主题：海水分开了

主题：海水分开了
日期：2012年7月29日
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Kang Rong
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出埃及记14：10-31

主要信息：如何活出信心的生命
Main sermon message: How to start living a life of FAITH

1） 舍近求远 - 信心的开始
The beginning of our Faith in God – When we’re brought to take the long way.

舍近求远例子： 摩西带着以色列百姓在旷野走40年
Example: Moses brought God’s people out of slavery from Egypt and experienced 40 years in the desert before getting to the promised land.

Analogy: 
To go from Tampines -> Pasir Ris, 

God brought Moses to go:　
Tampines -> Bedok -> Tanah Merah -> … …. …. …. … (~40 years?!!@#%^$%^&@) -> Pasir Ris

有的时候，上帝会带我们走“远路”。这是我们信心的开始！
Sometimes, God will take us the longer way to bring us the destination. These are the times which marks the beginning of our faith in God!

信心路程要记得：
Things to remember for our faith in God:

- > God is with us! 
神的同在 (云柱，火柱)

-> God’s teachings! 
神的指导 （仰望，寻求，顺服）

-> Human’s weakness
人的软弱，无助 (摩西vs百姓)

Especially when we’re 1) down and out, 2) in times of success, these are the times when our weakness as humans show itself, and we tend to forget God and forget to have faith in Him. Be careful!

2） 走投无路 – 信心的锻炼
The building of our faith in God – When we’ve reached what seems to be a dead end.

在我们的日常生活里，我们必定会遭遇到各种困难，有时候会觉得根本不可能克服。
In our lives, we are bound to meet into all kinds of difficulties which may seem impossible to overcome.

但就如摩西过红海的例子，我们一定要学习：
But like in the case of Moses crossing the Red sea, we MUST learn to:

- 不要惧怕
Not be afraid,
- 原地不动
Stay put and keep calm,
- 看神作工
Witness God’s wonderful work!

Analogy: Tom & Jerry.
Whenever Jerry runs into a dead end and can’t find his mousehole to hide from Tom, he’ll turn around and shiver when he sees Tom right there waiting to deal with him.
(In some cases), when that happens, while Jerry shivers in fear, suddenly the house owner appears and brings Tom away, Jerry gets saved! 

3） 出死如生- 信以致得救
The reward of faith: salvation – After we’ve been through “life and death” situations.

After overcoming our difficulties,
- 惧怕 的心 -> 信心
A heart of Fear will turn into A heart of Faith.
- 不被周遭环境时局左右
Remember to not be distracted by our surroundings.


- **信靠顺服，坚信不疑，完全交托，终必得救
**In short: Trust & Obey -> Be firm and be doubtless in God -> COMPLETELY entrust everything to Him -> Salvation awaits!

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APPENDIX

Aiyoh. I realised Chuandao hor, really included lots of life testimonies and sharing on Faith which I can’t find a good way to slot into the sermon content. So here they are, some food for thought:

4.1) When our religion and faith is being tested, what will we do?

- Our faith will surely be challenged! Its just a matter of sooner or later.

Archaeological evidences of Moses crossing the Red Sea: 
- How the Red Sea opened up
- Egyptian chariots’ wheels
- The piece of land before the crossing of the Red Sea which could possibly stand 2 million people who Moses’ were bringing out of Egypt.
- Etc.etc.

Qn(s): We all know the “story” of Moses leading the Isrealites crossing the Red Sea, but:
Do these evidences make up the truth?
Is this story that we all know possible? 
Is this miracle real?

ANS: What is our perspective when we read this?
a) Read/see/hear (first) -> (then) Believe
b) Believe (first) -> (then) Read/hear/see

*** There can only be ONE perspective: Believe BEFORE reading the Bible!
We believe not because the evidence tells us that the story or Bible could be true. We believe because we believe.

4.2) Faith is like God’s signal (analogy: handphone signal)

- It has been prepared for us but, do we want to receive the signal?

