- loving God & man

- evangelism

- 3 type of people when it comes to do the Lord's work:

1) helpless & accused -> willingness

2) willing -> obstacles -> give up

3) do -> feel righteous  about it (I CAN!)

- Paul: regard gospel as the ultimate, pray deeply in his spirit

- God is sovereign in his work, nothing of self

- it is god's work, so he is definitely more zealous than us and he will definitely fulfil it, in his timetable.

- God is the faultless director of our lives.

How to Prepare ourselves?

1. Prepare focus mind (connect every of our conditions to the kingdom)

2. Sanctify -> through encounters, life experiences, trials

Grace -> CHURCH (Word, Prayer, Living) -> less of old self (me), more of new self (Christ) through the Holy Spirit

1) holistically understand grace

- grace -> faith to deal with challenges -> mould into vessels

2) spirit of sonship

3) join in his glory & suffering for gospel <2Tim 1:8>

- soldier: one hearted in seeking HS guidance (one purpose for the gospel)

- athlete: rules of the game to be abide to (spiritual rules)

- farmer: hardworking, waiting for his growing crops in a timetable

1) Ignoble: cannot transcend the temporal & strength of the world [we all started out here]

2) Noble: see the world as temporal, God is constantly sovereign, thus they anchor their hope on sovereign God

- a route of sanctification has been prepared for us

a) Gospel (word)

b) Prayers

c) a Trials & sufferings

1) flee, resist from temptations

2) start to pursue righteousness, holiness, love, faith & peace. (Through the transformational power of Holy Spirit)

3) gently teach & instruct (love)