2 King 5

We are just like that - we want a good thing from God but yet would not do what it takes when God presents the opportunity to us. For Namaan it was allegiance, discrimination, personal pride and championing the institution of his people - NO way will I be associated with Jordan of Israel.

I may hope for good things for the Lord's people and others, but how far would I go when the opportunity presents itself to be an answer to my own requests?

Food for thought.

Food for second thoughts v.18-19 is often a stepping stone to continue an act, in obedience to authority, that may give the impression that its ok to practice other religions. In this case, it would be more an act of respect than an act of worship.

glen

Trust trust trust
Strange why God will honour the life of a king who got rid of an outside show of idolatry but kept the evil practices. Funny why God would aid him to win a war (granted, his friends were not 1/2 as bad as he was).
Hardly fair as David would always say, "evil folks always get to ride off into the sunset with the gold."
Why?
2 kings 8:19 "Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons forever."
Just because of one promise which God refused to break.

I think we can trust Him - but at the same time be so very conscious of the moments of our days.

We serve a living God. He's not blind nor deaf nor unfeeling (Ps 115).

Today, Ps 115 reminds me that my endeavour to not 'go down silently' is one that is worth carrying. Sometimes, the most difficult thing about bearing burdens is the sober fact that we chose to carry them because of the love of Christ - throwing it away brings instant relief and its always a more attractive option to our fallen humanity.

glen

2 Kings 1; Thess 1

It's funny how an old testament moment of judgement becomes a real life picture of the day "the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance who do not know God and those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord." Yet not quite the same - that which strikes fear also brings marvel, "among all who have believed".

The weight of decision making today is seen in the light of eternity - in both the big and small choices of life, may God "make us worthy of HIS calling (not ours!) and fulfill our every resolve to do good.... so that our Lord Jesus may be glorified in us, and us (finally) in HIm."

We matter to Him. We are never pushed along by the rivers of time and circumstances. Even an accidental slip from a lattice is ordained by the Lord (2 Kings 1). Even judgement reminds us of His goodness.

Glen


I'm so secure
You're here with me
You stay the same
Your love remains
Here in my heart

So close, I believe
You're holding me now
In Your hands
I belong
You never let me go

Kevin checking in.

hmmm... now must think of rocks to write.

testing testing

Welcome to the Jordan three-six-five endeavour

It's time to change our world one day at a time.

What roles have you played in your life of mission with God?
Let's see if those around you see what you see.


Sobering - to know if we could have been more.
Encouraging - to know that we can be more - now that we are aware of God's desire to use us in particular ways.

Also, the smallest things we've been - friends, jokers and livewires - God has used us.


What a challenge it is then, to take a step into serious consideration of our service to God - in a significant contribution to the lives of those whome He has called us to serve.

What better practical step then to ask "Where, O God, are You leading me to serve in my Church?"

May we all find and commit ourselves to a place of service - recover a generation of young working adults in church who love Jesus and express it in an obvious and exemplary way.

Let's move into Jordan!

Welcoming new friends -

Something we ought to do naturally. But yet, for most, it's an un-natural act that requires us to make an intentional, proactive decision - to reach out and welcome someone.

I'm glad we all did.

got to meet new friends thi month haven't we? Hope some of you got to say hello to those folks on Sundays. It's a good thing if you let the rest of Jordan know if you have friends coming to church with you - we will be more than glad to welcome them warmly and perhaps share the gospel with them if the Lord opens an opportune door.

Its a great time to get ourselves used to living like this on Sundays - with a new interest and expectation for God things to happen- our friends and families finding life, complete turnaround from disease and disaster - coming to know Jesus Christ as we know Him.

You've been a great bunch and in many ways, I know God has begun to warm your hearts more towards Him in a real way... with that comes a new desire to participate in serving Him in some way.

Our journey with God comes with an inseparable dimension - our service to God, being used by Him in some powerful way, which only in His strength we can accomplish. How has God guided you today?

Well about time to post something!

What better way than to have a re-cap of our journey so far?

