Most Birds fly – Eagles Soar

Isaiah 40:31

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

I hope you enjoy the new look. Decided t…

I hope you like the new look. I decided to go for a clean look and this is P2 – microblogging. It gives fast access to back end from the front in a Twitter /Facebook look and feel. It may not mean anything much to you but its a whole lot easier and faster for me and I don’t have to go back end to input even tagging.

The other cool feature is being able to see the comments right below the post.

I will switch again if I see something fancier than P2 but for now I am a happy customer.

I’m a Susan Boyle Fan



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I must admit…….. I like Susan Boyle. Along with 78,000,000 million others, I have watched that video clip at least 20 times. I even got my kids to watch it with me.

Most people were cynical and took her for granted when she walked on stage (Simon – most guilty). The old saying ‘Never judge a book by its cover’ is so true. Everyone thought that she was too old and didn’t have what it takes to be on that show but she proved them all wrong.

A wake up call!! Never look down on people. Treat everyone with proper respect!

A great inspirational story. Check out her new website http://www.susanboylemusic.com/gb/.

I can’t wait to get her new release ‘I dreamed a dream’ which is out this week (I think)! A perfect Christmas gift for families and friends this year.

Just saying!!!

It has been a crazy week. I have been involved in all sorts of meetings and stuff, I don’t wanna bore you with the details but it has been hectic lately with preparations and presentations.
The last three weeks we have been involved in 3 different funerals – families and firends. Today we buried one of our comrades, the last founding elder of our church Salatielu Sagala, who is also my wife’s uncle.
Tomorrow I will be at a mens breakfast, then call in to see our LifeChurch team – Sisters of Influence in action – serving the mums / ladies in Manurewa – giving our community a free pampering day. (They are going to be spoilt…I know that for a fact!) …..then off to do a lotu at a birthday in the afternoon and then speak at a Graduation Ceremony late afternoon. I am looking forward to this graduation. They asked me to speak on vision for young people / education.

I am also looking forward to doing tag team preaching this coming Sunday Morning with Mike Uini who is our Lifekids Director. It will be his first time preaching in our main service and I am excited to work with him and see him in action!

I think I am going to need a good dose of vitamin supplements tonight before i go to sleep.

By the way we are just about to get out of the house – go to the MOVIES, taking the family out!! I haven’t been to the movies for a while!! MJ here we come!!!………

Secret of Accomplishing

Reflecting on John 15

Jesus says: “Without me you can do nothing.” This is a powerful statement. Here lies the secret of achieving and accomplishing Gods mission in us. It is totally reliance on Him. He doesn’t say, “Without me you can do a little.” Jesus says that without him we can do nothing.

“We must come to realise more and more how totally dependant we are: we can do nothing, know nothing, and have nothing. “Without me you can do nothing”, says Christ. Think about it! The sooner we realise how helpless we are without him the more we need Him.”

St. Patrick. (c. 387 – 493) a missionary who brought the Gospel to Ireland. He was known as “The Enlightener of Ireland.”prayed this prayer.

Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise.

This man knew the secret of accomplishing his purpose and mission in life.

Pampering Day for Randwick Park Community

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you live in Randwick Park Manurewa, come along. this is for you. We want to give all the ladies of Randwick Park a special treat this Saturday!

Sunday Reflections!

What an amazing day at LifeChurch today.

I was blown away with the presence of God in the worship services. Seriously there are times when you just don’t want it to end. This morning I felt the worship time was just too short!

Two most important times for any pastor on Sunday morning. One is seeing people passionately worshipping God and seeing people responding to God’s Word. I saw both on this morning.

Fetu Evile – what an awesome testimony – it received a standing ovation!  A story of Gods faithfulness and fulfilling of his promise “I will never leave you nor forsake you”. I saw from the front a few men crying while she was telling her story. Personally I was trying very hard to hold back the tears. I believe God is going to use this story to bring lots of people to know Him! Thanks Fetu for your courage and strength and for sharing your story with us!

We had representatives from the Randwick Park Residents Group attended church to thank LifeChurch for the work they do in the community. I thought that was nice and also very special. It’s great when people recognized what the church is doing because the need to be visible I am not just talking about building. We are privileged to be able to have a partnership with the community. Thanks for the morning tea!!!

The sermons over the last few weeks have been a little strange……I am not sure whether it’s a wise thing to blog about since our own church folks will be reading this………………………..let me think about it!!

Our band did an awesome job today. We are so blessed as a church to have such dedicated & passionate young team of worshippers who happens to know how to play an instrument and can hold a tune.

That cake stall: ummm…. Not so sure ……..It didn’t help my waistline!! My weakness…………cakes and sweet stuff!!  I was tempted beyond my strength!!  And I must confess I fell from Grace today!! It was a sweet fall!!!! Thanks SWITCH!

One of our Senior members Salatielu Sagala passed away and in the first service we had some time to reflect and have open sharing / tributes. It was nice. One word the best describes him ‘a servant’.

I spoke on the ‘Name of God’. What an honour to be able to speak on Gods behalf and speak of His name….- The Name that is above all names!! I don’t take it lightly!! I sensed a special unction this morning…….

Meeting with Ed Delph in Auckland

I want to personally invite you to a meeting THIS WEEK with Pastor Dr. Ed Delph. Ed is not a stranger to the Church in this country. He was in New Zealand in the beginning of this year and we were privileged as ministers in Manukau to hear him in one of our Ministers Monthly Networks.

Ed has a unique perspective and understanding of what God is doing in the church today in reaching people for Christ through community involvements and the participation of government leaders, business leaders and church leaders in transforming community.

His recent book ‘Church @ Community is a must read for all pastors and leaders who want to make a difference in their community. Go online and read what other Government  & Church leaders are saying about Eds work. http://www.nationstrategy.com.

Please invite community leaders, church leaders, elders, pastors, staff even your leadership team to attend.

Wednesday 18th Nov 10:00am @ Manukau New Life  12 Jellicoe Rd. Manurewa

Servolution at Randwick Primary School

I just saw this today!!

http://www.randwickpark.school.nz/RPS_2009/Lifechurch.html#34

10 of the most frequently asked questions I get about Church

1. What is your church like?
2. How do you get so many young people to come to church
3. Where is your church building
4. Is your church Charismatic?
5. What are you doing that is growing the church
6. You do a lot of Community programs, where do you get all the money from
7. How long have you been pastoring?
8. How do you balance family time and church time?
9. How old is the church?
10. What is your church denomination?