Up & Above

The Lord can choose to move suddenly in and around us, and when He does we must be ready to let go of our own plans and desires, and move quickly with Him. Trying to go against the flow of the Spirit would be like kicking against the goad (Acts 9:5). The prophet Malachi records for us that the Lord can suddenly appear in His temple, the condition is that we must be constantly seeking Him (Malachi 3:1).

The idea of going to Australia, be it on holiday or ministry, had never entered our hearts or minds. Like a whirlwind, the Lord orchestrated that Ps Grace Glory and two armour bearers, D'vorah Chan and Frances Voon, would visit Melbourne and Sydney in mid-October. Planning time: 3 weeks! This turned out to be a significant trip to the land "down under" for Holy Fire Creations to spread the Fire & the Glory and declare it to be the land "up & above"!

Divine Connections

In Scripture, divine connections are important to one's own destiny and ministry (like Paul and Barnabas, David and Jonathan). The Lord chooses to work through His servants. Only having few friends in Melbourne & Sydney, we had to depend on the Lord for "divine connections" and we ended up catching an end-time strategy of God's, invading homes with the glory!

Melbourne, Victoria

14-17 October, 2009

L to R: Elizabeth, Ps Grace Glory, Lucy

The Lord made connections in Melbourne through God's servant, Elizabeth (originally from Kuala Lumpur). At times in Scripture, Jesus would minister to small or large groups, or just one (like the woman at the well in John 4). Numbers in masses don't impress God, the hunger in their hearts is what attracts Him. And "hunger (for God)" is what we found!

Meeting other fellow Malaysians in Melbourne and sharing "present truth"

Open hearts and Open homes

But whatever house you enter, first say "Peace (Shalom) to this house."

And if a son of peace (seeker of shalom) is there, your peace will rest (remain, abide)

on it; if not, it will return to you. Luke 10:5-6

In Melbourne, we were hosted by Frances' friends, Marlene & Jag. As we entered their home we greeted them with a "Shalom" blessing. Jag later testified, to God's glory, he literally felt the atmosphere change and could feel the tangible peace of the Prince of Peace. Unknown to us, Victoria has been suffering low rains and thus had been implementing restrictions to save water. When we arrived from Malaysia, it was reported to us that we "brought the rain" as it started raining non-stop the first two days upon our arrival! Even Nature responds to the Glory of God! (Mark 4:39 records for us how the winds obeyed Jesus' command, also see James 5:18.)

The first two days upon our arrival the Lord had us to minister in homes.

The glory is invading homes! (Above picture taken in Lucy's home)

On the second night, the Lord opened up another home to the fire & the glory in Melbourne. Different callings, different ministries but ONE Lord, ONE Spirit, ONE Kingdom over all.

Teaching of the Word is vital to lay the proper Word foundation before impartion. Without knowledge, His people perish, in other words they cannot contain His glory without the word of God as a solid foundation in their lives (Hosea 4:6).

Praying and imparting to the youth

On the 3rd day of our visit, the Lord rewarded us with good weather and we visited the Dandenong Mountains with Frances' good friend, Erica Lin. We leisurely enjoyed our "Pie in the Sky" and scrumptious scones at Miss Marples. Yum!

Not a moment to waste - even to the last moment we managed to steal time to minister to our hosts in Melbourne, Marlene & Jag, at Tiger Airways Terminal before flying off to Sydney.

Sydney, New South Wales

17-22 October, 2009

"And I will show you wonders in the heavens (sky) and in the earth..." Joel 2:30

The moment we arrived in Sydney, walking out of the airport, we sighted this in the sky! The word "HOPE" was written in the Sydney sky by "sky writing". How awesome!

Before our very eyes, the "sky writer" began spelling out the Name above every other name - JESUS! As if that wasn't enough, it finished the sentence - JESUS IS LORD! wow! (We later discovered that this was part of the "Jesus all about life" campaign to promote Jesus over the airwaves of Australia.)

Along the way from the airport, we saw a "jalopy" dressed up as a bridal car.

It was a sign of that the "Bride (of Christ) is coming".

Minutes later we arrived in the city's Chinatown and on the corner was a street preacher preaching salvation unto Jesus with an apt sign reading "ARE YOU READY?". Check out the scripture poster that's next to the preacher - it's in BAHASA MALAYSIA!

Along with the street preacher were youth handing out Christian tracks that looked like large AUS$100 bills - "kaya kaya"!

Our hostess, sister Lai Chen, placed on each of our beds a "midnight snack" of chocolate - it was a bar of Milk Chocolate. She had also blessed us each with bottles of honey and the Lord began to speak "See in ONE day I've given you milk (chocolate) & honey as a sign that the land I'm bringing you into is a land of "milk & honey"". Thank You Jesus!

Bethel, house of God

Our hostess in Sydney, Lai Chen, was Ps Grace Glory Dan's student during her first year of service as a teacher. A few years ago, Lai Chen located Mrs Dan and the reconnection was made. However, it was to be another 2 years before meeting in persons. Since then, Lai Chen and her husband have prepared their home to be a "house for God".

From L to R: D'vorah, Lai Chen, Ps Grace Glory, Frances

Enjoying a home cooked meal with Lai Chen and her family. The Lord truly gave us a FEAST!

"You prepare a table (or banquet) before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:5,6

L to R: Frances, Grace, Ps Grace Glory, Lai Chen

Breaking bread together is part of Kingdom family life. In the book of Acts, the apostles were recorded "breaking bread from house to house" (Acts 2:46) and the Lord would add to them.

 

Grace (in picture), is a good friend of Frances' who lives in Sydney. Bringing the message of Repentance is a key mandate of Holy Fire Creations ministries. Seen here praying repentance for personal and generational sins with Grace.

The house church is an end time strategy of God. That's how the First Church began. It began with hearts being drawn together - it is the LIVING STONES coming together to build Him a place to dwell.

In this high tech age, even the Word can be taught using a Playstation unit! James, Lai Chen's youngest son, helped the rest of us "oldies" figure a way to display the teachings without having a lap top or computer nearby. God uses children to display His Glory!

Enjoying the sights of Darling Harbour and of course, enjoying Aussie cuisine.

Our last supper

Melbourne

Before flying off home, we had a four hour stop-over in Melbourne in which the Lord truly rewarded us with a full-course meal. Marlene & Erica were kind enough to be our hosts for the night. We enjoyed one of the aspects of Australian cuisine, Italian flavours of pastas and pizzas. Yum Yum!

For the sweet girls, we went next door for more Italian flavours - gelato! Even though it was quite cold, we enjoyed our rainbow of flavours.

 To warm ourselves up before flying off, we enjoyed a taster platter at Koko Black. It proved to have the best chocolate ice cream we've all ever tasted!

Thank You Abba God for this wonderful and meaningful journey. We felt Your favour, love and glory all the way. May Australia be blessed as we were blessed. Set the Nation of Australia on FIRE for You God! Seal all the work of Your hand and the people You touched through us with the blood of Jesus. Amen.