Duck- Yummy Duck – Itek Sio

Combined some fried coriader powder (5 tsp until fragrant), sugar, tamarind juice, salt, white pepper powder, dark soya sauce in a mixing bowl.

Cut duck into 4 quarters and mix with the above marinade. Coat them evenly and leave for 30 minutes.

Heat oil in a wok and add the pieces of duck plus the marinade. Stir fry untilthey begin to sizzle. Add water.

Stir regularly and turn the duck pieces over. Simmer until duck is cooked and liquid is reduced to a thick dark sauce.

Serve with rice – great taste of the Nyonya dish.

How Low Can You Go?

“For I am the least of the Apostles” 1 Corinthians 15:9 Paul was commenting on his service in the kingdom of God. We should also see ourselves as Paul regardless of our position in life.

“To me, who am less than the least of all the saints” Ephesians 3:8 Paul when talking of relationship with others, he considered himself to be less than the least. Wow! How low can you go?

Finally: “This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief” 1 Timothy 1:15. This is a double wow statement! How low can you go? Paul went all the way – such humility! Talking about dying to self – this is a great example! No wonder God exalts him.

We should imitate him as he imitated Christ. 

Have a good day.

Yummy Asam Belly Pork/Tamarind Belly Pork

You need: Belly pork – cooking oil – preserved soya bean paste or ‘toa cheo’ – tamarind juice (you can buy them in tins) – water – salt – sugar

Blend the following:

Candlenuts or ‘buah keras’ – presoaked dried chillis – red chillis – onions -belachan. Cook over hot wok – add crushed lemon grass. Keep frying until fragrant.

Fry the bite sized belly pork into the mixture – fry until thye meat pieces are coated with the mixture.

Add tamarind juice, water, salt and sugar -bring to a boil and then reduce heat to simmer until the meat is tender.

Serve with hot jasmine/basmati rice.

Chicken Rice Chilli-Sambal Belachan-Mee Siam – Laksa Paste

You Need:

1. Fresh Chilli – seeded if you do not want it to be too hot

2. Garlic

A. Chicken Rice Chilli:

Blend together – For Chicken rice chilli – Remove the amount you want for sambal belachan. The remainder chilli + Garlic in the blender – add ginger. Blend until fine – add salt, sugar, lemon or vinegar. For immediate use – add hot chicken oil from the boiled chicken. It is ready to be served. If you want it to last longer – cook the chilli mixture and freeze them for future use.

B. Sambal Belachan:

Add Onions to ingredients prepared (1) and (2)

Cook over gentle heat. Add Belachan into the cooking mixture. Be sure you have windows and doors open to let the odour out! Add salt and sugar/cooking stock (e.g.chicken cubes) to make it tasty.

C. Mee Siam Paste:

With the above sambal sauce prepared add ‘hot bean paste’ and cook further. This becomes your basic paste for mee siam.

D. Laksa Paste:

With the Sambal belachan you add ‘daun kesom’ and cook further. Add lemon grass and keep cooking until it is fragrant.

The Famous Satay & Gado-Gado DM’s Style

Beef/Chicken/Lamb

Get the best cut especially in the case of beef.

Marinate Meat:

Cut meat into thin short strips. Marinate meat with tumeric (powder), cumin(powder), garlic (blended), Lemon Grass (finely blended), sugar and salt to taste. Skew meat on bamboo skewers.

Satay Sauce:

Blend few onions, chilli (depending how hot you want), blended garlic. Fry until fragant. Add in ‘belachan’. Keep frying on low heat. Add in few stalks of lemon grass. Add water and Finely blended peanut (use good quality nuts). Stir well. Add sugar, salt and vinegar to taste. Add a can or 2 of coconut milk . Simmer until it is ready (it should not be too thick)- this can be kept in freezer for the future.

Grill the satay on grill (open charcoal) or oven grill.

‘Ketupat’ or compressed rice.

Cook rice with a bit of salt) in microwave with more than enough water until it is soft. Put rice in foil and roll them into ‘tube shaped’. Make several of them. Into a boiling pot of water – put these ‘tube-rice-in foil’ put some weights on the ‘rice’ and keep boling for at least half hour. Cool down and remove foil and cut into squares of rice.

Cut some cucumber and onion to accompany the dish.

  GADO-GADO (A good salad to go with satay)

Blanch carbage (cut into bite-size pieces), bean sprout, French beans or Chinese long beans (or frozen french beans), Boiled potatoes cut into cubes – bite size). Optional ‘Fried Tau-foo’, cut into cubes. Mix them well. Add hard bolied eggs in wedges as garnish.

