Category: Ministry & Missions

Last month, the Lord has opened doors for me to make two trips to Kluang and Malacca in Malaysia bringing some financial support to the ministries there. I received a donation to my ministry fund from a sister who joined me on one trip.  The Lord is the source of these blessings – I am simply a vessel through whom the Lord chooses to provide.  I shared this not to draw attention to myself for everything comes from Him.  There are moments when I feel completely overwhelmed by the Lord’s goodness and I hope to give thanks publicly to the One who has been so faithful and good.  I believe the ministry leaders that received the financial help felt the same way.

As I am advanced in age now, I have come to realize that it is a profound privilege to see His resources become a blessing to the poor and needy.  The separate ministries in Kluang and Malacca similarly support a home for the impoverished and homeless children.  The pastors also run farms to supplement the needs required by the homes.   JC’s Manifesto Ministries also provided some financial support for a feeding-the-street-kids ministry in Bacolod and will visit soon to assess how to continue to support this ministry.  All glory to the Lord !

Over the past few years, I have the privilege of mentoring a few retired brothers. They often spend their time at the neighbourhood food courts where simple conversation have opened doors to friendship with many people. As a result, they had the chance to share the Good News. By God’s grace. several have made the decision to be baptized which is a joy I am more than glad to support. All glory to the Lord who can still use us in our less mobile years to touch lives in the most ordinary places.

By the grace of God, I had the opportunity to bring a group of 13 on a trip to Batam – a time of both rest and ministry.

A Singaporean brother who has relocated there now runs a four-storey building that serves as a church, a dormitory, and a café used for retreats. This local church also extends support to an orphanage.

All thanks to the Lord for availing us this privilege to be vessels in bringing some relief to the children in the orphanage and also to the least of our brethren in poor communities through the faithful work of another sister who ministers among them.

Around 100 pastors and ministry workers from the surrounding islands gather once a month on the main island of Batam to worship and pray together. Around 50 attended on 5 Nov while the other half attended to something unforeseen. What a joy to witness the unity of God’s servants.

I was deeply honoured to share a message on true faith – a faith that bears true fruit and leads to true freedom in Christ.

All glory and thanks to the Lord for the privilege of fellowshipping with these faithful servants.

Rev 1:3. Blessed is the one who reads ALOUD the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

Spent an afternoon with some brothers and sisters in Malaysia to read the book of Revelation aloud.  We took turns to read one chapter each and it took us 2 full hours to read through all the 22 chapters.  Amazing that none of us took our eyes off the Scripture while it was read continuously.  It was quite a feat given that some of us have short attention span.  All thanks and glory to our Lord.

The book of Revelation starts with a promise of blessing to the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy in Revelation and keep it to heart.  And it ends with a very severe warning to anyone who adds or takes away the words of this book of prophecy.  

Rev 22:18-19. I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

I have read the book of Revelation many times but I failed to note the severity of the warning in Rev 22:18-19 all along.   The consequence of taking away words is so much more severe than adding words to it.  

The commentary from BibleRef.com states :

“In the prior verse (Rev 22:18), God warned against “adding” to Revelation, presumably by either adding to the text or trying to force in meanings which the Holy Spirit did not intend. God’s warning here extends to those who detract from the book of Revelation and presumably from all Scripture. As with the prior warning, this can be taken to mean editing the text, or trying to explain away or misinterpret those aspects of the message we don’t like (1 Cor 4:6). Those who take away from God’s Word will not share in the tree of life or have access to the eternal city.”

All these years that I have heard sermons on Revelation,  the emphasis was always on the coming glory of new heaven and new earth but the judgments mentioned in the main bulk of the prophecy from chapter 4 to 18 would be skipped over as not to offend the congregations used to hear only feel good messages but not doomsday messages. To me, it is likened to explaining away all such unpleasant judgments, or even belittling these words of prophecy as one translation mentioned (See below).

