P.U.S.H

The notes I wrote 8 years ago

The time we had with the kids in Sunday School last Sunday in Batu Gajah reminds me of my own Sunday School. I was eleven that time. So I went to flip through the book that I write my notes in when I was in Sunday school. So today I plan to write something about prayer. 

Do you pray constantly? Now, try to think when was the last time you prayed to God? Was it this morning or yesterday or… a week ago? Prayer is very important to us. It is one of the ways for us to talk to God. Prayer is the time where you can really pour out everything that you have in mind and in heart to God. We all know that God knows our thoughts and our feelings better than ourselves. But, God likes it better for us to seek Him and tell it to Him by ourselves.

Philipians  4:6,7 “Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your request to God and the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Praying can be done at anywhere and anytime. Praying is not only about kneeling down by your bedside but it is the heart that counts. It doesn’t mean you have to close your eyes tight. You can pray while you are cycling or…jogging. I even tried praying at the middle of the exams. Spending a little time to pray and ask for the help of God worth it more than just sitting there staring tat the question paper blankly. At the very last minute, I wasn’t surprise that I was enlightened with answers. I thanked God for helping me. Prayers work amazingly. Sometimes, it will be answered instantly. Sometimes, it’ll take years. God knows when is the right time for Him to answer your prayers for everything happens for a reason. All we have to do is continue to pray and have faith in God for the Lord says remain in Me and I will remain in you. 

 John 15:7 “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you”.

Someone reminded me the other day that we, Christian should always practice P.U.S.H.

PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPEN

So, brothers and sisters in Christ,let us continue to have a prayerful heart and PRAY!

With love,

Ada 

God Has a Plan for You !!

God has a Plan for your Life

At times, we ask ourselves, What is my purpose of living in this world? What am I capable at? What are my talents and potential? Well, we all know God has a plan for our life’s, I would love to share a verse with you all this morning. Whenever you are feeling discourage or feeling unsatisfied with life, Just think about this verse.

¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11

You see that ? The bible says so , God knows what you are going through , and he knows what are our Hearts desire , He listens and He see’s. He wants all of us to learn to Trust and depend on him . Like one of the songs we all know

Trust and Obey ,

 for there is no other way , 

to be Happy in Jesus but to Trust and Obey.

Obeying God leads to Blessings. Blessings lead to Love. And Love , Love is the most powerful thing that anyone could ever receive which is God’s Love.

 ⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

1 Corinthians 13 : 4-7

Therefore, whenever you are facing troubles, fear, discouragement, discrimination, pain, suffering , emotionally distress. Just remember of God’s Love , because He Loved all of us that he died on the cross for our sin, and when you are going through hardships , Talk to Him because He Listens and He wants us to learn to Trust and Depend on Him in everything that we do and in our Daily life’s. 

In Christ Love , 
Grace Chia 

Job

Recently have been reading the Book of Job, although i'm still in the progress but it able to leave some significant thoughts. In the 1st chapter it recorded that Satan came challenge God about testing His most upright man at the moment, Job. Something strike me is Job 1:12 and 2:6, that the Lord gave permission for Satan to put suffering on Job's everything he owns from livestock to his house and even his 10 children. Lastly, when 1st attempt failed, his body became the next target afflicted by ulcer.

Both the verses i mentioned give assurance that our life are taken care by Him. All the more, Satan has no authority over us, he has to ask God before do what he wish on man of God. Though we are not in control of uncertainties that may happen yet we can rely on Him to endure all the hardships. For instance, i used to procrastinate when given something new to do, mainly because of clueless in starting a task. I prayed and due to time constraints in the end, i took my 1st step and surprisingly, things turn out easier than i could imagine.

In the same book, i also uncover that God will not give us bear anything beyond what we can (1 Corinthians 10:13), what Job received may be severely destructive if exercise on us, so He knows everyone clearly and the extend of our limits. What may seems impossible will make feasible by Him who give us strength and guidance. Just want to encourage everyone not to give up and seek Him in times of trouble. And He will lead you through :D Have a blessed day~

Gin Mah

A CG for You and Me

Let’s see.. Jesus had just a little while to spend on Earth and so many people were in need of Him! And we all can be sure that He loved everybody deeply. Everything about His actions and words showed that. But there’s something else:

On top of His public ministry to the masses, He set aside special time for a small group of people – He called them “Apostles”. We know what happened to them: this odd bunch of people from different walks of life went on to firmly establish the church on the foundation of Christ (Ephesians 2:20).

