Epic Fail Today.

There are time like these, when my preaching felt like an epic fail--that I haven't prayed enough & that I haven't prepared enough--and I know that it is true. I know in head what is the bottom line of what I want to share. But when I'm already up there, at the stage, everything falls apart.

I'm sorry Lord for not doing and giving my best. Sorry Lord.

Failed Relationships

I have never had a girlfriend. I have never experienced how to court a lady that I like. If you would learn my story, you might get depressed. You see, I did not chose to be single. There were a couple of times that I asked a girl out--asked if I could court her. There was a time that I hung out too much at a girl's place just to let her know that I like her (though I did not tell her outright that I would court her). All in all, I think I did what I needed to do as a guy that liked someone, especially when I've made up my mind with regards to courting a girl.

This made me evaluate and see what has been happening. Why have I been failing at this area in my life. I really don't know. Maybe it my fashion sense. Maybe it's my appearance. Maybe it's my personality. I don't know. But there's someone that I would like to acknowledge why I have been experiencing this apparent failure--God.

Looking back, I realized that most of the women that I was considering started out single and available but suddenly, while I was in the process of considering them or maybe praying for them, there would be a guy that would start courting them. There was one instance that a couple brought to me and a lady friend an idea that if we hit a certain age, and if we are still single and available, why not consider each other for marriage. While this got me thinking about the possibility of me and my lady friend, out of nowhere, there came a man from her early years and began courting her. There was also a time when I was starting to get close to a lady friend from church, again, out of nowhere, someone from her past contacted her and began courting her. Looking at in now, I am amazed at how I did not see it then--that whenever I began to like someone or considered someone, this someone would have a guy courting her.

I think this is God. I think God is protecting me and also protecting my lady friends from me. I know that I am not mature enough to handle a relationship. Also, I think God is also preparing the best for me--for which He would get the most glory. All in all, I thank God that He is fully involved in my life--that He answers the prayer that I ask of Him every time that I am starting to like someone: that if this is not from You, shut the door, Lord. And He has been shutting doors ever since.

Sheer Persistence

“I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.”

Luke 11:8 NET

http://bible.com/107/luk.11.8.net

Sheer Persistence - God responds to sheer persistence - probably because it is an act of desperation that unles God moves, nothing will happen and nothing will ever change. It is also an act of faith - believing that there is nobody else in this world that can do what is being asked for in prayer.

God let me have sheer persistence in prayer.

Closer You and I

Intimacy with God is a crucial part of living the Christian life. It is growing and deepening your relationship with God.

Lord, I want to grow deeper in my walk with you. I want to know you more. Lord, grant my request. Lord, help me. Amen.

When The Going Gets Tough

Life gets tough.

Mas madali sanang sabihin na life gets easier--that the older you get, pagaan nang pagaan ang buhay. But that is not the case. That is not reality--things that we cried for when we are younger, we laugh at it today, and then we face new challenges. It'll show our character, it'll show our values, it'll show whose we are and it'll show the convictions that we truly hold on to.

Amidst all these crazyness--na pati yung mga challenges sa buhay natin ay naglelevel-up--one thing we want is to understand why all these things are happening. Of all the people in the world, why are these things happening to me. 'Bakit ako pa?' Ika nga.

And our capacity to understand and the capacity of our faith collides with each other when things get really tough. Doubt seeps in. We question God. We need answers to the why's? And somehow, we need the answers now.

At this point, many are tempted to fall away. The correlation with the need to understand and the strength of our faith gets front and center. However, most of the time, as we face trials, our understanding is not yet able to accomodate what God is doing.

"To whom shall we go?", "You have the words of eternal life" said Peter one time. And this is the truth that we need to understand. If we fall away from Jesus, we are going to another direction. We are going to another person, being or god. But nothing in this world has offered eternal life than Jesus. He alone is the way to eternal life.

You do not have to understand it all so that you'll be able to hold on to Jesus. Marami na siyang ginawa sa buhay mo--sa buhay natin. Marami na siyang pinatunayan. Marami ng himala. In times of hardship and trials, where we don't understand what's happening. Remember that to go away from Jesus is worse. You may not know where these trials are leading you, know that apart from Jesus, you will never know where you will be, but in Jesus, you may not understand what's happening but you can be sure that He is leading you to life eternal.

