N.O.W - Where Are You, Sam?

Photo courtesy of Calvin,
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Photo courtesy of Louis
more photos on N.O.W @ Heaven Knows


Calvin, Frankie & Louis
Photo courtesy of Frankie
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Generation Christ

1 Peter 2:9-10 (New King James Version)

9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.


Generation Christ


1 Peter 2:9-10 (Contemporary English Version)

9 But you are God's chosen and special people. You are a group of royal priests and a holy nation. God has brought you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Now you must tell all the wonderful things that he has done. The Scriptures say, 10 "Once you were nobody.Now you are God's people. At one time no one had pity on you.Now God has treated you with kindness.



SIB Grace N.O.W. Generation Christ

It is through His Grace, not by our behavior that we are called Generation Christ!

N.O.W. the Final Countdown

Last night we have our last rehearsal for N.O.W. During the briefing, Elder Tom stressed that from now on, "N.O.W." will be used as the theme for SIB Grace Worship Team event. As the Church is dispensing grace based, Christ centered message to the world outside, the Worship Team is committed to reveal the Generation Christ through praise and worship with the talents and anointing that the Lord had imparted...

SIB Grace presents
N.O.W.
Night Of Worship
2nd May 2009 8:00PM
9th Floor, Crown Tower.

See you there....

The Secret

Last Friday night before our rehearsal for the N.O.W. Concert started, I received a SMS from Brother Bartholomew saying that he missed Jesus very much...

(Bartholomew is touched by the grace of our Lord and he is on fire for the Lord...!)

Here is the detail of the SMS...

Bartholomew: I miss Jesus so much... do u?

Me: Why miss? He never leave u nor forsake u... :)

Bartholomew: Don't know... Feel want to hug Jesus. How to hug Him since He is in Me?

Me: Rest Brother, do not be troubled...

Bartholomew: Thanks...



The rehearsal started...

Siew Ping is indeed a "New Creation"!

Happy Hour...

Is it cute to have a brother like him? He is not religious, but like a little boy that Jesus said in the Book of Gospel. I don't think I have given him a good answer... until I reached home that night, I found in one of my Blog link that a better answer has been given...

The answer was given in My Life, My Boy & My Baby on You Don't Know This Secret? posted at 9.47 PM that night!

Thank you Michelle for being sensitive to the prompting of the Spirit... You are indeed blessed to be a blessing!

Home Sweet Home... and What A Surprise!

We reached Kuching safely at 5.45 PM yesterday evening. William, the disciple whom Jesus loves, who is also known as yaso in his blog, was there at the Airport to fetch us. We dropped Bartholomew off his home at BDC and William used a strange and winding road to go to my house. Upon arriving my house, Penny was already outside the house waiting for us and William said he wanted to used my toilet. So I asked Penny to serve Elder Alex and William with drink.

Home at last, mm... home sweet home...! As I walked into my house, everybody (My wife, Elder Alex and the one who said he needed to use the toilet) seemed to walk very slow. Funny... As I opened the door of my house and WOOH... what a surprise, my home was packed with people and they were all shouting and singing "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALAN!!!"

Surprise...!

Watch the video, they were so co-operative. Even my son Adrian, was being "laid astray" by hiding himself behind the curtain... It was indeed a well planned surprise birthday party and this was my first ever surprise birthday party. They went to the extend of parking their cars far away from my house and hid all their shoes in the storeroom. That's why William used that long and winding road to send me home so that I could not notice any familiar cars and suspicious sign!

William had a hard time explaining how he was struggling with dropping Bartholomew off so that there would not be any unusual move to trigger my suspicion. We missed Bartholomew as we could not get hold of him through the phone because he was still having his Indonesian Sim Card in his phone. Too bad Brother...

Thank you guys for having me in your hearts. As a gratitude and appreciation from my heart, I have to list all your names here...

Richard,
Eleanor,
William,
Felicia & Mom,
Florence,
Stephen & Linda,
Jacky,
Deacon Paul,
Siaw Ping,
Brian the Bob,
Dr. Santhosh,
Cynthia & Owen,
Sam & Jennifer,
Mark & Magdalene, Samuel,
Elder Alex (for your prayer)
and most of all my beloved fruitful vine Penny,
my beloved olive shoots Norman and Adrian...

Philemon 1:4~7 I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ. Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

I love you all, guys... :)

Ferrero Rocher Durian Cake

This Ferrero Rocher Durian Cake is specially dedicated to Felicia and Siaw Ping for their 32nd and 22nd Birthday celebration respectively.

Durian Cake with Ferrero Rocher

Felicia and Siaw Ping are our "End Time Worshipers", so to call, because they both born on the 11th day of the month. They are both our anointed Worship Leader and Guitarist respectively.

Happy birthday guys...!!!

Make a wish

Cake Cutting

Enjoying the cake

He Who Spared Not His Own Son

Susan Hoover starts her preaching on "He Who Spared Not His Own Son"

She was supposed to be here on the 24th night but due to some issue to her Passport, she managed to arrive in Kuching on 25th morning and her entry to the State of Sarawak was indeed a miracle…

She was in Kuala Lumpur on the 24th to submit her visa to Indonesian Embassy for renewal. The Indonesian Embassy gave her the photocopy of her Passport as the renewal would take 3 working days to process. She then went to Airport with her photocopied Passport to board her plane to Sarawak. She was restricted from boarding by the Emigration Office in LCCT as it is the Malaysian regulation that a person needs to have a valid, original Passport to enter the State of Sarawak.

Susan was shocked of the regulation and was helplessly stranded in the Airport. She sought the Police Officers on duty for assistance; but no one could help as this matter was under the authority of the Emigration Department. A Police Officer in the Police Kiosk then started to make a few phone calls and managed to contact the Indonesian Embassy. It was later found out that there were still some Officers having their meeting in the Embassy until 10.00pm that night. So Susan managed to rush to the Embassy and the Officer called for the Officer in charged to open up the safe box and gave her the Passport with the visa already renewed.

The Police Office were shocked to see her with the Passport and claim that she was the luckiest girl they ever seen and they just could not believe thing like this could ever happen under the emigration regulation… She spent a night in Airport and took the first flight to Kuching.

Philippians 2:10 - 11 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Jesus The Same - The Closing Worship

We have yet another wonderful Sunday Service yesterday where Jesus was glorified with her uncompromised grace preaching.

Romans 8:32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

By meditating on this verse alone, His peace is already magnifying the awesome power in my heart and it is enough for me to chew this spiritual food for the whole week.

Worship Ministry Retreat Meeting

SIB Grace Worship Ministry held it's Retreat Meeting with Church's Elders at Kaya & Toast this afternoon after the Sunday Service. We are planning to go to Santubong Resort for our Retreat on 17th to 18th of October.

Photographer: Norman Hiu