LIFE’S INVESTMENTS:
PRINCIPLE OF RELEASE AND RETURNS
(Eccl. 11:1-6)
A Message by Rev Dr Vincent Leoh on 11 October 2009
Eccl. 11:1-6 Three Possible Approaches
1. Commercial Activities
2. Risk Taking
3. Sowing and Reaping
I. NO RELEASE, NO RETURN
“Cast thy bread upon the waters” (:1)
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The Bad, the Ugly & the Good Faces of Fear
There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life – fear of death, fear of judgment – is one not yet fully formed in love.
1 John 4:18
Don’t fear what they fear. Don’t take on their worries. If you’re going to worry, worry about the The Holy. Fear God-of-the-Angel-Armies. The Holy can be either a Hiding Place or a Boulder blocking your way.
Isa. 8:13 & 14a
Treat everyone you meet with dignity. Love your spiritual family. Revere (fear) God. Respect the government.
1 Pet. 2:17
A Message by Rev Dr Stanley Lim on 22 & 23 August 2009
Introduction: Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born into wealth & prestige and as a young Harvard graduate, he seemed destined for success. By the age of 30, he was elected as a state governor and a few years later was appointed as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Read Full Entry
IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL
(Ecclesiastes 6-8)
A Message by Rev Dr Vincent Leoh on 16 August 2009
“ … his soul is not satisfied” (6:3, 7 NKJV)
“Which my soul still seeks but I cannot find” (7:28)
”It will be well for those who …” (8:12b) Read Full Entry
HOW DO YOU WORSHIP?
(Ecclesiastes 5 :1 – 7)
A Message by Rev Dr Vincent Leoh on 2 August 2009
WORSHIP means Worthship; Worthiness – to ascribe worth or value to someone or something
Worship a god with a little “g” and you’ll always come up empty. But there’s another kind of worship … Read Full Entry
WORKING, ENJOYING AND PROSPERING!
(Eccl. 4:1 – 5:20)?
A Message by Rev Dr Vincent Leoh on 26 July 2009
I. THE PROBLEMS OF WORK (Eccl. 4:1-16)?
1. The Problem of Oppression (4:1-3; 5:8-9)?
“I saw the tears of the oppressed … and they have no comforter” (4:1)?
WHAT IS WORK?
Understanding the Seasons in Life
(Eccl. 3:1-26)
I. A TIME AND SEASON FOR EVERYTHING
“There is a TIME for everything, and a SEASON for every activity under heaven” (3:1 NIV)
TIME – the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues.
A SEASON in our life is a time frame that has been allotted for something to happen
Discipline: The Path to Potential
2 Timothy 2:3-7
A message by Rev Dr Stanley Lim on 5 July 2009
Introduction: The Oxford dictionary defines discipline as this: “Training that produces obedience, self-control or a particular skill; a controlled behavior produced by training.”
Here are a few quotations on the subject of discipline by some famous people: Read Full Entry
New Series on ECCLESIASTES: HAVE A MEANINGFUL LIFE
WHY AM I HERE? (Eccl. 1:1-18)
A message by Rev Dr Vincent Leoh on 14 June 2009
I. THE LONG FUTILE SEARCH FOR MEANING IN LIFE
I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on the human race! (Eccl. 1:13) Read Full Entry
THE THREEFOLD MINISTRY OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT TODAY
(John 16:5-15)
A Message by Rev Dr Vincent Leoh on 31 May 2009
I. SALVATION: The Spirit at Work in the World Today
The Holy Spirit CONVICTS and REDEEMS the Lost (John 16:8-11)
THINGS ONLY GOD CAN DO. Only God can….. Read Full Entry
Bringing an acceptable offering to God
Genesis 4:1-7
A Message by Rev Dr Stanley Lim on 17 May 2009
CAIN & ABEL: The passage that we have just read seems to inform us that God is incredibly unfair. Two brothers, Cain & Abel, bring their offerings. One brings “an offering of the fruit of the ground…” (v.3). The other brings “fat portions of the firstborn of his flock…” (v.4). God accepted Abel and his offerings but not the offerings of his brother, Cain.
Why did God do that? Was He in the mood for steak that day and therefore rejected the salad? Was it to demonstrate His absolute freedom to do whatever he liked, a chance to show that “life is unfair and God is free?” Was it because God demands blood sacrifice, and farmer or shepherd, you have to come before Him with an animal sacrifice?
It does not seem to say so in the text. Read Full Entry