Gado-Gado Sauce:

Use chunky or smooth peanut butter. Place enough peanut butter in a big bowl – add hot water and chilli powder, sugar, salt and vinegar to taste. Keep adding water to make into a paste (the texture should be like a sauce that can be poured onto the vegetable mix.) Optional crush some prawn crackers into the mixture. Serve with the satay and rice.

Satay and gado gado are great together

What do you think?

We often hear in our vernacular:

 * Intelligent people are bright

* Talented people shine

* Happy people beam

* Successful people are on fire

* Wise people are enlightened

This is what the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 9:11

I returned and saw under the sun that:-

‘The race is not to the swift’ – Meaning even the slow can win a race (like the snail and the tortoise)

‘Nor the battle to the strong’ – Meaning even the weak can win a battle

‘Nor bread to the wise’ - Meaning even the not so wise can have material things

‘Nor riches to men of understanding’ - Meaning even without much knowledge you can have riches or wealth

‘Nor favor to men of skill’ – Meaning even without skill you can win favours from others

‘But time and chance happen to them all’ – Meaning God will give us a time and an opportunity to be what we want and where we want to be.

The question is: Are you prepared to have your dreams come true? Do you want the chance?

Think about it- if you are deciding to go into business or to further your studies! Nothing is imposible for God – for those who love Him!  

David Mok

Journalling On 1 Corinthians part 2

Part 2 Division In The Chucrh

1 Corinthians 1:10-16

The church in Corinth was not living up to the standard and her potential. Quarrelling and divisions were threatening the church because of differences. This was so urgent that Paul spoke on this issue quite intently.

The Curse of Division:

1. It DISHONOURS the name of Christ

2. It DISMANTLES the work of Christ

3. It DISGUSTS the enemies of Christ

4. It DISCOURAGES the servants of Christ especially the leaders

5. It DISORGANISES the church of Christ

6. It DISAPPOINTS the Spirit of Christ

The Cause of Division:

1. The strategy of Satan (2 Cor. 2:11)

a) To Exploit the church

b) To Explode the church

2. Foolishness/stupidity of God’s Selfish People

a) Making convictions into contentions (1 Cor. 1:11)

b) Making personalities into parties 1 Cor. 1:12)

c) Making molehills into mountains (1 Cor. 3:1-3)

The Cure of Division:

1. Clarify the issues (1:11)

2. Identify the problems (3:3)

3. Rectify the ills (1:10)

a) Speaking

b) Thinking

c) Deciding

d) Healing

4. Specify the priorities

a) Battles don’t build the body

b) The cross of Christ is still the central

c) The master matters more than men

I hope the cell pastors and leaders can gain more insight on this topic and begin to teach others in the church. We want to see ICC to be a place where people can say, “How wonderful…how pleasant a place to be..” This requires harmony as given in Psalm 133. In such unity you may even smell the fragrance of the anointing oil. You will be refreshed by His presence and you will find that there is a commanded blessing for you!

Who We Are Is What We Do

Who we are is not what we think or imagine!

Who we are is not what we say or claim!

Who we are is what we do. If you rob, the  you are a robber.If you kill, you are a killer. If you cheat, you are a cheat. If you worship, you are a worshipper. If you pray, you are a person of prayer. If you are a counsellor, you counsel.Well, I guess you got my statement.

Try to examine what you do today and then put the appropriate word to show you who you are.

“I’m Bored!”

As a pastor I often hear people telling me that they are bored. One reason is that such people are afraid of risk and prefer the bland, the predictable, and the repetitive. We eat out once a week, on every Sunday night, at the same restaurant, order the same dishes!

People tell me that they are tired of their sad mood, fatigue, and loss of interest in things that previously gave them pleasure. They have trouble sleeping or they are sleeping all the time; their appetites are absent or excessive. They are irritable – some even wish that they were not born! They have lost the art of being happy!

Think of it: If you have useful work, sustaining relationships, and the promise of pleasure, it is hard to be unhappy.

You know what? Can I suggest three things that can make you happy? The three components are:

1. You need something to do – Suggestion: Serve in the church

2. You need someone to love: Suggestion: Love God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind and all your strength and love your neighour as yourself – LOVE GOD and YOURSELF FIRST!

3. You need something to look forward to: Suggestion: Have a vision for your life , align your vision with God’s given vision for the church.

It is only a suggestion – put in your own if the ideas do not fit!

God bless you. DM

Old Too Fast Smart Too Late

Do you realise that we seem to know the answer after the fact? Meaning we get wiser after the event! Many times we get frustrated and tell ourselves – ‘Why didn’t I think of it before?’ So to prevent ourselves from ‘getting old too fast let’s get smarter sooner than later.’ I told myself ICC could have had so many opportunities to increase our assets by now.’ So there you are – I should have gotten smarter then!

Think about it. Give more thoughts and give a feedback.

Proverbs 1:7 “Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Only fools despise wisdom and discipline’

DM

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