Youth Worship: Prayer and Praise
Sunday, February 04, 2007
The YF came together on the 3rd of Feb for our second Youth Worship of the year. It was a time of sharing, prayer and lifting up our voices to Him in songs and testimony. The event started out with welcoming new comers who were in our midst. Michelle brought her friend Jia Hui and we went one round introducing ourselves to her.
The Youth Worship was split into 3 main categories; 'God's greatness and goodness, Self check on how our Spiritual life is and finally, Fellowship'
The event then kicked into full gear with a medley of songs followed by an activity whereby each of us were given a slip of post-it paper. We were asked to divide it into three sections and write down a prayer item or issue that was bugging us that we would like to surrender to God for example a friendship or maybe exam results. Anything that we were willing to surrender to God and leave Him to control was written down. We were encouraged to be as open as possible and were told that if we felt comfortable, to share with the YF later.
With that, the 2nd category was introduced with a round of 3 songs again. We sang songs that reflected how we should purify our hearts and look at ourselves and how we are walking with God. We were then split into 6 groups of about 4-5 people each. Each group was handed out a different bible verse to discuss. After discussion, each group presented what they felt the verse was saying and how it applies to us as youth. In this way, the whole YF was able to learn about 6 different bible verses in the time span of 15 minutes. This helped the YF learn from each other and to maximize the usage of each other's efforts. With that in mind, it led us on into the 3rd category, Fellowship.
Our praises were lifted up to Him once again in the last 3 songs and the Youth Worship came to a very meaningful close when we were asked to share within our groups things that we could pray for each other for. Thanksgiving, Prayer Requests and something interesting that happened throughout this week. It was a time of sharing, joy and sincere prayer as the chapel was filled with God's children lifting each other up in heartfelt concern and prayer. The groups then slowly concluded their own worship this Saturday with sweet fragrances rising to His ears.
Finally, to wrap it all up, a big blue cross was brought out and we were asked to stick our post-its on the cross if we felt that whatever we wrote down, we could surrender to God. If we still felt that that issue we wrote was still something we couldn't surrender, we were encouraged to take that slip home and pray about it. The ball started rolling when youth came up to the front to share about how they were willing to surrender a friendship to God or exam results. One by one, we came up to the front and placed our surrendered items onto the cross. As the cross started getting populated, you could tell that the Youth understood what this meant but to re-enforce the lesson, we were told that each post-it note that we placed on the cross was like each prayer request or sin that Jesus had died for. He had already taken to the cross what we were about to ask for and all the burdens of our lives, He already knows and took.
Ending off with prayer, the Youth Worship came to a close and the atmosphere was one of edified spirits and heart felt sharing. What a way to spend a Saturday afternoon if you ask me.
