yfc covenant orientation (2010 edition) 2nd rev

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CFC YOUTH FOR CHRIST3-Year Pastoral Formation Track

Year 1

COVENANT

ORIENTATION2010 Revised Edition


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1CFC Youth for Christ YEAR 1: COVENANT ORIENTATION (2010 EDITION)

YFC Covenant Orientation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: THE COVENANT ORIENTATION GUIDELINES AND DYNAMICS

A.

RationaleB. Covenant Orientation Talks Overview

C. Objectives

D. Suggested Schedule

E. Guidelines In Conducting the Activity

1. General Guidelines

2. Roles and Responsibilities of Service Team

3. Materials Needed

4. Reminders for the Team Leader

F. Profile of Speakers and Sharers

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Chapter 2: EXPANDED TALK OUTLINES

A. Orientation Talk

B. TALK 1- Loving, Honoring and Serving God

C. TALK 2- Loving, Honoring and Serving the Family

D. TALK 3- Loving, Honoring and Serving our Brothers and Sisters in

YFC

E. TALK 4- Loving, Honoring and Serving our Country

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Chapter 3: THE COVENANT OF A CFC YOUTH FOR CHRIST MEMBER

A. Dynamics of the Commitment Ceremony

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The YFC Covenant Card

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APPENDICES

A. Participants Handouts

B. Worship Workshop Outline

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CHAPTER 1

THE COVENANT ORIENTATION GUIDELINES AND DYNAMICS

A.

RATIONALE

The Covenant Orientation is the first set of pastoral formation track teaching

given to the youth upon joining CFC Youth for Christ through the Youth Camp. This

special formation to new YFC members is conducted as a one day activity within the

first 3 months of their YFC life after their Youth Camp.

After initially responding to Gods invitation during his/her Youth Camp, the

Covenant Orientation will help them learn how to put their faith into action by

deepening their commitment to God. The Covenant Orientation Talks will guide them

how to rightfully respond to Gods invitation to have a loving relationship with Him.

B.COVENANT ORIENTATION TALKS OVERVIEW

1.

Talk 1- Loving, Honoring and Serving God

God, being our Creator and Father, cares and loves us so much. He wants to see us

happy and live fruitful lives. It is about time that we acknowledge this and respond

to God by loving Him back with all our heart, soul and mind.

2.

Talk 2- Loving, Honoring and Serving our FamilyOur family is one of Gods great blessings to us no matter what situation our family

may be in. One way of showing love and honor to God is through our family. We are

called to be a source of love and unity to them.

3.

Talk 3- Loving, Honoring & Serving our Brothers and Sisters in YFC

God extends our family when He called us to belong to our community. We share

the love we have not only to our blood brothers and sisters but also to our brothers

and sisters in Christ, as well as to our friends who are not yet part of the community.

We learn to value the gift of friendship and strive to be good influences to them and

be our brothers keepers.

4. Talk 4- Loving, Honoring and Serving our Country

We believe that the country we are born into is part of Gods great plan for us. We

are called to take pride in it and to be agents of change as we help build the

kingdom of God in our motherland. Here, we are taught to make concrete steps to

help our society, our community, most especially our poor brothers and sisters.


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C. OBJECTIVES

The Covenant Orientation aims to achieve the following goals:

1. Learn and understand the covenant of a CFC Youth for Christ member.

2.

Renew and deepen our commitment with Christ by understanding and following our

covenant with Him.

3. Develop a sense of identity and responsibility in our role as a believer of faith, a

member of our church, our family, our community and our country.

4. Inspire the youth as they mature in their Christian life through YFC.

5. Live out the covenant of YFC through the pastoral formation and activities.

D.SUGGESTED SCHEDULE

8:00am8:30 Arrival/ Registration8:308:40 Opening prayer

8:40 - 9:00 Orientation/Energize

9:00 - 9:45 Talk 1: Loving, Honoring and Serving God

9:4510:20 Worship Workshop

10:2010:30 Worship Proper

10:3010:40 Snacks

10:4010:50 Gathering

10:50 - 11:35 Talk 2: Loving, Honoring and Serving our Family

11:3512:05pm Group discussion for talks 1 and 2

12:051:00 Lunch break1:001:30 Gathering / Opening Prayer

1:301:45 Icebreaker

1:452:30 Talk 3: Loving, Honoring& Serving Our Brothers & Sisters in YFC

2:303:15 Activity: Affirmation Exercise

3:154:00 Amazing race if needed (If theres no GK site, find other activities

that would fit the 4th

talk)

4:004:45 Talk 4: Loving, Honoring and Serving Our Country

4:454:55 Commitment Ceremony

4:555:00 Closing Worship


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E.GUIDELINES IN CONDUCTING THE ACTIVITY

1.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

a. The Covenant of YFC should be given to every member within 3 months after

their Youth Camp.

b. The Covenant Orientation talks can be given as a one whole day activity.

c. Like any YFC activity, the teachings should be given in a light atmosphere. The

talks should be made interesting and its importance stressed (e.g. anecdotes,

jokes, stories, personal life experiences), making it real to the young adult.

d.

For Community Based program, the Covenant Orientation Planning should be

done by the Cluster Couple Coordinatorduring their cluster service meeting.

e.

For YFC Programs (HS and Campus Based), this pastoral formation track isconducted in the Sector Level through the Sector Program Coordinators and

Sector Program Youth Head/ Provincial level implementation for some areas.

f. The talks must be delivered by young adult leaders who have already undergone

this pastoral formation track. After each talk, copies of the teaching outline are

distributed, and the assembly will be divided into discussion groups (or even into

their own households if possible) to further discuss the teaching (Discussion

starters are provided in the talk outline). The household or discussion groups

allow members to bring up and share more personal aspects of the teachings. As

they lead the groups, this system also trains the Household Heads in being true

Christian leaders.

2.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SERVICE TEAM

The Service Team for the Covenant Orientation as follows:

a.

Team Leaders/ Assistant Team Leader

The team leaders for the Covenant Orientation are the Cluster Couple

Coordinators and Cluster Youth Heads

For the youth heads, the brother as the team leader and the sister is the

assistant team leader.

The couple coordinators oversee the pastoral content and needs of theactivity.

b.

