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)

Kumthar Ngandamnak

Tuzing bawipa thawhtthan zingah Thawngttha bia i hrawm khawhnak an kan pe tu kan Biak Pathian a minthiang kan thangtthat.Kuthar thluachuah nak le Lawmhnak cu PCCF menber dihlak cungah um ko seh. PCCF dawtnak le zawnruahnak he Thawngtthabia a kan chim tu Saya Moses Van Nun Ceu cung zong ah kan i lawm ti kha langhter kan duh. Thawngttha bia kan i hrawmnak a si colh ko lai.

Saya Mose Van Nun Ceu

Kumthar Ngandamnak

Bible caangthim: 1Cor. 3: 16, 17

“Pathian biakinn nan si kha nan hngalh i Pathian Thlarua nan chung i a um zong kha nan hngalh. Cucaah ahohmanh nih Pathian biakinn cu a hrawh ahcun, amah cu Pathian nih a hrawh ve lai. Zeicahtiah Pathian biakinn cu a thiangmi a si i “nanmah hrimhrim” cu biakinn cu nan si.”

Tuzing hi kumthar 2013 January thla thok zarh hmasa biknak a si ca’h ka van aṭha kho taktak thawngṭha chim phunphai in ka kum a vui cang lai tiah ka ruah ko. Hmasabik ah cat lo a dawtnak he lam a kan hruaitu kan Pathian amin ka thangṭhat. Cun caanthiahtu hna cungah tampi in kaa lawm fawn. Kan forum careltu hna nan zapi Pathian nih kumthar thluachuah in pe hram ko hna seh! tiah vun langhter ka duh hmasa.

Tuzing ka tlangtaar hi saya Dawt Mang (Pa Dawt) bia in cun “A rianṭuannak a kau ngaingai” mi a si. Keimah ca lila zongah a kau ngai i a fawi lomi kenrep phun tete an si. Phungchim ngaingai lei deuh si lo in hruaitu hna kan kenrep tete i ruah ṭi ko hna u sih tiah ka achakhri ka vun mer ta duakmi a si. A tlamtlingmi minung a ho hmanh kan um kho taktak lo, sihmanhseh tlamtling khawhnak lei ah a kal khomi minung kan si ve. “Bawipa kan lei a ṭan ahcun zei thil paoh hi kan tei khawh ko hna” timi zumhnak le zuamnak thinlung he kumthar chungah kar hlaang ko hna u sih! tiah  nan sinah mah hngalk tawk ka rak langhter duhmi a si. Kanmah le Khaap cio ṭhathnemnak a phorhtu si hram ko seh!

Kan Bible caangthim ah khan, biapi ngai in a hmanmi hna cafang phun hnih in kan hmuh khawh. 1. Pathian Biakinn timi le, 2. A thiangmi taksa-pum le tuahsernak (nanmah hrimhrim) timi ah khan an si. Kan kawp tikah, kan pum cu a ningpi in Pathian biakinn thiang a si ti kha an langhter. Kan siningpi Pathain Biakinn thiang ah ser/si khawhnak dingah cun a ngandammi kan si a hau hmasat. Cuhe pehtlai in, ngandamnak timi ahhin phun 2 in ka ṭhen;

1.       Pum (taksa, thinlung le thlarau) damnak

2.      Tuanbia (tuahsernak, sining le umtu ṭhutdir) ngandamnak.

Pakhatnak: Kan taksa-pum ngandamnak dingah cun, abikin pastor/hruaitu hna kan ca’h hin Pum thianhlimhnak nun kha kan ngeih hrim a hau ko. Mah le mah biahalnak phun in tuzing ah i hal cio phot thuah hna u sih ti ka duh.

Tahchuannak ah;

1. Mihmai biachiam tikah kam cil-raang a chuak sual maw?

2. Kan thaw chuahmi hna hi hmaitonh biachim tikah mi a namh tuk sual hna maw?

3. Kan kut-ke tin hna an sau tuk sual pang maw?

4. Kan samhriahmi nih kan luval hna a chuahter tuk sual maw?

5. Bia kan chim tikah kan cil a pet tuk sual pang maw?

6. Kan zakkeh hna a nam sual hnga maw?

7. Kan rawlei daan hna hi mi hmaiah kaa kau tukin kan khai sual tawn maw?

8. Rawlei tikah biachim kan duhtuk sual pang maw?

9. Angki, bawngbi kan i hruk tawnmi hna a rim a uih phun in a chuak sual tawn maw?

10. Angki, bawingbi dawh le rem ngai ko nain kan kedenh hna a hnawm tuk sual tawn maw?

11. Zapi he zan ih tikah thang tukin kan hnar sual pang maw?

12. Mizapi sinah voih voih hna kan hmang sual maw?

Cubantuk siarem deuh lomi kan Pum sining pawl hna hi rualrem deuh in kan iremh khawh ko hna ahcun mah ca’h siseh midang ca’h siseh a nagndammi kan si ko hnga!

Pahnihnak: Kan Tuanbia a ngandamnak dingah cun, kanmah le mah hi kan i hngalh khawh a hau. Siloah hngalhtertu(hawikawm ttha, nupi/pasal le, neihniam deuhmi hna tbk.) kan ngeih khawh ahcun attha ngai hnga.

