i went to church yesterday night for the sunday service coz' the saturday and sunday service

have been combined for 2 weeks

and last night's service was awesome

the new speaker who's from Ipoh but works in New York, he was good

he made the sermon interesting

i really liked it

but what was most important is about the message right?

God's word and not just about the speakers

james 1:1

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations :

Greetings.

1.the pastor stressed the point that James, Jesus' brother is a SERVANT of his own brother, which

is Jesus.

a servant is a BORN SLAVE.

you serve your master your whole life and you won't have the chance to be a free man

then he asked siblings in the church to raise up our hands

so yeah me and my brother raised our hands and we got a really SIMPLE question
pastor:"Are you willing to be your brother's servant?"

me: *shakes head vigorously* i don't need even a second to answer that question..haha

then he asked us to say to our brothers and sisters one really HARD sentence

"look into each other's eye and say 'I am your servant' "

omg,i giggled so hard when i told that my bro i could barely finish the sentence

it was outright difficult for me to say that because i know i won't be able to keep it

but James declared himself a servant of Jesus

the pastor said, when he have problems serving others,we should seek the Lord

solve it with God first and then with man

2. to the 12 tribes scattered among the nations

the 12 tribes refer to the Jews (Christians)

God has spread us out, scattered us into different parts of this world to grow new life, new hope

and to save new people

it was a difficult times for the Jews that time that have to be separated

just like us

but think,if all Christians are in the same place then what about the rest of the world who have

not come to know the Lord?

then they will never ever know him

so God has a mission for us

that is to spread the Gospel so that our loved ones can be saved too

he is not selfish

he wants all his children to be saved

and enjoy eternal life with him in heaven

where there's no pain,not tears,no sufferings,only joy and happiness



P/S :many non-believers refuse to believe in Christ on the grounds that our God cannot be seen

or held, unlike the Buddhist and Hindus they have idols and stuff.

yes we seem abstract and we don't have something concrete like them but we have the

B-I-B-L-E.God's words are all in it.

Jesus wants us to believe with our hearts,to have faith and trust! not by sight with eyes

that's why Christians can have an intimate relationship with God.