What Did Jesus Said About Worry - Part2

I think when Jesus said birds, He’s referring to those little ones. But there are three things to learn, they have a Heavenly Father who feeds them, you know when two birds are talking they’re talking about us, they’re chatting about us “look at this human beings they're worried” and the other bird said “I have tumor but I don’t worry” you’re heavenly Father said what? Would you like to repeat that to yourself, how many sack of rice you consumed? How much is the sack of rice between 1912 and 2011 and it’s increasing but your heavenly Father feeds you.

What Did Jesus Said About Worry - Part1

The issue of worry is not that simple at all, to be honest with you, unaware we become defenders of worry instead of being delivered by God from worry. Many times as I preach the sermon "don’t worry" it ends up being misinterpreted by good people who say the pastor preached about don’t work, the pastor preached about don’t study or more, or so the pastor preached about don’t save, none of these things are true. So therefore today let’s go to the records of the scripture and ask ourselves in this Christmas season, should I spend it in worry or I should become the shepherd or the wise men whose focus is to worship.

Thanksgiving to God - Part2

A lot of you don’t know how to pray when you’re well, but you know prayer when you are tested. I remember my good friend Mr. Daniel So, their life is okay, income is fine, spiritual life is superb, until God allows brokenness, how? The wife got cancer. Then Mr. So, when the wife wass operated on that day, for the first time, forgot about Singaporean posture, in the middle of the hospital, wept, cried in Mandarin he prayed help us Lord! What an experience.

Thanksgiving to God - Part1

It is in this passage that we begin to see the heart of Jesus. Where? Jesus said “did I not cleanse ten, where are the nine?” Then, furthermore, Jesus said “only one gave thanks and then a foreigner?” The statement of foreigner is not a statement of prejudice but rather, our Lord wants us to realize, assuming that the rest of the nine were Jewish and the one is a Samaritan. It is safe to say that if you’re a Jew you have sufficient background of who God is compared to a none Jew.

Pulpit To Pew

As we enter the month of December, it is timely that we all start around the Lord’s Table. Before food, parties and activities drown us all, we need to check our anchor and make sure it is grounded in Christ. Just in case our anchor breaks, it is wonderful to know that Christ is stronger than our anchor! Let us make a conscious and free choice to make this season a time of drawing near to God through prayer. Join us for our Dawn prayer meetings starting December 21-25 at 5am to 6am. Though this has been a Christmas tradition in our church from way back 1997, let us prayerfully savor it’s freshness by acknowledging the presence of God!

Let us remember in prayer the family of those brethren from the Victory Chapel fellowship who died in a vehicular accident on their way to attending a Thanksgiving service. As a community, we grieve with them and will be open to any possibilities of ministering God’s comfort upon them. As you read these items, please pause and pray for God’s comfort on them. Our weekly feeding of the children of our Moslem friends in Barangay 76 is ongoing every Thursday. Thanks for the leadership of Pastor Bobby and Pastor Leones and other volunteers. Please pray for them and for Jethro Adang and Omega and their kids who are doing community work in Myanmar. Let us remember in prayer the ministry of the Samaritan’s Purse, a ministry of compassion for the kids in Mindanao. Pray for God’s strength and joy as the team meets and trains for the distribution of gifts next year.

Prayer is indeed the expression of the helpless and prayer is the language of our church. Make this month a month of Prayer . . . a time to draw near to God; a time to listen to His voice and a time to obey His will. We cannot and must not do these alone . . . we need God . . . we need each other. We do not move solo . . . we move together; we move by His grace for His glory!

Living The Welcoming Faith - Part2

You miss a lot if you only have selected friends, you must have a lot of friends regardless of their backgrounds, culture and races. Be a welcoming saint, let me put it this way that it’s not only prejudice in the Philippines but prejudice all over the world. Prejudice is there because people are rich or poor, brown or white, yellow, black, white, regardless of the color, because people are generally proud. Proud of our color, proud of our race. Nationalism is good I think we should be proud to be Filipinos, but if we feel superior towards others because we are Filipinos, or Chinese, or Americans, or whatever, that my friend, is prejudice.

Living The Welcoming Faith - Part1

The Christian faith is a welcoming faith, meaning that it is God’s desire that no one should be left out. It is God’s desire while He favors a few, like He favors Israel, it is at the back of the mind of God that while one group is favored it will result that many will be benefited out of the favor that He gave to that group. So, if you pass the let exam this year and so you are now a certified teacher, call that what? Favor from God. So what is the purpose of that favor? So that many students under you would be blessed. In other words the reason why God blesses us, so that others will be blessed.