Kingdom Online 2010 [II] ~ Peter

9th September 2010
 
After a good rest, I had to wake up early the next day.

I was feeling very nervous to play the keyboard on stage, as that was the first time (erm, not the first time but it was the first time in this Church), I played a keyboard. I just try to relax myself and played in accordance to how God led me.

After the devotion, we had a brief session of PraiseDance! Well, I would not say I enjoy it, but I do not dislike it either. It was quite fun in the sense that I could move all my limbs, relaxing the tight muscles and yeah, after 30 minutes I did feel fresher :p

Breakfast time!

I was quite disappointed to have missed the first session of the message, as I was required to help to play the piano at the Children Service. Nonetheless, Praise the Lord! I got the notes from a sister =) Below was the summary:-

Session 1, 09:30 ~ Peter

John 21: 1-14 ~ Morning Miracle 

Breakfast by the Sea 

1 After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way He showed Himself: 

2 Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. 

3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”
They said to him, “We are going with you also.” They went out and immediately[a] got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. 

4 But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 

5 Then Jesus said to them, “Children, have you any food?”
They answered Him, “No.”
6 And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.
7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea. 

8 But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish. 

9 Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. 

10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”
11 Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken. 

12 Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.” Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are You?”—knowing that it was the Lord. 

13 Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish.
14 This is now the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead.

- we must create a kingdom value or culture

- God will bless our life abundantly ~ like a net which is not broken, although it is filled with fishes

- we must pray that God will bless our spiritual life abundantly

- we must make sure that the intercession has no emptiness, we must always confess

- if we leave God, we cannot have anything

- Peter lives in God, so he got all the fishes

- we must always open our mouth to proclaim ans declare

- Peter connects to Kingdom

- Jesus manifests to His apostles and He can manifests to us as well

- Hosea 6:3 [Immanuel]

³ Let us know,
      Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD.
      His going forth is established as the morning;
      He will come to us like the rain,
      Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

- like Job, we must experience God
- God knows our needs, so He walked to us
- we live because of God's words, not due to miracle
- we must live to taste the grace of God, in order to have abundance in the Kingdom 

- the joy of the Lord is my strength! we must live with joy!

Kingdom Online 2010 [III] ~ Moses

After a 15 minutes break, we continued with the second session with Mrs 刘群茂 sharing with us the message:-

Session 2, 11:00 ~ Moses

- Psalm 139:6 ~  ⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
         It is high, I cannot attain it. 

- Deuteronomy 34: 1-12

Moses Dies on Mount Nebo 
1 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead as far as Dan, 
2 all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,[a] 
3 the South, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. 
4 Then the LORD said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.”
5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. 
6And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth Peor; but no one knows his grave to this day. 
7 Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished.
8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. So the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.
9 Now Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; so the children of Israel heeded him, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
10 But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, 
11 in all the signs and wonders which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, before Pharaoh, before all his servants, and in all his land, 
12 and by all that mighty power and all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.

 

- Q: everything will come to an end, what are we leaving behind?

- Moses gave us a very good example

- Hebrews 11: 24-26

24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in[e] Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

- following Christ, serving Him ~ is the ultimate pleasure

A) Deuteronomy 34: 1-4 ~ Wide Vision

" Stand on the Mountain and Look at Canaan"

- if we fly high, things look small

- when we look far, our perspectives will be different

- our life must have a breakthrough

- we must "see" and have a vision, then only we will work towards it

- what we see is what we get

- what we visualise will be our fruit

- no vision = no direction

- in Taiwan, the Church goes by way of G-12 system

B) Deuteronomy 34: 10-12 ~ "Stay in Eternity"

(i) v. 10

- Moses is one whom God knew face to face

- God uses different types of method to speak to us

- God evaluates us by how we live on earth

Q: how do we treat God's son?

Q: how do we make use of what God has given us?

(ii) v. 12

- God has given to Moses a mighty power that no one else experienced

- our devotional life, and our relationship with God are very crucial

Q: where do we want to lead the people?

- it is not about how to serve, but about how to build a relationship with God

- being intimate with God determines our gifts and power

C) Deuteronomy 34: 5-6 ~ "The Most Glorious Wake"

- God was personally in charge of Moses' wake; He personally buried Moses

- God is the best employer

- we must put God as priority, to put His interest before ours

- God looks into our heart

- Haggai 1 ~ The Command to Build God’s House  

1 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, 

2 “Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying: ‘This people says, “The time has not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built.”’”

3 Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 

4 “Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple[a]to lie in ruins?” 

5 Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: “Consider your ways!
6 “ You have sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”

7 Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Consider your ways! 

9 “You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the LORD of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house. 

10 Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. 

11 For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.”
 

The People’s Obedience
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him; and the people feared the presence of the LORD. 

13 Then Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, spoke the LORD’s message to the people, saying, “I am with you, says the LORD.” 

14 So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 

15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

Kingdom Online 2010 [I]

I was supposed to post this much earlier, but just could not find the time. Hmm, excuse :p and such a lame one =.=///

Perhaps I should give a brief introduction:

Date: 8th September - 11th September 2010

Venue: Peacehaven

Speaker: 刘群茂牧师

I took half day leave on 8th September and Pastor Anthony fetched me from my office. At about 15:15 I reached the destination. I was the only "youth" who attended the camp, and whilst waiting for a junior youth to come, I loitered around the vicinity, not knowing what to do.

I was happy to see few of my tambourine students at the camp; so happen I was in the same dormitory with two [2] of them. They are sisters, and I did not know this until a few weeks later. At this camp, I built a friendship with them =)

After my shower I walked around the place and then had my dinner with a sister whom I met at a Praise and Worship Camp back in February this year. Later on, we prepared ourselves for the first session.

The Speaker told us that the message he shared with us on the first night, was not what he intended to share. God had prepared another message for him to share with us, and below was the summary:-

God can do anything so long as we put our hope in Him.

There is nothing which is impossible with God.

So long as we are willing, God will make things possible.

I managed to summarise the whole message in three [3] sentences :p As usual, I was expecting that the Speaker will ask us to go out for prayers, at least that was what I thought would happen because from past experiences, we had prayers by the Speaker after every sermon, especially the evening session; since there was none, we were free to go.

I had a good chat with a sister on the first night. Thereafter, I went for practice, in preparation for the devotion session the next morning. It was quite last minute notice, and by the time we had the chance to practise, it was already after 23:00 (we were supposed to switch off all lights at 23:00); and there were aunties who complained that we were too loud, so we had no choice but to practise quietly.

That is the summary for the first day...