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Arrived back yesterday from Singapore (27th). Had a busy week in Singapore, counselling, doign all the pastoral stuff, re-organizing some meetings for the next few months (where we will be doing Bible study on Thursdays and moving the Sat all night prayer to Fridays, etc.). Always a lot of things to pray through and meditate through and finally consult with the representative leaders before implementing a decision. It is always so important to not just make a decision top-down but to consult with the people and the leaders even if there is some clear direction from the Lord. The Lord’s direction is always mitigated by the flow of the people’s ability to follow after the Lord in terms of methodology and timing. A good leader must listen to the people at the grassroots and be taking care of even the one sheep gone astray from the ninety-nine. Board meetings are, of course, never run by Thus says the Lord but rather by ‘it feels good to the Holy Spirit and to us” (Acts 15). Consultation has been the pattern of David (he consulted with the leaders before bringing in the ark), in the church patern in the book of Acts 6 and Acts 15. Beign able to see visions, hear God and speak with the angels does not exempt us from the need to always flow with the level of every sheep. A good leader and shepherd can sense where the heart of the people are and nudges the sheep in the right direction. In my recent trip, I have been asked a lot about Christians and their local churches and the following summarizes my thoughts:

1. One can never grow beyond the level of the leader one follows. A spiritual leader must thus have more insights in God, more love, more grace, more faith, more everything. He receives it by lookign to the Lord who has inexhaustible supply.

2. God does lead and plant us into the right church and fellowship. The right church is always the one that helps you to grow to know God. Every one is at different levels and so every denomination and church would have their place for people of varying levels.

3. Being part of the right fellowship does help one to move into the right phase in spiritual and natural life. Imagine if Paul did not know Barnabas, or Paul not having the local church in Acts 11 and 13:1-3; Paul woudl not be where he is. Yet, Paul also sought to have the right hand of fellowship with the apostles in Jerusalem (Galatians 2).

4. In Christ, He does bring us to make the right friends and spiritual partners. What is David without his mighty men or the mighty men without David? What is Paul without Barnabas or Barnabas without Paul? James and John and Peter and Andrew took their natural partnership of fishermen into the spiritual partnership of the church. They were united in their destinies together as among the twelve but first met as fishing partners. Remarkable what the angels were doing working in the background to bring such people together.

I am in Sydney for today and tomorrow and will be back in Singapore by Wednesday night. This is one of the most hectic and busy weeks. Spiritually, felt very energized by the love of the Lord. It is wonderful to always commune with Him each day. The remarkable thing is that although the physical world is so hectic, in the spiritual everything is at rest and in peace – it is all completed since the forty day fast. I think the natural is rushing to catch up with the completed picture in the spiritual realm. What a quiet and repose it is in the spiritual world. How different it is sometimes from the physical. There is a sense of completion in the spiritual world that is beign translated into the natural.

Papa God, we continue to pray for all our loved ones, friends and partners of the ministry, students and members of Your church that Your supernatural grace will be upon each one as the spiritual breakthoughs become manifest upon the earth. Reveal thyself mightily to each and bring all into Your rest. In Jesus Name.

Another rapid flow of days, landed in Singapore on Wednesday, ministered Thursday, Friday, Saturday plus all night. Just rested today (Sunday) and looking forward to the leaders’ training session on Monday night. Had an interesting encounter on Thursday night and Friday night in the early hours of the morning in regard to the spiritual forces at work in Asian regions.

