TEJM V – The Sick Woman

Pastor Chris Kam, 25/07/2010

This is the fifth installment in the Transformation Encounters with Jesus in Mark’s Gospel.

We commonly link healing with physical healing. But we need healing in every aspect of of our life – emotionally, mentally, spiritually, etc.

Pastor Chris experienced a healing when he was 23 or 24 in Australia. He heard that he could lay hand on himself and asked for the Holy Spirit to heal him. He prayed and was healed of his nose block and he didn’t need a nasal spay anymore.

We can expect something will happen when we play. That gives us hope. It encourages us.

The text is taken from Mark 5:24-34. It tells of a ‘touch and go’ healing.

The 10th commandment

P. Diddy, just kidding. Pastor Dr, Daniel Ho, 18/07/2010
We have covered the 9 commandments. The 10 commandments are God’s paradigm for transformation of society.

1. You shall have no other Gods
2. You shall not make yourself any graven image
3. You shall not misuse God’s name
4. Keep the Sabbath day holy
5. Honour your father and mother
6. Do not murder
7. Do not commit adultery
8. Do not steal
9. Do not bear false testimony

Exo 20:17  "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."

Commandment #9

Pastor Dr. Daniel Ho, 11/07/2010
A quote by Andrew Murray is shared. “"Time spent in prayer will yield more than that given to work. Prayer alone gives work its worth and its success. Prayer opens the way for God Himself to do His work in us and through us. Let our chief work as God's messengers be intercession; in it we secure the presence and power of God to go with us."
Exo 20:16  "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
The 3D Visual Effect Editor of Avatar, Craig Tanner and his wife, Gina are with us today.

Why do people lie or bear false testimony?

1. Because truth hurts.
Nixon won the re-election by a landslide. But he was discovered to have broken into the Democratic parties’ place in the Watergate Hotel to get their secrets. He was facing impeachment. He wanted to exercise his executive power and he was challenged in the supreme court. He stepped down. When he passed away in April 1994, he was known as a president whole lied to the whole nation.

The Challenge of World Missions II – A Holistic Approach

Dale Rhoton,  04/07/2010
Dale Rhoton is the co-founder of Operation Mobilization together with George Verver.
The text is Matthew 10:7-8
Mat 10:7-8  And proclaim as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  (8)  Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.

(I caught up with Pastor Matthew Foo after the service and got what he shared about F.A.I.T.H.F.U.L.)
As shared by Pastor Matthew, faithful = faithfulness always increases the heart for undying (or was it unending) loyalty.