THE POWER OF TONGUE

Hey all of you. I feel so excited filling this blog every now and then. Everytime when I fill this blog I always have something great to tell all of you. we had a great service on Saturday (26 January 2008). God was moving in a tremendous way. The praise and worship was great and the glory of God was just upon the youth in a tremendous way.
The lord told me to preach regarding the power of tongue. The message was taken from the book of James.
3 ways to we can control the power of our tongue are

1. Guard your tongue: The bible says that what we say can a the life of others. we have to watch what we say. So many times we say hurtful things to other without us actually knowing what we have said. So many of us youth we teased our friends by using negative words to others. How many times we have listen to parents confessing negative things to their children? what we say to others have an important effect on the people who receive our words. . if we continue teasing our friends saying that they are no good or we say to our friends "stupid" then our friends will turn to be stupid. We need to be an encourager instead of telling negative things to other. Instead of complaining or criticizing all the time lets start a habit of complementing people. Instead of seeing the dark side of people see the bright side. Watch what you say and that will make us into a better person.
2. Don't gossip: The bible says the words that we speak is like a spark of a fire in a forest. It is small but it spreads and becomes a big fire. When we spread rumors and gosips we are creating a spark which will be a big fire. Spreading rumors and gossips result in inaccurate information or incomplete information. As Christians we should cnot gossips because gossips just create conflicts and miscommunication. Our gossip can destroy the whole church. Stop gossiping and if you have problem with someone or you want to know something regarding someone better of ask the person directly rather than speaking and spreading rumors behind their back.
3. Be consistent in the words that you speak: The bible says with our mouth we praise God and with our mouth we speak curses to people. So many of us we speak so well about God in church and cursed him outside. We need to be consistent with our words. Because consitency in our word results in integrity. If you say you will come at a certain time for an appointment you better come on time. Because if we keep on failing to meet our appointments and never come on time then we are not consistent and we are being a stumbling block to other people. Be consistent practice what we preach and always make sure be consistent in what we say.
   
   in conclusion to control our tongue we should
   1 Guard our tongue
   2 Don't gossip
   3 Be consistent in the words that we speak
   
   Thanks a lot for your support. God bless you all
   
   In Christ
   Pst Anand

God is Good

What a great service we had on Saturday 19Th of January 2008. We had a praise and worship night which is led by Sassha and Sneha. The presence of the Lord was just pouring down in that place. For all of you who didn't join this meeting, guys you missed out. And for all you English speaking youths, if you are not apart of any youth i would encourage to come and join us on Saturdays 5 pm in Bellagio boutique mall 5Th floor (in the lift press 3)ICCJ sanctuary.

This week the message was about getting real. To get real, means we have to accept what God has in store for us that is eternal life. what the world have to offer us is temporary pleasure. friends the world can only hurt and lead you to destruction but God can lead you to eternal pleasure and can give you eternal life. so friends let be real before God

Today 21st January 2008 Me and Sahil (missions coordinator for the youth) went to Raffles school to do a youth mission outreach. God has been so good. 3 months back only 2 guys would come for the leadership training which is organized by the youth mission team. now 12 guys are actively coming for the leadership training. God has been moving in this training which is done in a small group setting. unbelievers are coming in to hear the biblical way of leadership. Praise the Lord

The school have told us to conduct their chapel time for the whole semester. 200 youths are required to attend the chapel. This is such a great opportunity for us as a group to reach out to them. I pray and confess in the name of Jesus through this opportunity many souls will be saves and many lives will be changed.

I just want to thank you for all your support and prayers. Continue to pray for us and I believe that the best is yet to come for all of us

In Christ
Pst Anand
Extreme Reality Youth

pictures from the Gospel Band Competition 2007

we got 2nd prize and the won the favourite band award nominated by the viewers

more pictures will come soon

Gaining the Favor of God

i believe that great thing is about to happen in ICCJ and to all the youth in Indonesia. God have proven himself faithful to his people and he will always be faithful. this is my 1st blog. in my next blog i will be adding pictures of what have been in extreme reality youth.

if u havent join us i would encourage to come and check us out on saturdays 5 pm. we are located in Bellagio boutique mall 5th floor (in the lift press 3) in the ICCJ sanctuary.

we had an awesome service this week in ER. God was moving in a powerful way. i spoke about gaining God's favor. to go forward and to go to a deeper level we need his favor in our lives. in the bible we can learn from 3 characters who gain the favor of God

1. we can learn from Abel. Abel gave his best to the Lord and the lord was pleased with him and God's favor was upon his life. as a child of God we need to give our best to God whether it may be our ministry, our work, our schools. dont just give your spare time to the Lord give your best. just think if u r only given spare time by the people closest to you. it hurts!!! so give your best just like how Abel did

2 we can learn from Enoch. Enoch walked with God. God was so pleased with Enoch, till God just took him away. Enoch never had a physical death experinece God took him. just imagine being so closed with God till he just takes u away to be with him without experiencing death. i want to be that close to God i want to experience encounters with Jesus ad i want to be more intimate with him. God's favor was upon enoch. do u want to be close to him. i invite u all to start walking with God involve him in every decision u make dont brush him aside

3 we can learn from Noah. Noah is obedient. because of his obedience, God's favor was upon him, he and his family became the only survivor of the flood. Noah obeyed God by building an ark in the place where they have never seen floods before. all his friends must have think NOah is a freak but Noah didnt care wat people think he care only for wat god wants him to do. friends lets be obedient dont listen to ur frends listen to Jesus. do wat he tells u to do even though it sounds stupid or controversial do wat he wants u to do and gain his favor

in conclusion let us gain the favor of god by
1 Giving our best to God
2 By walking with God
3 By obeying God


God bless u all, keep the candle burning

Pastor anand
Extreme Reality Uth- ICCJ
BE REAL BE EXTREME