The all night prayer on Saturday night was another wonderful time; lots of spiritual acitivities and always have a wonderful breakthrough towards the end of the prayer in the morning. It set me thinking about the spiritual wrestlings that Paul must have experienced when he wrote Ephesians 6:12. Paul speaks of fighting beasts in Ephesus, an interesting analogy which can refer to men or spiritual realm (1 Corinthians 15:32). Much of what takes place in the physical realm is the result of the activities in the invisible spiritual realm (Hebrews 11:3). Throughout the 40 day fast and also after, there has been so much things happening that I could hardly keep up. Firstly, there were the angelic hosts who were getting ready for the next wave of blessing, then there were more personal encounters of future event revelations that were shown, also there was the angelic encounter speaking of something that he was about to do in certain areas that were prayed before God, then there was the spiritual wrestling in Asia of spiritual forces. Wow, this makes physical life so tame in comparison to the activities taking place in the heavenlies. I guess we will see the results of these acitivites in a short time to come. Although Jesus has conquered all and in Him rests all authority, we are to exercise our authority delegated from Him. The believers in every nation of the world must exercised their God-given authority to prevail in the spiritual. the warfare is NEVER in the natural, only in the spiritual. Sometimes, it is just a matter of holding fast to the authority and power of God like Moses holding forth his rod. One has to hold it high until the enemy is defeated (Exodus 17:8-16)

Papa God, we continue to hold the authority of Christ high over the spiritual realms in which we live, especially over all our loved ones, friends and partners in the ministry, students and members of Your body in Jesus Name. Amen. Release the flow of divine authority over each life In Jesus Name.

Wow, a lot has happened since these ten days. Firstly, this whole blog site had to be checked through by our ministry web experts who have been advising and helping us in going onto the web. It had to be cleaned out as we do also get a lot of spam mail. Hopefully one day, when we are able to, we will be able to have better control of our blog site (rather than relying on third party free providers of blog sites as we are doing now – a word of thanks to the people who provided this blog software). Also my four year old desktop computer was having hard disk problems and I had to save all my data (about half a terrabyte of data) over to the new computer that I built from parts bought online. It was a lot of physical work as I had to strip the old computer to its bare parts and take the 4 hard drives and attached it one by one to the new computer to salvage and transfer all the data. Praise the Lord no data was lost. A lot of my other unpublished writings and research I am currently doing are in digital format. It took me until the last few days to get up to speed and finally transferred all my settings and data over to the new desktop computer. In the meantime, we also had a lot of activities in Sydney, with the overnight prayer last Friday night, Saturday fellowship (also had church fellowship lunch over the usual Chinese new year reunion), leaders’ training meeting, and the last week of the forty day fast, I wanted some quiet time with God. It had been a great week and now I am heading back to Singapore again for the next 14 days.

