09/01/2011 : Transformation

-Pst. Mark Kelsey

Transformation - My Life, My Community

God does not want to leave us at where we are at

It's what happened in the inside of us that prepare us for the change on the outside

Heb 6:1-3

God wants us to go on to maturity

We need to go through stages in life & we only go through when God has given us the permission to, meaning He is preparing us

Gen 1:26; 2:7

Isa 43:1

Created - Jacob - Conformed (world)

Formed - Israel - Transformed (God)

God loves to change people - transforming them

He changed Saul to Paul, Simon to Peter & more

Rom 12:2

2 Cor 3:16-18

Whenever anyone turns towards the Lord

Turn & turn up

7 stages of transformation dimensions

We change in dimensions, in small increments

We start from the World & enter

1. Kingdom of God through the gateway of revelation

2 Cor 4:4

We see Christ before we believe in Him - discover eternity

Then we enter

2. Church through gateway of Commitment

Commitment is forever

There's no perfect church but there is a perfect church for you - discover destiny

Psm 27:4

Psm 92:12-14

We need to break our pots & let our roots into the local church

Then we enter

3. Servanthood through the gateway of Submission (minimum)

Then we enter

4. Ministry throughout the gateway of Discipline

5. Leadership through the gateway of Responsibility

6. Government through the gateway of Loyalty/ Authority

7. Visionary through the gateway the Ability to See

Most churches are headed by ministers with members with agendas

The devil has 2 schemes - while God has plans

Scheme 1 - Keep us out using blindness

Scheme 2 - Get us out through offenses

God is incredible, but we only need to be credible

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

01/01/2011 : Jabez and Dreams

-Pst. Kong Hee

Jabez and Dreams

Psm 65:9-10

God can turn every difficulty around for you

He can water our lives within & without

The rain of the Holy Spirit will come to revive us & water us

Psm 65:11

God drips abundance throughout the entire year

"Crown" in Heb. means encircle & encompass

3 Jhn 2

God will do His part but we must also do our parts

God wants us to prosper in all things

But our souls need to be in good health as well

We cannot be decaying inside if we want happiness & prosperity outside

1 Chro 4:9

"Honorable": in Heb. means glory, substance, weight

Can I be different than the rest?

Jabez had unusual spiritual hunger for God

1 Chro 4:10

1. Jabez went after Prayer

2. Jabez had a Holy Dissatisfaction

He asked of God for bigger things but he also ask of God to keep him safe from evil things

3. Jabez wanted to Be More & Do More for God

He didn't settled for the average life

His name "Jabez" means " Pain".

Jabez felt unwanted - he brought pain...

In spite of it all, Jabez dared to ask for great things in the Lord

God uses Dreamers!

Faith = vision & dreams

Act 2:17

Faith is spiritualised imagination!

Dreams is the substance of life's great achievements

Burrs

George de Mestral - Velcro

Martin Luther King

Heb 11:6

Your dream will develop you

You don't develop your dreams

Yonggi Cho - you don't make your visions, your visions will make you

5 types of people

1. Those with No Dreams

2. Those with Low Dreams - cruising through life

Don't be afraid of challenges

3. Those with Wrong Dreams

4. Those with Vague Dreams

We need to be specific when we asked about our dreams

Jhn 17

5. Those with God's Dreams

Heb 11:32-34

Dreamers will live exciting lives for the Lord

Jabez build city of Jabez, builds school- that produced scribes, raised a generation of song leaders & prophets

Psm 37:4-5

Which do I belong to?

- CHC @ Expo Hall 8; Sat Service @ 5.30pm