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COVENANT
ORIENTATION
2010 Revised Edition
CFC Youth for Christ YEAR 1: COVENANT ORIENTATION (2010 EDITION) 1
APPENDICES 26-35
A. Participants Handouts 26
B. Worship Workshop Outline 30
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CHAPTER 1
THE COVENANT ORIENTATION GUIDELINES AND DYNAMICS
A. RATIONALE
The Covenant Orientation is the first set of pastoral formation track teaching
given to the youth upon joining CFC Youth for Christ through the Youth Camp. This
special formation to new YFC members is conducted as a one day activity within the
first 3 months of their YFC life after their Youth Camp.
After initially responding to Gods invitation during his/her Youth Camp, the
Covenant Orientation will help them learn how to put their faith into action by
deepening their commitment to God. The Covenant Orientation Talks will guide them
how to rightfully respond to Gods invitation to have a loving relationship with Him.
3. Talk 3- Loving, Honoring & Serving our Brothers and Sisters in YFC
God extends our family when He called us to belong to our community. We share
the love we have not only to our blood brothers and sisters but also to our brothers
and sisters in Christ, as well as to our friends who are not yet part of the community.
We learn to value the gift of friendship and strive to be good influences to them and
be our brothers keepers.
C. OBJECTIVES
The Covenant Orientation aims to achieve the following goals:
1. Learn and understand the covenant of a CFC Youth for Christ member.
2. Renew and deepen our commitment with Christ by understanding and following our
covenant with Him.
3. Develop a sense of identity and responsibility in our role as a believer of faith, a
member of our church, our family, our community and our country.
4. Inspire the youth as they mature in their Christian life through YFC.
5. Live out the covenant of YFC through the pastoral formation and activities.
D. SUGGESTED SCHEDULE
8:00am 8:30 Arrival/ Registration
8:30 8:40 Opening prayer
8:40 - 9:00 Orientation/Energize
9:00 - 9:45 Talk 1: Loving, Honoring and Serving God
9:45 10:20 Worship Workshop
10:20 10:30 Worship Proper
10:30 10:40 Snacks
10:40 10:50 Gathering
10:50 - 11:35 Talk 2: Loving, Honoring and Serving our Family
11:35 12:05pm Group discussion for talks 1 and 2
12:05 1:00 Lunch break
1:00 1:30 Gathering / Opening Prayer
1:30 1:45 Icebreaker
1:45 2:30 Talk 3: Loving, Honoring& Serving Our Brothers & Sisters in YFC
2:30 3:15 Activity: Affirmation Exercise
3:15 4:00 Amazing race if needed (If theres no GK site, find other activities
that would fit the 4th talk)
4:00 4:45 Talk 4: Loving, Honoring and Serving Our Country
4:45 4:55 Commitment Ceremony
4:55 5:00 Closing Worship
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b. The Covenant Orientation talks can be given as a one whole day activity.
c. Like any YFC activity, the teachings should be given in a light atmosphere. The
talks should be made interesting and its importance stressed (e.g. anecdotes,
jokes, stories, personal life experiences), making it real to the young adult.
e. For YFC Programs (HS and Campus Based), this pastoral formation track is
conducted in the Sector Level through the Sector Program Coordinators and
Sector Program Youth Head/ Provincial level implementation for some areas.
f. The talks must be delivered by young adult leaders who have already undergone
this pastoral formation track. After each talk, copies of the teaching outline are
distributed, and the assembly will be divided into discussion groups (or even into
their own households if possible) to further discuss the teaching (Discussion
starters are provided in the talk outline). The household or discussion groups
allow members to bring up and share more personal aspects of the teachings. As
they lead the groups, this system also trains the Household Heads in being true
Christian leaders.
b. Worship leader/s
Worship leader/s must be properly briefed to prepare for his
exhortation points and his line-up of songs. Songs should be those that the
new YFC members learned from their youth camp. If new songs will be
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3. MATERIALS NEEDED
It is suggested that the team should prepare the following materials for the
Covenant Orientation:
a. Expanded outlines for the speakers and sharers
b. Sound system
c. Instruments for the music ministry
d. LCD projector
e. Laptop
f. Registration sheets
g. Participants Handout
h. Covenant Cards
i. Song sheets
j. First-aid kit
k. Other needs for the talks. (Talk 1-Timer and Whistle; Talk 4- GK Audio
Visual Presentation)
l. Invitation Letter to the CFC Leaders (CFC Cluster and Chapter Heads)
c. It is advised that the team leader should talk and give a briefing to the
speakers and sharers about their talk and/or sharing, also of what is
expected from them to deliver.
d. On the Covenant Orientation Day itself, set a call time for the whole team.