Jesus came during the overnight prayer (last day of 40 day fast), spoke some things and we had communion in the morning after the overnight prayer. It was very special for we all prayed for John 17 and covered the whole world in that prayer. A lot of spiritual experiences but I will share them as I am able to digest and understand them more. I love the quiet moments with the Lord and look forward to them all the time; although I do enjoy ministry and fellowship, there is still nothing like being with Jesus alone. I shared a little bit in the Sydney leaders meeting about some of the angelic activities and visions. It was a very interesting night on Monday yesterday. Many people desire to see the Spiritual realm and it seems that after the last experience in 2006, that I had retained the ability to move in and out of the spiritual visions, with much of it as an open vision. For those who have never had visions, don’t worry about it as our life on earth is judged not by visions alone but our obedience to the voice and instructions of God in whatever way He communicates to us. Most people in the natural do not realize that the spiritual is affecting the natural on a daily minute and second by second basis. It is odd to me because sometimes an angel can be standing next to someone and they have no idea at all what is happening. Last week, we did some visitation and I saw one of the guardian angels of a young Christian couple with two children. They lived in a two story house and I saw and angel in one of the rooms upstairs (like X-ray looking through the ceiling of the house as the lounge was downstairs). It seemed that that angel was frequenting that room often because of the amount of prayer and love towards God. The hostess confirmed that it was the room where she always prayed (of which I knew nothing about it in the natural). Before we left the house, the same angel came downstairs and said one word to me, which I delivered to the hosts. Sometimes, I know people wants me to tell them words or prophecies which God shows but it is important never to interrupt what God is doing in each life to train each person to hear Him directly. We are not allowed to say everything that the Lord shows or His angels show. We are only allowed to say what would help them in their progress and walk with God. It is great pastoring the sheep in this manner as like Paul (Colossians 2:5), one can behold the order of the church in the spirit without even naturally being present. It definitely helps to when pastoring two churches in two different continents. My spirit have been busy visiting people and watching over them with the angels and by the permission of God mainly in three countries – Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. Also have been to other places especially where the Bible students are in all the world. There is no distance in the spirit realm, everything is as if the person is next to you. For example, I know the struggles of some of the church members in two continents and offer prayers for them like a silent observer. Many of them actually look differently from what they are in the natural. Some of those who are greatly loved by God, have such humility and have no idea as to what great impact their lives are in the spiritual world. Others think too highly of themselves and their flesh sticks out like a sore thumb visible to all angels but not to themselves. Most people have no idea that they are impacting on the spiritual world all the time through their words, thoughts and actions. For example, as I write this now in Sydney, I can see some of the members in Singapore praying and seeking for a certain direction in their lives. And then my spirit comes back to Sydney where I can see the burdens that one member here is carrying in their heart. This year will be a year of great change for this particular member as God arranges the angels to bring forth the calling of God in the life. I know that there will be a potential home going for this person if the person does not find the right path and seed of faith that God has already spoken to this person’s heart. God will always deal directly with each person. He speaks to each person and gives to each person a seed of the Word of God for each episode of a person’s life. No matter what circumstances we face, God has already spoken and we just need to re-discover the Word that God has spoken and placed in our hearts. For this person, God has spoken at least five times through Word, teaching, prophecy, dream, inner voice and Bible reading. With every temptation, God has always provided the way of escape (1 Corinthians 10:13). Generally, most of those who have been coming regularly for all the meetings in Sydney, Singapore, New Zealand will have found that their spiritual lives have progressed greatly within these past one year. In fact, there are many angels that have been released int he midst of the forty day fast who are in charge of accelerating the events in the natural world; orchestrating them to line up with the spiritual order that has already been established.

Papa God, we continue to pray for all our loved ones, friends and partners of the ministry, students and members of the body of Christ, that You would continue to strengthen each one to receive the manifold blessings that You are releasing upon their lives this year. Let the breakthroughs bome forth powerfully over each of these precious lives. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Another quick blur of days gone by. Good ministry in Singapore, teaching nights on Philippians by exergesis (4th and 5th nights). Looking forward to this Saturday church and then heading home again to Sydney tonight. One of those supershort weeks divided equally between Singapore and Sydney. Had good fellowship with angels during the day times. They are only here on earth on assignments but between assignments go back to their homes in heaven or minister before God in His presence.

Seven more days of fast left. This fast has been good and reasonably easy. There were spiritual battles in the first part of the 40 day fast when it began but towards this last part, the spiritual battles have been fought and won and the angels have shown up on the scene. Much have been accomplish for the reception of the blessings of God for the rest of this year and onwards. Many major breakthroughs will be coming forth for those who have been a apart of this work. Each ministry or church have their particular call and it is up to each head of ministry under Christ to ensure that those under their ministry be blessed and prayed for. People like Charles G Finney and John Sung constantly prayed for the people they ministered to in their parish which explains why many of their converts and disciples remain strong in the Lord even after their ministries complete. The results of their ministry are permanent and eternal as opposed to many superficial results of modern ministries who made no effort or even attempts to pray for their followers. Of course, we all follow only Christ but each ministry has a responsibility to pray for those under them. Samuel considered it a sin not to pray for the people whom God put him in charge of (1 Samuel 12:23). The apostle Paul constantly prayed for his disciples and followers as evident in all his epistles when he mentioned of his constant travail and prayers for them. Part of this forty day fast is to pray for those being ministered to by this ministry and the blessings and breakthroughs have been secured for all through this fast. A host of angels have been released on assignments to enforce this.

