tNCC Family Camp 2012

tNCC Family Camp 2012

tNCC FC 2012 RHYTHMS OF GRACE PROMO

A tNCC Family Camp 2012 "Rhythms of Grace" Promo Video Clip....

5 blokes warming up PD for the 500 coming in August.

The Wedding of Cynthia & Owen

tNCC 2011 Family Camp

I was invited by Pastor Peter Sze to share in their Chinese Service during their recent Family Camp in Kampar about 150 Km away from Kuala Lumpur. This three days two nights camp was awesome... Everyone there were full of laughter, joy, the love of Christ and the fellowships were awesome. Many life in tNCC have been impacted by the grace of God and they have their own life impacting testimonies on how the grace of God has transformed them. As I listened to their sharing, I could see the making of great preachers in the kingdom of Light!

Though my family has been to numerous family camps in our life as a Christian, we would say this one is the best ever. Me and my family woke up on Monday morning finding ourselves missing the good time we had in the camp... With this "hangover", I spent my time sleeping the whole day on Monday and I began to understand what Elder Alex meant by being laying flat on the bed after the Sunday Service....

I just could not imagine how a church like tNCC which is without a church office, and yet had put up a well organized and successful camp. THIS MUST BE HIM! And indeed, the world will say the Lord is with them! I have learnt in my walk with Christ that some of the things are to be learnt, some are to be imparted and some are to be observed; and as for this Family Camp, I have learnt, I "LAMBANO" the impartation and I observed too...

I also observed that my son Norman, has made himself an awesome photographer. I am proud to see how he handle the little details professionally on what and when not to show certain slides on the slide show. Well done boy...!

The tNCC Official Slide Show Highlight by Norman Hiu

My family was indeed blessed to be part of the camp and I want to take this opportunity to thanks the Sze Family and the Chong Family for their awesome hospitality. Indeed, by the grace of God, we are all blessed to be a blessing....

Last but not least, Thank you, tNCC....

Target Ball

Pool, also known as pocket billiards, is the general term for a family of cue sports played on a pool table with six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.

To get the target ball into the pocket, we need to focus at the target ball (coloured balls) instead of the white ball. If we focus on the white ball, we can never get the target ball into the pocket. Once we know how to hit the target ball correctly, we are sending the target ball into the pockets.

Image taken by Iphone 4

Image courtesy of Norman Hiu Photography

Image taken by Iphone 3GS

So in the case of our everyday living as born again, Spirit filled believer, when we are facing problems, we need to focus on Jesus (the Target Ball), instead of on ourselves (the white ball). We can never get rid of our problems if we keep focusing on ourselves. Once we  focus on Jesus, we will know how much He loves us and whatever problems we are  facing will soon  be dropping into the pockets…

Remember what Jesus had said at the Cross..? He cried out: "It is Finished!"

Do you get the revelation?

Happy Mother's Day

God gave the world stars, and there was beauty in the night.

God gave the world sun, and there was warmth in the day.

God gave the world rain, and there was life on the ground.

God gave the world mothers, and there was love in our home. 

Thank you all mothers for such a beautiful blessing in Life!

Wishing all mothers and mother to be HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

He Ain't Heavy... He's My Brother

Recently, we had our sweet time looking through our photo albums. It was heart warming to see that our sons, Norman and Adrian, have grown up to be a young men. Looking back at their childhood, indeed we found ourselves missing those sweet moments as we strolled down the memory lane…

As they grew up, it's hard to get Norman and Adrian to post for a photo together, for Norman chose to stay behind the camera, to fulfill his dream as a professional photographer... and Adrian, in front of the camera as his model. Well, looking back at those beautiful photos, it is still not bad for a camera man like me to be able to capture those precious moments of a pro photographer to be...

Photos with watermark courtesy of Norman Hiu Photography

From these photos, I noticed that though their appearances might change as the years go by, their smiles remain the same cos' smiles are from their hearts! Praise God, I have been prompted to share a piece of little Godly advice from the bottom of my heart: Do appreciate every single moment that you can have with your children... I am warning you, they are growing up... FAST!!! Before you know it, they have grown up. Though we had our sweet times with them but as we look back, we still feel that we have not done enough. But praise God, there is no regret... Though our sons may outgrown our laps, but they can never outgrow our hearts... Thank you, Penny!

Praise Daddy that even though we were not believer then, His love and protection were already on us... Praise the Lord for His unchanging love for each and everyone of us. He saw us through then and made sure that we were saved; and here we are, His very Beloved and the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus!!!

Because of His grace, the blessings described in Psalm 128 are mine!

Psalm 128

A song of ascents.
1 Blessed are all who fear the LORD,
who walk in his ways.

2 You will eat the fruit of your labor;
blessings and prosperity will be yours.

3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your sons will be like olive shoots
around your table.

4 Thus is the man blessed
who fears the LORD.

5 May the LORD bless you from Zion
all the days of your life;
may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,

6 and may you live to see your children's children.
Peace be upon Israel...

Amen!

