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

24/12/2010 : The Tragedies of Joseph

-Pst. Kong Hee

The Tragedies of Joseph

Mat 1:18-19

3 Traumas of Joseph

1. Trauma of Shocking Discovery

John Davidson - Erie Street Baptist Mission Church

J.D. Rockefeller - first billionaire in history

2. Trauma of Shattered Dream

Alfred Yip - 14th April

3. Trauma of Shameful Despair

Joseph was a just man - stone, divorce or marry Mary

Jane

Mat 1:20-21

- CHC @ JW; Fri Service @ 5pm

19/12/2010 : Unto Us A Child is Born

-Pst. Kong Hee

Unto Us A Child is Born

Isa 9:6

A savior has been promised to the Jews, to the world

1. He is Wonderful

Luk 4:18

William Colgate

Remembers to give 1-tenth to the Lord always

Psm 35:27

2. He is the Counselor

Jhn 14:26

Earthly man will let us down but not the heavenly Father

Jesus will transform us

3. He is the Mighty God

Nothing is impossible to God

Acts 10:38

Psm 103

God can heals all aliments including cancer (prostate)

4. He is the Everlasting Father

Isa 9:6

He love us with an everlasting love & will never give up on us

5. He is the Prince of Peace

Jesus has come to reconcile us back to God & once that happens?

Peace come back to us

Jesus has given us the grace to forgive

Vietnam war - Phan Thị Kim Phúc's story

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

05/12/2010 : Conceiving the Future

-Pst. Phil Pringle

Pro 16:3

Conceiving your future - Journey to Bethlehem

Eph 3:20

we need to dream according to God's nature - small dreams does not glorify God

A Christian is someone who know that we have dominion but not here to oppress

A dream from God makes your knees shake!

God has created so much than we need

Psm 65:11

2 Cor 9:8

Our thoughts are as loud as our prayers

We need to stay positive in our everyday life

We do not beat darkness by beating it but by turning on the lights

Think (Gk.) noieo - to perceive & conceive

What is inside us?

Is it ready for the future?

God has given us the power to create & bring about change in our own lives

We need to do it & not in any other ways

Acts 2:17

God empowers us to do things & He's not taking over

Isa 60:4-5

The first seeing is seeing the invisible

Mary, 15yrs old, is able to do things beyond her age & from it conceives her future.

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

27/11/2010 : Jericho's Walls

-Pst. Kong Hee

Jericho's Walls

Jos 1:11

Jos 6:1

Jericho was formidable & impossible to defeat

Jericho is a representation of the strongly rooted sins in our lives

2 Cor 10:4-6

Joshua only took 1 week to defeat Jericho

Obedience was the way to go

9 powerful keys to cast down the deeply rooted sins in us if any

#1. Person of God

Jos 5:13

Jesus before He became human

It's an encounter with Jesus

We all need a personal encounter with Jesus

#2. Position of God

Jos 5:13-14

Jesus is the lion of Judah if He wants to

God as the "Lord of hosts" 285 times in OT

Col 2:15

Jesus is not for your side or the enemies' side

He asks if we are on His side

#3. Presence of God

Jos 5:14-15

Joshua is not a wimp, yet he knows who is the Lord

2 Chr 7:14

We will come to the presence of Gd when we pray & fast

#4. Promise of God

Jos 6:2

Rom 10:17

Mixed prayers with a word of God

Victory has already been given since Calvary

Faith is seeing through the eyes of God

Heb 11:30

#5. Plan of God

Israel's army outnumbered Jericho by 300:1

Israel didn't rush in & flood them but they chose to obey God

Zec 4:6

#6. Prayer to God

Jos 6:3-10

Armed guard

7 priests blowing trumpets of rams' horn

Ark Covenant

Rear Gard

Israelite army marching in silent - prayer, not allowed to mummer or complain

#7. Preserving Obedience to God

FAITH Forsaking All (my plans) I Trust in Him

Jer 17:5

Pro 3:5-6

Psm 31:24

Keep on going!!!

#8. Persistent Faith in God

Jos 6:15-16

6 is the number of "man"

7 is the number of "completion, perfection, fullness of God"

#9. Power of God

Jos 6:20

Keep on fasting, keep on going with the Lord

The battle is not yours but the Lord's

We cannot stop marching because tomorrow may just be our 7th day

Jesus is the Aramaic for Joshua

Mat 19:26

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

21/11/2010 : Victory

-Pst. Phil Pringle

Victory

1 Cor 16:9

There are opportunities coming our way but we can missed them

Anatomy of opportunities

1. Momentum

2. Search for opportunities

3. Take advantage of the opportunities

Pro 10:5

4. Recognise that big things always starts small

Zec 4:10

5. Work hard

The harder I work the luckier I get

Act 19:8

God calls busy people

6. Be self-sufficient

Acts 19:9

7. Go all the way

Acts 19:10

8. Overcome all obstacles

Ecc 11:4

Opportunity has a lifetime to it

Eph 6:12

Mk 3:27

Before God can do something, the devil will always put up a massive attack

Rev 12:1-11

Our weapons

1. Name of Jesus

2. Blood of Jesus

3. Word of God

4. Praise

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