Editor’ s Note
Editor’ s Note
This copy of Asian Beacon( AB) you are holding in your hand marks the 48th year of publication. What a privilege to be part of this legacy.
1. Yes, Asian Beacon is back after an absence of 18 months! And it will be published four times a year.
2. At the centre page, you’ ll find a comic to encourage you to pray for our nation. Malaysia is a great nation and she can be better! You can pull out this middle section and hang it somewhere visible to be reminded to pray for the nation.
3.“ Peace in the midst of the storms, where can you find?!” someone quipped. Yet we can find such a real event in Mark 4:35-41( ESV) where Jesus Calms A Storm: On that day, when evening had come, he said to them,“ Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him,“ Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea,“ Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them,“ Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another,“ Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
EDITORIAL BOARD Mr Goh Chee Beng( Editor) • Ms Ong Juat Heng( Sub-Editor)
• Ms Goldie Chong( Sub-Editor)
ADVISORS Pastor Dr Chew Weng Chee • Rev. Loh Soon Choy
• Pastor Dato ' Dr Daniel Ho • Dr Chong Kwong Tek LEGAL ADVISOR Mr Steven Fung FINANCE AND ADMIN MANAGER Ms Cheng Suet Lai EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Mr Tan Yoke Tee VICE-CHAIRMAN Dr Oliver Ho HON SECRETARY Mr Desonny Tuzan HON TREASURER Ms Loke Che Ching COMMITTEE MEMBERS Mr Patrick Leong • Ms Elizabeth Tai • Mr Goh Chee Beng
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4. A great storm of wind came – sudden and unexpected. What do we do? Keep calm and be cool? It is not going to be easy. One thing we can do is pray:“ God, help me to remain calm. Help me to cope with my fear. Give me peace to face my situation. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”
5. We hope the stories featured here will encourage readers who may be facing some kind of storms in their lives now. If you have tried everything and all have failed, try praying the above prayer. You may find peace even in the midst of storms!
Ah Beng Goh
Riding Out The Storm | Self-Esteem Trampled | WANTED: Peace to close the generation gap | What will you leave behind? | So, you are going to college? Consider before you decide | In prison but prison is not in me
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