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| Dear Brethren, |
| More than 10 years
ago, at the HQ of Precept Ministries, USA, on the platform sharing about
Precept Singapore, God spoke through me prophetically when I said that " I was the bottleneck for Precept and as soon as I'm removed, Precept can
grow ". As events developed, and as I grew spiritually and my gifting
developed more on lines of teaching rather than leading or facilitating a
discussion on the Word, the differences in the ministry of Precept and
myself became manifest. |
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| The reason that it
has taken 17 years before God fully brought about the birth of a new
ministry, is partly because our God cares for ALL who are involved in the
matter and He always brings proper closure to everything in its proper
time. But the fact that He is leading and guiding all the way is very
evident to me and I hope, as I explain, it will be to you as well. |
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| God had to grow me
first and He did that as I learnt the skills of Inductive Bible Study
under two wonderful godly women, Kay Arthur and Betsy Bird. My thanks to
God for their input in this beginning stage of my ministry which lasted
about 10 years. Then He brought more godly people (too numerous to name)
to help me grow in the faith and in the knowledge of His Word. |
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| I have always
known that I was a "caretaker" of Precept Singapore and even from the
start, we have been praying for an administrator to take over the ministry
of Precept Singapore. It was not until God brought Stephen Lim a few years
ago that He could safely transfer the ministry to him, something that was
accomplished in January 2003 when I officially resigned from Precept |
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| I only discovered
that I enjoyed writing workbooks on the Bible because God ordained
circumstances to bring this about. Since then, I've "authored" (some with
the help of my students), more than 10 workbooks over this year and a
half, and am still in the process of writing 2-3 more workbooks. This can
only be possible with the help of the Lord and the help of various people
He brings to my aid. Here again is evidence of God confirming what it was
that He has for me to do. |
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| Once books were
written, they were sold through 2Tim2-2.com which was registered on
November 28, 2002. " Entrusting the Word to the Faithful " became our
motto. |
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| To achieve this
purpose, we conduct teaching classes based on Bible books with an emphasis
on the original languages and has worked into them the inductive study
principles of letting the Word of God speak for itself. |
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| Training Seminars
and Trainers' Seminars are organized from time to time to train people to
dig into the Word for themselves and to train others to do likewise. An
upcoming training workshop is planned for November with Dr Jeffrey Loh and
I as trainers. We also held a Trainers' Seminar on the book of Obadiah on
August 9th with 29 attendees. May God raise up more teachers and trainers
to teach the Word of God! |
| We believe in
equipping the saints and so it is immaterial whether they use 2 Tim 2-2
materials or other Bible Study materials, as long as God's Word is taught
in such a way that people will reverence the Lord. |
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| God has also
brought to me a core group of young professionals who have the same heart
for Him and His Word but with different gifts to help in this ministry,
and thus the Timothian Times was birthed in August 2004 with the first
edition of our newsletter which came out in September this year. |
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| Another aim is to
help, in whatever ways possible, other ministries who uphold and submit to
the authority of Scripture and the Lord Jesus Christ. As such, on Moriel's
request, the Jacob Prasch teaching conference was organized in July 2004
and another teaching conference by Rev. David Royle from 30th - 31st
October 2004. |
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| From the
Scriptures we know that there are prophecies that the church has to
fulfill in these last days. |
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| Which ones? |
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| The ones that
predict a great end-time harvest for example (see Matthew 24:14; Mark
13:10; Revelation 7:9-17). Thus preparation for the people of God in
respect to this area is part of our ministry. Spiritually, we offer
classes that meet this need of preaching the gospel as well as training
people how to follow up new believers. Practically, in the light of the
recent disasters that have plagued our world, we want to dialogue
concerning this area and come up with practical plans as well. |
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| As you can see,
the ministry is varied and help from any willing believer is sought. The
only criterion is that you love the Lord and you submit to and obey His
Word. |
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| Cecilia Perh (Nov
2004) |
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