Living victoriously - Sis Wanping - 25/04/09

> Our christian walk is like a boxing match.

Are you beaten up by satan or beating up satan?

2 kinds of boxing match.

1) I box you.
Match of intimidation.

> Satan will condemn you.
- Romans 8:31 - a statement.

Satan condemns and draws you away from God.

Holy spirit convicts and draw you closer to God.

- 2 Timothy 1:7

> Confident is Christ-centered.

- Hebrews 13:6

2) I box myself in ..
Match of limitations

- Romans 8:32

- 2 Peter 1:3

Run to your coach: Jesus Christ

> God is looking for a channel for miracles.

- Romans 8:38-39
- Romans 8:37


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Even as we approach near the halfway mark of 2009, I believe that most of us are facing their Mid year exams right now.
But fret not, for God is with us.
And even in the midst of preparing for our exams, let us not forget to continue to minister to each other through prayer!

Do keep these people in prayer:

Samuel, Shannon - Starting their new phase of life in poly this coming monday, 20/4/09
Do pray for them that even as they embark on this 3 year journey, they will do it together with God, and will draw strength from God when they are tired.

Tiffany - Even as she is going to take her MYE in JC, do pray that she will be able to cope with the amount of stress and workload. It's always not easy to be in JC. So keep her in prayers too.

Mickon - As she is in the midst of thinking of ideas for the new cell group, do keep her in prayers that she will not grow weary, and she will continue to work together with God to make sure that the new cell group will work out fine.

Of course, continue praying for all of the other people. Have a nice week ahead and take care.

Powered for living - Brother Rixiang - 18/4/09

> We are dependent creatures.

> You need to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

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2 misconceptions about filling of the Holy Spirit.
1) If I am a christians, I am already filled with the spirit.

} did you allow the Holy spirit to fill you?

} It doesnt mean you are filled.

- Ephesians 5:18


2) Once you are filled with the Holy spirit, you will be filled forever.

} Are you influenced by the Holy Spirit?

} It is a choice.

- Romans 6:16
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> You need to be obedient.

- Psalms 23:4-6

> You need to continue to do what is right.


3 points to live as a victorious christian.

1) Refuse to walk in the flesh.

> Press on and do what is right.

> Recognise the root of the problem.

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Doing what is right.

i) Be grounded firmly in Christ.

- John 15:4

ii) Meditate on the word.

- Psalms 1:2-3

iii) Ask God to fill you with the spirit continously.

- Ephesians 5:8

> Spiritual coma.
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2) Crucify your flesh.

- Romans 12:1

3) Keep your eyes on the promise of God rather than the circumstances.

- Hebrews 11:1

> Do not waiver, but hold firm to the promise of God.

- Zechariah 4:6

- Mark 16:15

hello everyone!
hello cellgroup mates!
SHANNON HERE!
:)

although im just a small fry group ldr,
i just wana say that everytime when i get to share bout God with my smallgroup
or with anyone in cg, i always feel happy
:D

cos i feel that i've imparted something that i've heard from God or learnt
TO YOU GUYS!
although idk how much it does help you
or how much u recieved it& applied it
or how much it has changed ur way of thinking&things u do,
(COS U ALL NEH TELL ME! :[)
i do wana tell u all that i enjoy sharing to you guys

cos thats what God has called me to do!
&therefore as a smallgroup ldr, i will always try to give my best to you guys
helping you guys grow

&i hope someday, you guys will catch the truth/fire &do that too!
:D

thankyou all for ur presence in cell
it does encourages me!
:)

Serving



Even as we expect change, we will see more and more people that is from the cell group rising up to the occasion to serve, as guitarist, as icebreakers, as Praise and worship leaders.



We see praise and worship leaders, icebreakers doing their job, on the surface, it seems easy like ABC, but may I tell you that, it's not that easy.

(I am not scaring you by the way. Lol.)

This post is more for people who is not that clear of how will it be done, and hopefully this post will help people who are serving as first time. Don't worry, nobody is perfect, everyone will make mistakes, even when you are doing it for 1st time, or 1005th time. So are you ready? Here goes (:



Icebreakers

As the name says it, breaking the ice. Don't feel that: aiya, everyone also know each other already, Where got the need to break the ice?

My answer to you: Absolutely YES.

Some may step into the church, feeling down, tired, or even "lonely". What can help them? icebreakers. The process of "icebreaking" need not always be a game, an intro and that's it. You can even throw in ideas like an activity, or something like that. Remembered some time back, the "game" was simply writing a some encouraging notes on a card that is being passed around, and guess what? The "response" was good. So never restrict yourself, think OUT of the box.

p.s: Taboo games will never be taboo if you can change the game! (:

Praise and Worship leaders
Actually we are more of a worship "drawer", when you do Praise and Worship, you draw the cell group closer to God, through songs. Never feel that it's simply just a Praise and a Worship song, pray and that's all. Never restrict God. When you prepare for Praise and Worship, always pray. What's worship without God? It will just be the same as any other songs outside. If God speaks to you, a theme, ask for more. Ask for a verse, ask for songs. If you need help in verses, you can go to this web: www.biblegateway.com . It is a very good site. It has a lot of versions of the bible verses, and it's seriously a good website even just for yourself.

Always prepare beforehand with your guitarist, know the hand signs.
During the actually praise and worship, be SPIRIT-led. Never go religiously,
e.g: Verse 1, Pre-chorus, Chorus, Verse 2, Chorus, Bridge...
Trust God, and you will know how to go about leading the worship.