Have service team worship. Give reminders to the whole team.
e. Before the first talk, give a short orientation about the activity.
Give the short talk on Covenant. (See the talk below.)
Run down the schedule for the day. (Refer to schedule.)
Introduce the speakers.
f. Make sure that as a team leader, you are able to connect the talks to each
other, recalling the previous sessions and stressing the importance of each.
g. Take this opportunity to help those new members grow in worship - many of
them still havent raised their hands, clapped, danced as an expression of
love for God or have spoken out words of prophecies in faith. Encourage
them to do so.
1. It is highly suggested that the speaker for every talk must be at least a YFC
Household Head. We have to consider the exposure of the speaker to the
community.
2. As for the sharer, he/she may be a YFC member (at least 6 months). One who is
enjoying his/her journey with the Lord. Since the participants are very new to
the community, they could very much relate to the sharing as they could see
themselves through it.
ORIENTATION TALK
YFC COVENANT ORIENTATION
EXPANDED TALK OUTLINE
I. INTRODUCTION
In the fifth talk of our youth camp, Growing in the Holy Spirit, we heard and
learned how we could deepen our relationship with the Lord and where we were
introduced to a special relationship and a special covenant with our God.
At birth, when we were baptized by the Spirit, this covenant already started. In
the youth camp, it was rekindled. We were again reminded of what this covenant is
about. This session will refresh us of what it truly is. More so, re-live that moment when
we stood to signify our commitment to the Lord, to this community, and to discover our
identity as Youth for Christ and ultimately as sons and daughters of God.
We need to understand more about our covenant. The heart of where we are
right now. There is a need to appreciate the concrete situation which allows us to live
out our covenant and here in YFC we believe through God, our family, our brothers and
sisters and our country.
Gods covenant with us is a very special one. It is bound in a personal way, like of
God to Abraham; of God to us, His sons and daughters. God wants to make a covenant
with us and enter into a personal relationship with us.
1. Jesus came to bring about a new covenant. Read Luke 22:20. John 6:56.
2. The New Covenant is not merely a matter of obeying a set of laws, but of entering
into a living relationship with Jesus.
Our covenant with God is not an agreement between equals, and is not done on
our initiative. It means that it is God who is calling us. That is how special we are to God.
He acted first by sending Jesus.
1. All that God is asking from us is to follow from what God has already done for us.
(1John 4:19)
2. Gods commands are taken in the light of His action in Jesus. John13:15-34
A. We are to love and serve God. We are to be Gods own servant people.
B. We are to love and serve our families. We are called to be a source of love and unity
to them.
C. We are to love and serve our brothers and sisters in YFC. We are no longer our own
masters. We are to lay down our lives for one another. We are our brothers
keepers.
D. We are to love and serve our country. We are called to live our lives in true
righteousness and holiness to be a people that the Lord can use as a body, to be
light to our nation and to the world.
V. CONCLUSION
This is what this day is all about. We will talk about this special covenant with
God. Let us open hearts and listen to what God want to say for us today. He invited us to
a personal relationship during our youth camp, now He is offering a deeper relationship
with Him by inviting us to a special covenant with Him.
As we listen to all the talks today, may our hearts be open and ready to respond
to the beautiful offering of God to us- a covenant of a life with Him.
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For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that whoever
believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life. (John 3:16)
God loves us in spite of our sinful nature. He accepts us for who we are.
...for this is My blood of the Covenant, which is poured out to many for the
forgiveness of sins. (Matt. 26:28)
God is full of mercy. He wants to forgive our sins so we can always be close
to Him.
C. I am a son/daughter of God.
You yourselves are no longer a slave but a son or a daughter; and yours is
the inheritance by Gods grace. (Galatians 4:7)
We were once slaves of sin, but Jesus freed us. We became sons and
daughters of God the Father and brothers of Jesus. Because of this special
relationship, God assures us of His infinite love and grace.
