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FEBRUARY 2019 ISSUE
Greeting in the Name of our Lord Jesus, who makes a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The Word of the Lord for 2019 is given as “A NEW DAY HAS BEGUN.” - for JMK as a whole as well as for each and every member of JMK! Please read the detailed prophecies Pastor Steven has spoken over the 1st 7 days of prayer & fasting in Sis Angeline’s article on page 2 of this newsletter. It seems the text of Isaiah 43:19 which says, “Behold, I am doing a new thing, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” is coming alive! What could be a newer thing to see than a clear pathway in a wooded wilderness, where previously there was none? What fresher sight to rejoice at than seeing streams or rivers running through a desert, which previously was a dry wasteland? I sense that this year, God is going to address the issue of wilderness. Wilderness spells being lost, being disoriented or being confused and in a mode of moving in circles. On the 3rd night of the 7 days of prayer & fasting, I had a dream where I was brought in front of a big signboard in a shopping centre. The sign board contained a map that showed layouts and locations of all the shops and there was this prominent arrow icon with the words “You Are Here” pointing to the location where the signboard is sited. The sign board gives the shopper a sense of orientation, provides him/her with a bearing from which he/ she can navigate to where he/she wants to go to. In short, it is a reference point where one gets his bearing and locates the desired destination. The Lord spoke to me that JMK is one of these reference points in the end-times. That many “lost” shoppers (probably shopping for which church to go to or change to in the end times) will find their bearing to their destiny in the Kingdom. Continue on Pg 4… !1
The Word of the Lord 2019 By Sis Angeline Francis
Dear brothers and sisters,
I greet you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. All glory to God for His words given to us as we ushered in the new year as one JMK family. The Word of the Lord for 2019 is:
A NEW DAY HAS BEGUN! Exodus 12:2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.”
Luke 1:78-79 “Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Isaiah 58:11-12 “And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in. Hallelujah! God is going to do new things in our lives this year. He is going to set us free from all darkness and undesirable thought patterns. He is going to build us up. He will give us new strength and new anointing of prayer to follow Him. GOD WILL RESET OUR LIVES!
This year we shall make a commitment to live for Jesus in a new way that pleases Him. This year will be A YEAR FULL OF JESUS. We will run after Him, continuously seek Him, abide in Him and confess that apart from Him, we can do nothing. The Lord also said that He will send His refiner’s fire to test us deeper. This fire will shape us and transform us to prepare ourselves for these last days.
As we are living in these last days, we need to know the will of God for our lives and to be wise. Ephesian 5:15-17 says, “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.”
SEEK WISDOM! The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Proverb 9:10 says “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight”. The fear of the Lord is the reverential love of God in which we desire to love and obey Him. Wisdom is from “above which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere”. (James 3:17)
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Thus wisdom is
• to have pure love for God and be steadfast in Him
• to walk in love - have love, kindness, and mercy for others
• to walk in the will of God
• to be fruitful in what God has for us
• to walk in the path of peace - have patience, endurance & perseverance
• to walk in the path of righteousness and turn others to righteousness
• to be ready with eyes looking above
• to overcome
So let us desire “ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give us the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of our hearts enlightened, that we may know what is the hope to which he has called us, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints” (Eph 1:17-18)
Ask God for His wisdom. When you read Proverbs 1 to 10, you will have an insight of the blessings that await you when you gain wisdom. You will have:
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Healing & Long life – (Pro 3:2,8,16; 4:22;9:11)
Riches (Pro 3:14,16)
Honour (Pro 3:16;8:18)
Righteousness (Pro 8:18,20)
Guidance (Pro 6:22)
Pleasant ways (Pro 3:17)
Protection (Pro 2:7-8)
Peace to your soul (Pro 3:24)
Security (Pro 3:23)
Power to keep away from sin (Pro 2:12;11:13)
Knowledge, understanding, prudence & discretion(Pro 2:11)
No fear of disaster (Pro 3:25)
In these last days we need wisdom to know the Voice of Truth and not be deceived or seduced by the enemy. We need wisdom to value our birthright. DO NOT ALLOW THE ENEMY TO STEAL YOUR BIRTHRIGHT! God is giving us the opportunity to redeem what we could have lost from the enemy.
We need wisdom for RIGHTEOUS & HOLY LIVING. Let us consecrate ourselves for end-time living. The Lord will give us a new spirit and anointing to follow Him. We shall - spend more time in the Word so that we can treasure up His commandments and incline our hearts to understanding; add intensity to our love for Him; create intensity in our walk with Him; upgrade our faith; wait upon Him and depend on Him; keep our hearts pure and walk right with God.
