Speaker for this week.......30th August 2009

Our Speaker for this Sunday Celebration Service is be Rev Pervez M.Naz, the General Secretary of AOG Pakistan. He has been in the Ministry for 19 years and he graduated from the FGA Bible College. He has a pastoral calling and the gift of teaching. He is married to sister Treeza and is blessed with two boys, Jeremiah and Jeshuron.
Come and blessed with God's servant.

Ladies Hi-Tea on 5th September

Calling all ladies.................
The Ladies Ministry is organizing the 2nd meeting in September.
A Hi-Tea get together for some makan makan fellowship , chit chatting and they have also invited a special guest to share on nutrition and health for ladies

Date 5th of September, Saturday
Time: 3.00p.m to 5.oopm
Venue: Daily Meal cafe, Kota Kemuning
Speaker : Sis. Catherine Kong
Topic : NUTRITION FOR WOMEN
Cost : RM20 each RM10 for those above 60 years old

Selling seats soon..........grab your tickets and invite your friends to come and just have a ladies day out together.........

Sunday Service 9th August.....................

We welcome our outreach Pastor Davidson Lawrence from Oasis Assemblies of God Johor Bahru to our Church to minister God's Word to us this morning 9th August at our 10:30am service............. He is married to sis. Melissa and they have four lovely children who loves the Lord very much.
Come be inspired and challenge by the word of testimony and God's Word for us this morning..Come and be blessed!
Have a wonderful and blessed Sunday Service!

Who am I by Casting Crown

Spiritual Leadership Training

The Men Ministry is organising a Spiritual Leadership Training on the 8th August 2009 , Saturday from 2.30 to 5.00p.m in The Church.
They have invited Rev. Ronald Ooi to conduct this training. All leaders and members are welcome to participate . Come learn and be enriched by Godly spiritual insights unto being a leader that leads with a difference.

Pictures from the father's day Celebration

On 14th of June we celebrated Father's day with our invited speaker Ps. Barnard from Tasmania. He ministered a powerful message and prayed he took time to minister individually to all who responded to the altar call. He spoke into their lives and encourage them in their walk with the Lord. It was a wonderful service.

To God be the Glory!

OUR SERVICE

Pastor Sean and the worship team lead by Sis. Debbie

Praying for the "Refugee Feeding and Tuition Program" and the volunteers ......Sis. Grace , Bro. John and sis.Mary

HOLY COMMUNION

Pastor Sean and Bro. Anderson praying for the Holy Communion

A time of self reflection and rededication

The Church preparing for the Holy Communion even the little children join in this sacred act of worship

THE FATHERS



Our GTSA men

Our Fathers all lined up in a row to be prayed for

Bro. Jimmy and Pastor Israel

Pastor Anthony blessing and praying for all the Fathers

Our Men receiving the blessings.

The gifts...

Presentation of gifts to the fathers...here we see Johnathan, Raymond and Stanley

THE SPECIAL


Special presentation by the young ladies...Fharyl, Vivian and Emelia

THE PREACHING

Pastor Barnard making a point during his preaching

Pastor Barnard continue to share from his heart

Having a good laugh with the interpreter Bro. Anderson

THE ALTAR MINISTRY



Ps Barnard opening up the altar ministry

The respond......

Praying for the needs of the members....here we see sis Li Pei


The youths responding to God

Praying for the couples and their families




Belinda is being ministered by Ps. Barnard

Ministering to the elderly and the sick in body........here we see Ps. Barnard praying for Sis. Kit's mom

Praying for Sis Gina's Mom and reaffirming the prayer to her




The members supporting in prayers


Praying for Hui Ching

Praying for Sis. Kit


We ended the service by praying in unity for GTSA Church..the Pastors and the Church members held hands and believed for God to do a greater work in our lives and in the Church. It's time to move on to greater heights and ministries for the Church.

Church let us continue to remain faithful to the calling we profess in Him and be committed to God and to serve His Church and His people with the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. Be joyful and strengthen to serve God for His glory.

Amen!

These are the photos taken on Father's day Celebration. Enjoy the photos and watch those unseen moments. Photos courtesy of Sis. Wendy

Water Baptism in July

What Does Baptism Mean?

The person who is baptized identifies with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
The apostle Paul explained that baptism also symbolizes the believer's union with Christ:
"or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." (Romans 6:3-4).

Immersion in the baptismal waters symbolizes the end of the old way of life. Coming up out of the baptismal waters pictures the new life found in Christ. The person who was previously dead in sin has been made spiritually alive by the same power that raised up Jesus from the grave.

United with Him, the believer is released from the power of sin in order to obey God.
Paul portrays this life change as putting on new clothes: “for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ” (Galatians 3:27).

Baptism for Believers

Baptism followed repentance and faith in New Testament times. Peter invited his listeners on the Day of Pentecost to
“Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven.” (Acts 2:38 NIV).

Three thousand persons responded to the invitation, and "those who accepted his message were baptized" (Acts 2:41).

