Monday, October 21, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Onwards and Into Eternity
Dearest Friends and Family,
It is with great joy that we announce the promotion of our dear friend, brother, son, father and husband, Kenny Gan Eng Huat, to glory. He passed away on Saturday, 17 November 2012 in Singapore. Both his wife, Bee Lee and his only daughter, Debbie, were there with him.
He suffers no longer and is with hid Lord and saviour. So though we miss him dearly and may cry over our loss, we rejoice in God's great goodness in taking His servant home to be with Him.
Thank you for journeying with us as a family and we pray that you would continue to do so.
Be blessed and be encouraged.
It is with great joy that we announce the promotion of our dear friend, brother, son, father and husband, Kenny Gan Eng Huat, to glory. He passed away on Saturday, 17 November 2012 in Singapore. Both his wife, Bee Lee and his only daughter, Debbie, were there with him.
He suffers no longer and is with hid Lord and saviour. So though we miss him dearly and may cry over our loss, we rejoice in God's great goodness in taking His servant home to be with Him.
Thank you for journeying with us as a family and we pray that you would continue to do so.
Be blessed and be encouraged.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Slow in Applying
Yes I am way overdue. Its been awhile and I have been procrastinating, especially when I found out that it is no longer link to facebook. In any case I know that the Lord has been speaking to me loads and I am just too slow to apply to my life all that He has shown, basically because it is so easy for us all to continue to indulge in the desires of the flesh, what we want rather then what He wants. I have to constantly reflect on the times passed and what I have actually done with what He has shown, honestly speaking, not much. Someone once said, "Procrastination is sin in slow motion". Quite a thought and it may have more truth than we would love to admit. As I reflected the many years I have "heard the Lord"I realised that I have given a deaf ear more often than I would like to admit. Though men/women may not see or perceive yet we know that we can never hide from the Lord. Nothing is hidden before Him. The so-called hidden desires and thoughts are ever before Him and He searches the hearts and minds of men.
I have yet to respond to recent revelation from Him and He has allowed circumstances to grant me the grace to awaken my slothfulness. Thanks again to all my amazing faithful brothers and sisters who have stood before the Lord on my behalf. Praise be to the God of Father and to our Lord Jesus who has given us His Holy Spirit to remind us, teach us and to carry us through. I am hoping to be able to finish our belated newsletter soon. More of His truth will be revealed. Be bless.
I have yet to respond to recent revelation from Him and He has allowed circumstances to grant me the grace to awaken my slothfulness. Thanks again to all my amazing faithful brothers and sisters who have stood before the Lord on my behalf. Praise be to the God of Father and to our Lord Jesus who has given us His Holy Spirit to remind us, teach us and to carry us through. I am hoping to be able to finish our belated newsletter soon. More of His truth will be revealed. Be bless.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Gratitude
Hi There its me again after a long silence. I didn't realise how fast time has gone by, its been over two months since my last update. It has been such a tight schedule that I find difficult in sitting down to write. Its been an incredibly eventful and fulfilling time. New Zealand,Australia, Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore have been such a blessed time that we cannot help but give praise to the Lord for His amazing goodness. Our hearts are full of gratitude to the Lord for His grace and mercy. Though we face new challenges the Lord is still able to use us in the midst of our physical limitations, namely me. Apart from my ears giving me problems of hearing now my eyes is slowing me down with seeing, its double vision. We are thankful that the Lord is not limited in His dealings with our lives. We can still be a channel of His blessings in the midst of all our challenges.
It was good catching up with Debbie in Melbourne, Singapore on Logos Hope and now with us in London. Friends that the Lord gave us through the years have been incredibly invaluable. We continue to trust the Lord for what is ahead and grateful for what has passed us by. Looking back to 2011 we know we can only count our blessings. With the Lord its always blessings and nothing less. we need to let the blessings flow through us that others may enjoy that same blessings that the Lord has blessed us with. We hope you have been blessed as well. The blessings of the Lord is always holistic, its not just the spiritual but also the material, social, emotional and mental...which means he keeps us sane and happy. PTL. I pray that we will all be able to take that time and praise Him for His goodness and for all that He has done. If you have not been able to experience His grace and goodness you can always have a chat with the Lord. We want to thank many of you who have been standing with us all this time. May the Lord be with you always.
