made EXTRAORDINARY through Him

Speaker : Ms Quek Hui Sze

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Extraordinary God

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. 17 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.18 So we fix our eyes no on what is seen, but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Contrary to popular opinion,
King David was pretty ordinary.
His faith was ordinary,
his friends were ordinary,
his failures were ordinary.

The only thing amazing about David was GOD.
God was EXTRAORDINARY through David.

We're a lot like David. We're all just
regular people,
living regular lives,
with regular gifts and abilities.

But God wants to do PHENOMENAL things through us even in our "regular-ness."

To his final breath, David loved the Lord. His last words to his son Solomon were: Be faithful to the Lord. Walk in His ways.

The older you get, the more concerned you are about what you're leaving behind you. I'm not talking about things. NOBODY ever says on his deathbed, "I wish I had more stuff" or "I wish I would have spent more time at the office."

Instead we think,
"What have I taught my kids about living for the Lord?" David faced this, too.

Acts 13:36 says "...David, after he had served the purposes of God in his generation, fell asleep..."

Isn't that phenomenal? What else could you want for your life?
After James had served the purposes of God in his generation, he fell asleep. After Mark had served the purposes of God in his generation, he fell asleep. After Elizabeth had served the purposes of God in her generation, she fell asleep.

What else could you want? What else could there be in life but to LIVE for God and SERVE and WORK for Him and then go and be with Him FOREVER?

David wasn't proud of every chapter in his life, but when he fell he got up again. What's the MAJOR lesson we can learn from David? Refer to David's famous psalm.

In Psalm 23:4 he wrote, "... though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." WHY? Because "You are with me."

That's the summary of David's life right there. God WAS with him. At the end of the day, that's the life we have to pursue.

An ordinary life lived for God in His strength = EXTRAORDINARY!

- James MacDonald

responding : In what ways, small of large, am I living out my purpose in my generation? Do I know what that is?

following : What else could you want for your life than to serve God?

- Our Journey, April 10

New Arrival !!!

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the BOSS "speaking"...
Dear All,
Jus wanted to share my testimony with all of you. Thanks so much for standing
in prayer with us. Appreciate you guys being there for us.

As you all know my wife Serena, gave birth to a healthy baby boy weighing 2.9kgs
last Fri @ 11th May just before 3pm in Selangor medical Centre in Shah Alam. We really had a scare because our son was premature by a month. On Wed my wife called me while I was in prayer meeting to say that she was bleeding a lot.I then rushed home and immediately sent her to the hospital. When the doc checked her, she was already 2cm dilated but there was no contraction pain. Furthermore the scan showed that the water surrounding the baby was significantly reduced and the doc suspect that she will go into labour soon. However this was not the case and after further checks it was later decided that we would induce the birth on Fri morning.After a gruelling six hours of labour, our son was finally delivered.According to the doc calculations, the weight of our son was suppose to be around 2.3 or 2.4kgs only but thank God when they weighed him,he was 2.9kgs! We jus wan to thank the Lord for His faithfulness in our lives. Our son was pronouced healthy and discharged the next daytogether with his mum. We have aptly named our son Josiah which means - "healed by Jehovah" or "Jehovah will support". Throughout this difficult period the Lord kept reminding me - "Is there anything toodifficult for me, Gideon?" I had to stop and take a step back and answer by faith that there was nothing too difficult for Him!

Btw this will be the title of my message this Sun. Its going to be awesome!May this testimony encourage each one of us that are going through
our own difficult times. Know that God is still seated on the throne and nothing
escapes Him. We may not understand but we can still hang on to the Rock that
never fails. God bless.

Ps.Gideon Lee - Youth Pastor
Youth Alive! of Glad Tidings Assembly Klang
210 Jalan Meru,
41050 Klang,
Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Tel: 03-33415407
Fax: 03-33418105
H/P: 012-2342822

Lets us all wish congrats to Ps. Gideon and Sis Serena on their new baby boy!and continue to keep them in prayer that God will grant them strength all the days of their lives.oh yea and strength to be able to wake up during the night when the baby calls ehhe..enjoy commander!rmb to gel ur hair in the morning LOL !

all glory goes to Him alone! JESUS!

My Grandmother's Testimony

Last month, my grandmother was taken to the hospital for a regular checkup. When I first visited her, she was normal and still have the energy to talk and walk. As time goes by, it has already been a week she was admitted to the hospital and things started to turn out bad. The next week I went and visit her, she look so sick and couldn’t even pronounce a word properly and steadily. Her eyes were filled with tears and she was fed through her nose into the stomach. I was terrified and to add on to that, doctor said that the kidney was failing her and water went into her lungs. The doctor said that in that 48 hours, she will either make it through or she won’t.

She was bedridden and my mum with other relatives have decided to take turns taking care of her every night. On a thursday night, Auntie Fee Lin came over to the hospital to share the gospel with her. My grandmother is a person that is very closed minded when it comes to religion and as auntie Fee Lin shared the gospel, she listens through and when she was asked to receive the Lord, my grandmother will say she’ll think about it or see first. Right after she said that, she fell asleep and we continued to pray for her.

When she woke up after 10 minutes or so, auntie Fee Lin asked whether she saw anything in her sleep and my grandmother replied with a little laugh. Then she said that she saw a person in white and her description of her face is that person have a long face. Auntie Fee Lin then told her that it was Jesus and not many people gets the chance to see Jesus. She kept on asking whether my grandmother would receive Christ and her consistent answer is she’ll think about it. To make things worse, doctor came and gave us another news that her cancer came back and the last time she got it was 22 years ago. It was a Saturday in the same week when we went and visit her and as usual prayed for her and accompany her during the night. My mum was suppose to take care of her that night.

At 1145pm, my dad received a phone call from my mum saying that my grandmother has accepted Christ and through the phone I can see that my mum was happy and joyful. She prayed the sinners prayer with my mother in the same night. God’s favour was really upon my grandmother because we did not expect her to open up her heart to God and let Him in. God was really awesome and he works in many ways and until now He still is.

My grandmother is now still in the hospital, her condition has stabilized and her kidney is now functioning again! Even now, my grandfather will read the Chinese bible and every night, he will pray for her to our Heavenly father and my grandfather is not a believer! Although she is very sick now in the hospital but I believe that God will be with her thoughout this tough period of time and He is in control. I would like to thank those of you that have prayed for my grandmother and stood beside my family. In times like this , nothing can be done physically but something can be done spiritually and that is to pray!! Please continue to pray for her as she is going through a tough time now and God bless you guys out there!!

-Jays-

Let us all be united and hand in hand keep Jayson's grandmother, he and his family in prayer.

"Prayer has a mighty power to move mountains because the Holy Spirit is ready both to encourage our praying and to remove mountains hindering us. Prayer has a power to change mountains into highways!"

Matthew 18:19-20

"Again, here is what I tell you. Suppose two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for. My Father in heaven will do it for you. Where two or three people meet together in my name, I am there with them."