Scripture Memorisation

Deliverer

Psalm 34:4

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

The Word on Worship Order of Worship

Matthew 4:10

For it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,

and him only shalt thou serve.

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* Congregation Standing

Call to Worship Elder Alan Choy

Hymn 93: To God Be the Glory*

Invocation & Gloria Patri*

Responsive Scripture Reading* Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Hymn 119: Sweeter as the Years Go By

Collection of Offerings

Doxology & Prayer*

Hymn 338: Show Me Thy Way, O Lord

Pastoral Prayer

Sermon Pastor Prabhudas Koshy

“Integrity of Words” Matthew 5:33-37

Holy Communion

Hymn 182: Lead Me to Calvary

Hymn 382: I Would Be True*

Benediction & Threefold Amen*

Today, 4 January 2015 Next Lord’s Day, 11 January 20159.00 – 10.00 am CHURCH CHOIR & CHILDREN’S CHOIR CHURCH CHOIR & CHILDREN’S CHOIR

MALAYALAM FELLOWSHIP MALAYALAM FELLOWSHIP

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Gan Chin HwiPr Daniel LimSarah YapWinnie YapHoly Communion SundayCayson Chok,Jonah So

Worship Leader:Preacher: Musician:Flowers: Refreshments:Ushers:

Elder Alan ChoyPr Daniel LimEunice ChoyIvy Seah Soh LuanRoscelle LimJohn Peh,Johnny Lim

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Worship Leader:Preacher:Musicians: Ushers: Greeter:AV Ministry:Flowers:Refreshments: Junior Worship:

Eld Alan ChoyPastor KoshyJasmine Low, EllyzabethLinus Kok, Andy Lee, Lawrence Ng, Johnny Lim, Ho Kee How, Julius Del RosarioViolet QuekCrew No. 1Angela AngViolet Quek, Jolyne ChoMistyChoy Luan Kheng, (Eunice Choy)Aileen Tan, (Cornelius Koshy)Pr Kelvin Lim

Worship Leader:Preacher:Musicians: Ushers: Greeter:AV Ministry:Flowers:Refreshments: Junior Worship:

Eld Ng Poh KokPastor KoshySarah Lee, Dorcas KoshyDanial Wong, Jimmy Tan,Benny Skariah, Cayson Chok,David Lau, Randy LaurencioAileen TanCrew No. 2Nancy LauCecilia Siah, Chong Shu MunJoanna LimEdwin Quek, (Jollyn Low)Pr Kelvin Lim, (Corliss Tan)Samuel Yong

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Preacher: Musician: Usher: Refreshments:

Eric Delina Pr Dennis KabingueDorcas KoshyRandy Laurencio Daryl Kabingue

Worship Leader: Preacher: Musician: Usher: Refreshments:

Norefel ResumaPr Dennis KabingueChloe PawaJulius Del RosarioVicky Amor

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English Speaker:Dialect Speaker:

487 Bedok South Ave 2 Edwin QuekEld Alan Choy

Venue: English Speaker:Dialect Speaker:

41 Toa Payoh Rise Dn Arvind PawaPr Jeremiah Sim

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“Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him” (Colossians 3:17). This is an immensely concise divine precept that applies to every word and action of a Christian. It is a succinct, yet comprehensive rule for a victorious Christian life. In any circumstance of life, it will serve as a golden rule for a God-honouring life. All of life’s scope is addressed with the words “whatever you do” and “in word or deed”. Though the principle specifically mentions every word and deed, it also concerns our thought and motive. It presents to us the purest motive for every word and action – “do all in the name of the Lord Jesus”. If this motive would govern every speech and action, our life will be holy and acceptable to God. Only when we do all things in our Lord Jesus Christ’s name can we dispel selfishness and ungodliness from our conversations and activities. The “name of the Lord Jesus” provides us with the blessed assurance that all matters of our relationship with God (i.e. worship and prayer) and all matters of our daily activities, are acceptable and pleasing to God. Living our lives in Christ’s name will grant us the confidence

that the Lord is pleased with us, and that our ways will redound to His glory. Let us also take note that “the name of the Lord Jesus” concerns His authority, His character, His truth, His will, His purposes, His pleasure and His glory. So living in accord with His name means to live in harmony with His revealed will, in subjection to His authority, and in dependence on His power. In other words, we are most concerned about His repute and glory. We will thus do nothing apart from His approval and blessing. We are also exhorted here to say and do all things, “giving thanks to God and the Father by him”. In all our conversations and activities, let us thankfully remember that it is His grace that helps us to live and progress in life. A thankful spirit will enable us to be happy in all our enterprises, brave in all difficult circumstances and patient in adversities. Thanksgiving must pervade all realms of our lives. Let us also take note that it is by Jesus Christ that we are expected to render our gratitude to God. He is the channel by which all God’s goodness is poured upon us. Our thanksgiving will not be genuine and acceptable to the Father if we exclude Christ, who is His only begotten Son whom He has given unto us.