It is the conviction of this author that close fellowship in small groups is an essential part of any Christian organization. This author believes that how Jesus chose to divide His time should be weighed carefully so that we know how to do ours.

Thus, our Christian Fellowship does have 4 Cell Groups (CGs). If you’re somebody out there in UTAR wanting to know the close fellowship and bonds of a small Christian community, then you ought to really consider joining one.

CGs are a safe space for anyone to share and care, so long as it’s from the heart. In our CGs we share our struggles and both learn and experience what it is like to love like Jesus did. May God bless us all.

Looking for a CG you can join as a member? Kindly contact Shujian @ 012-6324275 or post your queries to Cf Kampar or join UTAR Christian Fellowship (Kampar) in facebook

Ngee Derk, Cell Group Leader

Week 4: Captain Ball

Its captain ball! back again for the third time and excitement for everyone to enjoy. This time really different from the past. Earliest and most number of participants took part in captain ball~ thank you folks for being part of the wonderful night! i guess people knows what to expect from CF every semester XD

It may not seems easy initially as dark clouds started to overflow the blue skies. Under this unprogramme situation, thoughts started filling my mind. "What if rain? There's no other option i can see now" "The weather is not kidding, cancel or carry on?" Without much choices available, i told people who needs a confirmation about tonight to come. Prayed and enlighten when heard kao meng, CF president exclaimed that the rain will stop by 7:30pm! wow, Such a bold statement he made. Praise the Lord, it got better on time, not a single rain drop felt by us. [Matthew 21:22] You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it." Through His will and power, similar to previous captain ball, the rain has stopped for the remaining night. Thank God.

After all, nothing broke during the game *phew~ Glad to see everyone give their best and kudos to the winning team for the effort put to secure the trophy :) For the others, good job as well, you guys brought the atmosphere up. Hopefully each participants bagged in at least friendship back, that's the best part of CF captain ball. See you, till next time we meet again..

Gin Mah, Publicity and Sales Coordinator

Activities for 14 weeks

Above is the activities we will have for the remaining semester. We are in week 5 now and tonight will be Movie Night featuring Flywheel. Never watch before, kinda anticipate for tonight screening~

start from 8:30pm to 10:00pm at UTAR block H, H219 and H220.

we have an official group in Facebook http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_156329417770298&ap=1 Go join now!

see you :D

Gin Mah, Publicity and Sales Coordinator

CF camp reflection

“When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida.”

Luke 9:10

It might sound like a strange thing coming from a publicity officer and Camp commander, but I’ve often personally wondered if camps are really worth all the trouble. So much effort and resources are poured into camps – which sometimes come across as a short burst of “spirituality” – a 4 day aberration in the midst of our 365 days of normalcy.

But our Lord has shown that there is wisdom in retreating (or in His case, trying to retreat – the crowds always went after Him). Worldly pressures surround us all the time. That is why it is important to sometimes separate ourselves from it completely, encounter God in a different way.

Jesus took time alone to take his disciples away from everything so that he can teach them important spiritual truths, pray and maybe just have quality time together. How they must have cherished those special times together in the midst of their busy ministry!

In the same way, we go for camps to seek such times.

On the 24^th of May, 2011, 73 young UTAR-ians set out for Harvest Haven, Gopeng, to spend 4 days of solid time – fellowshipping with God and His people, and to seek His Word into our lives.

How can I recount those 4 days? God’s presence was so tangible, and through Him, great things happened in the hearts of the campers.

I saw people showing kindness. People sharing in their struggles. People sharing in their joy. People worshipping God in a spiritual sense – in Spirit and in Truth.

We talked about being “Alive in Christ”. Some of us had to take a good look at ourselves to realize that we are not as “Alive” as we thought we were. And we took steps to let God take control.

By God’s grace, we will not only “stay” alive, but become more and more so.

As gold that is refined in the fire, may we one day come to be so pure that our Maker’s face is reflected on our surfaces.

Christ, alive in us. We, alive in Christ.

Ngee Derk, Camp Commander