Hey GoP! Hope you enjoyed the service! This week Sarah Lin preached on Spiritual Warfare! And this sermon will tell us more about spiritual warfare, the manifestations of it, how to be prepared for it and exercising our spiritual authority. Please note that spiritual warfare is not to scare us, but to inform us and prepare us for it!
In Ephesians 6:10-12, it says that So, what is spiritual warfare? Anything Satan does to ruin God’s plan and will of our lives is spiritual warfare! God’s will of our lives is to make us prosper and have salvations! Also, it exists in the unseen spiritual realm.
Spiritual warfare can be manifested in many ways!
Firstly, it can be through spiritual possession or harassment, or through physical ailments, especially in the case if you have not forgiven someone for what he/she has done. It can also be manifested in the forms of attacks on a person’s thoughts and emotions. Sometimes out of the blue for no apparent reason you feel really down-such is an example. Another form of manifestation is with the relationships we have with people. You can be friends with someone and the next moment you can be quarrelling with him or her. This applies especially for the newcomers, so continue to pray for them after they have been saved; seal their salvation with prayer! Lastly, spiritual warfare can also manifest itself to be a dull life with God.
However, we cannot attribute everything that happens to us to spiritual warfare. For example, you’re feeling lethargic. Before you put the blame on Satan, ask yourself if you have been staying too late up for nights watching television.
To be prepared for spiritual warfare we need to be alert, and guard our minds. Do not always be in a blur. Satan has nothing new; he uses the same old tricks to scare you, except he just modifies an old trick so that you may think it looks new. Lastly, we must also know that we are not fighting against people!
So why are we not prepared for these battles? Because they do not exist in our lives, or because of ignorance, or we do not understand the spiritual authority that has been given unto us. In Mark 16:17-18, it states that all authority has been given unto us. The greater the rank, the greater the responsibility. Some people also say that big demons guard big treasures. As for each spiritual level we progress on, we face challenges different from other levels.
So in order to be prepared for spiritual warfare, we must walk in the spiritual authority that God has given unto us. Let us not block the spiritual authority given to us in order to be victorious!
So GoPers, let’s build ourselves up from the inside out, pray in tongues for at least 5 mins a day (:
And here is the link to download the sermon! http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?djteyyynnjz
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**If you are interested in joining any ministries, please discuss it with your leaders first and the HODs too okay (: **
Visual Arts Ministry (VAM)
VAM’s purpose is to help broadcast GoP to the world, to help bring across GoP’s mission and purpose, using visual means. This is because curious people not only want to hear about God and His people; they really want to see for themselves what’s going on. So VAM is set up, because we want to let people know our passion for Christ, and deep love for God and what is happening in GoP.
If you are a visual person, with creativity that you don’t know how to use, we would gladly welcome you to join us as a VAMFIRE, to serve and show your burning FIRE and hunger for Christ! Come join us and let GoP burn even BRIGHTER for Him! :D
You might want to serve as:
• Designers: You’re the one that does the creating and editing of things like posters and cards!
• Blog technicians: Love fiddling around with blogskins? Yes! You’d be the one who would help beautify this very blog that you are reading right now.
• Publisher: You’re especially important in helping the Designers publish theirs works!
• Writers: While we believe looks are important, words are just as important too! You are the blogger and journalist for us!
• Projectionist: We won’t forget the lyrics with you around! You’re the one who also does the powerpoint, and sermon slides!
• Photographers: You’re the one that takes the photos for us, whether it’s events or services, for our use too!
• Videographers: If a picture speaks a thousand words, what about videos! With you around, we’re sure that our precious moments would be captured for a lifetime.
Contact:
Joy Wong
joystonestar@gmail.com
Dance Ministry (Dedi-K-ted)
Dedi-K-ted is the name we go by - Dancing Evangelists who are Disciplined, and have an Intimate relationship with the King, and we're living in the Truth EveryDay. That title alone will most probably speak for itself.
