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what happened to the post by abang eng? werent you suppose to post something?hehe.

anyhoos, jst for the sake of updating this blog and prooving that it isnt dead(hint gab), I shall attempt to update you guys on what's been going with me.
In case you havent noticed, im in UCSI, doing psychology. finally something i like. I got the interview for a teaching scholarship sponsored by the goverment but to my suprise i didnt get it. That's a good thing btw. So, i get to stick in ucsi instead of teaching. I didnt get ns. A double woohoo.

There is something odd about all this. If my memory serves me well, God seemed to be pushing me down roads i disliked in the past. Not to say that im angry at God or He is a party-pooper. He isnt, it's jst that the more i disliked something, the more it came my way but I knew well enough that no matter how extremely hateful i was towards it, things would turn out in the end. Anyway, back to the point. Things arent actually going the way i presumed it would go down. I disliked teaching and ns to the very tinniest lil bit and i didnt get any of those.
Makes me wonder what plan God has installed for me. hmmmm....

Finally a post from me...even though I believe nobody checks this blog anymore...

I'll just share something I pondered upon. I've written this in my blog as well.

A man walks into the restaurant. He comes to your table and ask for a few of your loose cash. you obviously have the urge to reach into your wallet to give the poor man a RM1. But then it strikes you..."what if it's a scam?". And you quickly wave your hand in a gesture to shoo him away.

What do you do? I thought about this and came up with this...

If I did give, and it is a scam to steal money, wouldn't I be guilty of supporting a scam (an unchristian act).

If I didn't give, and it soooo turns out that the man is REALLY poor, then, wouldn't I be guilty of not helping the needy and not obeying God's commandments to help the poor.

And the most obvious of all,
If I gave, and the man is really poor, then, I would have obeyed God in helping the needy.



Omitting the third "If I...", what would you do...?

The 3 Months Later Letter

hey guys.. i've just received the 3 months later letter than we wrote in RBS... wah.. thinking back.. so fast 3 months have past.. sigh and i can see that my spiritual walk has weaken down. And reading what i've written in the letter spurs me up again to continue to shine for HIM and to continue my daily devotion time. Many things in this world that can distract us!! I pray that we will be strong in the LORD and ask him for strength and wisdom every new day!!
MIssing You All more and more DAy by DaY!!

Life away from God

Two brothers go to a lake to play with a little boat that they had made. The younger boy excitedly places it in the water and watches it sail. The boat slowly begins to drift away, until it is out of his reach. With great fear, he cries out for his elder brother, to save the boat. The elder boy immediately picks up some stones and begins to throw it at the boat. The younger boy starts to yell at him saying, "what are you doing, I said save my boat, not destroy it!?" The elder boy responds, "Relax. I know what I am doing?" He begins to throw the stones, past the boat, causing ripples to form, and that draws the boat closer to the shore. Finally the boat is back in its owner's arms.

A lot of us are sometimes like that little boat. Sin causes us to drift away from God. Then we find so many things going wrong in our lives and wonder why. Sometimes God throws stones 'at us', not to harm us but to cause ripples in our lives that will draw us back to Him and not further away. The more we live our lives according to what WE think is right, the more we will be discouraged, because there is NO LIFE AWAY FROM GOD. God is our source of power, strength, peace and joy.

Whatever your problem may be, don't look at it as a punishment but a challenge to better your self. God has the power to turn things around in your life and He will do it. Problems are always there, but for a reason, that is to make us better and not bitter. How we choose to respond to our problem will determine the results that we get in the end. This is our God.


He can turn a MESS into a MESSAGE

A TEST into a TESTIMONY

A TRIAL into a TRIUMPH

A VICTIM into a VICTOR

Team Kirton RBS 2007 Video

Surprise!!! Here It Is... A video specially for our Mission Team!! All Those Times We Had Will Be In Our Memories.... And This video I dedicate it to Mr. Eric Kirton

Recommended: Let the video to dl finish first then oni u watch... r not no umph!!

Unc. Eric Kirton's Favourite Song

This is, according to Colin Kirton, is his dad's favourite song during his time here on earth. The meaning of the lyrics of this song is very deep. It simply speaks of How Great Our God that no matter what situation we're facing and going through, He will always be there to comfort us, be by our side and with arms wide open to share the burden together with us. He (God) raise us up to do miraculous deeds. To save souls and bless others that have not heard of the gospel such as the 10-40 window. There are many places that is need of the gospel. We're so grateful to have Unc. Eric Kirton sharing so passionately about Jesus' love for us and how Jesus was crucified on the cross of calvary for the sake of paying the penalty of our sins. He took our sin upon that cross so that we might not be condemned by the bondage of sin and death. We've been set free. So what are we still waiting?? Go.. Go... GO... and share...