Saved by Grace

Our salvation is a gift from God through the obedience and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. I am but saved by grace through faith. Thank you Lord for saving me, for redeeming me, for freeing me. I owe my life to you Lord God. I love you, Lord.

Thursdays @ Church

I praise God for how he guides our adult Bible Study. What I am doing right now is just get a story from the Bible. We'll read the story / text and then get some observations and from there try to look for principles about God and man that would help each one of us in our walk with God.

I thank the Lord because, though I know the text, I really don't know what observations the group will emphasize. So what ever they say that's where we'll start the discussion and create generalizations and applications for our lives. I thank the Lord for the knowledge and wisdom that he gives us during our time in the study of His Word.

Today was also a rest day for my Young Adult group. They have things to attend to that needs their immediate attention. I just gave them an assignment that they will have to do before our next meeting to enrich our discussion. May the Lord bless the work of their hands so that whatever they are attending to right now would be a blessing to them.

We also re-started our drum lessons. Bim and Meca came, and I am really amazed at how fast they are learning. I hope that they would really bloom to be musicians after God's heart--that they would use the skill/talent in worshipping God through music.

Rest Day Monday

Literally, I would just rest every Monday. I try to get my mind off things during Mondays. It really crawls up to my nerves--the message for next Sunday and the time I'll be needing to prepare, the church stuff which includes growing spiritually and numerically, my inadequacies as a Pastor, my failures, etc. And it really just want to take over my mind so that I think about them. But Monday is rest day. So I keep my mind off many things. Minsan feeling ko namab sobra-sobra ang pag-iisantabi ko sa mga bahay na dapat pinag-iisipan ko.

Haaay.

Tuesday Hang-over

Hindi na talaga pwede sa akin ang magpuyat. Masakit sa ulo at walang productive na magawa sa maghapon. After ilang hours na gising, dadapuan ka kaagad ng atok, tapos sasabayan ng sakit sa ulo. I end up sleeping again, just to make up for lost sleep.

Was reading Mere Christianity Earlier. Sometimes, I think that when I read books, the information that I get just evaporate immediately. I can't remember ot anymore though while I was reading, I think I was absorbing it. I need to focus on my focus skills and comprehension.

I Can't Claim It

I find it hard to claim a happy and prosperous life from God. Maybe it's just me.

It's just that when I read Hebrews 11:

'There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground...'

Then there's the traditional story of how the Disciples were martyred except for John who was exiled in Patmos and got to die at an old age.

Then there's our Christian brothers and sisters who live in countries that being a Christian means death.

How, how can I believe with all my heart that happiness, prosperity and even a comfortable life is what my God has instore for me and for everyone when all throughout the ages and even today, Christians are persecuted and martyred? I can't. It would be a slap to their faces that we would claim a different kind of Christian Life. It would seem that the Christian God favors us more than them. It would seem that our faith can bring us wealth and happiness while theirs lead to persecution. I just can't.

What I do claim are the promises of God that can be understood to be timeless.

All the other things that I want, I ask God but never hold on to it as if God is obliged simply because I claim it.

I do ask, I do pray, I do hope for a better life but my faith leads me to ask it humbly.

In the end, I think that what God promises us is not a life of happiness, but there will certainly be joy; not of prosperity and wealth but where I need not worry because He will provide; and a life of peace amidst all the sorrow in our broken world.

PS. What I also want to say is that what we believe about God and His Works should transcend time, culture and geography. What is true in the here and now should be true elsewhere, yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Ar-Ouch

When I was a new Pastor at MCF as the new Youth Pastor, there was one time that I led a devotion in one of the youth gatherings/fellowship. I shared about how it is wrong to associate friends with things and laugh at it. There went an series of arguments about it. Defending what I think was right, them, defending why it was just ok. Then after a few weeks, the chairman of the youth ministry told me that they were going to have a meeting. But in that meeting they will not be inviting me. Little did I know that they would be meeting with Youth Adviser,  and that the agenda was about me.

When the idea that they would be meeting about me sunk in, i was hurt. I was dreaming for the position of Youth Pastor for a very long time. There was a passion in me to lead this group and these men and women towards God, then. At the first signon conflict, it's as is that I was betrayed.