It is very evident that God loves us so much. There is no other response but to
love Him back. As the scripture says: You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your
heart, with all your soul, with all your mind. (Matthew 22:37)
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1. Loving God with the core of our being. Loving God with all our heart means
loving the Lord with our whole being. With all our heart means to accept
totally and live out the ideals and principles of our Lord Jesus Christ even if it
means to deny ourselves.
a. Loving God means that we should always include God in our decisions, may
it be big or small.
3. 0% alcohol - YFC believes that drinking alcohol is not a sin itself but as
young as we are, our bodies may not be able to handle and control
alcoholic content.
4. Pure Inside and Out YFC believes in purity of thought, speech, and
action.
5. 100% man and woman YFC believes that God has created specific roles
for us as men and women.
6. Free from pornography - YFC believes that our bodies are created sacred
by God and should not be exploited for selfish pleasure.
7. Virgin and Proud YFC believes that sex is a sacred gift given by God that
is appropriate only after marriage. YFC believes that sex in essence is
used for pro-creation.
8. Real Love Waits YFC believes that special romantic relationships are
Gods gift. Thus, we believe in the essence of waiting, as we prepare
ourselves to receive this in His perfect time.
The phrase Putting your heart into it. means to work hard for
something to achieve high standards. (e.g. a high grade, a. good thesis or
project). It is also the same in loving God; it entails putting our heart into it,
and gives all our perseverance for the Lord. We must exercise excellence
whether service to our friends, family, community and society.
Our souls were created by God, who is also a pure Spirit. There is a longing
for our souls to be united with God, to be one with Him. (Ps. 84: 1-2)
Prayer is a means of communicating with God and being one with Him.
Prayer nourishes our soul and brings it closer to God. We must be consistent with
our prayer time. Aside from our personal prayer times, here in YFC, we are
introduced to praying with brothers and sisters. We call this worship. Worship is
praying and singing our praises to the Lord.
The mind includes our thoughts, intentions, and learning. Our mind is
powerful. What we think can make or break us.
We should learn about Him and study His teachings to gain wisdom. We can
achieve this by reading and reflecting on Scripture and/or other Christian books.
III. THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN OUR LOVE FOR GOD WILL BE TESTED
B. When we sin.
We feel guilty to come back to the Lord because we feel unworthy. This
dampens our love for God.
Solution: Go to confession and ask for Gods mercy and forgiveness. He will not
only be happy to see you come back to Him, but He will even embrace you. (The Parable
of the Lost Son could be cited.)
IV. CONCLUSION
God is our Creator and our Father. He cares for us. He wants to see us happy
and live fruitful lives. He loves us and He considers us special. Lets acknowledge this
and respond to Him by telling Him how special He is in our lives. Let us love Him will all
our heart, soul and mind.
(Note to the speaker: At this point, the speaker shall conduct a worship
workshop. Refer to the attached worship talk outline)
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We now want to strengthen and put into expression the ideas we have heard
and learned in this session. What a better way to express our love for God with all our
heart, mind and soul, but through Worship.
(After the worship workshop, divide the group into their households and process
the worship workshop experience.)
DISCUSSION STARTERS:
(Gather as a group. Do not forget to start and end the group discussion with a prayer.)
1. How is my relationship with God after the youth camp?
2. What more can I do to express my love for God with all my heart, soul and mind?
(Choose one concrete example in your life where you can grow in your love for God.)
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I. INTRODUCTION
There are no such thing as coincidence only providence. In the Youth Camp, we
realized that God has a purpose of bringing us into YFC. That is because He wants us to
know and feel His love for us through this community. We did feel His love that
weekend, we experienced a change in our lives and we saw things differently. People
started to see the change in us and the first to witness this change are the people
closest to us our family.
In the first talk we embraced the commitment to love, honor and serve God. This
leads us to making greater and bolder improvements in our life. Today we will face
another challenge that is to be witnesses to our family, to honor our special covenant
with them.
There are two things that we should realize about the family:
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God created the family for a purpose - to be a means by which His kingdom is
established on earth. (Have speaker cite an ideal family life loving parents,
harmonious relationship between siblings, etc.)
But sometimes, God has a different plan for those who seem to live in a
family that is being challenged (e.g. by problems, conflicts, separation, etc.). Yet,
there is no reason for us to question God for putting us in that situation. We should
still recognize that our family is still Gods gift to us; that we should still honor our
father and mother, and learn to forgive them.
Realizing this, the evil one is working very hard to destroy the family so that
Gods plan in the world wont happen.
