Calling, Commitment, Carry

IN worship God does not respond to the atmosphere,

God respond to faith!

Worship leader:
- to worship God
- not just song leading, BUT leading WORSHIP in GOD's PRESENCE.

Well, atmosphere is important too.
- The sound and production need to be good
- Arrangements: Play in time and in tune as well (so you will not disrupt or disturb people worshiping God)
---ALL THESE NEEDS practice!---

Question for self to God:
 God, what do You want to achieve for this worship?
- To stay connected with the people because we (worship leaders) are leading them in God's presence.
- You can't COMMUNICATE the WORD of GOD without COMMUNICATING with the HEART of GOD.

Vocal/Choir/ANYTHING ELSE:
 3 Cs':

1) Calling
-Know your calling
-Once you are sure, be involved in leading worship/joining the choir, etc.
-It is a privilege to lead worship/joining the choir BUT REMEMBER, we are NOT doing GOD A FAVOR!
-Read Exodus and get to know Moses as a person. God CALLED HIM to bring the people out of Israel. Moses doubt at the moment if he is able to lead so many people out and first, to get through Pharaoh. He also said that he is 'slow of speech and tongue' but because God assured him that He will be with Moses and so Moses obeyed. It was Moses' CALLING.

2) Commitment
i) Personal walk with Jesus
-You can't lead people to a place you haven't been yourselves.
-Therefore, saturate yourselves with the Holy Spirit and grow in Him.
*God wants a relationship with YOU!!!*

ii) Part of a TEAM
- unity
-be careful NOT to build on your self-esteem BUT on the Spirit of God.
-God blesses when we are united.
*Ephesians 4: 1-6*
--be willing to CHALLENGE each other and be willing TO BE CHALLENGED!

iii) Submission to leadership
-trusting God and his anointed leaders.
-David refuses to touch Saul even though he has the chance to kill Saul because he knows that Saul is God's anointed one and he shouldn't touch him or cause him harm (2 Samuel 24, 26).
-Being a leader, should be humble.
-Being a leader, God will give you a vision.
-If you haven't have a vision, serve your pastor's vision!

iv) Strive for excellence
-NOT PERFECTION!
-develop the gift God has given you by training it (singing, dancing, acting,etc.)
-Excellence is an ATTITUDE you LIVE WITH!
-We should want to be excellent in everything we do.
Eg: Singing in tune and in time: If not good, it will be a distraction to the worship.
..side note..get a vocalist. Understand how your voice work.
-Worship: "I want to do my best when I'm leading worship is not for ME but to lead you in the presence of God.

v) Commitment + heart and passion (and developed gifts, too)

3) Carry
- You are carrying the Word of God.
- Allow Him to stretch you.
-Noise vs. Sound
  --SOUND is beyond melody, genre, etc.
    ---It is the SOUND of victory, hope, breakthrough, life and freedom (Psalm 61).
    ---It is something you LIVE WITH, not something YOU DO for the sake of doing.
    ---When noise is too loud, carry the sound ABOVE the noise. Be wise.
(Proverbs 8).
   ---Be quiet, be still, there's always a song God gives you.
  *Your life carry a song, it carries a prophetic sound.*
-We're ministries in the house of God!

Q1: Is my life big enough to hold God?
A  : NO. You need to continue STRETCHING! HELLO!!! We are serving the God who MADE THE 
      WHOLE UNIVERSE! You need to CHALLENGE yourselves, to grow bigger, to do more for God!
      - More of Him >>>You're asking God of the whole universe come in and open you up, turn your life 
        upside down! Allow Him to stretch you.


Q2: Is my life empty enough to be God's vessel?
A  : Pour out your worries and burden to Him. If not, there's no place for Him to be in your heart.
      Holy Spirit wants to be in YOUR HEART.
      - We are all LEADERS. Wherever we are, we are LEADING the people around us to CHRIST.

Updates!!!

Firstly, I would like to apologize for not updating anything here for the past six weeks. So, now I will give a brief highlight on what had happened in the last six weeks.

Before the May trimester started, we had our annual CF camp in Sufes Campsite. " Into the Wild" is the name of the camp and yes, we were literally in the wild. What a time of joy and great fellowship that we had when all  CF-ers from all four campuses come together. We got to catch up with old friends and make some new ones as well. This camp was much different from those that we had in the past. This time we did a lot of activities that required physical strength. Jungle trekking and river trotting were the highlights of the camp. It was so much fun. Let's camp together again next year...=)

Lunch

Worship Session

Pitching Tents

Games

Lifegame- In the prison

Small group discussion

The campers

During the first week of the May trimester, we sold 'mua chi' and our well known apple pie again for the recruitment drive. Many people signed up for CF this semester and WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU!!! It was a joy to see so many new brothers and sisters in Christ coming to find a place where they can share and fellowship and learn more about God. We had our Welcoming Night on the 2nd week of the trimester. Just like the recruitment drive, many turned up on that night. There were also about 10 churches who set up their booth waiting for the freshmen to check it out. Although the room was a little hot and stuffy,we hope all of them had a good time.

The freshmen

Register! Register!

Passing on Ping-Pong ball

Time of Worship

Introduction of Committee members

In week 5, we had our 'sem-ly' Captain Ball Championship in Utar Sports Complex. The number of people who registered this semester were more than expected. It's good to see most of them who signed up were those who had never played before and some even from the KL campus and Ktar. They were all divided into 10 groups and the group that won this semester's championship is ?. Yeah, you didn't see it wrongly. The group name is ?. But, finding out who is the champion isn't the main purpose of this event. It is the fun and great fellowship that comes first. I guess, all of them had fun and were dead tired after the game. Purpose: Achieved!

Demo

The Cheer

Game In Action- Finals

The Scores

The Excited Spectators

The Champion ?

There are more great events lining-up for the following week of the trimester. So do check out our CF Facebook page and join us!!! God bless you...