IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT AND PLANNING MISSION

Wrote this report on the October 5th, 2008 and I had to backdate this report due to the email I sent out. I apologies for inconvenience.

Shalom All,

Greetings in the name of our Lord.

When I sought the Lord for His Word on the night, the Lord led me to this verse - “Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit, through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all ” (Ephesians 4 v 3 - 6).

The key word in this passage is UNITY and the opposite meaning of this word is DIVISION.

Christ wants all His believers or followers to always remain united in His service and to live in peace with one another. Now, just as the body of Christ is one with the Father, has one Spirit, and the trinity becomes ONE triune God, so it is the same with the body of Christians all over the globe.

Therefore, look to the UNITY DEMONSTRATED IN THE LORD'S CORE TEACHINGS HERE; one Lord, one faith and one baptism, Now, consider your own body and the spirit within you- can the different parts of your body be sparated to live healthily as separate parts, when this body is alive and lives on earth? And can its spirit depart from its living body to live on its own while THIS BODY is still alive on earth? Certainly not! So, the important teaching for us here is: the Body of Christ in our earthly world should always remain UNITED as one body and strive NOT to break up and be divided.

To strengthen our resolve to remain united, we must continually seek the Lord, have faith and focus on the Light of Jesus Christ. We also must talk with our God daily, not only during public worship, but also in our private prayers....anywhere and everywhere we are, or go BECAUSE the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit WE WORSHIP listens to us, and He remains and lives within us, every single second, as we seek HIM!

Jenny and I went to Sisaket (northeastern Thailand near Phear Vihear and close to the Cambodia border) for the weekend to have fellowship with a dear brother, Mathaikutty (a former professor), his wife and his son. We played basket ball with the school children and spent time watching video movies about Moses and Solomon from my notebook. It is not easy for this recently uprooted family from India to settle in. Please remember them in your prayers.

This coming Sunday, I will preach in a church in Navanakorn which is an industrial town. It is a small church. As before, Jenny will help in conveying my message into Thai.

On October 13th, 2008, I will be going to Cambodia for a week of mission work, on a very tight budget. A brief outline of the mission trip is given below:

1. Share the Gospel with people while traveling
2. Evangelize to local village folks wherever possible
3. Fellowship with other fellow missionary workers at their centers
4. Preaching in churches or church gatherings when invited.
5. Fellowship with a Malaysian Christian brother in Phnom Penh

In early December 2008, two Thai pastors and I plan to go to northeastern of Thailand for about a week, to evangelize to and share the Good News with the local people there.

I heard the words of Jesus calling us from Luke 9, verses 1-5..... to go forth in faith to do the necessary work laid before us, in particular Jesus' stirring commands found in verse 3 and 4 :-

“Take nothing for your journey; no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic. Whatever house you enter stay there until you leave that town. If people do not welcome you, shake your dust off your feet when you leave their town as a testimony against them".

Below is the Financial Report from September 2007 to September 2008 for your reference.

Part Two of my Report on end of September 2008

We would like to thank all who have graciously supported us up to now in our mission work and we pray that you will continue to support us in our mission work. May God bless you and yours always.

In closing, let me quote from the Book of Philippians 4, v 10 - 19:

“How I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again. I know you have always been concerned for me, but you didn’t have the chance to help me….Even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulty…so you know, you Philippians were the only ones who gave me financial help when I first brought you the Good News and then traveled on from Macedonia. No other church did this…I don’t say this because I want a gift from you. Rather, I want you to receive a reward for your kindness…I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus…And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus”.

I have an announcement : my two mobile phones were stolen, all address book is gone and currently I without any mobile phones as it will be difficult for me to move around and to reach me. By God’s grace, I pray that the Lord will provide me new mobile phones as my funds are limited. Moreover, can you kindly send your details such as your name, address, telephone and mobile number so that I can be updated your contact.

God Bless!

Blessing,
Pastor Steve Peter H S Kok

GOD PROTECTION OVER US

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus.

Let me quote from Book of Psalm 47 v 1 - 2 : “Come, everyone! Clap your hands! Shout to God with joyful praise! For the Lord Most High is awesome. He is the great King of all the earth.”

Now, before I update you about my work in recent weeks, may I invite you to pray with me, as we invite Him into our lives....

Together, let us pray;:-

"Dear Heavenly Father, Glory be your Name most High!

We praise and thank you for being our God, and the Creator of Heaven and Earth.

We want to thank you for sending your Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins on the cross, to liberate us from the Evil One, and to give us eternal life.

As confused and sinful people of this world, we confess we have failed you even as we continue to sin and break your heart. Lord,.forgive us our sins, and all the wrongs in our life. We are deeply sorry for these and seek your forgiveness.

Lord, we also ask for your compassion and mercy on your people throughout this world, who have faced and are still facing many disasters, difficulties and turmoil; especially for those recently affected by earthquakes in China, Japan and Indonesia, as well as for victims of floods and hurricane in Americas, China, Burma, Thailand, India, and many other countries .

