THANKSGIVING BREAKFAST
The breakfast on Sunday is provided in Thanksgiving to God.

BAPTISM & MEMBERSHIP CLASS
YOUTH
Date : Sunday, January 27, 2019
Time : 1:30 p.m.
Venue : Prayer Room

ADULT
Date : Sunday, January 27, 2019
Time : 11:00 a.m.
Venue : Room 1, 2nd Floor
Please take note there will be no youth & adult baptism classes on February 3 & 10, 2019.

PASTOR IS AWAY
Pastor is away on January 27, 2019 to preach and conduct the Local Conference in Subang Methodist Church (SMC).

PASTOR ON HIS LAST LEG OF LEAVE
Pastor will be on his last leg of the three month leave granted by TRAC. He begins his leave on February 7, 2019 and will be back to work on March 7, 2019. Kindly refer all matters to church office during that time.

1ST LOCAL CONFERENCE
Date : Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Time : 8:30 p.m.
Venue : Multi-Purpose Hall
TRAC President will be presiding. Observers are welcome.

1ST DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Date : Thursday, January 31, 2019
Time : 8:00 p.m. (dinner at 7:00 p.m.)
Venue : DUMC
Observers are welcome. Kindly let church office know if you plan to have dinner.

HOLY COMMUNION IN FEBRUARY & MARCH 2019
Holy Communion for February will be on February 2 & 3, 2019 but for March it will be on March 9 & 10, 2019. Pastor Ashok will administer the Holy Communion on both the weekends.

2ND OFFERING
The 2nd Offering for the month of February will go towards Malaysian Care, an organization committed to serving the poor & needy and empowering communities.

HEALING & DELIVERANCE SEMINAR
Speaker : Rev Aow Kwong Bu
Date : February 22-24, 2019
Time : 8:30 p.m. (Friday)
9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (Saturday)
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Sunday)
Cost : RM20 per person (include lunch & tea on Saturday)
Venue : Wesley Methodist Church Klang
Registration counter is open at the Foyer.

PLEDGE PAYMENT BY BANK ONLINE
The Finance & Stewardship request that all pledge payment by bank online transfer or ATM, to submit the bank-in-slip within the same month. Please put the bank-in-slip into the Pledge Envelope and write your name or pledge number. For further enquiry, please contact Mdm Irene Khoo Saw Chu @ 012-791 1837.

FACILITY FOR WAKE & FUNERAL SERVICE
The LCEC has decided to allow the Multi-Purpose Hall (MPH) upon request, to be used for wake and funeral service by Church members and/or their Christian immediate family members who are unable to find a suitable venue. For more information, check with church office.

ANCHOR ESSENTIAL 2019
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
Speakers: Pastor Gea Denanda (JPCC
: Ms Eileen Wong (DUMC)
Dates : Fri & Sat, March 22 & 23, 2019
Venue : DUMC, PJ
The focus this year is on Christ being the Anchor of our souls (Hebrews 6:19). Open for registration at dumc.my/ESSENTIAL2019 from now till March 3, 2019. If you need further information, please contact 012-209 2061.

CHURCH CAMP 2019
Speaker: Pastor Benny Ho
Dates : May 31-June 3, 2019
(school holidays)
Venue : Port Dickson Methodist Centre
Kindly reserve the dates now. More publicity will be given in the weeks ahead.

Those who followed Jesus truly were His disciples. Because of their love for Christ, many left their jobs, homes, and security to walk with Him as He ministered to people throughout Palestine. They had
the benefit of walking with Christ in the flesh. So, what does it look like now – with Christ risen and the Holy Spirit dwelling within us – to be Jesus’ disciple?

Characteristics of a Christian disciple:
1. A true disciple of the Jesus worships God. If you are a new creation in Christ, you are someone who brings glory to God and recognizes His honor.
2. A disciple must be confident in the power of Christ’s death and resurrection for his salvation. He must know that he is a child of God and Christ dwells within him.
3. A disciple walks in the fullness and power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is responsible for everything that happens in the life of a believer—his new birth, daily walk, understanding of Scripture, prayer, etc. He produces the fruit of the Spirit in us, which enables us to live holy lives and witness for Christ.
4. A disciple demonstrates love for God, neighbor, fellow disciples, and enemies. Jesus commands us to love God with every fiber of our being and to love our neighbors as ourselves.
5. A disciple is one who knows how to read, study, memorize, and meditate upon the Word of God, to store its truths in his heart. It is impossible to walk in the fullness of God’s Holy Spirit without understanding God’s Word. The reverse is also true: you cannot understand God’s Word without the Holy Spirit.
6. A true disciple of Jesus is a man or woman of prayer. Jesus models throughout Scripture that communicating with God is one of the most important things in a Christian’s life. He models that those who are children of God seek the Father.
7. A disciple is one who obeys the commands of God in a lifestyle that honors Christ.
8. A disciple is one who trusts God and lives a life of faith. Scripture reminds us that, “without faith it is impossible to please God.”
9. A disciple understands God’s grace. God loves us unconditionally, whether we obey Him or not. This is the opposite of legalism – a heretic way of thinking that urges us to try to obey God’s laws in our own wisdom, strength, and power.
10. A disciple is one who witnesses for Christ as a way of life. If you love Jesus, you are spurred on to tell people about Him, testifying to what He has done in your life.

