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For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life
John 3:16
Remember: God loves you more than you could ever imagine. Have a good day, and God bless!
Love, ACJC Christian Fellowship
Sunday, July 29, 2007
HEY LOVELIES!
This was sent in an email to me from one of my sisters in church,cheryl wong:)
enjoy!
-lilin
...adapted from The Daily Chase, Tommy Tenney.
Empty yourself, be filled with God's power
And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave; just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many
( Matt 20:27-28 NKJV)
Disciples are expected to live with a deeper level of relinquishment than new believers. In the same way, as disciples, those who would lead and feed must relinquish more than they did as disciples.
Moses was educated, trained in all the ways of Egypt, which took him to a high level of accomplishment in the Egyptian society, but it was counted for almost nothing in God's kingdom. (Acts 7:22-23)
Moses was "mighty in speech" until he turned 40 and tried to fulfil his destiny on his own. Then he had an intimate encounter with God that apparently left him a stutterer! Sometimes what we consider " religious eloquence" is really " spiritual stutter", an impediment to true communication with and for the Almighty.
Exaltation at one level is abasement at a higher. That is the power of relinquishment. We cannot pray," Thy kingdom come..." unless first, we are willing to pray," My kingdom go..." (Matt 6:10) We have a tendency to hold onto our kingdom with a death grip, but we need to learn there is a power that comes through relinquishment.
God told His reluctant deliverer,Moses, " When i get through using you, the children of Israel are going to give Me glory. It will not be because of your education, your intelligence, or your ability to speak.. Your leadership ability will not get all the praise for what happens." Give man honor, but glory belongs to God alone.
God performed astounding miracles through Moses, yet as far as we know, God never healed him of his stutter. Sometimes God will leave a mark somewhere on your life as a permanent reminder of the time and place He touched you and changed you forever. It will be a place where He can always get a hold on you.
Moses could tell you about it, if you would be patient with his stuttering delivery. Jacob could tell you about his limp, but you would be able to see that for yourself. So ti was with Paul's "thorn in the flesh". (Imagine meeting these people when we reach Heaven!! Haha..Fabulously cool!) Regardless of the strength of his belief in the healing and delivering power of God, we have no record that Paul was healed or delivered of his thorn. It may have been God's means of getting Paul's attention. Paul put it in this way:
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:for My strength(God's) is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities,that the power of Christ may rest upon me (2 Corinthians 12:7-9)
Moses was at the height of his career. He had power, prestige, wealth and influence with the royal house of Pharaoh.However, he had a prior commitment and divine commission from the royal house of the Most High God of Israel. He was called of God to deliver the children of Israel from their Egyptian bondage, buthe first had to be freed of every shadow of his former house and changed from the heart outward. It took 40 years of shepherding in the wilderness to prepare him for the next 40 years in the place as a deliverer.
7:06 PM
.Children Of God.
We are the Christian Fellowship from Anglo Chinese Junior College! :)
Basically, the purpose of this blog is just to have a place where anyone interested in knowing more about God, or even just talking to other Christians, can come to.
This is a new blog, still under construction, so not much is up yet.
Do feel free to post up anything you like, as long as it's edifying and constructive. :)
Oh, and if you're interested, Melanie and Sharyl will be putting up a blog devoted completely to putting up song lyrics and chords. It will be linked to this site once it's up, so go and check it out!
Well, that's all. Have fun browsing!
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Psalm 96:1
CF Meetings
When: Every Friday, 5pm
Where: LT2
Morning Worship
When: Every Wednesday, 7am
Where: Bleachers
Morning Prayer
When: Every Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 7am (Tue - 7.40am)
Where: Bleachers
Worship & Sharing Session (open to CF and non-CF alike)
When: Every Tuesday, 7.00am
Where: Sky Garden (that's above LT4!)