{"id":508,"date":"2012-04-04T21:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/?p=508"},"modified":"2013-01-12T19:13:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T11:13:47","slug":"april-2012-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/?p=508","title":{"rendered":"April 2012 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

April, 2012<\/p>\n

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Hi friend,Training Nationals for Nationals\u00a0in integrity and skills (Psalm\u00a078:72)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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(1Peter 2:24)\u00a0 JESUS,\u00a0\u201cWho His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.\u201d<\/div>\n
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(John 14:19) Jesus promises:\u00a0\u00a0\u201c\u2026 because I live, ye shall live also.\u201d<\/div>\n
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We wish you and all yours God-blessed Passion Week.\u00a0 May you know the Lord Jesus of the Resurrection and the Life.<\/div>\n
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Please be blessed by the following article of M. Craven:<\/div>\n
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\u201cAs we begin this Holy Week there is no other issue, no other thought more demanding of our attention than that of the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. On these facts\u2014and most especially the resurrection\u2014rest the whole Christian faith, mission, and message.The apostle Paul wrote that if Jesus was not raised from the dead then our \u201cfaith is in vain\u201d (1 Cor. 15:14), in fact \u201cfutile\u201d (v. 17), and we are without hope in both life and death. Without the resurrection, there would be no hope of deliverance from our fallen state. Humanity would remain forever alienated from God. People could never find true peace with themselves or others; we would be left to stumble through this life bound by our fears and insecurities. Society and nature\u2014all of creation\u2014would remain under the power of injustice, evil, greed, envy, and decay.<\/p>\n

Thankfully we who know Christ can proclaim with confidence that \u201cChrist is risen. He is risen indeed!\u201d However, the resurrection is not just a personal matter but also the redemptive act of God that touches the whole world! The apostle Paul wrote:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies\u00a0(Romans 8:18\u201323, NIV 2011).<\/div>\n
Paul reminds us that Christ\u2019s resurrection witnesses to us that if we place our trust in him, we, too, will experience resurrection power in our own lives\u2014resurrection from death in every form, including our own sin and the sins of others such as betrayals and broken relationships. But Jesus\u2019 resurrection is not for us alone. It is as Paul so clearly states, a resurrection of all creation, including the corrupted ideologies, institutions, structures, and systems within society that oppress and hinder God\u2019s whole creation from being what it and we were designed to be.Because of the resurrection, we are more than conquerors at any work to which God may call us, because the risen Christ is in the business of redeeming all of the created order!<\/p>\n

You and I, as those empowered by the redeeming power of Christ who is alive and reigns at the right hand of the Father do not bring forth the kingdom of God. This is the work of Christ alone, whose reign will only be fully realized by God\u2019s final intervention in human history. But we are Christ\u2019s body\u2014servants of Almighty God\u2014who are called to be a sign and foretaste of his kingdom, peacemakers bringing shalom to every relationship and to every sphere of life and creation!<\/p>\n

If we commit ourselves to work for shalom\u2014seeking first his kingdom\u2014driven by God\u2019s vision for people and the world, we will transform dark places with the light of Christ and the world will see evidence that Christ is alive! That is the Great Commission to which we have been called. Easter reminds us of the great privilege we have been given as we surrender our lives to follow the resurrected Jesus into his world, seeking its transformation into God\u2019s shalom community.<\/p>\n

I pray you take time to stop and reflect throughout this week\u2014be reminded of your first love and his kingdom, which you are to seek first as you press into this world bearing witness to the glorious power of the resurrection!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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His Day of Victory<\/a><\/div>\n
(from Day Stream Devotion)<\/div>\n
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JESUS\u00a0-
\nHis shed blood means...
\nWe can live each day in His forgiveness.
\nHis resurrection means...
\nWe can walk constantly in newness of life.
\nHis presence means...
\nWe can know His victory in each situation.
\nHis love means...
\nWe will never face anything alone!
\nHis day of victory makes all our days complete!<\/div>\n
For in Him we live and move and have our being. Acts 17:28<\/div>\n
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We had some fruitful training in East Nepal (18-22 March) and in Kathmandu (25-28 March).\u00a0 In Kathmandu, Rev. Yap BS and Rev. Simon N. began the new MRE program in conjunction with the MMin.\u00a0 We also had the privilege and joy to preach in churches, pastored by our MMin graduates.\u00a0 We will bring the two groups together for the September 23-27 special session in Kathmandu.\u00a0 Thanks so much for all your prayer and support.\u00a0 May the Lord\u2019s blessings of Heb. 6:10 be yours!<\/div>\n
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It will be my unique privilege and joy to be with Filadelphia BP Church, Batam, Indonesia for some special meetings:\u00a0 Good Friday, 6 April, 6pm, Gospel Meeting (Topic: Nails of Jesus); Saturday, 7 April, 9am-12 noon, training of leaders and teachers; Sunday, 8 April, 6am, Sunrise Service by the sea.\u00a0 Please pray for souls to be saved and saints to be built up.<\/div>\n
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We pray Jesus\u2019 very best be yours this Easter season (Ps. 84:11).<\/div>\n
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Yours always in Christ and for Christ,<\/div>\n
Rev. Goh Seng Fong
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(1Peter 2:24) JESUS, \u201cWho His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.\u201d<\/p>\n

(John 14:19) Jesus promises: \u201c\u2026 because I live, ye shall live also.\u201d<\/p>\n

We wish you and all yours God-blessed Passion Week. May you know the Lord Jesus of the Resurrection and the Life.<\/p>\n

Please be blessed by the following article of M. Craven:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we begin this Holy Week there is no other issue, no other thought more demanding of our attention than that of the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. On these facts\u2014and most especially the resurrection\u2014rest the whole Christian faith, mission, and message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008,"href":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions\/1008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.hemanbags.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}