Sunday, October 19, 2008
Today's Sermon is about : The bank of God!
Introduction : Now, the economy seems pretty bad, and some Christians are actually thinking of giving lesser amount for their commitment. But then we cannot do this, since it is our commitment to God!
Genesis 26:12-14 - Issac continued to Sow and he Reaped. - We can actually still Sow and Prosper! Let us look at Elijah's act of Faith during famine : - 1 Kings 18:25-39 - Verse 31 : Elijah repaired the Altar of the Lord. - Verse 32 : Elijah repaired his relationship with God, and went even further then that. - Verse 33 : - The people filled four water pots with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice. - Water was the most precious commodity at that time. - For God's fire to come, we need to give what is most precious to us. - Verse 34 : - Elijah said : "Do it a SECOND time", "Do it a THIRD time". - "Three" is the completion. ( Jesus rose on the THIRD day ) - 1 Kings 18:45 - The sky was covered by dark clouds, and there was a heavy rain. The bank of God. Where is it exactly?
People always think that God is the bank, and we would actually get our money from him. But actually, WE are the banks of God, and it is said in Matthew 25:14-28 and Deuteronomy 2:18.
The person with one talent just hid the money, and that was all that he did. The two other persons, one with five talents and the other with two talents, both of them traded their talents around, and got back one hundred percent of the talents they each have in the beginning! God was of course happy with the two persons who had twice the amount of talents in the end! But God was not happy with the person who hid the one talent that he had. God said that he was a "Wicked'' and ''Lazy'' servant. Everyone... imagine that we are bankers, and God deposits his money with us. And when He wanted to withdraw his money back, we actually say : ''God, can you not withdraw now, and withdraw a few years later? We need the money to support ourselves, since the economy is very bad now." Is that how it is suppose to be? No of course! We are the bankers, and when our client (God) needs money, we give it, with interest! Banks will not give back the original amount! And when we give God our most precious thing, He will open the Windows of Heaven and give us a blessing that is so great that we cannot store it! So today, I encourage you guys to give your precious to God, so that He can bless you back! This is a graph of the stages of how we all look at the economy : Hope --> Greed --> Scepticism --> Fear --> Panic --> Despondency --> Hope The cycle will continue... And we are at the stage of between Fear and Panic. We will be reaching Despondency soon, but I believe that with God, Faith, and Good thinking, we will be able to overcome this crisis, and every other problems in our lives!
As 2 Timothy 1:7 said... ''God did not give us a Spirit of Fear, but a Spirit of Faith!''
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 12:23:00 AM
Today, it was a day of Faith for me! When I heard from Tyron that he might not be coming to Church today, I was kind of sad. But I chose to stand by my Faith, and he came, even if it was after service! The whole Cell Group got a wonderful gift for Pastors! It was quite a costly gift if it was bought by only one person, but the whole Cell Group got together to buy this great gift! It was a trolley of food, and seriously, it WAS a trolley! Everyone chose something they wanted to get for Pastors, and together, it was a lot of items! When we all delivered the trolley of food to Pastors, they were indeed surprised! The look on their faces were just... Stunned and happy! Hmm... now I also wonder how Pastors are going to bring the trolley of food with them to London. Rhena was so happy and when Pastor How joke with her about both of them sharing the food, Rhena said no! Isn't that just how cute children act? She is going to grow up to be a great woman of God, mind you! I do not know how to spell but Andy's smallest brother was so cool as well, and he gave a card to Pastor Lia! And it was then I heard that Pastor Lia actually keep all the cards everyone gave to her, even cards from the Leaders when they were young! Oh, starting from today, I will be posting Sermon notes! Maybe even Connect/Cell Group notes! Why you ask? Just Because I Wanted To! (Operation Just Because)
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 12:08:00 AM
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Yesterday, I went to Church with Tyron, and the Cell Group just welcomed him with smiles on their faces! We all had a wonderful chat for a few hours before we all split up to go Prayer Meeting, Study, or BMI. We all met up for steamboat somewhere in Bugis a few hours later, and it was just awesome. The food was a little above average, and the price was quite reasonable. Vick, Gabriel and Polly joined us a while later, and then I left. Everyone was having fun, and I think that matters more than filling up our stomachs!
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 12:06:00 PM
Friday, October 17, 2008
Today, quite a few number of us went to the to send Pastor Ma on her final journey. It was a great and holy departure... The weird thing was, the day reminded me of my grandfather, when my family sent him off. Just a few more decades, and we can all meet up with Pastor Ma again up in Heaven. But I could never ever see my grandfather again... How I wish I had knew about Heart Of God Church in the past. I was studying at Henderson when I was young, but I did not heard of it. I guess God have his plans... And I think I would not really accept Christ during that time, since I am just a little boy who always listen to his elders. After Cell Group, everyone celebrated Yolander's and Jamie's birthdays! It was so funny, as everyone had prepared a special dance for Jamie. For Yolander, after singing birthday song to her for so many times, I think all of us will keep on thinking of ''Happy Birthday'' song for quite a while... Pastors are so great, they sent us free goodies to eat! We even took a picture of the goodies decorated in a ''Thank You'' shape. Too bad, I do not have the picture... but whoever knows Hui Shan can get it from her maybe? After reaching home, I checked my email and saw a junk mail that seriously can make anyone laugh instead of being cheated.
