Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Friday, October 21, 2016
i-EXCEL Begins Here!!!
DEAR TRAINORS of "i-EXCEL" TEAMS found in all our Sites, Corners and Ministries,
Before anything else, we must be sure that our FOUNDATION is PRAYER in the will and in the purposes of God.
I am including this INSTRUCTIONAL READING MATERIAL BELOW for all of us to know, understand and be soaked in this idea.
[BORROWED FROM A MANUAL FOR SUCCESSFUL SPIRITUAL CAMPAIGNS]
How to Build Our Team?
The Starting Point is Prayer!!!
In these days where so many leaders are used to trafficking in action plans and strategic goal-setting, it would be easy to quickly move to a list of steps and a prescribed approach for recruiting effective Campaign Team members.
But rather than starting with a discussion of skilled recruitment or inspired vision-casting, the starting point of this i-EXCEL Campaign must be PRAYER!!!
As we begin to pray for our church and the Campaign THANKSGIVING 2016 i-EXCEL, one of the most critical elements to pray about is Our Campaign Team.
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i-EXCEL Prayer Coordinator LEADS
It is the Prayer Coordinator’s job to implement prayer as a focus for the Campaign Team, recruit a church-wide Prayer Team, and develop and implement a prayer strategy throughout all of our church’s ministries and age groups.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
The PRAYER Leader
>>>>>>>>>>>>
• Models a life of Prayer and Fasting.
• Passionate on Praying and Praising God.
• Respected as a Servant-Leader in the Community.
• Marked by the Character Quality of Perseverance.
• Can Cast Vision and Motivate People to Pray.
• Well-connected to Ministry Leaders in the Church.
Before anything else, we must be sure that our FOUNDATION is PRAYER in the will and in the purposes of God.
I am including this INSTRUCTIONAL READING MATERIAL BELOW for all of us to know, understand and be soaked in this idea.
[BORROWED FROM A MANUAL FOR SUCCESSFUL SPIRITUAL CAMPAIGNS]
How to Build Our Team?
The Starting Point is Prayer!!!
In these days where so many leaders are used to trafficking in action plans and strategic goal-setting, it would be easy to quickly move to a list of steps and a prescribed approach for recruiting effective Campaign Team members.
But rather than starting with a discussion of skilled recruitment or inspired vision-casting, the starting point of this i-EXCEL Campaign must be PRAYER!!!
As we begin to pray for our church and the Campaign THANKSGIVING 2016 i-EXCEL, one of the most critical elements to pray about is Our Campaign Team.
- LET'S ask God who He wants on the TEAM. The tendency for some will be to run out, make a few phone calls and begin to fill the open slots on the Campaign Team. Yet, there may be someone in our church that we wouldn’t have thought of, but who has gifts that are just waiting to be used on our Campaign Team! There are people there who have tremendous gifts and talents who must be part of our "i-EXCEL" Campaign Team! God has been preparing them for such a time as this, and we will discover His Campaign Team as we PRAY.
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i-EXCEL Prayer Coordinator LEADS
It is the Prayer Coordinator’s job to implement prayer as a focus for the Campaign Team, recruit a church-wide Prayer Team, and develop and implement a prayer strategy throughout all of our church’s ministries and age groups.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
The PRAYER Leader
>>>>>>>>>>>>
• Models a life of Prayer and Fasting.
• Passionate on Praying and Praising God.
• Respected as a Servant-Leader in the Community.
• Marked by the Character Quality of Perseverance.
• Can Cast Vision and Motivate People to Pray.
