In His Time.......... with P.Ramachandran

As I come to the close of the year, I aways take stock of what I have been doing with my life, family and ministry.  It’s always good to take stock. As I see the postings over the last few days on facebook and other social media, its soo good to see how my friends have been blessed wuth family and good life. I see many celebrate on holidays and taking pride in going to many new destinations, trying exortic ventures and food and just celebrating life. Nothing wrong at all. But one thing remians and I think that is the ultimate question for every believer. How did my life impact the Kingdom of God? what have I done to end gospel poverty? I am reminded of the phrase in Mat 16:26 -  What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world,…. All the celebrations are good. All the festivities are excellent and all the holidays are delightful. But for a christian, these persuits are DO NOT define who we are. Instead the following much quoted but less obeyed verse determ

We had a wonderful time in church today. Church was full. We reflected on the relevance of Christmas to this generation and I spoke on the common phrase FEAR NOT.  Even as the angels encountered those who had been directly or indirectly involved with the Nativity of Christ, this phrase was mentioned. The theme is Emmanuel - God with us. Because God is with us, we do not need to fear. I looked at four areas we often fear: Zachariah - Fear in the face of Condemnation Mary - Fear in the face of Confusion Joseph - Fear in the face of wrong Perceptions Shepherds - Fear in the face of inadequacies  Church Leaders and their wives We had good fellowship after the service and also a lot of picture taking.

So blessed by these men and women who are taking the gospel to unreached places in Odisha. Odisha was a place where Christians were persecuted and killed. Today we are seeing an answer to the martyr’s blood. Villages are turning to Christ. Thanks to all these men and others in the harvest field. Odisha will be saved. Blessed Christmas guys.

I finally arrived Singapore this morning at about 12:30 am. By the time I got out of the airport it was about 1:30AM. It was raining and the traffic at the airport as heavy. Jeya and Reena came to pick me up. Yesterday we drove all the way from Tangyan to Yangon and the total time on the road was 15 hrs. Pst John Phongshar thinks he is F1 driver.  We had a near miss though. W hit an on coming vehicle. Only the side mirror was hit at quite a high speed. We also saw some rebels with guns on the road from Tangyan to the mail road linking Lashio to Mandalay. But we thank God for his protection. Now at work after 3 hrs of sleep. We need help: Shadrach Home building cost $711,000. Furnishing and other will cost another $10,000. If you are reading this, please keep these requests in prayer and if you are moved by the Holy Spirit to partner, please contact me.  ramajeya03@yahoo.com.sg 

It was a cold morning. There was no heater in the room but we had good blankets. The floor in the hotel was ice-cold. Everything in me was frozen. Later in the morning we had a wonderful celebration at the Home. About 27 children were present. Two of them are in Yangon Bible School and the rest had school events today. Also invited were neighbours and some government officials. One of them was a judge and another was a public prosecutor in Tangyan.  The children put up some nice songs as part of the worship segment. They sang together as a great choir. I was just mesmerised listening to them.  I shared a simple Christmas message on Why the Word became flesh (John 1:14). This was followed by a sumptuous lunch which was sponsored by Sis Vimala from PEC Singapore. The children and the guest enjoyed the meal. W also presented some gift to the children. It was indeed a blessing, not jut for the kids but for all of us present. In the afternoon, we went to the land

This was my last trip for the year 2019. The purpose was to firm up plans for the building of the Shadrach Home in Tangyan.  I departed on 9 Dec after my night shift at work and arrived at Yangon at about 3:30pm. Pst John Phongshar and his assistant K Phong Ram were there at the airport to receive me. The weather was pleasant.  It took us an hour to get out of Yangon to the highway that connects Yangon to Mandalay. It was a 7-8 hr drive. The weather was getting colder as wen proceeded north. All of well until we were about 8 km to Mandalay. Our  car had a burst tyre as it hit a big hole in the road. It was 12:20 am. We had to change  the tyre. The highway was deserted and dark.   Fortunately we were at a close  distance to a gas station. While changing the tyre, the jack broke. Phong ram had to go to the nearby patrol station to borrow a jack. After changing the tyre, the battery failed. The battery just   wouldn't start.   Some monks from a car at the patrol statio

"Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,  left the Jordan  and was led by the Spirit  into the wilderness,   where for forty days  he was tempted [ a ]  by the devil.  He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. ” If Jesus needed to be full of the Holy Spirit, how much more we. Paul says in Eph 5:18 - Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit (ISV). Its a continuous process , not just when we are in church or when we are praying. Jordon was where Jesus was filled glorious with the Holy Spirit with God the Father as a witness to this wonderful experience. But the Christian life is always not in Jordon. There is a wilderness that the Holy Spirit will lead us. Note it was not the devil who brought Jesus to the wilderness but the Holy Spirit. You and I will need to go through many wilderness experiences. There are times when we get closer to God, discern His will and hear His voice.  These are times