Look :
It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my Son Ben intend to establish in your country,Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk, confiding in someone tosucceed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of money Ten Million U.S dollars($10,000,000.00) which my late Husband Mr.Koulibaly williams deposited in a fixed deposite(Domicillary) account in a bank in ivory coast Abidjan before he was assasinated by unknown persons.Now my son and I decieded to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security purposes.We want you to help us to transfer this fund to your country for investment purposes on the followings below: 1). Telecommunication 2). International School 3). Five star hotel or any other business venture you know we can invest these money i mean lucrative business. If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 10% Of the total fund. Please reply me through my private mail address for seccurity reasons: hmami.bamak55@hotmail.com I await your soonest response.Extend my warmest regards to your entire family. Thank you and God bless you.SincerelyMrs. Mami koulibally
Come on, the coloured words or phrases are wrong spelling, or no sense, or no fullstops/commas. Sorry but I really wanted to share this joke, I mean junk email with all of you!
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 1:00:00 AM
Monday, October 13, 2008
Wow, finally I'm going to update my blog today. Today, some of us in the Cell Group went to Pastor Ma's wake. Everyone is feeling sad that a great mother had passed away, but the thought of her going to our Heavenly Father's side, it is really a wonderful thing. I did not heard properly, but a Pastor had told us about the story of Pastor Ma. It is really a touching story : ''During the war, a mother that had to take care of her eight children. She have to save a lot of money... Just so she could send her children to school. Being a Christian who was always on fire for God, when people pray for a group, she will always try to get to the front just so she could fall under the presence of God.'' This is only some of the story, as I could not hear much from the speaker, since it is quite far. It is hard to fully understand this great woman of God's love for her children and God. Pastor Lia said that Pastor Ma was even trying to understand and remember the Bible when she is illiterate! She remembered the verses with pictures... And that is always a great way to remember, even for us. I have decided to use a few hours of my study time during wednesday just to go to the wake again! One can never ever get enough from a great person of God.
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 10:51:00 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Yesterday during Connect Group, everyone was feeling tired after playing games. and it was great that Gabriel bought water for us! It is such a surprise that I was called to do BMI yesterday, and it was such a great way to get rid of stress. I have decided to post sermon notes from now on, and those who did not come for service can see or copy it down!
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 10:51:00 AM
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Today, I did not go school again! The lessons today includes Design And Technology, which is why I did not turn up. Instead, I went Vivocity to study with Abi, Polly, and Pedian! It is quite a torture to study Physics since it is so plain... But still, I would say that it is still better than Maths! This is a warning to everyone who is seeing this post : Never ever buy from the Mixed Vegetables Rice at Food Republic, because it is so expensive that just the fried rice I ordered cost $3.80 alone. Plus the other three kind of meats I ordered, the whole meal was $8.30! Anyway, the coffee we had at Pacific Cafe was kind of nice, and I might go back again to try other kinds of coffee they have to offer.
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 10:15:00 PM
Okay, today I finally went to school! I have to admit that there is seriously nothing much the teachers can teach us now... And we can only rely on ourselves. I went to study with Abi, Polly, Vick, Pedian, and Hui Min after school! I would say that at the end of the day, we all had gain more weight than intelligence. Going out to study again tomorrow, and I should really force myself to hit the books, rather than talking. Today's post was a bit late... Oh well... Time to sleep!
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 12:09:00 AM
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Today was a boring day... I slept like a log for more than half of the day, and I am still feeling tired. It is a bad time to sleep, since O level is at around the corner. I went for math tuition at night and now, I feel more sleepy. Maybe I should study some other subjects other than maths alone for the next few days before O level. Sigh... Got to go school again tomorrow... Good night to anyone who is reading this...
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 10:56:00 PM
Monday, October 6, 2008
Later on, I had a real early breakfast at 8 am with Clara, Melissa, and Polly before Melissa went to school. I do not know whether to feel happy or guilty when Polly said that she will skip school just to spend time with us! After that, we went around Junction 8 looking for a spot to study, but when we went to the Bishan Library to get a spot, it was full-house. Time passes, and we went to Cafe Cartel for lunch. And that was when Abi came, with some of her own delicious Bee Hoon that she cooked! Then after lunch, we studied for a while before Hui Min, Cherie, and Felicia came to join us. When they came, instead of studying, we all just hangout and ate! I do not think I will ever eat pork ribs ever again, since I can never understand the right way to eat it. After filling our stomachs over and over again, some of us went home, and the others went to study somewhere else.
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 7:58:00 PM
Today, I have finally created my own blog! (Since I'm so bored at home...)
It is so sad that after packing up my room and moving every single dusty furniture to my parents' room, my cousin just came to my house and went home. He was planning to stay for three weeks at my house, but since his wife doesn't like it, he went back home. I do not mind at all, since we already had a chat this afternoon! I would always welcome people to come my house! After all, the more is always merrier!
I will serve You as long as I have breath. 1:25:00 AM
