EMERGE CONFERENCEPREACHED BY PASTOR KONG-SESSION ONE;WHY WE BELIEVE IN CAMPUS MINISTRIES?Daniel 1:1
Daniel 1:2
Church is not going to settle for the third and fourth best.
It will settle for the first best.
Daniel 1:3
7 is the number of the Holy SpiritDaniel 1:4
13/30 window = greatest harvest field in the world
13/30 window = 14 years old to 30 years old
60% of the people = younger than 25 years old
MTV reaching out to 1 million youths, capturing young hearts.
What MTV knows, most church leaders/cgl don't know:1) Youths are very
open to new things
They are attracted to new things, MTV knows that, we must know that too.
2) Youths are
moldableThe older you gets, the more settled you are.
Youths are open, hearts soft, seeking after God.
3) Youths love to
dreamChurch must have visions and dreams.
MTV knows that but the church should do that and know that too.
The church must know the cost of the youths.
Young men shall see visions.
4) Youths have the capacity for
faithUnless you have child-like faith,
you will not be anointed.
5) Youths are the
futureYouths are not only the capacity of treasures, they themselves are the treasures.
Be sure to get the youths and get the treasures.
Daniel 1:4
You can only find people with the following qualities:-
-no blemish but good-looking
-gifted in wisdom
-possessing knowledge and quick to understand
-ability to serve in King's palace
-teach language and literature of Chaldeans
IN THE CAMPUS!!WHY IN THE CAMPUS?1) The campus is where
future leaders are trained.
2) The campus is where
major movements have started.
3) The campus is where values of capuses will be
values of society.
4) The campus is a
huge international mission field.
2 Kings 6:1-2
protest that the house is too small.
the ax head fell because it was borrowed.
destiny is not built on excitement.
How to succeed?1) You can never build on a
borrowed ax head.It's in the presence and power of God.
Not in the other physical things.
2) You can never build with a
dull blade.don't lose you cutting edge.
you got to get fully engage and cut through.
3) You can never build with a
missing ax head.Is word of God/prayer/Holy Spirit/devotion/church/cellgroup/encounter with God missing in your life?
4) You can never build with a
loose ax handle.Your greatest challenge is the sexual challenge.
5) You can never build using a
cracked handle.cracked handle = fear
with faith, impossible to please God.
Be walking by faith, not down with fear.
6) You can never build with a
shortened handle.there is no strength in your swing because of the shortened handle.
people din't succeeded because they can't get off their comfort zones,
so get off and out of your comfort zones.
7) You can never build if you are
too weak to swing the ax.You need the power of Holy Spirit.
2 Kings 6:6
Tree = Picture of Jesus
He gonna give you resurrection power.
If you want it,you got to take it.
Don't expect God to come and give you what you desire/want. Come and get it yourself.
2 Kings 6:7
Press in and get new vision and anointing to breakthrough.
-SESSION TWO; INNOCENCE AND VIRTUEJohn 17:14-17
Jesus says we are not of the world, we do not embracce the seven deadly sins.
Jesus pray to God that He will protect us and not take us away.
We are in the world but
NOT of the world.
"In the world" means you are in the society but your attitude and presence is different.
Matthew 5:13-16
The salt* engages and penetrates the world.
salt* = you
eg. The Da Vinci Code movie
should we ban? should we protest?
eg. The tree of knowledge of evil and good in the Garden of Eden,
God knew that Adam will be tempted and will eat up the fruit,
but God did not cut the tree off to solve the problem.
Innocence is not Virtue (power) Virtue is NOT Innocence. Virtue is Innocence tested. You are tested but you are strong on the inside.
A movie should not destroy your FAITH.
Holiness not exposed to evil.
Don't be gullible.
We penetrate the world.
7 Things of Society: 1) Religion
2) Family
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3) Business [Marketplace]
4) Education [Marketplace]
5) Government [Marketplace]
6) Arts [Marketplace]
7) Media [Marketplace]
Daniel 5:11
All ideology comes from Barbelona.
Holiness = attitude of your heart
Daniel has holiness but wear clothes that are of the world.
