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If you are saved, you are not ashamed of the Gospel! You know its power, and there is a desire within you to share it with those who do not know its power. There is no better time to get busy telling others than today.
All the big works of God towards the establishment of His church started with a prayer.
Psalm chapter 1 opens with a “beatitude,” from the word “blessed.” It is a wisdom psalm and focuses on God’s Word, God’s blessing on those who meditate on it and obey it, and God’s ultimate judgment on those who rebel.
The man or person described in verses 1-3 is the one who 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 from God.
Jesus’ parable of the sower does not begin with what is produced but just like any other gardener; He begins with the kind of soil. If I desire to be rooted for fruitfulness, then I need to be planted in the right soil.
In the Parable of a Sower, Jesus wanted to reveal to us the kinds of human hearts that respond to the word of God. In other words, he gives us four different examples of how the human heart will often respond to the word of God.
Rootedness in Christ implies a deep, personal, and unshakeable connection with Him, akin to a strong and fruitful tree with a deep root system.
Learn the benefits or blessings of having our lives rooted in God.
Through an angelic visitation, God revealed to Joseph the divine nature of Mary's pregnancy and his pivotal role in it. This revelation asked Joseph something beyond human courage—it demanded divine trust.Today, as we reflect on Joseph's journey, we are reminded of the times we too have faced the unexpected, the times God has called us to tasks that seem beyond our capacity. In Joseph's story, we find inspiration and guidance for such moments in our own lives. His response to God's call was not just obedience, but a courageous step of faith, embracing a path fraught with uncertainty and potential ridicule.As we open our hearts and minds to the scripture, let us consider how Joseph's example of faith and courage in the face of the unknown can illuminate our own paths, guiding us in times when God calls us to embrace the unexpected and trust in His divine plan.
Celebrating Christmas in a chaotic world can be very difficult for everyone, even us Christians. So how can we stay confident in the Lord when the world is in chaos? Well, the fifth answer is—stay committed. When unexpected things happen, stay committed to the plan of God.BUCCI CHRISMON SUNDAY
Simple togetherness is one of the main ingredients of love so simple we almost miss it. If we neglect to gather, we drift apart from one another and become disconnected. Being together reminds us of the needs we each have. We share the concerns of our hearts, we laugh and eat together, we worship at the throne of grace side by side, and God knits our hearts in love. Then human love increases our love for that same God who binds us.
We mustn't disregard the invaluable guidance in God's truth within His Word. Now, more than ever, we require it as it offers a solid foundation, especially when the world seems to be engulfed by shifting sands.
We are reconciled to God, we are also reconciled to Christ's church (where He calls us to covenant together joyfully).Guest Speaker Pastor Franco Ferrer from iDISCIPLE Phils.
All of God’s plan of salvation is centered and found only in Jesus Christ alone. There is no other savior, no other way to heaven, apart from Jesus Christ!
In celebration of Reformation Month, we begin our new series entitled “Foundation of Reformed Faith.” As a Christian church, we trace our historical roots to the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. The doctrine of justification deals with what may be the deepest existential problem a human being can ever face: How can a sinner, an unjust person, ever withstand the judgment of a holy and righteous God? As the psalmist said, 'If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, ... who could stand?" (Ps. 130:3). The question is obviously rhetorical. No one of us could possibly stand because none of us is righteous. For an unjust person to stand in the presence of a just God, that person must first be justified.
In celebration of Reformation Month, we begin our new series entitled “Foundation of Reformed Faith.” As a Christian church, we trace our historical roots to the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. "But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." - 2 Timothy 3:14-17
In celebration of Reformation Month, we begin our new series entitled “Foundation of Reformed Faith.” As a Christian church, we trace our historical roots to the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.
Reformed theology relentlessly applies the doctrine of God to all other doctrines, making it the chief control factor in all theology.
Three specific attributes of God stand out in Reformed Theology. And these three I want to focus on today.
1.The Self-Existence of God
2.The “Separateness” of God
3.The Sovereignty of God
Listen to Part 6 of 40 Days of Abundance, a series of John 15.
As we close our 40 Days of Abundance, we will learn three precious and sure promises that those who abide in the True Vine can certainly enjoy.
Our abiding relationship with Jesus will really result in FULLNESS OF JOY. The greatest level of joy a Christian can achieve is when our joy is in His presence. That’s what David felt. That’s what every Christian should experience as we abide more in Christ.
You will show me the path of life;In Your presence is fullness of joy;At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.(Psalm 16:11 NKJV)
Listen to Part 5 of 40 Days in Abundance, a series of John 15.
"Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
(John 15:4-5)
We come to part 5 of our series 40 Days of Abundance. Remember, this is the third secret to abundant Christian living. In order for us to bear much fruit, Jesus is inviting us to abide in Him. This is the most wonderful thing in our relationship with Jesus—we abide in Him and He abides in us.
Listen to Part 4 of 40 Days of Abundance, a series in John 15.
God didn't want me to do more for Him. He wanted me to be more with Him.
After seeing God act in your life through discipline and pruning, you might think that you are now ready for the perfect program, perhaps a sophisticated New Testament strategy for multiplying growth in yourself and others. After all, if fruit equals good works, then surely "much fruit" must equal many more works, activities, programs, and ministries.
