The Sign Of The Cross In The Heavens?

A few weeks ago NASA's Hubble Space Telescope picked up a very interesting phenomenon in the heavens 90 million miles from Earth. Apparently one interpretation was that two asteroids collided and the impact produced a trail of space dust with a cross formed as the head.

Is this a sign from Daddy God that His return for the Church (the Rapture) is fast approaching?

"And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory."(Mark 13:25-26)

Please read this article and you draw your own conclusions

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Rest In Our Work

Indeed the title does sound like an oxymoron - work and yet rest; how can that be? Certainly it sounded difficult, if not impossible, at the beginning of the year for me but I was glad that the Lord prepared us for it through the messages preached for five Sundays by Pastor Prince.

The Lord reminded us that Abraham was not perfect when the Lord called him and He blessed him and since the Bible exhorts us that we who are of faith in Jesus are being called sons of Abraham (Gal 3:7) and daughters of Sarah (1Peter 3:6), we too can enjoy His blessings on our lives as well. It is not about what we do but it has all to do with what He had DONE for us on the cross. As so since Jesus had already done all that needed to be done to secure our position of righteousness with God in Him, there is not even one more iota to be added.

And since Jesus had accomplished ALL, we need to simply rest on the knowledge that His completed work on the cross was all that was required and henceforth our positions in Him are secure. And so, because of this established fact, we can now step out in faith to face 2010 with gusto and not be overwhelmed with whatever the devil tries to throw across our paths.

He Who is in us is greater than he who is in the world. That, in itself, gives me great comfort!

Lunar New Year Falling on Valentine's Day 2010

What a day it has been today. It is Valentine's Day and it coincided with the first day of the Lunar New Year celebrated by Chinese all over the world. Our day started with a Sunday service at New Creation Church at 11:30 AM and what a powerful message from one of the pastors, Pastor Lim Lian Neo, who is also the pastor in charge of the Children's Church at New Creation. She challenged each of us on taking hold on our current situations and to see Jesus glorified in our circumstances like Ruth, prophets Daniel and Elijah. All three of them chose not to regret the past and stopped worrying about the future but seize the opportunities as they present themselves and placed their hope in the Lord and great results came forth for them all.

With such a powerful message, that is meat sufficient for the week. But the Lord did not want us to just go away with one blessing - He wanted more for us. And so at the end of the second service, as Pastor Lian was about to pronounce the blessings on the church, the Lord sent Pastor Prince (who sat through the entire service as part of the congregation) to give the blessing for the week and what a blessing the Lord gave us.

According to the Chinese calendar, this year (which started today) marks the beginning of the Year of the Golden Tiger and while listening to the message, the Lord gave Pastor Prince a word for us. Just as the Lord is typified by the Lion (of Judah) and the Lamb (of God), He also wanted us to know that He can also be represented by the Tiger. The lion and the tiger are aggressive animals and the Lord gave three messages on the Tiger: -

1. The tiger is noted for the stripes on its back and so this year will be a year of aggressive healings - the stripes on Jesus' back healed us all from all forms of sicknesses and diseases;
2. It is no coincidence that the first day of Lunar New Year falls on Sunday and since Sunday is a day of rest, this year we will also experience aggressive peace and rest in all areas of our lives;
3. The Lord also wants us to know that this year we will also experience aggressive love (as interpreted with Valentines Day).

So nothing is by chance or coincidence for the Lord planned everything for us and since the tiger is very Asian, the Lord will do that in Asia. The year had already started 45 days ago but for the Chinese, it has just started today and it is therefore most appropriate to have the word on the day itself. What a glorious start for us today and praise the Lord for HIs word for us. Thank you Lord Jesus for your faithfulness to us. AMEN.

Prophetic Word For The Year - 2010

With an expectant heart many of us at New Creation Church attended the services on Sunday January 3rd believing that the Lord indeed has a word of prophecy for us for this year and surely He did not fail to deliver us the word. Through Pastor Joseph Prince, the Lord declared that this year 2010 will be a "Year of Restful Increase".

We will see our increase (especially for those who had not experienced theirs in 2009) but we are to adopt a restful stance as we see our respective increase unfold before our very eyes. We are not to struggle for it or to worry and become agitated over it for surely the Lord WILL provide as He had always done so.

Now, does that mean we are not to do any work? just rest and the results will pop up before us? No, that is not what the Lord meant. For those who want to believe the word given, we are to continue to work at whatever we are doing but ours is not to strive hard for it. We are to adopt the stance that Jesus so often in the gospels had admonished us to do, "let not your hearts be trouble".

So we are not to worry about the outcome when we put in our efforts for the Lord will surely give the increase. Just as the farmer goes out there to till the land and sow the seeds in the ground and God will take care of the growth, likewise He will do the same for our situations for surely we are worth more than the sparrows in the air.

Indeed one month of 2010 had just gone by us and we need to constantly remind ourselves of WHOSE we are; we are children of the MOST HIGH GOD (El Shaddai and El Elyon) and nothing is too small for Him to overlook nor too big for Him to overcome for He is our Creator God and if He cared to give us the Greatest Possession He Had - His Beloved Darling Son to die for us on the cross - how will He withhold from us our requests?