Plans for holidays...
1.Chiong Follow ups with JAW.
2.Finish reading 4D bk then can return Christina the blakie.
3.Finishing listening to 12 End Times bible study cds then can return to Swee.
4.Watch movies.
5.get a running shoe then can go run.(anyone wants to join?)
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
wow, 2day's svc was GREAT GREAT!!those who nv come=big loss!haha.
PASTOR LIA prayed for me!!!cool cool and fun.1st time!when Pastor was standing in front of me, she prayed and when she put her hand on my head, i just fell.the feeling was nice.we really shld hve more of this often.felt a breakthrough in my personal life.just felt happy and all the bad things just gone away forever!!no words can describe the feeling.but, just so waaaaaaaaa lo.haha.
last thing, PUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!Pray Until Something Happens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PASTOR LIA prayed for me!!!cool cool and fun.1st time!when Pastor was standing in front of me, she prayed and when she put her hand on my head, i just fell.the feeling was nice.we really shld hve more of this often.felt a breakthrough in my personal life.just felt happy and all the bad things just gone away forever!!no words can describe the feeling.but, just so waaaaaaaaa lo.haha.
last thing, PUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!Pray Until Something Happens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, August 17, 2009
shocking day man!haha.
1st, saw some pictures that were so nice but shocking
2nd, saw that my senior's sis got married ald.but still so young leh.
ok bck, sometimes i just dunoe y some things happen la.but seriously sux la k.
had a gd and/or bad dream 2day.it's nice, but when i woke up, it's so sad.but i came bck to think abt the reality.so end of story.shall not elaborate la.
1st, saw some pictures that were so nice but shocking
2nd, saw that my senior's sis got married ald.but still so young leh.
ok bck, sometimes i just dunoe y some things happen la.but seriously sux la k.
had a gd and/or bad dream 2day.it's nice, but when i woke up, it's so sad.but i came bck to think abt the reality.so end of story.shall not elaborate la.
Let's hve a bigger heart!!
Our hearts hve to be bigger than our vision. With a small heart, your vision becomes ambition.
God searches our hearts in 6 areas.
1.Master
Many christians do not obey God! They do not treat God as their Master. Therefore, we hve to FIRST treat God as our Master!. Obey Him!
2.Mission.
God has a destiny, purpose, and a mission for us in our lives. SECONDLY is to seek what's your Mission!! Your gifting is not your purpose!some ppl have music talents, then they go to find a career in music.But that's not your purpose! Seek God for your purpose! Until u found what's ur Mission that God wants u to do, Thirdly, then it comes to Mate!
3.Mate
Many ppl wants to a mate.some/many of my friends are finding one, others ald hve one/many mates ald.BUT, in fact, most or all of them quarrelled.They are angry with each other on some small little things.It then leads to more and more quarrels.Their/Your disagreement with one another means weakness!!not long after many quarrels, the couples will break.Yet, many will not learn their lesson but seek for more. they seek for others.but, the whole cycle repeats itself!!
However, if both come into an agreement, it brings POWER!!Many or 99.9% may say that it's not possible not to quarrel.yes, it may be true, but if u Obey GOD First, then Seek your Mission, then seek your mate, u will not have problems in your r/s or marriage!!
Let's say if u and ur partner have not Obey GOD as the Master and have not found your Mission on earth, then, suddenly u hve come to realise that actually u hve sth that u wanna do and that's ur dream to go somewhere.But ur other half disagree of u going.Next will be quarrel after quarrels and then break up and then become hatred.
BUT, what if, both of u obey God as your Master, know what's your Mission ald, then have him/her as your bf/gf.You will have a happy r/s and marraige.Look at Pastor How, Pastor Lia and Rinnah.they have a happy family that many of us want!
ya, so i dunoe how to continue ald...just to tell some of my friends out there who ald have bf/gf.your r/s won't last!even if u all marry in the end, after your quarrels, the husband will go out to have affairs.The wife will also hve affairs outside with other men.so if u are still young don't start 1st yeh??those who do not hve a bf/gf right now, Great! if u long for one, pls pls do not start Yet...ya...so if u dun understand what i am saying, SEEK ME!!hahaha!!!... ...
4.Morals
Integrity-consistency.do not be a 2-faced person, whether u r in church, sch or home.
5.Money
God don't care how much u give, but how u give!you may hve 5 bucks/10 bucks left in your wallet.and u know, after u give, u will hve nothing left.but if u really give out what u hve and know that u will hve nth left, God will Bless you!! if u r rich, and u give $50.it's just cuz u hve $ that's y u give more.but if u r rich and u hve like 100 bucks in your wallet right now and u give away all that u hve, God will also see your Big Heart and Bless u!!
6.MERCY!!
Mercy seperates the good christians with the Great!!in sch, in work or at hme, u face unfairness, ppl give u resentment, ppl look down on you, you do a lot of work for your group project while others do not, but they got the same marks as you.u r sad, disappointed, think that it's so unfair.Yes, i do feel the same, but let's have mercy!!
MERCY GOES BEYOND FAIRNESS!!be magnanimous!!let's lift our thinking, change our mindset, and have a Bigger Heart!!
Our hearts hve to be bigger than our vision. With a small heart, your vision becomes ambition.
God searches our hearts in 6 areas.
1.Master
Many christians do not obey God! They do not treat God as their Master. Therefore, we hve to FIRST treat God as our Master!. Obey Him!
2.Mission.
God has a destiny, purpose, and a mission for us in our lives. SECONDLY is to seek what's your Mission!! Your gifting is not your purpose!some ppl have music talents, then they go to find a career in music.But that's not your purpose! Seek God for your purpose! Until u found what's ur Mission that God wants u to do, Thirdly, then it comes to Mate!
3.Mate
Many ppl wants to a mate.some/many of my friends are finding one, others ald hve one/many mates ald.BUT, in fact, most or all of them quarrelled.They are angry with each other on some small little things.It then leads to more and more quarrels.Their/Your disagreement with one another means weakness!!not long after many quarrels, the couples will break.Yet, many will not learn their lesson but seek for more. they seek for others.but, the whole cycle repeats itself!!
However, if both come into an agreement, it brings POWER!!Many or 99.9% may say that it's not possible not to quarrel.yes, it may be true, but if u Obey GOD First, then Seek your Mission, then seek your mate, u will not have problems in your r/s or marriage!!
