Before I was afflicted I went astray;

As I tried to stay in the field as the year end approached but I realise that is purely flesh. I just try to do something by myself but that something I do gone wrong somehow and seems nothing move no matter how hard I tried. Even it was my good intention I have no peace in my heart and many things become the stumbling blocks and felt guilty of my fault even many crticisms from my partner K.Dum mentioned a lot but I don't see until I humble myself and pray. As I pushed hard many things bounced back even harder. To force people to know God through the scipture better is only my own thinking and my good intention. I came to realise from the God's Word :

Proverbs 16:9 A person may plan his own journey, but the LORD directs his steps.
and
Proverbs 19:21 Many plans are in the human heart, but the advice of the LORD will endure.


My impulse decisions mention out at my face and one night these Scripture came to me.

James 1:12 Blessed are those who endure when they are tested. When they pass the test, they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

I was quite frustrated with those aged folks who lame, alchoholic and take advantages but God see them otherwise. He loves them. I lost my joy of the Lord, Bro. Paul mentioned to me during his staying with me. I forgot that the tests will come to our lives and thought that I can carry on by my own strength until I got lost out of the way that I suppose to go. I don't really know the way "how to make it" but in Job 23:10 I can't find him because he knows the road I take. When he tests me, I'll come out as pure as gold. When God is finished with me things will come out well.

I felt like there is no end no light of what I am going to do. I know that He is with us all the time but I am not act like it, we 're not talked like it. The problem is that I don't really believe it.


Apostle James told us in
James 1:6 When you ask for something, don't have any doubts. A person who has doubts is like a wave that is blown by the wind and tossed by the sea.
James1:7 A person who has doubts shouldn't expect to receive anything from the Lord.

.....You should ask God, and he will give it to you. God is generous to everyone and doesn't find fault with them.


This is the lady who accepted Christ first time on the day I started to go in this village. She passed away on 18 December peacefully. Thanks God that He allows us to know before hand as we went to her place on irregular visit. We can not reason out why we want to go there on that Friday. As we went we stopped at our unusual place to visit people we know long time back but to be told that Pah Keong has gone sleep. When we reached her house her picture was on the shelf. She was cremated in the temple near-by a day before.



Today 29 December we went to the village as usual and as I shared about the heaven in Revelation we were told that Pah Samruay was passed away 2 days ago. Many uneasiness of many things become light. The deal that we have to discuss with the landlord about allow her to stay in that place is out. The rented land of the house she built on in the deal we have to resonsible will be ceased. The Lord even provided the way to get back to the previous location under the tree with out loosing face. He take care of us that much. Things that bind us broken we don't have to give up, we don't have to run away. We don't have to worry about where and when we are working with Him. He knows the road I take. When he tests me, I'll come out as pure as gold.

He is our God our Lord Jesus Christ

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Hebrews13:9 Don't get carried away by all kinds of unfamiliar teachings. Gaining inner strength from God's kindness is good for us. This strength does not come from following rules about food, rules that don't help those who follow them.

Thanks For the Comments

Thanks for comments as I tried to draft my expression of what I believe and both help my understanding.
Both comments and many more as I shared with them will be the options to many questions for church's members of the church I am attending in Thailand.

1. russkellyphd said (Thanks)

Lev 27:30-34, the very texts you quote teach the OPPOSITE of what your words say.
(1) The tithe could only come from the holy land inside Israel.
(2) The tithe was only FOOD and never money.
(3) The tithe was the TENTH and not the first.
(4) The tithe was the TENTH and not necessarily the best.
(5) The tithe was only part of the Mosaic Law.
Russell Earl Kelly, PH. D., author fo Should the Church Teach Tithingwww.shouldthechurchteachtithing.com

2.And also from Le-Peng fast4plmc said

True that tithing is an Old Testament concept and nowhere in the New Testament commands, or even recommends that Christians submit to a legalistic tithe system.
However, Paul states that believers should set aside a portion of their income in order to support the church (1 Corinthians 16:1-2). Sometimes that means giving more than a tithe, sometime that may mean giving less than a tithe. It all depends on the ability of the Christian and the needs of the church. Each and every Christian should diligently pray and seek God’s wisdom as to whether to participate in tithing and/or for how much he/she should give (James 1:5). “Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7). Do not forget that all that we have come from our Creator God. So give cheerfully. You can call it a tithe or an offering or anything, just give freely for He has given freely to us.
May God bless You.

Lepeng

Scriptures from ISV.

Mark 5:36 But when Jesus heard what they said, he told the synagogue leader, "Stop being afraid! Just keep on believing."

Mark 5:34 He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well........"

Mark 11:22 Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God! "

"According to your faith, let it be done for you!"

Christmas day today

Recognition of God's sovereignty:

The LORD own everything.

He is sovereignty of every things or He own every thing.
In His sovereignty He wants to retain some even in the beginning when He made man in Genesis 2 He also retain a tree:
Genesis 2:16 And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree in the garden,
Genesis 2:17 but you shall not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. For in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
This is His retention of His sovereignty to maintain or reserve for Himself. Right now God's sovereignty expressed to the tithe. If you recognise the sovereignty of God you will know that the tithe is holy unto the LORD.

