THE POWER OF REMEMBRANCE

Dear Faithful Friends,

Its me again with an overdue update. Just to firstly praise God for His amazing goodness and to thank all of you who have been faithfully praying for us and standing in the gap on our behalf. The Lord has been gracious in removing the tumour from my nose and from my lymph node. On top of that He has also restored my liver and so now there are no more liver cirrhosis according to the latest scan result.

As I write this I am made aware that this is a recollection of what were and what now is according to the grace and mercy of God. I would therefore echo Ps. 103:1-4; "Bless the Lord, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name; Bless the Lord, O my soul and forget none of His benefits; who pardons all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases. Who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with loving kindness and compassion. (NASB, Read till verse 6)

For the last couple of weeks I have been reading Deuteronomy and it is known also as the book of remembrance where the whole of the old generation passed away and a new generation were waiting to enter the promised land. The Lord reminded the new generation of what He had done for their forefathers and how their forefathers was deprived of entering the promised land due to their stubbornness and rebellious nature. Constantly they were told to "remember" or "forget not".

Firstly I realised that remembering God's goodness and dealings helps us to put things into perspective, especially how He brought us out of slavery into a life of total freedom from sin and the nature of sin. Instead of ,moaning and groaning about how much we are suffering we will be thanking God for what He suffered for us.

Secondly our remembrance of His goodness, His faithfulness and His mercies will grant us greater confidence to move forward in faith, remembering that He who began a good work in us will bring it to completion (Phil 1:6) since HE who calls us is Faithful and He will do it. (1 Thess 5:24; Heb.10:25)

For our regular partaking of the Lord's supper we should remember Him, His life, death, resurrection and return. This should bring great encouragement and hope to our souls.

Remembering who He is, what He did, what He promised and what He is capable of doing will definitely bring about greater courage to live, walk and move forward in Faith. So praise the Lord for a BOOK that constantly reminds us of the God who was, and is and is to come.

We can look back with thanksgiving, stand firm and conquer, move forward in faith to the ALMIGHTY, FAITHFUL GOD who chose us and have made us His children. Hallelujah!!! Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.

Forever Grateful

Kenny Gan