MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!

Dear All,

I would like to take this opportunity to wish each and

everyone of you MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR !

May God's peace, grace and guidance be in abundance in your life

in this coming year. I do believe God has great plans

for each and everyone of you.

Just proclaim God's promises and face the challenges of life.

God bless you !

My Ministry in TMC Kampar-Gopeng

Dear Friends,

Greetings to you in Jesus Name.

I would like to take this opportunity to share with you the latest happening in my ministry.
God is indeed using me in many ways. Lately He is not only using me only in youth ministry
but also to the church as a whole. Gos is taking me to many places to preach His word and also minister among the people.

For the first time in my ministry I was invited to preach two weeks in a row in two different churches.On 20th July 2008 I was invited to preach in TMC Kampar-Gopeng while on the 27th TMC Kluang.

Let me start with TMC Kampar-Gopeng. As it was the Youth Sunday, I was asked to deliver the Lord's message during the worship service. As usual i took the pulpit with authority that was given by God.
( Luke 16 : 15 - 17 )He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe:
In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

As the time came for the sermon, I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to pray for those who are praying for a child. I made an open invitation requesting those who are praying for a child to come forward but none came. I was a little surprised but still I know that it was God who told me therefore there will be someone with that problem.
Just after the service ended, an Aunty came to me and asked me whether I could pray for her daughter. I asked her what's her problem and she said that she is unable to conceive a child due to complications-etc. Then I asked her where is the daughter and she said that she is at home. She requested me to come to the house to pray. Then she broke the biggest news that the daughter is a non-christian.
I was first hesitant to accept the invitation as I am not experienced in going to non-christians homes to pray. Finally I decided to take up the challenge to go and pray for her daughter. I don't wana be answerable to God at Judgement Day !!!.

Prior to reaching the house, I alerted my friend who was fasting and praying for me for 5 days. I told my friend to just pray for me as I was about to reach the house.
As we reached the house, we were welcome with an open heart by the couple. We had a nice chat with them and before leaving I prayed for the couple. I also had the chance to pray for the husband's mother and at the time I ended the prayer I saw tears flowing from her eyes.
I do believe God WILL reward this couple with a child and they are going to testify that JESUS gave them the child. Not only that, they are also going to accept Jesus as their personal saviour.

Truly this is an unforgettable experience in my ministry thus far.
I thank God for giving me this wonderful chance to be used by HIM to glorify HIS name.

God is in Control

Hi Readers,

Greetings to you in Jesus Name.

I would like to share my preaching experience at TMC Subang Jaya @ 4th May 2008.

I was invited to speak in TMC Subang's service. I was only informed of the preaching on 30th April by the pastor, Rev.Jonathan. As usual I took up the challenge depending on the Lord.

As the TAC Prayer Convention was going on, I rarely had time to prepare. The only time I had for myself to prepare was on 3rd May after 11pm and due to tiredness I just made a basic preparation based on Exodus 20:1-3. It was a very basic outline. I decided to sleep and then wake up at 6am on Sunday to pray and continue with preparation.

Guess what, I just couldnt hear my alarm ringing at 6am and slept off. The next thing I know is my dad woke me up at 7.30am. The service is at 8am. How am I gona reach Subang in 30 minutes? I just took my bath and left home at 7.45am. Remember I have not prepared as well. I was so disapointed with God for allowing this to happen to me. I had no choice but to sms a few servants of God to pray for me. I was basically in tears half the journey. On the way a few Pastors told me not be worried because God is going to do great things. As I received the SMSes I was a little confident.

I manage to reach subang by 8.15am. As I was worshiping, God began to give me points to talk. Came the time for me to preach. I just took the pulpit and let the congregration to a time of Worship. After worship I started preaching. The Lord began to move mightyly in that place. As I ended my sermon I made an altar call. Rev. Jonathan and Pastor John Sunder prayed for those who came forward. I tell you the Lord's anointing was so powerful. People were filled with the Holy Spirit, slained and many wept. God indeed touched many on that day. Many came to me and said God realy spoke to them and they experienced something different on that day. All Glory to God !

