ONE HEART ONE VISION

Hey Gals!

It’s just great to have all of you all back here in Good ol’ Adelaide!As I took some time to reflect on 2007, I can’t help but give thanks to the Lord for your growth individually as well as how we have pushed through as a group!

Pastor John’s message on 1 Samuel was timely as we step into the next level of growth in the Lord this year.

As I seeked God for the direction for us as a Connect group this year, my thoughts were directed towards reaching out. During service the week after, Pastor Jonathan told us that the focus for us as a church this year would be evangelism!

The sound of the word evangelism might be a little intimidating and in the face or you may think, its not your “area”. Lets not be fazed by it coz it’s not about getting the numbers and filling up seats in the church or doubling the number of people in the connect group.

It’s really about knowing the heart of God to see all men come to the knowledge of who he is and have that relationship with him which was intended since the beginning!I am certain all of you KNOW who God is in your life, seen him work in you, correcting perspectives, urging you not to withhold all that is due to him in praise and worship! Drawing you to himself!

I really pray that in this year, all of us will continue to put the Lord as first. I urge you not to compromise spending time with him. Seek and pursue him with all your heart!Ask him to break your heart for what breaks his!





There’s the ONE event this Friday with Pastor Danny at our South campus @ 7pm.It’s gonna be a combined meeting with Boost, Stomp and Accelerate as we come together to align ourselves with the Vision that the Lord has for the Youth Ministry as a whole.I will arrange transport and let u gals know about it!

2008! New Year, new vision, Same faithful God

Love

Sarah

Kareeann to you...

The Void In Our Heart…………..

Hi girls…………..

It has been a while...but nevertheless looking forward to catching up with everyone in 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!! My hope is that 2007 has been a great year for everyone but my prayer is that 2008 will be even GREATER for all of us personally. Just cant help but feel there is so much in Him that is in store, if only we will realise it and dig deep into it…
Not sure about u, but I’ve always struggled about the meaning of ‘life’…Towards the end of the year 2007, I often ponder and trace back the patterns of my daily life, going to work, coming home, meeting up with friends occasionally, going to church ( maybe going through the ‘quarter of century’ syndrome thingy )..I will question myself, is this all??? Is this all about life, basically??….There’s surely much more into it than just this…
Then I began to realise that each and every one of us, regardless if we consciously or unconsciously know there is a void in each of our heart. And many times, I fill up the void with physical things ( such as activities or people ) or emotions which of course only gave me a temporary satisfaction, but it would not last and the dissatisfaction and unfulfilment will come rushing through again…
I began to see that as long as the void is not filled by Him, I will not be able to tap into the true meaning of life….

As Jesus said in John 4: 13, ‘ Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks from the water I give will never thirst again. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life’....

And there is only ONE fountain of life who is able to give us eternal fulfilment. A sense of completeness and wholeness in Him..

My simple prayer, ‘

‘Forgive me, Lord for walking my own road,
This life is Yours, Your kingdom come,
Your will be done,
Now and Forever,
And I Surrender’

As I began to surrender, little things which used to ‘ tick’ me off, suddenly doesn’t seem important anymore, the fact that there isn’t anything to do on Saturday morning after a hard week at work, or my main dream of coming to Australia is to travel to as many places as how I used to be in Auckland, and I haven’t even been to all the places in Adelaide, or getting upset or offended with people, all this doesn’t seem to be as important anymore…..

Hence, stepping into the year 2008, it is my commitment to keep Him my priority in everything that I do, and to ‘avail’ myself to Him not because of what He can do, but what Jesus has done in the cross and my wish is that all of u will join alongside me in this journey….

My encouragement is ( to myself and to everyone ) is to dig deep to the core, do not settle for a mediocre life or live a half hearted life because He wants us to live a life which is FULL……and what a great start to this year, by committing ‘I’m all Yours and I surrender ‘………..