{"id":9838,"date":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/sermon-reflection-locked-down-but-not-locked-out-amidst-the-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T16:00:00","slug":"sermon-reflection-locked-down-but-not-locked-out-amidst-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/sermon-reflection-locked-down-but-not-locked-out-amidst-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon Reflection &#8211; Locked Down But Not Locked Out Amidst the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Posted by Michelle Chuah \u2022 Nov 15, 2021<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_10 vc_sep_border_width_5 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_custom_1653980010483\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span  style=\"border-color:#b11f24;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span  style=\"border-color:#b11f24;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I look back on the past since March 2019 when the lock down MCO 1.0&nbsp; had&nbsp; started, I am amazed and am so thankful for the presence of Jesus Christ as my Saviour.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The challenges at work due to the lockdown was resolved as God had provided a capable and far visioned CEO who planned and led our team of real estate negotiators to focus on training and applied Christian values of testimonies to motivate and encourage all in our real estate family. I must say he is a God fearing brother and had the support of God fearing team leaders to support his efforts in driving the company in the right direction.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the midst of the challenges he had responded to Christ&rsquo;s call to reach out and touch lives in need. He spearheaded a donation drive to provide for the negotiators who were affected financially by the lockdown. Many leaders and negotiators who were financially comfortable gave of their savings or earnings to assist those in dire straits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">300 negotiators from the Klang valley irrespective of which agency they belonged to were blessed. My husband, who had also taken part in this drive to help fellow negotiators, testified and shared through a zoom meeting how he had been blessed by closing two sales of property in our location during the lockdown. This has been a great motivation and changed the mindset of fellow negotiators that lockdown does not mean we can&rsquo;t work. If we focus on Him and do our part to answer the call to serve the community, God will always bless.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serving the community also includes spending time with and making time for others especially in times of emotional&nbsp; distress or being psychologically overwhelmed. I recall many times during the lockdown when fellow negotiators needed advice for tense situations in their work and messaged me or my hubby at 10.30 pm. We consider them as urgent and respond to their call for help. We learn to humble ourselves and put the needs of others before our own.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, I am blessed to belong to our W2W Mid Week Moments group where we learn more about God and how to serve Him and apply His Word in our daily lives and situations which arise. I am so thankful for He has made a Way for me to continue to keep in touch with and communicate through our zoom meetings. All things are possible with God who makes the Way. Parallel to zoom, WhatsApp has been a great help to keep in touch with and share the Word of God everyday to so many people.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us not look at the challenges and be locked out but to renew our mind and follow Him as He leads us to serve others and share the Gospel. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I look back on the past since March 2019 when the lock down MCO 1.0&nbsp; had&nbsp; started, I am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}