From MKJV.
Leviticus 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's. It is holy to Jehovah.
Leviticus 27:31 And if a man will at all redeem anything of his tithes, he shall add to it the fifth part of it.
Leviticus 27:32 And all the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, all that passes under the rod, a tenth shall be holy to Jehovah
Leviticus 27:33 He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it. And if he changes it at all, then both it and the change of it shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.

From GW.
Leviticus 27:30 "One-tenth of what comes from the land, whether grain or fruit, is holy and belongs to the LORD.
Leviticus 27:32 Every tenth head of cattle or sheep that you counted is holy and belongs to the LORD.
Leviticus 27:33 You must not look to see if it is good or bad or exchange it. But if you do exchange it, both the first animal and its substitute will be holy. They cannot be bought back."

Our heavenly Father really own every thing. When we know that what we belong to Him but He allows us to have them all to do His will on earth. We come to gether pray for Salvation for Thai prople.

Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.

Count down to Christmas we have many celebrations. Saurday 22 December Nong Tamlueng's children get to gether to have give away toy and memorise scripture games. They sang gospel


songs and trying to memorise some scripture from beginning a new life. Many of them tried so hard so many attempts and eventually we run out of toys. You can look at their faces you can see how happy they are during this greeting season. We treating them lunch at the "kuay jub"store. The first lady who accepted Christ when we first go to Baan Nearn and Baan Boh just pass away on last tuesday unexpectedly. Children just have her bar-be-que chicken last Saturday.

In the evening of the same day on 22 December the church have open Christmas party for evangelised purpose. The church full of members and invited guests, 18 of them accepted Christ.

Praise the Lord for His love and mercy endure forever. The man we prayed for him on the 5 December during our outing also accepted the Lord. Thanks God for the harvest time at least encouraged us that the Salvation belongs to the Lord and as we go there is some result when the harvest time come. The whole family will be saved.


On 18 December joint attempt of two churches hold up Christmas party in the market place. It is a joy to that place as "Joy to world" sang out. A group from US and Canada came to bless the people during this season. Wonderful opportunity to show them of God's love. There are many natural men who are not Christians. As they depend on their own resources and depend on their own strength.

1Corinthians 2:14 A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the teachings of God's Spirit. He thinks they're nonsense. He can't understand them because a person must be spiritual to evaluate them.

During 16-20 December 2007 on the way back home to Singapore from his ministry trip in Srakeow Bro. Paul Low divert his way and spend some time with us. For us it is a blessing to have him. To learn that the Christian life suppose to be an exciting and life. We went to visit the church in Ao Udom area about ILI conference and also looking for a translator we eat and play rejoicing in the work. As he joined us in the work we asked him to sharie in the cell meeting in the factory. A member of the cell come to share her testimony on the next Thursday of how blessed she is while doing one thing in a day for the Lord.
There is no Chrismas holiday in Thailand on 25 December but we have a substitution after the election on 24 December, so after the substitution holiday is a Christmas day. Even bussiness as usual in Thailand I will take my time off to audit what I am doing.

Romans 8:1 So those who are believers in Christ Jesus can no longer be condemned.
Romans 8:2 The standards of the Spirit, who gives life through Christ Jesus, have set you free from the standards of sin and death.
Romans 8:3 It is impossible to do what God's standards demand because of the weakness our human nature has. But God sent his Son to have a human nature as sinners have and to pay for sin. That way God condemned sin in our corrupt nature.
Romans 8:4 Therefore, we, who do not live by our corrupt nature but by our spiritual nature, are able to meet God's standards.
Romans 8:5 Those who live by the corrupt nature have the corrupt nature's attitude. But those who live by the spiritual nature have the spiritual nature's attitude.
Rom 8:6 The corrupt nature's attitude leads to death. But the spiritual nature's attitude leads to life and peace.
Romans 8:7 This is so because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God's standards because it can't.
Romans 8:8 Those who are under the control of the corrupt nature can't please God.

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Part of toys sent from the "FAST "cell group Singapore initiated by Le-Peng asking question whether we want some toys for the children in Nong Tamleung. I asked them to pray I was also prayed. All come in the timing of each step after they collected Brother Paul Low is going to Sra-keow volunteer to carry then the charity started. A box of soft toys delivered on 12 December by Brother Paul Low. Thanks Brothers and sisters for heart of God to those children. They may not appreciate the love of God through this project but our Lord has promised us that:

Luke 14:12 Then he told the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop inviting only your friends, brothers, relatives, or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return and you would be repaid.
Luke 14:13 Instead, when you give a banquet, make it your habit to invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
Luke 14:14 Then you will be blessed because they can't repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."