People say it is outmoded or outdated. Some think that the concept of family
no longer exists at this time, as an individual busies him/herself with his/her chosen
career and would just be content in engaging to casual relationships.
The world has distorted the meaning of being a family and had made the
roles of its members unclear. Ex. Gay Marriages, Pets as Children, Abusive parents,
Under the Saya, Dysfunctional family.
Some say that family is a barrier to progress (e.g. issue on abortion having
too many children hinders economic growth, issue on using contraceptives.) Threats
to marriages increases divorce, separation, same sex marriage.
We need to see the spiritual side to this, and take our part in this battle by
offering our very families to the plan of God. This can happen when we play the role
God has given us for our families.
Honor and Respect (Ex 20:12) - only commandment with a promise attached
to it. We respect our parents primarily because they are our parents. (Sir.3: 1-15)
They chose to participate in Gods work of creation; this in itself should be enough
reason for us to honor them. When we honor them we honor God as well. We
respect and honor our parents in spite of their faults, mistakes, and problems.
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1. Show them their importance to us (e.g. stand up to greet them, pleasing our
parents; surprise them on their birthdays and anniversaries.)
2. Valuing them by saying I love you or kissing and hugging them.
3. Attitude of gratitude: Express our appreciation. (E.g. saying thank you and Im
sorry. Or po and opo or any other words that show respect.), gestures of
respect mano or bless by hand.
4. Speak well of them/Avoid speaking negatively about our parents. Explain things
with respect to them.
5. Obedience (Eph 6:1)/ Accept direction / listen to advice: Our parents are Gods
stewards on earth.
6. Accept correction (Prov.13:1 A wise son pays attention when his father corrects
him, but an arrogant person never admits he is wrong)
7. Serve our parents (joyfully doing our household chores, doing well in our
studies.)
8. Spending quality time with them.
1. Seeing our families (even our brothers and sisters) as Gods gift to us.
2. Expressing to them their importance to us and appreciating them. (e.g. Checking
up on them thru texts, thanking them)
3. Respecting and listening to what they have to say-even if they are younger.
4. Lovingly correcting them. (E.g. when they use your stuff without permission
dont yell or be angry instantly, ask and remind them gently to ask permission
from your first.)
5. Finding opportunities to share. We are friends with them.
6. Spend quality time together.
- enjoying in helping one another out homework, school projects of
brothers/ sisters.
- know and be interested in their personal lives / love life.
Learning that we have received Gods healing during our youth camp, it is
about time that we ourselves become Gods instrument of healing to the person/s
dearest/nearest to us.
a. Loving - (Mt.22) loving your neighbor is the direct result/ effect of loving God.
Our closest neighbors are our families. According to 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 the
type of love that we should practice:
b. Witnessing
1. Be forgiving, patient and loving towards your brothers and sisters.
2. Initiate healing - find ways to reconcile differences within the family.
3. Praying and interceding for family members
4. Initiate a family prayer time.
5. Serving God with our family whenever possible
(Speaker mentions how she/he can serve together (e.g. CFC, Parish, etc.)
IV. CONCLUSION
How can we refer to God as Father if we do not have a good relationship with
our parents? Having a good relationship with our family defines our relationship with
our God.
DISCUSSION STARTERS:
1. How can I grow in my relationship with my parents?
2. How can I grow in my relationship with my brothers and sisters?
3. What concrete steps can I do to improve my relationship with my family?
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Blood relations are often the strongest type of relationships. Families have
strong ties because of the same blood we share. Comrades in arms/soldiers feel a
close bond among themselves after they have sacrificed and shed blood together.
The blood that unites us is greater than any of thesethe blood of Jesus Christ.
(Jn. 3:16) He has made us Gods childrenwe are brothers and sisters. Because we are a
family, we should relate to one another in ways a family should.
A. Commitment
1. Consistency in our relationships- being committed whether we feel like it or not.
(e.g. attending YFC meetings faithfully and punctually)
2. Being ready and willing to be inconvenienced on behalf of a brother/ sister. (e.g.
brother giving his seat for a sister, making sure everyone has their share of food
before eating.)