Come Boldly To The Throne Of Grace

Grace Upon Grace Conference 09
Sunday Service 10-05-2009

Hebrews 4:16 ~ Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:15 ~ For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 4:14 ~ Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

Once we know that we have been established in grace, we have the righteousness of God and His forgiveness of all our sins, past, present and future. Let us do not stop at the knowledge that we are forgiven. We must come boldly to the throne of grace and have the confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus to obtain help from Him. That is to seek the Tree of Life instead of depending on our own reasoning base on the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

This is the purpose of His grace in imparting His righteousness to us that through His righteousness, we can have unfailing hope that He is the Anchor of our soul and the ever ready help in our life. We can live our life unaware of His presence but we can never live our life away from His presence; for He had promised that He will never leave us nor forsakes us. So come boldly to the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need...

The Former Rain & The Latter Rain

Grace Upon Grace Conference 09
Evening Session 09-05-2009

Joel 2:23-25 ~ Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the LORD your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you — The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month. The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil. "So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you.

(Who is your father?)
Restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten.

The former rain speaks of the teacher of righteousness in the Bible while the latter speak of favor as the cloud of latter rain is called favor in the Book of Proverbs chapter 16 verse 15. This is what the Apostle Paul meant by those who receive God's abundant provision of grace (undeserved and unmerited favor) and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life through the one Man, Jesus Christ...

In the last day under the dispensation of grace, God is going to cause He righteousness and His favor to rain down on His people that threshing floors shall be full of wheat, the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil; God 's abundant blessing of grain and new wine.

Who Can be Against Us?

Grace Upon Grace Conference 09

Morning Session 09-05-2009

Romans 8:29 - 31 ~ For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

God knew what He was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love Him along the same lines as the life of His Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity He restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in Him. After God made that decision of what His children should be like, He followed it up by calling people by name. After He called them by name, He set them on a solid basis with Himself. And then, after getting them established, He stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what He had begun. We have no part to involve in His work but to believe....

So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, who can be against us...? How can we lose?

Righteousness and Forgiveness of Sins are one...

Grace Upon Grace Conference 09

1st Session 08-05-2009

Romans 4:6-8 ~ David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: "Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him."

Righteousness and forgiveness of sins are one... When our sins are forgiven, we are righteous in God's eye. As a believer, we have been forgiven of all our sins; past, present and future because of Jesus' Finished Work at the Cross. Jesus, the Son of God had been resurrected for our justification two thousand years ago...!

Isaiah 1:18-20 ~ "Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land; But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword"; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

If you are willing to believe that you are righteous and your sins had been forgiven, you will eat the good of the land. If you refuse to believe that you are righteous and your sins had been forgiven, you shall be devoured by the sword of condemnation...

Climbing Up The Tree Of Life

The opposite of Law is Faith
If you observe the law, there will be no faith

The opposite of Work is Grace
If you work to deserve your blessing, grace stops flowing

The opposite of Flesh is Spirit
If you dwell in your flesh, you are not in the Spirit

Galatians 5:16 ~ 18 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.


By now, positive confession of God’s word is already our lifestyle, and this is the wonderful proof that we have been established firm in His Grace with revelation knowledge of His righteousness. To eat from the Tree of Life is to be led by the Spirit. This is the living of Zoe life no man can teach us but the Spirit of Truth. Man can affirm and guide us and give us the principle. To execute the principle, it is still the duty of the Holy Spirit. The consequence of this Spirit leads life is discovery of the power of the Trinity in us and our rightful identity in Christ.

1 John 2:27 ~ As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.

Let’s have faith and believe in the word of God. If the Spirit of Him (Father) who raised Jesus (Son) from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit (Holy Spirit), who lives in you (Romans 8:11).

Jesus comes to give us life and life more abundantly. On the Cross before He gave up His life, He cried out in a loud voice, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthews 26:47) Jesus cried out loud my God, my God, so that we can call God my Father, my Father… and even we called out softy, our Father hears us because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." (Romans 8:14~15)

Chapter 8 of the Book of Romans ends with no separation from the love of God that is Christ Jesus our Lord (again, the mention of the Person of Jesus)…

Nobody can teach us how to climb the Tree of Life except the Holy Spirit. If man can teach us, the Tree we are climbing is still the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. This is where our faith comes in to trust in the Holy Spirit's leading. Again, it is still not our own faith but the faith that comes from believing that our Lord Jesus is always good and faithful for He alone, is the Author and the Finisher of our faith.

Always have a good expectation of God and know that we are in His good hand! God's grace had been lavished through Jesus' own body, and had provided us with a new and living way, step in the new and living way, this is what His grace is for...

The Sin of Unbelief

So the glory is the righteousness of God…

Lucifer fell from his high position as the worship arc angel, because of his evil ambition on to be like God. The fallen angel used the same evil ambition of “to be like God” to tempt Eve and she believed.

Genesis 3:5 ~ For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.