But as we come to the third secret to abundance, Jesus turned the disciples' attention away from activity altogether. I imagine Jesus tracing the gnarled curve of an ancient vine, His fingertips pausing where the massive trunk divides into a branch. And then He said,
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. (v.4)
Listen to Part 3 of the 40 Days of Abundance, a series in John 15.
We've seen how God intervenes in His children’s lives when they are unproductive and fruitless because they are entangled with sin. God the Father disciplines them. And God’s discipline can vary from light to severe, even death.
But what does He do when we are showing signs of productivity and fruitfulness?
In this third week of our 40 Days of Abundance, we’re going to study from our passage God’s second secret to Abundance and fruitfulness. After Jesus told His disciples how the Gardener cared for the barren branch, He reached for a branch that showed vitality but produced only a few clusters of grapes. Listen again to what He said:
"While every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." (John 15:2)
Listen to Part 2 of the 40 Days of Abundance, a series in John 15.
Have you been hurt lately? Have you experienced pain that caused you to be stressed? Whether it comes from a person or circumstance, we don’t like to be hurt. We don’t like pain.
But sometimes, a hurt is necessary and beneficial. Sometimes pain is necessary for us to gain. They are called the good hurt. That’s what we will talk about this morning.
Listen to the Part 1 of the 40 Days of Abundance, a series in John 15.
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“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
Service from August 13, 2023.
God’s grace is so powerful it always changes us. However, it is not only available for salvation, but also for sanctification. James said, God “gives more grace” (4:6)—there is more grace available. God loves to lavish his grace on his children.
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Have you experienced receiving a text message that shocked you and changed your life? Well, that must have been the same experience Joseph had when he learned from the angel’s message that he was going to be the foster father of the Son of God, the Messiah, the King of kings and Lord of Lords. One of the Miracles of Christmas is that God has sent His message to Mary and Joseph and the shepherds that the Savior of the world has come. A message that will definitely change people’s course of life forever. But are people willing to listen to God’s message?
In our Christian tradition, the four weeks before Christmas day is called Advent. This is a time of preparation for the celebration of Jesus' birth. During this season Christians remember the Old Testament prophecies that God would send a Messiah and the New Testament promises that Jesus will come again.
As we begin the season of Advent, in preparing to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus, join us tomorrow and let us reflect on the the first candle of Advent which is the candle of Hope.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧
We have so much to be thankful for: life in general, families, material blessings, opportunities, victories, Church, and the list goes on & on.
But sometimes we have to be reminded to be thankful.
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Great businesses would always say, “Quality control will make or break your company.” Quality control is essential in business, in public utilities, in agriculture, in education, in sports—in every area of life.
It is vital to our personalities too. You and I are not exempt from the need for personal quality control. If we are going to be strong and effective people who can withstand the pressures of this world and bear a testimony and leave behind a legacy, we must be people of quality. The Bible has a word for that: Goodness.
"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness;"
The first step to the progress of our faith is Goodness.
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It’s God’s power that enables us to progress in our Christian life so that we can face and overcome trials of life, to live the life for which we were created and saved for.
How do we acquire this power? He has given it to us, we did not earn it and we could not have earned it, it was undeserved and offered by grace. And we have received this power through our faith in Jesus Christ.
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In celebration of our Youth Sunday, youth speakers shared all about the Evidence of Progress.
What can help us progress in our faith? What are the things we must do? Let us hear and learn from our youth preachers the answers to these questions.
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𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗘
As we conclude our in-depth series on the book of Acts, we dive deep into the heartfelt farewell speech of the Apostle Paul to the church in Ephesus. As he says goodbye, let's look at the important lessons in Finishing Well.
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God’s workers are not indefatigable. Along the way of disciple-making, we can grow tired, weary, and sometimes, discouraged.
Discouragement is just a part of our Christian life. You may have hopes and dreams and desires for people’s lives, but they don’t come. Or maybe you spend and overextend yourself, and there’s an ungrateful heart, or an unjust criticism, which attempts to impugn your motives. Or maybe you’re discouraged with your lot in life, or maybe things aren’t working out. We all live with that, but God is a God of encouragement.
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In Acts 17, we find a statement made by the enemies of the gospel about the missionary team: “These men who have turned the world upside down.” That’s quite a statement, isn’t it? This small team is credited with turning the entire world upside down! How can we, present-day believers, do the same?
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Although salvation is of the Lord, and is of grace alone. Salvation cannot happen apart from hearing the word. The word is the acting agent to produce faith. The word is what the Holy Spirit will use to regenerate a person to salvation.
1 Pet. 1:23, “For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.”
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God doesn't need a Plan B. In His wise, incomprehensible ways, Gentiles were always part of the Salvation plan. We were always in Plan A, and He doesn't need a Plan B, C, D, or E.
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Our goal and our purpose is not making disciples ONLY, but building up disciple-makers. What does that mean? It means we are in the business of training and equipping disciples who will make more disciples who will make more disciples who will make more disciples. In this chapter, let us learn how to do just that.
As we learned in last Sunday’s sermon, the early church in Antioch was a Spirit-led, Spirit-empowered church. May we be a church that hears the Holy Spirit, sends the best workers to the field, speak the Word boldly, and safeguard the church from wolves.
