How to run a fishy business - Rev Melvyn Mak

Luke 5:1-11

How can we become effective Fishers of Men?

1) Overarching calling will define who our Master is

2) Obedient Attitude - Delivers God's Miracles

3) Overwhelming Encounter - Declares Our Message

Luke 5:10b Catch Men, Mark 1, Matt 4 - a word implies Evangelism. Rom 10:13-15

v4,5 Similar passage John 21:1-6

What are these obstacles?

a) Fixed Mindset

b) Fear

v6-9 To do is something that should be driven from inside out

Acts 4:18-20

2 Kings 7v9

Even if you have overwhelming experience, you can still keep within ourselves. Real compassion is more than feeling but just do it. We need to serve direct from our heart.

Success in life is finding a need and meeting it. Matthew 9:37-38

Youth No Take 2 by Rev Eugene Seow

Ecclesiastes 12:1. 1 Timothy 4:12

Fear God and keep your commandment Ecc 12:13

3 Words

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- Opportunity Ecc 12:1

- Responsibility

- Destiny

OPPORTUNITY

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13/30 Windows => These age group are the Gen Y. If only the church will know what MTV will know. Why can't the church see the MTV see.

- open and flexible, impressionable

- idealistic, capacity for faith

- this generation is a treasure, MTV sees it as generating. Prov 4:23, Prov 4:20-22

RESPONSIBILITY 1 Tim 4:12

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I am a transformer!!

This age group - Over blessed under tested, over entertained under challenged

Matt 25:14-30

Age of youth is a age of responsibility. Joseph, David and Jeremiah, Josiah, Mary and Timothy = God uses the above. Salvation army - William started age 15. Charles Spurgeon started age 19. John Wesley started aged 26.

"Consider this fact that 90% of all professing Christians come to Christ before reaching 30 and 75% before the age of 25."

"Where there is no young people, there can be no lasting change." Eces 11:9

Youth age is age of learning responsibility. James Dobson - age of transfer from parents to the children.

Destiny - Jer 29:11

Don't ever say There is No You. Destiny .... In God's Plan = COOL. Faith Factor Acts 2:17

What Do You See?

Today's sermon on What Do You See? by Ps Eugene Seow is very enlightening. He links back to National Day Parade and when I reflected back to the preview that I watched 2 weeks ago, I felt alot of Singaporean cannot see.

He also mentioned about helping the needy. Then I recalled my lunch with Thurga, I remembered she shared that she is very happy that I brought her out that day as this is the first time she went out with friends. Having an autoimmune - multiple sclerosis at 21, life can be very unkind to her.

Due to her sickness, she draws away from her young and healthy friends. Daily, her tears will flow down her eyes and she always ask herself if she has a future. Glad I told her there is and encourage her to give God a chance to heal her.

Glad the 2 topics Ps Eugene mentioned today, I am there to witness it. I pray and hope there are many harvesters in Singapore willing to extend their hand to many needy out from their heart.