Yes, there are very little growth, in this case it’s street convert and people who are far away came back to join us. What we really wanted is exponential growth! The altar call to me, during the service for the past weeks makes my stomach extremely uneasy. I believe not only me, but the people in my group too. There’s really this stirring within our hearts to continue to work and be greatly assured by God’s promises.
So the solution was out. We aren’t supposed to think so much about growth. We are supposed to work so that we could grow! This week was a week of growth in terms of quality and quantity. We even have visitor already! Most people in the group had their fervor increased.
God have been evident through our lives this week. We’re all godsmacked this week. The turning point is when we all decided to commit to the common vision and allowing the same God that did miracles, as seen in the bible, to move through our doings. Reality is another stumbling block for us, in the sense where there will be some people that will not fully commit to the whole movement along with us. Nevertheless, we moved on and there’s BREAKTHROUGHS!
People sometimes will say, “God, you’ve not been evident in my life”. But the fact is that we’re not even doing anything to allow God to be evident in our lives!! In the end, we’ll grumble and start blaming God. God is not an object or idol, He should be the Lord of all in our lives.I’m also convicted about D4RE(Determination 4 Reaching Everyone)! It is our group’s motto! We want to be people that, Dare to be different! Dare to stand firm for the Gospel! Dare to make a difference in Sphere of Influence!! For me, I beg to differ from the World! I want to be a Daring Christian! And for the group, we really wants to be believers that are not easily influenced by people of the world. We wants to burn that bridge that leads us back to the world. Because our lives are changed by God, through that very cross paid by flesh and blood, not the World.
[By Sherman Peh]
