Preaching activities from December 15, 2017 to January 14, 2018

December 15 (Gospel Meeting at Minagbag Church of Christ)

I was invited to the Gospel Meeting at Minagbag where brother Jay Gumpad is preaching. The weather was not that good because it is cold, not the normal once we have, but still the brethren came to attend. There are also some visitors in attendance. Brother Jimmy Duque was the first speaker and he preached about “How to fall from the hands of the living God”. The second speaker is brother Joeben Jacobo who preached “Lessons from Hezekiah” and finally brother Robinson Pulveras preached “How can I know I am saved?” There were no conversions but everyone is edified by the lessons presented. I led the closing song while the other preachers who were in attendance also help in other works/parts of the activity.

December 17 (Sunday worship at Tuguegarao and Palca)

In our bible study here in Tuguegarao, I shared to them about “Walang kabuluhang mga gawa” or in English “Vain things of this world”. And in the sermon, brother Jerome preached about “Many are called but few are chosen”.

In the afternoon, at Palca, I prepared an almost the same lesson/outline from the lesson I presented in Tuguegarao. It is all about “Labours that fail”.

December 20 (Midweek service at Tuguegarao)

In our bible study, I started the activity by leading spiritual songs. Brother Jay then shared the lesson on “Philemon”.

December 24 (Sunday worship at Tuguegarao and Palca)

In our bible study here at Tuguegarao, brother Jay taught about “Ang ayaw, gusto at nais ng Dios na malaman natin” (The things God hates, needs and wisdom He wants from us). In the sermon, brother Jerome preached about “Wisdom in our relationship with God”.

In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about “It is finished”. One of the last words of Jesus Christ before He died. I shared to them the things He accomplished before He went back to heaven. After our worship, we had our thanksgiving in the church. We want to thank God for His blessings, guidance and love for us in the year 2017.

December 27 (Youth bible study at Cadaanan and Midweek service at Tuguegarao)

In the morning, brother Efren invited us to be speakers in their youth bible study at Cadaanan, Solana. He and his father, Florendo Respicio are the once taking care of the congregation. There are about 29 young men and women in attendance. I am the first speaker and as requested by brother Efren, I preached about “Worldliness or Holiness” and the parts of the lesson discusses the importance of wearing modest clothing, not having tattoos and not having ear piercings for men. The second speaker was brother Jerome who preached about “Wisdom in our relationship with God”. And finally, brother Edgar Licodini preached in the afternoon session about “Ezekiel”. The reaction of the audience are great because they are interacting with us while we are preaching and also they asked questions.

In the evening, I shared to the brethren at Tuguegarao the introduction of the book of Hebrews and also the first chapter of the book.

The next day, brother Teddy Boy and I traveled to Manila to pick up brother Rody and sister Tessie in the airport. They were in USA since October and we are happy that they are here again with us.

December 31 (Sunday service at Tuguegarao and Palca)

In our bible study here at Tuguegarao, brother Jun is with us, and so he was the one who taught in our bible study. He shared about “What is your life?” and in the sermon, brother Rody preached “Let us”.

In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about “Holy Living”. After our worship, I went to visit sister Gina Simangan because I heard from the brethren that she is very weak because of many complications caused by diabetes. Please pray for our sister that she will recover from this illness.

January 3 (Midweek service at Tuguegarao)

In our midweek bible study, brother Jay discussed to us “Hebrews 2”.

January 6 (House visitation at Palca)

I went to visit sister Teresita Poselero because she is also sick. I also talked to her husband who is not a Christian and is always a problem of our dear sister because he is addicted to gambling. I shared to him the words of God and I prayerfully asked God that He will help him think of this things that he is doing and repent of it before it’s too late.

January 7 (Sunday service at Tuguegarao)

In our bible study, brother Rody shared to us “Psalms 90” and in the sermon he preached “How to make the New Year better in our lives?” After our worship, we also had our thanksgiving. It is already our 34^th year anniversary here in Tuguegarao since the church started here.

From January 8 to 12, I am in Manila.

January 14 (Sunday service at Tuguegara and Palca)

In our bible study here in Tuguegarao, we had a new format on how we will do it. We want the brethren to be part of the study by helping us read the scriptures in the lesson presented and we make outlines that have many blanks on it so that the brethren will be the once to put the words in the blanks while we are preaching to complete the outline. I shared to them the lesson on ‘The world’s first things”. The text is taken from Genesis 1-3 and we can see the beginning of everything in this chapters. In the sermon, brother Jerome preached about 2 Corinthians 5.

In the afternoon, at Palca, I also preached to them the same lesson “The World’s first things” but not just in a manner like a bible study, but a sermon already.

Preaching activities from November 8 to December 12

November 8 (Midweek service at Metro Tuguegarao)

Brother Jay discussed to us “2 Timothy 3” that is all about delivering the truth and teaching about persecutions.