Worship leader/s

Worship leader/s must be properly briefed to prepare for his

exhortation points and his line-up of songs. Songs should be those that the

new YFC members learned from their youth camp. If new songs will be


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introduced, it is important that this be taught during the teaching of songs

before the worship proper.

c. Person in-charge of the logistical requirementsfor the activity-takes care of

the venue, physical set-up, sound system, LCD wall and projector, venue, etc.

d. Secretariat team in charge of registration, food preparation, registration

form, ids or nametags, pen and papers, first-aid kit and other materials

needed.

e. Music Ministry-prepares the song sheets/PowerPoint of songs if there is

laptop and LCD projector available, songbook, guitar and other musical

instruments for teaching of songs and worship.

f. Speakers and sharers for each talk.

3.

MATERIALS NEEDED

It is suggested that the team should prepare the following materials for the

Covenant Orientation:

a. Expanded outlines for the speakers and sharers

b. Sound system

c. Instruments for the music ministry

d. LCD projector

e. Laptop

f. Registration sheets

g.

Participants Handouth. Covenant Cards

i.

Song sheets

j. First-aid kit

k. Other needs for the talks. (Talk 1-Timer and Whistle; Talk 4- GK Audio

Visual Presentation)

l. Invitation Letter to the CFC Leaders (CFC Cluster and Chapter Heads)

4.

REMINDERS TO THE SERVICE TEAM

a. It is very important that the team should take time and plan out for this

event. The Covenant Orientation is very important, as this would guide theYFC member in living his/her life as a true follower of Christ through YFC.

b. Also, a recollection and story conference (briefing of the activity, schedule,

basic content, etc.) is very helpful for the whole team. This is one of the

things that the team leader has to make sure will happen. It would really be

very helpful that as the team prepares for the event; their hearts are also set

for it.


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c. It is advised that the team leader should talk and give a briefing to the

speakers and sharers about their talk and/or sharing, also of what is

expected from them to deliver.

d. On the Covenant Orientation Day itself, set a call time for the whole team.

Have service team worship. Give reminders to the whole team.

e. Before the first talk, give a short orientation about the activity.

Give the short talk on Covenant. (See the talk below.)

Run down the schedule for the day. (Refer to schedule.)

Introduce the speakers.

f. Make sure that as a team leader, you are able to connect the talks to each

other, recalling the previous sessions and stressing the importance of each.

g.

Take this opportunity to help those new members grow in worship - many ofthem still havent raised their hands, clapped, danced as an expression of

love for God or have spoken out words of prophecies in faith. Encourage

them to do so.

F. PROFILE OF SPEAKERS AND SHARERSThe following may be very helpful to the team leaders as they discern and

choose Gods messengers for each talk/session:

1.

It is highly suggested that the speaker for every talk must be at least a YFCHousehold Head. We have to consider the exposure of the speaker to the

community.

It is believed that as a household head, he/she has experienced how it is to live

his/her covenant with the Lord. (Please take note that the speaker for Talk 1

shall also give the Worship workshop.)

2. As for the sharer, he/she may be a YFC member (at least 6 months). One who is

enjoying his/her journey with the Lord. Since the participants are very new to

the community, they could very much relate to the sharing as they could see

themselves through it.

3. It is up to the team leaders discretion whether they would choose a brother or a

sister to be the speaker and/or sharer of each talk. As long as they have prayed

and discern for the person who will efficiently convey Gods message. However,

it is highly recommended that a YFC brother should give the first talk as it also

includes the Worship workshop.


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ORIENTATION TALKYFC COVENANT ORIENTATION

EXPANDED TALK OUTLINE

I.

INTRODUCTION

In the fifth talk of our youth camp, Growing in the Holy Spirit, we heard and

learned how we could deepen our relationship with the Lord and where we were

introduced to a special relationship and a special covenant with our God.

At birth, when we were baptized by the Spirit, this covenant already started. In

the youth camp, it was rekindled. We were again reminded of what this covenant is

about. This session will refresh us of what it truly is. More so, re-live that moment when

we stood to signify our commitment to the Lord, to this community, and to discover our

identity as Youth for Christ and ultimately as sons and daughters of God.

We need to understand more about our covenant. The heart of where we are

right now. There is a need to appreciate the concrete situation which allows us to live

out our covenant and here in YFC we believe through God, our family, our brothers and

sisters and our country.

II.

What is a COVENANT?

A COVENANT is a solemn agreement between two parties/persons. It

establishes a significant family-like relationship between the parties. It is not just an

ordinary promise - especially since our covenant is a covenant with God. It involves two

important things: commitment and sacrifice to remain faithful to the covenant.

The two types of covenant relationships:

1.

Covenants between parties equal in power and position.

(Note to the team leader: Please take time to read the following verses to have a

better understanding and explanation for this point.)

Genesis 21:22-32. Abraham and Abimelech

1 Samuel 18:1-4. David and Jonathan

2.

Covenants between parties unequal in power and position.

(Note to the team leader: Please take time to read the following verses to have a

better understanding and explanation for this point.)

Genesis15. God with Abraham

Genesis 31:44-54. Laban and Jacob


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III. GODS COVENANT WITH US

Gods covenant with us is a very special one. It is bound in a personal way, like of

God to Abraham; of God to us, His sons and daughters. God wants to make a covenant

with us and enter into a personal relationship with us.

1. Jesus came to bring about a new covenant. Read Luke 22:20. John 6:56.

2. The New Covenant is not merely a matter of obeying a set of laws, but of entering

into a living relationship with Jesus.

Our covenant with God is not an agreement between equals, and is not done on

our initiative. It means that it is God who is calling us. That is how special we are to God.

He acted first by sending Jesus.

1. All that God is asking from us is to follow from what God has already done for us.

(1John 4:19)

2. Gods commands are taken in the light of His action in Jesus.John13:15-34

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THE NATURE OF OUR COMMITMENT

A. We are to love and serve God. We are to be Gods own servant people.

B. We are to love and serve our families. We are called to be a source of love and unity

to them.

C. We are to love and serve our brothers and sisters in YFC. We are no longer our own

masters. We are to lay down our lives for one another. We are our brotherskeepers.

D.

We are to love and serve our country. We are called to live our lives in true

righteousness and holiness to be a people that the Lord can use as a body, to be

light to our nation and to the world.

