1. Discover your spiritual purpose in everyday circumstances.
Philippians 1:12-13 Advancing God's kingdom eventhough we are in the dire circumstances.
2. Develop your own Personal Conviction.
1 Peter 1: 6-7 We all have tough times. We need to develop a personal conviction. When the word of God convicts us, it must stay irregardless of the situation we are in. Tough times makes us stronger.
All of us have different tolerance levels.
1 Peter
Romans 2:5. God is developing something in me, when we are going through tough times. There is a reason.
3. Ditch the past and Walk in Victory
Do not let the past haunt you. Do not say its me, thats the way i am, thats the way i talk.
4. Decide to say No. 1 cor 6:12
E.g Buffet, we always say we are full, but when we see more food, we always cannot say no.
We do not say No to God.
Philippans 4:12-135
5. Determined to be dependent on Jesus for everything.
Determination and dependence is 2 different things. Determined to be dependent on Jesus for everything.
The world system is do it, just do it, everything can be done. God's grace is sufficient for us.
Apart from God, we can do nothing. That is how much God wants us to know that we are dependent on Him.
Young people always think that they have a lot of time, so they procrastinate. What we need to finish, we finish it today.
God is watching us.
Amen.
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Sunday with Pastor Irene
Romans 8:19
When are you coming up to your destiny. Creation is moaning. When are we ever going to wake up and realise that we are an Eagle and not a chicken.
When are we going to wake up and realise that we are the son of God.
Let the glory and spirit come out. Lord let me not be jealous of other people's talent, let me appreciate the difference in the talent.
We are capable of so many things. God has given us so much but we under utilize. The computer can do so much but we
Christians: Just go to church. We take it as a religion. Come to the point that we are Sons of God, we are capable of more than that. God wants us to come up to that level.
When its something new, we are intimidated. God has given us the ability, but we need to learn the functions. We need to read our manual, the more we study, the more we practice, We exercise the faith, we become strengthened. We become skilled in the things of God.
The computer has to be plugged to a power source. We have to be plugged in to the Power of God. We must be connected. JohnL Vines and the Branches. Apart from Lord, we can do nothing. We must be connected to the Lord. There are always requirements, it does not mean we wake up and everything is ok. We must pray, we must read the word of God. We must be connected in our spirit. It is fundamental.
We need to be able to run at our optimum level, we need to frequently clean ourselves up. We must always recharge, we need to filled. When we run slow, everything is slow. We need to watch what we download into our computers, We need to watch what movie we watch, what we read, what we see, whom we follow, who we mix around with.
We need to share our thoughts, we need to run important and good softwares.
We need our senses exercised to discern both good and evil, we need to practice.
Hebrews 5:14. solid Food...
1 John 3:8 We need to grow up, take our rightful place. That we may destroy the works of the devil. We will set captives free.
Acts 10:38
The next time, someone tells you that they are sick. Try first.
By reason of youth, by practice. We will be able to do it.
Let God come out of us.
God's beauty and God's splendor to come out of us.
When are you coming up to your destiny. Creation is moaning. When are we ever going to wake up and realise that we are an Eagle and not a chicken.
When are we going to wake up and realise that we are the son of God.
Let the glory and spirit come out. Lord let me not be jealous of other people's talent, let me appreciate the difference in the talent.
We are capable of so many things. God has given us so much but we under utilize. The computer can do so much but we
Christians: Just go to church. We take it as a religion. Come to the point that we are Sons of God, we are capable of more than that. God wants us to come up to that level.
When its something new, we are intimidated. God has given us the ability, but we need to learn the functions. We need to read our manual, the more we study, the more we practice, We exercise the faith, we become strengthened. We become skilled in the things of God.
The computer has to be plugged to a power source. We have to be plugged in to the Power of God. We must be connected. JohnL Vines and the Branches. Apart from Lord, we can do nothing. We must be connected to the Lord. There are always requirements, it does not mean we wake up and everything is ok. We must pray, we must read the word of God. We must be connected in our spirit. It is fundamental.
We need to be able to run at our optimum level, we need to frequently clean ourselves up. We must always recharge, we need to filled. When we run slow, everything is slow. We need to watch what we download into our computers, We need to watch what movie we watch, what we read, what we see, whom we follow, who we mix around with.
We need to share our thoughts, we need to run important and good softwares.
We need our senses exercised to discern both good and evil, we need to practice.
Hebrews 5:14. solid Food...
1 John 3:8 We need to grow up, take our rightful place. That we may destroy the works of the devil. We will set captives free.
Acts 10:38
The next time, someone tells you that they are sick. Try first.
By reason of youth, by practice. We will be able to do it.
Let God come out of us.
God's beauty and God's splendor to come out of us.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
An evening with Pastor Andrew
It was a really rough day for me, trying to come up with the quotation and trying to stay positive that we will seal the deal! : )
So really felt very relieved to have cell today, and it was with the Vibrants @ their Revive Camp! Pastor Andrew from Cornerstone Church's Youth ministry came to share today! It was really an amazing night.
I enjoyed his preaching a lot today, "There is a time for everything". Ecc 3! There are things that we can choose and there are things that we cannot. God chose us, and He knew us from the moment we were a substance in our mother's womb. I am more amazed that someone so real, someone from our generation has placed his heart and soul into learning GOd's work and being a full time Pastor!
The time He shared about Job's story, that he knelt before God and said, Blessed be Your Name, you give and take away, naked I come, naked I go. It really touched my heart, God allowed trials and temptations in our lives, because He already knew that we will pass the test. He already know that we will be able to overcome.
