Tuesday, October 24, 2006

last sunday's sermon notes

** we are very greatful to have a guest speaker last sunday.
Pastor Manny challenged us to share our salvation to others, his meaning for evangelism is simply = DELIBERATE and INTENTIONAL sharing of gospel to anyone,lost in sin. He also stressed that, this is God's commandment and as the scripture says - the wages of sin is death.

7 Ingredients to be a vessel of God:

1. You must know that you are Son of God
2. You must have an obedient heart
3. You must delight the heart of God (Passion for the lost)
4. You must be prayerful
5. Have an Expectant Faith
6. No Unconfess sins (claim the forgiveness and cleasing power of God)
7. Must have an adequate knowledge of God's word

His additonal sharing via email:
He said,
Fill your heart and mind with the Word of God. Immerse yourself in scriptures. Read, Believe,Receive, Obey God's Word. Act upon God's Word and His promises by faith. Confess, declare, say, proclaim them over your life, it will come to pass (Proverbs 18:21; Romans 10:8-10).

There is no such thing as believing without confessing with your mouth what you believe. The person who believes speaks with his/her mouth what he/she believes (Mark 11:22-24).

As the Holy Spirit bring you into remembrance, I will pray for you. My prayer will be the prayer of the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 1, 3 and Colossians 1. Read these prayers and put/insert your name and pray them daily. It will come to pass in your life. Do the same thing for your loved ones, friends and associates and in time you will see God's work in their lives.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Sa MgA oCtObEriAnS


Happy Birthday.... God Bless You All...

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Magandang kwento . . . totoo at tumatalab . .

Isang bagong-saltang kaluluwa ang umakyat sa langit ang ngayon ay nakaharap kay San Pedro. Namasyal silang dalawa sa langit. Magkahawak-kamay silang naglakad-lakad sa isang malaking silid doon na puno ng mga anghel.
Huminto si San Pedro sa harap ng isang lupon ng mga anghel at nagsalita, "Ito ang silid-tanggapan. Sa silid na ito, tinatanggap lahat ng mga kahilingan sa panalangin."

Pinagmasdan ito ng kaluluwa, at nakita nitong abala ang lahat sa pag-uugnay-ugnay ng mga kahilingan na nakasulat sa bunton ng mga papel na galing sa buong mundo.

Nagpatuloy silang maglakad hanggang madaanan nila ang pangalawang lupon ng mga anghel. Ang wika ni San Pedro sa kaluluwa, "Ito naman ang 'Packaging at Delivery Section'. Dito, ang biyaya at mga pagpapala na hiniling ng mga tao ay binabalot at dini-deliver sa mga tao na humingi noon ."
Nakitang muli ng kaluluwa kung gaano ito kaabala. Maraming anghel doon ang talagang subsob sa trabaho sa dami ng mga pagpapalang hiniling at dini-deliver araw-araw sa lupa.

Hanggang sa dumako sila sa huling lupon, sa pinakamalayong lupon. Huminto ang anghel doon sa isang maliit na lupon. Sa kanyang pagkamangha, iisang anghel lamang ang nakaupo doon, walang ginagawa.
"Ito ang 'Acknowledgement Section," sabi ni San Pedro.

"Bakit tahimik? Wala ba silang ginagawa rito?"

"Nakakalungkot," sagot ni San Pedro,"pagkatapos makatanggap ng sagot sa kanilang mga panalangin ang mga tao, kakaunti ang nagbibigay ng pasasalamat."

"Papaano ba magbibigay ng 'acknowledgement' ang mga tao sa Diyos?"
"Simple lang. Sabihin mo lang na "Salamat po Panginoon."

"Ano bang pagpapala ang dapat nilang ipagpasalamat?"

"Kung may pagkain ka sa iyong hapag-kainan, damit na sinusuot, may bahay na tinutuluyan at kamang tutulugan, ikaw ay mas mayaman sa 75% sa mundong
ito.

"Kung may salapi kang naiipon sa iyong pitaka at may natitira pang pambili ng pagkain, ikaw ay isa sa 8% na may mga kabuhayan sa mundo.

"Kapag nakuha mo ang mensaheng ito sa iyong computer, bahagi ka ng 1% sa mundong ito na may ganyang oportunidad.

"Kapag gumising ka sa umagang ito na walang sakit, mas pinagpala ka sa milyong tao sa mundong ito na hindi na makagising dahil sa hirap ng buhay.
"Kung di mo nararanasan ang takot sa gitna ng giyera, ang kalungkutan sa loob ng piitan, ang pasakit ng mga pagsubok, at ang pangil ng pagkagutom, mas malayo ka nang milya-milya sa 700 milyong tao na nabubuhay sa mundo.

"Kung buhay pa ang iyong mga magulang at nananatiling magkasama sa bisa ng kasal, kakaunti lang kayo.

