Monday, March 31, 2008

C3LL GR0UP!!







































上星期五,28/3 开始了第一次的小组。虽然人数不多(四人而已),但在小组中学习到很多东西。这次小组的内容大多数是分享和代祷。感谢主让我们有机会一起来敬拜和赞美祂!

Sunday, March 30, 2008

The News~


Saturday, March 29, 2008

喜乐泉源

「似乎忧愁,却是常常快乐的;似乎贫穷,却是叫许多人富足的;似乎一无所有,却是样样都有的。」(哥林多后书6章10节)

17世纪德国有位牧师,名叫葛哈特。他比谁都更有理由不快乐。他的一生,爱妻身亡、四个子女丧命;经过三十年战争蹂躏的德国,处处满目疮痍;教会冲突、政治干预,让他一生都厄运连连。然而在这百般苦难之中,他却写出了130多首诗歌,而大部份的主题竟然是喜乐,以及对耶稣基督的热爱。其中一首「圣灵为我喜乐泉源」,诗中有段歌词是这么说的:真神之爱,浩瀚无边;化作春雨,降临人间;何等宝贝,滋润心田;超乎想像,最大恩典;听我心曲,由衷恳求;艰难之中,释我心怀;来到圣所,全然安息;圣灵为我,喜乐泉源。既然圣灵将上帝丰富的爱浇灌在我们心里(罗马书5章5节) ,那我们在任何景况下,岂不是都能体会上帝所赐的喜乐吗?在极度的困苦之中,使徒保罗这样描述自己的体会:「似乎忧愁,却是常常快乐的;似乎贫穷,却是叫许多人富足的;似乎一无所有,却是样样都有的」(哥林多后书6章10节) 。痛苦和忧伤都是人生不可避免的。然而圣灵是我们喜乐的泉源,他会带来「何等宝贝,滋润心田,超乎想像,最大恩典」。

快乐靠人;喜乐靠神。

100个感谢


100个感谢

一、创造天地
1.感谢神创造天地,宇宙何其美丽奇妙,有无穷的奥秘。
2.感谢神创造海洋,巨浪拍天是颂扬你的伟大;平静安憩是体现你的温柔。
3.感谢神创造日月星辰,各司其职,各行其分,各循其道,各尽其职。
4.感谢神创造大地,在它上面万物生长。
5.感谢神创造空气,虽然肉眼看不见,但无所不在,不可缺少。
6.感谢神创造白昼黑夜,醒有时,睡有时,张弛有度。
7.感谢神创造飞鸟,让人类有了飞翔的盼望。
8.感谢神创造各样活物昆虫,受人差遣,听人管理,预备人肉身一切所需。
9.感谢神创造人类,完美的身体,美好的智慧。
10.感谢神创造配偶,相扶相助,一同得敬虔的后裔。


二、神的属性
11.感谢神的饶恕,人类的本性是背叛,而主预备的是救恩。
12.感谢神的圣洁,没有主的圣洁,人类以恶为善,以非为是,以丑为美。
13.感谢神的公义,没有主的公义,恶人当道,义人含冤。
14.感谢神的良善,人类有了正直善良的榜样。
15.感谢神的美丽,神是一切美好的标准。
16.感谢神的怜悯,怜惜人的软弱无能。
17.感谢神的信实,神的话语是永不改变的依靠。
18.感谢神的忍耐,救恩的福音在伟大的忍耐中加紧传扬。
19.感谢神的恩慈,无尽关怀,无限慈爱。
20.感谢神的同情,不因人的软弱而发怒。


三、圣经
21.感谢神的圣经,让我们知道天地万物的创造主是耶和华神。
22.感谢神的圣经,让我们知道人类的悖逆和堕落。
23.感谢神的圣经,让我们知道神公义审判和救恩的早已预备。
24.感谢神的圣经,让我们知道神的子民颠沛流离之时,神信实地带领他们进入应许之地。
25.感谢神的圣经,让我们知道神的子民一次次的背叛,神忍耐地差遣先知一次次的呼唤。
26.感谢神的圣经,让我们知道罪恶终于招致亡国的代价,但神应许了弥赛亚。
27.感谢神的圣经,让我们知道耶稣基督道成肉身,拯救自己的百姓。
28.感谢神的圣经,让我们知道基督的身体——教会,仍在地上等候基督的再临。
29.感谢神的圣经,让我们知道神的百姓都应当将天国的福音广传,完成主的大使命。
30.感谢神的圣经,让我们知道基督必定再临,圣徒与主永远同在。