God placed a calling in His heart to learn Indonesian songs.. and years later he is going to be preaching in Indonesia and leading worship in their language. He pursued his dream and cut an album with his youths with Integrity!
From 40 strong youths to 400 strong youths.. Only a heart after God can do it.
When we prayed, i felt God's presence strongly so much that I could not stop crying, its been such a long time before I felt the Holy Spirit so strongly. Pastor Andrew said he felt that I had lots of dreams when I am young, that I have a good spirit and that God gave me many gifts..
I cried because, when I was younger I always felt that someday.. I will be a Somebody. What kind of somebody, I do not know..
And I left my life in God's hands from tonight forth.. That he will take over and take control. I will not let the successes and the failures of this world control what God wants me to do.
Just when I was about to give up on our partnership, God sent us signs to continue. God works in miraculous ways, ways that are much higher than what we can conceive.
Pastor Rachel prayed for me, for our generation to rise up to our roles. For our cell, for my dreams. I prayed silently for salvation of Jerome & my family! God will do something greater in my life.
Jerome shared with me that we need people like Pastor Andrew, visionaries. We need help in the church, i shared with him, its time we rose up to the occasion. Its time our generation sowed into the lives of the people around us.
He said, these things can only be learnt in Bible School! So yes! Maybe perhaps, we should attend short courses together! Lord, may what you put in Jerome's heart come to pass, that he may go and bless others.
Pastor Rachel prayed for Jerome to grow and be strong in the word of God, it will come!
Thank you Lord, i cast all my cares upon you, I know that You will carry me through.
Amen.
So really felt very relieved to have cell today, and it was with the Vibrants @ their Revive Camp! Pastor Andrew from Cornerstone Church's Youth ministry came to share today! It was really an amazing night.
I enjoyed his preaching a lot today, "There is a time for everything". Ecc 3! There are things that we can choose and there are things that we cannot. God chose us, and He knew us from the moment we were a substance in our mother's womb. I am more amazed that someone so real, someone from our generation has placed his heart and soul into learning GOd's work and being a full time Pastor!
The time He shared about Job's story, that he knelt before God and said, Blessed be Your Name, you give and take away, naked I come, naked I go. It really touched my heart, God allowed trials and temptations in our lives, because He already knew that we will pass the test. He already know that we will be able to overcome.
God placed a calling in His heart to learn Indonesian songs.. and years later he is going to be preaching in Indonesia and leading worship in their language. He pursued his dream and cut an album with his youths with Integrity!
From 40 strong youths to 400 strong youths.. Only a heart after God can do it.
When we prayed, i felt God's presence strongly so much that I could not stop crying, its been such a long time before I felt the Holy Spirit so strongly. Pastor Andrew said he felt that I had lots of dreams when I am young, that I have a good spirit and that God gave me many gifts..
I cried because, when I was younger I always felt that someday.. I will be a Somebody. What kind of somebody, I do not know..
And I left my life in God's hands from tonight forth.. That he will take over and take control. I will not let the successes and the failures of this world control what God wants me to do.
Just when I was about to give up on our partnership, God sent us signs to continue. God works in miraculous ways, ways that are much higher than what we can conceive.
Pastor Rachel prayed for me, for our generation to rise up to our roles. For our cell, for my dreams. I prayed silently for salvation of Jerome & my family! God will do something greater in my life.
Jerome shared with me that we need people like Pastor Andrew, visionaries. We need help in the church, i shared with him, its time we rose up to the occasion. Its time our generation sowed into the lives of the people around us.
He said, these things can only be learnt in Bible School! So yes! Maybe perhaps, we should attend short courses together! Lord, may what you put in Jerome's heart come to pass, that he may go and bless others.
Pastor Rachel prayed for Jerome to grow and be strong in the word of God, it will come!
Thank you Lord, i cast all my cares upon you, I know that You will carry me through.
Amen.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Sunday Sermon with Pastor Sally
1. God calls
2. Be Faithful - You need to be faithful.
Faithfulness is a character of God.
We are not like Christ yet, because we find it difficult to love people who are not faithful. Its tough.
We need to be faithful, slowly from occasionally, frequently, to consistently.
2. Be Faithful - You need to be faithful.
Faithfulness is a character of God.
We are not like Christ yet, because we find it difficult to love people who are not faithful. Its tough.
We need to be faithful, slowly from occasionally, frequently, to consistently.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Sunday Service with Pastor Rachel
The Lord gives life.
Genesis 17:3 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him
Romans 4:17
17As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations."[a] He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.
Do not give up! Begin to call forth the things that were not, as though they were. As God calls the dead into living.
God sees the positive aspect of all our lives.
"I need you" - Tell God that.
Think about my life, call forth those negative things that are in your life, for them to come to pass.
If God has called you to lead worship, see that you are leading worship.
Do not be disappointed.
Testimony:
1. A World Within
2. My Dad
3. China Trip
For the humility of self and the fear of people's comments. God forgives and you can try again. Amen.
Why is it that the devil tries to take away what you think? That when you did your best. When you put in effort, but the results are not what it is.
Genesis 17:3 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him
Romans 4:17
17As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations."[a] He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.
Do not give up! Begin to call forth the things that were not, as though they were. As God calls the dead into living.
God sees the positive aspect of all our lives.
"I need you" - Tell God that.
