how to fish?!

This is the Spot-The-Difference Game.

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- Service started off with prayer, lead by Sarah Khoo.

prayer points :-

- Japan, for the victims from the earthquake and tsunami tragedy.

- service itself.

- divided ourselves in groups of three, two boys and a girl :)

And of course.... Toilet break/Mingle-mingle time!

Right after that, worship began :)

Lester!

With our weekly announcements.

There is no youth service on the 26th of March, guys!

Youth Wave Challenge at Balik Pulau :D

Without wasting any time, our special speaker was invited.

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oh crap, wrong picture.

But this picture has something to do with her message okayyyyyy xP

the short "ice-breaker" before Tania shared the word

correction : the ever smiling Tania !

How. To. Fish.

yes, that was the title of her message.

Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day.

Teach a man how to fish and you'll feed him for life.

How often does our spiritual life seem to peak every Saturday night (when we get 'fish') but then becomes mediocre throughout the rest of the week.

Which is why we need to learn to 'fish' for ourselves - through daily devotions and constantly communing with God every day.

1. Choose a location, your bait, and your hooks. (Prepare!)

- DISCOVER God's truth, and you gotta prepare your surroundings.

Our perspective of our daily devotion shapes our lifestyle.

John 14:23

²³ Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.

When we do daily devotions, we need to expect that God will encounter us, like how a fisherman expects to catch fish.

If you're struggling to have daily devotions, examine the reason you even have devotions. What do you really want from that invested time?

2. Choose the appropriate bait fishing method.

Be a PRAYER WARRIOR!

Intercession - telling God what He tells us to tell Him. But how do we know what He wants us to tell Him? By listening. If we are sensitive to God, the Holy Spirit will continually intersperse ideas while we pray.

And also through Bible reading. Reflect on God's word.

bible reading + prayer = Good combination.

they work really well together.

So remember, as you read your Bible, pray and talk to God as well! :)

3. Cast your line, wait.

Waiting is a way He tests our hearts. King Saul got impatient with God's ways, as a result he lost the battle (1 Sam 13:8-11)

Even as you wait, keep your finger on the line (like what you do when you wait for fish to bite). Be sensitive to God. Keep your ears and heart open.

4. Hook the fish, pull in the fish.

Like in fishing, there're always gonna be struggles in life.

5. Grab hold of the fish, remove the hook.

Devotion is taking delight in God, in knowledge of who He is to us.

What does it mean to die to self?

To be separated from the world, but alive in Christ.

We discover God's truth, are strengthened and we're able to discern the day.

6. Decide if you are keeping or releasing the fish.

When God speaks to you something, decide if you wanna live by it or not.

and last but not least...

7. REPEAT the process

Dont be satisfied with just ONE fish!

when everything changes, God remains the same,

what about your faith?

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, ¹³ for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

- phillipians 2 : 12-13

And so Eunice Lee closed with an apt reminder:
If we don't even have spiritual food, i.e. fish, ourselves (if all we have are fish bones); how are we gonna reach out to others? Are we gonna be giving them fish bones too?