Na Uknak Thleng Hram Seh

Matt. 6:10, John 2:1-10,

Matt 6:10 sungah, Jesuh in “Na uknak thleng hram seh” tiah thlacam uh in ti tikah, ziangtin Pathian ih uknak cu a thleng thei ding? Hriamhrei thawn din theih a si lo. Pathian uknak cu Pathian in zo pawl hmang in a din tile, “Bawipaih duhnak nun kim ter ding lawng a duhtu pawl hnen in a phuang aw a si.”

Pathian uknak timi cu Jesuh in hi leitlun a rat lai ihsin a thok zo ih an ṭamci bang in a tum vingvo leh ding. Nang le kei ih kan tuanvo cu a kim theinak dingah, rak telvetu kan si ding hi Bawipa in in sawmmi a si.

Jesuh hmaisabik mangbangza a tuahnak hi Kana khua ih nupi thitpuai ahhin a si. Himi nupi thitpuai kan zoh tikah, Pathian ih sunlawinak ziang ruangah a lang ih, zo pawl thawng in a lang timi fiangte in kan hmu thei.

1. Jesuh khal an sawm ve (cc. 1-2)

·       1Ni hnih hnuah Galilee peng Kana khua ah nupi ṭhit puai a um. Jesuh ih nu khal cunah a um ih, 2Jesuh le a dungthluntu pawl kha an sawm ve.

·      Saya Luai Hre ih tong, “Jesuh nan sawm lo pi, ziangtin buai lo in nan um ding?” a ti.

·      Midang hmuahhmuah cu kan sawm theu nan, Jesuh na sawm lo ih na tuahmi pohpoh ah thluasuah a um lo. Ningzahnak le mualphonak lawng an si.

·      Ziangtin kan sawm ding?

·      Thufim 3:5-6

·      5Bawipa cu na thinlung zate in rinsan aw. Nangmah ih ruahnak le theihnak kha rinsan aw hlah.

·      6Na tuah mi kipah Pathian cu thei ringring awla, Amah in lamzin dik a lo hmuh ding a si.

·      Tuahmi kipah Pathian cu thei ringring timi cu – Kanmaih duhnak hnak Pathian ih duhnak thupi sawn ah re aw.

·      Pathian kha sawm lo ih na tuahmi an um pang maw? Pathian kha sawm aw.

·      Matt. 6:33 sung khal ah, Jesuh khal in – Pathian ih duhnak kha hawl hmaisa sawn uh. Cule, a dang pawl kha pekbet nan si ding in ti.

·      Pathian ih sunlawinak lang dingah Jesuh a sawmtu kan si a tul.

2. Mary ih lungput (cc. 3-5)

·      Midang ih harsatnak le mualpho ding a duh lotu a si.

o   3An Sabitti a cem tikah a nu in Jesuh hnenah, “Sabitti an nei nawn lo,” tiah a ra sim.

o   Midang ih harsatnak parih zawnruahnak neih hi Jesuh ih a duh bikmi nun daan a si.

§  Samariah mitha pa.

·      Mary in Jesuh kha a duhmi tuah ding in a force lo. A duhmi a sim men.

o   4Cutikah Jesuh in, “Ka nu, i sim duh hlah; ka tikcu a kim hrih lo,” tiah a ti.

·      Mary in Jesuh a ring mei.

o   5A nu cun hnen-um pawl hnenah, “A lo simmi poh tuah uh,” tiah a ti.

o   Matt 11:28 sungah:

§  28“Thilrit a phurmi le zonzaih a tuartu pawl, ka hnenah ra uh, colhdamnak ka lo pe ding.

§  Jesuh hnen ih na ap zo hnu ah thinhar in um duh nawn hlah. Na um ahcun, na thilrit kha na ap theh hnu ah na laksal ih nangmah in na phur sal thawn a bang aw.

§  E.g. Mawtaw par ih bawm phur vek na si ding.

o   Pathian in a thil tuah duh daan le a tuah tum caan hi nangmaih duh daan vek a si lo thei. Asinan, a tha sawnmi a thei sawn. Amaih hnen ah na buainak kha ap mei awla Pathian ih duhmi lawng hril in tuah mei aw.

·      Mary bang in midang zawnruat ih an ningzah le mualpho khamtu ding pawl hmang in Pathian in a sunlawinak a lang ter.  