Think about my life, call forth those negative things that are in your life, for them to come to pass.
If God has called you to lead worship, see that you are leading worship.
Do not be disappointed.
Testimony:
1. A World Within
2. My Dad
3. China Trip
For the humility of self and the fear of people's comments. God forgives and you can try again. Amen.
Why is it that the devil tries to take away what you think? That when you did your best. When you put in effort, but the results are not what it is.
Sunday, May 04, 2008
How to triumph over temptations?
"Open the floodgates of Heaven, Let it rain"
How do u trust God totally? What is that we must do right before can open the floodgates of Heaven?
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Only when you are not alive, then you will not be tempted. Everyone of us go through temptation.
Who is the source of all temptations?
The moment someone tells you not to touch, you will be tempted to touch. Examine our lives.
The person tempting us is ourselves. How do you tempt yourself?
James 1:13
"When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death."
Trials and temptations are two different things.
Temptation is the one tat will continuously sabotage you to to accomplish what God wants to do in your lives.
Temptation comes from within. Trials comes from external pressure.
How you respond to your "trials" situation determine how u are going to grow in the Lord.
When we face temptation we usually want to find a way of temptations. But sometimes we do not want to find a way out, because it might look good, feel good.
The devil wants to come and steal, kill and destroy.
Falling prey to temptation involves a series of steps:
When you look, you assess and see is fine.. But only when you start desiring.
Temptation is internal pressure.
We must stop doing the blaming game.
If you do not identify with it, you cannot deal with it.
1. Do not go near temptation
2. Flee from it
Who is the source of triumph; God
How do u trust God totally? What is that we must do right before can open the floodgates of Heaven?
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Only when you are not alive, then you will not be tempted. Everyone of us go through temptation.
Who is the source of all temptations?
The moment someone tells you not to touch, you will be tempted to touch. Examine our lives.
The person tempting us is ourselves. How do you tempt yourself?
James 1:13
"When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death."
Trials and temptations are two different things.
Temptation is the one tat will continuously sabotage you to to accomplish what God wants to do in your lives.
Temptation comes from within. Trials comes from external pressure.
How you respond to your "trials" situation determine how u are going to grow in the Lord.
When we face temptation we usually want to find a way of temptations. But sometimes we do not want to find a way out, because it might look good, feel good.
The devil wants to come and steal, kill and destroy.
Falling prey to temptation involves a series of steps:
When you look, you assess and see is fine.. But only when you start desiring.
Temptation is internal pressure.
We must stop doing the blaming game.
If you do not identify with it, you cannot deal with it.
1. Do not go near temptation
2. Flee from it
Who is the source of triumph; God
Sunday, April 20, 2008
The Parable of Talents - Pastor Sally
14"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 15To one he gave five talents[a] of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. 17So also, the one with the two talents gained two more. 18But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
19"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.'
21"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
22"The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.'
23"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
24"Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.'
26"His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
28" 'Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. 29For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 30And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Talents - Two months wages.
Today, its not talents = money. Talents = investing their lives.
We all need to look into the word of God and not opinion of people.
Why did the master assign the talents that way? The master assigned to them each according to their abilities.
We are given opportunities according to our abilities. All of us will be given oppo in our lives, we will not ahve the same equal opportunities. Its not because God loves us less, but its because of our abilities, and because if that he entrusted talents to each servant.
1) We will not have equal opportunities
2) We will not have equal abilities
3) We do not handle responsibilities equally
Jesus gave OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES & SKILL.
The servant who got one; would think why the rest got more talents and he only has one?
Many of us are not contented with ourselves; we look at ourselves and we desire to be like our "idols".
God knows each and every one of us, he knows our abilities, he believes in each and every one of us. However, our problem is we are not contented with what we are given. Why so and so is so successful , why can't I? and a lot more of such questions.
Its about time, we embrace what God has given us, with contentment and gratitude, and decide what we want to do with our talents.
The servant with the one talent is afraid of losing the talent. The rest took the responsibility, they were faithful adn they went to work their talents. We always want the easy way out - we need to work hard.
Whatever God puts in your hands, put it to work.
It is God's desire to bless you, his desire to transform you.
Jesus is holding your hands, as long as you do not let go. No matter how hard times may be, because if you are holding on to God's hand you will come out victorious.
Five talents were a few things, "few things" and then he got promoted to the "many things".
If you run away from your responsibilities, you will be delaying your promotion.
If you are the person holding on to the one talent, we are given a few thousand dollars, we become afraid that we will lose the money, we hide it as we think its their hard earned money. But when we are called "wicked and lazy servants", how would we feel?
The moral of the story is this; everyone of us has abilities but we choose to bury it.
Mostly we are lazy people... said the bible... if we hide our talents.
Sometimes we cannot see beyond ourselves that we can multiply the talent.
SIdetrack: If I am the master, and i am giving the money why am i labeled a hard man?
In verse 24: 5So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.
If you do not even know what God has placed in you, you will always be afraid and always hiding. The man with one talent, did not feel that the talent belonged to him.
The master took the talent from him and then gave it to the one with five talents.
Is this fair? There are certain principles in life, the more you apply the word of God, the more you receive, the more you use it, the more you will not lose it.
Whatever God has given you, use it. SO that you will not lose it.
The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. This makes the most difference, we procrastinate..
We need to work on our strength, and not on our weaknesses. When we work on our strength, we double up really fast, but if we work on our weaknesses, then its always so much slower, that is not our strength.
