A tu caan i kan i ruah ti ding ah ka thim mi bible cacaang  cu Hebrew 11:6, “Ahohmant nih zumhnak loin Pathian lung ton khawh a si lo” ti a si lai.

Kan tlangtar cherhchan ding ah van rel chih ka duh mi bible cang pakhat cu Hebrew 12:2 “Jesuh kha fek tein i zoh chih usih, amah cungah cun kan zumhnak cu a hramthawk in a dongh tiang a um.

Biahmaitthi

Nan nih he i ruah ṭi ding i ka thim mi biatlangtar cu zumhnak (Faith) timi asi. Heb. 11:6 ah “and without faith it is impossible to please God” zumhnak loin cun Pathian lungton khawh a si lo. Zumnak/Faith na ngeih lo ahcun Pathian cu na cungah a lung a lawm lo, phundang in chim ahcun Pathian cu na lomh ter kho bal lai lo. Hlan lio zumhnak lei kan pa le Abraham, Noah te pawl hna nih Pathian lung an rak lomhter, an rak tonnak cu zumhnak/Faith ruangah a si. Cun cathar (N.T) chung ah mitcaw, kebei, hnachet le mizaw tampi an damnak cu zumhnak thawngin asi. Khrihfa nun ah zumhnak lo in zeihmanh tuah khawh asi lo. A sinain zumhnak he cun zeithil paoh tuah khawh a si.

Zumhnak cu zeidah asi?

Zumhnak(Faith) timi cu kan hmuh lo mi thil a um ko ttung mi a um ko ti mi zumh khi zumhnak(faith) timi cu a si. Tahchunnak ah  Minung ah hin Soul, Spirit, and Body tiin tthenthum ah tthen khawh a si. Body cu hmuh khawh tawngh khawh asi, nain Spirit le Soul cu kan hmu kho hna lo nain a um ko ti cu kan theih kan zumh. Cucu kan hmuh lomi a um ko ti kan theih kan zumh khi zumhnak ngeih kan timi cu a si. Cubantuk tthiamtthiam in thil pakhat khat kan hmuh rih lomi thil a um ko kan hmuh te ko lai ti kan ni ruahchan mi khi zumhnak ngeih kan timi cu a si.

Zumnak a bia pit ning.

Mtt. 17:20 “If you have faith as small as mustard seed, you can say to this mountain move from here to there” and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Zumhnak cu zeitluk in dah a ngan le a hmet ah khan a biapitnak a silo kan zapi tein anṭam ci zeitluk in a hmet le a ngan cu theih dih a si ko. Jesus nih anṭam ci tia/ngaw zumhnak nan ngeih ahcun tlang hmanh nan tthial khawh lai a ti. Zeitluk in dah tlang a ngan i zeitluk in dah anṭam ci a hmet asinain thlagpi cu anṭam ci ngaw zumhnak nih a duh nak paoh ah a ṭhial khawh ko. Jesus Khrih nih kan vawilei pi hi zumhnak in thlen ding rian a kan pek kan zumh ahcun kan thlenkhawh ko lai.

Abraham zumhnak.

Gen. 12:1 “Bawipa nih Abram cu a thawh i, ‘Na ram le na rualchan le na pa inn kha chuahtak hna law kan hmuhsak laimi ram ah kal tuah’”. Pathian nih Abraham a auh tikah hringtuu Nu le Pa innchungkhar chuak tak in kan hmuhsak lai mi ram ah kal a ti. Zeitluk in dah a har hnga? Nu le Pa sahlawh rualchan vial te he i ṭhen ding mah lawng in mi ram dang ah ramdang mi le khual va si ding. Cun a kal nak ding lam ah harnak tampi aum. (a) a sin um kong ah, le a saṭil arva kongah hei ruah uh law a buupi in zul rulhmalh piin an va kal lai va si kaw tu pi chungah riahnak kong ah ei le din kongah a har ngai mi a si. (b) Cu ka ram hrawng ah ral a tampi pakhat le pakhat miphun pakhat le pakhat i doh chan, i tuk i thah chan a si, cun kha kaa ram a um mi hna kha a ca’h hawi an um lo a caah ral lawng te an si. Abaraham caah ttih ding le thingphan ding tam pi a um. Asinain Abraham nih cun cu harnak le ral le lungretheihnak vialte cu a zoh lo “Let us fix our eyes on Jeus” a zoh mi cu Kanan ram ah kal ding in a au/ko tu Pathian kha a si. Cu Pathian nihcun zeizong vialte a tuah khawh ko tiin zumhnak he a mah Pathian zoh in a kal ko. A donghnak ah Abraham cu Pathian nih thluahchuahnak nganpi a pek i, ka hawi ti tiang in a auhnak a ruang cu zumhnak ruangah asi. Bawipa nih a kan auh ve a siahcun zumhnak he a kan fial mi rianṭuan ko uhsih, Pathian nih thluahcuah a kan pek ve ko lai.