Kenny Gan
It was good catching up with Debbie in Melbourne, Singapore on Logos Hope and now with us in London. Friends that the Lord gave us through the years have been incredibly invaluable. We continue to trust the Lord for what is ahead and grateful for what has passed us by. Looking back to 2011 we know we can only count our blessings. With the Lord its always blessings and nothing less. we need to let the blessings flow through us that others may enjoy that same blessings that the Lord has blessed us with. We hope you have been blessed as well. The blessings of the Lord is always holistic, its not just the spiritual but also the material, social, emotional and mental...which means he keeps us sane and happy. PTL. I pray that we will all be able to take that time and praise Him for His goodness and for all that He has done. If you have not been able to experience His grace and goodness you can always have a chat with the Lord. We want to thank many of you who have been standing with us all this time. May the Lord be with you always.
Kenny Gan
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
SPEAKS KNOWLEDGE AND SPEAKING LIFE
To Friends I Missed,
No matter where we turn we see people, people going places and doing things, others are just dreaming, thinking and wondering of lives wants, lost, joy and sadness. Much have gone through the lives of people all over the globe. In most cases when tragedy strikes or when loneliness creeps in then the individual begin to think about the purpose, meaning and reason for living. We would think this only happens to non-Christians and questions like these only comes to the mind of the unbeliever. Unfortunately believers alike asked the same questions even if they say "I KNOW" WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS AND WHAT JESUS PROMISED.....BUT... it seems like I only have an existence and not a life. This makes going to church and performing Christian duties and rituals a chore and a burden. The cliche "I KNOW" is a common one and yet the assurance is not firm and lack confidence.
Looking back to the last few months with the feedback that have been received after almost every meeting it does provoked new challenges to the life of any preacher, primarily me. Repeatedly men and women have said, "When you speak I felt life coming out of you or it touched my life, or it really brought life". The latest was in a bible school when someone said, "Most of the time we hear people speak knowledge here but you speak life". This cause me to ask myself, What do they mean? Thousands have heard the word being spoken week after week and maybe even day after day and yet it remains just "Knowledge". The word of God is the word of Life and Jesus is THE WORD and HE IS LIFE, that means the WORD SHOULD GIVE LIFE and not just knowledge. In preaching then I have to ask myself why are some giving just knowledge and some life? What do we have KNOWLEDGE OR LIFE? Do we share KNOWLEDGE OR DO WE SHARE LIFE? When knowledge is applied to daily living this is what some people called life, the word becoming flesh. The written word that becoming the living word.
That means it is for everyone of us to live out the word given to us through the scriptures so that become the living word and share the word of life to those around us. May the Lord help us by the indwelling Spirit to be totally obedient to the written word of truth. The visit to New Zealand brought about fresh challenges to our personal ministry. The Lord answering prayers and touching lives through weak vessels like us. Humbling, sobering and convicting. To Him be all praise, honour and glory.
Kenny Gan
No matter where we turn we see people, people going places and doing things, others are just dreaming, thinking and wondering of lives wants, lost, joy and sadness. Much have gone through the lives of people all over the globe. In most cases when tragedy strikes or when loneliness creeps in then the individual begin to think about the purpose, meaning and reason for living. We would think this only happens to non-Christians and questions like these only comes to the mind of the unbeliever. Unfortunately believers alike asked the same questions even if they say "I KNOW" WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS AND WHAT JESUS PROMISED.....BUT... it seems like I only have an existence and not a life. This makes going to church and performing Christian duties and rituals a chore and a burden. The cliche "I KNOW" is a common one and yet the assurance is not firm and lack confidence.
Looking back to the last few months with the feedback that have been received after almost every meeting it does provoked new challenges to the life of any preacher, primarily me. Repeatedly men and women have said, "When you speak I felt life coming out of you or it touched my life, or it really brought life". The latest was in a bible school when someone said, "Most of the time we hear people speak knowledge here but you speak life". This cause me to ask myself, What do they mean? Thousands have heard the word being spoken week after week and maybe even day after day and yet it remains just "Knowledge". The word of God is the word of Life and Jesus is THE WORD and HE IS LIFE, that means the WORD SHOULD GIVE LIFE and not just knowledge. In preaching then I have to ask myself why are some giving just knowledge and some life? What do we have KNOWLEDGE OR LIFE? Do we share KNOWLEDGE OR DO WE SHARE LIFE? When knowledge is applied to daily living this is what some people called life, the word becoming flesh. The written word that becoming the living word.
That means it is for everyone of us to live out the word given to us through the scriptures so that become the living word and share the word of life to those around us. May the Lord help us by the indwelling Spirit to be totally obedient to the written word of truth. The visit to New Zealand brought about fresh challenges to our personal ministry. The Lord answering prayers and touching lives through weak vessels like us. Humbling, sobering and convicting. To Him be all praise, honour and glory.
Kenny Gan
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
FAITH REVEALED ......BEYOND FACEBOOK......