There was one class during my seminary days that we discussed a similar case study about one pastor who was hurt with they church he was leading. And that's one of the time that I really felt the hurt by that attack.

And that's one of the things that we experience from time to time. There are people that we love, we serve, we live with--people that we consider close to us would hurt us. And it's one of the most painful thing that we feel. Even our neighbor would hurt us.

And the response that we would easily resonate with us is pay evil with evil. We want revenge. We our out for blood. Whatever the people did to hurt us, we want to do the same thing and even to a certain extent something much worse to them. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

That's our natural respose to evil done to us. If we could have our way, and there were times that we did have our way, we would have gone all the way so that people would pay for the evil they did to us.

We have saying in Filipino: "Kapag binato ka ng bato, batuhuin mo ng tinapay" Madaling sabihin pero masarap gawin. we want people to feel the same and much worse pain that they inflicted upon us.

That's our normal way of thinking.

But as Kingdom People... as people who represents God and His Kingdom in this world, we are called to a different kind of value system so that our response would be different to these kind of evil done to us.

But what has Jesus have to say about this?
Matthew 5:38-48

What did Paul has to say?
Romans 5:8

One Point:
Overcome evil by doing good! Romans 12:17-21

We do good, because goodness exposes evil. We do good because we are recipient of that same goodness from God! We can also do good because we can trust God that He sees everything and hears everything and He will be the one to avenge for us. We do good because God is good!

Temptation: Jump!

The second temptation that Satan majored in when he tempted Jesus was daring Jesus to jump from the top of the temple. Satan even quoted scripture to convince Jesus. Satan claimed that whatever Jesus do in this life, God will have to save Jesus, because Jesus was loved by God and is special in His eyes.

The temptation is essentially a temptation to presume on God. It is twisting the arm of God so that God would be forced to do something. If Jesus did jump, the Father would have to save Jesus. It has taken that long for God to bring Jesus in that moment in time. And  the Father would not allow anything bad to happen to Him. Jesus safety is an utmost priority.

This temptation is acting irresponsibly (most of the time in the guise of faith) then expecting God to breakthough and perform feats of salvation. Many of us are guilty into falling into this subtle trap. We would present God our prayer requests and in 'acts of faith, we become answers to our prayer even though it may defy logic, wisdom and even the very principles of God found in His Word. And then when we find ourselves caught in the chaos of our foolish decision, we expect no, we even demand God to save us.

Yes God is our Savior and Redeemer. He will never turn back on that role. But also remember, God is God, He is our King and our Sovereign. We don't play with God. We don't stiff arm God to do our will nor do we act as if God is our genie in a bottle who will obey our every command and longing. We don't rashly act upon things 'in faith' nor 'visions' because is God. We should be the ones to obey, to abide, to submit. We should never presume, that because it is a good idea, God is already backing us up. It should terrify us that we might be holding on to our ideas and implementing them in the name of God. God has given us His Word and the Holy Spirit to teach us and remind us of His promises and principles. Let them be the guide.

Masakit Din Pala

Lord nakakasakit din pala talaga ng kalooban. Na minsan alang-alang sa pagpapalapit ng kaluluwa sa Iyo ay kailangan mong magpakumbaba at isantabi ang iyong mga hinanakit matupad lamang ang nais Mong gawin. 

In those moments you should remember Jesus' prayer: "Lord if it is possible, please let this cup pass away from me, but not my will but yours be done." Napaka-comforting na prayer and situation because even Jesus, the Son of God, was allowed by God to experience the struggle of His will different from the Father's. Sabi Niya sa mga disicples, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death" but yet He obeyed, so that Father's will be done. My Lord and Saviour became so unselfish despite everything He was feeling, all so that the world might be saved. If my Lord has set aside pain and sorrow in obedience to the Father, I recon, I must do so also.

I also remember Jesus meeting with the Samaritan woman by the well. What transpired between Jesus and the woman brought salvation to the woman, but when the disciples came back, they were so engrossed with their stereotypes and prejudices that they missed the working of God in the heart of the woman. Ang sagot ni Jesus nung tinanong Siya ng mga disciples Niya kung kumain na Siya? "I have food that you do not know of... it is doing the work of God."

