Something I found on a random blog today.

Why tell lies to impress, to be someone you’re not?
Why spend all your time, energy and emotions loving someone
When you may be loved back?
Why strive so hard to gain all the attention, and end up disruptive
When people will detest you for what you’ve done.
Why live a life for others, for parents, and goals and dreams
When you do not even know what will happen tomorrow?

\Why hurt so much, cry without knowing why and feel your heart shatter
When the world’s most-jilted Lover is waiting just for you to talk to him.
Why live and be disappointed when Someone out there promises you will not
Be disappointed?
Why worry so much when there’s an Encourager out there who promises to provide for you and you can trust him.
Why bury secrets in your heart, when there’s a Listener to whom you can entrust your life to.
Why live a life of uncertainty when a Planner has already mapped out your life.
Why kill and rob others of their chance to live when the Prince of Peace is waiting to work in your life.
Why deprive of your own chance to live, a fulfilled life, a life that is God-driven to live a life that burns you out, that tires you so much, the only word to your mind is fatigue.
Someone out there promises you rest only if you will turn to him and give him your time and your heart.
Why drown in insecurity and be angst-y when there’s Hope perpetually awaiting you?

Why fear death when a Saviour died so you can live and have eternal life through him.
Why dread death when home is heaven and He will complete his work which he began in you.

Too good to be true? You bet, that’s my God for you.

Sweet, huh? (:

Have a good week, everyone.

<3, mia

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Paul said in Acts 20:24, "However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace." Let's ask ourselves whether we are aware. I think God already has in mind the amount of work we can and are able to do for Him. Are we following God's will, or are we tagging along his permissible will, knowing that anyhow we'll land up in heaven? Let not the failures or rejections fool us into submission to defeat. Evangelism is like a lifestyle! It's part of our godly DNA! I pray that God will shower upon us a good deal of grace. He'll open the flood gates of heaven, and bring transformation to Hwachong and JC Central!

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In Whose Hands

A basketball in my hands is worth about $19.
A basketball in Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $33 million.
It depends whose hands it's in.

A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.
A baseball in Mark Mcguire's hands is worth $19 million.
It depends whose hands it's in.

A tennis racket is useless in my hands.
A tennis racket in Pete Sampras' hands is a Wimbledon Championship.
It depends whose hands it's in.

A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal.
A rod in Moses' hands will part the mighty sea.
It depends whose hands it's in.

A sling shot in my hands is a kid's toy.
A sling shot in David's hand is a mighty weapon.
It depends whose hands it's in.

Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish sandwiches.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in God's hands will feed thousands.
It depends whose hands it's in.

Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse.
Nails in Jesus Christ's hands will produce salvation for the entire world.
It depends whose hands it's in.

As you see now it depends whose hands it's in.
So we can put our concerns, our worries, our fears, our hopes, our dreams, our families, and our relationships in God's hands because --
It depends whose hands they're in.

(saw this and thought i would like to put it up here (: )

those with papers left, jiayou okay! and those without, rest well =D

love, `eunice

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Hello people! Glad to see the vibes of excitement flowing in the caregroup after camp but just wanna post something that I have noticed and hope everyone will take ownership of :)

Just wanna say that although its good that we talk about evangelism and our enthusiasm to bring people to know God, we must first grow ourselves and the group strong. This will only work out if every single one of us does our part in growing this group. It takes two hands to clap after all. We are one body, if one part refuses to function, how can the others function without problems?

I wanna encourage everyone to get to know your caregroup members well! Ever felt that there's someone i have never really spoken to a lot? Or maybe i haven't showered concern on yet? Or do i really know that person in my caregroup? Well i think that we should think about it and really get down to knowing them. After all, they ARE your sisters and brothers in Christ. If you don't know them, how can you labour beside them? The Acts church fellowshipped everyday and that's how they got closer, and laboured even better for God. Will you go the extra mile today? Send a simple message of "How are you?" or maybe just pop by MSN to talk to people around you because we are going to see each other till eternity! :) This is THE body of Christ, let's make it function to its best alright? Give your best to God, like He gave the best to us!

Take ownership of the caregroup today! Its your caregroup. If no one takes the first step, then no one will. We determine what our caregroup is like. On service last saturday, we were taught that by loving others we show that we are Jesus's disciples. So let's show the world what this love is about. Start with the people who are on the same frontline as you, the people who care for you, the people who are with you in the same God we love so much:)!

