Lord’s Day, Vol. 11 No. 3
9th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service
BHBPC’s 9th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service will be held, God willing, on the 29 January 2023, 3pm at the Worship Centre. Theme: Lo, I am With You Alway (Matthew 28:20)
We shall meditate upon the text given by our Lord Jesus in the Great Commission to the church before His ascension to heaven.
Matthew 28:18-20 (KJV). 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
God willing, the choir will sing the hymn “O Breath of Life” (RHC 233). Lyrics by Bessie Porter Head, Music by Norman Johnson.
This hymn is a penetrating and powerful prayer that God would equip and use His church in the world of today, by His Spirit. It’s a prayer for revival and renewal, a prayer for cleansing and equipping, in light of the words of the Lord Jesus:
John 4:35 (KJV) Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
Matthew 9:37-38 (KJV) Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
O Breath of Life
1 O Breath of life, come sweeping through us,
Revive Thy church with life and power;
O Breath of life, come, cleanse, renew us,
And fit Thy church to meet this hour.
2 O Wind of God, come bend us, break us,
Till humbly we confess our need;
Then in Thy tenderness remake us,
Revive, restore, for this we plead.
3 O Breath of love, come breathe within us,
Renewing thought and will and heart;
Come, Love of Christ, afresh to win us,
Revive Thy church in every part.
4 O Heart of Christ, once broken for us,
’Til there we find our strength and rest;
Our broken, contrite hearts now solace,
And let Thy waiting church be blest.
5 Revive us, Lord! Is zeal abating
While harvest fields are vast and white?
Revive, us Lord, the world is waiting,
Equip Thy church to spread the light.
Update on Sermon Audio Media Ministry
Thank God for His grace in sending out church sermons to listeners worldwide through Sermon Audio. This media ministry started in early 2014 with audio sermons and in early 2016 with video sermons as well. To date, there are 1862 recorded sermons.
There were 126,548 Lifetime downloads of audio sermons and 33,875 Lifetime downloads of video sermons.
In 2022, there were 28,064 downloads of audio sermons and 18,624 downloads of video sermons from 88 countries.
For the month of December 2022, there were 1662 downloads of audio sermons and 1233 from 28 countries.
These are the countries with the top 10 downloads:
United States of America 23,201
Singapore 1,801
United Kingdom 1,197
Canada 392
Spain 202
Belgium 168
India 161
Australia 112
Taiwan 79
Poland 66
The “live” webcast of Worship Services, Prayer Meetings and Bible Studies started in March 2016.
There were 4,930 viewers in 2022 from 68 countries.
These are the countries with the top 10 viewers:
United States of America 1,743
Singapore 764
United Kingdom 457
Canada 395
Australia 95
Netherlands 31
Germany 27
India 22
China 20
Sweden 18
For the month of December 2022, there were 1,662 viewers from 28 countries.
In the church’s YouTube channel, there were 4,543 views in 2022.
The church mobile app provides access to sermons, devotions, weekly, hymns, and books.
Thank God for providing the digital media for the continued outreach of the church.
Yours lovingly,
Pastor Lek Aik Wee