Spiritual Parenting model

I have been a bit slow in updating this blog; just been extremely busy at work. :S Do pray for me - because the work's just gonna get heavier in the next several weeks. I'll only be able to breathe a sigh of relief in December. Until then, I need people to rise up in cell! It's impossible for me to do all the work alone - this is YOUR cell too, people! Let's make it work together.

Stephanie was ill a few days ago, so we had cell at Campus Town. A newcomer came to our cell, brought by Cathy. Praise God! :D Through our sharing and testimonies, I pray that her heart would have been opened just a little bit more to God. She also came to church for the first time today. Continue to pray fervently, and God will work miracles. All we have to do is plant the seed; He will water it.

There was lots of drawing in cell. Haha. First, the icebreaker involved us drawing our own symbol which represents what our life has been. That revealed rather interesting and insightful symbols by some cellies. During cell lesson, we also drew our Tree or River of Life, where we marked out significant people or events in our Christian life. In a way, pictures really do tell more than a thousand words. There is something about drawing which unveils the deeper, subconscious levels of our mind that can never be uncovered by mere words.

Today, a bunch of us went for the first part of the Spiritual Parenting course, taught by the Singaporean pastors who were also the speakers at this year's Cell Conference. Tomorrow is part 2 - a long six-hour class. This is indeed an exciting time of transition - where our church moves to the other side (a phrase that's quickly turning into GT jargon, meaning 'the next level'). That is also my wish for the cell. We have actually been transitioning rather quickly from the Exploration stage to the next stage, spurred on by conflicts within the cell. It is through conflicts and resolutions that the cell grows, as we become more familiar with each other.

We are ALL meant to be spiritual parents - discipling others as in the Great Commandment (Matthew 28:19-20)

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

It is not converts that the Lord commanded us to make - it is disciples. Every single Christian, whether you are a cell member, cell leader or senior pastor, is a royal priest, interceding to God on behalf of others (1 Peter 2:9)

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Those are the basic doctrines of the Spiritual Parenting model. Tomorrow, we will learn in more detail the rest of the SP model. Stay tuned!