Hello People,
It is another occasion for updates and sharing what the Lord has been laying upon my heart as I continue to listen to Him. I have been encouraged by the many "GOOD THINGS" AND "GOOD WORDS" found on facebook and on the internet, and the Lord has used it in an amazing way for which I am deeply grateful. However as I sat down and contemplate on issues I realised that there are many whose faith are confined to facebook, emails and the confines of their comfort zone, it is never revealed and was never seen. Its known as my "PRIVATE FAITH". It is never seen or shared since it is a Private faith. This thought has challenged me to think about my own faith. Is it relevent? Is it worth having this faith (in the Lord Jesus) and living it? Is it worth sharing? In most cases I find myself and many Christians sharing their struggles with one another and finding difficulty is trying to share their faith. It seems that every challenge in life either shake our faith or strengthen it. I realised that in my conversation with many it does strengthen our faith and in some cases it created doubt and fear. My question then is what or where do I put my faith in? Is my faith base just in a set of beliefs or a belief system, or is my faith base on my walk and my trust in Jesus? A belief system or a set of beliefs has no foundation or reality. A belief system give us religion but believing in Christ gives us a relationship. A belief system can only reveal religiosity and not reality. What is real is Jesus. If we have not had a relationship with Jesus than there is no basis for faith and it cannot be revealed. What can and should be revealed is Christ in us and not a Christian belief in us. A revealed faith is revealing Christ and our relationship to Him, and this word "CHRIST" must be made flesh as we dwell amongst men and women so that they can see His glory and give praise to the Father as well as putting their trust in Him whom they have seen in and through our lives. This is such a great challenge to my soul and to my faith. My faith should be revealed so as to fulfill what Jesus said about you and I being "The Light of the World" and the Salt of the earth". It is not meant to be a hidden faith, not behind facebook, the internet or in the confines of our comfort zone. I must than "GO"....and make disciples of all nations and "BE A WITNESS" in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria and to the Uttermost parts of the earth or to wherever the Lord send me. This is where I know I can say "I BELIEVE IN JESUS!!!" Of course the Lord does understand if our circumstances hinders us from doing so, otherwise we are really without much excuse. I know I don't have one. Do you my brothers and sisters? It is a challenge for me. Something for me to continually pray about and give myself to. He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger but I must not be stiff neck and put Him to the test. LORD LEAD ME.
Kenny Gan
It is another occasion for updates and sharing what the Lord has been laying upon my heart as I continue to listen to Him. I have been encouraged by the many "GOOD THINGS" AND "GOOD WORDS" found on facebook and on the internet, and the Lord has used it in an amazing way for which I am deeply grateful. However as I sat down and contemplate on issues I realised that there are many whose faith are confined to facebook, emails and the confines of their comfort zone, it is never revealed and was never seen. Its known as my "PRIVATE FAITH". It is never seen or shared since it is a Private faith. This thought has challenged me to think about my own faith. Is it relevent? Is it worth having this faith (in the Lord Jesus) and living it? Is it worth sharing? In most cases I find myself and many Christians sharing their struggles with one another and finding difficulty is trying to share their faith. It seems that every challenge in life either shake our faith or strengthen it. I realised that in my conversation with many it does strengthen our faith and in some cases it created doubt and fear. My question then is what or where do I put my faith in? Is my faith base just in a set of beliefs or a belief system, or is my faith base on my walk and my trust in Jesus? A belief system or a set of beliefs has no foundation or reality. A belief system give us religion but believing in Christ gives us a relationship. A belief system can only reveal religiosity and not reality. What is real is Jesus. If we have not had a relationship with Jesus than there is no basis for faith and it cannot be revealed. What can and should be revealed is Christ in us and not a Christian belief in us. A revealed faith is revealing Christ and our relationship to Him, and this word "CHRIST" must be made flesh as we dwell amongst men and women so that they can see His glory and give praise to the Father as well as putting their trust in Him whom they have seen in and through our lives. This is such a great challenge to my soul and to my faith. My faith should be revealed so as to fulfill what Jesus said about you and I being "The Light of the World" and the Salt of the earth". It is not meant to be a hidden faith, not behind facebook, the internet or in the confines of our comfort zone. I must than "GO"....and make disciples of all nations and "BE A WITNESS" in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria and to the Uttermost parts of the earth or to wherever the Lord send me. This is where I know I can say "I BELIEVE IN JESUS!!!" Of course the Lord does understand if our circumstances hinders us from doing so, otherwise we are really without much excuse. I know I don't have one. Do you my brothers and sisters? It is a challenge for me. Something for me to continually pray about and give myself to. He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger but I must not be stiff neck and put Him to the test. LORD LEAD ME.