Let's say if u and ur partner have not Obey GOD as the Master and have not found your Mission on earth, then, suddenly u hve come to realise that actually u hve sth that u wanna do and that's ur dream to go somewhere.But ur other half disagree of u going.Next will be quarrel after quarrels and then break up and then become hatred.
BUT, what if, both of u obey God as your Master, know what's your Mission ald, then have him/her as your bf/gf.You will have a happy r/s and marraige.Look at Pastor How, Pastor Lia and Rinnah.they have a happy family that many of us want!
ya, so i dunoe how to continue ald...just to tell some of my friends out there who ald have bf/gf.your r/s won't last!even if u all marry in the end, after your quarrels, the husband will go out to have affairs.The wife will also hve affairs outside with other men.so if u are still young don't start 1st yeh??those who do not hve a bf/gf right now, Great! if u long for one, pls pls do not start Yet...ya...so if u dun understand what i am saying, SEEK ME!!hahaha!!!... ...
4.Morals
Integrity-consistency.do not be a 2-faced person, whether u r in church, sch or home.
5.Money
God don't care how much u give, but how u give!you may hve 5 bucks/10 bucks left in your wallet.and u know, after u give, u will hve nothing left.but if u really give out what u hve and know that u will hve nth left, God will Bless you!! if u r rich, and u give $50.it's just cuz u hve $ that's y u give more.but if u r rich and u hve like 100 bucks in your wallet right now and u give away all that u hve, God will also see your Big Heart and Bless u!!
6.MERCY!!
Mercy seperates the good christians with the Great!!in sch, in work or at hme, u face unfairness, ppl give u resentment, ppl look down on you, you do a lot of work for your group project while others do not, but they got the same marks as you.u r sad, disappointed, think that it's so unfair.Yes, i do feel the same, but let's have mercy!!
MERCY GOES BEYOND FAIRNESS!!be magnanimous!!let's lift our thinking, change our mindset, and have a Bigger Heart!!
Friday, August 14, 2009
2day was great.sch starts from 8am to 10am and the end...den balling time til 2pm.den took bus to church for "meeting" with AWJ.actually it can be spelt as JAW.hahaha!!den after it ended, went to office, i dunoe wad office it's called, but it's the leaders office lo.nice place.so heavenly.if u study in the place alone quietly, u cfm + chop + guarantee + bla bla bla top student la!!!haha!!!provided u study, really study la.ahaha!!
said hi and bye to Roy in just a few secs.haha.luckily Roy still recognise me.haha.since he's discussing sth with Jamie he said hi to me and asked-so u're in poly now?i said ya.ya lo.den liddat lo.but once in awhile, a short and quick chat is really nice lo.so, ya.
also, few days ago, HH msn-ed me.he's like bored to death in army, looking at cctv.hahaha.so he's gone crazy and said that he wanted to get out of the camp like now, immediately.and, he said he don't want to be in camp for 1 n a half more years.but definitely, he'll still be in la.but, aiya, aiyoyo, will come out soon one la... ...tsk tsk
THE END...
said hi and bye to Roy in just a few secs.haha.luckily Roy still recognise me.haha.since he's discussing sth with Jamie he said hi to me and asked-so u're in poly now?i said ya.ya lo.den liddat lo.but once in awhile, a short and quick chat is really nice lo.so, ya.
also, few days ago, HH msn-ed me.he's like bored to death in army, looking at cctv.hahaha.so he's gone crazy and said that he wanted to get out of the camp like now, immediately.and, he said he don't want to be in camp for 1 n a half more years.but definitely, he'll still be in la.but, aiya, aiyoyo, will come out soon one la... ...tsk tsk
THE END...
Thursday, August 13, 2009
You need to come to God in faith and confidence when you pray. “But what if I don’t feel worthy?” you may ask. You are not blessed because you are good. Rather, you are blessed because God is good. Jesus sympathizes with your many weaknesses and understands the pressures of life that you go through every single day. His throne is a throne of grace, not a throne of judgment. His throne is a throne of giving, and only one attitude is required: an attitude of faith that believes that God is, God can, and that He loves you enough; so much so that, according to His will, He will do it. You serve a good God. “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb. 4:16).
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
be a thinker and be spiritual.
be a thinker instead of a robot.
ytd some crazy thoughts came.no offence ah.since we should be a thinker and not be a robot,can our ideas or thoughts be taken into account?can can?hahaha.
ok, it goes like this.while lying on bed i thought of having a BOOT CAMP kind of event in church.boot camp is like army camp where u see the americans train the recruits until so bad.so that time during svc, Pastor How siad that he wants to fit into his suit.so i thought maybe we can hve/organise an event specially for Pastor.den maybe can ask some army ppl to be the commander, den Pastor will be the recruit.sth like that.didn't use some words like torture or wad cus not appropriate ba.this is just my crazy thoughts.but i sounds gd n fun rite?
hahaha!!!
be a thinker instead of a robot.
ytd some crazy thoughts came.no offence ah.since we should be a thinker and not be a robot,can our ideas or thoughts be taken into account?can can?hahaha.
ok, it goes like this.while lying on bed i thought of having a BOOT CAMP kind of event in church.boot camp is like army camp where u see the americans train the recruits until so bad.so that time during svc, Pastor How siad that he wants to fit into his suit.so i thought maybe we can hve/organise an event specially for Pastor.den maybe can ask some army ppl to be the commander, den Pastor will be the recruit.sth like that.didn't use some words like torture or wad cus not appropriate ba.this is just my crazy thoughts.but i sounds gd n fun rite?
hahaha!!!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Learnt a new word-VERVE.
F-A-I-T-H is Full Assurance In The Heart.
Fear is the biggest disability that stops you from trying.
FEAR is False Evidence Appearing Real.
Everything but Jesus is temporary.
Everything but Jesus is limited.
The value of knowing Christ is Greater than any temporary pleasure.
If God doesn't give you a miracle, you are a miracle for someone else.
http://lifewithoutlimbs.org/media/lwl09-hour-of-power/lwl09-hourofpower-300.mov
F-A-I-T-H is Full Assurance In The Heart.
Fear is the biggest disability that stops you from trying.
FEAR is False Evidence Appearing Real.
Everything but Jesus is temporary.
Everything but Jesus is limited.
