| | hello aacfers!
is anyone else amazed about how quickly dead week and finals came? that just zipped by without me even noticing...
this week at
large group, we will be doing something we've never done before! in the
words of a leader who will remain anonymous, "it's kind of like speed
dating, but it's NOT." haha.. we want to teach you guys about the
simplicity of the gospel, and how easy it really is to begin a
spiritual conversation with your friends, especially those who don't
know Jesus yet. what we'll be doing is a little hard to explain... but
i guess you'll have to come on friday and find out! it'll be fun, don't
worry.
christmas banquetis
this saturday, 5pm at FBC. i know all of US have already bought tickets
(*cough* ahem), but in case you haven't bought one for your friend yet,
it's not too late! remember that this is the whole purpose of the
night: to present the gospel to our non-christian friends, both in
action and in word. it's not too late to invite people, so if you've
been saying to yourself, "yeah, i should invite that person to
banquet.." just do it! for those of you who already have, good on ya!
let's pray seriously for saturday, that God would do something amazing!
winter retreat
is just around the corner, believe it or not. our theme this year is
"Intimacy with God," spoken by pastor Ted Kang from SJCAC. he and his
wife have two lovely girls, whom you will get to meet at retreat. i've
talked to them a lot about retreat, and they are both praying hard for
God to move in our fellowship at this time. for all of you who went
last year, you know that God did something completely unexpected, and
it was a huge blessing to us all. keep praying for this year's retreat,
that God will move us even more powerfully, and that we would come back
to our campus changed! (**sign ups are this LAST WEEK at large group!
don't miss out!)
theme: Intimacy with God
time: January 12-14, 2007
location: Lake Lopez Canyon
speaker: pastor Ted Kang
price: $90 (for signing up by this week)
prayer meeting is tonight, 7:30pm. please talk to sam park about location.
i
hope that each and every one of you will be blessed in this last week
of the quarter! and bring your camera to banquet : ] see you all on
friday!
Love, AACF
. . .
random ramblings from nat:
d.e.v.o.t.i.o.n.s : for those of you who need encouragement in hard times... (for example, right now in dead week)
"Don't be afraid, I've redeemed you. I've called your name. You're mine.
When you're in over your head,
I'll be there with you. When you're in rough waters, you will not go
down. When you're between a rock and a hard place, it won't be a dead
end - Because I am God, your personal God, the Holy of Israel, your Savior. I paid a huge price for you: all of Egypt, with rich Cush and Seba thrown in!
That's how much you mean to me! That's how much I love you! I'd sell off the whole world to get you back, trade the creation just for you." (Isaiah 43:2-4 MSG)
when you buy something really expensive, you take lots of
effort to keep it nice and protect it. remember how nice you kept your
shiny new ipod in the beginning? you bought a nice little case for it,
and double checked every five minutes if it was still in your pocket.
God is the same way with you, except once you get old or bumped or
scratched he doesn't treat you any differently. he paid so much for
you, and he'll do anything to keep you his. that's how much his love is
for you. if he could trade all of the world for a guaranteed promise of
having your whole heart, he'd do it instantly.
that's why he doesn't condemn you when you're in the ruts. he
doesn't look at you in your shameful act and shake the finger. he
promises that he is WITH us, through thick and thin. because he is our
personal God, not just some far-off God in the distance, he understands
your difficult times. even when the entire world doesn't get it, he
understands. and he knows even better than you do.
no matter how long it's been since you've come down on your
knees in front of God, he is still faithful. no matter what rough time
you've gone through this quarter, he is still faithful. no matter how
angry you are at God, he is still faithful. and no matter how distant
his love feels right now, he is still faithful.
Lord, I pray for those who
need your love today, that you would make your love obvious to them. I
pray that they can see how much you love them, how much you value their
lives and their futures. During difficult times, I pray that we would
be able to see beyond the circumstance and look to your glory. I know
that your ways are higher than ours, and that we cannot even begin to
imagine the amazing futures that we have in You. Keep our eyes focused
on you, through finals week and through this season. Teach us how to
live for you each day.
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