Overview of JOHN

It was a good start to the new year. I am thankful to be reminded that the God whom I believe in is in total control and He is sovereign. So whenever we are helpless and we know that there's really nothing we can do by our own strength, do not doubt nor forget the God who has saved me and died for me.

I felt helpless in some aspects of the ministries I serve in. There is only that much I can do as a human being, a wretched one saved by God... whether I am a co-DGL or song leader. I am not "Miss-do-all" nor "Miss-know-it-all". But I know that in prayer, I shall depend on God and trust that He will accomplish all things according to His good and perfect timing.

Here is the overview of John for those who did not attend the Adult Meeting last night...

1) Jesus' Mission
a) Reveals God and His purposes
b) To save the world (3:17)

2) The Churches' Mission
a) New entry point into heaven (4:21) and fellowship with God
b) God's commandment to love one another (15:7)
c) New mission (20:21-23): God tasked Jesus into the world. Jesus tasked us to go out and do his mission.... so that the elected will get to know God.

"As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world." - John 17:18

"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me." John 17:20-23