HEY GOP!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! It's the beginning of 2010 and we started out with a great service with our very own, Sarah Lin! Unlike other new year services, Sarah Lin started off with a bang by getting us to tear up our new year goals. As she had said, goals and plans are unimportant when the we don't understand the meaning behind it. When our heart isn't goals, everything we do about it will be meaningless.
So Sarah shared about Positioning Yourself To Grow. She described everyone of us as a seed waiting to be germinated, emerging from a period of dormancy. A seed only germinates when the conditions are favourable for growth, in other words, when there is a presence of water, oxygen, light and warmth.
Every seed has a seed coat surrounding it that prevents the seed form breaking. It it through the cracks and the heat of the seed coat which allows the seed to absorb water. In the same way, only through the problems that God put in our lives can we mature and then be able to receive more of Jesus whom is the living water.
When we are unwilling to step out of our comfort zone and go through the trials and obstacles placed before us, we will not be able to grow more in Jesus Christ and let Him flow into us. When we align ourselves with God's plans, we are in the right position for growth. Trust and obey God.
In every seed, there are germination inhibitors that prevents the seed from growing before the conditions are right. In the same way, unless we recognise our situations and the need of those around us, our seed coat will never crack and we won't grow.
Every tree planted bears fruits filled with seeds. In the same way, we have to be the seeds that grow into trees to bear more fruits and disperse into our communities.
So GOP, here are some of our goals to help us grow:
God - Prayer
1) Attend High Voltage meetings (prayer meetings)
2) Start school cells to pray for the school (there is no better place to reach out for your friends)
Jesus - The Living Word
1) Complete the bible while you're still in GOP (knowledge is important)
2) Attend Daybreak (there's no place beter to learn about the bible)
Holy Spirit - Empowerment
Pray in tongues for 10-15minutes a day (build up your spirit man)
Me - Decisions
1) Do your QT everyday (spending time with God is key to your relationship with Him)
2) Save $1 a day
3) Study 14h hours a week
Others - Loving others
1) 1 to 1 in 1 (reaching out to our friends is still important!)
2) Let's achieve our goal of 200 GOPers
3) Love those in your family and school unconditionally by doing kind acts)
So GOP, let's start out the new year by bearing fruits that will disperse into our communities. Before we can do that, we have to grow individually in Christ. Live your life with purpose and follow the aims with meaning.
Loves.