Papa God, we continue to thank You for all Your love and kindness and Your angelic hosts sent to minister to us. We know that it is only through the atonement of Jesus that we have an open heaven before You. We continue to bring before You all our loved ones, friends and partners in the ministry, students and members of Your church that You cause this year to be mighty year of great breakthrough and bleddings. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Obviously, this airport observation is good to note. At places where humans congregate, there are always a lot of spiritual dynamism besides the obvious physical dynamics. Once in while, you see demons prowling around like vultures looking around for human ‘meat.’ When you get near some of them, you could sense an intense thought (dark and not good ones) pulling you to think towards a particular area or feel a particula emotion in accordance to the type or nature of the demon. Where do these demons come from? They had followed some helpless souls in their lives and at airports decide to go prey on someone else (especially where one has got a group together and in a sense a person become a type of ’spiritual carrier’ (Yes, like a disease) which both attracts and spreads the demons around. Some were hanging around certain sections of a bookshop while others were congregated around some people at a cafe (Hmm, I wonder why?).

Of course, there are also angels, some of them were with some small kid and others around some people who obviously were full of love and goodness towards others. Some merely watching like protecting some people and I immediately know that they were there because some people were praying for those individuals. I thought I should share some perspectives here just to get everyone used to the idea that we are not alone on this earth. We are constantly being observed and our actions and reactions (spiritual, emotional, intellectual) being monitored. Keep your spiritual eyes open and all your spiritual senses open.

This week had gone like another blur. Got back on Sunday morning and after brief rest preached in church in Sydney. After two days to just catch a brief break to get on top of things in Sydney, I am leaving now (Wednesday 3rd Feb) for Singapore again (typing this blog at airport lounge in Sydney). This is one of those short weeks (three days in Sydney and three days in Singapore).  Spent in total of exactly half the month in Singapore and half in Sydney. The flight back was just so I can preach on a Sunday in Sydney and now flying back so I can preach on Saturday in Singapore (including the Thurs and Friday teaching). I am aware of the truncated blog that has occurred the last week. Not sure what is the cause of it but my web manager is having a look at it. The only difference that I made was that there were more short paragraphs, which I am going to avoid this time to see if it makes a difference.

I am really looking forward to these last two weeks of the forty day fast (ends on Feb 13). Will be trying to spend more time waiting on God in between meetings and travel. Have been given some flow of thoughts and visions but need to digest them first before talkign about them. A lot of spiritual things need to be digested first (when received) before one can talk about them. Far too many people blab about everything God reveals without understanding that spiritual things are for the spiritually discerned. Remember when Jesus said to ‘cast not pearls to swine?’ It does sound awfully rude in todays terms but His point was that peopel must be made ready or prepared before they can receive spiritual truth and revelation. One must learn to hold on to what God shows and not simply share them. For what reason should one hold them? The most important being that each revelation must be built upon a previous one being accepted first. Jesus revealed that He was the suffering Messiah who had to die on the cross only AFTER the disciples had confessed him as their the Christ the Son of the living God (Matthew 16). If He had revealed this second truth about Himself (that He had to die on the cross), they would never have accepted the first revelation (that He was the Christ). Too much revelation too fast can cause people to lose their balance. For this reason, the teachings that one can give, for example, in a teaching meeting are different than on Sunday (or Sat); and different still on an all night prayer or special leaders’ meeting or even church camp. Each has its place. Also teachings and sharing in small groups are different than in big groups. (the anointing and flow is different in each of them). The advantage today is that each of these can be recorded so people can access teachings at their spiritual level. On this point in a personal sense, everyone of us should be hearing from God at all times (especially during a fast) but we should not be immediately talking about what God spoke or shows especially when it is a personal basis. Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds but spoke plainly to His disicples. May we all grow to respect the way Jesus and the Holy Spirit function.

Papa God, we pray that you will always impart revelation to each of our loved ones, partners and friends of the ministry, students and members of Your body. Increase each ability to hear Your voice and revelation, especially the personal ones for individual lives. In Jesus Name.

The fast is getting easier as the body has fully adjusted to the light fruit and non-meat fast. Looking forward to the last two weeks of fast starting Sunday. It gets more intense spiritually as one enters into a long protracted 40 day fast. Always wonder what God has in store for each fast over the past thirty years has always been different. Had some spiritual encounters on night of 29th with some ministering in the spirit.

