Tuesday, September 30, 2008
*.* Building Fund Series: Why God Wants You To Prosper! *.*
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/JesusHoly Spirit. I invite Your presence to come, and may You move those who are reading these blog. Give them them the understanding of God Words. So that after receive Your Word, they not only can minister before themselves, but also to minister to others who need the Word of God in their life. And I break all the curse that stop their mind from receive the good things in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen!Jehovah mean= God================Pastor Kong @ Jurong West / Service 127 Sept 2008/ 3:30PMTestimony from Yi Lun family:
- Yi Lun father and mother take out 40% of their retirement fund to give the building fund. After they give, God blessed them 5 times more what they give, and now the fund still growing. Yi Lun grandma also receive Salvation! And they have total of 90 members, and they are like pastor starting a church with these amount of people. God of course is good and faithful, God not only bless their spiritual family, but also bless their natural family, Yi Lun now pregnant.
Galatians chapter 6 verse 77 Do not be misled: God is not one to be mocked. For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap;
- Yi Lun and Eugene give whatever they have, they give their marriage money for the building fund, and they receive more than what they give, they been blessed up to 10times what they give. They even been blessed with a car!
- Yi Lun younger brother sell away the drum set and give whatever he receive to the building fund, and one of his friend shifting house, give him a new drumset.
- God not only blessed them in financial, spiritual, studies and natural, God bless them in alot of way.
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10 REASONS WHY GOD WANTS YOU TO PROSPERJoshua chapter 1 verse 88 This book of the law should not depart from your mouth, and you must in an undertone read in it day and night, in order that you may take care to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way
successful and then you will act wisely.
Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 1818 And you must remember Jehovah your God, because he is the giver of
power to you to make wealth; in order to carry out his covenant that he swore to your forefathers, as at this day.
1.
God wants you to prosper because it is His natureGenesis chapter 17 verse 1-21 When A´bram got to be ninety-nine years old, then Jehovah appeared to A´bram and said to him: “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and prove yourself faultless.
2 And I will give my covenant between me and you, that I may multiply you very, very much.”
We don't serve a stingy God.
God name is El Shaddai=God Almighty & Jehovah Jireh=Provider
2.
God wants you to prosper so He can establish His covenant in the earth Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 1818 And you must remember Jehovah your God, because he is the giver of power to you to make wealth; in order to carry out his covenant that he swore to your forefathers, as at this day.
3.
God wants you to prosper so you can provide for His churchMalachi chapter 3 verse 1010 Bring all the tenth parts into the storehouse, that there may come to be food in my house; and test me out, please, in this respect,” Jehovah of armies has said, “whether I shall not open to YOU people the floodgates of the heavens and actually empty out upon YOU a blessing until there is no more want.”
Church also can mean= Storehouse of God
4.
God wants you to prosper to keep finances out of the devil's controlMalachi chapter 3 verse 1111 “And I will rebuke for YOU the devouring one, and it will not ruin for YOU the fruit of the ground, nor will the vine in the field prove fruitless for YOU,” Jehovah of armies has said.
All dollar satan have is to do with drugs and prostitution and etc. . . So we need to prosper and take control of the finance.
5.
God wants you to prosper so you can help the poorProverbs chapter 19 verse 1717 He that is showing favor to the lowly one is lending to Jehovah, and his treatment He will repay to him.
6.
God wants you to prosper so you can honor and glorify HimProverbs chapter 3 verse 9-109 Honor Jehovah with your valuable things and with the firstfruits of all your produce.
10 Then your stores of supply will be filled with plenty; and with new wine your own press vats will overflow.
7.
God wants you to prosper so you can leave an inheritance for your familyProverbs chapter 13 verse 2222 One who is good will leave an inheritance to sons of sons, and the wealth of the sinner is something treasured up for the righteous one.
8.
God wants you to prosper so you can prove the sincerity of your love2 Corinthians chapter 8 verse 88 It is not in the way of commanding YOU, but in view of the earnestness of others and to make a test of the genuineness of YOUR love, that I am speaking.
If you love someone, you sure want to give he/she something, so is the same for God, if you love Him, you sure want to give Him something!
9.
God wants you to prosper so you can lead and influence societyBenny Hinn and some foreign pastor want to go to China and reach out, but reject and not allowed. But Bill Gate come to China, the president come and fetch him and shake hand with him.
Bill Gate donate: 210 Million to Cambridge University and 1 Billion to Negro Society
So that's why God wants us to prosper, so we can have influence power to go and reach out to the society.
Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 11-1311 “Jehovah will also make you overflow indeed with prosperity in the fruit of your belly and the fruit of your domestic animals and the fruitage of your ground, on the ground that Jehovah swore to your forefathers to give you.
12 Jehovah will open up to you his good storehouse, the heavens, to give the rain on your land in its season and to bless every deed of your hand; and you will certainly lend to many nations, while you yourself will not borrow.
13 And Jehovah will indeed put you at the head and not at the tail; and you must come to be only on top, and you will not come to be on the bottom, because you keep obeying the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I am commanding you today to observe and to do.
10.
God wants you to prosper because He is a good God and He wants to bless His childrenPsalms chapter 35 verse 2727 Let those cry out joyfully and rejoice who are delighting in my righteousness,And let them say constantly:“Let Jehovah be magnified, who takes delight in the peace of his servant.”
I will prosper and have good success if we live by the Word of God.
Dictionary say prosperity:
Financial material abundance
Dictionary say success:
Wealth = Money
Honor/Fame
Influence/Leadership
God test you in little, not much!
Pastor don't treat us like heart lander, but future multi millionaire.
Matthew chapter 25 verse 1414 “For it is just as when a man, about to travel abroad, summoned slaves of his and committed to them his belongings.
God is not a God or orbit, but principal.
The word is "
STEWARDSHIP" -> God work according to stewardship.
Matthew chapter 25 verse 1515 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to still another one, to each one according to his own ability, and he went abroad.
We no need to be Rocket Scientist then God can use us, normal people God can entrust His things to us.
1 Talent convert to U.S dollar is US$500, 000.
So God is not a stingy or poor God, He always want to entrust million to us.
In
1 Chronicles chapter 29 is the 2nd time David give to build God house, 1st time David give is Billion, the second time is even more.
Matthew chapter 25 verse 20-2320 So the one that had received five talents came forward and brought five additional talents, saying, ‘Master, you committed five talents to me; see, I gained five talents more.’
21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things. I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
22 Next the one that had received the two talents came forward and said, ‘Master, you committed to me two talents; see, I gained two talents more.’
23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things. I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
Luke chapter 19 verse 17 & 19 (minas convert to U.S is $10,000)17 So he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because in a very small matter you have proved yourself faithful, hold authority over ten cities.’
19 He said to this one also, ‘You, too, be in charge of five cities.’
God pattern is: He want to prosper you. God want stewardship!
Luke chapter 12 verse 1515 Then he said to them: “Keep YOUR eyes open and guard against every sort of
covetousness, because even when a person has an abundance his life does not result from the things he possesses.”
God is ok you to have things, but not things have you. Because covetousness lead to greed and lead to sin and more to more and to death...
