VOLUME 22 • ISSUE 48 • DECEMBER 02
DR. ED M. LAURENA
"I MUST BE THANKFUL THAT GOD BLESSES AND REWARDS THOSE WHO INVOLVE."
PROFIT IN INVOLVEMENT
Welcome to the last month of 2012! As we conclude our series of lessons this year on involvement, I hope that we already have a better understanding of being involved in God’s work. Likewise, in the pursuit of our involvement, may we be challenged as we finish up with the “Profits of Involvement” this month. It is because only in God’s work can we gain the best benefit of being involved. December has always been a busy month for many, with vacations, gift-giving merriment, and get-together festivities. As your Pastor, may I remind you that we must not lose focus on the Person and not the presents of this busy season. While we get busy in preparing gifts for many, let us be determined that before the year ends, our Saviour gets the best gift from us, for He is worthy of it! We should not exchange church services for any social gathering. Let us be faithful in our firstfruit giving and be grateful for His bountiful blessings this year! Let us honor God today through our worship. Together, let us have a blessed Sunday!
Sunday School Outline Profit in Involvement Designed by God
Neh 2:17-20 / John 10:10 / Eph 3:20-21 I. God’s design for His people is to be blessed and not to be cursed. A. God has the perfect plan for His dear people. B. God’s enemies have a perverted program for the disobedient people. C. God’s empathetic heart has passionate procedures for His determined people. II. God demands His people to bless and not to curse. A. God’s people are demanded by God’s leniency (mercy and understanding) to bless and not to curse. B. God’s people are demanded by God’s long sufferings to bless and not to curse. C. God’s people are demanded by God’s love to bless and not to curse. III. God is delighted when His people are blessed and He is unhappy when they are crushed. A. God saved us so that we will be above the world’s system. B. God saved us so that we will be able to reach the world for the Saviour. C. God saved us so that we will be abounding in the Lord’s wisdom through the Spirit.
Gospel tracts, preaching/music CDs & Sunday School/Discipleship lessons are available @ the ushers' table after the service.
Church Bulletin
We only have 2 Sundays to go before our scheduled family camp. Since we have a goal to avail of the exclusivity of the Rizal Re-creation Center, we are all enjoined to pay our camp fee at the earliest possible time. Payments may be given to Sis. Bajo Tolentino at the ushers’ table after the evening service.
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"...forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."
PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14
Things to pray for:
• 10,000 visitors • Anniversary preparations - Motorcade - Music, Audio/Video - Buses & jeepneys • Speakers - power from the pulpit • Good health of Frontliners • Fair weather condition • Financial needs • Fruits that would remain
LORD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS DESIGNED FOR ME Beata Agustin For Your blessings so full of Your goodness Always showing me Your salvation’s loving kindness Ever redemptive, truly glorious in the beauty of holiness Designed to transform me from sinfulness and filthiness… I thank You very much with my heart’s earnest joyfulness!!! For Your blessings so plenteous in Your mercy Always granting me Your sanctification’s sufficiency Ever effective, truly potent with purging clemency Designed to cleanse me from unfaithfulness and complacency… I thank You very much with my spirit’s sincere fervency!!! For Your blessings so abundant along Your grace Always warming me with Your justification’s embrace Ever forgiving, truly assuring without doubt’s trace Designed to uphold me from failures and frustrations in the Christian-race… I thank You very much with my soul’s worshipful praise!!! For Your blessings so exceeding thru Your generosity Always overtaking me with Your wealth’s bounty Ever wondrous, truly magnanimous beyond scarcity Designed to guard me from poverty-crises and lack-infirmity… I thank You very much with my faith’s increased intensity!!! For Your blessings so great within Your compassion Always surrounding me by Your presence’s protection Ever timely, truly ready toward peace-filled jubilation Designed to cover me from ingratitude and pride’s domination… I thank You very much with my commitment’s focused devotion!!! For Your blessings so unlimited midst Your might Always empowering me by Your strength’s height Ever sovereign, truly triumphant in the fight for truth and right Designed to make me victorious from prayer-struggles and neediness-plight… I thank You very much with my submission’s humble delight!!! For Your blessings so rewarding according to Your approval Always sustaining me by Your Word’s work of revival Ever excellent, truly surpassing any service-rival Designed to pull me from vested interests and selfishness-survival… I thank You vey much with my contentment’s best festival!!!