JIAYOU HC CAREGROUP!

will be back on friday! See you guys soon! :)

- Cale

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Every time we hear about spiritual warfare, we think about huge, long drawn out battles with the devil. Well, at least I do. But since we've come out from camp, i've started to think about it as the war Christians everywhere are waging on the world today. Not a war of guns and bullets, but one of hearts and souls. One where Christians are tested time and time again in the frontlines, against the enemy of apathy and misguidedness.

The Bible tells us in:
[2 Corinthians 4:8-9], that 'We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.'

The first things(after Jesus) I ever heard about Christianity were the two overarching rules 'Love God, Love People.' We as Christians obey these rules, not because some book tells us to do so, but because they make sense, because if we love God, we very naturally will love who God loves, and that means everyone. Every one of us has personally felt God's touch, and experienced His love, and it is good, amen? So what right do we have to keep others from experiencing it?

You might say, 'No what, I never tell that person about the Gospel doesn't mean i'm keeping him from knowing God'. But on the contrary, I think it means exactly that. God didn't choose, so why should we?

Ok, maybe I'm doing this for selfish reasons, sorta. When I die and go to heaven, I want to have my mum, my dad, my sister, my family, my friends, even my enemies there with me. Imagine how you'd feel if you look down from heaven, and see a loved one looking up at you from hell, in pain, and knowing that YOU are the cause of it? Every single day of your life you could have said 'Hey bro, i want to tell you about my God, the living God, the one that has changed my life.' and now, you cannot do anything about it for the rest of eternity. FYI, eternity's a long long time to be roasting down there.

Or imagine everyone in heaven, i don't know, playing godly frisbee or mmm zizi and you're sitting alone without a loved one by your side, getting ostro-ed. I don't know about you guys, but if till the day I die, I haven't spread a word of the Gospel, and I haven't brought anyone to know Christ, then I'd feel that I deserve to be ostro-ed by God and His frisbee team.

God's spirit is moving within, and around us, people. Can't you feel it? It's speaking to us, telling us that time is running short. Here's a quote from Sandy's blog 'Most of us are talking about the second coming of Jesus, but half the world hasn't even heard about the first ... ' I was praying the other day, that God will sustain this conviction in my heart of hearts, and not let this fire burning in all of us die out, and just telling Him of my fear that i'll end up failing Him, and He dropped these words, now emblazoned in my mind. 'I did not create you to be a loser'. In the same way, this caregroup, this Hwachong caregroup was, as Psalm 139:13-14 states:

'... knit together ... fearfully and wonderfully made.'

We were put together by God's very hand for a reason and we can, no. We WILL be the factor that will make all the difference!

-Shaun

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God sent me a stark and painful reminder today, of how limited our time is.

everytime someone dies, people mourn.
everytime a Christian dies, fellow Christians may feel comforted, because we know they're going to a better place.

but everytime a non-Christian dies, doesnt the heartache go several notches deeper ?

everytime a non-Christian dies, we lose another soul to the devil. we lose another person who could have been in Heaven. we lose another person, who could have lived a fulfilling life, experiencing God's goodness.

tell me, isnt it outrageously selfish to lock this goodness in our hearts, being content with our lives and choosing not to share it with others ? perhaps, thats the easy way. thats the life of a lazy Christian. a lazy Christian who loves himself more than others. dewen said this in the Christian Living class - the basics of a Christian life is this: God first, others second, me third. God definitely didnt create us to lounge around, living the easy life. need i say more ?

perhaps God sent us this painful reminder, so that we may carry it deep in our hearts, knowing that every soul is precious, that everyone deserves a chance to be saved.

i dont know how long this lesson will stay in your heart. or mine, for that matter. but i hope that as we embark on this journey of evangelism, we wont think twice about sharing the gospel with anyone, no matter how cynical, how difficult the person may seem to be.

perhaps the person who brought you to church thought twice, maybe thrice. what if the person decided not to share, not to try, because you were simply being too difficult ?

perhaps the next time, when we start thinking twice about sharing with someone, we'll keep the possibility in our hearts, that this person may just die the next day, that regret is the last thing we want to live with in our hearts, that we have to be accountable to God, in everything that we do.

