Activities from March 27- April 2

Mark in motorcycle

March 27, in our preachers bible study, we all planned that we will all meet at Callao, Penablanca. I use my motorcycle to go to the place together with bro. Jerome, Jimmy Duque, Sherwin Miranda and Jun Miranda, while the others ride with those who have cars. We are all exactly 50 in attendance. It took us about 30 minutes drive to the meeting place.

In the morning, we continued to study the book of Revelation and we are now on the "Seven Vials of Wrath" in Rev. 15:1-16:21. Brother Edgar Licodini lead us in the study and we came to the point in Rev. 15:3-4 about the harps that changes our attention to the instrument if worship. These verse is use by the denominations to say that we can use musical instruments in worship, but as we know it, it is not a literal harp that was said but only symbolical. It just means that it is a praise and adoration to God. In the afternoon, we continued on the topic about instrumental music with the help of bro. Rody. We have great discussions about the topic and interesting ideas on how we can battle the passages that denominations are using.
More images: Preachers Bible Study at Callao

March 28, in our midweek service, we studied on "Psalm 139" that brother Jay Gumpad shared. He showed in the lesson how God's power is, and that God knows everything and always there to answer our prayers.

March 29-31- I have been helping brother Rody with the needed materials for the coming preachers training here in Tuguegarao. We need to prepare the copies of lessons, the books, schedules and more before it starts. Brother Jerome, Jay and Jun are also there for the preparation.

April 1, in our Lord's day here at Tuguegarao, brother Jerome taught in our bible study about "Mind to work or obstacle to excuse". A good lesson showing us that if we focus on our work we can do it at ease but if not, we might not finish it in time or nothing done at all, like serving our Lord and our faith in Him. In the sermon, brother Rody preached to us about "Jesus Christ:Our Savior". It is according to the Catholic faith, easter season right now, that if you can see in the TV or internet, people trying to be nailed to the cross as what Jesus suffered thinking that there sins can be forgiven if they will do that, but in reality, they are just fooling themselves. God did not command us to do that, the scriptures tells us that Jesus crucifixion is once delivered for all and we only need to obey Him to be saved from our sins and the hell fire.

In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about "Attitudes in worship". We need to have the joy when we are doing it because it is useless if we are always attending services not thinking the real meaning of why we are there. And I also shared to them some excuses christians make when they are absent in any worship services that really is not an excuse at all. We have a saying here in the Philippines that "If you want it, there is a solution, but if you do not want it, there is always an excuse". We, as christians, should always want to be in any services of the church.

April 2, it is the start of the Preachers training and the students are already here. They came from different places and of different ages. I am happy to see them and their interest to learn more from the words of God. This evening, two of the already shared in the pulpit with the lesson about "Sin" and the other one about "Glorious church". I am not yet familiar with their names because it is my first time to see them. Hope in the coming days, I will already be familiar in their backgrounds. This training will only last for two weeks and hope and pray that it will be fruitful and many more laborers will go out in the field to seek and save lost souls.