Kum hleihnih thi chuak nu zumhnak

Matthew 9:18-22 kan rel tik ah kum hleihnih thichuah zawtnak in a zaw mi nu kong kan hmuh. Hei ruat ve hmanh law kum hleihnih chung thi chuah cu zei tluk in dah a hei har hnga? Hi mi nuu tuanbia kan zoh tikah a ngeih mi vialte cu aa conghnak ah a hman dih nain a dam kho hlei lo. Sibawi pa zeizat sinah dah a kal hnga? A sinain a dam kho tilo kumhleihnih  chung a si cang, minung lei kam cun lungdong in a um lio ah Jesus nih mi zaw tampi a dam ter hna ti thawng cu a theih ve, cu le cangka in mi nu nihcun Jesus puanki ka tawngh ahcun ka dam ko lai timi a zumh colh. Zudah mi hna phung ah nu nih thlakhat ah vawikhat an ngeih mi menstruation/nuuphung an lak lio ah leng chuah phung a silo chuah ahcun lung in thi lak in cheh ding a si. Jesus puanki va tawnghnak ding ah mipi lak in kal a hau fawn. Khat ta lei kam ah damnak khat ta lei kam ah lungchehnak ton ding a si fawn. Minu caah a har ngaingai, kal lo le thichuah in thih ding, kal le lungcheh in thi ding “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus” minu nih mi zeitluk in an tam le lungchehnak vialte cu zoh loin Jesus tu kha a zoh i a puanki te cu a va tongh. Cu le cang kaa a thichuah zawtnak in a dam colh. Taksa, thinlung, Thlarau kan damnak ding ahcun ka hawi nu kan hawi pa a siloah mipi zoh loin zumhnak in Jesus fuh panh uhsih kum hleihninh thichuak nu bantuk in damnak kan hmu ve ko lai.

Biatlangkawmnak.

Paul nih second Corinthian  5:7 ah “we live by faith, not by sight” a ti bantukin kan nih cu a si cang mi le kan mit in ka hmuh mi zoh in a kal mi kan silo a um rih lomi Pathian nih a kan kamh mi tu kha zumhnak in zoh chih in a kal mi kan si, zeitluk in na rum zei tluk in na ṭhawn zeitluk in na dawh ti kha a biapi lo, zumhnak ngeih in zumhngamhnak he kal ding tu hi a biapi deuh. Pathian nih hin kanmah sining zoh in kan cungah rian a ṭuan lo, asinain kan zumhnak  tu kha a zoh mi a si deuh. Cucaah dam lomi nih zumhnak in ka dam cang ti law Pathian nih damnak an pek lai. A thazang a der mi nih zumhnak in ka ṭhawng cang tiah phuang law Pathian nih ṭhawnnak thazang an pek ko lai. A sifakmi kan um ahcun zumhnak in ka rum cang tiah ti law Pathian nih rumnak an pek ko lai. A donghnak bik ah anṭam ci tia/ngaw na zumhnak nih na nunnak an tlenkhawh, na chungkhar a thlen khawh, na Krifabu a thlen khawh, kan ram pi le kan vawi leipi hmanh hi zumhnak in Pathian bochan ahcun a thleng tu kan si kho ko.

Pastor Uk Ceu

Manila

Dear PCCF hawi le hna.

                                            Tuzing zong Bawipa nih damnak le a mah bia chim phuang kho ding le rel kho ding in caan tha caan sunglawi a kan pek caah a hmasa bik ah kan biakmi kan Pathian a min thiang thangthat in um ko seh. Tuzing sermon cu a tha kho taktak si, a tawi te tung a tha tuk tung, rel hrimhim rak i zuam! A kan thlah piak tu hi Dr. Yaw Tam asi, a mah hi Union Theological Seminary ah Doctor of Ministry a dih hnu ah a tu hi Philippine Christian University ah Ph.D in religion a kai lio mi asi. Bawipa nih a sianginn kainak ah thluachuahnak pe hram ko seh, cun  hmailei ah Bawipa nih a ram kauhnak caah  hmang chin leng mang ko seh.

DON’T TAKE THE SHORTCUT (Ptr.Yaw Tam)

Hi, friends! How things are going on? I hope everything looks ok. Praise God for leading us to a new year with new blessings. And thank you all leaders and Ptr. Sangte for giving me this time. I hope this 5 P will exalt you all to speed up your boring life. Let us see them according to the Bible.

