Running A Good Race

Hey guys, gmn kabarnya??? First of all, tengkyu kepada kalian semua yang sudah contribute di blog ini spy masih active (give urself a pat on the back) and to Eva juga yang sudah bekerja keras untuk merubah design blog ini supaya lebih bagus. Cheers to all of you! Ok jadi, di post ini I wanna update you guys on some of our latest plans in our Youth Ministry here hehe :)






Welcome Back

Bagi kalian yang baru datang, selamat datang kembali ke LA! Hope y'all had a great vacation =) Study hard from now on and get good grades for the glory of God and the joy of yourself and your parents okay. Altho' u may not feel like studying/revising, let's do it for God, ok?

1 Corinthians 10:31 says, "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."

Selain mendapat nilai yang bagus/gelar, kita juga harus juga tambah dekat, tambah bersandar kepada Tuhan. Jadi ayok mari kita sama2 lebih sungguh sungguh lagi mengejar Tuhan dan kebenaran-Nya! Start to improve the way you worship God, increase the time you put in to pray and to read the Bible =) Here are a couple of powerful verses that you may like:

"I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst." ~ John 6:35

Man shall not live by bread alone , but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God... Matthew 4: 4


Giving Your Life to Jesus
2 Samuel 22: 21-25

God made my life complete
when I placed all the pieces before him.
When I cleaned up my act,
he gave me a fresh start.
Indeed, I've kept alert to God's ways;
I haven't taken God for granted.
Every day I review the ways he works,
I try not to miss a trick.
I feel put back together,
and I'm watching my step.
God rewrote the text of my life
when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.


Upcoming Events

1. Bring It On (welcoming party) - 6 September

2. CYR (youth service) - 14 September

3. Purpose Driven Life Campaign - 21 September


Values and Vision
(You have to know the BIGGER purpose of these events)

1. Growth in Christ - spiritual, personal and professional (Psalm 1: 3)


He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.


2. Unity in Spirit (1 Corinthians 12)

12 The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

14 Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.


3. Proclaiming God's Kingdom (Matthew 28)

19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

4. Integrity - truth, righteousness, honesty, forgiveness, meekness, compassion (Matthew 5)


RUNNING THE GOOD RACE OF FAITH!!!!!


Finally, as somebody involved in God's plans, you must be prepared to face mounting challenges, the temptations of the world, bad influences, mockery, false testimonies, pain, *proses etc. All of us will go through this phase in life, called the refining stage.

1 Peter 1: 7 -- These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Despite all that look through the eyes of faith and know that Jesus will be there with you through all these situations that may seem bad or tough - but are actually - part of a greater plan to refine you as a person worthy of God's calling.

Hebrew 12: 1-3 -- let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Aside from that, also bear in you heart that you have your friends in Christ to bring you through your times of need :)

GBU