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A message from Retha McPherson - Mrs. South Africa - 22 June 2009

God is seeking for people who are willing to allow their character to be developed in the dry wilderness seasons.  If you find yourself in the dry wilderness, you have to decide not to feel sorry for yourself. These wilderness experiences will draw you closer and closer to God if you allow it to. All of us need to go through the wilderness in order to get to the Promised Land. Ask God for His perspective in these seasons, so that you can see the bigger picture. In these seasons you will need to eat His Word as the Israelites ate the manna – for this is your food from heaven and will give you strength. Understand that God’s plan is so much greater than you can fathom.  God uses the wilderness to teach you patience and trust and to fear His name. Through it, He is empowering you for the miraculous and for the greater things that is to come.

“And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and to prove you, to know what was in our heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. And He humbled you and allowed you to hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you recognize that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. Your clothing did not become old upon you nor did your feet swell these forty years. Know also in your hearts that as a man disciplines and instructs his son, so the Lord your God disciplines and instructs you. So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.” (Deut. 8: 2-6)

God’s timing is very important and precise. Just keep on moving with the Holy Spirit so that you won’t be out of step. Develop an ear that hears to recognize His voice when He directs your steps.

Before you move to your next level, you will encounter a wilderness experience to prepare you. It will be a time of crying out to God and desperately seeking for more of Him. There He tests your heart, your motives, and the way you respond to the stones and difficulties of life. There I normally find myself repenting and cleansing myself so that I can come boldly to the throne of Grace. Thank You Jesus for never ending Amazing Grace!

If you submit under God’s hand, every step in the wilderness will be one step closer to spiritually maturity. You need the wilderness seasons to grow and to pass the test of promotion in the Kingdom of God. As God builds His character into you through these wilderness seasons, you will move higher in victory and power.

In order for you to receive your miracle or your victory, you must stand on His word, and rid yourself from the religious mindset that keeps you out of God’s River.

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30 June 2009

True peace is being aware of the glorious presence of God.

Happiness is what you feel when you stretch your legs and feel good; it depends on your situation or circumstance. This is something that comes and goes. But true (shalom) peace is so much deeper! It is something that stays with you, no matter what situation you are in.

In Jesus, we can experience peace in times of discomfort, during a financial crisis, illness or even when tragedy hits. I know how I daily grab unto this peace in my walk of life. The way to do it is to keep your eyes fixed on Jesus. I also realized it is not found when looking to men, or relying on men for help or comfort - God alone holds unwavering peace. This road is a lonely one, a road without lots of people to please. No man can give you what only God has. Man can render his opinion, but God gives truth, grace and understanding. Don’t be moved by the world, only by God. Keep your focus on God, and God alone.

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郭炳江先生見證 :

郭先生是新鴻基副主席兼董事總經理,也是建築、房地產界的傳奇人物,最重要的是郭先生是一位基督徒

http://www.alpha.org.hk/tchi/peoplec/newcreationc/thomaskwokc.htm

1994年我和太太剛旅行回港，有點jetlag，睡得不好，又有點坐立不安。太太盡量安慰和幫助我舒緩心情，但我仍總感到有股空虛﹑惘然，甚至恐懼。

我知道在許多人眼中，我甚麼都有了：父親打好根基的一番事業由我們三兄弟繼續營運，一個美好的家庭﹑賢慧聰明的太太﹑精乖健康的子女，自己身體也頗健康．．．但總是經歷著那股無法﹑也無物可填補的空虛。

我便向太太說：「我們不如去旅行吧。」
太太說：「我們剛剛回來呢！」

於是，她遞給我一本小冊子，記載的是約翰福音十四章：「你們心裡不要憂愁；你們信神，也當信我．．．」我頓然感到一點平安，太太和我更決定要找一家教會參加崇拜。

最後我在港島區，選定了我「姨仔」舉行婚禮的教會，況且對面又是自己公司的物業，泊車不成問題！

那天的崇拜，碰巧由英國來的甘力克牧師主講（他是啟發課程的主講人）。講道結束前，他更籲請各人參加即將在該教會舉行的啟發課程。

課程在九月下旬開始，逢星期一舉行，為期十一週，還有一個啟發營。大家都知道的，星期一在生意人來說是最多事情處理的一天，如有人在課程開始時一早告訴我：「Thomas, 這是個十一週的課程，你每個星期一都要來啊。」我必會說不可能，但我居然完成了整個課程，這也真是神蹟之一！

因為該教會是英語堂教會，我們竟可以參加了整個課程而不被人認出身份。記起有一次我在參加一個官式聚會後趕來啟發，我邊走邊解開煲呔地進去，後來才知道其他組員在猜我是酒店的領班呢！

啟發課程給我的印象是參予事奉的人員都非常誠懇。有一對夫婦更每週從沙田過來港島區領組，他們都非常溫柔﹑有耐性，也願意常為人祈禱。

在啟發日營時（當年還是日營，現在是會過夜的完整啟發營），聖靈臨格在整個會場中。當有人為我禱告時，我心中充滿一股火熱，感到耶穌基督非常親近﹑更深深經歷祂的愛，這是一個前所未有的經歷。我感受到神好像把我所有的憂慮擔心都一掃而空，平安又臨到。

啟發課程後，同年十二月，我和太太和孩子們一家都接受了洗禮。我們決定一生跟從耶穌，讓祂成為我們生命中的主。

今日，我仍需日理萬機，也會面對一些非常受考驗的時刻，但我會學習將一切都交託給耶穌並讓祂來引領﹑拖帶我，並因而再經歷神的平安。我在此鼓勵你參加啟發課程，探討一下人生的真正意義，讓神來充滿你那份只有祂才能填補的空虛。

祝福你！

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