AsiaConf Afterthoughts

Asia Conference Afterthoughts

Hope you enjoyed the posts on all the fantastic speakers
 we met at the Asia Conference. 

If there’s one thing that I REALLY caught on to that week,

the one thing that I believe I will work on for the

rest of my life its PRAYER.

I mean God is so good!

 Dad, Mom, I know I’ve been telling you this like a million times,

but I’ve gotta jot this down to remind myself in the future,

Year 2010 is truly a year where God is molding me and

 bringing me to a higher level of relationship with him.

He’s increasing the intensity of our relationship!

At the beginning of this year, He was revealing to me the importance of treasuring His word, 
reading and meditating on His words…

And then half way through the year,

and then came Captivating ( blogged on my afterthoughts )...
I sensed that He wanted a more intimate relationship with me, 
I wanted it too but I just didn’t know how.. 
or maybe I just needed a little kick to start off.

And thanks to Asia Conference, I got it!

When I looked at Pastir Kong Hee, Pastor Reinhard Bonkke, 
Pastor Phil, Pastor Steve Munsey and most importantly, Pastor Yonggi Cho…

I was really inspired by them and I thought to myself

that I would love to be like them too! 

I want to be influencing people with my personal testimony.

But then I looked around myself and there were 22000 other people,

there could only be ONE Reinhard bonkke, ONE Kong Hee.

What does it take to be the ONE Carissa for Christ?

‘ Anybody can be an EXTRAODINARY PERSON therough PRAYER’

---Phil Pringle---

I guess that answered my heart’s cry perfectly.

My life was lacking the dynamics of prayer!

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not asking to be famous,

standing on an international stage or whatever,

I’m talking about being the ONE in the heart of Christ,

being the ONE for my family, being the ONE for my community,

whether small or large, it doesn’t matter.
I want to bring Christ to people through my life that's all.
 

When I slowly took time to analyse this speakers,

I found out some keys that they all had:

1. They all prayed a GREAT DEAL

Ps. Cho Yonggi wakes up every morning at five and prays for HOURS 
everyday despite his so very BUSY schedule.

Ps. Reinhard seeked God for help even with a 50 dollar rent.

Ps. Phil stressed that  
prayer is about seeking God,

not seeking what He could do for you.

All in all, prayer was potrayed in every great men we saw.

Behind their success, laid unmeasurable amount of praryers!

2. They all had at least one encounter with God.

I shared about the encounter Ps, Reinhard had when God

wanted to give him a million dollars,

but instead he asked for a million souls, 

and that’s how he started off!

One day when Pastor Kong Hee was seeking God,

God asked him,’What is it that you want,Kong Hee?’

Many preachers would be tempted to ask for the largest church..

but he told God,’ I want the stringest church in Asia’.  

And now look at City Harvest!

Our very own Ps. Clarine, asked God for just 100 children

and she got exactly a hundred! that’s how Superkids started.

(source:Ps.Penny)

3. They all believed in positive declaration.

Steve Munsey – ‘Calling those things which are not as though they were’

Phil Pringle-‘The first purpose of language is CREATION’

Cho Yonggi-‘Draw and image of what you want on the wall

and start praising God!’

4. They were focused in one particular thing

Ps, John Avanzini focuses on financial blessings and he has been

preaching that all his life.

Pastor Kong Hee stressed on Cultural Mandate that has been one of the 
key elements that led City Harvest to great success.

Pastor Reinhard knew from his teen years that he was set for Africa!

Now that I’m already 17, I was asking Pastor Penny…

How do I know what are the goals for my life?

What I want for my future?

Because for now, I really don’t know what I want to do for a career,

what ministry I was cut out for…

And this is what she told me:

‘You’re still young, Don’t rush into making goals yet.

Now is the time to pray and to seek God for directions.

Think of your own natural giftings that God has given to you.

What is your uniqueness. Along this line God will show you.’

For seventeen years,  i think that was one of the wisest and most helpful 

words I have ever heard. I believe it came from God.

I will bring that along with me all the time and share with other youth

who are facing the same dilemma.

I love you God. Thank you Thank You Thank you

for your love towards me…

for choosing me to receive your solid word.

thank you for your favor upon my life, and the

most wonderful people like Papa, Mama, and Auntie Penny

who have been  my spiritual mentors.

Lord, I will seek your face DAILY.

I want to know you more, I long to.

And I want to know the purpose you have for my life.

