Alive In Me
Penang House Of Prayer
by PenHOP
2y ago
by Maggie Tan PenHOP's years of dreaming, longing, and praying to have children in the House were finally fulfilled on June 17, 2017. Right from the beginning when our house of prayer was established, we sensed in our spirit that the Lord’s desire was to have children in the house, praying and worshipping Him. And so in mid-June, our doors were flung open to welcome twenty children, aged  4-10, for our first program: "Alive in Me". We believed the Lord was wanting to encounter each of them as the Living God, so they would come alive in their destinies in Christ. And He did! It was a full ..read more
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How Would You Have Prayed?
Penang House Of Prayer
by PenHOP
2y ago
by Jemma Stephens How would you have prayed? As I ponder what to write in response to Holy Week this year this is the question that keeps coming back to me. The insistent question that I can’t let go of, and yet it is a question that seems unexpected.  After all, I wonder, what does our intercession have to do with Holy Week? Sometimes it’s hard to connect a weekly zoom call (Hello, intercession in 2020!) with a suffering Jesus. And yet, is intercession not just prayer but also action on behalf of another? If so, the cross is perhaps the greatest act of intercession in history; certainly ..read more
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Finding My Tears Again
Penang House Of Prayer
by PenHOP
2y ago
By Carolyn Boin As I begin this article, let me first confess that I have carried the pride of – so to speak – “emotional stability”. I have scoffed at people under the age of 30 that, to my perception, seemed to not yet arrive at the place of inner security, and most importantly, life and emotional stability. I look at most 20-year-olds and proudly tell them that entering into your 30s is glorious and peaceful, unlike the turbulent phase of their insecure youthful days. Yet, as a woman in my 30s, I realized that I have lost the gift of tears. The Father who created me calls it for what it is ..read more
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Deconstruction unto Reconstruction
Penang House Of Prayer
by PenHOP
2y ago
by Jennifer Gumienny The last couple of years battling the global pandemic, have shifted the inner and outer landscape of many lives. It’s as if God has gripped the trunk of our tree and shaken and shaken and shaken - leaves have fallen, branches that we thought were strong have broken off, our roots are left dangling, and we’re wondering what to do now. Our shape and direction look very different than what was before, our roots no longer comfortable in the old soil we’ve been pulled from. But we’re not yet growing strong, we haven’t yet found our new normal, and it’s more and more uncomforta ..read more
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A Safe Place to Land
Penang House Of Prayer
by PenHOP
2y ago
By John & Sara Sara: I didn’t know what it meant to be a refugee. A young man needed to leave his country and never return home. “Can he come to Malaysia? Can he stay with us?” I sat on our bed, listening and thinking. I’m a remarkably careful and unrushed decision-maker. I ponder and pray. Breathe. Try to see other perspectives. It can take weeks, often months. This question, however, stirred deep in me and produced an answer almost immediately. “Yes.” I knew there would be obstacles. I thought it might be uncomfortable and challenging. I wondered about the strength of John’s and I’s new ..read more
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More Than a Master
Penang House Of Prayer
by PenHOP
2y ago
by Ted Kim I was a hard worker at church, but I wasn't a true worshiper. After leaving Korea to settle in Penang, I got involved with PenHOP and was able to worship God more intensively. Back when I was in Korea, I’ve always made the excuse that I couldn’t concentrate on worship because of the busyness of ministry. However, after I began to attend worship services without any obligation for ministry, I found that I couldn’t lean on that excuse anymore – I had every opportunity to focus more on God, with my heart emptied of other things. After a few months of attending PenHOP, I real ..read more
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Waiting For the Gift
Penang House Of Prayer
by PenHOP
2y ago
by Violet Sim  The Wait My journey of motherhood started in 2014 with my first pregnancy which did not make it past the first trimester. During Mother’s Day celebrations in church, there were often mixed feelings. While the right thing to do is to honor and celebrate the mothers, there was a lingering thought, “If my first pregnancy didn’t end up in miscarriage, I would be standing up to receive that gift or be acknowledged as a mother.” During that period of desiring a child and seeing close friends getting pregnant with their first child and moving on to the second child, I began to qu ..read more
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Planting Seeds
Penang House Of Prayer
by PenHOP
2y ago
By Molly (Author’s name has been changed) While my students quietly worked on solving their math assignment, I suddenly had this strong epiphany. “How did I get here?” I thought to myself. Two years ago I couldn’t even find this country on a map. I didn’t even know this people group existed, and I was honestly a bit afraid of them. Even with this awe and disbelief in my mind, I couldn’t deny the intense love that I felt for the kids sitting in front of me. It was a sight that I had never imagined. I didn’t understand how I had ended up here, but I knew without a doubt that I didn’t want to be ..read more
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Maundy Thursday Poem: Tonight
Penang House Of Prayer
by PenHOP
2y ago
by Melanie Lim Maundy Thursday has always been a personal favorite. I wonder what it’d be like to be at the scene as one of Jesus’ disciples. As you take a moment to read this poem slowly, may you find yourself transported to that room, that night, savouring every detail, pondering every word said. As you read imaginatively what Jesus may be feeling, thinking, doing, and what it’d be like watching Jesus as one of His beloved disciples, may you encounter our dear Lord afresh. TONIGHT Always kind, always surprising, always passionate, always mystifying - He has always been.   But tonight ..read more
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Soon, But Not Just Yet
Penang House Of Prayer
by PenHOP
2y ago
by Marcus Dip Silas The Holy Weekend is celebrated by Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and Protestants alike. Each year, followers of Jesus commemorate his death on Good Friday, and celebrate his resurrection on Easter Sunday.  Churches are usually crowded with people and entire city blocks are cordoned off for the celebration in many Catholic-majority nations. Last year during Easter, I was in Malaga, where multitudes of people paraded through cobblestone streets singing songs of celebration and filled amphitheaters all over Spain as they listened to homilies delivered by priests and bish ..read more
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