what are You interested about? The
congregation was a very important
answer was simply, Singapore. The
man, a governor.
vision components of the church When the service ended, we were
never hit me so hard before. I realised that I needed to go if I was going to be a Strategic Leader. Yet, when I looked at the people invited,
You don’t have to impact everyone; you just have to impact one.
I felt small; I was the youngest and newest among them.
at the carpark and somebody from the church just felt ‘Pastor Dom, why don’t you just go talk to this governor?’ I hesitated. He was a governor, a politician; I was a
Singaporean, a pastor in a church. We did not know each other and there was nothing to talk about.
I also realized that, like the little boy with the lunchbox, all I had to do was to offer my lunchbox, to offer my five loaves
For the first few minutes, it was awkward. But very soon,
and two fish: a little solution that I think would help.
I came round to asking how I could pray for him. As we talked, he began to open his heart. And there and
So, God challenged me to yield of myself, that if I were
then at the carpark in Guam, I led him to the Lord and
to go, I would help the churches in Singapore with a
ministered to him. Later, when he became a senator, he
place to host the presence of God. I also realised that it
was still corresponding with me via email and I had the
needed courageous leadership. I realised I needed to
opportunity and privilege to offer advice.
give of whatever I had to offer. If you would yield your life, if you would be hospitable And so I went. And God came into the meeting. As
by being generous with time, talents, testimonies and
soon as I began to share the proposals, the government
treasures, if you would have a life of service to serve the
leaders responded positively.
Lord, God can use you to become a Strategic Leader. You don’t have to impact everyone; you just have to impact
I left the meeting feeling that it went well, and I kept
one. And that one can be the greatest influence.
thanking God: ‘Thank you Jesus for walking through this process with me!’ I believe that if I can do it, you can do it too, because the anointing flows from the head of the house to the rest of you. God also brought to memory another situation in my life. I was on a ministry trip in Guam, but was not the speaker for the conference. I did not know that sitting in the
Rev. Dominic Yeo is the Senior Pastor of Trinity Christian Centre.
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