God sent us to be channels of His love; Love one another, He says. what better way is there to share His love to others ?

Jesus didnt think twice.

why should you?

fong.

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Hey guys (and girls)!

Just got home from CG and i wanted to share with you guys (and girls) an excerpt from my journal entry last week.

<> 'Prayer meet was so refreshing! After these few months of walking with God, it's still amazing what prayer can do, tangible or not. It always makes me feel as though God has everything under control, and that He will never let me slip from the palm of His hand.

Perhaps an atheist would say that prayer is for the weak, and that one only need rely on his own power to run his life (I should know, I was one). But now I can firmly proclaim that such thinking breeds but defeat. Sure, people will stand with you at your most triumphant, but who will carry you at your weakest, if not God?

I am so glad, that I took this leap of faith to accept Christ as my Lord and Savior. Before this (my conversion), I was so skeptical of religion as a whole, but now I can't even imagine my life without God, without this care group, without their support in my life. I don't even come close to deserving God's grace in my life. But the fact of the matter is : Jesus died for us on the cross so that we could live. And the least we could do is live it well. Read once that one cannot be any more saved than on the day he accepts Christ, but it is even more true, to me, that one can grow in salvation, perhaps so much more than the first time he says the sinners' prayer. ' <>

So lets all strive hard and grow in the spirit, so that we can be testaments to His name! =)

<3,
Shaun

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hello da jia! (:

my junior sent me this thingy and i thought its really nice so yep i'll share!

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JX is here to fill the voids of this dieing blog! :) Randomly read some thought-provoking web sites and found t

The following was written by 12 year old Esther Barnes:

When One is Tickled – One is Loved

People always wonder why they cannot tickle themselves, but someone else can tickle them.

The reason is if we could tickle ourselves we would not feel loved. We would just feel lonely.

When a loved one tickles us we feel loved, and not lonely.

We all love to have someone love us, and to tickle one another, and to giggle and talk to one another.

God made it so we could not tickle ourselves so that a loved one could tickle us and make us feel loved.

Don’t try tickle yourself. It doesn’t work. Have a loved one tickle you so you can feel loved.

And this:

I asked God to take away my habit.
God said, "No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up."

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, "No. His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary."

I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, "No. Patience is a byproduct of tribulations; it isn't granted, it is learned."

I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, "No. I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you."

I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, "No. Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me."

I asked God to make my spirit grow.
God said, "No. You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful."

I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, "No. I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things."

I ask God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me.
God said ... "Ah, finally you have the idea."

THIS DAY IS YOURS DON'T THROW IT AWAY

May God Bless You,
"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world"

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When everything goes wrong
+[ Micah 3:12]
+[2 Timothy 3:1-7]
- The world will always get worse before Jesus returns, so we do not expect things to improve when it is already going wrong now
- Israel was nearly wiped off
- God used Micah to rebuke Israel
- Now, we learn about the 3 responses that we receive from God which may be caused by our negligence.

1. When God doesn't help: Ask if you are treating others fairly (v1-4)
- v4: God will not answer the people for He hides himself when we treat others unfairly
- Even the leaders embraced evil!
- corruption and bribery in society
- Imporvished people
- God's response to this unjust treatment of His people is His silence
+[ Proverbs 21:3]
- God will not help mean people
- The way we treat people thru words-- whether we laugh at people
-- Whether we treat them disrespectfully
+[ Colossians 4:1]
- If we treat people badly, we forget God is our master and that He'll treat us the same way.
- The elitist mentality causes us to forget sometimes.
- We treat people inconsistently based on skin colour, profession etc.
- Racist mentality, treating people with better qualifications better, discrimination
- Inconsistency in the way we treat people causes us to bully people smaller than us causing God to shun from us.
- Start doing good by treating people justly from where we are
- Stop taking advantage of another.
+ [Leviticus 25:17]
- Do not take more than you need especially from the same person

