last saturday (05-12-09) was my last saturday in citylife church before leaving for good...at least it's for now. senior pastor mark conner started the topic of revelation which it's quite interesting where he mention about peope discussing when the 'day' is coming especially with the movie '2012' is out now. but he talks more on our faith which what we don't know going to happen even what we are going through right now. it's a simple message yet it's really a reminder and does build me up. i'm just loving the words in citylife as always. always simple, applicable and got to think inside your heart. worship was awesome and missing it so much now.
he shared on revelation 1:9-20. what is faith? faith is our convictions on who he is to us. faith be measure with little, weak, strong, full of faith, great faith and etc. all of these being mention in the bible. we heard so many times, without faith it's impossible to please HIM. what are the ways for us to grow of faith?there are 3 points to it which:-
1. trust in god
- remember no matter what happen there is always a god reigning above....he is in control of every single thing.
- great faith is not only seeing the miracle then trust him but no matter what we still stand firm to him with his promises for us
- trust grows when we experienc the trustee from god (eg david vs goliath). david trusted god since he killleda bear even before facing the goliath. with what he experienced, his trust for god continue to grow
- remember the great deeds of god how can we go through with the past experiences before
- first jump/first time always the hardest but when he brings us through our trust grows
- romans 8:28
2. expect god to keep his promises
- every promise of god need to be tested.
- psalm 105(have a read)
- the delay of god's promises it's to grow our faith not to cause damage to our heart
- ephesians 3:20
3. never give up
- revelation book is about endurance , patience....
- john 16:23
- acts 14:21
- when faith is tested an opportunity of endurance to grow
- refused to give in
isn't it just a simple message yet easy for us to digest??our journey with him, we just odd to have faith and continue to grow in it. when circumstances arise, our promises being delay, we shouldn't be despise, discourage, give up but endure towards the end, holding on to what god telling us rather than people or the enemy telling us. our promises from him need to tested through our faith and realising we are capable to step into it and move into a greater level in life. it just reminds me of reading the book peaks and valleys....always on my mind, when you want greater blessings, your testing would be greater. faith needs to grow so that you are capable of doing greater things for me. all of us need to move forward rather than backwards !!! fight for god.....
