Title: This is the House of God, and I Knew It Not
Scripture: Genesis 28: 10 – 19 & Isaiah 66: 1 – 2, 10 – 13
Speaker: Ms Christina Ong (STM lecturer)
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Have you ever truly committed your life to the Lord? When the Lord is your God, you make a personal commitment to Him. In Genesis 28:10-22, Jacob didn’t just “say” he had made a commitment and that the Lord was his God; he showed it by doing several, practical things that we will do too, if the Lord is our God:.
Jacob said because the Lord was his God, that he would take the stone he had rested his head against, and set it upright as a memorial pillar, and make the place where God had appeared to him, a place of worship. When the Lord is really your God, you will be committed to worship Him. Nobody “made” Jacob set up a place to worship God at Bethel. He WANTED to do that. God had really touched his life; he had really himself committed to Him, so he wanted to set up a place to worship Him there. And that is characteristic of someone who has really made the Lord their God. They want to worship Him. And if the Lord is really your God, then you are going to worship Him every day — starting at HOME! Worshiping God is the most important thing in your life, and you will do it all the time.
Jacob said in Genesis 28:22, “and of all that You give me, I will surely give a tenth to You.” It really is a mark of one’s commitment to the Lordship of God in his life. Jacob said, in effect, God, You are going to be my God: and one of the ways I am going to show it is by giving You the first tenth of everything You give me. That tithe was a mark, a sign, that God was really the Lord of his life. One of the most practical ways we can show the real priority of God in our lives, is by tithing. THAT is not just cheap talk. THAT is “putting your money where your mouth is” and shows that the Lord is really your God.
There are several signs like that that show whether the Lord really is, or isn’t your God. These are the two that Genesis 28:10-22 shows us: worshiping and giving.
The key is, if the Lord is really your God, there WILL be signs of it in your life. Your life will not be the same as everyone else’s, or the same as it used to be. There will be some things in your life that are different, and that will change, because you have committed your life to the Lord. We saw that in Franklin Graham’s life. In his early years, he lived for fun, for pleasure. He didn’t want Jesus telling him what to do. But after he committed his life to the Lord, things changed. And you can see it to this day. Franklin Graham has SHOWED that the commitment he made to the Lord that night in his bed was real, by the way that he has lived his life ever since.
Can that be said of YOUR life? Have you ever made a personal commitment to Jesus as the Lord & Savior of your life? Is the Lord your God? And if you say He is, does your life show it?
— Are you worshiping Him regularly, in “the house of God” like Jacob?
— And are you gladly giving back to Him from what He has given you?
It’s just like Jesus said, “You will know them by their fruit.” If that’s so — and it is — then what does the fruit of your life say about whether the Lord really is YOUR God?!
(SHAWN THOMAS)
Sunday, (July 18) – Pray that as God’s people, we will grow in our commitment to Him. Pray that we may be solely and wholly committed to our walk with Him all the days of our lives, that we will not turn away from the path of righteousness for His name’s sake. Pray that our dependence in Him will grow deeper, our assurance in Him will grow wider, our faith in Him will grow stronger and our zeal for Him will grow bigger. Pray that we will develop a lifestyle of worship where in all that we do and say, we will work at it with all our hearts, as an act of worship unto the Lord. Pray that with gratitude and thanksgiving, we will offer to God all that He has given to us – our finances, time and talents, for the building of His Kingdom.
Monday, (July 19) – Pray for those who are involved in the Community Service Ministry of Wesley Klang. We praise and thank God for providing us with sufficient resources to help those who are in need. Pray for God’s protection to be upon our church members as they reach out to those who are in need of physical aids such as food during this EMCO. Pray that we would also be able to reach out to the community in Klang with the love of Christ. Pray that God will continue to guide the church in reaching out to the people in Klang.
Tuesday, (July 20) – The daily COVID-19 cases breached the 10,000-mark last week, with the highest numbers coming from the Klang Valley. Pray that the rakyat will stringently follow all SOPs as the health DG said that with the new COVID-19 variants, infections can spread very quickly via airborne. Praise God that more vaccination centres are opening up. Pray that the vaccination programme will continue to be speeded up, and more people will be vaccinated very day. Pray for God’s protection upon all vaccination centres, and that all staffers in the centres will have strong immunity and stay healthy and be free from the virus as they serve the people.
