Group Discussion : Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Group Discussion : 29th May 2012 : 

FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Can you memorize the 9 fruits of the Holy Spirit ?

When the Holy Spirit lives within us , he will begin his glorious work on us , to grow 9 different fruits of the Spirit in our lives.

Galatians 5 : 22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

 I believe that all believers had these nine different fruits in our lives . However in  every believer , there are some fruits are productive and some are less productive, nevertheless , let us use what we are productive at to help others that are less productive .

1st Fruit : Love  ( Please refer to John 13 : 34-35 )

Love is a verb. Love needs practical actions. However, most of the times our love brings supplementary conditions. I love you so that you will love me. 

Yet, the fruit of love that the Spirit bears is an Unconditional love. We love by laying down ourselves, and love them with actions.

Example : Although I am tired but I'm still willing to help you to do household chores.

2nd Fruit : Joy ( Please refer to Romans 12 : 12)

Joy differs between positive , happiness , optimistic, cheerful and etc. Joy is an action to show your faith towards God. A joyful person takes content , and believes that God will guide them through in whatever circumstances.

3rd Fruit : Peace ( Please refer to Titus 3 : 2)

Peace and Harmony and Unity are different. The fruit of Peace bears by the Spirit refers to stay away from disputes and arguments. One that has the fruit of Peace knows how to dissolve arguments and disputes , and will keep a distance away.

4th Fruit : Forbearance ( Please refer to 2 Thessalonians 3 : 5)

Forbearance means not to defend or stand up for yourselves when you have been accused, being misunderstood . A person that has the fruit of Forbearance will not argue for its own righteousness.

5th Fruit : Kindness ( Please refer to Ephesians 4 : 32 )

The fruit of Kindness refers to offer help when someone needed it , forgive their mistakes , be there when they need you .

Example : Helping others in the church, helping an elderly cross the road

6th Fruit : Goodness ( Please refer to Romans 15 : 14 )

Goodness refers to our pure-heart . Does our motive , our intention , our thoughts, our actions comes from a pure heart ?

7th Fruit : Faithfulness ( Please refer to 1 Thessalonians 5 : 24 )

Faithfulness refers to holding onto something till it happens . You are faithful to something.

Example : Do you remain faithful in your promises to others ?

8th Fruit : Gentleness ( Please refer to Titus 3 : 2 )

Gentleness refers to our words and actions towards others . A gentle person cares for the person , encourages and advices for others . A gentle person does not criticizes , condemn , judging others.

Example : Do you often encourage someone who is moody or judging the reason before encouraging that person ?

9th Fruit : Self- Control ( Please refer to 1 Corinthians 9 : 25 )

A self-controlled person knows when to start doing something and when to stop doing something. A self-controlled person is also a vigilant person.

Example : Do you often set a limit and obey it ? How well have you obey them ?

Reflections : We are all vessels used to manifest God's glory. The Holy Spirit is working in our lives, pruning us , fertilizing us so that we can have the 9 characteristic of the Spirit in our lives. What are you lacking of presently, and how can you practice it ? 

God bless !

Insight of our fellowship moments ~ 16th May 2012

16th May 2012 : Under-Construction

This week we talked about repairing and replacing pipes, our connection with Christ. To create this atmosphere, we had a most funny and complicating ice-breaking game , which is

PUZZLES

The two teams competing

During the ice-breaking game, both teams had tried their best to solve the puzzles . From the game, we can see that both teams tried to cooperate with each other and it promotes unity in the cell group.

Also, Jesin who has been absent last week, joined us this week ! Welcome back Jesin ! However, some are unable to be present this week, but we keep them in our prayers !

 

This week we discussed about repairing the connections between Jesus . It really motivates us to have a change. On the other hand, through fellowship, we repaired the connections between our youth friends, and together we work as a team , living a life of Faith, giving out Hope and Love. 

The Girls

Youth Fellowship 16-05-2012

God bless. 

Group Discussion : Repair & Replace

Repair and Replace

what areas of your life needs to be repaired ?

Is there any areas of your life needs to be repaired and replaced ? As we grow in experience, in maturity, in exposure , our faith in Christ will gradually grow weaker when we are not constantly connected with Jesus.

Have you ever experienced a pipe leakage ? When a pipe leakage occurs, you need to call a plumber to repair and replacing the pipe . Likewise, if there is a pipe leakage occurs in our life, we needed to call a Spiritual plumber, Jesus to repair and replace the pipes .

The connection between pipes demonstrates our connection with Christ. We are inter-connected with Jesus .As we began to face challenges, problems, temptations , these acts as a blockage , which blocks our connection with Jesus, thus leading to backsliding in Faith , lost your passion for Christ, lost your Faith and trust in Jesus.

If you had discovered being backsliding , began to do things according to your own way , losing the passion to read the Bible and go to church , you need to call for Jesus to repair the connection between you and him.

In Isaiah 40: 31, it describes someone being renewed by strength are like an eagle mounting on wings . An eagle approximately could live for 80 years. When an eagle reaches it 40th year, its feathers have grown too heavy for him, its beak and claws have starting to grow blunt for catching a prey. It needs to undergo a change . 

