GLOP - Episode 3: Easter - Passion for God

Hi ANC-ers,

So, we have been visualizing the upcoming camp as a fire starter that will really help us learn about how God is really really just totally crazy and passionate for us to be with Him.

Easter is all about the grace and mercy of God through Jesus, the Passion of Jesus. When we fully understand what Jesus did on Easter, we make Him our passion, and then serve him out of this passion.

Though we always tell ourselves that we serve God self-sacrificing-ly which is good, but its not the whole picture. We get burn out soon, our passion is for but a moment. But to serve God because we know His Passion for us, nothing is a sacrifice anymore. We can then go to the ends of the earth to tell others about him.

If you find yourself in a vulnerable position as a Christian and ashamed of your faith, you need to search the Word of God to reassure your salvation. If your passion for Jesus is stagnant and you are not exactly crazy about Him, then you need to discover His passion again, your first love.

Coming for this camp is not obliging to your parents, your gg leaders or even your own conscience. It's knowing for sure how much God loves you.

Having said that, this journey is not confined to the camp dates. Which is why today, we urge you to start your walk anew, go into the secret places to spend time with God and discover Him.

GLOP - Episode 2: Aow! Pastor Aow

So okay, honestly, partly we came up with the idea of introducing our upcoming camp speaker, Pastor Aow in our episodes, is because I (youknowho) don't really know anything about him.

I missed Pastor Aow and Sister Mei last year because I wasn't around. So as I said to some, what if I met Pastor Aow on the street, accidentally spilled his shopping cart or something, and by impulse shouted "LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" (by the way, no, I don't usually do that. maybe when driving).

Imagine the horror when we meet in church camp! Just an extreme scenario.

But really, I thought it would be a good idea for all of us to know who's gonna be our special guest and ministering to us during the 4 days.

SO...

Pastor Aow is the pastor of His Arrows Church in Singapore. Besides pastoring his church, he has ministered in several countries in Asia and planted over 20 house churches outside of Singapore. Over the years, he has impacted many Asian leaders through his evangelism course taught in Haggai Institute--an ministry set up to train two third world leaders in evangelism leadership. Ps Aow is married to Mei and they have 2 children.

Recently we just had Sister Mei with us. She gave a powerful awakening for us to dress up and prep up for spiritual warfare.

Do pray for them as they are being used by God to advance His kingdom in the upcoming camp.

GG Retreat Pics!

I just learned how to make use of this great pic-sharing tool..Slide! Kudos to the developers...
Now I can share facebook photos here without you guys having to go to the link... :D

But anyways, you can still access the link from facebook if the slide annoys you.

When you roll over pics in the slide, the captions will show up. Or at least I think that's how it works.


Baie Dankie.

Antioch Network Community 13th Anniversary

ANC celebrates her 13th birthday, marking milestones along 2007, including shedding the name Bandar Utama Chapel to Antioch NetWork CommUnity.

2008 marks a new covenant and new promised lands for us.
Along with the Church, the Bride of Jesus throughout the world, God is moving us into a new realm, with more prayer and power.

Antioch - the first place in the Bible where Christians are given the name.

NetWork - because we believe we are to work and serve together with other churches of Jesus

CommUnity - we are to create a community of God where people belong and pray with one voice

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GLOP - Episode 1: Behind the Theme

For those who didn’t catch the “episode” at our congregational meeting last week, here’s what was “broadcasted”.

So! A few weeks ago in the house of our newly appointed GG leader (one of them) the members of Bethel (fed and watered) sat down to discuss the theme for our 2008 church/family camp. With Pastor Aow, an expert in evangelism as our camp speaker, we were having in mind an evangelistic themed camp, but as ideas were bounced off the whiteboard, the words “Passion” and “Love” keeps recurring. To be honest, I THINK we are not so good at the whole oikos thing… YET. (As the congregation in whole) But we always seek to edify one another through our fellowship and worship together.

Looking at the direction of the congregation – what is the church longing for?
As the congregation journeys on towards deeper prayer and intimacy with God with “Give Me 40 Days” by Freeda Bowers, as well as Jaeson Ma’s “The Blueprint” that calls for prayer and waiting on God above all else, it’s obvious that the only thing we are required to fulfill in our Christian walk is to simply – love God passionately.

Simple? But what is “passion”? What does it mean to have passion for God?
When we think about all our other passions and love, it becomes harder to ‘sacrifice’ for God. Passion means ‘to suffer’ in Greek, something you live for, something you’ll DIE for- so, not so simple after all right? No! It is still as simple, just not easy.

From Uncle Hoi Meng and Yung Ling’s sharing during worship two congregations ago, we know we can’t force ourselves to be in love with God. Often times we sing “I love You Lord” thinking about a friend who is depressed and sick. Or that we just had an car accident. Or lunch.

So how la. Only by discovering God’s passion for us FIRST, how God pursued and died for us before we even know Him, then only we can fall in love with Jesus.

We work so hard for God, but how many of us are actually enjoying God?
Why is it more important to love God than to work for God?

So, to quote two writers our members have been reading:

“These… overwhelming works we are to do, are an OUTPOURING of our relationship with Christ, and not a replacement of our time and devotion with Him.” – Freeda Bowers

“Lovers outwork workers” – Jaeson Ma

Lets discover God’s passion for us even now, so that we may be of one heart with God, and share His passion.