The value of knowing Christ is Greater than any temporary pleasure.
If God doesn't give you a miracle, you are a miracle for someone else.
http://lifewithoutlimbs.org/media/lwl09-hour-of-power/lwl09-hourofpower-300.mov
Sunday, August 9, 2009
ytd's svc was powerful.it's not really abt the sermon, but nearing the end, God' presence was so powerful and great!u know the 'feeling'?haha.u noe i noe.
also, i was sitting behind Rinnah, she was drawing things.i tell u, her drawings were so many times nicer than mine lo.she can even draw side view de face.i cannot!hahaha!!so nice and fun to sit behind her.haha.she's funny too.haha.
UNSET your Mindset!
1.Thoughts
2.Arguments
3.Strongholds
Conceive Big Thoughts!
What can you conceive in your mind?
God is waiting for you to conceive the thoughts!!
also, i was sitting behind Rinnah, she was drawing things.i tell u, her drawings were so many times nicer than mine lo.she can even draw side view de face.i cannot!hahaha!!so nice and fun to sit behind her.haha.she's funny too.haha.
UNSET your Mindset!
1.Thoughts
2.Arguments
3.Strongholds
Conceive Big Thoughts!
What can you conceive in your mind?
God is waiting for you to conceive the thoughts!!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Pastor How preached about thinking BIGGER and Lifting up our thoughts last sat.
Think and Operate at KING level!!I AM A KING!!hahaha!!wow!
Say with me, MEPHIBOSETH. ="shamful one"
Lo-debar=Not a pasture
=Deserrt
=Place of lack, poverty, dry, desolate
DON'T let the LIE of your circumstances eclipse the TRUTH of your position in Christ.
2 Samuel 9:6-8
dunoe wad to post... ...
Think and Operate at KING level!!I AM A KING!!hahaha!!wow!
Say with me, MEPHIBOSETH. ="shamful one"
Lo-debar=Not a pasture
=Deserrt
=Place of lack, poverty, dry, desolate
DON'T let the LIE of your circumstances eclipse the TRUTH of your position in Christ.
2 Samuel 9:6-8
dunoe wad to post... ...
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Do not worry!turn your worries into a problem and slove it!Amen!!
FOP INTRO VIDEO 09!the video was AWESOME, GREAT!!it only cost $53!17 hours to make the video of less than an hour.14 hours on top.2000+ photos taken.Just to make the video. Pastor How only told the team to give him a good video, that's all!wow n salute to the team.
at first, i tot they use some things technology to make it.but when Pastor Lia told us in church about the making of the video, behind the scences, it was wow wow wow!hahaha!wad an amazing church with amazing Pastors with amazing and creative people!haha!
BIGGER!!LIFT UP YOUR THOUGHTS!!
when Pastor How preached abt lifting up our thoughts, i just felt that i really should. although i may be contented with my grades right now, but i must and am not satisfied!!i hve to think BIGGER AND LIFT UP MY THOUGHTS that i can do better, greater and improve!!
those who were not in church missed some of these great things...ya lo...indoor stadium!!u know i know.hahahahaha!!!!!
FOP INTRO VIDEO 09!the video was AWESOME, GREAT!!it only cost $53!17 hours to make the video of less than an hour.14 hours on top.2000+ photos taken.Just to make the video. Pastor How only told the team to give him a good video, that's all!wow n salute to the team.
at first, i tot they use some things technology to make it.but when Pastor Lia told us in church about the making of the video, behind the scences, it was wow wow wow!hahaha!wad an amazing church with amazing Pastors with amazing and creative people!haha!
BIGGER!!LIFT UP YOUR THOUGHTS!!
when Pastor How preached abt lifting up our thoughts, i just felt that i really should. although i may be contented with my grades right now, but i must and am not satisfied!!i hve to think BIGGER AND LIFT UP MY THOUGHTS that i can do better, greater and improve!!
those who were not in church missed some of these great things...ya lo...indoor stadium!!u know i know.hahahahaha!!!!!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)2. Multiply this number by 23. Add 54. Multiply it by 505. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1759 ..If you haven't, add 1758.6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.You should have a three digit numberThe first digit of this was your original number(i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).The next two numbers areYOUR AGE!This only works in 2009!! TRY NOW!!
1 day I go 2 climb a 3 outside a house to peep. But the couple saw me, so I panic and I 4 down. The man rushed out and wanted to 5 with me. I ran until I fell 6 and threw up. So I go into 7-eleven and grabbed some 8 to throw at him. Then I took a 9 and try to stab at him. 10 God he run away.
10 I put the 9 back and pay for the 8 and left 7-eleven. Next day I called my boss and told him I was 6. He said 5 , tomorrow also no need to come back 4 work. He also asked me to go climb a 3 and jump down! I don’t un derstand. I am so nice 2 him but I don’t know what he 1.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
got back stats-21.5/25.okok la. there's no need to blog man!! just follow me on twitter!!! www.twitter.com
Friday, July 17, 2009
13: When Jesus heard it, He withdrew from there privately in a boat to a solitary place. But when the crowds heard of it, they followed Him [by land] on foot from the towns.
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14: When He went ashore and saw a great throng of people, He had compassion (pity and deep sympathy) for them and cured their sick.
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15: When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, This is a remote and barren place, and the day is now over; send the throngs away into the villages to buy food for themselves.
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16: Jesus said, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat.
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17: They said to Him, We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.
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18: He said, Bring them here to Me.
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19: Then He ordered the crowds to recline on the grass; and He took the five loaves and the two fish, and, looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and blessed and broke the loaves and handed the pieces to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the peopl
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20: And they all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up twelve [[6] small hand] baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
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21: And those who ate were about 5,000 men, not including women and children.
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14: When He went ashore and saw a great throng of people, He had compassion (pity and deep sympathy) for them and cured their sick.
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15: When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, This is a remote and barren place, and the day is now over; send the throngs away into the villages to buy food for themselves.
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16: Jesus said, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat.
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17: They said to Him, We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.
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18: He said, Bring them here to Me.
