Deliverance...

Hey guys, here is a summary about what we learnt on 2/10/09’s MYF meeting.

Uncle Yeang Boon talked about deliverance. First, he popped a question…. ‘what does deliverance mean?’ hmm…sure had us wondering. It means to save, to rescue, and to deliver:) From Mark 1:21-28, we read that Jesus drives out an evil spirit. By doing so, Jesus set the boy free, therefore , you should be able to get an idea about what deliverance mean.

In Luke 9:37-43, Jesus delivered a boy from an evil spirit. This passage showed Jesus’ authority. Also in Mark 5, Jesus healed a man with evil spirits. These are some of the examples about how Jesus delivered people from evil spirits. All those incidents showed Jesus’ authority over demons.

Uncle Yeang Boon later talked about Christianity. Well, it was kind of an eye opener for me, at least..Well, according to him, Christianity is a simple religion which consists of only 2 concepts. (Light and dark ; Good and evil ; God and Satan ;Angel and demon ; Holy Spirit and unclean spirit)

Heres a question that shook me, who do you, think deliverance is for? Believers? Non-believers? Many Christians believe that believers cannot be demonized. Well then, who are the real believers? The answer…is that anyone who puts their faith and trust in Jesus Christ are the real believers :) So, it’s time to give ourselves a personality check. The bible talks about the believers in 1 Corinthians 6:19 and 1 John 4:4.

Finally, Uncle Yeang Boon ended with Ephesians 4:27. Do not give the devil opportunity in your life! God Bless!

Written by,

Samantha Foo

Jeremiah School

I 'll say what I should say.
Go for JS.
It's nice.
Better than staying at home doing nothing except breathing eating sleeping online watch television bla bla bla.
No NS, or not first batch, go JS.
For form 5 and 6 school leavers.
Organised by TRAC. So I think should be for TRAC churches only. I don't know about that.
Go JS go JS.
I know of a somebody who didn't get NS.
Go ya go ya.
Must go.
You'll meet your YLDP friends there. Really. Of course it's true.
Good night everyone!
Wishing you all a early Christmas!!!

Special Announcement

To all MYFers, there will b a special combined youth meeting with Trinity Baptist Church and Full Gospel Church this fri, 25th Sept.. Please try to make come..

The theme is Stop, Look, Go! we often just whiz through life day after day, month after month, year after year.. before its too late, we should Stop awhile, take a good Look to reflect and c where we are..after getting ourselves right, then we GO!!!

So, come come come..!!! Come and join us.. Don't miss out!. see you all this fri..God Bless

Sabbath

a short report on what we learned from U. Ti Pheng.. the topic was on sabbath..

First question he asked was what is sabbath?
⁹ Six days you shall labor and do all your work, ¹⁰ but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. ¹¹ For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.Exodus 20:9-11

He also highlighted why is the sabbath important.. and gave something which i have not realised before.. in the 10 commandments, most of the commandments starts with YOU SHALL.. but concerning sabbath, it says, REMEMBER.. this highlighted that the sabbath is as a gift to mankind, and not a rule..

Another thing that was covered was how is the Sabbath relevant in today's context.. he gave us this interesting saying.. We have all the watches in the world, ppl in Africa got no watch but all the time in the world.. He also brought to our mind on how we rush from one tuition to another..on weekends, triple dose! and it is true..

How to apply it? well, he gave us some suggestions like going for a swim, hiking or jogging to enjoy god's presence and creation.. he also said that we can spend more time with God by waiting upon Him and listening to him.. Besides that, we also can have a longer QT, and mayb read a few more chapters..

Announcements...

1. Baptism Classes. Those interested can contact Pastor.
2. Restoring Your Passion For Ministry Retreat, by Dr. Steve Seamands is held on Wednesday to Friday (25th - 27th November) at Grand Olympic Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. For more details, please refer to the church notice board. The closing date for registration is on 28th September 2009.
3. 1st Interchurch Charity Treasure Hunt is on Friday 30th October 2009 from Alor Setar to Changlun. For more details, please refer to the Church Notice Board. The closing date for registration is on Thursday 8th October 2009.
   

A Story Worth Sharing...

Father John Powell, a professor at Loyola University in Chicago, writes about a student in his Theology of Faith class named Tommy:

Some twelve years ago, I stood watching my university students file into the classroom for our first session in the Theology of Faith.That was the day I first saw Tommy.

My eyes and my mind both blinked. He was combing his long flaxen hair, which hung six inches
below his shoulders. It was the first time I had ever seen a boy with hair that long. I guess it was just coming into fashion then. I know in my mind that it isn't what's on your head but what's in it that counts; but on that day I was unprepared and my emotions flipped. I immediately filed Tommy under "S" for strange... Very strange.