We cater to a wide range of dance styles from hip hop to b-boying to street jazz, and no formal dance background is required. All we need from you is the interest in dance, a heart for serving God and of course the ability to enjoy yourself at the same time. So if you want to impact a generation out there for God using dance as a form of language, this is the ministry for you! Or, just feel free to pop by during our practice sessions to learn and have fun.
We're interested in...
• Dancers! (Any genre, any experience level, the more the merrier)
• Choreographers
• Videographers/Music technicians
Contact:
Melissa Gan
melissa93-@hotmail.com
Music Ministry
Have you heard of Hillsongs, Planetshakers, Audacious, CCC & Etc? Well, we’re proud to present to you GoP Music Ministry. Our aim is to raise Younger Generation Musicians to Serve God passionately and to go into a Deeper, Higher and Stronger relationship with God through worship.
We’re fun-loving people with different kind of musical talents. We not only serve God using our instruments or our voice but we sing worship to the Lord through our inner soul. If you are interested in joining us, what’s stopping?! Come! If you’re not technically equipped, we will help you with that. We JAM, CRASH, SHOUT & PRAY. Our prayer is always that God could use us to bring GoP to the next higher level.
We’re looking for……
• Vocalist
• Guitarist
• Bassist*
• Drummer
• Pianist*
Contact:
Nelson Tay
drazardz@hotmail.com
Ushers
Ushers, like how the name suggest we usher people, welcoming them into the house of God. We tend to be the very first person you see before you enter the service hall.
Here in ushers ministry,we hope to bring joy to all who comes in, to give them a smile in the worst day and a warm hand shake with much love.
To put it simply,we want carry God's joy and love and spread it to everyone else.
Other than that, we provide direction to all the people who are new and lost or ensure that they are going the right place for service. This helps to ensure that they feel a sense of belonging and not helpless, wanted and not ignored.
And of course,passing the offering bags and giving out materials for sermon or events are also part of our wonderful ushering job. :)
Contact:
Pamela Peh
ooooic_87@hotmail.com
L.A Unit
The Logistics and Atmosphere Unit (L.A Unit) was started in 2003 to help connect all the other ministries of CFC together, acting as a “Middle Man” to them. Currently, the L.A Unit provides logistics and manpower services to both GOP and YA, especially during events and parties.
The L.A Unit is divided into 3 different departments, all of which are inter-dependant on one another, which are Admin and Accounts, Manpower and Security.
Departments
• Admin and Accounts
The Admin and Accounts department handles all paper work, catalogues and statistic(acting as the statistic supervisor and the researchers for the Youth Group they play a very important role in helping us understand where we are, have been and is going.)
• Manpower
The Manpower department does all the ground works, from setting up of decorations for an event to clearing up after the even and also for any form of physica labours that CFC or the Church requires help with.
• Security
The Security department provides the safety side of our Youth Group and Church, which handles the flow of crowds, the belongings in specific rooms and to guard money transactions, especially during registration of events and movement of money.
Contact:
Sunny Tupaz
sunnyissaved@hotmail.com
Sound
Having an almighty God gracing our service every week and the bonus of a wonderful music team on the frontline to usher us through the gates of praise, youth service is often the place anyone would want to be at on a Saturday evening.
While the music team's role is to usher the congregation through the gates of praise, the sound ministry is hidden behind the scenes and is responsible for delivering the message and the music with clarity to the congregation.
Your job is mainly to provide and help out in the technical areas throughout the service.
Contact:
Millicent Poh
millicentpoh@hotmail.com
Numb3rs
Our ministry specializes in the administrative side of Generation of Promise, which encompasses accounts, mailing lists, budgets, database and attendance. We possess the expertise for all things meticulous and mathematical.
• Accounts: For events, you're the one helping the committee member in charge of accounts to close it/check for accuracy.
• Database: You're the one updating the database whenever there are new additions to GoP.
• Attendance: TBC
Contact:
Lizzie Liew
my.fascination@gmail.com
