AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, 2018 It’s harvest time in UPLB and we are excited. The church initiated and participated in lots (nine to be exact) of outreach events. Now the dust is settling and we are seeing the result of the momentum created by these outreach events more and more: people are getting to know Jesus through one-on-one and small group discipleship setups. I can’t be more excited! But I’m also very concerned. I don’t want the harvest to fall on rocky places or shallow soils, wither due to failure to grow roots, or get choked by other competing things (Read Parable of the Sower in Mark 4:1-20). That is why, I hope and pray that everyone in Victory LB to remember these three things this harvest season: Discipleship Is Relationship Every Member Is A Minister Lead with the Idea of Leaving Let me expound on the first one here. DISCIPLESHIP IS RELATIONSHIP We’ve heard this in Victory circles again and again. In fact, it has probably become one of t
Art Resource, NY. Caption: Cain After Having Killed His Brother Abel. Vidal Henri, 1896. O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. Psalms 6:1,2 David’s prayer in this OT Psalm has become our security as believers today. Through Christ's death and resurrection 2000 years ago, we were brought from darkness into light; from death into life; from being outsiders to sons of God, equal with Him as far as righteousness is concerned and forever loved. Can you believe it? Because if you can, it's yours. This is the new covenant God made with us through Christ. Through it, He has made us sons of God through Christ in whom He will never get angry with but will always be gracious to and has promised healing to be made available for us. Ain’t that great?! If we are in Christ, our identity is no longer 'sinners' but sons of God. Let this