2. When God doesn't give revelations, ask if you're not compromising the Word (v5-8)
-v6: God stops speaking to you
- The prophets and leaders are disgraced.
- God stops giving revelations
- Prophecies become inaccurate
- God used Micah to preach to a group of prophets, his faith was strong to boldly speak the words that God used him to deliver
+[Jeremiah 20:9]
-when will your faith be compromised?
- underpressure
- when you are tempted by short term pleasures
+ [ 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5]
- Treating the Word of God lightly
- cause backsliding
- compromise will make you compromise even more
3. Ask if you are taking God for granted when God doesn't give protection (v9-12)
- v12- visual signs of God will leave
- God's abscence
+[ Amos 5:14]
- God leaves as punishment
-seek Good, not evil.
- Israelites lived without the glory of God
- they took God for granted
We drift when:
a) We're too busy for God
- being complacent
+[ Revelations 2:2-4(NLT)]
b) When we want something from God
+ [ Romans 8:15-18]
c) when we become complacent in our hunger for God
+ [Deut 4:29]

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"Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. They were stoned; they were sawed in two (ILL =S) ; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.

These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

Hebrews 11:35-12:2

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Adam = Man
Seth = Appointed
Enosh = Mortal
Kenan = Sorrow
Mahalalel = The blessed G-d
Jared = Shall come down
Enoch = Teaching
Methuselah = His death shall bring
Lamech = The despairing
Noah = Rest and comfort
Now let's read these translated names as a sentence…
Man – appointed – mortal – sorrow - the blessed G-d - shall come down - teaching - his death shall bring - the despairing - rest and comfort.
WOW, here is G-d's plan right in the Torah! Is there any question that our G-d is making sure we know of whom He is talking here? Here it is obvious that G-d is making sure (again in our Hebrew Scriptures) that, if we are willing to look for Him, we will unquestionably find Him!
"Man (is) appointed mortal sorrow, (but) the Blessed God shall come down, teaching (that) His death shall bring (the) despairing comfort/rest"

found this interesting while blog hopping :) Amazing how God speaks to us indirectly :D

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March third.

Sorry for the long absence of everything!! I shall start posting again. And today i'll stay with today's sermon by pastor shirley :D

Dying for more- truths of covetousness
+[ Micah 2:1-5] (NCV)

- Covetousness- 1. The extreme greed for material things
2. Insatiable desire for wealth

1. Covetousness is an endless pit(v1-2)
- the people in the passage are not poor -> old times, only the rich have "beds"
- they are powerful as well -> "power to do so"
- they want more at the expense of others
- they will never be satisfied and will always want and need more
- Covetous people always will say they want "a little more"
+ [Ecclesiates 5:10]
- "those who love money will never have enough"
- Would we feel less if we're less well off?
- Dangerous to base our confidence on what we have
+[ Luke 12:15 (NLT)]
- Our identity is secure in Christ :))
- Serve with whatever we have and God bestows even more when we're a channel of blessings
- whatever we have is given by God and we should give back to Him and thank God for whatever we have instead.
- Covetousness is an endless pit.
- Learn to be satisfied.

2. Covetousness guarantees eternal loss (v3-4)
- God plans trouble against covetous people
v5: you will never receive anything from God anymore
- If God is against us, who is with us :(?
- We are blessed so we can bless.
- Be giving :)
+ [Luke 16:13]
- You cannot strive to serve both God and money
- money is a great servant but a TERRIBLE master
- God uses it to bless our lives and to bless others
+[ Leviticus 27:30]
- Our tithe is a tenth of what we get or earn
- We're not giving to God but giving BACK to God.
- he first gave to us :D
+[ Malachi 3:10]
- bring tithe to the house of God and let the house of God bless the people :D
- Giving to the kingdom is na opportunity to bless others :D
- not an obligation but an issue between you and God.
- If you want to give, give the best to God
- Don't practice left over giving- > Don't insult God
- Let's give the best -> our time and money:)
- Let's be content with material things and covetous for spiritual things!
- HUNGER for God :D
- Spend the best time with God
- God has made a standard, should we give Him any less?

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I received this in a forwarded email and I thought it made a lot of sense. (:

- Mia.

Why go to Church?

If you're spiritually alive, you're going to love this! If you're spiritually dead, you won't want to read it. If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope!

