30/10/2010 : Jesus Our Hope

-Pst. Kong Hee

Jesus Our Hope

Mak 5:21-23, 35-36

Jairus was desperate but Jesus encouraged him

Hope comes by trusting Jesus Christ

Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in youth

1 Tim 1:1

Col 1:27

Eph 2:12

Hope = a confident expectation tat desire will be fulfilled

Heb 11:1 (Moffat)

Faith& Hope must come together for good things to happen

What hope can Jesus give us?

1. The Hope of Forgiveness& Righteousness

Gal 5:5

Rom 8:24

2. The Hope of Healing& Health

3 Jhn 2 (NLT)

3. The Hope of Provision& Blessing

Pro 10:22

James Cash (1875-1971)

Mat 11:28

JC Penny department store

How do we come into this Hope?

1. Thinking

Fill your mind with Hopeful thoughts

Have Only Positive Expectation

2. Visualising

As long as there is hope, there is life

3. Believing

Psm 27:13

Psm 30:5

Jer 32:2;9-10

God never forgets whatever that He promised you

He has better than an elephant's memory

4. Speaking

Holding Onto Prayer Everyday

What are you hoping for tonight?

Only believe in the promises of God

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24/10/2010 : The Work of God

-Pst. Tan Ye Peng

The Work of God

Rom 1:16-17
Mak 8:15-30
Without death, there is no resurrection
The Gospel is about the death of Jesus & then His resurrection
Death is hard to swallow as we are used to live by sight
Yet if we don't go through trials, we won't see the resurrection & we won't be strengthen in our faith towards Him

Peter, like the restored partially blind man, was not fully clear about Jesus
Many times we are like Peter, only seeing Jesus in the manner that we prefer

Mak 8:30-38
Jesus wants us to be weary of the things of men - living by sight and not by faith

Jhn 20
The disciples went to see the empty tomb & didn't believe
Sight is not how Jesus wants us to live by
Sometimes we won't even see the physical things until Jesus choose to reveal it to us
Jesus continues to work so that His disciples come to believe in Him
Jesus wants His disciples to learn to live not by sight but by what Jesus wants us to see

Jhn 6:28-29
The work of God is when we believe in Jesus
An increase in our faith in Jesus

The book of revelations is written in a manner when visions comes, destuctions then come and followed by a promises of restoration

This shows that the Lord has planned for us to walk this journeys of ups and down. However never once is He out of control and not aware of our downs. He continues to gives us visions after visions of being with Him and to come to know Jesus' faithfulness and salavation plans for ourselves. Through all the ups & downs, we will also be changed into the image of God.

Isa 44:6
Rev 12:22-23

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17/10/2010 : Jacob and His Crisis of Change

-Pst. Kong Hee

Jacob and His Crisis of Change

Gen 32
"Jacob" means"a supplanter","grabber","scheming person".
Esau became a person who is very carnal just like Isaac
Rebakah was known to be cunning
We become like who we are disciples by and mentored by
Choose your disciples, mentors& advisers carefully
God's kingdom purpose must be done in God's way
Jacob need a deep change in his character

But before every change there's a few stuff to meet...

1. Crisis
All growth is by way of crisis
Every revival is a respond to a crisis
Only in a crisis then we can see our weakness
Jam 1:2-5
Lessons from Job
1. Nothing can happen to us without God permission
2. Sufferings build up our spiritual capacity & our immunity
3. We can't manage the process ourselves but just God
4. Our response to a crisis qualifies us to the next level
Most of the heroes of faith has a lot of troubles & burdens but they are able to above it
Gen 32:24
Hos 12:3

2. Commitment
Gen 32:25-26
Jacob wouldn't let God go - he desires for a transformation
God could end the wrestle in a second but He didn't.
He wants to develop Jacob's character than his comfort
God is more interested in our character than our comfort