May mga personal concerns tayo. May mga personal prejudices at stereotypes. Minsan may sakit ng kalooban o takot din tayong dala. Maaring pagbigyan tayo ng Dios na 'ilaban' at mag-express ng ating kalooban sa Kanya, but we were never given any license by God to use those as excuses of not abiding, of not obeying, of not submitting. Yes it does hurt, but trusting in God that He knows what He is doing even though it hurt may and can be the only thing we can do towill satisfy our soul.

"In this world you will have troubles, take heart I have overcome the world." Thank You Jesus.

Not So Good News

A remedy is good news only to those whose hope is for a cure, but for those who think they don't need it, it is just information that is stocked somewhere in the deep recesses of one's brain.

The Gospel is good news. And it should be presented as good news. But how can it be good news when the people you are sharing it to does not or even resist the idea that they are in a predicament and the good news is the only solution? It'll just be words, phrases, sentences and paragraphs that may be inspirational but not transformational.

In this day and age, there is high intolerance when we talk about sin and hell. It's as if those two are antiquated ideas purported by a state-driven religion from who knows where and who knows when just to blind people to gain control of their lives.

It is not politically correct and sensitive if we talk, much more warn people of the peril they are in. It doesn't seem right anymore.

Somewhere along the way, the good news, the Gospel has lost it's impact and it's goodness because the bad news has been watered down. Jesus became a figure, a symbol of goodness, kindness and righteousness, a model to be followed but not anymore a Master nor a Savior to whom people should give their lives upon in faith and loyalty.

Jesus came to seek and save that which is lost. Much like the Pharissees of His day, they did not believe that they need seeking much more saving. So they'd resisted the idea of a sinner-seeking-saving Messiah. But still, Jesus did found some people who need saving. There were people who knew and saw themselves as sinners in need of Savior. Somehow the very presence of Jesus with them--the sinners, tax collectors and outcasts--led them to that realization that they were looking for something they never knew they were looking for. Jesus led them to Himself and their lives was forever changed

Temptation: Shortcut

Jesus third temptation found in Matthew 4 is the temptataion to take shortcuts. A 'shorcut' is essentially trusting another way, usually bending one's principles, convictions and godliness rather than fully trusting in God's way. It is like the cliche that the end do justify the means. As long as the end is achieved, whatever means a person does it is acceptable.

When Satan tempted Jesus by offering Him the Authority and the Kingdoms of the world in exchange of Jesus' worship, Satan knew that the very purpose by which Jesus came to earth is to redeem and regain all Authority and in turn, the Kingdoms of the world. What Satan is offering Jesus all the authority and the Kingdoms without the suffering, the pain, the cross and death, if only Jesus would bend His values, beliefs and conviction.

This temptation is very near to us. All of has been tempted to lie, to cheat, to misrepesent something or somebody just to get ahead or advance or accomplish something we want. Though we will not be offered the kingdoms of world now just even a bit of authority, still the temptation to bend, just for even a while, our beliefs or convictions is very real.

How did Jesus countered this temptation? He reached backed to a time when Moses was giving a speech to the Israelites, just before they were to enter and conquer, the Promised Land. Moses was saying to the Israelites to trust in the Lord because the Lord has been faithful to them and has shown His power and glory from their escape from Egypt to all the 40 years they have wandered about the desert--God has seen them through and He will continue to see them through. Moses is saying that God is ever faithful. The Israelites can trust God. Whatever happens God can be trusted. They are not on their own. As long as they continue to trust God, God will show His glory and power and faithfulness among their midst and in ang through their lives

This is a temptation where almost all of us fall. There are situations and opportunities in our life that when we look at it, it seems that there is no other way forward or way out but to just bend our values. But yet, there is a way. Like Jesus, a person can choose not to bend, a person can choose not to violate his convictions. It will not be easy, it may be even let a person great suffering but yes there is a way.

Why should a person continue to cling to his convictions and belief and turn away from this temptation? The issue is peace of heart and peace of mind. For Christians, the issue is looking into your heart and soul knowing that his or her relationship with God is intact, that fellowship with God still flows and that there is peace deep down.

