We Are the Church

In this sermon, our guest Pastor, Ptr. Ric, tells us the basics of serving the Lord with our best. We must always seek God's will, our behavior must be Christ-like and we should commit to pleasing God every day.

"And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers." - Acts 2:42

"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." - Romans 12:1

Happy New Year everyone! Let's give our best to God for this year. Praise be to God!

Church, Merry Christmas! Let us be grateful and joyful as we celebrate today, for our Lord Jesus Christ has come to save us. Let us pray and open our hearts and minds to receive His word, to hear, to learn, to accept correction, and to love those we like and even those we don't like. May God's peace, love, and joy abound in us rather than fear, and hatred.

Holy Spirit is a gift and promise of God that will always be with us to help, guide, and teach us. The Holy Spirit is powerful and we will see the works through Christ in us. Acts 1:8 says "But you will receive power when THE HOLY SPIRIT comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

There are no shortcuts in everything we do. Even in our daily life routines, there is a process. It is also in walking and following Christ, we need the process. We need the Holy Spirit to help us how to live Spiritually right, it is the Holy Spirit who will guide and teach us. Being Spiritual is normal in our daily lives through showing love and care to others. Let God shine His light through you. Ask the Lord to fill you with His Spirit and let Him control your life.

As Christians, it is important that we are filled with the Holy Spirit. In this episode, we tackle what it is like to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Knowing the Spirit and operating in the Spirit is not about feelings, it's about obeying the command of the Holy Spirit. It's the annoinnting. May we allow ourselves to be filled by the Holy Spirit.

God sends the Holy Spirit to lead, help and guide us in everything we do. And He is always with us, all we have to do is to acknowledge Him and allow God to move in our lives. All things are possible in God have faith. God says "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

We encounter many difficulties in life to the point that we ask God why all this things happened. God knows everything even in a single detail in our lives, don't stop praying He hears our prayers trust His timing. "No matter what God's answer is, accept it with a grateful heart, and trust Him. No matter what happens to your life, whether it is positive or negative, His plan for you is good because He knows that you love Him and He's forever truthful to His promises". - Brother Franz

"My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins." -James 5:19-20

What is the meaning of life? As we listen to this episode we will navigate and learn what makes life meaningful through the life of Jesus Christ.

Are we in total surrender to God? This includes, our dreams, our desires, our plans, even the people in our lives--do we hold onto them so tight or do we leave room for God to move and work within our relationships? We are made to be like an eagle that can soar high, not a chicken that can only remain on the ground. Let us listen to this episode and learn more of how to be like an eagle that can soar high.

We are the blessing of this world if we love God and obey His word. Yes, truly we cannot share the blessing of God if we can't do what God commanded us. We have to love God and obey His word. Allow God in our hearts and let the Holy Spirit move and work in our lives.

Our brokenness doesn't mean we are defeated. Sometimes, God will break us to develop a character in us, and we may not understand it at the moment of our suffering, however, God sees what we do not see; we cannot fathom what God has in mind for us because we are limited while God is not. Let us listen more of having a Jesus-centered life through this episode.

Have you ever asked yourself why you keep coming back to your old life? Have you ever wonder how to change this? Let's hear God's Word today and let Him convict our hearts. May obedience flourish in us today.

Lust is in the hearts of men. Lust of the flesh, lust of the tongue, and lust after the material things. These are all spiritual adultery to our bridegroom Jesus Christ. That is why 2 Timothy 2:22 says, "Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart." God is calling us to live a pure life. Just as He is Holy we ought to be holy also.

Wisdom that is from above is firstly pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Let's learn more of this in this sermon.

As we tame our tongue in-order to speak of what glorifies the Lord, remember to speak the truth and if it's necessary.

Faith by itself without works is dead. We are saved through grace by our faith, but we do not stop there, instead after we get saved, we continue to have faith, and with our faith we continue to obey the commands of God and to do His will. Let's listen to this message and know more living faith.

God commanded us to follow Him fully and consistent not to partial. God call us to be His disciples, servants, followers and to walk like Christ. Live with love and mercy in our heart and share to others how God work amazingly in our lives.

"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does." James 1:22-25

Have you ever asked what's more to Christian life? Let today challenge us to step up in our relationship with Jesus and aim to be mature spiritually. Stay blessed!

All of us encounter trials and difficulties in life that sometimes make us weak and want to surrender, but God uses these trials to test our faith in Him and through these trials we become mature in our faith. James 1: 2-3 says, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance." Whenever we face trials, let us not be overcome with sorrow instead let's face it with joy in our hearts. Pray and ask God for wisdom and He will give us wisdom.

It's Father's Day! Make today extra special for our earthly fathers and most importantly, make everyday a father's day to our Father in Heaven. Every father wants best for his children because he dearly love them, so does Jesus, everything He has done is out of His perfect love.

