In this fourth instalment of the DNA and core values of the NUS Navigators,
we have Peter to share with us about the importance of being filled with *
both* the Spirit and the Word.

:ENGAGE: Rally
Topic: Filled with the Spirit and the Word
Date: 22* Oct 2008*, Wed
Time: *7-9pm*
Venue: YIH Function Room

DNA 1.        GRACE COMMUNITIES

·         Grace is the basis on which God has chosen to relate to us

·         God wants to engage with us!

– Heb 2:11

                So now Jesus and the ones He makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

– John 1:16-17

Out of His grace

– Gen 2:18

It is not good for man to be alone…  

– Matt 22:37-40

We cannot love God without loving others

·         Do-able

§  Live and serve under God’s grace  - Salvation by grace throughfaith

– Acts 17:25a

– 1Cor 15:10

§  Find a group and be committed to the people in it

– Eph 4:3-4 – Spirit flows thicker than blood. Don’t quit

§  Sharing honestly and be real

I’m not okay, you’re not okay, but that’s okay!

§  Look for something that you and a few others can do together

DNA 2.        WORLD VISION

·         Impacting the world!

·         God’s heart is for the world

– John 3:16

·         The seed of the world vision

– Gen 1:26-28

DNA 3.        INVESTING IN INDIVIDUALS

·         Our God is a personal God

·         The most do-able ministry

·         The most powerful ministry – multiplication

DNA 4.        SPIRIT AND WORD

·         *The Fullness in the life of Christ

·         Life from the Spirit

– John 7:37-39

§  The indwelling of the Holy Spirit, but not the overflowing of the Spirit

– John 20:22 – receive the Holy Spirit

 – Acts 2 – baptism of the Holy Spirit (to dunk, immerse)

·         Life from the Word

– Proverbs 18:21

§  The bible is the word of God

DNA 5.        PARTNERING OTHERS

·         Without the Body of Christ we will never mature

 – Eph 4:11-13

·         Without unity the world will never be convinced of the reality of Jesus

– John 17:20-22

·         Without unity we will never get God’s full blessing

– Psalm 133

Date: 8* Oct 2008*, Wed

Time: *7-9pm*

Venue: YIH Function Room 1

COME, bring your friends along to share this message!

Dinner will be from 6-6.45pm at YIH Canteen.

The following biblical affirmations about our identity in Jesus Christ are derived from a few selected passages in the New Testament. These passages teach a portion of the many truths about who we have become through faith in God’s Son.

• I am a child of God. 
  John 1:12
• I am a branch of the true vine, and a conduit of Christ’s life. 
  John 15:1-5
• I am a friend of Jesus. 
  John 15:15
• I have been justified and redeemed. 
  Romans 3:23-24; Romans 6:6
• I will not be condemned by God, I have been set free from the law of sin and death. 
  Romans 8:1-2
• As a child of God, I am a fellow heir with Christ. 
  Romans 8:17
• I have been accepted by Christ. 
  Romans 15:7
• I have been called to be a saint 
  1 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:2
• In Christ Jesus, I have wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. 
  1 Corinthians 1:30
• My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who dwells in me 
  1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19
• I am joined to the Lord and am one spirit with him. 
  1 Corinthians 6:17
• God leads me in the triumph and knowledge of Christ. 
  2 Corinthians 2:14
• The hardening of my mind has been removed in Christ. 
  2 Corinthians 3:14
• I am a new creature in Christ. 
  2 Corinthians 5:17
• I have become the righteousness of God in Christ. 
  2 Corinthians 5:21
• I have been made one with all who are in Christ Jesus. 
  Galatians 3:28
• I am no longer a slave but a child of an heir. 
  Galatians 4:7
• I have been set free in Christ. 
  Galatians 5:1
• I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. 
  Ephesians 1:3
• I am chosen, holy, and blameless before God. 
  Ephesians 1:4
• I am redeemed and forgiven by the grace of Christ. 
  Ephesians 1:7
• I have been predestined by God to obtain an inheritance. 
  Ephesians 1:9-11
• I have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. 
  Ephesians 1:13
• Because of God’s mercy and love, I have been made alive with Christ. 
  Ephesians 2:4-5
• I am seated in the heavenly places with Christ. 
  Ephesians 2:6
• I am God’s workmanship created to produce good works. 
  Ephesians 2:10
• I have been brought near to God by the blood of Christ. 
  Ephesians 2:13
• I am a member of Christ’s body and a partaker of His promise. 
  Ephesians 3:6; Ephesians 5:30
• I have boldness and confident access to God through faith in Christ. 
  Ephesians 3:12
• My new self is righteous and holy. 
  Ephesians 4:22-24
• I was formerly darkness, but now I am light in the Lord. 
  Ephesians 5:8
• I am a citizen of heaven. 
  Philippians 3:20
• The peace of God guards my heart and mind. 
  Philippians 4:7
• God supplies all my needs. 
  Philippians 4:19
• I have been made complete in Christ. 
  Colossians 2:9-10
• I have been raised up with Christ. 
  Colossians 3:1
• My life is hidden with Christ in God. 
  Colossians 3:3
• Christ is my life, and I will be revelaed with him in glory. 
  Colossians 3:4
• I have been chosen of God, and I am holy and beloved. 
  Colossians 3:12
• God loves me and has chosen me. 
  1 Thessalonians 1:4

Review this powerful inventory frequently, since it reminds us of truths we quickly forget amid the worries and cares of this world. The more we embrace these affirmations from Scripture, the more stable, grateful, and fully assured we will be in the course of our lives.

