Monday, August 31, 2009

The Bible Lives.

The Bible Lives

Generation follows generation
– yet it lives.

Nations rise and fall
– yet it lives.

Kings, dictators, rulers come and go
– yet it lives.

Torn, condemned, burned
– yet it lives.

Hated, despised, cursed
– yet it lives.

Doubted, suspected, criticized
– yet it lives.

Damned by atheists
– yet it lives.

Scoffed at by scorners
– yet it lives.

Exaggerated by fanatics
– yet it lives.

Misconstrued and misstated
– yet it lives.

Ranted and raved about
– yet it lives.

Its inspiration denied
– yet it lives.

Yet it lives
– as a lamp to our feet.

Yet it lives
– as a light to our paths.

Yet it lives
– as the gate to Heaven.

Yet it lives
– as a standard for childhood.

Yet it lives
– as a guide for youth.

Yet it lives
– as an inspiration for the matured.

Yet it lives
– as a comfort for the aged.

Yet it lives
– as food for the hungry.

Yet it lives
– as water for the thirsty.

Yet it lives
– as rest for the weary.

Yet it lives
– as light for the heathen.

Yet it lives
– as salvation for the sinner.

Yet it lives
– as grace for the believer.

To know it is to love it.
To love it is to accept it.
To accept it means life eternal.


-Written by 0. Woods

Submitted by IM4JESUS!

Taken from www.inspirationalarchive.com. Subject to copyright by author and owner.


P.S........................................................................

Happy 52nd Independence Day to ALL MALAYSIANS OUT THERE..! May God bless Malaysia and everyone from this land..!!! ^^





compiled by Jeremy

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Side By Side..

Side By Side

They lie on the Table side by side
The Holy Bible and the TV guide
One is well worn and cherished with pride
No not the Bible, but the TV guide.
As the pages are turned, what shall they see.
Oh, What does it matter turn on the TV
So they open the book in which they confide
No not the Bible the TV guide.

The word of God is seldom read.
Maybe a verse before they fall into bed.
Exhausted and sleept and tired as can be.
Not from reading the Bible, from watching T.V.

So then back to the table side by side,
Lie the Holy Bible and the T.V. guide.
No time for prayer, no time for the word.
The plan of salvation is seldom heard.
But forgiveness of sin, so full and free,
Is found in the Bible, not on the T.V.


Taken from www.inspirationalarchive.com. Subject to copyright by author and owner.

compiled by Jeremy

Thursday, August 27, 2009

August Higher Ground Session 2009 Recap..!

Boy gang..
Group photo..Worship session..
Backup singers..
Bassist..!
Worship team of the night.
Jordan..
Amos solo..! XD
Joyce giving a speech..?
Esther..!

Birthday girlz..!
Birthday cake. Yum~

Do stay tuned, next Higher Ground Session: SOON..! Details will be up as soon as possible.. ^^

compiled by Jeremy

Sunday, August 23, 2009

The Bible In 50 Words..??

The Bible in Fifty Words

God made
Adam bit
Noah arked
Abraham split
Joseph ruled
Jacob fooled
Bush talked
Moses balked
Pharaoh plagued
People walked
Sea divided
Tablets guided
Promise landed
Saul freaked
David peeked
Prophets warned
Jesus born
God walked
Love talked
Anger crucified
Hope died
Love rose
Spirit flamed
Word spread
God remained.


Taken from www.inspirationalarchive.com. Subject to copyright by author and owner.

compiled by Jeremy

Friday, August 21, 2009

A Reminder..!!!!!

August Higher Ground Session 2009

August Higher Ground Session is here..! Check out the details below:

Date: 22nd August 2oo9
Time: 7.30P.M.
Venue: Kuantan Baptist Church (KBC)

The emcee and ice-breaker for this session would be Jordan Chia, followed with a worship session led by Amos. It's definitely gonna be a great night..!

Further details will be updated from time to time here.

You'll definitely regret not attending this session.
See you there..!

