ENGLISH SERVICE
26 October 2025
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Philippians 2:5-11
Ps Simon Lam
As followers of Christ, we are to have ‘the mind of Christ’, living as disciples with a mindset of humility, obedience, and selfless service. In Philippians 2:5–11, Paul’s call to have this same mindset is not optional but a command to live continuously with Christ’s attitude. True discipleship is a life of servanthood that can follow the five principles of S.E.R.V.E.
Serve with Humility: Like Jesus washing His disciples’ feet, we are called to take the towel, not the throne. Serving is the highest form of leadership in God’s kingdom. Humility is not thinking less of ourselves but thinking of ourselves less. As it was for John the Baptist, Jesus must increase while we must decrease.
Engage in Obedience: Obedience is our love for God in action and will involve sacrifice. Jesus obeyed the Father even unto death, paying the high cost of full obedience. Obedience plants a seed of transformation and releases something divine. When Christ obeyed, salvation was born.
Rely on God’s Reward: We should seek heaven’s applause, not man’s, when we serve others. Remember that God exalted Jesus only after His very public humiliation on the cross.
Value Every Role: Every role can reveal Christ and His love. Every act of service, no matter how small, matters in God’s kingdom. The unseen servant is as vital as the visible leader.
Evangelise through Service: Let love and action reveal Jesus. The world sees Jesus through loving action more than words. When others look at our lives and actions, will they say, “I saw Jesus in their service”?
When we serve with Christ’s mindset, His presence is seen in our homes, church, and community.
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活石华语崇拜
26 October 2025
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创世记 49:29-33, 希伯来书 12:1
讲员: 林建成牧师
25 October 2025
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Psalm 145:18, Luke 18:1-8, John 15:7
Rev Emanuel Goh
ENGLISH SERVICE
19 October 2025
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Psalm 145:18, Luke 18:1-8, John 15:7
Rev Emanuel Goh
There are many things in the Bible that are easier said than done, and praying continuously is one of them. The Book of Psalms, known to be the book of prayer, is filled with 150 psalms that were central to the worship life of the Israelites, used in for devotions, lament and thanksgiving.
The Psalms are still relevant today as they speak to very real emotions we face in our lives, like fear and guilt. Yet, the Psalms often teach us to move forward towards faith and praise. Psalm 13 provides a powerful example of how we may start with a complaint, crying out the Lord, but eventually find ourselves filled with confidence and celebration in Him.
Prayer helps us to refocus on God when we face our problems. When we pray, we lift our eyes back to Jesus, the one who is above our problems. Instead of magnifying the problems in front of us, we magnify God who reigns above us. Our perspective will change when we turn our eyes from our problem to the problem solver through prayer (Psalm 145:18).
But what can we do when prayer does not yield immediate results? In Luke 18, Jesus shares a parable with his disciples of a widow who moved an unjust judge to act through her persistence. Jesus was encouraging them to persist in prayer and not to lose heart. Persistent prayer not only keeps us in constant communion with God, but it also builds enduring faith in the waiting. To be persistent is to refuse to stop trusting in our faithful and loving God.
John 15:7 says, “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” Rather than a “genie in a bottle” situation, Jesus is drawing attention to the “vine and branches” relationship that we are called to have with God – a relationship that starts with dependence on God, gets built through continual relationship with Him, and produces fruitfulness. It is in this relationship that we move from praying not just for what we want, but also for what God desires.
When we pray, persist, and abide in Him, we will find that God is nearer, stronger, and more faithful than we ever imagined.
💬 Reflection Questions:
1. How is your prayer life now? What are some things you hope to change or improve on?
2. When challenges arise, do you first turn to God in prayer or to your own strength? What would it look like this week to make prayer your first response instead of your last resort?
3. How can you help build a praying community in your workplace, church and home? What practical step can you take (such as setting a fixed prayer time, joining a prayer group, or keeping a prayer journal) to stay connected to God and His Word daily?
活石华语崇拜
19 October 2025
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创世记 41:37-52
讲员: 李宗高博士牧师
18 October 2025
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Mark 10:17-31
Ps Wendy Yong
ENGLISH SERVICE
12 October 2025
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Matthew 5:13-16
Mr Charis Lim
Work takes up most of our waking hours, yet many see it as mere drudgery. However, God calls us to see work not just as a duty, but as a calling. As followers of Christ, we are called to bring His hope and love into the spaces we inhabit daily. When we see our work as worship, we become His salt and light and a powerful witness for His glory.
