Bible Reading #3

Day 3 entering the final morning now. We are currently at John 18 at the time of this blog and truth be told we are one and a half hour behind time. Now, while everyone is asleep and resting the speediest readers are called to stand on the walls of Jerusalem to keep watch until we have pursued, caught up and overtaken the time allotted us. This Bible Reading is rather exciting and: invigorating to the spirit, soul, and body.

What can I say about this Bible reading? Hmmm... Well, the Word if Elohim is convicting me even now that as I hear the words of Elohim proclaimed over us all here at Glory Place, Mantin. Sharper than any two edged sword, He pierces to the division and tearing asunder of the soul and spirit, the bones and marrows. Thus, through this reading I see plainly that I am still lacking much. It must have been ludicrous of me to say that I have received much when in truth I have yet to go deeper into the deep waters of Yahweh. I merely skirted the edge of His fullness and have yet to step forth boldly before Him to receive from Him His very Being.

Through this Bible Reading I see that I still have a foot left in the world, the phone is slowly consuming me. My time, my sleep, my energy. I believe now that Yahweh has warned me through Megan and His Word more so it is time to sever myself from everything from this world. Yeah, it's about time to stop being double minded about this matter. It's either the world or Elohim, no two ways about it. Praise Yahweh for this Bible Reading through which He is cleansing me, purging me of all alloy so that I may be a pure offering unto Him.

-Thursday, 31st December 2015, 3 months 24 days, 0448

Bible Reading #2

Day 2 and it is rather peculiar this day. It is peculiar to stay up all night until sunrise, it is peculiar to sleep on the sunrise until the afternoon, it is peculiar that I don't find that disrupting or odd; rather I found it quite natural. After all, according to the Bible the day officially begins from evening until morning. It was man who flipped the time from day to night.

This is amazing, this Bible reading. I never knew that through it Elohim would work mightily within me. During the Bible reading the young boys as usual were causing a ruckus in the sanctuary with their noise. Then suddenly, Deon behaved rudely towards Megan despite her being 6 years her senior; he acted pompously like some bigwig and answered her rudely. I snapped. I scolded him in front of others including Pastor Jean. He cried, and Pastor Jean rebuked me as well for not using my head. At first I though I was in the right but in the end Pastor was righter. I disrupted the flow of the Bible Reading with that scolding when I should have brought him outside to somewhere secluded and talked with him rationally. Honestly, if you know those rascals, how they behave, how they speak and act you would just want to give them a well deserving slap to them. Of course, what I blog here remains here on this blog. Ahem!

So Pastor Jean rebuked me for scolding him rashly. Thus, I apologised, he apologised, we made up and awkwardly hugged it out in front of Pastor. Ugh, but in the end I felt refreshed by that exchanged and so did Deon. By evening we were chummy like friends once again, praise Yahweh for that. The thing that surprised me was that I didn't feel offended when Pastor scolded me rather I was greatly refreshed by it. It brought me back to a sound mind and thinking properly about it, I flipped out and flopped out.

Praise Yahweh for revealing, exposing and purging these things out of me. Truly in His presence the powers of darkness, the devil and of the world must be ousted in the name of Yeshua. What a wonderful time and opportunity this is. I am truly glad to be in the house of my Elohim serving Him, though I may be lacking in some areas He fills them with His fullness and soon enough His fullness will be all that remains in me.

Also we are in the book of Job, chapter 7 currently. Hallelujah!

-Tuesday, 29th December 2015, 3 months 22 days, 2242

Bible Reading #1

Going through the Bible Reading 2015 at Glory Place; Prayer Centre of Malaysia, Mantin. It has been 4 and a half hours and we are at chapter 37 in the book of Genesis. What do I have to say about all these? Hmmmm...