Daniel 1:17
Four young men:
- Daniel
- Shadrach = Moon God
- Meshach = like the Moon God
- Abed-Nego = servant of the God Nego
Daniel understood and knew everything.
His innocence was tested a lot of times, but he stood strong.
He is a man of prayer, fasting.
eg. If you are in the Business realm, be a real business man/woman.
Daniel was a special counsel.
Be baptised in the counsel of your trade.
Daniel 5:12
"excellent spirit" is NOT anointing/gift of God "excellent spirit" is attitude "excellent" is "attention to detail that give rise to superior performance which leads to promotion in life." Religious Obedience = insincere obedienceVirtue is NOT abstinence from the devilVirtue = exposure to evil but with ability to restrain yourself.Virtue = exposure + restrainRestrain = ability to draw the lineTaking care of details = thinking of the consequences, checking everything to be right, planning everything nicely. Be a person of excellence.
Belteshazzar = Belt will protect Daniel's life.
Belt = most powerful demon God
Romans 14:1-2
eg. Sun no longer called Sun church worker,
if you cant take it, get a life.
Daniel understood that the word/message might be sacred,
but the package is NOT.
<---------------------------->
Legalism___Paul_____Licentious
_________Joseph__"Cheap Grace"
__________Jesus
God loves party.
He loves colours, air, music, dancing.
You can/should/must be sharp, prosperous, relevant and fashionable.
Pastor's job:
- upgrade the packaging
- get off old conservative mindset
Daniel is only very young, but God used him to turn the word around.
Get off the old lifestyle, get into a fashionable, contemporary lifestyle.
-SESSION THREE; HOW TO HAVE SPIRITUAL HUNGER FOR THE THINGS OF THE LORD1 Chronicles 4:9
Jabez was a normal man with extraordinary ability.
honourable" in Hebrews = glory
anointing of God, glory of the Lord.
When they speak, they got a substance flowing out of Jabez.
How to have spiritual hunger for the things of the Lord?1) Jabez went after
prayer.have spiritual hunger and longing to seek God.
2 Chronicles 4:10
2) Jabez had
holy dissatisfactionas long as there is one person who doesn't know Jesus,
our territory is not big enough.
long more for God's presence.
be hungry for more of God.
3) Jabez really wanted to
serve God.
2 Chronicles 4:10
"Jabez" = painful
Jabez grew up in a lot of pain, struggling with rejections.
We live in a broken down world,
so we have problems, imperfection, but be like Jabez,
have faith, hunger for God, ask him to anoint you.
Jabez have spiritual hunger.Jesus have spiritual hunger, 12 years old, He can quote scriptures, baffle the leaders in the church.
The question now is NOT age.
The question now is HUNGER.Luke 10
Jesus did not keep himself to the 5000 men or 70 men whos eek Him for glory and other things.
Jesus gave Himself to 12 disciples because they are more interested and teachable.
Be willing to follow Jesus.
Jesus is looking for people to serve and honour Him.
having a ministry is NOT serving Jesus Christ
God is not looking for a ministry.
Be willing to be a disciple of Christ.
You do not need to be cool, hip or others for God.
You just have to seek God and God will bless you.
eg. Joshua will come and worshipJesus, until overflowing anointing comes upon him.
WHEN NO SPIRITUAL HUNGER?1) When you go a long way without food, your body starts to decline, body temperature drops,.
You lose passion, energy and fire for God.
"Many are called, few are chosen."
In many churches, many are cold, few are frozen.
People starts to get into temptation, lose mind, vision, things made on your idea and not God's idea.
Long period no water = dehydration, lose salt and no longer is the salt of the earth.
Don't lose your thirst.
Kidneys start to fail, poison gonna spread, you are gonna die.
How can you acquire a taste?eg. The Story of Pastor Kong
Pastor Kong changed his taste from fried foods to raw foods.
1) Be in a
right environment.2) Have plenty of
water around.
water = Holy Spirit
Anointing and glory will not come if there's no price paid.
3)
Experience God.
No one can force you.
eg. you can bring the horse to the fountain,
but you can't make it drink the water from the fountain.