It was a brand new experience for me. Please continue to uphold me in your prayers as I continue to serve God. I do believe God has great plans for me. Also pray for God to teach me make the correct decisions in life.

Nothing is Impossible With God !

Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said,
"With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Many a times as human beings we tend to trust man. I don't think it's wrong to trust man but how much we trust is the point here. It's not only how much we trust but it's do we only trust man?

This is a situation that arises when it involves a Doctor and a human being. Doctors are people who can give a person so much of high hopes and at the same time a Doctor can also destroy the faith of a person in God. I don't know if you have heard the normal phrase of doctors " WELL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE CURED BY MEDICATION AS WE HAVE TRIED OUR BEST BUT IF GOD WANTS HE CAN HEAL YOU"

My dear people, man can give up..man can fail..but Jesus Never Fails.. There is nothing "TOO LATE" for Jesus.

I have 2 testimonies to share here with all of you.
i ) 6 years ago a friend of mine who's a non-Christian, her sister was married for two years but
didn't have a kid. One day I asked her if there's any good news from her sister. She just turned to me and said " DOCTORS HAVE SAID MY SIS. CAN'T GIVE BIRTH TO A CHILD DUE TO COMPLICATIONS".
Immediately I told her, Doctors would have given up but NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD. I challenged her that Jesus will give her sister a baby and I began to pray for her.
After a few months one day I was talking to my friend and during the conversation suddenly she said " Hey guess what...my sis is pregnant"...Wow what a mighty God we serve. He also listens to our prayers when we pray for non-believers. After 10 months, my friend's sister gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. God is Good !!!

ii) My 2nd testimony is on the same topic. There was a lecturer in my college who's a member of the Methodist Church. She has been married for quite some time. Due to complications as usual doctors told her that she will not be able to have a child.
What's complication during pregnancy in the eyes of God??is it something difficult for Him to handle?I don't think so...One day as I was talking to her while having lunch, she told me that she is planning to adopt a child in her old age and she wants to transfer all her properties to an orphanage after her death or her husband's death. She was so discouraged because MAN told her that she will not be able to have a child.
As we were talking, I challenged her and said straight to her that NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD and I challenged her in the name of Jesus that nothing is too late for God and He will give her a child.

I also started praying for her that God would do a miracle in her life.

It has been a long time since I met her. Lately I met a friend of mine who belongs to the same Church as her. As I was talking to him, something prompted me to ask him about the lecturer. When I asked him, he said "HEY SHE'S EXPECTING A BABY AND IS DUE END OF APRIL 2008 LA"...I was like WOW !!!!!!! God has done it again...ha ha ha..

But still I was not really convinced and sent her a sms. After sending it i just waited and waited anxiously for her reply. I got her reply after a few hours and she said "Yes Edwin I am pregnant and would be due soon. I still remember you challenging me that NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD ! Thank You very much for your prayers.

Aren't you readers excited that our God does mighty miracles?? Are you confident now that NOTHING IS TOO LATE FOR THE LORD ??Doesn't my testimony increase your faith that our GOD listens to the prayers of everyone?
God is Good....There are NO two says about that....

Matthew 5 : 11-12

"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you

Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ.

Situations will not be same all the time and it will also not be like how we want it to be at all time.There will be times we go through storms in life. This is something I have learnt in my ministry and leadership.