Questions For Personal Application

• To what degree are you defined by the world? By the Word? How can you develop your identity more fully in the latter?
• What does it require to see yourself as God sees you?
• Which five from the list of biblical affirmations resonate the most with you? Which five seem the most remote to your experience? How can you make these more real in your thinking and practice?

Supra’s message + other components: (Topic: World Vision)

• There was a skit regarding world vision. Actors: Jeremy. Actress: Elaine. (They were “short people”) – Part 1

• A video of the Bengalaru mission/CIP trip was played – background music piece: People Need the Lord

• Supra started to deliver his message

• Introduced his family and called the unity of him and his wife “Chindian” in nature

• He prayed for God to speak to the audience – listen to God

• He talked about a conversation with his 3 children regarding understanding his and mom’s thoughts

• Get feedback from his children on how to make mom happy e.g. clean up room

• When the children understood and obeyed mom and dad, they will be happy

• This happiness is similar to the how God feels when we follow what is on the Abba Father’s heart.

• “This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased” – talked about the context behind this statement

• He explained world vision by focusing on understanding what is on the Abba Father’s heart

• He is committed to bring joy to God’s heart, and encouraged the audience to do likewise

• The word “nation” is on Abba Father’s heart

• Talked about People group e.g. the Yunnan tribe in China, etc.

• “God chose and blessed one person to bring the nations back to himself” – that person is Abraham

• Started with this one man, and through him blessed the 1^st nation, Israel

• Want the world to discover Abba Father through Israel, but failed

• That is why He has chosen to use the “Spiritual Israel” – Us!

• If you really want to please the Abba Father, follow God’s desire and bring the nations back to him – discipling the nations, heart for the nations

• Matthew 28:19-20 – Great commission

• “If a church is not involved in people, it has missed its mission”

• Make disciples of ALL nations

• Last words are lasting words, and the Great commission was delivered just before He ascended to heaven – this makes the commission VERY important

• World Vision is all about discipling nations, bringing the nations back to Him

• Story: A dying mother revealed the secret location of a hidden jewellery to her close kin – son. Very important information before passing away

• People may assume that the great commission is only relevant to the disciples, but the commission stated ALL, not just the disciples

• If you are not involved in discipling people and bringing people into God’s Kingdom, you have missed the boat and not fulfilled what is on the Abba Father’s heart

• Screened a video in a Hawaiian setting (Transformation Hawaii) – United in Prayer through Prayer Evangelism (marketplace ministry).

• One amazing fact from the video: the youths and children carried the cross around the Island of Hawaii, claiming the island for Jesus. God can use the “mustard seed people” – the kids – to bring glory to His Kingdom

• Schools, businesses and other components of the marketplace made God the central focus, and their goal was to pray and bring the nation of Hawaii back to God

• Supra asked the audience what they were impressed with after viewing the video:

• Responses: “Churches worked in unity”, “impressed with the way the marketplace of Hawaii made prayer the main focus, dedicating a lot of time praying for the nation of Hawaii”. “Each of us should start by taking ownership over the sphere of people around us, e.g. home, workplace etc.”

• Talked about Acts 1:8

• Where is YOUR Jerusalem? Answer: HOME e.g. parents!

• Where is your Samaria? Answer: School!

• Where is your Judea? Answer: the nation (just a suggestion)

• Bring this to a practical level: Is there a particular country you really desire to go to? Ask the Lord

• Supra’s sharing: He initially kept running away from the idea of going to India and wanted to go Sarawak, and made plans to go to his desired place. Eventually, he did not carry those ideal plans out and went to India instead.

• Supra invited everyone to pray the following prayer of declaration.

• Prayer of Declaration: “We declare that the Kingdom of God is here and within me. Jesus is the campus president and director. We invite you, Holy Spirit, for your presence and manifestation, kingdom and authority over the lecture theatres, tutorials, halls, canteens, even toilets. We declare your authority over the NUS management, over the senior leaders, over the tutors, over the canteen owners and helpers, over the administrators, the students within the campus. We declare the Your Kingdom being in us, and so we will bring your Kingdom wherever we go. Amen.”

• Skit part 2 (same actor and actress, same short people): Jem was reminded of Bible verse: Romans 12:1 (not to live for ourselves anymore, but for God) – Sang song: With all I am

• Zeniv closed with a word of prayer

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