JUNE 2010 BULLETIN

‘Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart’. (V3) Hebrews 12 : 1-3

Author of Hebrews combined these two themes of athletics and citizenship in this chapter (12) we see the runners laying aside their training weights and striving to run their race successfully. Some get weary and faint, while others endure to the end and win the prize.

Two emphasizes given, one the race, (12:1-3) then citizenship in the heavenly city. (14-29). No one can take part in the official games unless he was a citizen of the nation. It is a patriotic thing to be a good athlete and to bring glory to your country (Here it is our heavenly kingdom)Paul pleads: Let us not become weary…..(Gal 6:5)

Paul tells of three divine resources that encourage a Christians to keep going when situation is difficult.

Example of the Son of God (V1a)
Look around at the winners (V1b)
Look at your self (V1b)
Look at Jesus Christ (VV2-4)

The thing that sustained our Lord was the joy of doing His Father’s will.
Let our hearts be fuelled by that same joy and then you too ‘will not grow weary and lose heart’.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen (1 Thess 5:28)

Rev. Rachael
(Senior Pastor)

人生小语

做父母的都知道一个孩子可以〝坏〞到怎样的程度。

但是无论孩子怎样坏，仍可在他心中找到一份未凿的天真－说到底，人拥有上帝的形象与样式，藉着父母师长的发掘、栽培，始终可以找出孩子良善的部分。同样，藉着基督的恩典与救赎的大能，我们这些在天父眼中永远是小孩子的人，也可以重寻一些原本拥有却失落了、忽略了的美善。在父母眼中，儿女的荣耀，就是他们的喜乐。

父母与儿女

《箴 23:25》

《弗6:1》 你们作儿女的要在主里听从父母,

因为这是理所当然的。

Pastor Grace

Sharing From Joseph Prince's note.....

4He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge… Psalm 91:4

A farmer walked around his farm to take stock of his losses after a fire had destroyed it. When he came to the chicken coop, he noticed the charred carcass of a mother hen. He used his foot to turn the carcass over and to his surprise, live chicks ran out from under it! The mother hen had died protecting her chicks from the fire.

In the Bible, wings speak of protection. David said to God, “Hide me under the shadow of Your wings.” (Psalm 17:8) Jesus Himself offered protection to the Jewish nation when He said, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!” (Luke 13:34)

He wanted to gather the children of Israel under His wings to protect them, but they were not willing. That was why He wept over Jerusalem. He literally shed tears because He saw the destruction that would come upon His people. He saw the Roman siege of Jerusalem in AD70, when the Romans burnt the city and holy temple, slaughtered many, took some captive and sold others as slaves. (Luke 19:41–44) I believe that He also saw the Holocaust of World War II, which resulted in the extermination of six million Jews.

For us, because we have not rejected Jesus, but have received Him as our Savior, we have His protection, especially in these times of deadly pestilences, natural catastrophes and terrorist attacks.

Like the mother hen who spread her wings and died protecting her chicks, Jesus spread His wings of love and died on the cross for us. And after He had died to save us, He rose again and lives today to make sure that we are well taken care of.

Beloved, see yourself under the wings of your Savior, who has promised you this in His Word: “He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge.”