to my fellow servants of God
I know we've been serving the Lord in church through the different ministries we are part of and sometimes our life becomes too busy that our service in church becomes routinary and half-hearted. we sing in front of the congregation without really understanding the songs we are singing, we greet the attendees of church with fake smiles on the outside but empty hearts on the inside. i don't know about you guys but at some point this has happened to me. i want to share this testimony with everyone because i know that ministry work is not easy. there will be problems and there will be times when you want to just give it all up. i guess God wants me to share this experience in order to encourage fellow servants of His kingdom.
in my case i was too focused on serving that i forgot to focus on the one im serving. i got too busy with my thesis and student council work that i sometimes just read the bible without really absorbing what i've read. everything to me became a routine. everytime i lead my byf group, i didn't know what to share or how to lead them.
i realized that i dont want to serve half heartedly because that was worse than not serving at all so i stopped. i focused and prioritized my school work more but God has still been faithful to me. Imagine, i was unfaithful yet God still is faithful. He blessed me in my thesis with a good grade and was elected as the batch vice president. i think that service is really in my heart that's why no matter where i go, im still called to serve. this time it was service to the school.
i didn't know how to bring back the relationship i have with God before. i longed for spiritual feedings but i didnt know where to look to. i honestly dont get enough from the sunday sermon and the fellowship afterwards. i think it was pastor john ngo who mentioned that once we get out of the church, there seems to be an invisible eraser that makes us forget what we have heard during the sermon. that was true. i dont know about you. i was not able to attend the JEC Powercamp this year because of the Lasalle schedule. I still had classes during the Powercamp. My mom who attends gcf asked me if i want to try their camp. Longing for a spiritual feeding, i attended even if i didn't know anyone. the camp's theme was 007 Angents of Change. i hope no one comments about other churches again. ive noticed that we have that a lot in our church. i think we should be happy that other churches are growing because that means that a lot of people are being drawn to Christ. we believe in the same God in case anyone forgets. ive learned a lot from the camp especially on becoming an agent of change for God. i write this letter not to criticize anyone but to open the eyes of everyone involved in the ministry of God and look for ways to make our church truly a family in Christ. i love JEC that's why i want to be an agent of change in our church. we're always mentioning on the decrease of members in our church yet do we do something about it? i think that we should all be accountable with one another, check each other and bring each other up. we should also learn to check our hearts always if we have the right intentions and the right motives in serving.
i love you JEC family!
Godbless everyone.
in my case i was too focused on serving that i forgot to focus on the one im serving. i got too busy with my thesis and student council work that i sometimes just read the bible without really absorbing what i've read. everything to me became a routine. everytime i lead my byf group, i didn't know what to share or how to lead them.
i realized that i dont want to serve half heartedly because that was worse than not serving at all so i stopped. i focused and prioritized my school work more but God has still been faithful to me. Imagine, i was unfaithful yet God still is faithful. He blessed me in my thesis with a good grade and was elected as the batch vice president. i think that service is really in my heart that's why no matter where i go, im still called to serve. this time it was service to the school.
i didn't know how to bring back the relationship i have with God before. i longed for spiritual feedings but i didnt know where to look to. i honestly dont get enough from the sunday sermon and the fellowship afterwards. i think it was pastor john ngo who mentioned that once we get out of the church, there seems to be an invisible eraser that makes us forget what we have heard during the sermon. that was true. i dont know about you. i was not able to attend the JEC Powercamp this year because of the Lasalle schedule. I still had classes during the Powercamp. My mom who attends gcf asked me if i want to try their camp. Longing for a spiritual feeding, i attended even if i didn't know anyone. the camp's theme was 007 Angents of Change. i hope no one comments about other churches again. ive noticed that we have that a lot in our church. i think we should be happy that other churches are growing because that means that a lot of people are being drawn to Christ. we believe in the same God in case anyone forgets. ive learned a lot from the camp especially on becoming an agent of change for God. i write this letter not to criticize anyone but to open the eyes of everyone involved in the ministry of God and look for ways to make our church truly a family in Christ. i love JEC that's why i want to be an agent of change in our church. we're always mentioning on the decrease of members in our church yet do we do something about it? i think that we should all be accountable with one another, check each other and bring each other up. we should also learn to check our hearts always if we have the right intentions and the right motives in serving.
i love you JEC family!
Godbless everyone.
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