The bible says: "You must forgive him 490 times in one day! Not in a whole lifetime." - Luke 17:4
The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?"
22Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.[a]
23"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
Footnotes:
1. Matthew 18:22 Or seventy times seven
4If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."
"Oh how many times have I broken your heart, but still you forgive if only i ask."
Thank you Lord, and please forgive me for burying the talents that you gave me. and Please forgive me for wasting your talents and that i was not a good steward for the talents you entrusted me.
Please do trust me again.
Amen.
When we want to reach our to people, we need to take care of this body of ours. If God is our everything, honour him, by loving ourselves, respecting ourselves and others.
If we all are trying to change, the work becomes harder when there are some who refuse to.
So we will all work harder!!!
Just a little snap shot of us @ church!
The Parable of the Talents
19"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.'
21"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
22"The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.'
23"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
24"Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.'
26"His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
28" 'Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. 29For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 30And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Talents - Two months wages.
Today, its not talents = money. Talents = investing their lives.
We all need to look into the word of God and not opinion of people.
Why did the master assign the talents that way? The master assigned to them each according to their abilities.
We are given opportunities according to our abilities. All of us will be given oppo in our lives, we will not ahve the same equal opportunities. Its not because God loves us less, but its because of our abilities, and because if that he entrusted talents to each servant.
1) We will not have equal opportunities
2) We will not have equal abilities
3) We do not handle responsibilities equally
Jesus gave OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES & SKILL.
The servant who got one; would think why the rest got more talents and he only has one?
Many of us are not contented with ourselves; we look at ourselves and we desire to be like our "idols".
God knows each and every one of us, he knows our abilities, he believes in each and every one of us. However, our problem is we are not contented with what we are given. Why so and so is so successful , why can't I? and a lot more of such questions.
Its about time, we embrace what God has given us, with contentment and gratitude, and decide what we want to do with our talents.
The servant with the one talent is afraid of losing the talent. The rest took the responsibility, they were faithful adn they went to work their talents. We always want the easy way out - we need to work hard.
Whatever God puts in your hands, put it to work.
It is God's desire to bless you, his desire to transform you.
Jesus is holding your hands, as long as you do not let go. No matter how hard times may be, because if you are holding on to God's hand you will come out victorious.
Five talents were a few things, "few things" and then he got promoted to the "many things".
If you run away from your responsibilities, you will be delaying your promotion.
If you are the person holding on to the one talent, we are given a few thousand dollars, we become afraid that we will lose the money, we hide it as we think its their hard earned money. But when we are called "wicked and lazy servants", how would we feel?
The moral of the story is this; everyone of us has abilities but we choose to bury it.
Mostly we are lazy people... said the bible... if we hide our talents.
Sometimes we cannot see beyond ourselves that we can multiply the talent.
SIdetrack: If I am the master, and i am giving the money why am i labeled a hard man?
In verse 24: 5So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.
If you do not even know what God has placed in you, you will always be afraid and always hiding. The man with one talent, did not feel that the talent belonged to him.
The master took the talent from him and then gave it to the one with five talents.
Is this fair? There are certain principles in life, the more you apply the word of God, the more you receive, the more you use it, the more you will not lose it.
Whatever God has given you, use it. SO that you will not lose it.
The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. This makes the most difference, we procrastinate..
We need to work on our strength, and not on our weaknesses. When we work on our strength, we double up really fast, but if we work on our weaknesses, then its always so much slower, that is not our strength.
The bible says: "You must forgive him 490 times in one day! Not in a whole lifetime." - Luke 17:4
The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?"
22Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.[a]
23"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
Footnotes:
1. Matthew 18:22 Or seventy times seven
4If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."
"Oh how many times have I broken your heart, but still you forgive if only i ask."
Thank you Lord, and please forgive me for burying the talents that you gave me. and Please forgive me for wasting your talents and that i was not a good steward for the talents you entrusted me.
Please do trust me again.
Amen.
When we want to reach our to people, we need to take care of this body of ours. If God is our everything, honour him, by loving ourselves, respecting ourselves and others.
If we all are trying to change, the work becomes harder when there are some who refuse to.
So we will all work harder!!!
Just a little snap shot of us @ church!
The Parable of the Talents
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Enthusiasm in the Lord Part Two
1 Timothy 6:12 "Fight the good fight of the faith."
The fuel that was placed inside of us is the blood of the lamb. It was paid at a high price. The devil came to rob us of the joy.
Once he steals your joy, you will lose enthusiasm, lose your joy, lose your confidence and you will lose the power of faith.
The Lord wants to restore you one notch more; higher.
We are our own enemy; our mind is our obstacle to what God is calling us to. "Put on the mind of Christ"
Dun get tired of running the race, and of fighting the good fight. We are fighting the fight that cannot be lost. Its a fixed match. There's no way we can lose.
Unless, you willingly lose, unless you got bribed to lose.
CHANGE. We need to change our mindset.
In Habakkuk 3:17-18, He is experiencing failure, lack, no fruits, no blessing, he thought of quitting. YET i will rejoice, no matter how far away, no matter what I am experiencing. When you purpose yourself to be enthusiastic, to God's purposes.
Habakkuk chapter 3
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
Nehemiah 8:10 "The joy of the Lord is my strength"
We all have problems, who does not have problems.
All the problems in the world is more or less similar; money, relationship, family.
It takes conscious effort to rejoice in the Lord. Many times we don't feel like worshiping the Lord.
Many of us are overwhelmed by many things.