Holy Spirit, I want to know how to please Jesus,

I want to learn how to bring him sheer joy!

Would you be my teacher, O sweet spirit?

I LOVE YOU! More than anything else.

Right now. Right at this moment,

My Life Belongs to You.

Ps. Kong Hee 2

Ps. Kong Hee

Acts 2:17

In the last days, God says,

I will pour out my Spirit on all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy,

your young men will see visions,

your old men will dream dreams.

God uses a lot ofyoung men in the Bible.

Jeremiah was sent out to speak at a young age.

In Mark 16:5, even the Angel was a young man.

As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed

in a white robe sitting on the right side…

MTV reaches out to 1 Billion youths!

There are 5 things MTV knows about the youth that the church doesn’t:

1. Youths are open and flexible

2. Youths are moldable.

3. Youths love to dream.

4. Youths have the capacity of faith.

Difference of Mary and Zechariah -

Mary accepted the will of God when Gabriel told her about

the child she was to conceive.

Yet Zechariah was doubtful when the Angel of god

told him that his wife will bear a child.

5. Youths are the treasure.

They don’t just HAVE the treasures, they ARE the treasures.

5 Goals of a Christian Ministry

Worship

Relationship

Discipleship

Ministry

Evangelism

So often with jumbled the priorities and make it look something like this:

Worship

Relationship

Discipleship

Ministry

Evangelism

RELATIONSHIP IS THE KEY!!!

Things you need to do for your youths:

1. Be present for them

2. Be consistent

3. Be patient

Inciteful advice out of love is better than a thousand

scriptures you can quote.

4. Be accepting

The greatest motivation in life is not visions and dreams,but

L-O-V-E

John 13:34-35

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you,

so you must love one another. By this all men will know

that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Ps. Reinhard Bonkke

Ps. Reinhard Bonkke

Reinhard is a German charismatic Christian evangelist.

According to his evangelistic organization,

his crusades have resulted in the conversions of over

10 million people to Christianity between 1995 and 2000,

55 million people filled out decision cards

'to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour' from 2000 to 2009.

‘ HELL EMPTY,HEAVEN FULL!!!!’

You will plunder hell and populate heaven for Calvary’s sake!

Ps. Reinhard knew since he was a little boy that

God had called him to minister to Africa.

However things did not go too well when he first started.

Once he didn’t had the money to pay his rent and he told God,

‘God I need USD50 to pay my rent!’

That was when he had a personal encounter with Christ---

He was walking on the streets and God surprised him,

‘Reinhard, I’m going to give you 1 Million Dollars’

Ps. Reinhard answered:

‘NO! I don’t want a million dollars,

I want a million SOULS!’

Faith is the currency in the Kingdom of God.

***

There are going to be more people in heaven than in hell!

---Reinhard---

How could this be? the bible said that the way to hell is broad,

but the way to heaven is narrow.

Yes the way to hell is broad, yet when Christ died on the cross,

His cross is planted right in the middle of the higway.

The Cross is the BIGGEST ROADBLOCK!

***

The less Holy Spirit we have, the more we need cake and coffee

to keep the church alive.

***

God is ALWAYS WITH US.

We don’t have to beg for Himto be with us.

Its awfully funny to beg someone to come when the person has never left!

Matthew 28:19-20

Surely I am with you always,

to the ends of the earth.

So even if we don’t feel God’s presence, we should be saying,

‘ Lord I appropriate Your presence here with me by faith.

thank you for being here with me.’

***

When the fire of God fell on the 120 in the upper room,

surely the flames on each person’s head would be different in size and shape.

Yet the tiniest flame on a person’s head equally

represents the FULLNESS of the glory of God!

*Dignity is not the fruit of the spirit, Joy is!

I shall not be rattled by what others want to say about me.

This is the way God made me! This is the way I speak!

this is the way I love Jesus!

Ps. Guneratnam

Ps. Prince Guneratnam

Pastor of The Calvary church in Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur

With every vision comes two elements:

1. Breaking and 2. Making

Sometimes in your ministry or your personal life when you stand firm

 on God’s principalities you might feel as though you’re all alone.

But fear not, God specializes in the minority.

All it takes is YOU and GOD.

***Believing in your dreams***

1. Make sure the source of your dream is from God.

and not out of jealousy, greed, pride, competitiveness..

2. Depend on God

He is your resource.

3. Don’t let your dream intimidate you.

When God gives you adream, it is always BIGGER than you!