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19: Then He ordered the crowds to recline on the grass; and He took the five loaves and the two fish, and, looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and blessed and broke the loaves and handed the pieces to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the peopl
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20: And they all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up twelve [[6] small hand] baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
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21: And those who ate were about 5,000 men, not including women and children.
start with...A few days ago, i dreamt a very nice dream.dreamt that i played a basketball match with Charleston!!However, i won him 4-0.hahaha.
next,ytd 'nite' i talked to Hong Hwee and he said he can't sleep.so, i asked him to count sheeps!haha!!he said can count until 10000.haha...den bla bla bla... ...and 1 more thing, he can't come this weekend cuz stuck in camp.sian.
so much to say, but nothing comes to my mind right now...haha.
next,ytd 'nite' i talked to Hong Hwee and he said he can't sleep.so, i asked him to count sheeps!haha!!he said can count until 10000.haha...den bla bla bla... ...and 1 more thing, he can't come this weekend cuz stuck in camp.sian.
so much to say, but nothing comes to my mind right now...haha.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
realised i cannot go sch with sam le la.sometimes miscommunication is like... ...it's either wrong info or idk!!!haha.so we shall c.hahaha!!cmi...but nvm.
anyway,stats haven give bck paper.walao.i noe i wun do as well as many ppl la.but ...
2day's lesson at gym was fun.v v v relaxed.played at gym when break.early in d morn at 9am so gd to be in gym.i think i shall go gym often but all guys leh.walao.some gals go with me too?haha!!nice.
idk wad else to type, but, i m gg sv on sun ba!haha((: Being in HoGc is always great n good n nice n etc!! AMEN!!off to do marketing tutorial which i haven started from juz now...
anyway,stats haven give bck paper.walao.i noe i wun do as well as many ppl la.but ...
2day's lesson at gym was fun.v v v relaxed.played at gym when break.early in d morn at 9am so gd to be in gym.i think i shall go gym often but all guys leh.walao.some gals go with me too?haha!!nice.
idk wad else to type, but, i m gg sv on sun ba!haha((: Being in HoGc is always great n good n nice n etc!! AMEN!!off to do marketing tutorial which i haven started from juz now...
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
SIAN.my mama gg clear away my soft toys...meaning, d soft toy HH gave to me on v day d last time is gg MIA, zoe tay give me de octopus oso gg MIA.the fish i stole during d funfair in ytss last time oso gg MIA, a lot more forget le.WALAO... ...saddd my soft toys... ... ...nvm, CUZ I'VE GOT TO GO!!!
following up ytd's sv,it was great to be sitting in d 2nd row man.yue liang sat behind Charleston and she 'wanted to kick Charleston's leg'.jk...luckily, ADAM-PASTOR KENT MUNSEY broght him, didn't sit in front of me.cus i'll be blocked.he's 204cm?haha.den me n yue liang gossip gossip abt Charleston n lynette.not me gossip of cus.is yue liang only ah.not me!!!any1 c this is SIM YUE LING'S FAULT AH!HAHAHA.i met lynette,dominic and some others,forgot their names.so cool n fun.((: best!!
sch was not great...i din noe is today present stats.but mine only 2 slides...haha.nvm, cus I'VE GOT TO GO!!!no link?hahaha
following up ytd's sv,it was great to be sitting in d 2nd row man.yue liang sat behind Charleston and she 'wanted to kick Charleston's leg'.jk...luckily, ADAM-PASTOR KENT MUNSEY broght him, didn't sit in front of me.cus i'll be blocked.he's 204cm?haha.den me n yue liang gossip gossip abt Charleston n lynette.not me gossip of cus.is yue liang only ah.not me!!!any1 c this is SIM YUE LING'S FAULT AH!HAHAHA.i met lynette,dominic and some others,forgot their names.so cool n fun.((: best!!
sch was not great...i din noe is today present stats.but mine only 2 slides...haha.nvm, cus I'VE GOT TO GO!!!no link?hahaha
Sunday, July 5, 2009
today's service was great!Pastor Kent Munsey preached about I'VE GOT TO GO!!!
John 15:16
but i chose you
Ex 14:15
Act 20:22
Gen. 28:15
all of us are not perfect, but we are perfected!!
Joshua 1:2-7
Be strong and of good courage
ONLY BE STRONG and VERY COURAGEOUS!
1.Resistance
2.Rejection
3.Loneliness
4.Temptation
5.Discouragement
Gen.4:27
Gen.6:18
Gen.46:3-4
1 last thing i saw guo quan on tv.s'pore idol de.haha.so fun.haha
John 15:16
but i chose you
Ex 14:15
Act 20:22
Gen. 28:15
all of us are not perfect, but we are perfected!!
Joshua 1:2-7
Be strong and of good courage
ONLY BE STRONG and VERY COURAGEOUS!
1.Resistance
2.Rejection
3.Loneliness
4.Temptation
5.Discouragement
Gen.4:27
Gen.6:18
Gen.46:3-4
1 last thing i saw guo quan on tv.s'pore idol de.haha.so fun.haha
Friday, July 3, 2009
seashell asked me to blog sth.ok lo...
went to watch movie with ch yh,seashell n viven.b4 tt went sch take y21 award.WALAO I BRONZE ONLY.ch silver lo...BURN THE SCH!!!watched DRAG ME TO HELL.of course only seashell scared lo.used her bag cover from start to end.haha.okok de movie..not those super pa ren de lo.last part was nice.gd ending.haha.
then,of course me,ch n yh scare her from toilet til she went hme lo.haha.lazy to type.haha.u noe i noe.haha.
err.i dunoe wad to type le leh.nth in my mind.i dunoe y.haha.
went to watch movie with ch yh,seashell n viven.b4 tt went sch take y21 award.WALAO I BRONZE ONLY.ch silver lo...BURN THE SCH!!!watched DRAG ME TO HELL.of course only seashell scared lo.used her bag cover from start to end.haha.okok de movie..not those super pa ren de lo.last part was nice.gd ending.haha.
then,of course me,ch n yh scare her from toilet til she went hme lo.haha.lazy to type.haha.u noe i noe.haha.
err.i dunoe wad to type le leh.nth in my mind.i dunoe y.haha.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
WOW, YESTERDAY'S SERVICE WAS SO POWERFUL AND GREAT MAN!!EVERY SERVICE IS GREAT AND POWERFUL BUT YESTERDAY, I FELT THAT IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING MORE!HAHA.I DON'T KNOW THAT TITANIC HAD SUCH A GREAT PERSON, A GREAT STORY IN IT.I ONLY KNEW THAT MAYBE IT'S CUZ THERE'S A MUMMY IN D SHIP THAT WAS STOLEN, THAT'S WHY IT SANK.HAHA.
those who miss yesterday's service, u lost out to d best things in your life man!!hahaha!c, samuel, ask u come don't want come...