Tahchunnak ah;

1. Kan phungchimmi le thlacammi hna hi zapi ca’h sullam ngei lo in an sau tuk sual tawn maw?

2. Kan aw chuahmi hna hi mizapi ca’h a dingtuk sual maw/an thei kho hnga maw?

3. Kan biachimmi le kan thawngṭha chimmi hna hi tah, kam khatlei lawng a kal tuk sual maw? Siloah mi tuknak hna ah kan achakhri kan mer sual pang maw?

4. Thawngṭha kan chimmi hna hi tah, kanmah pumpak in kan tuah pah tawn el maw?

5. Thlacam nun hna hi kan ngei pah el maw?

6. Bibleca hna hi tah kan rel pah tawn taktak maw?

7. Kan hruaimi hna nakin kan thinlung hi a fual kho deuh vak tawn maw?

8. Midang thil kan ngeihmi kan hrawmh khawh hna tikah kan i nuam ko ve maw?

9. I sumkhawh deuhnak nun hi tah kan chungah a um pah el maw?

10. Ka ngaithiam (sorry) ti chim le kaa lawm (thanks) ti chim hna hi kan i harh tuk sual tawn maw?

11. Mikut tlaih tikah zohlo phun hna in ankut kan tlai sual pang maw?

12. Mi ṭhatlonak kong ceih phunphai kan duhtuk sual pang maw?

Cubantuk pawl kan siningpi ah theih ko buin le theih lo karah a rak phan tawnmi hna hi kan i remh khawh deuh ahcun kan tuanbia/tuahsernak a ngandam suamau ko hnga!

Pum le Tuanbia ngandamnak kan ngeih khawh tikah cun mah ca lawnghlah midang ca zongah kan rianṭuannak a kau ngaingai ko lai i kan Pathian zong aa lawm ngaingai ko lai. Kan pum nih a herhmi paoh le a duhmi paoh thloh/khap(cuaithlai hmasa) lo in tuahpiak le zulhpiak hi Pum le Tuanbia ngandam lonak lei ah a hruai tawn.

Cuca’h tuzing kan Bibleca caangthimmi nih fiang ngai le piang ngai in a chimmi; kan Pum lawng si loin kan Tuanbia ngandamnak leiah kan hruai khawh ahcun (if…) thluachuakmi kan si ko lai. Asinain cubantukin kan hruai khawh lo ahcun (if not…) hrawh kan si dingmi kha a langhter. Kan pum a ngandam tikah, kan muitlor deuh i kan mah le mah ah i lunghmuihnak zong a tthangcho. Kan biachim kan holhrel a tluang i midang ca’h ngaih nuam a si tawn. Kan taksa pum pi a derthawm tikah cun, “Pathian” tiah kan auh mi aw-aan kha a hmual a ding ṭheu tawn.

Cuca’h kan mah le Khaap ciote in kumthar ngandamnak leiah kar a hlangmi kan si khawhnak hnga, tuzing kan i hrawmmi Thawngṭha nih kaupi in rianṭuan hram ko seh!

Jesus Came for your Recovery

Tuzing December 23,2012 zing thawng ttha a kan chimtu hi Pastor Van Noi Ding (Angele) a si . A riantampi lak ah PCCF dawtnak he thawngttha a kan chimtu Pastor Van Noi Ding cungah lunglawmhnak tampi kan ngei. Pathian nih hi thawngttha hmangin kan nunnak cio caah le PCCF hmailei a kar hlannak caah thluachuah a thar in kan pek hram ko seh.

Greetings in the name of the Lord!

This is a great privilege to share you a great Christmas message. The reading is taken from gospel according to Mtt.11:28.Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened , and I will give you rest.

Pastor Van Noi Ding

Topic: Jesus Came for your Recovery

The Christmas season is a time of given and taken, sometimes we get from other and we give other .First, (the angel) said ‘I bring you good news of great joy.’ It’s a time for celebration,”, ‘for on this day is born to you a savior, who is Christ the Lord.’ It’s a time for salvation. And then he says ‘Peace on earth; goodwill toward men.’ It’s a time for reconciliation."

Jesus Christ came to the earth for celebration, salvation, and reconciliation. According to Rick Warren Christmas means, “In other words, to make peace with God, to make peace with ourselves, to make peace with other people.”In here I would like to continue is that to make peace with all creatures.

 Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life.” (Matthew 11: 28 ) Do you remember the Parable of the Lost Coin that Jesus shares in Luke 15? The woman has 10 coins; she loses one and turns the house upside down to find the missing coin.

In those days, a floor in a Palestinian home was all dirt with straw on top. To do what this woman did meant a serious search! That’s what Jesus came to do on the very first Christmas. Whether you’ve lost your confidence, your hope, your reputation, or your innocence recently, Jesus came to Earth as a little baby so he could recover you like that woman recovered her coin. “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life” (Matthew 11:28).

Only Jesus can do that. You can’t depend on the government, your family, or yourself to recover what you’ve lost. Your savior can’t be the person we put in the White House. Your Savior is who we put on the cross. Never look to anyone else for your recovery other than Jesus. Here are two things to remember about the coin in the Parable of the Lost Coin: The coin didn’t realize it was lost. Often, neither do we while we’re unconnected to God.

The coin couldn’t find itself. That would be ridiculous! If the woman wasn’t looking for it, the coin would stay lost forever. We would, too, without a Savior.If we could save ourselves, we wouldn’t need a Savior. But we can’t. You need God to recover whatever you’ve lost. He’s the only one who can.

Ref: The sermon is quoted by Rick Warren’s the purpose driven Christmas In Christ.