All in the Name of the Lord Jesus Prabhudas Koshy

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All praise and thanks be to God for this camp. Like a few other youth participants had shared in this camp, I also noted myself having grown lukewarm in my faith, and thus have been most refreshed by sitting at Christ’s feet and continuously feeding on God’s Word during the 4 days. During the icebreakers, in the midst of my excessive excitement, I banged hard against my brother’s elbow and for the following 2 days, my nose was very painful. This minor hit was a striking reminder to conduct myself in a self-controlled and gentle manner, especially during the games. I’m particularly grateful to be exhorted to seek constant spiritual growth; yes, it will assure myself of my salvation, but more importantly and wondrously, it will glorify my Heavenly Father. Through the second theme message, God has taught me that there are many areas of my spiritual life which I need to seriously take heed of; I must beware of relying on my personal strength to overcome tripping obstacles and reach greater heights. Praise the Lord for His exceedingly, amazingly and bountifully plentiful ocean of grace, from which He provides for my growth. I pray that I will launch out into the deep and be “lost” in the depths of His infinite grace. All glory to God.In Christ, Dorcas Koshy

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby” (1 Peter 2:2). Through the message ‘Need for Spiritual Growth’, I learnt that if one is truly saved, spiritual growth must be present. I have not been walking close with the Lord and spiritual growth has been absent from my life. By God’s grace, through this youth camp, He has allowed me to see my depraved state. I felt so “tormented” at my malnourished spiritual state; yet thank God that through the very same grace, He reached out to me and I repented in my heart. During the second message, Pastor asked us for words to describe God’s grace. “Marvellous”, “amazing” and “incredible” came up. But the one word that rang out to me was “undeserving”! Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is

Youth Camp Testimonies (24th – 27th Dec 2014)

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deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Despite how wretched I was, God never forsook me and always called me back to Him. As fallen creatures, we really do not deserve His grace, mercy and love. And yet He continues to care for us and to teach us as we walk with Him. I’ve also learnt that I should put aside all childish things and be spiritually mature, not to be like the seeds that fell by the wayside, on the stony ground or the thorny ground but rather, to be like the seeds sown on fertile land. As I continue to walk close with Him, I hope that I would keep growing like a blooming lotus flower, for His glory.Love in Christ,Abigail Tan

Praise God for a really blessed GYF camp. Thank God for all those who had laboured to make this camp a fruitful time of studying God’s Word concerning spiritual growth and hindrances. I have learnt a lot of lessons, which helped to clear the uncertainties that I have regarding my spiritual walk with God. The verse that pricked me most, is 1 John 2:13 – ‘I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.’ I discovered I was still a “little child”, because I haven’t overcome the wicked one yet. This struck me because I thought that being in a Christian family, I knew a lot about the Bible. Last year, I had some heart-searching struggles which unfortunately drew me away from God and good Christian fellowship. I thank God for the close fellowship all of us had during the camp, in games, singing of hymns, meals, etc. Oh, how wrong I was in thinking that if I avoided fellowship, then no one would know about my struggles and I could still continue projecting a good testimony. In fact, fellowship is the best medicine against spiritual dejection as we gather with true Christians and feast on God’s Word together! Through this camp, the Lord slowly drew me back to Him and I pray that 2015 will be a year where I lean upon Him, no matter what happens along the way. I pray that I will be like a lotus, blooming brightly for Christ after pushing up through the dark waters. ‘But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen’ (2 Peter 3:18). All glory be to our gracious Father in Heaven!Duaine Kabingue

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When the apostle Paul wrote these words, he was imprisoned and bound in chains. He was put in prison for preaching the Gospel. He was confined in a heavily-guarded prison in the Roman emperor’s palace.

His confinement and troubles could have made him very sad. He could not do the things he loved the most, such as preaching the Gospel and visiting the churches which he loved very much. He was also prevented from doing all that he had planned to do for the advancement of the Gospel.

Regardless of all such heart-breaking experiences, Paul was absolutely confident that His saviour and lord would continue to strengthen him to do all that he had been called by the lord to accomplish. He did not fear that his present imprisonment would shut him away from God’s divine purposes and power. Instead, he believed with all his heart that all that had happened to him would lead him to new frontiers of Gospel advancement.

In fact, the lord turned his imprisonment into an opportunity to preach the Gospel to the prison guards, and, through them, to all their colleagues and family members. so, he wrote that “the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel” (Philippians 1:12). The palace (of Caesar) and its surrounding places came to know of Paul and Christ. Whether it be poverty or wealth, sickness or good health, imprisonment or freedom, the lord can make us fruitful for Him. so, let us prayerfully give ourselves to do His will, even when troubles come upon us.

Illustration by Melissa Neo

Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ

which strengtheneth me.”

