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Bible, SOP, Technology, Youth
in the days of youryouth
spiritual gifts
stage fright
Bible reading
singing
praying
preaching
SOP
Biblical & SOP Basesof Using Technology
(including computers)in ministry
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in the days of your youth
Ecc 12:1-7
when does youth start ending according toscience? (graph)
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spiritual gifts
Rom. 12:4-8; 1 Cor. 12:9-11, 27, 28; Eph. 4:8,11-16; Acts 6:1-7; 1 Tim. 3:1-13; 1 Peter 4:10,11
table (wikipedia)
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overcoming stage fright
how many have taken part in any service usingthe stage?
how many have not?
how many would be nervous to come up frontto pray? to sing? to read Bible? to preach? tolead singspiration?
practice makes permanent script things
preparation is key
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overcoming stage fright
focus on the message
ask God what message He wants you to bring toHis people
be filled with the Spirit experience with God (testimony)
as other spirit-filled people do
as the prophets in the Bible did monitor the audience / congregation
be honest w/c is from the Bible, from SOP vs.
your opinion/view/observation/speculation
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Bible reading tips
how many have read the whole Bible?
what is your favorite book?
how many have read the gospels (mat, mark,john, etc...)?
importance of the Bible, cost lives during darkages and during reformation
Psa 119:99 I have more understanding than allmy teachers: for thy testimonies are mymeditation.
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how to read / listen to Bible
all recite books of the Bible
kjv-mp3 (mp3bible.ca)
~80-90 hours
3-4 months if 30-40 mins/day
reading Bible
reading bible stories
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improving on singing
sing to convey message
tune->tone->spirit
S, T, R, vowels, when to inhale, emphasis, sing the
message (examples, let congregation follow, observe
improvements)
using the mic types of mics, distance, experimentation, puffs,
high, mid, low, compression, limitters
how to do excellently while not self-exalting?
imagine the angels singing
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Attractiveness of the Human Voice.
The human voice that sings the music of Godfrom a heart filled with gratitude andthanksgiving is far more pleasing to Him than
the melody of all the musical instruments everinvented by human hands.--Letter 2c, 1892.
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praying tips
all recite Lord's prayer
pray to know what to pray about
pray to know God's will complete prayer(egw)
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praying example
Let us study Paul's prayer for his Colossianbrethren. "For this cause we also," he wrote,"since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray
for you, and to desire that ye might be filled withthe knowledge of his will in all wisdom andspiritual understanding; that ye might walkworthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being
fruitful in every good work, and increasing in theknowledge of God; strengthened with all might,according to his glorious power, unto allpatience and longsuffering with joyfulness"
(Col. 1:9-11). {HP 158.2}
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praying tips
How complete this prayer is! There is no limit tothe blessings that it is our privilege to receive.We may be "filled with the knowledge of his
will." The Holy Ghost would never have inspiredPaul to offer this prayer in behalf of his brethrenif it had not been possible for them to receivean answer from God in accordance with the
request. . . . {HP 158.3}
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preaching tips
who is your favorite preacher?
why? style? message? emphasis? subjects?
what is your favorite message?
why? can relate/identify?
need
facts we don't know yet
connect to facts we know
%bible + %SOP - %opinion
in spirit and in truth
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Spirit of Prophecy
do you egw writings in your computer?cellphone/iphone/android?
18. The Gift of Prophecy:
One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is prophecy. Thisgift is an identifying mark of the remnant church andwas manifested in the ministry of Ellen. G. White .As the Lord's messenger, her writings are a
continuing and authoritative source of truth whichprovide for the church comfort, guidance,instruction, and correction. They also make clearthat the Bible is the standard by which all teachingand experience must be tested. (Joel 2:28, 29; Acts2:14-21; Heb. 1:1-3; Rev. 12:17; 19:10.)
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Spirit of Prophecy
enumerate/advertise books for awareness
browse books & chapters to familiarize
demonstrate how to search
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Biblical Bases ofUsing Technology
(includingcomputers) in
ministry
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Hab 2:2 And the LORD
answered me, and said,Write the vision, and
make it plain upontables, that he may run
that readeth it.
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Hab 2:3 For the vision is
yet for an appointed time,but at the end it shall
speak, and not lie: thoughit tarry, wait for it; because
it will surely come, it willnot tarry.
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what are the computer uses inministry?
to carry the gospel
to propagate the good news,
to preserve and communicate God's Wordto others. like paper was used in books,like tables of stones were used, socomputers can be used in gospel work.
to help us remember, to help us share, tohelp us search/research the Bible.
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Bible says
Deu 6:6 And these words, which Icommand thee this day, shall be in thineheart:
Deu 6:7 And thou shalt teach themdiligently unto thy children, and shalttalk of them when thou sittest in thinehouse, and when thou walkest by theway, and when thou liest down, andwhen thou risest up.
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Bible says
Deu 11:19 And ye shall teach themyour children, speaking of them whenthou sittest in thine house, and when
thou walkest by the way, when thou liestdown, and when thou risest up.
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Bible says
Deu 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, andkeep thy soul diligently, lest thou forgetthe things which thine eyes have seen,
and lest they depart from thy heart allthe days of thy life: but teach them thysons, and thy sons' sons;
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Bible says
Exo 10:2 And that thou mayest tell inthe ears of thy son, and of thy son'sson, what things I have wrought in
Egypt, and my signs which I have doneamong them; that ye may know howthat I am the LORD.
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Bible says
Joe 1:3 Tell ye your children of it, andlet your children tell their children, andtheir children another generation.
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Real-life examples
-satellites are computers
-radio stations are computers
-tv stations are computers-digital tv receivers are computers
-powerpoints/oo, hymnals
-ipod/android/java SOP
-transmission of tv programs by internet
-Bible & SOP research, bible.cc
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Real-life examples
what else can we help with?(apps/algorithms/platforms/libraries/AI/etc..)
to help others find the link to eternity/God
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most important thing - eternal life
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world,that he gave his only begotten Son, thatwhosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call uponthe name of the Lord shall be saved.
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most important thing - eternal life
Rom 10:14 How then shall they call onhim in whom they have not believed?and how shall they believe in him of
whom they have not heard? and howshall they hear without a preacher?
Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach,
except they be sent? (mark 16:15 go ye...)as it is written, How beautiful are the feet ofthem that preach the gospel of peace, and
bring glad tidings of good things!
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most important thing - eternal life
Rom 10:16 But they have not allobeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith,Lord, who hath believed our report?
Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing,and hearing by the word of God.
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faith comes by hearing the Word
Psa 119:99 I have more understandingthan all my teachers: for thy testimoniesare my meditation.
have you read/heard the whole
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have you read/heard the wholeBible?
"As a safeguard against thisdegeneracy, and a stimulus todevelopment, nothing else can equal
the study of God's word. As a means ofintellectual training, the Bible is moreeffective than any other book, or all
other books combined." Education142.2
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shortcuts to learn more Bible...so atttend worshipslearn how to give bible studiesmemorize verseslisten to biblical preachersread the Bible Storieslisten to KJV-MP3go to week of prayersgo to theological forums (even if you're not a
theologian :)go to campmeetings, revivals, voice-of-youths,evangelisms, church plantings, etc...pray for opportunities to learn from godly and
biblical people
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shortcuts to learn more Bible...
help others who are doing ministry /bible studies. best way to learn is toteach something.
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find your role in this
Joe 2:28 And it shall come to passafterward, that I will pour out my spiritupon all flesh; and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, your old menshall dream dreams, your young menshall see visions:
Joe 2:29 And also upon the servantsand upon the handmaids in those dayswill I pour out my spirit.