ALSO, YESTERDAY WE KNELT DOWN IN SERVICE.((: MY KNEE INJURY THERE GOT BUBBLE LE.HAHA!!!IT'S WAS SO GREAT.THERE'S A COUPLE IN THE FRONT ROW OF ME, THEY SAT ON THE CHAIR WHILE WE KNELT DOWN.BUT I SAW THE GAL CRYING.I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS TOUCHED HER HEART AND IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME~.
PASTOR JOAKIM IS REALLY GREAT MAN!!PASTOR HOW N PASTOR LIA GAVE THE BEST YEARS OF THEIR LIVES FOR US!!WOW~!!HAHA.SO ME-GIVE THE BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE FOR OTHERS!!LOVE OTHERS!!SAVE OTHERS!!LIVING FOR OHTERS!!CUZ I'M GG TO DIE BETTER THAN YOU!!!HAHAHA!!THIS IS GREAT MAN!!
OTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
those who miss yesterday's service, u lost out to d best things in your life man!!hahaha!c, samuel, ask u come don't want come...
ALSO, YESTERDAY WE KNELT DOWN IN SERVICE.((: MY KNEE INJURY THERE GOT BUBBLE LE.HAHA!!!IT'S WAS SO GREAT.THERE'S A COUPLE IN THE FRONT ROW OF ME, THEY SAT ON THE CHAIR WHILE WE KNELT DOWN.BUT I SAW THE GAL CRYING.I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS TOUCHED HER HEART AND IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME~.
PASTOR JOAKIM IS REALLY GREAT MAN!!PASTOR HOW N PASTOR LIA GAVE THE BEST YEARS OF THEIR LIVES FOR US!!WOW~!!HAHA.SO ME-GIVE THE BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE FOR OTHERS!!LOVE OTHERS!!SAVE OTHERS!!LIVING FOR OHTERS!!CUZ I'M GG TO DIE BETTER THAN YOU!!!HAHAHA!!THIS IS GREAT MAN!!
OTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Source of Encouragement John 15:1-17
Look at this limb…withered leaves compared to the rest of the branch that I cut off of the bush. Broken right there by the trunk. If this were still on the bush it would not be long before it just dried up and fell on off on its own or Bobby and tony might trim it.
I guess that something like this happens with every storm. Thousands of trees and bushes lose the ends of branches and limbs and some times a whole treetop can twist off. Eventually, the broken pieces will dry up and begin to decay. That happens because the broken section has lost its access to the life giving nutrients provided by the base of the plant. This broken limb will never produce flowers which matures into seeds, the fruit of the plant.
Our spiritual lives can be like that sometimes. From time to time we get separated from God and dry up spiritually perhaps are severed by some kind of personal storm.
And like this branch we fail to live up to the full natural potential as Christians.
The natural potential comes from our relationship with Jesus Christ that leads to some kind of fruit being produced.
Let’s read our scripture this morning: John 15:1-17"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other.
In the past few weeks I have been encouraging you to look with me at scripture to find out how God views our role. We identified that God is not as mad at us as we think as we looked at the prodigal son story. We found our that as members of the family of God we are to fill the role of priest to those in need primarily those that don’t feel able to look to God on their own.
So we represent a path that leads to God. Last week we identified that we also act as ambassadors for the kingdom of God. That we are on a mission to reach heaven and to bring as many people as possible through the direction of the spirit to keep us focused on the mission.
-- Today our scripture helps us to understand how we keep that life energy alive and according to Jesus we need to stay connected.
But there seems to be a problem. We have no guarantees of how many days we will have to live as the Priest or ambassadors of God in this world.
More specifically, there is also no guarantee of the effectiveness of our spiritual lives either. There are far too many storms and distractions to be sure that we will come to full maturity and bear fruit for the kingdom of God. That sounds a bit negative, doesn’t it?
It should not be because, God wants us to enjoy love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control in our lives. God also wants that fruit to come from our lives. God also wants us to have an impact on the world around us. He wants to see action and passion not sitting and waiting for this physical life to be over.
He wants to answer our prayers. He wants us to be able to heal. He wants us to be able to fix things in the world on some level, to be salt and light in this world.
That’s what God desires and that’s so often what we desire too and yet it doesn’t always happen.
Why, because it doesn’t come automatically flooding in to our lives. It’s not like we make a decision to follow Jesus and then effortlessly and automatically everything in our lives gets easy. It would be nice if it were that way, but it doesn’t happen that way.
Spiritual life, like all of life, is a process and growth takes time. For our spiritual life to grow and mature it requires a connection to the source of life.
In today’s scripture, Jesus is teaching about some of the rules …. not really rules, but, just some of the realities of the spiritual life.
He told his followers that He was the vine and that we are the branches. That seems like a pretty clear image. Nice and simple even for plant challenged people like me.
Jesus uses a simple description to identify a simple truth – a member of the kingdom of God, a member of the family of God….A Christian is only effective and useful if he or she remains connected to the source of eternal life.
There is more in today’s scripture than I will be talking about today. It could easily take several weeks to cover all the details of this message. I am only going to hit the highlights. I would like to encourage you to read and study this passage on your own. There is a lot that you can get out of it is you take time to read it several times and let the spirit help you to really hear it.
Jesus begins by saying "I am the true vine." When he says something like this all of the people who are listening to him have a picture in their mind that they understand because all through the Old Testament Israel was considered the vine of the Lord or the vineyard of the Lord. And so they always envisioned themselves as God’s people, as being the vine and now Jesus says “I am the true vine” and when He says that He is pushing aside their view that by being born in to Israel or by being part of the Jewish institution, a religion, that they were part of God’s vineyard or God’s vine.
Instead he starts to focus on the fact that what connects them to what God is doing is a relationship, a relationship with Him. And so as we go into this time of thinking about what it means for us to be connected spiritually and to be growing and to be empowered, we have to remember right up front that we are not talking about our relationship to an institution, a Christian institution like the Methodist Church. No one is saved by their relationship with the Methodist or Baptist or any other denomination….