Our life span are like an eagle , a healthy person could live up to or even more than 80 years. When we grew in experience , we need to undergo a change , our sword of the Spirit and the shield of Faith needs to be sharpen.

The 40 year old eagle needs to pluck off all of its feathers and claw , knocking off its beak and recuperate, waiting for its feathers ; claw and beak to have fully grown. When it has, it had fully transformed into a brand new eagle.

Which areas of your life needed to be repaired and replaced ? God created us in 3 aspects ( body , flesh , Spirit ), which of them needs to be repaired ?

Body : Bad habits , bad eating and drinking habits, addiction

Flesh : Depressed , stress , criticizing , pessimistic 

Spirit : Inconsistency of Bible reading and prayer habits.

Jesus described our relationship with him are like Vine and the branches. When the connection between Jesus and us are repaired and replaced ( eg : Bad drinking habits to Good drinking habits ) , we will be renewed in strength of the Holy Spirit ,we shall be fully transformed and advanced into another higher level . 

May we all stay connected in Christ ! God bless !

Insight of our fellowship moments ~ 8th May 2012

8th May 2012 : We are a RAINBOW team

This week we are very happy to share with everyone that our team has a new member joining us , her name is Swee King , a 21 year old student . 

Our fellowship began with an ice-breaking game , which is called praising each other. The last one in the game needs to be stick with memos of blessings behind their back until the fellowship ends. Here's an insight look of the actual situation.

Discussing

The first person to receive blessings - Joyce  ^_^

Guess what they wrote ?

Aha ! Caught you guys unprepared before the camera !

Yea ! Happy to receive blessings !

 The two winners - Michael and Pastor Joyce .


This week we discussed about learning to accept others personality and difference. Everyone are asked to describe their personality using one rainbow color. Coincidentally, our team had seven different colors which makes us a Rainbow team !

Pastor Joyce - Red
Jesin Lee    - Red
Devin Pang   - Orange
Swee King    - Yellow
Michael Yong - Green
David Yong   - Blue
Isaiah Lau   - Blue
Carey Ling   - Indigo and Purple(she wore a purple shirt this week !)

Joke of the week ( during presentation )

Joyce : My personality color is red . Do you know why ?

Rev Lau : Because you look like an angry bird!

Joyce = Angry Bird ?

Joyce : loss of words =.= "

Here's how our rainbow team looks like :

Serious discussion of our rainbow team !

Here we go - Rainbow Team Yeah !

Youth Fellowship 08-05-2012 , Yea !

Still looking good ~

Finally, our true colors exposed !

Lastly, we ended our fellowship with prayers and blessings and a short tea-break, and of course photo taking ( credits to Rev Lau for helping us to take some photos ).

Sayonara !

God gave us different personalities to work all things for the benefits of those who believe in him. 


God bless !

Learn to accept others ( taken from 2233 youth space )

Everyone are different, are you willing to accept others ?

This week we learned about gifts. We learned that gifts are a blessing and a tool to spread God's blessings.What belong to us are used to spread God's blessings ? Our talents are a blessing , our character / personality are also a blessing too !

God created everyone with different personalities . Some may be cheerful , shy , aggressive , passive . We live in a big environment that is mixed with different kinds of people , with different personalities. Why wouldn't God created an environment with the same personality as ours ? 

Rainbow is made up of 7 totally different colors , yet these color combination make the rainbow attractive . Likewise, because of the difference in personalities , it makes our life as attractive as a rainbow. If a rainbow consist of only one single color - what do you think it would look like ? I'm sure its not as breathtaking and beautifying as before.

Its hard to imagine to live with people that share the same character as us. God created us with different characters so that all things work together . Are you willing to change your opinion , learn how to accept others , although they might not be the one you like. 

A successful social person is to know how to socialize with all different kinds of people whether you like them or not .  

Matthew 5 : 44

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Let us change our attitude and begin to accept others !

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1st May 2012 : Exercising your faith

EXERCISING YOUR FAITH

Do you know how healthy your faith is ? Faith is vital in our spiritual life , because the whole foundation of Christianity is based on faith. When we lose faith, we are vulnerable to the devil attacks, thus being discouraged, dismayed.

How often have you felt yourself being discouraged , lost faith? If its too often, its time for your faith to do some exercise.

How to exercise our faith? First, we need healthy faith habits. What makes you often discouraged ? List it out and commit them to God. To improvise your faith lifestyle , you need to change what you intake - is it good for your faith ? 

Second , Exercise your faith- how? First, develop a bible-reading habit. Faith comes from the word of God. You need to be affirmed and rooted in God's word.

Two,Pray. Pray is a good exercise for your faith. Make a prayer diary , list down what are your prayers every day and make some comments if your prayers are answered.

Third,Live it out ! Faith is trusting . Try to trust God's guidance in every step you take. Believe God will take you to a higher places.

Lastly,after exercising your faith, don't forget to have regular checkup ! Give thanks to God often, it will keep you happy every day!

Have you done your faith checkup? Is your faith healthy ? Check it out now !