“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.” (Proverbs 1:7)
Growth takes knowledge. When we talk about sanctification, we must emphasize knowledge. Sanctification is not a list of steps or self-help principles that we can check off. It calls for great knowledge to know how to walk with God through the diverse circumstances of life. And to grow in knowledge, we need to fear the Lord; that is, to be whole, to be single-minded, and to live according to the biblical standard requires a continual process of learning who God is and realizing how desperate our situation is apart from Him.
Growth takes knowledge. When we talk about sanctification, we must emphasize knowledge. Sanctification is not a list of steps or self-help principles that we can check off. It calls for great knowledge to know how to walk with God through the diverse circumstances of life. And to grow in knowledge, we need to fear the Lord; that is, to be whole, to be single-minded, and to live according to the biblical standard requires a continual process of learning who God is and realizing how desperate our situation is apart from Him.
We had two guests- Liann See (Manila), Betsy (Kansas). We hope they enjoyed our worship, fellowship and study time tonight just as we were blessed by their presence. We had 22 people in our study. Amazing! God sends more and more people to our care.
Special thanks to Sam Zipp for her Pennsylvania treats - pretzels, licorice twists, lebanon sausages, and TastyKakes.
NEXT WEEK: A BIRTHDAY AND A SEND OFF PARTY
Our sweet sister, Rajsh Sabio (Mandaluyong) celebrates her birthday with us before she leaves for Baguio City for the weekend. She will be giving the group a dinner treat.
We will have a send-off party for Amos Lim (Malaysia) on that day as well. He returns to his country next Friday. He's attended our group worship since last year and has been a great blessing to many of us, and thus we want to express our thanks and love for our dear brother.
5 comments:
oi kainan! when is the dinner? hehehe miss you guys, i was planning to go to the post-meeting, but it was raining hard last night. sister rajsh advanced happy birthday!!!
jv, the dinner will be on thursday (aug 23) but my birthday is actually on aug 25, and ayun nga, i will be in baguio that time. so if you would want to have taste of my treat (w/c only happens during this occasion) GO ka! hehehe...
wow pJON, thanks po! i'm surprised that you annonced it here... now i dont have the excuse not to attend and feed you guys on thursday! it was not my intention to let you guys "know" about my birthday... but since you brought it up when we saw you at the lobby ayun! but then i'm really game for the treat, i have planned for it long time ago pa.. hehe! thanks for the "announcement" though. see you then!
oh and btw, i posted the picture (of me and amos) in my rajshbratinella.blogspot.com! hehehe...
Thanks rajsh for the beautiful picture. can u send it to amosone@gmail.com pls.. then i will reply u with the picture we took during ur bday.I will miss u guys for sure, thanks for the good fellowships for the past 10 months, promise will come back to visit u guys soon as possible. pls help me to take good care of lion. haha... from a christian amuslim.
Amos...we praise God for allowing us to be part of your life and yours with ours. We serve an amazing God and we will surely see each other again!
For those of u who don't know;
Amos did a few weeks stint as a volunteer translator for the 40+ Chinese acrobatic delegates who have been performing in the Philippines for some months now.
They're part of the WANDERS show that u might have heard in the media. The cheapest tix price to see their show is about P1,300, if I remember correctly.
Think of a Las Vegas show w/ Chinese, Filipino & Russian talents instead.
I saw the hour & a half show for free in early August & it was good (thanks Amos).
These delegates are young talented kids from the age of 7 to their 20's (if I'm not mistaken). Some w/ amazing contortionist & balancing ability. None of them Christians however.
The production director, his wife, the production coordinator (& I think a couple more of the staff) are long time members of the CCF church.
Their 2 current translators were not Christians thats why Amos' was asked to volunteer & hopefully minister to them.
During his time w/ these kids he was able to share & preach to them about God.
Amos’ was able to reach out to some of the kids & at least 3 of them have accepted Jesus as their Lord & savior.
Now that I thought about it. Eventhough the turn-over rate in MOSAIC is high, we are still blessed with the people that comes & goes to our group. We get to see more of the world thru their eyes, stories, life experiences, & testimonies.
That is something worth coming back to every Thursday night if u ask me.
-Westernized Chinoy Thomas
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