"Kung naititingala mo pa ang iyong ulo nang may ngiti sa iyong mga labi, hindi ka kasama sa karamihan. Naiiba ka kaysa sa kanila na puno ng kapighatian at mga kagulumihanan."

Tanong ng kaluluwa, "Kung gano'n, papaano ako magsisimulang magpasalamat?"

"Kung nababasa mo ang mensaheng ito, nakatanggap ka na naman ng dobleng pagpapala, dahil may isang nagpadala sa iyo na iniisip na espesyal kang nilalang, at mas pinagpala ka kaysa sa dalawang bilyong mga tao sa buong mundo na hindi marunong magbasa . . .
"Pagpalain ang araw mo, bilangin mo ang iyong mga pagpapala, at kung ibig mo, pagpalain mo rin ang mga tao sa iyong paligid upang malaman din nila kung gaano sila pinagpala ng Panginoon.

ATTN: Acknowledgement Department: "Salamat po, Panginoon. Salamat po sa pagbibigay mo sa akin ng abilidad na ibahagi ang mensaheng ito at sa pagbibigay mo sa akin ng mabubuti at magagandang tao na babahaginan nito!
"Salamat po."

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Feeling Good about Feeling Bad?

** Article from Heartlight.org (by Mike Barres)

For God can use sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek salvation. We will never regret that kind of sorrow. But sorrow without repentance is the kind that results in death. (2 Corinthians 7:11)


Have you ever seen people weeping in response to a powerful message --
public or private -- in sincere repentance. Repentance is a Biblical
word that is often neglected these days. Repentance comes because
people have "godly sorrow" that leads them to change their lives to be
in tune with the will of God. The early messengers of God said, "Repent
therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that
times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord" (Acts 3:19
NKJV). Those occasions are an incredible to observe. God convicts,
hearts are broken because of sin, and repentance occurs. Too often
these days, people's hearts are callous. It seems to me that you don't
see this happen as frequently these days. People want to do the "church
thing." They want to get in, get out, and get on with their "to do"
list of Sunday activities.

Some people feel good about feeling bad!

I have noticed something else, as well. It seems like some people feel
good about feeling bad, but never really change. They're all about
emotional conviction, but not about spiritual correction. Let me
explain.

You're in church. You know you should feel guilty and feel bad about
not being a better Christian. So, you start feeling bad, but that's
good, because for a long time, you didn't feel bad when you sinned or
rebelled against the will of God or neglected his call in your life.
Then, you feel so convicted that you begin to cry a bit. Then, you may
even go before others and cry. You feel good about this, because you
knew you were supposed to feel bad, but didn't before, but now you do.
You even think, "God must really be happy with me, since I'm finally
feeling bad for what I've done." The sad thing is, you don't change,
because you missed the point. God's goal isn't our feeling bad. His
real interest is in our repentance -- something that brings about
change in us both inside and out. That is what the conviction of the
Holy Spirit is supposed to do: convict our hearts and empower our
change. God wants us to change and come back to Him. John the Baptizer
said, "Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance ..." (Luke 3:8).

I think we can get in to a Christian form of "pseudo sin-suffering" if
we aren't careful. Some people like it when preachers yell at them and
they feel bad. Others feel relieved to just feel convicted of their
sin. But, feeling bad is not the point. Do we receive conviction from
the Holy Spirit, have sincere sorrow, and sincerely repent making real
life changes? There is a difference between feeling sorry and turning
to the way of God. Feeling sorry just involves emotions, repentance
involves change at every level of our being — thought, emotion,
behavior, and attitude.

Inspiring story :)

I Realized I'm Not Alone

Jerome is one of 7 blind students enrolled with about 100 sighted students at the Wesleyan Bible College in Rosales, Pangasinan. We think you will be inspired by his story.

I don't want to live anymore…

I am Jerome Perez from Sta. Rosa, Nueva Ecija, 20 years old, blind and the eldest among three siblings. When my father left us for an overseas work in Japan and never came back, it was only my mother who supports us for a living. When I was 14 years of age, I became blind because of an eye injury. This made me so hot-tempered and so negative in my life, because I cannot accept it. I know my dream in helping my family, especially my mother, is not going to happen. I always tell the Lord every time I'm praying to please take my life and I don't want to live anymore because I'm useless.

I realized I'm not alone…

In January 2001, I met one of the RBI staff in our place and he told me that even if I'm blind I can still go on with my life and that I can still go to school. Since then I was so happy and hoping that I can go to school.

RBI staff invited me also to attend the summer camp. I'm so happy that time because it was my first time to mingle with other blind people. Not just that thought, they made me realize how important I was in the sight of the Lord even though I was blind. It was May 9 that I was so thankful to God that even though I was a sinner, He still did forgive me. I realized how precious I am to Him. I realized that I am not alone and He will never leave me. I learned in Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

I want to grow…

It was a blessing for me during the camp that the program for blind students at the Wesleyan Bible College in Pangasinan was introduced Reynold, one of the blind graduates, who is already a pastor, told us about the program. It gave me an interest to go because I want to grow in the knowledge of the Lord and learn how to face the real world though blind. I also want to learn how to read and write by the use of Braille. I want to be fully equipped and be independent.

