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Revelation 1:6—“And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”

In a world where believers often feel weak and overlooked, Revelation 1:6 reminds us who we truly are in Christ. Christ “hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father”. The risen Jesus has not merely forgiven His people; He has reconstituted them. According to the preceding verse (v.5), He “loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood”. Having cleansed us, He has crowned them with a royal dignity and consecrated them for holy service.

To be made “kings” does not mean we reign in worldly pride, but that we now belong to a kingdom that cannot be shaken. In Christ, the believer is no longer at the mercy of Satan’s accusations, the world’s threats, or the flesh’s dominion. We can reign through union with the conquering Lamb every day, learning even now to overcome by faith, endurance, obedience, and hope. As Paul said in Romans 5:17, “For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.” 

To be made “priests” points to believers’ calling into God’s holy service. We can draw near to Him and offer acceptable worship through Christ. As 1 Peter 2:5 says,  we are “an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ”. We offer spiritual sacrifices: prayer, praise, repentance, thanksgiving, and lives laid down in love for Christ. Even our suffering becomes incense before the throne.

Therefore, John’s doxology is the only fitting response: “to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.” If Christ has made us kings and priests, then our lives must be bent toward His praise, worshipfully serving under His everlasting rule, seeking not our own honour but His glory alone.

Proverbs 4:18—“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” 

Solomon sets before us a holy contrast: the darkness of the wicked way and the brightening path of the righteous. The Christian life is not described as a sudden leap into noon-day glory, but as a steady dawn. The believer’s path begins with light, the true light, because it begins with Christ, who said, “I am the light of the world” (John 9:5). Yet that light is not static. It “shineth more and more”, as He graciously leads the believer in His truth and righteousness by His Spirit.

This verse teaches a deeply theological truth: justification gives us a new standing, and sanctification gives us a new direction. The “just” are those declared righteous by God through faith in Christ. And because the Lord has made them His own, He does not leave them where He found them—He leads them onward. Though they still walk through a world full of darkness, the Lord Himself gives light for the next step, guiding them forward in their spiritual pilgrimage. They may be chastened, but they are never cast off; corrected but never forsaken. The God who justifies also sanctifies, and He is steadfastly committed to finishing what He has begun.

This is the promise of God, a balm for weary saints. You may feel that your growth is slow, your battles constant, and your heart often clouded. Yet the promise stands: the Lord is bringing you forward. Every true step in repentance, every renewed act of faith, every hard-won obedience is part of the shining.

And the destination is sure: “the perfect day”. This is the day when sin shall be gone, faith shall become sight, and Christ shall be all. The path grows brighter because the end is glory. Keep walking, your dawn is moving toward everlasting noon.

Job 2:10—“What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” 

Here we have one of the most sobering and sanctifying questions ever spoken by a believer. Job has already buried his children, lost his wealth, and watched his life collapse in a single day. Now his body is struck with painful boils, and his wife urges him, “Curse God, and die.” In that moment, Job answers, not with bitterness, but with sound theology in his mind.

His question to his wife does not deny God’s goodness; it defends it. Job reminds us that God is not only the Giver of pleasant days, but also the Sovereign Lord over bitter ones. To receive “good at the hand of God” is natural to us. We gladly take His gifts of health, provision, success, and joy. But Job exposes the pride hidden in the human heart: we often want God’s blessings without God’s right to govern our lives.

When Job speaks of receiving “evil”, he is not calling God sinful. He is confessing that calamity, loss, and affliction may come—bitter to us, yet still under the permission of a holy God who does all things well. Job’s faith rests in the truth that the Lord’s hand is never random, never cruel, and never out of control.

Job’s words teach us to be submissive to God at all times with reverence. God’s children are not promised a life without suffering, but a Father who rules over it. If we receive good with thanksgiving, let us also receive trials with humble trust, knowing that the same God who wounds also heals, and that His purposes will be vindicated in the end.

Job 13:15—“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.”

Job 13 is not the voice of a man at ease, but of a man crushed, yet still believing. He has been misunderstood, falsely charged and spiritually pressed. His friends have turned theology into accusations, and Job’s world has collapsed under the heavy hand of God’s providence. Yet in Job 13:15 he utters one of Scripture’s clearest confessions of persevering faith: “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.”

This is not naïve optimism. Job is not saying, “God will never let hard things happen.” He is saying the opposite: “Even if God’s providence leads me through death itself, I will not abandon Him.” Job’s faith is anchored not in outcomes but in God’s worthiness. The believer’s trust does not rest on God’s gifts, but on God Himself.

