I love you by John Nuttall #dumcMY #fb

This is the song Pastor Chris shared at the end of the sermon.

Be a Righteous Servant #dumcMY #fb

Rev Irwin Rutherford, 19/03/2011

It’s Missions Weekend here in DUMC,

Psa 31:14-16  But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."  (15)  My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.  (16)  Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

(This will be for tomorrow – Every Member a Servant.)

A video on the unreached is shown. Majority of the missions resources are NOT channeled to the poorest unreached people group.

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Father’s Day Special

Pastor Chris Kam, 20/06/2010
Ian Kam (Pastor Chris’ eldest son) is on stage. He is 20. Teens today have mobile phones, and not ordinary phones. Pastor Chris did not give him (Ian) a phone. He got a walkie talkie for communicating with his dad after tuition.
Pastor Chris is a hero to Ian. When Ian was 5 he had a list of heroes. Pastor Chris was no. 2. The Father in heaven was no. 1. Even since he was 3, Pastor Chris would bring him to a restaurant on every Monday. Ian got to know his dad better and wanted to grow up to be like him.
His dad was also his friend. They were really close. They talk about anything. He enjoys being with his dad. He has an accident a few months after he got his license. A week prior to the accident, his dad warned him about the perils on the road. When he reached home, his dad told him he told him so and laughed. He told Ian to move on. That gave Ian peace.

Days with my Father - Philip Toledano

Please take a look at this.

Use your mouse wheel to scroll down or press the down arrow. Wait for the text to appear on the left hand side. Read them before you move on.

Do you know that much about your loved ones? Granted, we don't need to compete to see who knows more details about their loved ones. But doesn't loving and caring about someone entails knowing them?

Do you know your dad's favourite good? How about your mom's idea of an outing? What is your spouse' greatest desire? Why makes your children proud / happy?

Dr Doug Carter who spoke during the 11th Malaysian Cell Church Conference revealed that Dr. John Maxwell could immediately find out the 5 things that mattered to a person he just met - including what makes them happy / sad, what do they aspire to do, etc.

I think this is not such much a skill / ability as a will / desire. Do you want to know more about the person praying beside you? Will you listen to his / her story?

Everyone has 24 hours in a day. We can choose to invest it on others or not.

Translation - A Father's Prayer for His Child's First Day In School

I promised to translate this in May. Here it is now. A father's prayer on the start of school

Act 2:39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself." Lord Jesus, today is the first day at school for my son. This tiny tot has been under our tender loving care since young. I can hardly bring myself to lead him to the school gate and bid him farewell. I am most fearful of the fact that he doesn't know how terrible the outside world is. The world today is so much different from the day I first went to school. Soon, he will find out the home he has been for six years is different from the outside world. Father in Heaven, I pray that you will keep him within your powerful arms, help him to understand it is ok to be different, it is ok not to sweat, it is ok not to lie and it is definitely ok to follow what he has been taught at home. The great journey of life will soon show its ugly side, faster than our time. In this fallen world, younger kids can get drugs from older kids, graphical images in the news and tv shows are filled with violence and gores and these things don't seem like they will disappear from the world. Lord Jesus, I am also worried that he will begin to face a different set of values and views. He will be spending more than 30 hours in classes every week, far more than the time we will be spending together, please strengthen the foundation we lay for him since young. Even though he is still a child, we pray that you will help him to tell rith from wrong, to discern between truth and lies and that he can uphold justice even when he is alone. O, Lord Jesus, the busy crowd is making me uncomfortable. Help him to choose friends. Help me as a father to know when to say yes and when to say no. We have been trying to help him understand that the most important thing to be righteous. But soon he will discover, this is not always the principle in the outside world. Father God, take his hand and lead him every step of the way. Please help him to understand that not everyone can be trusted. But without trust between one another, we cannot establish lasting friendship and we will not be able to learn to love one another. I pray that God you will help him to remember all that we have taught him, whenever there is a villain, there is a hero; whenever there is an enemy, there is a friend. Where there are fallen people, there are also righteous people. Wherever there are temptations to make you fall, there are doorways to escape. We hope that he can understand that if he does not try his best, he will disappoint us and you. But when he has tried his best, no matter win or lose, we will be proud of him. Lord, we pray that you will help him to realize that there is no shame in failure as long as he has tried his best. But if he is lying and cheating to win, then he is bringing shame to your name. Lord, there is one more thing. I hope my son will be a strong Christian, not only know you and love you but can also become a leader, a light in the darkness of the world, to resist the enemy of today and to impact the world. I shudder to think of what he may face. But when I think of the precious promise you gave to me, my child and those who trust in you, I am in joy. Thank you Lord, thank you for the blessed assurance. It allows me to bid adieu to my son in the school gate.

