Author: Kingston Tong (Kingston Tong)

Photo by Henning Witzel on Unsplash The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering” (Exodus 3:7, 8 NIV). As I typed away on my laptop, I heard some mumbling noises outside. When I opened...

Have you ever had the experience of the Spirit of God wanting you to sit next to someone and talk to him or her? Do you every feel a little nudge in your heart and mind to reach out to someone? The apostle Paul was having restless nights. He had been traveling on a northeastward...

“I’m hungry,” I say to myself an hour after eating a meal. I’m on the hunt for food. At home, there is no shortage of food and drinks. Candies, cookies, pastries, pies, ice cream, nuts, juices, soft drinks, along with grapes, oranges, apples, and beef jerky are readily available. Thank God, there are no celery...

Stuck in the past? Finding it hard to move forward? Is it possible to move ahead despite the loss of a job or a loss of a loved one? Each of us has faced or will face a loss that will affect us tremendously. In II Samuel 12, Nathan the Prophet declares to King David...

“…Magi from the East came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is he one who has been born King of the Jews?” Christmas has come and gone. It is the same story told again and again every December. The Christmas songs, the children’s replay of the manger scene, the Christmas dinner and gift exchanges are part...

Do you feel uncomfortable when you ask, “I want another lobster, please” or “I want a bigger slice of cake and scoop of ice cream, please.”? Someone may think, “You’re a “pig” or greedy unless you are really hungry!” It’s hard to ask for more. The thought of asking for better health, a better job,...

Are you busy? Is there a dull moment in your life? Is church keeping you busy? “You bet,” you say to yourself, but there is much more that meets our eyes! God is working in our midst, preparing us for the good works that He has for us. As a Church Leader, I see things...

21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”  22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable…(I Cor. 12:21-22), NIV Did you see the FOOD at the Church picnic on Saturday and the drinks!...

“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields!” (John 4: 34 NIV).  Seeing and not perceiving it. Listening and not hearing it. Thinking and yet thoughtless....

“18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them,  just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body” 1 Corinthians 12:18-20 (NIV). The months of April and May were a blessing to the...