Luke chapter 12 verse 16-2016 With that he spoke an illustration to them, saying: “The land of a certain rich man produced well.
17 Consequently he began reasoning within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, now that I have nowhere to gather my crops?’
18 So he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my storehouses and build bigger ones, and there I will gather all my grain and all my good things;
19 and I will say to my soul: “Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.”’
20 But God said to him, ‘Unreasonable one, this night they are demanding your soul from you. Who, then, is to have the things you stored up?’
This man acted as if all things are his, as you can see how selfish he is.
Luke chapter 12 verse 2121 So it goes with the man that lays up treasure for himself but is not rich
toward God.”
You can replace the word I highlight toward to "for".
Haggai chapter 2 verse 88 “‘The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ is the utterance of Jehovah of armies.
All things belong to God, even today I die, the shirt I wearing will still be here, I'm just a steward for God things.
1 Chronicles chapter 29 verse 1-51 David the king now said to all the congregation: “Sol´o·mon my son, the one [whom] God has chosen, is young and delicate, but the work is great; for the castle is not for man, but for Jehovah God.
2 And according to all my power I have prepared for the house of my God the gold for the goldwork, and the silver for the silverwork, and the copper for the copperwork, the iron for the ironwork, and the timbers for the timberwork; onyx stones, and stones to be set with hard mortar, and mosaic pebbles, and every precious stone, and alabaster stones in great quantity.
3 And since I am taking pleasure in the house of my God, there is yet a special property of mine, gold and silver; I do give it to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house:
4 three thousand talents of gold of the gold of O´phir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, for coating the walls of the houses;
5 of the gold for the goldwork, and of the silver for the silverwork and for all the work by the hand of the craftsmen. And who is there volunteering to fill his hand today [with a gift] for Jehovah?”
1 Chronicles chapter 29 verse 10-12 & 1410 Consequently David blessed Jehovah before the eyes of all the congregation and David said: “Blessed may you be, O Jehovah the God of Israel our father, from time indefinite even to time indefinite.
11 Yours, O Jehovah, are the greatness and the mightiness and the beauty and the excellency and the dignity; for everything in the heavens and in the earth is [yours]. Yours is the kingdom, O Jehovah, the One also lifting yourself up as head over all.
12 The riches and the glory are on account of you, and you are dominating everything; and in your hand there are power and mightiness, and in your hand is [ability] to make great and to give strength to all.
14 “And yet, who am I and who are my people, that we should retain power to make voluntary offerings like this? For everything is from you, and out of your own hand we have given to you.
This is a mindset of Steward, even King David behave and think this way.
1 Corinthians chapter 4 verse 22 Besides, in this case, what is looked for in stewards is for a man to be found faithful.
There is millions dollar and million of things God actually want to entrust to you, but are you faithful?? Example, are you faithful in tithing. Every one year, pastor will share about tithing. As you got read, ever since from the Book of Genesis to Moses time and Jesus time and to the Book of Hebrew, they keep talking about tithing and tithe faithfully.
1 Corinthians chapter 16 verse 22 Every first day of the week let each of YOU at his own house set something aside in store as he may be prospering, so that when I arrive collections will not take place then.
You guys know, if you don't pay tax, you can get charge and go to jail. You can say the queue is too long, or I'm tired and busy, then the IRS will come and visit you and bring you go prison. :) haha... you see. In the old time, if you never tithe, they can charge you another 10percent, that mean you give 20percent. But thanks God now we live in Grace and not Law.Grace is greater responsibility= That mean we will be automatic, God is in our heart ready, when we get our salary, we will automatic set a side the 10 percent. And this is what I always do. But don't learn my past mistake and spend the tithe. That you are not faithful ready, and then when is time to give tithe, you will end up squeezing money from here and there. "Don't expect God to deposit something to you, when He can't withdraw anything from you."- Don't kid yourself by saying I will tithe later in my life when I have 10,000, when you got 100 and can't tithe 10 dollar. God don't test you in much, but in little. :)-
That's why God have a fair system. 10 percent. Not a set rule of $50. To some other 50 is peanut, travel from Jurong West to Expo, and that's it. To other's they don't have that much money, especially student or unemployed. So God say 10 percent, unequal amount, but equal commitment. - You may say, what if I have 0 income, then you take 0 times 10 percent is zero, and you come to God and say, here is my zero income, and He will say, good and faithful servant, and now I will make you fruitful to have something in your hand, so next time you come you can produce and give me something. Amen! Luke chapter 12 verse 21-3121 So it goes with the man that lays up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
22 Then he said to his disciples: “On this account I say to YOU, Quit being anxious about YOUR souls as to what YOU will eat or about YOUR bodies as to what YOU will wear.
23 For the soul is worth more than food and the body than clothing.
24 Mark well that the ravens neither sow seed nor reap, and they have neither barn nor storehouse, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more worth are YOU than birds?
25 Who of YOU by being anxious can add a cubit to his life span?
26 If, therefore, YOU cannot do the least thing, why be anxious about the remaining things?
27 Mark well how the lilies grow; they neither toil nor spin; but I tell YOU, Not even Sol´o·mon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.
28 If, now, God thus clothes the vegetation in the field that today exists and tomorrow is cast into an oven, how much rather will he clothe YOU, YOU with little faith!
29 So quit seeking what YOU might eat and what YOU might drink, and quit being in anxious suspense;
30 for all these are the things the nations of the world are eagerly pursuing, but YOUR Father knows YOU need these things.
31 Nevertheless, seek continually his kingdom, and these things will be
added to YOU.
Verse 31 tell us very clearly is added, not times! So when we talk about add, is slowly add on and add on.
2 Corinthians chapter 9 verse 6-10 -> multiply6 But as to this, he that sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he that sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7 Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
8 God, moreover, is able to make all his undeserved kindness abound toward YOU, that, while YOU always have full self-sufficiency in everything, YOU may have plenty for every good work.
9 (Just as it is written: “He has distributed widely, he has given to the poor ones, his righteousness continues forever.”
10 Now he that abundantly supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating will supply and
multiply the seed for YOU to sow and will increase the products of YOUR righteousness.)
Our mindset need to change.
Seek his kingdom is priority=> focus and multiply in giving, not add on to your giving, when we multiply our giving, God will add our needs :) => True steward is not keep busy and worry for worldly things like money and etc. Of course we need to plan our finnacial well, but there is more life than paying bill.You may be poor today, but ever since you follow God, you not going to poor forever!Ps Kong and Sun last time rent flat in Pasir Ris, but now Ps Kong have own retail business, and Sun is a singer and staying at overseas and doing humanitarian work and singing all over the world. All these come from multiply in giving. How to seek his kingdom and righteousness: MULTIPLY YOUR GIVING!Ps Kong want to qualify you as a steward today.
- The way to qualify is "tithing". If you have not be a tither, start to be one today.
I remember when I was primary school, I got 3 dollar, I tithe 30cent. Remember, God test us in less, not much.
