ENGLISH SERVICE
27 July 2025
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Genesis 37:1-36
Rev Dr Kow Shih Ming
❣️ Sermon Reflections & Discussion // 27 July 2025
What dreams are you building in your life? God has placed a unique dream in each of our hearts, a purpose that will build His kingdom and bring glory to Him. To build that dream, we must respond with faith, commitment, and a heart fully yielded to His direction. Below are four ways that we can start to build the dream that God has placed in our heart.
1. Prize God’s Dream
Not all dreams are created equal. The most meaningful dreams are those birthed in God’s heart and revealed to us through prayer, Scripture, and a relationship with Him. Valuing God’s dreams means aligning our ambitions to His will and seek His kingdom first. Watch out for dream destroyers such as family, friends, fear, and failure. Trust God and press forward despite challenges, knowing that His dream will be fulfilled in His time and way.
2. Pay the Price
Sometimes, a dream from God will come with a cost, building God’s dream may require us to give up comfort, convenience, or even approval. We must be ready to sacrifice time, resources, effort, and sometimes even our family and reputation to pursue what God has placed in our hearts. What are you unwilling to give up to build God’s dream for you? Know that the price is always worth paying when you can reap eternal outcomes for His glory. God uses challenges and delays to form Christlikeness in us. Like Joseph, who faced trials before fulfilling his God-given dream, we must trust God’s process and allow Him to shape us for His purposes.
3. Pursue Servanthood
To build our dream, we must learn to love as God does and have a servant heart. Christ Himself demonstrated servanthood by loving and caring for people in need. Being a servant of God is a high calling as it means always being on the lookout for those in need, those who hurt, and blessing them with God’s touch and healing.
4. Posture Your Heart
Just like an Olympic sprinter’s race depends on how he prepares at the starting blocks, we must position our hearts to fulfil God’s dream for us. This means letting God shape us through practices such as reading and living out His Word for transformation, spending quiet time in His presence, examining our lives with Him, and humbly receiving correction. These spiritual disciplines help form Christ in us, making us more like Him in character. When we posture our hearts in this way, we’re ready to run the race God has set before us.
If you are still seeking to have God’s dream revealed for you, start paying the price to have Christ formed in you. Pursue servanthood, and posture your heart with the spiritual disciplines. When He reveals His dream, you will then be ready to live the dream, just like Joseph!
Reflection Questions
1. What dream are you currently pursuing? How does it align with God’s dream for you to build His kingdom and bring Him glory?
2. What sacrifices or changes do you need to make to build God’s dream for your life?
3. How can you intentionally practice spiritual disciplines to posture your heart for God’s dream?
活石华语崇拜
27 July 2025
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创世纪 35:1-29
讲员: 刘光明博士
26 July 2025
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Genesis 34:1-31
Rev Joey Chen
ENGLISH SERVICE
20 July 2025
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Genesis 36:1-43
Rev Joey Chen
❣️ Sermon Reflections & Discussion // 20 July 2025
Genealogies can seem tedious, and many tend to skip over the lists of names. However, 2 Timothy 3:16 reminds us that “all Scripture is God-breathed,” so there’s always something we can learn—even from genealogies. In Genesis 36, Esau’s family line offers us valuable insights into God’s grace, covenant promises, and how we should approach our own relationship with Him.
1. God’s Grace even to the Unfaithful
Though he despised his birthright and showed little interest in the spiritual blessings of God, Esau was still richly blessed. God’s promise to Abraham and Isaac was unconditional, and Esau, despite his actions, was part of that promise. Esau’s genealogy shows how his descendants became prosperous, and even became kings—a fulfilment of God’s covenant promise of kingship. This shows us that God extends His grace to all, even to those who don’t seem to deserve it (Matt 5:45).
2. Blessings vs. Covenant Privileges
While Esau received blessings, he did not fulfil the covenantal role that Jacob did. Esau sought material blessings but was indifferent to the privilege of being a vessel of God’s blessings to others. Jacob, despite his flaws, sought the spiritual blessings and understood that God’s mission wasn’t just about personal gain—it was about partnering God in blessing others. This is why Jacob’s line carried on the covenant, while Esau’s did not. The temptation to settle for common grace is real: are we settling for a comfortable life without embracing the deeper purpose God has for us?
3. The Call to Take the Covenant Seriously
Esau’s story invites us to reflect on our own relationship with God. It’s easy to assume that because we are experiencing blessings, everything is fine with our spiritual walk. But the true question is: are we valuing God’s covenant? Are we willing to take up the covenant privilege of being God’s instruments to bless others? It’s not about perfection, but about a heart that desires to live for God’s purposes, not just for personal benefit. Esau traded his birthright for a meal; many of us, in our own ways, may be tempted to trade the deeper, eternal blessings of God for temporary, worldly satisfactions.
God’s covenant is more than just about receiving blessings; it’s about being blessed to be a blessing. As God’s elected, let us not settle for the common grace of temporary blessings but seek the greater grace of partnering with God for His eternal purposes.
