News & Announcements

1. We welcome Elder Chin Hoong Chor of Life BP Church as the Lord’s messenger to our 1st and 2nd worship services today.

2. There will be no Junior Sunday School today and the following 2 weeks, 16th and 23rd Dec However, Junior Worship will continue as usual. All Junior Worship and Sunday School teachers for 2008, please meet on 16th Dec at 11:15am in Grace classrrom for a briefing and to collect the Gospel Light materials.

3. Youth Camp @ Aloha Loyang 11~15 Dec 2007. We thank God for the 53 who signed up for this year’s camp. We welcome the parents of the youth and friends to join us on the Finale Night Celebration on 14th Dec at Mandarin Sancutary, 7:30pm. For more information contact Bro Mathews @98779779 or Mr Ben Wong @ 98237403

4. Christmas Service and Baptism will be on Sunday 23 Dec. at 9.30 am (1st & 2nd Services combined). There will be no separate Christmas service on 24th or 25th Dec.

5. Baptism and receiving of new and transfer members will be part of our combined Christmas Service on Sunday 23rd Dec. All candidates (and parents of children to be baptised) are to meet with the Pastor and Elders next Sunday 16th Dec. at the church library before their individual interviews.

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Cutting the Rope that Ties You Down

A friend was talking about a man who had cheated her out of her parents’ inheritance. Even though he had since died, she still harboured bitterness toward the man who wronged her greatly. In recent years she has come into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Not long ago, she said, “I’ve allowed that man to chase me from his grave. The only way I can be free is to forgive him.” She’s right.

The irony of bitterness is that it ties us emotionally to the very person we’re bitter towards. It’s like trying to run full speed in a 3-legged race. You can’t run like you need to run until you cut the rope that ties you to the person who wronged you. And that can only be done by doing what seems unthinkable - forgiving that person. Until you do, you keep thinking about them, replaying the tapes of how you were wronged, or dwelling on your wounds. Someone has wisely said, “Bitterness is a poison drink you make for someone else and wind up drinking it yourself”.

When you forgive the one who has wronged you, you cut the rope and set two people free.

- Ron Hutchcraft