Over 2 Saturdays,  I shared the message of the Coming Economic Flood via zoom with the members of International Christian Chamber of Commerce, Malaysia.  For the first session, I shared about what the Rev 18:17-19 judgment is all about and how the current situation is setting up for this judgment which I believe will happen before all the other major prophecies in the end times.  For the second session, I shared about the necessary spiritual and physical preparation given the examples of our Lord’s warning about the AD.70 massacre and Agabus’ warning of a global famine in Acts 11:27-30.   

The current economic slump faced by China and the hardship caused by the inflationary climate in Southeast Asia are evident in daily life. If the churches have prepared for such crisis prior to the pandemic, the current hardship can be mitigated. But this current hardship will pale in comparison to the coming judgment which will destroy all wealth.

The ICCC president himself has embarked on such physical preparation and my message apparently reinforced the purpose of his endeavor.

All thanks to the Lord for opening doors for me to meet up with leaders from CBMC Malaysia and ICCC Malaysia (International Christian Chamber of Commerce).  I went to meet up and fellowship with 2 chapters of CMBC in Kuala Lumpur also.  

I was glad to witness the innovative ministry of 2 sisters.  They open up their beauty salon for the weekly CMBC meeting and also allow destitute women to do their own beauty business in their premises on a pay-as-they-use business model.  Such wisdom is so necessary in these end times to help one another to mitigate the impending economic hardship. 

Postscript :

We are all exhorted to come out of the Babylonian system and some of us are living in this system of western capitalism states led by Babylon.  Failing which we will suffer plagues of mourning, famine and death.  The pandemic has already shown us what these states could do pushing their global agenda without considering long and hard on matters that are so important to our lives.  If these doors are opened for us to escape,  we must obey despite our reluctance and resistance to change and also help others to do likewise.  May the Lord continue to give us the wisdom to mitigate the impending Rev 18:17-19 judgment He has decreed.

I got to know Pastor PW through a common Australian friend.  In early 2019,  I invited him to come to the pastoral conference in Batam, Indonesia to fellowship with the Indonesian churches as well as to go for the sustenance training conducted by the organisers in a farm that JC’s Manifesto Ministries was involved in its infancy days.  When he stayed over in Singapore, I introduced him to some Singaporean brothers in the hope that they might support his pastoral ministry.   And by the grace of our Lord, the Spirit of our Lord did convict these brothers to support his ministry.  He has since acquired a prayer centre and farmland.  The prayer centre now enables scores of pastors in the county to come regularly to pray together and the farmland provides sustenance and work for the church community too.  Such is the work of the Spirit God in training and spurring each one of us to love and good works collectively as we see the Day drawing near. All thanks and praise to our Lord Jesus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQt7spa3Mc4

Went to visit a primary school cum orphanage started by a missionary sister in the hope of bettering the lives of the poorest children in the world through provision of holistic education. Due to the lack of resources, the Lord had given her the wisdom to address some of the sustenance needs of the school by utilising a small farm plot on the school ground. Budget challenges are enormous with enrolment growing in the hundreds which demand more teachers and helpers.

It is so heartwarming to learn that such a remote non-governmental school with no funding can produce 7 ace students who go on to excel in engineering and medicine.

May the Lord bless her and her ministry richly on account of her faith and life dedication to the Kingdom of our Lord.

All thanks and praise to our Lord for His calling to connect and fellowship with the churches in Kenya. I was both humbled and joyous to fellowship with the humble servant leaders of this denomination of 28 churches. I was hosted by their bishop and county (provincial) chaplain. We had the pastoral conference for a day in which I shared about the impending Rev 18:17-19 judgment and the necessity to prepare for it. The next day, I joined the regular worship session in which the bishop hosted leaders from other denominations. The messages I have heard all day were about fearing God and living in holiness. And I saw the one-ness and brotherly love in the churches between the leaders and the congregation when they honoured one another. (I am not making a pious courteous comment for I have seen most church leaders in the affluent countries are more of status seekers with their lofty protocol than humble servants.)