3. Hnen-um pawl ih lungput: Zumnak cu a thupekmi thlun khi a si (cc. 6-8)

o   6Cutawkah Judah daanih a um vekin an kut kholhnak hrangah tidai ralca beel tumpi beel ruk an ret. Beel khat in galan * kul ihsin sawmthum tiang a dawl thei. 7Jesuh in hnen-um pawl hnenah cun, “Hi beel pawl hi tidai khat tein than uh,” a ti. Liam thluahthlo in an than ih, 8an hnenah cun, “Beel sung tidai cu vun suak uhla puaituahnak a tawlreltu pa hnenah hei pek uh,” tiah a ti. Tidai cu an hei pek.

o   Ralcabel timi cu ziangah an rak hmang? Tidai galan 20-30 tiang tlemmi a si.

o   Rawl an ei hlan ah an kut le ke an kholhnak a si.

a.     Zumnak cu tuahnak in a thlun ringring a tul.

o   Tidai khat tein than uh a ti ih an than. Beel sung tidai cu vun suak uhla puai tuahnak a tawlreltu pahnen ah hei pek uh a ti ih an va pek.

o   Kutke kholhnak tidai rori Jesuh ih fialmi vek in an tuah.

b.     Pathian ih huham cu zo pawlin an hmu ngah? Pathian ih hnatuannak ah a telve tu lawng in an hmu thei.

o   Beel sung tidai hmuahhmuah in cabit ah a cang lo.

o   An hei pekmi lawng sabit ah a cang.

o   9Cuih tidai cu Sabitti ah a cang ih cumi cu a tep. Khuitawkin cuih Sabitti cu a ra ti a thei lo; tidai a suaktu hnen-um pawl cun an thei ko. Curuangah nupi ṭhitu pa cu a ko ih, 10a hnenah cun, “Zozo khal in Sabitti thaw bik kha a hmaisa bikah an pe ṭheu ih mi tampi an khawh deuh hnuah Sabitti menmen kha an pe ṭheu; a sinain nang cun Sabitti thaw bik kha a netnak tiang na pe thei,” tiah a ti.

o   Hmun dang khal ah kan hmu:

o   Mithawng nga rawl a do (John 6)

o   Mitcaw pa (John 9)

o   Lazarus (John 11)

§  Kanneihmi sanghlom te kan hei pek ve ih,

§  Kan mit ih ummi ciarbek kan hei kholh ve ih,

§  Thlan khar lung kan tthawn ve tikah, Pathian in thilti theinak sungah kan tel ve ih kan bawm ve a si.

o   Hnen-um pawl bang in zumnak thawn amah kan rinsan ih a thu kan thlun tikah, Pathian ih sunlawinak a lang suak a si.

Thunetnak:

Pathian ih uknak cu kan nunnak le kan kawhhran le kan khua le ram ih a thlen theinak dingah:

1.     Na nunnak ziangkim na tuah tikah, Jesuh sawm in Jesuh thawn tuah tlaang ringring aw. Jesuh duh lomi le Jesuh tel lo in zianghman tuah hlah.

2.     Mary bang in midang zaangfah zawnruahnak nei in Bawipaih hnen ah thlacam aw. Na thlacam na hlawhtling ding.

3.     Hnen-umpawl bang in Jesuh thupekmi kha tuah aw. Amah rinsan in a fialmi tuah aw. Thlacamnak a thupi zet asinan kan thlacammi kha Pathian ih bomnak ring in kanmah khal in kan tuah a tul.

4.     Arah parah cu:

o   Leenglam lawng a thianhlim ter theimi tidai kha a thawbikmi sabitti ah a can ter.  

o   Tidai vek men, na nunnak zianghman si lomi te khal Jesuh in thil maksak ah a thleng thei.

o   Bawipaih duhnak hi leitlun ah kimter dingih a teltu pawl cu Pathian in an nunnak, tidai vek men a simi kha, sabit thaw bik vek in, nun thawbik neitu an an nunnak a thleng sak a si. 

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San No Thuan

Sept 13, 2014

Grand Rapid

Organize Your Church on Purpose and Giftedness

By Rick Warren

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Structure doesn’t cause growth; the structure of your church determines how fast you’ll grow and the size to which you’ll grow. There is no clear organizational structure in the New Testament, and I think God did that intentionally so the Church can adapt to different stages, ages, and cultures. God gives us broad principles and not narrow rules. There is no perfect structure.

As we study Scripture, we learn two general principles about organizing and structuring for growth. First, God wants us to organize around the purposes for which he created the Church. And, second, God wants us to organize around the gifts of our members. Purpose and giftedness determine how you should organize your church.

Here are some advantages to a simple, gift-based structure:

It focuses the church on ministry, not maintenance. When organization is over-emphasized, a church can lose its focus on ministry. I heard about a grease factory that, as it became more and more successful, had to build more machinery to produce the grease. But, they also had to use more of the grease on the machinery they were adding. Pretty soon, they closed the marketing department because all the grease was being used on their own machinery.

