VOLUME 21 ISSUE 43 | OCTOBER 23, 2011
Christian Bible Baptist Church ofďŹ cial Sunday publication
Victorious Christian Living in our FRUITFULNESS "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:" Ephesians 4:11-13
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(Fruits of Service) Ephesians 4:11-13
DR. ED M. LAURENA
I. Serving the Lord through the local Church builds character. A. Good attitude is developed through service. B. Godly fortitude (stamina) is demonstrated through service. II. Serving the Lord through the local Church broadens compassion. A. Serving God through different parts of the ministry develops the concern and love for souls. B. Serving God through different parts of the ministry deepens the care for fellow saints and loyalty to the Saviour. III. Serving the Lord through the local Church brightens (gives glow) commitment. A. Gracious giving sheds light to a believer’s commitment level (progress). B. Generous giving speaks limitlessly of a believer’s commitment latitude (range or capacity).
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One thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. Never allow the thought, “I am of no use where I am.” You certainly can be of no use where you are not.
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HRISTIANITY will not be fruitful by accident or by chance. Fruitfulness does not occur at a specific age. It does not come to a specific group of people. It does not depend on the number of years that we have been in church. Actually, it is possible to have new converts who are more fruitful than those who been saved earlier. Fruitfulness happens to any child of God who humbles before God and then works on being fruitful. As we continue to emphasize this month about fruitfulness, let me challenge you to find a way to be fruitful in your spiritual endeavor. Pray for a ministry to involve in, win souls, love God’s Word and enjoy preaching. May we not just rest contented like that fig tree in the Bible. It is a tree with leaves, yet not bearing fruits, knowing it was planted for that purpose. God did save you for a purpose… grow and produce fruits for the cause of Christ. You will not regret it! Please pray for me as I minister to our brethren in Taiwan this week. God has blessed us already with three outreaches, and they are fruitful. Many souls have been saved and are growing. In spite of my absence, I know that God will give us a victorious Sunday. I love you in the Lord!
ATTENTION
For more information look for Ms. Jocelyn Tolentino at the Ushers' Table after the evening service.
Starting December, we will go back to the usual one worship-service every Sunday morning that starts at 8:30. This will help the distant areas become more fruitful as well as those areas that are near. Such will also make the best use of our Pastor’s health and strength in the more coming years. Let us all pray and prepare for this change as we expect for victorious Sundays ahead.
Joseph's Fruitfulness His fruitfulness is in struggles.
He struggles with the vision that God hath given in his heart.
His fruitfulness is in suffering.
He should have enjoyed the fellowship of his father and his mother and his brothers. He should have enjoyed his youthfulness, but he is in the pit.
His fruitfulness is in shame.
He has not done anything wrong, but he was falsely accused and he was imprisoned because of that. But never you can find in the Bible that Joseph murmured nor pointed his fingers against God but humbly submitted to the will of God.
His fruitfulness is in sorrows.
When he was lonely, far from his father’s care, he hath learned to depend and trust on God.
Let us ask Joseph what he thinks about fruitfulness.
Well being fruitful is to be misinterpreted by your brothers in the flesh, to be in the pit, to be brought to Egypt and missed the blessedness of the fellowship of your brothers in the flesh, to work in Potiphar’s house and be accused of trying to harm Potiphar’s wife, to be in the prison knowing that you are not guilty, to be forgotten by the man whom you have done good, and to stay in the dungeon for many years without murmuring and questioning God. How about being the second highest to command? Is that fruitfulness to you Joseph? How about ruling the kingdom of Egypt? Maybe that’s fruitfulness. How about hearing from the king that you have a different kind of spirit? That is a great accomplishment and fruitfulness. Maybe we will hear Joseph reply: THOSE ARE JUST MY HARVEST TIME!
Try to ask the Lord Jesus Christ.
Lord when did you became fruitful? Ok Lord, let me guess. You became fruitful when you created the heaven and the earth, when you founded the world with your truth, when you were ministered by the angels in heaven, when you are in your fellowship with the Father, when you are in your throne sitting and judging, when you...The Lord will put His hand in your mouth and whisper to your ear. SON, I BECAME FRUITFUL WHEN I DIED FOR YOU!
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N AMERICAN SLANG, a white elephant is something useless to its owner. Rummage sales used to have lots of white elephants. In Thailand, the white elephant is a symbol of great honor. Some years ago, a medical missionary, Dr. Garland Bare, was given the “Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant” by the king of Thailand. He went there to serve the King of Kings, but the king of Thailand recognized his service to the country. Your service and mine may not be recognized here on earth, and we may not receive honors during our lives. But Jesus assures us that even the cup of cold water given in loving service will be recognized and honored in Heaven.
Isaiah 40:31
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
q UOTES on Servant
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Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will not be judged by how much I have done but by how much of me there is in it. No man gives at all until he has given all. No man gives anything acceptable to God There are until he has first given many of us himself in love and who are willing to sacrifice. do great things for the Lord, but few of You us are willing to do are a tool in the little things. the hands of God. He demands your service, not your rest. Yet, how fortunate you are that he lets you take part in his work.
by Sis. Beata Agustin
Present But Not Serving Jeremy Bentham was the founder of London’s
University College. When he died in 1832, according to his instructions, his skeleton was reconstructed, given a wax head, dressed in his best suit, and put in a glass case in the meeting room of the college’s board of governors. For many years the deceased Bentham attended every meeting of the board and was always described in the minutes as “present, but not voting.” Sometimes we are present, but not serving!
