PEOPLE OF DESTINY

Text : Esther 4:13-14
Est 4:13 Then Mor’decai told them to return answer to Esther, “Think not that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews.
Est 4:14 For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Aim : To challenge them to see themselves as men and women of destiny and that JTS exist for a purpose.
Intro :
Have you wondered why we exist on this planet?

Discussion:
1. Personal Destiny
a. Examples:
· Esther – became Queen of Persia for a purpose; to save the Jews in her time.
· Joseph – To save the posterity of his people.
· Abraham – to be the father of all nations
· Eve – To be the mother of all living
· Moses – To deliver Hebrews from Egyptian bondage.
· Paul – To be apostle to the gentiles
· Jesus – To be the Saviour of His people
b. Elements
· Experience
o Esther was just an orphan, Joseph was the youngest, Abraham was childless and old, Eve don’t even know what giving birth nor baby was all about, Moses raised up not as Hebrew but as Egyptian, Paul really love Jews and Jesus was born in a manger.
o Are all these an accidents? Their beginnings does not speaks of their end, their destiny.
· Opportunity
o Turning points – Esther won the beauty contest, Joseph interpreted the Pharao’s dream, Abraham had an encounter with God, Eve got pregnant, Moses and the burning bush, Paul at Damascus, Jesus at water baptism.
o Circumstances arranged by God.
· Time – When the fullness of time has come Christ was born…
o Kairos Moment – This is the time set by God to do His thing.
o We should not miss this Kairos moment of God.
Reflections:
· What is the very thing that we exist for?
· See that everything we experiences are part of the total plan of God for us to fulfill the purpose of our existence.
· We should not miss his timing for us.

2. Church Destiny – Jesus the Shepherd Church
a. Our Vision – We are a Holistic shepherding church committed to church planting and mission.
· Holistic - We exist to minster to the total needs of Christians; Body, soul and spirit.
· Shepherding – We exist to minister to all kinds of Sheep (Christians); Wounded, Hermit, good, confused, wondering, and related.
· Church Planting – Urban and Rural church planting. Establishing churches in Urban areas to do the church planting in Rural areas.
· Missions – Philippines (Muslims and Poor and needy – People with disabilities), International (Muslim - Indonesia and Buddhist – China)

b. What are we now?
· Officially – Navotas has 130 members for 2 outreaches, Taguitic has 70 for 3 outreaches, CDO has 75 adult members and 15 Children. We have Missionaries in Thailand, CDO Maranao, Bible Study among the Blinds, Little Evangel Christian School, Bless Our Real Neighbor (BORN) Program, Covenant Keepers Livelihood Association and network of partners in 11 years of operation. Church planting was not yet an intentional effort. Is this the picture of our Vision?
· 3D Church
o 1Sa 22:1 David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
o 1Sa 22:2 And every one who was in distress, and every one who was in debt, and every one who was discontented, gathered to him; and he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.
· We have so much potentials
o We are still young – there are so many opportunities await us.
o We have gifted people in our church.
o We have the vision.
o We have so much fire in us and within us.

Conclusion:
· Believe that you are person of destiny!
· Being part of this church is not an accident. This is an opportunity to express our given-given potentials
· JTS is a church exists for such as time like this! This is our time!!!