Sunday, August 30, 2009

Dear Family and Friends,

Greetings in the blessed name of Jesus!

Welcome to City Harvest Church once again! It is simply fantastic seeing so many of you in church this weekend. As it is a long weekend, we have prepared a host of very interesting programs for your family and you. Firstly, after months of waiting, our annual musical production is FINALLY HERE! This year the production is entitled “Will You Marry Me?” It is a drama dealing with the issues of love, relationships and life, something that all of us have to go through at some point in life. I hope this musical will warm your heart, tickle your funny bones and make you tear a little. I am sure you will enjoy it. Apart from that, I want to ask all our City Harvesters to really make all our new friends feel at home. Be friendly and be welcoming. I guess this is what a family is all about. Secondly, we will be having our family day and blood donation drive on Monday, Aug 31. As we give thanks to God for all that He has done for our country, let us also do our part as citizens of Malaysia to be a blessing to those around us. Let us learn to care for others regardless or color, religion and language. Let us contribute to the common good of humanity.

Having said all these, church is not just a place of faith and work. As a family, we are supposed to have fun and enjoy each others’ company. So, during this holiday break, let’s take time to celebrate and appreciate one another. Let’s take more time than usual to talk to one another, hang-out, have a cup of coffee (or tea) and just do life together in a fun and fulfilling manner. This is God’s original idea – fellowship. He wants us to be people-engaging so that we may discover our purpose and meaning in life through conversing with them. It is God’s design that a part of our dream is attached with our family and friends. And it is because of this, no man can achieve his dreams all by himself. We need one another. We need each other. As such, let’s learn to treasure all the people that God has put into our lives.

But for now, sit back, relax and enjoy the musical!

Your friend,

KEV

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Dear Family and Friends,

Greetings in the blessed name of Jesus!

Welcome back to church once again! First and foremost, I would like to warmly welcome Ps. Troy Marshall, and his family back to our church once again! Last year, when Ps. Troy was here, he preached a very timely and powerful message that ministered to us a lot, especially the leaders. Hence, I am very certain that this year, all of us are going to be once again ministered by him. So, do come prepared. Come ready to receive a fresh word from heaven. You will enjoy Ps. Troy!

Traditionally, August is a very busy month for us. And this year, it’s the same too.  In 2 weeks’ time, we will be having our annual musical production. The musical is titled “Will You Marry Me?” We are believing God for 3300 people in a total of 5 services. I want to ask all of us to start praying and begin reaching out to all our friends. I was here last Monday for the rehearsal. The cast has been working very hard and they are going to come out with a very good drama. It will tickle you, make you laugh, make you cry and make you feel very mellow all at the same time. But I guess most important of all, the drama is very real and it will speak to your heart. So may I encourage you to go all out to bring all your friends to come to church on that weekend? Let’s fill the house of God until it overflows and believe Him for a mighty harvest! Also, we are praying for 100 decisions.

Right after that, we will be having our Family Day on Aug 31. It is going to be a day of fun and laughter, with lots of games and lots of food. So, please invite your family and friends to come and celebrate with us. On top of that, there will also be a blood donation drive. Let’s celebrate while having others on our mind.

I am excited with what God has prepared for us in the coming months!

Friends, let’s position ourselves to receive more from the Lord!

Amen!

KEV

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Dear Family and Friends,

Greetings in the blessed name of Jesus!

I am not sure how many of you were here last weekend, but all of the 4 services were simply unbelievable! The presence and the power of God were so strong that so many lives were delivered and set free! Both Ps. Mike and Sis. Joy ministered to our church with great anointing and much love. As your pastor, I am so glad to see so many people experiencing and encountering God in a brand new level. Deliverance is God’s ongoing redeeming work in our lives. He wants to set us free so that the growth of our ministry and our lives may not be hindered. And now that we have a new perspective of God and a new position of who we are, let us renew our pledge to God and run with a greater zeal. Let us use our lives to do something purposeful and meaningful for our generation!