四、神的救恩
31.感谢神的救恩,因为人已经全然败坏,罪蔓延到人的每一部分――思维、情感和意志,罪延及到全人。
32.感谢神的救恩,神按他旨意所拣选人的人,并不是基于被选之人的德行,也不是基于他对此人接受福音的预知,完全是基于他自己的旨意,使一些人得荣耀,使一些人被定罪。
33.感谢神的救恩,基督特特地为无形的教会,为那些真正称得上是基督徒的人死。
34.感谢神的救恩,基督的福音会通过圣灵内在的恩惠的呼召,穿过我们刚硬的为罪所充满的心灵,奇妙地使我们得救,这对上帝的选民是一个极大的安慰。
35.感谢神的救恩,上帝所救赎的圣徒会一直处于上帝的保守之中,直到他们得荣耀,在天上与他同在。
36.感谢神的救恩,得救之人当存更加感恩的心,知道自己和世人一样不配。
37.感谢神的救恩,得救之人当知道救恩完全是神的恩典,救恩是最大的恩典。
38.感谢神的救恩,得救之人当感念基督是为我们而死。
39.感谢神的救恩,得救之人当感谢,救恩不会错过。
40.感谢神的救恩,得救之人当赞美,救恩不会遗失。


五、耶稣
41.感谢耶稣道成肉身、降世为人,本有神的形象,不以自己与神同等为强夺的。反倒虚己,取了奴仆的形像,成为人的样式。
42.感谢耶稣在世三年,到处奔走,引人悔改,传播天国的福音。
43.感谢耶稣拣选门徒,为教会留下传承的柱石。
44.感谢耶稣耐心教导门徒和各样人物的问题,将天国的信息明明地留在世间。
45.感谢耶稣为耶路撒冷城祷告,神对子民永不改变的爱就在此显明了。
46.感谢耶稣忍受无尽痛苦,存心顺服,以至于死,且死在十字架上,战胜了死亡的权势。
47.感谢耶稣复活升天,升为至高,成为基督徒永恒的盼望。
48.感谢耶稣差遣保惠师与圣徒同在,引人归向主。
49.感谢耶稣恒久地在父神的右边为圣徒祷告,使圣徒承受上帝的恩惠。
50.感谢耶稣必要再次荣耀降临,那时圣徒被提,与主同在,不信的受永火的刑罚。


六、教会
51.感谢神亲自为教会拣选了传承的使徒,不因彼得的软弱而放弃,不因保罗的顽梗而不用。
52.感谢神让初期教会在大逼迫中能够顽强生存,并能化整为零,将福音传到其他地区。
53.感谢神使教会赢得了崇高的地位,利用君王的手,将福音传遍罗马帝国的每一片土地。
54.感谢神为每一时期的教会预备忠心良善的仆人,与形形色色的异端异教争战,在争战中将神的话语阐述得更加明白。
55.感谢神在教会腐化堕落的时候,兴起勇敢智慧的工人,回归圣经,因信称义,宗教改革的思想影响社会的方方面面。
56.感谢神使教会在教义成熟严谨的同时,也发动信仰的大复兴,不但已得之地火热,更使他们热心于海外未得之地的传教。
57.感谢神在各个长期被异教迷信占据的国家,作感动、引导的工作,使信主人数不断加添。
58.感谢神当逼迫临到这些弱小的教会、起先少数的基督徒时,与他们同在,赐力量使他们站立得住,让他们为福音作出了美好见证。
59.感谢神作奇妙的工作,在看似沉寂的国家,掀起福音的浪潮,使教会一天天壮大。
60.感谢神在撒旦和他的仆役趁机搅乱迷惑的时候,赐予教会慎思明辨的智慧,保守教会不被异端异教之风摇动。


