Generation Next '07 has taught me much about what I have to improve, on my attitude towards situations and towards God.
Many factors contributed my thinking within this camp, partly my ex-shepherd, Jovin's accident, my personal opinions of my abilities, what should have been done, what others think of me, the numerical strength of RP and my personal insecurity within.
I saw weakness inside and exemplified it. As a result, I became weak. It often exasperates me the way man has a tendency to look below his standard and descend even further in his lack of hope. It became easy for me to pretend to be mechanical in my interactions whenever I became uncomfortable.
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Form & CharacterThe world thinks of holiness outwardly, but biblical holiness starts inwardly.
The holiness of form will be destroyed by the carnality of character.
Likewise the carnality of form will be overwhelmed by the holiness of character.
For form is as temporal as people are alive one day and dead the next.
Form is like the castle that stands tall on a cool Medieval morning and character is like the sand that makes up the castle and then reforms to become the cement that holds the skyscrapers that dot our planet. Character is the raw material while form is the product. A weak character can never make a lasting form.
The splendour of the wall of Jerusalem and the fall of Jerusalem.The humble state of the 12 apostles and the impact of their ministry.Victory LivingFailures teach us about the faults and errors in our characters; they help us to see the gap between our "can-be's" and our "right-now's". Because the carnal result is the form, our focus is on a God-centred thinking, which is a part of a Christ-like character. The moment you believe in Christ and His victory, is the moment you repeat the victory that Christ has achieved over death on the Cross.
The death of revolutionaries who fought for something but died for nothing eternal.
The legacy of Christ on the cross and His enduring salvation.
Romans 1:3-4 regarding His Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.Being VulnerableBeing vulnerable is taking our self-mindedness out and putting a God-mindedness into our perspective. Because the more we defend our flaws, the less of grace we allow into our lives.
I have sinned in this aspect. But so have my eyes been opened.Exposure to InfluencesThe greater the exposure to the Holy Spirit, the greater the Christ-likeness. The greater the exposure to carnal living, the greater the carnal-thinking. For thought leads to action, action leads to habit, habit leads to character.
Media coverage of sexuality and rising abortion.
Peter Troung and the proximity of God in his life, and the healing miracles in the world.
Who CaresYou never know who cares until you ask; you can't read minds and neither can you dictate what people can think, nor do your unvoiced opinions affect how others care for you. But if you care enough to feel that way, chances are people care enough to care for you the way you don't think they do. The bottomline: At least 4 people in the world care about you when you are thinking that way:
1. God the Father
2. Christ the Son
3. The Holy Spirit
4. Yourself (peekaboo, you forgot that didn't you?)
History MakingHistory is made when people are saved by Jesus' salvation. Because our textbooks don't teach of history that lasts for eternity; the bible does. Everything honourable to the Eternal God will be history to be remembered, everything dishonourable will be mystery forgotten.
GloryIf I can do what I can do, then I am no different from another man.
If I can do what God makes me do, then God has made me different.
Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle - sent not from man nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead -HopeThe end is here when hope is lost. That is why suicides take place; people have lost hope. But the people that always hope; they never cease to rebound.
LoveLove is not measured by how people respond, but by what's inside. Because God's perfect love can never be overcome by our imperfect love.
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I aim two target growing points. Increasing my stature for the sake people who need to know that I care, and increasing my vulnerability for the sake of people who need to know that I care that they care about me.
One man can do miracles if God is by his side. I aim to be that man. And for the rest of the RPians, I aim for them to be that man/woman too. Come on, let's go get it RP.
