The ark usually speaks of safety in troubled times. It has one window, means we need to have a singleness of eye on heaven and eternal things, rather than on the world (see Colossians 3:2).
It has one door, refering to Christ being the only door to heaven. The length was 300 cubits and the number 300 speaks of walking with God (see Genesis 5:22).
There are three decks or level, refering to the three stages in our Christian life
- little children
- young men
- fathers
(see 1 John 2:12-14)
Joshua Khong
- Your choice of sheep can make flock management easier or harder.
- Start with healthy sheep, or you'll inherit someone else's problems.
- Know the SHAPE of your sheep to make sure they're in the right fold
S - Strengths
H - Heart
A - Attitude
P - Personality
E - Experiences
- Follow the status of your people as well as the status of the work.
- Get to know your flock, one sheep at a time.
- Engage your people on a regular basis.
- Keep your eyes and ears opem, question, and follow through
What God said to me was just this 2 things
- What time do you sleep and wake up?
- What's the first thing you do when you wake up
Lets start with...
1) "What time do you sleep and wake up?"
Recently or even since youth camp I have develop a bad habit of sleeping at wee hours meaning after midnight and that's nothing good or anything to be proud of. Staying up awake to play games or stuff and then sleep in the morning is also crazy, I can't say it's wrong because I don't think it is however what's wrong here is this that...
---> When we sleep late we wake up late and then our whole schedule for the day is in a mess, we are late for almost everything, cancel some meetings because we are tired or too late to make it and many other reason.
---> When we sleep late and then have to wake up early for school or whatsoever, we tend to lose our temper halfway through the day because of the lack of sleep or we just become tired but it's not because we are doing things or other stuff.
---> When we sleep after midnight, believe me or not that's up to you ( you can check with other leaders too if you don't believe me) but once after midnight you are weak and that's a chance for the enemy to start attacking you.
- Your mind
- You start thinking things that are not true. Like you are not a good leader/shepherd/christian, You are lousy/cannot make it/useless
- Guys and maybe girls start having wrong thoughts. Guys start thinking of girls and all the perverse thoughts and girls start thinking bout guys they like, think the handsome or nice and many more.
- Your feelings
- You start feeling all the emo and stuff, remember all your past romance and start thinking this and that
- Your purity
- I don't know about the girls but maybe its the same but for guys we start looking at pornography, have thoughts that are wrong and might even do the wrong thing; masturbation. I don't know what girls do but it might be the same as us guys
2) "What's the first thing you do when you wake up"
I was convicted by God this also because recently everyday when I wake up the first thing I do is this ON THE COMPUTER like many of you who during your holidays do this. That is also not wrong but think about this who comes 1st in your life? Jesus or Your pleasures/Your desires?
So I've decided 1st thing I will do in the morning is read my bible and seek God.
Basically this is the case that we as good christian/uprising leaders/wanna be leaders should learn to sleep early, wake up early, plan our schedule and spend time with the almighty Daddy God.
This is must to the core of my cell and cell that we sleep BY 12am starting from monday 12 January 2009 and wake up early to do our quiet time and also of course before we sleep. Of course for the "senior citizen" of my cell you must do it too.
I will check once in awhile but do have integrity and do it and not lie to me. It's for your own good
Proverbs 10:9 - He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known.
Jeremy
"God is looking for those who in their hands His glory is save"
Reading up the whole book I realise this that the people that Joshua was leading always account to him and they were in safety and in one part of the book Joshua 7 one of the people/follower did something wrong and did not account for it and was hence judge by God and it was scary reading it you can't see much of a picture but if you just imagine you will be able to know. What amaze me was this that even as the people account to Joshua, Joshua himself learned to account unto God and there was such a blessing and safety with the advice and warnings of God.
Please read Proverbs 11:14
So I realise that in cell we are lacking this accountability and I'm learning to be accountable because I believe it starts from the top and hence I will find a leader to account to and also be accountable so it means I will take the lead and follow what I said. Shepherds/leaders learn this it is not how talented, smart, strong, pretty/handsome, tall/short and many more that will make us great BUT it is the measure of servant hood, humility and accountability we have in our life so hope you learn something from this and start doing what is right and safe for YOU.
Jeremy
"Live for nothing or die for something"
Of cos they tell me this and that so I prompted and ask deeper and deeper and soon they realise they don't have a "bigger picture/idea of what they want to do and so this post is to help you out.
In life it's just like this a picture but you don't see the whole thing you only see half the picture or just a small part of it and that's a pity because we can ask God for revelation and also an insight of the picture and God will gladly do it.
This is life whether you like it or not we are just shortsighted of the things God has for us and we need to learn to take a step back or even more steps back to have a clearer vision of the picture and thus know where we are heading if not we are just blind. It's the same for leaders and shepherds we need to SEE where we are going, we need to KNOW where we are going.Matthew 15:14 speaks about a blind leader leading the blind and I don't want to be that kind of a leader. I want to know where I'm going and then bring my people there. So to those who read this let it be an inspiration, an encouragement to learn how to see and move.
This is the larger picture of that small picture you see hope you get the idea.
Jeremy
"God is looking for those who in their hands His glory is safe"
- Waste of time
- frustrated
- bin chao chao ( face black black)
- feel like punching pehhan
- tired
And that's what happen when we do not have a vision of our own life, we run wild going NOwhere and not knowing what to do. So those of who were in cell hope you remember the feelings you had today and have a vision for your life.
So here's the zone vision if you need a guideline to your life and set it for your own.
Matthew 22:34-40
1. v.37 - Love the Lord with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
*How many of us really take the time to love God?
*when it comes to loving God theres alot to it like
- praise and worship
- Do we clap and jump with our all or just anyhow and give it abit of our strength?
- When we lift up our hands do we lift them halfway for fear of being seen by people and commented by them?
- offering
- Do we just give our loose changes to God?
- "Tip" God like how we tip a bellboy?
- coming on time for church or cell meetings.
- Do we come late like it's nobody business?
- Do you love God that you will come on time because His waiting?
2. v.39 - Love your neighbours as yourself
*Luke 10:25-37
So who are your neighbours?
Is it the people who live next to your house?
Ans: Its the people who are around you, the people who walk pass you everyday.
Jeremy
God is looking for those who in their hands His glory is safe
