Another Night with the Firebrands

Alright, apologies for the late post. Let's get straight down to business, shall we? 

As usual, we started off with Pre-Service Prayer by breaking off into pairs this time with the various prayer points at heart. 

Then it's time to have some fun with an ice-breaker led by Brian Bian Paul and Isaac. 

This week's game: Never Have I Ever

So the gist of the game is that small facts about people will be revealed by the end of the game. 

How we play: 

1. Sit in a circle.

2. One person stands in the center, begins his/her sentence of things he/she has never done with "Never have I ever...." 

3. People who HAVE done the said fact need to get up and switch places with others who've stood up as well.

4. Last one standing without a seat is next to have a go at the line, "Never have I ever...."

Sorry about the blurred pictures, we were constantly moving around, it made things difficult for our photographer to get sharp shots. We're all here to learn, so forgive us! :)

Next up, praise & worship session led by youth leader, Le Roy and his team. 

And on to announcements by Gary Lee. 

LISTEN UP & TAKE NOTE PEOPLE! 

1. THEME NITE is happening on the last Saturday of THIS month (31st March)!!

So get geared up for a night of fun and bring along your friends! The more the merrier, right?

While no further information has been given out about the night yet, let's not let that stop us from going out to inviting our friends for that night already alright? :) Get moving and start talking!

2. WAVE CHALLENGE 2012 is coming soon! 

In the wise words of Gary Lee, Wave Challenge is "a challenge of different kind of ball games. Captain Ball, Floorball, Dodgeball and No-Ball aka Ultimate Frisbee"  

Wave Challenge is set to take place over two Saturdays this year, 14th and 21st of April at Balik Pulau Indoor Stadium. 

If you are interested in taking part in any one of these games, please let Nicholas Choong know.

And so, we finally arrive to the main event of the night with Pastor Cowan as our speaker! 

Pastor Cowan's message that night focussed on Psalm 51.

Click here if you'd like to read it beforehand :) 

Pastor Cowan also made referrals to Bathsheba to make his message clearer to us. 

If you don't have a clue about who this Bathsheba person is, please don't hesitate to click HERE to read an excerpt from 2 Samuel 11:1-5. 

Main points to pick up from Pastor's message:


-sin comes very subtly but the question is, how do we deal when faced with it?
-it is not easy to overcome temptation but it does not mean it is impossible

If Nathan had not confronted David about what he did with Bathsheba, his actions would have been hidden.

-in God, no sin is hidden. The things in us that are not clean or not pure, God will still know
-nothing stays hidden under the watch of God

Psalm 51:10

New International Version (NIV)

 ¹⁰ Create in me a pure heart, O God,
   and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

-if you want to resist the Devil, you have to build up your "new man"
-whatever we feed the "old man", the "old man" only becomes stronger. The problem with this is that we feed the "old man" more than we do the "new man" 


How to build the "new man": 
-if anything is good, and you do it...it is good.
-recognize the Holy Spirit that lives in you. The Holy Spirit will never leave a person


What we have to remember:
-God will discipline us for every sin no matter big or small. The consequence for every sin may not come immediately but eventually it will
-the Lord will discipline us whether we like it or not but we must know that the discipline does not come without LOVE
-God will not despise a broken & repentant heart




And with that, I bid you farewell =)