Don't think that God want take all your money and suck all thing. Talk about giving, people very scare, they think will God call me give all things and left nothing for myself. Of course no la. Unless God spoke to you in a very special way. As you can see, after so long we keep giving, we still live so happily and never lack of anything.
There is a time someone receive 50dollar, and he say to himself is a blessing, God say to him is a return. Then God challenge him to give, and he abit reluctant, and God spoke to him directly, you can keep the money and I don't need! Overall in the first place, God create all these things, do He lack?
God is a giver, not taker, blesser and not robber.
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Monday, September 29, 2008
*.* CellGroup: Building For Lives *.*
Guys. If you think any of my message I type is good and can help the people you love/hate, please invite them to my blog.Want to read online Bible:http://www.watchtower.org/e/bible/index.htm
Scripture taken from:New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
To listen praise song, please click:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0eYyiRonk&feature=understandTo understand the Bible verse more clearly, read word by word, line by line and verse by verse. Slowly digest it. Don't treat is like a fast food, once you treat like fast food, it will also fast to forget. :)
Want to have online dictionary while reading, please click:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/JesusHoly Spirit. I invite Your presence to come, and may You move those who are reading these blog. Give them them the understanding of God Words. So that after receive Your Word, they not only can minister before themselves, but also to minister to others who need the Word of God in their life. And I break all the curse that stop their mind from receive the good things in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen!Jehovah mean= God ================Before we start. Recently we have a youth service call "The Edge"
Engage pop culture
At Taipei, New Life Church is now the fastest growing church, is one of the City Harvest affiliation. Their church have lots of artiste like FIR, Liu Gen Hong and etc. . Even Jay Chou start to attend their church. They engage in dance, party cocktail for their church. So we must be creative and start to engage the culture.Driven for revival
So we need to be driven to have the revival spirit!Godly
Meantime we want to be godly and want people to come and know God and get touch by God. To have the peace of God and know their destiny in life!Expressing creativity
And we need to follow the trend and be creativity to engage the world people. :)
CellGroup at RiverWalk with DarrylProverbs chapter 13 verse 2222 One who is good will leave an inheritance to sons of sons, and the wealth of the sinner is something treasured up for the righteous one.
Inheritance this word are use 313 times in the Bible. And this is a huge concept of God.
1)
God is a trance generation God2)
God want his blessing pass on to next generationExodus chapter 32 verse 13
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself, in that you said to them, ‘I shall multiply YOUR seed like the stars of the heavens, and all this land that I have designated I shall give to YOUR seed, that they may indeed take possession of it to time indefinite.’”
3)
He want his truth to pass from generation to generation4)
Jesus live for future generationAnd that is why Jesus die on the cross for us, He think far and know that dying for us will save us! And that's why He live for the future generation.
So we must also have the attitude of Jesus! I mean we can do it in another way like:
I mean we can bless other who can dress well than we keep the clothe or money to ourself. But we must be wise in our giving also. :)
The best cure for
SELFISH is to
GIVE!
A)
Sacrifice your comfort today are building the House of God and peoples live.Ezra chapter 3 verse 11-1311 And they began to respond by praising and giving thanks to Jehovah, “for he is good, for his loving-kindness toward Israel is to time indefinite.” As for all the people, they shouted with a loud shout in praising Jehovah over the laying of the foundation of the house of Jehovah.
12 And many of the priests and the Levites and the heads of the paternal houses, the old men that had seen the former house, were weeping with a loud voice at the laying of the foundation of this house before their eyes, while many others were raising the voice in shouting for joy.
13 Hence the people were not distinguishing the sound of the shout of rejoicing from the sound of the weeping of the people, for the people were shouting with a loud shout, and the sound itself was heard even to a great distance.
When people look back at the past, they see the glory of God.
~ During Solomon time, the temple he build cost him US 75 Billion. And the wall are made of pure gold.~ If Old Testament time the church wall can be made of gold and nice, why not in our these generation.~ We need to leave a legacy for the next generation.~ After minus the money Solomon build the temple, he still the riches king in Israel.
I believe you guys know the presence of God is so strong in our church. Why? Is because of our sacrifice, because the money we give to build the House of God. And money represent our life, we work with sweat to exchange a living. So when we give the money to the House of God, we are giving our life to God also.
Why our church don't have Mr.Who donate what, and Miss.Who donate what. Because is sacrificial by everyone of us.
B) Build up life for more people
The building we build is not for building investment, but building live. To let more people know God and let their life get change to know God. To unleash their potential and find their destiny in life.
C) Inspire faith for the challenge of the future
1 Kings chapter 10 verse 4-74 When the queen of She´ba got to see all the wisdom of Sol´o·mon and the house that he had built,
5 and the food of his table and the sitting of his servants and the table service of his waiters and their attire and his drinks and his burnt sacrifices that he regularly offered up at the house of Jehovah, then there proved to be no more spirit in her.
6 So she said to the king: “True has the word proved to be that I heard in my own land about your matters and about your wisdom.
7 And I did not put faith in the words until I had come that my own eyes might see; and, look! I had not been told the half. You have surpassed in wisdom and prosperity the things heard to which I listened.
You got saw before Wall of China right? Or Pyramid in the Egypt right? Can you imagine how wonderful are the work of men, and during that time, technology are not so high tech yet, yet the people make construct it so nice.
And how good is it when someone praise you for the wisdom you have to create such building. So we also want the building we have in the marketplace also so awesome, then when people see, they will think this is the work of God and not men, that will inspire faith for the future generation.
2004 Mj and Darryl getting married soon, Darryl set a side a money for married, and suddenly God spoke to Mj and Darryl to give everything what they have set, and they pray over about it, and God say give, and they give and they cried. And in return, God blessed them 30K, and blessing start to come, people bless them furniture and etc. . . . They didn't ask or beg, but blessing come. Cause when you sow in tears, you shall reap in joy!But I didn't say that you must give all you have or all you have set a side, to some God speak these way, to some is not these way! So don't give rushly or anyhow, must give wisely, pray over about it that God want you give how much, talk to your leader and discuss about it! For come to giving, is you and God, is personal one. Is not to compare who give more and who give less, cause we don't want the one who give less feel bad and the one who give more feel big and yaya that when he come church, he shall get the best seat and things like that. If you are not willing to give, don't give. For God is a giver and not a taker! Stretch out your faith abit by giving.Friends! Remember God don't make mistake, why He create you and not someone else, why He put you in Singapore and in this family, this church, this zone and this status and etc. . . . Sure got His reason to fulfil your destiny. Take courage and be a history maker of something! Amen!
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
*.* CellGroup: The Author of God *.*
Guys. If you think any of my message I type is good and can help the people you love/hate, please invite them to my blog.
Want to read online Bible:http://www.watchtower.org/e/bible/index.htm
Scripture taken from:New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
To listen praise song, please click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0eYyiRonk&feature=understandTo understand the Bible verse more clearly, read word by word, line by line and verse by verse. Slowly digest it. Don't treat is like a fast food, once you treat like fast food, it will also fast to forget. :)Want to have online dictionary while reading, please click:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/JesusHoly Spirit. I invite Your presence to come, and may You move those who are reading these blog. Give them them the understanding of God Words. So that after receive Your Word, they not only can minister before themselves, but also to minister to others who need the Word of God in their life. And I break all the curse that stop their mind from receive the good things in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen!
