wow.. today sermon as promised by pastor jeff is so powerful and inspiring (at least to me) that i want to share with u guys... pastor jeff preached the sermon with such strong conviction... the title is "achieving your greatest life contribution". to highlight some impt points, look at the pics i've drawn (paiseh for bad drawing! ha ha).
yup basically a normal non-christian point view of greatness (power), like the above diagram, is self-serving and self-centered. they tend to achieve goals that will only benefit themselves for e.g feeling of satisfaction of authority over the ppl etc. but Jesus said [in Matt 20:26]: "Not so with you". ppl of God should have self-sacrificial spirit. Jesus is the King of King. but He came down to earth and humbled Himeslf to the ppl and sacrifice Himself by nailing our sins on the cross so that we can now live life to the fullest with freedom. Jesus views of greatness is like this:
"... many who are the last will be the first." [Matt 19:30]. we should serve by leading and of course thru giving and love! and one of the most difficult ways to show that we love God is to love the ppl [Gal 5:13-14] ard us. we should put everybody before us first and put ourselves at the last position. love others more than yaself. it's much easier to say 'I love God' then to prove that we love ppl in action. that is also the time when our characters are being tested, mould and refined. eventually our ultimate and greatest contribution that we can achieve in our life is to serve God by loving and serving ppl.
as usual, pastor jeff added some humour in his sermon.. it was so hilarious that i cant stop laughing even now.. haha.. when he asked who love God raise up ya hand, all the believers raised up their hand. then he ask the next question how we know we love God. then he asked again in a different way to make his questions clearer. so he wanted us to assume that he is Jesus and asked the question who love God again. nobody raise up their hands except a bro.. then he paiseh and emphasize that word ASSUME... haha.. then he joked that he is straight (he is married).. i couldnt stop laughing man.. haha..
the whole sermon is so funny and inspiring.. kind of regret that my contacts didnt visit the service today. they missed all the good stuff.. anyway.. after the service and dinner, supposed to play pool with my bros and DI bros at the cappage basement. in the end i just stood there and watched.. haha.. because i wanted to save money. donnie and i were outside the pool arcade and we chatted for quite some time. finds that he is a fun and sincere bro. he gave me some encouragements too and shared with me the story of Cain and Abel in the book of Genesis. cool.. hee.. enjoy chatting with him. after pooling, went to the lan game arcade to join some other bros. they were playing frozen throne.. as usual i only watched them play la.. then i did one very stupid thing. coz i wasnt playing and my computer is on so the shop owner asked me to help him shut down the pc.. after the whole pc is shut down, i try to find the 'power' button. thinking that the power button belongs to the pc, i pressed it lor. guess what, my fren who was sitting beside me in the process of playing the game was interrupted. because i actually pressed his pc's power button!!! very stupid rite! haha.. i feel so bad man... after that went home with ritchie as usual.. he told me some strange things. then before he alighted the bus he told me he was joking.. hmm... haha.. that's all.. got to slp now.. take care guys!
