Look at the nations and watch—and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. (Habakkuk 1:5)

Cancer steals the ones we love. Babies die before they get a chance to live. Police officers are charged with murder. People riot in the streets and burn cities. Christians are beheaded for their faith.

If God is a good God who wants good things for His children, why do bad things happen? Where is the justice?

When devastating circumstances rock our lives, even the most faithful among us can be shaken with doubt. Where is God? Why is He allowing this? Is He really good? Does He even exist?

God is not scared of our questions, and He is not surprised by our doubts.

Even the prophet Habakkuk had doubts and questions for God. In Habakkuk 1:1-4, surrounded by violence, injustice, wrongdoing, destruction, strife and conflict, Habakkuk cries out to God, “How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’ but you do not save?” (Habakkuk 1:2).

The Lord doesn’t condemn him for asking. He answers and gives him hope. God explains to Habakkuk that He has a plan so amazing that Habakkuk wouldn’t even believe it (Habakkuk 1:5).

When devastating and confusing circumstances cause us to question God, we can be assured He cares, has a plan, and is working it all together for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28). We may not understand because we only see part of the story, but God sees the big picture and has a plan greater than anything we could imagine.

God is working in your life and in our world in ways that if He told us, we would not even believe.

For Your Reflection:

• What is one thing in your life, or our world, that causes you to doubt or question God?

• When was one time that you have seen God work a bad situation for good?

• What is one of God’s promises that you need to cling to today?
(NEWSPRING CHURCH)

ADULT BIBLE CLASS
Facilitator: Mr Jesse Teh
Date : Sunday, March 31, 2019
Time : 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Venue : Room 3, 2nd Floor

PASTOR ASHOK AWAY
Pastor Ashok will be away for the Methodist Pastors School in Port Dickson from Tuesday-Thursday, April 2-4, 2019. He will be back to church office on Friday.

2ND OFFERING
The 2nd Offering for the month of April will go towards the Church Development Fund of the Living Stones Methodist Church, Kota Damansara.

BAPTISM & RECEPTION INTO MEMBERSHIP
The service of baptism & reception into membership will be done on April 7, 2019. Kindly be in church by 8:30 a.m. to witness the baptism.

21-DAY PRAYER MEETING
MARCH 31-APRIL 17, 2019
Please take note of the 21-Day Prayer Meeting time as follows:-
Sundays
March 31, April 7 & 14, 2019 @ 7:00 a. m.-8:00 a. m.

Morning Watches
April 1-6 & 8-11, 2019 @ 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m.

Night Watches
April 15-17, 2019 @ 8:00 p.m.-9:15 p.m.

LENT 2019 IN CHURCH
1. Palm Sunday – April 14, 2019

2. Sunday School Pre-Easter Party @ 10:45 a.m.

3. Maundy Thursday – April 18, 2019
Speaker: Bishop Ho Chee Sin
Sermon Title: A Little While
Scripture Text: John 16:16-33
Time : 8:30 p.m.

4. Good Friday – April 19, 2019
Speaker: Bishop Ho Chee Sin
Sermon Title: The Testimony Of The Centurion
Scripture Text: Matthew 27:31-54
Time : 8:30 p.m.

5. Easter Sunday – April 21, 2019
Combined Churches Sunrise Service @ 6:30 a.m.
Breakfast @ 8:00 a.m. in church
Easter Sunday Service @ 9:00 a.m.
Theme: The Witness

REVIVAL SEMINAR
Speaker : Rev Terence Jedidiah Poh
Date : Fri & Sat, April 12 & 13, 2019
Time : Fri @ 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m (open
meeting)
Sat @ 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cost : RM20 per person (includes tea & lunch on Saturday)
Venue : Wesley Methodist Church Klang
Closing Date: April 9, 2019.
Registration counter is open on Sunday.

READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN HOLY WEEK
The Read Through The Bible will begin on April 14 (2:00 p.m.) and end on April 17. Please sign up on the time slot @ the notice board. All are encouraged to participate.