- When our faith waivers, 1st thing to do: pray! (don’t look for crutches aka help from human eg. pastor)

- One encounter cannot support our faith forever! 
Faith must be renewed, everyday. It is never enough, and will never be too much to ask from God. There will ALWAYS be more than enough for us, all we need to do is to ask!

主题: 世纪大灾难

主题: 世纪大灾难 
日期：2012 年7月15日
Felicia
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1）全能唯一三位一体的真神是你我要来敬畏顺服的！

>敬畏指的是我们的心态，而顺服指的是我们的行动。
敬畏的心态：
我们是否准时来到教会敬拜赞美神？当我们听道时，是不是应该专心听讲而不是忙着玩手机？

我们该有个敬畏的心，全心全意地蒙上帝的喜悦。
而每个星期天我们又是带这怎样的心态来教会？

顺服耶和华上帝，他必赐于你。不要走冤枉路了！
你我都是被上帝所拣选的子民，所以神的能力肯定彰显在我们的生命里。
不要单单说你爱神，要以行动来表示我们对神的爱！

2）信实守约的上帝是你我一生一事要来跟从服事的！

要感谢那些带你来认识神的人，因为他们从神那里有所感动，使你不必走更多的冤枉路。
看看你周围的人，你看见什么？我们应该看见神的爱而不是他们的外貌因为神的爱多过他们的缺点。

服事主的道路确实不容易，但神已经给于我们许许多多的恩典来完成任务。

3）你我自由意志的使用应当为上帝所喜悦；建立彼此的！

我们有了权利的自由还是会犯罪因为我们分不清好和坏。而有时就算我们知道什么是好的，也不会去做。

Brothers in Christ: Watch over your thoughts and be careful of what you see.
Sisters in Christ: Take charge of your emotions.

敬畏顺服
跟从服事
做上帝所喜悦
及建立彼此

主题： 篮里的婴孩

1/7/2012
主题： 篮里的婴孩
出埃及记 2：1－10
Grace
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1） 
如何活出上帝掌管你我生命的生活？
How should we live a life that is controlled by God?

-即使在最困难的时候， 我们依然要相信神已经为我们安排好前面的路
Even the in the worst possible situation, we have to keep believing that God has the best plans laid out for us

-我们常常会选择相信自己的能力多过相信神。 这是因为我们在乎现实的成就， 很容易被世俗的东西引诱。这些试探会使我们把生命的焦点转离神。
We tend to be believe in our own abilities rather than in God because we are easily tempted by worldly possessions and achievements. These temptations drift our focus away from God.

-如果上帝不成权， 我们就算再努力完成自己的计划， 所有的努力也只会是白费的
If God does not plan for something to happen, no matter how hard we try to establish our plans using our own abilities, our efforts will all be in vain in the end.

2)
你我是否明白上帝在你我生命里的旨意呢？
Do we understand God’s plans in our lives？

-如果我们想要知道与明白上帝在我们生命里的旨意， 我们就要主动去寻找答案
If we want to know what are God’s plans for us, we have to take the initiative to find out.

➢从小事做起
Start from doing small things for God

➢要谦虚并且用一个愿意服侍神的心为神做工
Be humble and have a willing heart to do things for God

➢每当我们有感动要为神做工 （例如： 为某人祷告），我们就因该立即行动
Whenever we feel the urge to do something for God (E.g. Pray for somebody etc.), just do it

➢神会从中让我们看见神在我们生命中的旨意。神可能会让我们发现到自己原来有某方面的天分。
God will show you His plans along the way, while you are doing work for Him. This may come in a form of realization that you have a certain talent you never knew you had (E.g. Good speaking skills etc.)

3)
你我又是如何来仰望信靠上帝呢？
How do we trust and Obey in God?

