WELCOME MESSAGE

October 2021

Welcome to Bukit Panjang Centre!

Covenant EFC is 43 years old. After wandering in different facilities in the early days, we finally entered our first home in Bukit Panjang in September 2000. Since then, we have planted another two worship centres in Woodlands (2008) and the East (2017).

Covenant EFC is all about authentic discipleship and intentional disciplemaking. Jesus gave His life for us, and calls us to follow Him and become fishers of men. We invite you to this glorious redemptive journey to experience the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.

During this Covid-19 pandemic, the Church is experiencing a new wineskin beyond the Sunday worship services and The Next Generation ministries. It spotlighted the importance of Home Worship & Discipleship, Small Group Worship & Fellowship, and paying attention to the needs of neglected people groups like the Guest Workers in Singapore. It is also during this season that Alpha Online Outreach became available to many seekers in Singapore and beyond. Praise the Lord!

God is on the move to build His Church — whether we are gathered or scattered! Surely, He is refining and renewing us for His purpose!

Let me leave this verse with you in Isaiah 66:2b (ESV):

“But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.”

Tan Kay Kiong

Reverend Tan Kay Kiong is the Senior Pastor of Covenant Evangelical Free Church. He is a Shepherd-Leader at heart who loves to see people discover their full potential in God.

Daily Devotional Journal

Scripture:
1 Samuel 29:1-5

Wed, 1 December 2021

At This Point of Dilemma…

Observation:

What is the significance of the dispute between the lords of the Philistines and King Achish over David in verses 1 to 5?

Deeper Reflection
DAVID DID NOT WANT to fight Israel with the Philistines, but he was caught in a tangled web of his own doing (vv.1-2). Perhaps, David was desperately asking himself, “What shall I do now?” It was just at this point that a dispute arose between the lords of the Philistines and King Achish over David, marked by “Is this not David…?” (vv.3, 5), expressing contrasting views of him. The Philistine lords strongly objected to David going with them to battle. But Achish defended David, testifying to his long-time loyalty to him, and that he was totally dependable (v.3). The Philistines lords, however, argued from prudence – that there was the great risk of David turning into “an adversary” to them in the battlefield (v.4); and from history: “Saul has slain thousands, and David his ten thousands” (v.5). For both sides, a decision had to be made. Should the Philistine lords prevail, David could escape from his self-made dilemma. But should Achish prevail, David would have to live through a very difficult dilemma. At this point of the narrative, a decision had yet to be made. Perhaps, God was intervening through the Philistine lords. But David cannot make that conclusion at this point. And David was helplessly at the mercy of the Philistines’ decision. In life, we may find ourselves helplessly hanging in this kind of tension and dilemma. And our only hope is divine intervention. But what if it seems there isn’t any? We can still and must only, hope against hope and hope in the God of hope.

Application:

What is a tension or dilemma in my life in which my only hope is in the God of hope?

Prayer:
Write a prayer to God as your response from your meditation on and application of the Scriptures.

Prayer Pointers:

Give thanks and praise:
Pray for leaders:
Pray for The Silver Generation: To live securely in the God of hope
Pray for those in need:
Pray for self:

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At This Point of Dilemma…

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