{"id":16367,"date":"2025-01-12T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=16367"},"modified":"2025-01-15T10:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T15:56:59","slug":"sharing-stories-lives","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/sermons\/sharing-stories-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Stories &#038; Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-gdm-google-drive-embedder-viewer\"><iframe width='100%' height='100' frameborder='0' scrolling='yes' src='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Lif4G4ajnzYoDui4OmIWG7obLmnVKUMZ\/preview?usp=drivesdk' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h6>READ<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">2 Corinthians 3:1-3<\/p>\n<h6>CONSIDER<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">We thank God for the lives He has given us. Each life is so different, and we have different life stories. As followers of Christ, we all know God is the author of lives. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He knows everything about us, as the scripture said,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cYou have searched me, Lord, and you know me.<br \/>You know when I sit and when I rise;<br \/>You perceive my thoughts from afar.\u201d<br \/>~ Psalm 139 ~<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Holy Spirit in us continues to work within us and guides us. He loves us and He wants the best version of ourselves in Him to glorify Him. In the fallen world, we might experience setbacks, challenges, valley of lives, etc. However, every chapter of our lives is part of our transformative journey. Every story in our lives is full of God\u2019s grace and footprint. And every story in our lives is the testimony of how great our God is. They must be shared in light of the grand redemptive narrative of God \u2013 Creation, Fall, Redemption, and final full Restoration. We should look deeply into our lives to discover God\u2019s footprints and share to the world to reflect His glory and continue to live our lives for His glory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: right;\">Pastor Julian Wong<\/p>\n<h6>PRAY<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Dear Heavenly Father, You are our Creator, Author and Sustainer of our lives. Thank God for the guidance and encouragement of the Holy Spirit in every step of our lives. God, may You continue to reveal His best plan for us and may You give us humble hearts to follow and joyful hearts to embrace every chapter of our lives that God allows them to happen. Thank God for the transformative journeys. In Jesus\u2019 name, we pray, Amen.<\/p>\n<h6>DIVING DEEPER<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Let us ask God to search our lives and find God\u2019s footprints in our lives. As the sermon this weekend points out, find the life stories and share with brothers and sisters, and your friends and families.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Stories of Love<\/li>\n<li>Stories of Putting Jesus First<\/li>\n<li>Stories of being the Gospel Ambassadors.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Corinthians 3:1-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":16322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[153],"ctc_sermon_series":[576],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[520],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/16367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16367"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/16367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16398,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/16367\/revisions\/16398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=16367"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=16367"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=16367"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=16367"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=16367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}