For Reflection:
1. What are some characteristics of a true Christian disciple you are noticing in your own life?
2. What are some characteristics of a true Christian disciple that you struggle with? Have you given that over to the Lord? (ERIC RUSS)

BAPTISM & MEMBERSHIP CLASS
YOUTH
Date : Sunday, January 20, 2019
Time : 1:30 p.m.
Venue : Prayer Room

ADULT
Date : Sunday, January 20, 2019
Time : 11:00 a.m.
Venue : Room 1, 2nd Floor

BUDGET PRESENTATION 2019
There will be budget presentation on the weekend services on January 19 & 20, 2019.

CELL LEADERS DEDICATION SERVICE
Date : Sunday, January 20, 2019
(during worship service)

CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
Please take note that the church office will be closed on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 in lieu of the public holiday.

LCEC MEETING
Date : Saturday, January 26, 2019
Time : 1:00 p.m.
Venue : Room 3, 2nd Floor

1ST LOCAL CONFERENCE
Date : Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Time : 8:30 p.m.
Venue : Multi Purpose Hall
TRAC President will be presiding. All organization/ministry heads, kindly submit your report by January 20, 2019. Observers are welcome.

1ST DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Date : Thursday, January 31, 2019
Time : 8:00 p.m. (dinner at 7:00 p.m.)
Venue : DUMC
Observers are welcome. Kindly let church office know if you plan to have dinner.

PLEDGE PAYMENT BY BANK ONLINE
The Finance & Stewardship request that all pledge payment by bank online transfer or ATM, to submit the bank-in-slip within the same month. Please put the bank-in-slip into the Pledge Envelope and write your name or pledge number. For further enquiry, please contact Mdm Irene Khoo Saw Chu @ 012-791 1837.

HEALING & DELIVERANCE SEMINAR
Speaker : Rev Aow Kwong Bu
Date : February 22-24, 2019
Time : 8:30 p.m. (Friday)
9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (Saturday)
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Sunday)
Cost : RM20 per person
Venue : Wesley Methodist Church Klang

CHURCH CAMP 2019
Speaker: Pastor Benny Ho
Dates : May 31-June 3, 2019
(school holidays)
Venue : Port Dickson Methodist Centre
Kindly reserve the dates now. More publicity will be given in the weeks ahead.

A man’s character is his fate. Thomas Jefferson,
the third President of the United States said:
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”

As a servant of God, I have watched pitiably how people self-sabotage themselves by seeking spiritual solutions to character-deficit issues. They look around at everybody as suspects for their predicaments when their greatest demons lurks within them – their character. What we often call our destiny is truly our character, and since that character can change, then destiny can be altered. Character is destiny.

Most people believe that we can pray ourselves to success and get away with virtually anything if we become a stickler to some prayer routines. THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF SPIRITUAL PENANCE THAT CAN SUBSTITUE FOR CHARACTER. Sometimes, you need character, not prayer.

Dutch Sheets said: “Prayer is not a cheque request asking for things from God; it is a deposit slip – a way of depositing God’s character into our bankrupt souls.”

British writer and politician, Thomas Macaulay said: “The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.” I have often said that what would ultimately destroy a man going to high places in life is not really the enemies that are waiting for him there, but the character that followed him there.

I want to emphatically underline the fact that this write-up is not meant to trivialize prayers in any way. I have observed that many people take character for granted, while overzealously tuning on into their spiritual mode – prayers. We have become so spiritually in tune through prayers that we neglect the place of character and our relationship with people. Many are actually ‘heavenly’ bound, but with no earthly relevance. You can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray in public and maintain a holy appearance, but it is your behavior character that will actually trigger the manifestation of all that God has for you.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. The way we treat people we think can’t help or hurt us, like housekeepers, waiters, secretaries and the less fortunate, tells more about our character than how we treat people we thing are important. How do you treat people?