Acts 12:24, "But the word of God increased and multiplied." The Christians may have felt small and insignificant in the Roman empire; they may have thought that they were overpowered when some of their best leaders were killed on a political whim. But the truth is: if you remain in Jesus, you win, and if you oppose Jesus you lose. In this sermon, let us learn about the five truths in Acts 12 that contributed to the multiplying of the movement.
Colossians 3:11, Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. Indeed, God responds to anyone who commits to Him. God rejects no one who comes to Him but requires those who call on Him to have faith in Jesus. In this sermon, we find the movement crossing barriers.
“Conversion is our willing response to the gospel call, in which we sincerely repent of sins and place our trust in Christ for salvation.” - Dr. Wayne Grudem
Today, we will study one of the most crucial chapters in the Book of Acts—the conversion of Saul, the Movement’s worst enemy. The conversion of Paul is pivotal, not only on which his life turned, but on which the history of the church turned. Let's learn from Acts Chapter 9
The previous chapter ended with the killing of Stephen by an angry and enraged Sanhedrin who could not tolerate the truth which he spoke and so they stoned him to death outside the city walls. Stephen was not the last. What happened that day started a wildfire of persecution that led to the scattering of believers all over the place. And what seemed to be the end of the movement is actually the beginning of God’s Expansion.
Persecution did not stop the church– it scattered it and expanded it.
Today as we study Acts 8, let us find three important Truths about the Expansion of God’s Movement.
The church had to get organized.
The two greatest words in the Christian life: trust and obey. And Stephen had them both. He believed God; he did what the Spirit told him to do. His life was full of the Holy Spirit. What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? It means to be under the control of the Holy Spirit. It means that the fruit of the Holy Spirit is evident in his life. He has that reputation. People see that in him.
Let's learn more from Stephen's example in this sermon.
The church had to get organized.
It had to get organized to carry out effective ministry, and that ministry needed to be in the hands of the people who cared the most. It had to get organized so that the people who needed to be proclaiming the Word of God all the time were continuing to do that and weren’t distracted by something else.
You have godly, gifted teachers and preachers who sustain the life of the church and the impact of the church by being the source of the spreading of the Word by which people are saved. Then coming behind them, you have sincere, Spirit-filled, sensible people, dedicated people who have passionate concerns for various kinds of ministries. You empower, enable, support those people for those ministries, and the church moves powerfully. When all of those things are taking place, the testimony of the church is great, and the Lord adds to His church.
More than 2000 years have passed, and the church of Jesus Christ is still here, and very much alive. We are still preaching the same message, we are still worshiping Jesus Christ, and we are still pursuing people for the glory of God. Let's listen to this sermon to see all the ways the Movement is relentless.
The fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit bring peace and growth to the church. Treating the Lord with contempt by religious fakery should remain a fearful prospect in the church. God is not mocked. And the Holy Spirit is a great comfort here, because it is precisely by his indwelling power that we become real and authentic.
Sin among the saints is more serious than sin among the lost. Sin against the Holy Spirit is very serious. Be on guard against hypocrisy in your life.
Do you know our church’s vision?
Our Vision Statement
“A dynamic growing church of transformed believers passionate for God.”
Has there ever been a church like that?
Yes. The first church in Jerusalem was just like that. They enjoyed the miraculous display of the presence and power of God through the Holy Spirit on a daily basis. They saw souls saved in abundance. They were living in a day when the extraordinary was the order of the day. Imagine how dynamic and growing they were that on their inauguration day 3,000 got saved and baptized at one service.
Their secret? They were a movement that PRAYED.
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is all about the extraordinary Power that the Holy Spirit gives to the believers This extraordinary power of the Holy Spirit is for witnessing or world evangelization purposes only. The task of world evangelization is not yet complete. Therefore the promise of this extraordinary power available for all believers for the purpose of world evangelization is still valid today.