God has a beautiful plan for us and we are called to be His disciples. There are a lot of important things here on earth but discipleship is also important. There is discipline in discipleship, this includes the process, devotion, obedience, commitment and making time for the Lord. We all have the potential to make disciple and please our Lord. Open your heart and allow God to work in your life and use you for His glory.

Do you acknowledge and recognize God as Lord? If yes, do you then make him Lord over your life or are you still the Lord over your life? Who is really Lord over your life? Let us listen to this preaching and be enlightened.

This Sunday, our guest Pastor, Pastor Douglas Choo, teaches us about the church; what the church is and what it does. Let us listen to his preaching and be enlightened.

Is that your Lord? We as the Follower's Of Christ have to know whether if it is really the voice of God or Your voice. To know if it is the voice of god or your voice, If we sense the peace of god Then it really is his voice,

How is our foundation built? Is our actions and words align with each other? As Christians, may we come to true repentance and walk in the way of the righteous.

Are we honoring our mothers? Listen to this podcast.

Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a testimony that He is a sinless, holy and powerful God that when He said He will rise on the third day, He did, and when He claimed that He is the son of God, He is telling the truth. We can truly trust God and have our confidence in the word of God.

How is our prayer life right now? Is it like a habit, a routine or we take it as a basic needs in our Spiritual life? Sometimes we forget to pray because the voice of enemy whisper and tempt us on our daily chores, works and obligations. But the word of God says "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33 NIV Prayer is a precious gift from God that opens an intimate access to Him and allows us to have conversation with God. When we pray focus on God and the Holy Spirit will guide and teach us what to pray. There is power in prayer because we have powerful God.

What is important in our life today? Sometimes we focus our lives here in this world; our studies, dreams, goals, works, the needs of our family, and put so much value on the things we think that is important. Our success is not the key and the way to heaven, it is the grace of God who save us. Our life is important and precious to God. We don't need to prove anything for God to make Him love us, even though we are sinners, He still loves us and there's nothing we can do to change it.

How have you been? Let us not only be readers of the word but doers of the word.

How can we help and encourage our brothers and sisters in Christ? We are living in this world full of distractions and sometimes we cannot avoid it. We are still human and weak that sometimes we do not notice that we hurt others by our words against them. Let us help and lift one another for God. Let us keep our words and deeds on guard. Remember that we cannot do it on our own, ask the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us in everything we do to glorify God and be a blessing to others.

Grow up. Grow up in your relationship with God.

Hey Church! It has been a while since we posted. Thank you for your patience and faithfulness. Listen on as we discuss about God's selfless love for us and on how to face temptation.

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) The weight of God's love in our life is evident, however, in our perspective, sometimes, it is not and we could not feel it because of the bad experiences or the way things are in our life, but God remains to love us. Let us come to Him as we are, not as the world wants us to be -- strong-- we are humans, we are vulnerable, we are exactly how God made us, so do not be afraid, nor ashamed of coming to Him broken, vulnerable, messed up, or weak. May we welcome God's love in our lives and trust that He is good. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 6:21) Let us put Him first.

What are you hungry for? Are you hungry for love, for appreciation, for acceptance, for attention, for the word of God? We are what we eat. Whatever we feed ourselves, whether, the word of God or the worldly things, we reflect them in our actions and in our beliefs. May we have the courage and the wisdom to consume the right substance.

God calls us to pray and obey His word. As children of God, it is part of our calling to share His word. "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20 May we continue to trust, obey and live the word of God. Let Him be the center of our lives. Who is the center of your life? Where is your focus?

Hey Church! Do we have that experience where things were awful and very difficult at the moment but things really happen when we have faith, when we pray, and a few moments later, the situation where we are is suddenly turned around? May we trust the Lord, and make Him, truly the God of our life, and not see Him as a genie in our lives. His ways are better than ours.

Hello, Church! Good day! Are we the product of the Word or of the world? Let's learn if we are the Barnabas of this age.

How sincere are we when we talk to our Lord? When we pray? When we worship Him? Church, no matter what we profess to God, He knows what really is our intentions. He knows how tainted our thoughts are. Make every day a habit to introspect and check our hearts if we are in line with Jesus.

Are we wearing the wrong eyewear?

Humility may be a challenge to anyone whether believer or not, but humility brings honor from the Lord. Take heed when pride comes in. It hinders us to repent.

How dedicated are you in spending time with the Lord?

We imitate Christ because He is the standard of perfection. And to know Him is to intentionally give time to studying God's word and applying it to our daily lives. This is how we become mature Christians.

Happy Sunday Church! Let's check our hearts as we go on to give or serve the Lord. However we feel today, may we expect to hear from God today, and go back to His word, and keep it.

"Crisis can make people bitter, better, or butter (melt)." --Francis Kong Crisis reveals who Jesus Christ really is to a believer, and to the church. This challenges us and changes us. No matter what, we must continue to shine for the Lord, to share the Word. The methods may change but the message remains.