PP2007/10/2012(031036) April – June 2017 Vol. 49 No.1 YOUR CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MAGAZINE THE ARMOUR OF LIFE Superbug Buster • You Have To Abort The Baby! • Lifted To Clouds Of Glory! • Left In A Home • A special Tribute to Steven Teo The Marathon Woman • My Straying Sons • 4.10.1969 - 10.4.2017 3 ASIAN BEACON 49#1 April - July 2017 ASIANBEACON.ORG 49#1 April-June 2017 3 Editor’s Note ife is precious, isn’t it? We wake up daily to news EDITORIAL BOARD Mr Goh Chee Beng (Editor) • Ms Ong Juat Heng (Sub-Editor) that is affecting our world – challenges, Editorial Committee: • Ms Joycelyn Loh (Chinese) • Ms Anna Teoh ADVISORS Pastor Dr Chew Weng Chee • Rev. Loh Soon Choy • problems, compromises, conflicts, terrorism Pastor Dato' Dr Daniel Ho • Dr Chong Kwong Tek LEGAL ADVISOR Mr Steven Fung and people. We work diligently to perform well FINANCE AND ADMIN MANAGER Ms Cheng Suet Lai EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Lin what we do by using our strength. 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Answer 20 34 7 Ways To Be Nice To Left In A Home Your Eyes 35 Escaping From The 22 Debt Web Money Is Important, But It’s Not Everything 36 The Crisis Of Truth 27 37 7 Stress Busters The Marathon Woman BEACON 38 Wounded Soldier STORY 40 The Power Of The Spoken Word 42 Money Matters: Putting On Your Financial Armour 44 5 Work-Life Essentials 18Lifted To 44 Armour Of God: Clouds Ephesians 6 Of Glory PHOTO CREDIT: MAJESTIC ABBA, MOUNT ASPIRING © 2017 JEFFRY LIM IMAGING ASIANBEACON.ORG 49#1 April-June 2017 ASIANBEACON.ORG 49#1 April-June 2017 5 AB NEWS Eulogy for Steven New York…Through Jesus, we shall s a colleague, Steven was meet again; until then, though, much committed to the mission remains to be done. Aand team. As a friend, he was thoughtful and supportive. As a Rajen Devadason disciple, he daily treasured Christ’s gift of second chances. Steven’s enthusiasm for everything he put e will always remember his hands to was undeniable. That’s Steven when we travelled because he saw possibilities. If hope is Wwith him and the AB team to Penang for our retreat the ability to see that which is unseen, 4.10.1969 - 10.4.2017 then Steven was indeed a man of and promotional tour to different hope. May his testimony of hope live I remember your fortitude and towns. He was so hardworking and on in all of us who knew him. your steadfast Christian values with enthusiastic, lugging the heavy which you faced the challenges of magazines around. We needed a Charmain Sim the economic downturn. With your strong cheerful man to do that job! personality, qualifications, experience He served faithfully and joyfully in very and obvious gift in public relations, I tough circumstances. ou shocked us, Steven, by have no doubt you would have done leaving us so suddenly at the very well in different circumstances – Tek & Goldie Chong Yprime of health and perhaps including, doubtless, your passionate the happiest phase of your life! It contribution to AB. Still, as you moved didn’t seem so long ago that you on in Christian service, you graciously teven Teo suddenly passed took Agnes to visit me for fellowship kept us all in touch (we were even away on April 10 at the JFK and prayer and a simple early lunch supposed to have an AB fellowship SInternational Airport when near my house. It was clear that you Appreciation Dinner with you!) he was catching his flight back to both were truly committed to each Praise Him! We will still dine Malaysia after his meeting with his other. You gave me the privilege to in the presence of the Lord. It may new-found ministry, Operation walk along with you a little in both be sooner than we know for some of Christmas Child. It was unreal and your personal life and your ministry us as He sovereignly decides! So it’s heartbreaking. Steven had been such in Asian Beacon as an Asian Beacon not a goodbye but until-we-meet- a prominent figure in his term with long-time advisor, a much older again in His presence! Asian Beacon and was such a loss friend and retired pastor and an to friends in ministry, leaders and ‘interdenominational Seminary and Rev. Loh Soon Choy pastors whom he had formed great Christian NGO man’. relationships over the years. I thank you for the unfailing, At his recent wake service on professional, ‘gentleman’s image ‘ met Steven Teo through Asian April 23, leaders and friends spoke I have of you in all our encounters Beacon. I found him handsome, of his charm, friendship and passion and relationships – from our I well-built, yet shockingly self- in serving God. A beautiful love story then monthly Exco meetings, AB effacing! His life blessed mine through read by his beloved wife Agnes, functions, dinners, road shows and his transparent acknowledgement whom Steven left behind with son the personal delivery of the regular of failings and failures, coupled with DikSan, brought sobs but tender ( and extra ) consignments of the profound thankfulness to Jesus for smiles of a beloved father and magazines using your own car! permitting him to serve. I last met husband whose memories will be Not forgetting how you helped me Steven over lunch on March 30, 11 cherished forever. Steven will always change a punctured car tyre and days before he left us. He knew much be in our thoughts and our hearts many other courtesies rain or shine, remains to be done for Jesus in our here at Asian Beacon. including your frequent offers to fetch hurting, fractured land. But Steven’s me for AB functions or otherwise! mission ended abruptly on April 10 in Patrick Leong 6 ASIANBEACON.ORG 49#1 April-June 2017 ASIANBEACON.ORG 49#1 April-June 2017 7 AB NEWS Asian Beacon AGM on March 25, 2017 LEFT: Former Asian Beacon Chairman Dr Ong Hwee Keng exhorting attendants at the AGM to pass on the legacy of the literature ministry from one generation to the next through skillful writing.