This is the hour to recapture the movement of the Holy Spirit. This is the moment when the main thing needs to become the main thing once again. It’s time to deal with our personal issues and it’s time to deal with our sins so that the power of God might rest on us and that God might be pleased to save souls in this place. It’s time to Act now. Let the movement begin. This is Part 1 of our new sermon series - Acts: The Movement Begins. #ActsTheMovement
Our Good Shepherd, our Lord Jesus Christ, is committed to protecting us by day or by night, in the fold, or out there in the open, and then in the morning coming and leading them out and, by name, one by one, to green pastures and still waters. The Shepherd leads us, goes before us. He takes us in a safe way to green pastures, meaning spiritual blessing; still waters, meaning spiritual blessings throughout time and all into eternity. Jesus as our good shepherd leads us. The question is, are we following? Are we familiar with His voice? #BUCCILent
John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. Here, Jesus makes a glorious offer: “If anyone enters by Me.” Jesus is the exclusive Door to heaven, but His offer is inclusive of anyone who believes in Him! Yes, anyone. Anyone who is willing to repent, anyone who is willing live for God, anyone who is willing to deny self and suffer for God, anyone who seeks first His kingdom and righteousness, anyone who is willing to exchange worldly pleasures for the pleasure of owning Christ. Would you accept His invitation today? #BUCCILent
Without God’s presence in our life, we are left in the dark. Why do we see great wickedness committed around the world? Why do we see people in our community increasingly sucked into drugs, alcohol, abuse, immorality, and mortal sin? Why do we hurt people, and make poor choices in our life? Because we lack God’s presence in us, God’s light is fully within us. Our community has not allowed the light of God into it. In order to see our lives changed, our communities changed, our world changed requires the light of Jesus shining in the dark corners of our heart first, then our entire life, and then in our communities. Jesus wants us to live in the light. We need to receive the Light (Own it! Possess it) if we are going to walk in the light. Then be the light of Jesus to the world, beginning with the people around you today. Read the full sermon manuscript at www.bucci.org.ph
Brethren, have you been trying to fill the hunger in your life with the things of this world, even the good things like food, clothing, possessions, or even relationships? Perhaps you are spiritually hungry or thirsty, feeling unsatisfied with your life. Let this be an opportunity to feed your soul with the bread from heaven. Jesus is the Bread of Life. #BUCCILent
Finish what you started! Let’s face it. You can have a great dream, prayed over it daily, ordered your priorities, persisted over it regardless of risks, pursued it with all your heart, and performed well, but if you don’t finish it, everything you’ve done amounts to nothing. The greatest finisher in the Bible is none other than our Lord Jesus Christ, the author, and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God (Heb. 12:2).
The seventh step to our journey of moving FORWARD is Perform: Outlive your life. If we want reach and realize God’s dream for us this year, we need to have the audacity to do it, to carry it out, to accomplish it, act, execute it even if others are not with us. In this message, I want us to learn how to live our lives in such a way that the result will even outlast our very lives. I am talking about living a life that will outlive us on earth and leaving a lasting legacy for other generations to come. #BUCCIForward
In this sermon, we trace the footsteps of the Apostle Paul, who kept a joyful heart and immovable optimism through all the shipwrecks, exiles, and prisons he went through. There is a biblical kind of optimism - when we know who we believe in and why we trust in Him. This relentless positivity and unbridled gratefulness is the key to moving forward in all of God's plans for our lives. #BUCCIForward
“Because God cares more about the development of the dreamer than He cares about the fulfillment of the dream.” —Phil Tuttle
In pursuing our dreams, God wants us to mature. He wants us to develop our character.
In God’s overarching plan for our life, God is not only trying to get us to places, people, and positions but also molding us to become the different kind of Person that He wants us to be. A person like His Son Jesus in character, attitude, and mentality.
This is the reason why we may have certain detours and disappointments in our life so that we can be developed to be able to handle the realization of our dreams.
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What risk is God leading you to take as you go forward this year? His will for you is not earthly comfort but divine courage.
Courage to face obstacles.
Courage in the face of cultural change.
Courage when confronted with the unknown.
Courage in the midst of a pandemic.
God will never choose safety for us if it will cost our faith. This is your time to move forward, out of the safe zone and into the faith zone. Be persistent for God.
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Did you know that the word priority came into the English language in the 1400s? It was always in the singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed singular for the next five hundred years. Only in the 1900s did we pluralize the term and start talking about Priorities.
Our lesson today comes from the New Testament this time. In our passage today, we will meet two sisters from Bethany who both love and serve our Lord Jesus Christ. One got so distracted while the other one chose the best.
Let’s step into their story.
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Brethren, there’s nothing like the joy and praise of watching God form and fulfill His plan for your life. And it only happens as we step toward our dreams in His presence through prayer.
Let us learn 6 principles from Nehemiah’s prayer life on how we can turn our dreams into realities.
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As followers of Christ, we can cultivate a dream for our lives that outlasts the world, transforms time, changes eternity, and advances His cause and His kingdom for His glory. In fact, that’s the story of the Bible. The Bible is filled with people who saw what life could look like in God’s kingdom and then moved forward in faith.
Abraham dreamed of a great nation when he was yet childless. Moses envisioned a free people when the Israelites were still in Egypt. Joshua envisioned an occupied Promised land; David, a temple on a hill. Nehemiah built miles of reconstructed walls in his prayers before a single stone was laid. Daniel glimpsed a future kingdom; Peter, an established church; Paul, a global mission.
All these stories—the dreams of men and women of God thousands of years ago—still inspire, guide, and affect us more than we know. And they remind us God wants to do the same with you and me. God has the master plan of all God-glorifying dreams.
In Christ we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will, (Eph. 1:11)
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Brethren, our God-given future is not a haphazard jumble of confusing contingencies. If you feel stuck, you don’t have to be. If you feel discouraged, it’s time to deal with that. If you feel uncertain, you can get clarity. We’re traveling an appointed way filled with promises and productivity. Everything in our past has prepared us for what’s next, and every promise of God will provide what’s needed.
In this sermon, let us learn four principles in living FORWARD.
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Our study of Heaven brings us today in the Book of Revelation written by the Apostle John when he was banished in the island of Patmos. The Book begins with these words… The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. (v.1-2) Let us take note of 7 stunning and awesome things that we can see as we are given a glimpse into heaven through the eyes of the Apostle John. #HeavenSeries
We have learned last Sunday that when a Christian dies, he or she is immediately carried into the intermediate state, the Present Heaven, a transitional period between our past lives on Earth and our future resurrection to life on the New Earth. Today, let’s learn all about this Present Heaven.
