Jacob speaks:

Hi church, hope you had a wonderful weekend. I want to encourage all of us to embrace the visions that we have and don’t give up and think that it cannot be done. Some of us might not even dare to ask God for a vision in life. Come on my friends, we should have a vision in life. Proverbs 28:18 – “Where there is no vision people perish…” if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Visions drive us to live our lives to the fullest, reveal our hidden potential and give us extraordinary strength to run towards our visions.

This year is going be a very challenging and exciting year. We have visions and goals from heaven, which is to grow our church from 60 to 100 by the month of June and from 4 CGs to 6 CGs. That means we need to rise up more leaders in church to run the CGs and we need to have more time for training and meeting. All of us can sense that lots of things have been changed in the church and CG, but do not worry as they are changes for good. Proverbs 4:18 – “But the path of the just is like the shining sun, that shine ever brighter unto the perfect day.” We need to be progressive in everything, our physical body, our spiritual life, our gifting, our career, our studies and knowledge, our relationship and our church as well. So when there is a progression there are changes. Don’t be afraid of changes and always wanting to stay in the comfort zone.

I know some of you have been scared off by the visions and the things that we are going to do this year in GEPC. I promise you, success never comes easy; it’s always a lot of hard works. There will be more and more meetings, trainings, reports and sacrifices. All of us will give more time and resources for building up our church this year, maybe different amount but equal sacrifices. But do not focus on what you are going to lose if you have to give more time and resources to God, focus on what is going to come. Today’s sacrifice might become a blessing for others.

The strength of GEPC is not our size, asset & structure but the commitment and attitude of our members. I am so happy and encouraged by the commitment and attitude of our members. Our members are so teachable and willing to do anything and everything to see the visions come to pass. You know what, last week we have a breakthrough in our service offering. We collected a total amount of RM 2546.00. That is unbelievable. Our church has only few young working adults and the rest are students and children (Openhands Girls), but we can collect an amazing amount of offering. It shows that our members are willing to sacrifice for God at the expense of their own leisure and CNY clothes. I’m so proud of our members. (You made it, my friend. Thank you!)

How awesome is this place, the gate of heaven, it’s where people find God; it’s where the needs have been met by God. This is where the glory of God dwells and people come into God’s love. A tower of refuge and strength for others, a miracle house where hearts are healed, weak have been strengthened and Christ revealed. I will lay down my life to build this church, the light of the city.

This year, 2009 is going to be an exciting year for all of us, ARE YOU READY?