Hi
The way God's preparing me for going to this trip is by the way He's showing Himself to me in my life: family, friends, church, etc. These are defintely situations that makes my faith stronger, a strong faith that I need in this trip, preparing myself more about God and other people.I would really want to go to this trip, because first of all that's what God commanded us to do, to share the Gospel around the world, and what a great opportunity to share it in this trip, the purpose of this is sharing God's love with everyone and ministering in different ways to different people, according to our spiritual gifts..working as one for the Kingdom. I really hope that as God shows Himself through my family, friends, even in my own struggles, that He really shows Himself to me in such a tangible way, that I can really learn so much more by doing this missions trip, by doing what He wants us to do, by doing His will and I'm very sure, that when that happens, I won't even notice how I changed or in which area I changed, I just know that'll happen, that someway I'll become less carnal, and more like Jesus.
sábado, 25 de abril de 2009
I can see God working in..
My family. God is working very lightly in my family, but still working..specially through my grandmother. She's my spiritual teacher, I've been taking Bible studies with her. She have a lot of years of experience, so she's definitely the instrument that God have chosen to teach me A LOT! As almost every normal families, I've to live with certain internal issues, but I feel that even in that God is showing Himself to me. In which way? Simply, by letting me live and go through this giving me his peace and letting me look it by the bright side. God is doing this specially for something..for me to LEARN from other people experiences, this case: my family, I feel that this is one of God's processes to polish my faith and making it more valuable as His word says.
My church. God's working in CBC through many ways, specially through ministries. Every kind of ministry that CBC has like Crossfire, women ministry, the missions committee, Bible academy, etc. It's a way that God show himself and works around everyone: leaders and secondaries. One way that God works in church I think is directly to people..I mean..IT'S HIS HOUSE AND HE'S THERE! People go to church seeking for God, and he might show Himself to others using the pastor's messages or by moving His people in ministries.
My college. This maybe the most awkward, but God is showing me there that HE IS DEFINITELY IN MY LIFE. It's not easy to move through a very harsh non christian enviroment, I'm used to though, but still..it's hard. I've talked to my friends and classmates in college about Jesus, specially last year and one of my friends accept Jesus in his life, but nothing more amazing have happened, but last week one of my classmates saw a lil' bracelet that I was wearing that have the word "SHEMA" in it, which is the hebrew for "listen": the famous jewish prayer. And she began a gossip around the class that I was a Jew, and one of my friends yell at her like: Don't be a liar! Can you see clearly that Josue always talks about Jesus and His love, Jesus is clearly in his life and you think he is a jew! They don't accept Jesus. You're crazy!. First of all I thought....always? I mean I only have talked about the Gospel like 3 times last year and then I examined what she said.."Jesus is clearly in his life"..something that I've struggle for quite a while and a non believer could see it clearly..I was like..WOW..YOU'RE DEFINITELY HERE. Honestly, I don't know how, but the thing I know is that God's using me SOMEWAY to show himself to myself.
My church. God's working in CBC through many ways, specially through ministries. Every kind of ministry that CBC has like Crossfire, women ministry, the missions committee, Bible academy, etc. It's a way that God show himself and works around everyone: leaders and secondaries. One way that God works in church I think is directly to people..I mean..IT'S HIS HOUSE AND HE'S THERE! People go to church seeking for God, and he might show Himself to others using the pastor's messages or by moving His people in ministries.
My college. This maybe the most awkward, but God is showing me there that HE IS DEFINITELY IN MY LIFE. It's not easy to move through a very harsh non christian enviroment, I'm used to though, but still..it's hard. I've talked to my friends and classmates in college about Jesus, specially last year and one of my friends accept Jesus in his life, but nothing more amazing have happened, but last week one of my classmates saw a lil' bracelet that I was wearing that have the word "SHEMA" in it, which is the hebrew for "listen": the famous jewish prayer. And she began a gossip around the class that I was a Jew, and one of my friends yell at her like: Don't be a liar! Can you see clearly that Josue always talks about Jesus and His love, Jesus is clearly in his life and you think he is a jew! They don't accept Jesus. You're crazy!. First of all I thought....always? I mean I only have talked about the Gospel like 3 times last year and then I examined what she said.."Jesus is clearly in his life"..something that I've struggle for quite a while and a non believer could see it clearly..I was like..WOW..YOU'RE DEFINITELY HERE. Honestly, I don't know how, but the thing I know is that God's using me SOMEWAY to show himself to myself.
sábado, 18 de abril de 2009
Summarazing Personality/Spiritual Gifts
What role do you typically exercise on a team?
- Usually, when I work on a team (for example in college) I tend mold to the group situation, if the group needs a leader I can be, if the group already have a leader, I can follow instructions perfectly fine, as I give suggestions too. I prefer to do things that I know the most, but I’m also willing to do new things that I don’t know too much about them and learn how to do them good.
- The most important thing they should know about me it’s that I willing to work in order to fulfill all the goals of this mission, so if they need my help with something, even if I have no idea know to do it, I’ll try as hard as I can to help them :).
- The way God can bring together my personality type and my spiritual gifts for the use in His kingdom is by using me as a channel for the Holy Spirit, so He can flow through me, using me as I am, acting through me, increasing all the advantages of my ESTJ personality and the top of my spiritual gifts, working with my qualities and making them perfect as He is.