• Well-connected to Ministry Leaders in the Church.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
"iExcel" THANKSGIVING 2016 at HIS LIFE MINISTRIES
Title: iEXCEL in Life
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)
7 Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us—I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
November 13: WEEK ONE
Title: iEXCEL in Faith
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)
7 But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,
November 20: WEEK TWO
Title: iEXCEL in LOVE
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)
7 But since you excel in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
November 27: WEEK THREE
Title: iEXCEL in Giving
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)
7 Since you excel in so many ways.. I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
December 4: THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
Title: iEXCEL in Thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 8:8 (NLT)
8 I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.
December 11: VICTORY SUNDAY
Title: Excellent God
2 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV)
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
MORE BELOW ...
iEXCEL MEMORY VERSE
2 Corinthians 8
7 Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us—I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.8 I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.9 You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.
iEXCEL PERCENTAGE DIVISION
10% Missions Department
5% Divinity School
25 % National Office
60% Corner/ Site
*Note: Council will decide if how much of the 25% will be saved for the Foundation week.
iEXCEL PRAYER ASSIGNMENTS (Bacolod)
November 30 East
December 1 South
December 2 West
December 3 North
*Prayer card to be made by the prayer team.
iEXCEL Sports WIN PROGRAM BASKETBALL
Thanksgiving Cup per corner
15 playing team members
Nov 7, Nov 14, Nov 21, Nov 28
Ending celebration Dinner with all Corner player
iEXCEL Worship Team
Brother Boughart to set official meeting with all Corner Heads
iEXCEL Booklet
Topics to be finished by Ptr. Eric
Will be produced under Starbooks
Should be ready before November 3, 2016
iEXCEL Counters Training
Each site will send 5-10 representatives for the training to be done by Sister Glad Arellano
iEXCEL Summit
November 3, 2016
6pm at HLM Park Annex
Program to be handled by HLM West
Sunday, October 9, 2016
incredible legendary SUNDAYS!
AS WE PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING THANKSGIVING SEASON "iexcel",
OUR PASTORS must equip and motivate
our HIS LIFE SITE'S ADMINISTRATORS together with the SITE LEADERS and 5W's TEAM
to handle, create and inspire God's Worshippers every Sunday!
THAT EVERYONE WHO COMES will have an UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE of the LOVE, POWER and CALL of God for each person!
OUR COMMITMENT:
SUNDAYS must be the BEST and HIGHEST DAY of the WEEK!
Sunday Worship Celebrations must be the HIGHLIGHT for our FAMILY, LIFEGROUPS and ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP to worship God TOGETHER!
THE KICK OFF SUNDAY of "iexcel"
November 6: Kick Off
HAVE A FULL POWER PACK KICK-OFF
DO THIS:
invite all you can
have a testimony or two regarding the joy of Thanksgiving
let everyone commit to our VOW to fast from complaints
instruct them on how and where to get their discipleship TOOLS:
BOOKLETS, MEMORY CARDS, etc
sing power and inspiring songs
preach the WORD
collect the Offerings with joy
serve food
introduce the prayer points
invite all to come back next Sunday and bring 1 OR 2 more PEOPLE!
have all memorize the verse of the WEEK
announce next Sunday Worship EXPERIENCE
THE 1st, 2nd, 3rd WEEKS
November 27: WEEK THREE
HAVE A TEACHING WEEK # 1
DO THIS:
invite all you can
make sure LifeGroups are complete
have a declaration of FAITH on DOING the 21 Day Quiet Time PLAN
call all to commit to our VOW to fast from complaints for the next 21 days
instruct them on how and where to get their DISCIPLESHIP TOOLS
introduce your TEAM
serve food
collect Offerings with joy
sing power songs
preach the WORD
flash the OFFICIAL VIDEO of the WEEK
PRAY the prayer points
invite all to come back next Sunday and bring 1 or 2 more!
have all memorize the verse of the week
announce next Sunday Worship Experience
prepare all NETWORKS to save their best to give their best
WEEK # 2 IDEAS
invite all to join a 144 party of a tribe [IF THERE IS STILL SOMEBODY WITHOUT A TRIBE --- aggressively LINK them to one] THIS IS YOUR THANKSGIVING THEMED PARTY CELEBRATION!
prepare all NETWORKS to foresee to save and give their best
WEEK # 3 IDEAS
testimony on how I AM PREPARING for DECEMBER 4 THANKSGIVING
show the ENVELOPE and GIVE ALL 1 or 2 ENVELOPES
(they may want to get others to join us for THANKSGIVING)
THE THANKSGIVING DAY
December 4: THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
Title: iEXCEL in Thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 8:8 (NLT)
8 I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.
HAVE A POWERFUL THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
DO THIS:
invite all you can
invite all to GIVE from lambs, youths, adults
create an experience of a FIESTA of GIVING!