Whoever tries to gain the position of to be like God, is evil in God’s eye and doomed to failure. Eve being tempted, through believing in the evil one by the eating of the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, sinned against God and lost their radiant glory. As the radiant glory leaved them, they realized that they were naked.

Romans 3: 23 ~ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

When God created Adam, man was made a little lower that the heavenly being and was crowned with glory and honor (Psalm 8:5). This glory and honor is the righteousness of God. Man was crowned with God’s Righteousness. They were not naked then because they were clothed with the glory i.e. the righteousness of God.


Adam and Eve had sinned because of their unbelief when God commended them not to eat from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Instead, they believe in the devil. It was the sin of unbelief that caused them to fall.

In the Garden, God told Adam that among all the trees in the Garden, he must not eat from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil that was in the middle of the Garden, for when he ate of it he would surely die! Adam failed to believe God and ate from the tree and he died.

Today, it is the Father’s will that we are not to “eat” from any “trees” in this world except the “Tree” (Who gave up His life) in the center of this world. For when we eat of this “Tree” we will surely live! Those who believe the Father and eat of this “Tree” will surely live.

In the Gospel of John, God declared that He so love the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life… Let’s take the Father’s word as it is. i.e. all the sin of this world had been put away by Jesus at the Cross two thousand years ago. Today, it is not the sin of this world that hinder the people to enter into heaven but the sin of unbelief.

When we are born again, we are a New Creation in Christ. We are taught with regard to our former way of life, to put off our old self which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires through repentance i.e. renewal of our mind; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and hollies (Ephesians 4:22~24). If we are a New Creation, we are already like God in true righteousness and hollies.

This is the Good News; and according to Apostle Paul, there is no other Good News! We are saved by grace through faith. When we believe in Christ, we are already created to be like God in true righteousness and hollies.

Hey, cheer up... we are righteous and holy! Believe and don’t ever try to add anymore righteousness to your life…!

Man

Man keeps the best to himself and gives only what he can afford.
God had given the Best from Heaven.


Rules and regulations are given by man to make man measures up to God’s standard.
Grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Man is behind Religion in reaching God.
God is behind relationship in reaching man.

Ritual and ordinance be yours in abundance through the knowledge of Religion.
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

Religion makes level places with high and low, makes life in peak and in valley, makes straight path crooked and makes rough what God had made smooth.
God made every high place level, every valley filled up, every crooked place made straight, and even the rough places were made smooth.

gods is both the invention and property of Religion.
Mankind is both the invention and property of God.

In the mind of Religion, the leaders immediately represent God.
In the mind of God, Jesus immediately represents mankind.

Religion entertained and enslaved man with rules and regulations to work out the conduct through disciplines of willpower.
God introduced the initiative of faith to reconcile Himself with man. "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world."

Religion insults God with their wisdom in keeping the laws and regulations.
God insulted Religion with His wisdom at the Cross through Jesus’ Finished Work!

Psalm 8:3 ~ 4 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

I Fall Into His Grace

I just come back from Kuala Lumpur after sending my son Norman to his college for his Photography course. Kind of miss him though...

We are all caught in a mix feeling of missing him and yet knowing well that he needs to step forward to enter into the new level that the Lord is preparing him for. The Lord is always faithful to comfort me by showing the personal message "When I fall, I fall into His Grace" that Norman has put on his MSN. The Lord is setting me free by showing me this message on his MSN...! Norman is in the center of His Heart and he is already a pearl of the field shining with the radiant of His Grace.

Son, I'm proud of you for your have personally tasted His Grace and know the meaning of His Grace. Do not be afraid of falling son; for if you fall, you will always fall into the power of His Kingdom. You know He loves you... praise Him and always give thanks to Him. It is all by His grace.

Thank you Lord, for You are always faithful.

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

A Mail From Jacky

Today, we received a mail from Jacky containing a message CD by Pastor Joshua Lee entitled "The Tree Of Life or The Tree of The Knowledge of Good & Evil". This message was preached while we were in Singapore on 13th July 2008. Surprisingly, this CD reaches us without any obstruction from the authority concern. Maybe once in a while, we can ask friend in Singapore to sent message CD via post or even we can consider subscribing message CD online.

Adrian (Left) and Jacky (Right) are enjoying Donut @ Donut Factory in Suntac City Mall
Photo taken by Norman.

Jacky is now working in Singapore and he is attending the New Creation Church. He just signed up as a Royal Steward in NCC while we were there in Singapore. We encouraged him and prophesied that he will be the Head of the Royal Steward so that next time when we attend New Creation Church's Sunday Service, he is in the position to grant us special favor for by-passing the long queue.

Photographer Vs Camera Man

What is the difference between a Photographer and a Camera Man? Look at the photos below and differentiate for yourself. Photos were taken by Norman and he is a Photographer. There is a photo here which was taken by me, and I can only call myself a Camera Man. Ha ha....

A photographer's work has composition, artistic, and although it is a still image, it is lively. He tells you story through his photo. Whereas a Camera Man only gives you a picture.

So if you need somebody to cover an important event, look for a Photographer.