七、神的仆人
61.感谢神赐下忠心的仆人,为天国的福音,不畏艰险,开疆拓土。
62.感谢神赐下勇敢的仆人,为神的道拯臂疾呼,贬斥罪恶。
63.感谢神赐下智慧的仆人,研读圣经,精心教导,将神的话语讲清辨明。
64.感谢神赐下温柔的仆人,温柔地抚慰神百姓的忧伤,将神的恩典带到百姓心中。
65.感谢神赐下祷告的仆人,为神的国度、为教会、为圣徒昼夜不停,切切祷告。
66.感谢神赐下服侍的仆人,勤勉做工,尽职尽责服事教会、服事圣徒,也为了神的名,服事社会。67.感谢神赐下谦卑的仆人,效法基督,谦卑虚己,使人在他身上看到耶稣基督的样式。
68.感谢神赐下使人和睦的仆人,他就像调和的油,又像芳香的香膏,所到之处,使人和睦,使人相爱。
69.感谢神赐下受苦的仆人,不因患难而跌倒,忍耐到底,用美好的见证来荣耀神的名。
70.感谢神赐下牺牲的仆人,为了主的名,欢喜受辱,为了神的道,勇敢牺牲,作那牺牲的种子,结出百倍千倍的果子。


八、传福音
71.感谢神的宽容,主所应许的尚未成就,并不是耽延,乃是宽容,因为神不愿有一人沈沦,乃愿人人都悔改。
72.感谢神的大使命,吩咐门徒将福音传遍地极,使得外邦人也有了听闻福音的机会。
73.感谢神恩典,不断地勉励教会、勉励仆人、勉励信徒,开疆拓土,到未得之地传福音。
74.感谢神透过圣经的教导,使信徒切切地为未信的家人、朋友和所有人祷告。
75.感谢神的引领,使得在陌生国家陌生地区宣教的仆人,可以行在神的旨意中,不偏左右。
76.感谢神的保守,使身在异国异乡的宣教士能够不陷入试探,避开撒旦的网络。
77.感谢神的智慧,使得在外的宣教士能够适应不同的语言、文化、习俗,能够与服侍之地的人民和睦相处。
78.感谢神慈爱,使立志宣教的仆人有健壮的身体、过人的智慧,能有力地传播天国的福音。
79.感谢神的眷顾,使在外宣教的工人也有一个安定幸福的家庭作坚实的后盾。
80.感谢神的恩惠,使得救的人数天天加添,教会天天壮大。


九、对信徒的慈爱
81.感谢神的慈爱,医治信徒的身体疾病,将信徒从肉体的痛苦中拯救出来,赐给他们健康和尊严。82.感谢神的慈爱,医治信徒精神的疾病,将信徒从因为生活的患难、因为撒旦的攻击、因为遗传或是其他因素造成的精神疾患中拯救出来,使神的名得到荣耀。
83.感谢神的慈爱,当信徒悲伤的时候,与哀哭的人同哭,了解同情怜悯信徒的痛苦,是信徒哀伤中的安慰。
84.感谢神的慈爱,当信徒遇到危险时,是最坚定的朋友,从不抛弃,也不撇下,是信徒随时的帮助。85.感谢神的慈爱,当信徒丧失亲人之时,抚慰悲伤的心,告诉信徒,神是掌管生命的神,耶稣已经复活。
86.感谢神的慈爱,当信徒与所爱之人分离之时,是信徒永不离开的朋友,也为爱人们成全重逢的机会。
87.感谢神的慈爱,当隐秘的话语,对任何人都不知如何诉说,连对自己都不知如何表达之时,耶稣了解一切,知道信徒内心所有的需要,耶稣也照顾一切。
88.感谢神的慈爱,当信徒祷告之时,神细细地垂听,合神心意的神必成就,不合神心意的,因着爱的缘故,神没有答应,那没有答应的是多么宝贵的恩典,是对信徒最大的爱护。
89.感谢神的慈爱,当信徒快乐之时,神的心也一同喜悦,神要信徒常常喜乐,神赐给信徒的是自由和释放,是喜乐和平安。
90.感谢神的慈爱,当信徒犯罪之时,神忧伤地提醒:当远离罪恶,撒旦正在四处游走,寻找可吞吃的人。神也必保守信徒,直到见天父那一刻。


