wat's service all abt?
haha... didn't expect an update so soon rite??? hahahaha.... somehow i feel like i gotta put dis down lest i forget n i bring myself to downfall in future....
well... i guess dis entry applies more to ppl who're serving actively in church or who r involved with church.... so those of u who haf nth to do with church can juz read on if u're juz plain interested if anything else... haha...
well anyway i guess most of us think dat helping out in the various ministries in church is an expression of our faith.... while i dun dispute dat fact... it becomes realli awry when it becomes ur onli expression of faith.... or even worse.. when it becomes our central focus of y we're in church...
anyway even in helping out.... watz our central focus? izzit when we dun help out in church we r seen as less faithful.. or less involved in church.... or less part of the church? or izzit when we do help out we can score points with God n redeem more rewards with our points when The End of Days comes? i tink we've missed the point if ew tink like dat.... remember wat were Jesus' last words to us on earth? "... But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." we were meant to be witnesses to non-believers.... not to be believers labouring towards higher reward points...
so watz all this abt helping out in church? it all converges to one thing... reaching out to others... y r we helping out in church? every single ministry help in outreach in one way or another... directly or indirectly in a supportive role.... take the church concerts for example... the choir's at the forefront directly reaching out to the audience.... but with the support of the AV crew n the ushers this outreach is further enhanced... itz nt dat when we serve in choir we're abt to gain greater favour with God than being in the supportive roles... even the ppl helping out in the kitchen do haf their place in outreach... fellowship lunch as the name implies allows us to make time for us to ineract with other ppl.... exhorting one another as well as reaching out to others....
sometimes being too preoccupied with helping out in church can cloud our true purpose of actually helping out.... so i guess itz gd to realli sit down n tink abt wat we're realli doin when we're serving in these different ministries in church... wat's our focus and/or objective... instead of juz gg thru the motions n misguide our contentment to sidetracked motives....
oh well.. juz tot i'll juz put dis down for myself to refer to in future n remind myself abt wat i'm doing with myself in helping out in church.... lest i fall into the same trap i've been in for a long time.... so til the nxt entry... ciaoz... heh... ^^
well... i guess dis entry applies more to ppl who're serving actively in church or who r involved with church.... so those of u who haf nth to do with church can juz read on if u're juz plain interested if anything else... haha...
well anyway i guess most of us think dat helping out in the various ministries in church is an expression of our faith.... while i dun dispute dat fact... it becomes realli awry when it becomes ur onli expression of faith.... or even worse.. when it becomes our central focus of y we're in church...
anyway even in helping out.... watz our central focus? izzit when we dun help out in church we r seen as less faithful.. or less involved in church.... or less part of the church? or izzit when we do help out we can score points with God n redeem more rewards with our points when The End of Days comes? i tink we've missed the point if ew tink like dat.... remember wat were Jesus' last words to us on earth? "... But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." we were meant to be witnesses to non-believers.... not to be believers labouring towards higher reward points...
so watz all this abt helping out in church? it all converges to one thing... reaching out to others... y r we helping out in church? every single ministry help in outreach in one way or another... directly or indirectly in a supportive role.... take the church concerts for example... the choir's at the forefront directly reaching out to the audience.... but with the support of the AV crew n the ushers this outreach is further enhanced... itz nt dat when we serve in choir we're abt to gain greater favour with God than being in the supportive roles... even the ppl helping out in the kitchen do haf their place in outreach... fellowship lunch as the name implies allows us to make time for us to ineract with other ppl.... exhorting one another as well as reaching out to others....
sometimes being too preoccupied with helping out in church can cloud our true purpose of actually helping out.... so i guess itz gd to realli sit down n tink abt wat we're realli doin when we're serving in these different ministries in church... wat's our focus and/or objective... instead of juz gg thru the motions n misguide our contentment to sidetracked motives....
oh well.. juz tot i'll juz put dis down for myself to refer to in future n remind myself abt wat i'm doing with myself in helping out in church.... lest i fall into the same trap i've been in for a long time.... so til the nxt entry... ciaoz... heh... ^^
da-wei waz not lazy @ 11:46 PM
1 Comments:
At 11:47 PM,
Anonymous said…
And this is your middle cousin on yr mum's side.. :P I'm on livejournal too.. my nick/ID is "michy" Got to know about yr blog thanks to your biggest cousin on yr dad's side.. heh :D
As for "service", I think until the time you really accept, you will see it as something you want to do, to play a small part in serving God because it brings you joy, and not as something that was forced onto you. I would like to join the choir ministry after I'm baptised. Am looking forward to serving God that way :)
Take care dear cuz :D
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