PURPOSE in LIFE: God wants to deal with disappointments today.
We get disappointed even with God, we do not understand how God moves. God wants to release that emotional part of our lives.
Disappointment in life. The key this morning: YET!
When we are in love, love makes you do crazy things. Fall in love with God.
A lot of us do not want to be noticed, how can we make disciples then?
Habakkuk 3
19 The Sovereign LORD is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to go on the heights.
For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
The result of your enthusiasm is that God becomes your strength.
We are always giving excuses for ourselves. Find out what is the root of your excuse? Then remember that these are excuses.
BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT YOUR LIFE.
God does not want us to remain where we are.
Nehemiah 8: 3 He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
They read the word for half a day and they do it for seven days. In life, modern day, we all have our own preconceptions, principles in life. If you want to prosper in God. Let us go back to the basics; the word of God. The principles of God will never fail in your life.
We need to understand the word of the Lord. Being Enthusiastic is good, but we need to have the knowledge too. Enthusiasm without knowledge resulted in a mishap e.g. When David brought in the ark of the tabernacle.
We need to have focused enthusiasm.
In our lives we need to apply the word of God but how can we apply it if we do not know the word?
Nehemiah 8:8 They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear [a] and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was being read.
10 Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
Change can be revolutionary (completely new) or evolutionary (slowly changing). A lot of our lives needs to be slowly changed.
1) To get enthusiasm, we must first understand the value of enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is something we all need. A lot of us are waiting; for someone to come and excite you, to push is, for life to change. But all we do is wait.
"Farmer was resting, he was a lazy farmer, suddenly a rabbit ran across hit a stone and had a heart attack and died. He thought to himself, wow if everyday a rabbit comes and has an accident, he will have food everyday!" It never happens.
If you are sitting down and waiting for love, you will not be able to find it. You need to look for love.
Do not sit down and wait for God to do something, we must give, we must sow and then we will reap.
2) Take responsibility for your own enthusiasm. - Be excited about your own life.
Disneyland mentality: "When we go to Disneyland, and we become happy but on the way to Disneyland, we fight? Quarrel? and only when we reach there do we be happy?" Its not about the destination, its about the journey. It is our journey there that matters.
3) Excited people make other people excited. They add value to your life. If you are with boring people, you want to go home. It is contagious.
People tends to connect visual. When they do not see the enthusiasm in your face, they do not feel it.
"If you have it flaunt it, if you don't have it fake it? - Faith it!"
I must put my faith in the Lord, "act" courageous and then slowly gain the faith!
"make a joyful noise unto the Lord"
It is the Grace of God that matters.
SMILE!!!!
1) Fake it till you make it? - Eat a banana : )
Fake joy is better than genuine depression.
2)Forsake it(negative feelings) till you make it. - Dun let your emotions control you.
3) Break it (bad habits)till you make it. Procrastination - Tomorrow never comes. Forgetfulness. (give away the book of excuses)
4) Stake it till you make it. Claim it, declare it. Be enthusiastic about it, study about it to know how to make it work. iTs never easy.
5) Take it till you make it. Endurance.
Lets run the race. Fight the good fight.
"youth olympics" - you got to keep training. do the due diligence. Do not be only the claiming christians. Be the declaring and then the working christians.
ENTHUSIASM with WISDOM
The fuel that was placed inside of us is the blood of the lamb. It was paid at a high price. The devil came to rob us of the joy.
Once he steals your joy, you will lose enthusiasm, lose your joy, lose your confidence and you will lose the power of faith.
The Lord wants to restore you one notch more; higher.
We are our own enemy; our mind is our obstacle to what God is calling us to. "Put on the mind of Christ"
Dun get tired of running the race, and of fighting the good fight. We are fighting the fight that cannot be lost. Its a fixed match. There's no way we can lose.
Unless, you willingly lose, unless you got bribed to lose.
CHANGE. We need to change our mindset.
In Habakkuk 3:17-18, He is experiencing failure, lack, no fruits, no blessing, he thought of quitting. YET i will rejoice, no matter how far away, no matter what I am experiencing. When you purpose yourself to be enthusiastic, to God's purposes.
Habakkuk chapter 3
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
Nehemiah 8:10 "The joy of the Lord is my strength"
We all have problems, who does not have problems.
All the problems in the world is more or less similar; money, relationship, family.
It takes conscious effort to rejoice in the Lord. Many times we don't feel like worshiping the Lord.
Many of us are overwhelmed by many things.
PURPOSE in LIFE: God wants to deal with disappointments today.
We get disappointed even with God, we do not understand how God moves. God wants to release that emotional part of our lives.
Disappointment in life. The key this morning: YET!
When we are in love, love makes you do crazy things. Fall in love with God.
A lot of us do not want to be noticed, how can we make disciples then?
Habakkuk 3
19 The Sovereign LORD is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to go on the heights.
For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
The result of your enthusiasm is that God becomes your strength.
We are always giving excuses for ourselves. Find out what is the root of your excuse? Then remember that these are excuses.
BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT YOUR LIFE.
God does not want us to remain where we are.
Nehemiah 8: 3 He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
They read the word for half a day and they do it for seven days. In life, modern day, we all have our own preconceptions, principles in life. If you want to prosper in God. Let us go back to the basics; the word of God. The principles of God will never fail in your life.
We need to understand the word of the Lord. Being Enthusiastic is good, but we need to have the knowledge too. Enthusiasm without knowledge resulted in a mishap e.g. When David brought in the ark of the tabernacle.