In the end, Jesus did suffer horrible pain, he suffered the cross even death. But in His life, fellowship with God was never broken, God was able to do what He has purposed in Jesus' life and when Jesus rose from dead, all authority was given to Him and one day even now every tribe and tongue, every creature on earth. above the earth and even below the earth will bow and is bowing down to Him as King of kings and Lord of lords. 

The stakes if you falling for this kind of temptation may be higher than you could imagine. But if you could overcome it, with God's help, it will be worth it all. 

Temptation: Bread

The first of the three temptation that Satan majored in when he tempted Jesus in the wilderness in to make Jesus turn stones to bread. It is essentially tempting Jesus to fill a God-given legitimate need in an illegitimate way. Provision for needs is almost always at the top of a person's priority. It is essential to life. When needs are unmet, worry starts to creep in, tension starts, faith sways and hearts for God begin to faint.

Jesus, in the first temptation of the enemy, countered it by qouting Deuteronomy, "man shall not live on bread alone, but by every word that comes out from the mouth of God". Jesus understood that Our Heavenly Father is the Provider, and God provides for the needs of His children; and that as long as a person is under the canopy of God--by abiding in His ways, laws, principles and precepts, God can be trusted to provide for His children.

Life is hard. The need for provision is always there. The temptation to find illegitimate sources for the provision of needs is very real. But like Jesus, let us trust that God has always connected the provision of needs with walking in His ways--that as we abide, He will provide.

Spiritual Leadership: When Fingers Are Pointed At You

What do you do when fingers are pointed to you? A story found in 1 Samuel 30, shows a principle when the people you are leading are pointing their fingers at you as the reason for the not so good situations that happen in their lives.

Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire; and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way. When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive. Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep. Now David’s two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God. 

1 Samuel 30:1-6

David and his men, during this time has been running away from Saul. To cut the story short, they settled in Ziklag, a place away from the reach of King Saul. David and his men were about to do battle against Israelites, but because the Philistine commanders believed that David might turn against them, they wanted David out of the battle, so David and his men went home. Upon reaching their homes, they found out that their city was burned, and all their women and children were taken captive by the Amalekites. David's men blamed him for this. They were so embittered that his men wanted to stone him to death. They pointed their fingers at David. They blamed David as the reason for this tragedy.

Now at this point, the character of a leader is truly tested. How the leader reacts will give away what he/she is made of. His/her response determines the convictions that he/she truly believes in. 

Some leaders reacts to this situation by being bitter, quitting their post, leaving their subordinates hanging, blaming and taking it against the people their are leading. They become angry at the very people they are called to lead.

But David showed us the way to go: 

When people blame you, find strength in God and continue to lead.

This is the response of genuine godly leaders. They lead even in bitterness and brokenness. They do not run away from these kind of situations and lead their people even when it hurts. They lead the people who are hurting them because they are leaders. They lead, even amidst tragedies, because they know that the people who look up to them, though they are pointing their fingers at them, are still looking up to them for leadership. They lead, because God has called them to lead.

What we read next is really amazing. David called for the priest, ask God for what to do, pursues the enemies and lead the battle against the Amalekites with all the strength he can muster. And they were able to take back what was theirs--their wives and their children livestock and other spoils.

I really want to believe that the strength of a leader is found not in the 'successful' and flouring seasons of an organisation. I want to believe that the strength of the leader is found best when the very people they lead attacks them and amidst all the pain and the bitterness and the hurt, they still find their strength in the God who has called to lead, and lead the people God has called them to lead.

Lost and Found: Soul

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: 

“Whoever wants to be my disciple 

must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, 

but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. 

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, 

yet forfeit their soul? 

Or what can anyone give 

in exchange for their soul?.." 

Mark 8:34-38

When Jesus calls people to himself to become his disciple-follower, it is always a call to total abandonment. It it a call to surrender. It is a call to give up rights, hopes, dreams and even preference. It is a call to subject a person's intellect, emotion and will to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Living for the Him is His call to us. He calls us to surrender our lives to his eternal purposes. And He has but one reason why He can call people to live lives of radical submission to Him. It is because, there we find life. It is there we find the life-giving passion that breathes out life in us--we find our soul.

