CBSI MALAYSIA

Praise the Lord for He is always Good.

I received a call today from a sister who works among students and realized that they needed to be grounded in God’s word. She had gone to a Christian Book Store to find some Bible study material but was unable. Someone at the book store gave her my number and asked her to call me. She did.  We are planning to meet this Saturday and to share with her the uniqueness of CBSI and how it can help one to grow in God’s word.

Please pray that this meeting will be fruitful and bring every one in the World in the Word.

Praise the Lord.

After a break of over 6 weeks, classes will once again commence. We start with the class in Ipoh on Wednesday 17 September 2008 meeting at the YMCA, and the class in Ampang at the Melawati Gospel Centre. Both these classes will be studying the Book of Daniel. I am preparing a new introduction for these classes. Please pray that those who come will benefit and draw close to God. I gather from our coordinator that 60 persons have  registered for Ipoh. Praise the Lord. Also pray as I travel by bus each Wednesday to Ipoh, that God will give me the strength and protection. Pray for the retraining of all small group leaders. Pray also as the Assistant Teaching Leader who will do a little more teaching this time round.

I want to begin with thanking you for your prayers for our visit to the Historical city of Melaka on 6 & 7 September 2008. It is about 2 hours drive south of Kuala Lumpur. With me were 2 other couples whose lives had been changed by studying the Word of God.

Gathered on Saturday evening at 6.00p.m at Christ Church, Melaka one of the 2 oldest churches in the region, were about 20 leaders, pastors and coordinators of ministry groups. Fred did a great presentation on the Ministry of CBSI. Following him was David Henry, a retired Senior Police Officer who attended the CBSI Class in PJ with a 100% attendance. David shared how CBSI had changed his life and encouraged those gathered that they needed to get into God’s word. He was followed by Mr. Fang who shared that the method used in CBSI was very effective. The third testimony of the evening was by Yoke Fong who is a small group leader. She is Fred’s wife who shared that she had experience much love and care from her group members when her mother passed away. These are some of the uniqueness of CBSI.

The group in Melaka are excited and they plan to begin a class next year after the Chinese New Year. They even went ahead and appointed a coordintor to help in all the preparations. Praise the Lord.

Sunday , August 31, the nation of Malaysia celebrates her 51st. year of Independence. We thank God for this nation where people of many faiths are able to live together. We have seen God’s hand in the many trying situations the nation has gone through. We have seen the nation grow from an unknown spot in South East Asia to one of the Asian Tigers. As Malaysians we are indeed glad this is our home, country and people.

Thus as we celebrate “Merdeka” , we pray that God will give us the burden for the nation. A vision to see the nation transform into one that will encompass the “fear of God” This can only be done if people come to a conviction in their spirits. This is where CBSI and we as members of every CBSI class in the country have a role to play. Getting people into God’s word. It is God’s word that will set our nation free of corruption, violence, injustice and waste. God has blessed Malaysia for a purpose. Pray this Sunday for Malaysia to walk in God’s favour.  Tuhan Memberkati Negara Kami Malaysia.

I am preparing for 8 classes to resume and 2 new ones to begin in September. We are looking forward to yet another exciting semester. 5 classes in the Klang Valley, 1 in Ipoh, 2 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The new ones will be in Melaka and a Chinese class in Ipoh. This means we will have 10 classes runnning till December. We give thanks to the Lord and the key leaders who have committed their time to this important ministry.

Please pray as I do the retraining sessions for the existing classes and the new ones. Please also pray that those who have agreed to take on as Teaching Leaders and the training.