Jesus description to his hearers and readers is that the right relationship is with Him. That there needs to be a real spiritual relationship with the vine, with him.
Jesus is the vine and we are the branches.
Jesus goes on to say, “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” "Remain in me." That is a command or at least an instruction to believers. The instruction is to stay connected, to stay in relationship. If we remain connected we will bear fruit. The instruction encourages that the believers work on the relationship, but there is no command or instruction to bear fruit.
Staying connected does not seem so hard and if we stay connected we will bear fruit just like on this plant, the part that is still healthily connected, or at least was so until I cut if off, this is still bright green, but the part that’s been disconnected dies.
So, the instruction from Jesus is for us to stay connected. A branch whether it’s a rose bush, a grapevine, a maple tree or an oak tree, it doesn’t matter; a branch does its thing naturally when it stays connected.
But, when it’s disconnected, nothing can make it work right again.
With plants being cut off from the trunk quickly becomes apparent. Depending on the weather it might only be a few hours before the leaves start to dry and wither.
-- It is usually a slower process but the same thing happens to people when they become disconnected from Christ.
Jesus is explaining that to be a part of a healthy community we must be connected to Him. If we do then we can mature and bear fruit, not because we have to but because it will be a natural part of your two way relationship with Christ.
When a limb is separate it can’t do a thing about it and it eventually dies.But, if we become disconnected the same thing happens as we eventually die spiritually as well.
There is a huge difference between humans and plants. Humans have a special intelligence that allows us to make choices. We can brake away if we desire and we can also reattach spiritually at some time down the road.
But all too often we “high” thinking humans tend to act more like the limb. We don’t seem to notice that our connection to Christ is broken. Often Spiritually we have lost a real connection to Jesus and are withering away.
To be specific, there are a lot of people that are like this branch and broken limb on our altar table this morning.
---- LIMB
This dead limb is still physically connected but I believe that we can all see that it is dead.
And there are some of us that are physically still connected to the church, we’re still on the church roles, we still come to events at the church, but inside, in our lives and in the fruit of our lives… We are disconnected - we can see that we are drying up and dying.
We have a connection to the institution, we still have some or all of the habits the came from our connection in the past.
However, there is no Joy. Jesus explains why he is this truth, “ I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”
Jesus wants HIS joy to be in us to make us complete. He wants us to demonstrate joy and excitement and love to people in this world.
- I have this question for you; do you know the joy of the Lord that comes from a healthy connection to Jesus?
- Are you carrying around hate and resentment for people in your life?
- Are you dissatisfied with most elements of your life?
If you are connected to the church, or work or people around you and not connected directly to Jesus then you are a severed branch and wither you know it or not you are withering and dying spiritually.
So a question that we need to ask ourselves as we listen to something like this, is how are we doing spiritually?
The key to spiritual life, the key to being empowered, the absolutely essential thing we can not ignore is staying connected, remaining in a healthy relationship to Jesus Christ.
How do we stay connected?
Worship on Sunday is important but we also have Sunday school EVERY Sunday morning, Bible study on Sunday night. We have a prayer time on Wednesday.
Generally speaking, these events don’t seem to be helping very many people. I have a great hope that we all spend time reading scripture and praying while away from church.
That your self – study during this personal time we would receive nourishment from Jesus via the Holy Spirit. That kind of Spiritual connection is as effective as and maybe more effective than any group functions.
So the vision that we are focused on this morning is an understanding of how we get our joy and energy and excitement to fill our roles as Priest and ambassadors….It comes from our personal connection to Jesus Christ.
So how can we be sure that the connection is real and that it is healthy?
To confirm your connection all you need to do is to look around for the fruit.
The fruit is the spiritual growth in you as a person and in your church home. It normally included some level of physical increase in people in church….not necessarily members but at least visitors and regular attainders that appear as Jesus invites them into a relationship though His connection to each of us.
-- It is not that we as individuals or as a church can make something happen. The reading this morning says, “apart from me you can do nothing.”
It seems like that statement is not really true. We all do all kinds of things without consciously depending on Christ, in fact most of what we do we probably never give any thought to what Jesus might desire.
Look at how we spend our time and our money…
How about our giving to the church, do we consult God?
Do we make decisions like the people in this world that have no connection to Jesus?
Churches can do things apart from Jesus as well. We can have all kinds of religious programs, we can be busy day and night, and all without looking carefully towards God.
"Apart from me you can do nothing." What is Jesus then saying to us? Obviously we can have activity, we can do things in life apart from Him, but what does He mean here?
It means that sure we can fill our calendars, we can fill our schedules with all kinds of activities, some of them religious without consciously pursuing this relationship with Him, but it will never amount to much, whether we are doing it as a church or whether we are doing it as an individual.
We can have calendars filled with church activities that don’t change lives. We can have a life that’s filled with activity all over the community and yet it not bring love and joy and peace to our lives or the lives of others.
Apart from Him the really important things won’t happen. Apart of that is that the eternal things won’t happen. When it comes to eternal things, apart from Jesus Christ we can do nothing.
To not pray is to lose touch with the one whom we will spend the rest of eternity with and it’s to lose touch with the one right that’s preparing us for that. So that’s one thing. But we also lose touch with things that matter right now.
Things that matter for eternity matter right now too, because right today is part of eternity. Without prayer we can certainly stay busy, but we won’t experience love, joy, peace and satisfaction.So it is not about just doing things. It is about connecting to what Jesus is doing or is willing to do through you and me.
There are people who are very concerned with the visible action of the Holy Spirit, but they are not concerned about their obedience to God and so if that is true their lives and their ministries are in danger.
There are people who know the scriptures backwards and forwards, but view it as an academic exercise, or worse than that, they view it as a law book that they can use to judge other people.
And if that’s the place of the word of God in your life and nothing more, then they are in a dangerous position as well.
There are people who attend worship and say all kinds of prayers, but if they are not having that heart conversation where they grapple with God about how their life falls short, then prayer comes to nothing too.
A group of people that enjoy a connection to Jesus Christ (A Church – A denomination) will exibit a few external traits that give away the reality of their relationship.
They know that God in the business of changing lives and have experienced it personally and more importantly the witness it happening to other people.
They depend on God for their effectiveness and success.
Prayer is always the first action when opportunities and problems arise.