have an ORDERLY COLLECTION of THANKSGIVING
make sure that SECURITY of GIFTS is of UTMOST IMPORTANCE!
pastries AS give-aways
sing power songs
pray for each segment of GIVERS [lambs, youth, adults]
preach a short compelling Message on the PROMISES of God
spend more time for people to prepare to GIVE
TRY ELECTRONIC GIVING
flash the OFFICIAL VIDEO of the WEEK
announce next Sunday Worship Event
VICTORY & FREEDOM SUNDAY
HAVE A TRIUMPHANT VICTORY SUNDAY
i-Excel TEACHING Synopsis
[contributed by Senior Pastor Eric Negado, His Life SOUTH]
Following his first letter to the church in Corinth, Paul is still inspiring the people of Corinth to open their pocketbooks for the fund he is taking up for Christians in Jerusalem.
Making the Macedonian church as an example, Paul praises the Christians in Macedonia telling the Corinthian people that, the Macedonian church even though they don't have a ton of money; they gave very generously to the collection. Now, Paul has asked Titus to return to Corinth to collect some cash.
The Corinthian are great at everything: they're faithful, they speak well, and they’re knowledgeable, eager, and loving. Now they just have to add "generosity" to that list.
November 6: Kick off
Title: iEXCEL in Life – (In everything)
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)
7 Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us—I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
If we are asked what we would like to improve in our Christian walk, we would likely say things like knowing the Word of God better, more loving to our neighbor, being more faithful in our lives, knowing how to talk about our faith more effectively, etc. But, the word of God adds one that might not be as high on the list in our minds: God wants us to grow in our generosity.
The context of Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians specifically Chapter 8 is “The Corinthians are challenged to Excel in Giving”. He said that “since you already” excel in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love. – reminding them that they have been enriched in every way —with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge (1 Cor. 1:5) -Then, he adds this: “See that you also excel in this grace of giving.” He says, right along with all these big Christian virtues like love, faith and knowledge that we need to be pursuing this grace of giving. And that’s not just pursuing on the side; but excelling.
What do you think of when you think of someone excelling? In whatever ways we have been gifted to be generous, whether with our time, our talents, or our treasure, God wants excellence in how we give those away. Don’t be mistaken; God doesn’t love you better because you give generously. But, because God has loved us so much, we can now go forth and live generously.
November 13: WEEK ONE
Title: iEXCEL in Faith
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)
7 But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,
Everyone has faith. I have faith when I come into a building and sit down on a chair -- faith that the chair will hold me up. Faith is a gift that everyone has. But we apply faith with different results, we could say that there is a kindergarten level of faith, a grade-school level, a high-school level, a college level and so on. It is the same faith, but being exercised on a different level.
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For whatever reason, God chose faith to be the primary basis of relating to Him. This faith is not only demonstrated by belief but also by action. God wants us to excel, to be superabundant, to have more than enough and spare, to be over and above in the operation of our faith for His glory. We are to practise faith by using it every day, every moment of the day. Faith is the only thing that pleases God and our experience of His kingdom depends on what we are able to believe. We are called to excel in faith.
November 20: WEEK TWO
Title: iEXCEL in LOVE
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)
7 But since you excel in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you
—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
Giving is a natural response of love, the Corinthian believers excelled in everything they had-faith, good preaching (speech), much knowledge, much earnestness, much love. Paul wanted them to also be leaders in giving.
Paul did not order the Corinthians to give, but he encouraged them to prove that their love was sincere.
When you love someone, you want to give him or her your time and attention and to provide for his or her needs.
If you refuse to help, your love is not as genuine as you say.
You might be surprise but when the Apostle Paul used the word “since you” referring to the time God enriched them in every way (1 Cor.1:5) he connected it in excelling in love for them. In what he and others taught and did for them (in the love we have inspired in you). Other text says; to excel "in your love for us", and Paul was the one who was teaching them the Word of God. We, as believers need to find ways to excel in love for our leaders. Let's love our leaders and teachers to life! This is God’s will for us. Let's excel in our love for them.