P1: Path (Ps. 119: 32), P2: Patience (Hb. 12:1-2), P3: Principle (ICor. 9:26), P4: Prize (Phi.3:14), and P5: Pride.

Christian life is not a way of short cut living. It is a long way running process like a runner preparing for the next marathon race. A marathon has its rule and disciplines for the runners. If a runner, he/she must follow the principles of the marathon. In the same way, if a Christian runner, he/she must obey the principles of the WORD of GOD. Life is not a shortcut living. It is like a step by step running race.

Step1. “Let us run in the Path.” Walking on the spiritual pathway makes a healthier life. Even when your inner mind is tired, don’t get boring. Just take relax and go on for the second step.

Step 2. “ Let us run with Patience.” No matter so many disappointments and trials we face in the wilderness long run. We must press forward without flagging, not murmuring even when we are tired.

Step 3. “Let us run with Principles.” Look forward. Respect the rules and follow the principles systematically. Don’t get yourself wrong and be right back on the pathway. Then go on for the next step.

Step 4. “Let us run till we get the Prize.” This is the final decision. Please don’t stop. Move forward for the final step. Now the goal is welcoming you with the prize. The reward is great for you if you are the race winner.

Step 5. “ Let us run with the Pride.” Don’t be very proud of yourself with the prize. And just take relax for a moment if you feel tired. Don’t think the race is end here. Again, be ready to prepare for the next level.

I know everybody likes shortcut. Shortcut is good for media players. But a shortcut may lead us to wrong direction if we follow it many times. Somebody may say, “I am born with a well-trained Christian family I don’t need this 5 P anymore.” It is totally wrong. Christian life is not one time running process. It is on the move steadily running. This text once again reminds us not to jump up from the shortcut steps but to follow the principles for reaching the race in our daily life.

May God bless you all!

CCF hawi le hna,

                           Nan umnak cio le nan sianginn kainak cio ah dam in nan um lai tiah ruahchannak ka ngei. Bawipa nih damnak le caan tha caan sung lawi a kan pek than i tu zing zong a thawhthan ni ceu dawh a kan phak tertu kan Biakmi kan Pathian a min ka thangthat. Cun, a hleice in tuzing ah Pastor Thawng Hei nih "Pathian Sin ah Zungzal i Lomh, Thlacam le Lomhnakbia Chim Ding" ti mi tlangtar in thawngtha a kan chimhmi cungah a hlei in kan i lawm khun ko, a mah hi nai teah AGST in M.Th tlamtling tein a kan dih piak mi asi i a cung zong ah lunglomhnak van  chim ka duh, Pathian nih a min sunparnak caah le a ram kauhnak caah  hmang chin lengmang ko seh. 

Pathian Sin ah Zungzal i Lomh, Thlacam le Lomhnakbia Chim Ding

(Thessalonain 5:16-18)

A pakhatnak ah Pathian min thangṭhat in um ko seh. Amah lam hruainak ruang ah kum thum le cheu leng hi Philippines ram ah theology ka cawng kho ve i, PCCF chungtel vialte hna he zong  i hawikomhnak thlachuah ka tin conak a si. Cun hi bantuk caan a ka pet tu PCCF ṭuanvo ngei tu dihlak cung zong ah lomhnak bia ka chim. Kumkhat chung an rianṭuannak ah Pathian tu nih thlachuahnak pe hram ko hna seh. Tutan ah kan i ruah ṭi awk ah ka thim mi Bible cu: I Thessalonain 5:16-18 a si lai. Bible vun rel ta hna u sih: A zungzal in i lawm u, a zungzal in thlacam u, zei bantuk thil nan ton hmanh ah lunglawm in um u. Khrih Jesuh chung i nan nunning ah hin hitihin nung hna seh, tiah Pathian nih an duh hna. Hi Bible nih hin Khrih chung a nung mi zumtu vialte nih a zungzal tuah awk thil pathum a kan cawn piak.

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        1).Zungzal i Lomh Ding

Kan Bible rel mi nih a pakhatnak a kan cawnpiak mi cu “a zungzal in i lawm u” ti a si.   Philippines sianghngakchia pakhat sinak (keimah pumpak) ah cun financial stress, paper stress, social stress le a dang dang stress ngeih peng a si tik ah i lomh zungzal ding cu a foi lo. Thil sining zoh ah cun a foi lo. Asinain, Pathian bia nih i lom uh ti si ko. Bawipa chung ah i lawm uh ti si ko (Phi 4:4). Amah Bawipa ruah le zoh bu in, zei tluk in dah nang mah le keimah pumpak caah a that tiah ruah bu in i lomh ding ah fial kan si. Thil sining le midang sining zoh tuk lo ding. Lungrawhnak le buainak tu a si. Mah sining te zoh bu in, Bawipa na cung le ka cung ah a ṭhat ning tu kha kan ruah a si ah cun, Bawipa sin ah kan i lawm kho ko lai.