-我们要让神改变我们的生命
We must allow God to change our lives

-神可以使我们的心不断地被复兴，
In Christ, we are constantly being renewed, not in appearance but in heart

-人犯罪的代价是死亡。 虽然我们都会面对病痛与死亡, 但只要我们的内心不断的被复兴，我们依然可以用我们的智慧与行动来影响周边的人。
We will all die someday and suffer physical discomfort due to ageing, because the price of sin is death. However, as long as we are constantly being renewed in Christ, we can still and impact lives using our wisdom and actions

主题：墙上的字

主题：墙上的字 
日期：2012 年6月24日
Felicia
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但以理书5：1-17，25-31
Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDeLVn_a6fM

1. 神愿人做人
~ 当人失去常性时，就会沦为兽类，结果必会遭到神的重罚。

（弗5：15-18）
“所以，你们行事为人要谨慎，不要像愚昧人，却要像聪明人。要把握时机，因为这时代邪恶。因此，不要作糊涂人，要明白什么是主的旨意。不要醉酒，醉酒能使人放荡乱性，却要让圣灵充满。”

~敬畏神的人，至终必被高举，苦必尽，干必来。

2. 圣物亵渎不
（太12：31，32）
“因此，我告诉你们，人的一切罪和亵渎的话，都可以赦免；可是，亵渎圣灵就得不着赦免。无论谁说话得罪了人子，还可以赦免；但说话得罪了圣灵的，今生来世都得不着赦免。”


（太21：12，13）
“耶稣进了圣殿，把殿里所有作买卖的人赶走，并推倒找换银钱的人的桌子，和卖鸽子的人的凳子； 又对他们说：“经上记着：‘我的殿要称为祷告的殿。’你们竟把它弄成贼窝了。”

★ 崇拜时的心态

★ 领圣餐时的心态
当你觉得自己心里没有平安，或者觉得有许许多多的事情正困扰着我们，我们可以在上帝的面前跪下。这举行动可以使我们专心于神沟通，即使周围是多么的吵。
当圣餐结束之后，一个好习惯我们可以培养的是在上帝面前跪下，思想神在我们的生命里做了什么奇妙的事。把荣耀和感恩全都归向神。

★ 荣耀“圣灵的殿的心态

（林前6：18-20）
“你们要逃避淫乱的事。人所犯的，无论是什么罪，都是在身体以外，唯有行淫乱的，是触犯自己的身体。 你们不知道你们的身体就是那位住在你们里面的圣灵的殿吗？这圣灵是你们从神那里领受的。你们不是属于自己的， 因为你们是用重价买来的。所以你们务要用自己的身体荣耀神。"

记住：我们活在这世界上，但并不表示我们属于这个世界！(We are in the world and not of the world.)
~ No matter where we come from or what we do, we must give our 100% and then give that glory back to God, for He will be delighted.

主题： 火窑四影

17／6／2012
主题： 火窑四影
但以理书 3： 8－30
Grace
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1)
你是否相信圣经故事？你是否相信神在火窑里守护着但以理和他的两个朋友？
Do you believe in bible stories? Do you believe that God was the one protecting Daniel and his friends in the fiery furnace?

－ 即使大多数的圣经故事与我们的日常生活没有直接的关联， 这并不代表圣经所记载的故事不真实
Just because we cannot relate to most of the stories in the bible doesn’t mean that they are not true.

- 我们必须用信心去相信这些圣经故事
We need to have faith in believing all these bible stories

- 圣经故事所要带出来的信息就是神时时刻刻都与我们同在，而神是我们的救赎者。
What all these bible stories seek to tell us is that God is always by our side and that he is our savior.

2)
你是否经历上帝的奇妙作为？
Have you ever experienced God?

- 我们常常质疑自己是否有曾经历过神的奇妙作为，因为我们认为要在生命里经历大奇迹才算是经历到神的奇妙作为。
We always question if we do experience God, because we define ‘experiencing God’ as experiencing big miracles in our lives.

- 我们往往等到自己有困难的时候才寻求神，期待着神给予我们帮助，在我们的生命中行奇迹
We usually only seek God whenever something bad happens to us. We then commit all our difficulties to God and expect Him to perform some form of miracle in our lives.

- 但其实，不论是顺境还是逆境， 神依然与我们同在， 而我们时时刻刻都在经历神的同在 － 当神聆听我们的祷告和崇拜，或当神赦免我们的罪孽。可是， 我们常常都把这些怜悯当作是理所当然的， 不好好去珍惜。
However, in actual fact, we experience God all the time- when he listens to our prayers and worship, and when he forgives our sins. Most of the time, though, we do not treasure such mercy and take them for granted.