We also pray for victims caught in wars and conflicts, in religious, racial and political unrests, resulting in chaos, hunger, famine, destruction of homes and properties, and many deaths ... in Africa, the Middle East, India and many, many parts of the world. Lord, have mercy on them and us....we earnestly pray for peace and order to return to this troubled and sinful world.

We also pray for wise stewardship of every government and country on earth... may you guide and bless each nation as it seeks to improve the lot of its people.

On the economic front, there are signs that the world economy is facing a host of problems and difficulties, threatening the economic livelihood of thousands and millions of workers Lord, may you grant wisdom to the planners and builders of the economy, so that stability and growth will emerge, and be sustained.

Lastly, we earnestly pray for all mankind to repent of their wickedness and greed, and to return to your ways, upholding honesty, truth, justice, honor, generosity, gratitude, love and faithfulness, as you have taught us..

Thank you Lord for hearing our prayers.. All Glory to Your Name!

In the name of our Lord Jesus,we pray.

Amen.""

Now, for my report..

On September 14th, 2008, I was invited by the Presbyterian Church in Pattaya to share the Word of God on Sunday service. My wife, Jenny interpreted for me into Thai and I shared about prophesies from the Old Testament, which clearly point to Jesus in the New Testament as the fulfillment of prophesies in the Old Testament. I also shared Jesus' prophesies on the End Time. The senior pastor and elders then invited me to come to Pattaya again the following week to share the Word of God. Two days before this, there was a very heavy storm on the coastline of Pattaya with waves reaching about 30 feet high. We feared for the people living in Pattaya and so we and our prayer partners in the Church, prayed for God's intervention. Praised the Lord, the weather returned to normal and I was able to return to preach that Sunday.

I have set aside every Saturday morning to share the Word of God with, as well as pray for, the people gathering during weekend in Lumpini Park, Bangkok. Joining me there are several other pastors from different Churches. Here we preach the Gospel of Jesus to people who gather there, so that their life may be touched by the love of Jesus. Many people have been encouraged to receive the Word of God into their heart and many have given testimonies of how Jesus has changed their life. There has been healing too. Halleluyah!

The pastors has also invited me to help the Church in organising the coming Christmas evangelize meeting in the park on December 20th, 2008.

This coming weekend, we are going to Sisaket (northeastern Thailand) to meet up with a former theology professor from India whom I chanced to meet in Bangalore Airport as spend a week with his family last year. The professor and his wife are now working in Sisaket as English teachers.

This report has been edited with the help of a brother in Christ.My special thanks to him for his help.

When my financial resource is low, I will continue to go further for the Lord as His Kingdom is near. Book of Roman 15 v 24 : "I am planning to go to Spain, and when I do, I will stop off in Rome. And after I have enjoyed your fellowship for a little while, you can provide for my journey". (http://faithwithyou.blog.com/2007/8/)

May God's blessings be upon you and your loved ones.

Shalom to you all!

Blessing,
Pastor Steve Peter H S Kok

BEGINNING MISSION IN BANGKOK

Shalom All,

Greeting as our Lord is Great and Mighty!

Thank you for your email and SMS to me for those who quite concern about us as we are in Bangkok and also your prayer supporting us.

We are still in Bangkok and very safe here as nothing happen in the metropolis city. Praise the Lord as His shield protects us forever (Book of Deuteronomy 33 v 12 - “The people of Benjamin are loved by the Lord and live in safety beside him. He surrounds them continuously and preserves them from every harm.”). For the past few days ago, I believe that all of you heard about the situation in Bangkok city as well Southern Thailand. The news said that there were street riots, dangerous to go to Thailand and even State of Emergency was declared. This make me worry about the Bangkok situation whether to go back to Malaysia or go somewhere else. We didn’t go out from home since last Sunday after church service, as reading the Star’s Newspaper online 2 days ago, I was shocked to see a long sword, it is like the Chinese movie, fighting sword and this made me more worry. Jenny was so calm over the situation in Thailand. As Wednesday, I have a meeting with the Australian missionary in the city so that I took the opportunity to visit the current events location. It was nothing happening there, the street is so clean, power/water supply is still on, the tourists (thai called them “farang”) walking around the area, trade union workers is still working and etc…as everything is normal, busy city. I sent an email to the Star’s Newspaper and they published out at http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/3/nation/20080903172610&sec=nation, do visit the article.

I still remember that my friend who came from Malaysia, he dropped his passport in the Guest House and 6 hours later, we came back to Guest House, the owner personally return his passport to us. Secondly, I dropped my wallet a few times and the local people return back to me and the money is still inside. I never see any newspapers show any murder case or robbery case and I know that Thailand is a very safe country. The southern part of Thailand, we need to alert because majority people are Thai Muslim.

