Central D

Read and reflect for enlightenment, (CLs) we will be going through this passage on Friday’s CLM.

1Corinthians 12

1Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant. 2You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.

7Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues.[b] 11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.

12The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

14Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

21The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. 29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues[d]? Do all interpret? 31But eagerly desire[e] the greater gifts.

And now I will show you the most excellent way.

Hey Central D,

Yesterday’s Hello, Love Part 2 saw 7 new brothers and sisters run home to Jesus! Combined with last week’s, we have a total of 10 new brothers and sisters in Central D! They are none other than…

Daniel, Samuel, Brian and Damien from SJI!
Xiangyi, Wei Rong, Mei Shu and Marcus from FMSS!
Aivan from NUSH!
Valerie from NTSS!

Well done, Die-Hard and Dynamist!

Let us continue to keep our new brothers and sisters in prayer as we follow up on them.

On a side note, let us also keep our dearest leader, Zachary in prayer even as he embark on a one-month mission trip to Auckland and Brisbane! Do pop by his blog and drop some encouragements!

We love you, leader!

Date: 26th Feb
Day: Tuesday
Time: 3.30pm
Venue: Istana Park

Hey guys, our focus for this week will be on the new believers. We’ll be having a fun time at Istana playing games so be sure to come! See you there!

Hi all, there will be one more choir audition on the 1st of March, if you are interested, please drop a message to Qian Jin. His contact number is 91912935.

P.S. Shawn, here’s the chance to use your talent!

Dear Central D-ians,

In the book of Xanthe Chapter 1, it wrote:

A day before Hello, Love! was comfirmation night. As a shepherd of God’s flock, Xanthe was excited yet fearful that no visitors would turn up. She then sent out love notes to her DMM to communicate her heartbeat, in hope that they would catch the spirit.

She then communicated her fears to one of her disciples, Phoebe. In exchange she was greeted with, “Hahah still got next week!”. Xanthe was taken aback and flustered, so she said, “I correct you in the name of Jesus, that was Satan’s pet phrase!”.

Come on Central D-ians, talk about living each day to the fullest, “next week” is just a deception. If you want to life each day to the full, you have got to work like there is no “tomorrow”s or “next week”s.

By the way this is a true incident and it would be exactly printed in the book of Phoebe as well. In either ways, the main intention of this entry is not the character involved, it is the lesson that we can draw from the incident. I have seeked permission from the characters to publish this entry.

Imagine Jesus decided to invite you to take a sneak preview of His house for a day. It was luxurious. Being the cheeky you, you ventured off into Jesus’ study room and saw this humungous book of life and death. Out of curiosity, you flipped through the pages, and discovered that there in it, was the birthdate and deathdate of every single one on earth. Though staggering with fear, you decided that you wanted to know when you would die so you could number your days. Uneventfully, it turns out that tomorrow would be your last service on earth, in other words, your last service on earth.

If tomorrow were to be your last service on earth, you wouldn’t be thinking that there is still next week.

Jiayou people!

Love,
Xanthe