4) Regularly
encounter God again and again.
-SESSION FOUR; THE SUCCESSFUL DANIEL.Ezekiel 14
Three persons: Daniel, Job and Noah
Daniel 1:3-4
5 things contributing to Daniel's success:1) Daniel was
physically healthy.
Proverbs 20:29
Serving God is a very demanding thing.
You got to be strong.
2) Daniel
groomed himself well.
Daniel was nice-looking.
Babelonians are not God so they will look at your outward physical appearances.
75% of job interviews are based on personal appearances.
Righteous will walk uprightly.
Grooming is important.
Look the best that you can.
Look good on your outward appearances.
3) Daniel
mastered Babylonian skills.
God gave you a Bible, you got to learn to read it.
Excel in my studies, master in arts and sciences.
4) Daniel has the
attitude to serve.
Attitude = Altitude
Greatest thing is to give love away, not to receive love.
Daniel has the ability to serve the King of Babylon, the most wicked king on earth.
5) Daniel spoke the
language of Babylon.
If you don't want to excel:
1) Be sickly.
2) Be sloppy.
3) Be ignorant, unsophicated, outdated.
4) Don't serve outside the church.
5) Don't contact within the world. {cannot relate}
Everyone did great things are like Daniel.
Everyone who did not do great things are like Pharisees.
Genesis 13:14-17
"Mamre" = to rebel
so it was a rebellious society.
"Hebron" = worldly place
"Hebron" = where the giants were
"Hebron" = demonic place
Years later, Hebron became an godly place and converted the people.
Acts 7:22
Moses was skilful in writing.
Moses was skilful to write after learning the skills in the world.
Moses wasn't religious.
He used the things in the world and coverted darkness into light.
Genesis 42
Joseph posed like a Egyptian so his brothers did not recognise him.
Egyptians love to adore themselves with jewelleries.
Pharaoh gave Joseph a ring, and Joseph wore it.
Genesis 44:2
Genesis 44:5
The cup was Joseph's symbol.
Joseph was a Hebrew but he did not look like it.
Joseph was just being relevant to his culture.
Hebrews 11
He was mentioned as one of the kings who did great things for the world.
Joseph's father gave him a shirt,
and he wore it even though his brothers will be offended.
Daniel din't look like a prophet at all,
he looks exactly like a Babylonian.
Daniel had extraordinary holiness and righteousness.
"Esther" = a star
"Esther" = name of the demon God
eg. "The story of the pretty lady"
A lady had a great voice but she could not serve as a worship leader, because she was too pretty, and the pastor actually thinks that she will seduce the people if she sing on stage. Until she grew older and had some wrinkles on her face, only then she was allowed to serve.
1 Peter 3
We must have inward beauty and outward gorgeous.
Esther saved the whole generation.
Being contemporary and relevant.
Jesus dressed like the people around Him.
Jesus was baptised into the culture.
It took a betrayer'skiss got the prophets to recognise and identify Jesus.
Jesus din't dress like a prophet.
Don't speak in tongues but withdraw from the world.
Holiness = presence and power of the spirit in your life
Holiness = love for God
Holiness is NOT what you din't do
Ezekiel 1:1
Chebar was in Babylon,
So it's the river of Babylon.
Ezekiel sat among the people of Babylon.
You will be anointed if you are a Babylonian in the system of the world,
want to be used to penetrate the world.
Ezekiel 1:4
Revival makes you an effectivee witness of the world.
Revival converts the world.
Holiness = walking in God's presence
Holiness = have fun
Holiness = encouraging one another
Ezekiel 1:5
Get into the cloud, in the cloud you can see cision.
Ezekiel 1:10
We present to the world our humanity
man = humanity
lion = authority
we walk in authority
ox = servant/worker
eagle = spirituality
eagle on the back, don't show your spiritual face to the world.
On the front, it was a human face, so show your human face instead.
Jesus is known as Jesus os Nazareth and man of Galilee.
Ezekiel 1:20
wheel = engine
wheel = power behind church/youth ministry/CHC
engine = Holy Spirit
engine = power and spirit of God
God wants to take us to a next level.