Here in the 16th chapter of Luke, we have the story which is usually referred to as the rich man and Lazarus. From this story, Jesus is going to show us what happened to them after their death. The story is about to lay a foundation for us to understand what happens when people die. We are going to talk about the Heaven Now, the Intermediate State—the condition of our souls between our death and the Second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
❗ WARNING: These seven things are so precious and tempting that you may want to go to heaven right after the service. In this hope-filled, joyous sermon, we look forward to Heaven with so much delight! What things are waiting for you beyond the pearly gates? Find out today. #HeavenSeries
Many people have their own interpretations of Heaven. Your view of Heaven can greatly shape your outlook on life. If we are going to spend our eternity in Heaven, then we better check the place, don't you think?
Yes, heaven is a real place, not just a mental or psychological state. The Bible is the only accurate source of info about the promised Heaven of God.
In this sermon, we answer the question - What is Heaven?
Hope is a powerful thing. And God wants you to pray to have greater hope. God wants you to pray to spiritually see the hope that is yours already in Christ. Much prayer, much hope. Little prayer, little hope. That's what we have in the last half of Ephesians 1. It's a prayer of hope. #40DaysofHope
The Lord's Church will endure on earth until Christ comes for us, then we'll be taken home. Let's stay positive about the Church of Jesus Christ on earth. Its best days are still ahead. #40DaysOfHope
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face ... then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.' What does that mean? That means that the future hope of our country is wrapped up in the lives of men and women like you and like me-- men and women who believe in the transcendent value of God's Word, who are not ashamed to come to church and lift up their voices in prayer and praise to God. What about prayer? We pray in our homes. We pray with our wives and our husbands. We find ways to pray in our schools. We pray in church. But it's going to take more than that. It is going to take men and women who somehow come together on a regular basis to pray specifically for revival in our nation. Our constant prayer must be: “Will You not revive us again that Your people may rejoice in You?" There may be one last hope for our nation to return to God. But if we don't get busy as God's people, restoring to its proper place God's Word, God's worship, and God’s ways for this country, we will not have a chance. What is your place? What role do you occupy in your church, in your community, in your nation? Yes. there's hope for our country. Our hope is God alone.
What's the status on your home front? How strong is your marriage right now? What happened to your dream marriage and your aspirations for a loving home? Let's return to the authority of Scripture, re-establish our churches as places where marriages are made and families are nurtured, and take responsibility for leading our families in Christ-like ways. “Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God," (Psalm 146:51)
Jesus is in the business of reclaiming lost articles. He came to seek and to save the lost. It may take a while, for it's a process. It's hard work. It's divine work. It doesn't happen overnight, but when the lost are saved, we should rejoice.
If you've worried yourself sick about someone you love who is lost, the Father in heaven sympathizes with you. The Bible is teeming with principles and lessons on how we can remain hopeful for our prodigal.
Let's hear it in our Week 3 Sermon for 40 Days of Hope.
How can we share our hope with our neighbors in such a time as this? How do we effectively communicate the hope and help we find in our God to those who need it the most? Listen to our sermon a we meditate on Psalm 146. #40DaysOfHope
The entire epistle of 1 Peter is one of the most hopeful and hope-filled writings in all human literature, and if you’d like to engage in a pleasant half-hour Bible study, sit down quietly and read through 1 Peter, marking and meditating on the occurrences of both the word and the concept of hope that run through the verses like a golden thread. The apostle longed to dispense hope to his readers because of the difficulties they faced. These original readers were Christians who had been scattered throughout the Roman Empire and were risking their lives and freedom for their faith. Persecution threatened them. Some were facing financial discrimination; others were imprisoned; some were risking beatings and physical suffering. Additionally, they dealt with all the various trials that torment all of us throughout our lives.
The Lord has a good word for us about how we should face these things, and it’s wrapped around the concept of living hope.
What does the Bible say about living hope?
Biblical hope is not a wishful thinking or being positive or optimistic. Biblical hope is a determined reality. It’s sure, secure and certain. It’s at the heart of our Christian theology. it’s a key principle to victorious Christian living and more than that, Hope is a Person. Hope is Jesus Christ. He is the anchor that keeps us firm and secure when life becomes rough and tough.
Let us listen to the kick-off sermon for 40 Days of Hope!
Brethren, we’re living in a time and world where we feel shipwrecked in the sea of uncertainty, submerged and overwhelmed by storms and diseases. We’re surrounded by threats and tragedies. People are crying: “Is there any hope?”
Our strong answer as a church is: Yes! There is hope, real hope, tangible hope, certain hope! The Bible says that the hope God gives us forms as an anchor for the soul.
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. (Heb. 6:19 NIV)
Here we are in our turbulent lives in the sea and the storm and all the uncertainty, and the Bible says, if you wanna maintain your stability in life, make sure your anchor is Jesus Christ. He's the anchor.
You can go on in your life. Even while you don't know what's happening, you don't understand it, you can say with the old hymn writer, "My anchor holds". He is our anchor.
