Carmela
Mendoza 1st ever Regional
Assembly
Approx. 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM, St. Pat’s (Victoria)
CFC-YFC Pacific Region
Aug.
22, 2004
I. Richie’s
Talk
A. God is the most uniting force on the planet
B. C4 is an evangelical initiative
1.
Is saying that the evil one will lose all his ground to us
a)
We’ll take
back the land
2.
The Lord chose us to be here
a)
We could be
the ones recollecting (remembering/looking back) in 4 years
C. Victoria has grown.
D. YFC’s not about spirit, it’s about being glad in God
1.
The news does not give enough credit to the youth.
a)
The youth
are capable of so many things
b)
C4 is about
the youth getting recognized and sharing God’s gift
2.
YFC is about God and sharing in God’s life
a)
Heaven does
not have a quota
(1)
How are you going to get to Heaven?
(a)
We’ll get
to Heaven by reminding people what God has given
(i)
That’s what YFC is for
b)
God loves
everyone individually
3.
If something’s easy, it’s not worth achieving
a)
That’s what
C4 is about
4.
If something’s good, it’s worth sharing
a)
Share God
E. Conquer yourself
1.
Conquer your will to be something you’re not
2.
People are born good
a)
Therefore,
people are naturally good
b)
People are
not bad, they just make bad decisions
(1)
God is the ultimate judge of a
person’s character and worthiness of getting into Heaven
3.
Are you willing to give up something that is not you?
a)
Tell
yourself, “I’m better than this, God created me the way I am.”
(1)
I will not destroy myself,
allow others to destroy themselves, their city, their province, or their
country
b)
Conquer
within so you can conquer without
4.
You just need to know that Jesus loves you and that you
believe in Him
a)
That’s it!
5.
You may be members, but you’re leaders.
a)
Will you
move, or will you wait to die?
(1)
Are you willing to get rid of
your vices?
(2)
Are you ready to believe that
you’re strong enough? Be strong
enough? Act strong enough?
6.
It [C4] is about
recognising the importance of what we do
a)
God’s love
b)
God’s plan
for you
c)
If you make
it about yourself, you will crash and be nothing
7.
Think of some songs we pray with
8.
We don’t have to do C4 alone
F. We’ve been chosen to conquer Canada
1.
If you would not die for this country, than leave
2.
If you don’t have something to die for, you have nothing to
live for
3.
We have only one shot at this life
4.
What would you do if you had one day left to live?
a)
Tell your
parents you love them?
b)
Stop your
friend from doing stupid things
5.
Richie’s in love with this ministry and mission
a)
He feels
blessed with this day
6.
If you had the greatest gift in the world, would you share
it?
a)
The
greatest gift in the world is God’s love
G. We made commitment at the most recent conference
1.
We must be committed to this ministry, and to God
2.
It hurts very much when people destroy themselves and don’t
get God’s love
3.
Why wouldn’t you commit to God?!
4.
We’re the leaders of tomorrow
a)
Richie will
wait and work around us until we come
(1)
He’ll pester you and love you
till you say, “God’s love, I feel it.”
(2)
God promises
b)
Richie
believes we can do much greater things
c)
There
should always be the most room in your heart
(God and JC).
H. What is your commitment to God?
1.
*Reflection:
a)
Pray about
our commitments/promises we’re making to God with people from your
Chapter/Program.