When we walk right with God,
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Jesus will be our stability
Isaiah 33:6
“The Lord will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure.”
Jesus will be our protection and supernatural provider
Isaiah 33:16
“He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, he will dwell on the heights; his place of defence will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.”
We will see His glory and will be strengthened.
Isaiah 33:17
“Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; they will see a land that stretches afar”
Praise Jesus! We declare the goodness of the Lord and receive His Words and Promises in faith. Let us all follow Him with one heart and mind and all things will work together for good for those who love Him. Wish you all a blessed 2019!
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If any of you have been such a shopper or is one now, its time to stop “church” shopping. Get to the nearest reference point, find your bearing and from there discover God’s destiny for your life. Those of us who had come to JMK for a long time or even for some, just a short while ago, can testify that JMK has been the reference point where we got our orientation & subsequently find our destiny in our Christian journey. This is not a commercial for JMK. The Lord has put in place many other reference points during the end times to gather back His “lost” children - believers that are still ironically lost in the Kingdom! He is making a way in the wilderness! The second issue I sense the Lord is going to address is the desert issue. This verse was discussed in part during our recent Faithfulness cell meeting and definitions of “desert” made by some members include: “a place of dryness, barrenness, unfruitfulness and absence of freshness”. It always saddens the Father’s heart when He sees His children look shrivelled up and dry during daily devotion times, or live in defeat every day due to besetting sins, or cooped up in an inward-self-centred life, oblivious of the needs of others, non-participative in serving in a church, but instead fighting fires of inner struggles every other day. The Lord says this year, He is going to make rivers in the desert! If you are living in a spiritual desert now, this word is for you. Seek Him, recognise your helplessness to overcome and surrender your desert experiences to Him. And suddenly, our God of the “suddenly” will release the rivers of freshness, fruitfulness and vibrancy into your life! Receive this declaration in Jesus' Name! Dear Brothers & Sisters, a New Day has begun. To see the new day, lets stride on the pathway, get out of the wilderness and approach the refreshing rivers that will turn your desert into His garden! Amen! Brother Francis Leong
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Reflecting on His Goodness … By Bro Gideon Kong & Sis Jamie
It’s been a while since we shared a testimony but some of you may already know that we have been running a small design practice and were renting a small space for about a year. I have also started on a Masters research in 2017. These are not easy to start but we both know it was something we have to move into. Eventually and so far, It has been a real blessing that we were able to enter into these possibilities through God’s leading and support all the way through, not to mention that this directly overlaps with our interests, desires, knowledge and skills. Without going too much into details, we want to share how God has blessed us tremendously throughout the start of this journey, both in our work and personal lives. Among many other things, we were glad to be part of an international art/design exhibition at Sharjah, UAE, worked on several projects valuable to us, started a small publishing press that generated some interests, shifted into a humbly-sized flat that doubles as our work space, and to be blessed by many in a simple marriage. The process of moving into these new phases of life was sometimes filled with uncertainty. To have these realised, a certain amount of funds and a duration of time is required, and gauging from the situations we were in then, success is an unlikely outcome. Yet from hindsight, everything proceeded better than we expected and we can only attribute them to God. The start of our design practice and a space naturally brought us work opportunities and allowed us to start a publishing press (to house a small printer and other goods). Publishing also gave us the freedom to pursue certain projects and collaborations that are of value/interest to us. This also freed up our time to flexibly plan for the wedding and house/office moving. On top of all, we did not have to overly worry about material needs and were happy to keep things as simple as possible. We were also pleasantly blessed with a small flat at a subsidised rate nearing the end of 2018. These recent changes in our lives allowed us to grow in support towards each other and those around us. We were glad for the support by our friends in church as well as from our Pastor Steven. As with many testimonies, we can only fully appreciate the richness and wonder of God’s doing when we hear and understand them in context from those sharing them. We certainly hope to share more with you all and in greater elaboration so that our experiences will form an encouraging platform for those who share similar life experiences with ours. As our journey is only beginning, we look forward to greater experiences & blessings to come, which we hope will be used also to touch lives more directly in the future.
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Beyond The Storm …a Journey By Bro Ashley & Sis Tabitha 2018 after the storm.