In this sermon, we celebrate the beauty of marriage as God had designed it. Pastor Mack issues a challenge for husbands and wives, and the singles too, to uphold God's beautiful design and to move forward in obedience.
At the very beginning of the creation of our world, God proclaimed that it is not good for man to be alone, and through Adam He instituted the family as the center of human community. Throughout the historical transitions of a variety of cultures, the family existed as a natural society that provided the soul of each nation and that was to be nourished and protected through fatherhood. But what is fatherhood? Or manhood in general? Certainly there is more to true manhood than merely breeding offspring.
There are at least three major purposes in which God created us in His image for.
This is part 2 of our series, Designed in God's Image.
When we talk about womanhood or manhood, we are not just talking about differences in sexes or gender and feminism and masculinity. Understanding the true and biblical essence womanhood or manhood is very crucial because it affects our understanding about God, our sexuality, about marriage, our children, our society, our church and the world in general.
In this sermon, we tackle the essence of being a woman in terms of her Being, Behavior, and Beauty.
This Sunday, we are going back to the earliest days of mankind to see what God had in His heart and mind upon creating Man and Woman.
This is Part 1 of our month-long series titled, "Designed in God's Name".
Let's hear from our guest speaker Mr. Allan James Canama on the subject of God's wrath and what it means for us and the people we love.
Have double the knowledge this Sunday! Pastor Lanz and Pastor James will preach from the same passage but offer different perspectives on the calling and life of the disciple Levi.
Don't miss it!
Have double the knowledge this Sunday! Pastor Lanz and Pastor James will preach from the same passage but offer different perspectives on the calling and life of the disciple Levi.
Don't miss it!
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲?
When you meet Jesus, your life will never be the same. When this man spoke to Jesus, he walked away sad and devastated. Why?
Let's study the life and conversation between Jesus and the Man who almost entered heaven.
This Mother's Day, we listen in on the encounter of Jesus and a desperate mother, whose persistence and faith amazed our Savior.
Maybe there are some of us here today who need some healing. Maybe you are in despair because of a seemingly hopeless situation. Or maybe you need your life to be radically changed.
That transformation can happen, if you can receive a touch that heals from our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us meet the woman who experienced this as Jesus changed her life.
"𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙, 𝙄 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 - 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛!"
We continue our series Who’s Your One. In this series, we’ve been studying different individuals whom Jesus met and touched, healed and saved.
In this sermon, we are going to see a desperate father and his demon-possessed boy and see the role of faith in the healing of this boy.
So many people today are suffering from oppression and possession.
Whether their condition is mental, physical or spiritual, such conditions are devastating and life-threatening. Some of these oppressions are due to life’s hang ups, traumatic experiences, overwhelming problems, sin, addictions, or even demon-possession.
But the good news is this: Jesus has the power to set us free from ALL these oppressions and possessions because He is the Son of God and our Savior. Amen?
Let us learn more about this in our sermon today!
We are saved by faith. Faith is the condition to salvation.
“Everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life,” (John 6:40) “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” (Acts 16:31) “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God,” (Ephesians 2:8) --- But not all faith saves. Let us learn from the encounter of Jesus and the Royal Official whose son was severely sick.
As we continue with our Who's Your One Campaign - we hear another story.
Most of Jesus’ Ones were the irreligious, the lost and outcasts of society. The gospel always goes to those who are unworthy and far from righteousness: tax collectors, adulterers, prostitutes, Gentiles, irreligious people.
But today we are going to see one religious man coming to Christ. One Pharisee in the four Gospels comes to salvation. Let’s talk about being born again.
Are you born again?
Why are you born again?
What did you do that made you born again?
These are some of the questions that we want to answer from the Scriptures.
Let’s look at the story of Nicodemus.
In this sermon, we meet a woman at the well going about her daily routine. This ordinary, nameless woman, part of an outcast people, will meet the Name above All Names. She will have a conversation with Jesus and her life will never be the same again.
Today's sermon might be a very popular children’s Bible story, but it’s a lot more than that. It reveals the very heart of God: the One who pursues each one of us to draw us into a loving personal relationship with Him, and in so doing, to change our entire life for the better. As we walk through the story of this “wee little man Zacchy,” let’s consider our own spiritual journey, and the One you are praying for to be saved.
Who’s your one? Imagine if every Christian could answer this question with the name of a person they’re praying for and seeking to share the gospel with. Today, we’re launching a new campaign about personal evangelism, and this year we’ll each commit to pray for and invest in one person in need of the gospel. Just one! Follow our social media accounts for daily updates! In the next few days, we'll be posting more about this effort and practical ways to share the love of God to your ONE. Start praying now. #WhosYour1?
Let's talk about Hell.
“Be merciful to those who doubt; save others by snatching them from the fire;” Jude 1:22-23 NIV
We're looking at the story narrated by Jesus in Luke 16; a tale of two people who led two different lives and ended up in very different places in the afterlife. We'll see why we share the gospel to the people we love - because we want them to love and worship the God we love - but also because the consequences are very real for those who don't.
To love and to be loved - it is indeed part of being human. For many people, it is a search, and when they find the one they love they are overjoyed. The Bible tells us that the Lord is also searching for His lost loves - people lost in sin and wandering far away from Him.
