PLAYMAX Training

Hi guys

did you enjoy the playmax training?
I was SOO Impressed!!!

These guys are so focussed and passionate about what they are doing!!
I really hope that you guys will be like them, filled with a sense of destiny and conviction in what you are doing in life

I'll like to share what stood out for me that day.

It's this single point that we must preach a Gospel that saves.

It's so easy to just organise youth events and try to connect youths to the church.
At the playmax training, i was asking God what He was saying to us. I got this stirring that we need to be more than just tour guides, ushers, game leaders...

and when the point came about preaching a Gospel that saves, it just hit home!

this means that the lostness of man MUST grip our hearts..
that man is eternally lost without the gospel, left to face the wrath of God...

Hence the gospel is not just to serve a soft fuzzy feeling inside...
but it has to power to save

Do we understand what that means for us as messengers?

go for the max!!!

YMMP Session 3: Stewardship, Yvonne Huang

What is Stewardship?
The practice of systematic and
Proportionate giving of time, abilities,
material possessions and all God’s gifts
to us based on the conviction that they are a
trust from God, to be used in His service,
for the benefit of all mankind in grateful
acknowledgment of Christ’s redeeming love.

(Dr Han Kyung Chik)

Stewardship Check

Who Am I? – How do you see yourself?
What do I do? – home, church, community, work, activities, roles
Why are you doing what you do?
Where do you see Christ calling you to?
Where do you see yourself ultimately and
where do you see yourself today?
How do I practice stewardship

The Why of Stewardship

The Stewardship Mandate:
Genesis 1:27-31
Matt 28:18-19
A steward is a person who looks after something for someone.

Stewardship is about You & me
working as God’s vessels
entrusted with the gospel and His resources
to draw people to His kingdom
Our act of stewardship evangelises the people around us
Stewardship is for ALL
The Basic Principles of the Call to Stewardship
The Principle of Ownership

The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it. Ps 24:1-2
Everything belongs to God, including wealth and honor. 1 Chron 29:11-12
God is the Owner

The Principle of Trust

Stewardship begins with a relationship of trust between us and God e.g. of David, Joseph and Moses
God has entrusted us with His resources. Gen 1:28-31
Stewardship is a duty we perform on behalf of the Master. Luke 12:42-44

The Principle of Accountability

Stewards are called to be accountable. Matt 25:14-29
God will hold us all accountable for the resources entrusted to us.

The Principle of Delegated Authority

We are Joint Heirs and Ambassadors of Christ
God and Moses (Ex 3:10), Jesus and His disciples – “So I send you”
Jesus and all believers – Matt 28:19
The Where of Stewardship : A Lifestyle

The call to stewardship
is about every aspect
of our lives,
every where we go.

The How of Stewardship : Elements of Stewardship as modeled by Joseph – 4Ms
Managing
Mobilizing
Multiplying
Maximizing

Managing Resources (Rule & Subdue)

Management and administration: Joseph was overseer over Potiphar’s house and property (Gen 39:4). He was also put in charge of the prisoners (Gen 39:22)

Mobilizing Resources (Fill the earth)

Joseph executed a plan to mobilize grain during the time of plenty (Gen 41:48-49)

Maximizing Resources: (Increase)

Joseph maximized his resources – he gave the people bread in exchange for livestock (Gen 47:15-16)
He bought the land in Egypt for Pharaoh (Gen 47:20)
He assigned 1/5 of the harvest for Pharaoh (Gen 47:24)

Multiplying Resources (Be fruitful)

Joseph multiplied resources from the grain by selling it to the people during the time of famine. (Gen 41:56-57)
Qualities of a good steward modeled in Joseph’s life
Integrity – Joseph refused to betray God’s trust in him. (Gen 39:9)
Faithfulness/Godliness – The Lord was with Joseph and he was a successful man
(Gen 39:2). Joseph was faithful and trusted by Potiphar (Gen 39:2-5)
Wisdom – God gave Joseph wisdom to rule Pharaoh’s people (Gen 41:39)
Diligence – Joseph personally went through Egypt gathering up the food (Gen 41:46-49)

Reflection:

Consider your role as a leader. Where have you fallen short in your stewardship? Write down three things you will do (NOW) to enhance your stewardship as a leader.
Refer to Col 3:23-24

Steps to hearing God's voice

Steps to Hearing God’s Voice

YMMP 09

HOW GOD SPEAKS
The Bible – God’s word to you already.
Romans 12:2 – do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of you mind then you will know God’s good pleasing, and perfect will.

