …
9. our workplace … a sister of mine applied the oil in her office during lunchtime .. as the colleagues like to gossip or play “politics” or not working in harmony … she witnessed a significant change in them after lunch. Someone very bored with his work for a long while started applying the anointing oil on his work desk, that morning, he was called into his boss’ office and he was given a promotion and a good pay increment.
10. vechicles … a man of God applied the oil on the front and back and sides of his car … and he was protected from assualt of the axe … no even a side mirror was broken … when the attackers hit his car … the attackers fled for their lives after that … some of us applied on our vehicles and were protected from serious accidents and escaped WITHOUT A SCRATCH! as for my own car, we already laid our hands on it on the first day we purchased it and we have already prayed over the car for smooth rides all the way. We applied the anointing oil in the car that the loans of the car would be easy to meet and would be fully paid up soon, at the same time we prayed for protection for driver and passengers. We will apply the oil on our car as and when the Spirit leads.
11. in the storeroom, the fridge, the wardrobe, the shoe cabinets … that we would have good quality food, clothings and shoes … Jesus said … our Father in heaven knows we need these things .. . what to eat and what to wear … if we don’t see them as we desire, we can offer up a prayer to our Heavenly Daddy to see to it that we are supplied with good food, nice clothes, handbags and shoes …
12. on our computers, our internet modems, the mouse, the keypads … that they function well and serve us well … also that they may be used to minister to others as Christ ministers through us to them … I offered my service to the Lord as prayer collator … and my computer gets upgraded for free every year … and at some time, I have free hard disk for a Christmas present, and at times, I have free hand-me-down printer and scanner of good quality …
13. on our lips … that we would always say the right words at the right time … and know when to shut up … and just see the Lord work wonders in our lives …
14. on our shoes … that we would always be at the right place at the right time, meeting the right people … and keeping evil far from us … the spirits can see the power of the anointing oil and they will flee far away from us…
15. one the plane, bus, trains for smooth and safe rides to our destinations especially when we are travelling overseas…

the above are just suggestions, don’t overdo it … just pick one or two areas which we feel lead to do it …

Most important of all offer our time and our assets to the Lord, and we will see He blesses them back mightily to us and our family. We will never be short changed.

I have learnt to listen attentively to the Lord Jesus and do His bidding …

many times it is just taking me out of my own comfort zone … and doing things that
I find not being myself … just doing what He tells me to do … at His prompting …

He said ask others to pray for you and with you …

I have been keeping mumb about what I am going through for a few years already

and since the day I obeyed and asked strangers (or other children of God) whom I don’t even
meet … to pray for me … I have seen significant breakthroughs in my life

listen to Him what He is telling us in our hearts today
and do His bidding … 

focus on Him and His glory
do not turn to the left or to the right

and watch Him work His will and plan in our lives

plans to prosper us and give us a hope and a bright future …

Amen  

things that I have done that astonished myself are

1. Sept 6, I invited 30 total strangers to an evangelistic rally (2 salvations from this group, praise the Lord!)

2. Sept 8… I  asked my colleague to try apply some olive oil on her hand (I revealed to her that it is anointing oil one day later), her hand has some skin infections … she applied on fresh wounds on first day, on second day, the pus were no more and the affected areas looked much better, on the third day, the swell had subsided and the skin returned back to normal like having a little scratch on it … she is not a believer in Christ yet, and she was so amazed at the oil that she called it “God’s oil” … and she asked me to pour a little of the oil so she could use the oil to bless her home … 

I could never have done the above without the prayers of God’s people … and the leading of the Holy Spirit …

thank God I obeyed …

good success?   I think so …

Dear Father

In the past I used to come to you with prayer requests asking you for favors in exchange for what I have done for you.   Like I have given my tithes, and I expect you to bless my finances.   Like I have been involved in some ministry work, and I expect you to bless my work, my family and my life.

Now indeed I just want to come to you asking you for blessing according to the riches of your glory. Not based on what I have done for you, but rather what your Son Jesus has done for me on the cross.  

I ask for what my Lord Jesus has died to give to me.  Peace of mind and heart, His very own Shalom for every situation in my life.   Wisdom, the joy of your continuous presence.  The blessings of Abraham, everyone of the blessings as stated in Deuteronomy 28.   Your powerful prospering plans for my life, with a great future. The revelation of knowing what is being a joint heir with Christ Jesus and living it out in my own life.

I ask that in my lifetime, I would inherit what you have promised to me as stated in your Word.

Your righteousness consciousness to be greatly manifested in my life everyday.   Knowing that you will HEAR ME AND ANSWER ME every request that I make.  With the certainly that it is done.

Your righteousness, not my own righteousness.  

Yes, in the past, I have been basing my prayers on my own righteousness, what I have done for you and how you should take care of me.  But now, the more I realise how little I have to offer, the more I realise I need to just trust in your righteousness not mine.  

Thank you for a victorious and joyous life in the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Thank you for keeping me from evil.

Thank you for richly supplying ALL my needs ACCORDING to how rich you are. 

I expect to live like a joint heir in Christ.   I expect to live life victoriously.

Thanking you for teaching me how day by day. To live like Him, to live life abundantly.

In Jesus name Amen

A friend invited me recently to the Singapore Garden Festival which lasted for a week.

We spent the whole day there from morning till evening over 2 halls in Suntec City Convention Centre, Singapore.

Here are some highlights I have captured.  Enjoy!

Slides photos taken by Jewel Kwong. 

Song of Solomon 5:13

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

Song of Solomon 6

2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

Luke 12

27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Genesis 2

15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Isaiah 58:10-12

10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:

 11And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

 12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

We are so blessed. 

If Abba so clothed these beautiful flowers: orchids, roses, tulips, sunflowers, lilies, and so many more … how much more will He not clothe us? 

Yes most beautifully He certainly will.  

Yes, smile His beloved child, smile.  

Matthew 28

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Matthew 16

19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Matthew 18

18Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Luke 10

19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

 20Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Beloved, have we exercised the power that the Lord has bestowed upon us on the day of our salvation?

Over principalities, over creepies crawlies, over situations in our lives?

The way to exercise our bestowed power is by the leading of the Holy Spirit and by speaking over the situations …

you will be surprised and amazed at the results … actually we shouldn’t be … but we cannot but exclaim how good God is to us … how good Jesus is to us …

and experiencing is indeed enforcing our belief and our faith in Him gets grounded and we are prepared for more interesting things to come.

I once noticed a trail of ants on the wall of my kitchen.   And it was there for about one or two days.   It formed even after I cleaned it up … so I spoke to the ants … yes … I spoke to them literally …

saying … ” ants, ants, do you know this house belongs to Jesus?  and this is not your house … go back to where you came from and don’t enter this house anymore.”  

and shortly after that … the trail of ants was no more … and my house had since been rid of ants … yes eversince then … it was at my previous place  …

I hate lizards in my place, and whenever one appears, I will ask my hubby to get rid of it. Most times it was just an effortless whack and down the toilet bowl.   But at certain times when we were just too tired to give chase, we just utter a simple statement “Lizard, you come out and be killed in Jesus’ name”  … and very soon within the next day or two that same lizard would get itself cornered somehow in a very easy to be captured or whacked position.  It literally fell into our hands. 

Well if we can use this simple authority over creepies crawlies… i think we can also use this simple authority over flu bugs and headaches or stomachaches or what have you … afterall these are also virus bugs right? only infinitesimally small … beloved we have authority over even such, yes?

let’s do it  …

give it a try, we got everything to gain and nothing to lose. 

Always in Him 

very interesting right, you can try it out too …

this only works for sons and daughters of the Most High …

ok bye