After all the sermons and the hoos and the haas on excellence, you may still find or argue that there is no real solid reason for you to stand for excellence.
'So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.'
Genesis 1:27
Hence, with full faith of Genesis 1:27, we are the beholders of excellence, since God is the God of excellence and we being created in His very own image signifies the image of excellence.
Alrights, for those of you who are more mathematical, here goes:
God = God of excellence
Image of God = Image of His excellence
Mankind = Image of God
Mankind = Image of His excellence
Get the picture?
God did not stop just there. He gave us a glorious promise to look forward to in 2 Corinthians 4:17 (don't be lazy, go check it out now:)) But why do we still 'fall short of the glory'? Wake up people of lala-land. We got to fight for this glory. I doubt we will inherit the glory that outweighs all if all we do is living a life of trends, of imitating what the world does and stubbornly (sometimes blindly) following their sloppy values. Warfare is real. I don't know how to show you the real-ness of it, but I know you've got to fight for this glory. Many earthly things will try to rob you of this light, potentially doing great and marvelous things for God's kingdom. Do you just sit and stare, letting this greater life whizz past you?
C'mon detons. It's time to show the world and devil that we are serious in doing our best for God, no matter the hurdles. Strengthen your hearts people, let nothing stop you from inheriting the glorious life that God so willingly give to those who fear Him.
Look forward to!:
a spiritual breakthrough.
This Week @ Detonate:
No stranger, our dear Brother Andrew Yeo from Cornerstone church will be here to share God's Word:) We believe and pray that God will use His servant to deliver the Word upon God's heart. NOTE Our service timing will be officially changed to 4.30pm at the same place. It will be a whole one hour of pure prayer and worship for a time of intimacy with our God. No fanciful stuff, no pharisee mindset. Just a heart hungry for God's heart. Join the whole ministry in this time of breaking through. Will you be part of the army? Or a spectator?
Prayers from the Body:
Do continue to keep him in prayers as Brother Zen progresses in the recovery stage. God indeed is faithful to our dear brother and God will see through his entire recovery. May Brother Zen use this moment to glorify God and be His witness to many. We look forward to you joining us again bro!
Do keep Pastor and Brother Edward (Lucas' dad) in utmost prayers as they leave Singapore to East Timor on Friday morning. We pray that God will use His servants to do life-changing works for the East Timorese and be such an encouragements to the workers and believers in this land. We pray also for God's mercy throughout the entire trip that they be filled with supernatural strength to do great things for God's glory. Amen!