Jehovah mean= God================Ming Yao @ Holland VThe church is more than building, you are the ONE and the PEOPLE why pastor fly from other country to come and study US.
1 Corinthians chapter 2 verse 9 9 But just as it is written: “Eye has not seen and ear has not heard, neither have there been conceived in the heart of man the things that God has prepared for those who love him.”
Let's study Genesis chapter 28 verse 10-12Genesis chapter 28 verse 10-1210 And Jacob continued on his way out from Be´er-she´ba and kept going to Ha´ran.
11 In time he came across a place and set about spending the night there because the sun had set. So he took one of the stones of the place and set it as his head supporter and lay down in that place.
12 And he began to dream, and, look! there was a ladder stationed upon the earth and its top reaching up to the heavens; and, look! there were God’s angels ascending and descending on it.
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1) The House of God is a place of
DREAM and
VISION.
Acts chapter 2 verse 17
17 ‘“And in the last days,” God says, “I shall pour out some of my spirit upon every sort of flesh, and YOUR sons and YOUR daughters will prophesy and YOUR young men will see
visions and YOUR old men will
dream dreams;
So when our path is with Jesus, we are in the right track. So let's fulfill the dream and vision God has for us. Everyone of us have a destiny! Pray over it!
2) The House of God is a place of FAITH and COVENANT.
Genesis chaopter 28 verse 13
13 And, look! there was Jehovah stationed above it, and he proceeded to say:
“I am Jehovah the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land upon which you are lying, to you I am going to give it and to your seed.
Generation to generation we will receive the blessing God promise to our forefather! We need to have faith to obtain the Covenant God promise to our forefather!
3) The House of God is a place of REVELATION
Genesis chapter 28 verse 14-15
14 And your seed will certainly become like the dust particles of the earth, and you will certainly spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and by means of you and by means of your seed all the families of the ground will certainly bless themselves.
15 And here I am with you and I will keep you in all the way you are going and I will return you to this ground, because I am not going to leave you until I have actually done what I have spoken to you.”
Psalms chapter 27 verse 4
4 One thing I have asked from Jehovah—It is what I shall look for,That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,To behold the pleasantness of JehovahAnd to look with appreciation upon his temple.
House of God is a place for us to connect to God, that when we come and recharge & go back to our school, work place to feel power and energetic.
2 Chronicles chapter 5 verse 13-14
13 and it came about that as soon as the trumpeters and the singers were as one in causing one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah, and as soon as they lifted up the sound with the trumpets and with the cymbals and with the instruments of song and with praising Jehovah, “for he is good, for to time indefinite is his loving-kindness,” the house itself was filled with a cloud, the very house of Jehovah,
14 and the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of the [true] God.
It can happen in our cellgroup also. Cause when we worship and lift our hand up, we are pulling down the presence of God.
Some people like to watch online service rather than go service. Unless you are travelling is ok, if not then go for service. What if Pastor want to lay hand on us and we need to go down for altar call, how can we go down from our house, put our head into the laptop?? haha.... no right. So that's the important we need to attend service regularly.
GLORY = "VALUE" ~ The more we spent there, we are Christ like.
2 Chronicles chapter 9 verse 3-4
3 When the queen of She´ba got to see Sol´o·mon’s wisdom and the house that he had built,
4 and the food of his table and the sitting of his servants and the table service of his waiters and their attire and his drinking service and their attire, and his burnt sacrifices that he regularly offered up at the house of Jehovah, then there proved to be no more spirit in her.
Queen Sheba fainted, no more spirit in her when she saw Solomon place and the beauty of his wisdom and works. And that's why we are having our Arise and Build, not just build building in the marketplace, but for the marketplace and building lives! So let's build the House of God like Solomon when people look at it, they will feel so awesome about God works in us.
Genesis chapter 28 verse 18-19
18 So Jacob got up early in the morning and took the stone that was there as his head supporter and he set it up as a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.
19 Further, he called the name of that place Beth´el; but the fact is, Luz was the city’s name formerly.
Bethel means the House of God
Everything with God is first class, YOU and ME are first class!
Genesis chapter 28 verse 20-22
20 And Jacob went on to vow a vow, saying: “If God will continue with me and will certainly keep me on this way on which I am going and will certainly give me bread to eat and garments to wear
21 and I shall certainly return in peace to the house of my father, then Jehovah will have proved to be my God.
22 And this stone that I have set up as a pillar will become a house of God, and as for everything that you will give me I shall without fail give the tenth of it to you.”
4) The House of God is the GATE OF HEAVEN
You will do 2 things if the House of God is the Gate of Heaven.
1~ Tithe
2~ Vow
Whatever we have is His, when we tithe the 10%, He will bless our the other 90%.
And let's make a VOW how much God spoke to you to pledge for the Building Fund!
Remember, God is not a taker, but giver, He is not a robber, but blesser.
We know God is real, that's why we GIVE!
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Offering Message by JianWei
Genesis chapter 26 verse 1 & verse 12-13
1 Now there arose a famine in the land, besides the first famine that occurred in the days of Abraham, so that Isaac directed himself to A·bim´e·lech, king of the Phi·lis´tines, to Ge´rar.
12 Afterward Isaac began to sow seed in that land, and in that year he was getting up to a hundred measures to one, as Jehovah was blessing him.
13 Consequently the man became great and went on advancing more and more and growing great until he got very great.
Is not when we sow 1 dollar, God bless us 100 dollar, I mean it can happen in that way also. But the 100 fold blessing can be in many other different place and different kind of blessing like:
Family, Work, Relationship and etc . . . If you have a need, sow a seed! Amen. So let's give with sincere heart! Amen!
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*.* Building Fund Series: SON-SHIP 2 *.*
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/JesusHoly Spirit. I invite Your presence to come, and may You move those who are reading these blog. Give them them the understanding of God Words. So that after receive Your Word, they not only can minister before themselves, but also to minister to others who need the Word of God in their life. And I break all the curse that stop their mind from receive the good things in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen!Jehovah mean= God================Pastor Kong @ Jurong West Service 1Galatians chapter 4 verse 11 Now I say that as long as the heir is a babe he does not differ at all from a slave, lord of all things though he is,
Galatians chapter 4 verse 4-74 But when the full limit of the time arrived, God sent forth his Son, who came to be out of a woman and who came to be under law,
5 that he might release by purchase those under law, that we, in turn, might receive the adoption as sons.
6 Now because YOU are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his Son into our hearts and it cries out: “Abba, Father!”
7 So, then, you are no longer a slave but a son; and if a son, also an heir through God.
The son is the heir of the house, he/she have the right and double portion and etc . . . But servant is another thing.
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1) A son carries the "
GENETIC CODE" of the house.
Being a son is not just baptize with water only, but the value.
Genesis chapter 13 verse 1111 Then Lot chose for himself the whole District of the Jordan, and Lot moved his camp to the east. So they separated the one from the other.