Yet Job adds a second resolve: “but I will maintain mine own ways before him”. Job is not claiming sinlessness; he is refusing false guilt. He will not confess to something he did not do just to end the pressure from his accusing friends. True faith not only clings to God; it also stands honestly before Him. 

For the suffering saint, this verse teaches that trust and tears can coexist. You may question, plead, and even tremble, but you must not ‘let go’ of God. And you may come boldly, not because you have a perfect life, but with a sincere heart of faith before the Lord who helped you to live with integrity and who alone judges righteously.

Proverbs 16:3—“Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.”

This verse gives us a holy order for the Christian life: first, the surrender of our deeds, then the settling of our minds. The word “commit” carries the sense of rolling something over onto another. It is the picture of a man taking a heavy burden off his own shoulders and placing it upon the Lord. The Lord does not ask us merely to plan better or try harder. He calls us to hand over our works: our duties, decisions, labours, responsibilities, and even our unfinished tasks.

Notice: it does not say, “Commit thy dreams”, but “Commit thy works”. To commit our works unto the LORD means to bring all our actions into submission to His will, so that His purposes—not ours—may be fulfilled. We seek to do His will in His way, and we also surrender the outcome, content to have it as He pleases. It is to say, “Lord, if this is not Thy will, stop me. If it is Thy will, strengthen me. Lord, use me, correct me, and prosper me that I may do all Thy pleasure, and only Thy pleasure.”

Then comes the promise: “and thy thoughts shall be established”. Many believers are troubled by anxious, scattered, unstable thinking. Yet Scripture teaches that mental steadiness is not achieved by self-control alone, but by God-centered trust. When our actions are laid at His feet, our minds begin to rest in His sovereignty. This is  God’s cure for worry: roll your work onto the Lord, and He will steady your heart. The God who governs your labour will also govern your mind.

Job 1:21—“The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Those words of Job are among the purest expressions of faith in all Scripture. They were spoken not in comfort, but in catastrophe. In a single day, Job lost his wealth, his servants, and his children. Yet instead of charging God foolishly, he fell down and worshipped. Here we find a doctrine of suffering that bows us low, yet lifts us up.

First, Job confesses that every good gift is from the LORD: “The LORD gave.” His prosperity was not luck, skill, or mere circumstance. It was the hand of God. This is where gratitude begins when we confess that nothing we have is ours by entitlement. All we possess is received, not deserved. All is mercy.

Second, Job acknowledges the painful truth: “The LORD hath taken away.” Job does not deny secondary causes, such as raiders, wind, disaster, but he looks beyond them to the sovereign God who rules over all. This is not fatalism. It is faith in the God whose good purposes no tragedy can overthrow.

Finally, Job responds with worship: “Blessed be the name of the LORD.” Job blesses not his circumstances, but God’s Name, which denotes His holy character, His wise rule, and His unchanging goodness. Here is the heart of mature faith: God is worthy of praise even when His ways are hidden in darkness.

Let our hearts remain open, and our mouths remain full of praise to our God, in every condition. If He gives, we thank Him; if He takes, we still bow in worship. For the same Lord who permits loss is the Lord who redeems, restores, and will one day wipe away every tear.

Genesis 2:18—“And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” 

Genesis 2:18 arrests our attention because it is the first time in the creation account, before the fall, that God declares something “not good.” Everything else had been pronounced good – light, land, seas, and even man himself. Yet the LORD God, in perfect wisdom, looked upon Adam and said, “It is not good that the man should be alone.”

This teaches us that loneliness was never part of God’s original design for humanity. Adam was sinless, living in paradise, surrounded by beauty. Yet still incomplete without a companion. The need here is theological, not merely psychological or emotional. God created man not to exist in isolation, but to live in loving fellowship. Man was made for relationship and covenant companionship.

The phrase “an help meet for him” does not describe inferiority. The word “help” is often used of God Himself in Scripture (Psalm 121:1–2). It speaks of strength, support, and partnership. “Meet” means suitable. The woman was created to correspond to him, supplying what was lacking. Eve was God’s gracious provision: a companion beside him.

In this light, a wife is God’s gift to her husband as his closest earthly companion, a wise counsellor, a faithful supporter, and a fellow-heir of grace. She is not merely one who lives with him, but one who labours with him in life, strengthens him in weakness, and walks with him in the fear of God. She brings warmth to his home, stability to his heart, and godly influence to his calling.