Wednesday, (July 21) – Pray for our brave frontliners – the doctors, nurses, house officers, contract doctors and other allied medical staff as many of them are stressed, frustrated, exhausted with shattered spirits, especially those working in hospitals that are hitting full capacity. Pray that they will always be provided with adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) as they tend to the sick, making the best of the situation as possible. Pray that the government will take swift and impactful action to prevent hospitals from hitting full capacity. Pray that people with medical expertise will lead this mammoth medical operation, and virologists will be consulted on decisions on lockdowns.
Thursday, (July 22) – Pray for the World: The number of COVID-19 cases in South-East Asia has almost reached 6 million as the Delta variant slams many of these nations. Thank God that the flow of vaccine doses to these nations is picking up speed. Pray that inoculation rates will increase rapidly in these nations and help blunt the effect of the rapidly spreading Delta variant.
Friday, (July 23) – Pray for TRAC: Pray for the Board of Christian Education in TRAC. Pray that the board members will be able to make sense of all the feedback that they have received regarding Christian Education in various churches. Pray for the board to understand the CE needs of the churches and pray for wisdom as the board seeks to address the various needs. Pray that all board members will be able to work together in one spirit and mind.
Saturday, (July 24) – Pray for the Nation: The Parliament will reconvene in 2 days’ time, on July 26, 2021. As the upcoming session is only 5 days, pray that the MPs will make the best of the sitting, put aside all unseemly politicking, stand united and accord Parliament with the respect it is due. Pray that the MPs will play an effective check-and-balance role, and not according to party lines. Pray that debates will be relevant and of national interests, given the health and economic crises the nation is facing. Pray that this Parliamentary sitting will focus primarily on passing good laws and holding the government in check, and that it will be a fruitful and quality proceeding.
CHURCH & CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
The Church and church office will be closed until MCO / EMCO is lifted. All staff will be working from home. If you need assistance, kindly call or WhatsApp any one of them:
Pastor Gaurri @ 012-5594537
Chee Kai @ 012-2360457
Taeko @ 012-2360458
Pelita @ 016-6256188
Jane @ 017-6227226
WORSHIP SERVICE
Please log on to www.klangwesley.com to follow the weekend services.
NEXT WEEKEND SERVICE
(July 24 & 25, 2021)
Sermon Title: Walk Worthy of Your Calling
Scripture Text: Ephesians 4: 1 – 6
Speaker: Rev Gaurri Maniam
2nd OFFERING
The 2nd Offering for the month on July will go to Seminari Theoloji Malaysia (STM), a seminary that equip full-time workers and lay people to grow in Christian maturity and to train them for ministry and service. You may give through online banking to Wesley Methodist Church Klang, Account No: UOB 171-315-561-1
THURSDAY NIGHT PRAYER MEETINGS
(via ZOOM)
The topics for the Thursday Evening Prayer Meetings at 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. will be as follows:
Meeting ID: 868 7905 5124
Password: 763853
FIC GRACE COURSE
(via ZOOM)
Date : Saturdays, July 10 to Aug 21, 2021
Time : 2.30pm to 4.30pm
Facilitator: Mr Stephen Cheah
CONDOLENCES
Our deepest condolences to Sisters Teh Siew Bee & Tee Siew Chin and family on the passing away of their sister, Tee Siew Lai on July 13, 2021. May the Lord’s comfort and peace with them. Please keep the family in prayer during this time of bereavement.
MEMORIAL SERVICE OF THE LATE SISTER TEE SIEW LAI
(via ZOOM)
There will be Memorial Service via Zoom for the late Sister Tee Siew Lai on the following day & time:
Date : Sunday, July 18, 2021
Time : 8.30pm
Meeting ID: 885 8934 6354
Passcode: Memorial
Participants are limited to 100 people. It is on a first-come-first-served basis.
EVANGELIZE OR FOSSILIZE – HOW TO SHARE THE GOSPEL ONE-TO-ONE?
The above is organized by TRAC for those who would like to learn how to:
Date : Saturday, July 31, 2021
Time : 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Mode : via Zoom
Speakers:
Panelists:
Moderator: Mr Austin Sia (lecturer & licensed counselor)
Please register at http://bit.ly/trac-webinar
ONLINE BANKING
While we acknowledge that many people are affected by the current pandemic situation, we encourage you to continue giving your tithes/offering during this time through online banking. The details are below:
Pledge Payment can be done via Online to Wesley Methodist Church Klang Bank Account No: UOB 171-315-561-1
Title: Deeper Experience of God
Scripture: Ephesians 3: 14 – 21
Speaker: Rev Gaurri Maniam
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Have you ever wondered if you are a “whole person”? We all have struggles in life that could make us feel incomplete, but the apostle Paul says we can be “filled up to all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:19). What does that look like?
