Helen Koding nee Luin Richard - the passing of

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Kota Kinabalu: Datin Seri Panglima Helen Koding @ Luin Richard, widow of the late Datuk Seri Panglima Mark Koding, passed away at her residence in Likas on Tuesday.

She was 59.

Her sudden death has shocked relatives, friends and ex-students as she was known to be well. Koding, a former PBS Deputy Chief Minister, died in September 2002.

After the husband's death, she took over as the President of Gerakan Perkabaran Injil, an independent evangelical charismatic Church, which saw a number of souls won to Christ. 

At the SOL prayer and intercessors' seminar in September this year, she share how she quite a lot of personal things which blessed those who were there. Earlier on, she shared with me how she decided to leave the running of the Church to younger pastors while she concentrated on ministering to the Lord through prayers and intercessions and mission works overseas following the leading of the Holy Spirit. She was burdened for souls especially the youths in Sabah who are not well grounded in the Word of God and properly discipled to live a victorious life in Jesus Christ.

Surely, the Lord must have better plans for her. May Yeshua continue to bless and sustain the ministry she and her husband had started.

KADAZAN - a Nation of Royal Priesthood - 1 Peter 2:9-10

Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. Ps 127:3-5 (NAS) (dedicated to my friend Ps Joseph Samuel who is celebrating his birthday today and his lovely family - May Abba Father multiply your blessings and draw you closer to continuous intimacy with Him for He knows your faithfulness and the "cross" you carry for your community but be strengthen that He is true and faithful to His promises. Amen)

The duties of Christian parenthood flow from the nature of their God. Just as God is love, the first duty of parents is to love their children (I John 4:8). Because all children are wanted by God and are important to God, Christian parents seek to bring their children into God's presence, and God's presence into their children's lives through prayer (Luke 18:15-16). Because God is holy, Christian parents model righteousness to their children (Matthew 18:6). Because they are the objects of God's grace through Christ, they model humility and gratefulness to God (Ephesians 2:8-9) and show their gratitude by serving God (Ephesians 2:10, II Corinthians 5:14-15). Since God makes us accountable, they not only teach their children their faith, they call upon their children to live by it, and lovingly provide guidance through careful, prayerful use of correction, approval, and rewards (Ephesians 6:4). As God seeks out the fellowship of people, Christian parents bring their children to the house of the Lord to seek fellowship with other Christian children (Hebrews 10:25, I Corinthians 15:33). Just as God finally gives us free will, Christian parents have as their goal the maturing of their children so that they, in turn, can be effective Christian parents to grandchildren (Matthew 19:4-5, Luke 15:11-12).

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