ENGLISH SERVICE
1 December 2024
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1 John 4:8,16
Rev Joey Chen
❣️ Sermon Reflections & Discussion // 1 Dec 2024
What is love actually?
God is love. He is the essence of what love is. God loves us unreservedly, undeservedly and unconditionally because He is love.
💕 God’s love is seen in creation
God is the loving God who created the world because He desires to bring goodness into existence. God created us because He loves us.
💕 God’s love is seen in Jesus
Jesus is the embodiment of God’s love. God loved the world so much that He sent Jesus from heaven to our world to take the burden of sin that is rightly ours.
💕 God’s love is seen in His anger
God’s anger is the proof of His desire for the good of His beloved. God loves humankind so much that He hates the unrighteousness – one that separates us from His goodness and introduces evil into our lives.
💕 You are God’s child
Jesus paid the price for our sin so that we can be adopted into God’s family, having all the rights of a legitimate child. In your struggle with sin, turn to God. He wants to forgive your sin and do a work of transformation in your heart (1 John 1:9).
💕 Pray to know God’s love
Pray for God to give you the power to grasp the magnitude of His love. Knowing God’s love sets you free from the need to prove yourself and earn His approval. God’s love for us moves us to love Him.
💕 A wholehearted love
We respond to God’s love by obeying Him wholeheartedly. God’s love transforms us to love others. Let us commit ourselves to loving others. Ask God for the grace to love them.
💬 Reflection Questions:
1. How have you experienced God’s love recently?
2. Have you ever viewed God as one who is waiting to punish you for what you have done wrong? How has your view of God changed as you got to know Him better?
3. What is one application to seek the love of God and make His love known to those around you this Advent season?
活石华语崇拜
1 December 2024
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以赛亚书 6:1-8
讲员：吴坤泉牧师
翻译：何廷轩弟兄
30 November 2024
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Acts 12
Mr Charis Lim
ENGLISH SERVICE
24 November 2024
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Luke 2:8-18
Rev Dr Kow Shih Ming
❣️ Sermon Reflections & Discussion // 24 Nov 2024
Who were the first people to spread the news of Christmas?
God chose the shepherds in the field that heard the angel’s announcement to spread the news of Christmas. Shepherds were looked down upon and considered to be of ill-repute. If God chose shepherds to spread the good news of Christmas, anyone could spread the good news, including you.
👉🏻 God Chose You
Spreading the good news is about sharing the best discovery that has happened to you. Share with others the goodness of God that you have experienced. Do you have a vibrant relationship with Jesus? Let Jesus be the King of your life. Acknowledge you can’t live the best life on your own. Believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead.
👉🏻 3 Things about the Good News of Christmas
1. Jesus came to save you from heading towards an eternity away from the presence of God.
2. Jesus came to deliver you from the things that have kept you in bondage. Submit to Jesus to receive deliverance from bondage and be freed.
3. Jesus came to give you a purpose for your life.
Fulfil your destiny by living out His purpose for you.
Someone must go and let everyone know about the good news of Christmas. Join us to bless the communities at Lorong Ah Soo, Woodleigh Link and around our church premises on 15 December 2024. Invite them for the Christmas service. Let us go in haste to share the good news of Christmas!
💬 Reflection Questions:
1. Describe to your Cell Group the identity of at least two persons in your life to whom you will share the good news of Christmas before the end of the year.
2. What challenges do you expect to encounter in spreading Christmas to them? What actions will you take to overcome the challenges?
3. What specific personal / communal habits will you cultivate to make spreading Christmas a part of your life?
活石华语崇拜
24 November 2024
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路加福音 9:23
戴国宾弟兄
23 November 2024
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Acts 15
Mr Joshua Chai
ENGLISH SERVICE
17 November 2024
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Psalm 95
Rev Vincent Goh
❣️ Sermon Reflections & Discussion // 17 Nov 2024
What is the kind of worship that God seeks?
Jesus revealed to the Samaritan woman in the Gospel of John that true worship is to worship God in the Spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24). God rebuked the Israelites for offering empty praises while their hearts were far from Him (Isaiah 29:13). Let us reverence God, giving Him our heart and attention as we worship Him. A simple heart check we can do:
🔰 An invitation to Worship (Psalm 95:1-7)
The psalmist calls us to worship God, the Creator of the universe and the Shepherd of the people. We can express our worship in three ways:
🔰 An Inspection of Our Heart of Worship (Psalm 95: 7d-11)
The Israelites tested God at Massah and Meribah when they wanted their needs met, even though they had already seen and experienced God’s deliverance (Exodus 17:7). Here are some practical ways we can honour and not trivialise the sacred things of God:
Let us make worship our lifestyle and goal, out of our love for Him. May we please Him through our offering of worship that comes from the heart.
💭 Reflection Questions:
活石华语崇拜
17 November 2024
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马太福音 6:9-11
汤才荣牧师
16 November 2024
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Acts 17:16-34
Mr Low Kwang Meng
ENGLISH SERVICE
10 November 2024
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Romans 12:1-21
Rev Kenneth Huang
❣️ Sermon Reflections & Discussion // 10 Nov 2024
What should our response be toward the love we have received from God?
The mercies of God reveal to us that God is ever-loving, ever-faithful and ever-trustworthy. Believers’ appropriate response to the mercies of God is therefore that we commit our lives totally and wholeheartedly to Him.
🔰 Devotion
Live daily in a manner consistent with His holiness. Let the mind of the Master be the master of our minds and let His values be ours so we can be transformed to be more Christ-like.
🔰 Humility
When we esteem God above all else, we will have a sober view of ourselves as being His children only through His mercies. We can then also properly recognise the roles of others in God’s family.
🔰 Love
Having received from God love in its most genuine from, we can then show love to one another and to others, effecting change for good in the lives of people we meet. Help one another to discern good from evil, hold each other in high regard even as you keep one another accountable, spur each other to grow in love for God through your own faithful loving, support and help each other through challenging times, and warmly welcome people to our fellowship. Love without expecting any benefit in return.
May we always be devoted to God, humble ourselves before Him and love one another so that we may be holy and living sacrifices that please Him!
💭 Reflection Questions:
1. What does it mean to live a life devoted to God?
2. What is one area that God is nudging you to surrender to Him to renew and transform?
3. How are you and your cell group modelling God’s Agape love to each other? Share your appreciation of each other. Pray with one another at the end of the sharing.
活石华语崇拜
10 November 2024
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箴言 4:23
李沙龙弟兄
9 November 2024
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Acts 4:1-36
Rev Joey Chen