Church Planting; not by might nor by power, but the Spirit of God

A pastor who thrives to involve himself in church should have a spiritual vision. Spiritual vision refers to the leading of the Holy Spirit (Acts 16:6-10). Church planters should understand that no one can just plant a church, apart from the Lord’s leading. Palms 127:1a says, “Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.” It is God who empowers us to open and to shut (Rev. 3:7). Thus, the first step to successful church planting is to humbly seek the LORD’s guidance.

This is the first lesson I learned from my short church planting work.  May the good Lord continue to empower us.

Happy New Year!

Yeah, it is kinda late to be greeting you, but as the saying goes “it is better late than never.” Time flies so fast, we are now in the month of February. In a few weeks, people in different parts of the world would be celebrating Valentines Day. But before that we will first have Chinese New Year. People who believed in Zodiac signs would again be crazy checking out their fortune. The feng sui expert will again have their peak season. However for us Christians, we know that our security and future resides upon the love and mercy of our almighty God and Father. An assurance that Paul wrote about in Ephesians 1:3-14. Hence, we do not have to fear about our future, because our eternal security comes by the grace of God through faith in Christ. No wonder, Paul in 1Corinthians 15:19 said, “If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.” Let us not look at the things that are seen but on those that are unseen (2Corinthians 4:16-18).