They realize that their main mission is to move people toward Christ and helping them to become followers with their own unique relationship.
They believe that lives are changed by the work of the Holy Spirit and the word of God.
Each member is active in their own ministry of encouragement and growth and seek after God’s hart and vision for themselves and their church.
Folks the mission of Silver Creek UMC is not simply to find people to make a decision to accept Christ…The mission is to help people to become followers of Jesus. Not just decisions but disciples. Not dead limbs but branches that with God’s help will produce fruit for the kingdom and fill our mission of bringing people into eternity.
There is no better tome than right now to renew your connection. There is no better time to break your lifeless connections and to ask Jesus to repair that has been damaged. All Glory be to God!
Look at this limb…withered leaves compared to the rest of the branch that I cut off of the bush. Broken right there by the trunk. If this were still on the bush it would not be long before it just dried up and fell on off on its own or Bobby and tony might trim it.
I guess that something like this happens with every storm. Thousands of trees and bushes lose the ends of branches and limbs and some times a whole treetop can twist off. Eventually, the broken pieces will dry up and begin to decay. That happens because the broken section has lost its access to the life giving nutrients provided by the base of the plant. This broken limb will never produce flowers which matures into seeds, the fruit of the plant.
Our spiritual lives can be like that sometimes. From time to time we get separated from God and dry up spiritually perhaps are severed by some kind of personal storm.
And like this branch we fail to live up to the full natural potential as Christians.
The natural potential comes from our relationship with Jesus Christ that leads to some kind of fruit being produced.
Let’s read our scripture this morning: John 15:1-17"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other.
In the past few weeks I have been encouraging you to look with me at scripture to find out how God views our role. We identified that God is not as mad at us as we think as we looked at the prodigal son story. We found our that as members of the family of God we are to fill the role of priest to those in need primarily those that don’t feel able to look to God on their own.
So we represent a path that leads to God. Last week we identified that we also act as ambassadors for the kingdom of God. That we are on a mission to reach heaven and to bring as many people as possible through the direction of the spirit to keep us focused on the mission.
-- Today our scripture helps us to understand how we keep that life energy alive and according to Jesus we need to stay connected.
But there seems to be a problem. We have no guarantees of how many days we will have to live as the Priest or ambassadors of God in this world.
More specifically, there is also no guarantee of the effectiveness of our spiritual lives either. There are far too many storms and distractions to be sure that we will come to full maturity and bear fruit for the kingdom of God. That sounds a bit negative, doesn’t it?
It should not be because, God wants us to enjoy love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control in our lives. God also wants that fruit to come from our lives. God also wants us to have an impact on the world around us. He wants to see action and passion not sitting and waiting for this physical life to be over.
He wants to answer our prayers. He wants us to be able to heal. He wants us to be able to fix things in the world on some level, to be salt and light in this world.
That’s what God desires and that’s so often what we desire too and yet it doesn’t always happen.
Why, because it doesn’t come automatically flooding in to our lives. It’s not like we make a decision to follow Jesus and then effortlessly and automatically everything in our lives gets easy. It would be nice if it were that way, but it doesn’t happen that way.
Spiritual life, like all of life, is a process and growth takes time. For our spiritual life to grow and mature it requires a connection to the source of life.
In today’s scripture, Jesus is teaching about some of the rules …. not really rules, but, just some of the realities of the spiritual life.
He told his followers that He was the vine and that we are the branches. That seems like a pretty clear image. Nice and simple even for plant challenged people like me.
Jesus uses a simple description to identify a simple truth – a member of the kingdom of God, a member of the family of God….A Christian is only effective and useful if he or she remains connected to the source of eternal life.
There is more in today’s scripture than I will be talking about today. It could easily take several weeks to cover all the details of this message. I am only going to hit the highlights. I would like to encourage you to read and study this passage on your own. There is a lot that you can get out of it is you take time to read it several times and let the spirit help you to really hear it.
Jesus begins by saying "I am the true vine." When he says something like this all of the people who are listening to him have a picture in their mind that they understand because all through the Old Testament Israel was considered the vine of the Lord or the vineyard of the Lord. And so they always envisioned themselves as God’s people, as being the vine and now Jesus says “I am the true vine” and when He says that He is pushing aside their view that by being born in to Israel or by being part of the Jewish institution, a religion, that they were part of God’s vineyard or God’s vine.
Instead he starts to focus on the fact that what connects them to what God is doing is a relationship, a relationship with Him. And so as we go into this time of thinking about what it means for us to be connected spiritually and to be growing and to be empowered, we have to remember right up front that we are not talking about our relationship to an institution, a Christian institution like the Methodist Church. No one is saved by their relationship with the Methodist or Baptist or any other denomination….
Jesus description to his hearers and readers is that the right relationship is with Him. That there needs to be a real spiritual relationship with the vine, with him.
Jesus is the vine and we are the branches.
Jesus goes on to say, “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” "Remain in me." That is a command or at least an instruction to believers. The instruction is to stay connected, to stay in relationship. If we remain connected we will bear fruit. The instruction encourages that the believers work on the relationship, but there is no command or instruction to bear fruit.
Staying connected does not seem so hard and if we stay connected we will bear fruit just like on this plant, the part that is still healthily connected, or at least was so until I cut if off, this is still bright green, but the part that’s been disconnected dies.
So, the instruction from Jesus is for us to stay connected. A branch whether it’s a rose bush, a grapevine, a maple tree or an oak tree, it doesn’t matter; a branch does its thing naturally when it stays connected.
But, when it’s disconnected, nothing can make it work right again.
With plants being cut off from the trunk quickly becomes apparent. Depending on the weather it might only be a few hours before the leaves start to dry and wither.
-- It is usually a slower process but the same thing happens to people when they become disconnected from Christ.
Jesus is explaining that to be a part of a healthy community we must be connected to Him. If we do then we can mature and bear fruit, not because we have to but because it will be a natural part of your two way relationship with Christ.
When a limb is separate it can’t do a thing about it and it eventually dies.But, if we become disconnected the same thing happens as we eventually die spiritually as well.
There is a huge difference between humans and plants. Humans have a special intelligence that allows us to make choices. We can brake away if we desire and we can also reattach spiritually at some time down the road.
But all too often we “high” thinking humans tend to act more like the limb. We don’t seem to notice that our connection to Christ is broken. Often Spiritually we have lost a real connection to Jesus and are withering away.