Lot chose the best land for himself and seperate his way from Abram. Abram was Lot benefactor. You can see how selfish is he!
The ten commandment, No.5 is "
Honor your parent" . . . not only we need to honour our natural parent, but spiritual parent also. Pastor Kong lay his life for Pastor Zhuang and Pastor Zhuang lay his life for Pastor Kong, and that is how the Kingdom of God works.
Lot is the nearest and very close to Abram, but he never think like the pastor. He is just like Number2 man.
2) A son "
SERVES THE VISION" of the house.
Genesis chapter 14 verse 1414 Thus A´bram got to hear that his brother had been taken captive. With that he mustered his trained men, three hundred and eighteen slaves born in his household, and went in pursuit up to Dan.
318 slaves! Risk their life to save Lot! They serve Abram vision! People like Lot should not deserve such a kindness from Abram, but he loves Lot, and the slaves serve Abram vision!
There is a time Pastor Aries and Sandy pray over about something, after they pray, they come and tell Pastor Kong, "
Pastor, if one day you got to over some other place to stay and plant church there, and need us, we will leave everything and follow you" And they serve Pastor vision! And Pastor Kong commend Pastor Aries are true son!
Pastor Kong commend Lilian as a spiritual daughter, she let go her pastor post and go and tend Sun business and be a retail manager, so Pastor Kong can fly here and there and plant churches and give the Word of God, and Sun can go and Sing and do more humanitarian work. She serve Pastor vision!
Philippians chapter 2 verse 2121 For all the others are seeking their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
To say that you are a son/daughter, is not by confession, but to serve under extreme pressure!
3) A son "
SHARE THE PRIDE" in their house
I guess you guys got do area cleaning either at army bunk/house ... right?? Why.. cause you love your house or the place you stay and sleep..
Pastor Kong was saying sometime he saw tissue paper lying around at Jurong West church, he pick it up and throw, why?? Cause he take pride in his house.
Proverbs chapter 17 verse 66 The crown of old men is the grandsons, and the beauty of sons is their fathers.
4) A son "
ACCEPT DISCIPLINE" in the house
Pastor Kong say people like Pastor Zhuang are close to God and can get discipline. Cause Pastor Zhuang can take discipline that Pastor Kong give.
Hebrews chapter 12 verse 5-6 & verse 115 but YOU have entirely forgotten the exhortation which addresses YOU as sons: “My son, do not belittle [the] discipline from Jehovah, neither give out when you are corrected by him;
6 for whom Jehovah loves he disciplines; in fact, he scourges every one whom he receives as a son.”
11 True, no discipline seems for the present to be joyous, but grievous; yet afterward to those who have been trained by it it yields peaceable fruit, namely, righteousness.
Psalms chapter 51 verse 1717 The sacrifices to God are a broken spirit;A heart broken and crushed, O God, you will not despise.
Only broken people are go through training, and God can use them.
5) A son
"GIVE BIRTH" to children
LOVE is a desire to give, LUST is to take.
A true son is not a taker, but giver!
Hebrews chapter 12 verse 2
2 as we look intently at the Chief Agent and Perfecter of our faith, Jesus. For the joy that was set before him he endured a torture stake, despising shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Jesus gave the precious things, and that is His life to build the House of God.
Unless you see the joy, then you will give and sacrifice like Jesus way. I mean giving the building fund, not to die at cross :)
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
*.* Building Fund Series: SON-SHIP *.*
Guys. If you think any of my message I type is good and can help the people you love/hate, please invite them to my blog.Want to read online Bible:http://www.watchtower.org/e/bible/index.htm
Scripture taken from:New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/JesusHoly Spirit. I invite Your presence to come, and may You move those who are reading these blog. Give them them the understanding of God Words. So that after receive Your Word, they not only can minister before themselves, but also to minister to others who need the Word of God in their life. And I break all the curse that stop their mind from receive the good things in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen!Jehovah mean= God================TESTIMONY BY SHANE: Shane use to be a janitor, but he is not just a janitor, he drove car ok! And he use to have problem with the wife and come to a time almost divorce, but because of God Words, they are strong and never divorce. And now even their relationship are much more better. Shane even conduct meeting and give motivation teaching in his office like conducting cellgroup. And now he is prospering. When they give, God will never short change them. I may not give a very accurate testimony of shane. But seriously, those financial blessing testimony is so power and touching. Want to hear more and know more, come down to church and find it out for yourself.Pastor Kong @ Jurong West Service 1Psalms chapter 127 verse 1A Song of the Ascents. Of Solomon.
1 Unless Jehovah himself builds the house,It is to no avail that its builders have worked hard on it.Unless Jehovah himself guards the city,It is to no avail that the guard has kept awake.
Psalms chapter 127 verse 3-53 Look! Sons are an inheritance from Jehovah;The fruitage of the belly is a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a mighty man,So are the sons of youth.
5 Happy is the able-bodied man that has filled his quiver with them.They will not be ashamed,For they will speak with enemies in the gate.
Sons in quiver are like in Jesus house, so Satan can't stand it!
City Harvest largest in history for easter day attendance is 53,000 people.
SOT student in 2008 have 625 people come and sign up.
WE are the reason why Pastor fly from other country to come and study us and preach to us.
Children in Hebrew
mean= sons; builders of the family name.
Romans chapter 8 verse 1414 For all who are led by God’s spirit, these are God’s sons.
Sons know the mind of GodHebrews chapter 3 verse 1212 Beware, brothers, for fear there should ever develop in any one of YOU a wicked heart lacking faith by drawing away from the living God;
To Hebrew people ->
son mean= grow mature through relation
To Greek people ->
son mean= things can entrust to them
Hebrews chapter 3 verse 1-61 Consequently, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high priest whom we confess—Jesus.
2 He was faithful to the One that made him such, as Moses was also in all the house of that One.
3 For the latter is counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who constructs it has more honor than the house.
4 Of course, every house is constructed by someone, but he that constructed all things is God.
5 And Moses as an attendant was faithful in all the house of that One as a testimony of the things that were to be spoken afterwards,
6 but Christ [was faithful] as a Son over the house of that One. We are the house of that One, if we make fast our hold on our freeness of speech and our boasting over the hope firm to the end.
Jesus build the church, the house of God, hell also cannot prevail!
Christ was the son, Moses was the servant.
1 Corinthians chapter 15 says: What true in natural, reflect Spiritual.
~ We must have the DNA of Jesus and our OWN church DNA!
~ People say we City Harvester been brain wash by our Pastor and dress like them and etc. . . Can we say to a kid, why do you look like your dad, and why are you running so fast like your dad??? No! That's the DNA! Same apply to us as memebers!
Philippians chapter 2 verse 19-2219 For my part I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to YOU shortly, that I may be a cheerful soul when I get to know about the things pertaining to YOU.
20 For I have no one else of a disposition like his who will genuinely care for the things pertaining to YOU.
21 For all the others are seeking their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
22 But YOU know the proof he gave of himself, that like a child with a father he slaved with me in furtherance of the good news.
A son share the DNA of the house==3 way of promotion in the Book of Luke.1- Faithful in little things
2- money you lend from people/tithe/offering and etc . . .
