marriage in the resurrection?
June 9, 2008 — zhanger57found a very controversial and interesting topic which gives some insight into the possibility of marriage in the ressurection….
http://rezfamilies.googlepages.com
please do check it out 
found a very controversial and interesting topic which gives some insight into the possibility of marriage in the ressurection….
http://rezfamilies.googlepages.com
please do check it out
The next 60 years of Shaun Zhang’s life and beyond
Guiding principles (mission statement)
Purpose
The great commission:
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”(NIV)
To live in a tight fellowship with God and Christian brothers and sisters demonstrating God’s love and compassion to all those around me and being influential to family, friends and society
To live a life that glorifies God, being an example to all others in action and in speech. To live with the utmost character and morals so that all will see an example of the righteousness and holiness of Christ
To empower the next generation of kids and training them to lead and to know Christ
Vision
To witness the second coming of Jesus Christ and the glory of heaven on earth
To see the majority of the world recognising God’s sovereignty and love
To see all Christians around the world empowered to give ready defences to critics in a wise and profound manner starting with Brisbane.
Goal
To get a steady job that will create income for a house for God and the house OF God
To be salt and light in the workplace by spreading the gospel and living righteously and lovingly
To complete my CFA qualifications
Continuing to teach kids at Sunday school
To become a shepherd for the GUYS in my cell group
this is not advice but strictly my own views towards dating…my opinions are subject to change over time and in no way indicative of how i feel about dating in the future. please comment/flame as you please.
after reading through I kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris…I am not completely satisfied by the model of Godly dating that he provides. Sure, the guiding principles are great, there are a world of helpful info that provide good guidelines to Christians seeking to please God with their relationship.
I do not, however, believe that everyone will be called by God to date, or court, like Josh does. He emphasises the views of courtship and strictly no dating till he is ready to marry. He also stresses that the family, church, community is very important in forming a decision. While I do agree with him mostly, I dont think everyone has access to the same tight-knit Christian community, not everyone has spiritually compatible parents, there will be different experiences for different ppl.
For me, dating is not wrong. I believe as long as you sincerely put the other person first, you can serve rather than receive. You seek to honour God before all else and love God and love your neighbours and keeping a balance in your life, in commitments to family, church and society. You should set defined boundaries in dating, and keeping physically pure and free from sexual intimacy. 2Cor 6.14 Yoking also comes to mind. Finding someone with the same spiritual maturity and willingness to grow in Christ and putting God above everything else.
I think..even tho, sometimes dating may not work out, you might experience break-ups…you still take away a lot from it and learn from those mistakes that you have made. I dont believe its healthy to oversimplify dating and put a strict set path on it. I believe there is a bit of flexibility as long as God is in the centre of the relationship and you seek God first. Things may not work out..and it may not be your fault. But have faith that God will provide the best for the ones that love Him.
Dating didnt exist in biblical times. Neither did the internet or Maccas..it doesnt mean that they are evil or bad. It just means we should be cautious with how we use them. We should not let them disrupt our Christian walks and not let us be overwhelmed by them or become obsessed.
Good luck to all those waiting on God and all those in healthy biblical relationships. May God bless your lives.
It was not nails that kept Jesus on the cross, it was His love for us.
Our sins are never to great to be forgiven
Haggai 2:1-9
Haggai 2:1-3
Press Forward to Build
520BC 29t Aug Haggai 1 prophecy
520BC 21st Sept started rebuilding temple again
520BC 17th Oct Haggai 2 prophecy
1 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: 2 “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people. Ask them, 3 ‘Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing? 4 But now be strong, O Zerubbabel,’ declares the LORD. ‘Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the LORD, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the LORD Almighty. 5 ‘This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.’
6 “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 7 I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD Almighty. 8 ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty. 9 ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the LORD Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the LORD Almighty.”
Later on, temple were renovated
Proton -> Porche
Hope to all
Hope to the lost (1 tim 4:10)
Hope nurtured (Rom 15:13)
Hope spread abroad
Church = place of love, find self-worth, God’s authority, miracles, mentored to reach full potential.
1 tim 4:10
10(and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe.
Roman 15:13
13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Televised services, stages, café, lounge, disco, lights, PA systems. (Possibilities)
2 Press forward in your heart (v1-4a)
Word of God stirred up the heart of men. Faith comes from hearing and hearing the message of Christ. Hear – Greek word rhema = spoken word
17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
29Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you”; 30and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.”
· Rise up with persistence (v4a)
· Heb 10:35-36
· Obstacle up, our faith must go up, our persistence must go up.
Luke 18:1-5. Widow persist until the judge give in.
· 3 Press forward together (v4b)
· Multiplication of the effect of our faith.
· Lev 26:8
· Regardless of capacity.
Definition of Youth:
Define some boundaries -> i.e. anything younger than 45
Define ministry: Looking after needs or young people, bringing them to Christ.
-lead -influence -guide -serve - using gifts -help -serve -spread word of God
one example of a great leader (top 5) in the bible is Joshua. Joshua was a young man and he was being mentored by Moses who trained him from a very young age. (Remember in the bible how Joshua was supporting Moses by holding his elbow to help him raise the staff in the air while the Israelites were at war?)
However, Joshua had one fatal flaw, he didnt pass the baton to anyone else. Hence the world entered a period of Judges who judged the Israelites and God was fighting against them instead of with them.
Thats why its so important to train the next generation!
So why is Youth Ministry (YM) so important? Why is it so vital?
Kids are young, if we train them well, we will have a whole new generation rise up to serve God!
There is no success without a successor. Aim to have a “generation perspective”
Christianity is only one generation away from being extinct!
if we dont teach it, we will forget it. Much like we forget a lot of our home tongue, ie. how to read or write Chinese.