Tommy turned out to be the "atheist in residence" in my Theology of Faith course. He constantly objected to, smirked at, or whined about the possibility of an unconditionally loving Father/God. We lived with each other in relative peace for one semester, although I admit he was for me at
times a serious pain in the back pew.

When he came up at the end of the course to turn in his final exam, he asked in a cynical tone, "Do you think I'll ever find God?" I decided instantly on a little shock therapy.

"No!" I said very emphatically.

"Why not," he responded,

"I thought that was the product you were pushing." I let him get five steps from the classroom door and then called out, "Tommy! I don't think you'll ever find Him, but I am absolutely certain that He will find you!" He shrugged a little and left my class.

I felt slightly disappointed at the thought that he had missed my clever line -- He will find you!

At least I thought it was clever.

Later, I heard that Tommy had graduated, and I was duly grateful. Then a sad report came.

I heard that Tommy had terminal cancer. Before I could search him out , he came to see me. When he walked into my office, his body was very badly wasted and the long hair had all
fallen out as a result of chemotherapy. But his eyes were bright and his voice was firm,

for the first time, I believe.

"Tommy, I've thought about you so often; I hear you are sick," I blurted out.

"Oh, yes, very sick. I have cancer in both lungs. It's a matter of weeks." Tommy replied.

"Can you talk about it, Tom?" I asked.

"Sure, what would you like to know?" he replied.

"What's it like to be only twenty-four and dying?"

"Well, it could be worse."

"Like what?"

"Well, like being fifty and having no values or ideals, like being fifty and thinking that booze, seducing women, and making money are the real biggies in life.."

I began to look through my metal file cabinet under "S" where I had filed Tommy as strange.

(It seems as though everybody I try to reject by classification, God sends back into my life to educate me.)

"But what I really came to see you about," Tom said, "is something you said to me on the last day of class." (He remembered!)

He continued, "I asked you if you thought I would ever find God and you said, 'No!' which surprised me.

Then you said, 'But He will find you.' I thought about that a lot, even though my search for God was hardly intense at that time. (My clever line. He thought about that a lot!) .

"But when the doctors removed a lump from my groin and told me that it was malignant, that's when I got serious about locating God..

And when the malignancy spread into my vital organs, I really began banging bloody fists
against the bronze doors of heaven. But God did not come out.

In fact, nothing happened. Did you ever try anything for a long time with great effort and with no success? You get psychologically glutted, fed up with trying. And then you quit.....

Well, one day I woke up, and instead of throwing a few more futile appeals over that high brick wall to a

God who may be or may not be there, I just quit.

I decided that I didn't really care about God, about an after life, or anything like that. I decided to spend what time I had left doing something more profitable.

I thought about you and your class and I remembered something else you had said: " The essential sadness is to go through life without loving. But it would be almost equally sad to go through life and leave this world without ever telling those you loved that you had loved them.'"

So, I began with the hardest one, my Dad. He was reading the newspaper when I approached him.

"Dad."

"Yes, what?" he asked without lowering the newspaper.

"Dad, I would like to talk with you."

"Well, talk."

"I mean . It's really important."

The newspaper came down three slow inches. " What is it?"

"Dad, I love you, I just wanted you to know that." Tom smiled at me and said it with obvious satisfaction, as though he felt a warm and secret joy flowing inside of him.

"The newspaper fluttered to the floor. Then my father did two things I could never remember him ever doing before. He cried and he hugged me. We talked all night, even though he had to go to work the next morning. It felt so good to be close to my father, to see his tears, to feel his hug, to hear him say that he loved me."

" It was easier with my mother and little brother. They cried with me, too, and we hugged each

other, and started saying real nice things to each other. We shared the things we had been keeping secret for so many years."

I was only sorry about one thing --- that I had waited so long. Here I was, just beginning to open up to all the people I had actually been close to. "Then, one day I turned around and God was there. He didn't come to me when I pleaded with Him. I guess I was like an animal trainer holding out a hoop, 'C'mon, jump through C'mon, I'll give you three days, three weeks.'"

"Apparently God does things in His own way and at His own hour....But the important thing is that He was there. He found me...! You were right.....He found me even after I stopped looking for Him."

"Tommy," I practically gasped,

"I think you are saying something very important and much more universal than you realize.

To me, at least, you are saying that the surest way to find God is not to make Him a private possession, a problem solver, or an instant consolation in time of need, but rather by opening to love.

You know, the Apostle John said that... He said: "God is love, and anyone who lives in love is living with God and God is living in him.''

"Tom, could I ask you a favor? You know, when I had you in class you were a real pain. But (laughingly) you can make it all up to me now. Would you come into my present Theology of Faith course and tell them what you have just told me? If I told them the same thing it wouldn't be half as effective as if you were to tell it."