V. CONCLUSION

This is what this day is all about. We will talk about this special covenant with

God. Let us open hearts and listen to what God want to say for us today. He invited us to

a personal relationship during our youth camp, now He is offering a deeper relationshipwith Him by inviting us to a special covenant with Him.

As we listen to all the talks today, may our hearts be open and ready to respond

to the beautiful offering of God to us- a covenant of a life with Him.


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LOVING, HONORING AND SERVING GODTALK ONE OF THE YFC COVENANT ORIENTATION

You shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart,with all your soul, with all your mind.

(Matthew 22:37)

I.

I BELIEVE THAT I AM SPECIAL TO GOD.

A.

God loves me.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that whoever

believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life. (John 3:16)

Let us make this statement personal to us as if the Lord is speaking to us:

For God so loved me that He gave me His only Son,so that if I believe in Him, I will

not perish but I will have eternal life. (Speaker leads and invites participants to say

this statement with all of their hearts.)

God loves us in spite of our sinful nature. He accepts us for who we are.

B.

God forgives my sins.

...for this is My blood of the Covenant, which is poured out to many for the

forgiveness of sins. (Matt. 26:28)

God is full of mercy. He wants to forgive our sins so we can always be close

to Him.

C.

I am a son/daughter of God.

You yourselves are no longer a slave but a son or a daughter; and yours is

the inheritance by Gods grace.(Galatians 4:7)

We were once slaves of sin, but Jesus freed us. We became sons and

daughters of God the Father and brothers of Jesus. Because of this special

relationship, God assures us of His infinite love and grace.

II.

OUR RESPONSE

It is very evident that God loves us so much. There is no other response but to

love Him back. As the scripture says: You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your

heart, with all your soul, with all your mind. (Matthew 22:37)


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A.

We are called to love the Lord with all our heart.

1. Loving God with the core of our being. Loving God with all our heart means

loving the Lord with our whole being. With all our heart means to a ccept

totally and live out the ideals and principles of our Lord Jesus Christ even if it

means to deny ourselves.

a.

Loving God means that we should always include God in our decisions, may

it be big or small.

b.

Loving God means striving to be 100% FREE.

This is by living out a true Christian life that is pleasing to the very heart of

God. Living out a Christian lifestyle is expressing love to our God.

1.

Zero DrugsYFC says no to substance abuse.

2.

Smoke FreeYFC says no to smoking.

3.

0% alcohol - YFC believes that drinking alcohol is not a sin itself but as

young as we are, our bodies may not be able to handle and control

alcoholic content.

4.

Pure Inside and Out YFC believes in purity of thought, speech, and

action.

5.

100% man and womanYFC believes that God has created specific roles

for us as men and women.

6.

Free from pornography- YFC believes that our bodies are created sacred

by God and should not be exploited for selfish pleasure.

7.

Virgin and ProudYFC believes that sex is a sacred gift given by God that

is appropriate only after marriage. YFC believes that sex in essence is

used for pro-creation.

8.

Real Love Waits YFC believes that special romantic relationships are

Gods gift. Thus, we believe in the essence of waiting, as we prepareourselves to receive this in His perfect time.

(Note to the Speaker: Should emphasize that choosing to be 100% FREE is

constantly a challenge. They may be struggling in one of these areas, but it is

never too late to offer and surrender to God. This could help them realize that

even if they failed, they can still love God by trying again and that God still

loves them in spite and despite of it all.)


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2. Loving God entails sacrificebecause sometimes, it is hard to give up something

for the Lord (A bad habit, fasting, being generous with our time, talent and

treasure, etc.)

The phrase Putting your heart into it. means to work hard forsomething to achieve high standards. (e.g. a high grade, a. good thesis or

project). It is also the same in loving God; it enta ils putting our heart into it,

and gives all our perseverance for the Lord. We must exercise excellence

whether service to our friends, family, community and society.

B.

We are called to love the Lord with all our soul.

Our souls were created by God, who is also a pure Spirit. There is a longing

for our souls to be united with God, to be one with Him. (Ps. 84: 1-2)

Prayer is a means of communicating with God and being one with Him.

Prayer nourishes our soul and brings it closer to God. We must be consistent with

our prayer time. Aside from our personal prayer times, here in YFC, we are

introduced to praying with brothers and sisters. We call this worship. Worship is

praying and singing our praises to the Lord.

1. Decide to pray everyday.

2. Make prayer a habit - allocate a certain place and time for prayer. Start with a

15-minute prayer time.

3. Make your prayer dynamic - sing songs, read scripture, talk with God, pray the

rosary.a. Practicing the sacraments expresses our souls longing for God.

b.

Hearing Mass nourishes our souls.

c. Receiving Holy Communion is receiving Jesus Himself.

d. Going to confession, our souls are washed and polished by Jesus and

reunites us with the Father.

e. Sharing God to others is saving souls for the Lord.

f. We should be eager to bring other souls to the Lord by our desire to

serve actively in YFC activities, Youth Camps or church activities.

C.

We are called to love the Lord with our mind.

The mind includes our thoughts, intentions, and learning. Our mind is

powerful. What we think can make or break us.

Sometimes, we think about people who we love. We should practice also

thinking about Jesus and the things He has done for us.


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- Counting our small and big blessings.

- Thanking God daily for each day and for all the answered prayers.

We should learn about Him and study His teachings to gain wisdom. We can

achieve this by reading and reflecting on Scripture and/or other Christian books.

We are blessed to have in our community a scripture companion (scripture

journal), In His Steps, that could be very helpful. We are encouraged to write our

reflections on the readings of the day for us to develop a deeper relationship with

God and understanding of His love. We must learn how to witness to other people

how the Lord is working in our lives.

- Being single-minded for the Lord.

- Consulting him on what He wants us to do.

III.

THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN OUR LOVE FOR GOD WILL BE TESTED

A.

When we experience sufferings, trials and doubts.

In all things, we should realize that loving God is not based on feelings but on

solid commitment. We should believe and be faithful to Him no matter what happens in

our lives, because amidst all our challenges, we should remember that the Lord is

faithful.

B.

When we sin.

We feel guilty to come back to the Lord because we feel unworthy. This

dampens our love for God.

Solution: Go to confession and ask for Gods mercy and forgiveness. He will notonly be happy to see you come back to Him, but He will even embrace you. (The Parable

of the Lost Son could be cited.)

