Monday, September 8, 2008

Sue's Birthday



Durian Cake


















8 September 2008

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Ariel Chan Xin Yi

Ariel Chan Xin Yi
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
8:31 am
3.515 kg
Assunta Hospital
Ariel was dedicated to the Lord on 5 October 2008
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Antioch Network Community

Monday, July 28, 2008

Popiah Night and "Who is Jesus?"

The Adult Alpha course continued at the home of Seng Chor and Christine last Saturday, 26 July 2008. The title of the talk was "Who is Jesus?"

Anid and Tony came. It was a great time of popiah and fellowship. Our oikos found the talk interesting. Praise the Lord!


Popiah Skin

Bean Sprouts and Cucumber

Egg, Small Prawns and Green Beans

Lettuce

Nuts

Parsley

Chinese Sausage, Fried Onion, Prawn, Fried Bean Curd

Radish

Sauces - Nyonya, Chilli, Sambal and Sweet Sauce


Alpha Introduction dinner

(Extacted from Dolly's Email)

Our Growth Group had our first Alpha Course Introduction dinner on Saturday, 19 July 2008.

At first we only had one confirmed oikos... later it turned out to 6 (the last was Yung Ling's friend, Kristen. On the evening itself the friend had a headache and Pei Lu's contact (Mr Chok) also decided not to come. But Anid and Tony came ... I think they were very much at home. Melvin and Melissa were very late (but better late than never!).

Praise the Lord we managed to show Nicky Gumbel's talk on 'Is there more to life?' Let's pray that the Word that has gone forth will be seed sown in their hearts... (Isaiah 55:10-11)

For dinner, we had Fried rice, Hokkien mee, Chicken curry, Mixed vegetables and House of Fishball. For dessert we had water melon & durian tart!

We are thinking of serving different types of cuisine each week (Italian, Indian, Steamboat? BBQ? Nasi lemak, etc) if we can get cooks or sponsors. So you see although you may not be physically present, you can play a part by praying, inviting, cooking, giving, etc.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Raymond's Farewell

Extracted from Dolly's email (with minor modifications) ...

There were altogether 20 of us (including Raymond, his friend and 2 'associate members' i.e. temporarily imported from other Growth Groups & Joel, Jordan & Reuel) at Raymond's farewell on Sunday, 13 July 2008. The dinner was held in Loong Foong (actually not very befitting a Master Chef... oops!) but I guess it was more the fellowship... which continued at the Chans. Raymond shared a bit - he will be leaving for Dubai this Friday, 25 July.


The opportunities to learn and advance (accelerate?) in his culinary expertise are there... Praise the Lord for at least 2 familiar faces there (ex-colleagues).


We had quite an awesome time of prayer! From reminders to persevere to promises that God would make him a fisher of men to a higher level of faith, etc..... (oops sorry, I can't remember but I know they were just wow!!)


Do remember our brother in your prayers.


Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Beit Parach

Beit Parach encompasses faith (& therefore prayer) blessing (& fruitfulness).
It means

  1. to bud, sprout, send out shoots bloom
    to cause to bud or sprout

  2. to show buds or sprouts
    to break out (of leprosy)

  3. to fly


The righteous are those who live in awe of the LORD, who love, honor and trust Him. They declare His lovingkindness in the morning and His faithfulness every night (Ps 92. 2). By faith they have been planted—transplanted into the house of the LORD, to bear fruit in His courts. That is, they have come to a new place in their life, not by their own striving, but by a work of the Lord. That in itself is a breakthrough. The psalm writer uses the analogy of the palm tree. A full-grown date palm can bear three or four hundred pounds of fruit, and in some cases even up to six hundred pounds. That’s abundance!

To live in house of the Lord and dwell in His courts is a rich life indeed. It is delighting in His law and meditating in it day and night (Psalm 1:2). Those who do are like trees that have been planted beside rivers of water, always bringing forth their fruit in season. Their leaf shall not wither, and whatever they do shall prosper (Psalm 1:3). They enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise (Psalm 100:4). They dwell in the secret place of the Most High and abide under the shadow of the Almighty (Psalm 91:1), and in His presence is fullness of joy (Psalm 16:11).

This is the breakthrough that lasts forever, for even in old age they shall still bear fruit. They shall still be fresh and flourishing. The Hebrew word for “flourishing” in this case means to be green and new, even luxuriant. It is the picture of health and prosperity, and it declares that the Lord is upright. This speaks of the Lord's Blessing!

Who are the righteous ones? Those who live by faith, just as Abraham believe God “and He accounted it to him for righteousness” (Genesis 15:6). Even as the prophet declared, “The just shall live by faith” (Habakkuk 2:4). The apostle Paul said, “God made Jesus, who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Faithpoint:
God has breakthrough for all those who love and trust in Him, for those who delight in His Word and meditate on it continually. They will enter His courts with praise and live in His house forever. It is a breakthrough that will last forever—the breakthrough of the righteous.

(Adapted from The Faith Log)

Saturday, February 23, 2008