November 27: WEEK THREE
Title: iEXCEL in Giving
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)
7 Since you excel in so many ways.. I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
It is very interesting that having gone through excelling in spiritual matters in I Corinthians 14:12, and excelling in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, in your love, there was still one area where the Corinthians very much needed to exercise excellence -- the area of giving. Like doing something or playing an instrument, giving is a skill. With practice, we get better at it. We can learn to give more, give more often, and give more strategically. We teach the pursuit of excellence in our vocations. Why not make giving something we study, discuss, and sharpen, striving for excellence?
Making the Macedonian church as an example, the Apostle Paul said; The Macedonian believers gave "as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability" (2 Corinthians 8:3). What does it mean to give beyond our ability? It means pushing our giving past beyond our surplus. It means giving when the bottom line says we can't anymore. Paul encourages the predominately Gentile Christians in Corinth to give generously to an offering being collected for the predominately Jewish Christian church in Jerusalem. You are not a well-rounded Christian until you have learned to give. Finally it says in II Corinthians 8:7, "See that you also excel in this grace of giving."
December 4: THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
Title: iEXCEL in Thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 8:8 (NLT)
8 I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing
it with the eagerness of the other churches.
Paul first reports the sacrificial giving of churches in Macedonia. His example of comparison may inspire an eagerness on the part of the Corinthians not to be outdone by the Macedonian churches. Read back on verse 1, instead of starting with a request for money, Paul begins with an example of sacrificial giving. “We want you to know” is the usual way he goes about introducing new information to his readers (v. 1). In this case, the new information concerns the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches.
The severe trial that the Macedonian churches experienced was of a sort that left them in a condition of extreme poverty. The phrase is literally "down-to-the-depth poverty" But despite adverse conditions, God has enabled the Macedonians to financially assist needy Christians whom they did not personally know. It is easy to see how the wealthy can well up in generous giving. But how is it possible for extreme poverty to overflow in a wealth of kindness?
Macedonian generosity was possible because they gave themselves first to the Lord and only then to Paul (v. 5). Their dominant concern was how best to serve Christ. It is here that they exceeded Paul's expectations. They gave out of their poverty because of the sincerity of their commitment to Christ as Lord. They excel in thanksgiving.
December 4: THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
Title: Excellent God
2 Corinthians 8:9
“9 You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.”
The Apostle Paul is saying to the church of Cortith that they knew very well the generosity of our Lord Jesus Christ. The word know means they fully and deeply understand who the Lord Jesus Chirst is and what He has done for them. Most of all Jesus rich as he was, he gave it all away for us—in one stroke he became poor and we became rich. In verse 9 he begins by saying, "For you know." The word "for" links us up with the prior verse. In verse 8 he says, "I'm not speaking this as a command but just to prove your love." In other words, I don't need to command you to do this because you know how Christ gave.
Christ's humbling is what Paul holds up as an example of what it means to give. There was a time when Jesus was rich. He was rich, when everything in the universe belonged to Him. All the hosts of heaven bowed down in continuous worship of His name. He owned it all, everything was His, but He gave it up voluntarily. He deliberately impoverished himself. As Paul put it in Philippians, "He humbled himself" (Philippians 2:8), and He became a man, just a poor man. Early on in the life of the church the people who did have money sold what they had, took the money and gave to the poor and those were not resources that could be replenished(Acts 2). When you think about that, how wrong it seems to withhold our gifts from those who are in need around us. How can we hold our prosperity to ourselves when our brothers and sisters are in need?
OUR PASTORS must equip and motivate
our HIS LIFE SITE'S ADMINISTRATORS together with the SITE LEADERS and 5W's TEAM
to handle, create and inspire God's Worshippers every Sunday!
THAT EVERYONE WHO COMES will have an UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE of the LOVE, POWER and CALL of God for each person!
SUNDAYS must be the BEST and HIGHEST DAY of the WEEK!
