Scripture Memory: Confidence in God.
VERSE : 2 Timothy 1:12 "For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day."

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O Worship the LORD in the Beauty of Holiness

9 September 2007
8.00 am Worship Service:
Rev Colin Wong (How Should The Church Of Jesus Christ Conduct Itself?)
10.45 am Worship Service:
Eld Khoo Peng Kiat (In God We Trust)
6:00 pm Rehoboth Evening Service:
Eld Khoo Peng Kiat (Taking Care of One Another)

16 September 2007
8.00 am Worship Service:
Pr Ho Chee Lai (When God Upholds You With His Hands)
10.45 am Worship Service:
Rev Charles Seet (Why Drink Living Water?)
6:00 pm Rehoboth Evening Service:
Rev Peter Chng (Enough and Way More Than Enough)

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As we continue to focus our church’s WARM programme on the aspect of ministering one to another, let us be encouraged by the examples of two elders of our church who write about their experience in ministering to others…

Jesus said, "…The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister" (Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45; Luke 22:27; see also Philippians 2:7-8; Titus 2:14). Our Lord was a perfect example of humility and servant-hood (John 13:1-15). He came to this earth not to be served but to serve others and to give His life a ransom for many.

The "WARM Ministry" initiated by brother Woh Weng and his wife Siew Kiang and son Mark is commendable. I praise and thank God for their caring concern in wanting to see that Life Church is not only full of life but also full of love and service (John 13:34-35; see also Titus 3:8; Hebrews 10:24).

I have been ministering to our church members and their loved ones in one way or another for over fifty years. The joy of the Lord has been my strength and will be your strength in serving Him and His people. Let us never get tired of serving, for service is one of the hallmarks of Christianity (Galatians 6:9-10). It is not only more blessed to give but it is also more blessed to serve for we are saved to serve and do good works (Ephesians 2:10)

My background as a hospital staff has been a great asset to me in serving church members and their loved ones and also others. What really matters in ministering to God and people is: not one’s ability but one’s readiness and availability when called upon to do so. (1Samuel 3:10; Isaiah 6:8)

In serving God, ‘little people’ are important. In God’s sight, however, there are no little people. Everyone is significant to Him (Matthew 25:40).

If you are interested just call me at this number: 6779-4623 (home) or 9684-4635 (mobile) or e-mail me:

Church Visitation Ministry is a very important care ministry that no church can afford not to be involved in because as Christians we are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers. Whether visiting members in their home or in the hospital, church visitation ministry is an important arm of the church. Calling to see a person or a family especially the sick and bereaved is particularly important because by such visits individuals and families are edified, encouraged and strengthened. As Christians we need to think of ways and means to encourage one another in manifesting love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24). And this is by:

• showing care, concern and compassion for people

• encouraging and edifying members of the Body of Christ

• witnessing to the unsaved according to God’s command

• visiting the bereaved to encourage and comfort them

• exhorting others to be involved in care ministry

Ministering to others is ministering to the Lord, especially to the household of faith. Members have requested us to minister to their in-laws, relatives and friends, even at wedding dinners and funeral wakes and hospitals. They have specifically informed us whom we ought to speak to concerning the gospel.

It’s a joy to be called upon to minister to them. In hospital we were sometimes called at the eleventh hour to minister to their loved ones. Our ministering even goes beyond following fellowship groups’ visitation. We go beyond our shores to minister to brethren at Tanjung Uban, Tanjung Pinang, Kelapa Sawit even in Kuching recently.

Not only do we want to bring the gospel to the unsaved but also to minister to those who are concerned for their unsaved brethren and friends.

We thank God for this ministry He has bestowed on us. For we are blessed to see that our labour for Him is not in vain. Through the hospital ministry families have seen their loved ones like their mother, father, and sisters coming to the Lord and being baptised. Recently an eighty year old mother accepted the Lord as her Saviour before she left for heaven. Her elderly daughter accepted the Lord too and is worshipping with us now. She is preparing to attend catechism class next year.

We were asked to minister to a sister whom one of our sisters met at a clinic. After a few follow-up sessions she accepted the Lord and is reading her Bible. Recently she was baptized by another church. May God be praised!

A couple in our church requested us to minister to both their parents and parents-in-law with God’s Word. They are happy to have Bible study with us on Thursdays and Fridays respectively. Their hearts are open to accept the Lord as their Saviour. We are looking forward to the day when they will publicly confess the Lord publicly in baptism.

Many beloved brethren have come forward with their financial help to encourage the brethren who are in need in our hospital ministry. We thank God for such financial assistance to lift up their financial burdens. Truly the Lord loves those who are cheerful givers.

This is a 24-hour ministry. Lifers who feel moved to enter into this ministry may see us to bring joy and eternal blessings of the gospel to others in the Asian/Singaporean context of evangelism and ministering. Through us and our team of dialect-speaking brethren you may be able to bring the gospel in Hokkien, Cantonese, Hainanese or Teochew to your brethren who need Christ. We are but his labourers. All glory be to God and to Him alone!

Note: Elder Sng Teck Leong can be contacted at 6274-7660 (home) or 9477-1047 (mobile) or e-mail:

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Fellowship is a precious thing.

It’s two hearts that meet at the selfsame spring

Of Living Water, thereby to discover

Their thirsty hearts are akin to each other.

Fellowship is that sweet surprise

Of two souls looking with faith’s bright eyes

Upon the beauty of Jesus the Lord,

And finding, in looking, their kindred accord.

Fellowship is the pleasant song

Of two lives coming apart from the throng

And in tuning of self to God’s perfect key,

Find each tuned to the other in sweet harmony.

Fellowship is a chain of gold –

Each link a meeting with Christ, to behold

Him and learn of Him day by day –

Two minds in agreement with God’s revealed way.

Beloved one, this fellowship sweet

We’ve shared together at our Saviour’s feet

Is just the HORS D’OEUVRE of the feast to be spread

For us in the presence of the Living Bread.

- Sunny Powers -

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