Mission - Kunming, China

“Crossing the Bridge” with the Father

Praise the Lord for the successful trip to Kunming on 18 - 28 June.  It was  an  eye  opening  trip  for  6  people  from  3  churches.  The  team

Team

consists of members from 3 churches - half of the team members are pastoral staffs;  a license laid preacher, a youth and wife of a pastor.

Home cell

Upon arrival, we were treated to supper with Yunnan's Signature Dish,  “Cross the Bridge Noodle”.  There is a romantic story about “crossing the  bridge   noodle”.

The story involving a wife taking soup across a bridge to a small island where her husband was studying  for his imperial exam.  By the time she'd reach  the  other side of the winding footbridge, the soup would be cold, the noodles soggy. The story goes that one-day a layer of  oil  and  fat  kept  the  broth warm and  adding  the noodles and meats  allowed  it  to  cook  to  perfection on the spot.

Children church

Like wise, the team cross the bridge, with a little love in our heart for China to warm the

heart of the  Chinese believers.

We thank God  for  giving  us this opportunity.  Those  who went for this trip has came back with their  heart  enlarged by Lord with an increase of love for the land of China.  It is our prayers that God will  send  many  more Christians from Malaysia to  “cross the bridge”.  We  all  CAN  be  the “oil” to warmed the heart and provide  “spiritual noodle”  to satisfy the hunger of believers in China.  Join us in our next trip to China

We did 3 mornings of 7 hours each of prayer walking to bless the city.  In faith we believed  that  the  prayers of blessing is breaking the curses on the  land.  Thanked God for physical strength.

Prayer walk

Sis. Lili  and  Bro. Jason  conducted  a  music workshop  on playing keyboard and  guitar  with  AFC.  The  believer’s  skill was sharpened to enhance their ministry in praise and worship.

They also had a session of High Praise and testimonies.

Sis. Joy ministered to the women and Bro. Eng Lye to the men on the topic of godly manhood and  womanhood.  A two hours seminar was conducted to train & equip the Sunday School teachers at AFC House Church by Sis. Lay Ching.

A night of meeting on prophetic input/release of personal word to about 25 -30 people from the community of missionary was also conducted where the anointing of God was much felt.

The team was also stretched in their faith to step out to pray for individual.  Some have not prophesied for a long time.  The Lord once again activates them to pray prophetically for the missionary.  While others had never prophesy before and they too step forth to minister to the saints.

We are grateful that God has allowed us to submit and yield to His purposes and leading.  Thanking Him for the graces and anointing of the Holy Spirit to accomplish the work that need to
be done in China.

[Submitted by Robert/Joy]

Choose

Choice consists of the mental process of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one of them. [Wikipedia]

Choice is always a good thing.  And what's even greater than choice is clarity of choice - Annoymous

We have choice over our thoughts, emotions and behavior, and our choice may also affect the destiny of our descendants.

MAKE AN EXCELLENT CHOICE AND WATCH THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF BLESSING.

2 Corinthians 4:18  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

A good attitude and the right focus help us to handle life joyfully, even though it doesn't change our circumstances.

Deuteronomy 30:15  See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.

v17-20   But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed.  You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.  This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.  Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him. 

"But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” - Joshua 24:15

H.E.A.R.T.

We need to have a  H E A R T  of Christ in the kingdom of God.

H umility

E ncouragement

A ppreciation

R espect

T rust

Humility or humbleness is a quality of being courteously respectful of others. It is the opposite of aggressiveness, arrogance, boastfulness and vanity. It is a major theme of both Old and New Testaments. It dissipates anger and heals old wounds, and distinguishes the wise leader from the arrogant power-seeker.

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.  James 4:10

Encouragement  ^- God will comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.Psalm 46:1-3

Appreciation  is an expression of gratitude.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.    And whatever you do,whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.  Colossions 3:15, 17

Respect - Christian respect is uniquely Christian.  Teaching respect as a Christian character trait requires that we craft a definition based on God’s Word.

Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.  1 Peter 2:18

Trust  is the reliance on another person, to have or place confidence in, depend on, and have assurance.
Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods  Psalm 40:4