In Luke 15, Jesus gave His eager crowd a glimpse of what goes on in Heaven when Godfinds the Ones He Love.
Let's celebrate God's love together and worship Him!
God is working on your behalf, even though His plans for you take time. My prayer for you is that you’ll learn to anticipate His answer—no matter how long it takes—and to do so faithfully, patiently, and joyfully. You’ve invested so much time, energy, prayer, and confidence into waiting for Him, it would be a shame for you to abandon your hope now … especially when you’re on the brink of blessing and when His answer for you is closer than ever before. So don’t ever give up!
One of the most difficult lessons in life is waiting. Whether it's waiting for the right person, waiting for a promotion, waiting for an opportunity, waiting for healing to happen, waiting for a child, etc., no one likes waiting and delays.
If the waiting process is discouraging you, if you’ve waited for the Lord to fulfill His promise to you and you wonder why God has allowed such a long wait in answering the deepest cries of our hearts, then this Prayer and Fasting Week is for you.
Your Best Life: Is it now or later?
God does promise a best life. Absolutely! A full, rich, satisfying, trouble-free life of health and wealth and success and absolute joy and peace and perfection, but not now. In fact, quite on the other hand, our Lord has promised, to those who seek Him and love Him in this life, trouble, persecution, rejection, difficulty, trials, temptation, pain, suffering, sorrow, sickness and even physical death. But even in these things, we rejoice!
With the turn of the new year, our nation faces a lot of uncertainty. It seems like there’s unrest on every side. There is too much polarity in our political situation. Everyone has his/her own opinion about what’s best for our nation. What does the bible say about a nation’s success?
We're learning this through our sermon: Blessed is the Nation whose hope is the Lord.
Hope is essential to our life. We need hope to cope with life.
For most doctors, hope is the last medicine every patient would want to take. According to a research, cancer patients who were most likely to survive the ordeal are those with a deep sense of hope to live.
The absence of hope is despair and depression. Indeed, hopelessness leads to a sense of meaninglessness which can be fatal. We have to fight ourselves if we must, in order not to lose hope. For it is a lot harder to regain hope after it is lost, than it is to keep hope alive.
This Sunday, we're listing the benefits of hope as found in the scripture to prepare us for the seasons of life 2021 has in store for us.
𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵'𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭: 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. Hebrews 6:19 (NIV)
The past year was such a reset for many of us that the future seems more uncertain than ever. Are we free to make plans and hope in those plans or should we learn our lesson and move forward in disappointment?
One thing that sets followers of Christ apart from the world is this - we have hope. And this hope is firm and secure, and alive! It is Jesus Christ. The Bible is rich with promises that say the people of God will always have a reason to hope.
So this year, 2021 - we’re inviting you to HOPE.
2021Hope
They say hindsight is 20/20. On the last day of the year, let us look back at God's faithfulness during a challenging season for mankind and equip ourselves with hope for the New Year.
Epiphany is the day in which we celebrate the coming of the Magi to visit baby Jesus. It is a story of wealthy, powerful, wise men who traveled a great distance to worship and honor a baby in a barn. They had the courage to seek. If we look closely at their story, perhaps we can learn to be just as courageous.
Christmas is about Jesus Christ - and this is the unchanging truth we anchor ourselves to year after year, pandemic or no pandemic. On Christmas Day, we're learning from our Lord Jesus and His courage to be human, and what this means for mankind.
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Christmas is about waiting being fulfilled. The People of God were waiting for Him to do something. It's been centuries of His silence. As the old Christmas carol, “O Little Town of Bethlehem” says, “The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight.”
In order to fully appreciate the fulfillment, we need to look at who was waiting and how. The Christmas Story is full of examples of people waiting, longing, hoping for God to act. We meet two such people when Joseph and Mary take Jesus to the temple to dedicate him. Their names are Simeon and Anna. They are two people who have been waiting a long time, who meet the newborn king, and who leave praising God because He has done all things well. By looking at their stories, perhaps we too can learn how to have the courage to wait on God.
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Christmas is not about having the perfect celebration. Christmas is about God interrupting our plans. God shows up and overturns many of the plans we have made. He does so for His glory and our good. He has a grander plan that is coming true and He is inviting us to be participants in it. Embracing God’s call on our lives requires courage...courage to submit.
No greater example of this can be found than in the person of Mary. She goes from being a young girl from a small town who is getting ready for marriage life to be invited into a much larger plan, a plan which will “ruin” many plans that she has made. She went from planning a wedding and preparing for a family to being the one who would bear the son of God. It sounds unbelievable, and astonishing, isn’t it?
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Joseph is seen as the paragon of fatherhood. But he almost wasn’t. He was called by God to do a difficult thing. Even before his marriage had begun, he discovers that his future wife is pregnant, and the baby isn’t his. He is asked to love a woman pregnant with someone else’s baby. It takes courage to serve in such circumstances. Joseph rises to the challenge and shows that fatherhood is more about the courage to serve than it is about biology. Joseph shows, in the way he responds to this situation, that he has some key attributes of a person that God can work with. He reveals the attributes of a man worth imitating. A man who is courageous to serve God no matter what.
