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Hi people!!! =)

This is a public announcement hehe. I won't be in Klang from today onwards until Saturday morning. This is because I got the awesome privilege of becoming Anslem Roy's official photographer for his magic and illusion show tomorrow night in Shah Alam. =)

International Illusionist, Anslem Roy, will be performing in Shah Alam on Friday. This will be one of his biggest show ever in Malaysia (he has bigger ones overseas). And he has requested me to be his photographer for the event tomorrow night. Woo hoo!!! I got the chance to work with an international illusionist =D so happy hehe. Tonight is the full dress rehearsal and I will be there shooting for his as well. Will be staying over his house until Saturday morning.

One more thing. Anslem doesn't do shows in Genting Highlands because he doesn't want to earn blood money. He is a Christian and since the money he will get from Genting is mostly from gambling so he doesn't want them.

Got to go now. Keep watching this space for more updates ya.

Take care and God bless =)

By the way, saw the picture on top? I was the one that took the picture =)

Rebuilding the Walls (Part 1)

It was the month of December when Nehemiah received news that the walls of Jerusalem have been broken down and its gates have been burnt with fire. Nehemiah grieved for the city and he prayed. Nehemiah mourned, fasted and prayed. And until April, nothing changed. Then one day in April the king which Nehemiah was serving noticed his sad countenance and asked him what the matter was. Nehemiah told the king the news. Out of God’s favor, the king requested that Nehemiah go and repair the walls. In addition, the king gave Nehemiah trees from the forest for the rebuilding. And he also gave Nehemiah captains from his army to protect him. Furthermore, the king gave Nehemiah letters of endorsements to the rulers of the territories.

The walls Jerusalem can represent the state of the church of God today. And I am not talking about the physical church with the brick walls. I am referring to the spiritual Church which is each and every one of us Christians who are the body of Christ. While the physical church is big and strong and beautiful, the spiritual church has had its walls torn down and gates burnt, and the dwellers of the spiritual church is in gave danger. You ask, “What does it matter anyway?”

It matters. The spiritual church of God needs to be rebuilt so that it can continue in the work of the ministry until Jesus returns. There are many people in the church today who are broken and it is up to the men and women of God to go and build up their lives again. We need to have the gifting of building up the church (1 Corinthians 14:12). However the task of rebuilding is not easy as we can see through the story of Nehemiah.

Nehemiah went and rebuilt the walls. But he faced much opposition. There were seven kinds of oppositions that Nehemiah faced. Today I will share with you two of the seven oppositions and how it reflects to the types of opposition we face today as workers in the Kingdom of God.

The first opposition was in the form of ridicule and mockery. Sanballat became angry at Nehemiah’s works and he ridiculed him saying all kinds of things that would bring the spirits of the workers down. Along with Sanballat is Tobiah who joined in ridiculing the work.

The second form of opposition is the threat of the enemy’s attack. Sanballat and Tobiah plotted to attack the Israelites who were working on the walls. But their plans were brought to Nehemiah’s knowledge and he prayed before God. God answered him and protected the Israelites from their enemy’s attack.

You see, the process of rebuilding the church of God angers our enemy the devil. He loves to see Christians who are broken and he gets angry when other Christians tries to build those broken ones up again. The devil will go all out to ridicule our work saying things like, “Your work will not bear fruits. Look at what you have accomplished so far – nothing! Therefore it is better for you to quit working in this ministry and just take a rest – just for awhile.” And I can assure you once you rest even for one moment, you will never get started again. The devil will also try to attack us in every ways possible. Therefore we as leaders of the church who is in the ministry of rebuilding must always be prayerful and dependent on God not on ourselves.

The following types of oppositions will be shared later in my next few posts. For now, chew on this one.

God bless you.

888

Today marks the beginning of many things. This is the 8th day of the 8th month of the year 2008 – 888. Olympics start today. Many couples are going to get married today. Vows are made today. Pledges will be made today. Also many Chinese will be going to be wearing all red today and praying to their god of prosperity for good luck and fortune. This is a very significant day for almost every inhabitant of planet earth. It is much more significant to the Chinese because they believe that the number 8 is a number of prosperity because in the Chinese language 8 is pronounced as “fhat” which can mean “prosperous, lucky of full of fortune”.

The Biblical number for the number 8 is the number of NEW BEGINNINGS. The number 6 is the number of incompleteness, the number 7 is the number of completeness and fullness, 8 is the number of new beginnings. This year’s theme for the Grace Assemblies churches is New Beginnings and New Trends in Taking Dominion.

I was just sitting in my room last night and reading the Bible and thinking. I was looking back at the past 7 months of this year. “What have I done?” I thought to myself. What have I achieved so far? I knew some things in my life have to change or else I won’t be able to move on. I have taken dominion over quite a few things in my life so far but there are still more things which I need to conquer. This may be surprising to many but I want to be transparent to you, I have not been consistent with my walk in God this year. In fact I think my walk with God last year was stronger. Having said that, I am still hot for Jesus. I haven’t grown cold for God and the ministry. One thing that I want to take dominion in is my walk with Jesus.