ALPHA MARRIAGE COURSE
Date : every Sunday, starting on
April 28, 2019 to June 16, 2019
Time : 10:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Cost : RM150 per couple (inclusive of
manual & refreshment)
Venue : Wesley Methodist Church Klang
Please contact Raymond Tan (019-215 8868) or Elaine Tan (019-383 2868)

CHURCH CAMP 2019
Speaker : Pastor Benny Ho
Dates : May 31-June 3, 2019
(school holidays)
Venue : Port Dickson Methodist Centre
Closing Date: April 30, 2019
The first session by Pastor Benny Ho begins on Friday night and the last Session ends on Monday morning. Registration counter is now open at the foyer.

ONE MINUTE WITNESS (GOSPEL-SHARING)
Date : Thursday, April 4, 2019
Time : 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Venue : St Barnabas Church, Klang
This is a short training programme to help you share the gospel in one minute.

COME NEAR TO GOD
Speaker: Rev Dr Tie King Tai
Dates : April 14-17, 2019
Time : Palm Sunday @ 9:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.
Mon-Wed @ 8:00 p.m.
Venue : Trinity Methodist Church, PJ

BEFRIENDING TENSION & IMPERFECTION
Speaker: Wil Hernandez (President of CenterQuest)
Dates : April 26-28, 2019
Venue : Port Dickson Methodist Centre
Fees : RM310
Register: http://tiny.cc/ccsnouwen19
For further details, please refer to the notice board.

I LOVE PEOPLE FEST
Date : Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Time : 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Venue : First Baptist Church, Subang Jaya
Fees : RM40 (with lunch)
Register online: www.tinyurl.com/iheartpeoplefest
For further details, please refer to the notice board.

While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him (Mark 2:15)

This evidently was a farewell dinner Matthew gave for his friends, his tax-collecting buddies. He was saying farewell to his work and friends and leaving to follow Jesus. It was also an opportunity to introduce them to his newfound Lord.

What a collection of rascals must have been there that day! All the tax collectors of the city, all the sinners, all the despised social outcasts were sitting there. As the scribes of the Pharisees passed by and saw Jesus in the midst of it all, they were absolutely scandalized! It was obvious that He was the friend of these men. He was not lecturing them. He was sitting among them and eating and drinking with them. The scribes were simply appalled at this and called the disciples aside: “Why does He do things like that? Doesn’t He know who these people are?”

Jesus’ answer is very revealing. He actually agrees with their remarks. He says, in effect, “You’re right, these are sick, hurting, troubled men. Their style of life has damaged them deeply. They don’t see life rightly; they are covering up many evils; they are false in many ways. You’re right, these are sick men. But where else would a doctor be?”

He says something to them that turns their gaze back toward themselves. He says,” I came to call not the righteous, but sinners.” That is, those who think they are righteous, as these Pharisees did, are actually more needy than those they regard as social outcasts. These Pharisees were actually more deeply disturbed than the tax collectors and sinners, but they did not know it. But Jesus was saying to them, To those who think they’re righteous, I have absolutely nothing to say. But to these who know they’re sick and are open for help, I am fully available as a minister to their souls.

Our Lord made several things emphatically clear by this reply. First, He indicated strongly that when people think they have no need of help from God, they are in no position to be helped. There is nothing to say to them. But our Lord always put His efforts where men and women were open to help, where they were hurting so much they knew they needed help.

The second thing our Lord reveals is that people are more important than prejudice. Prejudices are preconceived notions formed before we have sufficient knowledge, usually mistaken or distorted ideas with which we have grown up. When prejudices are in opposition to the needs of people, they are to be swept aside without any hesitation. We Christians must learn to treat people like Jesus–regardless of what their outward appearance may be.

Do we need to repent of the self-righteous judging that separates us from God’s forgiveness for our own sins, and from caring compassion toward other sinners?
(RAY STEDMAN MINISTRIES)

YOUTH BAPTISM &MEMBERSHIP CLASS
Date : Sunday, March 24, 2019
Time : 1:30 P.M.
Venue : Prayer Room

ADULT BIBLE CLASS
Facilitator: Mr Jesse Teh
Date : Sunday, March 24, 2019
Time : 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Venue : Room 3, 2nd Floor

PASTOR ASHOK ON LEAVE
Pastor Ashok will be on leave on Saturday, March 30, 2019. He will be back in church on Sunday, March 31, 2019.