C. When we experience dryness in prayer or we become impatient when our prayers

remain unanswered, the Lord is testing our faithfulness. The more we pray to Him in

times like these, all the more He will be pleased with us and will reward us.

IV.

CONCLUSION

God is our Creator and our Father. He cares for us. He wants to see us happyand live fruitful lives. He loves us and He considers us special. Lets acknowledge this

and respond to Him by telling Him how special He is in our lives. Let us love Him will all

our heart, soul and mind.

(Note to the speaker: At this point, the speaker shall conduct a worship

workshop. Refer to the attached worship talk outline)


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We now want to strengthen and put into expression the ideas we have heard

and learned in this session. What a better way to express our love for God with all our

heart, mind and soul, but through Worship.

(After the worship workshop, divide the group into their households and process

the worship workshop experience.)

DISCUSSION STARTERS:

(Gather as a group. Do not forget to start and end the group discussion with a prayer.)

1. How is my relationship with God after the youth camp?

2. What more can I do to express my love for God with all my heart, soul and mind?

(Choose one concrete example in your life where you can grow in your love for God.)


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LOVING, HONORING AND SERVING OUR FAMILYTALK TWO OF THE YFC COVENANT ORIENTATION

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. (Josh.24: 15)

ACTVITY PRIOR TO THE TALK: PAINT ME A PICTURE

Dynamics:

1. The participants will be divided into groups of 8-10 members

2. They will be asked to illustrate a situation or incidents portraying different activities of a

family.

3. Sample situations are as follow:

a. family in the park

b. family watching TV on a Saturday night

c. family doing a general cleaning of the house

Note: the speaker can include other situations

4.

They will be given 1 minute to illustrate the situation. After which, they will be asked to

freeze.

5. The Speaker, together with the Service Team Head and the Assistant Team Head (who

will act as judges) will go around to see what each group came up with.

6. The judges will signify each group to act out the situation.

7. The best group to illustrate best the situation earns the point.

8. The group with most points wins.

I.

INTRODUCTION

There are no such thing as coincidence only providence. In the Youth Camp, we

realized that God has a purpose of bringing us into YFC. That is because He wants us to

know and feel His love for us through this community. We did feel His love that

weekend, we experienced a change in our lives and we saw things differently. People

started to see the change in us and the first to witness this change are the people

closest to usour family.

In the first talk we embraced the commitment to love, honor and serve God. This

leads us to making greater and bolder improvements in our life. Today we will face

another challenge that is to be witnesses to our family, to honor our special covenant

with them.

II.

THE FAMILY

There are two things that we should realize about the family:


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A. The family is Gods plan (Gen.1:27-28; Gen.2:18-24; Gen.7:1)

God created the family for a purpose - to be a means by which His kingdom is

established on earth. (Have speaker cite an ideal family life loving parents,

harmonious relationship between siblings, etc.)

But sometimes, God has a different plan for those who seem to live in a

family that is being challenged (e.g. by problems, conflicts, separation, etc.). Yet,

there is no reason for us to question God for putting us in that situation. We should

still recognize that our family is still Gods gift to us; that we should still honor our

father and mother, and learn to forgive them.

B.

The family is under attack/ is being destroyed.

Realizing this, the evil one is working very hard to destroy the family so that

Gods plan in the world wont happen.

People say it is outmoded or outdated. Some think that the concept of family

no longer exists at this time, as an individual busies him/herself with his/her chosen

career and would just be content in engaging to casual relationships.

The world has distorted the meaning of being a family and had made the

roles of its members unclear. Ex. Gay Marriages, Pets as Children, Abusive parents,

Under the Saya, Dysfunctional family.

Some say that family is a barrier to progress (e.g. issue on abortion having

too many children hinders economic growth, issue on using contraceptives.) Threatsto marriages increasesdivorce, separation, same sex marriage.

We need to see the spiritual side to this, and take our part in this battle by

offering our very families to the plan of God. This can happen when we play the role

God has given us for our families.

III.

OUR COVENANT WITH OUR FAMILY

A.

Relating With Our Parents

Honor and Respect (Ex 20:12) - only commandment with a promise attached

to it. We respect our parents primarily because they are our parents. (Sir.3: 1-15)

They chose to participate in Gods work of creation; this in itself should be enough

reason for us to honor them. When we honor them we honor God as well. We

respect and honor our parents in spite of their faults, mistakes, and problems.


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1. Show them their importance to us (e.g. stand up to greet them, pleasing our

parents; surprise them on their birthdays and anniversaries.)

2. Valuing them by saying I love you or kissing and hugging them.

3. Attitude of gratitude: Express our appreciation. (E.g. saying thank you and Im

sorry. Or po and opo or any other words that show respect.) , gestures of

respect mano or bless by hand.4. Speak well of them/Avoid speaking negatively about our parents. Explain things

with respect to them.

5. Obedience (Eph 6:1)/ Accept direction / listen to advice: Our parents are Gods

stewards on earth.

6. Accept correction (Prov.13:1 A wise son pays attention when his father corrects

him, but an arrogant person never admits he is wrong)

7. Serve our parents (joyfully doing our household chores, doing well in our

studies.)

8. Spending quality time with them.

B.

Relating with Our Brothers and Sisters in Our Families

1. Seeing our families (even our brothers and sisters) as Gods gift to us.

2. Expressing to them their importance to us and appreciating them. (e.g. Checking

up on them thru texts, thanking them)

3. Respecting and listening to what they have to say-even if they are younger.

4. Lovingly correcting them. (E.g. when they use your stuff without permission

dont yell or be angry instantly, ask and remind them gently to ask permission

from your first.)

5. Finding opportunities to share. We are friends with them.

6.

Spend quality time together.- enjoying in helping one another out homework, school projects of

brothers/ sisters.

- know and be interested in their personal lives / love life.

C.

We are called to be Instruments of Healing.

Learning that we have received Gods healing during our youth camp, it is

about time that we ourselves become Gods instrument of healing to the person/s

dearest/nearest to us.

a. Loving - (Mt.22) loving your neighbor is the direct result/ effect of loving God.

Our closest neighbors are our families. According to 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 the

type of love that we should practice:

1. Love is patient and kind.

2. Love that is not jealous nor conceited nor proud.

3. Love that is not ill-mannered nor selfish nor irritable.


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4. Love that does not keep a record of wrong.