3- Your father vision
God promise us the true riches. => Presence, Power and Anointing!
Timothy quite old then know Paul, he be a son of Paul by choice. He love to be with Paul.
Timothy 24years old, start with 60K people, he handle the first 3 important big church like:
1- Jerusalem
2- Antioch
3- Ephesus
-Servant are easy to find, but Son are hard. There is a time Pastor Aries and Sandy pray about some matter. After they pray, they come to Pastor Kong and say: "
Pastor, if you got to move to other place and stay and plant churches there, and need us to be with you, we will leave everything we have here and follow you!"
These are the true Son and Daughter. And Pastor Kong commend Pastor Aries are his own Son, cause Pastor Aries give his life for Pastor Kong.
~ We should not support behind our leader, but beside.
Genesis chapter 12 verse 1-31 And Jehovah proceeded to say to A´bram: “Go your way out of your country and from your relatives and from the house of your father to the country that I shall show you;
2 and I shall make a great nation out of you and I shall bless you and I will make your name great; and prove yourself a blessing.
3 And I will bless those who bless you, and him that calls down evil upon you I shall curse, and all the families of the ground will certainly bless themselves by means of you.”
Genesis chapter 12 verse 7-87 Jehovah now appeared to A´bram and said: “To your seed I am going to give this land.” After that he built an altar there to Jehovah, who had appeared to him.
8 Later he moved from there to the mountainous region to the east of Beth´el and pitched his tent with Beth´el on the west and A´i on the east. Then he built an altar there to Jehovah and began to call on the name of Jehovah.
Bethel mean=
House of GodGenesis chapter 13 verse 1-41 Following that A´bram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the Neg´eb.
2 And A´bram was heavily stocked with herds and silver and gold.
3 And he made his way from encampment to encampment out of the Neg´eb and to Beth´el, to the place where his tent had been at first between Beth´el and A´i,
4 to the place of the altar that he had made there originally; and A´bram proceeded to call there on the name of Jehovah.
You may be poor now, but the day when you followed God, one day you shall prosper! Abram is rich in everything, His heart are for the house of God. Where the tent are pitch at first, he will make the effort to go back, cause there is the house of God.
Genesis chapter 28 verse 10-1210 And Jacob continued on his way out from Be´er-she´ba and kept going to Ha´ran.
11 In time he came across a place and set about spending the night there because the sun had set. So he took one of the stones of the place and set it as his head supporter and lay down in that place.
12 And he began to dream, and, look! there was a ladder stationed upon the earth and its top reaching up to the heavens; and, look! there were God’s angels ascending and descending on it.
Genesis chapter 28 verse 16-1716 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said: “Truly Jehovah is in this place and I myself did not know it.”
17 And he grew fearful and added: “How fear-inspiring this place is! This is nothing else but the house of God and this is the gate of the heavens.”
The House of God is the Gate of Heaven! Amen!
Genesis chapter 28 verse 18-1918 So Jacob got up early in the morning and took the stone that was there as his head supporter and he set it up as a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.
19 Further, he called the name of that place Beth´el; but the fact is, Luz was the city’s name formerly.
Genesis chapter 28 verse 2020 And Jacob went on to vow a vow, saying: “If God will continue with me and will certainly keep me on this way on which I am going and will certainly give me bread to eat and garments to wear
Jacob is the true son of Abraham. Because they love the House of God.
Genesis chapter 28 verse 2222 And this stone that I have set up as a pillar will become a house of God, and as for everything that you will give me I shall without fail give the tenth of it to you.”
In verse 20 Jacob first make a vow, then in verse 22 he give tithe and etc.!
Come, let's make a vow and give tithe & love God, be the true sons and daughters of God.
When we give and love Him, He will never forget us and short change us! Amen
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
*.* CellGroup: Prospering In Integrity *.*
Guys. If you think any of my message I type is good and can help the people you love/hate, please invite them to my blog.Want to read online Bible:http://www.watchtower.org/e/bible/index.htm
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Want to have online dictionary while reading, please click:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/JesusHoly Spirit. I invite Your presence to come, and may You move those who are reading these blog. Give them them the understanding of God Words. So that after receive Your Word, they not only can minister before themselves, but also to minister to others who need the Word of God in their life. And I break all the curse that stop their mind from receive the good things in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen!Jehovah mean= God================CellGroup with Shalynn @ Ah Bee house ~ 13 Sep 20084 Reason to be honest, when you followed God rule, you will be blessed.
1)
Been watch by God (this reason can cover all the other rest reason)
When Shalynn was studying at poly time, their culture is very standard, "cheat in exam". Before you come in class, they already prepare the answer for you at one of the drawer. Is very tempting for Shalynn, but Shalynn choose not to cheat.
Job chapter 34 verse 31-3231 For will anyone actually say to God himself,‘I have borne, although I do not act corruptly;
32 Although I behold nothing, instruct me yourself;If any unrighteousness I have committed,I shall not do [it] again’?
2)
I will reap whatever I sowGalatians chapter 6 verse 77 Do not be misled: God is not one to be mocked. For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap;
This is the universal law, whether you are Christian or not.
If you plant a apple seed, you will get a apple tree!
Proverbs chapter 15 verse 2727 The one making unjust profit is bringing ostracism upon his own house, but the hater of gifts is the one that will keep living.
Proverbs chapter 21 verse 66 The getting of treasures by a false tongue is an exhalation driven away, in the case of those seeking death.
Last time while Shalynn was at School of Theology, she work as a property agent. There is one man keep cheating people money, end up one day people left him one big debt and run away. Sometime when we say why this people do so many bad things and why never get punish, all is because the time is not up yet, even he get punish you will not see! God is fair!
3)
Dishonesty damage my character~ People opinion is important, but it keep changing and hard to please.
~ When you sin, you are Satan business partner, when you change and want to be good, you are Jesus supporter!
~ Build a reputation that last, and that is trust. That is what God are looking for.
~ You will grow because of your character!
4)
God will reward my honesty. (the way to get rich is honesty)
Proverbs chapter 28 verse 2020 A man of faithful acts will get many blessings, but he that is hastening to gain riches will not remain innocent.
Luke chapter 16 verse 1010 The person faithful in what is least is faithful also in much, and the person unrighteous in what is least is unrighteous also in much.
= God is a God can't wait to bless you, not quick to judge you!
= When you are tempted, don't say is very hard or what, this is the time God want to test you and bless you. Give God the chance to bless and promote you.
CONCLUSION:
Ephesians chapter 4 verse 2828 Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him do hard work, doing with his hands what is good work, that he may have something to distribute to someone in need.
Come on, make a honesty living. Let God be your Boss.
A)
Make right decision - Treat your teacher/boss as God, then you'll not play punk!
Pastor Elf ever encounter a incident at the aeroplane, one man was drunk, anyhow shout here and there and make a nuisance, and one of the Air Stewardess nicely clean the floor up and nicely talk to the rude customer. And
Pastor Elf say to the Air Stewardess something like her service is very good, and ask why her service so good is it because there is camera watching her how she work?? She reply
Pastor Elf and say: "
I do it not because of people is it watching over me, but God is my BOSS!"
