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RESOURCES
A REFLECTION on RESOURCES H
ere’s the deal. There is bad news and there is worse news, then there is good news and a catch. Of course, there is a catch – otherwise it would not be a deal. First, the bad news. In relation to your salvation, there is a purchase price involved – yes there is quite a cost involved. Even worse news is that you cannot afford to pay it! We cannot buy salvation - even if you pulled together all the wealth you have, all your resources you could find and went all in with your consolidated balance sheet, you would still not be able to afford it. The good news is that the purchase price for your salvation has been paid in full. Yes, salvation is freely given to all who believe. Then there is the catch – Salvation is free but you cannot have it all to yourself; you have got to share it. That is the deal; that is the mission. God has achieved His purpose (for our salvation) without relying on our resources. Conversely, we cannot achieve God’s purpose (His mission for us) without reliance on His resources. In relation to answering the calling to missions, MMS has been a testimony that our God is faithful. When we renounce dependence on our own resourcing abilities, it is then that we recognise that our God will supply all our needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ. Through the sharing from partner churches and your generous gifts and resourcing, MMS has been able to share in meeting the needs in educating communities, through various student bursaries and support programmes, we have been able to build schools, homes and facilities for orphanages, carried out medical missions, and other community outreach work in Cambodia, East Asia, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.
Collin Tan Chairman of MMS Finance Committee. He grew up in Sunday School at Bedok Methodist Church in the 70’s. He received Christ as his Saviour in the 80’s and married Dorothy in the 90’s. They’ve lived and worked away in Australia, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands, where Collin worked in Corporate Treasury and Banking, and returned home to Bedok in 2010. Still enjoying the journey of life in the kampong on this side of eternity.
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