P.S: Sorry for the late updates on the details for HG sessions. Sorry for any inconveniences caused.

compiled by Jeremy

2nd August 2009 LYPG

Venue: Grace Charismatic Center (GCC)
Date: 23rd August 2009
Time: 3.00p.m to 5.00p.m.
SHARP

Hope to see you there. =)

For more information, contact:
Jasmine T.
zero one six- 935 0528

Joyce A.
zero one seven- 947 9727


compiled by Jeremy

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Trees.

Trees

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear
A next of robins in her hair.

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

by Joyce Kilmer

Submitted by Pattie Hannon


Taken from www.inspirationalarchive.com. Subject to copyright by author and owner.

compiled by Jeremy

Sunday, August 16, 2009

The Smell Of God..

A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as the doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. Still groggy from surgery,her husband David held her hand as they braced themselves for the latest news.

That afternoon of March 10 , 1991, complications had forced Diana, only 24-weeks pregnant, to undergo an emergency Cesarean to deliver the couple's new daughter, Danae Lu Blessing. At 12 inches long and weighing only one pound and nine ounces, they already knew she was perilously premature. Still, the doctor's soft words dropped like bombs. "I don't think she is going to make it," he said, as kindly as he could. "There's only a 10% chance she will live through the night, and even then, if by some slim chance she does make it, her future could be a very cruel one."

Numb with disbelief, David and Diana listened as the doctor described the devastating problems Danae would likely face is she survived. She would never walk. She would never talk. She would probably be blind. She would certainly be prone to other catastrophic conditions from cerebral palsy to complete mental retardation and on and on.

"No! No!" was a Diana could say. She and David with their 5-year-old son Dustin, had long dreamed of the day that would have a daughter to become a family of four. Now, within a matter of hours, that dream was slipping away.

Through the dark hours of morning as Danae held onto life by the thinnest thread, Diana slipped in and out of drugged sleep, growing more and more determined that their tiny daughter would live-and live to be a happy, healthy young girl. But David, fully awake and listening to additional dire details of their daughter's chances of ever leaving the hospital alive, much less healthy, knew he must confront his wife with the inevitable.

"David walked in and said that we needed to talk about making funeral arrangements," Diana remembers. "I felt so bad for him because he was doing everything, trying to include me in what was going on, but I just wouldn't listen - I couldn't listen. I said, "No, that is not going to happen, no way! I don't care what the doctors say Danae is not going to die! One day she will be just fine, and she will be coming home with us!"

As if willed to live by Diana's determination, Danae clung to life - a marvel her miniature body could endure. But, as those first days passed, a new agony set in for David and Diana. Because Danae's underdeveloped nervous system was essentially "raw," the lightest kiss or caress only intensified her discomfort - so they couldn't even cradle their tiny baby girl against their chests to offer the strength of their love. All they could do, as Danae struggled alone beneath the ultra-violet light in the tangle of tubes and wires, was to pray that God would stay close to their precious little girl.

There was never a moment when Danae suddenly grew stronger. But, as the weeks went by, she did slowly gain an ounce of weight here and an ounce of strength there.

At last, when Danae turned two months old, her parents were able to hold her in their arms for the very first time. And two months later-though doctors continued to gently but grimly warn that her chances of surviving, much less living any kind of normal life, were next to zero

Danae went home from the hospital, just as he mother had predicted.

Today, five years later, Danae is a petite but feisty young girl with glittering gray eyes and an unquenchable zest for like. She shows no signs, whatsoever, of any mental or physical impairments. Simply, she is everything a little girl can be and more-but that happy ending is far from the end of her story.

One blistering afternoon in the summer of 1996 near her home in Irving, Texas, Danae was sitting in her mother's lap in the bleachers of a local ball park where her brother Dustin's baseball team was practicing. As always, Danae was chattering non-stop with her mother and several other adults sitting nearby when she suddenly fell silent.

Hugging her arms across her chest, Danae asked, "Do you smell that?" Smelling the air and detecting the approach of a thunderstorm, Diana replied, "Yes, it smells like rain."

Danae closed her eyes and again asked, "Do you smell that?" Once again her mother replied, "Yes, I think we're about to get wet. It smells like rain. "Still caught in the moment, Danae shook her head, patted her thin shoulders with her small hands and loudly announced, "No, it smells like Him. It smells like God when you lay your head on His chest."

