Thank God for 2012 & Excited for 2013! - KJ's praise report

  Dear beloved of God, thank you for standing with us in prayer and fellowship. We are excited for 2013 which will definitely be another year of great breakthroughs, new encounters, unexpected moments like ‘water turning into wine’ experiences, God knitted friendships, strong relationships and even more of God’s abundance but we can’t forget all the good and awesome things that the Almighty has done throughout 2012.

  What a privilege to see and experience the working of God in our lives last year like a potter patiently shaping the clay according to his heart’s desire. We saw how God by His divine grace brought in resources to build our family and ministry in His own appointed time.

  We were touched and strengthened by some individuals - friends and relatives - that are close to our hearts and were blessed by a local mission team from Putra Aman Assembly (PAA), Selangor and even people who come from foreign land to help add values and colours to our ministry.

  Though we don’t know each other but the mission group especially the World Race teams from America were connected to us by God’s divine appointment. They become like a family to us and worked hand in hand to fulfil God’s agenda in our ministry areas.

  They not only help us teach the students English with character but gave a facelift to our learning centre. They did not only sow seeds of love and courage in the lives of many students of various races and age group but left a great marks of remembrance on the walls of KJ Generation Resources (KJGR) in Gua Musang, Kelantan.

Below are some of the mural painting that has beautified our centre:

  

  We are truly thankful not only to the mission teams but to all those who have add colours into our lives and blessed us in one way or another especially in the area of prayers, fellowship and finance since we started this mission in 2009 to touch and transform the lives of people we come in contact daily.

  We believe that every God given mission is “Possible” and we’ll continue to expand and extend His kingdom here and anywhere He assigns us. To God be all the glory.

Shalom!  

with love & regards:
Rev.B.Kumarathevan & Josephine
KJ Generation Resources
Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia.
(+6)016-4734313 or (+6)016-4687414

"GOD IS OUR ROCK & STRENGTH!" 

Dear God, Help Us!

Dear God, help us to heal

and not to hurt anyone

help us to love

and not to hate another.

Dear God, help us to forgive

and not to give in to unforgiveness

help us to stay humble

and not to be proud.

Winds of change may come

but help us to stay calm

Circumstances should not change our focus

Going high or low is norm

                      but help us to prevail the storm                           strengthen our hearts

to keep staying focused.

We are not able unless

You make us stable

Only in You

we are strong

to do all these things.

Dear God, thank you for healing us

so that we can be the healing to the nations

Dear God, thank you for loving us

so that we may share your love  to the world

Thank You God for Your help!

by: B.Kumarathevan

an art by Kate McKenzie Kovach (WR Nov 2012)

LIGHT + TRUTH = LIFE

THE psalmist prayed: “O send out Thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto Thy holy hill, and to Thy tabernacles.  (Psa 43:3 KJV)

What a genuine prayer request that’s full of dependence on God, great expectation and deep desire to be connected with God and His divine purpose.

When my family and I first moved to Gua Musang, Kelantan (which is like a foreign land to us) about 3 years ago, the LORD taught us to take ownership of the town and to use Isaiah.60 to make declaration over the town and our own lives. Daily, we as a family will speak blessings over the land by declaring: “Arise & Shine Gua Musang for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. We, Kumar-Josephine family have come to be a blessing to your land, now arise and be a blessing to us.”

About six months later, physically there were street lights fixed along the main road of Gua Musang and recently the council added beautiful artificial trees full of coloured lights and for a first time a floral design of the sun which is the symbol of light is used as a welcome note to Gua Musang in the centre of the new town. Amazingly, many other developments are taking place in this so called small railway town.  (Gua Musang literally means Fox Cave....More updates later)    

  

1)  Send Your Light & Truth!

It’s not just a statement of request but a passion of a hungry soul for a fresh revelation of God. The revelation was made clear in Joh 1:1-5 KJV (In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  (2)  The same was in the beginning with God.  (3)  All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made.  (4)  In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.  (5)  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.)

By this we know that God is not just “Light & Truth” but He is the divine empowerment that’s ever willing to share His “Life” with those who believe. (Joh 8:12 KJV  Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.)

It’s just like this, when we ask God for His Light & Truth, He gives them generously to us by compressing them into a dynamite shell called “Life in abundance” (Joh 10:10 KJV  ...I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.) When His life empowerment rejuvenates us, we become His lights (Mat 5:14 KJV  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.)

We who have received His light, truth and the fullness of His life cannot be hidden any longer but have the dynamite power to shine forth in darkness and the darkness itself can never comprehend it or understand this revelation of Christ.

2) Let them lead me

When we learn to trust in God’s light & truth and lean not in our own understanding, the Spirit of God by His love and grace will direct our path and lead us into all truth.

(Pro 3:5-7 KJV  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  (6)  In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths;

 Joh 16:13 KJV  Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come.)

3) Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles

Our dependency must never be in our own strength, talent or wisdom but in God and God alone. Just as the psalmist says: Psa 121:1-2 KJV  I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.  (2)  My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

David once said:  Psa 27:4 KJV  One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

Friends, if we desire for more of God...remember that God too desires for more of us and that’s why He brings His Light & Truth that produces Life to live inside of us – The Father, Son and the Holy Spirit decided to dwell inside of us, His temple (Joh 14:23 KJV  Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.)