HOW GOD SPEAKS
Prayer and Worship Times – dedicated and devoted to focusing on Him – loving Him. God speaks in this place.
Circumstances – God can orchestrate our circumstances in many different ways to speak to us.
Other Christians – Listen to His voice through each other

HOW GOD SPEAKS
Dreams and Visions
Quiet Inner Voice – Will probably struggle to know whether this is really God or yourself.

STEPS

1. Worship God
– focus on Him

2. Check Your Heart
– allow the Holy Spirit to search your heart
– Psalm 66:18 – if you had cherished sin in your heart the Lord would not have listened

Psalm 139:23-24 – search me and know my heart…see if there is any offensive way in me…
James 5: 16 - confess your sins to one another that you may be healed…prayer of righteous man is powerful and effective

3.Lay Down Your Thoughts, Desires, Imaginations, Distractions, Agendas
- Proverbs 3:5-6 – trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct Your paths.

4.Resist the Enemy
– James 4:7 – resist the enemy
– 1 Peter 5:8-9 – be self-controlled, alert, resist, stand firm, etc
- Ephesians 6: 10-18 – armor of God
-esp verse 17 – helmet of salvation and sword of the spirit
- through practice using your ‘sword’ (Word of God) get aggressive with it

5.Listen to the Holy Spirit
– Wait
-Psalms 62:5, Psalms 81:11-13

SUMMARY of STEPS
1. Worship God
2. Check Your Heart
Lay Down Your Thoughts, Desires, Imaginations, Distractions, Agendas
Resist the Enemy
Listen to the Holy Spirit

Remember…
God speaks to have relationship with you
God’s ability to speak is greater than your inability to hear.
God wants to change us from being driven people to being drawn by Him.


Remember…
The static, and inability to hear God’s voice comes from the un-submitted parts of our life.

What’s hindering you from hearing God?
- unbelief, fear, apathy, pride, and self sufficiency, disobedience, rationalism, independence


Remember…
We NEED God!!
We were created to receive comfort from God and if we aren’t receiving it from Him we will search for it elsewhere
False comforts
-sports
-lust
-food

Remember…
If God has something important to tell you, He will tell you Himself.
God will communicate to you.
He will make clear in His time to reveal things to you

YMM Session 2: Hearing God's Voice, Ken Chua

Hearing the Voice of God by Ken Chua 27^th April 2009

What is hearing God’s voice?

Hearing God’s voice is a very wide topic but I’ll like to set a foundation for it before Simon introduces some steps

How many of you had a crisis before that you can’t handle?

How many of you had a crisis that you felt wasn’t fair?

How many of you have read through the Bible?

How many of you believe the Bible is the word of God?

How many of you believe what you read in the Bible is absolutely true?

Hearing God’s voice is very big. Waiting, intercession is just a small part of hearing God’s voice.

Many of my students say they still haven’t heard God’s voice because they expect an audible voice.

Illustration

My daughter trusts me so she asked if she could go for a water ride at the theme park?

Why did my daughter ask for the ride? So she can enjoy herself.

Hearing God’s voice is knowing God.

1. Faith

How many of you believe the Bible is the word of God?

How many of you believe what you read in the Bible is absolutely true?

Simon invited me because he had faith in me, not because he has heard me speak, or because I am a good speaker.

Roman 8:28

“All things…” means ALL. EVERYTHING happens for a reason.

The Word is true, 100%. There is no gray area.

Why do I say that? If my daughter doesn’t believe that, she will not ask me to bring her to the ride.

If we can’t establish the fact that the Bible is 100% true, then we can’t move on in hearing God’s voice.

2. Knowing God

We start out in faith in our Christian walk but we have to move on to knowing God.

My son made a naughty face because he wanted to see how I was going to react to his act. He knows that his father would react if it did not please him.

Believing in God, having faith in God doesn’t mean that everything is going to be smooth sailing.

We need to move on knowing Him.

3. Respect

My son stopped doing a naughty act because he respects me

Many people reverse the sequence.

How many of you had a crisis before that you can’t handle?

How many of you had a crisis that you felt wasn’t fair?

