Saturday, May 30, 2009

Involvement of MF in RMSA Board of 2009/2010

Hi guys,


I think it is good just to update everyone that what has been happening here in M2 over the past few months. The RMSA Student Council had decided to pass down the baton to the new generation of leaders a month ago, with two weeks of nomination and two weeks of campaign. Despise of all our busy schedule, our effort paid off; we manage to run the election and AGM smoothly according to the plan. You can know more about us through our official website http://www.rsmumed.com.


Congratulation to all brothers and sisters who were selected in this year in RMSA Board of 2009/2010. Indeed, everyone of them who contested were being nominated, and everyone who stays on the nomination - won!

They are:

Jivan Latif – President (4th year *next academic sem)
Ong Wee Kee – Welfare A (4th), previously Welfare B,
Khoo Vivien – Welfare B (3rd) perviously by Wee Kee
Billy Lee – Cultural B (3rd), previously 2nd year rep, MASSAD President of 2009
Chua Yeng Sheng – Academic B (3rd), previously by lead by Wei Soon.
Betty Ling– 2nd Year Rep (2nd), Previously 1st year rep.

Compared to the previous term, five of us were involved in the board of 2008/2009. Today we have total of six of them! The result was a suprise for me when it was announced. Reminding myself 2 months ago having the thought and telling the committee that we might not play an active role in this coming term, or may be not at all. However, God have His sense of humor.

Back to business, please do back up them in your prayer, your prayer support is the what they needed the most now. To flavor and to shine in the marketplace as the salt and the light of the world is easier said than done. Great power comes with great responsibilities. May God bring them, and us to another a greater heights!

It has been a tiring yet satisfying journey for those who has been involved last term. I have decided not to stay in the new board since Azman (our pres) and I decided to have the election this semester; but indirectly, I am involving RMSA by serving as one of the official member of RMSA Board of Advisors 2009/2010. Please do read more in our Outgoing Message, There are other committee members who wrote theirs as well, interestingly -> http://rsmumed.com/blog/?p=1865

That's about it. See you guys around :)


Blessings,

Eric Kim

PRAYER BASE CAMP (Unofficial)

Hey peepz!

Yes, calling calling for all life group leaders. Need a favour from u!

Could u pls kindly join me in kumpul-ing ppl to join prayer base camp??

Yea..prayer base camp always sounds so boring because..nobody knOWs how unboring it is!

Whee! Just want ur help to help me challenge ur ppl to join us in praying.

Challenge them to challenge their Love ( if they say the love God n His ppl.. :P)
Challenge them to challenge their time
challenge them to challenge their faith

Because..we are not going to pray together gether sekampung..its about commitment its about trust its about faith its about only You and Him...

All in All, just want to build our family in increasing faith in each and every brotha n sista

so we gonna go mission togehter-gether in our heart soul n mind altho nOt physiccally!yeay!

I believe that all of us receiving this mail believe in the word- Prayer.

Prayer which keeps the passion burning
Prayer which keeps "Change" a constant in life
Prayer which defeats all ! SO yes,...Join me?? DAvaIIII!!!!

Wait for ur good news for ur member who is interested in joining us
silver or gold i dont want from them. just want their heart
to check e-mail/ read sms and Pray with me for every single mission

Send me the names... by..... next weekend? no pressure..
live life cool! God bless!

-ur beloved yunn min ^^-

-- kikoz tekia --

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Good news to all Red Devils and Culers !

Hey guys,

M2Hotspot is inviting YOU to come join us for the Finals...bringing to you LIVE on THE BIGGEST SCREEN IN M2 from Stadio Olimpico, Rome ! 

Due to the tension built up during this exam season, we would like to give this opportunity for the football lovers a chance to shout it all out! 

We will be crashing the Study Room (Room 6-K) at 2230 on time for the kick off.
 
To those of you who are interested: Just click on the 'comments' and write your name and your room number bellow.

