Following God

Praise the Lord – last Sunday, 4th November, marked the first service of our granddaughter church Yilan 611! Yilan 611, headed by Ps. Wang Xianzhong and his wife, is the first branch church of “Taipei 611.” This is a new milestone in the journey of “planting Trees of Life everywhere in 52 years.” Meanwhile, at the 8.30am service at the Mercy Seat, 69 cell leaders were ordained – that’s a record high! In the growth and development of a church, the discipleship role of a cell leader is extremely crucial. In particular, we as the mother church must have a […]

Praise God for the Pastor Couples’ Camp last week. Pastors from Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Malaysia and Hong Kong participated. Evidently, it is His Will to plant Trees of Life everywhere, through the revival of the pastor couples’ relationships. A glorious Church revival begins with a glorious nurturing of the pastor couples’ relationships. The various difficulties that the pastor couples were facing were difficult to counsel. Despite this, we were fully aware that assisting the senior pastor couple’s marriage is in fact assisting their church. It was also auspicious that we were able to welcome three local pastor couples! Indeed, […]

Right after Sukkot, God is leading us to “return and rest”, to enter a period of recuperation. As we wait on Him, everyone will revive in spirit and in strength. In the coming 6 months, church ministries will take a slower pace – to reduce the workload of staff and volunteers. For example, the “Whole Whole Family Journal” will change from a monthly to a bimonthly publication, and the number of musicals each year will be halved, etc. Besides regular worship services and discipleship, every department will be looking into the amount of ministry they can reduce. This is to […]

Last Sunday, 14th October, we began to preach the “Safety Belt” series, which will be about 10 sermons long. In this first sermon, “Be Saved in Returning and Rest,” we shared through the Word of God about how in the hardest times of our lives, Father God and His Word becomes our “safety belt” and helps us triumph over the difficulties in life. Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! (Isaiah 30:18) The Heavenly […]

Since the “Cruise Carnival” in July through to the 1000-people baptism and Sukkot that has just past, the co-workers, MG leaders and I have been at a spiritual high. There were 500 people baptized at the beach baptism last year and it went just like any other baptism without any news coverage. Surprisingly, the news of 852 people baptized this year has been circulated in media, what a beautiful work of God which is far beyond our imagination. Afterwards C Mo and I went on a retreat, during which God told us to “reset to zero”. How to reset to […]

Praise the Lord, His thoughts are always higher than ours; His providence and provision are always beyond what we can imagine and ask for! The beach baptism for a thousand had been scheduled on the 16th September, but was postponed due to the typhoon. After some twists and turns, we submitted to the leading of God and held the 8 performances of “The Light” Musical and 8 baptisms at the same time from the 28th September to 1st October. In the end 852 people were baptized within our church. Including those baptized in the branch churches, a total of 1258 […]

In July, right after the Cruise Carnival, in response to the vision of “Planting Trees of Life everywhere in 52 years”, the whole church as one sets her heart on it. All pastoral zones, MG tribes and cell groups have been holding various kinds and different scales evangelistic events, bringing over 1,500 people to Christ in just one month. Our daughter churches swiftly joined us in holding the Sukkot beach baptism on the 16th September, taking the total to 26 branch churches of 10 countries baptizing on the same day. Nearly 500 people have signed up for the beach baptism […]

A while back, one early morning, when I was still half asleep, I heard God teaching me, “The Feast of Ingathering is actually Sukkot.” In the Bible, after the Feast of Ingathering at the end of Jewish year comes Sukkot which means the Jews celebrate “Ingathering” before New Year and then “the Feast of Tabernacles”. The “Beach Baptism of a Thousand” which will be held on the 16th September also means to “Gather In” the harvest of the Lord. Receiving the vision of “planting the Tree of Life everywhere in 52 years” on the 18th July, evangelistic events of cell […]

Praise the Lord for many new friends turning to Christ in the service last week. Between relying on oneself and seeking grace, they responded to the altar call by choosing to follow Jesus, embarking on the faith journey. In the afternoon, 3 on 3 Basketball Match was held on the Young Ya basketball court with over hundred spectators. Despite losing the game, we won 26 souls for the Lord, Hallelujah! I greatly appreciate the teachers who not only invited many young people but even brought them to Christ. That day, basketball match should have been the focus, it was not […]

Last Tuesday C-Mo and I came back from Belgium, as our 10-day Europe trip ended. Upon returning, we learn that cell groups of different pastoral zones have fervently devoted to various evangelistic activities, bringing over 270 people to Christ. Moreover close to 300 people have signed up for the beach baptism and 24 branch churches shall hold beach baptism on the same day. Praise the Lord that everybody is taking up the sickle to harvest for the Lord! The Europe trip was truly an eye-opener for us to “see” that the vision of Planting Trees of Life in 52 years […]

Following our Saturday service last week, excitedly, I joined C-Mo in Belgium for our Europe trip which was a time of rest as well as a chance to pray for the land that had brought revival of the Gospel in past years. The vision of planting Trees of Life in 52 years has already set sail! Throughout the cruise trip, all that we received from God was revelations and good news. Coming back to Hong Kong, I saw the course of Typhoon Jongdari in the shape of a sickle of harvest, a God-given sign of a great harvest up in […]

One day, out of the blue, Father God spoke to me in a dream, “Joshua, Sukkot is the Feast of Ingathering.” This was the first time God ever taught me about the Bible in a dream! Last week my sermon was titled, “Enter into the Blessings of Sukkot”. Sukkot will fall on 24th September this year, and prior to that, the Beach Baptism for Thousands on 16th September. Truly, it is time for an abundant harvest of souls, gathering precious brothers and sisters under the Name of the Lord and into His Kingdom. May I urge all brothers and sisters to engage in unity, pray faithfully and spread […]