A Father's Prayer for the Son's First Day in School

I picked this up from the Bible Broadcasting Network. I will work on the translation possible on Sunday evening. For those who could read, can you feel the love? 一位父亲在开学日的祷告

「这应许是给你们，和你们的儿女，并一切在远方的人，就是主我们神所召来的。」(使徒行传 2:39) 主耶稣，今天是我儿子上学的第一天。 这个小不点，从小就受到我们无微不至的照顾。 要把他带到校门口，跟他说再见，心里真是舍不得。 但是最令我害怕的，就是他不知道外面的世界多吓人，现在的世界跟我当时第一天上学的情况相比，简直是天壤之别。 他很快就会发现，那个他住了六年的家，跟外面的世界截然不同。 天父，我求祢用祢有力的膀臂环绕着他，帮助他了解与众不同是没有关系的，不跟着其他孩子说脏话是没有关系的，不说谎是没有关系的，持守我们在家里所教导的也是没有关系的。 生命伟大的冒险旅程很快就要显出它丑恶的一面，速度比我们那个年代还快。 在这堕落的世界，年纪小的孩子可以从年纪大的孩子那里拿到毒品，新闻和戏剧中充斥着血腥暴力的画面，这些似乎不可能从这个世界上消失。 主耶稣，我还担心另外一点，那就是他将面对与我们所相信的不同的价值和观念。 他每周会花 30 个小时在课堂上，远超过我们在一起的时间，求主坚固我们在他小时候所建立的基础，就算他现在还只是个孩子，我也求主帮助他能分别对错，分别真理和谎言，就算孤独，他也能持守公义。 喔，主耶稣，那熙来攘往的人群也令我不安。 求祢帮助他能慎选益友，帮助我这个为父的，知道何时该说「好」，何时该说「不好」。我们一直试着让他明了，最重要的，就是要行得正。但是很快他就会发现，这并不总是在外面生活的法则。父神，求祢牵着他的小手，一步步带领他。 求祢帮助他了解，不是所有人都值得信任，但人与人之间若没有信任，我们就无法建立起持久的友谊，也无法学会彼此相爱的功课。 求主帮助他记得我们所教导他的：哪里有坏蛋，哪里就有英雄。哪里有敌人，哪里就有朋友。哪里有堕落的人，哪里就有正直的人。哪里有试探要引诱你跌倒的，哪里就有出路让你逃脱。 我们希望他了解，如果他凡事不尽力，他就让我们失望，也让祢失望。但是当他尽力时，无论他是输是赢，我们都会以他为荣。 神啊，求祢帮助他了解，失败没有什么可耻的，只要他尽力就好。但是如果他是靠说谎或欺骗来赢得胜利，他就是羞辱祢的名了。 神啊，还有一件事情。 我渴望我的儿子能成为一个坚强的基督徒，不但认识祢，爱祢，而且能成为领袖，成为这黑暗世界的一盏明灯，抵挡现今的仇敌，影响这个世界。 每当我想到他所面对的，我就不禁颤抖。但是因着我想到祢对我、对我的孩子、对所有信靠祢的人，你对我们所做的宝贵应许，我就欢喜快乐。 感谢主，感谢祢给我们的确据， 这让我能安心地在校门口对我的孩子说「再见」。

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