Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) was known as the “Prince of Preachers” of the 19^th century. To Spurgeon, you can grow great faith that overcomes life’s challenges.

Faith principles from Spurgeon:

1. Believe in continuing supernatural power
2. Develop Faith as Spiritual Sensitivity to God“Spend much time alone with Jesus, and you will have much assurance. Spend little time alone with Jesus, and your faith will be shallow, polluted with many doubts and fears, and lacking in the joy of the Lord”
3. Get Your Faith from Christ Himself
   Christ is the source of our faith and He must be the object of our faith.
   “When you have no faith in yourself, there is more room in the soul for faith in Jesus.”
   “By faith all things become possible to us, yet the power is not in the faith but in the God in whom faith relies.”
4. Tap into God’s Power Forces of Faith and Prayer
   He describes the prayer life of his church as the ‘heavenly electricity of believing prayer.’ Our prayers do spur God to act on our behalf but Spurgeon did not mean that God is bound by our prayers. Our prayer must spring from faith imparted by Him. 
5. Faith Acts on Knowing Who We Are in Christ. Spurgeon believed we have the right and privilege to bank on God’s promises – “Some bank bills require the signature of the person for whom they are drawn, and they would not be payable at the bank, through regularly signed, unless countersigned by the person to whom they are due: now many of the Lord’s promises are drawn in like fashion.” 
6. You Can Grow Your Faith by Exercising It
   • Faith is increased by praying for more faith
     “Let us not rest contented with weak faith, but ask, like the apostles, to have it increased.”
   • Faith is increased through trials
     “Faith untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith.”
   • Faith is strengthened by an attitude of joy
   • Faith is increased by confessing the word of God
   • Faith is increased by sowing a seed

6/2 日,祟拜後有溝通會. 有關新生命教會/書院擴張的事情.請留步參加。

2) Because of the church retreat, there will be no church activities in the Woodbury location from 6/7-9

6/7-9日, 因為有夏令會活動, 本教會主日崇拜暫停一次

3) 3CW will participate in the event of “Feed my Starving Children” on 6/15 Sat 7-9pm at the Eagan location. We encourage families

to join us.

6/15日,星期六,教會會參加”Feed My Starving Children”的志願服務活動. 鼓勵您和家人參加.時間: 晚上7 – 9點. 地點– Eagan.

4) We will have baptism on 7/28. Please contact Pastor Chu for an interview if you are interested

7/28 日將有浸禮. 有意受浸者請與朱牧師聯絡.

Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was the founder of the China Inland Mission (today known as Overseas Missionary Fellowship). To Hudson Taylor, faith was a supernatural adventure.

Faith principles from Hudson Taylor:
1. We have a supernatural relationship – be in constant communion with Christ.

Taylor believed that he could not be satisfied with anything less than the best, God’s best – the real and constant enjoyment of His Presence. The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.

“How then to have our faith increased?” Taylor answered, “Only by thinking of all that Jesus is and all He is for us … not by one own mental effort but by dwelling on Jesus and His Word, and experiencing the joy of unbroken communion.”

2. We are a supernatural people – exercise the muscle of faith

Taylor believed faith is a gift from God, but it grows by exercise of the “spiritual muscles of faith,” which he claimed, is impossible without trial.
Taylor learned to “claim God’s supply from the bank of heaven.”
“God’s work done in God’s way will not lack God’s support.”

3. We are kept by a supernatural power – trust in God’s providential protection

Taylor learned was to trust in God fully, yet not presume upon Him. The use of means ought not to lessen our faith… it would appear as presumptuous and wrong to neglect the use of those measures which He Himself has put within our reach.

4. We are led by a supernatural God – trust in God’s faithfulness

When Taylor was a young missionary, he often struggled with his faith until he came into “the exchanged life” – he exchanged his weak, defeated life for Christ’s life. Not by striving after faith, but by resting in the Faithful one.
Gal 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
我 已 經 與 基 督 同 釘 十 字 架 ， 現 在 活 著 的 不 再 是 我 ， 乃 是 基 督 在 我 裡 面 活 著 ； 並 且 我 如 今 在 肉 身 活 著 ， 是 因 信 神 的 兒 子 而 活 ； 他 是 愛 我 ， 為 我 捨 己 。

5. We are sustained by a supernatural food – partake of the Word of God

His faith rested on the promise of God. He believed “superhuman wisdom” is needed to comprehend the Word of God.