"Oooh.. I was ready for you, but I don't know if I'm ready for your class."

"Tom, think about it. If and when you are ready, give me a call."

In a few days Tom called, said he was ready for the class, that he wanted to do that for God and for me. So we scheduled a date. However, he never made it. He had another appointment, far more important than the one with me and my class. Of course, his life was not really ended by his death, only changed. He made the great step from faith into vision. He found a life far more beautiful than the eye of man has ever seen or the ear of man has ever heard or the mind of man has ever imagined.

Before he died, we talked one last time.

"I'm not going to make it to your class," he said.

"I know, Tom."

"Will you tell them for me? Will you ...tell the whole world for me?"

"I will, Tom. I'll tell them. I'll do my best."

So, to all of you who have been kind enough to read this simple story about God's love, thank you for listening. And to you, Tommy, somewhere in the sunlit, verdant hills of heaven --- I told them, Tommy, as best I could.

With thanks,
Rev. John Powell, Professor, Loyola University ,
Chicago

Group Activity - Making a Merdeka Card...

Last Friday, we had this project called, "Making a Merdeka Card", with limited materials given. The materials were newspaper, a few pieces of colored paper, some glitter, glue, and scissors. We were divided into 6 groups, and had to complete the project in a short time of 30 minutes. Here are the end-results:

Group 1:

Their card:

Group 2:
Sorry. Group 2's card picture only has been misplaced. Hope you guys can see it through their group photo.

Group 3:
Their card:

Group 4:
Their card:

Group 5:
Their card:

Group 6:
Their card:
The polls are out! Everyone and anyone are welcomed to vote the best card among them all! The poll is open for only a month! So, better vote fast! =)

An Awesome Conversation

I got this e-mail from Joanne and I think I should post it up here.

INtEREStING CONVERStAtION

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has
with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . ..

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, you Believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD Good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill.
But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent )

Professor : You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella.
Is GOD Good?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Is Satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor : Where does Satan come from ?
Student : From . . . GOD . . .
Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor : So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer)

Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?
All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, who Created them ?

(Student had no answer)

Professor : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World around you.
Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor : Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD?
Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol,
Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor : Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor : Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor : Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn't.

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )

Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat,
a Little Heat or No Heat.
But we don't have anything called Cold.
We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that.
There is no such thing as Cold.
Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.
We cannot Measure Cold.
Heat is Energy.
Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

(There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?
Professor : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?
Student : You're wrong again, sir.
Darkness is the Absence of Something
You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . .
But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it?
In reality, Darkness isn't.
If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?
Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor : Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality.
You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD.
You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.
Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought.
It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.
To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that
Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.
Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it
Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?
Professor : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was going )

Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and
Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor,
Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir?
Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The Class was in Uproar )

Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?

(The Class broke out into Laughter )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . . ..
No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol,
Science says that You have No Brain, sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?

(The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)

Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly !
The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.
That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.


NB:

I believe you have enjoyed the Conversation . . . and if so .. .
You'll probably want your Friends / Colleagues to enjoy the same . . . won't you?
Forward them to Increase their Knowledge . . . or FAITH.
That student was Albert Einstein.

sending love home :)

Hey guys and girls :)

All the best to those in the midst of examinations (especially SPM Trials) and those who are going to sit for exams soon, whether it's just the end-of-the-year exams or major ones (well, all are important). Persevere and I'm sure God will pull you through :)

PSALM 23

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not flunk;
He keepeth me from lying down when I should be studying.
He leadeth me beside the water cooler for a study break;
He restoreth my faith in study guides.
He leads me to better study habits
For my grade's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of borderline grades,
I will not have a nervous breakdown;
For thou art with me.
My prayers and my friends, they comfort me.
Thou givest me answers in moments of blankness;
Thou anointest my head with understanding.
My test paper runneth over with questions I recognise.
Surely passing grades and flying colours shall follow me
All the days of my examinations,
And I shall not have to dwell in this misery forever,
Amen!

Anonymous

Revised Student Version :)

Sending lotsa hugs and love home! :)

An Idea

Just now while waiting for tuition to start, I read some passages from the digital bible on my phone.
This Saturday I just went for recess revolution gathering.
Then I thought, what if my friends saw me reading the bible through the phone?
They might be curious.
And now technology is advanced you can send most things through blue tooth.
Well, some friends might want me to send them the program.
So why not let us all try that?
Instead of putting bibles on the table in school, why not we also try this method?
Sounds nice?
We can download the whole .jar file into our phone. I mean download the whole thing, not install it into our phone, because we need the .jar file to send to other people's phone.
Well, it's just something that popped into my mind.
You might think they might just install it and forget about it.
Well, sometimes when I'm bored I go through everything in my phone.
What if our friends does that too?
If you dare not bring bible to school or anything else, this is one of the ways to "evangelize".