This verse reminds us that God cares deeply about our relational life. He provides companionship, family, friendship, and the fellowship of the church. If God said it was not good for Adam to be alone, we should not ignore the lonely around us, or excuse isolation in our own hearts. God’s remedy for what is lacking in our lives often comes through loving, holy fellowship that He provides. 

So, we ought to thank God sincerely for the relationships He has given us, and especially for the sacred gift of marriage, remembering that companionship is part of His wise and loving design. And since no husband or wife can fulfil their calling by mere strength, we must daily seek the Lord’s help and grace to love, serve, and walk together according to His will, that our homes may honour Christ.

Galatians 3:26—“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” 

With these simple yet profound words, the apostle Paul brings us to the heart of the gospel’s assurance. He declares not what believers may become, but what they already are: “the children of God”. This is not symbolic language, but covenant truth: believers are adopted as God’s children through faith in Christ.

By nature, Scripture tells us, we are not God’s children, but estranged by sin (cf. Ephesians 2:2–3). No human effort, moral achievement, or religious heritage can bridge that distance. Paul is clear: this privilege comes “by faith in Christ Jesus”. Our adoption into God’s family rests entirely on our union with Christ. Faith is not a work that earns grace, but the God-given means by which we receive and rest upon Christ alone for salvation (cf. Ephesians 2:8).

To be a child of God is to belong to Him by adoption, to be known and loved by the Father, and to be securely kept by His covenant faithfulness. It speaks not of fear, but of filial intimacy; not of condemnation, but of a secured inheritance. The believer does not stand before God as a trembling servant seeking acceptance, but as a son or daughter welcomed through Christ. This status is not fragile or temporary; it is grounded in God’s unchanging promise.

Notice also the word “all”. In Christ, distinctions that once separated, Jew and Gentile, strong and weak, rich and poor, near and far, no longer define our standing before God. Every believer shares the same Father, the same Saviour, and the same hope.

We are God’s children not by our works, but by Christ’s finished work on our behalf. Therefore, let us joyfully rest, knowing that as His children we are securely kept by the Father’s steadfast love.

Galatians 3:13—“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” 

Here we behold the very heart of the gospel, where justice and mercy meet at the cross. Paul speaks plainly: the law pronounces a curse upon every sinner, for God’s holy standard demands perfect obedience. The law is good and righteous, but because of our sin, it exposes our guilt and condemns us. Left to ourselves, we stand under its curse, deserving judgment of God, unable to save ourselves.

Into this hopeless condition, Christ stepped willingly. “Christ hath redeemed us”. Redemption is the language of rescue and ransom. It tells us that we were not merely corrected or improved, but bought out of our spiritual bondage at a great cost. That cost was Christ Himself.

Paul then unfolds the wonder of substitution: Christ was “made a curse for us”. He did not become sinful, but He took the place of sinners. On the cross, He bore the full weight of the curse our disobedience deserved. The Scripture Paul quotes, “Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree” (cf. Deuteronomy 21:22–23), points us unmistakably to Calvary. The cross was no accident of history, but God’s appointed altar, where the Son of God, as our substitute, endured divine judgment for us.

Here we see the seriousness of sin and the greatness of God’s redeeming love. The curse due to us was borne by Christ. Justice was not ignored, but satisfied by His obedience unto death. And mercy was not withheld, but freely and lavishly poured out through Him.

This verse calls us to humility and rest. We do not work to escape the curse; Christ has already redeemed us from it. For the weary conscience and the trembling believer, Galatians 3:13 offers deep comfort: the curse is gone, the price is paid, and the blessing of grace now rests upon all who trust in Christ.

Motherhood is a sacred calling, yet it is also a season filled with weariness, spiritual battles, emotional strain, and moments when home life feels overwhelming. Many godly women quietly carry burdens that were never meant to be carried alone.

The testimonies published below from some of our young mothers remind us that the Lord has been pleased to strengthen mothers and care for their peculiar spiritual needs, through the ministry of Gethsemane Young Mothers’ Fellowship.

Spiritual growth is not always a straight upward line. Yet the Lord is faithful to keep His people when they gather under His truth, and submit their hearts afresh to Him. We are grateful that God preserves and blesses families through wise counsel and encouragement through the regular ministry of His Word in their fellowship meetings.

That is why, young mothers, your monthly gathering matters. It is not merely a social meeting. It is a small but precious means of grace—an opportunity to be reminded that you are not alone, and that the counsels of His Word taught are much needed for the home, your marriage, and the raising of children. In a world that pressures mothers to be self-reliant, God calls His daughters to be mutually strengthened in love, prayer, and truth.

