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-Grace 20th Jan
-Ruiyi 1st Feb
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-Qifeng 29th Mar
-Kenneth 12th Apr
-Joanne 13th May
-Koreen 22nd May
-Adabelle 29th May
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"The good news, this revival in E149 was started on Oct'05; within a year under Gabriel's leadership we multiply on Nov'06.
The better news is that within 9 months time we multiplied again on August'07.
Now finally the best news is this, the revival is burning on stronger and stronger in the 3rd generation of E149, and they shall arise to greater heights!
How did we did it? OUR God is Faithful! Jesus is the answer =)
In closing, One CG in 21 months time grew and became Four CG.
Although four CG is not alot, but give it time, give it focus, it will grow.
From four CG, who will they be in another 21 months time and another 21 months time?
Glory be to God!"
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1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (TMSG)
Paul's Use of His Freedom.
Even though I am free of the demands and expectations of everyone,
I have voluntarily become a servant to any and all in order to reach a wide range of people:
religious, nonreligious, meticulous moralists, loose-living immoralists,
the defeated, the demoralized—whoever.
I didn't take on their way of life.
I kept my bearings in Christ—but I entered their world and tried to
experience things from their point of view.
I've become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to
lead those I meet into a God-saved life.
I did all this because of the Message.
I didn't just want to talk about it;
I wanted to be in on it!
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
As i begin to pray and think abt wat message i should share for the CG on our "1st year"... i begin to look back on how tis 3rd generation live tis past one year of our lives. Many things hav changes, many faces changes too... i begin to ask myself the following questions i heard...
Is the friendship in E149 fragile?
Have E149 change?
Can we find love in E149?
We all need to understand tat no one wants to build fragile friendship? But why is some friendship so fragile?
1. Wrong acts .
a. Gossiping
[pro16:28] NIV: A gossip separates CLOSE friends
One easiest way to break a friendship is to simply gossip about one another.
The bible did not just say 'a gossip separates normal friends' but CLOSE friends.
Accountability is upwards. Gossip is downwards.
eg:
Pastor Kong
Gabriel
Royston
Xianbi
Kaisheng
When you account downwards (wrong person) = Gossip
b. Delaying in fulfilling your promises OR breaking your words
Eg: Joanne borrow a pen from Adabelle and say she will return it the next day.
The next day, Joanne did not return and say tomorrow instead.
Eventually, Joanne is not just breaking the promise of not returning the pen, but her word.
Realize that it is no longer the pen that is important to Adabelle anymore, but the words of Joanne. The Thing Is She Gave Her Word.
Therefore, Make your word counts.
Your Word is Your Bond
Be immediate to fulfil your word
c. Lies or refusing to embrace the truth
To embrace is to accept the truth
Many a time, people backslide because they refuse to listen to the truth
They just simply can not accept the truth
Eg: Xianbi disciple Kaisheng for disobeying his mum and ask him to change.
And Kaisheng just refuse to listen/accept that he is in the wrong and begin to find Xianbi irritating. Thinking that Xianbi got nothing better to do and poke his nose into Kaisheng family matters.
Do you think their friendship will be strong like that?
We say that Christ is the TRUTH, the light, the way. So if you don't want the truth, then don't be a Christian. Because when you become one, you WILL BE faced with the truth.
Let us not be afraid of the truth and be able to take it nicely.
d. isolation (emo)
There can be no way to build back friendship when you isolate yourself.
Eg: Amanda misunderstand Meijuan about certain matters
Meijuan wants to sort out the misunderstandings by calling Amanda
However, Amanda refuse to pick up Meijuan's call, nor meet up with her
Tell me how can Meijuan build back this friendship?
Thus, if we do not want a fragile friendship in E149, we got to let there be COMMUNICATION
Don't just off your phone, or reject phone calls when things happen.
Come on! There's nothing to hide.
e. Enduring type of friendship
Friendship cannot be build on tolerance stage.