Sunday Worship Celebrations must be the HIGHLIGHT for our FAMILY, LIFEGROUPS and ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP to worship God TOGETHER!
THE KICK OFF SUNDAY of "iexcel"
November 6: Kick Off
Title: iEXCEL in Life
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)
7 Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us—I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
DO THIS:
invite all you can
have a testimony or two regarding the joy of Thanksgiving
let everyone commit to our VOW to fast from complaints
instruct them on how and where to get their discipleship TOOLS:
BOOKLETS, MEMORY CARDS, etc
sing power and inspiring songs
preach the WORD
collect the Offerings with joy
serve food
introduce the prayer points
invite all to come back next Sunday and bring 1 OR 2 more PEOPLE!
have all memorize the verse of the WEEK
announce next Sunday Worship EXPERIENCE
THE 1st, 2nd, 3rd WEEKS
November 13: WEEK ONE
Title: iEXCEL in Faith
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)
7 But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,
November 20: WEEK TWO
Title: iEXCEL in LOVE
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)
7 But since you excel in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
November 27: WEEK THREE
Title: iEXCEL in Giving
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)
7 Since you excel in so many ways.. I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
HAVE A TEACHING WEEK # 1
DO THIS:
invite all you can
make sure LifeGroups are complete
have a declaration of FAITH on DOING the 21 Day Quiet Time PLAN
call all to commit to our VOW to fast from complaints for the next 21 days
instruct them on how and where to get their DISCIPLESHIP TOOLS
introduce your TEAM
serve food
collect Offerings with joy
sing power songs
preach the WORD
flash the OFFICIAL VIDEO of the WEEK
PRAY the prayer points
invite all to come back next Sunday and bring 1 or 2 more!
have all memorize the verse of the week
announce next Sunday Worship Experience
prepare all NETWORKS to save their best to give their best
WEEK # 2 IDEAS
invite all to join a 144 party of a tribe [IF THERE IS STILL SOMEBODY WITHOUT A TRIBE --- aggressively LINK them to one] THIS IS YOUR THANKSGIVING THEMED PARTY CELEBRATION!
prepare all NETWORKS to foresee to save and give their best
WEEK # 3 IDEAS
testimony on how I AM PREPARING for DECEMBER 4 THANKSGIVING
show the ENVELOPE and GIVE ALL 1 or 2 ENVELOPES
(they may want to get others to join us for THANKSGIVING)
December 4: THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
Title: iEXCEL in Thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 8:8 (NLT)
8 I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.
HAVE A POWERFUL THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
DO THIS:
invite all you can
invite all to GIVE from lambs, youths, adults
create an experience of a FIESTA of GIVING!
have an ORDERLY COLLECTION of THANKSGIVING
make sure that SECURITY of GIFTS is of UTMOST IMPORTANCE!
pastries AS give-aways
sing power songs
pray for each segment of GIVERS [lambs, youth, adults]
preach a short compelling Message on the PROMISES of God
spend more time for people to prepare to GIVE
TRY ELECTRONIC GIVING
flash the OFFICIAL VIDEO of the WEEK
announce next Sunday Worship Event
VICTORY & FREEDOM SUNDAY
December 11: VICTORY SUNDAY
Title: Excellent God
2 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV)
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
DO THIS:
invite all you can INVITE ALL YOU CAN ! ! !
create an experience of TOTAL PRAISE and WORSHIP Concert!!! Cantata!!!
have an OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT of HOW MUCH COLLECTED last SUNDAY!
you may serve finger foods
sing power songs
collect OFFERINGS gladly! Those who were not able to give ... may give STILL!
preach a short compelling Message about "GENEROSITY: A REDEEMED VALUE among GOD'S PEOPLE"
spend more time for people to PRAISE JESUS!
you may invite a SPECIAL BAND, SINGER, ARTIST or DRAMA TEAM!
flash the OFFICIAL VIDEO of the WEEK
announce next Sunday Worship Event
>>>>>>>>>>>>
i-Excel TEACHING Synopsis
[contributed by Senior Pastor Eric Negado, His Life SOUTH]
Following his first letter to the church in Corinth, Paul is still inspiring the people of Corinth to open their pocketbooks for the fund he is taking up for Christians in Jerusalem.