Kenny Gan
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
SIMPLE TRUTH
Dear Praying Saints,
Very soon it will be time for us to have our next prayer-letter. I've just returned from Greenland with Bee Lee. It was a totally new experience for her and it is by far the best for me since I started visiting Greenland 6 years ago.
The Lord was gracious in looking into the details of our little needs, like having a toilet in the accommodation. We talked about it but decided to leave it to the Lord and again "Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart" (Psalm 37:4). Its difficult to imagine people getting excited about a toilet but it was a blessing from the Lord.
On a more serious note, we were reminded of a continual need to preach the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Time and again we tried to share the "simple truth" of God's word by making it as practical and as relevant as we possibly can. The simple truth, simplifying it to layman terms, is easier understood than many theological and doctrinal slogans that we use frequently in our conversations with Christians and non-Christians alike. We always presume that what was shared is understood as it should be but in many cases it wasn't understood, probably only in part. My prayer is that the Lord will grant me the wisdom and the ability to speak the simple truth that hearers will understand, appreciate and take to heart.
It was an incredibly humbling experience when the Lord gave many His light, that they began to understand His word and responded to it in Greenland. Many have said, "Now I understand". It is the light of the Lord through His Spirit that their eyes and minds were opened. It was equally humbling when people expressed their disappointment when one meeting was cancelled and replaced with some activities, especially since it was the non-Christians who expressed it.
The 10 sessions in five days seemed to pass us by and the hunger among the participants in the camp remains. It is a real encouragement when the church was filled up to capacity both on Sunday morning and Sunday night. News about the meetings drew many others who came for the first time, and as faithful as the Lord is, many were ministered to by His Spirit. There were yet many more tears.
I have been convicted even more during this trip that I must not only preach the "Simple Truth" but must be committed to make sure that it is also a demonstration of the power of God's Spirit at work in the lives of those who hear. It is a challenge not to allow oneself to preach out of routine and professionalism but to be continually a channel of His great spiritual blessings. I have said to myself often and have also shared with many others that we must live Spirit-filled lives that we may become a Spirit empowered witness, preaching the simple truth with His great power. I know that this is a challenge for every one of us who preaches the word of God. I have repented many times for preaching in the flesh. Pray with me, dear saints, that the Lord will deliver us from having a profession and not a ministry. We want to see many inspired and not just informed. Lord help us to speak the simple truth in your power.
For His Glory
Kenny Gan
Very soon it will be time for us to have our next prayer-letter. I've just returned from Greenland with Bee Lee. It was a totally new experience for her and it is by far the best for me since I started visiting Greenland 6 years ago.
The Lord was gracious in looking into the details of our little needs, like having a toilet in the accommodation. We talked about it but decided to leave it to the Lord and again "Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart" (Psalm 37:4). Its difficult to imagine people getting excited about a toilet but it was a blessing from the Lord.
On a more serious note, we were reminded of a continual need to preach the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Time and again we tried to share the "simple truth" of God's word by making it as practical and as relevant as we possibly can. The simple truth, simplifying it to layman terms, is easier understood than many theological and doctrinal slogans that we use frequently in our conversations with Christians and non-Christians alike. We always presume that what was shared is understood as it should be but in many cases it wasn't understood, probably only in part. My prayer is that the Lord will grant me the wisdom and the ability to speak the simple truth that hearers will understand, appreciate and take to heart.
It was an incredibly humbling experience when the Lord gave many His light, that they began to understand His word and responded to it in Greenland. Many have said, "Now I understand". It is the light of the Lord through His Spirit that their eyes and minds were opened. It was equally humbling when people expressed their disappointment when one meeting was cancelled and replaced with some activities, especially since it was the non-Christians who expressed it.
The 10 sessions in five days seemed to pass us by and the hunger among the participants in the camp remains. It is a real encouragement when the church was filled up to capacity both on Sunday morning and Sunday night. News about the meetings drew many others who came for the first time, and as faithful as the Lord is, many were ministered to by His Spirit. There were yet many more tears.
I have been convicted even more during this trip that I must not only preach the "Simple Truth" but must be committed to make sure that it is also a demonstration of the power of God's Spirit at work in the lives of those who hear. It is a challenge not to allow oneself to preach out of routine and professionalism but to be continually a channel of His great spiritual blessings. I have said to myself often and have also shared with many others that we must live Spirit-filled lives that we may become a Spirit empowered witness, preaching the simple truth with His great power. I know that this is a challenge for every one of us who preaches the word of God. I have repented many times for preaching in the flesh. Pray with me, dear saints, that the Lord will deliver us from having a profession and not a ministry. We want to see many inspired and not just informed. Lord help us to speak the simple truth in your power.
For His Glory
Kenny Gan
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