Lost & Restored

"Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old.  Behold I will do a new thing..." (Isa 43:18,19).

God has promised to do a new thing in the last days.  We are living in the most exciting time in the history of the Church.

As we look back over Church history, we are dismayed over the spiritual condition that is found in the Church in centuries past.  Isaiah describes it in these words.  "From head to foot, you are sick and weak and faint, covered with bruises and welts and infected wounds, unanointed and unbound.

"Your country lies in ruins; your cities are burned; while you watch, foreigners are destroying and plundering everything they see.,

"You stand there helpless and abandoned like a watchman's shanty in the field when the harvest-time is over - or when the crop is shipped and robbed" (Isa 1:6-8).

This graphic language accurately describes the condition of the Church through much of its history after the first century.

Is God doing a new thing? Yes, He is!  In our day, He is visiting the Church to restore it to its beauty and glory.



Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng

Humility , Not Pride

Humility is our safeguard for human error.  The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are ever subject or open to human error.  We can all make mistakes in this regard.

There is always a certain risk when God allows His perfect word to be spoken through imperfect men.

But God has provided a way to protect both His servant and His Word.  There is great safety in humility!

Humility in the Gifts of the Spirit is expressed in two ways:

• willingness to admit we can make mistakes.
• willingness to receive correction when we do make mistakes.

Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng

Praying In The Spirit

"for we know not what we should pray for..." (Rom 8:26).  As strange as it may seem, power in prayer is only for those humble enough to acknowledge that they do not know how to pray.

The Holy Spirit is looking for people like that so that He can empower them in prayer.  "...the Spirit helps us in our weakness.  We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express" (Rom 8:26 niv).

Only if we have the Holy Spirit's enablement in prayer, can we obey the command given by Paul in Ephesians 6:18; "keep on praying in the Spirit..Be alert - watch and pray".

Paul calls and encourages us to "pray in the Spirit".  This is one sure way of avoiding praying "amiss". 

Sometimes problems can be so large and people's lives so messed up, we don't know how to help them.  There are so many different kinds of probelms - involving decisions, people, places, finances, health and spiritual needs.

Often it seems that we are all "entangled" and we don't know who to untangle it.  We want to do the right thing, in the right way with the right people in the right place for the right reason.  But where and how should we start?

What a comfort thus, is to know that the Holy Spirit knows us better than we know ourselves.  He knows who we are, where we are and how we are.  He also knows that the Father's will and answer for every need.  His wisdom and power make up for our lack of knowledge.  The Holy Spirit compensates for our weakness and deficiencies in prayer.  And much more than that, He is ready to put the words so that we pray according to God's will.


Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng