Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
Your father’s children shall bow down before you.

9 Judah is a lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?

10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes;
And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

22 “ Joseph is a fruitful bough,
A fruitful bough by a well;
His branches run over the wall.

23 The archers have bitterly grieved him,
Shot at him and hated him.

24 But his bow remained in strength,
And the arms of his hands were made strong
By the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob
(From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),

25 By the God of your father who will help you,
And by the Almighty who will bless you
With blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26 The blessings of your father
Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors,
Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.
They shall be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

• grace comes to us, its from God to us, and not us to God
• grace is not logic(no comprehendable by human mind). there's no cause and effect.
• grace is always hugging us, we just need to embrace grace!
• the picture of grace and the pinnacle of grace is the cross
• the parable of the lost sheep is not about the sheep but about the shepard, the parable of the lost coin is not about the coins but about the person who finds all lost things(e.g us!), and the parable of the prodigal son is not about the 2 sons but about the loving father!!
• trying to get ourselves to grace, only gets us a long way off
• we were never worthy, God was the only One who was worthy
• when the robe was 'put on' on the son, it was forced on even if he didn't want it(just like grace!)
• It's time to rise up to the grace given to us!

• one thing certain, passionate people are contagious
• Mark 15:8-15(can't remember how its related exactly..)
• doing what we normally do can get stale and stagnant, and we won't see any change
• safe playing youth ministries don't grow!
• the people that you love may not be with you for the long term, but the people that love you will stay with you for the long term!! (Wow!)
• when something wrong happens we go back to what was safe. Playing safe, safe ministries. e.g the disciples went back to fishing..what was 'safe' for them. not good
• if your flogging a dead horse, it's time to dismount(found it really funny)
• being in the youth ministry, we gotta think new, fresh, different, and vibrant! the message is sacred, but the method is not sacred! e.g change the packaging
• Need to Constantly Change!!!!
• we need to stir up the crowd, if we let them have a voice, they will have a voice.(i think it's related to the scripture reading above) in this case, the 'voice' is a bad thing.
  
• the culture we create is the culture that will grow. we have to be careful of what cultures we allow and introduce into the youth ministry.
• we have to address the wrong cultures, if not it will grow. Can't afford to have a 'crowd'(from scripture)
• we need leaders who are inclusive and not exclusive. One can only be a leader when he can be a friend.
• need to be leaders who can carry the night, and leaders who add something, not just someone who just fills up carpet space.
• Don't be a moral leader, one that talks about do's and don'ts, because when someone fails, they won't come back. We have to point to Jesus!
• We shouldn't be moralising people, but Christianising them!
• Stop making them believers, but make them a place where they belong. Soon they will believe in what we believe in.
• nothing we ever do should be a gap filler, everything must be done for a purpose!
• involvement = connection. We need to get people involved!

• worship is the language of love, our expression of love to God.
• when we love someone, we don't just tell the person, but we tell everyone!!
• evangelism is an overflow of worship. We don't need to force ourselves to tell others about who we love
• the best evangelical tool for church is worship. When we worship, His presence comes. And as we worship the Holy Spirit comes and does what He always does, which is to convict people.
• when we love someone, we want to please them and put them infront of ourselves. Sin won't be a problem because we know God hates sin and we would want to please God.
• evangelism that doesn't come with worship is legalism
• we can preach about heaven, or give a glimpse of heaven. Worship is a glimpse of heaven!
• worship, evangelism, and justice goes hand in hand
• God cares for the poor and broken. Amos 5, Isaiah 58
• we feed the hungry coz we love Jesus, compassion for the lost.
• God loves the 'sinful' people, that's why He sent Jesus to the cross!!
• *then he gave a whole example christians that hide in a castle which was really funny* main point was that we shouldn't just let down the drawbridge of the castle, but instead knock down the walls of the castle!
• God is with the poor, and we are with God when we are with them.

• Ezekiel 37:1-14(he started off with this scripture about the dry bones)
• when God brings us into a new season, he puts us in trials and troubles
• an attitude of simply enough is an enemy of expectation
• God has no maximums
• a failure to fund enlargement, robs expectations
• Abraham had to sacrifice his son to God, his one most precious valuable thing that he had waited for years. What is our 'son' ?
• what robs expectation is called a loss centred experience
• victory is not always seen in the first or second round, we might be in a place of preparation. We will go through things but we mustn't let it rob our expectations
• some things we will only learn through the fiery furnace
• we can't direct the wind, but we can direct the sails(can't remember what context this was in)
• we have to be excited about the future, increase our level of expectation. We will live our inner revelation which goes from head to heart!
• Understanding will lead to revelation, revelation leads to conviction.
• our future is conditioned by the revelation we activate
• we need to have an understanding of the seasons - 1 Thessalonians 5:1
• we must haven an active prophetic voice, and hear the prophetic word of God.

• the Lord looks at our heart, our heart is pivotal. We need to guard our heart above all else.
• Jeremiah 17(Our heart is deceitful above all else)
• our actions are directly related to the state of our hearts
• we have to recognize the alarm bells in our lives. When life gets hard we normally harden ourselves, but we have to soften ourselves. Honestly and deliberately yield ourselves to God
• need to pray to God to create, renew, restore
  
• the state of our heart is critical. Ezekiel 3:26(heart of flesh), 2 Timothy 1:12(knowing God)
• 3 Things(can't remember what they're about)
• 1. Worship - learn how to worship. genuine/true worship in spirit and truth. Learning how to host His presence and lingering in it
• 2. Word of God - Psalms 100:19(God's word in our heart) must be alive in us. When we get tested through the fire, the Word will sh0w
• 3. Serve - serve the Lord with gladness. keep on serving. We have to push ourselves all the way to the bottom, to make sure we are serving

• when we read the Bible, we see Jesus in it, and we want to be like Jesus. Devotion is like a bridge that brings us to be more like Jesus.
• we are the light of the world, and we have to let our light shine to the world
• discover what God wants us to do, and do what He wants
• the duty of the is to make our city filled with 'lights'
• "Christian" is a noun and not an adjective. No such thing as christian bookstore, or christian books, or christian music.
• the word "Christian" means:
• someone who belongs to Jesus, of the Jesus party
• someone who is different to the world around them, one who stands up
• someone who bears God's name and represents it well
• Christians described themselves as believers, who were called to be witnesses, and also to be a servant.
• its not a sacrifice to die as a Christian, but a privilege
  
• we need to bridge the gap between us and God, to change the world.

• taught how to 'lock in' with one another (the bass and drum kick)
• a good relationship is really important, need to know each other well
• drums and bass should play with a metronome to both keep the beat
• the way we drum is to point people to God, and to play with our spirit and heart
• taught to practice on pillows, add weights to ankles, or loosen to kick springs
• bass should practice in the dark, a lot of times its just muscle memory
• in a band, everybody has to LISTEN to one another, and know their place.
• communication on stage is very important/vital. Do not step on toes.

• loudest voice always prevails, so we gotta make God the loudest voice
• we have to live change ourselves, follow the right living
• out of the overflow comes our culture
• devotional method of journaling: S.O.A.P
• Scripture, Operation, Application, Prayer
• its easy to invite people to church, but hard to share with them the gospel
• hard times build character, we have to pay a price ourselves
• we need to raise a generation that understands sacrifice
• always need to look to create opportunities for other, create roles
• don't ever give up
• the enemy will tempt us with nasty things, by trying to steal our calling, or tempting us with money, honour, prestige, titles, jobs, or anything else
• the calling of God is worth so much more than anything else!!!

• if we love Jesus, we are to feed his sheep, help someone else who is in need
• the more we live under the law, the more we try not to do wrong, but the more wrong we do
• the more we fix our eyes on Jesus, the more we won't want to do wrong
• Galatians 2:19(we die to law, to live to God!)
• Jesus didn't die so that we can have a religion, He died so that we can have a deep intimate relationship
• we mustn't just be muzzled and not have any change on the inside
• we need to fix our eyes on God's grace, believing that God can change us, and that we can't change ourselves
• religion loads us down with rules and laws, but doesn't help us to keep them
• our body is an instrument of sin that satan uses to get to us
• we have to develop our spirit. "I hear from God because I am His sheep. I can trust that I can hear from God and be led by the Spirit."
• if our heart is right to hear from God, we just need to give God the burden to speak to us
• it always starts with dying to the law and dying to self! When we see ourselves as dead with Christ and dead to sin, we live with Christ!
• It's hard to get into a chair we're already sitting on.. can't get what we already have!!
• we are what we are and can't be anyone else. We just got to be who we are!
• We are COMPLETE in Christ!
• God anoints us when he calls us!!!!
• even when we are weak, we are still in Him. Our confidence is in Christ
• we don't do things out of duty to God, but out of our desire for God. Offering is not out of obligation, but out of devotion!
• God will not anoint us to be somebody else
• we mustn't let anyone else be a law for us, don't follow other people's laws. If reading the Bible is a law for us, we won't get anything out of it.
• whoever the son has set free is free indeed! Don't let anyone be a law to us
• 2 Cor 3:15-18(it talks about a veil covering us, and that veil prevents intimacy. It covers the mind. The veil is the law, so when the veil is removed, we can have intimacy with Christ)

• we can make changes, but we need to transition into the change
• change needs to happen! God is a God of progression.
• when reaching to a new thing, we gotta let go of the old things.(step of faith!)
• when we make changes, we gotta give people time to change as well
• the morals and message never change, but the package can!
• many times we get soul tied to things and don't want too change
• when change occurs, we can either go against it, or transition into it.
• we have to adjust and adapt to things and changes
• we must have humility - accept that there are other ways to do things
• we have to give people liberty and freedom to have a free choice
• on the other hand, we can be too adaptive and not stand up, and confront what we're meant to
• when we lose our peace, we lose our power. God is a God of peace, and that's how He works
• sometimes we need to have humility to have peace(minding our own buisness), its not the big stuff that bothers us, but the minor stuff
• repressed anger is worse than expressed anger
• believe in the power of confessing what we want, and not what we have
• God didn't bring us to wherever we are to change the circumstance, but to change ourselves!!
• we have to change or mindset, things aren't just gonna change, we have to set in our mind to be happy.
• do not give the devil one more day of our life
• Three Things of the Kingdom (Romans 14:17)
• Righteousness
  
• peace
• joy in the Holy Ghost
• we gotta seek and pursue after peace, it won't fall into our laps
• need to learn who we are in Christ(our identity)

• we should never lose sight of God's heart
• church is a movement that is going somewhere
• never underestimate the power of being a part of God's church
• It's all about connecting God's heart for God's people. We are His church.

• Genesis 28, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Psalms 27:1-6
• God calls His church a family, body, and house
• we know that we aren't perfect, but that doesn't change God's love, plan, and hope for us.
• we need to be gathered and scattered at the same time
• we can make the body of God so beautiful that people can come and have a glimpse of God
• as the church, we have to make the way, light the way better, make the truth easier to find, make entering in less exclusive, and let God's heart be felt.
• we have to fall in love with the church

• Jesus' disciples were like a youth group, all he ever did was to hang out with them
• don't make them consumers(like leechers i guess)
• Jesus got His disciples to take part in the miracles e.g raising of Lazareth, feeding the 5000
• Jesus did the miracles with the hands of the disciples, He got them involved
• He taught them as they went along
• to be a good disciple, space has to be given to be a bad disciple. Same as Jesus' disciples, they didn't things perfectly, some failed at times.
• we have to do things the Jesus way. It always works!
• none of us had worse material than Jesus did, we just need to love them like Jesus did, because love transcends all!
• let them know it's out of love
• we need to be a father, and not a teacher. The church needs fathers to rise up!
• we do our job because it's God's call
• There's a whole generation of young people who wants to be loved, they want to know and feel God's love.
• As we do, we will see miracles.

• Scripture - Genesis 15:1-6, Psalm 147:4
• God is trying to lift us up to see what He sees, everyone has a point of view and it affects everything we do
• the Bible is God's point of view, we have to look at life from heaven to earth
• we can churches but we can't change kingdoms. Ultimately we have to follow the king!
• is our point of view biblical? Is it how God sees?
• Abram had an attitude because of the things leading up to it(e.g God told him that he will have a child, but waited 20years and still had nothing) when people tell us that we're 'anointed', do we get bored(an attitude) after hearing it 10 times and see nothing change?
• Abram was in a tent(like we are), and was so caught up in his own circumstances. God pulled Abram out of his tent, so He will pull us out of ours too
• God didn't just do anything magnificent.. He made everything!!
• We have to move out of our tent, like Abram, and see God's point of view
• we must want out of the tent(limited paradigm)
• our destiny is not the tent, but the stars in the sky.. the nations, and cities..
• Genesis 15 belongs to us!!
• no father would ever want his child to go to hell, same with our Heavenly Father.
• we can hasten the day of His return, by sharing the word with everyone
• don't ever be discouraged because God is a responsible God. He is Faithful to His Word.

• we(church) have to get our act together, and focus. God puts burdens on us to be stirred
• Zachariah 4:6(not by might, nor by power, but by His spirit)
• if we can see it, we can do it!
• when we trust in God, all our troubles will melt away like wax before God
• God wants us to build something in HIS strength
• Zechariah 4:10(do not despise small beginnings)
• despise: a feeling of something that it is not worth our consideration
• we got to value what God's put in our hands, do not despise
• Jesus came to show us how the kingdom works(e.g feeding of the 5000 with just 5 loaves and 2 fish)
• the multitude are fed by what we have, through Him!
• giving thanks is the opposite to despise (Jesus gave thanks for the food!)