November 10 (Visitation at Palca)

I had another chance to visit Brother Leonardo and sister Linda Uton. They are faithful brethren and they just invited me to their house to share also the gospel to their daughters who were Catholics and Methodist. I preached to them about the outline on “The true Church of Christ”. I hope and pray that I can have another chance to share God’s message to them in the future.

November 12 (Sunday worship at Tuguegarao and Palca)

In the morning, I taught in our bible study here at Tuguegarao about “The Great Supper”. A parable that teaches us that we need to attend to God’s invitation or else, we will suffer the consequences. We should not give excuses when God calls us like what those invited guests did in the parable. We should not forsake our assemblies. Brother Jay preached on our sermon. I am sorry, I forgot the lesson he preached because my list is missing.

In the afternoon, at Palca, I also preached to them the same lesson “The Great Supper”. We have again a good attendance of 52 including the kids because many of our brethren who work in other cities came home.

November 15 (Midweek service at Metro Tuguegarao)

In our bible study, I discussed to them “2 Timothy 3” about the evil persons who try to destroy the work of Paul and the things that Timothy needed to continue from what he had learned from Paul.

November 16 (Travel to Manila)

Early morning at around 5 a.m., my wife, my mother and I started to travel going to Manila. The weather is good and not much traffic. But we needed to stop by at Cauayan to check my car. All went smoothly and we arrived in Manila at around 11 in the evening.

November 17 (Bible study at Intramuros)

As planned, I went to the house of my cousins at New Intramuros Village. Those in attendance where Peter Tuazon (my uncle), Minerva Agustin (cousin), Marivic Talay (cousin), Analou Tuazon (nephew), Karl Talay (nephew) and Kier Constantino (nephew). I shared to them about “Bible Authority” and about “The Church of Christ”. Most of them are Catholics except my uncle Peter and her daughter Analou who were Jehovah’s witnesses. I am happy that I can share to them about the gospel and they are really interested to hearing it. My cousin Minerva is from Texas who just came back in the Philippines for a month to have a vacation. December 1, she will fly back to the US.

November 19 (Sunday worship at Pasay Church)

In our bible study at Pasay, I taught to them “Consequences of Unbelief” sharing the story of the 12 spies on whom 10 of them brought bad news about the Promised Land and were punished by God including those who followed them. In the sermon, brother Jun Gumpad preached about “The Great Commission”.

In the afternoon service at Pasay, I preached to them about “The Great Supper”. Same lesson I did back in Tuguegarao.

November 20 (Bible study at Intramuros)

Before going back to Tuguegarao, we went again to the house of my cousin. I again shared a lesson to them, and this time about “Faith and Works” and “Baptism”. We again have a good discussion because they asked many questions. I pray that God will again open a door for me to preach to them and hopefully, next time, they will already obey the gospel.

November 22 (Midweek service at Metro Tuguegarao)

Brother Jay discussed to us “2 Timothy 4” on advice of Paul to continue in preaching the truth to everyone.

November 24 (Thanksgiving)

Sister Mercy Panopio invited us to their house to have a thanksgiving. I led our opening prayer and brother Jerome shared a wonderful lesson on Psalms.  We all prayed together for sister Mercy because it is her birthday.

November 25 (Sunday service at Tuguegarao and Palca)

I taught in our bible study about the “Anatomy of God”. We all know that God is a spirit and a spirit have no flesh nor bones. But in this lesson, I showed them what God is capable to do. In the sermon, brother Jerome preached “Exhortations in entering the kingdom”.

In the afternoon at Palca, I also preached to them the same lesson “The anatomy of God”.

My wife continues to teach the kids both here in Tuguegarao and Palca and we are all praying that they will also obey the gospel when the right time and age comes.

November 29 (Midweek service at Tuguegarao)

I shared in our bible study about “Titus 1”. I introduced the book and the reason why Paul sent this letter to Titus that is to instruct him on what he needed to continue doing in Crete.

December 1 (Visit at the hospital)

I went to visit the mother of brother Jimmy Duque in the hospital. She had been admitted in Holy Infant Clinic for a week but already in good condition. We prayed with her family to ask God to continue healing her.

December 3 (Sunday worship at Tuguegarao and Palca)

In the morning here at Tuguegarao, I shared in our bible study about “House of Evasion” a lesson I got from brother Joe Price in his website that is telling us that if we have a chance to do good to anyone, we should not avoid it because the bible says, we will sin if we neglect doing it. In the sermon, brother Jerome preached about “Spiritual Growth is a chance: Part 1”

In the afternoon, I also preached the same lesson at Palca “House of Evasion”.

December 6 (Midweek service at Tuguegarao)

Brother Jay shared to us “Titus 2” about what Titus need to teach the olden men and women, young men and women and the Christian servant.

