20 December 2008. City Harvest Church. Sermon by Rev. Kong Hee
Main Biblical passage: John I : 4 – 5 (NLT)
4 The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
There are three things that Christmas can do for you:
1. Let Jesus make you a person of Vision. Vision is necessary for successful victorious living. And Vision is given by God. In vision / dreams there are no limitations.
2. Let Jesus make you a person of Value. Diamond looks so glorious because it shines. If we apply this context to man, then we have to shine for God. In other words, we got to up our value all the time. If your value never go up, you’ll never got promoted.
Refer to 2 Corinthians 3:18. (NLT) So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.
Note: Reflect is the result of shining, while more and more like him means we need to increase our value.
3. Let Jesus make you a person of compassion.
Isaiah 60: 19 (NLT)
19 “No longer will you need the sun to shine by day,
nor the moon to give its light by night,
for the Lord your God will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.
How to have the light of God?…The answer is in Isaiah 58
Isaiah 58: 7 – 8 (NLT)
7 Share your food with the hungry,
and give shelter to the homeless.
Give clothes to those who need them,
and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
8 “Then your salvation will come like the dawn,
and your wounds will quickly heal.
Your godliness will lead you forward,
and the glory of the Lord will protect you from behind.
Isaiah 58 tells us to reach to the poor, the hunger, the afflicted.
Isaiah 61: 1 (NLT)
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,
for the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
and to proclaim that captives will be released
and prisoners will be freed.
Isaiah 61 tells us to comfort the brokenhearted, the lonely.
My Goals for 2009. Name: Roan Yong. CG: NA
| 8 Categories of your needs and wants | S – Specifically | M – Measure | A – Action Plan | R – Realistic | T – Time Frame | E – Expectation Management | R – Revelation |
| Spiritual Life | Join Cell Group | member for at least 2 monts | fill-up form in CHC | yes | 12 months | busy work schedule | |
| Family & Friends | Make 15 new friends | 15 new friends added in Facebook | (1)Join Cell-Group; (2)Join Toastmaster; (3)Join Yoga | yes | 12 months | busy work schedule | |
| Health | No more than 2 days MC | Number of MC | (1)Take Vitamins regularly; (2) Eat Fruits regularly | yes | 12 months | unexpected illness | |
| Emotional, Psychological Growth | Handle Stress Better | Less Time required to recover from unexpected events | have time for leisure | yes | 12 months | Job loss | |
| Education, Intellectual, Professional | Contract renewed; Attend 80% of training roadmap | Contract renewed until 2011; apply new skills in work | Exceed my boss expectation; go for the extra miles | yes | 6 – 7 months | working relationship deteriorated | |
| Material | Invest in good index fund below fair market value | Investment portfolio increase by 20% | read financial news; invest in big index fund | yes | 24 months | Market sink into severe depression | |
| Leisure | Go for a week holiday | an overseas trip | thinking of the best place for holiday | yes | 12 months | job loss | |
| Creativity | Propose a dozen of marketing / publicity plan | 4 working plans | learn Adobe CS3; imitate CHC marketing ideas | yes | 12 months | job loss |
Christmas Songs:
Silent Night
Joy to the World
We Wish you a Merry Christmas
1 Comment
March 12, 2009 at 7:36 pm
2 Pet 2:1 [NIV] But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them–bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2 Pet 2:2 [NIV] Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
2 Pet 2:3 [NIV] In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
Greed is what drives these commercial churches.
Greed for money,
Greed for fame,
Greed for popularity,
Greed for prosperity,
Greed for selfish desires.