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           2). Zungzal Thlacam Ding

Sianghnakchia tam deuh kan si ning zoh tik ah hin class chung ah chim le rel hi kan duh ngai hna. Theological theme/topic tete le a dangdang issues pawl i ceih khi kan huam ngai. Thil ṭha ngai a si ko. Degree hna a phunphun kan kai hna i ruahnak le hmuhning a phunphun kan vun i chap hna. Mi bia ngeih/theih dan, chim/el dan hna zong kan thiam ngaingai ko cang. A si nain thlacam kan daithlang tawn. Thlacam cu Bawipa he biaruah le pehtlaihnak phunkhat a si. A kan Sertu, kan nunnak ah nawlngei bik tu, kan thlachuah hrampi a si mi Pathian he biaruahnak kan ngeih lo ah cun ṭih a nung ngaingai. A hlei in theology sianghngakchia pawl caah. Fimnak lei kan ṭhancho bantukin Pathian he kan i pehtlaihnak zong hi a thuh chinchin awk a si. Thlacam nun te hi kan nih cu i tlaih chih ko hna u sih. Bible zong nih a kan fial.

3.      3). Zungzal lomhnak bia chim ding

Lomhnak bia chim hi daithlan lo ding a si. A caan ah hin kan busy kho tuk hna. Pakhat pa le bang cu “ka busy” ti hi a tlaihchih tuk i, a hoipa nih ka busy na ti cu zei hen na tuah ton a hei ti. A leh mi cu “movie ka zoh ko hen cu” ti si. Zeitluk kan busy ko zong ah Bawipa sin ah lomhnak bia chim daitlang hna hlah u sih.  A daihnak hmun pakhat te ah“Bawipa ka lawm tuk” tiah Pathian sin ah kan co mi thlachuah vial te hi rel cio hna usih. Lomhnak bia chim a duh mi kan Pathian nih a let za in thlachuah a kan pek lai.

Pathian nih lam a kan hruai i Philippines ah kan rak phan kho hna i, kan mah le kan si ning cio ah busy cio dih a si. Innkhat ah a um ti mi hna hmanh nikhat chung kan i hmuh lo caan hi a tam ko. Nikhat nazi 24 li kan i za hna lo. A caan ah cun kan ca le rianherh taktak ah kan busy tak zong si kho. A caan ah cun zeiset ah ka busy ti hmanh theih lo in suallam ngei lo pi ah kan busy tawn.  Zei ah dah ka busy tiah a thei tu tak cu kan mah pumpak cio kha kan si.  Hi bantuk caan le sining chung ah hin zumtu Khrihfa kan sinak te hi langhter i zuam hna u sih. Pathian sin ah i lawm hna u sih, thlacam hna u sihlaw lomhnak bia zong tampi chim hna u sih. Bawipa nih thlachuah kan pek piak hram ko seh.

Mega Blessings,

Thawng Hei

Stand Firmly in God

Tuzing Bawipa thawhthan zing ah lomhnak daihnak a kan pe tu kan Pathian a min thiang kan thangthat. Tuzing ah PCCF dawtnak he thawngtha bia an kan chimtu Sayamah Grace May D Oo (Mi Mi) cungah lunglomhnak tampi kan ngei. A mah hi PTS (Presbyterian Theological Seminary) ah M.Div a kai lio mi asi. A sianginn kainak ah Pathian nih lamhruai sehlaw hlawhtlinnak a hmuh khawhnak hnga PCCF nih thla za kan cam piak.