Be quick, ONLY 30 seats* are available, on first come first served basis; no booking allowed, open to anyone who wrote their names personally.

 To those who did not understand a single word earlier:

Occasion: Watching UEFA Champions League Finals 2009 (Manchester United v/s F.C. Barcelona) on Projector Screen.

Date: 27th May 2009 (Wednesday)

Time: 10.30pm

Place: Study Room(6-K)

M2Hotspot

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

LifeGroup LAUNCHED

As a Believer of Christ, our goals and FOCUS is to fulfill the two greatest teaching of Jesus– The Great Commandment and the Great Commission.

The Great Commandment:

Matt22: 36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbour as yourself. 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

From this passage, here is where our mission statement recite: “Loving God with passion, and loving people with compassion.”

The Great Commission:

Matt 28:19: Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

The very core of the Malaysian Fellowship since the first day, which that was written in the logo itself, reflected in one sentence – “Making Disciples That Make a Difference”.

Task of the Great Commission is to make disciples. Not making new converts, make believers, not members, not attendance. As far as New Testament is concern, you are not considered Christian until you become a disciple.
Acts 11: 26 , “…..Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.” this is the first time they are called Christian. You AREN’T A CHRISTIAN UNTILL YOU ARE DISCIPLED!

As if the Malaysian Fellowship is a Big Ark (Ship), we found everything we needed here. The Ark provides awesome events, programs, Church supports, leaders, prayers, small groups and so on. But when we are back in Malaysia, graduated or back to our home town for holiday, most of them found themselves – LOST.
A ship HARD to steer and change it's direction, it requires huge energy and long amount of time. But a life boat is light and easy to move, it requires less energy and short amount of time to steer. Everyone is focusing on moving on the direction it supposed to be. Everyone knows how to use it. It SAVES life.

Therefore, we need to start create Life boat (LifeGroup) in the Ship.

But every ship today has their Life Boat. LifeGroup is a group of 3-5 people, sharing their life and be accountable to one another in every aspect of their life so that their spiritual life is not depending on the Ship itself.


There are 6 HABITS that we need to cultivate in doing LifeGroup:

• H aving time with God – Have consistent time with God through prayer and Bible reading
• A ccountability with one another – Have accountable relationship with other Believer
• B ible memorization – Application
• I nvolvement in ministry – Commitment towards the body of Christ (church, fellowship)
• T ithing commitment - Understand and participate in giving & tithing
• S tudy of the Scripture – Bible Study

Starting from this week, every Bible Study Group will no longer meet as usual for Saturday fellowship, until the next semester. Instead, they will be putting 100% focus on running the LifeGroup. Each of us will be given a LifeGroup Manual with the instructions on how to cultivate all the six habits, together with a Life Journal. The goal of the LifeGroup is so that we can develop the habits here in Moscow, during the summer break and till we meet again here.

The grouping of the LifeGroup does not consist strictly members of the same Bible Study Group. To meet the purpose of sharing life, the men will be with the men, and the ladies with the ladies... unless there are married, Ha!

We will post the groupings here as soon as it is done. For more info, stay in tune :)

God bless!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Why Devotion?

When you go to fellowship you probably hear people talking about different devotionals. If you go to a Christian bookstore, you probably see a whole section of devotionals. If you google it, there are probably thousands of them on the websites. So what are they and why is there so much focus for believer about them?

What most people when they talk about devotionals is a book that helps you grow in your relationship with God. It is usually broken down into daily chapters that you can read and pray about. The other common term used for the word devotion is called the 'quiet time'.

Why Quiet Time?

Our World is NOISY and BUSY. As a medical student, life in Russia everything seems to be on a ‘RUSH’, and time with God can easily passed over. A quiet time is when you take some time out of your day and make an appointment to connect with God. You show your devotion to God by reading the passage and praying on it every day. 

