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
STORMS, SNAKES AND SICKNESS
(Acts 27:23-26; 28:1-10)
A Message by Rev Dr Vincent Leoh on 3 May 2009
Three attacks on your life …
I. STORMS OF LIFE (Acts 27)
Principle to remember when things go wrong… Read Full Entry
The Bigger Picture that God wants you to see
in your trying & difficult moment (Genesis 32)
A Message by Rev Dr Stanley Lim on 19 April 2009
Introduction
The picture that we have of Jacob is a poster for self-dependence. He was clever. He made his way thro’ life by outsmarting people (Gen. 27:1-41). Though he may not have been a hunter like his brother, he was no slouch in physical strength either (Gen. 29:10). Looking at how Jacob lives his life before the events of Genesis 32, we see a man who does not ask the Lord for help. He lives life without a need for God. He can handle whatever life throws at him. Until Genesis 32 came along.
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AND GOD LAUGHED
(Luke 13:31-35)
A Message by Rev Dr Vincent Leoh on 12 April 2009
I. THE GOD WHO LAUGHS!
GOD’S SENSE OF HUMOR Psalms 2:4; Psalms 37:13; Psalms 59:8.
1. GOD LAUGHS AT DEATH
Luke 13:32; 1 Corinthians 15:26.
2. GOD LAUGHS AT THE DEVIL
Christ’s resurrection is God’s joke on the devil
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A DONKEY FOR JESUS
(Matthew 21:1-11)
A Message by Rev Dr Vincent Leoh on 5 April 2009
The Triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem was recorded in all the four Gospels (Matthew 21:1-11 cf. Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:29-38; John 12:12-16) Read Full Entry