B)
Make restitution if possibleGod is not a idiot to be fool and mock! Been a Christian is not when do wrong and say sorry and that's it! God know your heart whether you sincere to say sorry and change or not. We need to make restitution.
C)
Give God full titheMalachi chapter 3 verse 88 “Will earthling man rob God? But YOU are robbing me.”
And YOU have said: “In what way have we robbed you?”
“In the tenth parts and in the contributions.
There is a lady from Business BreakThru Group midnight call
Pastor Ming and say she want to tithe, because God spoke to her and say she must tithe. She was in debt of 3-400k. After she tithe, the next morning the boss clear the debt.
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Offering Message by Valerie:Philippians chapter 4 verse 14-1914 Nevertheless, YOU acted well in becoming sharers with me in my tribulation.
15 In fact, YOU Phi·lip´pi·ans, also know that at [the] start of declaring the good news, when I departed from Mac·e·do´ni·a, not a congregation took a share with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except YOU alone;
16 because, even in Thes·sa·lo·ni´ca, YOU sent something to me both once and a second time for my need.
17 Not that I am earnestly seeking the gift, but that I am earnestly seeking the fruitage that brings more credit to YOUR account.
18 However, I have all things in full and have an abundance. I am filled, now that I have received from E·paph·ro·di´tus the things from YOU, a sweet-smelling odor, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
19 In turn, my God will fully supply
all YOUR need to the extent of his riches in glory by means of Christ Jesus.
The word ALL in dictionary is explain: in everything, quanity and etc . . . So God will fully supply all YOUR need! Amen! Give generously, God will bless you generously also! Amen!
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
*.* Mj Zone Meeting @ RiverWalk *.*
Guys. If you think any of my message I type is good and can help the people you love/hate, please invite them to my blog.Want to read online Bible:http://www.watchtower.org/e/bible/index.htm
Scripture taken from:New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
To listen praise song, please click:
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/JesusHoly Spirit. I invite Your presence to come, and may You move those who are reading these blog. Give them them the understanding of God Words. So that after receive Your Word, they not only can minister before themselves, but also to minister to others who need the Word of God in their life. And I break all the curse that stop their mind from receive the good things in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen!Jehovah mean= God================ANNOUCENMENT HIGHLIGHTIf you have the talent to play drum, sing, come and join us! For more enquiry email me at
jeffrey_07@hotmail.comOffering Message by CellGroup Leader Jason:Hosea chapter 13 verse 4-64 “But I am Jehovah your God from the land of Egypt, and there was no God except me that you used to know; and there was no savior but I.
5 I myself knew you in the wilderness, in the land of fevers.
6 According to their pasturage they also came to be satisfied. They became satisfied and their heart began to be exalted. That is why they forgot me.
In the Book of Samuel we learn that thanks giving is very important. Offering is like thanks giving. You must have the attitude of thanks giving like Samuel mother Hannah. Do not forget God when He blessed you! To thanks Him is to give Him your best offering!
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Message give by Ming Jing:Matthew chapter 22 verse 37-3937 He said to him: “‘You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.’
38 This is the greatest and first commandment.
39 The second, like it, is this, ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’
Hebrews chapter 12 verse 1414 Pursue peace with
all people, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
= The word all people, is everyone and everybody! Pursue peace with your colleague, customer, boss and etc. . .
= Be a encourager, when you see someone greet you, say to he/she
"
you are the best greeter I ever encounter", he/she the day will be very good and happy, won't you think so if someone come and praise you, won't you feel great?? Right??
1 Chronicles chapter 16 verse 2626 For all the gods of the peoples are valueless gods.As for Jehovah, he made the heavens.
~ Holiness is beautiful, is not a boring stuff. We worship Him cause He is beautiful!
~ Even kids want to come and hug Jesus, as you know kids are attracted to beautiful things and people.
~ The moment you are saved, you are righteous, you got the right to come before God, is different with Holy. When you are Holy, you'll become attractive!
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5 way to increase in the anointing>
~Anointing is the stuff Holy Spirit use. When anointing come, you be effective in doing things.
~Holy Spirit tell
Pastor Yong the Hospitality Pastor how to cook, and prepare what food for the new comers and etc . . . Holy Spirit also give wisdom to those who study, so we can study for the glory of God!
1)
Position yourself in the place of faith
If you guys got read
Genesis, Abraham intercede for Sodom with God. He negotiate with God, if there is 50 people, will You spare that city, God say He will, then Abraham continue from 40, 30, 20 and to 10 . . . And God will spare the city. And when God don't find 10 people, He will destroy the land, why? Abraham stop at 10, God also stop at 10. So God stop when you stop!
We are not here to play Christian role or act as professional Christian for Saturday and Sunday, and Monday - Friday we act as worldly. NO!
2)
Grow in the revelation of the WordIsaiah chapter 11 verse 1-2
1 And there must go forth a twig out of the stump of Jes´se; and out of his roots a sprout will be fruitful.
2 And upon him the spirit of Jehovah must settle down, the spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the spirit of counsel and of mightiness, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah;
= Holy Spirit come upon you when you grow! = And let us not be the carrier of the Revival, but the Bible!= Most important we must have the spiritual stamina= The Word of God is a lamp unto our feet, for those who keep failing and failing, is time to apply the Word.Psalm chapter 18 verse 2929 For by you I can run against a marauder band;And by my God I can climb a wall.
3)
Use the gift that God had put in your hand, no matter how insignificant is it.Whether you have 5 loaf and 2 fish or whatever you have . . .
Judges chapter 15 verse 18-2018 Now he became very thirsty, and he began to call on Jehovah and say: “It was you that gave this great salvation into the hand of your servant, and now shall I die of thirst and must I fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”
19 So God split open a mortar-shaped hollow that was in Le´hi, and water began to come out of it, and he proceeded to drink, after which his spirit returned and he revived. That is why he called its name En-hak·kor´e, which is in Le´hi down to this day.
20 And he continued to judge Israel in the days of the Phi·lis´tines twenty years.
When you cry out for a change in your life, Holy Spirit will move.
4)
Get spiritually hungry for the Holy Spirit~ Holy Spirit are reserved for those who desperate for His power, you can encounter it, whether you are young or old.
~ We have alot of good speaker, why some people after listening those good speaker change, and some are not change, because of hunger! Just like when you are hungry, you will dial for 24 Hour MacDonald delivery, so when you want to change, you will hungry for Holy Spirit.
~ Some people want to serve God, but discourage come, God allow your heart to be tested.
~ Some people want to change cellgroup or zone, because they feel that their leader never appreciate what they do, but can I ask you something? Are you serving people or God???
~ Is not hard to reach out to people, if you are hungry enough, so start to get hungry!
WATCH OUT FOR 3 THINGS DEVIL THROW!1- Satan like to throw dirt in the well, he like to give your mind with bad thoughts to contaminate your well!
2- He like to throw rock and stone at you, which is those judgemental words on you.
