Jeremiah 32:17 “Ah Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You.”
I. KINGDOM CONCERN
A. CUBAO REFORMED BAPTIST CHURCH | Pas. Mon Macapagal, Pas. Ismael Montejo, Pas. Joseph Mangahas
News and thanksgiving
- We thank the Lord for allowing us to gather in person. May the Lord continue to allow us to enjoy gathering together every Lord’s Day.
- We are also thankful for adding 4 members to our membership last month. Praise God.
- We praise God that although there were about 40 that contracted covid last month, no one got a moderate and severe case and no one was hospitalized.
- We are thankful for the relief work done in Roxas, Palawan affected by typhoon Odette. Brother Louie Lim was the director of this relief work. It was really difficult for him since his supposed two companions were infected with covid. He has to do it alone but God enabled him to repack and distribute 2,400 relief goods.
- We also thank God for the opening of classes of GMA after two postponements in January.
- One of our outreaches located in Montalban, Rizal was covenanted last month. This group was formerly an outreach of Victory Church but has become reformed. Praise God for this blessing.
- An outreach of CREC in Maricaban, Pasay was also covenanted as Reformed Baptist Church last week. There were thirteen covenanting members. Praise God.
Petitions
- We have canceled the annual pastors’ conference in February but have scheduled a reformation conference on June 24-25 with the same speakers: Pastor Noel Espinosa, Pastor Robert Ventura, and Dr. Ian Densham. This conference is via live streaming and is open for all.
- We are planning to have an in-person prayer meeting this March. We missed it after almost two years of the pandemic. May the Lord’s blessing be upon us.
- Pastor Joseph will go through surgery on March 15. Please pray for a successful operation and fast healing. We thank those who contributed to his medical expenses.
- One of our members had breast surgery due to stage 2 cancer. She is now home and recuperating. Please pray that the surgery was successful and that cancer cells have been taken out.
- The wife of our member had preeclampsia and had a caesarian operation. The baby was only 28 weeks and had to be put on an inhaler because there was no incubator available. Please pray for the wife. Her lungs, kidney, and throat are inflamed and on a ventilator. Pray for healing.
- We badly need social workers for Christian Compassion Ministries. If you know of someone, even a new graduate, please contact us.
B. FIRST REFORMED BAPTIST CHURCH OF VALENZUELA | Pas. Aries Liboro
News and Thanksgiving
- We praise God for the wonderful short church retreat we had. It was a good time of rest, fellowship, and study of God’s word. We were all greatly blessed.
- I am greatly encouraged to see many of the younger members get involved in the church’s ministry. We praise God for this. Please do pray for their continued spiritual growth.
Please pray for the following concerns
- We have now resumed our children’s Sunday school, the Saturday Bible Study for the young people who live near the church building, and also the Friday Bible study outside our house for the young people there. Please pray that more and more young people will attend. Please pray for their conversion.
- There are a couple of young adults who join our Friday Bible studies. Please pray for their conversion.
- We just had a church retreat, one of the member’s sisters [Charm] and their neighbor [Kate] attended. Please pray that they will meditate upon the message they heard. They have school on Sundays but did say that once that is finished they will attend the church services.
- We have several new visitors in the church, which is very encouraging. Please do pray that they will continue to attend the church services and consider church membership.
- We have five young people who have been attending the youth program for many years, some three of them are now in their twenties. We long to see them profess faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Please do pray for their conversion.
- Please pray for the conversion of the members’ own children and other relatives who attend the church services.
- Please pray for the members’ zeal in personal evangelizing, witnessing, and inviting friends to the church services.
C. TRINITY BIBLE CHURCH – San Pablo, Laguna | Pas. Rodel Lasco and Pas. Alan Caparas
We thank God for the following:
- The annual meeting and planning of the church last January 29. We thank God for the many blessings in 2021 and we are looking forward to 2022.
- For the numerous small group Bible studies that have started during the pandemic
- For the good health in general of members
- For the men who regularly preach and teach, and members who lead Bible studies
- For more members attending the worship services in the chapel
Please pray for the following concerns:
- For greater appreciation of the grace of God as seen in the Lord Jesus
- For the covenanting of the Moriah Bible church; we are providing assistance to this reforming congregation
- For our outreach in Victoria/Calauan that they will continue to grow and increase
- For the newly formed churches we are supporting:
- Providence Reformed Baptist Church (Tayabas)– That they may remain faithful to the Lord. That God may raise a pastor for them
- Trinity Bible Church (San Fernando)– That Pastor Jaypee and Deacons David and Archie will faithfully discharge their duties. For the conversion of Aetas attending their outreach.
II. CHURCH CONCERNS
1. Preachings
- Sunday School – The Accomplishment of Christ’s Work | 1689 LBC
- AM service – The Lord is My Shepherd (Ps 23:1)
- PM service – Corresponding Duties to God’s Discipline (Heb 12:12-13)
2. Sunday services
- God’s presence and our faithfulness in sanctifying the Lord’s Day
- Safety of those who join the physical gatherings at church especially the children who attend the Sunday School
- Preachers: SS – Pas. Clyde, AM – Pas. Rolly, PM – Pas. Mike
3. Other ministries
- Thanksgiving for the ministries last week: Tuesday and Friday Bible studies, Children’s Sunday school
- Friday – Pas. Rolly (Trafalgar)
- Sunday – Sis. Bang (Level 1), Sis. Brenda (Level 2), Sis. May (Level 3), Bro. Simon (Youth)
- Tuesday – Pas. Clyde (Fellowship Bible study)
4. Church discipline case
- May God use the enacted discipline to call our brother to repentance and be restored in the fellowship of the church.
III. PERSONAL CONCERNS
1. Thanksgiving
- Physical and spiritual preservation and provision
2. Birthday
- Gerard (Mar 15) – Mortification of sin and application of the word
3. Sick
- Let us continue to pray for those who are sick: Gels, Elaine, Pas. Boy, Pas. Joseph, etc.
4. Comfort – Umali family
5. Travel
- Pas. Rolly, Gels, Maling, Ruth, Gian and Kemi, John and Dawn
6. Nation
- Leaders
- Economy
- Russia and Ukraine
- Election
- Salvation
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