We need to have focused enthusiasm.
In our lives we need to apply the word of God but how can we apply it if we do not know the word?
Nehemiah 8:8 They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear [a] and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was being read.
10 Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
Change can be revolutionary (completely new) or evolutionary (slowly changing). A lot of our lives needs to be slowly changed.
1) To get enthusiasm, we must first understand the value of enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is something we all need. A lot of us are waiting; for someone to come and excite you, to push is, for life to change. But all we do is wait.
"Farmer was resting, he was a lazy farmer, suddenly a rabbit ran across hit a stone and had a heart attack and died. He thought to himself, wow if everyday a rabbit comes and has an accident, he will have food everyday!" It never happens.
If you are sitting down and waiting for love, you will not be able to find it. You need to look for love.
Do not sit down and wait for God to do something, we must give, we must sow and then we will reap.
2) Take responsibility for your own enthusiasm. - Be excited about your own life.
Disneyland mentality: "When we go to Disneyland, and we become happy but on the way to Disneyland, we fight? Quarrel? and only when we reach there do we be happy?" Its not about the destination, its about the journey. It is our journey there that matters.
3) Excited people make other people excited. They add value to your life. If you are with boring people, you want to go home. It is contagious.
People tends to connect visual. When they do not see the enthusiasm in your face, they do not feel it.
"If you have it flaunt it, if you don't have it fake it? - Faith it!"
I must put my faith in the Lord, "act" courageous and then slowly gain the faith!
"make a joyful noise unto the Lord"
It is the Grace of God that matters.
SMILE!!!!
1) Fake it till you make it? - Eat a banana : )
Fake joy is better than genuine depression.
2)Forsake it(negative feelings) till you make it. - Dun let your emotions control you.
3) Break it (bad habits)till you make it. Procrastination - Tomorrow never comes. Forgetfulness. (give away the book of excuses)
4) Stake it till you make it. Claim it, declare it. Be enthusiastic about it, study about it to know how to make it work. iTs never easy.
5) Take it till you make it. Endurance.
Lets run the race. Fight the good fight.
"youth olympics" - you got to keep training. do the due diligence. Do not be only the claiming christians. Be the declaring and then the working christians.
ENTHUSIASM with WISDOM
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Enthusiasm in the Lord
God can take care of you even if you have no money in your wallet.
1) How many of you feel excited about your life?
Not really...
2) How many of you are excited about your life?
Hmm...
Enthusiasm and excitement is a matter of choice that you make.
Are you excited about God?
It is a choice to be excited about God.
Its easy to be excited about something, but its never easy to stay excited.
Its very easy to buy a car, but to maintain a car its difficult.
Sometimes in our lives, we put emotional brakes up; thats why the enthusiasm cannot come out.
Emotional brakes stop you from being excited:
1) Childhood suppression - Children are rivers of joy, excited and bubbly. But as parents, they might always suppress the children; to be quiet. After a while, children think that being quiet is a normal thing to do, they lose their creativity or the ability to be themselves.
2) Adult Peer Pressure - Remain poised and sophisticated till we become cold. People who are not confident in themselves, people who have no confidence, insecure will never let your true
God can take care of you even if you have no money in your wallet.
1) How many of you feel excited about your life?
Not really...
2) How many of you are excited about your life?
Hmm...
Enthusiasm and excitement is a matter of choice that you make.
Are you excited about God?
It is a choice to be excited about God.
Its easy to be excited about something, but its never easy to stay excited.
Its very easy to buy a car, but to maintain a car its difficult.
Sometimes in our lives, we put emotional brakes up; thats why the enthusiasm cannot come out.
Emotional brakes stop you from being excited:
1) Childhood suppression - Children are rivers of joy, excited and bubbly. But as parents, they might always suppress the children; to be quiet. After a while, children think that being quiet is a normal thing to do, they lose their creativity or the ability to be themselves.
2) Adult Peer Pressure - Remain poised and sophisticated till we become cold. People who are not confident in themselves, people who have no confidence, insecure will never let your true self come out. We need to let that person that God wants you to be not to be locked inside.
Let's take the word of God and make it practical.
We need to make a conscious effort to remove the emotional brakes.
Whatever is good, keep on working at it.
Tune in next week to know the 11 ways to build the enthusiasm back into our life.
Amen.
-Pastor Frankie-
.;- self come out. We need to let that person that God wants you to be not to be locked inside.
Let's take the word of God and make it practical.
We need to make a conscious effort to remove the emotional brakes.
Whatever is good, keep on working at it.
Tune in next week to know the 11 ways to build the enthusiasm back into our life.
Amen.
-Pastor Frankie-
1) How many of you feel excited about your life?
Not really...
2) How many of you are excited about your life?
Hmm...
Enthusiasm and excitement is a matter of choice that you make.
Are you excited about God?
It is a choice to be excited about God.
Its easy to be excited about something, but its never easy to stay excited.
Its very easy to buy a car, but to maintain a car its difficult.
Sometimes in our lives, we put emotional brakes up; thats why the enthusiasm cannot come out.
Emotional brakes stop you from being excited:
1) Childhood suppression - Children are rivers of joy, excited and bubbly. But as parents, they might always suppress the children; to be quiet. After a while, children think that being quiet is a normal thing to do, they lose their creativity or the ability to be themselves.
