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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Are we all in a ministry?
Good.
Now we have to understand the difference of being in a ministry and serving God.

But ultimately, we must link the two together.

God has given us various talents for us to use and serve in His ministry. Some of us are good in singing, good in computers, good in managing kids, good in admin, good in logistics, and so many more. However, having a talent does not constitute serving in a ministry, or that is your calling. A ministry is a place that we can serve in, according to our talents. That’s why we should be in a ministry where we can better utilize our talents.

1 Cor 12:5, 7

God wants us to build up His spiritual household, His church. We are the vessels He uses to do that. That’s why we should and must commit to the church whatever our duties are.

Why must we serve?

Because we are created for it.
Eph 2:10

Because we’re saved to do so.
2 Tim 1:9

Because we have been called.
2 Tim 1:9

Because we have been authorized for service.
2 Cor 5:20

We are commanded to serve.
Matthew 20:28

You see God gave us the ability, the time, the strength, the tools necessary to serve in a ministry, all in the effort that we shall praise Him and reciprocate our talents for the betterment of His kingdom and cause!

Therefore, I encourage you to either take up a ministry, or even better yourself. But the most important part of this whole sharing is simple. Never treat your ministry as something to hold you back, or something that you find that there are better things to do. And there can never be a time when you find that you have done everything there is to do in your ministry. Therefore treat this sharing as an encouragement that you are doing something that God looks fondly upon, so do it with gusto and pride!

Posted by exquisite me, @ 7:40 AM

Sharing 170709

Are we forever His?

Write your deepest darkest secret, that nobody ever knew regarding you, that you’ve been trying to hide for the past years.

But all these things that I once thought very worthwhile – now I’ve thrown them all away so that I can put my trust and hope in Christ alone. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have put aside all else, counting it worth less than nothing, in order that I can have Christ, and become one with Him, no longer counting on being saved by being good enough or by obeying God’s laws, but by trusting Christ to save me; for God’s way of making us right with Himself depends on faith – counting on Christ alone.
Now I have given up everything else – I have found it to be the only way to really know Christ and to experience the mighty power that brought him back to life again, and to find out what it means to suffer and to die with Him. So, whatever it takes, I will be the one who lives in the fresh newness of life of those who are alive from the dead. I don’t mean to say that I’m perfect. I haven’t learned all I should even yet, but I keep working toward the day when I will finally be all that Christ saved me for and wants me to be. Philippians 3:7-12

1. This verse talks to us regarding the sacrifices of Paul when he gave it all for Christ, and its very powerful, it’s a declaration to serve Him in everything we do.

- Can someone tell me some of Paul’s sacrifices?
i. Money
ii. Popularity
iii. Freedom
iv. Pride
v. And so many more..

But why did he do it? As verse 7 says, all the things that I once thought worthwhile, now I throw them all away. That’s the price we have to pay to serve our Lord. What he means is this: God can give us everything we ever wished for, he can! But what if one day he decides to take it back? God can bless, God can also take away. The problem is, will you relinquish that thing?

Are you willing to let go?

One issue that we MUST let go no matter what is our pride. Our pride is very important to many of us, but we have to learn how to let that go and offer it to God, because without pride, we can worship the Lord our God with no boundaries. You see in the church nowadays, people worship in their comfort zones, with their friends, nice lights, good music, so they just snuggled up and prevent God from entering in. Therefore what we see are half hearted worship which, as a member of MM, bothers me a fair bit. How can we worship God to the fullest extent when we do not give Him our best? Not to hurt anyone’s feelings or anything, but sometimes I cannot believe those people who said that they were touched by God but do not show any measure of like being touched, like crying, or weak, sometimes even pale faces, you can be really silent too. To me, to be touched by God is like a bolt of lightning. Very fast very strong, and you cannot control.

To witness the full power of God in our lives, we must let go of our pride. As what Paul says in verse 9, Now I have given up everything else – I have found it to be the only way to really know Christ.

2. verse 12, we must fulfill whatever God has called us to do.
- To do this, we must continually seek God to teach us in our calling.
- Ask around, what is their calling, not ministry, but calling. Evangelism, Mentoring, Counselling, Service, Pastoring, Worship
- Once we know each others, we must help each other and unite to bring everyone up together.
- Pray for each and everyone

Posted by exquisite me, @ 7:40 AM

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

hey guys! the 2nd half of the year is upon us, and we have to think about what are we going to do regarding the youth anniv!

currently we are scheduled to do guitar hero, but if that one takes a bigger stage, and maybe we'll be doing polaroid photos! so it all depends. :D

i'll leave you all with ps aaron's WWN for this week. This was from Stretch camp when he shared this to many of the young ones, and i think it holds much truths for us too. Please tell me whether you want parts 2 and 3 too, cause i think not many online traffic coming here.. haha





FROM DIAKONOS TO DOULOS (Part 1 of 3)

For the next three weeks, I would like to share with us about servant-hood using three broad points. They are:

* Your decision to serve will position you before your destiny.
* Your serving will launch you into your destiny.
* Your attitude in serving will keep you walking in your destiny.



I hope you will be blessed as you read them.

MAIN TEXT: Matt 20:26-28

1. YOU DECISION TO SERVE WILL POSITION YOU BEFORE YOUR DESTINY



“And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ…”

Eph 4:11, 12 (NKJV)

In v12: Jesus wants His followers to be trained in skilled servant work. Jesus wants every Christian to be a minister. What is “ministry”? It comes from the Greek word diakonos which is “to serve.” Therefore, “ministry” is simply “serving.” Ministry is using whatever God has given me to serve Him and the needs of others.

God has put in us talents and gifts so that we can use them to serve.

“Each of you has been blessed with one of God's many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So use your gift well.”

1. Pe 4:10 (CEV)



So, there is no excuse for us not serving. God has put something in our life for us to use to serve and He has prepared a place for us to serve. Therefore, we must make a decision to want to start serving!

2. YOUR SERVING WILL LAUNCH YOU INTO YOUR DESTINY



In Gen 24, we have the story of Rebekah and Abraham’s servant Eliezer. Abraham was sending out his chief servant Eliezer (Gen 15:2) to look for a bride for his son Isaac. Eliezer did not go around looking for a successful lady in the society, or someone who is well educated and intelligent. Eliezer simply prayed to God to give him a girl who could serve (v14).

After he has journeyed for a whole day, he was thirsty. He came to a well and many women were there and there was one girl that stood out and her name was Rebekah. Rebekah really works hard! She serves not only Eliezer, a total stranger, she went the extra mile to serve and feed his camels!

As Rebekah serves Eliezer, she qualifies herself to be Isaac’s wife (v14) and she became part of the lineage that 42 generations later brought forth Jesus Christ. Her one act of serving brought her into her destiny.

Serving in the New Testament is many times a verb. It is action. And it is not a passive type of serving but an active type of serving. It must be continuous.

Our act of serving will launch us into our destiny! If you want to discover the purpose God has for you, start serving. Start getting involved in a ministry. If we want to walk in the destiny that God has prepare for us, then serving must be part of our lifestyle.

In fact, it was Jesus who said this…that if you want to be great, then you must serve. Turn with me to Matt 20:26.

“Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to be become great among you must be your servant…”

Matt 20:26 (NIV)

Posted by exquisite me, @ 9:42 AM

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