Service Notes, Thoughts, Long post

ZECHARIAS & ELIZABETH

Luk 1:5-7
"Zecharias" - "Worshipper"

Luk 1:11-13
Zecharias was a person of prayer; he was both spiritual and strong in prayer. Yet there was barreness in his life.

Bad things do happen to good people.
Dont be naive! Dont be simpleton!

Jam 5:16
Effective prayer that makes e power of God available, are prayer that are FOCUSED, FERVENT and SPECIFIC! (e.g. a laser)

It is these kind of prayers that will break every icy wall of doubt and unproductivity in your life!

v14-18
All of us need a dream.
Without a vision, people perish.
Your dream is a psychological necessity.

There's nothing more blind than a person with eyes but cannot see; cannot see the visions of God, cannot see his potential, cannot see his purpose, his calling, and his destiny!

The poorest man is a fallow without a dream.
The greatest tragedy is having a 10 x 12 capacity, confined to a 2 x 4 soul!

When a dream FROM God comes to pass, it will draw people!

Zecharias had faith to believe! But he had no faith to receive!

You can pray and fast for something to happen! But when it DOES happen, ure not ready to accept the commitment, the sacrifice and the responsibility that comes with it!

Whats the point of praying for revival, if ure not willing to live by example?
Whats the point of asking God to make you someone strong and mature, if ure not even willing to accept criticism? Whats the point of asking God to change your life when you're not willing to accept change?

Whats the point of asking for growth in the church and celgrp, when ure not willing to take the RISK and that step of faith, that one day, ure gonna be a cg helper? or a even a cg leader!?!

Dont be conditioned by your tradition!

Dont get used to unproductivity! Dont get used to stagnation! Dont get used to being comfortable! Dont get used to having a small celgrp, a small church and MEDIOCRE standards of living!

Dont pray for a life partner if ure not willing to commit ALL YOUR LIFE! Dont pray for a husband/wife if ure not willing to GIVE..AGAIN..AND AGAIN..AND AGAIN..AND AGAIN..ALL YOUR LIFE!!! UNCONDITIONALLY!!! EVEN IF IT MEANS YOU GETTING NOTHING IN RETURN!!!

Many people are so TRADITIONED as a bachelor/bachelorette, that they simply CANNOT move into TRANSITION into a RELATIONSHIP! You ask them to date, they're fine. You ask them to get married, no problem.

But you ask them to make a lifelong commitment, they cant accept it.

Men cant transit from being a bachelor to being a husband with ENDLESS PROVISION for his wife!

Women cant transit from being a free bachelorette into being a wife SUBMITTED to her husband!

2 cor 11:23-28

"Oh, cant we just live a normal life, with a normal family and a normal church? why must we commit so much, pray so much, fast so much, and give so much? Cant just be like everybody else?"

NORMAL CHRISTIANS DONT CHANGE THE WORLD!
NORMAL CHURCHES DONT IMPACT NATIONS!
NORMAL CELGRPS DONT SEE REVIVAL!

Dont be nominal! Be bold! Be creative! Live for God's dream!

Skills and talents get you to the top, but its CHARACTER that keeps you there!

Without TRANSITION, there can be NO TRANSFORMATION!

Life is defined by change. The only constant in life is change.

To move from tradition to transition to transformation:

One must:

1. Release the familiar
2. Take risks
3. Accept the unknown

Be flexible! It is the unknown that opens endless possibilities.
Dont just say you want to be a history maker, dont just say you want to be a person of destiny..LIVE IT! STAY COMMITTED TO IT!

Luk 1:18-20

Words have the power of life and death.
Words FRAME the boundaries of your world.

People who use the S-words, D-words or F-words have LIMITED VOCABULARY!
Their world is FRAMED so SMALL and LIMITED, they never realize their fullest potential!

They find it hard to express themselves in words.
They find it hard to communicate and establish friendships and meaningful relationships.

When the word of God comes, all of a sudden, our vocabulary increases.
It is scientifically proven that a person with a wider range of vocabulary, excel more in life.
And he/she has more connections and relations with people.

We learn of words like cultural mandate, marketplace evangelism, common grace, antinomianism, conversionists, etc.

Your vocabulary sets a limit to your future and a limit to your level of impact and influence!
People know you the moment you open your mouth!

If you want a big future with large boundaries, then your level of confession must be equivalent to sustain that dream. You got to have the words to be able to frame that FUTURE!

Our world is FRAMED by our words.
How far you are gonna go in life is determined by the words you confess.
Your words either bring life to your situation, or you can even end up KILLING YOU OWN DREAM! With your WORDS!

The angel told Zecharias to say no more, because Zecharias can CANCEL out the blessings of God just by his words alone!

You can cancel out the blessings of God by your careless words!

If you're disappointed, just be quiet.
If you're angry, just SHUT UP and calm down!
Dont cancel the blessings of God, by your careless words!!
Dont KILL a relationship by your CARELESS WORDS!!

"die la..die la..this time sure die one.."
"Shit..I feel like divorcing.."
"Oh no, im gonna fail.."