Making the Macedonian church as an example, Paul praises the Christians in Macedonia telling the Corinthian people that, the Macedonian church even though they don't have a ton of money; they gave very generously to the collection. Now, Paul has asked Titus to return to Corinth to collect some cash.
The Corinthian are great at everything: they're faithful, they speak well, and they’re knowledgeable, eager, and loving. Now they just have to add "generosity" to that list.
November 6: Kick off
Title: iEXCEL in Life – (In everything)
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)
7 Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us—I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
If we are asked what we would like to improve in our Christian walk, we would likely say things like knowing the Word of God better, more loving to our neighbor, being more faithful in our lives, knowing how to talk about our faith more effectively, etc. But, the word of God adds one that might not be as high on the list in our minds: God wants us to grow in our generosity.
The context of Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians specifically Chapter 8 is “The Corinthians are challenged to Excel in Giving”. He said that “since you already” excel in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love. – reminding them that they have been enriched in every way —with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge (1 Cor. 1:5) -Then, he adds this: “See that you also excel in this grace of giving.” He says, right along with all these big Christian virtues like love, faith and knowledge that we need to be pursuing this grace of giving. And that’s not just pursuing on the side; but excelling.
What do you think of when you think of someone excelling? In whatever ways we have been gifted to be generous, whether with our time, our talents, or our treasure, God wants excellence in how we give those away. Don’t be mistaken; God doesn’t love you better because you give generously. But, because God has loved us so much, we can now go forth and live generously.
November 13: WEEK ONE
Title: iEXCEL in Faith
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)
7 But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,
Everyone has faith. I have faith when I come into a building and sit down on a chair -- faith that the chair will hold me up. Faith is a gift that everyone has. But we apply faith with different results, we could say that there is a kindergarten level of faith, a grade-school level, a high-school level, a college level and so on. It is the same faith, but being exercised on a different level.
.
For whatever reason, God chose faith to be the primary basis of relating to Him. This faith is not only demonstrated by belief but also by action. God wants us to excel, to be superabundant, to have more than enough and spare, to be over and above in the operation of our faith for His glory. We are to practise faith by using it every day, every moment of the day. Faith is the only thing that pleases God and our experience of His kingdom depends on what we are able to believe. We are called to excel in faith.
November 20: WEEK TWO
Title: iEXCEL in LOVE
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)
7 But since you excel in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you
—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
Giving is a natural response of love, the Corinthian believers excelled in everything they had-faith, good preaching (speech), much knowledge, much earnestness, much love. Paul wanted them to also be leaders in giving.
Paul did not order the Corinthians to give, but he encouraged them to prove that their love was sincere.
When you love someone, you want to give him or her your time and attention and to provide for his or her needs.
If you refuse to help, your love is not as genuine as you say.
You might be surprise but when the Apostle Paul used the word “since you” referring to the time God enriched them in every way (1 Cor.1:5) he connected it in excelling in love for them. In what he and others taught and did for them (in the love we have inspired in you). Other text says; to excel "in your love for us", and Paul was the one who was teaching them the Word of God. We, as believers need to find ways to excel in love for our leaders. Let's love our leaders and teachers to life! This is God’s will for us. Let's excel in our love for them.
November 27: WEEK THREE
Title: iEXCEL in Giving
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)
7 Since you excel in so many ways.. I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
It is very interesting that having gone through excelling in spiritual matters in I Corinthians 14:12, and excelling in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, in your love, there was still one area where the Corinthians very much needed to exercise excellence -- the area of giving. Like doing something or playing an instrument, giving is a skill. With practice, we get better at it. We can learn to give more, give more often, and give more strategically. We teach the pursuit of excellence in our vocations. Why not make giving something we study, discuss, and sharpen, striving for excellence?
