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Read MoreWorship Change Our Face
Exactly what is worship? I like King David’s definition in Psalm 34:3: “Oh magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.” Worship is magnifying or enlarging our vision of God. Of course His size doesn’t change, but our perception of him does. As we draw nearer, he seems larger. Isn’t that what we need? A big view of God? Don’t we have big problems,big worries, and big questions?...
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Read MoreGod Brilliant Lord
Psalm 8 God, brilliant Lord, Yours is a household name. Nursing infants gurgle choruses about You; toddlers shout the songs That drown out enemy talk, and silence atheist babble. I look up at Your macro-skies, dark and enormous, Your handmade sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted in their settings. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do You bother with us? Why take a second look our way? Yet...
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Read MoreCBL Sunday School Study Guide (17 March 2013)
Evangelism A spiritual gift in Christians whose hearts overflow from a burning desire to readily share the gospel to unbelievers. The gospel is communicated clearly and with conviction. Men and women who hear the gospel from the evangelist are also called to become disciples of Jesus and members of the Body of Christ. Discussion: What are some possible responses when the gospel is shared to unbelievers and...
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Read MoreBecause of What He Did
Few things can weary you more than the fast pace of the human race. Too many sprints for success. Too many days of doing whatever it takes eventually take their toll. You’re left gasping for air, holding your sides on the side of the track. You’re asking yourself, “When I get what I want, will it be worth the price I paid?” It’s this weariness that makes the words of Jesus so compelling. “Come...
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Read MoreCBL Sunday School Study Guide (10 March 2013)
Faith • Strong conviction that God will accomplish His will and purpose whatever the circumstances • Firm confidence in God and His Word • Trials and temptations do not shake the conviction Read Hebrews 11:1 and discuss how faith is expressed in these lyrics: Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come; ‘Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far and Grace will lead me home....
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Read MoreCBL Sunday School Study Guide (3 March 2013)
MISSIONARIES His name is Felicidad also called Dr Fel, an otorhinolaryngologist (Head and neck surgeon). He needed to refresh himself to do emergency removal of the gall bladder in a woman, as surgery of the abdomen is not his field of specialization. Assisting him was an anesthesiologist and they were in a hospital with no adequate facilities. They prayed fervently before doing the life-saving operation....
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Read MoreCBL Sunday School Study Guide (24 February 2013)
“In the Service of the King” Gift of Service He finished law and for more than a decade was the Human Resources Director of a large semiconductor company in Laguna. Recently he transferred to a steel manufacturing company also as HR Director. Every year during the LCSBC Youth camp in Bataan, he arrives early, pitch his tent and prepares his team for h…is ministry. He is Kuya Buddy, he appointed...
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Read MoreWhat Disciple Making is All About
Seventeen times you find Jesus with the masses, but forty six times you see Jesus with his few disciples. His strategy was not to reach the whole world but to make disciples capable of reaching the whole world. He was on business for God Luke 2:40.There was nothing haphazard about his life-no wasted energy nor an idle word. He lived, He died, and He rose again according to schedule. Peter Drucker said once...
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