If you streamline your structure, then you can maximize ministry and minimize maintenance. If you cut out about half of your meetings, your church would be more effective. I noticed the other day that my peach tree is covered in peaches; in fact, there might be 50 small peaches blooming on one branch. This week, I’m going to have to go out and remove about half of them. If you want big fruit, you have to get rid of about half of what you already have. That’s true in ministry, too: You have to focus if you want big results.

It makes better use of talent. I remember many years ago when we were looking for land for Saddleback Church, I asked people who had a background in real estate or development to show up at my office the next night. There were 14 guys who showed up, and I didn’t know half of them. They went around the room, introduced themselves, and said why they should be on the task force.

The first guy said, “My name’s Tom, and I buy all the sites for Kmart.” You’re in, Tom.

The next guy says, “Last year I did $91 million in land acquisition.” You’re in.

Next guy: “I’m vice president of First Interstate Bank.” You’re in.

All the guys were highly qualified — far more than me. I said, “I believe God wants us to have 50 acres of land for our church; your task is to go find it. God bless you. Meeting dismissed.” That’s what you call liberating the members for ministry. I’ve had this philosophy for more than 30 years, and Saddleback has gone far beyond what I could do because I released people to do what they are good at doing.

The more successful a person becomes, the more impatient they will become with meaningless meetings. The last thing you want to do is put a go-getter on the flower committee. Committees discuss what they want other people to do; ministries just do it.

It builds morale. Why? Because ministry is more fulfilling than maintenance.

It allows spontaneous growth. If someone has a burden for ministry, then they can start it. We call this the “You’re It” principle. I can’t tell you how many people come to me and say, “Pastor, what the church needs is …” My job is to release and equip the saints for ministry. When people see something missing in your church, they’re often revealing their giftedness. Don’t treat it as a criticism; realize that they are revealing their passion.

In 1992, a young guy named Shane came to me and said, “This Internet thing is really going to take off, and the Church isn’t doing anything about it.” He wrote a three-page, critical letter about how we weren’t getting anything done. So, I hired him. As a result, Saddleback was the first church in the world on the Internet. Instead of getting defensive, I said, “Take it. Run with it.”

Don’t go around popping bubbles all the time. I’d rather someone try and then learn that it can’t be done than for me to tell them that it can’t be done. And, it may be that they are finally the right person for the ministry that has failed in the past.

Sometimes we start ministries from sermons. One time I did a message on how we need to care for one another. I thought, “We should start calling people just to see how they’re doing.” And I said, “I’m going to start a ministry right now called ‘Care Callers.’ If you like to talk on the phone and want to go through the directory and call people up and ask for prayer requests on my behalf, then please sign up on a card.” We didn’t do any long-range planning, but we started a valuable ministry.

It promotes growth. Structure will be as creative as you allow it to be. If you allow people to expand and stretch, then you’re going to have a creative church. But if you have bureaucracy — “We’ve always done it this way” — then creative people are going to leave your church. They’ll go find a place where they’re allowed to blossom.

It allows more efficient decision-making. Have you ever seen a church waste time on a trivial decision? Often, the more trivial the decision, the more time it takes to resolve the issue. In congregational meetings in small churches, decisions are often based on the popularity of the speaker. Also, the smaller the church, the more power the most negative person has. Many churches operate by management objection. The most negative person in the church is allowed to kill an idea.

A simple structure is more stable. The more complicated a structure is, the easier it is to break. How do you simplify your structure?

•    Reduce the number of meetings you have in your church.

•    Reduce the number of items you vote on.

•    Release ministries to make their own decisions.

Let your budget determine your priorities. The way you spend your time and your money determines what’s important in your church.

To See Lives Transformed, Always Start with the Truth of God’s Word

By Rick Warren

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See lives transformed by God’s truth when you lead your church through our newest church-wide campaign, Transformed: How God Changes Us.

Nothing thrills a Pastor more than seeing real transformation happen in the lives of people. We want to see people grow up and become completely mature – completely like Jesus Christ. Another word for this is sanctification, and sanctification always begins as God’s Spirit uses God’s truth to change the mind, heart, and will of His follower.

Jesus prayed to the father in John 17:17, “Use the truth to make them complete. Your Word is truth.” Transformation is change, and change happens as we apply God’s truth to every area of our lives. The first responsibility of Pastors and shepherds is to preach God’s truth, which transforms the lives of our hearers into the image of Jesus Christ.

