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Discipleship begins at Home (Eph 6:4)

by Rev. Jeremiah Cheung Ephesians 6:4 “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” Discipleship begins at home. How? simply stated, we do discipleship at home by employing the “do not… instead” principle — “do not exasperate your children,” this is the negative approach; “instead bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord” is the positive approach. 1. Do not exasperate your children What does it mean to “exasperate your children”? It means we must not use inappropriate words or actions to provoke your children towards anger, so that lasting resentment is generated their hearts. There are 7 possibilities: we exasperate our children when we a. are […]

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Life on Life Discipleship (Acts 20:17-35)

by Rev. Jeremiah Cheung Discipleship is spiritual parents influencing spiritual children, as the saying goes, like father, like son. Modeling is the most important principle of discipleship. Today we elect our deacons. We must elect those who have life in them, those whose lives are good examples. From Paul’s exhortation to the elders in the church in Ephesus, we see that a good minister possesses right qualities: 1. Serve the Lord with humility 2. Serve the Lord with tears 3. Serve the Lord with trials 4. Serve the Lord with boldness 5. Serve the Lord with faithfulness 6. Serve the Lord with caution 7. Serve the Lord with a clear conscience 8. Serve the Lord with sacrifice Scripture passage: 17 […]

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One Thing That Determines All Things (Psalms 27)

by Rev. Jeremiah Cheung 如果你可以向神求一件事, 你會向神求什麽? 你先將你的答案放在心裡,最後我們再拿出來作比較。 大衛在詩篇27:4詋 [有一件事,我曾求耶和華,我仍要尋求 : 就是一生一世住在耶和華的殿中,瞻仰祂的榮美,在祂的殿裡求問.] 詩篇27篇是大衛在危難之中,那個時候他掃羅王追殺,掃羅派出全國最好的勇士去追殺他, 大衛連父母都不敢帶在身邊,他在嚝野逃命,在這個時候他卻冩下了詩篇27篇。他只求一件事,他要與神建立親密的關係,意思就是要認識神。 If you could ask one thing from God, what would that be? David says in Psalm 27:4, “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple.” David wrote this Psalm when he was in distress. At that time, King Saul was pursuing him and had sent the country’s best warriors to kill him. David couldn’t even bring his parents with him. He had fled into the wilderness. Despite the gravity of his situation, […]

November 24, 2013

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