Tears blurred Diana's eyes as Danae then happily hopped down to play with some other children. Thinking back on her daughter's word's it confirmed what Diana and all the members of the extended Blessing family had known, at least in their hearts, all along. During those long days and nights of her first two months of her life when her nerves were too sensitive for them to touch her, God was holding Danae on His chest - and it is His loving scent that she remembers so well.

-Contributed by LMMyers

Taken from www.inspirationalarchive.com. Subject to copyright by author and owner.

compiled by Jeremy

Friday, August 14, 2009

August Higher Ground Session 2009

August Higher Ground Session 2009

August Higher Ground Session is here..! Check out the details below:

Date: 22nd August 2oo9
Time: 7.30P.M.
Venue: Kuantan Baptist Church (KBC)

The emcee for this session would be Jordan Chia, followed with a worship session led by Amos. It's definitely gonna be a great night..!

Further details will be updated from time to time here.

You'll definitely regret not attending this session.
See you there..!

P.S: Sorry for the late updates on the details for HG sessions. Sorry for any inconveniences caused.

compiled by Jeremy

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Recipe For A Miracle..!!

Recipe For A Miracle

Hebrews 11:6 - And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Recipe for a Miracle

1 cup Tension
2 cups Stress
1 ½ teaspoons of Guilt
2 heaping cups of Limited Time
3/4 tablespoon of Urgency
A dash of "No Other Choice"
3 heaping cups of Faith

Fold ingredients gently into a bowl. Mix vigorously and add a few tears. You'll sweat a little as you knead the dough. Pack it firmly between your hopes and dreams and form into a perfect little
ball. Sprinkle it with a little faith (I recommend Hebrews 11), rolling the ball in the flour until fully covered.

Place it under a veil of belief and allow it to rise.

Put it in an oven that has been pre-set at the perfect temperature for the heat of trials and tribulations.

Allow it to brown under the warmth of God's love. Remove after due season and allow to cool in the confidence of His promise.

Garnish with your praises. Arrange neatly on a platter of thankfulness and serve to friends, families
and, oh yes, strangers . . . invite them too!

Pass on the recipe to all who request it and let them know that with this recipe, they have the makings of a miracle!

- Unknown Author

- Contributed by CJ

Taken from www.inspirationalarchive.com. Subject to copyright by author and owner.

compiled by Jeremy

Sunday, August 9, 2009

How Much Does Prayer Weigh?

How Much Does Prayer Weigh?

Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries. She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work, they had seven children and they needed food. John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested that she leave his store.

Visualizing the family needs, she said: 'Please, sir! I will bring you the money just as soon as I can."

John told her he could not give her credit, as she did not have a charge account at his store.

Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation between the two. The customer walked forward and told the grocerman that he would stand good for whatever she needed for her family.

The grocerman said in a very reluctant voice, "Do you have a grocery list?

Louise replied "Yes sir"

"O.K." he said, put your grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will give you that amount in groceries."

Louise, hesitated a moment with a bowed head, then she reached into her purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it. She then laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her head still bowed. The eyes of the grocerman and the customer showed amazement when the scales went down and stayed down.

The grocerman staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer and said begrudgingly, "I can't believe it." The customer smiled and the grocerman started putting the groceries on the other side of the scales. The scale did not balance so he continued to put more and more groceries on them until the scales would hold no more. The grocerman stood there in utter disgust.

Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it with greater amazement. It was not a grocery list, it was a prayer which said: "Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this in your hands."

The grocerman gave her the groceries that he had gathered and placed on the scales and stood in stunned silence. Louise thanked him and left the store. The customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to John as he said, "It was worth every penny of it."

It was sometime later that John Longhouse discovered the scales were broken; therefore, only God knows how much a prayer weighs.

