FROG.

(thiswillbetheshortestpostyou'veeverread,partlybecausethisbloggerisrushingfortuition)

Service kicked off with prayer led by Ms Sarah Wong.

Selepas itu...

Worship :)

Right after worship, pastor came up with our weekly dose of announcements and of course...

Welcoming all FireBRANDS new comers (:

NO they're not our new comers..

Those are the 12-14 year old *KIDS* having some fun during ice breaker.

Photographer decided to post up the pictures after annoucements xP

AH, now where was I?

YES, this fella *points above* is going to Cambodia.

Shooting a video for world vision Penang.. which the whole world will see.

How cool is that? :)

Keep him in your prayers, people!

And the moment we were all waiting for.... speaker of the night.

Ms-Straight-A+-Student, Tania Loke Suat Mei!

Title of her message?

F.R.O.G :)

Fully Relying On God.

FROG. What does ‘fully relying on God’ mean to you?

3. In the Bible

- Prov. 3:5-7

v7. Don’t be wise in your own eyes!

- Phil. 4:13

…through Christ who strengthens me.

- 1 Pet. 5:7

We don’t carry our own burdens. We aren’t self-reliant to deal with life’s woes.

- Ps. 20:7-8

Different reliance, different outcomes.

- Isa. 41:10

- Saul’s conversion (Acts 9)

Notice the difference in Saul between 9:1-2 (confident and able) and 9:8-9 (blind, led by the hand, and totally dependent).

Who killed Goliath?

- David walked on the battlefield. David chose the stone. David swung the sling. David aimed the sling. David slung the stone. David wielded the sword.

- According to David, God did. (1 Sam 17:46-47)

- King Saul wanted David to rely on his armour: rely on the strength of a man. But Saul, although he was head and shoulders above all the Jews, must’ve known how useless that was. If the armour could win the battle then why didn’t Saul go himself?

- David refused to rely on his own strength or his own armour. Instead, he relied on God’s strength.

- But what does that look like? Didn’t look like sitting at the edge of the battlefield with legs crossed, eyes closed, arms upraised, waiting on God to send fire from heaven. It meant that David chose a stone, slung a stone, and chopped off a head.

To the casual observer it may not have looked like God doing anything. But David did all these things because he was actually relying on God’s strength

Alot of us like the last three words, RELYING ON GOD.

What about FULLY? :)

Who do you automatically turn to in times of trouble? That is your god.

- Not as a last resort but as a first response.

Q :Why must we fully rely on Him?
A : Because we aren't capable (:

- Risking it all.

- Matthew the tax collector. Even if it’s irrational.

- Let go before we can take up the cross.

- Giving up on your own ability and trusting his. Surrender to God. Recognise that we can’t win.

- “Maybe if I read my Bible more, I’ll be strong enough. Maybe if I pray more, I’ll be strong enough. Maybe if I go to church more…” – still focused on me being strong enough. Still relying on self.

- Instead of doing things to make me strong enough, I need to do things that will connect me to God because He is strong enough.

- Removing all obstacles or barriers that keep God out of different areas of our lives and letting him mould and shape everything.

- Aron Ralston (parallels to Matthew 5:29-30)

- Romans 13:14

- Pride; power, illusion of

- Walk in God’s presence.

- Pray because you are convinced that God is right beside you listening; not as a daily homework assignment.

When we realise Who’s listening, how can prayer not be exciting?!

- ThThe Spirit of God is in you, with you, working through you. Do the next right thing.