In this life we are always in the pursuit of this kind of life. We are looking of our 'souls'. We just don't want to exist and to live. We all want to have significance and fulfilment. We want to have life itself. 

Jesus offers just that. Life is found in Him! Significance is found Him! Fulfilment is found Him. It is only when we radically abandon ourselves for Him and for the sake of the gospel to we find meaning in this life and even in eternity.

A person may pursue the world and gain it to find meaning in this life, but still an emptiness will envelope his heart. This finite world cannot fill the infinite space in our heart. It can only be filled by the infinite messiah who has offered himself to us.

Live for Him! It is the only way to have life!

Love Grown Cold

"Because of the increase of wickedness, 

the love of most will grow cold..."

Matthew 24:12

One of the signs that Jesus said towards the end of the age is that the love of many towards Him and towards God will grow cold. I think that it means that the relationship of many with God it terms of passion and devotion and obedience will regress. It will not be as much as the same as the it was compared to previous generation. The reason being is that there would be an increase of wickedness. It might be that the the wickedness in the world will really dull the senses of many Jesus followers. And this is very alarming because I think we are seeing it today.

Also, it is very hurting to know of and see people who you lookup to, people who you hope to entrust the future to and people who you taught who are with you in this life and walk in Jesus Christ bend your shared upon principles of God for whatever reason they might have. 

God, please, let me not fall prey to the wickedness of this world, so that it would not influence my life so that my love, passion, devotion and obedience to You would continually grow. Help me be faithful to the end. Amen

Preaching Calendar/Series MCF-Olandes Outreach July 2012 to December 2013

For record purposes I am posting topics/series that will be discussed in MCF-Olandes of which I am the Lead Pastor

How to Know God's Will
July
      8 - Where are you headed (Proverbs 3:5-6)
    15 - The Big Picture of God's Will (3 Categories of God's Will)
    22 - Asking for Directions?

Uulan ng Pagpapala
August 
     5 - Asaph (God is the Blessing)
    19 - Abraham (God will bless if you pass the test)
    26 - David (Pinararangalan ng Dios ang buhay na pinararangalan din Siya)
September
     2 - Daniel (A Resolved Life leads to a Blessed Life)
     9 - Solomon (Because you asked what was right...)
   16 - Elijah, the Drought and the Widow. (What little you have....)


Sakramento
September    
    23 - Lord's Supper
    30 - Baptism

Ligtas
October
     7 - The Good, The Bad and the Unworthy (Luke 23:32-43) P.Ron
    14 - Baptism 2 (Series Break-Baptism Ceremony and Celebration and Family Day) P.Lito
    21 - The Rich Young Man (Mark 10) P.Ron
    28 - The Lost Sons (Luke 15:11-32) P.Lito
November
     4 -  Lord, Lord! (Matthew 7:21-23) P. Ceasar
    11 - Counting the Cost of Following Jesus (Luke 14:25-34) P.Ron
    18 - Why Did Jesus Have to Die? (Romans 3:21-26) P.Ron
    25 - The Need to Rise (1 Corinthians 15:1-23) P.Lito
December
      2 - Sigurado ka ba? 1 John 5:11-13


Christmas in Our Hearts
December
      9 - Mary and the coming of Jesus Christ (Luke 1:38) P.Lito
    16 - Joseph and the coming of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:18-26) P.Lito
    23 - Sheep, Shepherds, Angels on Christmas (Favor of God) P.Ron

Thanksgiving Sunday
December 
    30 - Thanksgiving Sunday ('Di ba Sampu Kayo?) P.Ron

2013

Game Ka Na Ba? [Whole Series by Pastor Ron]
What has God in-store for us this 2013? We do not know, but one thing we do know, that He has given us a vision and mission. This 4 part series is about starting the year with aligning ourselves to the purposes of God for us as a church. 

January 
     7 - Lusob Mga Kapatid!!! (Bottle Cry, Joshua, Caleb, the 12 spies) [P. Ron]
    14 - Huwag Kang Matakot, Sunod Ka Lang (Joshua 1, Bible Campaign)
    21 - Mission Sunday (Matthew 28:18-20) [P. Ron]
    28 - Vision Sunday (Asin at Ilaw) [P. Ron]

TLC (Tender Loving Care) [Series is with Pastor Ron and Pastor Lito]
"The world will know that you are My disciples if you love one another." This 4 part series will discuss the necessity of Jesus' command to love one another as the Body of Christ.

