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Sunday, May 24, 2009

[CBS] Prayer Requests for CBS and Meditations for the Summer

05/24/2009 12:58:00 AM
Posted by Judy Liang

Dear CBS family!

Henry already sent out a previous email introducing the Servant Team for the 2009-2010 school year, but noted that the prayer coordinator position was still vacant at the time of writing. We are blessed, by God's grace, to announce that the position has been filled. We trust that God's timing with filling in this foundational role on servant team is good and perfect, and that his faithfulness will endure with this team and the future teams to come. So again, to list next year's team:

Coordinators: Eric Yau and Judy Liang
In Reach Ministry: Van Kim Bui and Michael Hwang
Praise Ministry: Richard Kim, Nathan Kwong
Discipleship Ministry: Kevin Yang, Rachel Pang
Evangelism Ministry: Ann Yang, Thomas Tran
Prayer Ministry: Janice Cheong

As Servant Team, our desire is to serve the fellowship that exists because of Christ and Christ alone. We want a passion for God's glory, and we want to walk humbly in servitude to God and to CBS. The road ahead may not always be easy nor smooth, but it is our desire to walk by faith and hold fast to a true joy in serving. This task at hand is not one that we as humans saved by grace can do alone. Indeed, it will require a dependence on God and on each other, through accountability and intercessory prayer from you that there would be a desire to follow the Spirit's leading and will at all costs. We are young and inexperienced. There will be times when we sin and mess up; sin has its real consequences. It is in those times that we will need to realize God's redeeming grace in all its fullness and glory, doled out vibrantly and liberatingly, so we would be freed from a paralyzing nature of sin and run towards our beloved Father, the true Light. Would you pray for this team, that our desire would be to speak truth in love and act accordingly in different roles to encourage and build up the fellowship towards greater faith through its visions.

Prayer Requests:
As the summer begins, we would like to encourage you to keep CBS in your prayers. Our dependence on God calls for an earnest and fervent desire to pray individually and corporately, and it is something CBS will faithfully and vigilantly need this summer. By God's grace, here are some of the things you can pray for:

• The Servant Team as ministry leaders, that we would have unity and clarity given through the Spirit and a heart to listen to our Father as we seek the visions for next year
• The direction of CBS as Servant Team considers changes for the next school year
• Incoming freshmen, both believers and non-believers, that their hearts would seek Christ our Savior and that they would seek community in Biblically-grounded churches and fellowships
• Brothers and sisters going on short-term missions this summer
• Brothers and sisters to experience personal, spiritual growth and dependence on God as their source of joy, and not falter because of physical or spiritual isolation from other CBSers
• Continued sanctification and conviction of sin and that God would be able to transform powerfully during the summer
• Brothers and sisters in CBS to hold fast to the Lord and consider ways to serve during the next school year

Bible Studies:
One of the ways that you can serve the fellowship is by co-leading a Bible study next semester (Fall 2009). We encourage you to think and pray about this opportunity even if you feel that you are not called to this role right now. Summer provides more time to study Scripture by reading commentaries, listening to sermons, and meditating on verses. If you are considering serving the fellowship in this way next year or would like to know more about what a Bible study leader does, please e-mail Eric (ety2) and Judy (jhl49), so we can pray for you to discern God's calling for you.

The Summer:
Throughout the summer, our hope and desire is for you to take some time to reflect and be still to what God has been doing in your life. Think upon the things He has revealed and made known to you, and this summer, remember to give Him praise for it all. Let us continue to fight the good fight and seek to earn the crown that lasts forever. This will require meditation, gleaming of His Word, and intentional prayer to make the most of your summer. Let us be clear-minded and above reproach that sin would be resisted and the Devil's approaches thwarted. Let us resist the temptation to despair or allow our emotions to stifle the truth and hope that God has promised us in His Word. Let us continue learning what it means to bring glory to the Father and to live with Christ as our center. Above all, let us live lives in resounding gratitude of what He has done, for the work on the Cross is finished and we have been called the righteousness of God. Let us live this summer with praise and thanksgiving in our hearts for Jesus Christ.

In Christ alone,
Eric and Judy