MY GOSPEL @ Desmond R Singh

We take many of God’s gifts—like cognitive ability—for granted until one day it is removed from us. Brother Vid shared his testimony after a personal challenge few of us will ever face. He speaks of faith, so absolute, that in his darkest days, despite the absence of abstract thinking, or complex problem-solving, he was able to trust God. God never errors in his judgment or timing. After a two-yea...

A newborn child is a bundle of uncoordinated joy! We do not expect a baby to play the violin or do calculus. Growth takes not only time but extended commitment to practice. The same applies to a babe in Christ. Changing our nature is a lifelong process of conversion, also called sanctification. We are quickened at genuine repentance to God, and His life is ignited in us. From that point onward, we...

Humans lust for many things, from sex to power, from money to a religious fix. The Body of Christ mustn't assemble to fulfill a 'religious' lust! Remember that apostasy invaded the New Testament church while the apostles were still alive. If people would not endure instruction in righteousness back then, how much worse is today, 2000 years later? 21st Century life is ablaze with disparaging voices...

Brother Sam recounts the countless blessings we have experienced as a congregation throughout the past two-plus years. While isolation has been hard for people, we have had to learn new ways of engaging in the worship of our God. Our outreach has expanded this message of the Kingdom to many people worldwide. While God has used this period to invite us into a deeper relationship with Him, our chall...

Last Sunday, our pastor received a touch from the Holy Spirit while recounting the story of Billy Graham's experience in the home of John Wellesley in England. This touch initiated a deeper form of conversion in Brother Singh's life. Conversion, as we know, is both progressive and lifelong, as evidenced by Luke 22:32. It took the Apostle Paul some 32 years from the time of his encounter with Jesus...

Many of us live as spiritual underachievers. But if we learn to pray, we develop confidence in God while surrendering self-confidence. The Apostle James wrote: "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16). Most certainly, the opposite is also true. The ineffectual prayer of a righteous person avails nothing! So, we may be living right yet be ineffective witnesses be...

Elders play a vital role in God's ministry. While the Lord speaks to an assembly through His anointed ministers, the elders reinforce the messages delivered from the minister's lips. Thus, elders must be faithful men of good character, capable of conveying the primary teachings in practical terms to the saints. Their ability is referred to as "watering the message" -- the faithful reproduction of...

The burden of a pastor for his little flock is enormous in these most trying times. Evil penetrates our homes via technology; materialism and immorality abound. Deception is rampant. And no more incredible illusion exists than self-deception! It is almost impossible to draw a person out of their iniquity if steeped in religious tradition. For instance, consider our use of the term "being out of Ba...

The Jews then murmured at Jesus because he said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven" (John 6:40-41). Murmuring indicates not only a lack of understanding but lack of faith. In this lesson, Brother Desmond Singh briefly recounts the numerous ways in which God leads our little assembly. Illumination takes time—so while we may not always comprehend the vision of the man of God — we mustn't m...

Marking our Passover weekend, Brother Sam broaches the subject of atonement for sin. The concept of a single sacrifice offered to atone for the world's sins was foreign to the Jews. Traditionally under the Old Testament law, an unblemished bird or animal bird had to be sacrificed to cover the sins of an individual. However, under the New Covenant: "But Christ being come a high priest of good thing...

Every seven-year-old knows Jesus died to atone for our sins. Yet that is only half of the equation. “{He} gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father” (Galatians 1:4). The Biblical meaning of the term world is “age.” So, the greater purpose was —Jesus gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age!...

How should a child of God face tragedy? It is a vital question for today as judgment falls throughout the world. There are many lessons to be learned from the life of Job. He was "perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil." (Job 1:1) His public testimony was blameless, but God sees us differently than we do. He weighs the heart. "Every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth {p...

Let us individually and collectively mark Spring 2022 as the most important of our lives. We live in troubling times; the world is in chaos. As judgment falls, this ministry urges, "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove yourselves." (2Cor. 13:5) Brothers Sam and John combine to encourage us to come out of our lethargy to renew our commitment to Jesus, our Savior, Lord, & soon c...

How we perceive the man of God reflects our attitude toward Jesus and our heavenly Father. For preaching to work effectively in our lives, we must receive it as God's word, not as the word of men (1 Thessalonians 2:13). If we cannot accept that God speaks to us through His anointed ministry, we will never change our lifestyles to please our heavenly Father. The Apostle Paul stated, "Examine yourse...

The Body of Moses was led out of slavery from Egypt to be a separate nation under God, yet "with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness" (1Corinthians 10:5). Similarly, we live not under the law today but under a new covenant. We claim to be the Body of Christ, yet, the question remains for each saint, "Is my life pleasing to God?"Brother Desmond Singh st...

Brother Sam stresses that church attendance is vain (without reward) if we do not get saved. People can attend church for forty years or more yet never develop a personal relationship with Jesus. Salvation is that first initial conversion experience that opens our lives to an ongoing sanctification process. That is when the church becomes truly valuable to us. In the church, we learn to walk in hu...

This compelling lesson should motivate every elect child of God to ask, "Am I growing in God or clinging to traditions because it is all I have ever known?" Am I partaking 'of the bread of life' or existing on dry meat from generations long passed? The Bread of Life is the word of God as dispensed by Christ's anointed ministry today. "It is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword,"...

In this follow-up lesson to "I KNOW THY WORKS" (3-26-22. Brother Singh stresses, "We cannot defeat the devil carnally because he works on our carnal mind. We can only defeat him spiritually. In the Book of Hebrews, we read, "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with...

Our Lord said to the Apostle John, “Behold, I come quickly {suddenly}; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” (Revelation 22:12) Teaching in his gentle but persistent manner, Brother Desmond stated, “We are not saved by good works, but rather saved unto good works.” He explains, when we are sincerely dedicated to the work of God, the works we do in the church...

Although the stay of Paul and Silas was brief in Thessalonica, God planted a seed in the hearts of the saints. Later, Paul wrote to them: "For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it NOT as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe." (1 Thessalonian...

As the protocols for COVID-19 appear to be ending, after two years of intense restrictions, we ask ourselves what we have learned? What God intended as a judgment on the world is also chastisement for His people. So, let us examine ourselves and our commitment to our heavenly Father. Can we say we are a more separate people (2 Corinthians 6:17) than before the pandemic? Has our devotion to and dep...

The Body of Christ is powerless today because we lack charity. "Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal." (1Cor. 13:1). In this strong presentation, Brother Sam asserts that we know we are powerless, yet instead of 'tarrying' and seeking after God for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, too often, modern saints fake gif...

The purpose of gathering as a church is not to get educated or experience a "spiritual fix." Instead, our goal is to grow in God, learning how to live in a manner that adequately gives Him due praise, honor, and glory. "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in truth" (John 4:24). We are to worship Him with understanding, not in ignorance! "Let the word of Christ...

The expression "jump the gun!" emanates from false starts in track & field events. In this insightful lesson, Brother Desmond Singh cautions us about 'jumping the gun' regarding our calling in the Lord. He reminds us: "To everything, there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven; a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is plante...

We live in troubling, uncertain times. Jesus said of this period in human history: "Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.  Brother John's love for the scri...