Oh, i listened to Tina Turner's Nutbush City Limit. I honestly did not really enjoy the song, probably because it was a classic rock song, a genre that Elvis Presley specialises in. Strange to say this but i love Elvis!

One of my sheep, Jia Ming, suddenly went disappearing for 2 days. Only to realise that it is because he is gaming whole day long and didn't realise that his phone is ringing. On monday, on tenterhooks, i instant message Chit Ming online, to check whether he is still in contact with Jia Ming. Only to realise that he has not been in touch with Jia Ming for a long time already. We prayed for him online, guess what, he replied for the first time in 2 days on msn. What a relief! Got his house number too. :)

I am recently planning for the mission trip to Batu Pahat, excited yet worried. I am thrilled by all the experiences that i am going to gain during the trip. Prayerfully, it can add to the foundation of church planting.

It is important to go church planting, especially if you call yourself God's children. I thank God for Hope Singapore who specially has a conference of long term mission, in hope to inspire and motivate the younger generation to break out of the 4 walls of Singapore.

If you are still hesitating, hesitate no more! Evangelism to the world is not a choice, it is a must. Furthermore, it clearly shows your love for people. If you can just love Malaysians and Singaporeans, you are not as loving as you may have thought yourself to be, you are just a loving Singaporean or Malaysians, because you love people of your own kind only. Look what Jesus did, He loved the Samaritan who is not an Israelite, His own kind, most importantly He loves you, who is not of His own kind as well!

Genesis 12:1
1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.

In immediate obedience, Abraham leaves his comfort zone and his family to the promised land.

Genesis 12:4-5

4 So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran. 5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.

Look what Paul says about preaching the gospel. I will not include the great commission in the list, since you all are so familiar with it

Romans 15:20-21
20It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation. 21Rather, as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand."

Psalms 19:4
Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun

Mark 16:15
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.

There are so many more verses that talk about that. Prayerfully, it changes your mindset about evangelism

You may think, "I am too young to go for church planting right now, wait till i learn more of God, then i go"

This thought is garbage to me, you don't need a lot of knowledge to go. Yes, it may be true that financially we are all unable to do so currently. But, here is one thing you can do.

GO FOR MISSION TRIP!

Why?
1) See a burden to share to other people
2) Know what is it like to be part of the team to add strength to the field workers there
3) Learn from experience
4) It is not too expensive
5) Won't be too much to bear for you

I encourage all of you who are reading this blog, to go! If your parents disallow, pray! God will open a way for us. Let's really see this kingdom of God coming to pass!

Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.