The Father Heart of God – Our Fruitfulness

This is the last sermon topic for this year’s church camp. Rev Ross didn’t preach what he had initially planned to speak about, but instead re-wrote his sermon just the day before so that he could share with us about his heart-felt concerning about self-talk in our daily lives.

Causes of Wrong Behavior

Rev Ross shared that BEHAVIOUR à EMOTIONS à SELF TALK à WRONG ASSUMPTIONS OR LIES. Often, our underlying issues lie in the wrong assumptions or lies that we have chosen to believe! And some of these lies, can be rather big and serious lies, which Rev Ross terms as ‘King Lies’.

He shared that one of the worse King Lie is that God doesn’t care if we sin because Jesus has already paid for our sins. This can sometimes happen in my thoughts, so it is definitely something that I would want to bear in mind. God help me…

Cheating for the Sake of Money

Rev Ross advised us that if our business needs us to lie or cheat to make money, then change our business! What he said next stunned me…

He said, “You can’t take your Mercedes or swimming pool with you during the Rapture! But if you bring people to God, they will rise with you! Am I weird? I’m not weird!” In his 40 years of ministry, Rev Ross has helped, ministered and trained up many Christians… and till date, 75% of them are still serving God faithfully, some even at far away countries!

I still vividly remember him saying, “I’m not weird!” Yeah, I was inspired by him!

He went on to say, “If you build trust, soon you will make a lot of money… because people trust you! You can’t do business without trust!” Wow… that made a lot of sense to me…

Illustration of Guilt and Sin

Rev Ross also shared this illustration about lust, saying, “Can you imagine Jesus logging into the PC and surfing pornographic websites?” Immediately my mind shouted a loud “No!” Yup, this is not something that I would want to do either.

Understanding the Grace of God

Finally, Rev Ross referred us to Titus 2:11-15 and shared that this grace is not just forgiveness… but this grace is ALSO a POWER that lifts us up above our sins! So that people around you can see and say that this person belongs to God!

Praise God for His wonderful revelations during this year’s church camp! Oh boy, am I looking forward to the one next year! I heard it is in December! Yippee!