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:

"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this.. They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!" When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

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Sorry for lagging so long guys. Long week :) Finally thursday tmr but here's the sermon notes for last week :D

The greatest love by pastor shirley:)
- we all desire unfailing love in some way or another :)
- Human love however, fails a lot because imperfect people bring imperfect love
- God however brings-> perfect love :)

+[ 1 John 4:9-10] Main text

1. Jesus identifies with YOU :) (v9a)
-God sent His only son to us
- People cannot "understand" or empathize each other totally due to different backgrounds and situations
- Jesus came down to "understand" how humans felt and He became one of us to learn and experience what we go through

+[Hebrews 4:15]
- The struggles we go through now are timeless as those in Jesus's time e.g loneliness and weariness
- Jesus faced the same thing and was tempted in every way, yet He did not sin.
- He understood us and He died for us, chose to die for us :)
+[ Ephesians 3:18 (NLT)]
-"His love is wider from east to the west"
- Jesus is a God that is not far away from us but close to us, He understood and loved us :)

2. Jesus gives you the FULLEST life
- What is the difference between a full life and being alive?
- King Solomon was the richest man in the world and was wise as well.
- He had everything but...
+ [Ecclesiates 1:14}
- Many times God sees the potential in us, but He can't do anything with us for we chose to waste it on meaningless things
- Which is why Jesus came as the way, the truth and the light
- Ask God what He wants you to be
+ [John 10:10]
- Not just a life but a life to the fullest- which is being all we are created to be and doing all we can do for God's plan :)

3.Jesus brings you back to God (v10)
+[ Philippians 2:6-8 (NLT)]
- He came as a servant and died on a cross
- He did not come down as God or flaunt His powers but He took many steps back from His comfort zone as God and became man to feel the pain and suffering and to save us
- Yet sometimes we can't even take one step back, for Jesus
- Heaven was what Jesus had known for all eternity, unimaginable glory and beauty, yet He chose to come down to Eath and be born in a manger.
- He lay down His rights as God to bring us back to God
- He put up with all the people who mocked, hated and wanted to kill Him
- He knew that He would be killed by the human beings He created yet He went to the cross.
- it was not anything else but sin that compelled Jesus to come down to earth, simply to save us.
+ [Romans 6:23 (NCV)]
- Jesus would rather go to hell for you, than to go to heaven without you

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Hey everyone, just wanted to share something that i happened to think of today :)

Instead of thinking of what Jesus has done, think of what Jesus could have NOT done.

He could've come to Earth and healed the sick, shared the gospel and left it to you to believe whether He had come to save you.

He could've chosen not to die on the cross for us.

He could've chosen not to teach us, not to spread the message, but only to those He chose to be saved.

He could've been just another good man.

But no.

He planted the roots of the first ministry. He healed. He provided. He gave. He went to those who scorned him. He went to those who most needed him. He discriminate against the poor but went to them. He was impartial to all and taught all He could. He forgave our sins when He could have rebuked or destroyed us for our sins. He CHOSE to die on the cross for us, even though He knew it would hurt and He would suffer horribly. He could've gotten down from that cross anytime, He is the Messiah. But he CHOSE not to, instead, He let our sins, the sins of man who choose not to believe in Him, who run away from his word time and time again, seep in to every drop of His blood and He washed it all away... till...

" It is finished."

Now we are forgiven, again and again, till sometimes we forget to cherish what we have. The love of our Saviour.

So let's always remember this especially in this time of Sowing and evaxing... let's not lose sight of Jesus.

Every person is a soul saved.

Jiayou everyone! See you at caregroup.

- Jon

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(Walking Right with God Pt. 2 by Pastor Ben)
Responding to God's Sentence

[Micah 1:8-16]

Just to give a little background information about the Book of Micah since the recent sermons touch on this book (coped from the Bible Study notes during December):

Author, place and date of writing
The author of this book, Micah, tells us that he was from Moresheth (1:1), a village in the Shephelah of Judah also known as Moresheth Gath (1:14). We know virtually nothing else about him, although he is one of the few Old Testament prophets to be cited by name in another's writings (Jeremiah 26:18, citing Micah 3:12). This signifies that Micah's book was recognized as canonical by the time of Jeremiah's ministry. In addition, Habakkuk 2:12 is a modification of Micah 3:10, and 4:2-3 is almost identical to Isaiah 2:2-4, although in this case we cannot be sure whether the oracle originated with Micah or with Isaiah.

