Sunday, August 10, 2008
hi peopleeeeeee. it's been
eons since this blog has been of use. anyway, i decided to post some very brief notes taken from sermons and cell for the past few weeks. this is especially so for those who hvn't been to cell for a long time. we miss u guys man... please do come back after the o lvl ok? (:
3 weeks ago, we had combined cell with isabelle and big ben's cg. isabell talked about failure. that
failure isnt the oppo of success, it's a mark that shows there's room for improvement, it's a stepping stone towards success. do not view failure as the end of the world. when u face failures, dun be depressed.
there's no fear in God's perfect love. so dun fear failures.
2 weeks ago, cin talked about
self-discipline. when we meet a prob, we always say to improve we need to do xxx and yyy but the main thing we need to achieve is self-discipline. iceberg theory: the 10% visible of the iceberg consists of one's actions, gestures, words and thoughts. but the other 90% unseen from the surface of the water includes the purpose, pirorities, values, identity, etc.
qn for that day: why are still holding on to God?today cin talked abt
guilt. that
guilt either disciplines us (in a positive way aka chasten) or condemn us. she referred to 1john 1:9. God aint the one changing, we are the ones that keep moving away from Him so if we able to embrace guilt correctly and face it by confessing our mistakes, we'd be free from the condeming kinda guilt and it helps us go back to God. but usu
confessing that we're is a hard thing to do cos we need to put down our pride, and not compare with others. it's bt us and God.
"No man knows how bad he is till he tries to be good" -- CS lewis.pastor pacer talked about
healing last week. he said for the youth it's mostly
emotional healing. he said a prayer for us that was really... comforting. i can't rmb what he said in that prayer but he said scars are not marks of defeat. and that we ought to believe that God has the power to heal. sometimes in our lives, we ought to seek God, have this divine appt. with God, so as to receive treatment from Him. after all, the church is for the spiritually sick and weak ppl, not for those who are perfectly fine. (bible story John 4: 1-42)
today pastor pacer talked about
changed hearts. that we ought to live by faith not by sight (2 cor 5:17) he talked abt zacchaeus, the short man (luke 19:1-10). erm he said... 5 main pts.
1) change comes with a desire (vs3)
2) change requires effort (vs4)
3) change takes place when Christ is in our hearts (vs5)
4) change makes u new person (vs8) (this kinda change need not be instructed by God, u just know what u should do, as in what's right)
5) change is only possible with Jesus (vs10) (when a person is changed, there'd be a chain reaction too)
all the best for the rest of ur prelims and o lvl oral these 2 weeks!! take ur time to digest all the above ok? hope to see all of us reunited as a cell grp soon (: take care, everyone! God bless all of u too!
PS. i'm sry i sound so naggy lollll, paiseh.