To be specific, there are a lot of people that are like this branch and broken limb on our altar table this morning.
---- LIMB
This dead limb is still physically connected but I believe that we can all see that it is dead.
And there are some of us that are physically still connected to the church, we’re still on the church roles, we still come to events at the church, but inside, in our lives and in the fruit of our lives… We are disconnected - we can see that we are drying up and dying.
We have a connection to the institution, we still have some or all of the habits the came from our connection in the past.
However, there is no Joy. Jesus explains why he is this truth, “ I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”
Jesus wants HIS joy to be in us to make us complete. He wants us to demonstrate joy and excitement and love to people in this world.
- I have this question for you; do you know the joy of the Lord that comes from a healthy connection to Jesus?
- Are you carrying around hate and resentment for people in your life?
- Are you dissatisfied with most elements of your life?
If you are connected to the church, or work or people around you and not connected directly to Jesus then you are a severed branch and wither you know it or not you are withering and dying spiritually.
So a question that we need to ask ourselves as we listen to something like this, is how are we doing spiritually?
The key to spiritual life, the key to being empowered, the absolutely essential thing we can not ignore is staying connected, remaining in a healthy relationship to Jesus Christ.
How do we stay connected?
Worship on Sunday is important but we also have Sunday school EVERY Sunday morning, Bible study on Sunday night. We have a prayer time on Wednesday.
Generally speaking, these events don’t seem to be helping very many people. I have a great hope that we all spend time reading scripture and praying while away from church.
That your self – study during this personal time we would receive nourishment from Jesus via the Holy Spirit. That kind of Spiritual connection is as effective as and maybe more effective than any group functions.
So the vision that we are focused on this morning is an understanding of how we get our joy and energy and excitement to fill our roles as Priest and ambassadors….It comes from our personal connection to Jesus Christ.
So how can we be sure that the connection is real and that it is healthy?
To confirm your connection all you need to do is to look around for the fruit.
The fruit is the spiritual growth in you as a person and in your church home. It normally included some level of physical increase in people in church….not necessarily members but at least visitors and regular attainders that appear as Jesus invites them into a relationship though His connection to each of us.
-- It is not that we as individuals or as a church can make something happen. The reading this morning says, “apart from me you can do nothing.”
It seems like that statement is not really true. We all do all kinds of things without consciously depending on Christ, in fact most of what we do we probably never give any thought to what Jesus might desire.
Look at how we spend our time and our money…
How about our giving to the church, do we consult God?
Do we make decisions like the people in this world that have no connection to Jesus?
Churches can do things apart from Jesus as well. We can have all kinds of religious programs, we can be busy day and night, and all without looking carefully towards God.
"Apart from me you can do nothing." What is Jesus then saying to us? Obviously we can have activity, we can do things in life apart from Him, but what does He mean here?
It means that sure we can fill our calendars, we can fill our schedules with all kinds of activities, some of them religious without consciously pursuing this relationship with Him, but it will never amount to much, whether we are doing it as a church or whether we are doing it as an individual.
We can have calendars filled with church activities that don’t change lives. We can have a life that’s filled with activity all over the community and yet it not bring love and joy and peace to our lives or the lives of others.
Apart from Him the really important things won’t happen. Apart of that is that the eternal things won’t happen. When it comes to eternal things, apart from Jesus Christ we can do nothing.
To not pray is to lose touch with the one whom we will spend the rest of eternity with and it’s to lose touch with the one right that’s preparing us for that. So that’s one thing. But we also lose touch with things that matter right now.
Things that matter for eternity matter right now too, because right today is part of eternity. Without prayer we can certainly stay busy, but we won’t experience love, joy, peace and satisfaction.So it is not about just doing things. It is about connecting to what Jesus is doing or is willing to do through you and me.
There are people who are very concerned with the visible action of the Holy Spirit, but they are not concerned about their obedience to God and so if that is true their lives and their ministries are in danger.
There are people who know the scriptures backwards and forwards, but view it as an academic exercise, or worse than that, they view it as a law book that they can use to judge other people.
And if that’s the place of the word of God in your life and nothing more, then they are in a dangerous position as well.
There are people who attend worship and say all kinds of prayers, but if they are not having that heart conversation where they grapple with God about how their life falls short, then prayer comes to nothing too.
A group of people that enjoy a connection to Jesus Christ (A Church – A denomination) will exibit a few external traits that give away the reality of their relationship.
They know that God in the business of changing lives and have experienced it personally and more importantly the witness it happening to other people.
They depend on God for their effectiveness and success.
Prayer is always the first action when opportunities and problems arise.
They realize that their main mission is to move people toward Christ and helping them to become followers with their own unique relationship.
They believe that lives are changed by the work of the Holy Spirit and the word of God.
Each member is active in their own ministry of encouragement and growth and seek after God’s hart and vision for themselves and their church.
Folks the mission of Silver Creek UMC is not simply to find people to make a decision to accept Christ…The mission is to help people to become followers of Jesus. Not just decisions but disciples. Not dead limbs but branches that with God’s help will produce fruit for the kingdom and fill our mission of bringing people into eternity.
There is no better tome than right now to renew your connection. There is no better time to break your lifeless connections and to ask Jesus to repair that has been damaged. All Glory be to God!
Friday, June 19, 2009
revived blog for once.
hmm, for the past few months, for half a year, i've not been to church...it's kind of, i dunoe?well, many things had happened and past.i've learnt many things during this period of time.and whatever it is, there's only one answer---GOD.
some things are untold here.i dunoe wad to say but i've reflected and known many things during this while, there are some good things that had happened, but many bad things happened too.however,it's over and i am going bck to church soon, once i am done with some things.i'll not leave.haha.
short n sweet... ...haha.
sch was alright, many projects--so what?!!hahaha!!
hmm, for the past few months, for half a year, i've not been to church...it's kind of, i dunoe?well, many things had happened and past.i've learnt many things during this period of time.and whatever it is, there's only one answer---GOD.
some things are untold here.i dunoe wad to say but i've reflected and known many things during this while, there are some good things that had happened, but many bad things happened too.however,it's over and i am going bck to church soon, once i am done with some things.i'll not leave.haha.
short n sweet... ...haha.
sch was alright, many projects--so what?!!hahaha!!
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