There are things in your life which you need to take dominion over. Thoughts, plans, habits, wrongdoings and those of the like needs to be captured and placed at the foot of the Cross. Start something new, do something in your life to take dominion over such abominations.

How are we to take dominion over the world for Jesus if we have not even taken dominion of our own life? When I say take dominion I am not saying that you have full control of your life but I am saying that you train yourself up to listen not to the voice of the world but to the voice of God and willingly and lovingly do what God commands. If we are still so caught up in the offers of this world, we have not taken dominion of our desires. If we are still not having a constant prayer life, we have not taken dominion of our prayer time with God. Look at yourself and see to the things that needs to be changed and taken dominion over.

You can only start anew once the old has gone. There is no other time better than today to reconsider your life. Pray for a new beginning in your life. Pray for a renewed relationship with God. Pray for a new and burning passion for the Lord Jesus. Pray for a new hunger and thirst for the Word of God. Pray for a new burdened heart for the lost.

PRAY FOR A GREAT AWAKENING.

O, Lord... Open up our eyes...

Three Days and Nights – Huh?

How could Jesus have remained in the tomb for three days and three nights if he was crucified on Friday and rose on Sunday?

Jesus prophesied in Matthew 12:40 that “just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so shall the Son of God be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

The accounts of Jesus’ death and resurrection as given in the Gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John indicated that Jesus was crucified and buried on Friday, before sunset, which is the beginning of the next day for the Jews, and resurrected on the first day of the week, which is Sunday, before sunrise.

This puts Jesus in the tomb for part of Friday evening and night, the whole of Saturday and part of Sunday morning. In other words, two full nights (Friday and Saturday), one full day (Saturday) and part of two days (before sunset on Friday and Sunday morning). So this is clearly not three full twenty-four hour days, does the Bible give us wrong information?

In Mark 8:31 and Matthew 16:21, Jesus said, “The Son of God will rose again after three days” and “He will rise again on the third day.”. These two expressions can be used interchangeably. After three days and on the third day have the same meaning. This we must understand in order to move on.

In Matthew 27:63, we see Pilate sending guards to guard the tomb until the third day when the Pharisees told him that “Jesus prophesied that He will rise again after three days”. You see, Pilate sent guards to guard the tomb only until the third day, and then they are to leave. The guards were not there until the third day ends or until the fourth day. So this gives proof that “after three days” is used interchangeably with “on the third day”.

The expression “one day and one night” was used by the Jews for indicating a day even when only a part of the day was indicated. This is shown also in the Old Testament. Genesis 42:17 shows this usage. Joseph imprisoned his brothers for three days, and in verse 18, we read that Joseph spoke to them and released them all on the third day. If the Jewish expressions were not used here, the account should go like this, “Joseph imprisoned his brothers for three days and on the fourth day he released them.” However this was not the case because the phrase “on the third day” is the same as “after three days”. This is the common mode of Jewish expression which can be used interchangeably and we even use it in our daily conversation today.

Therefore Jesus being crucified for three days is accepted as valid information even though he was only in the tomb for approximately 40 hours rather than the supposed 72 hours (3 times 24).

It's Friday... But Sunday's Coming!

Mary was crying terribly and couldn’t stand the sight of Jesus on the cross and the disciples were looking in vain, but little did they know that it was Friday and Sunday’s coming!

The very people that welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem shouting “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” were the very ones that shouted, “Crucify him!”, Jesus was put to death, but that was Friday and Sunday’s coming!

The Pharisees were rejoicing, thinking that they had won the battle at last and now they can continue to do as they like. That was Friday, they didn’t know that Sunday’s coming!

It was Friday, and the devil thought that he finally put the Son of God to death, but he didn’t know that Sunday’s coming!

It was Friday, the disciples lost hope and wandered around like lost sheep without shepherd, but they didn’t know that Sunday’s coming!

The people shouted, “No one can change the world and save the world! Jesus couldn’t even save himself! Look at that loser on the cross! What at shame!” It was Friday and they didn’t know that Sunday’s coming!

Tears of sadness flowed out from the eyes of the ones who love Jesus. It was Friday, but Sunday’s coming!

They got the tomb ready for the burial and they were ready to bury the dead body of the One that came to save the world. That was Friday, but Sunday’s coming!

It was Friday, the Pharisees ordered Pilate to send guards to guard Jesus’ tomb so that no one could enter and “resurrect” Jesus. That was Friday, but Sunday’s coming!

A spear was put into Jesus’ side, that was Friday, but Sunday’s coming!

All hopes were lost on Friday, but Sunday’s coming!

The enemies rejoiced on Friday, but Sunday’s coming!

They saw Jesus put to death on Friday! But Sunday’s coming!

You may be having your Fridays now. You may be full of sorrow and heartaches. Life seems meaningless and God seem unreal to you. Today is your Friday! But you know what? Sunday’s coming!

Your Friday may be one week or one month or one year or ten years of your life. However if you keep your faith and your eyes fixed on Jesus, your Sunday will come!

We are living in Fridays and Saturdays but we must be aware that THE Sunday is coming! Will Jesus find even one person who still believes in Him when He comes back?

Really. Will he?