How Great is Our God

Tonight, my heart is so full with the goodness of the Lord. Monte's participation in the Society of Pentecostal Studies conference last year in Virginia, USA and this year at Seattle, USA is testament to the divine providence of God. The Lord opened the door of Ministry but we lack the funds for Monte to go. God miraculously provided the needed finances to show us that He has all the resources in His hands.

Monte went and came back to Singapore full of the things that God had placed in His heart and Spirit. The work of God in us cannot be purchased by money. It is not the earthly success that the world thinks of. It is the work of God's Spirit. It is the work of His power.  It is so precious and priceless because God gives His best to us.

All we can say is that we can never ever out do and out give Him. He stretches our faith to believe for the impossible. We are mindful of the smallness of our strength, our limitations and inadequacies. But the Lord overlooks all these. He zeroes into the depth of our being and shows us His heart. He unfolds His plans and purposes to us when we seek His face.  He opened our eyes to see that all things are possible for Him.

Our 14th Wedding Anniversary

Today marks the 14th year of our marriage.  I thank God for these years that He has led us through a wonderful journey filled with His grace, strength, hope, joy, peace and countless blessings which God has freely lavished on us. We stand amazed at His greatness and goodness.  He opened our eyes to see miracles and our hearts leap with joy when we see Him in His glory, splendour and grace.

I thank God for Monte who has given me the best years of my life.  We are reminded that it is God who put two different persons with different upbringing, character, values, personality together.  It is not because we are a perfect match for each other.  The only reason two hearts melted into one is because of the Lord's love and presence in us.  He gels us together.  He cements us together.  He super-glued us together with His great love.  

We are thankful for each day that God has blessed us.  We seize every moment to experience the greatness, boundlessness and bigness of our loving God who is faithful and true.  We allow the Lord to do a deep and lasting work in our life in Him.  In Christ alone, we put our trust.

Amazing God

Monte posted the following posted the early hours today:

"Brothers and sisters, I am at the airport now and will fly off to the USA for about ten days. First stop is Seattle WA where later in the week I will attend the Society for Pentecostal Studies meeting to deliver a paper on, in layman terms, spiritual and life formation. 

My thanks especially to a number of Beloved friends in Christ who provided in my behalf to make this trip possible. To both you and many others who remember me in prayer, again, your treasured prayer for God's angelic oversight is appreciated during this trip. I will keep you informed (Phil. 4:10-13, 19, 23). 

Remember my dearest wife Jee Fong Tan-Rice, of whom I will be separate from during our wedding anniversary (20 March). My family will fly me down to Fresno, California to visit them for a few days, and then I will return to Seattle for the flight back to Singapore on 29 March."

As I read what Monte had posted, my heart well up with gratitude to the Lord. He opened the door for Monte to present the paper at the SPS conference and provided the resources to meet every need. Monte and I have experienced the Lord in an awesome dimension that we have never imagine. The Lord is truly awesome and glorious. Our limited vocabulary is insufficient to express our deep appreciation to His work in us. We give thanks to the people who have given financially and prayed for us in this endeavour. We continue to posture our hearts to our loving God and Father who is faithful, wonderful and mighty. God is good all the time.