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Good Friday 2022 - The Weight of the Cross

15/4/2022

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Bearing our sins, Jesus carried the heavy wooden cross 2000 years ago, today. The cross was believed to weigh about 70 – 80kg for its solid pine-wood plank whilst the crossbar was estimated to be around 30-40kg, totalling at least 100kg.

​A man weakened by brutal torture, forced upon a crown of thorns on his head, persevered silently and carried the cross under the hot sun until his physical strength failed him.
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Jesus carried two heaviness that day; the weight of the sin of all mankind and the weight of the cross that His weakened body had to endure. Jesus knew His torture and crucifixion will come if He leaves His Heavenly throne to save us, He did it anyway. The Lord who could silent the waves and part the sea, raised the dead to life, cast out Demons, chose to surrender Himself to a human death as the symbol of an atoning sacrifice for our sins. He cancelled the record of sin charges against us… and took it away by nailing it to the cross (Colossians 2: 14). This way, the darkness will no longer have a hold on us and we have His power to overcome all things.

Dear friends, accept the Lord as your Redeeming Saviour for a life a victory and if you have, proclaim His sovereign victory over all of your trials, praise Him and await your supernatural resurrection from “death.”  

Jesus loves you and on this Good Friday, we celebrate His sacrifice as the beginning of victorious miracles to come. 

- Hopeful Heart Team

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Good Friday 2021

2/4/2021

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Thank you for Lord for Your sacrifice on the Cross.

Whilst I was a sinner, You died for me ; knowing that I would deny and reject you with ignorance. Thank you for loving me faithfully and granting me the free gift of salvation that You have purchased with such a high price. 

Hosanna to the Lord. Hosanna to the Lord who saves me. I bless Your holy name and declare You are my Living Saviour. I receive Your love and Your forgiveness and I lay down all cares of the world at the foot of the Cross. Thank you for my life and may You use it to bless others who needs your love in this Easter weekend.

Amen.
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John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 

- Hopeful Heart Team



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The best treasure of Heaven

15/3/2021

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John 3:16
For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

 
Have you ever pondered on this passage? Imagine if it were you sacrificing for your loved ones. What would you want your loved ones to see and gain from your sacrifices for them?
 
Jesus sacrificed His life for us, He sacrificed willingly for us to gain hold of the promise of salvation, healing, peace, provision and abundant joy. In doing so, He demonstrated an incomprehensible love to us as a loving Father, Saviour and a Friend. This is what the Father and His Son want us to see. They gave the best treasure of Heaven and held nothing back to gift us eternal salvation.
 
Equipped with this knowledge, will you press on when the devil is trying to bring you down? Fix our eyes on our loving Saviour continually; fully trusting in Him. How can He who gave up his one and only Son gives conditional love and withheld anything that is good for us? Trust and continually seek His face
 
Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own son but deliver Him up for us a. How shall He not with Him also freely give us all things.

- Annie Pisca

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Eternal gifts of forgiveness and redemption.

18/1/2021

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The goodness of God endures continually.”- Psalm 52:1

Good things show up in our lives in many ways: friends and family, health, a roof overhead and food on the table, the enjoyment we receive from music, nature, books and so on. The Bible teaches us that God is the giver of these blessings. “God’s gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do. “Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created the heavens.”

These gifts however, as wonderful as they are, are just a small illustration of God’s love. God didn’t have to send His Son; and Jesus didn’t have to lay down His life for our sakes, but He did, and as a result, we are eligible to receive forgiveness of sins and the assurance of an eternity in God’s loving presence.

Without Jesus’ sacrifice, without His sufferings on the cross, without His death, without His resurrection and triumph over the grave, we would not have the promise of everlasting life. Let us take some time to thank God for His gift of salvation. Thank Him for these eternal gifts of forgiveness and redemption.

“Thank You, Lord for sending Your Son, Jesus, to bear the punishment for all my mistakes and shortcomings. Please keep my heart, mind, and life open to You, so that I always remember Your daily goodness in my life.” Amen.

James 1:17 ESV
​Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

- Anonymous 


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Celebrate the Saviour - Easter 2020

12/4/2020

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The Lord has won the fight
He is your redeeming Saviour
He is risen and the enemy has been defeated. 
Praise His Holy Name!