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1st National Baptist Ladies Conference Victoriously Held
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he world today clamours for beauty that is skin deep. The Bible says in Proverbs 31:30, that “Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.” This is not to say that God condones beauty. The Word of God promotes beauty that is not based on the outward adorning or superficiality, but one that manifests from the hidden woman of the heart that glows outwardly. The 1st National Baptist Ladies Conference hosted by CBBC Los Baños in partnership with CBBC San Pedro last November 29-30, has victoriously emphasized its theme, “Beautifully Focused on God” anchored on the Scripture Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” It is actually the 9th so to speak since the event is an offshoot of last year’s 8th Baptist Ladies Conference. More than 500 delegates, mostly from Luzon to as far as Leyte, graced the event. We praise the Lord for the general sessions on this 2-day event, with the precepts and principles taught by wonderful teachers namely Mrs. Cristy America (CBBCSto Tomas Batangas), Mrs. Cristy Baugan (CBBCTanza), Ms. Beata Agustin (CBBC-San Pedro), Mrs. Mila Kamibayashiyama (Bob Jones Memorial Bible College), and Mrs. Vita de Leon (CBBC-Calauan), which were surely answers to the delegates’ needs. The divided sessions on the 2nd days were refresh-
ers and great blessings as well. Rev. Arnold Vallejo gave the final challenge, and exhorted the ladies to exhibit unquestioning submission, to exemplify unmoved commitment, and to exercise uncorrupted doctrine. It indeed takes focus to be beautiful for God. With so many distractions in the world, a truly godly and beautiful woman must be holistic as she remembers her family, her obligations, her charity, her usefulness and her stand. Those would require foundation on God’s Word, firmness in the faith, fervency in the ministry, and a fixed heart for the Lord. The beautiful women for the Lord must then graciously strive to face facts by faith, optimize offering-opportunities with obedience, concentrate on choices toward Christ-likeness, use understanding against unbelief, and serve the Saviour through the sinners and the saints. The event was a thanksgiving, a tribute, and a triumphant celebration on how our great God is definitely capable to make beautiful godly ladies out of mere individuals. The icebreakers, unique skits, games, cheering competition, and spirit-filled music were all in synergy for the success of the conference. We thank God for ardent prayers and sincere service given by organizers and the committees. It is our prayer that this event has upheld our main goal which is to exalt the Saviour by evangelizing the sinners and edifying the saints. May the Lord be glorified.
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Baptist Youth Fundamentalist @ 1:30 PM Maaari Mong Matiyak ang Langit Ang sabi ni Hesus, “Ako ang daan, ang katotohanan, at ang buhay: walang makapupunta sa Ama kundi sa pamamagitan ko.” Juan 14:6 Wala nang iba pang makapagliligtas sa iyo mula sa impiyerno. Magtiwala ka kay Hesus ngayon! Roma 6:23 “Kung ipahahayag ng iyong bibig na si Hesus ay Panginoon at mananampalataya ka nang buong puso na Siya’y muling binuhay ng Diyos, ikaw ay maliligtas”. Roma 10:9
Church
1. Aminin mo na ikaw ay isang makasalanan. Roma 3:10 2. Magsisi ka sa iyong kasalanan. Gawa 17:30 3. Manampalataya ka na si Kristo Hesus ay namatay para sa iyo, nalibing at nabuhay namagmuli. Roma 10:9-10 4. Sa pamamagitan ng panalangin, tanggapin mo si Hesus sa iyong puso bilang iyong Tagapagligtas. Roma 10:13
Attendance November 25 & 28 Sunday School Sunday AM Sunday PM Wednesday First Time Visitors Baptisms
Bible
Manalangin ka ng ganito: Panginoon, ako po ay isang makasalanan at nangangailangan ng kapatawaran. Nanampalataya po ako na nadanak ng dugo ni Hesus at Siya ay namatay sa krus para sa akin. Nagsisisi po ako sa aking mga kasalanan. Tinatanggap ko po si Kristo Hesus sa aking puso bilang aking Tagapagligtas. Amen. "Kung tinanggap mo si Hesus bilang iyong Tagapagligtas, ito na ang simula ng iyong bagong buhay kay Kristo." Roma 8:1
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BUHAY NA WALANG HANGGAN PANANAMPALATAYA KAY HESUS
Reading Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
MORNING 1 Tim 1-3 1 Tim 4-6 2 Tim 1-2 2 Tim 3-4 Titus Philemon Heb 1-4
Ngayon: 1. Basahin mo ang iyong Biblia araw-araw upang makilala pa ng lubusan si Kristo Hesus. 2. Makipag-usap ka sa Diyos sa panalangin araw-araw. 3. Manambahan ka sa isang simbahan na pinapangaral si Kristo at ang Biblia ang tanging pamantayan. 4. Ibahagi sa iba si Kristo Hesus.
EVENING Ps 123 Ps 124 Ps 125 Ps 126 Ps 127 Ps 128 Ps 129
T A O
HESU KRISTO -KAYAMANAN -RELIHIYON -MABUTING GAWA (hindi makakapagligtas ang mga ito)
D I Y O S
IMPIYERNO
ACTS29 - Christian Bible Baptist Church official Sunday publication St. Francis Homes 2, San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines 4023 • Dr. Ed M. Laurena, Pastor telephone: (02)869-0433 • email: info@cbbcphilippines.org • website: www.cbbcphilippines.org
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