6. We have a supernatural victory – be an overcomer

“Satan, the Hinderer, may build a barrier about us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up.”
“the less I spent on myself and the more I gave to others, the fuller of happiness and blessing did my soul become.”

[Taken from "Moving Mountains" by Paul L. King (pp 35-48)]

6/2 日,祟拜後有溝通會. 有關新生命教會/書院擴張的事情.請留步參加。

2) Because of the church retreat, there will be no church activities in the Woodbury location from 6/7-9

6/7-9日, 因為有夏令會活動, 本教會主日崇拜暫停一次

3) 3CW will participate in the event of “Feed my Starving Children” on 6/15 Sat 7-9pm at the Eagan location. We encourage families

to join us.

6/15日,星期六,教會會參加”Feed My Starving Children”的志願服務活動. 鼓勵您和家人參加.時間: 晚上7 – 9點. 地點– Eagan.

4) We will have baptism on 7/28. Please contact Pastor Chu for an interview if you are interested

7/28 日將有浸禮. 有意受浸者請與朱牧師聯絡.

夏令會報名 — 今天最後有優待價.過了今天報名費曾加$20. 夏令會於 6/7-9日,在Crown College.舉行。今年的主題是“合神心意的教會”由陳建平牧師主講。請到 3cw,org 或sc.tcccc.org 網站報名和查詢資料。

2) 3CW will participate in the event of “Feed my Starving Children” on 6/15 Sat 7-9pm at the Eagan location. We encourage families to join us.

6/15日,星期六,教會會參加”Feed My Starving Children”的志願服務活動. 鼓勵您和家人參加.時間:晚上7 – 9點.地點 – Eagan.

George Muller is a 19th century English christian who established 5 orphanages based on faith principles. His orphanages cared for thousands of children over sixty years. Here are 8 faith principles we learn from George Muller:
(1) Just ask God

Jas 4:2 你們得不著，是因為你們不求。
You do not have, because you do not ask.
a) Ask God for provision
b) Ask God for protection
c) Ask with expectation that God will answer
d) Ask God for faith
Mark 9:24 我信！但我信不足，求主幫助。
“I believe; help my unbelief!”

(2) Trust God alone
(3) Establish a positive attitude daily through the Word and worship
(4) Saturate your mind and spirit with the Word of God
(5) Expect God to use trials to feed your faith
(6) Get the leading of the Lord

a) Wait on the LORD
b) Use Spirit-enlightened reasoning
c) Get confirmation from others
d) Do not presume upon God

(7) Keep on praying and praising until God gives assurance
(8) Believe and use biblical financial wisdom

a) Give generously
b) Ask specifically
c) Stay out of debt
d) Examine your motive

[Taken from "Moving Mountains" by Paul L. King (pp 15-34)]

崇拜後有午餐, 請留步參加

2) 3CW will join T4C summer conference (6/7-9). The title for this year is “A Church after God’s Own Heart” by Rev Stephen Tan. Registration starts now. Please visit 3cw.org or sc.tcccc.org for more information and registration. Location: Crown College

我們教會將參加T4C舉辦的夏令會.日期 – 6/7-9。今年的主題是“合神心意的教會”由陳建平牧師主講。現在開始報名。可到 3cw,org 或sc.tcccc.org 網站報名和查詢資料。 地點- Crown College

3) GB has approved to accept Simon Huang as candidate for the position of Family Minister. Please continue to pray for this matter.

里事會已通過接受黃之達弟兄作為家庭專道的候選人. 請繼續為此事禱告.

4) Parents must come to pick up their children when Sunday Service is done. Otherwise, the children will not be released from the classrooms.

家長們請於崇拜後到課室接你的小孩, 小孩不可以自行離開課室.