Final notes

What serving is ....
> To serve God.
> Serving with joy and not grumbling. Since you decided to help out for that week, make sure you give your best. And not complain, whine or do it half-heartedly.
> Serve, giving God glory.

What serving is not ....
> Claiming glory for yourself.
> Grumbling, wanting to let people know how much time you spent preparing.
> Whining, not giving your best just because you are emotionally led.
> Serve and wanting people to praise you.

Just a few verses to help you along in serving:

Colossians 3:23 - Whatever you do, work with it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord, Christ that you are serving.

Deuteronomy 11:13-14 - ..... to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains .....

With that being said, all the best to all who are going to serve and always remember, it's for the Lord our God that we are serving, take heart in whatever small tasks we do, for it is all for His glory.

Labels: Amen.

For your information of how it's progressing,

Rory volunteered to do icebreaker this week! (18/04)

Vanessa has volunteered to serve God in the area of P&W leading and Mic Kon will giving training before cell.

Alden and Liyuan have volunteered their services to God in the area of being a guitarist.

And there you have it :) All praise goes to God!

Let's see more people rise to the occassion alright!

Fasting and Praying

For those who haven't fast/prayed before, take note that it's not the action that counts, but your heart, your attitude.

Basically, what we doing during fasting is that we don't eat. And while we abstain from the physical needs of our body, we get more dependant on God for our spiritual needs. You can fast and pray about anything, as long as the Spirit leads.

Enough of human words, let God's word speak to you for itself. :)

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Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?

Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe him,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness will go before you,
and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
"If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger and malicious talk,

and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.

The LORD will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.

Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

"If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath
and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the LORD's holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,

then you will find your joy in the LORD,
and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land
and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob."
The mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Isaiah 58:6-14

Hello peeps.

It's gonna be an awesome journey ahead, but how good it is will all depend on how good you want it to be. We always have a choice to choose :)

Let me just tell you what is the plan for these 3 weeks: During the week in your own personal time, fast and pray for cell. And as you fast and pray, you will get new ideas. Pen down your ideas and bring them to cell!

These 3 weeks during cell, it'll be spent on planning, praying, discussing (feelings, plans, anything basically!). Would really appreciate if you all communicate (rmb e skill I taught you all, lol) to me whatever you are feeling so I know and we can fix it together.

This is gonna be real exciting because we're gonna hear amazing ideas. The whole idea of cell group is gonna change. And like I said, I welcome any crazy ideas because if it gets us closer to God, why not?

So this is the practical plan for this Saturday:

• The time before cell (1pm) will be used for icebreaker first, then praying. About anything. No need to constrain God, we'll just have an awesome time of prayer, even a little bit of praise and worship if needed.
• Go for service
• Use some time to plan/discuss/pray for the new cell group
• Masterlife
• Just a personal time of praise and worship with our Lord

I know that we said we don't like systems and schedules, but there can be spontaneous activity within systems you know! Practical things like your participation, your voicing out of opinions, your ministering to others.. Spontaneous things happen within of systems. Some systems are good, can you imagine if we got our night and day all mixed up? God created them for a purpose, so don't think that we're going back to a schedule again, spontaneous things can happen within systems.

I hope you're excited, because I sure am :D

Serving God wholeheartedly,
MK

Your body, His temple - Sis Wanping - 11/4/09

- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

> Mastering your body.

1) Your body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit.

- 2 Chronicles 7:1-2

2) Your body is bought with a price.

> Spiritual slavery

> Redeeming us from slavery.

- 1 Peter 1:18-19

- John 1:14

3) Honour God with your body.

- Romans 12:1

- 1 Corinthians 10:31

> You can either use or misuse your own body.

- Galatians 5:1, 19-21, 22-23

Consequences of living to satisfy your flesh.
a) Flesh
b) Worry
c) Fear
d) Guilt
e) Arguments
f) Addictions
g) Disobedient children
h) Rebellion at work and home
i) Sexual problems
j) Jealousy
k) Envy

> Holy spirit knows you better than yourself.

- Ephesians 4:29-31

Holy Spirit .....
> Regenerates (John 3:3-5)
> Indwells (Romans 8:11)
> Anoints (1 John 2:27)
> Baptises (Acts 2:17-41)
> Empowers (Micah 3:8)
> Sanctifies (Romans 15:16)
> Comforts (John 14:16-26)
> Gives joy (Romans 14:17)

- Psalms 139:13-16
- Galatians 2:20

Labels: Change.

Anger - Ps Daniel - 4/4/09

> Anger is neither good nor bad, it's how you deal with it.

1) Anger is a normal emotion.

- Ephesians 4:26-32

> God created us to be angry for a good intention.

> The righteous anger.

Jesus never allowed His emotions or pain to take His focus off of God and onto himself.

> Anybody can become angry, but be angry with th right person, at the right degree, at the right time, with the right purpose, in a right way, it's not in everybody.

2) Anger is a warning light built in by God.

3) Anger must be resolved.

> Anger is a healthy and not permanent emotion.

4) Unresolved anger is an open invitation for the devil.

- Proverbs 14:17

- Genesis 4:6-7

> Master over anger.

> Are you able to conquer yourself?

5) Unresolved anger is lethal when moulded into words.

6) Unresolved anger distances us from God.

3 ways to deal with anger

1) Examine yourself.

2) Stop and think.

3) Replace your anger.