The Bible made it clear that we the believers are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in us. (1Co 3:16)

If we have God’s Light and Truth in us, then we surely have His Life in abundance. Now, without doubt we can believe Rev 21:3 KJV  And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.) Amen!

God always keeps His promises, no matter what. Isn’t that amazing?

 Picture of double rainbow and ray over the town taken by a WorldRacer opposite our English centre in Gua Musang in October 2012.

Let’s Proclaim Liberty! (Part 2)

CAN you imagine, on a regular weekend service at your church, the preacher walks up to the pulpit, takes up a scripture, reads it and then gets back to his seat.

You probably prepared your mind to hear at least a 30 minutes to an hour of power packed sermon to motivate and keep you going. I’m sure the congregation will be filled with questions and want to know what went wrong. “Pastor, are you alright?” “Hope you are not angry with us.” “Didn’t you prepare your sermon?” “Oh no, looks like he’s in a bad mood.” And the list may go on.

When Jesus came to Nazareth where He had been brought up, as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah and when He opened the book, He found the word, read it, and then He closed the book and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all those in the synagogue were fixed on Him. The people marvelled at His gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. They can’t believe that a carpenter’s son can preach like that.

Almost the same scenario but two different responses. Jesus’ short message made an impact. It’s not the length of the message that matters but its impact on the hearers. What actually made the people in the synagogue to be astounded at Jesus’ saying? Let’s see in Luke 4:16- 30.

Now, listen to the voice of Jesus declaring: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”

I believe, when Jesus made this declaration, He actually took the scripture upon Himself and gave life to it by proclaiming the year of Favour (Jubilee) over the people. In verse 21, He said: “Today the scripture is fulfilled in your hearing”. Wow!

Do you have the faith to believe this? If you’ve heard it, then believe it. If you believe; you shall surely see the glory of God! The fulfilment of the scripture will be TODAY as you hear it with believe.

Friends, take note of this: The congregation that bore witness and marvelled at the gracious words of Jesus were the same people who transformed into a violent mob with a murderer spirit. They rose up to kill Jesus the next moment. Why? We’ll look into this sometime soon.

Anyway, Situations around us can change anytime or can go from bad to worst - the evil days are here. People are so zealous to establish their own righteousness and not submitting to the righteousness of God. But we have an obligation: Beloved, the word is near you, so proclaim it. Why wait? (Rom 10:8-13)

No matter what happens, perceive the Word of God with God-kind of faith and declare it as your own. My family and I are practicing this (making declarations) and seeing results. You say it, you got it!

Let’s declare: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, He has anointed me to preach; He has sent me to heal; I’m assigned by God Almighty to proclaim liberty to the captives, to liberate those who are oppressed and to proclaim the year of favour. Amen!”

(to be continued)

Let’s Proclaim Liberty! (Part 1)

EVERY human being yearns to live in freedom. Countries which ones lived under colonial rule, celebrates their independence day so grandly each year because of the joy obtained after many years of sufferings.

Nobody wants to be in slavery. In fact it’s not God’s intention to keep anyone in bondage either. But because of the human’s sin nature, he or she is under the clutches of Satan who constantly keeps them bound to sin, sickness and death.

Anyway, the good news is, we don’t have to be subjected to any kind of bondages if we believe in the finished work of Christ Jesus on the cross. When we put into practice what we read from the Word of God, we too can live in total liberty and set others free.

Lev 25:9-10 MKJV

(9) Then you shall cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth of the seventh month; in the Day of Atonement, the trumpet shall sound throughout all your land.

(10) And you shall make the fiftieth year holy, one year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you, and you shall return each man to his possession, and you shall return each man to his family.

The word “Jubilee” comes from the Hebrew word yobel meaning a trumpet or ram’s horn – the Jews proclaim the great Day of Atonement with the blast of a ram’s horn (shofar). Jubilee also means “to move around”. All Jews who sold themselves into slavery or in debt were released from their bonds and given freedom.

Jews still practise the blowing of shofar. It is also practiced in many churches as an act of prophetic declaration of liberty. We can still be released from our bondages – bondage of habitual mistakes or becoming enslaved to a certain type of habit with the help of Jesus Christ who is our atonement. He sacrificially died on our behalf as a penalty of our sin and thus united us with God.

As it is written in Eph 4:8 (When He ascended on high, He lead captivity captive, and gave gifts to men). Yes, I truly believe that Jesus our Messiah who defeated death and has ascended on high will certainly deliver those who are in captivity (slaves to sin etc.) and lead them (march them out as Captain of Host) to be captives/slaves of righteousness in Christ.

Paul wrote: (2Co 5:21 MKJV) For He has made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

(Rom 6:16 MKJV) Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves to him whom you obey; whether it is of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness.

(Rom 6:19 MKJV) I speak in the manner of men because of the weakness of your flesh; for as you have yielded your members as slaves to uncleanness, and to lawless act unto lawless act, even so now yield your members as slaves to righteousness unto holiness.

