Time For My Mindset To Change.....
Was just thinking about Bible study yesterday... what i've learnt, as well as what Kenny Gan shared... Essentially 4 "switchwords/switchphrases" stuck me. MINDSET CHANGE IMPORTANT! Time for me to conjure up powerful images of:
- "Bargain". SALE!!!! If you give someone $1, and you get back $1000, that's a bargain. When you give what isn't even yours (since you don't even own your life), and you get abundance in return, that's a bargain. Giving up "all" to follow Christ who can give you so much more is not a sacrifice. It's a bargain. Giving up that "$1" would be so much easier.... "But it's $1!!!" "100 cents!!!" ..... (THINK "BARGAIN" RATHER THAN "SACRIFICE")
- "Privilege". Sums up our service to our God who is beautiful beyond description, too marvelous for words, too wonderful for comprehension, whose infinite wisdom we cannot grasp, and whose depth of love we cannot fathom. How can serving such a Holy and Loving God be mundane and a chore????!!! (THINK "PRIVILEGE" RATHER THAN "CHORE")
-"Walking on water". If you don't get out of the boat, you cannot walk on water. Christian warfare is a thrilling, exciting, engaging, fantastic experience. We're fighting a noisy but defeated foe, and seeing the devil get thrashed as we rely on God's strength and learn to spot the devil's wily traps and see God work in our lives and our friends' is thrilling. But the Christian soldier slinking behind in the toilet won't get to see it. Don't spend time watching movies about people walking on water... Do it yourself! (THINK 'WALKING ON WATER" RATHER THAN "DRY")
-"I Own Nothing". Even my life. i.e. We are stewards of our lives and gifts. Stewards don't hang on to anything in life. When the Master wants it back, we give it back, no questions asked. So when our health, wealth, loved ones, job, studies, etc go (by theft, disasters, accidents, etc), we bless the Lord who gives and takes away, not a fickle of complaint in our mind. A sharing was given about spending a lot of time and concern on a person who in return backstabbed him and spread false rumours about him, but since the time invested was not his to begin with, he really had nothing to complain about, but just continue to trust and follow God. (THINK "I OWN NOTHING" RATHER THAN I OWE THIS LIFE TO MYSELF"
Update:
Last week of school coming right up. I'm going with Adrian and Candice to Egypt from 17th to 24th December. Cairo, Aswan (there's a great dam there) and um.. something... haha...
Weather's getting colder in London... Looking forward to the nice warmer weather in Egypt...
Prayer reqeusts:
To have a good and safe trip to Egypt, and being able to worship God in song and encourage each other in Word there inspite of the hectic schedule and the temptation to "forget" about God.
That every member in the group will seize Christmas hols well and continue to grow and mature in the faith.
- "Bargain". SALE!!!! If you give someone $1, and you get back $1000, that's a bargain. When you give what isn't even yours (since you don't even own your life), and you get abundance in return, that's a bargain. Giving up "all" to follow Christ who can give you so much more is not a sacrifice. It's a bargain. Giving up that "$1" would be so much easier.... "But it's $1!!!" "100 cents!!!" ..... (THINK "BARGAIN" RATHER THAN "SACRIFICE")
- "Privilege". Sums up our service to our God who is beautiful beyond description, too marvelous for words, too wonderful for comprehension, whose infinite wisdom we cannot grasp, and whose depth of love we cannot fathom. How can serving such a Holy and Loving God be mundane and a chore????!!! (THINK "PRIVILEGE" RATHER THAN "CHORE")
-"Walking on water". If you don't get out of the boat, you cannot walk on water. Christian warfare is a thrilling, exciting, engaging, fantastic experience. We're fighting a noisy but defeated foe, and seeing the devil get thrashed as we rely on God's strength and learn to spot the devil's wily traps and see God work in our lives and our friends' is thrilling. But the Christian soldier slinking behind in the toilet won't get to see it. Don't spend time watching movies about people walking on water... Do it yourself! (THINK 'WALKING ON WATER" RATHER THAN "DRY")
-"I Own Nothing". Even my life. i.e. We are stewards of our lives and gifts. Stewards don't hang on to anything in life. When the Master wants it back, we give it back, no questions asked. So when our health, wealth, loved ones, job, studies, etc go (by theft, disasters, accidents, etc), we bless the Lord who gives and takes away, not a fickle of complaint in our mind. A sharing was given about spending a lot of time and concern on a person who in return backstabbed him and spread false rumours about him, but since the time invested was not his to begin with, he really had nothing to complain about, but just continue to trust and follow God. (THINK "I OWN NOTHING" RATHER THAN I OWE THIS LIFE TO MYSELF"
Update:
Last week of school coming right up. I'm going with Adrian and Candice to Egypt from 17th to 24th December. Cairo, Aswan (there's a great dam there) and um.. something... haha...
Weather's getting colder in London... Looking forward to the nice warmer weather in Egypt...
Prayer reqeusts:
To have a good and safe trip to Egypt, and being able to worship God in song and encourage each other in Word there inspite of the hectic schedule and the temptation to "forget" about God.
That every member in the group will seize Christmas hols well and continue to grow and mature in the faith.