5. Love that is not happy with evil but happy with the truth.

6. Love that never gives up; and its faith, hope and patience never fail.

b.

Witnessing

1.

Be forgiving, patient and loving towards your brothers and sisters.2. Initiate healing - find ways to reconcile differences within the family.

3. Praying and interceding for family members

4. Initiate a family prayer time.

5. Serving God with our family whenever possible

(Speaker mentions how she/he can serve together (e.g. CFC, Parish, etc.)

IV.CONCLUSION

How can we refer to God as Father if we do not have a good relationship with

our parents? Having a good relationship with our family defines our relationship with

our God.

There is an attack on the family. As YFC members, we need to take a stand to

protect and build the family become witnesses and a hope to other families and take

our part in our vision of Families in the Holy Spirit renewing the face of the earth.


1. How can I grow in my relationship with my parents?

2.

How can I grow in my relationship with my brothers and sisters?3. What concrete steps can I do to improve my relationship with my family?


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LOVING, HONORING AND SERVING OUR BROTHERS AND

SISTERS IN YFCTALK THREE OF THE YFC COVENANT ORIENTATION

How good and pleasant it is when brothers live in unity. (Ps. 133:1)

I.

INTRODUCTION: LOVING YFC AS A FAMILY

Blood relations are often the strongest type of relationships. Families have

strong ties because of the same blood we share. Comrades in arms/soldiers feel a

close bond among themselves after they have sacrificed and shed blood together.

The blood that unites us is greater than any of thesethe blood of Jesus Christ.

(Jn. 3:16) He has made us Gods childrenwe are brothers and sisters. Because we are a

family, we should relate to one another in ways a family should.

II.

CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY-TYPE RELATIONSHIPS

A. Commitment

1. Consistency in our relationships- being committed whether we feel like it or not.

(e.g. attending YFC meetings faithfully and punctually)

2. Being ready and willing to be inconvenienced on behalf of a brother/ sister. (e.g.

brother giving his seat for a sister, making sure everyone has their share of food

before eating.)

3. Being a brother/sister no matter what happens.

4.

Choosing to be loving in spite of misunderstandings.

B.

Unity (Ps. 133:1)

1. Avoid being exclusive.

2. Being a brother to all

3. Being a brother/sister even to those you arent close to.

4. Go beyond your chapter, program, sector, and area

5. Decide to grow in your relationship with the brother/sister.

6. Go out of your way to get to know all brothers and sisters.

7. Pray for unity always within YFC, the Catholic Church, and all Christian churches.

(Jn. 17:20-23)

C.

Loyalty

1. Protect the brothers/sisters.

2. Protecting the character of brothers/sisters.

3.

Refuse to believe/listen to gossip about brothers and sisters.

4.

Loyalty means correcting a brother or sister with love and respect.


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5. Protecting the brother/sister physically.

(e.g. making sure a sister gets home safely, having concern/ looking out for one

another)

6. Protect YFC as a body/ community.

7. Keep yourself from doing things that will destroy the name of YFC

D.

Love

Love should always be part of our relationship as brothers and sisters. If we

love God, we must love our neighbor (Matt. 22:39)

1. We love by showing honor and respectgiving importance (Rom 12:10) (e.g.

greeting one another, listening to one anothers ideas and opinions ) It is Gods

command that we love one another. (Jn 13:34-35)

2. 1 Cor.13:4-7 expresses the kind of love we should have.

E.

Service

1.

Like any family, love and loyalty is expressed through service. Have a What can I

give? attitude as opposed to What can I get? (The attitude of servanthood is

more important than the actual service).

2. Be open/willing and ready to serve in any way (e.g. speakers, music ministry,

household heads, facilitators, clean up committee etc.)

III.

OBSTACLES THAT HINDER US FROM GROWING IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR

BROTHERS AND SISTERS

A.

Fear of Rejection

We should draw our confidence from knowing that the King of Kings has

accepted and loved us as we are. Rejection from others wont affect us as much

because of this fact. We should then grow in confidence in relating to our

brothers/sisters. Let us be the ones reaching out to others.

B. Pride

Take on the attitude mentioned in Phil. 2:3. Love others and reach out to

others because God loved you even if you did not deserve it.

IV.

OUR LOVE FOR GOD AND OUR YFC FAMILY SHOULD ALSO BE EXTENDED AND BEEXPRESSED IN OUR SCHOOLS

We do this by being:

A.

Witnesses

1. Being responsible students.

2.

Being the best we can be for the Lord.

3. Striving to live a Christian lifestyle. Let us live out our 100% Free lifestyle.


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4. Being good examples to our classmates (by not cheating, respecting school

authorities and property, participating in nation building activities).

B.

Evangelistic

1. Inviting our classmates to youth camps.

2.

Sharing our faith/service in YFC to our classmates.3. Helping establish/sustain YFC in your school.

V.

CONCLUSION

If we love God, then it follows that we should love one another (1 John 4:20). As

Gods family, each of us is called to love, honor and serve one another, building up

Gods community as a witness to all.

(Note to the team leader: In lieu of the discussion group, the activity below could

be used.)

AFFIRMATION EXERCISE

(To be given after the talk)

Dynamics:

1. After the talk, the speaker shall instruct the group to divide themselves into households.

The Affirmation Exercise shall be introduced.

2. They will be asked to form two lines [line 1 and line 2] facing each other.

3.

At the sound of the whistle, each line makes a step line 1 to the right, line 2 steps to theleft.

4.

Facing partners, each will have a minute to honor and share an area of accountability to

the person in front of him.

5. The speaker claps his hand to signal the reversal of roles, it is the o thers turn now to

honor and share for a minute.

6. At the sound of the whistle, both lines must move one step line 1 to the right and line 2

to the left.

7. Repeat until everyone gets to honor and share an area of accountability to each other.


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LOVING, HONORING AND SERVING OUR COUNTRYTALK FOUR OF THE YFC COVENANT ORIENTATION

You are the light of the world ... let your light so shine before men, that they may see

your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. (Mt. 5:14, 16)

I.

INTRODUCTION

As Christians, we dont believe in coincidences. We know that God has a

purpose for everything. God has placed us where we are, for a purpose.

Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born I set you

apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. (Jeremiah 1:5)

God calls us to be a light to the nations. We should be able to do that wherever

it is that He has placed us - our own countries.

II.

TO LOVE, HONOR AND SERVE OUR COUNTRY

Our love for God is shown by the way we love our country. We can do this by

how we show our love, honor and respect to it. As citizens of our country we are called

to do the following:

A.

TO PROTECT. Ensuring the continuity of Gods creation.

1.

God entrusted to us the place where we are living right now.

2.

It is our responsibility as stewards of His creation to take care of ourenvironment and our countrys resources.

3. Taking care of our mountains, trees, river and seas by not throwing garbage

and cleaning up our own area.

4. We help in clean up drive and tree planting activities in our area.

5. Let us not litter - as if we can flush down our dirt in our surroundings.

6. We dont vandalize.

B.

ADVOCATE. Taking pride in our heritage.

1. Take pride in national symbols (flag, national anthem).

2. Learn about your heritage (If your parents migrated, learn about the country

they migrated from. Keep positive aspects of that culture)

C.

PROMOTE. Take a positive attitude about our country.

1. We avoid jokes or negative comments about our country, culture, and

government.

2. We patronize local products, local talents and tourist spots.


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III.

SERVING OUR COUNTRY- BEING MODEL CITIZENS (Rom 13:1-8)

A. We obey the laws of the land.

1. Following the traffic laws, pedestrian crossings.

2. This includes the laws and regulations of our schools. (We do not look for

loopholes to cheat in school - we come to class at the time the school sayswe should).

3. We should help in furthering the vision and mission of our government and

schools especially if our school is Catholic/Christian. (However, this also

means that we have to speak up when our country/government begins to

adopt unchristian policies that are against life, family and God like abortion,

divorce, etc.)

B. Be aware and actively take part in the affairs of our country.

1. Be vigilant in what is happening in our country. Be pro-active.

2. If we are of voting age - we should exercise this right at every opportunity.

3.

Condemn corruption in government and society without condemning the

government and society itself. We could always be part of the solution and

not add to the problem of society, by being agents of change through the

simple ways of not engaging to bribery of traffic enforcers.

4. Be updated of the current issues of the country and take part in coming up

with solutions rather than staying on the streets rallying for a useless cause.

5. Use our talents, time, skills, and abilities to serve our country. We could

always volunteer in our barangays whenever they need help in the activities

or events they are organizing. The things we learn in our community can be

shared to our neighbors as well.

IV.

LOVING OUR COUNTRY ALSO MEANS LOVING THE POOR.

Mt. 22:39 Love your neighbor.

A.

Loving the poor.

1. Love the poor like Jesus did.

As we all know, the poor is very dear to Jesus. We can read from the

bible that Jesus Himself lived among the poor. He even chose the poor to be

His disciples, shared His teachings to the poor and even allowed them to

witness the miracles He performs.

2.

Love the poor by not treating them as second-class citizen.Each person bears the image of God and is loved by God. If we love

God, we must love those whom He loves. (1 John 4:20)

B.

Serving with the poor.

In Couples for Christ, CFC ANCOP (Answering the Cry of the Poor) is our way

of serving with the poor. Our work with the poor upholds the values of stewardship,


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the path of peace, love, sacrifice, humility and hard work. As advocates of our work

we live out our love for the poor by:

1. Living a simple lifestyle. (Less for self, more for others, enough for all)

2. Sharing our resources to help the poor help themselves.

3.

Spending at least 4 hours in a month to serve in a GK site or other work with thepoor program (GK Build, Social Ministries, etc.).

4. Sharing my love for the poor with my family, friends and areas of influence.

Our love for all those that God loves, namely our country should give us a

greater desire to evangelize. (Mt. 28:18-20)

IV.

CONCLUSION (Mt. 22: 15)

God has placed us where we are, according to His purposes, so that we can use

the circumstances that surround us to be witnesses for Him. As we do this, we also

become witnesses to the nations, by giving to our country the love, honor and respect it

deserves, as responsible citizens, and giving to God our whole lives as true children of

God.

When we honor our country, we must honor the poor, when we honor the poor

we honored our purpose. Helping the poor people is helping this country to the first

world. It is written in the bible that Faith without action is dead. As we believe in God

we must also do His will. It is not enough that we pray. What a better way to live a

Christ-like life but to be Jesus to other people. Share our lives to them. Share our time,

talent and treasure to them. We must allow our faith to be expressed in the way we live

our lives.


1. What are the things am I doing that is showing dishonor/disrespect for the country that

God has placed me in? How can I correct these?

2. What concrete decision can I make that will help me love, honor and serve my country

better?


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CHAPTER 3

THE COVENANT OF A CFC YOUTH FOR CHRIST MEMBER

A.

DYNAMICS OF THE COMMITMENT CEREMONY

1. At this point, the participants are now ready to receive their covenant cards.

2. After the 4th

talk, the team leader will now lead the group to the commitment

ceremony.

3. The team could prepare an AVP that would show concrete ways of living out the

covenant.

4. The music that could be used for the AVP as a reflection song could be SONG OF A

SERVANT or I SURRENDER. The covenant cards could now be distributed.

5. By this time, the participants have a clearer picture of what their covenant with God

is. (The reflection song could still be played during this time.)6. The team leader could advice the participants to sign their cards and ask them to

stand just like during the youth camp when the participants accepted God in their

lives once again.

7. The team leader reads aloud the main points of the covenant, leading to the

PRAISEFEST.


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B.SAMPLE OF THE CFC YFC COVENANT

IV. APPENDICES

I. PARTICIPANTS HANDOUTS

THE COVENANT OF A CFC YOUTH FOR CHRIST MEMBER

1. I am special because I am a son / daughter of God.

* I will spend time in personal prayer where I can grow in loving, honoring and serving Him.* I will learn and grow in living out the ideals and principles of my Lord Jesus.

* I believe that my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

* I believe that drunkenness, the use of drugs, and acts of immorality dishonor my Lord.

* I will participate actively in the life of my Church.

2. My family is Gods gift to me.

* I will love, honor and respect my parents in spite of whatever state or circumstances they are

in,

* I believe that my blood brothers and sisters are Gods gift to me.

*I will strive to grow in unity and understanding towards them.