From Gods perspective, we are just a tiny period on a big time line. We will pass away and move on, but someone has to be able to pick it up from us. All we do is fulfill our time in history.
Another example would be King David who prepared all the land and conqueored much of the country to prepare the way for his son Solomon. In other words, he set up the groundworks for the next generation.
Footprints we leave behind, may all those who find them find us faithful.
In YM, we should aim to be value-centred. This means placing values first and actions/behaviour will follow. Eg.
1) Worldview: Jesus is king.
2) Beliefs: God loves everyone
3) Values: therefore I value loving everyone
4) Actions behaviour: I treat them well.
So its important to influence kids values first before we try and change their behaviour. We must facilitate the Holy Spirit to change them from the inside out. Not creating environments that change them. Its essentially God that changes them so we must lead them to God and Jesus for He is the way, truth and life.
As I begin to rededicate myself to Jesus and following His ways…starting from a month prior to going to the Oceania Convention, I’ve found that God radically touched on areas of my life that I didnt believe I could ever change + difficulties I know I could never overcome alone.
The first of which I have to admit would have to be the on-going addiction or slavery to sin, lust, objectification of women, chronic pornography viewings late at night. Although I was a Christian serving for quite some time and believed I was following Christ, I was never able to shake the shackles of worldly temptations. After the OC, I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit much greater than before, I felt compelled to turn around my life and live the way God designed me to live. It feels really good to have a clear conscience and not be ashamed of aspects of my life when im facing God. I can worship Him with a heart that is sanctified by Christ, with any sins forgiven by His grace.
I am really glad that when I tell others about God, or say praise God, I really really do mean it. I can talk about Him and praise Him with a mouth that is 95% free of obscene words and gossip. I believe God will continue to change me and help me to grow closer and closer to Him. I am forever thankful that you are there to give me a way out of temptation every time I feel tempted.
Being closer God has also given me the spiritual fruits of patience, joy, kindness, love and peace. I feel more compassionate towards other ppl when normally I would just be caring for myself. Although I still admit to being quite selfish most of the time, I am learning to put others (esp God) before me. As a result, my relationship with my cousin and a lot of my closer friends are improving gradually. On a side note, thanks to Joshua Harris’ book How I kissed dating goodbye, God has given me a stronger conviction to live a Holier emotional/physical life when it comes to the other sex. I see girls not as objects that I could derive pleasure from, but sisters in Christ. They are not there to give me love and support, but rather I feel that I need to be the one serving them and being a good neighbour/brother to my sisters.
All in all, God is just so awesome…I feel my guitar skills improving too because of a renewed will to worship Him with music….ever since the OC, God has given me the opportunity to lead my cell group in worship with guitar…The next day, there was no electricity at church…so we had to worship with piano and I played guitar too..unplugged - acoustic…it was awesome…
Lord, I hope that my love for you will never fade…because I know that Your love for me never will…I hope in 5 years time when I look back on this, I would be even closer in my walk wif U… it just feels so great…to have God in my life…
The average person will influence more than 10,000 people in their lifetimes (pastors influence more)
(Over the Top - Zig Ziglar = a good book about inspirational people that lived significantly)
Everyone has the chance to be SOMEBODY!
25% of the 300 top world leaders have a physical disability, 50% of them admit to being raised up in poverty or being abused as a child.
2) Have a Goal/end in mind! (most importantly a kingdom end in mind)
a) - decide on what you want to do/to be?
this depends on your internal conviction~!
b) Focus on others/help them with need
- Add worth and value to someone OTHER THAN YOURSELF
- Accomplish break-through projects
- Help them achieve a higher goal
3) Prepare NOW!
a) Fulfill the basics faithfully
-Focus on what you HAVE! NOT what you don’t have
b) Take on more than just enough
-Expand yourself - by involving Other ppl
-Learn more than what you are learning now
-Learn more/ Train more
-Take time out to Evaluate yourself
-Build your character /improve and work on your flaws before you are 30
-Be tough on yourself when you are still young
c) Resist the spirit of the present generation
4 Price of significance!
a) Great heart - spirit, love and mind
I WILL NOT GIVE UP!
Love people, do not keep bitterness, anger, develop great patience!!
Stephen (His face shone like an angel - LOVE) (”Lord, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing”)
b) Great attitudes - character and skillz
12 Characters!
1 Trustworthiness
2 Loyalty
3 Helpfulness
4 Friendliness
5 Courtesy
6 Obedience
7 Heartfulness
8 Thrifty
9 Reverent
10Clean
11Brave
12 Cheerfulness
Skills - just get training or read a book or a few hundred books
5. Characteristics of a non significant life
a) No progress
b) Negative person
c) Fault Finders
d) Slothful/Lazy
CHANGE YOURSELF! CHANGE THE WORLD!
save the cheerleader..save the world..lalalala Praise God for the OC…and for men like pastor PN and pastor Simon..
ok…im screwed…this is a post to remind myself how screwed i am
today is a tuesday…afternoon..its 5pm now
thursday 11am to 1pm…i have to see a doctor
thursday, friday, saturday and sunday im moving house
this thursday night i have basketball training from 7:30pm onwards
friday night is a CTP (Christian Training Program) exam that i have to study for..
saturday night is ministry at church…preparation for dads day~ 6pm onwards~~ singing practice x 2
sunday morning 11 oclock is a party…1.30 guitar practice for church band….2.30 church…4.30 first ever basketball competition…
sunday 5.45…20% assignment is due
monday 2pm…40% midsemester exam
tuesday 12pm…30% midsemester exam
none of which i have studied for……
currently…open for red bull and caffeine lolly donations…~ ><