How many of you have read through the Bible?

How many of you believe the Bible is the word of God?

How many of you believe what you read in the Bible is absolutely true?

They meet a crisis and then they read the Bible.

It should be the other way round where we read and believe the Bible, and that helps us later when we meet a crisis.

The Bible is WYSIWYG. What you see is what you get. Believe that when you read the Bible.

Start knowing your Father, the God of the Bible.

When you know Him, He’s with you everyday. It’s not just about solving the problem

If you don’t know God, when things happen in your life, you will feel many things are unfair.

Faith, Knowing God and Respect are the foundations of Hearing the Voice of God.

A same kind of molding will come back if we give up and not respond in respect to our Father.

People who run around to chase after prophetic word. More important to know God than to find out your future.

Sheep are stupid. They need to hear God’s voice to guide them. And they only hear the shepherd.

Intercession, waiting for the Lord is just a small portion of hearing God’s voice.

We need to know Him to hear His voice

We hear God in the little, little things. God is there and always speaking to you.

If we are not improving, we are regressing.

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird; it would be jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg.

We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg.

We must be hatched or go bad".
C.S. Lewis

Practice:

Ask God: “Why are you here?”

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Q&A

What happens when we hear God and our pastors don’t?

Sometimes we want to be so accurate so that we can live out rightly. It’s a form of Kiasu-ism. We don’t want to miss it. It’s not wrong but it’s not the best perspective.

Hearing God’s voice is about obedience. Not to walk the right way and be afraid to make the wrong choice.

Don’t need to think that the world is against you. But honour values like submission to authority,

Is it ok to not get it right the first time?

It’s not about getting it right but about doing it because you love God.

Story of team member who needed money and team leader had money. He did not release the money and a man ended up in the airport to bless them. When he held back, 3 persons were blessed instead of just 2.

Why do you want to hear God’s voice?

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God’s desire to speak to us is greater than our inability to hear

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YMMP Session 1: Conflict Resolution, Benny Ho

Do you remember...

the 3 things about Conflicts?

1. The Reason for Conflict- Hendonism or Self

2. The Result of Conflict - Hostility and Separation

3. The remedy for Conflict - Humility and Submission

the 3 levels of Conflict?

1. Organisational

2. Personal

3. Spiritual

the 4 Pitfalls to avoid?

1. Driven by Power

2. Driven by Popularity

3. Driven by Presumption

4. Driven by Passion

the Vision and our Inspiration

The Vision

The vision is JESUS – obsessively, dangerously, undeniably Jesus.

The vision is an army of young people.

You see bones? I see an army. And they are FREE from materialism.
They laugh at 9-5 little prisons.

They could eat caviar on Monday and crusts on Tuesday.
They wouldn't even notice.

They know the meaning of the Matrix, the way the west was won.

They are mobile like the wind, they belong to the nations. They need no passport..

People write their addresses in pencil and wonder at their strange existence.
They are free yet they are slaves of the hurting and dirty and dying.

What is the vision ?

The vision is holiness that hurts the eyes.

It makes children laugh and adults angry.

It gave up the game of minimum integrity long ago to reach for the stars.

It scorns the good and strains for the best.

It is dangerously pure.

Light flickers from every secret motive, every private conversation.

It loves people away from their suicide leaps, their Satan games.


This is an army that will lay down its life for the cause.

A million times a day its soldiers choose to loose

that they might one day win

the great 'Well done' of faithful sons and daughters.

Such heroes are as radical on Monday morning as Sunday night.

They don't need fame from names.

Instead they grin quietly upwards and hear the crowds chanting again and again: "COME ON!"


And this is the sound of the underground

The whisper of history in the making

Foundations shaking

Revolutionaries dreaming once again

Mystery is scheming in whispers

Conspiracy is breathing…

This is the sound of the underground


And the army is discipl(in)ed.

Young people who beat their bodies into submission.

Every soldier would take a bullet for his comrade at arms.

The tattoo on their back boasts "for me to live is Christ and to die is gain".

Sacrifice fuels the fire of victory in their upward eyes.

Winners. Martyrs. Who can stop them ?

Can hormones hold them back?

Can failure succeed? Can fear scare them or death kill them ?


And the generation prays

like a dying man

with groans beyond talking,

with warrior cries, sulphuric tears and

with great barrow loads of laughter!

