Another Breakthrough in Blogging

I just finished uploading some of my sermon powerpoint presentations. I'm sharing to you free of charge. Just leave your comments and help me improve my homiletics skills. I hope people will be blessed as you share these sermons to them. I'll keep on posting my sermons on powerpoint form. Wait for the next posts! Stay blessed!

Learning From Jonah

There's more from His experience of disregarding the call to go to Nineveh. This sermon points out Jonah's attitude in His ministry and how it affected His decisions.

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Heart of Worship

The first sermon I made. "God wants our heart when we worship Him". True worship was exemplified by the sinful woman who went to the Pharisees' gathering just to see Jesus.

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Church at Her Best

One of my favorite sermons. This is an exposition on the 2nd chapter of the Book of Acts. See how the Early church worked and had an impact in the new testament times.

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Sermon: A Step to Move Forward

A Sermon on Peter's Experience, walking on the water.

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When I Cry You Cry

I was in the house of one of the members of the young professionals in my pastorate, when I heard this song. It was the first time that I heard it and I cannot keep myself from appreciating it. Eventually I found myself teary eyed, because again, another song made an impact and touched my heart.


Gaither Vocal Band When I Cry lyrics

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I always find myself crying when I'm alone and disturbed by life's struggles, and it comforts me to know that God is crying with me too and that His heart breaks whenever mine is hurt.

The Birthplace!

Tatay and I went to visit our 1,000 square meters lot at Bacolor, Pampanga yesterday. It's been a while since the last time we rode a motorcycle together. If I remember right, the last time we rode a motorcycle together was when I was in the 6th grade. It is a great experience to go back to the place where you were born and be with the first man who saw you as you were going out of your mother's womb. This made me realized how blessed I am because my tatay (father) is still with me even after 24 years. A big part of my ministry's success is because of my father's inspiration. I can't help but be proud of him. He, who taught me how to be independent, made my life better. He, who gave me a sense of importance, made my life fulfilled. He, who showed me how blessed I am, made me contented for what I have. And he, who never stops inspiring me, makes my life so complete.

My Age, My Burden, My Passion

It has been my passion to work with young people. I believe that if we train our teenagers in doing God's business, they could play a big role in the church someday. However, I've seen a lot of young people who were active in church during their teens but at the time they entered college or started working in their chosen careers, many of them went on a different track and begun to lay low in being involved in church activities. What could be the possible reason why we have been losing many of our members in their career age? where did we, as a church, go wrong in dealing with them?

I think one of the reasons why young professionals lose sight of their faith is that churches don't have a clear and specific approach for to them. Often, we are confused of their membership. Are they still part of the adventist youth? or do they already belong to the older generation?

Having observed what has been happening to fellow youth, it has become a burden for me to reach out to them and think of possible ways to make them stay in our church. As a young pastor, I know that keeping them inside the church is a tough job, but to make them stay until they reach the maturity of their faith is even tougher. This is why I have been promoting the work of the youth ministry, especially its role on reaching out to the young professionals.
Forming an organization for them will help a lot to start this ministry. This worked in my previous pastorate, and I believe it will work also wherever God calls me to pastor. Presently, the young professionals in my current pastorate have already been meeting and I believe they also share my passion.
I believe in their potential, just as I believe in what God can do in their lives. I'm convinced that if we will never get tired of training and involving them in God's business, they can fulfill their tasks as God's servant in this generation.

My Dreams for My Church!

Unlike other pastors, I did not experience a dramatic conversion,neither a spectacular encounter with God. Growing up in an Adventist Family, I was raised to follow all the rules of the church and to do whatever is written in the Book. Christian life for me then was only a tradition, following through the motions, and observing what everybody else observes. This continued until I got into college and studied the Bible myself. Questions started to form in my mind, and it pressed me to find answers. This part of my life was the turning point from a gutless religion to a meaningful Christian experience, from rituals to doing everything by heart, from traditions to glorifying God and from following through the motions to following where God leads me. Experiences like attending church services of different denominations and observing rituals of other religions made my conversion a real experience. After I realized that I had been missing a lot of things in my Christian life, I started to dream for my church. Imaginations that hopefully will be realized someday began to linger in my mind. Because of my encounters with other denominations, I'm dreaming that someday my church will be able to hold an ecumenical service.I also dream that someday my church will open oppurtunities for other denominations to participate in our worship services and will not judge or ridicule them in their style of worship. I also dream of organizing a sports fest among other denominations for friendly games and Christian camaraderie. And the wildest of all my dreams is to build an interfaith worship cafe where any religion or Christian denomination will be welcome to worship. I do not know how I would be able to fulfill all of those dreams, but one thing I know, if it will glorify God, nothing is impossible!

This is my story, this is my song!

I had a long and tiring day which is why I wanted to end it by listening to godly music. I inserted the DVD of "The Promise: A Voice of Family Reunion Concert" into my player and watched it. The song entitled "Personal" caught my attention. Probably because the song describes my Christian journey and my personal encounter with God. I'm sharing it to you now because this is my story and it is my life's song.

Personal

Verse 1
I remember when I was just a little boy
And with all the simple things I could find so much joy
But somehow church always seemed too l
They always sang the same old songs
I knew about Jesus and His love
Even why He came to die

Chorus
But this time it's personal
I feel His love inside of me
This time it's personal
I used to be blind but now I see
He's more than someone I just talk about
He's the only friend I can't live without
Oh, how I love you , Lord
This time it's personal

Verse 2
I said that I believed because it was the thing to do
But my actions never, ever showed that I ever once knew you
Always taking for granted your love and grace
And still expecting to see your face
Never wondering once how you might feel
But now I try to keep it real

Chorus
But this time it's personal
I feel His love inside of me
This time it's personal
I used to be blind but now I see
He's more than someone I just talk about
He's the only friend I can't live without
Oh, how I love you, Lord
This time it's personal

I never gave you full control
Taking for granted the scars in your hands
But now the joy that floods my soul
For in your sweet love I stand
For in your sweet love I stand