2) Adult Peer Pressure - Remain poised and sophisticated till we become cold. People who are not confident in themselves, people who have no confidence, insecure will never let your true
God can take care of you even if you have no money in your wallet.
1) How many of you feel excited about your life?
Not really...
2) How many of you are excited about your life?
Hmm...
Enthusiasm and excitement is a matter of choice that you make.
Are you excited about God?
It is a choice to be excited about God.
Its easy to be excited about something, but its never easy to stay excited.
Its very easy to buy a car, but to maintain a car its difficult.
Sometimes in our lives, we put emotional brakes up; thats why the enthusiasm cannot come out.
Emotional brakes stop you from being excited:
1) Childhood suppression - Children are rivers of joy, excited and bubbly. But as parents, they might always suppress the children; to be quiet. After a while, children think that being quiet is a normal thing to do, they lose their creativity or the ability to be themselves.
2) Adult Peer Pressure - Remain poised and sophisticated till we become cold. People who are not confident in themselves, people who have no confidence, insecure will never let your true self come out. We need to let that person that God wants you to be not to be locked inside.
Let's take the word of God and make it practical.
We need to make a conscious effort to remove the emotional brakes.
Whatever is good, keep on working at it.
Tune in next week to know the 11 ways to build the enthusiasm back into our life.
Amen.
-Pastor Frankie-
.;- self come out. We need to let that person that God wants you to be not to be locked inside.
Let's take the word of God and make it practical.
We need to make a conscious effort to remove the emotional brakes.
Whatever is good, keep on working at it.
Tune in next week to know the 11 ways to build the enthusiasm back into our life.
Amen.
-Pastor Frankie-
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Your Confidence in God
Influence
God is telling us; we can be an influence and change people's life. But before that we ourselves must change. We must change our mindset when we get born again. We need to put on the mind of Christ.
God is teaching us to be positive influence. Change must come from the heart. When you speak people will hear the change.
Passion
When we have passion, we have excellence.
Compassion
Compassion will compel you. We need to have commitment. God will never fail you, even if you fail God, God will still be committed to you!
He picks you up from the miry depths, no matter how many times you fall.
When we walk with God, there is always someone looking after me.
God wants all of us to become leaders, to be the head and not the tail. Assume your leadership qualities.
Where there is influence, you will see Change. The world will be a better place, one star fish at a time..
Because of that one Man who stood up that we can stand here today, saved.
Team work and Working the team. - Team but no work; nothing gets done. But if you get work and no team, it will never work.
CONFIDENCE
Confidence in God, not confidence in what I can do and my skill or in man. When I put my confidence in God, things start to happen. At times, we go through a roller coaster ride with confidence. How can we get confidence?
Hebrews 10:35 "So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded."
Why do we not share the salvation? We lack confidence.
(I felt that; when I wanted to pray for my aunty during her time of need)
God wants us to be confident in Him.
1. We can lose our Confidence
2. Our confidence carries a great reward - we need to build on that confidence.
Confidence in not boldness. Its inside of you.
Why do we need Confidence?
1) Confidence will produce stability in every area of your life and your situations.
Hotdog seller; an illiterate man. Business was good, and he ordered a truckload more of hotdogs and buns. However, his son; who is a college graduate told him that there is a recession coming along and people will stop eating out. So he reduced his orders and decided not to invest so much is his business.
As the days passed, the business needed more of the resources but he refused to order as his son continued sharing with him about what's in the news, of the bad news of recession.
Slowly, his business failed.
There are people who boost your confidence, and there are people who steals and robs you of your confidence. Discern who you mix with.
Confidence = contented with self
Philippians 4:11/13
"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13I can do everything through him who gives me strength."
2) Confidence stretches you.
A rubberband is useless if it does not stretch. A rubberband that is kept for a long time, ts difficult to stretch or it might break. When you have been stretched often, its easier. We can be used of the Lord.
People who are insecure do not want to be stretched. People with insecurity will not want to build people up, because they themselves are not sure themselves.
Paul in his writings uses "confidence" 6 times referring to Christ, 6 times "self" and 6 times in "other people". We need a balance, we need confidence in God, self and people. We are made to be conquerors.
How to become Confident?
1) Establish your worth in God; know that you are valuable in God's eye.
Know that God made you unique and there is no other like you.
Know that God believes in you.
2) Focus on God and not on your problems
Psalms 27: 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evil men advance against me
to devour my flesh, [a]
when my enemies and my foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then will I be confide
We no longer fear because we have confidence.
Confidence comes not because of the lack of problems. Problems will exist all the way. There will always be problems. But when confidence comes when we see all this problems but yet we see God, we see the unlimited resource, the ability that God has given us, God's people.
3) Develop friendships with people that are confident.
Proverbs 14:26 "He who fears the LORD has a secure fortress (Confidence), and for his children it will be a refuge."
4) Make a victory list of what happened in the past.
Samson and David. Both have similarities, both anointed and both called to be leaders, both fighting common enemies.
Difference:
Samson wanted to please himself. David wanted to please God.
Samson depended on his own strength. David depended on the strength of the Lord.
Samson fought without God. David inquires of the Lord; "should i pursue"
Samson ended his leadership role and his life. David began his leadership role in his life.
It might make you proud too, if you write a victory list, so be careful.
David made a victory list: He killed a bear, a lion and now I can defeat Goliath.
God has done many things for us that we can be confident in Him.
Be confident that God has used you.
To increase your confidence:
VIP: Stop comparing with others!
Stop comparing your worth with others, we are all worth the same thing with God.