Luke 9:23
Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Thank God for the Internet. If you don't have a devotional material, you can always search one in front of your computer. Ps. Kong has recently started a website on his own beginning of this year. I would highly recommend everyone here to bookmark this daily-devotion link below, and begin to be inspired by the articles everyday. Trust me, it is good food! I'm not very sure that all the articles were written by him, but it is pretty much all about what he has been teaching throughout his ministry.

http://www.konghee.com/www/category/daily-devotion

However, here is other recommended site that you can choose from the Crosswalk. It provides varieties of all kinds in category according to a person need.

http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals

There are online audio and video sermons available as well, uploaded weekly by the City Harvest SG and KL. Yes, it is F.O.C! more importantly, these sermons will change your life.

CHCSG

http://store.attributes.com.sg/tv.php (uploaded weekly)

http://www.chc.org.sg/eng/media/media_video-audio.php 

CHCKL

http://www.chc.org.my/sermons.html (uploaded weekly)

These links are available just a click away at the bottom right of this page, see "great links".

Matthew 4:4
Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."


Feed on the Word of God today!

Monday, May 18, 2009

Matters of the HEART

The condition of your heart in these last days is what you should be most concerned with. We need to understand that the Bible uses the term "heart" as an one-word terminology for the entire person. 

In biology, you learned that every eukaryotic cell has an organelle that is essential to every cell functions, named the nucleus. Nucleus define as "a central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; a core" Similar to the word 'heart', the central, innermost, or vital part (Oxford Dictionary). Therefore we can say that the heart of every eukaryotes is the nucleus. But wait a minute, there is a 'nucleus' of the nucleus in the cell, a spherical body of the nuclues that contains the DNA templates, called the nucleolus. It contains genetic substances, the DNA, which stores all the genetic information about the cell and it determines everything of the cell being. In the human context, your attitude is the very core being of your heart, it is the ‘heart of your heart’, the DNA that determines everything about you!


We must also understand that Biblically, hearts includes the MIND, the EMOTIONS, the AFFECTIONS, and the WILL. To focus on the heart, then, means to focus on EVERY ASPECT of our being. 

In 2 Chron. 16:9, it says, "For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to shew himself strong on behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him". And, in Prov. 4:23, it says "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." This includes what we think about, care about, and what we choose to do and where we choose to go. The choices we make helps to determine the condition of our heart. 

Now, as we read these verses, we find the importance of the heart and our responsibility regarding it. 

First of all, the condition of our heart dictates the conduct and quality of our life. Our heart is our wellspring of life--our ability or capacity to live comes from within, NOT from our circumstances. 

In Matt. 12:33-35, Jesus likened our heart to a tree--saying a good tree puts forth good fruit, and a bad tree puts forth bad fruit. And, in Matt. 15:;18-19, He said . . . . "those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man" (Defile means to make filthy or corrupt). Refer over to Luke 6:45--where Luke says that "out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks". 

One writer said that "the heart is the warehouse; the hand and the tongue are the shops."

What causes a Christian choose not to go to church? HIS HEART.
What causes him to nurse resentment toward another? HIS HEART. 
What causes him to have concern for the lost, or unsaved? HIS HEART. 
What makes him think of prayer time or reading the Bible is boring or the preaching monotonous? HIS HEART!

God is concerned with our hearts--He doesn't care about the size of our fellowship, or how well your Bible knowledge or how well you sing. It's the condition of our hearts He is concerned with. We get off focus as human beings and look at all these material things, that will not make one bit of difference as far as our spiritual well-being is concern.

God wants and needs hearts that are loyal to HIM. Hearts that live FOR Him, and are fully devoted and dedicated to Him and the things of His Kingdom. 
Also, and ESPECIALLY, in our repentance, the Lord wants us to be wholehearted. In Jer. 29:13, God said, "And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart". 