I would also like to take this opportunity to remind all of us the importance of prayer. Prayer is imperative because it is our spiritual breath. We need to pray in order to stay sharp and stay sensitive in the Lord. It is through prayer that we hear the heartbeat of God and know what God wants us to do. Prayer builds our intimacy with Him. If we do not pray, we will find ourselves distanced from Jesus and we will eventually burnt-out. The lack of joy in the Lord will lead to the decrease in our spiritual strength! So, start to build and re-build your intimacy with God by having more personal time with Him. Just pray. Just talk to God about everything. He is more ready to hear than you are ready to pray because He loves us. In view of that, we are organizing cell group prayer meeting once every 3 months and church wide prayer meeting twice a month. I want to encourage all of you to make it a point to come and pray and bring heaven to earth!

Let us continually hunger for God and bring the change we long to see in our nation and our generation!

Pray!

KEV

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Dear Family and Friends,

Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus!

First and foremost, I would like to warmly welcome Ps. Mike Connell and Sis. Joy into our midst once again. It is a great pleasure to have them ministering to us this weekend. I believe God is going to renew our commitment and rekindle our fire for Him as His Holy Spirit does a new work on the inside of us. I always enjoy having Ps. Mike in our church as he always teaches us how to be sharper in the Spirit and move powerfully in His power to set people free. Hence, it is my prayer this week that every one of us come with an open mind and a spirit ready to receive an impartation from the LORD. Allow Him to do something powerful on the inside of you! Amen!

Apart from this, I want to ask all of you to start praying and interceding for our forthcoming production in 3 weeks’ time entitled ‘Will You Marry Me?’ WOO! HOO! It will be on the weekend of Aug 28-30. This time round we are believing God for 3300 people over 5 services and a total of 100 decisions. Please pray for all the cast to remember their script, all the technical crew to be able to execute their task accurately, for all our friends to be blessed and come to know the LORD and for all our cell groups to have breakthrough attendances. Also, please pray for me so that I may deliver the Word of God with clarity and conviction. It is going to be one fun and big weekend. I am very excited about it in my spirit. So, let’s start preparing our friends and let them experience church in a brand new way! ;)

Lastly, I want to remind all of us to continue to work on bringing one friend per cell group per month. We have 4 more months left before Nov, so let’s believe God that we will meet our target. Revival is truly a lot of hard work and sacrifice. But the harvest will always be more satisfying and fulfilling than all the efforts we have put in. Amen!

So, let’s continue to spur each other on for greater works ahead!

Blessings,

KEV

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Dear Family and Friends,

Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus!

How are you doing? I pray that all is well with you as you join us for yet another amazing weekend! Last weekend was a BLAST! WOW! All the 3 services were powerful and life changing. I am particularly blessed as I renew my mission commitment unto the LORD. On top of that, we also had a very classy and memorable Gala Dinner, as we celebrate 8 years of God’s goodness over our church. (Photos are still being uploaded on Facebook!) I was really surprised by the fact that so many came. Altogether, 1230 tickets were sold and I don’t think any of them didn’t make it! ;) I know all of you have had a great time. Before I left, many had asked me if we will do another one for our 9th anniversary!!! ;) I think it all depends on the size of our church. At the moment, I don’t think there is any hall in KL that can cater for a banquet of 2000 people. But all things are possible. Let’s keep our fingers crossed! Amen?!

Right now, we are coming to the last lapse of the year. In just another 4 months, 2009 will come to an end. I want to take this opportunity to encourage all of you to renew your vision and your passion for the LORD. I want to ask you to stay focused as we finish the year strong. I want all our cell groups to have a target of retaining 4 friends by November. That means we will need to retain one friend per month. I want all of us to start praying for a name and genuinely reach out to them and win them to the LORD. If we can meet this target, we will have 1800 people by the end of the year. Amen! I believe we can achieve this if we put our hearts and our hands together.

Starting this week, we will be having our cell group prayer meeting. Every day, there will be at least 2 cell groups interceding for the needs of each other and the church. I want to encourage you to be a part of this and ensure that all throughout the 365 days of the year, someone will be praying for City Harvest!

Let’s make a difference in Malaysia through our prayers,

KEV