A “whole person” is generally satisfied with life. He feels loved and is able to love others in return. Difficulties and hardships don’t devastate him, because he is able to go through them with confidence in God. He isn’t a complainer or someone who is quick to blame others. A positive attitude guards his mind since he knows that the Lord will work everything out for good (Romans 8:28).
Being a Christian doesn’t automatically make us feel complete. Fullness comes only when we experience God’s love for us. For many years, I knew theologically that the Lord loved me. I even preached about it, but I didn’t really feel it. Only after I took a deep look at my life and started dealing with events that had fractured my soul in childhood did I begin to experience His love in an intimate way. Once I felt the security of His love for me, I discovered great joy in walking in obedience to His will. The reason was that I knew I could trust Him to meet all my needs in His time and way.
Do you feel God’s love, or is it just a biblical fact to you? If you long for wholeness, the key is to experience an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. This is possible only when you’re willing to open up and let the Lord search your heart. He’ll reveal what’s holding you back from accepting His love.
(DR CHARLES STANLEY)
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled with the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:17b-19)
Be strengthened by the Spirit and rooted in love, Christ’s love. Paul doesn’t just say Christ’s got love for us. No, no, that’s too small. Paul describes Christ’s love: Wide. Long. High. Deep.
Last summer, one of my husband’s close friends visited, and we tossed the Colorado native in the car and drove to the ocean. It was the first time our landlocked friend witnessed the Atlantic. Instantly, he realized photographs and TV can’t capture the magnitude of the sea, the watery beast extended to the edge of the horizon and filled the world with blue. Overwhelmed, our friend stood silenced by the great waters. Words failed when he tried to describe the water so massive, strong, and seemingly unending.
Plus, what about the life teeming under the surface? Our friend, a science guy, picked up shells and studied tiny pieces which whispered parts of an underwater story. Even with all the technology accessible to us, even with dives and oceanographers and underwater explorations, much of the ocean goes undiscovered.
The ocean, like God’s love, is wide and long and deep and high.
Paul wanted the Ephesians to catch a glimpse at the paralyzing magnitude of God’s love, and so he prayed God would strengthen them with the power of His Spirit. Paul longed for the Ephesians to feel about God’s love as our friend felt about the ocean: speechless and stunned at the miracle before them.
(AMY L. SULLIVAN)
Sunday, (July 11) – Pray that we will approach God with confidence and thanksgiving as He has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing and chosen us before the foundation of the world. Pray that we will use the power He has given us to accomplish the things He has set before us to accomplish. Pray that we will be strengthened in our inner being, so that our faith in Christ will deepen and we will experience the indwelling presence of Christ as we walk with Him each day. Pray that the Lord will help us to understand and live in the limitless love of Christ that surpasses our limited knowledge. Pray that we will offer our prayers to God with faith and gratitude knowing that He is able to do far more than anything we could ask or even think to ask.
Monday, (July 12) – Pray for the Lord’s strength to be upon the church as we continue to face the challenges posed by the pandemic. Pray that despite the difficulties that we are currently facing, the church would be able to experience the love of God in their hearts. Pray that the church would be able to still share the love of Christ creatively in spite of the movement control orders. Pray that people would not hesitate to reach out for help if they have needs and for the church to respond appropriately to the needs around us.
Tuesday, (July 13) – The daily COVID-19 cases continue to be very high, especially in the Klang Valley, with Klang Valley hospitals critically overstretched. Pray for God’s grace and strength for the health frontliners so they will be able to cope with the difficult situation. Pray that there will be sufficient beds and ventilators in the ICUs for patients who are seriously ill. Praise God for the faster vaccination roll-out, and pray for God’s protection upon all the people who are getting vaccinated, and also for strength and protection for all those working in the vaccination centres. As health experts say that the solution lies in a lockdown as strict as the first one, pray for wisdom for the health authorities to make right decisions that will be effective in controlling the pandemic.
Wednesday, (July 14) – Pray for the Nation: Pray that the leaders of our nation will heed the call of the Malaysian business fraternity and the rakyat to keep politics aside and unite in order to avoid the country losing even more lives and livelihoods to the pandemic. Pray that all the politicians will stand united to fight for the people, and not for their own political or personal mileage. Pray that when Parliament reconvenes, all the Cabinet ministers will choose to be united, and when they debate issues, it will be in a spirit of unity. Pray that the ramped-up vaccination rate will not be compromised but will be sustained even as developments in the nation’s political situation heats up.
