BE TRANSFORMED

Be inspired by transform youth in RCCG LAGOS PROVINCE, AREA C20 by visiting site every and reading our mon thly bulletin tagged "TRANSFORMATION" Believe me by the time you go through all this powerful write-up nothing will stop you been transform.

And also we hold our monthly meeting every last Sunday of the month, we gather together to pray and share the word of God for us to know why we must be transform youth in every area of our life. During this meeting we decide to hold seminars that ehance our personal life.

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IN WILDERNESS

Some Christians are always "in the wilderness." 

They sigh deeply and say, "I'm going through another wilderness experience." 

The Christian who is not in the river of the Holy Spirit is out of his element.

He's like the proverbial fish out of water. We are not called to be desert dwellers, like the people of Israel were for forty years, even though the Lord had promised them a land of rivers. 

Christ has promised believers rivers, not as a rare exception, but as part of their natural environment.

We are not to be bank sitters, admirers of the passing waters, but river people instead. Jump in and God bless you

COME AS YOU ARE

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. (Matthew 9:9 NIV)
Come as you are, as you were,As I want you to beAs a friend, as a friend, as an old enemy.— Nirvana from “Come As You Are”

When Jesus walked the Earth he went about bringing Good News to others, especially for the downtrodden, the hurting, the sick and, of course, sinners.He wasn’t going about condemning these people. His criticisms were mainly toward the religious leaders of the day and towards the self righteous. This is an interesting thing. Christ came to call sinners, but he didn’t make it a requirement to get your life together first and be righteous. Instead he offered compassion and the invitation to follow him. He accepted them for who they were and he didn’t demand immediate change.

How very different from what people then, and now, expect of God. Most of us tend to think God won’t love us unless we are “good”. And since no one can measure up to the high standard of goodness we wallow in our unworthiness. We are insecure. We keep trying to get it right, but without realizing that God and Jesus are freely offering the help we so desperately need to live our lives. This is why grace is such an amazing thing. It is commonplace Christian theology that we are “saved by grace, not by righteousness” and yet we still attempt to live up to high moral standards without surrendering to this grace. Or worse, we simply compromise; believing that all will be forgiven without ever having a transformational change of heart.

I Can't, He Can, I'll Let Him It seems to me that the transformation takes place by first admitting we can’t do it on our own, accepting God’s love and mercy (the grace), and then doing what Jesus taught. In the Gospel of Matthew the religious leaders of the day ask Jesus why he was eating and hanging out with sinners (like tax collectors who were considered most unclean). Jesus answers the question by telling them that sick people are the ones who need a doctor. He quoted Old Testament prophets when he instructed the Pharisees to find out what the verse from Hosea 6:6 means: “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.”Who is more Christ like, the preacher who condemns or the person who spends time helping the poor, the hungry and the downtrodden?
Here Comes Everybody Maybe one of the challenges we have with this “come as you are” teaching is that it means God’s invitation is for everyone.

It is all inclusive, not exclusive. This means there will be people at the banquet table of the Lord that we would prefer not to sit with.If it was good enough for Jesus to meet people where they were and offer compassion, forgiveness and love then it should be okay with us. How differently the message of the Gospel (which means “Good News”) sounds when we don’t demand that people accept it right away or tell them they are condemned to hell. People need to see our love in action and they need to know that God loves everyone in spite of their shortcomings. Making a decision to follow Christ might take some thought, but if we welcome others in Jesus’ name without demanding immediate conversion then we give people the opportunity to consider the message first.Rules and regulations miss the point.

Yes, we need order and good orderly direction and the kind that you find throughout the Bible is practical and proper. Maybe we could spend more time suggesting that seekers consider the message first and then share our own experience of God’s love in our lives. As I’ve heard a friend share, “I was once where you are now. Come find out where you can be.”"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30 - NIV)