3. Being a brother/sister no matter what happens.
4. Choosing to be loving in spite of misunderstandings.
C. Loyalty
1. Protect the brothers/sisters.
2. Protecting the character of brothers/sisters.
3. Refuse to believe/listen to gossip about brothers and sisters.
4. Loyalty means correcting a brother or sister with love and respect.
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D. Love
Love should always be part of our relationship as brothers and sisters. If we
love God, we must love our neighbor (Matt. 22:39)
E. Service
1. Like any family, love and loyalty is expressed through service. Have a What can I
give? attitude as opposed to What can I get? (The attitude of servanthood is
more important than the actual service).
2. Be open/willing and ready to serve in any way (e.g. speakers, music ministry,
household heads, facilitators, clean up committee etc.)
III. OBSTACLES THAT HINDER US FROM GROWING IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
A. Fear of Rejection
We should draw our confidence from knowing that the King of Kings has
accepted and loved us as we are. Rejection from others wont affect us as much
because of this fact. We should then grow in confidence in relating to our
brothers/sisters. Let us be the ones reaching out to others.
B. Pride
Take on the attitude mentioned in Phil. 2:3. Love others and reach out to
others because God loved you even if you did not deserve it.
IV. OUR LOVE FOR GOD AND OUR YFC FAMILY SHOULD ALSO BE EXTENDED AND BE
EXPRESSED IN OUR SCHOOLS
We do this by being:
A. Witnesses
1. Being responsible students.
2. Being the best we can be for the Lord.
3. Striving to live a Christian lifestyle. Let us live out our 100% Free lifestyle.
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4. Being good examples to our classmates (by not cheating, respecting school
authorities and property, participating in nation building activities).
B. Evangelistic
1. Inviting our classmates to youth camps.
2. Sharing our faith/service in YFC to our classmates.
3. Helping establish/sustain YFC in your school.
V. CONCLUSION
If we love God, then it follows that we should love one another (1 John 4:20). As
Gods family, each of us is called to love, honor and serve one another, building up
Gods community as a witness to all.
(Note to the team leader: In lieu of the discussion group, the activity below could
be used.)
AFFIRMATION EXERCISE
(To be given after the talk)
Dynamics:
1. After the talk, the speaker shall instruct the group to divide themselves into households.
The Affirmation Exercise shall be introduced.
2. They will be asked to form two lines [line 1 and line 2] facing each other.
3. At the sound of the whistle, each line makes a step line 1 to the right, line 2 steps to the
left.
4. Facing partners, each will have a minute to honor and share an area of accountability to
the person in front of him.
5. The speaker claps his hand to signal the reversal of roles, it is the others turn now to
honor and share for a minute.
6. At the sound of the whistle, both lines must move one step line 1 to the right and line 2
to the left.
7. Repeat until everyone gets to honor and share an area of accountability to each other.
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I. INTRODUCTION
Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born I set you
apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. (Jeremiah 1:5)
Our love for God is shown by the way we love our country. We can do this by
how we show our love, honor and respect to it. As citizens of our country we are called
to do the following:
In Couples for Christ, CFC ANCOP (Answering the Cry of the Poor) is our way
of serving with the poor. Our work with the poor upholds the values of stewardship,
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the path of peace, love, sacrifice, humility and hard work. As advocates of our work
we live out our love for the poor by:
1. Living a simple lifestyle. (Less for self, more for others, enough for all)
2. Sharing our resources to help the poor help themselves.
3. Spending at least 4 hours in a month to serve in a GK site or other work with the
poor program (GK Build, Social Ministries, etc.).
4. Sharing my love for the poor with my family, friends and areas of influence.
Our love for all those that God loves, namely our country should give us a
greater desire to evangelize. (Mt. 28:18-20)
God has placed us where we are, according to His purposes, so that we can use
the circumstances that surround us to be witnesses for Him. As we do this, we also
become witnesses to the nations, by giving to our country the love, honor and respect it
deserves, as responsible citizens, and giving to God our whole lives as true children of
God.
When we honor our country, we must honor the poor, when we honor the poor
we honored our purpose. Helping the poor people is helping this country to the first
world. It is written in the bible that Faith without action is dead. As we believe in God
we must also do His will. It is not enough that we pray. What a better way to live a
Christ-like life but to be Jesus to other people. Share our lives to them. Share our time,
talent and treasure to them. We must allow our faith to be expressed in the way we live
our lives.
DISCUSSION STARTERS:
1. What are the things am I doing that is showing dishonor/disrespect for the country that
God has placed me in? How can I correct these?
2. What concrete decision can I make that will help me love, honor and serve my country
better?