* I will be a source of healing to whatever brokenness or hurt.

3. It is a privilege to be studying in my school.

* I will show love and loyalty to the Lord and to my school by being an excellent student.

* I will take responsibility in my studies.

* I will respect school authorities.

* I will build good relationships with the people in my school.

4. I belong to the bigger family of CFC Youth for Christ.

* I will relate in love and loyalty to the brothers and sisters from other schools, cities, provinces,

states and countries.

* I will serve the Lord in YFC in whatever way I can, whenever and wherever the Lord chooses to

call me.* I will follow the directions of my elders and leaders in YFC.

5. God has a special purpose in allowing me to be born and to live in this country.

* I commit to love and serve my country with all my heart.

* I will respect our culture, our traditions and our values.

* I will give the best of myself to bring out the best in my countrymen.

* I commit to being a champion of the poor and inspire my family, friends and areas of

influence to be the same.

* I will strive to preserve and protect the environment.


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Loving, Honoring & Serving God

Talk 1 of the YFC Covenant Orientation

Participants Handout

I. I believe that I am special to God.

A. God loves me (Jn. 3:16)B. God forgives my sins (Mt. 26:28)

C. I am a son/daughter of God (Gal. 4:7)

II. God is so special to us that He enables us to love Him more than anything else.

(Mt. 22:37)

A. Loving God with all our heart

1. Heart means core. We love the Lord with the core of our being

- Includes our ideals and principles, and decision

2. Loving God entails sacrifice

B. ...with all our soul

1. Our souls long for God (Ps. 84: 1-2)

2. Practicing the sacraments express our soul longing for God

3. Eagerness to serve

C. ...With all our mind

1. Includes our thoughts, intentions and learning

2. We should grow in our knowledge of Scripture/books about the Lord

3. We must learn how to witness to others about the Lords work in our lives.

III. We will go through times of testing.

A. Sufferings, trials and doubts

B. Sin will make us feel guiltyC. We will experience dryness in prayer

Discussion Starters:

1. How is your relationship with God after the youth camp?

2. What more can I do to express my love for God with all my heart, soul and mind?

Memory Verse:

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your

mind. (Mt. 22:37)


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Loving, Honoring & Serving our Family



I. Two things to remember about the family:

A. It is Gods plan (Gen. 1: 21-28; Gen. 2: 18-24; Gen. 7:1)

B. The family is under attack

II. Our role in the family:

A. To our parents:

1. Honor and respect (Ex. 20:12)

2. Obedience (Eph. 6:1)

3. Respect primarily because they are our parents

(Sirach 3:1-15)

B. To our brothers and sisters in the family:

1. Seeing our families as Gods gift to us

2. Finding opportunities to share

C. Being instruments of healing:

1. Loving

2. Witnessing

3. Praying and interceding for family members

4. Serving God with our family


1. How can I grow in my relationship with my parents?

2. How can I grow in my relationship with my siblings?

3. What concrete steps can I do to improve my relationship with my family?

Memory Verse:

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

(Joshua 24:15)


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Loving, Honoring & Serving our brothers and sisters in YFC



I. Loving YFC as a family

A. Blood relations are often the strongest type of relationships.B. The blood that unites us is the blood of Jesus Himself.

II. Characteristics of family type relationships

A. Commitment

B. Unity

C. Loyalty

D. Love (Mt. 22:39)

E. Service

III. Obstacles that hinder us from growing in our relationships with brothers/sisters

A. Fear of rejection

B. Pride

C. Cliquishness

IV. Our love for God and YFC should extend and be expressed in our schools

A. Being witness

B. Being evangelistic

C. Loving our neighbor our classmates

Memory Verse:

How good and pleasant it is when brothers live in unity.

(Ps. 133:1)


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Loving, Honoring & Serving God



I. Introduction - Gods Purpose (Jer. 1:5)

II. Loving, Honoring and Serving Our Country

A. Showing our country honor and respect.

1. Avoid treating our country like one big trashcan/toilet.

2. Take pride in our heritage.

3. Take a positive attitude about our country.

B. Serving our country - being model citizens. (Rom 13:1-8)

1. Obeying the laws of the land.

2.

Being aware and actively taking part in the affairs of our country.

C. Loving our country means loving the poor. (Mt. 22:39)

1. Love the Poor as God loves them.

2. Serve the Poor through GK

3. The desire to evangelize. (Mt. 28:18-20)

Memory Verse:

You are the light of the world ... let your light so shine before men, that they may

see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. (Mt. 5:14, 16)


1. What are the things that am I doing that shows dishonor or disrespect to the country

that God has placed me in? How can I correct these?

2. What concrete decision can I make that will help me love, honor and serve my country

better?


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APPENDIX

WORSHIP WORKSHOP

I.

INTRODUCTION

Start the session with just a simple prayerafter practicing some songs.

Choose a slow worshipful song for this activity. Make sure its a song that people

know well enough or is easy enough for people to sing without looking at the words.

(Note: Slow songs make it easier for people to feel the presence of God more and as

such are more effective for this activity).

Explain the words of the song / Help people understand what it means and

encourage them to pray the song as they sing it. In order to help participants focus

even more, ask them to close their eyes. Worship, in a sense, transports people into

Gods presence into His courts if we may refer it in that way encourage people

to take note of how they perceive that in the vision that they will see in their minds.

Sing the song(For the speaker, make sure that you yourself are praying the song)

Get feedback. Find out what images they saw in their minds. Was the Lord present

in the picture of their minds eye? Where were they? Were they standing, seated,

kneeling, hands outstretched or clasped?

Sing the song one more time,this time challenging the participants to allow theirphysical bodies to express what they see themselves doing in their minds. Help them

realize that their whole bodies want to pray also, and that if they intend to give their

lives to the Lord, at the very least, it begins with surrendering their bodies as

expressed by a raised hand, outstretched arms or bended knees.

Feel free to sing in the spirit or in tonguesor sing a second song, as the Spirit leads.

Get feedback on what they experienced. Find out if some may have received

prophecies or visions.

II.

UNDERSTANDING WORSHIP

A.

Worship is the central point of our gatherings

1. Its supposed to be inspiringand should build up the body. Worship should be

nourishing and spirit-filled.


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2.