When the apostles took the gospel across the Roman Empire from Jerusalem, new churches were established, and believers were baptized soon after they turned away from sin and put their trust in Christ for salvation. Acts 18:18 says, “many of the Corinthians who heard [Paul] believed and were baptized.”

Those who have repented of sin and put their faith in Jesus Christ for eternal life are encouraged to take this step of obedience.

How Should You Be Baptized?

The Bible word for "baptize" means "immerse, douse, or saturate." In the two full descriptions of baptism found in the New Testament individuals were immersed in water. Jesus was baptized by John in the Jordan River to identify Himself as God's Son: “As soon as be was baptized, [he] went up out of the water” (Matthew 3:16).

Because of the meaning of the word baptism Good Tidings practices baptism by immersion. Therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19 NH).

Though the Bible does not state a minimum age at which a person may be baptized, an individual believer should be old enough to understand the significance of baptism. Baptism is not required to receive God's salvation. However, all who have trusted Christ for salvation are encouraged to follow Him in baptism as a step of obedience.
Any cases where immersion is impossible due to physical limitations, an alternate mode is acceptable.


GTSA Baptism Services
Next Baptism Service is July 19, 2009 - See Pastor Anthony or Bro. Charlie if you would like to participate

Wisdom in remembering scriptures.......

A woman had just returned to her home from an evening of church services, when she was startled by an intruder. She caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables and yelled:

'Stop! Acts 2:38!'

Which was.....(Repent and be Baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins

may be forgiven.)

The burglar stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done.

As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar: 'Why did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a scripture to you.

''Scripture????' replied the burglar.

'She said she had an Axe and Two 38s!'

(It is wise to memorise your scriptures.........)

Celebrating Our Fathers....

Tribute to Father

4 years: My Daddy can do anything!

7 years: My Dad knows a lot…a whole lot.

8 years: My father does not know quite everything.

12 years: Oh well, naturally Father does not know that either.

14 years: Oh, Father? He is hopelessly old-fashioned.

21 years: Oh, that man-he is out of date!

25 years: He knows a little bit about it, but not much.

30 years: I must find out what Dad thinks about it.

35 years: Before we decide, we will get Dad's idea first.

50 years: What would Dad have thought about that?

60 years: My Dad knew literally everything!

65 years: I wish I could talk it over with Dad once more.

"Honour your father and mother.”

This is the first of the Ten Commandments that ends with a promise.
And this is the promise: If you honor your father and mother, "you will live a long life, full of blessing.”

And now a word to you fathers.

Don't make your children angry by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction approved by the Lord. Ephesians Chapter 6 verses 2 - 4

Fathers are the biggest source of strength for a child. The innocent eyes of a child perceive father as the all-powerful, most knowledge, truly affectionate and the most important person in the family. For daughters, fathers are the first men they adore and fall in love with. While for sons their fathers are the strongest person they know and someone they aspire to emulate. Even for the grownups fathers are someone whom they look up to for the most experienced and honest advice that is always in the best of our interest. For this great figure in our life that we know as father - it becomes our utmost duty to pay our humblest tribute on the occasion of Father's Day.

Say Thanks to Dad on Father's Day

Children blessed with a loving father should consider themselves blessed. For, they have someone to take care of their needs and interests. Someone to stop them when they are diverting to a wrong path and guide them on a road to success and virtue. For many of us fathers have always been there to solve our innumerous mathematics and science problems and explain the same formula hundredth time or better still until it is understood by us. Fathers would never ever give a smallest of hint to let us know how hard they work to take care of our needs and fulfill even the most whimsical of demands... For all their adorable scolding and affectionate punishments we all owe a big thanks to our Dads.

Apologize to Dad on Father's Day

Father's Day also brings with it the wonderful opportunity to apologize for all our rude and insensitive behavior. We as children often take the love and affection of our parents for granted and treat them with outright contempt. We need to apologize. We must feel great to have the presence of loving father in our lives and do not disrespect the blessing of God on us. On Father's Day we must says “Sorry” to our Dad and seek their forgiveness for our wrong behavior.


Celebrate Father's Day with Dad

We must make all efforts to celebrate Father's Day with our Dad. Children staying away from father must especially strive to spend the day with father and show gratitude for all their support and love. It could be going out or indulging him with a gourmet meal. We can also express love with thoughtful gifts. The idea is to show our affection and tell Daddy how much he is loved and appreciated not just on Father's Day but every single day of our lives.

Youths outing to Bukit Cahaya on 24th May

YOUTH OUTING

The youths organised an outing to Bukit Cahaya 2 weeks ago and they had a wonderful day trip outing....Lot's of fun...laughters...and heat too.....but they enjoyed themselves very much.

Parents send your young teens to join Sis. Fharyl and the team. The Youth Ministry of

GTSA is a ministry to reach out and to nurther youths in leadership and spiritual growth.

Youths meet every Sunday at 2pm at the Chinese Church Sanctuary.....