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CHAPTER 3
THE COVENANT OF A CFC YOUTH FOR CHRIST MEMBER
1. At this point, the participants are now ready to receive their covenant cards.
2. After the 4th talk, the team leader will now lead the group to the commitment
ceremony.
3. The team could prepare an AVP that would show concrete ways of living out the
covenant.
4. The music that could be used for the AVP as a reflection song could be SONG OF A
SERVANT or I SURRENDER. The covenant cards could now be distributed.
5. By this time, the participants have a clearer picture of what their covenant with God
is. (The reflection song could still be played during this time.)
6. The team leader could advice the participants to sign their cards and ask them to
stand just like during the youth camp when the participants accepted God in their
lives once again.
7. The team leader reads aloud the main points of the covenant, leading to the
PRAISEFEST.
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I.5.PARTICIPANTS HANDOUTS
God has a special purpose in allowing me to be born and to live in this country.
* I commit to love and serve my country with all my heart.
* I will respect our culture, our traditions and our values.
* I will give the best of myself to bring out the best in my countrymen.
* I commit to being a champion of the poor and inspire my family, friends and areas of
influence to be the same.
* I will strive to preserve and protect the environment.
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II. God is so special to us that He enables us to love Him more than anything else.
(Mt. 22:37)
A. Loving God with all our heart
1. Heart means core. We love the Lord with the core of our being
- Includes our ideals and principles, and decision
2. Loving God entails sacrifice
B. ...with all our soul
1. Our souls long for God (Ps. 84: 1-2)
2. Practicing the sacraments express our soul longing for God
3. Eagerness to serve
C. ...With all our mind
1. Includes our thoughts, intentions and learning
2. We should grow in our knowledge of Scripture/books about the Lord
3. We must learn how to witness to others about the Lords work in our lives.
Discussion Starters:
1. How is your relationship with God after the youth camp?
2. What more can I do to express my love for God with all my heart, soul and mind?
Memory Verse:
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your
mind. (Mt. 22:37)
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A. To our parents:
1. Honor and respect (Ex. 20:12)
2. Obedience (Eph. 6:1)
3. Respect primarily because they are our parents
(Sirach 3:1-15)
Discussion Starters:
1. How can I grow in my relationship with my parents?
2. How can I grow in my relationship with my siblings?
3. What concrete steps can I do to improve my relationship with my family?
Memory Verse:
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
(Joshua 24:15)
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III. Obstacles that hinder us from growing in our relationships with brothers/sisters
A. Fear of rejection
B. Pride
C. Cliquishness
IV. Our love for God and YFC should extend and be expressed in our schools
A. Being witness
B. Being evangelistic
C. Loving our neighbor our classmates
Memory Verse:
Memory Verse:
You are the light of the world ... let your light so shine before men, that they may
see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. (Mt. 5:14, 16)
Discussion Starters:
1. What are the things that am I doing that shows dishonor or disrespect to the country
that God has placed me in? How can I correct these?
2. What concrete decision can I make that will help me love, honor and serve my country
better?
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APPENDIX
WORSHIP WORKSHOP
I. INTRODUCTION
Start the session with just a simple prayer after practicing some songs.
Choose a slow worshipful song for this activity. Make sure its a song that people
know well enough or is easy enough for people to sing without looking at the words.
(Note: Slow songs make it easier for people to feel the presence of God more and as
such are more effective for this activity).
Explain the words of the song / Help people understand what it means and
encourage them to pray the song as they sing it. In order to help participants focus
even more, ask them to close their eyes. Worship, in a sense, transports people into
Gods presence into His courts if we may refer it in that way encourage people
to take note of how they perceive that in the vision that they will see in their minds.
Sing the song (For the speaker, make sure that you yourself are praying the song)
Get feedback. Find out what images they saw in their minds. Was the Lord present
in the picture of their minds eye? Where were they? Were they standing, seated,
kneeling, hands outstretched or clasped?
Sing the song one more time, this time challenging the participants to allow their
physical bodies to express what they see themselves doing in their minds. Help them
realize that their whole bodies want to pray also, and that if they intend to give their
lives to the Lord, at the very least, it begins with surrendering their bodies as
expressed by a raised hand, outstretched arms or bended knees.
Feel free to sing in the spirit or in tongues or sing a second song, as the Spirit leads.
Get feedback on what they experienced. Find out if some may have received
prophecies or visions.
1. Its supposed to be inspiring and should build up the body. Worship should be
nourishing and spirit-filled.