Enjoyed sitting at the beach today (30th) for one and a half hours of prayer as I watch the day turn to dusk. Nothing sounds more soothing than the waves of the sea crashing onto the shoreline. Something which I miss doing for a long time. It would have been nice to take and entire day off but only manage to get off work at 5pm to take a walk by the beach. It was good just to watch the sky and the sea for hours. Reminds me of our home in heaven above with its lovely paradise. Had a good communion with God as He speaks of things to come. The die is cast and all that is spoken will come to pass. It is good to watch and see the spiritual breaking into the natural like the sea waves.

Looking forward to the last day of ministry here in Singapore before boarding the plane for Sydney again. Have been away for ten days and Sydney work is sure to pile up in my absence. It is good to be settled on a routine so I know where everything is. The Lord is good.

The thoughts that flow are that the little changes make great phenomena. Like the waves of the sea, all things are subject to the powerful waves that flow from the Spirit of God. It has been determined and the thoughts of God are already flowing forth. Nothing can stand against the tidal waves of God released. It is good to be on a fast to tap on this tidal wave that flows from the

Had a busy series of meeting upon landing in Singapore 21st night, 22nd night, 23rd afternoon church service, 23rd night all night prayer, 25th night leaders’ training – so took 26th and 27th as lighter days to go for long walks and some swimming. Will work on Fatherly Talk tonight; hope to finish by late tonight and send it off. Also this year is going to be some periods of silence online as I take time to do the last year of thesis work for the online Bible school.

On my mind was the vision of angels seen during the all night prayers in Sydney and in Singapore. They were ministering angels with assignments of blessings for the saints for this year. A lot of breakthroughs will be forthcomign because of their work on earth. The most important thing is to keep our heart full of love for God and for all around us. We should wait upon the Lord with great expectancy this year in the many new and wonderful things that He will be doing.

Had a remarkable encounter in the all night prayer in Singapore around 6am. The love of God just fill the place and I was taken to a place of deep travail for revival. The birthing forth of the revival of God. It was such an awesome experience. May His Will always be established in our lives.

We must enter into the place of waiting upon the Lord (Isaiah 40:31; 1 Corinthians 2:9; Isaiah 64:4). The Hebrew word for ‘wait’ is ‘qavah’ which includes the meaning of ‘being gathered together’ (Genesis 1:9 like the waters gathered together) with the Lord. It is being entwined in the Lord – He being the vine and we the branches. Like Elijah we must learn to stand in the presence of God (Elijah declares himself as one who stands in the presence of God). There is much opening in the heavenly places of angels anscending and descending from the throne of God. Like the calm before the storm, it is a calm filled with electricity and thickness of air currents about to break forth. How long this calm will hold, we do not know but definitely breaking forth this year, it will. In such a scenario, the most important thing in a spiritual tidal wave is positioning. We must be positioned in the right place, in the right structure, in the right heart and attitude for it to carry us to where the Lord wants it to go. When the Pentecostal outpouring came forth in Acts 2, only 120 were there (the others who make up the 500 whom Jesus appeared to after His resurrection were not there – 1 Corinthians 15).

What must we do while waiting on Him? We must present our bodies as a living sacrifice to Him (Romans 12:1-3); we must allow the Holy Spirit to take out all the root of bitterness within our souls or anything in us that is not in line with the Word and the love of God (Acts 8:22-23). As opposed to much wrong teaching that tell believers they no longer have to repent, believers do have to repent for any sin that they allow to fester in their lives after they are born again. We must believe in the vision that God has given to us about our own lives. Dount and unbelief in what God has personally revealed to us may cause us to be put aside until the ripeness of time like Zacharias was (Luke 1:20).

Papa God, we pray for the Spirit of God to come upon all our loved ones, friends and partners in the ministry, students and members of Your body

As always the night before my Singapore trip is an all night work night. One day I would need to have this organized a bit better. For now I will do my best to answer all emails. I will still answer all emails but by dictation in future Takes longer for me to type than to speak. Unlike other ministries, I do enjoy answering them personally; have always done this in the past and still doing it today, so apologies for those whose emails took time to be answered personally.