The Lord want me to emphasize about the beginning of the End Time as Jenny also wrote in Thai language about her personal thought about End Time in the Mission Blog. In the Book of Matthew 24 (NLT) as Jesus share about the future as what will take place in the simple way.

Verse 1 - 2 : As Jesus was leaving the Temple grounds, his disciples pointed out to him the various Temple buildings. But he responded, “Do you see all these buildings? I tell you the truth, they will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!” There will be great, big, beautiful and amazing church or temple and spend a lots of money on building funds as everyone can see today and at the end of the day, all this church or temple will be demolish by the Lord. The Book of 2 Corinthians 5 v 1 said that we should built our spiritual life building (it is God’s building) but not on the concrete building. Therefore we should encourage people by love and joy that will lead to salvation then the faith will build into their spiritual life.

Verse 4 - 5 : Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many. During this end time, there are many people whom claimed to be prophet from God or Jesus that will lead to false prophesy and teaching as many of us didn’t notice it, because the one who can see is already blind (Book of John 12 v 40). Jesus is the last prophet and His Word live till the End. Jesus had also warned us “not to believe it in the early stage (verse 23 - 25) about great signs and wonders from the chosen one from God. On events on earth, it is according to God’s Time and not the people create the event.

Verse 6 - 7 : And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won’t follow immediately. Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. Today we are facing foods, oils and economy wars (famines) as making everyone struggle during this tough time. The real battle war is also happening now. Not only that, the nation is also going against the nation either in politics or economy way such as Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Myanmar and many more. Moreover, there are great disasters going on now such as the iceberg in North Pole (Artic) is melting heavy, earthquake in China, floods in India, hurricane in US and climate is getting hotter. This is really happen. Last decade, we don’t face famines issues but now we are facing it. Many of us praying to the Lord to save the people or avoid all this issue but it is not up to us to decide as all this things must take place and we got to face it as Jesus said “don’t panic”. There have preachers I attended that claim this nation will be save and will not be against the nation and there will be peace…it is not from the Bible as Jesus said “things must take place”.

Verse 9 : “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers”. And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. I hope that you received my previous email about the events happening in India, they were many Christians include the ministers of God got beaten, buried and been killed. Hindu is a very strong religion that goes against anyone whom tried to convert his people to Christian and not only that many of them push the gospel through to gain quick results. With this email, I believe that some people will go against me…as Jesus said “if the people hate you (Book of John 15 v 19) then you are my followers and truth disciple”. I never give up telling the Truth that God, the Father had called me to do as you can see the Lord is really with me as the Lord move miraculous during the mission journey.

Verse 12 - 13: Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. When Jesus gave us the Greatest Commandment (Book of Mark 12 v 30 - 31) that is Love Commandment. How many of us still keeping the second commandment which is to love one another as yourself? I interviewed a few pastors include Christians (difference denomination and non-denomination), how many of them know how to love their neighbours and I get a results of 0% unable to obey this Commandment. It is easy to understand or define it but come to reality on implementation, it is always difficult and Jesus said “many will grow cold”. Whoever know how to love one another will be saved as Jesus said that mean keep warm in all relationship include with your enemies. Anything out of the love content, will lead to hate (opposite meaning) then they will start judging one another (Matthew 7 v 1 - 2).

The Book of Matthew 24 is link to Book of Mark 13 as well Book of Luke 21 that cleared that Jesus had mentioned it and it is truth as His Word live forever. Amen!

Come back to my report. At last I completed my one year mission video clip while I distributed to everyone and others download from the internet. I had spent quite a lots of money on this and my funds is low as I want to touch everyone heart so that they will be encouragement and look forward for the Lord’s direction. Praise the Lord for giving me the strength to complete this CD on time. Jenny is still doing my mission blog translation from English to Thai language and we want to Bless the people in Thailand.

Late July 2008, we went to Petchaburi (the first southern province from the north) and visited a very old church. We met the first Thai woman pastor as she is around 92 years old and we spent time there to have fellowship together and then we attended the Sunday service.

In the mid August 2008, we went to Pattaya and we have the opportunity to share our India mission trip to the congregations after sermons had finished. They were so excited about our mission trip and asked lots of questions about in regard to the culture and people there. We also sing while dance with the children and play with them. Amazing and Halleluyah!

The Lord has opens the door for me to evangelize and share the gospel of love + joy to everyone as the list is below;

1. The Prison Department had approved my application to visit the prisoners in Thailand but I waiting for the green to visit them.
2. A few Thai pastors had also invited me to start a training centre for rural area pastors.
3. Two churches from Pattaya and Chiangrai have invited me to preach on Sunday service.
4. Full Gospel Business Men Fellowship International also invited me to become the co - ordinator for the English session.

We need your prayer support as we looking for opening to join a reputable missionary organization, protection and provision.

Thank you and all Glory to our Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Blessing,
Pastor Steve Peter H S Kok