This is photo of Rosukol by grace of God when we burden to visit her today. During I spend some time talking to her I saw a lady farmer sit and waiting. Prompting to ask Khun Dum to talk
to the farmer lady. Father God I thank you for that prompting. After K.Dum spent some time with her explained his usual details. I went in and told her that this is a divine appointment that she can easily see right now that we did not come here for so long and even we come why we chose to be today and in this moment when she is sit down there waiting. God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has mercy on you to here the "good news" the news that telling you about the redemptive plan of God to us. Any way the good news is just for you to understand only but to begin the relationship between you and God you need to believe and take some simple steps ie.

Romans 3:23 since all have sinned and continue to fall short of God's glory. And confess your sins and ask for His mercy:

Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:10 For a person believes with his heart and is justified, and a person declares with his mouth and is saved.

We left her alone closing her eyes for a while then asked her for her decision. Thanks God for His mercy. During sinner prayer the enemy try to stop us but it was to late after she asked in Jesus' name. K.Dum then explain about her situation after accepted Christ.

Romans 10:13 For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Continue to love each other.

Hebrews 13:5 Let your way of life be without the love of money, and be content with such things as you have, for He has said, "Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you, never!"
Hebrews 13:6 so that we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me."

We left the Church just after 9.00am.after a short prayer and reach Baan Nern just about half an hour later.Stop over our usual place talked to Pah Keong and lend ears to Pah Keong talking from her usual story. She told us the reason of not working is to get herself drunk to day. When we reached there Pa Keong is in-side hut her grand daughter was tied a leg with the house. Near by there is a lady lie down there they called that way is look after the child in the village. After we started conversation K.Dum turn the story to the good news.

You, too, must be patient. Don't give up hope.

To day, 5 December is a Thailand king's birthdaybut we have good news to spread. One of GPC's new member want us to go and visit his fish farm and have a gathering at his farm for lunch. Lunch was so easy. There are fish in the pond, vegetable of many kinds on the earth dam. Many of our members are very good cook. The journey begin with driving to Bangpakong road then take pick-ups then get into the boat row across to another side. His father used to be a fisher man before stopping venture to the sea. He is very nice person and being love by all his children. Today as a holiday and as well celebrate his birthday many of his children come to visit him at his farm. He rejoiced to see many of his Children come. We are just join his children and good to meet them all. As we worked to gether in various places, in kitchen, by the fish pond, before and after lunch. We do not loose opportunity to talk about God. Before we left the farm we prayed for God's mercy to grant him to know Him more and eventually be saved. We know that timing belongs to the Lord. We do not force our ways through but bring the matter back to GPC to pray over it.

We finished our outing just after 4.00 pm. and rush back to join the celebration function in town. The gathering arranged by local government at each province. Christians from many places as far as Pattaya come and join the crowd to show the united spirit in celebrating the king's birthday.
We stand quite long waited for the time when the Governor come to process the programme.

Many who have children also joined us. Some of them has never been there before. This is the first time after they become Christian. This year unable to see the different as every one have to wear yellow. Many organisations come to show their strength especially many from Chinese temples. We finished before their dragon dances started. Children eventually enjoy seeing 999 shots of fire work at closer range. World still chose numbers to indicate their good timing but for us everytime is good time, as we are the blessed of the Lord.


Romans 14:4 Who am I to criticize someone else's servant? The Lord will determine whether his servant has been successful. The servant will be successful because the Lord makes him successful.
Romans 14:5 One person decides that one day is holier than another. Another person decides that all days are the same. Every person must make his own decision.
Romans 14:6 When people observe a special day, they observe it to honor the Lord. .......



Many of us have never been in the celebrations and don't really bothered when we are still with the world but now when we became Christian we want to go to show power of our minority to the world.

Traffic jamed after the celebration finished.

Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

Matthew 13:33 He used another illustration.

"The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman mixed into a large amount of flour until the yeast worked its way through all the dough."

Matthew 13:25 But while people were asleep, his enemy planted weeds in the wheat field and went away.
Matthew 13:26 When the wheat came up and formed kernels, weeds appeared.
Matthew 13:27 "The owner's workers came to him and asked, 'Sir, didn't you plant good seed in your field? Where did the weeds come from?'
Matthew 13:28 "He told them, 'An enemy did this.' "His workers asked him, 'Do you want us to pull out the weeds?'
Matthew 13:29 "He replied, 'No. If you pull out the weeds, you may pull out the wheat with them.
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. When the grain is cut, I will tell the workers to gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to be burned. But I'll have them bring the wheat into my barn.'"

During we walked the land people were worshipping idol made with plastics. They do not know the real God.
1Corinthians 1:18 The message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved. They simply ignor us and worship idol. We stopped and talk to them waiting for K.Dum to finish his "kwuay chap ".

This Sunday another 3 boys follow the previous 3 to church. They joy us worshipping God then go up to Suday school.

Heavenly Father let the plan you down loaded to me about kingdom of heaven like yeast. Let this group of children like yeast that when they went back and mixed with others children in the village that they can bring good new about God to those in the village. During that period we walk through this area a lady come to see Man and Janya and accepted Christ as her Lord and

Saviour. When we arrived they just have finish Sinner prayer.