December 10 (Sunday service at Tuguegarao and Palca)

In our bible study, brother Jay shared “Some things we should do and some things we should not do”. And in the sermon, brother Jerome continued with his lesson on “Spiritual growth is a chance: Part 2”.

In the afternoon at Palca, I preached to them about “False witnesses”. In the news here in the Philippines, there are those who are showing fake news everywhere and so I made a lesson about witnesses who tells lies. For example, in the case of Joseph when the wife of the Pharaoh wanted him to join her in bed but he didn't compromise with her. The wife of the Pharaoh told lies about Joseph and the righteous was punished of the things he didn't do because of a false accusations.

December 13 (Midweek service at Tuguegarao)

I shared to them “Titus 3” about the Christian as the citizen of a kingdom, our life before becoming a Christian, the grace of God, our useless behaviors and the final instructions of Paul to Titus.

Preaching Activities from October 18 - November 6, 2017

October 18 (Midweek Bible Study at Tuguegarao)

I discussed in our bible study “1 Timothy 5” which gives us the directions Paul gave Timothy concerning reproofs, widows, elders and church discipline.

October 22 (Sunday Worship at Tuguegarao and Palca)

In the morning, I taught in our bible study here in Tuguegarao “James 2:14-26” regarding faith and works. In the sermon, brother Jay preached “Why and How should we prepare for worship?”.

In the afternoon, I preached the same lesson to them at Palca on James 2:14-26.

October 25 (Midweek bible study at Tuguegarao)

Brother Jay shared to us what we can learn from 1 Timothy 6.

October 28 (Gospel Meeting at Pussian, Alcala)

We were invited to go to the Gospel Meeting at Pussian where brother Fernando Duque and Joeben Jacobo are helping together to be their preacher. I am the first speaker and I preached about “Consequences of Unbelief” and brother Jerome preached “God is trying to tell us something”. We extended the invitation but got no response from the visitors.

October 29 (Sunday Service at Tuguegarao and Palca)

In our bible study here in Tuguegarao, brother Jay taught “Nearsighted” and in the sermon, brother Jerome preached “God is trying to tell us something”.

In the afternoon, I preached in Palca “Limited Edition” sharing to them the things that are just limited for us which is life, time to worship God and to repent of our sins.

November 1 (Gospel Preaching at Cacbungao, Luttuacan, Apayao and Midweek service at Tuguegarao)

We went to Cacbungao, Cabugao, Apayao where brother Samuel Bucao invited us since last week expecting that the weather will be sunny. Tuesday, the whole day, it was very hot, but Wednesday morning, it started to rain. We cannot cancel the preaching because the brethren there are already waiting for us. We still went to the place even though we know it is hard to travel going there and also for the places where we need to walk and the river that we needed to cross. With God’s help, all went well even with the continuous rain.

In the bible study, brother Joeben Jacobo, Jerome Forelo and Jimmy Duque preached. While the rest of us (Robert Pader, Rogelio Esperanza, Alex Genilba, Daniel Pasaraba, Fernando Duque and I) led the singing and prayers. We extended the invitation and one young men came in front to confess his faith. We baptized him in the river that we crossed. In our way back home, the road are much more difficult to pass because of landslides but still with God’s help, we arrived home safely.

In the evening, I preached in our midweek service here in Tuguegarao. I preached on 2 Timothy 1. There are only a few attendance of about 15 because it is raining heavily also.

November 4 (Gospel Preaching at Karikitan, Apayao)

We went to Karikitan, Apayao to have a bible study. It is raining and so it is hard to travel. When we arrived in the highway of Karikitan, we needed to walk just about 500 meters to reach the meeting place. They still do not have a chapel and they only meet in one of the houses of the brethren. I am with brothers Joeben Jacobo, Jerome Forelo, Daniel Pasaraba, Robert Pader, Rogelio Esperanza, Jun Antonio, Jayson Tanguilan, Manny Pader and Alex Genilba.

November 5 (Sunday Worship at Tuguegarao and Palca)

In our bible study, I taught about “Taming the tongue” and brother Jerome preached “What is happening to my faith?” We only have 75 attendance here in Tuguegarao, and it is because of the rain again. Some of the places where our brethren live are already flooded that's why they cannot come. I taught in the bible study "About taming the tongue" and brother Jerome preached in the sermon "How is your faith".

In the afternoon, at Palca, I also preached the same lesson on “Taming the Tongue” we also have just a few attendance of 15. It is hard for the brethren to walk going to the church because we cannot even see the road already due to the heaviness of the rain.

November 6 (Funeral Service at Villa Salud)

Brother David inviting me and brother Jerome to have a service in the wake of their grandmother who pass away last week. His grandmother is sister Maria Malupeng, a faithful sister in Villa Salud where brother Rolando Agpoon is preaching. Brother David led the singing and I led our opening prayer. Brother Jerome preached about the Facts of life and brother Jason led our closing song and prayer.