Two Poems By Sis Nellie Quek / Nellie Quek姐妹的两首诗


The 12 disciples Christ did choose
To send forth, to preach and to heal
Fishermen, some were they by trade
But none of high “esteem” fitted the bill
Odd it would appear, to the outside world
To choose ‘nonentities’ for such a ministry

Mary Magdalene, during the days of old
Followed the Saviour everywhere He did go
A lady amongst men, yet accepted and commended
For her loyalty, her faithfulness to Christ, her Messiah
Never once was she accused of impropriety
Except when an alabaster flask, she willingly broke

The Lord calls, the Lord chooses, the Lord sends forth 2 by 2
Male and female sent He, for the reaping of the harvest
A male and female team, He did send from Singapore
 To establish His supernatural ministry, across the sea
Their pairing, their unique ministry, the locals could not accept  
Thinking it odd and not of God, they turned their backs on the work of God


The irony, the oddity of it all; our blindness, our sense of self-righteousness
Persecuting, inflicting pain on our brethren, disobeying God’s commandments
Making judgments on things we neither know nor understand
And declaring as odd the things of God, inevitably contending with God
God’s ways are higher than our ways, His thoughts higher than our thoughts
Who then are we to question the things and the ways of God?



The Odd Pair


“It will be hard”, said a man of God to us
When in 2009, Lord, you called us to Malacca
“Prepare yourselves for tougher times ahead”
Malacca will be harder than Singapore, it was foretold

To tip the scale further, you picked an unusual duo
A young Christian, a former man of business and vice
A messy family man, married and divorced
Him, you did pair; with a respectable, married lady

Differing gender, differing culture, differing outlooks
A divorced man, English educated and western oriented
A married woman, Mandarin educated, conservatively Asian
An odd pairing in man’s eyes, shattering society’s norms

The odd pairing; it did present, spiritual and social dilemmas
Amongst the locals, the church and Christian communities
Not husband and wife?  How odd, their expressions said it all
Their silence never could conceal their disdain and their doubts       

Our “odd” pairing and our unique ministry, the locals could not accept
Dubbed odd and an occult, persecution and slander rained heavily upon us
17 months we weathered the storm; rejection and isolation being our norm
Today, the storm is but a fading memory. Our acquittal; the fruits of the ministry

Though discomfited by the “odd” pairing, we obeyed the Lord
And received His blessed assurance, in the form of personal scriptures
God’s ways are higher than our ways, His thoughts higher than our thoughts
From Noah’s ark to the virgin birth, who can comprehend the things of God?
Truly, to obey is better than to disobey

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 Nellie Quek姐妹的两首诗
(中文翻译由中国Sarah Shan博士完成)


十二门徒主拣选,布道医治奉差传。

渔夫税吏尽下品,实无一人身份尊。

世人眼中何奇异,小民岂能承事工?


抹大拉的马利亚,古时紧随主脚踪。

异性中间一女子,竟被接纳与肯定。

因她忠诚随救主,挚爱基督无二心。

从未被控不洁净,虽曾受责碎玉瓶。


主召主选主差传,两两收割入葡园。

异性组合自狮城,越洋艰辛建神工。

组合奇异工独特,当地实难予认可。

每每怪之不属神,转背弃绝神事工。


何其愚昧并自义,逼迫弟兄违诫命。

论断己身所不知,弃绝圣言抗拒神。

神之道路实至高,神之意念何其深。

受造岂敢不自量,越位自高指控神?


奇怪的搭配


神人奉命传信息,前路崎岖步履难

时值公元2009,主命开赴马六甲。

“预备己心更壮胆,须知前路多辛艰。

马国更比狮城硬,坚固营垒多争战”


在主眼中仍看小,更选独特奇组合。

年轻信徒未成熟,身份屡屡受责难。

曾经商人家事乱,结婚离婚争议多。

主竟搭配一姐妹,已婚保守受尊敬。


不同性别与文化,外表迥然差异大。

离异男士非传统,英文教育华语差;

已婚女士人保守,传统亚裔华文化。

世人眼见真希奇,震动社会价值观。


奇异搭配兀然现,属灵属世遭困境。

教会团体齐排斥,既非夫妻怎配搭?

