YF Basic: Teaching this Friday (18th) and Sermon/Sunday School
It was an encouraging to hear of the Lord's work in Wardrer's life and to have Marcus and Aaron teach from Philippians 2. It's great to see that this generation cannot be sold short, you have the gifts and abilities to equip, strengthen and encourage each other in the faith - not only your peers but us as adults. Continue; as Paul told Timothy, to set an example for believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. The Lord was also doing something special in our hearts on Sunday as we witnessed that God is doing something tremendous as Asia is the catalyst in bringing the gospel to the whole world. Many h2o and youth were in tears as God was doing these amazing things, please continue to pray for how we can all get behind missions. Gratitude is our focus this week, it is not something that is attained by default but must be cultivated in our lives. "Rise, O Lord, into Your proper place of honor, above my ambitions, above my likes and dislikes, above my family, my health and even my life itself. Let me decrease that You may increase..." - Tozer in the Pursuit of God
This Friday (18th) we will be continuing with the fifth installment 'Teaching' in the Basic series we started almost a year ago. Every word in Scripture is God-breathed with the purpose of teaching, rebuking, correcting and training us to do good works. If these words are meant to inspire and give life to us then why do many feel like reading it is an additional chore to do each day. That it is more of a duty than a privilege? Maybe if we begin to see the Bible for what it is, a holy book that contains vast riches and the keys to understanding how Jesus lived and how He wants us to live, we will begin to crave God's Word as a newborn baby craves milk. Please bring your Bibles and a willingness to have our minds renewed.This Sunday (20th) I will be preaching the English sermon from Luke 9 and will have a special focus on next generation ministry, please remember this in your prayers and ask that the Spirit would continue to change the culture in our church and cause us to grow. After the service, Sunday school will be continuing our journey through the wisdom in Proverbs.
Baptism opportunity this Christmas, I'll already be doing baptism class with a candidate this week so please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to be baptized this Christmas. Baptism is an act of obedience which symbolizes being baptized into His death and buried in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead, we too may live a new life. (Romans 6:3-5).
For Christmas, I had the chance to meet with Maxine from St. Luke's this morning and we will have the privilege of doing something special for the Christmas season with them. More details on Friday and Sunday.
A quote from 'Thoughts in Solitude' by Thomas Merton that impacted me: "There is no neutrality between gratitude and ingratitude. Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything. Those who do not love, hate. In the spiritual life there is no such thing as an indifference to love or hate. That is why tepidity (which seems to be indifferent) is so detestable. It is hate disguised as love."
Let us know how we can be praying for you or if you'd like to set up a time to catch up.
See you all on Friday!
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