February 
     4 -  ID: Disciples (John 13:34-35) [P. Ron]
    11 - I Owe it to God to Love You (1 John 4:11-12) [P. Ron]
    18 - What is Love? (1 Corinthians 13) [P. Lito]
    25 - The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) [P. Lito]

5 Paraan Para Lumago
This 6 Part series (except for Easter 2013) will discuss 5 things that God uses to grow our faith.

March
     3 -  Introduction [P. Ron]   
    10 - Practical Bible Teaching [P. Ron]
    17 - Providential Relationships [P. Ron]
    24 - Private Disicplines [P. Ron]

EASTER 2013
    31 - Easter (Series Break) 

Grow Continuation
April

     7 - Personal Ministry [P. Ron]
    14 - Pivotal Circumstance [P. Ron]

Relihiyon-Relihiyon
April
     21 - Relasyon hindi Relihiyon
     28 - Bunga


Dapat Tama: Election 2013 (Whole Series is with P. Lito)
This 2 part Series discusses the relationship of our faith in Jesus Christ with the government I am under--my privilidges and responsibility. It's goal is to prepare God's people for Election 2013.

May    
     5 - Kristiyano at Gobyerno
   12 - Vote R.I.G.H.T.

Series Break   
    19 - The Mommy Challenge

Takas! (Series is with Pastor Ron)
A Series on the book of Jonah

May 
    26 - Suko![P. Ron]
June    
      2 - Saklolo [P. Ron]
      9 - Concern Mo, Concern Ko [P. Ron]


Anniversary Celebration
June    
    16 - 5 Years but Still 1

Our God (Series with P. Ron) 
Adapted from the Apprentice Series by James Bryan Smith (with an emphasis on soul training).

    23 - The God We Seek (Sleep) [P. Ron]

    30 - God is Good (Silence and awareness of creation) [P. Ron]
July
      7 - God is Trustworthy (Counting Your Blessings) [P. Ron]
    14 - God is Generous (Praying Psalm 23) [P. Ron]
    21 - God is Love (Lectio Divina) [P. Ron]
    28 - God is Holy (Margin) [P. Ron]
August    
      4 - God is Self-Sacrificing  (A Day Without Gossip) [P. Ron]
    11 - God Transforms (Living One Day Devotionally) [P. Ron]    

    18 - It Takes Time (Slowing Down) [P. Ron]

Series Break   
    25 - Series Break 

Its a Beautiful Life (Series with P. Ron)

Adapted from the Apprentice Series by James Bryan Smith
September

     1 - The Good and Beautiful Life (Writing A Letter to God) [P. Ron] 

     8 - The Gospel Many People Have Never Heard (Play)  [P. Ron]

   15 - The Grand Invitation (Hospitality) [P. Ron] 

   22 - Learning to Live Without Anger (Keeping the Sabbath) [P. Ron]

   29 - Learning to Live Without Lust (Media Fast)[P. Ron] 

October

     6 - Learning To Live Without Lying (Silence)  [P. Ron]

   13 - Learning To Bless Those Who Curse Us (Praying for the success of your enemies) [P. Ron]

   20 - Learning To Live Without Vainglory (Secret Service) [P. Ron]

   27 - Learning To Live Without Avarice (Deaccumulation) [P. Ron] 

November

    3 - Learning To Live Without Worry (Prayer) [P. Ron]

  10 - Learning To Live Without Judging Others (A day without gossip) [P. Ron]

  17 - Living in the Kingdom Day By Day (Living one day devotionally) [P. Ron]

Series Break 

  24 - Series Break

Unexpected Christmas (Series with P. Ron)

This series explores the stories of unlikely women that are introduced in the genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1) and how their lives reflects the grace of God.

December 

  1 - Tamar  [P. Ron]

  8 - Rahab [P. Ron]

15 - Ruth  [P. Ron]

22 - Bathsheba [P. Ron]

Thanksgiving Celebration

29 - Thank God for 2013 [P. Ron]