十、我的感谢
91.感谢神创造了我,虽然也曾一次次地困惑于生命的价值,但是神的创造是为了要赐下他的恩典。92.感谢神将救恩的恩典赐给我,我不比别人好,也不比别人强,但是这最大的恩典白白地临到我。93.感谢神,虽然出生在中国这样历史上异教盛行、现实中无神论掌权的国家,但是还是有听到福音的机会。
94.感谢神,让我在教会中认识了很多真心爱主的弟兄姊妹,也赐给我服事的机会,使我在教会中更加的认识福音。
95.感谢神,让我既不是很富有也不是很贫穷,很富有会骄傲,很贫穷会丧失志气。
96.感谢神赐给我健康,不生病不知道健康的宝贵,生病了才知道健康也是恩典,是神的保守。
97.感谢神在聚会的时候让我得着恩典,让教会的聚会不成为形式上的需要,而是心灵渴慕的需要。98.感谢神让我遇到许多善良可敬的人,从他们的爱主和谦卑上,看到了我自己必须改进的地方。99.感谢神使我能够看到很多好书,让我即使不能亲耳聆听到这些属灵伟人的教导,也能从他们的著作中更多地认识神。
100.感谢神让我得到爱和帮助,并且在引领我一步步明白神在我身上的旨意。

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The reason HE died

THANK YOU THANK YOU

Thank you all very much for all the good wishes you have showered on me during my birthday. 谢谢, aligato, gan xia ha mi da, "xia lia" (foochow), duo ze (cantonese), terima kasih, Thank you very much, hear from all next year again. :)

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

UMP Students' Present



A birthday cake from all UMP students to me on my birthday. So touching.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Obsessed With Grades

Dear all,

I got this article via email this morning and thought it is quite interesting for students! :) Food for thought, ppl!

Cheers,
Chris


I was a little psycho about grades in school. Maybe it's a firstborn thing. But from early grade school, I always wanted to get really good grades. I worked hard, I made sure I was on good terms with the teacher, and I usually made the honor roll. When my wife and I were going to college together, I used to drive her nuts with my concern over getting a "B."

I told you I was psycho. I know, you probably hated guys like me, but just consider it a condition and cut me some slack, OK? I'm probably not the only person in the world who has this "gotta get a good grade" thing!

I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Obsessed With Grades." It can be a good thing to be really focused on grades when it comes to school. It's definitely not a good thing when it comes to being a follower of Jesus Christ. But a lot of us like what I call measurable righteousness - a rigid standard by which I can grade myself as a Jesus-follower. And maybe more importantly, I can grade others as a Jesus-follower.

Don't get me wrong. God has clear boundaries for our lives and they‘re non-negotiable. The issue is whether or not we have a right to grade ourselves on how we're doing with Him; or whether or not we have a right to grade other people. When we do, we usually give ourselves a better grade based on some criteria by which we can come out looking good. Jesus knew some folks like that. They had a name - Pharisees. Jesus didn't have very nice things to say about them. Our word for today from the Word of God, Galatians 5, beginning with verse 1, is actually a Declaration of Independence, not from the desire to please God, but from the obsession with grading our righteousness or the righteousness of others, which almost always ends in spiritual pride for us and judgment of other people. God says, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." That slavery had been a legalistic bondage to a list of spiritual rules. John 1:17 says, "The law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." That grace removes the word "deserve" from all our dealings with God. Hell is all we can deserve.

Our relationship is based on God's grace, not our goodness. It is "not by works so no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:9) the Bible says. Which is exactly what legalistic righteousness, spiritual grades, causes. It causes boasting. In Galatians, Paul says, "You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? You...were called to be free" (Galatians 5:7, 13). Earlier he asked, "Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law or by believing...? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?" (Galatians 3:2-3). God doesn't want us grading our righteousness or the righteousness of others, as ego-satisfying as that might be. We should never have a sense of having arrived spiritually. That's why, after thirty years of an awesome Christian life, the Apostle Paul was still "pressing on to win the prize." The spirit of Jesus isn't one of proudly measuring our righteousness.


It's a spirit of humility, of always feeling in desperate need of His grace, of always being amazed that He loved me. I'm always wanting to please my Jesus, but I'm not ever thinking I'm there. I'm never in a position to judge how someone else is doing, except to help a struggling brother or sister by restoring them, or confronting them, or exhorting them under the Spirit's prodding, but always with a sense of mercy and humility - never with a sense of condescension or pride.
One of my favorite verses is Isaiah 66:2. It defines the kind of person that impresses God, and that He wants to use. Here's what it says: "To this man will I look: to him who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word."

No grades - just grace.

Touching Music Video to share

Hi, brothers and sisters...

Good day!


This was the music video Christine shared with us last Saturday night during youth gathering.


A very touching music video and it reminds us of how Great Christ's Love for us...


Hope you all benefit from it and spend some time thinking about it...