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
Throughout the week, we will be posting bits of inspiration from the previous sermon. This Christmas season, let us be in a reflective state and spend more time in prayer and communion with the Lord. Stay connected through our online channels!
This is the situation Israel was in right before Jesus was born. God had sent them into exile hundreds of years before. They had eventually returned to their homes, but things had never returned to normal. Israel was still dominated and ruled by other nations. They were hoping and praying for the promised and long awaited Messiah to come. That is where the story of Christmas starts. Not in Bethlehem but in the home of Zacharias, one of these faithful seekers. Together, let us find the courage to persevere.
Let us listen to Pastor Macky as he preaches the 1st part of our Christmas Sermon Series!
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Praise God for all the wisdom we learned in the last 9 sermons of this series! We hope these lessons equip you for life as we weather each storm that comes our way. Visit our social media sites for updates! [linktr.ee/bradfordchurch]
In this sermon, we're revisiting, and appreciating, WORK. We are created in the image of God in order to glorify Him in the life and work He has granted us to enjoy. This is Part 8 of our series, The New Normal! Follow our Social Media Accounts for more! linktr.ee/bradfordchurch
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The Bible is replete with stories and metaphors about this discipline as old as mankind itself. There's a lot to learn from plants and the way they grow, and many times, they mirror the journey of our spiritual lives, too! This is Part 6 of our series, the New Normal. Check out our social media channels! [linktr.ee/bradfordchurch]
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The Bible is replete with stories and metaphors about this discipline as old as mankind itself. There's a lot to learn from plants and the way they grow, and many times, they mirror the journey of our spiritual lives, too! This is Part 6 of our series, the New Normal. Check out our social media channels! linktr.ee/bradfordchurch
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With church buildings closed during the pandemic, many communities of faith are worshipping God through online services. Online worship is the new normal to offer ministry and stay connected to each in this challenging time. What does the Bible say about online worship? This is part 5 of our sermon series, the New Normal.
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Staying at home is one of the best measures in order to stop the spreading of the coronavirus. Because of this mandate, the home became the office, the school, the church, the playground, the restaurant, the clinic.
Life has also been simplified. We're forced to do without malling, shopping, going to the cinema, traveling, partying, and other social gatherings. Many people are still struggling to adjust to the new normal lifestyle.
As believers of Christ, how are we to respond?
Today, we're looking for the answers in God's Word. Let's listen to part 3 of our series, The New Normal.
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We’re halfway across 2020 - the year that will be remembered for the coronavirus pandemic that shocked the world. In the Philippines, to date, we are still reeling from its effects and adjusting to what they call “The New Normal”.
Previously, we kicked off our new sermon series titled The New Normal, with an in-depth look at Social Distancing. This week, we look at another highlight of the New Normal which is Frequent Handwashing. That’s right - this hygienic practice has deep roots in the Old Testament as well, and at one point, became a controversial issue thrown against Jesus and His disciples.
Let us listen to Pastor Macky as we enter Part 2 of the New Normal: Frequent Handwashing.
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Recorded on July 5, 2020
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Recorded on June 21, 2020
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Recorded on June 14, 2020
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Recorded on June 7, 2020
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Recorded on May 31, 2020
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Recorded on May 5, 2020
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Recorded on April 26 2020
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We’re halfway across 2020 - the year that will be remembered for the coronavirus pandemic that shocked the world. In the Philippines, to date, we are still reeling from its effects and adjusting to what they call “The New Normal”.
Last Sunday, we started a new sermon series titled The New Normal: Living as New Creation in Christ. A closer look into what we can glean from the different aspects of the new normal and how we, as followers of Christ, can respond in love and in faith to the circumstances that we face.
Our first topic: Social Distancing. Let us listen to Pastor Macky as he traces the origins of Social Distancing in the Bible, and how the practice shaped lives and societies - and is shaping lives and societies - even to this day.
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As the disciples were on LOCKDOWN on the day of resurrection, Jesus appeared and gave them peace and power that started the global Christian movement. Like the disciples, we can also experience this peace and power as we take part in God’s global movement of seeking and saving the world.
As we look at the scriptures today, on the day of resurrection, we will discover how we can have a close and powerful encounter with the Risen Savior.
This sermon was preached on April 12, 2020. Our guest preacher is Bishop Noel A. Pantoja, National Director of Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches.
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the Holy Week. Palm Sunday commemorates the entrance of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem for the last week of his life.
What is Jesus teaching us about Himself in His triumphal entry to Jerusalem? How can these lessons help us stay strong in Him during these times of the coronavirus pandemic?
Let us listen to this sermon by Pastor Macky Sabayle.
Underneath our fears about COVID-19 is the pervasive fear of death, which enslaves much of the world (Hebrews 2:15).
Paraphrasing C.S. Lewis’ comments about death: “What does [the coronavirus] do to death? It certainly does not make it more frequent; 100 percent of us still die, and the percentage cannot be increased. The reality of death has not changed.”
Let us listen to 5 comforts that Jesus has promised to all his Followers, taken from John 14.
Fear, panic, paranoia, and worries dominate in the hearts of most people today. How are we, as Christians, to respond to such a crisis as this?
Answer: with faith, not fear. In this episode, Pastor Macky Sabayle lists the realities being exposed by our current situation.