One of the primary marks of spiritual immaturity is when other people can easily sway us away from the truth. Not knowing the truth of God’s Word causes us to change our beliefs back and forth, repeatedly, which creates an unstable life. Paul said in Ephesians 4:14-15 that when we are mature and know God’s truth, “Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds about what we believe because someone has told us something different or made a lie sound like the truth…”

As Pastors, teachers, and church leaders, it is our responsibility to instruct people in God’s truth and to set the example for what it looks like to apply God’s truth to every area of our lives. Solomon set the bar high in this area in Ecclesiastes 12:9-11, “In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs. The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly. The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.” (NASB)

When you present God’s truth to God’s people for the purpose of life transformation, two things will happen. First, they will be moved to act on what they’ve heard, to become doers and not just hearers. Solomon said the words of wise men are “like goads” that move the will of people to align with truth. And secondly, they are like “well-driven nails.” In other words, when God’s truth is presented well, it finds a permanent place in the minds of its hearers.

As we lead our congregations forward spiritually, I believe there are several imperatives that will result in truly transformed lives.

1. Present the good news of Jesus clearly and repeatedly. Jesus is the point, and the good news of His saving grace never gets old. We never go deeper than the gospel. We never move on past the truth of what it means to be saved.
2. Elevate God’s Word in the eyes of the congregation. One of the reasons I use so much Scripture in what I call verse-with-verse exposition is that it sends a message that Rick Warren isn’t the authority, the Bible, God’s Word is the authority.
3. Center every message on God, His character, and His truth. The points of your messages will always have more impact when they are about God and not about you or the hearer apart from God.
4. Call people to act on what they hear. Once truth saturates the mind and moves the emotions, it should result in actions of the will. This is why I use so many verbs in the points of my message. 

I don’t believe that behavior modification should ever replace the role of God’s grace in transforming us, but the evidence of real transformation will be behaviors that are modified by God’s truth.

People are living today under the tyranny of self-defeating behaviors, and those self-defeating behaviors are always based on lies, which must be confronted and challenged by God’s truth.

God’s truth is far more powerful than my opinion or yours. God’s Word teaches us the truth. It shows us the path to walk on. It shows us where we get off the path. It shows us how to get back on the path. And it shows us how to stay on the path. Always start with the truth of God’s Word if you want to see real transformation happen.

Lead Better by Improving the Way You Communicate

By Rick Warren

You can’t lead a church, evangelize a community, or do business without communicating. And the better you become as a communicator, the better you become as a leader, and the better the team you lead becomes as a result. That means to get ahead you’ve got to continually work on your communication skills. Probably 75% of the problems we face, at home, at work, and at church are related to poor communication with family members, church members, your clients, or your coworkers. Poor communication is also the most frequently mentioned problem in marriage counseling.

Here are three things you must give up in order to grow as a communicator. As you lead…

Give Up Your Assumptions

We get into trouble when we start assuming we understand the meaning of what people say to us. The truth is – everything you hear goes through a filter. Your filter is determined by your past experiences and your unique personality. You may not be hearing what they are really saying. Therefore, it’s smart (and safe) to ask for clarification. There are 6 possible messages every time you speak:

•    What you mean to say and what you actually said.

•    What they heard and what they think they heard.

•    What they say about it and what you think they said about it.

Proverbs 18:13 says “It’s foolish to answer before listening.”

There is a second kind of assumption you need to give up on. Stop assuming people understand everything you’re thinking and feeling as you communicate. It’s only fair to clearly and completely share your expectations with people when you assign them a task or a project. You must find a way to be both concise and complete, and always clear when you communicate.

Give Up Your Accusations

You’re never persuasive when you’re abrasive. And you never get your point across by being cross. Anger and sarcasm only make people defensive… and defensiveness kills communication. Here are four common forms of accusation:

•    Exaggerating – making sweeping generalities like ”You never ” or “You always.”

•    Labeling – derogatory name calling. Labeling never changes anyone. It only reinforces the negative behavior.

•    Playing Historian – bringing up past failures, mistakes, and broken promises.

•    Asking Loaded Questions – which really can’t be answered, like “Can’t you do anything right?”

Ephesians 4:29 says “Use only helpful words, the kind that build others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”

Give Up Your Apprehensions

Fear prevents honest communication. It causes us to conceal our true feelings, and fail to confront the real issues. The two most common apprehensions are: the fear of failure and the fear of rejection. But when you face your fear and risk being honest – real communication can happen. Freedom is the result of openness. Jesus said, “The truth will set you free!” (John 8:32)

Good teams communicate, or they disintegrate. It’s worth giving up our assumptions, our accusations, and our apprehensions to build unity and lead everyone forward.