June
1, we went to Palca for another Home Bible Study, this time is was in sister Kenneth Quines' house. All her siblings
was there and all of them are christian but are unfaithful even her mother.
Their father is not yet a christian but he is at work. Brother Robert Pader shared to us an
encouraging lesson on "being
steadfast". After the lesson, we talked to them and encouraged them to
continue in the faith and keep trusting the Lord even though there are many
trials that come into our life.
In Palca, I preached to them
about "The greatest need". We all need house, foods and clothing
but as a christian, our greatest need is the word of God and to proclaim it to
all the world.
June
4, in our preachers' bible study, brother Rody shared to us the lesson we could
learn from "Romans 6".
June
5, in the morning, I was invited by
brother Jay to go with him in Minagbag
to visit those brethren who are no
longer attending the services, brother July is also with us. We first went to
the house of sister Gloria Fernandez
wherein the reason why she cannot attend is that she can no longer walk because
half of her body is paralyze. We tried to find a solution for her to come and
we talked to one of their neighbor who have a tricycle to bring her to the
church every Sunday and the church will pay for the rent. The next house was at
sister Rosalinda Manzano. Her house
is very far from the church building and she needed to walk just to attend the
services. Her reason also is because of her arthritis. She promised to attend
the next Sunday. The last house was at sister
Norma Guevarra, we tried to convince her to return to the church but the
only answer we get is a smile. Her daughter, Rhea is willing to come back to
church and is now attending with us here at Tuguegarao because she is studying
here.
In the evening, we had our midweek
service and we studied "Matthew
6" that brother Jay taught.
June
9, in our Lord's day service here at Tuguegarao,
brother Jun shared to us "Denying the Master who bought
them" and in the sermon, brother Jerome
preached "Attitudes needed in a
congregational work".
In the afternoon at Palca, I preached to them about "Moses' attitudes and excuses".
Christians are like Moses when it comes to sharing the gospel, some are afraid,
some do not want to do it and some do not care.
June
11, in our preacher's bible study,
brother Rody taught "The Nature of Jesus Christ (God and
Man), and brother Robert Pader
also taught about "Romans 7".
June
12, in our midweek service, brother Rody shared to us "Matthew 7".
June
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In our service, brother Jay taught the lesson about "Responsibilities" to our family,
brethren and to the Lord. In the sermon, I
preached to them about "The Lunatic
boy that was healed". There are many skeptics in our time that do not
believe in Jesus like those of the Pharisee in their time but there are also
some who trust in God through faith that anything that we will us, He is
willing to provide us if it is according to His will.
June
18, in our preachers' bible study,
brother Robert Rances preached about
"Am I worthy?" and brother
Rody also preached about "Some man of God who dropped their
guard". This is a very challenging lesson to hear because as a
preacher, we cannot always say that we can guard ourselves because I saw some
of the faithful brethren/preachers that dropped their guard and return to what
they are doing before. It is a challenge for all of us that we should always
take notice of the tactics of the devil and to do this, we must always study
God's word.
June
19, in the morning, we had a bible tracts distribution here at Metro
Tuguegarao. We are about 15 preachers and divided ourselves from the
different villages. We encountered good reactions but some they just do not
care.
In the evening, in our midweek
service, we studied "Matthew 8" that brother Efren Respicio taught.
June
21, it is the start of our Gospel Meeting here at Metro Tuguegarao
at evening. Brother Jun Bautista from
Cabanatuan City preached to us about "Acts
2". The establishment of the church and some doctrinal issues
regarding the chapter that Pentecostals and other denominations use.
June
22, the whole day of our Gospel Meeting.
We started early 8 in the morning and brother Jerry Moral was our song leader
who is from Angeles City together with brother Lordy Salonga who first preached to us about "Benevolence", on how the church use its treasury.
Followed by brother Rudy Yap who is
from Tarlac and preached about "Gift
of the Holy Spirit". The last speaker in the morning was brother Jun Bautista and preached about "Scriptural Baptism".
In the afternoon, brother Lordy was the first speaker again and
preached about "Liberal Brethren
Arguments". Second speaker was brother Rudy Yap who preached about "One
Baptism". After his preaching, we extended the invitation and one soul confess his faith in front of
the congregation. He is our new brother in Christ, Vicente Antonio from Amulung where brother Jimmy Duque is
preaching. The final speaker in our Gospel Meeting is brother Jun Bautista who preached about "Beware of False Teachers".
June
23, in our Lord's day service here at
Metro Tuguegarao, brother Lordy
taught in our bible study about "Revelation
20", the victory of the saints, the imprisonment of Satan and the
judgment. In the sermon, brother Rudy
Yap preached about "Christians
running a race".
In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about "Jesus
and sinners" from Luke 7.
June
24, today, we attended a thanksgiving for the 65th birthday of
one of our sister here in Tuguegarao. She is sister Cora Aquino who is a member of the Lord's church since the
start of the congregation here.
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