23rd feb 2008

so what can i say?~
IT'S CHURCH AGAIN! WHOOSH!
today was great! really! cell grp was a success and so was the service!
shall praise Lord abt it. :D

It started with cell grp, there was really low attendance for today, but the games was terrific!
there was me, tim, giana, emeline, shi min, joveis, chee wai and varma.
first game we played was what 猫抓老鼠? the later with a balloon game, using heads and legs to make sure the balloon doesn't drop to the floor! hahas!
last game we played was the all time popular game! CLING CLING.
all 3 small groups combined and play for the first time this year!
cool heh?
today we've got a newcomer that was brought by estherlyn, the nerd, she claims it.
well, had sharing by giana about how our small grp culture should be like.
i voiced out my opinion saying that the small group should be more approaching towards newcomers, cause we ARE really very cold towards them.
Giana was serious abt what she said today, saying we should not procrastinate about what we say.
that was like a total wake up call for me.
well, after that, went for service, had long queue as usual -.-
so here goes! :

Saturday Nite Life,
Preacher : Pastor Daniel
Title : What would Jesus do?

in life, we must really be concern on WHY we do certain things
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1.) He ministered to people He encountered while going about His daily life.

2.) Jesus met people where they were at and moved them one step closer to God.

3.) Jesus prayed for God to minister through Him
- Jesus made Himself, Nothing. He regards Himself as a human, and treats everyone equally.
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So the question is this, how do we apply it in our lives?
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1.) we can minister to people we encounter while going about our daily lives.
- we should minister to our oikos ( people arnd us )
Evangelism by listening ( Just listen, don't be a smart alec )
a. ) It puts my focus on the other person instead of on me.
b. ) It builds trust with the other person. Since he or she knows i'm not just pushing the gospel but am genuinely interested in his or her situation.
c. ) It helps me learn where God is working in that person's life, so i can join him in moving that person to the next level.

2.) We can meet people, where they are and move them one step closer to God.
- we must leave an impression to non-christians so that they will remember us the next time that impression comes to them.
- Evangelism is not an event but a process.

3.) We need to pray for God to minister through us.
- sometimes christians get too overly interested in the process not the people we are sharing the gospel to, so therefore we must be more concern about the people we are bringing and not the amount of people we are bringing.
- Prayer is like a dynamite that its explosion is so powerful that when people sees it, they got shock by it, just like when prayers work on non christians, they get shock and the seed is in them as we told them, that wasn't just a miracle healing but it was God's healing. :D
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like i said, sermon rocks big time!
the praise and worship was also great too!
sang the song, second chance by hillsong united.
its in my blog :D
shall not talk abt unhappy things.
well, its church day, let's not spoil it.
since its a once per week thing, we ought to give our best every week, showing enthusiasm and also showing other's that we are serious about christ! :D
O'Lord i praise you! :D