-SESSION FIVE; SAMSON AND YOUNG FOXESSamson was the strongest man in the Bible.
Judges 15:4
Three hundred foxes to plunder the grounds of Philistines.
3 = no. of TRINITY
10 = no of the LAW/ TESTING AND TRIALS
WHY YOUNG FOXES?1) Foxes are found in
every continent.
They are malleable.
2) Foxes have
large ears.
hear easily. youths can hear from God easily.
3) Foxes have
long muzzles.
Youths are open to God, they fall under power of God easily.
4) Foxes have
sharp visions.
Youths can see vision easily.
Acts 2
Foxes have
loud voices.
On Day of Pentacost, 120 spoke in tongues.
Youths love to praise God.
In the early years in church, the youths alawys praise God loudly.
6) Foxes are
swift and
agile.
They are swift to obey God.
7) Foxes are
cunning.
Youths want to get things they want, so they are problem-solvers.
8) Foxes have
territorial ambition.
They love to take authority of places/territories.
9) Foxes are good for
pest control.
Red foxes to cop with diseases spread by other animals.
10) Foxes are
sharp looking creatures.
God is raising up a new generation of people who are trendy, relevant and fashionable.
We have the power to change the agreement of the place.
place of agreement = place of power
Judges 15:14-16
The message we preached are sacred and holy but the method is NOT.
Don't get stuck in your old method.
We can get out of touch with society easily.
Samson was not afraid to use the jawbone to think out of the box.
The longer Samson's hair was, the longer he dedicate himself to God.
The world shaved Samson of his hair,
and he no longer continues his prayer.
If the world shave the church off their prayer, the church will become powerless.
We need to be relevant and on fire.
Don't forget about prayer.
The secret to grow church is in the power of prayer.
Everyone of us have a secret place where we can come and seek God, not interrupted, no computer, hp, mp3, whatever. No distraction.
The foundation of the things you want, you will grow into (ministry, career, etc.) must be built on prayer.
Samson's strength was in prayer.
He lost everything when he stopped praying.
Samson destroyed the Philistines because he decided to cry out to God again.
-SESSION SIX; SPIRITUAL BATTLESDaniel 5:1
Belshazzar = like the son
Daniel 5:2-4
Genesis 28:17
House of God = awesome place/gate of Heaven (where dreams and visions are formed)
The best item have got out of the church.
Devil taken gifts out of God's house through demons.
The church now settles for the second and third best.
Hebrews 11
talks about Jacob fulfilling God's purpose, but we limps through life.
Paul have a thorn in his flesh.
God did not take it away, but God says that He will be there for us.
eg. Pastor Phil Pringle's migraine.
eg. Rev. AR. Bernard's wife always falling sick.
eg. Sun limpling through life with depression.
But God gave her potential to counsel people.
eg. Pastor Kong has panic anxiety.
He feels nervous when he is in a crowd of strangers looking at him.
He will want to run away, sometimes vomited when he panicked.
True of matter is spiritual battles is hell.
When you walk with Jesus,
lots of problems are goign to happen.
But keep your commitment to Jesus Christ.
We are youths and adults who can take down the challenges and overcome it.
Seek the face of God no matter what.
Jesus was tempted in the widerness,
but He overcomed it and came out of the wilderness.
Daniel 5:5
The whole world is looking for supernatural power of God.
What is true in the natural gave us a glimpse of the supernatural.
It's time to get into the supernatural.
To take down the kingdom of darkness, God's power has to come.
God is going to use humanity.
Learn how to relate to people with your kindness.
As the world joins together, we are going to overtake the darkness.
Daniel 5:24-26
Daniel 5:27-29
"Mene" = Devil's days are numbered
"Tekel" = Don't measure up
"Peres" = Through your prayer and praise, God dismantle Satan's kingdom
"glory" Hebrews. = kabo
kabo = weight/substance
Have the weight of Heaven in your soul.
There is a price to pay on the weight,
it is waiting upon God.
That night, Beltshazzar was dead.
We are involved in destiny.