Dear family and friends,

Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ!

We are greatly blessed that we can celebrate the birth of our Lord Saviour Jesus Christ again! It’s the true reason that we are rejoicing and sharing our love with each other in this season. John 15:12-13 “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” What love can be greater than this? That God is willing to become one of us and die for us on the cross to pay the price for our sins, so that we can be as white as snow again, and be able to enjoy God for ever and ever. Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

However, this great love was being despised by the majority, including our nation, which once was founded by great Christian fathers.

“God keeps our land, glorious and free” we sing in “O Canada”, and yet, some people wish to remove the word ‘God’ from our anthem. Just like removing The Lord’s Prayer, banning the Bible, and prohibiting the name of God from our public schools, without realizing this is deliberately removing blessings from our nation, asking for judgement from God. And yes, we see proofs.

Our society now encourages homosexuality, which is clearly a sin in the Bible. Our children are taught that they do not need to decide whether to be a boy or girl when they are young. How ridiculous is that? Truth is distorted and teachings are corrupted. And yes, we sure need repentance.

Romans 1:21-22 “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools”,

Romans 1:26-27,32 “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet………Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”

Besides, our government partners with companies like Monsanto, hydro and telecommunication companies, deliberately harm us for money. The Bible says in 1Titus 6:10, “For the love of money is the root of all evil…”. Yes, we see lots of proof. GMO (genetic modified organism) food is a total disrespect to our Creator, a product of greed and pride. It’s entirely evil, whether the process that causes thousands and thousands of people to suffer, or the outcome that is harming millions daily. And yet, our government says it’s safe for us to consume. Also, with the dramatic increase in the number of cancers and sickness that links to wireless frequency pollution, our government still says it’s OK to use cell phones, install WiFi and smart meters everywhere.

Saddest of all, we live in an era where children are not blessings which people are looking forward to, to a point that even killing them in exchange of freedom and pleasure, including Christians. We believe life begins on the day of conception. And there are just way too many children being killed every day through pills and abortions. What are we thinking? And our future generations are disappearing…….

Are our churches fighting for the Word of God, for the glory of God? Are we upholding God’s principles in our teachings, or just striving to be attractive to the society? Are we caring for the poor, widows and elderly? Are we protecting our children from temptations and distorted teachings?

We need to repent as a family, as a church, as a community, and as a nation.

This Christmas, may we all kneel down before our Lord, be thankful of the salvation that He had planned for us even before the world was created. May we also repent for our sins, proclaim Christ is Lord, and seek God for direction on how we can lift up His name and glorify Him in the years to come!

Despite all of these tragic happenings around us, we should still rejoice and celebrate! As we know, the God we serve is the “KING of kings and LORD of lords”!!

“…and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever….And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.…And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” – Revelation 11:15, 19:6,16

Merry Christmas! And may God bless your family abundantly!

In Christ,
The Chan family, 2012
Derek, Kay, Tiffany, Odelia, Sonia, Viviana, Shoshana, Melody, and Joshua