As it is going on it is amazing to note a presence of tranquility has descended in the sanctuary. Outside it is softly drizzling and the inside is cool and holding a number of 30 something people or so. I expected many more, perhaps it is still to early to tell. But so far it is quite enjoyable. Particularly I am enjoying the presence of Elohim, the presence of peace here in the sanctuary.

The time of my timekeeping slot: the time where I ring the bell and dictate the length of each persons' reading, is at 2am - 4am. For this particular Bible reading I plan to take the nocturnal watch. Awake in the night watches and asleep during the day. It is possible since I have applied leave I have no field work to do to speak off besides the usual disposal of rubbish on Thursday. But it is a simple matter so it's fine. I am looking forward to the night more so because the day officially begins according to the Word of Elohim in the evening, so while men sleep the enemy might come to sow tares amongst the wheats but for these few days there will be watchmen; myself included on the walls, never holding their peace to Yahweh.

It also says in the Scriptures: "Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word." (Psalms 119:148) And in this season I am glad I can see the Scriptures being fulfilled little by little everyday. On with the reading. Praise Yahweh!

-Monday, 28th December 2015, 3 months 21 days, 1543

Catch-Up #2

2) Continuing where I left off, a lot has happened in the days to follow post Young People's Camp. I for one though having experienced the anointing for worship ironically was relieved of my duty to worship lead every Tuesday night due to my lack of judgement in certain matters. Well, I have my objections; such as why did Pastor Jean not take notice of others who played the same way I do and correct them as well? Is there a necessity of sorts to strictly follow the tempo and rhythm of the song even though it is incredulously fast for its own good? The anointing was there by the mercy of Yahweh and yet was there a need to do all these? Well, these are but trivial matters in the end. I am not a seer nor have I already attained to the full dispensation of my gifts. I choose to submit and listen because truthfully how many years have I been here on this earth? Have I seen as much as what Pastor Jean has seen or known? Certainly not, therefore she is in the right; somehow. Well, praise Elohim for this because it worked out well in two ways: i) Through my slip up the Holy Spirit was able to move mightily and bring us into the anointing for joy and laughter. ii) I am free now. Now I can receive much more since I am now on the receiving end of things from the Holy Spirit.

Well, praise Yeshua that all things has its due seasons. And the season for my term as worship leader has but momentarily been halted. No matter, it has only been 3 months since I decided to serve full-time, there are many, many more opportunities ahead of me; much greater than what I have just gone through. All in all, I thought I would be sour in this and yet, it is sweet to know the providence of Yahweh in that He provided me the grace to humble myself and submit. All glory goes to Him. Thank you Yahweh!

That pretty much sums up the previous 12 days, its major events to be precise. In the end, it is wonderful to see the hand if Yahweh upon me not because I am great or anything, but because of His great love towards someone like me. Hallelujah. May the year ahead be that much more sweeter than it is now. How wonderful it is to dwell in the house of Yahweh, His praises ever in my mouth. Just like the psalmist says: " My heart is inditing a good matter; I speak of the things which I have made touching the king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer." (Psalms 45:1)

-Saturday, 26th December 2015, 3 months 19 days, 0512

Catch-Up #1

It feels like a long while since I had last blogged about something. Where to begin?