Ps. Lee Young Hoon

Lee Young Hoon

Senior Pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church

Secrets to the explosive growth of Yoido Full Gospel Church:

1. Powerful Message

Bring hope and the power of the Hly Spirit to the people.

2. Thw Work of the Holy Spirit

Could the Israelites have caught that much quail

enough for them all if it was not for God?

To bring dry bones alive, we need the WIND of the Holy Spirit.

3. Prayer

The amount of the work of the Holy Spirit is

proportional to the amount of prayer prayed.

Christianity has only 127 years of history in Korea,

yet the revival that is seen today is the result of persistent prayer. ‘Seconds’ prayers will never make a Big differnece.

It takes a FERVENT prayer.

                     When we pray, God works for us . 

When we work, God waits for us to finish and pray.

Ps. A.R. Bernard

A.R. Bernard

A.R. Bernard, one of the most profound

 bible preachers preacher of all times,

is the founding Pastor of Christian Cultural.

This church currently has over 31,000 members

Here’s roughly what Ps. A.R. Bernard taught us that day.

 I didn’t really get a hundred percent of it so you might probably think

that these scribbled points are quite scattered.

But yea. Try to get something, even if its just one point.

For me personally, the sermon caught me when he was talking

about the early churches and what a big influence they were causing

to the Roman Empire. Thinking about my own life,

do I have the qualities those Christians had that drew not only the people

but also those in the authorities?

Knock Knock! Checking Time.

Cosmology: Understamding of the origin and development of earth(physical and cultural)

People move from places to places because they lack focus.To focus, we need to have..

1. Clearly Articulated world view(biblical)

2.Core Values

-Core values protect ourthinking. Actions are affected by our thoughts.

-Core values bring our conscience into accounatbility.

-Our conscience CANNOT make decisions for our actions but it can JUDGE your actions.

3.Core purpose

-Your core purpose affects your activities.

-Don’t confuse your movement with progress.

-Inconsistency is the testimony of immaturity.

Why was Christianity so influencial in the Roman Empire?

1. The uncompromising zeal of the Christian coviction

2. Doctrine of Present and future life with improvement of the human condition

3. The miraculous power experienced in the Christian church

(Not just talking philosophy, but working with POWER!)

4. The pure and high moral and spiritual discipline

5. The uniting presence of the church

(Power to bring people together under the influence of their faith)

All these impressed the Roman Empire during those days.

Christian IN CULTURE is a Christian empowered by the Holy Spirit, based and structured on the Word of God. It is not compromising Christian values.

We don’t have to wait for the future(Heaven) for great things to come, great things should be happening NOW!

Restoration begins in the church.

Ps. Steve Munsey

Ps.Steve Munsey

Steve Munsey has great faith in the ability of visual arts

to minister to the body of Christ and to the unsaved.

The members of Family Christian Center have been blessed

to see tens of thousands of salvations because of

‘Jesus of Nazareth’ alone.

Add to that the many illustrated sermons and videos,

all written and directed by Steve Munsey.

Pastor Steve Munsey is a regular on "This Is Your Day" with Benny Hinn

and many more national and international television programs seen daily.

Dramatic Preaching Workshop---Jacob and Leah

Speak to your future!

Jacob spoke to the cows that they will grow spots

for he was sick with the sufferings Laban(Satan) brought upon him.

We can change our future by

Calling those things which are not as though they were.---Romans 4:17

Many times when we think we are on the highway to success,

Satan tries to get us by making giving us defeats.

You know, God always says. ‘ you go first, Devil’.

So that in the end when God comes to turn the table around,

 it will be of a FAR GREATER SUCCESS!

and His name will be greatly glorified!

So until you see people persecuting you, trouble coming full force on you, you are not yet on your way to victory.

stevemunsey.org

Ps. Kong Hee

Ps. Kong Hee

Kong Hee is the founder, honorary and volunteer senior pastor

of City Harvest Church in Singapore.

Kong is a Christian leader based in the Charismatic Movement, with a philosophy of ministry that emphasizes the

 Great Commandment, Great Commission, and Cultural Mandate.

Under his leadership, City Harvest Church has grown to a membership of 32,731 and has 47 affiliate "Harvest" churches.

Ps. Kong hee’s wife, SUN is a pop singer.

What is cultural mandate?

Ps. kong belives that God has called us to understand and go into the CULTURE of the people to influence them.

The cultural mandate is the belief that we are to bring

God’s truth to bear upon every area of human society, from arts and literature, to politics, to government, to economics, to the schools,

to scientific progress, and so on.

