Continuance of Message from Kingdom Online 2010 ~ 12th September 2010

I wanted to attend the Sunday Service at Mother Church but coud not make it. Thanks to Sister Marilyn for the notes =)

Gideon

Three [3] hundred warrior 

Judges 6: 1-16, 34-35 [please refer to Kingdom Online 2010 [IX] for the verse]

- if we are excited, God will respond to us

- if we are hungry, the power of God will manifest

Judges 7: 2-9 [please refer to Kingdom Online 2010 [IX] for the verse]

- the Bible tells us how to live in blessed life

- we must live like Joshua generation ~ he fought but never failed! 

- our feet will crash the enemy's head

- the Lord said: "do not be afraid, I will be with you. If you follow the rules and the word of God, you will prosper in whatever you do
- in God we trust ~ God will bless our lives

- we must always confess our sins and do not let our heart to be like a stone, we must always ask for the grace of the Lord.

Q: how God choose His people?

1) Ordinary people, provided that you are willing to let God use you
- follow God; He can use our failure and weakness to bless us.
- trust Him whole-hearted ~ normally ordinary people will humbly trust Him.

2) Moses life's 

(a) I am somebody (40 years ago) 

(b) I am nobody (when he was in the desert) 

(c) I am God's body ~ Exodus 3: 10-12

10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt."
11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
12 And God said, "I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you [a] will worship God on this mountain."

- he was a man who trusted God and the Lord was with him; and he became a strong weapon of God's hands

3) People with a "whole" heart 

Judges 4: 4-7

 ⁴ Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading ^[a] Israel at that time. ⁵ She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came to her to have their disputes decided. ⁶ She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, "The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: 'Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead the way to Mount Tabor. ⁷ I will lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.' "

- the men believe that they will do their best, because they believe that's why we share the gospel.

- the Mighty God will bless those who believe in Him and do their best!

Hope the message shared will bless all of you =)

Kingdom Online 2010 [IX] ~ Last Session, 11th September

21st Century belongs to CHINESE

Matthew 28: 18-20

¹⁸Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in^[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

- the Lord gives us a great mission
- main point: power and authority on heaven and earth have been given to us, therefore we must preach the gospel
- Jesus: "I will use the greatest source and power to fulfil my purpose"
- we live in this world to preach the gospel, we must bring our brothers and sisters to return to the Lord
- we are so precious that God is willing to shed all his blood for us
- when we are successful, God is successful
- we must connect our success with God's success
- we must love people, build relationships with other people
- we must care for those who care for us
- we must live in accordance to God's purpose, His purpose is our purpose

Kingdom Online 2010 [VIII] ~ Evening Session, 10th September

This was the last evening session, and I was expecting an altar call; however there was none. I came to realise that altar call was not the main selling point, most important was the message. From my past experiences, we always looked forward to altar call, however the truth was, if God wants to touch us, He does not need a special session, He could have just touch us there and then.

The message that night was about Gideon ~ Judges 6

v. 1-16

Gideon 

1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. 

2 Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds. 

3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country. 

4 They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. 

5 They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it. 

6 Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the LORD for help.
7 When the Israelites cried to the LORD because of Midian, 

8 he sent them a prophet, who said, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 

9 I snatched you from the power of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors. I drove them from before you and gave you their land. 

10 I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.' But you have not listened to me."
11 The angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. 

12 When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, he said, "The LORD is with you, mighty warrior."
13 "But sir," Gideon replied, "if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our fathers told us about when they said, 'Did not the LORD bring us up out of Egypt?' But now the LORD has abandoned us and put us into the hand of Midian."
14 The LORD turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?"
15 "But Lord , [a] " Gideon asked, "how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family."
16 The LORD answered, "I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites together."

v. 34-35

34 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him. 

35 He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, calling them to arms, and also into Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali, so that they too went up to meet them.

Judges 7: 2-9

² The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many men for me to deliver Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast against me that her own strength has saved her, ³ announce now to the people, 'Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.' " So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.  ⁴ But the LORD said to Gideon, "There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say, 'This one shall go with you,' he shall go; but if I say, 'This one shall not go with you,' he shall not go."
 ⁵ So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the LORD told him, "Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel down to drink." ⁶ Three hundred men lapped with their hands to their mouths. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
 ⁷ The LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other men go, each to his own place." ⁸ So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others.
      Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley. ⁹ During that night the LORD said to Gideon, "Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. 

4 Cycles

Evil - Slavery - Cry - God Saves - Evil - Slavery - Cry - God Saves (and it continues...)

- leaving God, sin - enemy's oppression

- Judges 2-6 [please refer to the Bible]

Q: What type of people does God use?

Plain and Normal people!

Weak People

1 Samuel 2:8

 ⁸ He raises the poor from the dust
       and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
       he seats them with princes
       and has them inherit a throne of honor.
       "For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's;
       upon them he has set the world.

Judges 6:12 [above]

- we must speak the word of truth
- when we meet obstacles, we must not speak language of "circumstances"
- we must look to God, look to His will, look to His plan
- we must learn to speak Bible's language and word
- we must see from God's perspective
- everyone is a champion
- only God's blessing can break the curse