NGC Movie Nite @ 20th August 2011

Inspired by a true story. A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and community and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction

Come and join us at Nilai Gospel Chapel Movie Nite' on Sat, 20th August from 7.00pm onwards and do bring your family and friends too. Letters to God - The Movie is from one of the producers of Fireproof and Facing the Giants. Given the right address, anything is possible. Remember...hope is contagious.

His Manna Supply?

This week's friday prayer meeting was led by bro Teh and he turned our focus in scriptures to Exodus 16:1-36.

This is in response to our theme for August which focuses on God's supply. In response to the grumbling of the Israelites in the wilderness, God furnishes them with manna in the morning and meat in the evening between dusk and dark.

Interestingly the catch was that they were only to gather enough manna for that particular day i.e. the Sabbath, for the two days. If they attempted to save manna, it soured or became infested with maggots. If we consider deeper into this instruction it requires total reliance on God and God alone for provision.

The challenge that this poses for us are enormous. But we also know in our heart how difficult this kind of trust is. So many experiences in our lives make trust hard to come by. Deep down all of us want security and at times it seems not necessarily the security of God's promise, but we want a security we can hold in our hands and tangible in nature.

In today's context can we live on "manna and quail?" All to often the answer is, "I don't know. I'm scared. Help me believe. Help me trust." It is in the wildernesses of our lives, the Dark Nights of the Soul, when everything else is stripped away, that these questions become most real; that they take on their greatest weight.

Many of us struggle with the same attitudes. Not necessarily about food, but about emotional needs, money, love, security. Behind each of these struggles is a story of loss or trauma or pain. In the grumbling in the wilderness the Israelites at least brought their story to the conversation. Mind you they didn't bring it up front and clearly. They didn't say, "we've been enslaved for so long that it's hard to trust God to care for our needs. It's easier to look back through the past with selective memory or to lean on old ways of soothing our pain." But they were talking-and that's the starting point.

As long as you and I can stay in the conversation talking about our fears of living on whatever our version of God's "manna and quail" is....we can trust that God will meet us in the dialogue. God will not abandon us or condemn us because of our fears. God wants to keep the conversation going.

Do join us at NGC this month as we consider the following questions.

Aug 7 : Why is a christian still in need?

Aug 14 : Can we have spiritual sufficiency?

Aug 21 : How are we one in the bond of love?

Aug 28 : The theory of "ENOUGH"

Our breaking of bread / Lord's Supper service starts from 10am every Sunday and thereafter Morning Ministry and Discovery Moment.

Do join us and discover God in the process. And if you desire more, do join our Family Camp from Aug 31 till Sept 3 as we consider God's way always.

When You Need to be Strong

I look at the days ahead and wonder what they hold.
Don't we all?

And then these words make their way to my heart:
"Go in the strength you have...am I not sending you?"

Judges 6:14

What is EVERYTHING?

The front cover of the Newsweek magazine dated April 12, 2010 reads “What’s so great about the iPAD? With the background of the sky and the bold letter EVERYTHING stood out indeed. Well Steve Job has indeed revolutionise our reading, watching, computing, gaming and many more.

Today, this hype continues coz people just expect big things from Apple perhaps due to the success of its iPod and later iPhone and now iPad. So much so little children/babies today knows how to SLIDE to Unlock and swipe thu’ pictures on these gadgets. Apple managed to change our mind to Think Really Different. Let's face it we all think these tools are particularly brilliant. We are mesmerized by all that they can do. Not sure about the cost but I have heard people are willing to skip meals just to buy one. Incidentally I do not own even an iPod but I knew many of my colleagues are talking about getting their iPhone 5 and iPad2 and indeed I must say I may get stuck into these craze too.

Now Apple is coming out with iCloud. It is so much more than a hard drive in the sky. It’s the effortless way to access just about everything on all these devices. iCloud stores your content so it’s always accessible from your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac or even PC. It gives people instant access to their music, apps, latest photos and more. And it keeps their email, contacts and calendars up to date across all their devices. No syncing required. No management required. In fact, no anything required. iCloud does it all for you that is their new tag line.
Six months has passed us by and many incidents and events has changed us, inspired us and/or discouraged us. Our theme for the year lest we forget is “God’s Way Always”. Fact is it is easily forgotten as coping with the anxiety of life overwhelm all of us. We should take time to take stock.

Did you know the Bible says God is recording “Everything you and I say”, good or bad? He employs no one to “edit out” the embarrassing or condemning things we say. Every “idle words” that men shall speak said our Lord in Matthew 12:36 ‘they shall give an account thereof in the day of judgement’. If everything we have ever said will be introduced as evidence against us in a future day it is pretty frightening prospect wouldn’t you say?

The Greek word that was used in this passage is “argos” which simply means unprofitable. It also means what it implies in the English: “Idle” or “not working”. The identical word is used in Matthew 20:3 where Jesus spoke of labourers “standing idle in the marketplace” They were free from work, unproductive. They are “weeds in the garden patch of speech”. They serve no good purpose.

The month of July and August is critical for all of us to learn. Consider carefully the Morning Ministry and Discovery Moments topics as His word will truly warn us and guide us. We need to learn and be encouraged by and thru God’s word, the Bible and be inspired by the many things that God is promising us. Do not be discouraged and give up at this stage of your Christian Walk as you find carrying the cross of Jesus heavy to bear. Take time off and be refreshed by joining our NGC Family Camp from Aug 31 to Sept 3. Start saving RM3 a day from now onwards and you could be on your way. More important create the desire in you that it is the right things to do and sign up by July 24 so that the organisers of the camp could plan more easily. Remember EASY payment is available and it is worthwhile and value for money. No iCloud, iBible or iCamp can ever replace the time well spend with God and His people. Let’s not be idle with our words and time.

Jehovah Jireh – God is Our Provider ! God is EVERYTHING. God’s Way Always.

A Man of Honor

Honor is a trait not born in a man,
but earned by him-
through self-sacrifice and full commitment
to the purpose God has for His life.

You're a great father-
a man of honor
who has earned my admiration.
Happy Father's Day

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness and honor. Proverbs 21:21

Bible Verses for Father's Day

1 Chronicles 29:17
I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity

Deuteronomy 1:29-31
Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place."

Joshua 1:9
...Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

Malachi 4:6
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.

Psalm 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;

Proverbs 3:11-12
My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline
and do not resent his rebuke,
because the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.

Proverbs 3:32
For the LORD detests a perverse man
but takes the upright into his confidence.

Proverbs 10:9
The man of integrity walks securely,
but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.

Proverbs 17:24
A discerning man keeps wisdom in view,
but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:27
A man of knowledge uses words with restraint,
and a man of understanding is even-tempered.

Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:24
The father of a righteous man has great joy;
he who has a wise son delights in him.

Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

Hebrews 12:7
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

Father's Day Quotes for Christian Fathers

"A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society."
-- Billy Graham, Christian Evangelist

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."
-- Theodore Hesburgh, Catholic Priest and President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame

"My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it."
-- Clarence Budington Kelland, U.S. Writer

"How true Daddy's words were when he said: 'All children must look after their own upbringing.' Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."
-- Anne Frank, German Jew and Holocaust Victim

"It is much easier to become a father than to be one."
-- Kent Nerburn, U.S. Author and Educator

"Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!"
-- Lydia M. Child, U.S. Author

"We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual."
-- George Will, U.S. Journalist

"It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father."
-- Pope John XXIII