Ten Paradigm Shifts in church Toward Community Transformation

1. From building wall to building bridges: “You are the salt of the earth. . . You are the light of the world” (Mt. 5:13, 14).

2. From measuring attendance to measuring impact. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast. . . mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough” (Mt. 13:33).

3. From encouraging the saints to attend the service to equipping the saints for works of service. “It is (God) who gave some to be . . . pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service” (Eph. 5:11,12).

4. From “serve us” to service---from inward to outward focus. “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give . . .“ (Mk. 10:45).

5. From duplication of human services and ministries to partnering with existing services and ministries. “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work” (Eccl. 4:9).

6. From fellowship to functional unity. “. . .make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose (Phil. 2:2).

7. From condemning the city to blessing the city and praying for it. “Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper” (Jer. 29:7).

8. From being a minister in a congregation to being a minister in a parish. “As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it . . .” (Lk. 19:41).

9. From anecdote and speculation to valid information. The course of Nehemiah’s life (Neh. 1) was changed when he confronted two pieces of information: the walls and gates of Jerusalem were broken down; her people were in great distress.

10. From teacher to learner. “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak . . . (Js. 1:19).

quote from: http://www.culturalexpressionsmagazine.org/articles/the-urban-opportunity-ten-paradigm-shifts-towards-community-transformation

期待

当我看见了主，我就看见了你。当我每次思想着主的话，我突然有了盼望，是什么究竟让我这么紧紧的守着这一份对上帝的信心。是你，让我看见了上帝多么的重要，我感受到上帝是如此的爱我，爱你和每个人。我对上帝的盼望，生了期待，那分期待让我充满了希望，就是幻想着你出世的那一天，为带来我的生命另一个阶段的开始，温暖了我的内心，我想我看见了你，我会因此而感动落泪。我也幻想你诞生的那一刻是你最美丽，最璀璨的一面，为这世界添加了一个希望，虽然说这世界充数着邪恶与诱惑，不好的事接二连三的发生，不过我却相信你的诞生是上帝给这世界的一点曙光，当然我也不会把你称赞像耶稣一样，不过我却相信你会是一个能为这世界带来一点改变的人，而我也祷告着你是一个爱上帝的人。是的，我的期待对你来说担子好像重了点，不过不要照着我的期待活着，而是活出属于你自己的人生。我会一直向上帝祷告，直到你出生的那一刻。想和你说，我爱你，我想你，我未来的孩子。

上帝与人

上帝解释了人的存在；人解释上帝的存在。
我相信的是上帝，不相信的是人。
因为人有罪，他们的解释并不能让我相信。
所以要我怎样相信人解释上帝呢？
我不知道，我仍然在徘徊中，等待着圣灵的引导。

每個人都需要耶穌

平安夜，報佳音去。各家各戶都去報，總共十五戶。
有些住戶的家是豪華的，有些住戶的家是普通的。
儘管如此，我看見每個住戶都需要耶穌。
在他們的眼裏，他們把耶穌看為寶貴的禮物，
他們期待天使報來那美妙的佳音，述説那基督聖嬰的誕生。
是的，世人或許渴望聖誕節所能收到的禮物，是物質上的，
可是我覺得，還有一樣禮物，
是世人真正的需要，就是耶穌。
是的，每個人都需要耶穌。

我愛你

天父，我愛你。 :)

謙卑

是的，
主啊，我需要謙卑。
當我在崇拜時聽到這首詩歌時，
眼淚就不停的流出來，
心裏充滿著懊悔，
真的覺得自己不是一個合神心意的人，
求主赦免我們的驕傲，
求主看顧我們，
讓我們更有能力去戰勝我們的軟弱。

你兒子的禱告 (2)

阿爸父，求你給我一顆不懼怕的心，讓我能為著不公義的事而出聲，不要讓我懼怕邪惡，勇於面對這些挑戰。真的需要說出來，求助賜下信心，讓我繼續往前走，謝謝你。這禱告是奉我主耶穌的聖名所祈求的，阿門。