​May the joy and celebration of Easter assures us that the Saviour is always on our side and with Him, we are more than conquerors in all seasons of life.

Amen.
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Good Friday 2020

10/4/2020

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Thank you Lord for the gift of salvation
Thank you for Your faithfulness
Even when we think we do not need it
You selflessly sacrificed Yourself for our sins
We give thanks to You on this day
We are grateful for our health, our families and our friends being safe in this time of isolation and social distancing. Thank you Jesus for being our Saviour.

Amen.


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I will be you always

19/7/2019

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​How many times do we read that God is with us or God will be with us?

A couple weeks ago I was reminded that whenever or wherever He sends us, He will not let us go by ourselves, just like what He did to Moses (Exodus 3:12) or to Joshua (Joshua1:9).

​Jesus Himself made the same promise to us because we are called to be His witness (Matt.28:20). 

It is amazing to receive the promise from the One who can never break the promise. Who am I that the Creator of the world, the King of kings gives me the promise to be with me? Who are we that we have received this promise and know He is fulfilling it?

It is not an accident that I am in this new place and learning to adapt and facing different challenges. The reminder of His presence is such a great blessing for me and even today at Sunday meeting the message is about His promise. 

And as I am thinking of those who live in a situation where proclaiming His name means prison or death, they still persevere to live on God’s promises. Why? Because I believe they have learned in trust that God’s promises are applicable in every trials and we are sent to proclaim His name despite all oppositions. The Lord will give us the grace to do His work and we are His vessels. That is a wonderful thought I find comfort in.
 
Matthew 29: 20 NLT
Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

- Jenni Wang

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Made complete in Christ

27/3/2019

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The Christ life is in harmony with our nature. Just recently, I was asked by a sincere and intelligent  non - Christian woman. She displayed the deepest hunger for the truth about Christ  and she sincerely asked, "How can Christ enter us and we not lose our individuality in the process? This experience will destroy our personality; it violates our responsibility as individuals."

My response was, "Your personality is incomplete without Christ. Christ made us and we were made for Christ, and until we meet Him personally, we are not complete. "Suppose," I continued, "that gas jet should say, 'If I take this fire in, the gas coursing through me will lose its individuality. That wouldn't be right isn't it? It is only when the fire comes in that the gas fulfills its purpose.

"Suppose the rain should say, 'What shall I do? If I drop on the ground I shall lose my individuality.' But it falls and is absorbed by the soil, and with the coming spring the evidence of the rain's presence grew through green grasses and wild flowers flourishing shyly."

​Our individualities are never at lost when we have Christ within us.  Let us rise to our new life in Christ and allow Him to work through us; we are made complete in Christ. I live by the faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.


- Anonymous

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A free gift that is unseen by the world

16/1/2019

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Would you be excited to receive a free gift? As God’s child, Jesus gave us a free gift; he promises to give us an advocate to help us and He will not leave us comfortless. His very free gift that is unseen by the world – the Holy Spirit. 

“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever. The Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.” – John 14: 16-17.

Holy Spirit is a free gift that everyone has access to, it is a gift that is redeemable by everyone. To receive the Holy Spirit is to access the supernatural power of God in your life, it is a gift of the Spirit and it has the ability to bring God’s reality into your life. God wants to do much good to you and through you.

​If it has been in your heart to invite the Holy Spirit into your life, all you have to do is ask for them to come and believe that Jesus is your Saviour.  It is a gift that will change your life for the better and you will always have an advocate who understands you like no other. 

The person who speaks in tongues is strengthen personally… (1 Corinthians 14: 4). Would you invite and allow the Holy Spirit into your heart today? He will be your Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counsellor and Strengthener.

Acts 19: 5 – 6
On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. 


- Irene Soon

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Merry Christmas 2018

25/12/2018

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Merry Christmas dear blessed families and friends, 

As we gather to celebrate the birth of our Saviour, we pray that you will find the gladness of Christmas, filled with the love, joy and peace that the Lord Jesus Christ has come to bestow upon our lives. May you embrace His free gift of salvation and know that you are always loved and favored.

Amen.

- Hopeful Heart team.
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