BY PR DR JEREMY CHEW

(EXTRACTED FROM “STRENGTHENING YOUR GRIP” BY CHARLES R. SWINDOLL)

               A bone-weary father dragged himself into his home dog-tired late one evening. It had been one of those unbelievable days of pressure, deadlines, and demands. He looked forward to a time of relaxation and quietness. Exhausted, he picked up the evening paper and headed for his favorite easy chair by the fireplace. About the time he got his shoes untied, plop! into his lap dropped his five-year-old son with an excited grin on his face.

BY PR DR JEREMY CHEW

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

PHILIPPIANS 4:6

         Do not be anxious about anything?  That’s easier said than done.  What could Paul be thinking?

BY PR DR JEREMY CHEW

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.

Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” (JOHN 14:27)

To the Greeks of Jesus’ time “peace” is the absence of war. Today we generally understand “peace” as a state of tranquility that is free from worry. Therefore, it is difficult to have peace in present times when the Covid-19 virus seems to encroach upon our lives, or when final exams loom over the weekend.Q

BY PR DR JEREMY CHEW

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”

MATTHEW 6:26

KELLY NEW (PASTORAL INTERN)

I wish my parents knew…

“… that I am scared and I’m hurt.”

“… they could focus on me instead of my results.”

“… how much I love them and I hope they love me too.”

“… I hope they would stop working for a while just to talk to me.”

These are the words I have been reading and hearing lately, serving as a chaplain in school. For some, having a complete family feels like a dream that will never come true; and yet for others, their complete family is the nightmare they can never wake up from.

REV DR FOREST KOH

I went jogging. The decision to change direction from the same route gave me a new perspective. The view was different, the smell was different, the layout of the route looked different too! This is like now a road never before taken. The route felt longer because everything looked new. Same circuit, same distance, same starting point, but a fresh direction.

Everything was new in my first year at GPC. When I first started, I was full of passion. And after just one year, my heart is heavy, like it got stuck along the way. I need something more to push myself forward. But what is this “something more”?