Prayer is not EVERYTHING! Build relationships, and don’t forget that God will always use man. Be mindful of your words and how you speak to people. Work seriously on your character and attitude towards life.

I want to say emphatically that character is not optional; it is sacrosanct to the future that God has planned for you. No matter where you place prayers, character matter. The greatest fraud in life is religion without character. A man without character is recklessly alive.
(SOURCE UNKNOWN)

What if I told you that Jesus didn’t want us to win converts? Out of our desire to win converts we’ve often tried to make Jesus more convenient. That’s what our culture is all about.
So watering down the Gospel to reflect the culture can be an easy trap to fall into. We often make following Jesus comfortable and easy, reducing the expectations: You don’t have to do anything different. Just believe. When we sell people on a Jesus who is easy to follow, can we really blame them for bailing out or drifting off when things don’t go smoothly?

Jesus is a part of our lives when He should be our life. He is life. Following Him requires all our life. The disciples ate, drank, sweat and slept ministry from when Jesus called them to the day they died. Jesus wasn’t a part of their lives. He was their life. Many people come to Jesus thinking it is enough to believe, to stand on the sidelines and root for Him. Jesus isn’t looking for cheerleaders. He is seeking men and women who will follow Him whatever the cost. He is looking for radical devotion, unreasonable commitment and undivided dedication.

Jesus isn’t looking for converts. He’s looking for disciples. Converts are new believers. We all start as converts. Too often we stop there. Converts aren’t bad or wrong. They are like babies. There’s nothing wrong with being a baby. The problem comes when that doesn’t change. When a baby acts like a baby, it’s cute. When a 35-year-old does, it’s sad. As Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:11, “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.”

For years churches have worked to get people to make a decision to accept Christ, which is a great thing. It’s important. But what happens next? Where’s the follow up? How do we train up new Christians?

Our mission isn’t to win converts; it’s to make disciples. So what is the difference?

1. Converts are believers who live like the world. Disciples are believers who live
like Jesus.
2. Converts are focused on their values, interests, worries, fears, priorities, and
lifestyles. Disciples are focused on Jesus.
3. Converts go to church. Disciples are the church.
4. Converts are involved in the mission of Jesus. Disciples are committed to it.
5. Converts cheer from the sidelines. Disciples are in the game.
6. Converts hear the Word of God. Disciples live it.
7. Converts follow the rules. Disciples follow Jesus.
8. Converts are all about believing. Disciples are all about being.
9. Converts are comfortable. Disciples make sacrifices.
10. Converts talk. Disciples make more disciples.

Psalm 90 is a perfect psalm for the end of the year. For one thing, this psalm includes the word “year” more than any other psalm. In the Hebrew text of Psalm 90, the word translated as “year” (shena) appears seven times. But, apart from the frequency of the word “year” in Psalm 90, its themes speak to us as we wrap up another calendar year.

It begins by noting that God has been our home “through all the generations,” from year to year to year (90:1). Even “before the mountains were born,” God is God (90:2). God is always there for us.

Though we can make a big deal out of the change of years, from God’s perspective, “a thousand years are as a passing day” (90:4). This fact reminds us of God’s unmatched majesty. It also suggests that all the hype surrounding New Year doesn’t really matter in the long run. What will really be different, other than the number of the year?

Psalm 90 acknowledges the difficulties of life: “Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away” (90:10). Now that could sound pretty depressing. But, the fact that the Bible doesn’t “make nice” commends to us its truthfulness. Yes, indeed, even when life is fine for us, others are suffering. We may have plenty to eat, but millions throughout the world are without food today. And we might feel as if we’re going to live forever, but, in fact, our days are numbered.

Does this mean we should feel depressed and discouraged? Hardly. Verse 12 offers this prayer to the Lord: “Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.” How does acknowledging the brevity of life help us to be wise? Well, for one thing, when we realize that we have only so many hours on earth, we’ll be eager to use them well, rather than frittering them away with empty activities. Accepting the limits of our lives will help us to use well every minute God gives us.

Psalm 90 underscores the fact that fulfillment in life isn’t a matter of how much we have or how much we accomplish. Rather, what gives life purpose and meaning is a living relationship with the living God: “Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives” (90:14). I can’t think of a better thought with which to end the year and begin a new one. If we live each day in the satisfaction of God’s love, we will be empowered to live for Him, to love Him through serving our neighbors. We won’t fret about the passing of the years, but will accept the gift of each day as a new opportunity for love and service.

For Your Reflection: As you come to the end of the year, what thoughts do you have about 2019? Have you lived this year to the fullest? In what areas of life do you need more of God’s wisdom? Are you open to being satisfied each day with God’s unfailing love for you? (MARK D. ROBERTS)