Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Colossians 3:15
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33
I want to find my peace with God, people and situations. =)
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Well, it's been great to have you all as my readers. I know how NOT-important I am, thanks to Dena, but anyway, just want to inform you all that I will not be updating my blog for around a week. So when I'm away, remember to pray for my safety ya~
Not travelling again?
You really very rich!
Why don't you buy souvenirs for us instead?
Yes I'm away for travelling again. But no, I'm at the edge of bankruptcy. Then again, just to inform you all that I'll be going for Das Festival 2008, a church camp. It will be my first church camp since I accepted Christ and it will be a big big one - A camp with Christians from whole Germany. I'll be leaving this Friday and will be back on the following Monday. After that I'll be going Paris, don't know if I have enough time
Anyway, let's talk about some mentality that I should prepare for this camp. First of all, why choose to go camp?
Let's make it a positive pressure for ourselves. You go for the camp probably because your Cell Group leader asked you to go, and you don't know how to decline the invitation. Anyway, why Festival?
- Festival is a chance created by God for us to know Him better. Through meetings and gatherings of people we can actually learn more about Him and His glory can be clear to everyone. Further more, we can also spread His glory. And our God please to see everyone gather around for Him.
- Festival is also an event that is good for me myself.
(1) It's the time when I can receive: The more time I spend with God, the more time for me to receive His blessings. I might find answers to my doubts and thoughts and burdens and weaknesses.
(2) Set goal for myself: Goals that I want to achieve through God. Goals that I want to reach in the Festival.
(3) Chance to give: It is a chance to serve and to make full use of our talents in glorifying His name. It'll be also a chance where you receive confirmation from other people about what you have given. In Acts 20:35 it stated: It is more blessed to give than to receive. Therefore I should open my eyes to help out.
(4)We can achieve things together.
And for that, Ka Jin, our grand *2³ senior, who is 8 years older than me, gave us five tips of preparation:
1. Pray: Pray for ourselves and other people as well.
2. Set goals: Set goals for ourselves during the Festival. Who do I want to talk to? Keeping contacts with others even after Festival. Encourage ourselves and other people in life.
3. Prepare some testimonies: So that we can share and listen to others' testimonies and better not last-minute preparation.
4. Prepare some questions to ask other people: It might be simple as "How do you come to know about Christ?" It can also be as hard as "What's your most difficult time in life?" It's all about what you want to learn from others.
5. Set "appointments" with other people. Try to arrange some time with other people to share and learn more about each others' life. Make use of opportunities to grow ourselves up. - Festival is also good for others:
(1) Think like this: Everyone could benefit from me. Thus we should be more open and ready to share life and experiences with others. We influence the people and atmosphere.
(2) Watch out of other people: Try to meet the needs so that the conversation can continue to flow.
(3) Hook up with other people. Gain contacts.
After Festival: Prepare yourself, because you will experience from "heaven" during the camp changing to "hell" after the camp. Therefore learn to write down what you learnt during the camp. Convert them into goals in your life. Make them practical. Besides, keep in touch with other people that you know during the festival. This is a way to encourage and watch out each other after the camp.
How much we gain from the camp depends on how good we make it =)
Go, because of God.
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heartm as working for the God, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Colossians 3:23-24
Serving God,
Vincent
p/s: Ka Jin has wonderful testimonies that I'm trying to get appropriate time to listen to. Might include in future post. He started Hoffung/Hope Stuttgart, by the way.
p/s: Paris trip... Hope it would be nice. h-o-p-e
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