Just a Glimpse...

new webby!!

chunghow3 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:14:43 +0000

hey.. my brother gave me one of the most “different” presents i have recieved ever! haha! he kinda did up a “new” website for me with all kinds of cool thingamahgigs!

it’s over here —–> www.chunghow3.com

excited to get a couple of posts up.. so update your bookmarks!!

it’s known as “that” time of the semester…

chunghow3 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:30:45 +0000

every semester, there is “that” time where many students start to feel out of it because school is just piling up and life is not letting us have it easy..

i’m feeling like that right now……………………………………………………………………………………………. it’s a weird feeling.. and i don’t like it..

a day of surprises..

chunghow3 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:58:50 +0000

Today was a pretty eventful day.. surprises.. actually 2..

In the late morning, I recieved a call from an unkown number. It is pretty much often the case but the fact is that I don’t get many phone calls over in AZ and those that I recieve I usually expect. This one was unexpected. At the end of the line, the voice said “Hey! It’s Brother Rob!” It was a real pleasant surprise. My youth pastor from 10 years ago calls me from out of the blue (I reason in my head that with God, nothing is out of the blue..) He chats with me about a couple of things but I’m pretty sure that it was re-affirming my decision to head home this summer. I wonder what he was thinking when he called me! I would love to somehow get to meet Rob, Sandy, and family again. They have been a strong, silent influence in my life..
The next surprise was not really a surprise but it was still unexpected in some way. I got my birthday present early!! I thank my lovely wife!! More about that later..

I have to preach tomorrow at the preaching event so I’m determined not to play with my new toy and focus on God and His message for His people tomorrow.. Hebrews 12:4-11 “God’s View of Discipline”.

9 Reasons I’m a Photographer

chunghow3 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:54:50 +0000

stumbled on this post by chance and i’m interested in to see how he explains each point. i have told many others before that it is amazing to me how any photographer can deny God

…as i look through my camera to capture at one moment His creation, i am awed at His power & majesty..

personal memorial.. of BIG dreams

chunghow3 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:16:43 +0000

since coming over to Arizona and IBC, i’ve been beginning to have dreams that are BIGGER than i can ever accomplish. things that i know need the mighty moving of God to even have the slightest chance of success but i believe that these are from God. of a magnitute such as these are my dreams of church in singapore, not only in my local church but as a universal church body in singapore..

maybe it’s just my youth and the optimism i have for the ministry but i am foolish enough to believe that God can do all things. i am sure that i am not able to do any of these things by any stretch of anyone’s imaginations but God is able and i’m pretty sure that God uses the weak.. i have dreams of..

1. BFC – a church moving together to impact the island of Singapore, led by God and for God’s glory

2. a fellowship of Pastors in SG – where like-minded leaders in local churches can come together for fellowship and learn, pray, and share in the interest of God’s work

3. a fellowship of churches in SG – where like-minded churches can come together for fellowship. to learn about how to make their local ministries more effective. to come together and do a greater work for God in SG (missions conferences, sending out of missionaries, leaders training, etc.)

these are my dreams and i pray that you will pray together with me that God will move..

Spring Break @ the Wills

chunghow3 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:02:36 +0000

God has been good to us. everytime we have an extended holiday of sorts, He has provided us some way of getting out of the dorm for a couple of days. over this spring break, Andrew and Heidi went over to CA and asked us to watch their place.. and we said…

“of course we’d love to!!”

it’s been a great time of getting caught up with work, reading, sleeping (read like waking up at noon almost) everyday, and just taking it slow.. watched Amazing Grace yesterday too – the story of William Wilberforce and his fight for the abolition of slavery. it was a pretty cool movie! i especially like the bagpipe rendition of “Amazing Grace”..

it has been real fun for us over at the Wills.. we just want to remember and thank them for their hospitality..

A Fork in the Road

chunghow3 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:47:07 +0000

i remember giving an illustration on goals in one of my sermons.. it was a story from Alice in Wonderland..

When Alice comes to a junction in the road that leads in different directions, she asks the Cheshire Cat, “Cheshire-Puss…would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?”

“That depends a good deal on where you want to go to,” said the Cat.

“I don’t much care where,” replied Alice.

“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”

problem is.. Sometimes you know do where you are going and the fork in the road eventually ends up in the same place. But the choice before you now is which path to take.. That is something like what i am feeling now.. i believe that God has a way for dency and i, and i do want to see His leading in this matter..

please pray that God’s hand of guidance be on our lives as we seek His wisdom as we come to this fork in our lives..

it’s been an interesting time.. a week with Evangelist Mike Redick..

chunghow3 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:41:09 +0000

i must say that after the Holiness Conference, i was prepared to just come back to school and slog like i deserved it for taking a week of school! but then dency and i had the pleasure of having the company of a man that we had not seen in a looooong time.. back then he was Pastor Mike, but i guess now he’s Pastor Evangelist Mike Redick..

it was a great time of fellowship – lotsa coffee, bookstores, and catching up on something like 10+ years of lost fellowship.. even saw God protect him in an accident here! he’s added a couple of white hairs to his head but not just that because i found myself talking to man that had seen God’s work with his very own eyes, a man convinced and sold out for the cause of Christ – if anything, he has inspired me to know God’s power for myself, to see God work for His glory!

well.. i look forward to seeing him and sis lisa again soon! then we can have more of that “starbucks” theology..

it’s been an interesting time.. at Falls Baptist Church for the Holiness Conference..

chunghow3 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:32:51 +0000

i missed out on blogging about the Holiness Conference in WI (23-29 Feb 2008). i went there and met up with friends from SG and it was a great time of learning, fellowship and prayer. there are a couple of things that i noticed and learnt from Falls Baptist Church and the conference..

i saw.. i heard.. i realized..

i saw..

1. the power of a praying church – they prayed for God to stop a storm that would bring 6″ of snow and hinder the conference and He answered!

2. a church that had the ‘mind’ of their pastor – they were united as one. “… that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel” Phil 2:27b

i heard..

1. music that brought you to reverential awe of the God that we served

i realized..

1. the closeness of the person of the Holy Spirit

2. the POWER that should exude from all pulpits

there is so much that i learnt and i was glad that God’s mercy brought us there and back. we even had the opportunity to drop by ATL and spend an hour with YX in the airport. it was all in all a blessed trip..

“On Parenting..” Quote

chunghow3 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:46:29 +0000

“Parents should bring up their children for the work of the ministry, unless God calls them for work in the world.” – Pastor Mike Redick.

somewhere along the way, i think most have got it mixed up. i know that many parents ensure that their kids can make it out in the world first before they consider the ministry.. it’s been interesting how God has been bringing people (both old and new) into my life to show me His ways.. will restrain from leaving on a rabbit trail to keep this post true to it’s title.. still have not written about Falls Baptist Church & the Holiness Conference.. and more about Pastor Mike…