I don't want to waste this chance…

When I was accepted in this program I really thanked the Lord because here I learned how it is to be far away from my family and to do things for myself. The Lord gave me a wonderful opportunity to be in His service and I was so thankful that He chose me among the people. I don't want to waste this chance in my life to be in the wonderful plan He has for me…I also would like other blind to experience what I am experiencing now with the Lord-His LOVE for me.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Encouraging Mission Facts

. Of the world's 16,008 ethnic people groups by country, 6,300 (39%) are primarily Christian, totaling over 2,000,000,000, or nearly one third the world's population.

• 9,424 people groups by country are NOT Least-Reached, totaling 3,903,107,000 individuals, or about 60% of the world's population.

• 1,528 of the Least-Reached groups are NOT in the 10/40 Window, totaling 359,729,000 individuals. These groups are relatively accessible to the Good News of the Gospel.

• Of the 6,584 Least-Reached people groups, about 3,452 (52%) are small groups under 10,000 in population (or population unknown) and all these groups total less than 20,000,000 individuals. Of the remaining 3,132 least-reached groups, about 1,314 are under 50,000 in population. That leaves 1,818 Least-Reached groups 50,000 and over in population. A vibrant church in a large group may take the gospel to a number of smaller satellite people groups that have ethnic similarities.

• Of the world's 6,495 living languages (Ethnologue total), 4,261 have either/all Bible portions, the Jesus film, gospel radio, or gospel recordings. Total speakers of these languages is 6,100,000,000, or over 95% of the world's population.

• Of 234 total countries, 167 (71%) are Christian-majority countries. Total population for these countries is 2,320,000,000.

www.heartlight.org

TODAY'S VERSE
Listen to advice and accept instruction and in the end you will
be wise. Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's
purpose that prevails.
-- Proverbs 19:20-21

THOUGHT:
"Man proposes, heaven disposes." Most of us rush to give advice
and make grandiose plans. The Wiseman reminds us that wisdom comes
from submitting to instruction for a significant period of time and
then, only at the end of long listening does it come. If you are
like me, you would do much better to let your plans ripen a bit
more in the light of the Lord before you launch into them. I am
comforted that James, the wisdom writer of the New Testament,
reminds us that God will give that wisdom if we seek it and not
doubt. But while we pray for wisdom, let's pray also for patience
to listen to the Lord's truth in Scripture so we may recognize
wisdom when it comes!

PRAYER:
Almighty God, teach me your ways and help me discern your paths
for my life. I have so many plans and schemes, but I know if they
are not from you, they will not stand. Lead me to your wisdom and I
will not only seek to know it, but also seek to live it by the
power supplied by your Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Thursday, October 05, 2006

NCD ACTIVITY



WORSHIP SYMPOSIUM....
FREE ADMISSION @ CAINTA WESLEYAN CHURCH
OCTOBER 22, 2006 @ 2PM
KITA-KITS TO KNOW WHAT IS THE TRUE MEANING OF WORSHIP

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Practicing Ugaling langit .. ugaling kaaya aya!

This would give you guides on how to control your emotions towards your better-half,
friends, officemates and all the people around you,especially your "boss".
The rules of "ugaling langit, ugaling kaaya-aya"

1 Ang naunang magalit ang may karapatang magalit. Pag naunahan ka na ng galit
niya, tumahimik ka na lang muna.


#2 Walang taong nag-aaway mag-isa. Pag hindi kayo sumagot o pumatol, titigil din
daw ang taong nakikipag- away sa inyo.


#3 Ang taong galit, 'bingi.' If someone is angry, wala raw pinakikinggan, so, don't try to explain and fight back. Hindi ka niya iintindihin dahil wala siyang naririnig kundi ang sarili nya.

#4 Ang taong galit, 'abnoy.' Ayon sa pastor, Biblical daw ito? because the Lord said
when He was crucified, "Father, patawarin mo sila dahil hindi nila alam ang kanilang ginagawa." Modern term for these kinds of people are abnoys, so you better not get angry para huwag kang matawag na abnoy.
You should also know and realize that the persons who make your day bad are
jewel, because you need them for you to mature.Hangga't andyan daw sila at kinaiinisan mo, ibig sabihin, immature ka pa. God will not take away those people; it's for you to take away your bad feelings towards them. You'll know na mature
ka na pag dumating 'yung time na hindi ka na naiinis sa mga taong ito because you
have learned to accept them and to have patience with them. (kaya yung iba jan.. ahem sna tmaan..st0p being numb..:D)


#5 Finally, the best part of this is to tell yourself na, because of this
person, "I will grow mature," and that DAHIL SA CONTRIBUTION NIYA SA MATURITY MO, KUKUNIN DIN SYA NI LORD.