YOUTH CAMP 2019
Speaker : Pastor Steven Low
Theme : En Garde! (On Guard)
Dates : Wed-Sat, March 27-30, 2019
Venue : Chefoo Methodist Centre, Cameron Highlands

21-DAY PRAYER MEETING
MARCH 31-APRIL 17, 2019
Please take note of the 21-Day Prayer Meeting time as follows:-

Sundays
March 31, April 7 & 14, 2019 @ 7:00 a. m.-8:00 a. m.

Morning Watches
April 1-6 & 8-11, 2019 @ 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m.

Night Watches
April 15-17, 2019 @ 8:00 p.m.-9:15 p.m.

LENT 2019 IN CHURCH
1. Palm Sunday – April 14, 2019

2. Sunday School Pre-Easter Party @ 10:45 a.m.

3. Maundy Thursday – April 18, 2019
Speaker: Bishop Ho Chee Sin
Time : 8:30 p.m.

4. Good Friday – April 19, 2019
Speaker: Bishop Ho Chee Sin
Time : 8:30 p.m.

5. Easter Sunday – April 21, 2019
Combined Churches Sunrise Service @ 6:30 a.m.
Breakfast @ 8:00 a.m. in church
Easter Sunday Service @ 9:00 a.m.

REVIVAL SEMINAR
Speaker : Rev Terence Jedidiah Poh
Date : Fri & Sat, April 12 & 13, 2019
Time : Fri @ 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m (open
meeting)
Sat @ 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cost : RM20 per person (includes tea
& lunch on Saturday)
Venue : Wesley Methodist Church Klang
Closing Date: April 9, 2019.
Registration counter is open on Sunday.

READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN HOLY WEEK
The Read Through The Bible will begin on April 14 (2:00 p.m.) and end on April 17. Please sign up on the time slot @ the notice board. All are encouraged to participate.

ALPHA MARRIAGE COURSE
Date : every Sunday, starting on
April 28, 2019 to June 16, 2019
Time : 10:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Cost : RM150 per couple (inclusive of
manual & refreshment)
Venue : Wesley Methodist Church Klang
Please contact Raymond Tan (019-215 8868) or Elaine Tan (019-383 2868)

CHURCH CAMP 2019
Speaker : Pastor Benny Ho
Dates : May 31-June 3, 2019
(school holidays)
Venue : Port Dickson Methodist Centre
Closing Date: April 30, 2019
The first session by Pastor Benny Ho begins on Friday night and the last Session ends on Monday morning. Registration counter is now open at the foyer.

ONE MINUTE WITNESS (GOSPEL-SHARING)
Date : Thursday, April 4, 2019
Time : 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Venue : St Barnabas Church, Klang
This is a short training programme to help you share the gospel in one minute.

COME NEAR TO GOD
Speaker: Rev Dr Tie King Tai
Dates : April 14-17, 2019
Time : Palm Sunday @ 9:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.
Mon-Wed @ 8:00 p.m.
Venue : Trinity Methodist Church, PJ

BEFRIENDING TENSION & IMPERFECTION
Speaker: Wil Hernandez (President of CenterQuest)
Dates : April 26-28, 2019
Venue : Port Dickson Methodist Centre
Fees : RM310
Register: http://tiny.cc/ccsnouwen19
For further details, please refer to the notice board.

I LOVE PEOPLE FEST
Date : Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Time : 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Venue : First Baptist Church, Subang Jaya
Fees : RM40 (with lunch)
Register online: www.tinyurl.com/iheartpeoplefest
For further details, please refer to the notice board.

TRAC NATIONAL MISSIONS CONFERENCE 2019
Dates : June 5-8, 2019
Venue : DUMC (Section 13, PJ)
Fees : RM80 (includes materials, lunch & tea breaks)
To register: missions@dumc.my

METHODIST CHURCH LAITY CONVENTION
Speakers: Bishop Dr Ong Hwai Teik
Rev Moses Tay (USA)
Rev Toulmin (HTTB)
YB Hannah Yeoh
Dr Herbert Tan
Theme : The Family After God’s Own Heart
Dates : Fri-Sun, July 19-21, 2019
Venue : Port Dickson Methodist Centre
Fees: RM320 (till May 1)

True fasting has to have something behind it. External disciplines are good, but there has to be truth lying behind them. A kiss is a powerful way of saying I love you, but it was with a kiss that Judas betrayed Jesus. So what is the true inner meaning that lies behind our outward fasting?