1) The Young People's Camp which took place last week was phenomenal. Breakthroughs upon breakthroughs and revelations upon revelations were heaped up at us during that camp. Many nations for the first time gathered together for this camp unlike previous ones. Thailand, India, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Holland, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, and of course Malaysia. North, south, east and west we have gathered together by Divine appointment and have had the privilege of soaking ourselves in the awesome presence of Yahweh. Many testimonies have been testified; among them, the most common was the testimony of prophecy. I am beginning to understand what the Scriptures say when: "Worship Yahweh: for the testimony of Yeshua is the spirit of prophecy." (Revelation 19:10b) All the young people's, both staff, helpers, and otherwise were endowed in the gift of prophecy whether we realised it or not and were prophesying over many matters and the majority of it was confirmed either by someone or by circumstances of the moment. For example, the group devotional leaders would speak on a particular matter and later Pastor Jean would repeat the same matter at hand, not being aware of what was shared during the devotions. In my case, the gift of prophesy is so vivid and real to me. One Christian brother from India who was staying in my room told me and my roommates that the blanket was too short for him as he was immensely gifted with height. The next day we had a guest speaker who has never met us before; who began prophesying over each of the nations represented. And for India he mentioned about a blanket that would cover the whole nation, a quilt made of different tribes and tongues coming under the covering of Yahweh. Amazing, praise Yahweh! Another time, Josiah from Nigeria was prophesying about reconciliation and true enough that night we had a time of reconciliation and repentance. How marvellous the Holy Spirit moves among us. Even now, I can see prophecies being fulfilled everywhere I turn. Everything is becoming so prophetic to me now. Truly the Young People's Camp this year was so wondrous for me. Yeshua has blessed me greatly through it. I am refreshed and brimming with joy and gladness. Hallelujah!

The schedule for the camp is as follows:

Sunday - Saturday:
7.00am - Morning Devotion
8.00am - Breakfast
9.00am - Group Devotion
12.00pm - Session with Pastor Jean
5.00pm - Dinner
6.00pm - Free
8.00pm - Session with Pastor Jean
12.00am - Supper (Friday: Overnight Prayer until 3.00am)
1.00am - Lights out

No lunch, no games, spending three quarter of the day soaking and saturating ourselves in the awesome presence of Elohim is simply wonderful. Everyone enjoyed it very much. Through it all, the anointing for worship and for prophecy was the strongest felt throughout the camp by many. Praise Yahweh for blessing us greatly. I pray others may come to know the joy of just sitting at the feet of Yeshua Messiah and to just listen to Him. Amen.

Tired, will do the rest tomorrow.

-Wednesday, 23rd December 2015, 3 months 16 days, 0403

Jeremiah 17:10

Sometimes I wonder if it truly is good if I hear the voice of Yahweh. I mean, when I try to do something, Yahweh will without fail intervene if it is not according to His purpose for me. Yes, I know that whatsoever that Yahweh does and says in my life is for my good; if not now then for the imminent future. But still, Yahweh has impeccable timing when it comes down to the wire.

I had decided to take 2 days leave to go home and see my family. Of course that is just on paper, in reality food was calling me. I just so happened to forget conveniently that the enemies of Elohim and Messiah are the apostles of the god of the belly. Really convenient if you asked me. Of course, a man can plan whatsoever he wants but in the end Yahweh directs his paths.

So during the 3 days of absolute fasting of no food and water, Yahweh spoke to me. Psalms 78:18: "And they tempted El in their heart by asking meat for their lust." Once again, He who sits in the heavens laughs at my predicament. It just had to come didn't it? I feigned ignorance and just continued on. The next retort from Him wasn't at all as lenient. So my family found out about my real purpose of taking the leave and rebuked me sharply. Well, when Yahweh speaks once we should listen. When He speaks twice then we will be asking for it if we don't take heed of Him. Thus, I asked for forgiveness, repented, and cancelled my leave. Surprisingly, I felt much lighter afterwards and I had a stellar day of eating out. In the end, our hearts; particularly mine is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who can know it? But Yahweh searches the innermost chambers of the heart. Praise Him for that.

-Sunday, 13th December 2015, 3 months 6 days, 0308

Romans 8:28

Three months. Time moves like the water, fast and smooth. It is amazing looking back at my first three months here serving Yahweh. Truly, I am the most blessed man right now. I have no want or need, I don't have to worry about anything, the work given to me though sometimes strenuous but always a pleasure to walk in the works Elohim prepared for me, all those late night prayer slots, friends and family here. Everything is hunky dory. Praise Yeshua for that. As it is said: All things work together for good to them that love Elohim, to them who are the called according to His purpose and I am most grateful for being one of the called.

