SARAWAK SIGHTINGS IN BA KELALAN

Report by James Ritchie ( New Straits Times, 3^rd December 1985 Malaysia)

HOLDING THE KEY TO THE ‘MIRACLES’

Agung Bangan is a much respected man in the Lun Bawang community because the people believe that he has been gifted with the powers to receive messages from God.Born at Punang Kelalan near Buduk Nur in 1943, the former Pastor said he does not have the power to heal but has the power to foretell religious events as revealed by the Holy Spirit.A simple and unassuming father of seven, Agung is soft-spoken, somewhat shy, is a man of few words and is inquisitive about ‘worldly affairs.’The furthest he has traveled to is Miri. He started his education at Ba Kelalan up to Primary Four before going to Lawas with his family to take up religious studies for four years. more…

Report by James Ritchie ( New Straits Times Malaysia 3^rd October 1985)

MAKING OF A ‘CLASSIC’ MOVIE

The phenomenon at Ba Kelalan has all the ingredients of an epic movie similar to Close Encounters … but of the Sarawak kind.

It has all the makings of a classic movie because of the magnificent landforms in the vicinity. To the south-west, about 80 km away, is Sarawak’s highest mountain, Gunung Murud (7,950 feet). (It is believed that it was from the mountain that the name Murut was coined to identify the people living in the general area.) Further southwest is another unique landform called Batu Lawi. Batu Lawi has two peaks, one as tall as 6,700 feet which legend says was once a man, and a shorter peak, which is said to have been a woman. more…

Report by James Ritchi ( New Straits Times Malaysia 3^rd October 1985)

CHANGES IN BA KELALAN

Close to the Sarawak-Kalimantan border, in a valley surrounded by a ring of hills about 2,700 feet above sea level, is a cluster of villages named Ba Kelalan. Named after the Kelalan River which meanders through this fertile village, Ba Kelalan is the home of the friendly and hospitable Lun Bawang people (formerly called Murut) of staunch Christian faith and of the Evangelical Church of Sidang Injil Borneo as it is known in Sarawak. more…

THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT II – POWER GIFTS

a. What are the power gifts? Gift of faith, working of miracles and gifts of healings

b. Faith healing and casting out demons

c. Natural laws and Supernatural laws

d. Counterfeits more…

THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – VOCAL GIFTS

a. What are the vocal gifts ? Speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues, prophecies and singing in the spirit.

b. Speaking in tongues the needed sign of the baptism of the Holy Spirit?

c. Personal Prophecies and public prophecies.

d. Biblical Prophecies

e. Praying and Singing in the spirit

f. Speaking with understanding and without understanding. more…

THE MANIFESTED PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

a. Recognising the manifested presence of the Holy Spirit

b Responding to the Holy Spirit’s presence

c. Flowing in the power of the Holy Spirit

d. Hearing the Holy Spirit

e. Obeying the Voice of the Holy Spirit

f. Recognising manifestation of false spirits, human imagination and delusions. more…

Preached at Hope of  Glory Centre Ampang on 17^th October 2010

INTRODUCTION

Brothers and sisters, how is your Quiet Time with God? How is your Devotional Time with God? How many do not know what QT is? It is a time which we spend it alone with God in prayer, in worship and in reading the Bible. It like meeting up with the one you love and spend time alone chatting with each other. It is like a walk through the garden holding each other’s hand. Can I ask a personal question? How many are doing QT daily? Please put up your hand. How many do QT once in a while? Combined, we have about 25% of the Church keeping Quiet Time while 75% don’t. more…

Recently, my daughter, who is in her teens, followed my wife and I to attend a service in another church. She made some keen observations on the service and later shared with me her thoughts. She said, “The service was ok. I felt the presence of God in the congregation. The worship leader was leading the worship in the way it was normally expected of him and everything was so routine. He led in the songs and quoted scriptures in between the singing and all … but he didn’t flow in the Spirit. The prayer was also routine and full of Christian clichés. There was a lack of sensitivity of the Spirit and spontaneity. I could see the difference because my Youth Pastor was always very sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s leading. She would sometimes change the whole order of worship to flow in the Spirit. One time, she even told the musicians to stop playing because she felt that the music was getting in the way of the Spirit and we just sang without music and the Holy Spirit moved in a powerful way. I feel that sometimes Christians behave in the way that they have been taught and expected to behave rather than just being Christian.” more…

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE

a. The Promise of the Holy Spirit

b. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit

c. The Infilling of the Holy Spirit

d. The Baptism of Fire

e. Desiring for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit more…

* Encountering the Holy Spirit is a series of 12 Bible Study lessons for Group Discussion

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

1. Created spirit, new birth. Entry into the Kingdom of God.

2. Sustainer of the Christian life

3. Transformation by the Holy Spirit

4. Sanctification by the Holy Spirit

5. The Interceding Spirit more…