Isaiah says: “Share your bread with the hungry” (Isa 58:7) – Martin Luther King said: “As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars…I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the way our world is made.”

Isaiah says “Bring the homeless poor into your house” (Isa. 58:7) – What about this house – God’s House? We all want to welcome people in here when they are the right sort of people, respectable people. people like us. But what about people who are more difficult to get on with? What about people who barely speak any English who is a real struggle to chat with over coffee after the service? What about children with ADHD or autism who run around in the middle of the church service making a terrible racket? These are the spiritually homeless poor.

Isaiah says: “If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,” (Isa 58:9) – It’s true isn’t it – for all of us it’s so easy to criticise, to blame to point the finger” In one of my past churches there was a lady who never said a word against anybody. She always pointed out the good. It is amazing the difference it makes to have someone doing that. It lifted the hearts of all and spoke blessing. What can we do not to point the finger but actively to speak blessing to those around us?

There once was a church where the walls were painted white. Whenever they sang Amazing Grace, the entire congregation turned to face one particular wall. The new minister was curious about this, so she asked people why, but no one knew. Eventually she was taking sick communion to a 96-year-old member of the church so she asked him. “Ah” he said, “When I was a boy we couldn’t afford hymn books for everyone, so we painted the words of Amazing Grace on one of the walls. Every time we sang it we turned to face that wall. Over the years the words faded and the walls were repainted, but we still always turn to face that wall.

Isaiah has God ask question “Is this the fast I seek?” As we observe Lent and give things up or take things up, let us make sure that they are not empty shells like that wall that once had a meaning, or a lie like Judas’s kiss of Jesus. Let them be true fasting where the exterior disciplines reflect the inner realities. (FATHER EDMUND CARGILL THOMPSON)

BAPTISM & MEMBERSHIP CLASS
Adults
Date : Sunday, March 17, 2019
Time : 11:00 a.m.
Venue : Room 1, 2nd Floor

ADULT BIBLE CLASS
Facilitator: Mr Jesse Teh
Date : Sunday, March 17, 2019
Time : 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Venue : Room 3, 2nd Floor

TALK ON METHODIST SCHOOLS
& OUR INVOLVEMENT
Speakers : Dato Chin Lean Keat
Datin Judy Chin
Date : Sunday, March 17, 2019
Time : 11:00 a.m.
Venue : Sanctuary
All are welcome.

ST BARNABAS HOME KLANG
CHARITY FOOD & FUNFAIR ON SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2019
Tickets will be on sales for the above Food & Funfair at the foyer on Sunday, March 17, 2019.

YOUTH CAMP 2019
Speaker : Pastor Steven Low
Theme : En Garde! (On Guard)
Dates : Wed-Sat, March 27-30, 2019
Venue : Chefoo Methodist Centre,
Cameron Highlands

21-DAY PRAYER MEETING
MARCH 31-APRIL 17, 2019
Please take note of the 21-Day Prayer Meeting time as follows:-
Sundays
March 31, April 7 & 14, 2019 @ 7:00 a. m.-8:00 a. m.

Morning Watches
April 1-6 & 8-11, 2019 @ 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m.

Night Watches
April 15-17, 2019 @ 8:00 p.m.-9:15 p.m.

REVIVAL SEMINAR
Speaker : Rev Terence Jedidiah Poh
Date : Fri & Sat, April 12 & 13, 2019
Time : Fri @ 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m (open
meeting)
Sat @ 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cost : RM20 per person (includes tea & lunch on Saturday)
Venue : Wesley Methodist Church Klang
Closing Date: April 9, 2019.
Registration counter is open on Sunday.

READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN HOLY WEEK
The Read Through The Bible will begin on April 14 (2:00 p.m.) and end on April 17. Please sign up on the time slot @ the notice board. All are encouraged to participate.

ALPHA MARRIAGE COURSE
Date : every Sunday, starting on
April 28, 2019 to June 16, 2019
Time : 10:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Cost : RM150 per couple (inclusive of manual & refreshment)
Venue : Wesley Methodist Church Klang
Please contact Raymond Tan (019-215 8868) or Elaine Tan (019-383 2868)

CHURCH CAMP 2019
Speaker : Pastor Benny Ho
Dates : May 31-June 3, 2019
(school holidays)
Venue : Port Dickson Methodist Centre
Closing Date: April 30, 2019
The first session by Pastor Benny Ho begins on Friday night and the last Session ends on Monday morning. Registration counter is now open at the foyer.