Today some scholars believe that only part of the book of Micah came from the prophet himself and that the rest is secondary. The prophecies of judgment in particular are thought to be authentic, wit the more optimistic predictions - those that promise salvation for Judah - coming from some other prophet. This approach to the text, which is founded on the premise that a given prophet had only a single, uncomplicated message, is misguided and simplistic.

Micah 1:1 informs the reader that Micah preached during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah. This would place his ministry during the second half of the eighth century B.C., making him a contemporary of Isaiah, Amos and Hosea.

Audience
Micah ministered primarily to the southern kingdom of Judah, but he also addressed the northern kingdom of Israel and predicted the fall of Samaria (1:6), which took place in 722 B.C. His message was aimed in particular at greedy and oppressive landowners (2:1-5) who supported Israel's corrupt political and religious leaders who had led the nation into moral decay.

Cultural facts & highlights
......... Micah condemned the sin of Judah and anticipated divine judgment against the nation (3:1-4; 4:10a), yet he also forecast her ultimate triumph over all the other nations on Earth (4:10b-13). Even in this Micah was not simply a patriotic Jew looking forward to victory over the Gentiles; to the contrary, he expected Israel in the long term to be a blessing to all the other nations (4:2-3). In short, Micah was advancing a theology to deal with the current dilemma of the chosen people of God and the house of David falling under judgment. Far from implying the failure of the covenant promises, this very judgment would be the means by which God would fulfill those covenants.

1) Be deeply burdened by sin and its consequences (v8-9)
- Romans 9:2-3(cev) "my heart is broken and I am in great sorrow. I would gladly be placed under God's curse and be separated from Christ for the good of my own people."
- God comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable.
- Be worried and brokenhearted not just about our own sins, but also the sins of others, just as Micah mourns over the invasion of the cities in Judah, his homeland.
- Know that the consequence of sin is death and feel sorrowful for people who continue to sin.
- Hate sin!

2) Call people to prayerfully seek God's mercy (v10-16)
- ask people around us to recognise the sins in their lives and turn back to God
- the expression of the verses are ironies to the names of the cities mentioned in them (see the Bible appendix)
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 (NCV) "The kind of sorrow God wants makes people change their hearts and lives. This leads to salvation, and you cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has brings death."
- Embrace Godly sorrow and not worldly sorrow!

Lessons from the Prophecies:
a) God's judgment is always just and righteous and appropriate
- Jesus loved sinners but He confronted their sins nevertheless
b) Speak the truth in love
- we love people therefore we want to tell the truth about people to them!
c) Sin brings destruction to our loved ones (v16)
- shaving = mourning
- take evil seriously because all evil will be judged
- understand holiness and become even more evangelistic to the people around us who have yet encounter God!

-JX

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Psalm 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?

This is one of my favourite verses which God has kindly popped into my head not too long ago. Sometimes we get too caught up in what we have to do, what we want to do, such that we forget that we don't have to do it all on our own. Rather than chasing results all the time, why not chase God? In Him, whom do we fear, in the He who holds His children safely in His hands. :)

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 8:38-39

He loves us and will be there to make things turn out right.
For God is good and in Him, Impossible is nothing. :)

Have a good week. Cya on thurs.

-Jon

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"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."

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hello everyone (: shall share something i thought of today, since its been some time since someone posted. its almost about middle of the week, hang in there pple, and i'm looking foward to seeing all of you on caregrp on thursday!
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Is your heart full of clutter, of debris?

Sometimes we sin, do things we know we shouldn’t do. We’re ashamed, so we sweep all these things under the bed, in fear that others would see and judge us. Other times, we have burdens, a huge box of them. We want to run away from them, we don’t want to face them, so we shove the box of burdens in a dark, dusty corner and attempt to forget about them. But the harder we try, the worse it gets. All the ugly things that I desperately want to blot out from my life keeps piling up, one day there’d be so much that my heart can’t contain it. There’s no more space left to cram these ugly things deep down inside. The heart collapses.

I don’t want that to happen.

So I go to my Saviour every day, ask Him for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done but shouldn’t have. I ask Him for refreshment, for strength for the new day. I lift up my burdens to Him. No shoving, no hiding, no running away from. Coz my Redeemer has already faced the worst so I can get the best. My heart’s new, a clean slate, because I go to Him.

Is your heart free of clutter today? Or is it piling up with junk, junk you can dispose off?

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<3fungg.

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