Acts Church

The best worship often comes from the darkest place. In Acts 16, Paul and Silas were beaten, bleeding, and locked in the innermost prison, yet at midnight they prayed and sang hymns to God. In this message, Pr Dr Kenneth Chin shows how worship that rises out of pain, with no stage, no lights, and no lyrics on a screen, draws God near. The prisoners listened, the earthquake came, the doors flew open, and everyone was set free. When you sing through your hard times, your family, your friends, and your colleagues are watching, and your praise in the storm may be what leads them to freedom.

What the world sees on the outside is the result of what’s happening in the dark below. In this message, Pr Dr Kenneth Chin reminds us that God cares about the ground before He cares about the fruit. Like the fig tree in Luke 13, the answer to fruitfulness isn’t more effort on the branches. It’s digging deeper into the roots. Strong roots feed us, steady us, and help us withstand every storm. Even when a season looks bare, with no leaves and no fruit, God may be strengthening what lies below for what comes next. So don’t uproot when the season changes. Trust in God, not just trust God for a result, and know Him more through it all. Your time will come again.

When life feels empty and dark, God doesn’t leave us there. In the beginning, the Spirit of God hovered over the darkness, and the first thing He said was “Let there be light.” In this message, Pr Dr Kenneth Chin shares that vision is light, and that when the Holy Spirit is about to do something great, He gives it to you before anyone else can see it. He tells the story of how his church went looking for a new home, and how God led him through a dark, dingy, flooded space that looked like the last place to start a ministry. The Lord’s words broke through: “Welcome to your new home.” Everything around you may look dark and people may even laugh, but one light from the Lord is all you need. You don’t have to depend on the world’s advice, because what you need is God’s.

God isn’t only listening to the words that come out of our mouths. He sees what’s going on in our hearts. In this message, Rev Dr Kenneth Chin shows how Jesus answered the silent thoughts of the scribes and Pharisees, and what that means for the way we pray and worship. He draws on the woman with the issue of blood, who spoke to herself before she ever left home: “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.” Her faith started in secret, and Jesus called it out. When our hearts and our mouths agree, whether in worship, in prayer, or in the quiet of our own room, that is where breakthrough begins. So start your day with thanksgiving, speak life to yourself, and let your heart and mouth say the same thing. Your God sees, and He’s ready to do more than you ask or imagine.

Feedback isn't always easy to give or to hear, but it's one of the most powerful ways a church grows. In this message, we're reminded to start from the belief that everyone has good intentions. Often the issue isn't the heart, it's the delivery, and delivery can be learned, discipled, and healed. Whether you're a leader receiving hard words or someone with something difficult to share, you'll be encouraged to lead with humility, speak with a positive spirit, and keep the truth even when it comes in a messy package. Make it easy for people to come to you, and bring your concerns "with a spoonful of sugar."

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God is in the picture, even when He allows discomfort — because everything of real value has to go through fire. 

In this message, Rev Dr Kenneth Chin unpacks a powerful truth using the picture of a pearl: it only forms when an irritant is allowed to stay, and if we run from every discomfort, we short-circuit the very process God is using to shape us. He challenges a common but costly habit among Christians — jumping from church to church the moment things get uncomfortable — and warns that well-meaning advice to "just leave" can actually block what God is doing in someone's life. 

Drawing from the Apostle Paul, who was broken again and again yet grew stronger and more used by God each time, Rev Kenneth reminds us that suffering was literally part of Paul's calling from day one. Discipleship, he says, is simple in theory but hard in practice — it all comes down to two words we resist: "no" and "go." A convicting call to stop running from the process and start becoming a true disciple.

The world looks for skill, talent, and beauty — but God is looking for something else entirely: an anointing that only comes through brokenness. 

In this message, Rev Dr Kenneth Chin drives this home through David, and through the picture of a worship leader whose season of pain didn't diminish her leading but deepened it — not because of Bible school or a worship conference, but because she let God break her. Like olives crushed to release oil, like Jesus wounded for our transgressions, like the alabaster jar broken so its fragrance could fill the room, real anointing flows out of surrender to the crushing process. Your family, your neighbors, your colleagues, your classmates — they will all smell the fragrance that comes out of your brokenness. 

A tender reminder that God is near to the brokenhearted, and that the delay you're facing isn't neglect — it's Him digging deeper so the anointing can flow.

Di manakah Tuhan Elia itu? Dia tidak ke mana-mana — Dia masih di sini. Dalam mesej yang penuh kuasa ini, Pr Dr Kenneth Chin menyeru generasi ini untuk bangkit menjadi Elia zaman sekarang, mengingatkan kita bahawa Tuhan yang sama yang menurunkan api di Gunung Karmel adalah Tuhan yang sama semalam, hari ini, dan selama-lamanya, dan Dia masih mencari seseorang yang sanggup mengambil cabaran serta percaya bahawa Dia masih boleh. 

Pr Dr Kenneth menghuraikan apa yang diperlukan untuk menjadi Elia generasi kita: memilih Tuhan setiap pagi mendahului segala-galanya — mendahului gangguan, berhala, "siapa yang handsome" dan "siapa yang popular" — hidup yang disisihkan dan dikuduskan, serta sanggup berkorban dan memberikan yang terbaik kepada Tuhan. Dan akhirnya, ini bukan tentang diri kita sendiri — seperti Elia, kita berseru meminta api dari syurga bukan demi diri sendiri, tetapi supaya kawan-kawan, sekolah, dan komuniti kita dapat melihat bahawa Dialah Tuhan. Satu seruan yang berani dan penuh Roh Kudus kepada setiap anak muda: jangan hanya kagumi iman Elia — jadilah seperti dia. 
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Where is the God of Elijah? He hasn't gone anywhere — He is still here. In this powerful message, Pr Dr Dr Kenneth Chin calls this generation to rise up as the Elijahs of today, reminding us that the same God who sent fire down on Mount Carmel is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and He's still looking for someone who will take up the challenge and believe He still can. 

Pr Dr  Kenneth unpacks what it takes to become the Elijah of our generation: choosing God every single morning before anything else — before the distractions, the idols, the "who's handsome" and "who's popular" — being set apart and consecrated, and willing to sacrifice and give God our best. And ultimately, it's not about ourselves — like Elijah, we cry out for fire from heaven not for our own sake, but so that our friends, our schools, our communities may know that He is God. A bold, Spirit-filled call to every young person: don't just admire Elijah's faith — become it.

Apa yang kamu lakukan apabila segalanya runtuh — dan kamulah yang semua orang harapkan?

Dalam episod ini, Pr Kenneth Chin berkongsi kisah memimpin Victory Academy melalui salah satu musim paling gelap — bilangan pelajar berkurangan, guru-guru meletak jawatan, dan semangat yang jatuh ke paras paling rendah. Daripada berundur, Pr Kenneth memilih untuk bangkit dan memimpin. Satu perbualan pada satu masa. Satu permainan pada satu masa. Satu Ahad pada satu masa. Dan perlahan-lahan, sekolah itu bangkit
 semula.

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What do you do when everything is falling apart — and you're the one people are looking to for answers?

In this episode, Pr Kenneth Chin shares the raw story of leading Victory Academy through one of its darkest seasons — dropping student numbers, resigning teachers, and rock-bottom morale. Instead of walking away, Pr Kenneth chose to rise up and lead. One conversation at a time. One game at a time. One Sunday at a time. And slowly, the school turned around.You can also listen to it on