By Karen Beckwith

Taken from www.inspirationalarchive.com. Subject to copyright by author and owner.

compiled by Jeremy

Friday, August 7, 2009

August LYPG Meeting 2009..!!


compiled by Jeremy

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

July Higher Ground Session 2009

=July Higher Ground Session 2009=
My apologies for the late updates regarding the previous July Higher Ground Session 2009..! Not much words, here are the snapshots I retrieved to be shared here..!
The attendees..
Ice-Breaking Time..! Led by Jeremy Chew.
Name of the game:
Human Knot..!




Aim of the game: Untie the knot..!
Playing seriously..



Band of the night.
Led by: Jordan Chia

The band in action..!
The guitarists..
Keyboardist..
The backup singers..

P.S.: My apologies if I left out anyone's photo in this update, as some of the photos retrieved is not clear enough. Nevertheless, hope everyone enjoyed the previous Higher Ground Session..!



compiled by Jeremy

Monday, August 3, 2009

The Hand

The Hand

My daughter, Kathleen, was 15... too young to seriously date but she had a boyfriend.

One evening, when I was leaving to pick up my son, Paul, from baseball practice, she asked if she could just go with her boyfriend to pick up his little brother at a friend's house. She said they would come right back.

I said, "Alright, just make sure you wear your seat belt, and come right home."

It was my father's birthday and my youngest daughter, Therese, was already at my father's house waiting for us to come over with the cake I had yet to pick up at the store. I left to pick Paul up at school, but decided to take the highway, rather than the shortcut along the back roads.

After leaving the school, Paul and I ran in the store for the cake and some last minute goodies. As we were getting into the car, we heard and saw paramedics, fire trucks, three ambulances and of course a multitude of police cars.

I got a sick feeling in my stomach and said to Paul, "Somebody needs our prayers, quick." I wondered if there was a fire or a bad car accident. At one of the intersections I had to stop to let more emergency vehicles through, and prayed, "Lord, those people need you right now, go to them and place your protective hand over them."

We stopped at my parents to drop off the food, before going home to pick up Kathleen, but my father met me at the car and told us to postpone the party because Therese had fallen asleep.

"Which way did you go to the school?" he asked, "Because there was a bad accident on the back road, I heard someone was killed. It happened just about the time you had to pick up Paul at the school and I know you always go that way. I was so happy to see you pull in, I had a gut feeling it was you."

As Paul and I drove the short distance home, I could see our house was dark and when Kathleen is home alone, she always burned every light.

As I turned off the ignition, tears fell, "It was Kathleen," I told Paul, "I know it."

I ran in the house and checked our answering machine, no one had called. I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that someone would have called by now. "Paranoid," that's what Kathleen always called me, and that's what I was telling myself, "Your just paranoid!"

Then, the phone rang. It was her friend's mother, who worked in the emergency room of our local hospital. She only told me that the three of them were in an accident and were being transported to the hospital.

I didn't call my husband at work, nor my parents. Paul and I just left for the hospital. As I pulled into the parking lot, one of the paramedics, someone we have known for years, met us at our car.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," he said with tears streaming down his face.

The next thing I remember after was talking to the doctor in the hallway of the ER. He asked me if I believed in God, and with that my knees gave way. "No," he said, "you don't understand, do you believe in divine intervention?"

I stammered, a weak, "Yes." Not having a clue what he was talking about. He smiled at me and asked, "Do you know what shirt your daughter is wearing, tonight?"

Nodding no, he told me to go down the hall and look.

"Your daughter is blessed with angels and so are you. From what the emergency personnel told me, there is no way that your daughter should be alive, let alone only have a few scratches. "

Kathleen was laying on a cart, waiting for more x-rays. When I got to her, we both sobbed. As I was hugging her I had the urge to check her shirt, unzipping her jacket. I read the words, "Jesus Saves."

I knew then, what the doctor had meant.

All three were treated and released.

On the way home that night, Kathleen told this story:

"It was really weird, about a quarter of a mile before the accident, I said, 'Wait, we forgot to put our seat belts on, my Mother will kill me.'

Then a car was coming towards us in our lane, he swerved, and I knew we got hit on the passenger side of the car, where I was sitting. We got hit a total of three times because the car kept spinning in a circle. I felt his little brother's hand on my shoulder, holding me tightly in place.