GOD Bless you~!



HAPPY B'DAY

Dear Brother & Sister!!

Today is our MYF president, Thomas' ( Brother Wei Fa) birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY &
WISH YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!!

Blessed week and God bless always :)

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Hi ! Good day ! : )‏ (from Sis Pai Shya)

DEAR Friends in Christ !

Hi ! May you have meaningful and happy days ahead !!! God is with us always .. May you are happy in the things you do ( Study / Work )

Mathew 28 : 20 Jesus said ," And surely I am with you always , to the very end of the age. "

Although we might face problems / obstacles ... .. Which sometmes we think we couldn't Overcome it .. BUT REMEMBER ! God is ALmighty , He is Omnipresence , He is omnipotent ,.. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE For Our Heavenly Father !
" When you pass through the waters , I will be with you ; and when you pass through the rivers they will not sweep over you. " ~ Isaiah 43:2
So , stay strong ! Ask God for Strength and Wisdom ! May we learn to Give thanks always .. .. To Glorify God , in anything we do , and say.
" Be joyful always ; pray continually ; give thanks in all circumstances , for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. " ~ I Thessalonians 5 : 16 - 18 **************************************************************
DEar all , kIndly pray for SIster Mei Ling , as she is leaving for Thailand today, with her mum and brother. She will be back around 25th March 2008 , Next Tuesday. Pray for her safe journey to and back from Thailand , and also for her stay at Thailand.

SARAWAK LAKSA in PAHANG!!





Tuesday, March 18, 2008

GOOD DAY ! May you have a week experiencing God !! (from Sis Pai Shya)

Dear sisters and brothers,

Hereby , I wish to share a prayer item requested from our sister -- Jacqueline How Pai Xuan, who was studying at Beijing at this moment .. She requested for us to pray for the people in Lhasa... Where there had been severe violence in Lhasa, Tibet; it s between the monks and Chinese authorities .. And it was said that many CHristians were caught too ..


So , let's pray together , although we are far apart ..
But I believe that God had UNITED our hearts
together in Prayers ... ....


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Besides that , Kindly pray for sister Jacqueline , as she is studying IN Beijing .. Meantime busy with her Thesis Proposal .. Pray that may God protects her , and bless her with Good health and Wisdom!

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Also pray for Brother FUXINg , Sister Amelia, Sister Shu wei , Sister Ker Xin , Brother Li Quan and Brother Choong Hong who study in KL. ( If you wish to sms to encourage anyone of them , pls kindly refer to MYF contact list ) , also Brother SHu Ming and Brother ANdrew who work there in Kl ..

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Not forgetting , ALL UMP Students ... Be hardworking !!! hehe .. Have confident as you prepare your assignments and studies !!! JIA YOU !!! JIA YOU !!!! WE , sisters , brothers in CHRIST will always pray for you all , and
Wish you ALL THE VERY BEST !!
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Also for sister Violet for her hectic work schedule , and also exams coming soon in June ..
May God guide her through for a balance of
Work , Study , and serving God !
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

When you're down to nothing, God is up to something.


This is beautiful! Touching...


She jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room.


She said: 'How is my little boy ? Is he going to be all right ? When can I see him ?'


The surgeon said, 'I'm sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn't make it.'


Sally said, 'Why do little children get cancer ? Doesn't God care any more ? Where were you, God, when my son needed you ?'


The surgeon asked, 'Would you like some time alone with your son ? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he's transported to the university.'


Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good bye to son. She ran her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair.


'Would you like a lock of his hair ?' the nurse asked. Sally nodded yes.


The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Sally. The mother said, 'It was Jimmy's idea to donate his body to the University for Study. He said it might help somebody else.


'I said no at first, but Jimmy said, 'Mom, I won't be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.'


She went on, 'My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could.'


Sally walked out of Children's Mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most of the last six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy's belongings on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. She carried Jimmy's belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son's room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room exactly where he had always kept them.


She laid down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to sleep. It was around midnight when Sally awoke .


Laying beside her on the bed was a folded letter. ...


The letter said :

'Dear Mom,


I know you're going to miss me; but don't think that I will ever forget you, or stop loving you, just 'cause I'm not around to say 'I Love You'. I will always love you, Mom, even more with each day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely, that's okay with me. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn't like the same things us boys do. You'll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, you know.