One day a Lady was walking, feeling insecure and rejected because she is poor. And while she was walking, God said "Look" and she saw a 50cents coin on the floor. The coin is dirty, looks like its been the sewers and been through many things in life, the coin may look dirty, the coin is still worth 50cents, it will not be degraded.
If you want to be special, specialize in something that you are good at until you are special.
When a person goes through a lot of failures, the confidence level falls.
When you have confidence in God, in other people, in self plus skill, it will give you momentum, its a powerful force.
There is a train in New York City when stationary, with just a small one inch block, the train cannot move. However, when its a full speed ahead, it can crash into a 5 foot steel concrete wall.
The devil wants to rob us of the confidence in God.
Let us regain the confidence in God.
23rd of March 2008; Easter Sunday.
-Pastor Frankie
God is telling us; we can be an influence and change people's life. But before that we ourselves must change. We must change our mindset when we get born again. We need to put on the mind of Christ.
God is teaching us to be positive influence. Change must come from the heart. When you speak people will hear the change.
Passion
When we have passion, we have excellence.
Compassion
Compassion will compel you. We need to have commitment. God will never fail you, even if you fail God, God will still be committed to you!
He picks you up from the miry depths, no matter how many times you fall.
When we walk with God, there is always someone looking after me.
God wants all of us to become leaders, to be the head and not the tail. Assume your leadership qualities.
Where there is influence, you will see Change. The world will be a better place, one star fish at a time..
Because of that one Man who stood up that we can stand here today, saved.
Team work and Working the team. - Team but no work; nothing gets done. But if you get work and no team, it will never work.
CONFIDENCE
Confidence in God, not confidence in what I can do and my skill or in man. When I put my confidence in God, things start to happen. At times, we go through a roller coaster ride with confidence. How can we get confidence?
Hebrews 10:35 "So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded."
Why do we not share the salvation? We lack confidence.
(I felt that; when I wanted to pray for my aunty during her time of need)
God wants us to be confident in Him.
1. We can lose our Confidence
2. Our confidence carries a great reward - we need to build on that confidence.
Confidence in not boldness. Its inside of you.
Why do we need Confidence?
1) Confidence will produce stability in every area of your life and your situations.
Hotdog seller; an illiterate man. Business was good, and he ordered a truckload more of hotdogs and buns. However, his son; who is a college graduate told him that there is a recession coming along and people will stop eating out. So he reduced his orders and decided not to invest so much is his business.
As the days passed, the business needed more of the resources but he refused to order as his son continued sharing with him about what's in the news, of the bad news of recession.
Slowly, his business failed.
There are people who boost your confidence, and there are people who steals and robs you of your confidence. Discern who you mix with.
Confidence = contented with self
Philippians 4:11/13
"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13I can do everything through him who gives me strength."
2) Confidence stretches you.
A rubberband is useless if it does not stretch. A rubberband that is kept for a long time, ts difficult to stretch or it might break. When you have been stretched often, its easier. We can be used of the Lord.
People who are insecure do not want to be stretched. People with insecurity will not want to build people up, because they themselves are not sure themselves.
Paul in his writings uses "confidence" 6 times referring to Christ, 6 times "self" and 6 times in "other people". We need a balance, we need confidence in God, self and people. We are made to be conquerors.
How to become Confident?
1) Establish your worth in God; know that you are valuable in God's eye.
Know that God made you unique and there is no other like you.
Know that God believes in you.
2) Focus on God and not on your problems
Psalms 27: 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evil men advance against me
to devour my flesh, [a]
when my enemies and my foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then will I be confide
We no longer fear because we have confidence.
Confidence comes not because of the lack of problems. Problems will exist all the way. There will always be problems. But when confidence comes when we see all this problems but yet we see God, we see the unlimited resource, the ability that God has given us, God's people.
3) Develop friendships with people that are confident.
Proverbs 14:26 "He who fears the LORD has a secure fortress (Confidence), and for his children it will be a refuge."
4) Make a victory list of what happened in the past.
Samson and David. Both have similarities, both anointed and both called to be leaders, both fighting common enemies.
Difference:
Samson wanted to please himself. David wanted to please God.
Samson depended on his own strength. David depended on the strength of the Lord.
Samson fought without God. David inquires of the Lord; "should i pursue"
Samson ended his leadership role and his life. David began his leadership role in his life.
It might make you proud too, if you write a victory list, so be careful.
David made a victory list: He killed a bear, a lion and now I can defeat Goliath.
God has done many things for us that we can be confident in Him.
Be confident that God has used you.
To increase your confidence:
VIP: Stop comparing with others!
Stop comparing your worth with others, we are all worth the same thing with God.
One day a Lady was walking, feeling insecure and rejected because she is poor. And while she was walking, God said "Look" and she saw a 50cents coin on the floor. The coin is dirty, looks like its been the sewers and been through many things in life, the coin may look dirty, the coin is still worth 50cents, it will not be degraded.
If you want to be special, specialize in something that you are good at until you are special.
When a person goes through a lot of failures, the confidence level falls.
When you have confidence in God, in other people, in self plus skill, it will give you momentum, its a powerful force.
There is a train in New York City when stationary, with just a small one inch block, the train cannot move. However, when its a full speed ahead, it can crash into a 5 foot steel concrete wall.
The devil wants to rob us of the confidence in God.
Let us regain the confidence in God.
23rd of March 2008; Easter Sunday.
-Pastor Frankie
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