Further, it is our RESPONSIBILITY to KEEP our heart---we have to KEEP our physical well-being, our relationships, our finances, and reputations, but the greater of these "keepers" is the keeping of our heart. 
What does that mean? That means to keep false doctrine from entering and entrenching themselves in our minds to keep base or low desires from our emotions and evil choices from governing our wills. 

We should always keep helpful things close to our hearts. Keeping the Word of God fresh in us is especially important. 

God's eyes are constantly going to and fro and He watches and searches our hearts and minds. In Jer. 17:10, it reads: "I the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings". 

When I was preparing for the Saturday Morning Prayer last week, there are two things I have learned about the human heart:

David prayed in one of his Psalm says:
“Teach me your way, O LORD, 
  and I will walk in your truth; 
  give me an undivided heart
  that I may fear your name.” - Ps. 86:11


and in Hebrews 4:7 “Therefore God again set a certain day, calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke through David, as was said before: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

As you can see, there are two things that can happens to your heart – it can be divided. Secondly, it can be harden

When you walk in God’s truth, it requires you to believe and trust IN Him FULLY. Prov 3:5 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding” Your heart can be divided when doubt arises, and you cannot lean on your own human logical sense to trust the Lord fully. It requires faith to strengthen your heart, but where faith comes from? "Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ". Romans 10:17

Sometimes, or more often when God speaks, He whispers thing that we do not like to listen. Especially in the area of forgiveness, we choose not to forgive and nurse resentment toward others hence did not allow God to heal our wounded heart. If you harden your heart again and again and it will eventually become what the Bible says – a heart of stone. Thank God for His grace, there is always hope in Him as He promises:

Eze 11:19-21 ” I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.” Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God. 21 But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD."

The Word of God has the power to speak into human soul, distinguish the desires of our flesh and the desires of our heart; the things from the world and the things from above. Hebrews 4:12 says “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” 

Two weeks ago, we learned a key verse in our first Combined Fellowship, shared on John 8:31-32 “To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

God wants us to learn, but He wants us to APPLY what we learn to our lives daily. He doesn't care how many Scriptures we can quote or how many books we read. The devil can quote the Scriptures. They know the Bible from front to back. God is concerned with what we DO with what we LEARN and how our lives line up WITH the Word. 

What is the different between a FOLLOWER and a DISCIPLE?
A FOLLOWER is one who follows a leader and just goes along.
A DISCIPLE teaches others what his/her leader has taught him/her. 

Jesus had both, and we too should have both. God is seeking for mature, devoted believers who not only know the Word, but a doer of the Word. 

Who do you want to be? It is not enough just to know the Truth, and to follow the Truth. To be a true disciple of Christ, it requires you to hold on to His Word, allowing Him to move freely in your heart, an undivided, heart of flesh. If you breakthrough that, I can assure that your life will never be the same. 

Don't go through life, grow through life. God can change a nobody to be somebody, when your heart is after Him. 


Eric Kim

Sunday, May 17, 2009

WELCOME

Hey guys!

Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus!
It has been a long time since I wanted a website of our own for M2hospot. After few months of hesitation and with the need of effective communication arising, it is finally here today!
From now onwards, this page will be our MAIN means of communication. We will post all of our announcements and notices here, as well as to share some of the ‘good stuff’ with you. I would like every one of you (esp the committee) to make this as your homepage or at least as one of your homepages. YES, Homepage, means it will be always be the first thing you see when you open your internet browser. That is because messengers such as MSN and YM do give problems when we send notices. Having done this, you will no longer need to depend on your messenger to see what’s going on, all you need to do is to view this page anyway when internet is accessible for you. Besides, during this exam season, we can’t be meeting each other regularly when there is something important that we need to discuss or to inform each other. I need you to give your full cooperation and do feel free to contribute any ideas to improve this page. This page shall keep us going till we meet again next semester!
Once in a while, we will update you on what’s coming up. You can always send your feedback through the ‘comments’ column. There are so many things that can be done here!

Unbelievable? Believe it!

Stay blessed!

Eric