though so long never blog i still come back!!!haha okay yaya i'm guilty but today i 'm so determined i wana blog cos i wan to use this blog to make me accountable of my spiritual growth. mainly becos of this week's caregroup which was to set personal goals on areas to grow in order to achieve our cg vision of building a strong foundation in God's word so as to equip ourselves to be salt and light amongst people within our sphere of influence.
and i responded quite alot.
upward (how to establish intimate relationship w God):
Establish relationship with God to the extent that I feel His close presence despite being pre-occupied with my daily routine. (ie. Do tutorial tgr w/ God; brush teeth with God :D etc)
Prayer: -not just pray when I need to / when there is nothing else I can do , but pray and commit all things to God so that I can complete each task using God’s strength and not my own.
-set aside time to pray for others (15 min each day to pray for at least 2 person (believers and SOWees =)
Stretch my ability to serve by extend reliance on God, because serve more => do more => less time to seek God quietly. Need a balance, how to do so? Not sure yet but probably reading books?
Inward (my attitude):
Faith: Recognizing faith and action come tgr. Pray and ask God for strength but still do whatever I can and God will add to it, instead of thinking that I pray and not do anything and expect God to do everything.
Peace of mind: tap into this promise from God which is to grant us peace. Memorise and meditate verses John 14:27 & Matthew 6:34
Knowledge: memorise bible verses (at least a verse each week =))
Outward:
Outreach: Tiffany – coursemate, spend a lot of time w/ her individually. Perfect opportunity given by God to outreach
Yee Sam – OG mate knows she is insecure about her friendship and is looking out for friends that will always rmb her and walk tgr with her
Shi Yong – in religion called 天道 believes Jesus Christ but takes teaching from others religion too. Potential believer that will need someone to reveal to her that there is only this one God that will bring her eternal life in heaven.
Not be afraid to outwardly express my reliance on God; let others see the presence of God through me so that they may be blessed by His provision in me.
Be a source of encouragement: affirm people, not just by sms and cards but do it face-to-face or even better in a group . Because from book Be All You Can Be it says that it will have a greater significance on the person in this manner.
Not to be selective in people I establish closer relationship with. God loves them equally regardless believer /non-believer
Tap and stretch my spiritual gifting of hospitality. This gift to be exercised not based on emotions. Let God be my only source of joy and comfort so that I can always be joyful and hospitable. Stretch this gift to bless non-believers. Use it to draw people to myself so that I can share the gospel to them and do my part to fulfill the Great Commission.
Yup so from this week onwards, i will post my week's memory verse HERE :D
This week's memory verse:
Yup its from this week's shepherding.
This week' s shepherding was on tuesday and we studied the passage Hebrews 11:1-10 which is on faith. Sumary of learning points are:
1. What is faith?: Faith is being sure of what we hope for, trusting God & His character (involves trusting even when we do not see the answers)
2. Why do we need to have faith?: Faith pleases God & help us grow in relationship w Him.
3. Application: Faith & action, faith in trials, faith in being healed, faith in approaching God.
Today had bible study with sengkim at the palette. passage was on Daniel 1 & 2. Learning points:
1. Daniel was loyal and obedient to God despite being in a foreign country where His God aren't praised. and, he stood firm in God's command to not eat food assigned by the king, even though he knew that it would created a lot of trouble.
Show also Daniel's reliance on God.
God showed favour of his obedience by blessing him with knowledge and understanding. These were clearly what they needed most in their current situation =>God provides accordingly
2. Even though Daniel did not hold high position among the king's wise men, he was respected. because even when the commander of guard (high position) wanted to put him to execution, he still had chance to ask. Daniel must have led a righteous and respectable life, which made him an influential character.
3. When Daniel spoke to the king, he kept pointing towards God. Doing things for God and fulfilling tasks with God's strength. =>bring glory to God
4. See importance in fellowship => looked for other 3 to pray tgr instead of praying alone.
After telling and interpreting king's dream, he was given high position and he requested for other 3 to be administrators because he saw the value in them and knew that he needed to carry out his work.
After that went on to talk about caregroup. He reminded me that the best way to serve my leader(specifically CL) is to give valuable feedback to her so that caregroup would be better suited to each one's need. it was really something that i've never thought about doing. Previously in youth i only participated in CG evaluation cos my CL asked me to. i shld have understood the importance of CG evaluation. yup, so something i wan2 see myself improve in.
like reason of being laid back: will my feedback even make a difference?
rebuttal: there won't even be an opportunity that a change will happen if i remain silent!!
haha. yups so just do it ba!
only things to consider: is it biblical? is it more beneficial?
if yes for both, just do it! jia you k =)
hmm, yup that's about it. recess week is here!!lol but can't enjoy holiday cos i'm lagging in uni, need this 1 wk break to catch up. btw tmr meeting eunice! to catch up,she was telling me about some of her worries in her family. God please bless my friend =) hope to hear good news tmr!
nite nitex (^.^)
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