Don't be sad th inking about me. This really is a neat place. Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and showed me around some, but it will take a long time to see everything. The angels are so cool. I love to watch them fly.

And, you know what? Jesus doesn't look like any of his pictures. Yet, when I saw Him, I knew it was Him. Jesus himself took me to see GOD ! And guess what, Mom ? I got to sit on God's knee and talk to Him, like I was somebody important. That's when I told Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you good bye and everything. But I already knew that wasn't allowed.

Well, you know what Mom, God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter. I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who is going to drop this letter off to you.

God said for me to give you the answer to one of the questions you asked Him 'Where was He when I needed him ?' 'God said He was in the same place with me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His children.


Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what I've written except you. To everyone else this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that cool ? I have to give God His pen back now He needs it to write some more names in the Book of Life. Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper. I'm sure the food will be great.


Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. I don't hurt anymore. The cancer is all gone. I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain anymore and God couldn't stand to see me hurt so much, either. That's when He sent Th e Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery ! How about that ?






Signed with Love from God, Jesus & Me.

Thursday, March 06, 2008

GOD'S WORD-BIBLE'S HELP, COMFORT & ENCOURAGEMENT

When you are sorrow and disgraceful
Read Isaiah 40

When you facing temptation to sin
Read Psalm 139

When you are in trouble

Read Psalm 46

When you feel frustrated

Read Psalm 23, 103

When alone and cowardice

Read Psalm 27

Miss the one you loved

Read Psalm 107

When worry and sick

Read Psalm 91, Isaiah 49:15

When you're a traveler

Read Psalm 121

When you Suffer various

Read James 1: 2-4, 1 Peter 1: 6-7, 1 Peter 4: 12-14

A time of adversity

Read 2 Timothy 3

When basic needs are not met

Read Mattrew 6: 25-34, Romans 8 : 32

Friend abandoned or cheated you

Read John 13 : 18 - 29, Hebrews 4 : 14-16

Fellowship in genuine love

Read Romans 12

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

主题曲:为主来梦想

verse1

相片里 儿时的摸样

记录着 年少的时光

曾经在 你我的心中

要登上月亮 要飞越太平洋

verse2

多年后 我们都成长

告别了 青涩和迷惘

曾经在 你我的心中

编织的梦想 是否已遗忘

chorus

人生的理想 是为发光

拭去了眼泪 使我们更坚强

路依然漫长 别失去盼望

痛苦时 记得有 在你身旁

为主来梦想 为来发光

虽然有挫折 但我不用沮丧

是我力量 指引方向

我们的日子有梦想

有灿烂 的阳光

Sunday, March 02, 2008

1/3 MYF-> John maxwell,The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership #10

The Law of inner circle
  • David and the Law of the inner circle.

Read Bible:- 2samuel,

8:1-8 (David and the first war)

8:15-18 (David became the king)

10:6-14 (David and the second war)

23:8-23 (David's mighty men)

Why David relate to the law of inner circle??

a) start with one-> When the LORD delivered David from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of saul, suddenly he met Jonathon. Jonathon change David's life, and become one of the member of David's inner circle.

David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there. All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him. NIV 1samuel 22:1-2

b) from misfits to mighty men-> TTT, David train the trainer!

c) Building a kingdom

Then the spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said:

"we are yours, O David!

we are with you, O son of Jesse!

Success, success to you,

and success to those who help you,

for your God will help you."

So David recieved them and made them leaders of his raiding bands. (NIV 1Chronicles12:18)

Question: How David gather all the Wise and excellent members?

  • He started building a strong inner circle before he needed it
  • He attracted people with varied gifts
  • He engendered loyalty
  • He delegated responsibility based on ability.

Specification of Inner-Circle qualities:-

I= Influential

N=Networking

N=Nurturing

E=Empowering

R=Resourceful

C=Character-Driven

I=Intutive

R=Responsible

C=Competent

L=Loyal

E=Energetic

Teammates complete one another-not compere with one another-

"For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure" Proverbs 11:14, NIV

Joab said"If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to come to my rescue, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you." 2samuel 10:11 NIV

Who's on your list???

  1. Intercessor??
  2. Listener??
  3. Encourager??
  4. Creator??
  5. Discerner??
  6. Giver??
  7. Defender??
  8. Implementer??
  9. Celebrater??
  10. Resourcer??
  11. Thinker??
  12. Networker??
  13. Mentor??
  14. Protege??