before that, who sabo me do this?? >=/
(i know shar, ady and i think fs also gang up with them to bully me)
and i dumped the notes i wrote on that day just this morning...(someone please help me~)
but i guess it doesnt matter cause there's only 12 words that i scribbled on that piece of paper which i'm proud to say, I still remember:
1. Go Deep in God
2. Look Far in Vision
3. Ask Big in Faith
ok, i shall talk about some other stuffs first...
Pastor Serene shared with us on Mark 4:30-34, The Parable of the Mustard Seed
"30Again he said, "What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground. 32Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade."
33With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. 34He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything."
ok basically i have no idea what's a mustard seed... or how big is the tree. Ps Serene said the seed is about sesame seed size.
FYI: mustard seeds are about 1 mm in diameter and the black mustard seed in Israel will typically grow to heights of 3.7 meters
And basically she just said it's so small that if u throw it in the soil, u cant find it and u can only see it when it grows. ok i dont really see what she means here... (someone please explain?)
but basically the second part is about Jesus speaking in parables. "34He did not say anything to them without using a parable." Similarly, in our daily lives, Jesus speaks to us in parables too! "But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything." So we need to pray to God and have our quiet time Him so that God will explain to us everything and we will understand what He is trying to show us in our lives otherwise our whole lives will just be a parable that we cannot understand.
Well, she gave an example that she saw this street performance by two men from Eastern Europe, one look like Jackie Chan and the other a tall guy . They were balancing on their heads and she said that when she watched them she feels scared for them...cause it's a dangerous act. Then God impressed on her heart that what these 2 guys were doing was a humble act, it's their way of earning a living. And almost immediately she was reminded of our Senior Pastor doing the Magic of Love. It was a humble act which he did to win the pple for Christ and she felt that she was somewhat able to relate to how he felt.
So bottom line is i think, we should pray so that we understand what God wants to tell and teach us. Also, we must be sensitive to God's words and we should not ignore it... (oh is this covered during the meeting, or is this from my post encounter??)
Ok then she went into telling us about plans for year 2007. It will be the year of VICTORY!
FCBC's vision is "We will serve the nations by planting and building apostolic faith communities of disciple-makers for Jesus through the establishment of cutting-edge ministeries in gateway cities"
And the word for youthnet is "breakout". breakout as in not the breakout of pimples... but rather it's a manifestation, surpassing previous achievement!!
Also, we'll be reading 39 books of old testaments next year!
And she went further elaborating about those plans which brings me back to the 12 words i wrote on the piece of paper.
1. Go Deep in God (personal spiritual goal)
2. Look Far in Vision
eg. Presence meetings... invite the Holy Spirit during our G12 meetings.
and we're going to have like at least 6 meetings where the sisters and brothers in Christ in the same cluster would meet.
3. Ask Big in Faith
eg. Ask for open doors or open doors to China... (there'll be 2 trips. one in july 07 and the other in july 08, those can go please go)
[and one whole big chunk that i forgot]
then fs presented the ethnos emmanuel blog with some dummy proof powerpoint (please visit the blog and comment there!) btw, this name means "we serve all nations and every tribe and God with us"
and later we break into our own groups...and fs shared something the pastors said - the matrix basically it's back to the 3 points. we can apply all 3 points in our Personal, Family (biological + spiritual), Work. so it's like 3 by 3! So we should come up with our goals for year 2007 using that as a guide. oh and fs ask about what are our thoughts about what Pastor Serene shared.
Grace said plans are always exciting but somehow around March, the plans will just disappear... which actually i totally agree! i can't rmb what the others said, probably cause i cant relate to them. oops.
ok then fs said everyone should try and blog at least once a month and also post a comment to encourage because when you post online it allows people to read at their own time, so it's a good way of sharing. next she said that the nurses are a special group of people. and they should come together and reach out to a group of people (juniors/patients) . ok while the rest of us, pray for an area where we can all reach out to next year... so from today onwards to end of year, everyone pray everyday and ask God which area we'll reach out to ^_^ cause fs claims that she really dont know and that she's also desperately asking God.
ok i think this was all that happen during the meeting.
personally, i always break every single resolution i set every year... (http://sugarush90.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_sugarush90_archive.html) if u bother to visit my blog, u'll realise i broke all 30 goals. oh nevermind, 2007 will be a new year... and hopefully for the first time in my life, relying on God's strength, i'll keep to whatever goals i set. i havent really thought about what goals to set for the coming year but basically my first goal is set. it's to grow deep in God cause i think that's the foundation of everything. and i will try to pray to God every night so that He can explain to me stuffs (eg. why am i always being bullied by you guys? hehe, just kidding) ok so that i can have a closer relationship with Him :) as for the rest, i havent thought much about them...i take a long time to think.
ok i shall end with an encouragement. let's look forward to this thurs...cause we'll be at toa payoh stadium for healthy lifestyle and to grow in endurance spiritually! haha really looking forward to that!!!! :)
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