We must enjoy friendship. not endure
If today, you are unhappy about anyone in the cg, then tell your leaders and let there be communication. Don't just tolerate and think that everything will be fine. Yes, it will be fine... But in this kind of manner: ''FINE. You think only you not happy izzit? WO REN NI HEN JIU LE HOR'' Eventually you are just like a volcano waiting to be erupted.
Don't want a fragile friendship? Then don't endure friendship.
f. Owning a friend .
What do i mean by this? Let me illustrate with example.
Joses and Xianbi decided to meet out to go shopping on Wednesday.
Then Xianbi ask Joses out on Thursday to study together. And they did.
And on Friday, Joses ask XB to go coffee bean with him to slack.
However, Xianbi couldn't make it and rejected Joses.
So Joses got angry and say that xianbi is no longer his friend. For Xianbi doesn't cares for him anymore, don't want to go out with him anymore.
Well, you need to give your friends some personal space .
they do not belongs to you. When you ask them out, do be ready to accept a 'no' from them. (embracing the truth)
And when they say 'no' it doesn't mean the end of the world.
Fragile friendship happens When you want to take (own) a friend.
Strong friendship happens When you give a friend.
g. take things for granted
Normally, during the week days, helpers will call their members and check out their lives and collect their feedback. Asking them whether they will be coming for cg&service.
Or you may say, my helper is only concern of whether i am coming for cg, service and attendance.
Therefore, many times we hear from backslidden members saying 'i don't feel love from the cell group anymore'
Let me ask you today, when was the last time you called your helper/leader and ask them how are they? Are you even concern of whether they are coming for cg and service?
Or did you just assume that they will come for cg and service?
So if you say that they are just concern about the attendance, at LEAST they are concern about it. How about you? Isn't you just thinking about yourself and taking their calls for granted?
So who is the one who is not loved? The one who calls or the one receiving the calls?
friends and tis list can go on and on even beyond 'Z'. bELOW are from the members present in the CGM...
h. jealousy
i. miscommunication
j. the trust within each other
k. look down on people
l. not understanding
m. pushing blames
n. backstabbing
o. outcasting
p. manipulating people .
2. Wrong perspective of friendship
i. miscommunication
j. the trust within each other
k. look down on people
l. not understanding
m. pushing blames
n. backstabbing
o. outcasting
p. manipulating people .
2. Wrong perspective of friendship
I treat all my friends the same. All friend are at the same level.
eg Friends you can't treat ur classmate and Gabriel the same way. In ur attitude, in the expectation of their availability etc... Yes they are all ur friends... When it come to leaders they more then ur friends... this is how i view my relationship wit Gabriel...
I treat him as my friend and respect him as my leader
Of cause we also need to learn how to respect our friends
3. Wrong expectations of friendship
A friend is someone who is always there for me.
A friend is someone who knows my every need.
Hey if u hav the above expectations on ur friends u are bound to be disappointed in times to come. Someone who is always there for me and know my every need, is not spell as 'friend; but 'GOD'....
For...
A friend can't be wit u 24/7. But only God can , and is with you 24/7
A friend may only know some of ur needs. But God knows all things.
Well the right expectation of friends is this...
A friend is someone who there for me when i tell him that i need him. Pls do not take my words to extreme measure like to expect a friend to be there for u when u r bored. To accompany u, to help with tis and tat.. you need to understand tat it is not a must for him
So has E149 change?
Change is inevitable. In this ever changing world, everything is changing except God. Technology is changing. If we don't change, we will be outdated.
So the fact of the matter is, are we changing to be the better, or worse?
Before i answer this question, let me first ask...
What is E149? Is it just a cell group?
members of e149, e149 is US. We are E149
E149 belongs to who?
Is it.. Royston? or Gabriel? or Pastor Kong?
Answer is none other than... US.
So when YOU say E149 change, can i say it means YOU changed. Because you are part of E149, you form this cell group. So when WE all change = e149 change
It is not the same anymore, because you in the first place are not the same anymore.
Has is become better or worse? the answers lies within yourself.
Lastly, as E149 members right now, let us move beyond friendship to family.
By the blood of Jesus, we have a blood tie by Christ.
That makes us Brothers and Sisters in Christ.
We Are A Family.
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