Following Our Example

I saw a kid, who is 6 and just learning to read, often saw his parents and grandparents reading their Bibles in the morning service. He tried to touch his parents and grandparents' Bibles. He tried to sit next to them. He wanted to follow the example of spending time with God even he's still young.

Timothy, a young disciple of Paul, faced heavy responsibilities in the church of Ephesus-training believers, leading in worship, countering the false doctrine. The older, experienced apostle Paul gave him instruction on leading the church in these areas, but he also mentioned the importance of personal conduct. Timothy said in 1 Timothy 4:12, "Be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity."

In 1 Timothy 4:16, Paul challenged Timothy to take heed to himself and to the doctrine. If he paid attention to his own spiritual life and to solid doctrine, he would be a godly example to the church family.

Now, we are as the christian student leaders in our campus, have we set an example even we are still young? We all have others who are observing us, our parents, friends, CCC staff, lecturers, and others. If we still follow to Christ's commandment and keep obeying, we will be a good example to lead others to Christ. Let's live our lives in such a way that those who follow our example will help others in their walk with God.

PRAY: Lord, help us to live a godly life, of faith and love and purity. So those who follow what we do will grow in their maturity

More than words

Thank you for the breath I still inhale

Thank you for the eyes to see Thy creations

Thank you for the mouth to taste the food

Thank you for the nose to sniff

Thank you for the ears to hear

Thank you for the feet to spread on your light

Thank you for the hands to serve people who need

Thank you for your faithfulness

Thank you for never leaving or forsaking me

Thank you for loving me unconditionally

Thank you for forgiving my sins

Thank you for peace of mind

Thank you for the knowledge

Thank you for doing exceedingly abundantly above what I can imagine or think

Thank you for wiping away my hurt pain, and tears

Thank you that I can bring every care and concern to you

Thank you for giving me the desires of my heart

Thank you for meeting all my needs

Thank you for protecting me and keeping me safe

Thank you for providing me with opportunities to succeed

Thank you for my family, friends, and loved ones

Thank you for my students and co-journers who walk together with me

Thank you for loving people and being loved

Thank you for the life-mate whom you've prepared

Thank you for your ultimate sacrifice

Thank you for giving me a hope and a future

Thank you for divine prosperity and abundance

Thank you for overflowing joy

Thank you for causing me to soar above my problems

Thank you for working out all things for my highest good

Thank you for lifting me out of darkness

Thank you for changing my life which impact on others' life-changing

Thank you for experiencing you more in the beginning of the day

Thank you for the boldness

Thank you for divine wisdom

Thank you for contentment

Thank you for guiding my footsteps and directing my paths

Thank you for turning my ashes into beauty

Thank you LORD, you are more than words, not enough to say my thankful

By: Hilbert Josua Handel Sasiang

Students Led Movement

• Students have plans & Students' movement not staff's movement

I always praise God when I see students who take part in spiritual movement at their campus. They made the plan and they did. They saw it as students movement and didn't see as the staff movement on their campus.

• They work based on Dream Giver's Vision, to reach-out the losts

They  do this movement because they knew to fulfill the Great Commission as what Jesus said to all believers. They are not afraid to be under CCC or staff, they do because they have hearts for others who need God's love-salvation.

• Students Led Movement =/= Students Led Spiritual Activities

Movement is not equal to spiritual activities such as fellowship, bible study, or else. But spiritual activities can help to reach the purpose of movement. For example, if you have fellowship everyweek but just stay there, can you call it as movement? If you have continuous bible study but just bible study without the leader leads his/her disciples to lead discipleship and take initiative for movement, can you call it as movement?

Students Led Movement in Poland 

Students Led Movement in CCC Thailand Conference

• The students leader are not working alone, they pray and challenge other students to take part

It's good to see movement not only by one student leader, they invite other students after share vision and challenge them to do the same, it's good to see movement as a team. You can support each others and encourage, you can discuss the strategy to reach-out the lost students in your campus, you can spend time together with bible study and free time like one hearted family in Christ. It's very WONDERFUL!

• Staff just equipped student leaders, student leaders will decide and make the movement alive 

Like MAWL (Modelling, Assisting, Watching, Leaving), the same here, the first time, staff will be a model, then staff just assist as the student leaders take initiative to make the movement alive. Staff will watch and give feedback in addition for suggestions, and staff will leave, the student leaders will take full movement and do by the students. Kuya Jojo from CPU said, MAWL is like making the student to become a leader,

I lead you watch

I lead you assist

You lead I assist

You lead I watch

• Fully depends on God to search His presence by prayer movement

The first goal of building movement is having prayer as the culture. By praying, we will know what God wants us to do, to align to Dream Giver's vision. By praying, we will be encouraged again, something we see as FAITH and not by SIGHT. So, when we fully depend on God, we know that Our Creator is bigger than our FEAR to do what Jesus commanded to us.

