Cornerstone Singapore Audio Podcast

Without knowing Jesus intimately, we will not be able to love others passionately. We will not have oil and wine to heal the broken and dying. Only when we stop our busy schedules for the One, can we then stop for those around us.

John the Baptist was called a friend of the Bridegroom, which is the highest accolade and commendation one can receive from the Lord. In Scripture, it was the friend of the bridegroom who was selected to conduct marriage negotiations on his part. It was he who carried messages between the bridegroom and the bride during the period of the betrothal. God is looking for companions for His Son for eternity and that should be our highest quest.

The snake line is a geographical term which describes an imaginary topographical line in a mountainous region above which snakes cannot live or survive. Snakes can live beneath the line but cannot survive above it. This concept is life-transforming when applied to our spiritual lives, because Scriptures reveal an analogy between both.

Several years ago, in a prophetic dream, I heard clearly the word, ‘Thundercloud’. This a term I hardly ever use, so when I receive words like these, I take it seriously. I looked it up in the dictionary and a thundercloud is basically a cloud charged with electricity and produces lightning and thunder. Interestingly, there are many references of thunderclouds in Scripture and I want to explore what they mean to us prophetically, and how we can apply it in our lives.

Psalm 4 was written by David during a season of deep frustration. He was facing opposition and was deeply distressed. David displayed a human side of himself that we can all identify with. But he also came to a conclusion that gives us the key for how we’re to respond to people, such that we do not reduce our interactions with them to a ‘me versus them’ scenario.

‘Simchat Torah’ in Hebrew means to rejoice in the Law of God and calls for us to celebrate His gift to the world. The Torah is not just a historic record, and more than a manuscript or a set of poetic writings. The Word became Flesh in Jesus – God’s most definite, living, and immeasurable gift to humanity! How do we love His Word more and allow it to become flesh within us?

One of the few things in life we can take with us to eternity is relationships. The account of the poor widow in 2 Kings reveals the key that relationships have in our lives for the miracle we need. Our faith determines the quality of our miracle, but our relationships determine the quantity. In this powerful message, Ps. Gary shares about ‘The Hidden Power of Relationships’ and the 5 types everyone needs.

We're living in the closing moments of not just a generation, but the end of time. Enoch was a divine example of one who pleased God with his faith. If there's ever been a time we need to walk with God, it is now.

When Uzzah was struck dead for touching the Ark, God wanted to show David that His purposes and plans could not be carried by the strength of man. When things seemingly go wrong or when situations appear disastrous, it could be God stopping us in our tracks to prevent us from going away from His original plan for us and for future generations.

The place of prayer is 2-dimensional – in the natural and supernatural realm. God wants to engage the earth through us in prayer, and it can only happen when we're awakened to and connected to the realities of His Kingdom and be a conduit of these realities in our everyday life.

In Numbers 33:2a, we read how ‘Moses wrote down the starting points of their journeys at the command of the Lord.’ The whole of Numbers 33 is dedicated to one thing – the journey that the Children of Israel took in the wilderness for 40 years. Did you know that in 40 years, they camped at a total of 40 different locations, with each essentially being a key water source? And it was the Lord who commanded Moses to record the journey for posterity sake. In the same manner, I felt compelled by the Holy Spirit to do likewise – record the journey of Cornerstone over the past 28 years. What amazing lessons we can learn from our journeys!

Balaam is perhaps one of the most enigmatic characters in the Bible. The narrative about him contains contradictions, the legends passed down are fascinating, and archaeology verifies his true existence. Put these things aside and we wonder if there’s a primary, cogent message that Israel’s encounter with him brings to us? Let’s hear what his donkey has to say about it.

In the Bible, only One fulfilled all that God had purposed for Him, and that's Christ. Everyone else missed something of what God had for them. Abraham produced an Ishmael, Moses did not enter the Promised Land, and even David confessed that his house was not fully in order at his death. While we may never be perfect, nonetheless, we're cautioned that we must not self-sabotage the call of God in our lives. Elijah's experience speaks into this subject vividly.

The Incarnation is the most momentous, incredible incident in history. A God who could do anything, chose to work with a teenage girl to do the possible, so that He could do the impossible. God is looking for our cooperation to birth His eternal purposes and plans today. He wants to work for us, in us, with us and through us! 

Every truly born-again believer has received an anointing from the Holy ONE and that anointing enables us to function and serve in the capacity for which He has designed us. The anointing is like putting a key in the ignition and starting the engine. It’s the spark that ignites the gifts. And if you say, “I’m not anointed”, then you’re calling the Holy Spirit a liar. The only way for us to truly understand the anointing is to understand WHO and WHY people are anointed in the Old Testament, and that the anointed must be appointed.

Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 11:3 that ‘The head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.’ Basically, everyone has a covering – even Christ – whose head is the Father. So it makes a person look silly when he or she says, “I don’t need a head or a covering.” We all need a covering and to be properly covered as well.

In the second part of this message, Rev. Celia shares the key to knowing our God-given purpose. Whatever God demands of us, He already configured it into our system. One key to discovering it is to look at what we're good at. God hid your purpose in you where you can find it, and no one can take it away.

We live out of our identity in Christ, but purpose is the reason for our existence. God created everything with intention, and when He made us, it was for Kingdom influence. Whatever He has called us to do, He has also endowed us with the gifts to perform it. 

Before God give man a job, He gave him an identity. The test is always about our identity. Jesus passed the identity test, and started preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom. God cannot trust us unless we pass the test of knowing who we truly are in Him!

The 12th chapter of the Book of Revelations describes a future war that’s coming which will not be fought on earth, but in the heavenlies. It’ll not be fought by men, but by angelic beings seeking to dominate the heavenly places. The outcome of this battle has already been decided and satan will be thrown out of heaven. But WOE to the inhabitants of the earth when that happens. What must we understand about this coming war and what are the implications to us?