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Monday, May 25, 2015

today is a monday and i'm on MC...guess it's God's way of allowing for a rest....these 3 months plus of work has been really quite tiring....in my efforts to clock hours for registration and the steep learning curve of having to pick up the skills have taken a toll and definitely challenged my mental and emotional capacity....

Dr Bernard's message over the weekend was indeed a very timely one....once again the Word of God impacted me in such a profound and deep manner....pray for a transformative and revelational change in my life, and not just a good weekend message.
Not forgetting CEO's message on the road to Emmaus during the week, got to dig deeper in the Word!

Capacity, Spirituality and Relevance (Dr. Bernard)

Spirituality- a biblical perspective
Dan 4: 23
The power of a culture to influence is acorss generations.
Change is not an event but a process.
Whoever controls the language controls the conversation.
What is there to guide my relationship with God? How do we authenticate and legitimize spirituality? Our experiences can deceive us. Therefore it must be biblically informed.
We need to define the terms and not allow the world to define it for us.
human capacity is not static but is dynamic- has the potential to increase. Capacity in static objects is limited only to what it can hold.
Human capacity is the potential inside of us. Intellectual, emotional, financial, relational, spiritual capacity.
A relationship takes me into a new season in life.
Spirituality is our capacity to know and experience God.- gain thru revelation.
Every human has that capacity- eternity in the hearts of men.
We can increase our knowledge and experience of God!
Experience God- in prayer, worship, meditation, fasting, community, faith based entertainment (music, movie), everyday life (profoundly and transformatively)
Know God- scriptures. God reveals truth to us.
Scriptures- principles and patterns to navigate successfully thru human experience.
Reveals plans and purposes for successful living n human society.

Relevance
- practical faith: reasonable to do and experience
- socially applicable (relates to everyday life, to every segment n aspect of society)

The church- jesus introduced a new entity (vs jews n gentiles).
Lk 21- destruction of the temple
v12,13,14,15
Lk 7 :11-16
When God intervenes, its not only to solve our imediate need or problem but He sees the big and complete picture - spirit, soul and body, socially, politically, spiritual, economically etc of our situation and delivers us and answers our prayers fully.
He looks at the complete system when He allows us to go thru this trial as a church and whatever in our individual lives.
Rom 8:28
True loyalty is a gift from God. Only God can stirs the heart to be loyal. Cant be bought or sold.

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It is my prayer that God will enlarge every aspect of my capacity, esp my spiritual capacity.
Take me higher, draw me deeper....i give all to be with You.

Prayers of the season:

Financial capacity - for home renovation, mission trip, 1 good holiday.
family salvation
baby
direction as a therapist
husband's career direction
clients that i'm seeing - experience God in a practical way; gain new perspectives to resolve their issues
church deliverance

"pray without ceasing"

posted by Sharlene Teo Junrong @ 5/25/2015 01:09:00 PM

"But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works." Psalms 73:28

-Visions & Dreams-

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