What is real success in the New Year?

What is real success in the New Year?COM Friendship Dinner, January 2012Aaron Tsai

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Clean out the houseFu dao leWish each other wealth and longevity

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3Chinese New Year!

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6Longevity Noodles

7Jiao zi

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9Pink eye

10Subconjunctival Hemorrhage

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12Vitreous Hemorrhage

13Normal Retina

14Central Retinal Vein Occlusion

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16Success = Money

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19Success = Selfishness

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21Consequences of successSuccess doesnt mean satisfaction$75,000

22,,,Congratulations and be prosperous, now give me a red envelope, fifty cents is too little, dont want a dollar, either.

23Matthew 6:19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust will destroy.

24Consequences of successSuccess doesnt mean satisfactionSuccess is often temporary

25Consequences of successSuccess doesnt mean satisfactionSuccess is often temporaryFalse sense of entitlement

26Consequences of successSuccess doesnt mean satisfactionSuccess is often temporaryFalse sense of entitlementCompromised values

27Consequences of successSuccess doesnt mean satisfactionSuccess is often temporaryFalse sense of entitlementCompromised valuesDamaged relationships

Guanxi281 Timothy 6:1 The love of money is the root of all evilWithout a greater purpose, success is temporary and unsatisfactory29What is real success?Not about the money!Society: Me first!Christianity: Others first!30Real success is selflessMark 10:43-45 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whomever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

31Jesus is the model of real success1 John 3:16-17 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid his life down for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

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Being uncomfortable33Using your gifts Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Chinese New YearMandarin oranges = wealth and good luckFruit of the spirit = loveRelationship wordsExtend grace to othersWe ought to love the people around us to a supernatural degree every chance we get.34How do you serve?Place of Grace

Place of graceListen with your eyesPray before each surgeryThanks for privilegeHow about you?35

It's by far the best thing I do to get myself ready. Here you are, about to play a game that the world says is the most important thing in the world. Win and they praise you. Lose and they crush you. And here I have a chance to talk to the coolest, most courageous people. It puts it all into perspective. The game doesn't really matter. I mean, I'll give 100 percent of my heart to win it, but in the end, the thing I most want to do is not win championships or make a lot of money, it's to invest in people's lives, to make a difference.36The Apple Farmer

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40I John 3:16-18This how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

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48Philippians 4:13I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.

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55Wishing you Real Success in the New Year!Whats your favorite part of Chinese New Year?What does it mean to you to be successful?What do you think of the Christian view of success?In what ways does this differ from your viewpoint?56