30/04/2006 : Igniting Your Spiritual Passion

-Pst. Mark Conner

1 Tess 1:2;8
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Igniting Your Spiritual Passion

Rom 12:9-18;11 (diff versions)
We're saved & called by God. Have a purpose & the passion to serve that purpose
Zeal = fervency
Passion is a fire that is inside that affects outside
God works on a perpetual enthusiasm!
75% of the US presidents ranks in the lower rank of IQ
50% of the Fortune Magazine CEOs averages C- in school
Intelligence is cool but passion makes the difference
Enthusiasm & persistent makes an average person superior while indifference & lethargy makes a superior person average
4 passion-killers
1. Complacency
Jos 13:1
Before in Jos 12, there lies a list of 31 kings that Joshua has conquered & God is here to remind him that there's still more!
Jos 14:10-12
Caleb kept his passion even @ 85
2. Difficult Circumstances
Isa 43:1-3
We'll pull through
3. Unbalanced Lifestyle
Pushing ourselves to driveness to burn out
Always takes care of yourself so that you can be useful to others
'Self-care'
Rhythm to life = activity & rest
Jesus draws near to the crowd & withdrew from them
Time management vs energy management
Christianity is a series of sprints!
4. Familiarity
Things that are precious turns common or routine!
Religion is going the motions without the emotions
Ehpathtic
Lukewarmness is serving God by trying not to offend the devil

How to keep your passion burning?
1. Activate your spiritual gifts
Jh 4
Fuels you whenever you use it!
2 Tim 1:6-7
Want to know gifts, try looking at your frustration
We may not all be prominent but we're all significant!
2. Associate with people of passion
Heb 10:24-25
Because the devil always has his fire-fighters. It's up to you to decide if it is holding a water-pistol or water hose
3. Return to your 1st love
Rev 2:45
What did we when we 1st started
1 Tim 1:12
If you think your life is tough, make a list of your problems on 1 side of a paper & Paul's challenges on the other side
4. Pray for passion
God is a fire-igniting God!
Radical commitment is needed to keep our belief constant on God's story
Exo 8:8-10
Why tomorrow? Why not today?

- CHC @ Expo Hall 8; Sun Service @ 10am

22/04/2006 : What To do When You Don't Know What To Do

-Pst. Kong Hee

What To do When You Don't Know What To Do

2 Chro 20:1;3-4;12-14;22;25-26
V.12 In a crisis
1. Set your heart to seek the Lord
2 Chro 3-4
Pray & walls will come down!
Ps 9:10
Ps 14:2
2. Focus on the promise, not the problem
2 Chro 20:12
Promise to provision : storms!
But we're overcomers!
3. Stand before the Lord
2 Chro 20:13
Eph 6
4. Wait for the Holy Spirit
2 Chro 20:14
5. Begin to praise God in advance
2 Chro 20:22;25-26
Our favorite verse: Praise the Lord,
You will remain in the fire until you know how to praise in the fire!
Valley of Berach is the place where we should be!
Angels are ready to fight for us!

- CHC @ Expo Hall 8; Sat Service @ 8pm

16/04/2006 : Why Didn't Jesus Save Himself?

-Pst. Kong Hee

Why Didn't Jesus Save Himself?

Matt 27:34-43
People were mocking Jesus but He kept on. Why? Because there is no logic in love.
Isa 53:6
Never in history has a saviour ever gone through so much for His creation.
Even Pontius Pilate says Jesus don't deserve death.
Jesus was so tired that He fall down but never once did He complaint.
Why? Because of the joy in front of Him, He saw our sins washed, our poverty into riches...& He endured all the pain & humiliation.
So whose fault is it that Jesus was crucified? Our sins!

- CHC @ Expo Hall 8; Sun Service @ 10am

15/04/2006 : The Power Of Resurrection

-Pst. Kong Hee

The Power Of Resurrection

Phil 3:10
Eph 1:19
People wants to change their life
The power of resurrection
1. It is the power to cancel your past
Col 2:14
Jh 3:17
Jer 37
Rom 8:1
2. It is the power to conquer your problems
3. It is the same power to change your personality

- CHC @ Expo Hall 8; Sat Service @ 4.30pm

09/04/2006 : Connecting to People

-Pst. Tan Ye Peng

Connecting to People

Col 2:18-19
The faculty of vision is in the head: Jesus is in our vision & getting us connected back to God
This is also our tasks now!
Matt 9:37
Do not depend on the sinners to change before they come to God, but depend on us! Our attitude towards them, our interests in their life is what will change them! Jesus asked us to pray for the laborers not the harvest!?!
Gal 4:9
No matter how much rejections or disappointment
Jh 4:35
3 areas that we need to lift up our eyes form
1. We need to lift up our eyes from our ourselves
Jh 7:38
Don't keep focusing only on ourselves
2.We need to lift up our eyes from being cast down
Meditate on the beautiful
3. We need to lift up our eyes in the way we look at people
Look at people thru the "harvest eyes"
Be a witness!
Give an account of Jesus' ministry!
Jh 1:35-42; 43-45
Acts 1:8
1.God has called you to be a witness
Stick out your New York ü
2. God's power is available
3. You need to step up in faith!
Eph 4:12-16
The parts must be prepared for our head's (Jesus) works!
It's not about the five-fold ministry anymore! These departments have been restored since 1950s! It's about the ministry of the Saints! The world is not going to benefit from the 1% of the 2billion Christians who are in full-time ministry, the world will benefit from the ordinary Christians, like us, who will touch our friends.
1 Cor 14:13-14

- CHC @ Expo Hall 8; Sun Service @ 10am

02/04/2006 : 9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit

- Pst. Richard Roberts

9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit

1 Cor 12:4-11
These gifts of the Spirit belongs to God not man
These gifts can operate @ the same time!
Revelation gifts
1. Words of wisdom
Understanding - knowing something without asking
1 Kg 17
A supernatural understanding of what to do
Jn 8
2. Words of knowledge
Supernatural information of things that is not available
2 Kg 6
The new testament is here to fulfill the old testament
Jn 4
When it comes, ask God: what are you speaking to me? What do you want me to do?
3. Discerning of Spirits
Act 16
Power gifts
Act 19:11-12
1. The Gifts of Hearing
Acts 3
2. The working of miracles
Exo
Jos 10
3. The gift of Faith
A supercharger for you cannot do it anymore
Gen 22:5
Vocal Gifts
1. The gift of Prophecies
Giving direction to life
God is in charge & l'm not!
2. The gift of Tongues
3. The gift of the Interpretation of tongues
These gifts are sovereign & usually go hand-in-hand
Rom 8:26
Not the personal usage of types
But the kinds that is edifying to others

- CHC @ Expo Hall 8; Sun Service @ 10am