Ask God to Help You Get Where You Want to Be ...PRAYERS

Let us depending on God to achieve our success via continues praying for our goal. God is willing to bless us according to HIS best plan. We can learn from the Psalmist’s prayer:”O LORD, save us; O LORD, grant us success” (Psalm 118:25). Furthermore, Apostle Paul also told us: “And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God “(Colossians 1:10,) ….
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by Rick Warren
"O Lord, God of my master, Abraham," he prayed. "Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham." Genesis 24:12 (NLT)
The fourth step to getting where you want to be in life is simple: ask God to help you.
Step #1 - Determine your present position
Step #2 - Be specific about what you want
Step #3 - Look for God's promise
Step #4 -- Ask God to help you
Once you have found your promise in God's Word, pray and ask God for success, just as Eliezer did in today's verse.

Is it really okay to pray for success? Yes! If you aren't praying for success, what's the alternative? Are you going to pray for God to make you a failure? Eliezer clearly shows us that it is okay to ask God for success in accomplishing a goal as long as the motive is right.

When your success helps people and honors God, praying for success does not become a selfish act. It is the means to good testimony. In fact, here is what the Bible says, "So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God and there we will receive mercy and we will find grace to help us when we need it" (Hebrews 4:16 NLT).

If you study Genesis 24 further, you'll find that Eliezer prayed during his entire mission. In verse 12 he prays before he starts. In verse 15 he prays after he arrives in Nahor. And in verse 52 he prays in front of Rebekah's family.
So my question to you today is this: Are you praying about your goals? Are you praying about your future? Are you praying about your dreams or are you just kind of keeping them to yourself?

Your prayers reveal a couple of things. First, they reveal how serious you are about your goals. If you don't pray about them, you really don't care about them that much. If you only pray about them once, they are not a desire, they are just a whim.
The other thing your prayers reveal is how much you are depending on God to reach your goals. If you never pray about your goals, never pray about your job, never pray about your finances, you are not depending on God in any of those areas. The more you depend on God, the more you'll pray.

So determine your present position, decide what you want, find a promise from God to hold onto, claim it, and then ask God for help

God's Promise for You .....

Beside knowing Step #1 - Determine your present position & Step #2 - Be specific about what you want, we must and essential to know, aware and understand God’s promises……..

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God's Promise for You
by Rick Warren

Abraham said, "The Lord brought me from the land of my relatives to this land and he has solemnly promised me that would give this land to my descendants." Genesis 24:7 (NCV)

It's not just enough to know where you are and where you want to go. To help you faithfully press toward your goal, you need to find a promise from God.

The Bible has over 7,000 promises from God to you - promises of success, confidence, health, prosperity, strength, wisdom and more. Why does God make these promises?
Because he wants you to learn to trust him.
From yesterday, we learned that to prepare for a decade of destiny, you should take these steps -
Step #1 - Determine your present position
Step #2 - Be specific about what you want

The next step is --
Step #3 - Look for God's promise
When you set a goal, don't focus on the problems, focus on the promises. Find a promise in God's Word that will take you to your goal.
This is what Abraham does when Eliezer, his servant, starts to worry about accomplishing the goal he is given. In today's verse, Abraham tells Eliezer about the promise he received from God: "He'll [God] send an angel before you so that you can find a wife there for my son" (Genesis 24:7 NCV).
You don't need an angel because dozens of time in Scripture God has said, "I'll be with you no matter where you go." God is always with you whether you feel it or not. You just need to plug into the power.

Back in 1980, the first year I started Saddleback Church, a reporter asked me, "How big do you thing this church is going to get?" I said, "20,000 people by 2020." The reporter looked at me and said, "Who do you think you are?" I told him, "The question isn't who do I think I am, the question is 'Who do I think God is?'"
The size of your God determines the size of your goal. And godly goal-setting always starts with a promise of God. Don't look at your limitations; look at the promises of God.

Ask yourself, "What promise can I claim?" With 7,000 promises in the Bible, you might not know where to turn. To help prepare you for your decade of destiny, we're going to cover a promise a day in our DriveTime Devotions. You can sign up to receive them at www.drivetimedevotions.com.

How to Focus Your Life !!!