荒唐希奇不理解,表现回应自显明。

沉默亦不能掩盖,怀疑鄙夷与不懈。


配搭奇怪工独特,当地教会不可解。

被判怪诞加异端,逼迫毁谤暴雨降。

饱经风雨十七月,每每孤立被弃绝。

而今风雨成退色,欣看累累事工果。


尴尬搭配虽困窘,摒弃为难顺服主。

决然领受祂祝福,各人更得神印证。

神的道路不可测,祂的意念高过我。

挪亚建舟于旱地,童女生子更希奇。

谁能理会神行事?唯知听命胜献祭。


Manifestation of the Holy Spirit - from The Editor's desk / 圣灵的彰显-编辑撰文

    The Lord is pouring His Holy Spirit like never before during these last days.
It is the manifestation of the Godhead himself on earth today. He reveals what the Father and Son (Jesus) are saying and doing in His church today. Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines manifestation as “a sign of something existing or happening, appearance, something clearly shown through signs or actions.”

    Thus, we see the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove at the baptism of Jesus (Matt.3:16); tongues of fire on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:3); a pillar of cloud and a pillar of fire in the wilderness (Exodus 13:21).

    The Lord is calling His church to walk in a much higher level of awareness, obedience, understanding, and cooperation with the Holy Spirit. We are to actively engage the Holy Spirit in everything we do for the Kingdom, expecting to see, to hear and experience His manifestation in our presence. Just as in Genesis, He is still creating that which is spoken in Heaven by the Father. That which is spoken by the Father will be revealed by Jesus and then manifested upon the earth by the power of the Holy Spirit, as we walk in constant obedience and holiness unto the Lord.

    The Lord clearly calls CKRM to exercise 1 Cor.2:4,5 - "And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God."   These are the modern days of Elijah where miracles, signs and wonders are supernaturally natural in CKRM meetings.  It is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that produces great manifestation of His Holy Spirit’s power in our midst, not giving fear but drawing us back to the first love of Christ when we first came to accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour.  So let us be prompt to recognize Him, thank Him and depend totally on His holy presence, constantly obeying Him and allowing the Holy Spirit of the Living God to move freely in His church.
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圣灵的彰显-编辑撰文
(中文翻译由中国Sarah Shan博士完成)

主在末世正在前所未有地将祂的圣灵浇灌下来,这是祂的神性在地上的彰显。祂正在显明现今在祂的教会中父与子(耶稣)正在做什么。《剑桥高级英语学习词典》(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)对彰显一词的定义是“所存在或发生事物的标志,表现,事物通过记号或动作清楚地表现出来”

因此,我们在圣经中看到耶稣受洗的时候圣灵如鸽子降下(马太福音3:16),五旬节当日舌头如火焰显现(使徒行传2:3),旷野中有云柱火柱引领(出埃及记13:21)。

主正在呼召祂的教会走在更高的认识、顺服、理解及与圣灵同工中。我们在为国度所做的任何事情中,必须积极参与圣灵的行动,期待看到、听到、经历祂在我们当中的彰显。如创世记中一样,祂仍在按照父在天上所说创造着。当我们持续在主面前走在顺服与圣洁中,父所说的话要通过主耶稣启示,然后藉着圣灵的能力在地上彰显出来。

主清楚呼召CKRM操练哥林多前书2:4,5的经文,“我说的话,讲的道,不是用智慧委婉的言语,乃是用圣灵和大能的明证。”在CKRM的聚会中,如同是以利亚的日子,超自然的神迹、奇事成为自然。圣灵的浇灌使祂的能力在我们中间极大地彰显出来,不但没有使我们惧怕,反而将我们带回对基督起初的爱,如我们在起初接受耶稣为我们的主和救主的日子。让我们来渴慕认识祂、感谢祂、全然倚靠祂的圣洁同在、持续地顺服祂,让永生神的圣灵在祂的教会中自由运行。