COME NEAR TO GOD
Speaker: Rev Dr Tie King Tai
Dates : April 14-17, 2019
Time : Palm Sunday @ 9:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.
Mon-Wed @ 8:00 p.m.
Venue : Trinity Methodist Church, PJ

I LOVE PEOPLE FEST
Date : Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Time : 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Venue : First Baptist Church, Subang Jaya
Register online: www.tinyurl.com/iheartpeoplefest
For further details, please refer to the notice board.

TRAC NATIONAL MISSIONS CONFERENCE 2019
Dates : June 5-8, 2019
Venue : DUMC
Fees : RM80 (includes materials, lunch & tea breaks)
To register: missions@dumc.my

ORANG ASLI CHILDREN
EDUCAMP 2019
The OA team will be teaching 5 children (Std 6 – 3, Std 5 – 1 and Form 2 – 1) to catch up on their studies. The objectives are:
(i) Achieve FULL PASSES in UPSR for the
OA kids
(ii) Inspire confidence and hope
(ii) Continuing Secondary School education
(iii) Give them a future through success in
Education

Edu Camp Dates:
1. 27th-30th March
2. 25th- 29th May
3. 10th-14th Aug

The team needs:
1. Sponsors / Donors for:
a. Meals (Tea, Lunch & Dinner)
b. Workbooks / Reference Books
2. Teachers to teach the subjects below. The more volunteers per subject the better as children will get personal attention.
a. English
b. Math
c. Bahasa Malaysia
For more information please contact Ms Koa Vi Vian @ 012 214 1545.

CONDOLENCES
Our deepest condolences to Mr & Mrs Lim Boon Hwa on the demise of his sister, the late Mdm Lim Suan Beng on Tuesday, March 12, 2019.

Mark’s Gospel (Mark 2:1-12) tells an incredible story about four men carrying a paralyzed friend to Jesus. We don’t even know their relationship to the paralyzed man or what became of them afterward.
Nor are we told how far they traveled to perform such an act of kindness or what it cost them. Yet it’s apparent that no distance was too far, no cost too great, and no complication too much. Despite the difficulty and inconvenience confronting them, this quartet was determined to get their friend to Jesus.

I can’t help wondering what it must have been like to be the paralyzed man. To rely on others for everything. To never be able to stand on his own and stretch, or enjoy a change of scenery without troubling others. Did he ever feel anything besides helplessness, humiliation, isolation, frustration, or despair? How did he react when his friends grabbed the four corners of his cot and headed out the door with him? Was he excited, frightened, or embarrassed when they started lowering him through the hole? We can’t know the answers to these questions, but one thing is certain. When Jesus beheld the one who’d landed safely at His feet, He saw the truth—that the man’s paralysis was deeper and more pervasive than it appeared. Within that withered body was a crippled soul, paralyzed by sin and shrunken from shame.

However, the crippled man before Him wasn’t the only thing that Jesus observed. He also saw the spirited, sweaty faces of four desperate men peering down at Him through a hole—men whose faith was bold, earnest, insistent, and seemingly indifferent to social consequences. He saw four men who would not be denied, whose bloody knuckles offered proof that they would stop at nothing. Four filthy faces, craving a miracle. Panting with anticipation. Wide-eyed with hope. Apparently, it wasn’t what Jesus heard that arrested His heart. It was what He saw that moved Him. They destroyed someone’s property, interrupted Jesus while He was talking, and aggravated the people who were listening. Their trust in Jesus’ power to heal their paralyzed friend moved the Lord’s tender heart.

One of the greatest privileges, and oftentimes most difficult challenges, is bringing people to Christ. But it is worth every ounce of labor. Hopefully, you won’t have to dig through any roofs to do it, but you may have to break down some walls of ignorance, misunderstanding, pride, prejudice, and past hurts. You may have to get dirty, use your head, adjust your schedule, modify your budget, swallow your pride, and creatively use your gifts. But like the four men in Mark’s Gospel, you won’t be disappointed. (FIL ANDERSON)