What have I to say against my situation? Life is good and wonderful because Elohim is my everything now. Healer, Deliverer, Protector, Teacher, Father, Guide, Helper, Fortress, Advocate, etc. Everything around me though it may seem lacking in the natural is reaching its fullness for someone like me. The previous worries and cares that I had I have given to Yeshua and He in turn has given me a much more lighter and easier yoke to shoulder. Who said serving Yahweh is difficult most certainly has not known that Yeshua's burden is light and His yoke easy. Who can come against me? If Elohim is for me who can stand against me?

Ah, truly blessed are You oh Yahweh for calling me out of the world's system, from the bondage of Pharaoh and from the yoke of Egypt. To bring me into His kingdom, to walk in His marvellous light for now I am the son of the King, a king and a priest myself through Yeshua who loves me and cleansed me from my sins in His own blood. Gracious and merciful is He to bring my old friend Ben Teng Jun Minn into the kingdom of the Son of His love. Now he is my brother and we are a family of whom heaven and earth is named in the Messiah. He is beginning his walk with the Lord, surely I pray he shall see to its end.

How marvellous and wonderful these past three months have been. I can't even recall any sour notes during these three months. I am not saying there wasn't any but the blessings I partake  overshadow, overtake, and blot them out before they fester. Praise Yeshua!

-Tuesday, 8th December 2015, 3 months 1 day, 0316

Walk the Talk

And so December rolls in together with its humid and moist weather. The monsoon season is here again and what a time it is to stay near the forest. Hallelujah! It's so cool in the evening that I tend to doze off more than I should nowadays. At night the glass on the windowpane actually fogs up, showing just how cold the Hiding Place really is. How wonderful for Yahweh to bless me with such rich habitations.

I look at those beside me and I think to myself: "We can be really hypocritical sometimes." Serving Yahweh here in His house has given me the privilege to truly experience what it means to be built up as living stones into the household of Elohim and I ponder this but we; myself more so happen to be quite the hypocrites and the judgemental people. We tend to look at others' faults rather than look at our own because we find it easier to push the blame and the critics onto others instead of ourselves. We say we serve Elohim, but that is just saying; words through which I have found to be quite unreliable unless evidenced by accompanying actions and reactions. Do our lives reflect Messiah? How can we say we are on Yahweh's side when our lives become a standing witness against us?

Looking at it now what the Word of Elohim speaks is true in the sense: that it is most certainly better to give than to receive. The interpretation of this differs from person to person but in the end, unity and order prevails in the things of Elohim. I find it is easier to give striking remarks than to receive the strikes themselves. Oftentimes as Christians we can serve Elohim all we want but it will profit us nothing in the end if we do not allow Elohim to deal with what is inside of us. After all Yahweh chastises those whom He calls His sons and if we do not receive His chastisement for our own good, we are illegitimate children and have no partaking in the inheritance for the sons of legitimacy. In the end it's a very fine line to walk. The road to eternal life through Yeshua is very, very narrow and very few make it. The fine line between pulling a man out of the fires of hell and igniting him with hellfire of our own tongue's. In other words, the fine line we walk is to discern between what to say when it is right and what not to say when the time has changed. How do I make it clearer? The line of judging someone based upon the Word of Elohim and judging another based on personal feelings or personal vendettas. This is something only Elohim and Elohim alone can resolve. The answer is to be found in Yeshua Messiah; the Word of Elohim. He is living and powerful, sharper than any two edged sword; piercing even to the division of the soul and the Spirit. The things of carnal flesh and the things of the Spirit.

In the end, the Christian walk is just that: a walk. We are not called to work or to do ministry for Him, we are called to run this race He set before us with endurance and to walk in His works which He prepared for us beforehand. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness made flesh; Yeshua Messiah and everything else shall be taken care of in due time and season. It's a promise so we can claim it.

-Wednesday. 2nd December 2015, 2 months 25 days, 0314