If you believe, if you confess and do not doubt in your heart, you WILL have whatever you say!
It didnt even say you will have whatever you pray, it says, "he will have whatever he SAYS"!

3 things we must have:

1. Revelation - its not just doing what you want/feel like doing, but doing what God SPECIFICALLY asks you to do. Why didnt the rest of the disciples on the boat walk on water? Because Jesus specifically asked Peter to 'come out'. He did not ask the rest! He knows who is ready, who isnt.

2. Visualization - eph 3:20; if you can see it, you can have it. if you cant see it, you wont have it. simple as that. Rom 12:2. Life wont change with time. Life changes only when your thinking changes!

3. Confession - heb 11:3 (life and death are in e power of the tongue). dont just confess your feelings, confess the WORD!

Luk 1:24, 37-41
Mt 7:6, Neh 2:12

Protect your dream. Why? Because there are dream snatchers and dream killers!
Dont feed every revelation and dream from God to dogs and swines who wont appreciate it!
Yes..the bible DID call them dogs and pigs. (Sermon on the mount, Mt 7:6)

Visions and dreams are for everyone.
Your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams.

Fellowship with GOD-dreamers.
Fellowship with people with great dreams.
Fellowship with people that are doing something.
Fellowship with people that are going somewhere!

Fellowship with people of faith, because their anointing will stir up your gifts!
You wanna be an eagle, dont hang around turkeys!

Dont hang around people who have a black face all the time!
Dont hang around people who complain all the time!
Dont hang around people who just love to do the job of the devil all the time, saying things they shouldnt, doing things they shouldnt!

People who grumble, gossip and get angry all the time, will create a world full of negatives! The more words that come out from their CARELESS mouths, the more non-edifying their world becomes! Some of them even have a look on their face as if they just manifested!

God is full of positives, the devil is full of negatives.
How much positive, and how much negative that comes out from you, simply reflects how much of your life is surrendered to God and how much is surrendered to the devil.

Luk 1:76-80
"John" - "Jehovah has graced"
If your vision is from God, He will give you the PROvision. His grace is sufficient.

Marinate your visions and dreams in the presence of God.
"Incubate" them and they will grow.

Dont abort the 'baby' of your dream! You wanna do great things, then dont complain when they come, but stay committed to it, till the end!

Anything born of yourself and the world, will not last.
But anything born of God, will never fall to the ground!

TRADITION > TRANSITION > TRANSFORMATION


THOUGHTS

The performance by Ritchell really inspired me. "I started my ministry at 6". I was so blown away! She's born prematurely, she's blind, but she compose songs and plays the piano at such a young age. And she's only 12. and man, when she speaks, presence of God comes.

One thing she said really struck me, she said,

"Dont be proud of your gifts, be proud of the one who GAVE you those gifts!"

I sat there and I was so blown away..presence of God overwhelmed me. I felt goosebumps on my goosebumps and my heart was really struck in awe.

Camp breakaway has ended. What are my memories you might ask. Well, the only memory I had was that short 2hr session i spent with my cg. Even tho I was pretty worn out and tired. Even though I didnt talk much.

And another memory was receiving the touch of God. But nothing beats meeting God more than meeting my celgrp. Sorry guys, I love you all, but I love God more! =) Thats what keeps me going, thats what gives me strength.

Many of you are tired. Well, ive been tired since my 'period of transition' came (2 months aldr). yea, u know the things that happened to me recently, my IHP, programming and many others. If i can hang in there in the midst of a crazy situation, u guys can do it too.

Ive had not had proper sleep for 2 months now..and im still chionging and its really frustrating to want to do something, and not being able to do it! its frustrating to feel helpless and worn out every single day of your life..that feeling of loneliness, when you see others with their friends and all..

If i were to ask who would take my place, i dont think anyone would LOL. But i know my time of transformation is coming. I heard ps preach and i was like, man, thats me..things are hitting me from all sides, things that no man has even DREAMED OF! haha. Timo once asked me, "Ha? how is it possible?"

exactly. lol.

For some reason, all of the outreaches/zone events clash with my timetable. ALWAYS! lol..and im not complaining. yes, there are times, i feel left out and down and tired and frustrated, but i learned to pick myself up.

you might see me smiley all the time, but you hardly know what goes on within, the tears that wet my bed at night, and cries that fill my room at night. that room you guys had PM in, is the same room, i felt tired in..the same room i felt frustrated in..

the same room where there are times i feel like giving up in, the same room that i felt lonely in..yet God chose to show up during our pre-cg PM. i cant really say my room is THAT sanctified..but nevertheless, it was a place of intimacy between me and God..

its not just my bedroom, its me and God's bedroom. every night we sleep together, we cry together, we hug together, we touch together and we dream and pray together. even as i sat there with tears in my eyes, i know that He is there, even though i cant feel Him at times..

if I can hold on, you can hold on.
if Ritchell can do it, so can you.
if Nick Vujicic can smile without limbs,
you can live a life without limits!

A broken and contrite heart, He will not despise...