August
25, in our Lord’s Day service here at Metro
Tuguegarao, brother Jun taught “Faith in action”, the kind of faith
that a child of God should have and the works needed to complete everything. In the sermon, brother Jerome preached about “Judge
Not…”, we should not always be quick in our all our judgment. There are
still many things to consider before judging a person. The problem might be us
and not them.
In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about “Sum or Some” in Psalm 119:160 wherein it
says “The sum of your word is truth…” This sometimes become “SOME” because of
what other denominations do and even Christians because sometimes we just do
that things we wanted to follow from the bible and disregard those that might
irritate our ears. To be a true Christian, we need to follow the “SUM” of God’s
word and to trust only in HIM.
August
27, in our preachers’ bible study,
brother Rogelio Esperanza preached
to us “1 Corinthians 2”. The chapter
tells
us of what we needed to think when we share God’s word, it is not our own words
that we use or our intelligence but all come from the teachings of Christ. As a
preacher, we stand in front of the pulpit not to impress the audience but as
Paul has said, “And so
it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with
eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For
I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him
crucified. I came to you in weakness with great fear and
trembling. My
message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a
demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so
that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.” (vv.1-5)
August 28,
in our midweek service here at Tuguegarao, brother Jerome taught in our bible study on “Matthew 18” wherein we study
about “The greatest in the kingdom, what cause man to stumble, the parable of
the lost sheep, dealing with sin in the church and the unmerciful servant.”
August 31,
I went to Palca and visit the
brethren from house to house. I first went to one our contacts, Felipe Sabado who is a member of a Methodist church and became a Catholic.
He was on her way out when I got in their house, but he gave me a little time
to share the gospel about the true church and gave him a bible tract that I
made. Next, I went to visit brother Rodolfo
Duran, who is baptize long ago
before I became their preacher at Palca. He never did came to any services when
I was there because of what happened when their first preacher, before brother
Rody, made a bad impression by touching the ladies. I insisted that going to
the church is not to worship or look at the preacher, but to study God’s word
and by that we will have faith on His words and not the preacher. His reason is
also my problem for so long because when we distribute bible tracts, some of
the people say that “We are all the same, what the first preacher did, we will
also do it”, that is their thinking. But I think, that is only there excuse not
to go to the church because of their vices. Many young people in Palca is
another problem of mine, because when they reach college, they go to other
cities to study, like here in Tuguegarao, but because their parents are not
with them, they started to think that they are already free and can do whatever
they like. I have heard that some of them are already drinking and smoking.
That breaks my heart when I heard it. Their parents are very faithful in the
church and giving their best for their children, but because of the tactics of
Satan, this is happening to them. I am soliciting your prayers for this young
people that someday they will realized every mistake they are doing.
September 1,
in our Lord’s Day service here at Metro Tuguegarao, brother Jun taught in our bible study about “Gehazi, the servant of Elisha” who because
of greediness with material wealth suffer the consequences of his actions. In
the sermon, brother Jerome preached
about “The one you feed most”. The make
use of wolf as an example, there is the bad side and the good side, which every
you feed the most, doing the works of the spirit or the works of the flesh, that
will reign in your life.
In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about “Overcoming
Sin”. This is a series of lesson I am working right now to answer the
question “What are the steps to happiness and well-being?” The things we needed
to overcome sin are:
1. Know
and completely depend on God’s word
2. Believe
in God’s goodness and generosity
3. Trust
God’s commands as expression of utmost love
4. Do
not experiment with sin
5. Focus
your desires on what is godly and acceptable
6. Follow
God’s warnings
7. Reject
every temptation
September 3,
in our preachers’ bible study, brother Jay
taught to us on “Intertestamental period”
which I hardly cannot follow everything because of many periods and events that
we cannot read in the bible. In my mind, I am asking “What is the importance of
studying this where in fact it is not written in the bible and Paul said that
the scripture is sufficient for us to have salvation. That’s why, when I have
time, I am researching on the internet about this things and so to find out the
real essence of studying this history.
September 4,
in our midweek service, brother Efren
taught to us on “Matthew 19”. The
divisions of the lesson are:
1. Marriage
and Divorce
2. The
Little Children and Jesus
3. Who
are the rich and the kingdom of God.
September 5,
brother Sherwin, July and I went to Palca
and work on our church building. We made a sign in front of the chapel so that
those who are passing can see it. Brother Sherwin made the letterings while I and
July help him with other things. If it is in the computer, than I can easily
make designs, but when it comes to manually doing it, even my hand writing is
not good.
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| The one sitting with the red shirt is a drunk man who is trying to debate with brother Sherwin about being a christian. He insist that he will only go to church when the time is already near which we all do not know when it is. |
September 7,
I went again to Palca for house to
house. This time, I went to Ms. Grace
Daquioag house. I am not related to her but she came from where my father was
born. She is attending with us together with her cousin, Vanessa Duran for a
month already. I shared to them the importance of being a Christian. Hope and
pray that someday, they will both obey the gospel.
September 8,
in our Lord’s day service her at Tuguegarao, I was asked to teach in our bible
study because brother Jun got a fever and asthma. I preached about “Receiving the miracles of Christianity” which
sometimes, people don’t consider a miracle that happened in their life. Here
are the parts of the lesson which we might consider a miracle a Christians
receive:
1. Creation
– God made everything and man was mandated to manage all other creations
2.
Impartation of God to Human –
when he breathed into man the breath of life
3.
Incarnation of God – when Jesus
became human and live among us, to relate with us
4.
Impartation of Man to God –
when Jesus died on the cross taking every sin man committed for us to have
salvation
5.
God’s death and resurrection
6.
Re-creation of man – 2 Corinthians
5:17
In the sermon, brother Jerome preached about “Shine as lights”. We need to show our
lights to everyone with all our good works associated with it.
In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached the same lesson about “Receiving the miracles of
Christianity”.
September
10, in our preachers’ bible study,
brother Ronel Octoman taught to us “1 Corinthians 4” as the nature of true
stewards of God.
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