Personality and Spiritual Gifts Combined
As I look to my personality and spiritual gifts, I can see them working together :P. For example my extroverted personality can be combined with the serving gift. When you serve, most of the time includes other people in it: interaction with others or even following directions of a leader as you serve, so I think that fits perfectly with me. My thinking personality can fit too with my administration gift, when it involves taking a particular decision and thinking it very well. It can also be involved with my teaching gift. I may not know the WHOLE Bible, but as I study the Word of God, think about it and fulfilling my desire to tell other people about what I understood, it can be a little help to others as my ESTJ personality develops.
Spiritual Gifts :)
I’ve always struggle founding which are my spiritual gifts. After finishing this test, I was surprised with the results! My top three stronger spiritual gifts are: service, administration and teaching. I feel very sure about my serving gift, the truth that serving for the Lord inspires me and it really fills me, but, with the administration and teaching gift, first I doubted, I felt very weird, but then I realize my tendencies to those gifts: taking decisions, establishing goals and complete them, a desire to know the Word of God and try to explain it to others. Maybe these gifts haven’t completely developed in me, but I tend a lot to the qualities of these gifts.
The weakest gifts that I have are mercy and hospitality. I’m not surprised with this. I do have both qualities in me, but I can see very clearly that other people definitely have these gifts more developed than me. I don’t feel in me the desire to provide house or accommodations to others and I’m rarely moved to mercy if there’s a financial struggle in church. I can feel these qualities in me (mercy and hospitality), but just as qualities and not as strong spiritual gifts. The weakest one is definitely speaking and interpreting tongues. I’ve never spoke fluently tongues and I can’t understand them, even that in my family there are people that can speak them and I’ve known people that can understand them, they haven’t developed in me. They are highs and lows in my spiritual gifts, but I feel happy to be part of one of the members of the body of Christ.
The weakest gifts that I have are mercy and hospitality. I’m not surprised with this. I do have both qualities in me, but I can see very clearly that other people definitely have these gifts more developed than me. I don’t feel in me the desire to provide house or accommodations to others and I’m rarely moved to mercy if there’s a financial struggle in church. I can feel these qualities in me (mercy and hospitality), but just as qualities and not as strong spiritual gifts. The weakest one is definitely speaking and interpreting tongues. I’ve never spoke fluently tongues and I can’t understand them, even that in my family there are people that can speak them and I’ve known people that can understand them, they haven’t developed in me. They are highs and lows in my spiritual gifts, but I feel happy to be part of one of the members of the body of Christ.
Personality Test :O
Hey!
A while ago I finish the personality test and the results were the ESTJ personality type (Extroverted Sensing Thinking Judging). When I read the description of this personality type, I realize that it fits perfectly with me.
This personality type has extroverted thinking and intuition; and introverted sensing and feelings. I’m a guy that thinks a lot on some things; but at the same time, I act simultaneously as I think: I’m used to make quickly decisions. It doesn’t mean that I don’t think very well in what I’m going to do. Usually I over think the things , but I don’t delay in taking a decision. I’m not afraid to say what I think, but if it’s something very important, I may not be that direct to people. I let guide myself for my intuition, when I feel that something is correct or not, I act according to what I feel and think. This represent a disadvantage for the team, because maybe the things I feel may not be correct in certain situations and I can make mistakes for inexperience in missions’ trips.
I consider myself a sensitive person, even that I don’t show it most of the time: part of my introverted qualities. The fact that it’s very difficult for me to show easily what I feel, makes me most of the time with people I barely know, a quiet guy: that’s another disadvantage for the team, I’m always going to meet new people and maybe the first impression that they’ll get about me that I’m a quiet guy, which I am when barely know someone, but when they get to know me, my extroverted personality just flows without any restrictions. Even that I don’t show that I’m a sensitive person, I am! That’s makes me a guy that can listen other people, try to understand them and give them advices about any situation. I don’t let myself guide for my sensing part, but that makes think even more about anything according to what I feel. That’s me! I can have advantages and disadvantages, but I’ll pray to the Lord that He’ll use me as I am so He can act through me, and He is PERFECT.
A while ago I finish the personality test and the results were the ESTJ personality type (Extroverted Sensing Thinking Judging). When I read the description of this personality type, I realize that it fits perfectly with me.
This personality type has extroverted thinking and intuition; and introverted sensing and feelings. I’m a guy that thinks a lot on some things; but at the same time, I act simultaneously as I think: I’m used to make quickly decisions. It doesn’t mean that I don’t think very well in what I’m going to do. Usually I over think the things , but I don’t delay in taking a decision. I’m not afraid to say what I think, but if it’s something very important, I may not be that direct to people. I let guide myself for my intuition, when I feel that something is correct or not, I act according to what I feel and think. This represent a disadvantage for the team, because maybe the things I feel may not be correct in certain situations and I can make mistakes for inexperience in missions’ trips.
I consider myself a sensitive person, even that I don’t show it most of the time: part of my introverted qualities. The fact that it’s very difficult for me to show easily what I feel, makes me most of the time with people I barely know, a quiet guy: that’s another disadvantage for the team, I’m always going to meet new people and maybe the first impression that they’ll get about me that I’m a quiet guy, which I am when barely know someone, but when they get to know me, my extroverted personality just flows without any restrictions. Even that I don’t show that I’m a sensitive person, I am! That’s makes me a guy that can listen other people, try to understand them and give them advices about any situation. I don’t let myself guide for my sensing part, but that makes think even more about anything according to what I feel. That’s me! I can have advantages and disadvantages, but I’ll pray to the Lord that He’ll use me as I am so He can act through me, and He is PERFECT.
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