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W hen I
first returned to Singapore from the USA in 2002, I was impressed by a
quote by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) - 'Get thy tools ready. God will
find thee work.' Well, God has indeed been dishing out work for me ever since! During the first half of this year, besides teaching at
the Baptist Theological Seminary and at EAST, and occasional speaking
engagements at local campuses and churches. I also had other informal
kinds of opportunities.
O ne day I received a
call from Kim, an EAST graduate who is a youth pastor in her church. Her
first preaching in church did not turn out so well, and she asked if I
would coach her for her next preaching assignment. Not that I am a
great speaker, but since the request was made, I was happy to try it
out, to see if I could be of help. We met for about five times and I
took her through exegesis to preparing her homilectical outline and
finally checking out her delivery. Although I also busy with other
stuff, it turned out to be an enjoyable exercise for me and I am pleased
to report that she received encouraging feedback from her church
members.
T he Lord also brought along a handful of younger CCC staff who sought
me out for pastoral counseling and teaching. One small group is now
doing a book study on Philippians with me.
I still continue to be
involved in the marketplace ministry. One time during a run of a
lunch-time Alpha series, I had opportunity to talk to a lady who claimed
to understand the gospel very well, but said that she could not come to
the point of accepting the Lord Jesus as Savior because of past
negative experiences with a Christian group. I thought, perhaps she
had knowledge of the gospel, but she was not touched by it. For the
gospel does not call on people to embrace Christianity as a religion,
but to acknowledge that they are sinners in need of a Savior.
With EAST graduate, Eri,
who will be returning with her husband to serve in Japan
My prayer and desire is to see lives being changed by Christ. But life-change does
not occur because I work hard at it. It can only happen because the Holy
Spirit of God works in a responsive heart. Please pray with me, for the
Holy Spirit to move strongly and freely through my hard work.
In Christ, Amy Lau
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Above: Teaching at a Methodist church
Below: With CCC staff member Sharon
Contact me Addr: Blk 13 Dover Close East
#02-210, Singapore 130013 ~ 65-67755398 (H), 65-90935240 (HP)
~amylauyf@yahoo.com. Cheques – Payee: Campus Crusade Asia Ltd, No.
152 Paya Lebar Road, #04-06 Citipoint, Singapore 409020.
Indicate
“Account: Amy Lau”.
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