Making the Macedonian church as an example, the Apostle Paul said; The Macedonian believers gave "as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability" (2 Corinthians 8:3). What does it mean to give beyond our ability? It means pushing our giving past beyond our surplus. It means giving when the bottom line says we can't anymore. Paul encourages the predominately Gentile Christians in Corinth to give generously to an offering being collected for the predominately Jewish Christian church in Jerusalem. You are not a well-rounded Christian until you have learned to give. Finally it says in II Corinthians 8:7, "See that you also excel in this grace of giving."
December 4: THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
Title: iEXCEL in Thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 8:8 (NLT)
8 I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing
it with the eagerness of the other churches.
Paul first reports the sacrificial giving of churches in Macedonia. His example of comparison may inspire an eagerness on the part of the Corinthians not to be outdone by the Macedonian churches. Read back on verse 1, instead of starting with a request for money, Paul begins with an example of sacrificial giving. “We want you to know” is the usual way he goes about introducing new information to his readers (v. 1). In this case, the new information concerns the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches.
The severe trial that the Macedonian churches experienced was of a sort that left them in a condition of extreme poverty. The phrase is literally "down-to-the-depth poverty" But despite adverse conditions, God has enabled the Macedonians to financially assist needy Christians whom they did not personally know. It is easy to see how the wealthy can well up in generous giving. But how is it possible for extreme poverty to overflow in a wealth of kindness?
Macedonian generosity was possible because they gave themselves first to the Lord and only then to Paul (v. 5). Their dominant concern was how best to serve Christ. It is here that they exceeded Paul's expectations. They gave out of their poverty because of the sincerity of their commitment to Christ as Lord. They excel in thanksgiving.
December 4: THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
Title: Excellent God
2 Corinthians 8:9
“9 You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.”
The Apostle Paul is saying to the church of Cortith that they knew very well the generosity of our Lord Jesus Christ. The word know means they fully and deeply understand who the Lord Jesus Chirst is and what He has done for them. Most of all Jesus rich as he was, he gave it all away for us—in one stroke he became poor and we became rich. In verse 9 he begins by saying, "For you know." The word "for" links us up with the prior verse. In verse 8 he says, "I'm not speaking this as a command but just to prove your love." In other words, I don't need to command you to do this because you know how Christ gave.
Christ's humbling is what Paul holds up as an example of what it means to give. There was a time when Jesus was rich. He was rich, when everything in the universe belonged to Him. All the hosts of heaven bowed down in continuous worship of His name. He owned it all, everything was His, but He gave it up voluntarily. He deliberately impoverished himself. As Paul put it in Philippians, "He humbled himself" (Philippians 2:8), and He became a man, just a poor man. Early on in the life of the church the people who did have money sold what they had, took the money and gave to the poor and those were not resources that could be replenished(Acts 2). When you think about that, how wrong it seems to withhold our gifts from those who are in need around us. How can we hold our prosperity to ourselves when our brothers and sisters are in need?
ACTIVATING Generosity 2016
HOW TO ACTIVATE
everyone to THANK GOD!
ac·ti·vate
[ak-tuh-veyt]
verb (used with object), ac·ti·vat·ed, ac·ti·vat·ing.
1.
to make active; cause to function or act.
2.
to place (a military unit or station) on an active status in an assigned capacity.
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LETS all get ready to GIVE THANKS with all of our HEARTS to the LORD!!!
28Days to Go till GRAND LAUNCHING of THANKSGIVING 2016.
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2 Corinthians 8:7-9
"Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us—I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.8 I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.9 You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.
October 30*only after MISSIONS SUNDAY CELEBRATION
AND
November 6: GRAND Kick off
Title: iEXCEL in Life
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)
7 Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us—I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
November 13: WEEK # ONE
Title: iEXCEL in Faith
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)
7 But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,
November 20: WEEK # TWO
Title: iEXCEL in LOVE
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)
7 But since you excel in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
November 27: WEEK # THREE
Title: iEXCEL in Giving
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)
7 Since you excel in so many ways.. I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
December 4: BIG THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
Title: iEXCEL in Thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 8:8 (NLT)
8 I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.
December 11: VICTORY SUNDAY
Title: Excellent God
2 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV)
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
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An HLM SITE PASTOR / LEADER
is an ACTIVATOR!
