Higher Ground Baptist Church Romblon Camp

Going to Alad Island

Approaching Alad

Kahanga-hanga sila

Senior citrizens

Pero after a long march going inland, energy pa din para magwalis

ATTITUDES AND THOUGHTS AFTER MARRIAGE

Courtship and Marriage are like Jupiter and Mars, they are worlds apart.

During courtship you have an idea of what you want your partner to be, you plan what you will be, you share things about what will make you happy together.

In Marriage, what you want is not always what you get, but you can work hard to get to that ideal place of marriage bliss.

Both of you should ask, "what am I willing to give up, to sacrifice, to contribute, to make this marriage as good as the Lord wants it to be?"

Once you or your spouse says, "what am I getting out of this relationship?  It seems I am not happy, I am not getting what is right for me" then you are working for the demise of your marriage.

You should have one income, what is his is hers and what is hers is his.

You should follow the divine order, Father over Christ over Husband over wife.

The wife should avoid saying these during arguments, "this is what my family wants" "all my friends told me, that you are treating me wrong"

The wife should defend the reputation of her husband to death, and the husband should defend the reputation of her wife to death.

Both the husband and the wife should let the Lord rule by using the word of God to convince one another about the correctness of their proposal or decision.  They should do it, knowing that both of them will give an account to God how they used the word of God in their relationship.

Both the husband and the wife should forbear, forgive, have long suffering, be kindly affectioned one to another, comfort one another, and love one another.  Whatever is good for the church as a whole should be good for the little family in microcosm. 

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A note to Christians about Allan Cayetano

Brethren and friends,

We have a task at hand, to put in power a man whom we suppose would do good and not evil in the sight of the Lord; who will be pliable to God's will.

A Presidential candidate who is winnable because he is credible, popular, has the support of a good number of our people and who is qualified to be in the highest office of the land.

We will give our wholehearted support and selfless sacrifice to his candidacy not for gain nor reward but because we believe that our country if led by someone who follows after righteousness would have a better chance for greatness. We are not deceived that our candidate can never do wrong. He still has that human nature that all of us have. The best of men who read daily the word of God and are bathed in prayer, may still be ungodly.  Only our Master, Jesus Christ is perfect.  We are persuaded however, that at least, if he commits error he will mend his ways and not call good as evil, nor call evil good.

We also trust that he will uphold the constitution, execute faithfully the laws of the republic and not follow the ways of the traditional politicians who circumvent laws by seeking loopholes, inventing schemes with deniable plausibility, and use well rewarded fall guys.

Once elected, we will require of him brutal honesty, without sacrificing national security, and if he is culpable irreparably, we expect that he will honorably give up the post.

We will work, we will donate, we will promote, we will campaign, but most of all we will pray that God may be merciful to our beloved country the Philippines that in such a time as this, the next President will be close to His heart, will be a minister of God unto national prosperity, will not bear the sword in vain toward justice against all who will sabotage and destroy our country, and an instrument of national unity and identity.

We desire that that next President would be Allan Peter Cayetano but we submit to the glorious, all wise, and perfect will of God and echo the words of our Savior, "nevertheless, not my will but thine be done"

TENT PRICES IN SAUDI ARABIA

SACO TENTS

SR 649

PLUS S+H

SR 849

PLUS S+H

SR 599

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SR 429

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PANDA TENTS

SR 75

PLUS S+H

SR 160

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Faction mentality is not good in God's church

The members of The church of the Lord, the body of Christ tend to form many sub-groups.

There are those who are rich and they tend to mix together; the rich with the rich.
There are those who are professionals, nurses, doctors, lawyers, engineers, and they tend to form a sub-group of like-minded individuals.
There are those who are Chinese, Visayan, Ilocano, Capampangan, and they tend to join forces and help each other.
Then there are those who went to the same school, or they have the same surnames, or they belong to the same clan.

We can not avoid these groupings and sub-groupings, but when it increases schism, when there are divisions along these lines, then it is not a healthy aggrupation and therefore deserve to be disbanded immediately.

There is One church, with One Lord, One faith, One baptism, let us all be of the same mind one toward another, as we follow Christ.

Close friendships are good, even inside the church, but when it is pushed to the extreme so that when a friend is in error, then we commit the error with them, or defend or justify the mistake, that friendship is of the flesh and not of faith, and whatsoever is not of faith is SIN.

When we see a friend, a co-worker, a relative, angry; and that person is persuading us to go with him in his anger, let us look up to the LORD instead of the flesh.  If they say, let's leave this church and transfer to another church, that is the time you are to be an INDIVIDUAL and not with the group.  Judge righteously, conduct yourself in all godliness, and then make up your own mind, after much prayer.

Different kinds of giving

Stressful giving and cheerful giving

When you give believing that you are obeying and making a difference in your life and in the life of others that is cheerful giving.

When you give believing that you have to obey or else, that is stressful giving

To the kings of the earth today, from a wise king of yesteryear

Ecclesiastes 9:18 KJV

[18] Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

This is for Obama and Putin.

For Aquino and all Kings and Rulers

Tanks, planes and missiles destroy countries because of the failure of wisdom

When wisdom is gained, war stops

But the good that wisdom brings in stopping the war

Is destroyed overnight by a lie, a betrayal of trust, a greedy heart