It is really awesome to realize that our Lord exceeds our expectations each time we believe on Him to supply all our needs and wants. In my last sharing of September 02, I mentioned that New Creation Church dedicated August 22 as the Miracle Seed Sunday and we were encouraged to sow bountifully believing the Lord for a great harvest.
My wife and I decided to sow a specific amount after we sold our house and have the available funds. Because the sale was legally completed only in the afternoon of Friday August 20 and the proceeds of the sale deposited into our account on Tuesday August 24 at the earliest, we decided to sow only on Sunday August 29 for technical reasons.
Praise Jesus for even before we could physically sow, I already had new enquiries for my business and some of these were very positive (we shall experience the harvest very shortly). You see, the Lord sees our hearts and considers it as done even before the physical act could take place.
Consider James 2:20-26: -
20 You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?
21 Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.
23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend.
24 You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?
26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
There was a good 25 years gap between Abraham believing God for his miracle son Isaac and the offering of Isaac on Mt Moriah; likewise Rahab first believed the Lord when she heard the reports of how the Lord had delivered the children of Israel as they came out of Egypt and more than 30 years later her action of hiding the spies in her house in Jericho.
The Lord sees the heart and considers it as done and He calls our faith righteousness because the penalty price for all our misdeeds had been crucified with Christ on the cross and what is now left is for Him to lavish us with His love and His superabounding blessings - financial prosperity and health. All glory to Jesus. AMEN.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Sowing For A Miracle
Recently New Creation Church in Singapore carried out its third Miracle Seed Sunday on August 22, 2010 and raised a total of over S$21.1 million in just 24 hours. There were two more such Miracle Seed Sundays prior and these were on February 15, 2009 (S$18.83 million raised) and on April 20, 2008 (S$18.0 million raised).
The congregation was encouraged to sow into the church building project at the Cultural and Civic Hub at One North in Bouna Vista, Singapore. The entire cost of the building (New Creation Church's share of the cost) is just under S$500.0 million and the project is expected to be completed by June 2012 and the congregation will be moving into the new premises in Q3 2012. With the latest collection, the total amount raised would have been about S$260 million - just past the 50 percent mark.
Also interesting observation is that the congregation size is at its highest at that point in time on all three Miracle Seed Sundays and people simply came to sow believing the Lord of the Harvest for their miracle harvest regardless of the external economic situations in the country and the world at large. Another interesting observation is that all the cheques received were not larger than S$1.0 million even though there are many millionaires and multi-millionaires in our midst; every single congregation member sowed and did it in style.
Of course there were detractors who criticized that the members sowed expecting the Lord for a blessing. I think these people are grossly misled because no farmer sows his seeds without expecting a harvest in return. Even the Israelites sowed into the Tabernacle in the Wilderness (Exodus 35) expecting the Lord to bless them on their journey out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. Sure, they gave in corporate worship when they brought their tithes and offerings but they also expect the Lord's blessings in return.
The congregation was encouraged to sow into the church building project at the Cultural and Civic Hub at One North in Bouna Vista, Singapore. The entire cost of the building (New Creation Church's share of the cost) is just under S$500.0 million and the project is expected to be completed by June 2012 and the congregation will be moving into the new premises in Q3 2012. With the latest collection, the total amount raised would have been about S$260 million - just past the 50 percent mark.
Also interesting observation is that the congregation size is at its highest at that point in time on all three Miracle Seed Sundays and people simply came to sow believing the Lord of the Harvest for their miracle harvest regardless of the external economic situations in the country and the world at large. Another interesting observation is that all the cheques received were not larger than S$1.0 million even though there are many millionaires and multi-millionaires in our midst; every single congregation member sowed and did it in style.
Of course there were detractors who criticized that the members sowed expecting the Lord for a blessing. I think these people are grossly misled because no farmer sows his seeds without expecting a harvest in return. Even the Israelites sowed into the Tabernacle in the Wilderness (Exodus 35) expecting the Lord to bless them on their journey out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. Sure, they gave in corporate worship when they brought their tithes and offerings but they also expect the Lord's blessings in return.
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