Friday, June 20, 2008

City Transformed









Enter Harvest Evangelism Philippines Director, King Flores. King is best described as a humble bulldozer - a mover with an innate faith that allows him to come into intractable situations, particularly with governmental and business leaders, minister to them, see their problems resolved and then remain alongside as a loyal pastor and servant. This is a remarkable apostle. To illustrate, below is King's most recent report, showing the stunning turnaround God has caused in his home city:

"Ed, In my city - ParaƱaque City - a City Hall employee attended your seminar, where she realized that she is called to be a minister to local government. She then asked permission to hold daily prayer in City Hall for all the workers and the newly elected mayor. The mayor readily agreed and emphasized the need to pray for elimination of the 1 billion Peso debt he inherited from his predecessor.

Since then, tremendous changes have taken place! Graft and corruption were curbed and the income of our city grew by 300% from 900 million to 2.7 billion pesos. The crime rate was trimmed down, a garbage disposal problem was solved, new businesses sprouted all over and employment grew by leaps and bounds. A 'Healing Room' was instituted at the Dept. of Social Welfare to pray for the sick and needy.

Our Mayor was subsequently awarded as the best mayor of the nation and so was our police force as the best in the nation! Our mayor is now part of our ministry which we call the 'My City God's City Movement,' and serves as the honorary chairman of our Marketplace Pastor's Academy where we teach and train out-of school youth how to change society via the marketplace instead of society changing them. He and all the other leaders of the different sectors of the city have dedicated and rededicated our city to God.

The city seal was even redesigned and stands as a tangible symbol!" Paranaque City Mayor Florencio Bernabe, Jr. (center) displays Transformation book that has provided direction for his administration.








Tuesday, June 17, 2008

The Dawkins Lennox Debate

The
DAWKINS
LENNOX Debate

This dabate was held on Oct 3rd 2007 in Birmingham, Alabama.
Professor Richard Dawkins and his Oxford University Colleague Dr. John Lennox enagaged in a lively debate over what is arguably the most critical question of our time: The Existence Of God.

The debate centered on Dawkins view as expressed in his best seller "The God Delusion", and their validity over and against the Christian faith.

You can watch the debate at http://www.dawkinslennoxdebate.com/

Friday, June 6, 2008


Report On the Lunch Time Talk By Dr Thio Su Mien

About 60 of us gathered on 30th May to listen to a talk by Dr Thio Su Mien. All of us were blessed by her words and ministry.Some comments from those who attended the talk - "Relevant and touching"; "Very beneficial. Very inspired by Dr Thio"; "Very insightful and touches the heart"; "Praise God, it is a fantastic session", "I have been blessed".

Dr Thio began by sharing with us the vision she has from the Lord concerning the Marketplace Ministry in Toa Payoh Hub. She saw the vision of a "Burning Bush". Two key words that comes out from this Vision are "Holiness" and "Righteousness", For us to impact the marketplace we must be a holy people and righteous in all our dealings.

God wants to prosper us in the marketplace! But to receive His blessings we must fulfill His destiny and calling for our lives. When we are in the place of His Calling, we will enjoy His protection and blessings.

Dr Thio enlightened us from the verse Jn 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that you may have life, and have it to the full".Jesus came to give us abundant life - a life of prosperity, a life of joy, a life of peace, a life of health ... yet sadly, many christians allow the "thief" to come and steal what belongs to us - our joy, our peace, our health and our wealth!

To live a life of victory in the marketplace, we need to live in the power and the strength of Holy Spirit just like Jesus when he was on earth. The Holy Spirit should be our partner in business, our consultant in our daily work. We were reminded to invite the Holy Spirit into our office, into our workplace.We will be pleasantly surprise to see how the Holy Spirit can bring to our attention matters in which we will otherwise overlook thus saving us much time and efforts. Our experiences with the Holy Spirit should be a daily affair in the routine of our work.

A point Dr Thio stressed was that of "Honoring your Parents". One reason why christians are not receiving God's blessings of wealth can be traced to their relationships to their parents. She cited examples from her ministry experiences of how "breakthrough" came only when there was restoration of relationships. She shared a practical step in breaking bondages and curses in one's life - Start forgiving and blessing those that have wronged us! Forgiveness is not enough; we must take a further step of blessing them to see complete victory.

Dr Thio, thanks for your prophetic exhortation. May everyone of us rise up, fulfilling God's destiny for us in the Marketplace.

Boon Leong from APPLYWORKS Pte Ltd introduced to us the Marketplace Connect E-Community Blog. The purpose of this E-Community is to encourage and stimulate active discussion, active participation in what the Holy Spirit is doing in the Marketplace. I believe this is another tool which we can use to create a "Buzz" for this marketplace movement that is taking place in Singapore.

All Glory and Praise To God!

David Wong

Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25792532@N04/sets/72157605335802010/