LORD’S DAY on 28 Dec 2014

Tithes: 4,685.00Offerings: 6,483.85Bldg Fund 2015: 1,700.00; 1,000.00; 1,000.00; 400.00; 200.00; 200.00; 100.00; 50.00; 50.00; [200.00, 50.00 (Chinese Svc)]Designated Gift: Jeremiah Sim 200.00, Andrew Koh 100.00, Eric Delina 50.00, Sharon dela Cruz 100.00

NON-SUNDAY GIFT

General Fund: 10,000.00

BUILDING FUND 2015Total as of 28 Dec 2014 533,112.00

WATCHNIGHT SERvICE on 31 Dec 2014

Offerings: 2,408.35Bldg Fund 2015: 52,000.00; 1,000.00; 500.00; 200.00; 187.50; 100.00; 100.00

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Thoughts of Cheerful Givers from the offering bags

“I thank the Lord for ensuring and blessing on insurance maturity.

In thanksgiving and following the teaching of the Bible to be good stewards, I enclosed 3 cheques for 3 different needs of the church.

The gift is a portion of the insurance maturity sum which the Lord has so graciously given.

May the Lord be pleased to multiply these gifts to the praise and glory of His own name.”

Oct 2014- A Gethsemanean -

Give generously towards our

Church Building Fund.S$5 million by the end of 2015!

sale of BiBles A 40% discount will be

given on the sale of all Biblesat the book table.

neW CateCHisM Class Catechism Class begins today at 9.00am.

Those seeking baptism or transfer of Membership, please see Elder Mah Chin

Kwang or Elder Alan Choy.

BiBle Witness-Gaf RetReat

(Gethsemane Adults’ Fellowship Retreat to be held in conjunction with the

9th Bible Witness Retreat)

Divine Adoption: Our Sonship

Speaker: Pastor Prabhudas KoshyVenue: Thistle Johor Bahru

Date: 18th - 20th March 2015 Wednesday - Friday

Fees:$400 Single occupancy$290 Twin occupancy$270 Triple occupancy

$170 Child with extra bed, aged 4-11$120 Child without extra bed, aged 4-11

All fees include transport, accommodation, meals and notes.

Registration form canbe downloaded from www.biblewitness.

com/retreat. For more information, please contact Lok Kwok Wah at

6741 1910 or send an email to bwmm.gbpc@gmail.com

Registration is open now.

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Time & Place of Worship10.30am

Level 5 Auditorium Singapore Post Centre

10 Eunos Road 8 Singapore 408600

(next to Paya Lebar MRT station)

Prayer Hotline8138 8139

SMS or Whatsapp your prayer item

Our Office510 Geylang Road, #02-06

Singapore 389466 Tel: 6741 1910 Fax: 6741 1016

Our Websitesgethsemanebpc.com

biblewitness.com

Our PastorPastor Prabhudas Koshy

Mobile: 9001 1119 Email: pastor.gbpc@gmail.com

Our SessionPastor Prabhudas Koshy Elder Mah Chin Kwang

Elder Alan Choy Elder Ng Poh Kok

Deacon Arvind Pawa Deacon Daniel Lim

Deacon Lok Kwok Wah Deacon Kelvin Lim Deacon Francis Lee

Tuesday Night Bible Study & Prayer8.00pm @ L5 Auditorium, SingPost Centre

Wednesday Lunch Hour Bible Study1.15pm @ Bible Witness Bookroom

Wednesday Campus Bible Study NAFA Semestral Break

Thursday Seniors’ Ministry11.00am (Please contact Pr Jeremiah Sim)

Friday Morning Prayer6.45am – 7.30am @ Church Resource Centre

Friday Campus Bible Study SUTD Semestral Break

For more information, please call the church office at 6741 1910.

Please stay back after worship to join us for:

Refreshment & Fellowship12.30pm – 1.30pm

Bible Study (Adults, Youths & Children) 1.30pm – 3pm

Bible Witness Magazine

Bible Witness Web Radio

Church Weekly

Weekday Activities

Post-Worship ActivitiesGethsemane seniors’ ministryOuting tO JOhOr

Date: Thurs, 8 January 2015 Time: 7.30am to 6.00pm

Please contact Pr Jeremiah Sim if you are interested to join this outing. Limited seats only.

Gethsemane men’s FellowshipSpeaker: Pastor Koshy

Chairman: Dn Arvind PawaDate: Sat, 10 Jan 2015

Time: 4.00 pmVenue: TGCM Premises

202B Ponggol Seventeenth Ave

Transport from Punggol MRT station at 3.45 pm.

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pastoral VisitationBeDOk SOuTH & MARiNe PARADe RegiON

Date & Time: Fri, 9 Jan @ 8 pmVenue: Home of Mr & Mrs Shank Tan

Block 103 #03-04Lorong Sarina, Casa Sarina

Singapore 416730

Members and regular worshippers who live in this region are encouraged to attend this meeting. Please check that your name is in the list placed on

the reception table. If it is not, please add it in.