Many times we are asking ourselves these questions: Where m I now? Where m I heading on? What should I do? What would be the changes I need? ?????
Below is an article written on “ How to Focus Your Life” for your pleasant reading:
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How to Focus Your Life By Rick Warren

"Abraham was now old and well advance in years, and the Lord had blessed him in every way." Genesis 24:1 (NIV)

The next ten years can be the greatest of your life. They can become a Decade of Destiny, where your life is focused and, as a result, you're able to make an impact in all you do.
To get where you believe God wants you to go and be what you know God wants you to be, there are several steps you need to take that will get you focused --

Step #1 - Determine your present position
You've got to know where you are before you can know where you are going. To do that, ask yourself two questions:
Where am I now? Where are you spiritually, financially, emotionally, relationally, physically, and occupationally?
What would I like to change? In all of those areas you identified, what would you like to be different?
God promised Abraham that he would be become the father of a great nation. But in Genesis 24, we find Abraham is now an old man and his son, Isaac, still doesn't have any children yet. Abraham assessed the situation and, as a result, he sent his servant, Eliezer, to find a wife for Isaac.
An important principle here is that it is never too late for you to make a change in your life, even though making the change may take longer than you think. This is why you can't procrastinate. You can either drift through the next ten years or you can have direction over the next ten years. God wants you to have direction.

Step #2 - Be specific about what you want
In order to get to where you want to be, you need to describe exactly what you want.
For instance, Abraham told Eliezer exactly what kind of wife he wanted for Isaac. He said, "Don't get a wife for my son from the Canaanite girls. Instead, go back ... to the land of my relatives and get a wife for my son" (Genesis 24:3-4 NIV).
You will never reach a vague goal. The more general it is, the less power it has. But the more specific it is, the more power it has in your life.
Ask yourself these four questions:
What do I want to be?
What do I want to do?
What do I want to have?
Why do I want it?

You can't just know the what, you need to know the why - that's your motivation. If you don't know why, you will give up when it gets tough.

When Eliezer heard Abraham's goal, he started asking "What if...?" If you listen to the what-ifs of your goal, you will fail because of worry and fear.

You don't need to focus on the how for now because, once you figure out the why, God will show you how. He will help you solve the problems that stand in the way of your goal.

Today pray about your answers to steps #1 and #2.....

Oct Seminar - Empowered to Influence

Hey Gang,

Greetings in the Lord!
The seminar on - Empowered to Influence by Ken Chua is coming soon! (In English)
Date: Oct 13th & 20th (Wednesday) time: 7.30pm.

Venue: Newton Life Church Annex hall

Join us for the workshop to find out “HOW” to:
- to take on new paradigm to live effectively as salt and light for God’s glory
- to see your vocation as a platform to live out your call
- to appreciate how Christians can impact nations for God…..

Please check the attachment for more details.

This is a seminar worth attending! Handout will be given!!
Do not miss this opportunity to let God speak to you through His faithful servant on how to glorify Him in your workplace! Your friends or colleagues are welcome too!

Kindly register with me by coming Thursday (Oct 7th), via email or SMS.

Thanks & God bless,

Joyful SG fellowship on this Sunday 10 October after Worship !!!

Greeting!

Joyful SG fellowship is resume on this Sunday (10 October), after Sunday Worship and Luncheon, at 1.15pm.
Venue: Annex Building 2 floor (the kiddie room)

We will touch base on lesson 1 – Connection in Community (please refer to the attached material)

“Let us together find out HOW a group of ordinary people who become extraordinary as they lived in a community founded on God’s LOVE…..”

Welcome to bring new friends to join in…
Welcome to build up connection in God's Love.

God's bless.

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Update from Pastor Moses

Dear Gang,

New update from Pastor Moses on his ministry in "Theme: Redeeming our Land", please remember our Lord's servant in our daily prayers. God's bless.
*Ben**

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Dear Friends.

In little over two days time our programme: "Theme: Redeeming our Land" will kick start at Retreat Centre, Mantripukhri, Imphal and at Open Air Theatre (BOAT), Palace Compound.
It is amazing to see so many young people actively involve to make it happen. Most of the people who have enquired are from Non-church people, who I believe are interested mainly to be prayed for their physical healing. Please pray for the Holy Spirit to be at work throughout the three-days event

Thank you once again for your prayer and concern. God bless you.
Lalita continues to look after the home well since I am most of the time away from the family, She also helps with the Friday Mothers Bible Study and Prayer Fellowship in the locality, she is doing great in her own little capacity. She understands what I do and I am encouraged and Thank God for her. please pray for God's protection during the three days I am away.

A brother
Moses