My youngest son accepted Jesus

Last night my 8-year son Timothy accepted the Lord Jesus as His Saviour and Lord. Last night was a special night for our family. Unlike our daily family time of Bible reading and teaching where my three sons Ezekiel, Joel and Timothy read several verses from a chapter of the Gospel of John and later I would teach from the chapter, we had communion after Timothy accepted the Lord Jesus into his life. Just to be sure, we asked Joel to accept the Lord again last night after his younger brother because he said he had accepted the Lord but couldn't remember when. 

PERTOBATAN ANAK MUDA

BREAKFAST ONE MORNING

Yesterday morning I decided to treat myself to breakfast. Usually, I just skipped breakfast and go straight to my prayer closet early in the morning. After sending my son to school at 6am, I drove straight to town but my office is not open yet at 6:30am so I usually spend the early morning alone with God. But this morning I was led to take breakfast. The skipping of breakfast is influenced largely by the increase in the prices of everything-including a cup of coffee, a plate of dry mee (now RM2.50). So I decided to treat myself to a cake costing 70 sen. Before taking my breakfast I took out my Bible (Alkitab i.e.) and read a chapter in public. This action is not to show off- but I usually cahllenged young Christians to read their Bibles in public. Why should they be ashamed to read the Bible in public? So I decided I must practised what I preach and start reading my Bible in public.

run for the needy, anyone?

What does a hotel and an educational institution have in common to cause them to come together, if not their passion to help the less fortunate in society?

Dynasty Hotel under the caring leadership of its general manager Dennis Ngau Jok have been organising a charity event, the Run For Charity joggerthon for five consecutive years and Kolej Fajar, together with other sponsors, has been supporting the event faithfully over the years.

This year, Kolej Fajar has decided to sponsor all the prizes for the event.

On hand to present the sponsorship to the organising committee yesterday was its Chief Executive Office Dr. Peter Tham.

Also present were Dennis, the organising chairperson Fylice Loh and several committee members.

The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas sponsored the prizes for the top three collectors.

The prizes for the first, second and third top collectors are return flight Miri-KL, Miri-Kuching and Miri-Kota Kinabalu respectively.

Sibuti Member of Parliament Ahmad Lai is expected to flag off the runners on 13 July 2008 at 6:30am and the Assistant Minister of Infrastructure Development and Communication Lee Kim Shin, who is also the event patron is expected to officiate the closing ceremony later in the morning.
Money raised from the event is for charity work like donation to the Miri Dialysis Centre and festive goodies for the least fortunate during festive seasons like the Chinese New Year, the Gawai Dayak and the Hari Raya Aidilfitri.ENDS.

Caption: 08-7tham9: FOR A GOOD CAUSE: Tham (seventh from left) symbolically handing over the prizes to Dennis while other committee members witnessed.

HEAVEN IS SO REAL-ARE YOU READY?

Last Saturday our church Miri Latter Rain Church invited 16-year Mary to give her testimony for our youths. I had heard of her testimony from brother George. She had close encounters with the Lord Jesus. So I thought it would be life-changing for the young people in our church to hear first-hand about her spiritual experiences. We had planned for her to come and share her testimony last month but postponed a few times. Finally, we were able to have a special meeting last Saturday afternoon. She came with her parents and her elder sister. We had a time of worship before the testimony. First, the father gave his testimony being the head of the family. His testimony was no less extraordinary-from being just a security guard in a bank he is now a bank executive-PRAISE THE LORD. Then the mother shared a little bit. Then the elder sister shared too. Then Mary shared her testimony. About how the Lord brought her up to a beautiful place and revealed a lot of things to her. Her testimony was so captivating that her testimony which came close to three hours felt like just a short while. The youths were so attentive to hear her testimony. As a pastor I can testify that her experiences were real. I observed her sharing and I felt in my spirit that she was telling her true experiences with the Lord. One sign was that she was humble in spite of having this supernatural experience. The fear of the Lord was clearly seen in her life. The Lord told her the time is short for His Second Coming-and she said the Lord is sad to see His people on earth not ready. The message of repentance kept on repeating in her testimony. After her testimony there was a time of ministering. All the youths went to the front to be ministered to. The mother who is a lay leader in her church, prayed for the youths. All of them were slained in the Spirit except for one. The mother also had a burden to pray for me and my wife. Truly God was gracious.