There was a day when i attended aDistrict Confernce 3 years ago. As the time came for me to present the MYF plans for the year, I was basically shot with many kind of questions and remarks that made me really really hurt. People were so cruel in the questions and also I was standing helpless which even my dad who was at the meeting felt this was something I don't deserve. I was even directly forced and preassured to cancel all the programmes the youths have planned for the year. As I was being cornered left & right, it came to a time where I just wanted to throw my file and walk out of the meeting(which i actually peacefully did after presenting my plans). I just thank God for the level of patience He gave me.
Guess what guys, after leaving the meeting I was so lost and didn't know what to do until I just started the car, fetched my friend in Sunway and headed straight to the Shah Alam stadium to watch Selangor play Kelantan TNB. You see I can even remember the two teams which played..ha ha ha

Here is where my testimony starts.
I reached home late at night just to avoid seing my parents. This was because I didn't know how to face them and I felt so embarassed. My parents know the way I sacrifice things for ministry. When I slowly drove in and parked the car, next thing I see my mom opening the door and my dad had just slept after waiting for my return since 10pm. The only question my mom asked me in tamil was "ITHU UNAKKU THEVEI YAA??" which means "Do You Deserve This??"..I clearly saw the disapointment & sadness in her face. I just found it very difficult to accept the situation.
I just walked pass her silently, went n took my bath and just got into the room and locked the door. The only thing i knew was I just went on my knees and tears just started flowing non-stop. I didn't know what to pray and how to pray at that situation. I just said "God is this why you called me for??"..I just don't know how to explain to you all..After praying for a while I just slept off.

The next day morning I woke up and read the Daily Bread's passage for the day and it was from Matthew 5 : 11-12. When I read the passage i began to feel a kind of peace coming into me. When I started praying I just felt I was being filled with a different kind of power and all the disapointments, sadness, sorrow, pain just left me. I felt a new GRACE of God filling me. After saying the word "AMEN" I just stood up, took my handphone and just smsed all those who called and encouraged me since the last night. I just said "THANK YOU FOR BEING VERY ENCOURAGING & I AM UP AGAIN..."

The next thing I made sure was, whatever we planned went on well and beyond expectations. God is really Good. He set me free from sadness, sorrow-etc as His words say "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
God will never let you down when you are thuthful to HIM.
Wow God is good.

I am not writing this expecting sympathy. I just want all of you to increase your
faith that in whatever situation, God is in Control. Just trust Him and he will lead you.

My Ministry

Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,
I take great joy in writing about my ministry. God has been using me in many ways
for the past 8 years in the Tamil Methodist Church especially in the Youth Ministry.
God has raised me from being a Local Church Youth President to the District Youth President and at present the Conference(National) Youth President.

My first experience of leadership was at the age of 16(1999). I was elected Secretary of the TMC Banting MYF. My church is the perfect and best training ground i ever had. I learnt a lot that
tought me how to face challenges in higher level of leadership. I held the ministry of secretary for two years and after that was elected Vice-President for two years.

2003 was the year my God lifted me in my ministry when I was elected the President of Selangor District MYF. Being a District President is not easy and I had to go through so many storms and WOW GOD JUST LED ME THROUGH....

After my 4th year as District President, I was elected the National MYF Secretary. I held the ministry only for a year and the Lord lifted me as the National MYF President.
I only learned one thing. When I was truthful to God in small responsibilities given, the Lord
raised me up step by step to where I am today. It is indeed a prophecy coming through for where I am today.

God is also using me in the General Conference level when I was elected Secretary of the General Conference Youth Council. This is a youth body consisting of all Methodist Churches in Peninsular, Sabah & Sarawak.

I give all glory to God for all my achievements in ministry. If it's not by God's strength, grace and wisdom I would not be able to do many things for HIM. People may praise men in many ways but I strongly give all Glory, Honor & Praise to JESUS and JESUS ALONE.

Welcome Note

Dear All,

It's great to be a blogger.

I have decided to get into this after viewing the blog site of
my beloved brother Pastor Silvester Louis Martin David at
www.silvesterthemessenger.blogspot.com

I will be posting many interesting experiences of my ministry as the
Selangor District Tamil Methodist Church Youth Leader for the past
6 years and also my recent election as the National Methodist Youth Fellowship
President.

Hope you would spend time reading and be BLESSED...