Bible, SOP, Technology, Youth

in the days of your youth spiritual gifts stage fright Bible reading singing praying preaching

SOP Biblical & SOP Bases of Using Technology (including computers) in ministry

in the days of your youth

Ecc 12:1-7 when does youth start ending according to science? (graph)

spiritual gifts

Rom. 12:4-8; 1 Cor. 12:9-11, 27, 28; Eph. 4:8, 11-16; Acts 6:1-7; 1 Tim. 3:1-13; 1 Peter 4:10, 11 table (wikipedia)

overcoming stage fright

how many have taken part in any service using the stage? how many have not? how many would be nervous to come up front to pray? to sing? to read Bible? to preach? to lead singspiration? practice makes permanent script things preparation is key

overcoming stage fright

focus on the message

ask God what message He wants you to bring to His people experience with God (testimony) as other spirit-filled people do as the prophets in the Bible did

be filled with the Spirit

monitor the audience / congregation be honest w/c is from the Bible, from SOP vs. your opinion/view/observation/speculation

Bible reading tips

how many have read the whole Bible? what is your favorite book? how many have read the gospels (mat, mark, john, etc...)? importance of the Bible, cost lives during dark ages and during reformation Psa 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

how to read / listen to Bible

all recite books of the Bible kjv-mp3 (mp3bible.ca)

~80-90 hours 3-4 months if 30-40 mins/day

reading Bible reading bible stories

improving on singing

sing to convey message tune->tone->spirit

S, T, R, vowels, when to inhale, emphasis, sing the message (examples, let congregation follow, observe improvements) types of mics, distance, experimentation, puffs, high, mid, low, compression, limitters imagine the angels singing

using the mic

how to do excellently while not self-exalting?

Attractiveness of the Human Voice.

The human voice that sings the music of God from a heart filled with gratitude and thanksgiving is far more pleasing to Him than the melody of all the musical instruments ever invented by human hands.--Letter 2c, 1892.

praying tips

all recite Lord's prayer pray to know what to pray about pray to know God's will complete prayer (egw)

praying example

Let us study Paul's prayer for his Colossian brethren. "For this cause we also," he wrote, "since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness" (Col. 1:9-11). {HP 158.2}

praying tips

How complete this prayer is! There is no limit to the blessings that it is our privilege to receive. We may be "filled with the knowledge of his will." The Holy Ghost would never have inspired Paul to offer this prayer in behalf of his brethren if it had not been possible for them to receive an answer from God in accordance with the request. . . . {HP 158.3}

preaching tips

who is your favorite preacher?

why? style? message? emphasis? subjects? why? can relate/identify? need

what is your favorite message?

facts we don't know yet connect to facts we know %bible + %SOP - %opinion in spirit and in truth

Spirit of Prophecy

do you egw writings in your computer? cellphone/iphone/android? 18. The Gift of Prophecy:

One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is prophecy. This gift is an identifying mark of the remnant church and was manifested in the ministry of Ellen. G. White . As the Lord's messenger, her writings are a continuing and authoritative source of truth which provide for the church comfort, guidance, instruction, and correction. They also make clear that the Bible is the standard by which all teaching and experience must be tested. (Joel 2:28, 29; Acts 2:14-21; Heb. 1:1-3; Rev. 12:17; 19:10.)

Spirit of Prophecy

enumerate/advertise books for awareness browse books & chapters to familiarize demonstrate how to search

Biblical Bases of Using Technology (including computers) in ministry

Hab 2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

Hab 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

what are the computer uses in ministry?

to carry the gospel to propagate the good news, to preserve and communicate God's Word to others. like paper was used in books, like tables of stones were used, so computers can be used in gospel work. to help us remember, to help us share, to help us search/research the Bible.

Bible says
Deu 6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: Deu 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Bible says
Deu 11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Bible says
Deu 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Bible says
Exo 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.

Bible says
Joe 1:3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Real-life examples
-satellites are computers -radio stations are computers -tv stations are computers -digital tv receivers are computers -powerpoints/oo, hymnals -ipod/android/java SOP -transmission of tv programs by internet -Bible & SOP research, bible.cc

Real-life examples

what else can we help with? (apps/algorithms/platforms/libraries/AI /etc..)

to help others find the link to eternity/God

most important thing - eternal life

Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

most important thing - eternal life

Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? (mark 16:15 go ye...) as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

most important thing - eternal life

Rom 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

faith comes by hearing the Word

Psa 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

have you read/heard the whole Bible?

"As a safeguard against this degeneracy, and a stimulus to development, nothing else can equal the study of God's word. As a means of intellectual training, the Bible is more effective than any other book, or all other books combined." Education 142.2

shortcuts to learn more Bible...

so atttend worships learn how to give bible studies memorize verses listen to biblical preachers read the Bible Stories listen to KJV-MP3 go to week of prayers go to theological forums (even if you're not a theologian :) go to campmeetings, revivals, voice-of-youths, evangelisms, church plantings, etc... pray for opportunities to learn from godly and biblical people

shortcuts to learn more Bible...

help others who are doing ministry / bible studies. best way to learn is to teach something.

find your role in this

Joe 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: Joe 2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.