From the Pastor’s Desk (69) Our Heavenly Father created the heavens and the earth in six days and He rested on the seventh day.  He rested not because He was tired from work but to show us an example to follow.  Rest, therefore, is God’s idea!  And it is so important in our life that He commands us to rest periodically.  For example, He commanded His people in the Old Testament to rest one day a week, a Sabbath, one year every seven years, a Sabbatical year, and a Jubilee, the fiftieth year, which brought to a close a cycle of seven Sabbatical ...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (68) June 9, 2002 Many pastors say that Sunday is another workday for them.  And they seem to get pretty tired at the end of the day.  This is understandable if you know what their Sunday schedule is really like.  Often times they teach Sunday school before worship.  Then they preside over worship service and preach a sermon.  After worship, they meet and talk with the first time guests.  Then they finish the day with a couple of meetings with church leaders.  By the time they go home, they are pooped!&nb...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (67) We had our annual pulpit exchange last Sunday.  Pastor Chai came to New Life and gave us the message as I did the same to the Korean congregation.  It was good to hear from many of you that you truly appreciated and learned a lot from Pastor Chai’s message.  I also had a great time worshipping with and delivering the message to them. Whenever I go over to the Korean congregation to speak I always put on a suit and a tie.  I do it because it’s their culture and it’s expected of me to do it.  They would have ...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (66) It’s exciting to see more and more New Lifers are finding the love of their lifetime and tying the knot!  I am hoping that there would be at least a half dozen weddings taking place this year.  If God hasn’t called you to be celibate He will surely provide you with a Christ-honoring spouse if you patiently wait upon Him and serve Him faithfully. This is still the beginning of 2002 and I would like to share with you some of my thoughts for your wedding celebration.  These are just my personal suggestions and recommen...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (65) Our humble trailer has housed us these past two and a half years as we worshipped and ministered here.  God has truly done some marvelous things in our midst.  We watched as time after time, many came to commit themselves to become followers of Christ, publicly professing their faith by getting baptized.  As I write, we are witnessing the number of our house churches tripling from the original six to eighteen and people’s lives being touched and transformed by the work of the Holy Spirit in and through our house church ...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (64) August 12, 2001 Every once in a while I need to remind myself of the importance of evangelism!  Some of you may probably be surprised to hear me say this because you would expect the pastor to be always red hot when it comes to sharing Jesus to save the lost.  Unfortunately, that is not the case, at least, with me.  Like many of you, I have the tendency to choose the path of least resistance.  I gravitate towards doing those things that are easy.  On top of that Satan is always at work to keep us sedated on ...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (63) August 5, 2001 My wife and I will be taking a short trip to Nova Scotia from this Tuesday to Saturday.  The Bakers and the Martinezs will take care of our children while we are gone for about five days!  Even though I know for certain that they will be well taken care of and have a great time with their friends I still feel uneasy about leaving all three kids behind.  I just cannot help but feel this way because this is going to be our first time being away from our children as a couple for more than a day! The reason ...

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