I've learned from Colin Kirton during his lecture in RBS. He struck us with this Question that we most Christian cannot answer. He asked this "What is the Greatest Crime in Christianity?"..... "The Greatest Crime in Christianity is knowing Jesus and keeping Quiet about it"

This song shall be a very emo-ing song for me everytime i listen to it from now onwards. It shall always be the song where GOD hits me with a brick (AGAIN..yes AGAIN) and gets me back on track. Tribute to Mr. Eric Kirton!! no words could express our gratitute and thanks for your ministry in Malaysia.

The song played during the slide presentation during Unc. Eric Kirton's memorial service was sung by Celtic Woman. However, i couldnt find that song on radioblogclub. Therefore i will just use Josh Groban's version.

You Raise Me Up

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;

When troubles come and my heart burdened be;

Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,

Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;

You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;

I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;

You raise me up: To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;

You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;

I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;

You raise me up: To more than I can be.

There is no life - no life without its hunger;

Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;

But when you come and I am filled with wonder,

Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;

You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;

I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;

You raise me up: To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;

You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;

I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;

You raise me up: To more than I can be.

Biography of Eric Kirton (1932 - 2007)

Eric was born in Clydebank, Scotland in 1932, the youngest son and second-youngest child in a family of 5 boys and 2 girls. When Clydebank was a key target for German bombers during World War II due to its being the major shipbuilding centre in the United Kingdom at the time, the Kirton home was destroyed during a spate of bombings, forcing Eric’s parents to send the children to be cared for in the countryside. Eric spent the war years growing up on a farm in Luss Village, on the banks of Loch Lomond.

At the age of 14, at a youth camp, Eric committed his life to Jesus Christ, and very soon thereafter began to sense a calling into missions work.

After his school years, Eric trained as a woodworker and worked with a well-known furniture supplier in Glasgow. He also enlisted in the armed forces. In 1953 he was called for duty with the British Royal Air Force and stationed in Singapore and Malaya during the Emergency for 2 years. Feeling the Lord’s call to missionary service in Malaya, he returned two and a half years later in February 1958, commended by his home church in Glasgow.

After intensive language studies in Kuala Lumpur, he moved to Kuantan where from the old wooden house he had rented, he established the first Brethren assembly on the east coast.

In 1959, he married Tan Cheng Kim, a teacher from Kuala Lumpur, who moved to Kuantan and continued to use her teaching career as an outreach opportunity among children and teens.

After 2 years of planting the seeds of the gospel, the first new believers were harvested for God’s kingdom, and in 1964, Kuantan Chapel was built. Many church leaders across the country today – and indeed over the world – as well as many missionaries from Malaysia were the product of the ministry of the Kirtons in Kuantan.

The Kirtons’ ministry expanded over the years to include helping to establish the work in Temerloh, and to regularly help minister in the assemblies in Bentong, Raub and Kota Bharu, as well as the Presbyterian church in Kuala Trengganu.

In 1984, with the church work in Kuantan well-established, the Kirtons contemplated new ministry elsewhere, but sudden debilitating illness left Cheng Kim bedridden and in need of constant medical attention, forcing the Kirtons to move to Kuala Lumpur. Cheng Kim went to be with the Lord in 1989.

After moving to Kuala Lumpur in 1985, Eric became a regular itinerant Bible teacher and preacher in churches in the Klang Valley and across the country. He also served on the management board of Evangel Book Centre and as chairman of the annual Klang Valley Bible Conference.

In July 2006, he was diagnosed with malignant melanoma (an aggressive form of skin cancer) and underwent surgery to remove a tumour above his left shoulder-blade. In December 2006, surgery was required for a second tumour in the same region, but unfortunately this time the pathology report indicated that the cancer had not been contained. Intensive radiotherapy ensued until it became clear some weeks later that the cancer had already spread into the lungs and was no longer treatable. Within a month, his left lung was a solid mass of tumour and no longer functioning, and within a further 2 months, his remaining lung had also succumbed to the cancer and the Lord ushered him into his eternal presence early in the morning of Saturday 24 March 2007.

Eric leaves behind 3 children and 2 grandchildren: Colin; Laurence and his wife Yoke Lin; and Carol and her husband Barry Sherbeck and their 2 daughters Laura Kim and Dana Joy.
In their lives, and in the lives of a myriad other spiritual “sons and daughters," Eric Kirton has left a lasting legacy.

“Well done, good and faithful servant! … Come and share your Master’s happiness!” (Matthew 25:21)

p/s : Text references was taken from www.ekirton.com/