The Christian Ideal - Christian Life Program Talk 5

how do you express your love? by sweet gestures? extravagant gifts? a warm embrace? truly there are a hundred ways to say 'I Love You' but as sons and daughters of God how do we express our love for God?

Loving God must be our highest ideal and that is making an intelligent decision, a conscious effort and commitment to love God with all our heart, soul and strength.

 



Loving God is not as vague and impractical as you  may think.  It involves specific, practical actions, decisions and commitments.  Can you make loving God your first and highest  ideal?  Are you ready to make Jesus the model of your life?

... for all of this May God Be Praised!!!

the Gift of Tongues

... I guess the first time I heard Singles for Christ brothers and sisters speak in tongues was during the Talk 9: Receiving the Power of the Holy Spirit pray over of the Christian Life Program batch I belong to. The 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit was discussed during one of the earlier talks and again explained further by my Discussion Group Leader during our one to one but I was still taken aback and kind of got scared when I actually heard it. I could not help but wonder if I was the only one hearing it...

 

... not knowing really does lead to fear...

 

... I gradually learned more about the gift of tongues and with the help of a Tongues workshop session I got to learn about it deeper...

 

 

 

 

The gift of Tongues:

 

- is the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in which one speaks an unintelligible utterance or language that he does not know or understand

- the one who speaks in tongues, speak not to people but to God

 

 

Praying in Tongues is important because:

 

- it is a gift of the Holy Spirit

- it is a gift of Prayer

- it helps build up the body of Christ

- it gives a new dimension in prayer

- it edifies us

- we pray profoundly without knowing it

 

 

To receive the Gift of Tongues:

 

- we should desire it

- we should ask for it in Faith

- we are to yield and cooperate with God's Spirit

 

 

The most important thing that I took from the workshop was the knowledge that praying in tongues is nothing to be scared of because by solemnly coming into God's presence as who you are and focusing on God alone and letting the power of the Holy Spirit consume us, we pray with our heart...

 

... and for all of this May God Be Praised!!!

treasure

... what are you willing to give up for the ultimate treasure that is the kingdom of heaven?...

 

Repentance and Faith - Christian Life Program Talk 4

In the previous CLP talks we have heard about God's love, about what Jesus has done for us, about the relationship initiated by God with us and all that God has done for us - and now it is time for us to respond.

Talk 4 aims to lead us to repentance from our sins and turn to a renewed faith in Jesus Christ.

Repentance and Faith go together. It is a double action response. Repentance is turning to a life of obedience to God and having Jesus at the throne of our lives, and Faith is accepting that life and letting God show us how to live it.

 

What it means to be a Christian - Christian Life Program Talk 3

what does it mean to be Christian? does it mean just following a set of religious doctrines and practices? does it just mean knowing and reading a lot about God? or it is a mere moral system?

Talk 3 of the Christian Life Program aims to make clear what Christianity is, making us appreciate the blessings of being a Christian.

 

worth the wait

everything that is of great worth, takes time...let us ask for God's grace to patiently wait for his perfect timing...

 

 

Who is Jesus Christ: Christian Life Program Talk 2

We as Christian are introduced to Jesus Christ since before we could talk or walk. As toddlers we are taught to kiss his image in our homes and am sure at one point or another our parents our guardians used his image at the altar in church to scare us and make us behave.

 

 

 

Talk 2 aims to attract people to Jesus and challenge them to respond to his deity and lordship. His words and life demand a response from us, are we willing to accept his as Lord of our life?



 

 

 

Despite growing up in a Catholic family, studying in a Catholic school, I seldom go to church, I don't pray the rosary and I don't have a personal prayer time - yes I know the man on the cross. I know his life story but I do not have a personal relationship with him.

 

Talk 2: Who is Jesus Christ is personaly significant for me - it was the first talk that I attended when I joined the Christian Life Program in 2013. For me the experience is akin to getting re-acquianted with someone I know - I may have forgotten Jesus, but he never forgot me and I was invited to reconnect with him and I had that spark of eagerness in me.

 

It was this eagerness that made mo come back for more every friday and I eventually finished the CLP. One year into the community - I am still a work in progress, but am slowly developing a personal relationship with him thru having a personal prayer time, scripture reading and attending mass as I constantly pray for him to open my heart to see, hear and feel all his wonderfull messages...

 

 

This is what I have said - more or less, I got quite nervous standing up in front as one of the sharers for Talk 2. It was during the CLP orientation that I felt the desire to be a sharer particularly for this talk because of its significance for me. I never told anybody though there were times that I almost did, I just kept on praying to be tapped as sharer and God has granted me this wonderfull gift!!!...

 

... and for all of this May God Be Praised!!!

 

 

God's Love - Christian Life Program Talk 1

The world today is in serious disorder. There is war, poverty, crime and injustice.

 

These are the very reasons that makes us question God's love for us. When all around us we see pain and suffering what do we need to do to make God's plan of bringing us out of our confusion and disorder happen?

 

Talk 1 of the Christian Life Program aims to communicate the truth that God loves us and has a plan for our welfare.

 

 

Christian Life Program Orientation

I was not able to attend the Orientation of the Christian Life Program batch I was part of and I have got to say that it was quite fun!

 

Our group was assigned to be ushers and usherettes or as I liked to say the 'welcoming committee'. We stationed ourselves at the building lobby. We had no way of knowing who the invitees were so we gave warm greetings to everyone coming in and people must have been wondering who we were and what we were doing. There surely are no shortages of puzzled expressions!

 

 

 

We were quite nervous as the scheduled time approached and only one brother came on time. As tie trickled by though, more and more came! yay Praise God!

our team head and the early bird!!

 



 

After the teaching of worship songs and a brief introduction to the CLP and SFC it was time for some 'getting-to-know-you' games!! the first game was a bingo type game where participants are given a piece of paper with description/character/hobbie grids. All are instructed to go around and ask people which description/character or hobbies fit them most. The first to fill up the form wins!

 

 

 

 

There were a total of 34 participants that came to the orientation and we are claiming that more will attend in the following Fridays!!! the SFC family is getting bigger and bigger!!!

... and for all of this May God Be Praised!!!