Normally one would say that after the storm, comes the calm, but I beg to differ. I believe most of you have heard our journey in the US and how the Lord dealt with us and sent us back to Singapore. The mistake we made was thinking that our move back to Singapore would bring us out of the fire. So naïve. So rather than “after the storm comes the calm” it turned out to be “out of the fire into the frying pan”
If I were to give 2018 a theme it would be either “waiting on the Lord” or more likely “learn to trust in the Lord”. Both of these flow of the tongue, so easy to say, but the reality is different and unless we are able to embrace the ideas we will struggle to enjoy the journey. During 2018 God was teaching us how to enjoy the journey.
We can so easily miss God’s goodness, His love for details, the way He restores us in all that we lose or threw away. “But wait a minute” I hear you say “you still don’t have a job, so where is your restoration?”. Good question. God restored what is most valuable to Him, and it’s up to us to “catch on” or miss out. Our greatest area of restoration during 2018 was family time. After years of long hours in the office and endless travel, I have spent every day of 2018 with my dear family. As homeschoolers I struggle to express how precious that is to my family and I.
I praise God for this time, it has value beyond measure. It’s so easy for us to loose sight of what is really important during our times of waiting. I think we started our time of waiting, supposing that the “waiting” was the purpose in and of itself. But that is so wrong, and I thank the Lord that we got to realise this early in this season. Waiting, we figured out, was a means to an end, and “time” was our gift from the Lord; is not a period of been abandoned but a time of joy and freedom, a restoration of time I lost when I idolised my work. We have learnt that we need to be aware of and embrace the journey that God is taking us and not despise these periods of waiting.
When we arrived back in Singapore back in Feb 2018 that we thought we wouldn’t be able to settle in a church here that aligned with our beliefs. Actually for the first few weeks we didn’t even try to find a church and worshiped only at home. But the desire to find a fellowship in which to worship grew strong in us and we followed my mother-in-law to JMK. God is good and it turns this was the church in which we could start to grow in our faith.
Amazingly, not long after attending JMK did the Order of Melchizedek series start with our dear Brother Sadhu. At any other time in the last 20 years would it have been even remotely possible for me to have the time available to attend every session. But by God’s grace it was perfectly timed and we could fully commit to attend. As we listened we came to realise that there is so much we have to learn about our walk in the Lord. Continue on Pg 7…
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Beyond The Storm …a Journey Continue from Pg 6…
After this the possibility to attend the Israel conference was placed in our hearts, but not just for Tabby and I, but our entire family. Obviously it was out of the question as we had no income to cover the flights and conference costs. We handed it over to the Lord, praying that if it was His will for us to attend, we would need His provision. Not only did he provide for the flights and the conference but also enough for us to go early and take time let the children experience places referred to in the Bible and bring the Word to life for them.
This was our second visit to Israel but the first time we have taken the children with us. It seems that every time we mention travel to Israel our friends will ask, “is it safe?” And then, “you’re taking the children!?!?”. But for us it was a real faith builder. “The Lord told us go” we explained many times, therefore we are walking in the will of God, whatever happens in Israel it is His will. That gave us so much peace and amazingly we experienced so much favor, for example immigration that took hours previously, took 5 minutes, no queue no hassle. Just trusting in God is enough.
In late July I was told that my father was ill in the UK with a reoccurrence of a heart problem. The Holy Spirit led me to head over to the UK once again relying on His provision and not looking to worldly wisdom, I determined that I would fly to the UK and spend time with him. I planned to only take Sammy but a last minute prompt of the Lord asked my to take Matty also, and so it was that the two little ones and I packed our bags and headed to England.
We spent nearly six weeks staying with my parents, and the Lord allowed Matty and Sammy to speak into their life. I don’t believe it was the medical disease that was ailing my Dad’s heart I think it was his spiritual heart that needed medicine and what better medication than the pure hearts of little children? Dad allowed us to pray for him and explain more about our faith. There was a huge improvement in my Dad while we were with him and I thank God that His wisdom directed me to bring Matty along with Sam.
While in the UK the Lord also gave me the opportunity to fix broken relationships with my sisters and do a little bit of bible study with one of them. Only a few months earlier when we passed through the UK on the way to Singapore, one of my sisters refused to even meet up with us. God completely restored our family and I declare that He will lead each one of them to salvation. I thank the Lord for 2018!
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Events & Announcements
1. Prophets’ Conference 2019 - 21 to 23 Feb 2019 2. Tamil Ministry – Special Speaker Ps David Santiago Feb 24 3. JMK Sunday Service – Special Speaker Bro Stephen Powell - 17 Mar 4. Palm Sunday - Apr 14 5. Warrior Training Camps (WTC) 7:30 pm nightly 04 & 05 Mar 2019 08 & 09 Apr 2019
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