3)
你是否能够信心充满上帝时时刻刻与你同在；同行以及同工？你对神有着100％ 的信任吗？
Are you certain that the Lord is with you all the time? Do you have absolute trust in the Lord?

- 信心 Faith
有时候在生活中，即使我们再努力，也并不一定得到我们迫切想要得到的东西。但这并不意味着神不在聆听我们的祈祷。当一切事情都不按照自己的计划发生时， 事实总是难以接受，而且我们也很难相信事情总会好转起来。这时，我们就必须用信心相信一切都会按照神的计划发生。
Sometimes in life, we do not necessarily get what we desperately hope for or even what we work hard for, but that does not mean that God is not listening to our prayers. It’s always hard to accept it whenever something doesn’t go according to how you wanted it to be, and it’s hard to believe that things will eventually turn out well when it is not going according to your plans. That’s when we have to have faith and believe that everything happens in His time.

- 不论环境如何，都得感谢上帝 Thank the Lord for everything
我们总是会有理由感谢上帝。 即使我们在生活中面对着使我们觉得无助的困境， 我们也可以感谢上帝让我们能够从这些困境中学习到如何去依靠以及相信他。
There’s always a reason to thank God for everything. Even if we are facing some difficulties, and feel that we are being rendered absolutely helpless by those circumstances, instead of complaining, we can be thankful that God made us experience these hardships so that we can learn to believe in Him and trust that He will lead us in the correct path

Sermon: 坚守主道

Sermon: 坚守主道（eng ver.-lol)
Jonathan
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Daniel 1:1-21
-The lord rules the earth
-The lord has control over the past present future
This world is like Daniel and his friends living in Babylon, where unholy acts can be found. Here are ways we can live a holy life on earth.

1.Accepting
-Accept the good ways
-Do not be influenced by the unholy doings surrounding us
2.Differentiating
-Differentiate the good and wrong doings
-Do not be influenced by the bad influences on earth
-Give up the things that may seem impt to us, do the things that glorify god instead.
3.Renew
-our ownselves
-as a group
-society
4.wisdom
-john 17:16
-matthew 10:16
-proverbs 9:10

Thoughts: As a teenager, I have come across several bad doings/thoughts which i believe everyone has gone through too. For example, thinking of skipping church for exams. There are also several instances where people are being wrongly influenced, such as Obama supporting gay marriage etc.. As christians we need to practise the 4 points stated above, namely wisdom, accepting,renew and differentiating(WARD), in order to stick to God's principle to leave a holy life.

主题：坚守主道

主题：坚守主道
但以理书 1：1-21
Jonathan
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-耶和华是全地的主宰
-耶和华是历史的主宰
我们先在在世上如同但以理和朋友们住在巴比伦一样，有许多试探，不良文化等。我们如何能在这‘巴比伦’里过这神圣的生活，坚守主道呢？
1.认同
-认同部分的文化（不跟随那一些不神圣的文化，例：但以理和朋友不吃被拜过的食物）
-不能被同化（不能随意跟随周围，要认同）
2.分别
-于‘有毒’的文化分别出来
-拒绝被俗世同化
-像但以理他们，在‘巴比伦’却不属于‘巴比伦’ （做出神喜悦的行为，放弃那一些我们觉得重要的事，把神放到第一位）
3.更新
-个人
-全体
-社会
4.智慧
-在世界不属于世界（约17：16）
-灵巧像蛇，驯良像鸽子（太10：16）
-敬畏耶和华乃智慧的开端（箴9：10）

感想：身为一位青少年，我相信每个人和我一样，面对了许多周围的试探和‘有毒’的文化，例：为考试而不来教会。但身为基督徒，我认为我们应该过着不同，圣神的生活。我们应该以以上的四点，认同，分别，更新和智慧，像但以理和朋友一样，坚守主导，主一定与我们同在，引领我们。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-qAei4tJE