Stand Firmly in God

First of all, I would like to share about my journey to Philippines. In 2010 September 26 Sunday morning around 9:00 am, I was on my way to Bangkok, and transfer Bangkok to Philippine by TG flight. The first time I saw the airplane outside, ride and travel to abroad. While waiting for the flight I met a man who sat beside me. I thought he is a foreigner but he spoke Burmese for he is half Australian and Myanmar. The flight started to run and suddenly stopped, all the passengers were requested to go back to departure for the wheel was flat. We all waited for the new wheel to replace from Bangkok. I tried to call and tell my father, and he comforted me through prayer on phone. Around 3 O’clock, we departed Myanmar, for those whom will transfer to Philippine, TG flight agency prepared for the new ticket, but Philippine Airline. My father told me that after I reached Bangkok ask and follow the crowd those transfer to Philippine but that time, I was really in trouble, because what my father told me was totally different from what I faced in airport. Unexpectedly, the man who I met was so pity on me and said he will help me along the way. Even though I did not know him well, I trusted him for I have no other help. Finally, we arrived Bangkok Airport. He helped to buy new ticket and did every necessary thing, I just followed wherever he went, ate, bought etc. for I have to wait the flight around 4 hours. Finally, he sees me off until the nearest entrance gate to the flight. I arrived Philippine in the morning around 4 O’clock. Again, I could not find my uncle Rev. Zabiak Ling and his friend around the airport. One Pilipino passenger and security guard helped me again to call them on phone. Actually, they waited me in TG. Finally, I safely arrived Philippine, where I am studying right now.

When I look back my life, I got amaze for how God guided me in different trials. Through reminding God’s hands in the past, encouraged me again that He is always there and the best way for me. He works through His people, some are we never know before, and some people are those we thought may be bad, fool one. Yes, I can say that God lets me to experience this kind of situation to know that He is everywhere and working to everyone for His children. Whenever I face some problems and hardship in my study and needs here in Philippines, I recalled my difficult experience in the airport, and I believe and trust that God will deal with all my needs and solve the problems for He has been showing His care since the beginning of my first day journey to Philippines.

God is the shining Light in the darkest (John1:9). Without darkness we cannot realize the goodness of the light.  We can experience God’s greatest providence in the midst of the hardest troubles, the painful sufferings. God does not move the trial, but give us enough strength to face, overcome, and to stand on them. God wants us to victory the world as His Son Jesus did.

        Through facing each of trial or difficulties, we come to know our reality image and we become more mature. Difficulties and trials help us to see the presence of God and to see His plans or will in our life. When I was child, I prayed and believed that God would never allow me to be hungry and give me the things that I ask, but now I come to know though I feel hungry or lack to thank Him, for new strength to stand firm when I am weak and to see God more in each trials. I do not mean that I can always give thanks, but I ask God to show me his will in the midst of trials.

We, God’s children do not mean that we would never fail, though we failed to stand in Him again and gain the victory through Christ. However we failed many times we need to rise up again in Christ and let us keep in firm more. We have been failed, so that we more understand God’s love and forgiveness than other does (Luke 7: 47). That will also our great testimony to the sinners like us to see His love, to bring them to Jesus (2Cor1:4). We can see in the life of King David, he was the man who has most praised to God for he has failed and received the great love. Therefore, it does not wander that why Psalm is so touching and blessing to sinners like us. And Jesus’ disciple Peter’s story as well.   

Who can judge us, our past, for our Father, Who is sitting on the heaven’s throne is loving (Rom8:35), forgiving, accepting, providing and serving us through Christ blood (Psalm 30:5; 32:5; 51:17). Let us not forget the day, the first day when we see Christ’s love, our commitments, the feeling that when our sins were washed away in His blood (1John1:7). (Rom 6:23) The thing that broke and opened our heart to accept Christ in our life is God’s great calling to us, God will use us in that way.

As foreign students in this country, we all have our own difficulties no one is less than yours and mine. Being far from family, friends, love one and mother church made us weak and failed physically, mentally and spiritually. Let us always remind ourselves the first day we started our life in Jesus deeply in our hearts. Especially when we are in doubt, weak, failed (Psalm 51:10). Let us keep every story that how God provided in our life through painful sufferings or great happiness to encourage another (2Cor1:4). After all, we will have beautiful stories to glorify Him. These entire things are God’s plans, for Him, in Him (Rom 11:36).

God is using all kinds of people (1Cor1:27-28). God lifts up who loves Him (Psalm91:14). God is always faithful to His people (Heb 13:8). Since we were sinners, He loved us with unfailing love, unconditional love. Let us patient in His time (Heb10:36) and never doubt and forget what He has said in the first day we accepted Him in our life.

However, we might face hardships in life,

“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.”           (Psalm 37: 4)

“The Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love.” (Psalm147:11)

“Our God is in heaven and He does whatever pleases to Him.” (Psalm 115:3)

He sees and pleases on a heart that did his/her best. Yes, as human beings, we try our best, but we cannot afford to please Him by our own deeds. God pleases in us sinners not because of what we pleased alone, but He Himself is delightful and pleasing in us. God so loves you and me.

May God delight on you and bless you all to glorify Him,

In Christ,

Sister Grace May D Oo (Mi Mi)

January 27, 2013 (On Sunday)