2 June 2009 – Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” (1 Peter 4:10-11, KJV).

PRAISE GOD for calling and equipping us in His service. Indeed, it is a privilege and a blessing to serve the only living and true God, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

For this, we thank God for the faithful teaching of the Word of God we received from our Alma Mater, the Far Eastern Bible College and from our beloved Principal Rev. (Dr.) Timothy Tow, who was called Home to glory on April 20th, 2009, whom God had used so marvelously for the proclamation and the defense of His infallible and inerrant Word, verbally and plenary inspired and perfectly preserved down through the centuries for His people in the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament underlying the Authorised (King James) Version of the English Bible. Thank God for the good fight of faith that our beloved Principal Rev. (Dr) Timothy Tow had fought for the Lord while on earth.

Both Dara and I are always very thankful to God for raising up Rev. Timothy Tow to start the Bible-Presbyterian movement and the Far Eastern Bible College in Singapore. It was through Rev. Tow that I (Robert) was given a place to study in the Far Eastern Bible College, where I was trained and equipped to serve God Who called me into the full-time ministry. God had indeed used Rev. Timothy Tow so mightily in so many ways, especially in building up the lives of so many servants of God, including Dara and me. If not for Rev. Timothy Tow, I know very well that I would not be able to be trained theologically in a fundamental Bible College, not to say about serving God, as no college would accept one who had no academic qualification like me.

Thank God for Rev. Timothy Tow. He is indeed a man of God who had given his life for the cause of Christ. Dara and I are greatly challenged by his life and teaching and we are telling everyone here in the Church and in the Christian Home of Love to follow after Rev. Tow’s godly example. We will not forget the instructions that we had received from Rev. Tow and our Alma Mater, esp. to “earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 3, KJV), “building up [ourselves] on [our] most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost” (Jude 20, KJV).

God has called us not only to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ but has also given us the responsibility to equip the local believers in His service. The apostle Paul says in 2 Timothy 2:2, “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also” (KJV).

The Lord is good. We are glad to see Isaac stepping forward to serve God in our church. He is now serving as a Lahu interpreter on Sunday worship. John, our church deacon, chairs the worship service in the Thai language and Isaac interprets for him into Lahu. Robert still preaches every Lord’s Day and Dara interprets for him. Grace, our church deaconess, also serves in the children Sunday School. Do continue to pray for the spiritual growth of our church.

John, Isaac and Grace are also serving faithfully in the Christian Home of Love every day. Beside their daily responsibilities, they also have to find time to study. Grace has to sit for an examination in August. John and Isaac will have theirs in September. May God help them in their studies and continue to empower them in His service. Do uphold them in prayer. Do pray also for Robert, for His ministries in the Church and the Christian Home of Love, and his preparation and the preaching of the Word of God every Lord’s day, every church prayer meeting and every family worship.

Thank God. Dara’s thesis advisors have finally gone through her teaching materials and given her the approval to go ahead. Starting this week, Dara has begun teaching the English language in the two government schools to the kindergarten students as part of the requirements for her course. She needs to teach every morning, one hour a day in each school, for a month, covering 20 lessons altogether. Please pray for her, for wisdom in teaching and for her students in picking up the language.

Thank God also that Evangel and Evangeline are improving in their studies and personal responsibilities. Do pray for them in their home-schooling as well as for their spiritual growth and physical developments. Children in the Christian Home of Love have gone back to school. Do pray for their studies and for both their spiritual and physical well-being.


His unworthy servants,
Robert, Dara, Evangel & Evangeline Peh
& all in the Christian Home of Love
& Truth B-P Church