• 4 C

To build the movement in our campus, we can have 4 C as the core mindset of movement, the first C is for commitment. When we have commitment to do our movement, this commitment is not for human, this commitment belongs to our God. The second C is for consistency, as the student leaders who lead the movement, we should have consistency that movement is the life-time journey. The third C is for creativity, I believe the students always have creativity, they should maximize their talents. The last C is for calling, actually as the students, they will have calling from God to do their movement after they finish their study in university (this is what we called 7 mountains).

God's Wisdom is Above All

If someone asked you, what you want? I will definitely give it all, about what you will ask? Surely we will not ask for half-hearted,certainly warranted we will ask all the special things.

The same has been questioned by God to Solomon, what do you want? Solomon did not ask for riches, honor, strength, and so on.Solomon asks only one thing that is wisdom. Wisdom that comes from God is far beyond anything in the world. Wisdom given byGod would equip all the needs that Solomon needed. More thanwisdom, God also adds richness and longevity to Solomon.

So, if God asks the same thing to us as student leaders, whether the things we want to ask from God?

John 15:7, "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you."

W-I-S-D-O-M for student leaders:

Wisely thoughts

Inspire others

Self-control to emotions

Delightful to God, families and friends

Obedient according to His word

Model for other students in life by sharing faith

Revive me, O God

A few days ago, I sat down in my bed, I awoke from my dream. It's like a short dream - that's so fleeting. It came across my mind at night and then went away in the morning when I woke up. Then so many questions came inside. What can I do for my generations? What is the simpe thing I can do?

At that time, I heard the bird's voice and I saw brightly sun's light entering my room. Silently and quiet place, ahh..it's better to come to God before I started my activities. There's no comfort place for me to face my lovely Creator. There's no comfort place to tell my stories what I've done here in my life. Nobody else knows, but God knows and always hear what I am.

When I wanted to worship Him, I didn't know what song I should start to praise Him. I prayed, "O God, as the same questions which came into my mind, I want You to use me to be a humble servant." Some words came into my mind and I started to praise God. I didn't know from where that words came, but I am sure the words came from Him. Here is the words of that song,

(In Indonesia)

Aku melangkah jalani hidup ini

Bersama dengan waktu yang terus melaju

Untuk apakah aku ada di sini Tuhan

Kalau bukan untuk melayani-Mu

Inilah aku di hadapan-Mu Tuhan

Bersama dengan segala yang aku miliki

Pakailah aku Tuhan sebagai alat-Mu

Menyelamatkan jiwa yang terhilang

Reffrain:

Bangkitkan aku, bangkitkan aku

Jadikan aku hamba-Mu yang setia

Bangkitkan aku, bangkitkan aku

Jadikan aku hamba-Mu yang berkenan

With Hybrid team (Daylinda, Eviejoy, NJ, Rexyl, Nico, Kuya Reuben, Me, and Marwin) 

With the sunday school teachers batch 2008

With my sunday school students

(In English)

I am walking on, still walking through this life

Together with the time which is kept going

For whether I am here, to be here with You, O Lord

If I was not to serve, my glorious Thee

Here I am Yours, in Your presence, O God

Along with all that I have which You gave for me

I surrender my life to be used as Thy instrument

For reaching out and save them who were lost

Reffrain:

Revive me, O God. Revive me, O God

Please make me becoming a faithful one

Revive me, O God. Revive me, O God

Please make me to be Your pleasing servant

This song has been my reflection. Have I served my God with all of my heart, my mind, and my soul? Have I given all that I have to be used by God? Have I let God to use me to save the losts? I hope and I always pray for all of us to have the same spirit like this song told us to be humble and condescend servants. Let Him used us all of our days to reach out the losts! All the glory only to God!

Make Me a Servant

Leaders are the ones who serve. Not only leading people but also the ones who care his/her people.

May this song be blessing for everybody who listen.

Make me a servant-Maranatha Singers

Enjoy being a servant in God's presence!

For You are the only One

O God, You are my place

To lift up my burdens

You listen to my prayer

In the time of distress

Sometimes my thoughts trouble me

And my heart is in anguish

But You are still the one

Who calms they down

O God, You are my shelter

From the horror of enemies

Far away from the tempest and storm

You guard my mind and heart

Sometimes I am confused to the wicked

Foes are raising against me

But You are still the one

Who besides me forever

O God, You are my joy

For my salvation is You

And You are my mighty Saviour

You ransom me from the dead and sins

So, I will cast my cares to the LORD

And let Him sustains me

For You are the only one true God

Who will never let the righteous fall