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2. Recently, however, much of our worship has been dry and sometimes
perceived as a waste of time. This is so because many times, our worship
leaders are unable to lead people to worship. Many times our worship is not
worship at all.
B. Worship is being able to honestly say You are God and I am not, and THAT IS
GREAT!!!
1. Just as we experienced at the start of this talk, worship is being able to come
into that loving, healing and mighty presence of God and being able to
acknowledge that HE ALONE IS GOD loving, healing and mighty!
At the same time, we are blessed by the healing grace of His presence and by the
mere fact that this same GOD holds us as special and in spite of our sins and
imperfections sees us as the gem of His creation.
2. Worship is paying homage to our true King and Captain. In the same way
that subjects in ancient times have to regularly visit their ruler and pay tribute
or homage or tax (in more modern terms). We come to pay homage
admitting that everything we have is His. At the same time, we are grateful that
HE gives all of these our bodies, our minds, our money, our property for us to
freely use, and that He never punishes us as we deserve whenever we misuse
these things which are rightfully HIS.
3. Worship is one of the very few times when we are able to have a taste of how
it was and a foretaste of how it will. Its the time when we in our fallen sinful
- human natures are able to connect to God in spirit the way it was meant to be
before our sin made it impossible for us to continually be in Gods presence (as
Adam and Eve were). It allows us a foretaste of the kind of relationship we will
have with God when we are made perfect in heaven.
4. There are three levels that we usually go through when we really worship:
a. The first is when we start speaking words of PRAISE or what we might be
liken to as introductions in any audience. This is where we honor God and
acknowledge His greatness.
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b. The second is WORSHIP this is when we start saying how we feel and when
we begin to truly realize Gods greatness. In this level, people start to offer
themselves to God saying I belong to youmy life is yours.
c. The third is GLORY this is when we actually come into the holy presence of
God. It is at this level that God speaks, we listen then we respond. This is
where we receive prophecies, visions, where we cry at the realization of
Gods love and mercy, where emotional and physical healing takes place.
Sadly, most worship leaders are not aware of this nor do they strive to reach
these levels of worship. We sing a lot of songs, we say a lot of words that
include the word Lord and Amen but few of these are able to make actual
worship take place. Maybe, this is why there are less and less of the spiritual
gifts (tongues, prophecies, visions etc.) during our worships and activities.
Avoid just singing songs. Enter into Gods Holy presence, raise your hands and
mean it. Pray in tongues. Listen to God.
Dont be too conscious of the words you will use, just speak exactly what is in your
heart. Talk to the Lord as if He were in front of you, because He is. Avoid making
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your prayer a well-rehearsed speech with words Lord at the beginning and
Amen at the end.
Worship is very important, but is only an expression of the even more important
reality you are living. Be careful in saying words like Lord Jesus We Enthrone You
or Refiners fire, my hearts one desire is to be holy if its not true in your life, if you
do only what you want in your life in other words you are calling the shots.
This doesnt mean that you should choose not to worship or decline from leading
worship since after all, none of us are worthy because all of us are sinful. Rather,
its in always having a genuine repentant attitude. Come before Gods presence and
humbly ask for His mercy.
Be Real and Honest. Come before God in total humility. Surrender and allow Gods
spirit to flow through you. Never fake it.
Be knowledgeable. Know the songs by heart. Know their meaning, the right tune
and know how to lead people into singing in the spirit.
Avoid anything that distracts you or the people you are leading from focusing on
God who after all is the object of our worship.
Try to make everything clear announce song titles and numbers. Announce where
the song is headed (next line or verse).
IV. CONCLUSION
18. And all of us, with our unveiled faces like mirrors reflecting the glory of the Lord, are
being transformed into the image that we reflect in brighter and brighter glory; this is
the working of the Lord who is the Spirit.
Like Moses, when people are brought into Gods presence, they are changed from
one degree of glory to the next. This is the privilege we have - to help people
experience the pure joy and ecstasy of Gods presence in worship. It should be our
intention to always bring people into this level of communion and reconciliation with
Jesus in spirit and our own joy to see them somehow changed.
Note: End the session by leading the whole group into worship. Encourage them to
express themselves freely as they worship in spirit and truth. Encourage them to
raise their hands, to kneel down, to clap, to pray in tongues and any other means
they feel they will be able to truly worship and enter in the presence of God.