A little boy hastened his steps away from the shelter kittens as I saw his mom shifted her gaze towards him. “Dan, did you touch the kittens?” she asked. “No,” the five year old shook his head adamantly and before I looked away, I heard my friend asked again, “Dan, which kitten is the softest?” He quickly pointed to the ginger tabby kitten and replied, “That one and it mewed at me!”

We often smile at such innocent lie but Dan’s lie displays our innate tendency to sin. No one was taught to lie ever since they were a child. Paul recognises this tendency to sin by stating in Romans 5: 12 - when Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.

Adam brought death and sin unto our path but Jesus gave us hope. He has redeemed our sins; Jesus is in favour to lavish us abundant grace instead of the punishments we deserve due to our innate aptness to sin. Adam’s sinful nature manifested to everyone in his lineage but the good news is what Christ Jesus has done for us on the cross has also redeemed us wholly.

Christ’s sacrifice has enabled us to receive a life of abundant forgiveness and grace. Come to the Lord in repentance and in faith and let the Lord strengthens you to win over the hold of any sins in your life.

Romans 5: 12 – 21
Just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God’s wonderful grace rules instead.

- Irene Soon

Merry Christmas dear blessed ones

To God be the praise and worship,

We thank Him for the blessed days of 2021 and the strength He has abound to us. We thank Him for His protection and provision whether it is tangible or unseen. We choose to believe His faithfulness knows no end and we as the Child of God celebrates the true meaning of Christmas today by thanking our Christ Jesus for coming to this world and being the most amazing gift to all of us who believes. 

Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for being our Saviour.

Amen.

- Hopeful Heart Team

The uncertainty of life brings beauty and inner resilience in many ways. There are no doubt, life events that battered us hard but in the language of faith, something good could determine the outcome. It is easy to stay beaten in a place in a place where you feel no one gets you, understand you which may drive you to choose to dwell in solitude for comfort and a peace of mind.

Sometimes, it is also hard to not view ourselves as the disadvantaged party or the victim of what life has thrown to us. Faith speaks its words and says you are an overcomer, that you are not a victim and that we can do all things, wait for it, not with our own strength but through Christ who strengthens us.

It also speaks of promises that God would restore your lost (Joel 2: 25 – 32) and you would be able to come out better, stronger, wiser and excel far more exceedingly, abundantly  and beyond what we could hope for (Ephesians 3: 20). That is faith, it speaks of its trust through the sovereignty of our Lord being our helper.

This is to encourage everyone that God is able to turn all things for good for those who love Him (Romans 8: 28). It starts with faith as little as a mustard seed.
 
Romans 8: 28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose

- John W.