During the era when the Beatles was making a huge impact on the world,

John Wimber was a charismatic pastor who brought many many lives

to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Little do people know that he was also one of the best

record producer of his times.

The Beatles wanted him to be their producer but he rejected their offer

due to the church’s concern. They believed that it was not right

for John to be involved with the ‘worldly’ Beatles.

Now consider if John had accepted the offer…

Beatles would have been changed, the world would have been changed!

The community’s reaction towards the world:

1) Cooconing

Many Christians withdraw and isolate themselves from the unholy world.

However, this is not the will of God.

Christ stated in John 17:15-18

My prayer is not that you take them out of the world

but that you protect them from the evil one.

They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

What Jesus wants of us is discernment, not disassociation.

2) Combating

Other Christians fight, resist or oppose people the world.

They looked down upon people, even Christians who pierce their noses,

oppose people who dress in a certain way…

But God stated in His word – John 3:17

Because God sent the Son into the world,

not to condemn the world,

but that the world might be saved through him.

3)Conforming

However, compromising with wicked values are not to be accepted.

As much as we embrace the culture of the world, we must must

hold on tight to the spiritual disciplines and Godly values.

In the book of Daniel,

the king was looking for outstanding youg people to service him.

He had certain requirements for them:

Young men without any physical defect, handsome,

showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed,

quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace.

 He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.

Daniel 1:4

Daniel had to learn

1. The Culture of Babylon

2. The Language of Babylon

3. The fashion of Babylon

4. Adopt the names of Babylon Gods

(David’s name was Belteshazzar which later evovled to Baal)

Now don’t you think followers of Jehovah during that time would oppose to David wearing heavy makeups, dressing like the rich men, having the name of a Babylonian God!!!

But Danile had proven himself and in verse 20:

In every matter of wisdom and understanding

about which the king questioned them, he found them( Daniel)

ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.

Daniel was made the chief MAGICIAN, enchanters, astrologers

and diviners.

Bible scholars believed that the Magai who visited Jesus

were Daniel’s magician people.

They came to the Messiah through the ministry of Daniel.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a man skilled in his work?

       He will serve before kings;

       he will not serve before obscure men.

God has made us to stand before kings!

In all these, Daniel kept his consecration.

Daniel 1:8

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.

We as Christians ought to be

SAVVY ABOUT FAITH
SAVVY ABOUT CULTURE
and skilled at realting the two.

We are to build our lives on spiritual discipline.

Bible-Prayer-Fasting-Praise-Worship-thanksgiving-Solitude-

Confession-Repentance-Forgiveness-Church

A failure in character is a failure to maintain spiritual discipline.

                      

Ps. John Avanzini

Ps. John Avanzini

John Avanzini is an American televangelist and "Word of Faith" Bible teacher who preaches a message of financial prosperity.

Central to his teachings are that Jesus and his followers were rich and that the believer is promised wealth.

How does God place value?

Is RM10 enough for an offering? is it too little?

The widow in the bible that gave a penny

was commended by Christ because that was ALL she had.

that was her precious possesion..

When the precious is moved, God is moved.

Galatians 6:7

For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap

The tithe is “seed” that you plant in God

that will bring the harvest of prosperity.

It doesn’t matter if your seed is big or small

because inside every seed is and enormous tree.

***

If we just give the amount that we could afford everytime,

then the Devil is controlling us.

We should be giving more and trusting God of His faithfulness.

2 Corinthians 8:1-3

Out of their MOST SEVERE TRIAL, their overflowing joy

and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.

For I testify that they gave as much as they were able,

AND EVEN BEYOND THEIR ABILITY.
Moving on to chapter 9 vs.7-

Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give,

no reluctantly or under compulsion,

for God loves a cheerful giver.

***

We humans are always reward motivated.

And that’s nothing to be ashamed of.

David was motivated by the reward the king offered to kill Goliath.

He wouldn’t just out of the blue for no reasons foght against

someone a thousand times stronger than him.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please God,

because anyone that comes to him must believe that he exists

and that He REWARDS those who earnestly seek Him.

Philippians 3:14

I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which

God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

***

In conclusion, give unto the Lord with a joyful heart,

and expect great things to take place in your life.

Malachi 3:10

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,

that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith,

saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven,

and pour you out a blessing,

that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

However, do not look for IMMEDIATE results,

or all you will have is bean sprouts!