MOST PHOTOGENIC DOG

Dog owners can show off their cute dogs to the world by taking part in the Most Photogenic Dog contest.

“Every month we select the most photogenic dog for the month and at the end of one year we will have a grand prize for the Dog of the Year,” said dog trainer Robin Gan of Real K-9 Training.

“At the end of the contest, we will come up with a dog calendar featuring all the monthly winners,” he added.

Robin said Real K-9 Training will be the organiser and sponsor of the contest from June onwards. The co-sponsor is Nightwatch K-9 whose owner is Leo Pui.

He told this to the Borneo Post after disclosing the Dog of the Month (June) yesterday.

The winner is a dog named Bobby, a Japanese Spitz whose owner is Liew Kit Soon.

Two consolation winners are a dog named Miyuki, a Miniature Schnauzer whose owner is Linda Tay of Kuala Lumpur and a dog named Brenda, a German Shepherd whose owner is Liew Kit Soon.

Miricommunity.net favourite dog is a dog named Pongee, a Maltese crossed Terrier whose owner is Beverly Ling. The favourite winner category is by popular vote online.

TEARS EARLY IN THE MORNING

TEARS EARLY IN THE MORNING

Tears flowed freely from my eyes early this morning. My wife asked my second son Joel about the bus fee card and the bus fee he brought back last Friday. My son was told to give to the school bus driver but he didn’t last Friday. We were looking for it high and low before Joel went to school this morning, with my wife scolding my son and my son insisted he had given the card to my wife. My wife said she did not receive the card, if she had she would remember where she put it, she said. Joel went to school without us finding the card with the RM50 fee. I sent our eldest son to school. When I came back I discovered the card and the money had been found by my wife. Apparently, she did take it from my son but this morning she completely forgot about it. She was so fill with remorse and she asked me to go to see our son in the school to tell him we had found it. At first, I told her to go herself since she was the one who had made the mistake. At this point, tears filled her eyes and I quickly told her I would go.
I made up my mind to give our son an extra RM2. My wife had given him RM3 because he had tuition today.
When I entered the school, Joel was just about to go the the school assembly with his classmates. I met him at the staircase. I told him we had found the bus card and fee and I also told him Mommy was sorry.
This episode in our family really touched my heart. God was working in our hearts and our relationships. God began to work in my own heart and I was crying inside on my way back. I told God “I have not been a good husband to my wife, not able to provide for her. She was so worried about our finance. She took care of our finance. All my take home pay I gave to her, even money for my petrol. I told God if I can’t be a good husband to her at least she has good sons to take care of her, to love her dearly.
My wife told me she prayed with Joel last night because Joel was afraid to go to sleep after listening to the testimony of the sounds from hell. It is not wonder, she said Joel was attacked spiritually this morning and she herself was attacked in the process.

This morning also we resolved to spend time with our eldest son-I suggested we bring him out for lunch. We wanted to talk to him about his poor academic performance last semester. Our eldest son Ezekiel is in Form 4 this year. After our third son Timothy went to school we went to fetch Ezekiel from school. The three of us went to E-mart for lunch. My son, as usual doesn’t want to go, being a teenager I guess he doesn’t feel comfortable being seen with his parents. He wanted to go home but we insisted. At E-mart we saw Ronnie eating with his colleagues. Then after doing a lit bit of marketing, we came back. During the time I also take the opportunity to teach my son about patience especially in accompanying women on shopping. I told him he has to be patience with his wife in future, especially if his wife is just window shopping.
When we reached home, we have a heart-to-heart talk with him. We do not want to scold him for having bad marks. We wanted to motivate him. He’s a bright kid actually, just that he did not really push himself to work harder. After talking to him, we prayed for him. Only the Lord can change him.