Blessed Hope Bible-Presbyterian Church
500 Upper Bukit Timah Rd, Singapore 678106
(1) Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Born in 1899, Thomas A. Dorsey wrote about three hundred gospel songs and directed choirs for more than 50 years, most of that in Chicago. After he gave his life to Christ, he became a leader in the gospel music ministry of his day.
(1) Sunrise Service
Thank God for BHBPC’s first Sunrise Service held at the Gardens by the Bay on Easter Sunday with about 46 in attendance. The message “Christ Arose” was taken from Mark 16:1-8 considering (1) The Early Riser’s Blessing (v1-5) and The Excited Witnesses’ Message (v6-8).
Christ Arose
The resurrection of Jesus is the greatest event in human history.
Christians devote the first day of the week as the Lord’s Day for worship. Today, we especially remember that pivotal day when Jesus won heaven for us by His resurrection, victorious over sin and death because Christ arose from the dead!
Righteousness Exalteth a Nation
A nation where justice reigns, where there is righteous administration of the government, where law is upheld and order prevails, receives God’s favour. God exalts such a nation (Prov. 14:34).
In the past week, the nation mourns the death of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, architect of modern Singapore. Mr Lee Kuan Yew once said, “I’m very determined. If I decide that something is worth doing, then I’ll put my heart and souls to it. The whole ground can be against me, but if I know it is right, I’ll do it. That’s the business of a leader.”
Our late principal of the Far Eastern Bible College, the late Rev. Dr. Timothy Tow taught us, “Singapore law is taken from Indian law and Indian law from British law and British law from Roman law and Roman law from God’s laws as recorded by Moses in the Holy Scriptures.” Broadly speaking, that’s the basis for the Singapore constitution that is worth our defending.
The Role of Parents in a Christian Home (Part 2)
An exemplary father was recorded in the person of Job who prayed continually for his children, “And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually” (Job 1:5).
(1) Tracts
Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
In BHBPC’s newsletter dated on 16 March 2014, it was reported that we received two printed tracts – “Will I Get to Heaven” and “Who is Jesus Christ” of 10,000 copies each and two invitation cards – “That Blessed Hope” and “Study of the Life of Christ” of 10,000 and 8,000 copies respectively as an answer to our prayers. We began distributing these tracts and invitation cards on 13 March 2014.
(1) Easter Sunrise Service Thank God for the provision of a public garden for BHBPC’s first Easter Sunrise Service. God willing, we shall meet at Gardens by the Bay on 5 April 2015 at 6.30am, to remember our Lord’s resurrection. …
Pray and Faint Not!
Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint…
The burdens of life can often be so overwhelming at times that they threaten to rob the believer of his confidence in God’s ability to help him through yet another impasse. This parable by our Lord Jesus in Luke 18:1-8 teaches us the lesson to keep looking to the Lord in such times: “men ought always to pray and not to faint”. Prayer is the believer’s power with God. This parable encourages us to never stop praying even in the toughest of circumstances.
(1) Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
– A Majestic Melody Out Of Deafness
Being joyful is a hallmark of the Christian. Jesus said to His followers: “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full” (John 15:11). The Apostle Paul reminds us that one of the “fruit of the spirit is…joy…” (Gal. 5:22). A joyless Christian would be a great contradiction.
(1) In Times of Trial
And He went a little further, and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt. (Matthew 26:39 In the hour of trial, our Lord Jesus was prayerful and obedient to the Father’s will.