Return to God
Introduction A. REFLECT ON THE FUTILITY OF DEFILED RELIGIOSITY (vv. 10-17) B. EMBRACE THE FRUITFULNESS OF GOD’S BLESSING (vv. 18-19) Conclusion Sunday Worship Songs at cefc.ch/swsNext Week’s Topic: Evangelistic ServiceNext Week’s Speaker(s): Rev Kirk Tan (BPJ,) Rev Sandra Chi (WDL) & Ps Lim Keng Yeow (East)
OVERCOMING DISCOURAGEMENT: BE STRONG
Introduction Discouragement is real even for us, the people of God, who have lots of encouragement from Scripture (e.g. Josh 1:9). Do you feel pungchek? Haggai spoke to God’s people who were discouraged as they were building the temple (vv. 1-3). This was not discouragement that resulted from disobedience, but discouragement that they struggled with […]
When we say YES to GOD
Introduction Let’s see what it takes to say “yes” to God. And what happens when we say “yes” to God in the light of Haggai 1:12 -15. A. SAYING “YES” BEGINS WITH REVERENT HEARTS BEFORE GOD (1:1; vv. 12, 15) B. SAYING “YES” RESTORES HIS PRESENCE AND RELEASES HIS POWER (vv. 13-14) […]
Consider Your Ways
Introduction 1. Prophets as covenant enforcement mediators 2. Prophetic disputations 3. “Set your heart upon your ways.” A. CONSIDER YOUR WAYS — FOUR ROADBLOCKS TO SPIRITUAL FOCUS 1. Insecurity — Exilic context (v. 1) 2. Self-security — Much doing, small satisfaction (v. 6) 3. Spiritual complacency — “It is not the time” (v. 2) […]
RE-BUILD!
Introduction 1. One word that describes the life of God’s people after the exile: re-build. 2. What was the exile? The Jews revolted against the Babylonian empire, and in 586 B.C. Jerusalem and its temple were burned. The best and brightest were taken captive to Babylon. In 538 B.C. Cyrus the Great (Persian king who […]
Harmony in the Home / 家和万事兴
Introduction 引言 A. PUT ON NEW CLOTHES 1. Chosen and beloved 2. Honour the generations B. PURSUE RECONCILIATION 1. Seek forgiveness 2. Show love Conclusion 结论 Sunday Worship Songs at cefc.ch/swsNext Week’s Topic: Overview of Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, JoelNext Week’s Speaker(s): Ps Benjamin Sun (BPJ, WDL & East)
Hearing the Cries of People with Special Needs
Introduction A. IN THE GREAT COMMISSION, “ALL” MEANS ALL B. IN THE GREAT COMMISSION, “ALL” DOES NOT MEAN ALL AT ONCE C. IN THE GREAT COMMISSION, “ALL” MEANS ALL PITCH IN Conclusion Sunday Worship Songs at cefc.ch/sws Next Week’s Topic: CNY Bilingual Service Next Week’s Speaker(s): Ps Kim Fwee Thye, Ps Lee Da-Win (BPJ), Rev […]
Hearing the Cries of the World
Introduction Two ways … A. RECOGNISE THE PRESENT GROANING B. REST IN THE FUTURE GLORY Conclusion Sunday Worship Songs at cefc.ch/swsNext Week’s Topic: Psalm 13Next Week’s Speaker(s): Rev Dr Leow Wen Pin (BPJ, WDL & East)
Hearing One Another’s Cries
Introduction A. PRINCIPLES OF LISTENING 1. Creating a Safe Place “Love is patient and kind … it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” (vv. 4a, 8) 2. Silencing Our Own Agenda“Love is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way … it is not irritable […]
Hear our cry
Only By Grace Composed by Gerrit Gustafson Only by grace can we enter Only by grace can we stand Not by our human endeavour But by the blood of the Lamb Into Your presence You call us You call us to come Into Your presence You draw us And now by Your grace we come And now by Your grace we come […]
