Wed 28th July 10am – 3pm  UQ Club CCA O-Week To all university students and those who would like to serve together, join us at the UQ O-Week. It will be a great opportunity to be fisher of men.    For more information, contact Jordan at 07 - 3257 1868.        Wed 28th July  6pm + 7:30pm Mentoring Internship Discipleship (MID) – 6pm ICC’s Mentoring Internship Discipleship program will be continuing today within the journalling groups. So be sure to attend a journalling group if you are not currently in one.    Wed 28th July  7:30pm Combined Prayer Meeting – 7:30pm God is moving in the supernatural in our church. Come on Wednesday combined prayer to tap into this move and to usher in His presence – “better is one day in his courts”. Come join us and let us be united in seeking God and praying for revival and miracles in this house!   Venue: Auditorium   For more information, contact Ps Faith at 3257 1868.       Wed, Fri 28th & 30th July 10:30 pm Revival Fire Prayer Join us this Wednesday and Friday Night as we seek God in Prophetic Prayer and Worship.   Venue : Upper Rooms at ICC.       Sun 1st Aug 10am Combined Sunday Celebration Bring your friends and family to our once a month Combined Sunday Celebration – happening on the 1st of August, 10am sharp.      Wed 4th Aug 6:30pm Cell Pastors’ Meeting To all Cell Pastors, there will be a Cell Pastors’ Meeting on the 4th of August. Be sure to attend. It will be followed by Combined Prayer Meeting.For more information, contact Ps Faith 07 – 3257 1868. Fri 6th Aug  7:15pm LIFT – Combined Cell       Sat 7th & 14th Aug 9am  Lifetracks Intensive 3 & 4 Lifetracks intensive, where you know more about the Vision, Values and Mission of ICC and understanding leadership.        Wed 11th Aug 7:30pm Watch Night Prayer Watch Night Prayer is a special extended prayer meeting which will be held on the SECOND Wednesday of every month. It allows us to spend time in the presence of God seeking His face and worshipping Him without worrying about time. We encourage all cell groups and families to attend. 2 Chronicles 7:14  Venue : ICC Auditorium Shall you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact Ps Jonathan at 3257 1868.         Sun 22nd Aug 11:15am 29th Aug 3pm Baptism Class (22/08) + Water Baptism (29/08) Have you been baptised? Join us for Water Baptism on the 29th of August, 3pm. Baptism Class will be held with Ps Kenneth on the 22nd of August, 11:15am. To register, contact Olivia / Lee Gan by the 18th of August, 07 – 3257 1868. Thurs – Sat 7th – 9th Oct SYNERGY 2010         Stay Tune for more updates!!! 7th – 9th Oct (Thurs – Sat)      Asian Pacific Institute Information Session    Date : 1st & 8th August (Sundays) Time : 1pm – 2pm Venue : 977 Ann Street, Upper Classrooms ** Food & Beverage Included** For more information, join us on the 1st & the 8th to enquire / contact Cherry at 3257 1868 (press option no. 2)        Donations to Deductable Gift Recipient Entities For members who would like to donate to Deductable Gift Recipient Entities, and would like to receive a tax receipt, please include your respective mailing address when donating, as the tax receipt will be posted out to you. Thank you.

   

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As Christians we of course have the right and responsibility to personally seek the Lord as to which party and candidates will best form a Government of righteousness and justice with a heart open to fulfil the will and purposes of God for our nation, and to vote accordingly.

As members of the Body of Christ we also have a corporate responsibility to undergird the decision process of the people, as well as through our prayers, impact the election campaign itself, by calling on the Holy Spirit to hover over our nation during these next 5 weeks guiding and determining the outcomes for our nation that will best serve His purposes for our future.   

Day 1 – Sunday 18th July 2010

Revelation - Pray for a mighty move of the Holy Spirit to bring a conviction of our personal sin as Australians and our corporate sin as a nation, resulting in a much needed awareness that as a nation we have turned away from Almighty God.

Bible readings – Jeremiah 2: 11-13, Colossians 2: 8-10.
 