Come with your burdens, your weariness, your questions, and your desire to grow. The Lord is able to use our faithful gathering each month to preserve a mother’s heart, and through her, an entire home.

Let us come together and be strengthened. As Isaiah 40:11 exhorts, “He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.”

Testimonies of Young Mothers

Jenice Chee

I want to thank God for the Young Mothers’ Fellowship which has been a great blessing to me, especially so in the year 2025, where we learnt precious lessons on the series of “Motherhood—A Christlike Ministry”.

One lesson that impressed deeply on my heart was how Pastor explained that as a mother, I must be my child’s cultivator of holiness. This means that I must study God’s Word so that I may impart it to my children. And this is not only for a season, but that the truths will remain with them and guide them beyond my lifetime.

I also learnt that I must be like Christ at home. Like Jesus who is so patient and compassionate with me, I must be likewise with my children. Like Jesus who endured rejections, I too must be firm and steadfast on the truth.

Thank God for Pastor and Aunty Carolyn, the GYM committee advisors, and other mothers (young and old) that have been good examples for me to emulate. I am excited to learn about common current-day challenges in parenting through this year 2026. May God help us!

Isabel Ng

“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed” (Titus 2:4-5).

I want to thank God for the Gethsemane Young Mothers (GYM). This was the first fellowship I attended with my daughter Annabelle (then 3 years old) when we began with Gethsemane BPC as regular visitors in Jan 2017. Truly, GYM was a blessing to my personal and family life, where I learnt timely truths from God’s Word through Pastor Koshy. It teaches me about godly submission to one’s own husband, and being a sober-minded wife and mother so that I would not jeopardise my testimony at home and destroy my family life with ungodly decisions.

To me, GYM has been a true lifeline. Time and again, God has used it to confront me with His Word and bring me into surrender to His truth, especially in seasons when family relationships grow volatile and I’m carrying the weight of raising my children full-time (children who are as sinful as I am, and in constant need of grace). Without God’s Word—and GYM—my family life would probably end up as one of those tragic, bitter stories you read about, marked by heated arguments, divorce, and children left neglected.

It was also through GYM that I became convinced that staying home full-time was the only faithful response to God, after coming to understand His heart for Christian wives and mothers through His Word. Though my children’s and my spiritual growth has not always been linear upward, and though there were many dark moments along the way, the Lord was gracious to preserve us as one family. Through many years of admonition and uplifting through GYM, He kept us intact. May God help us to “…continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety” (1 Timothy 2:15).

Thank God for the labours of Pastor and preachers through the years. My prayer is for more Christian sisters, especially young mothers, to come to GYM and be blessed by God for the sake of our families’ and children’s spiritually well-being. All glory be to God.

Sophia Zhang

The Gethsemane Young Mothers’ Fellowship has been a great blessing throughout my years of motherhood. I am deeply thankful for the faithful preaching of God’s Word during our meetings; it has consistently rebuked, corrected, instructed, and encouraged me. Without the guidance of God’s Word, it is so easy to be influenced by worldly parenting advice and pressures that often run contrary to biblical counsel.

I have learnt that motherhood is a Christlike ministry where I must set a godly example for my children, both through my words and actions. Even during testing moments, such as facing disobedience from the children, I am reminded to reflect God’s compassion and tender care, while leaning on His wisdom to correct and instruct my children. While motherhood comes with many challenges, I draw strength and joy from knowing that God grants the grace and wisdom required to fulfil this higher calling. I am also thankful for the prayer sessions, where we can share testimonies of God’s goodness to our families, bring our burdens before the Lord, and encourage one another through prayer. These times of fellowship have been a great source of comfort and strengthening.

As Psalm 127:1 reminds us, “Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it”. We truly need to labour with the Lord to raise our children according to His ways and for His purposes. It is my prayer that more mothers with young children, and even mothers-to-be, will join us to learn God’s counsel and receive the many blessings He has promised. 

Joey Peh

“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD” (Psalm 113:9).

I praise the Lord for the Gethsemane Young Mothers’ Fellowship, which has been a constant fountain of blessing in my motherhood journey. How wonderful it is to gather, month after month, with like-minded sisters and their children — to hear God’s Word, as well as seek Him in prayer together!

In a culture saturated with parenting philosophies that contradict Scripture, the messages preached by Pastor Koshy anchor me in biblical truth. I have also been challenged to see motherhood not merely as a role I perform, but as a Christlike ministry where I must daily die to self. May God give me much grace and wisdom each day to point my son to Christ.