PR EVANGELINE CHEONG

“Why can’t you think more positively?” my friend asked me with all curiosity. I smiled and replied, “but let us be realistic instead? Things are really hard now.” Positive thinking can help us, to not get stuck in the negative things yet it may not be too helpful to (as a song goes) “always look at the bright side of life!” Especially when life is not so rosy, and all of us stuck waiting for a pandemic to end, it is hard to stay positive, to suck it up and keep going.

ELDER KOH SEOW KIN

As 2020 began, some of us were gearing up for our first short-term mission trip to Nepal, in collaboration with All Saints Presbyterian Church and riding on their previous experience there. Air tickets were purchased. Then the Covid-19 situation turned serious in quick time. The team leader made the decision to call off the trip and it proved to be the correct decision. Before long, the “Circuit Breaker” (lockdown) was in place and practically all Singaporeans were home-bound.

BY REV GOH YONG KUANG

“..I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and all people.” - Paul (Acts 24:16, NLT)

Conscience... 

Some call it the voice of God.  To others, it’s simply a moral sense of right and wrong, which results in guilt feelings when one commits wrong. 

When people ask, “Where’s your conscience?” - it can either mean that the person in question lacks a conscience or that something is wrong with his or her conscience.  Perhaps, it has been ignored or suppressed for too long that it is no longer effective.

BY REV GOH YONG KUANG

“Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”

2 CORINTHIANS 6:2 (ESV)

Recently, the pastoral team received a request to pray for an elderly person’s salvation.  Such request often comes with a sense of urgency. This reminded me of a story…..

BY ELDER TAY TIONG CHOON

GENESIS 45:24 - Joseph’s parting remark to his brothers before sending them off - Do not quarrel on the way.

As I pondered over this, I wonder what it means for the leadership and our walk with God. Are we conducting ourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ?

BY ELDER CHAN HONG KIAT

Last week, the church announced that physical worship would cease until further notice. The news might come as a disappointment to those of us looking forward to worship in church. However, with the recent surge in community cases, it is right to suspend physical worship for now, in support of the government’s effort to curb community transmission.