It has been my sincere wish and prayer that my book, “The 26 Gifts of Christ’s Finished Work”, would be used to help Third World country preachers, pastors and church planters. I was pleased when Pastor Thomas mentioned that a Myanmar pastor who runs a Bible School in Yangon can translate, and would check whether he would be willing to translate my book. I was glad to hear that. If this works out, it has to be God at work to further the work of the gospel.

My book gives a better understanding of the gospel, which is what Christ has done for us through his death and resurrection. I always remembered that John Stott said, “The greatest need of the church is to have an enlarged vision of Jesus Christ”. I pray that God will enlarge vision, strengthen faith, deepen love and establish hope for all readers and hearers. With the scarcity of understandable writings about the vastness of salvation, such a book, I pray, will bless the believers as well as the workers in the harvest field.

I praise God that surprising people have asked if they could help me sell my books. I met one last Sunday. Her name is Suzanne. She helps organize the Academy of Prophets for Prophet Amos Jayaratnam. She offered to help me promote my book to her WhatsApp chat group, and I was surprised at her kindness.

A secondary school classmate ordered a book, which I posted to him. He, too, offered to pass a copy of my book to someone in church linked to a Christian bookstore. I felt so encouraged that the Lord is opening doors for me, and I pray this book will bless many.

I have to pray because many books are bought and not read. I have many books on my bookshelf that I have yet to read. Therefore, “Lord, I pray that those whom you move to buy will also be moved to read, and that you will strengthen and enlighten them as they do so. Amen.”

On Sunday, I preached about the history of Pentecostalism as requested by the church staff. It included an account of how the Revival of 1972 had impacted the Singapore church and resulted in the formation of World Revival Prayer Fellowship. The older members were enthralled and enjoyed recalling their personal experiences and filling in missing pieces in the story. A few of them suggested I write another book about that revival. What did I feel? I felt how a new mother would feel after she had just given birth and somebody asked her, “How about having another baby?”