3. Confession
Gen 32:27
Jacob has confessed to his name - a supplanter, a grabber& a scheming person
Jam 4:6

4. Conversion
Gen 32:30
Don't try to fulfil your destiny through your own cleverness

Only when we have gone through the above then will we have
a. A new identity in God
Gen 32:28
b. A new encounter in God
Gen 32:29-30
"Peniel" (Heb.) means "face to face"
c. A new walk with God
Gen 32:25;31
Jacob become daily reminded that he needs to depend upon God
He can no longer run away physically
Heb 11:21
It's the meek who will inherit the earth

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10/10/2010 : How Awesome is this Place

- Pst. Phil Pringle

How awesome is this Place

Isa 2:2-3

Psm 65

31st Dec 1998 in a C3 conference - prophecy

We are living in the days when millions of people will be coming to the house of God

Gen 28:11-12,17

CHC is a gate towards heavens

Jacob was a part of a twin - he was a supplanter

Esau was hairy& love to hunt

A blessing will never be reversed - although Jacob did things quite dsyfunctionally but he desires for God's blessings

Esau was more based& carnal - thus he was willing to trade it for stew

Jacob then walked into Laban& fell in love Rachel

But he got Leah - crossed-eye cow

Then Jacob has 2 enemies after him

Then he walked in the gate of heavens - he saw angels

There are gateways between earth& hell & heaven

He walk into Luz then changed the name to Bethel

Jhn 14:1-2

People feels anxiety about meeting people. Humans fear rejection greatly

Humans also thinks that God will make us do what we don't wanna do

Sometimes the things that God wants us to do will bring pain& trouble but that doesn't mean that we won't have victory over& love for it

John 14

1. One of their own, Judas, will betray Jesus

Heroes are living above their fumbling& mistakes

Promises of God

The house of God is a place where we get to network with connection for our purpose

We will find the pieces of our destiny puzzles in others

Jonathan& David friendship

Jonathan was to be the next king but when Jonathan met David, he can sense that David will be the next king

Jonathan must has been training to be the next king& he has been visualising that he's the king

1 Sam 23:17

1 Sam 18:3-4

Eph 4:16

When we are in bending movements, it's the ligaments that is holding us together.

So like ligaments, a covenant holds Jonathan& David together

Jonathan sacrifices his nature destiny for David

Unfortunately Jonathan didn't really move on, he continued to stick onto Saul

He was supposed to be ruling next to David but he didn't& he died next to Saul

3 different people in the world

1. Misplaced

2. Displaced

3. Replaced

People need to move together

Misplaced

Pro 27:8

Displaced

Ruth 1:1

Naomi was handed death 3times yet she must be such a testimony that Ruth followed her

Ruth was from Moab & God don't like them but yet Ruth was part of Jesus' lineage

God will uses people who aren't perfect -

Replaced

Mark failed Paul

Paul at first distrust him but later on trusted him again

Mark managed to replace his old self

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

03/10/2010 : Turning Points

-Pst. Tan Ye Peng

Turning Points

2 Kg 5:1-14

Background of Naaman - the Syrians despise the God of Israel

Because Israel was beaten every time by Syrians although they must have prayed & pleaded with God

2 Kg 1:2

Elisha was in a situation when even the king of Israel was not seeking God

1 Kg 16:24

Naaman bought a lot of money to Israel

2 Kg 5:6

Even in a crisis, God can turn it around - he doesn't just wanna heal physically for Naaman but He turns Naaman around totally to worship Him

2 Kg 12:11-15

Naaman was expecting Elisha to serve him but in the heal, he came to know that he is the servant to the man of God

In the healing, it's a turning point for Naaman

Act 27:22-25

2 Kg 5:20; 8:4

Gehazi turn leprous but he continued to serve Elisha - it's a turning point for him

Naaman was compared to Gehazi

2 Kg 5:2

The little girl was compared to the King of Israel - she lost her freedom but she continued to trust God

Each of them was readjusted in a crisis

Gehazi stumbled in face of money & he had to renew his walk with God

2 Kg 5:7

Elisha was not discouraged despite the situation

Naaman was in a rage but he turn back

Gehazi failed but he continued to stood

The little girl lost her freedom but she kept her faith

Can we learn to stand before God & see our turning points?

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