Sa kasalanan ko’y di ako makakarating sa langit… …Ngunit salamat sa Diyos sa Kanyang paglapit Ako’y Kanyang iniligtas mula sa impyernong apoy ang pasakit. Ngayon, kaluluwa ko’y tiyak sa buhay na walang hanggang aking nakamit… …Bunga ng Kanyang pag-ibig na dakila bawat saglit!!!
"If you are going to live for the service of your fellowmen, you will certainly be pierced through with many sorrows, for you will meet with more base ingratitude from your fellowmen than you would from a dog. You will meet with unkindness and two-facedness, and if your motive is love for your fellowmen, you will be exhausted in the battle of life. But if the mainspring of your service is love for God, no ingratitude, no sin, no devil, no angel, can hinder you from serving your fellowmen, no matter how they treat you. You can love your neighbor as yourself, not from pity, but from the true centering of yourself in God."
Sa kasamaan ko’y di ako makakaalis sa kalayawang dulot ay pighati… …Ngunit salamat sa Diyos sa Kanyang paghila sa akin mula sa dumi ng lunggati. Ako’y Kanyang nililinis sa dugo Niyang mabisa parati. Ngayon, layunin ko’y naaayon sa katuwiran Niyang makagawa ng mabuti... …Bunga ng Kanyang pag-ibig na kabanalan ang ibinabati!!! Sa kahinaan ko’y di ako makakatindig nang maayos… …Ngunit salamat sa Diyos sa Kanyang pagkilos Ako’y Kanyang inaalalaya’t sa Kanyang tulong ay iginagapos. Ngayon, pananampalataya ko’y lumalakas nang lubos… …Bunga ng Kanyang pag-ibig na kapangyarihan ang ibinubuhos!!!
Oswald Chambers
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Sa karukhaan ko’y di ako makakabahagi sa gawain… …Ngunit salamat sa Diyos sa Kanyang pagkakaloob ng busilak na mithiin Ako’y Kanyang tinuturuang magtiwala sa Kanya’t panuntunan ng Biblya’y sundin. Ngayon, pagbibigay ko’y may galak na alam kong Kanyang pagyayamanin… …Bunga ng Kanyang pag-ibig na puno ng pagpapalang tatamasahin!!!
EVERAL YEARS AGO, construction workers were laying a foundation for a building outside the city of Pompeii. They found the corpse of a woman who must have been fleeing from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius but was caught in the rain of hot ashes. The woman’s hands clutched jewels, which were preserved in excellent condition. She had the jewels, but death had stolen it all. That’s the bottom line in life. Worldly treasure is not a wise investment because you can’t take it with you. Jim Elliot, a missionary who was martyred for his faith, under stood this reality when he wrote in his journal,
Sa kamangmangan ko’y di ako makakapagpasya nang may kahusayan… …Ngunit salamat sa Diyos sa Kanyang pamamatnubay sa aking pinagpipilian Ako’y Kanyang ginagabayan tungo sa tamang daan. Ngayon, kaalaman ko’y iniilawan ng Kanyang karunungan… …Bunga ng Kanyang pag-ibig na katotohanan ang nilalaman!!! Sa kaduwagan ko’y di ako makakapaglingkod nang tunay… …Ngunit salamat sa Diyos sa Kanyang pagsasanay Ako’y Kanyang hinuhulma para sa maluwalhating pagtatagumpay. Ngayon, tapang ko’y laan sa Kanya bilang aliping sumasamba’t nagpupugay… …Bunga ng Kanyang pag-ibig na buong sarili ang inialay!!! Sa kayabangan ko’y di ako makakayuko sa pagkamanhid… …Ngunit salamat sa Diyos sa Kanyang pagtutuwid Ako’y Kanyang dinudurog sa Kanyang habag laban sa ugali kong balakid Ngayon, puso ko’y umiikot sa Kanyang kalooban kung saan ako nakabilibid …Bunga ng Kanyang pag-ibig na kalayaan mula sa pagpapakumbaba ang hatid!!!
"If I were fruitless, it mattered not who commended me; but if I were fruitful, I cared not who did condemn."
John Bunyan
“He is no fool Jim Elliot who gives what A True Servant of Christ he cannot keep Christian Martyr to gain that which 1927 - 1956 he cannot lose.” original copy of Jim's journal
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AYON SA BIBLIA, IISA LAMANG ANG DAAN PATUNGONG LANGIT!
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NG 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 impierno. Magtiwala ka kay Hesus ngayon! ROMA 6:23 “Kung ipahahayag ng iyong bibig na si Hesus ay Panginoon at mananam-palataya ka nang buong puso na Siya’y muling binuhay ng Diyos, ikaw ay maliligtas”. ROMA 10:9 1. Aminin mo na ikaw ay isang makasalanan. ROMA 3:10 2. Talikuran mo ang iyong kasalanan (magsisi). 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
MANALANGIN KA NG GANITO Panginoon, ako po ay isang makasalanan at nangangailangan ng kapatawaran. Nanampalataya po ako na nadanak ang dugo ni Hesus at Siya ay namatay sa krus para sa akin. Tinatalikuran ko na po ang 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 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.
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