Waiting. Watching: 24 – 7 – 365.


Whatever it takes they will give: Breaking the rules.

Shaking mediocrity from its cosy little hide.

Laying down their rights and their precious little wrongs, laughing at labels, fasting essentials.

The advertisers cannot mould them.

Hollywood cannot hold them.

Peer-pressure is powerless to shake their resolve at late night parties before the cockerel cries.

They are incredibly cool, dangerously attractive

inside.

On the outside?

They hardly care.

They wear clothes like costumes to communicate and celebrate but never to hide.


Would they surrender their image or their popularity?

They would lay down their very lives - swap seats with the man on death row - guilty as hell.

A throne for an electric chair.

With blood and sweat and many tears, with sleepless nights and fruitless days,

they pray as if it all depends on God and live as if it all depends on them.


Their DNA chooses JESUS. (He breathes out, they breathe in.)

Their subconscious sings. They had a blood transfusion with Jesus.

Their words make demons scream in shopping centres.

Don't you hear them coming?

Herald the weirdo's!

Summon the losers and the freaks.

Here come the frightened and forgotten with fire in their eyes.

They walk tall and trees applaud, skyscrapers bow, mountains are dwarfed by these children of another dimension.

Their prayers summon the hounds of heaven and invoke the ancient dream of Eden.

And this vision will be. It will come to pass; it will come easily; it will come soon.


How do I know?

Because this is the longing of creation itself, the groaning of the Spirit, the very dream of God.

My tomorrow is his today.

My distant hope is his 3D.

And my feeble, whispered, faithless prayer invokes a thunderous, resounding, bone-shaking great 'Amen!' from countless angels, from hero's of the faith, from Christ himself.

And he is the original dreamer, the ultimate winner.
Guaranteed.

YMMP Overview

YMMP Objectives

1. To help nurture growth in the lives of promising youths
2. To help them discover their individual calling and destiny

Key Verse

“but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.”- Daniel 11:32b KJV

Mighty Men Values

Dependence on Prayer
Growth through the Word
Effectiveness from Anointing of Spirit
Posture of Humility
Tithing the Best
Value every Youth

Activities Overview

READ-Bible Overview in 90 days

WRITE-Journal Writing twice a week

PRESENT- a Fruit of the Spirit

DO-Blessing Project 1 person/week

IMPART-Basic Follow Up


Prayer Groups

Josheb- Leslie,Elin,Tat Tong,Helen and Stan

Eleazar- Sherman,Eliz,Yushan,Simon

Shammah-Mun Loon,Jasmine,Eileen,James

Abishai- Samuel,Shumin,Evon,Justin

Welcome to YMMP blog!

Here is the latest schedule, updated 21 may 09

Do remember your Fruit of the Spirit devotional schedule, starting tmr with Mun and Elin!!(names in red)

YMMP Schedule 2009

Date/Time	Topic	Speaker	Remarks/Devotional
Session 1: 25nd April Saturday 930am to 1230pm	Conflict Resolution	Benny Ho	Seminar Week 0
Session 2: 27th April Friday 730 to 11pm	Hearing the voice of God	Ken Chua	Week1
Session 3: 8th May Friday 730 to 11pm	Stewardship	Yvonne Huang	Week 2
Session 4: 22nd May Friday 730 to 11pm	Fear of the Lord	James	Week 4 Mun, Elin
Session 5: 5th June Friday 730 to 11pm	Relationships	Ian Wong	Week 6 ShuMin,Sherman
Session 6: 12th June Friday 730 to 11pm	The Fruits and Roots of Pride	DVD	Week 7 Leslie, Jasmine
Session 7: 19th June Friday 730 to 11pm	Submission and Authority	Simon	Week 8 Samuel, Eliz, Yushan,
Session 8: 27th June Saturday 9am to 10pm	Repentance and Forgiveness	Simon	Week 9
Session 9: 3rd July Friday 730 to 11pm	Missions	Ed Pousson	Week 10
Session 10: 17th July Friday 730 to 11pm	Spiritual Warfare	Rev Niam	Week 12
Session 11: 7th Aug Friday 730 to 10th Aug Monday-National Day Long Weekend **Part 2:Summary Local Camp		Simon	Week 15 **Part 1: PLAYMAX: June 12,13 Part 2