Image © 2011, Timothy Lee. Used with permission Matthew 28: 19-20 Go ye… I am with you alway The Lord Jesus had already come and completed His redemption work at Calvary. He had a secondary objective in His life on Earth and that was to win many and adding them to the kingdom of God. His institution – the local church – is the agency through which this must be accomplished. People need to be reached; they need to repent and to be regenerated by the Holy Spirit of God by the power of the Gospel of Christ (Romans 1:16.) They need to be baptized, built up in the faith…

Image © 2011, Timothy Lee. Used with permission In Singapore, we have the Yellow Ribbon Project to increase awareness, highlight the plight and facilitate the integration of ex-offenders back into society. For a man with a criminal record, this is an uphill task because many are still doubtful as to the sincerity and genuineness of this personʼs repentance. Yet, is it not true that God can take the vilest offender, transform him into the image of God and to use him for His glory? Notice the wickedness of Paul Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: 1 Timothy 1:13 Paul, though a religious Pharisee, was a blasphemer…

Image © 2011, Jamsari Ahmad. Used with permission Psalms 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Psalm 126 highlights two groups of people: one rejoicing because the Lord has intervened to allow them to return home to their homeland after their captivity, and the other, still in captivity, looking to the Lord for His help. God is ever-ready to assist us in our trials. Has He not said that He is our Helper in times of need? He is our strong refuge and high tower? God stands ever ready to bless us even in our needs and trials. How do we receive the Lordʼs blessings? In this…

Image © 2011, Timothy Lee. Used with permission Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. The apostle Paulʼs life is a picture of the determined servant of God. Paul loved the Lord Jesus dearly. The cross of Christ was more important to him than anything else. He knew he came from the pits of hell as a child of the devil destined for an eternity without Christ. Paul knew that the…

Image © 2011, Timothy Lee. Used with permission Acts 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. The Lord Jesus laments a lack of workers and commands us as His people to pray for the Lord to send forth more labourers into His harvest field. However, even when the labourers are few, God has His requirements for his tasks. Are the requirements for Godʼs service skills, or technical know-how or expertise? We will find that what we know and have learnt in our own lives are immaterial in the initial call for…