17th day of the fast, it is almost half way through. How time has passed. Not able to retain 100% liquid as I still have to go about some activities that sap a lot of energy. After all night prayer, I feel spiritually energized even after the morning nap but by evening, I had to take some peanuts to strengthen myself. If I am all isolated without any activities and ministry, it would be possible to be 100% liquid but where there is a need for more energy, just some extra peanuts and soya bean will do. (We shall definitely not make this a peanut and soya bean feast ). I enjoyed a good time of prayer the past few days. The word always flows better when fasting than when with a full stomach. This series of teachings done in a fast are going to be unique. Of course, most other times, I am already on a fasted life which means that there is normally nothing eaten too close to ministry time. I was glad to read that a number of other ministries are also enjoying a time of fasting, too. This will be a good thing for the next generation.

A lot of wonderful things are going to happen this year for those who love the Lord with all their hearts. Peering into the future from the vantage point of the Spiritual realm is exciting. While there may be shakings in the natural realm, there will be the land of Goshen for those in the Lord. The spiritual anchor is liken to the ship’s anchor which keeps a boat steadfastly moored in a storm; with the exception that it is moored spiritually upwards in God rather than downwards in the waters. How many times does the epistles ask us to look upwards in Christ. We are seated with Him in the heavenly places and we are to look to things above and not beneath. The proper place for the spirit man is in heaven in Christ and not on earth. Earth is the place where our spiritual man puts on a suit to enter into this earth atmosphere (the suit being the physical body). From time to time, we need to surface and breathe the real air of the spiritual heavens. It is our default place and home. It has been so easy to rise to the heights of heaven after the spiritual encounters like some sort of a tuning done to the spirit man once it has has experienced heaven. As I write this, the Spirit came upon me again and draws me upwards (so the pause). This intensity of light is so glorious but I do find the spiritual eyes adjusting to them. I see visions of ships (old and new) ocean liners and all kinds of vessels. The old are being collected and drawn away and the new ones launched. It is a symbolic vision. The ocean is calm but there is a sense of a coming storm. The calm before the storm. I see in the distance an angry looking cloud, menacing but prevented from drawing near. Behind me are a host of angels with great light. The two forces clash over the oceans and the angels, of course, win but the old ships are lost and gone. Suddenly, the storm clears and it is the most beautiful scene; the loveliest ocean view with myriads of beautiful colours of the sea. Grand ocean liners flow in synchrony to the furthest oceans. Who are these ships? They are the people, the nations, the businesses, the ministries – all varied and diverse; small sailings onese, giant liners, all representative of the diversities of humans, entreprises, ministries and nations large and small. This year is a spiritual battle that is foreordained from of old. The spiritual clash that must come. Its side effect on the natural world are the uphearvals of nature and entreprises and ministries and nations. It is like the old clashing of empires in the time of Daniel when Gabriel went forth to strengthen the kings of Persia but fought the prince of Persia (Daniel 10:13, 20; 11:1 - the prince and the kings are two different entities, one spiritual and the other humans). A great spiritual battle took placed in the time of Daniel during the changeover of empires; the same is beign wrought out in the spiritual realm over the whole earth. It is a war zone in the Spiritual realm above the earth. Spiritual wickedness in high places do not give up their thrones easily but they must for the time has come for changes to take place this year.

Papa God, in the fullness time you have brought all of us to the place where you want us to be; some in one country and some in another, some in cities and some in the fields. Your positioning of your church is such that it is ready for the next phase. We continue to pray for all our loved ones, friends and partners in the ministry, students and church members that you would brign all to the right geographical place, the right physical place, the right spiritual place, the right fellowship, the right partnerships that each may find their destiny in you. Thank you for the work of Your Spirit and the power of the Holy Spirit that You release now in the last days. Thank you for Your angelic armies that march forth to possess new territories in the spiritual heavens. Let Your divine secret place of the Most High b