Reflection Questions
1. Describe an experience where you felt someone less deserving of you received a blessing. To what extent does knowing about God’s common grace help you make peace with that?
2. Esau desired God’s blessings but not the covenant privilege of becoming a blessing to others. Are you aware of any way in which you are resisting God’s invitation to be a channel of His blessings to others?
3. God’s election is not just about personal salvation but also the mission of saving the world. To be God’s elected is to make the Great Commission the mission of your life. What is one practical step you can take to contribute to the Great Commission?
活石华语崇拜
20 July 2025
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创世记 34
讲员: 戴国宾弟兄
19 July 2025
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Genesis 32:1-32
Rev Jacob Lim
PLMC 93rd Anniversary
Combined Service
13 July 2025
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Luke 10:1-2, 17-20
Pastor Dr Daniel Ho
Interpretor: Mr Ho Ting Xuan
❣️ Sermon Reflections & Discussion // 13 July 2025
What a joy that as a church family, we can celebrate our 93rd Anniversary! As we mark another milestone, we are reminded that as God’s beloved children, we are called to be on His Majesty’s service; to be a vessel of his blessing to the community and the nations.
1. The Lord’s Commission
Just as the disciples were sent on the great commission, God has called us all to serve him by going to the nations. This is an awesome privilege, a purposeful call and a powerful call. It is a privilege as we are called by our Lord Jesus, purposeful as we are on a mission and powerful as we are filled and led by the Spirit. What an honour and blessing!
2. The Lord’s Compassion
There are many out there who are harassed, helpless and lost. Our Lord’s heart aches for those lost without a shepherd and calls us to be agents of real change and blessings to them (Matt 9:35-38). We can be sensitive to the needs of the marginalised and despised just like how Jesus Christ reached out to Zacchaeus. The life of Zacchaeus was changed forever by that momentous encounter. God can use us as agents of His love and compassion to touch the lives of those in need and give them hope and a future.
3. The Lord’s Conclusion
We are not to rejoice that we can do all the amazing signs and wonders through the power of God in Jesus’ name. Instead, we are to rejoice that our names are written in heaven, in the book of Life. Most importantly, we want to share in the same heart and mission of Jesus, which is to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:19). and share the Gospel with those who have yet to hear. We can make an eternal difference as lives are touched, changed and transformed.
No one is too bad or too good for God. We all need Him! Let us share in the same heart and mission as our Lord Jesus Christ!
Reflection Questions
PLMC 93周年庆联合崇拜聚会
13 July 2025
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路加福音 10:1-2, 17-20
讲员: 何强赞博士牧师
翻译员: 何廷轩弟兄
ENGLISH SERVICE
6 July 2025
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Genesis 35:1-15
Rev Emanuel Goh
❣️ Sermon Reflections & Discussion // 6 July 2025
God calls us—like Jacob—to return to Him. No matter how far we’ve drifted or what we’ve faced, He invites us back into a renewed relationship marked by repentance, worship, and purpose.
1. Returning to Bethel = Returning to God
The phrase “home sweet home” is one that resonates with many of us. It represents the comfort and peace we feel when we return to a familiar and safe place—physically, emotionally, or spiritually. In Genesis 35, this phrase takes on deeper meaning as God calls Jacob back to Bethel. Bethel was not just a location; it was where Jacob first encountered God, and returning there signified a renewal of his relationship with Him.
2. Renewal Involves Repentance
Jacob cleansed his household from idols. He built an altar, symbolising thanksgiving, rededication, and covenant remembrance. Jacob named the place El-Bethel which literally translates to “God of the House of God”. It showed that Jacob recognised the importance of a relationship with God over anything else.
3. Discerning God’s calling
We are called to a relationship first, then to purpose—to live intentionally where we are called at home, work, church, etc. Are you answering His call? God often confirms our calling through community and His Word. Staying close to God helps us hear Him. Like sheep who know the shepherd’s voice, we discern God’s voice and hear Him better the closer we walk with Him.
4. Challenges Still Exist After Obedience
Even after returning to God, Jacob faced grief and family failure (Gen 35:16-22). These incidents remind us that God does not promise a life without pain; He promises His presence with us through it all.
God is calling you back home to a relationship with Him. Just like Jacob, you can return. Whether we feel lost, overwhelmed, distant, or numb, God’s call is unchanging. Through Jesus, we are able to return to find forgiveness, grace, restoration and peace.
Reflection Questions
1. Is there a place or time in your life where you once encountered God deeply? What’s keeping you from returning to that spiritual attitude today?
2. Is there anything or anyone competing with Jesus for the throne of your heart?
3. How can you intentionally build a spiritual memory—a “Bethel”—to mark God’s work in your life?
活石华语崇拜
6 July 2025
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创世记 33:1-11
讲员: 林建成牧师
5 July 2025
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Genesis 32
Mr Eugene Cheong