The Purpose of the Call
Work isn’t about self-actualisation but about fulfilling God’s call for our lives in the various vocations or ministries. All of us share the same primary call, which is to follow Jesus, with our secondary call being to do the work he entrusts to us. When our calling is disconnected from the Caller, it loses meaning.
Joseph, Moses, Bezalel, David, Nehemiah, and Esther all served in secular roles. Yet through their positions, they fulfilled the Lord’s purposes. Likewise, God places us in specific vocations today to fulfil his purpose in our generation.
Let us remember that the work that we do has purpose and meaning, because He’s the one who calls us and brings meaning to it. That’s how we find the purpose of the Call.
The Problem of the Call
Since the Fall (Genesis 3), we often look at the fruit instead of our heavenly Father – chasing results, rewards and recognition. When work defines our identity, it fuels selfish ambition as we root our meaning and identity on our work. As we give everything to our work, we must be careful that our work doesn’t displaces God from the throne of our heart. If so, work becomes our idol.
Learning from King Solomon, if our work is our principal means of finding satisfaction in life, we will never be satisfied because only in God will we find true satisfaction. Comparison further robs us of our joy, making us envy or covet the callings of others. As we discern our secondary callings and places to work, we must remember that God’s call never contradicts His character. He would not lead us into careers that stand against kingdom values. Our primary call and secondary call need to be aligned. We need to stay in our lane, fix our eyes on Jesus and run our race.
The Power of the Call
We are called to be salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16) where God has placed us – be it in family, education, arts, business, media and government. Salt quietly preserves what’s good; light boldly reveals God’s truth.
Every believer is a minister, and our workplace is our congregation. We reveal the Power of the call when the work we are called to do fulfils God’s redemptive purpose in whichever sphere we may be called to.
Our work is a platform for the power of God to be revealed. This can be done through the 6 Rs: Reconcile lost men to God. Repair broken systems. Remove injustice. Restore Godly values. Regenerate the environment. Rebuild relationships.
Through the Holy Spirit’s power (Acts 1:8), we can bring healing, demonstrate integrity and proclaim hope in Christ wherever we are.
💬 Reflection Questions:
1. How can you align your primary call to follow God with your secondary call in your current work or vocation? How does your work serve as a platform for ministry? Do share with each other.
2. Are you focusing on the “fruit” (material gains, status, or achievements) or the “Father” in your daily work and life? How can you shift your focus to not let work define your identity?
3. In what ways can you be a Salt and Light in your workplace or community, bringing God’s love and purpose into your sphere of influence? Pray for each other that God will use us, with the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to be His Salt and light in where He has called us.
活石华语崇拜
12 October 2025
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马太福音 5:13-16
讲员: 曾俊盛弟兄
11 October 2025
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Genesis 50:1-26
Rev Joey Chen
ENGLISH SERVICE
5 October 2025
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2 Corinthians 5:11-21
Rev Joey Chen
In 2 Corinthians 5, Apostle Paul says in verses 11, and 14-15 that Christ’s love compels him not to live for himself, but to live for Christ, and to persuade others to come to Christ. The Greek word sunecho translated as “compel” literally means “to hold in one’s grip”. Paul is not gripped by fear but God’s love. With this conviction of God’s love, we can know that it is no longer we who live but Christ who lives in us (Galatians 2:20)
To truly know God, one needs both logic and feelings in our relationship with Him. Even Saint Augustine realised he had missed out on seeing the fullness of God’s beauty when he did not engage his emotions to fully experience Him and His love. But once gripped by God’s love, he hungered and thirsted for Him.
How do we get gripped by God’s love? First, expect to encounter God whether through time with him in church, prayer or as you go about daily life. Second, eagerly seek to know God’s love. When we meditate on Scripture, or think about where God has been evident in our lives, He promises that if we seek, we will find.
How God’s love transforms. When we are filled with God’s love, we will live for His purposes and become His ambassadors. His love also transforms the way we see other people.
Being gripped by God’s love, we avoid the two temptations
As ambassadors of God, we are called to be in the world and not of the world. Our life situations may change but the mission does not. We are meant to live for God as His ambassadors and be part of the ministry of reconciliation bringing others to Christ. We are to be fully in the world, but not live as though we are of the world. Live in such a way as to increase your influence for God by pursuing excellence, having integrity and showing godly love. Being filled with God’s love, we will be transformed into new creations to live for His purposes, and love others as He loves.
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活石华语崇拜
5 October 2025
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创世纪 39:1-23
讲员: 郑国良博士
4 October 2025
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Genesis 48-49
Mr Joseph Quek