Weekend service with F.I.R.!!! =D

F.I.R. had come over the weekend to attend my church weekend services...woohoo! :DD I manage to film a small part of their performance, as well as their very own testimony of how they come to know Christ and their changes after being a Christians. Oh manz this is all so powerful!

Yet due to the limited memory space on my card and some technical problems experienced with uploading the video clips here, this is just a small part of the whole process though...hope you guys enjoy it! :)

F.I.R. Guest Performance @ Saturday service!

F.I.R. Testimony - Part 1

F.I.R. Testimony - Part 2

Watching FIR performing live in front on the stage is really great. And to hear testimony given by them on how they came to know Christ is even so so much better! :D Truly, hearing testimony from someone with authority, popularity, or simply someone you know is so much more stronger than to hear it from a total stranger.

I believe for a celebrity like FIR to stand in the stage and share like any other christians will not seem to be a easy thing. I mean, the more popular you are, the more prejudice you could be exposed to. It feels really comforting and encouraged to see them on the stage like that. And to see the crowd responding to the altar call...wow... :))

SERVANTHOOD

by Rev Kong Hee

John 13:3

"Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God."

1. You got to know your power -- WHAT God has given you.
2. Your position -- WHO you are in Christ.
3. Your purpose -- WHERE you are going.

John 13:4-5

"So Jesus got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him."

• Jesus Christ becomes the servant of all.
• It's the lowest service job to wash the feet of the weary travellers.
• The fact that Jesus had to do this himself is because none of the disciples are willing to take up this job at that time (to wash one another's feet).
• God is not against greatness -- God wants us to achieve greatness by serving one another.
• At the end of the day, is God going to praise you for the title you gain or for what you have done, your willingness to serve others?
• Servanthood is Jesus' way of showing his love.

3 Things On Servanthood

#1: Servanthood is the key to PROMOTION.

Philippians 2:5-7

"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men."

• Servanthood is to do with attitude.
• "Bondservant" refers to a slave.

Philippians 2:9-11, 12-15

• God gives you the ability/gift you have to let you shine in the world.
• Joseph turns from a slave to become the chief of staff.
• [Daniel] has ability to serve in the king's palace. (Daniel 1:1-4)

**Do you have the ability to serve?**

#2: Servanthood is the key to AUTHORITY.

Luke 9:16-17, 19

"Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them."

• Later on, God called them good servants and gave them not just city, but cities to take charge of!
• Dr Janto, who started serving in church as an usher for over 10 years, is an associate professor of Harvard Medical School, as well as a physician to ministers and generals, and even Suharto!
• Our member Dr Francis Seow put aside his own duties and went to help out at the tsunamis crisis in 2004 for 3 months long, even though at that time he just started his own practice at the Mt Elizabeth Hospital.
• At the tsunamis crisis in 2004, there are about 30 doctors and over 37 nurses and hospital staff took unpaid leave to help out in Indonesia.

#3: Servanthood is the key to DESTINY.

Genesis 24:18-20

"So she said, “Drink, my lord.” Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand, and gave him a drink. And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels."

• Just for the information, 1 camel drinks up close to 53 pails of 20-litres of water.
• To draw water from the old well, you will need to climb up and down 50 steps each way with your pail.
• Rebekah help this total stranger to fetch him water...and even for ALL of his camels!

Genesis 24:22, 53

"(verse 22) So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold,...(verse 53) Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother."

• Rebekah was richly rewarded for her great servanthood.
• She has also been chosen as the bribe to Isaac, the son of Abraham, because of her willingness to serve Abraham's servant and even to his camels.

**You got to know how to serve God --

Do you give a thirsty man water or bread?**