HE is also the Campaign Chairman for God's People in the LOCAL Site He serves in
- BE SURE TO Activate people to be JOYFUL in GIVING!
- BE SURE TO Activate people to be LOUD in PRAISE!
- BE SURE TO Activate people in POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS!
VISION CASTING is the focus you may enjoin during your:
- CONSECRATION COVENANT NIGHT with Volunteers and Leaders and LifeGroup Leaders.
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Pre-Kick-Offs on Oct 30 or BEFORE November 6 (Sunday)
GRAND KICK-OFF Day on November 6.
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LEADERSHIP of 12 or 144 PLANNING MEETINGS.
- THANK the people for COMING.
- Tell them they are an ANSWER to PRAYER.
- Tell them they will be up for a GREAT JOURNEY in your church.
- Make sure LOVE is high. Relationship is HIGH.
- Let people GREET each other.
BE EXCITED and CONTAGIOUS to REMIND THEM that we have a SPIRITUAL GROWTH CAMPAIGN every last Quarter of every Year called: THANKSGIVING.
DESCRIBE it as a STEWARDSHIP EMPHASIS to the maximum.
**READ Pastor JR's letter found in any of the booklets "THANKS A LOUD" and other THANKS BOOKLET.
This is crucial to connect the OLD TIMERS and THE NEW COMERS.
THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING at this time of the year!
MAKE SURE EVERYONE WILL HAVE A BOOKLET THROUGH THEIR LIFEGROUP LEADERS (it will be made available SOON!
- GO TO AT A GLANCE THANKS 2016 found at the last portion of the BOOKLET.
- Read carefully (WORD FOR WORD) ... so that they would know what this JOURNEY is all about. DO NOT BE BORING ... you have to be EXCITING in DOING THIS.
- END with the ARTICLE: What Will Wont Do and What will we Do in this THANKSGIVING SEASON.
You may have 1 Special Song Number or an INSPIRING Video or Testimony or etc.
It would be best if you put this up on a MULTIMEDIA. DO NOT BE WORDY ...
Tell them about YOUR CHURCH History ... and on how you were used by the LORD tremendously ... share only 1 or 2 stories that would INSPIRE (look to the past --- let them see the HAND of God)
INTRODUCE your LOCAL THANKSGIVING TEAM ... mention them by NAME ... with a YAHOOOOOOOOOO ... YEPPPPIIIIEEE CLAP! Make it Inspiring!
Tell them these EXPECTATIONS in
3 minutes!
WHAT CAN I EXPECT?
1) Guaranteed: YOU WILL PERSONALLY GROW in this THANKSGIVING CAMPAIGN.
SHARE A STORY OF YOU ... how you have grown in THANKSGIVNG ... specifically in giving!
2) Guaranteed: YOU WILL BE HASSLED BY THE DEVIL.
SHARE A DIFFICULTY that COULD BE OVERCOME BY FAITH.
3) Guaranteed: GOD WILL DO MIRACLES. HE WILL DO SOME AMAZING THINGS.
BUILD THE FAITH OF YOUR PEOPLE.
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HAVE A QUICK INTRODUCTION
on the
POWER OF PRAISE
in the Book of Psalms (145 to 149)
Psalm 145: 3, 4
"Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.
One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts."
Psalm 149: 1
"Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people."
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CLOSE WITH A STORY ... IN YOUR LOCAL SITE. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PEOPLE GAVE LAST YEAR/s ... AND ETC.!
INSPIRE PEOPLE!
ABOVE ALL ELSE invite people to FAST FROM COMPLAINTS within the NEXT 21 DAYS. --- November 13 to December 4, 2016.
LET THEM SEE THE POWER OF GRATITUDE / positive attitude and THANKS!
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May the God of RICHES and WONDERS .. BRING YOU MANIFEST BLESSINGS IN RELATIONSHIPS, TREASURES, MONEY and PROVISIONS this 2016-2017!
GO GO GO ... its time to BE thankful for the ENRICHING GOD HAS GIVEN US!
we love yah!!! --- pastor jr AND trixie here :-)
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