Thursday, (July 15) – Pray for people who have suffered losses during this pandemic: loss of loved ones, loss of jobs and businesses leading to loss of livelihoods, loss of hope for the future, loss of physical or mental health. Pray for God’s strength and comfort upon them, that He will carry them through this time of crisis in their lives. Pray that the Church will be a beacon of salt and light to the communities in their vicinity, to be sensitive to the needs of people around them, be on the look-out for those who are suffering and extend kindness and care and whatever help they can offer to those who are in distress.
Friday, (July 16) – Pray for TRAC: Pray for all staffs of the churches in Trinity Annual Conference. Pray that God would guide all staffs in our various churches in TRAC. Pray for God’s favour to be upon them as they continue to serve the Lord fervently during this pandemic. Pray for God’s protection to be upon them as they move about attending to matters that may require their physical presence. Pray that all staffs will draw close to God in their daily walk with Him. Pray for the joy of the Lord to be upon their hearts as they continue to serve in their respective churches.
Saturday, (July 17) – Pray for the World: As the COVID-19 Delta variant is causing devastating outbreaks in Asia and Africa and cases are rising again in Europe and the US, pray for wisdom upon the medical scientists and experts as they look into the possibility of a third dose of vaccines to boost its efficacy against the virus variants. Pray also for effective vaccination drives in struggling nations.
CHURCH & CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
The Church and church office will be closed until MCO / EMCO is lifted. All staff will be working from home. If you need assistance, kindly call or WhatsApp any one of them:
Pastor Gaurri @ 012-5594537
Chee Kai @ 012-2360457
Taeko @ 012-2360458
Pelita @ 016-6256188
Jane @ 017-6227226
WORSHIP SERVICE
Please log on to www.klangwesley.com to follow the weekend services.
NEXT WEEKEND SERVICE
(July 17 & 18, 2021)
Sermon Title: This is the House of God, and I Knew It Not
Scripture Text: Genesis 28: 10-19 & Isaiah 66: 1-2, 10-13
Speaker: Ms Christina Ong (STM lecturer)
2nd OFFERING
The 2nd Offering for the month on July will go to Seminari Theoloji Malaysia (STM), a seminary that equip full-time workers and lay people to grow in Christian maturity and to train them for ministry and service. You may give through online banking to Wesley Methodist Church Klang, Account No: UOB 171-315-561-1
THURSDAY NIGHT PRAYER MEETINGS
(via ZOOM)
The topics for the Thursday Evening Prayer Meetings at 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. will be as follows:
Meeting ID: 868 7905 5124
Password: 763853
FIC GRACE COURSE
(via ZOOM)
Date : Saturdays, July 10 to Aug 21, 2021
Time : 2.30pm to 4.30pm
Facilitator: Mr Stephen Cheah
CONGRATULATIONS
Our heartiest congratulations to Lee Tze Shern and Charmaine Tan on their marriage in Edinburgh in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2021. The Lord bless and be with them as they start life together.
CONDOLENCES
Our deepest condolences to Rev Tan Wee Li and family on the passing away of his wife, Lynn in Penang on July 3, 2021. Rev Tan was the Pastor of Klang Wesley from 1983-1986. Please keep Rev Tan and their 3 adult children in your prayers during this time of loss.
EVANGELIZE OR FOSSILIZE – HOW TO SHARE THE GOSPEL ONE-TO-ONE?
The above is organized by TRAC for those who would like to learn how to:
Date : Saturday, July 31, 2021
Time : 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Mode : via Zoom
Speakers:
Panelists:
Moderator: Mr Austin Sia (lecturer & licensed counselor)
Please register at http://bit.ly/trac-webinar
D6 FAMILY CONFERENCE 2021
(HAPPENING VIA ZOOM)
Date : July 30 & 31, 2021
Time : 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Speaker : Tim Goodyear (COO of HomePointe Inc)
Fee : SGD60 per person
Special Rate for D6 Malaysia: SGD30
For this special rate key in Promo Code: D6SR30 upon check-out from registration at: www.bible.org.sg/registration/?e=37
For more information, visit webpage at d6family.sg
Closing Date : July 15, 2021
ONLINE BANKING
While we acknowledge that many people are affected by the current pandemic situation, we encourage you to continue giving your tithes/offering during this time through online banking. The details are below:
Pledge Payment can be done via Online to Wesley Methodist Church Klang Bank Account No: UOB 171-315-561-1