Recently, however, much of our worship has been dry and sometimes

perceived as a waste of time. This is so because many times, our worship

leaders are unable to lead people to worship. Many times our worship is not

worship at all.

B.

Worship is being able to honestly say You are God and I am not, and THAT ISGREAT!!!

NJB Psalms 150:1-6

1. Alleluia! Praise God in His holy place, praise Him in the heavenly vault of his

power, 2. Praise him for His mighty deeds, praise Him for all His greatness. 3.

Praise Him with fanfare of trumpet, praise Him with harp and lyre, 4. Praise Him

with tambourines and dancing, praise Him with strings and pipes, 5. Praise Him

with the clamour of cymbals, praise Him with triumphant cymbals, 6. Let

everything that breathes praise Yahweh. Alleluia!

1.

Just as we experienced at the start of this talk, worship is being able to come

into that loving, healing and mighty presence of God and being able to

acknowledge that HE ALONE IS GODloving, healing and mighty!

At the same time, we are blessed by the healing grace of His presence and by the

mere fact that this same GOD holds us as special and in spite of our sins and

imperfections sees us as the gem of His creation.

2. Worship is paying homage to our true King and Captain. In the same way

that subjects in ancient times have to regularly visit their ruler and pay tribute

or homage or tax (in more modern terms). We come to pay homageadmitting that everything we have is His. At the same time, we are grateful that

HE gives all of theseour bodies, our minds, our money, our propertyfor us to

freely use, and that He never punishes us as we deserve whenever we misuse

these things which are rightfully HIS.

3. Worship is one of the very few times when we are able to have a taste of how

it was and a foretaste of how it will. Its the time when we in our fallen sinful

- human natures are able to connect to God in spirit the way it was meant to be

before our sin made it impossible for us to continually be in Gods presence (as

Adam and Eve were). It allows us a foretaste of the kind of relationship we willhave with God when we are made perfect in heaven.

4.

There are three levels that we usually go through when we really worship:

a. The firstis when we start speaking words of PRAISEor what we might be

liken to as introductions in any audience. This is where we honor God and

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b. The secondis WORSHIPthis is when we start saying how we feel and when

we begin to truly realize Gods greatness. In this level, people start to offer

themselves to God saying I belong to youmy life is yours.

c. The thirdis GLORYthis is when we actually come into the holy presence of

God. It is at this level that God speaks, we listen then we respond. This iswhere we receive prophecies, visions, where we cry at the realization of

Gods love and mercy, where emotional and physical healing takes place.

Sadly, most worship leaders are not aware of this nor do they strive to reach

these levels of worship. We sing a lot of songs, we say a lot of words that

include the word Lord and Amen but few of these are able to make actual

worship take place. Maybe, this is why there are less and less of the spiritual

gifts (tongues, prophecies, visions etc.) during our worships and activities.

Every worship, whether it is alone in your own prayer time, a household

meeting, a teaching, assembly or Praisefest should reach this third level. Any

worship leader who does not have this as their goal for worship misses the

whole point, and may have not actually lead people to worship.

Before we start to think that leading worship is next to impossible, we need to

realize that the effort is almost totally out of our hands and in the very capable

hands of God Himself. God wants us to connect to Him much more than we

want for ourselves and for our members. This takes a huge pressure off of our

shoulders because worship then does not depend on our eloquence or on the

dynamics or tone of our voices but rather depends on and simply begins with an

honest desire to be in Gods presence.

III.

SOME IMPORTANT ATTITUDES REGARDING WORSHIP

A.

Every worship should start with an exhortation.

Exhortation is giving people reason to worship.It should be able to inspire them to

come before the Lord in jubilant praise. It can either be a personal sharing, a story or

a bible verse. An exhortation need not be long but should be encouraging and

acknowledges Gods greatness in our lives.

B.

You need to worship in order to lead worship

Avoid just singing songs. Enter into Gods Holy presence, raise your hands and

mean it. Pray in tongues. Listen to God.

Dont be too consciousof the words you will use, just speak exactly what is in your

heart. Talk to the Lord as if He were in front of you, because He is. Avoid making


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your prayer a well-rehearsed speech with words Lord at the beginning and

Amen at the end.

C.

Worship is an expression of your life

Worship is very important, but is only an expressionof the even more importantreality you are living. Be careful in saying words like Lord Jesus We Enthrone You

or Refiners fire, my hearts one desire is to beholyif its not true in your life, if you

do only what you want in your lifein other wordsyou are calling the shots.

Worship - especially leading worship is difficult if there is serious unrighteousness

in your life (e.g. premarital sex, cheating, gambling, stealing etc.)

This doesnt mean that you should choose not to worship or decline from leading

worshipsince after all, none of us are worthy because all of us are sinful. Rather,

its in always having a genuine repentant attitude. Comebefore Gods presence and

humbly ask for His mercy.

Be Real and Honest.Come before God in total humility. Surrender and allow Gods

spirit to flow through you. Never fake it.

Be knowledgeable.Know the songs by heart. Know their meaning, the right tune

and know how to lead people into singing in the spirit.

D. Avoid anything that distracts

Avoid anything that distracts you or the people you are leading from focusing onGodwho after all is the object of our worship.

Dont use action songs during the worship proper.

Try to make everything clearannounce song titles and numbers. Announce where

the song is headed (next line or verse).

IV.

CONCLUSION

NJB Exodus 34:29-3329. When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in

his hands, as he was coming down the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his

face was radiant because he had been talking to Him 33. Once Moses had finished

speaking to them, he put a veil over his face.

NJB 2 Corinthians 3:18


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18. And all of us, with our unveiled faces like mirrors reflecting the glory of the Lord, are

being transformed into the image that we reflect in brighter and brighter glory; this is

the working of the Lord who is the Spirit.

Like Moses, when people are brought into Gods presence, they are changed from

one degree of glory to the next. This is the privilege we have - to help peopleexperience the pure joy and ecstasy of Gods presence in worship. It should be our

intention to always bring people into this level of communion and reconciliation with

Jesus in spirit and our own joy to see them somehow changed.

Note: End the session by leading the whole group into worship. Encourage them to

express themselves freely as they worship in spirit and truth. Encourage them to

raise their hands, to kneel down, to clap, to pray in tongues and any other means

they feel they will be able to truly worship and enter in the presence of God.

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