On the Day of Atonement, a momentous once-in-a-lifetime occasion the shofar was blast to declare liberty.

Friends, we don’t have to wait for a particular season or time to act upon God’s word. If we believe who we are in Christ and our position in the Kingdom of God, we should unite our hearts to proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants.

Be assured that you have been given the authority by God through Christ to declare freedom over your family, church, city in which you live, community around you and your beloved nation.

It shall be a jubilee to all of us and we shall return to our possession and establish the family unit in righteousness according to the Word of God. NOW is the TIME!!

Let’s declare: “We no longer bound in any kind of slavery or in debt; we were released from bonds and were given freedom in Christ Jesus our deliverer, amen!”

…to be continued

By: B.Kumarathevan

MORE THAN CONQUERORS (part 2)

Rom 8:37 - No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

What it means to be More than Conquerors:

1) We have been FORGIVEN from our SINS.

We are made more than conquerors because Jesus has already conquered our sins by His death on the cross. He declared: “It is Finish!” If you believe in Christ, than you got to believe in His finished work on the cross. Your sins has been dealt with and you are the righteousness of God in Christ (Romans 3:28 For we maintain that it is as the result of faith that a man is held to be righteous, apart from actions done in obedience to Law.) ( Luke 15:7 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.) (Matthew 12:37 for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.)

2) We have LIFE in abundance to live to the fullest in Christ Jesus.

(Jh 10:10)

The enemy will come to steal, kill and destroy our victory, our faith, our joy etc. … but don’t give up, just stand on your victory ground – that has been purchased by the blood of the Lamb of God – and keep declaring that Jesus came to give you LIFE and give you life to the fullest.

3) We have full AUTHORITY to overcome every enemy of the TRUTH. (Jh 8:32 – You shall know the truth and the Truth will set you free.)

Get rid of Fear – the enemy of Faith

(Rise up and resist the FEAR of failure, sickness, death, darkness, condemnation and every lies of the devil. Take the shield of FAITH (Eph. 6:16) and overcome your fears like a hero.)

Luke 10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

Scorpions - The scorpion is an animal with eight feet, eight eyes and a long jointed tail, ending in a pointed weapon or sting. It is found in tropical climates, and seldom exceeds 4 inches in length. Its sting is extremely poisonous, and it is sometimes fatal to life. It is in Scripture the emblem of malicious and crafty men.

Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions,.... Which may be literally understood, as in Mark 16:18, or figuratively of the devil, and his principalities and powers, and all his emissaries, who, for their craft and cunning, and for their poisonous and hurtful nature and influence, may be compared to serpents and scorpions.

To tread on serpents and scorpions. Evidently an allusion to the promise that the seed of woman shall bruise the serpent's head (Ge 3:15).

Friends, it is a promise of victory over the power of sin and victory over all the power of the enemy. The connection shows that it is symbolical.

You are a CONQUEROR no matter what. It is clearly said in:

Psa 91:13 LITV You shall tread on the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent You shall trample under foot.

Mar 16:18 LITV they will take up snakes; and if they drink anything deadly, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will be well.

DECLARATION OF A CONQUEROR:

we are more than conquerors through him that loved us because…

Jesus said: "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:33 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Romans 8:35 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:2

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, Revelation 1:5

Be all glory, power and praise now and forever… Amen!

(Watch the video clip of a father who runs with his injured son to the finishing line at the sports arena as to show his moral support.)

Conclusion:

In the same manner, God our Father will always run with us in our weaknesses to help us to finish the race. Though we are weak, He is strong in us. To Him we are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus.

By: B.Kumarathevan

MORE THAN CONQUERORS (part 1)

Romans 8: 37

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

We may face trials, temptations and even setbacks but the Word of God says clearly that in all these things (no matter what - all means all - you name it) we are more than conquerors.

We are not going to become conquerors but already are. Victory is ours! We are not trying or manipulating our way to be victorious but already on the victory ground. We are not supposed to pray for victory … we should be praising God for the victory in Christ Jesus. We don’t have to fight for victory but fight from the victory that Christ has obtained for us through His death and resurrection. We grow from glory to glory. Amen!

Now to make this point clear; you are already a victor even before you were born. You defeated about 200 million sells that travelled from your father’s sperm to touch your mother’s egg.

You are a Conqueror when you hit the mark to be formed in your mother’s womb. YOU are UNIQUE! Isn’t that amazing?

Gideon defeats a Midianite army of 120,000 with only 300 soldiers, with torches and pitchers –

In - Judges 7 – you will find out the secret of his success:

* Gideon did not have to fight but just believe in God. (We got to Trust God for He is faithful.)

* He obeyed the voice of God and followed the instructions exactly though it sounded illogical. (Obedience is better than sacrifice.)

* He overcame his fears and timidity and put his faith into action. (Faith without action is dead.)

* Gideon recognised his authority in God. (We got to know who we are in Christ.)

* He did not depend on the quantity of his army but depended 100 percent on God’s favour and strength. (We got to depend on God and not men.)

Amen.

(to be cont...)

B.Kumarathevan