22 & 23 JULY 2017 CELL LEADER’S WEEKLY RESOURCE Compiled by Pr. Janan Goh
1. WORKS
LISTEN, journal & testify
a) LISTEN Exercise (continue for habit formation)
i) In your CG, learn to practice the gift of prophecy for one another. Turn to someone you least know and ask the Holy Spiirt for a word for the person.
ii) Be bold in releasing the words following the rule of “encouraging, non-corrective and non-directive.”
b) Journaling
i) Get hold of the Bible Reading Plan from:
http://www.dumc.my/resources/downloads/bible-reading-plan/
ii) Request one of your members to share a journal entry.
iii) Pair up members to share with, and pray for one another.
c) Share your story
i) Encourage your cell members, if you have/hear of any good testimonies from them, kindly share them at: http://dumc.my/shareyourstory
Looking Ahead
d) Corporate Prayer emphasis (July)
- Church Prayer Altar (every Sat, 7 – 9 a.m., Room 101/102)
- Zone Prayer (typically on last week of every month)
Encourage your members to gather regularly for corporate prayer – at least once per month with the wider body of Christ.
e) Church Calendar & Equip Schedule
i) Please refer to our church website Google Calendar for the latest event, http://www.dumc.my/connect/events/calendar/
ii) For Equip training schedule at: http://www.dumc.my/resources/equip-classes/.
2. WORD
Love one another series
It’s Not About You (1 Peter 1:22-25; John 13:12-17, 34, 35)
By Pastor Datuk Kee Sue Sing
· Read the scripture passage.
· Do a THREE-MINUTE SUMMARY of the sermon highlighting the KEY POINTS. Do not preach the whole sermon again, as majority of your members would have heard the sermon already. Allocate more time for sharing in the cell through the application questions below.
· Sermon Resource at: http://www.dumc.my/resources/sermons/
For the Word session, focus on the main message (the Big Idea):
We need to love one another – it is not about “me”!
Reflection & Application Questions:
1. One of the Five Love Languages, which ones do you speak most fluently and which one do you need to improve upon – whether to your spouse, children, parents, co-workers, neighbours, oikos members, pastors and leaders (see Additional Resource)?
2. 1 Peter 1:22 encourages us to be sincerely (without hypocrisy) love one another deeply. The Greek word for deeply is “ektenos” meaning “stretching to the limits”. Why is such demonstration of love so important and what if we do just that?
3. To “stretch” yourself further for this week, can you intentionally think of someone whom you don’t normally show ‘love’ to and do an act of kindness to serve them? #servepeople
Additional Resource
1. To help cell members to identify their love language so that they can better love one another in the cell, you may want to use this printable resource: https://s3.amazonaws.com/moody-profiles/uploads/profile/attachment/1/5LLPersonalProfile_SINGLES__1_.pdf
2. Online resource equivalent: http://www.5lovelanguages.com/profile/singles/
*Note: The couple/children assessment are available at the website but for general love language identification from a CG context, using this “singles” version is recommended for all.
Note to Word leader:
As you are preparing for this session, this is a great time to pray that the Holy Spirit will guide you to use the questions efficaciously. You can select, modify or entirely create your own questions, according to the needs of your CG.
Soft copy of the DUA is available at: http://dumc.my/resources/sermons/ Page 1