"But Mom, after it was all over, I could still feel the hand on my shoulder. I looked and his little brother had flown out the back window of the car, as we later found out, on the first spin.

"It was an angel, Mom, I know it!"

I knew it too, especially when we went the next day to look at the car, it had been split in half, right underneath my daughters seat.

The driver of the other car, witnesses said, was traveling 90-95 miles per hour and the point of impact at that speed was directly at Kathleen's door.

The police report stated that the car door was found fifty feet away from the accident scene, with the seat belt attached. So when the door broke loose, "the hand" was the only thing that saved my daughter's life.

The Lord, knew, long before I did that my child was in trouble, and I will always praise Him for saving her life and restoring mine.

I have been meaning to write this story for the past couple years. Kathleen just turned 21. While I was writing this I smiled and cried, but it's all true.

Taken from www.inspirationalarchive.com. Subject to copyright by author and owner.

compiled by Jeremy

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Scripture Union Bible Seminar

The Seminar Speaker: Brother Jason Fong (from Scripture Union)
A graduate in Architecture (Diploma) from University Technology Malaysia, Jason Fong had worked in JKR for more than 8 years before going into full-time Christian ministry.
Jason Fong joined Scripture Union since 1994 and was involved in reaching children, youths and their families with God’s Word. He was a field staff in the Youth Ministry before being appointed to head the Camping Ministry and was later appointed the General Secretary in January 2004. He is also currently the Coordinator for SU Youth Ministry in the East Asia region.
Jason Fong is glad that God has used him to serve the larger Body of Christ through the ministries of SU. He is very passionate about teaching and preaching the Word of God, enthusing Christians to love, read and obey the Scriptures. Jason speaks very frequently in churches of various denominations (AOG, Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, EFC, FGA, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian as well as independent churches) in their Worship Services, Evangelistic Meetings, Training Seminars, Youth Services and Family Camps. He is also currently doing some part-time theological studies, pursuing a Masters in Ministry from Malaysia Bible Seminary, Klang.
Jason and his wife, Sharon are blessed with 2 daughters – Sarah and Hannah. Currently they reside in Petaling Jaya, and attend the Metro Tabernacle AOG (Assemblies of God) in Kuala Lumpur.






A 3-Hour BIBLE SEMINAR TO HELP YOU APPRECIATE,
READ AND UNDERSTAND GOD’S WORD
=================
1. DEVELOPING A CONSISTENT & MEANINGFUL QT (30 minutes session)

This seminar aims to help Christians to get into the habit of meeting God daily through Bible Reading & Prayer. With an interactive approach, the seminar deals with various issues related to QT and teach the participants seven simple and practical steps to begin doing their QT.

2. KNOW THE BIBLE (90 minutes session)

Gaining a good understanding of the overall structure and layout of the Bible is an important first step to loving, reading and understanding God’s Word. With this, Christians will find reading their Bible more meaningful. This seminar uses an interesting interactive quiz format to do a survey of the OT and NT of the Bible.

3. CSI: PHILEMON (60 minutes session)

This is an interactive seminar to excite and equip participants to examine God's Word like a detective (or Crime Scene Investigator). The participants will not only study the book of Philemon, but also acquire skills to do other studies next time... CSI – Christian Scripture Investigation! This is the first module of a series which is being developed where we help Christians dig into God’s Word to discover truths and applications for our lives today. This module on the Epistle of Philemon will focus on people and relationships.

Seminar Details
Date : 8th August. 2009 (Saturday)

Time : From 130 pm to 430 pm(a light refreshment will be served in between the sessions).

Venue ; Kuantan Presbyterian Center (KPC) A7378, Jalan Kubang Buaya, 25200 Kuantan.

Seminar Fee : RM 10 per person.
Registration : Please register yourself to your respective church’s Pastors or Elders OR register to KPC directly by contacting Elder Peter Cheng (012-5544868), Deacon Pua Kim Teck ( 013-9287912) and Deacon Ang Joo Kang 019-9838248.
Registration will be closed by the 2nd August,2009(Sunday).

Related Posts with Thumbnails