3- Lastly is the negative thoughts. Don't play with SIN, it will make you die spiritually and lost connection with God.
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Saturate your life with prayer
Matthew chapter 6 verse 66 You, however, when you pray, go into your private room and, after shutting your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; then your Father who looks on in secret will repay you.
Psalm chapter 91 verse 11 Anyone dwelling in the secret place of the Most HighWill procure himself lodging under the very shadow of the Almighty One.
Ezekiel chapter 1 verse 11 Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], on the fifth [day] of the month, while I was in the midst of the exiled people by the river Che´bar, that the heavens were opened and I began to see visions of God.
Ezekiel chapter 1 verse 2-42 On the fifth [day] of the month, that is, [in] the fifth year of the exile of King Je·hoi´a·chin,
3 the word of Jehovah occurred specifically to Ezekiel the son of Bu´zi the priest in the land of the Chal·de´ans by the river Che´bar, and upon him in that place the hand of Jehovah came to be.
4 And I began to see, and, look! there was a tempestuous wind coming from the north, a great cloud mass and quivering fire, and it had a brightness all around, and out of the midst of it there was something like the look of electrum, out of the midst of the fire.
Maybe you going through a hard time!
Ezekiel is a prisoner, he want God move in his life, we really need to come into the secret place and pray. We need to have a encounter with God & relationship with Holy Spirit, if not our life is very dry.
As Ming Jing says: "I don't want to be a Christian for 14 years just Christian only. But I want His presence and touch. We need to ask God touch us and ask where is He. The price tag for the ANOINTING is: $Wait Upon The Lord.
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Guys. If you think any of my message I type is good and can help the people you love/hate, please invite them to my blog.Want to read online Bible:http://www.watchtower.org/e/bible/index.htm
Scripture taken from:New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0eYyiRonk&feature=understandTo understand the Bible verse more clearly, read word by word, line by line and verse by verse. Slowly digest it. Don't treat is like a fast food, once you treat like fast food, it will also fast to forget. :)Want to have online dictionary while reading, please click:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/JesusHoly Spirit. I invite Your presence to come, and may You move those who are reading these blog. Give them them the understanding of God Words. So that after receive Your Word, they not only can minister before themselves, but also to minister to others who need the Word of God in their life. And I break all the curse that stop their mind from receive the good things in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen!Jehovah mean= God================CellGroup @ Holland V with Ming JingJoshua chapter 1 verse 1-111 And it came about after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah that Jehovah proceeded to say to Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses:
2 “Moses my servant is dead; and now get up, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel.
3 Every place upon which the sole of YOUR foot will tread, to YOU people I shall certainly give it, just as I promised to Moses.
4 From the wilderness and this Leb´a·non to the great river, the river Eu·phra´tes, that is, all the land of the Hit´tites, and to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun YOUR territory will prove to be.
5 Nobody will take a firm stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I proved to be with Moses I shall prove to be with you. I shall neither desert you nor leave you entirely.
6 Be
courageous and strong, for you are the one who will cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their forefathers to give to them.
7 “Only be
courageous and very strong to take care to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, in order that you may act wisely everywhere you go.
8 This book of the law should not depart from your mouth, and you must in an undertone read in it day and night, in order that you may take care to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way successful and then you will act wisely.
9 Have I not commanded you? Be
courageous and strong. Do not suffer shock or be terrified, for Jehovah your God is with you wherever you go.”
10 And Joshua proceeded to command the officers of the people, saying:
11 “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Get provisions ready for yourselves, because three days from now YOU are crossing this Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that Jehovah YOUR God is giving YOU to take possession of it.’”
1)
Set up a simple planJoshua chapter 1 verse2-3 and verse 11 (
strongly emphasize)
2 “Moses my servant is dead; and now get up, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel.
3 Every place upon which the sole of YOUR foot will tread, to YOU people I shall certainly give it, just as I promised to Moses.
11 “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Get provisions ready for yourselves, because three days from now YOU are crossing this Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that Jehovah YOUR God is giving YOU to take possession of it.’”
God is saying, let go of your past and move on and move forward. Moses is dead, they need to move on, and Joshua need to take courage to lead the people to the land God have prepare for them. Some of us are sticking to the past and are not growing. So come on, start to let go of your past and get going!
=If you don't have plan, you will not do well.=Future are preapre, and future are for those who plan!2)
Stay in the word of GodJoshua chapter 1 verse 77 “Only be
courageous and very strong to take care to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, in order that you may act wisely everywhere you go.
=Learn to focus on the word.=When you stay obedient to the Word, you'll prosper! =Is ok you never have a good start, but if you stay focus, you'll prosper- If you are not good in english, then be courageous and go for english class! Not spiritual? Start to get spiritual man!Joshua chapter 1 verse 88 This book of the law should not depart from your mouth, and you must in an undertone read in it day and night, in order that you may take care to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way successful and then you will act wisely.
We need to learn to obey the Word and get yourself rooted in the Word, so sign up for a Bible Study soon with your leader!
Joshua is very busy, leading a nation of people, during Joshua time, he lead almost 1million people, if he is so busy and still can read the Word of God, so must we!
3)
Step out in faith (
faith is more than feeling)
Joshua chapter 1 verse 6-96 Be
courageous and strong, for you are the one who will cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their forefathers to give to them.
7 “Only be
courageous and very strong to take care to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, in order that you may act wisely everywhere you go.
8 This book of the law should not depart from your mouth, and you must in an undertone read in it day and night, in order that you may take care to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way successful and then you will act wisely.
9 Have I not commanded you? Be
courageous and strong. Do not suffer shock or be terrified, for Jehovah your God is with you wherever you go.”
I guess last time we use to cheat and get MC and not going to work. But when the more we don't feel like do something good and we still go and do, we will have a break through & be strong & courageous.
What makes Joshua courageous?
Answer is at:
VERSE 9. => Because of God's Word!
Courage mean= Absent of fear and move ahead!
-We sure have fear in life. But 365 days God keep telling us "
fear not"! Instead of fear, we should do the right thing!
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There is 2 story Ming Jing share:1)
There is someone tries to bribe a pastor just to sign a document, and if the pastor sign, the person will give the pastor 1million dollar. The pastor do according what is right, and reject the bribe, and now the pastor is handling more than 10million dollar.2) There is a anonymous person who is wating for his case. Instead of telling the truth and be honest, he didn't, he go and hide here and there and lie, end up, actually all his case and concurrent charge, now become consecutive charge.Courage is doing what is the right thing at the right time. Final point is, not easy to be courageous, but you can choose it!
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Offering Message by JianWei:
2 Samuel chapter 24 verse 2424 However, the king said to A·rau´nah: “No, but without fail I shall buy it from you for a price; and I shall not offer up to Jehovah my God burnt sacrifices without cost.” Accordingly David bought the threshing floor and the cattle for fifty silver shekels.
~ Let's be like David in giving, a man of heart after God.
~ David don't come for ulterior motive, but rather honour God. Come, I challenge you give something that cost you something to God. It does not mean must give 1,000 or more then is something, no, if 2dollar mean something to you and touch your heart to please God, give it! He will never short change you!
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