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Lord’s Day, Vol. 4 No. 48

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 27 November, 2016 Posted in Weekly 2016 Tagged with Weekly 2016, November 2016, Weekly

Thank God for a blessed Family Day at the Ramada Singapore at Zhongshan Park on 19 November. 50 attended the one-day spiritual retreat. The theme was “Family Prayers”. It was a follow-up of this year’s church camp theme on “The Christian Home”.

The family altar is family time with God in prayer and the Word. At the centre of the Christian home is the family altar where father, mother and children call unto God. There is a priority set by members of the family to draw close to God to renew their love and devotion to Him regularly. This is the key to spiritual health of the family.

Lord’s Day, Vol. 4 No. 47

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 20 November, 2016 Posted in Weekly Newsletter Tagged with Weekly, Weekly 2016, November 2016

The Godly Man’s Blessing (Psalm 1)

There is strength and fruitfulness in trusting God, delighting in the law of God and living rightly according to His law. These blessings are available for all seekers.

(1) The Means (v1-2)

a) Separating from the ungodly (verse 1)
Psalm 1:1 “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.”

The blessed man is someone who separates from the ungodly. He chooses his friends wisely. Observe that the ungodly influence our mind by their ungodly counsels. The sinners carry out the workings of their evil mind. The scorner glorifies his wickedness and scoffs at the righteous.

Lord’s Day, Vol. 4 No. 46

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 13 November, 2016 Posted in Weekly Newsletter Tagged with Weekly, Weekly 2016, November 2016

Faithful Living in a Faithless World (2)

Daniel 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

(1) Begins with a conviction (v8a)

The Bible tells us Daniel “purposed” in his heart not to defile himself with the king’s meat and wine. The word “purposed”, in the perfect tense, signifies completed action, means “set, determine, fix”.

Daniel’s conviction to be an obedient child of God was fixed and settled. He determined in his young heart to be dedicated, committed and devoted to his God.

Lord’s Day, Vol. 4 No. 45

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 6 November, 2016 Posted in Weekly Newsletter Tagged with Weekly 2016, November 2016, Weekly

Faithful Living in a Faithless World

The Book of Daniel is set during the Babylonian captivity. Daniel was a teenager when he was deported out of his homeland in Jerusalem in 605 B.C. He was among the first group of exiles. The invading Babylonian army besieged Jerusalem and finally destroyed it and the Temple in 586 B.C.

That began 70 years of God’s chastening hand upon His wayward people who had sinned against Him by going a whoring after idols for centuries. The Northern Kingdom had already been destroyed in 722 B.C. The worship of God has become a mockery to Him. They had only “a form of godliness” and God is not mocked. He saw through their hypocrisy. Because God loved His people, He chastised them.

Lord’s Day, Vol. 4 No. 44

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 30 October, 2016 Posted in Weekly Newsletter Tagged with Weekly, Weekly 2016, October 2016

(1) A Mighty Fortress Of God

– Hymn of the Reformation

Today, we remember the 499th year of the Protestant Reformation when Martin Luther, a monk of the Roman Catholic Church, nailed his ninety-five theses to the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg in Germany on October 31, 1517 that sparked the Protestant Reformation.

It was a reformation of doctrine, a movement that restored the supreme authority of the Bible as our sole foundation for faith and practice. The biblical doctrines of salvation by faith alone, grace alone, Christ alone, Scripture alone and for God’s glory alone were proclaimed once again.

Lord’s Day, Vol. 4 No. 43

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 23 October, 2016 Posted in Weekly Newsletter, Weekly 2016 Tagged with Weekly, Weekly 2016, October 2016

God’s Call to Christian Missions

Matthew 16:18-19 “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Jesus gave Peter the keys of the kingdom of heaven to open the gospel door in progression, first to the Jews (Acts 2), then to the Samaritans who were half-Jew and half-gentile (Acts 8) and finally to Cornelius, an Italian Gentile (Acts 10).

With the opening of the gospel door to the Gentiles and the scattering of the Jews throughout the Roman Empire, the scene was set for the enactment of God’s redemption plan by His chosen vessels, Paul and his companions.

Lord’s Day, Vol. 4 No. 42

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 16 October, 2016 Posted in Weekly Newsletter, Weekly 2016 Tagged with Weekly, Weekly 2016, October 2016

God’s Call to Christian Service

The call of God separates a man to salvation. The call of God also separates a man for Holy service for His Lord. The Apostle Paul was saved and commissioned by Christ, he met Christ on His eleventh and final appearance recorded in Acts 9:1-6 and 1 Corinthians 15:8 “And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time”, on the road to Damascus persecuting the early church two years after the Ascension (Acts 1:9). He confessed receiving the call to be the last Apostle of Christ and his unworthiness in 1 Corinthians 15:9 “For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.” He was a fierce persecutor of the early church. He witnessed the martyrdom of Stephen, for Saul, his Jewish name, was consenting unto Stephen’s death (Acts 8:1).

Lord’s Day, Vol. 4 No. 41

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 9 October, 2016 Posted in Weekly Newsletter, Weekly 2016 Tagged with Weekly, Weekly 2016, October 2016

(1) Scripture Is the Rule of Life
– Humble Obedience, the True Imitation of Christ

The goal of the new life is that God’s children walk in the beauty of God’s law. In doing so, we become sure of our adoption as children of the Father. A sincere repentance from the heart does not guarantee that we shall not wander the straight path and sometimes become bewildered. Let us then search the Scripture to find the root principle for the reformation of our life.

Lord’s Day, Vol. 4 No. 40

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 2 October, 2016 Posted in Weekly Newsletter, Weekly 2016 Tagged with Weekly, Weekly 2016, October 2016

(1) Rescue the Perishing

– A Song from the Slums

At the age of sixty, when many were planning retirement, Fanny Crosby launched out on a new career. She spent several days a week in a mission work in the slums of the Bowery district in New York City. Once, after such a visit among the destitute and derelicts, she returned home and wrote the now-famous hymn:

Rescue the perishing,

Care for the dying,

Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;

Weep o’er the erring one,

Lift up the fallen,

Tell them of Jesus, The mighty to save.

Lord’s Day, Vol. 4 No. 39

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 25 September, 2016 Posted in Weekly Newsletter, Weekly 2016 Tagged with Weekly, Weekly 2016, September 2016

Philip Bliss – Singing Evangelist

Philip Bliss is best known as a song leader, a hymn writer, and an evangelist. There are many hymns in the Revival Hymns and Choruses that are written by him – RHC123 Jesus Loves Even Me, RHC185 Hallelujah! What a Savior! RHC285 Whosoever Will, RHC295 The Light of the World Is Jesus, RHC305 Wonderful Words of Life, RHC372 More Holiness Give Me, RHC373 Dare to Be a Daniel, RHC404 Let the Lower Lights Be Burning, RHC444 Hold the Fort and RHC521 God Is Always Near Me.

Philip Paul Bliss had godly Christian parents. He was born in the state of Pennsylvania on July 9, 1838. His home was a log cabin. His father always had family prayer time when the family would gather together to read the Bible and pray.

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