If God is a Guide, not just a stagnant roadmap, it pays to look back at how our Guide has led us - and listen afresh for our journals (sorry robin! no journal yet!).

On 4 August - “God invites you to be involved with Him and His work”.
We then talked and explored scripture on the other dimension of our Christian life – our service to God. God led to us to see the very real needs of those around us and sense the urgency of His invitation for us to be involved in His mission. The LG then watched a segment from “Transformations”, a real life documentary of how God touched a community plagued with painful needs. We then prayed and ministered to one another.

On 18 August, we discussed the Seven Spiritual Markers when God guides us on mission. We acknowledge that at each and every point, we can choose to reject, ignore and short-circuit our mission with God. Mission with God, is thus, not an automatic or accidental outcome. Our discipleship demands that we pay intentional attention to following Christ amidst the reality of our careers and family life.

We looked more intently at “Your Relationship with God will determine Your Activities” – this was complemented by a time of looking into our own private world with God. It was a sobering time as we acknowledged the quality of inner lives after all our years of knowing Jesus – and the need to intentionally create space for God.

On 1 September - “God sends you where He can best work through you”. But we focused on the truth that “Everyone rightly related to Him is on mission with God. He drops you into the time line of His local, global, and eternal kingdom activity”

We reviewed that:
-God chooses Us
-There is a TRUE call for us as a disciple to a vocation with Christ
-Our inner life with God will govern our activities
-We committed ourselves, no matter how, to make space for the discipline of quiet time/prayer listening/reading in our lives.

And brought ourselves, after thinking about it for the week, to answer:
“Do you think you are now in the Centre of God's Will? if Yes/No, why do you feel that way?” and “Why are you doing what you do now (i.e vocation/service in church etc)? Does anything need change?”

Trusting Jesus as our Saviour

Hi folks,
Yay! My first post :) Hope you all are having a great time with On Mission with God...must admit when i first saw the all-too-familiar authors' names, it did send some little shivers down my spine, having done 2 volumes of masterlife with mr. willis :) and when i did get started on it, the all-too-familiar layout and writing styles didn't help much to alleviate the mindset formulated about it, much less eliminate them. But as i begin to really dwell on the materials and allowed the Holy Spirit to help...i can say now that in this case, familiarity did not lead to contempt :)

What particularly struck me most was the statement that read, " We must trust Jesus as our Saviour. I took some time to ask myself this question - do i trust Jesus enough? There are so many things that i trust/put my trust in without a doubt - :

1. My school/workplace or MOE for that matter will not "close shop" overnight and leave me with no job.

2. The roof that is above me will not crumble and the floor that is beneath will not give way.

3. The banks (Yes! the banks) where i deposit my money with will not fold/run away with my money.

4. The lift i take to my floor will not fly skywards.

5. The roads i travel on will not buckle under the weight of the vehicles.

6. I know i get petrol and not something else when i stop to fill my tank at the kiosk.

7. The food that i'm served at the hawker centre is not poisoned.

8. The public transport that i take will take me to my destination and not change route suddenly.

9. Books that i read give me correct information. When i read that mosquitoes have 47 teeth, i take it as a FACT.

i could go on and on about the things/people we put our trust in.
These things are designed by strangers who do not know us, run by people we do not know, built by workers from foreign lands. And yet, we freely give our trust.

Can i then not trust God who is my Father, Saviour and Friend?
The One who is Master Creator, Architect and Engineer.

How can i still doubt?
The very basis of my christianity hinges on this...trusting Jesus as my Saviour.

caryn

Greetings Jordanites.. thank God for Jordan LG, kevin and Edna for opening up their homes. I guess the idea of a mini-jordan was great though i'll not be around in 5mths time.. do really look forward to the meetings ahead though i could miss some of it plus few Sunday services as well due to my squadron NDP involvement.. do con't to pray for Jordan ya.

regards,
Daryl..
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Don't worry. We have technology to stay in touch. Maybe webcam in for our life groups!.

KK