Day 2 – Monday 19th July 2010
 
Repent-  Asking God’s forgiveness for where we have in the past failed to collectively pray for our national leaders and Government. Our prayers provide the prayer cover that is necessary for Governments to rule wisely, with Godly authority and in the best interests of all people who make up our nation. When it is not forthcoming, Governments can fall into chaos and confusion but when properly in place righteousness and justice can flow according to God’s perfect will.

Bible readings – 1 Timothy 2: 1-6, Romans 13: 1-2
 
Day 3 – Tuesday 20th July 2010

Regret – Pray for a Holy Spirit transformation of our minds, for a new way of understanding and thinking about the things of God, because as a nation we have failed to give God His rightful place.

Bible readings – Colossians 1: 15-20 NLT
 
Day 4 – Wednesday 21st July 2010

Return – Pray for a significant turn back within our nation to the person and teachings of the One true God resulting in a re-direction of the nation’s ways and moral values. 

Bible readings – Joel 2: 12-13, Revelation 2: 4-5
 
Day 5 – Thursday 22nd July 2010

Refresh -  Pray for a fresh move of the Holy Spirit to ignite a greater desire in the Christian Church in Australia for the Word of God and the proclamation of the Gospel in our secular society.  Pray that the voice of the Church will become a prophetic guiding light to our Governments at both State and Federal level.

Bible Readings – Proverbs 11: 25, Acts 3: 19
 
Day 6 – Friday 23rd July 2010
 
Restore -   On the Day of Pentecost 14th May 1606 Fernandez de Quiros, in the name of Jesus Christ, took possession of The South Lands of the Holy Spirit, which included Australia. Pray for the restoration of Australia’s Judeo-Christian heritage as the foundation of future governments in this nation.

Bible Readings – Ephesians 1: 16-18
 
 
Day 7 – Saturday 24th July 2010

Renewal - is a new way of living in the freedom Christ brings through repentance. Pray for the Holy Spirit to renew the Christian Church to a greater place of authority and integrity in an increasing secular society. Pray that a renewed Church will be able to take its rightful place in the authority structure of our nation.

Bible Readings -  Isaiah 40: 31, Romans 12:2

Our guest speakers this year include:

• Pastor Sergio Scataglini & his wife Kathy Scataglini (Argentinean Revivalists)
• Ps Mike Knott (Apostle from New Zealand)

• our own Ps Jonathan Mok
• & Senior Pastors, David & Jeannie Mok

Registration is now open, ($20 admin fee; $10 for pensioners & students).

Contact the office for registration & more details on 32571868 or email: office@iccbrisbane.org

Being clothed with Christ –  just like the clothes that we wear e.g.  a coat or jacket – it’s the clothes that people first see when they look at us – they form their first impressions by what we are wearing… In the same way – when people meet us and get to know our character and personality – are the following attributes readily evident?   (In my case I unfortunately not) – yet we are to be clothed with Christ – in other words – in covenantal terminology – we are to have the IDENTITY of CHRIST and that character & attributes of Christ must BE PUT ON BY US!  Our identity is supposed to be hidden with Christ

If we were to meet Jesus – these are the things we would readily notice about him:

• Tender hearted mercy
• kindness
• humility
• gentleness
• patience
• (Above all LOVE)

 Seems like a difficult ask – as many of us do not possess these attributes readily and I think Paul understood that we are all under construction that’s why in the very next verse he says v.13 “you must allowances for each other’s faults and forgive the person who offends you.”  So Paul acknowledges that we have FAULTS and that we should make allowances accordingly, putting on love – which is the most important piece of clothing as it binds us all together in perfect harmony.

I have seen many make over TV shows where the fashion consultants will come to wardrobe of the client and advise the person to throw out certain (if not all) of outdated, unfashionable or poor fitting clothes.   The majority of the time the client is so used to their old favourite clothes that they resist or reject the advice of the fashion consultants – obviously to the detriment of their own image!   Likewise the Holy Spirit, much like those fashion consultants, comes to convict us of sin and to sanctify us in order to produce his fruits in our lives. We like the obstinate fashion client, in need of a make over, we make all sorts of excuses in order to resist the image of Christ.

So, what about those who never apologise to us and refuse to change? We should forgive them and love them.  God will do the judging – as ‘He gives grace to the humble but resists the proud.’  Those who refuse to humble themselves and consider themselves better than others will be in danger of coming up against God (which is not a wise place to be at any time).