Activities from the month of October to November 1

October 2, we went to Minagbag, Quezon to a conduct a bible study at the church. I was asked by brother Jay to preach to them. My lesson is entitled “The Value of righteous living”. Many of the brethren where not around because they are working in the field and some went to a wedding. The way of living in this area is very hard as they needed to work hard in order for them live.

October 4, in our Sunday worship here at Tuguegarao, brother Jun taught about “Apollos: Mighty in scriptures”, teaching us that we needed to study the words of God and use it in our daily lives. In the sermon, brother Jerome preached “Lot’s wife: why remember her?” We must not look back from where we came from (life of sin), but to continue forward to the goal which is in heaven.

In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about “The best is yet to come”. We may experience suffering, troubles, temptations and etc. in this life but we should not be worrying about it, because the best is yet to come when our Lord Jesus Christ returns and He will bring the righteous to the place where He promise in John 14:1-3.

October 6, in our preachers’ bible study, brother Rody discussed to us the book of “Ezra”. We went to different divisions of the bible, the author of the book, the purpose of the book and the key verses and part of the book.

October 7, in our midweek bible study here at Tuguegarao, brother Rody preached to us “Acts 13” about the Missionary Journey of Paul in Cyprus and Antioch.

October 9, we went to Maguirig, Solana to have a bible study at brother Jerry Corpuz’ house for the second time. I was asked to help in leading a song together with the other preachers who joined us (Jerome, Jay, Edgar and Jun) and brother Rody preached to us about “The Holy bible and how to enter the glorious church”. There is again a good number of crowd from the neighbors of brother Jerry who joined us. We stayed in front on their house, under a tree to study.

After the bible study at Maguirig, brother Rody and I went to the hospital to visit sister Hazel, a faithful member a Palca where I am preaching. According to her brother(Juriel), she was found unconscious last Monday at midnight by her husband and was brought to the hospital the same hour. Juriel said that she was revived twice because the first hospital where they brought her had all ICU’s full so they bring her to another hospital and there she was again revived. Sister Hazel is having a dialysis for two months already because of kidney problems, and according to the doctor, there is much water in her kidney that’s why it shut down. Our prayers are much needed for her. Right now (Nov. 5), she is already out of the ICU and is recovering in the hospital ward.

October 11, in our Sunday worship here at Tuguegarao, brother Jun taught in our bible study about “Battle of Lions”, a battle between good and evil, battle between God and Satan, and battle between Christians and the world. In the sermon, brother Rody preached “Christian, church and government”.

In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about “The Great Physician”. I choose to preach this because of what happened to our sister. I thought that this will give them the hope and faith that if we approach God, nothing is impossible like when Hezekiah prayed to God and he was given 15 more years to live.

October 13, in our preachers’ bible study, brother Rody discussed to us the book of “Nehemiah and Esther”. It was a good book to read about the courage of both Nehemiah and Esther. We again went to the outline of the book, the purpose and other things we can learn from it.

October 14, in our midweek bible study, brother Rody preached to us “Acts 14” about the continuation of Paul’s journey from Lystra, Derbe, Antioch and Iconium.

October 18, in our Sunday worship here at Tuguegarao, we started late because of the strong typhoon we are experiencing. Instead of 8:30, we started 9:30 and that is also the time our brethren arrived. We went directly to the sermon and brother Rody preached on “Acts 15”.

In the afternoon, at Palca, because the typhoon got weaker and just small drops of rain, we went through our original time. I preached to them about “What we need to do first in order to be successful?” The answer I gave them is to remember to pray as we wake up in the morning, read the bible, put God first in every decision we make and to obey Him at all times.

October 20, in our preachers’ bible study, brother Rody discussed to us the book of “Job” about the problem of suffering and how we can handle it like Job did.

October 21, in our midweek service, brother Rody preached to us “Acts 16” about the works of Paul, Silas and Timothy and also the conversion of Lydia.

October 23, I went to Palca to visit the Santiago family because the last Sunday, sister Dina was not in attendance in the church and so I asked her mother who is with us at that time and she said that she is sick. I visited her and found out that she has a pneumonia that’s why she always feel dizzy and cannot sleep well at night. I shared to them passages in the bible to encourage them and we all prayed together for her and her family.

October 25, in our Sunday worship here at Tuguegarao, brother Jerome taught in our bible study about “Does the Lord know you?” and in the sermon, brother Rody preached “David: the man after God’s own heart”.

In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about “Some ways to disobey God”. The title shows negativity in it but at the end of the lesson, I showed them that if we do this, hell is waiting for us because God wants us to obey him in all times.

October 27, in our preachers’ bible study, brother Rody discussed to us the book of “Psalms”. We again looked on the purpose of the book, the key verses, and etc. A great book to study when you are in sorrow, in joy, when you are strong on the faith and when you become weak.

October 28, in our midweek bible study, brother Rody preached to us “Acts 17”, Paul in Thessalonica, Berea and Athens.

November 1, in our Sunday worship here at Tuguegarao, brother Jun taught in our bible study about “Prayer of the righteous accomplishes much” and in the sermon, brother Rody preached “What is Man?”

In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about “Like a little Child”. We must be like a little child who is blameless, humble, eager to learn, honest and loving. Not being a little child, we cannot enter the gates of Heaven.