CE Worship Plan of Daniel Day Sta. Maria

                                  By regularly attending christian meetings on Thursdays and Sundays, I am able to share the things I have experienced on this meetings and I am also able to present more. First I will write about the things I am doing inside these meetings.

As a regular and baptized Jehovah's Witness, I am always encouraged to always cooperate by means of commenting. We comment whilst studying as a congregation and studying the "Watchtower" magazine.

 As a member, I am also enrolled in the Theocratic Ministry School. This school always gives me assignments such as reading Bible selections at the stage in front of an audience. The excitement while preparing and the emotion when performing is there, as I read passages with feelings & emotion. I must do it well in order to bring life to the message, have the audience feel that they were there thousands of years ago.

I also participate on regular activities, the morning house to house preaching on our territory about the Kingdom of God. I get to meet different kinds of people whether good or bad, young and old, boy or girl, Christian or Muslim etc. I never know who will open the door I knocked.

Serving Jehovah and his son Jesus Christ is a blessing and a responsibility of a lifetime! No amount of money,prosperity, fame, power or education can ever take this away from me. If persecution occurs, I am willing to give my life for Jehovah.

The experience in being one is indeed a happy one, this is the key to true happiness. It helps us with our problems, with our studies, our friends, our families and even the purpose of our lives. It changes our view of the world we live in and how do we cope up or react with it. All the things we do, things we say, should always be based on the Bible and it's laws. For according to 2 Timothy 3:16, the Bible is the inspired Word of God, applicable for teaching, reproving, setting things straight and for discipline.

The activities we really do is really refreshing, for we call it spiritual food, and we are always full with it. Every Thursday we go to study as a congregation on certain scheduled books. Yearly we study every book & chapter in the Bible and enjoy the Theocratic Ministry School. As young brothers read selections of the Bible, sisters role play on certain circumstances and tell us how to cope with it using the Bible,  and adult brothers give short talks. We sing 3 songs every meeting based on the topic presented, all our songs are composed and written on a beautiful songbook. We then proceed to our Public Meeting where we study our brochure "The Ministry of the Kingdom of God" monthly issues and gives us news, tips etc. we need in serving God.

On Sundays, we listen to a 30 minute Public talk which tackles mainstream problems of our world and how to use the Bible as a guide and adviser to solve this problems and rely on God.

From Tuesdays-Sundays, brothers & sisters tend to go preaching voluntarily and from their hearts to give brochures, magazine, tracts & books to people and preach to them house to house. If they listen and agree, we offer them free Bible study at their homes or a place they like in a time & date they prefer.

CE Retreat Plan of Daniel Day Sta. Maria

Reflection on Chapter 10

                             

                     Sometimes I ask myself, "What is the most important gift I had ever received?" For me, it does not need to be super expensive. In fact, if a gift gave me happiness or gave me what I needed in my life, I will cherish it.

Among all the gifts I like to receive, one stands out above all. God gave this not just to me, but to all humanity. Jehovah gives me many things, but the most important gift of all is the ransom of his son, Jesus Christ. (Matthew 20:28) The ransom can give me unprecedented happiness and can suffice my most important needs. The ransom is the greatest declaration of love of Jehovah for me.

To sum it out, the ransom is Jehovah's way to pay or save mankind from sin and death. (Ephesians 1:7) Long ago, when Jehovah made Adam, he gave him perfectness. He is free from sickness, he will not grow old, he has everlasting life and therefore do not die. He has a father-son relationship with God.(Luke 3:38) Unfortunately, his skill of free will led him astray. Despite his perfectness, he chose to disobey God. He lost his perfectness and life. But his lost is not just for him, but for all his siblings too, that is why we die. (Romans 5:12) We inherited sin from Adam, and therefore because of sin, we die.





Because a perfect life was lost, no mere imperfect human can repay the ransom. It needs an equal payment for the ransom. Jehovah paid the ransom by sending a perfect spiritual son. But Jehovah did not send a mere son, he sent his only begotten son.(1 John 4:9,10) Jesus voluntarily left his heavenly home to serve his father.(Phil 2:7) Through the holy spirit, Jesus' spiritual body was transferred to Mary's womb as a perfect human. Jesus is called  "The Last Adam",  who is perfect and never sinned, gave his perfect life to ransom Adam's lost perfectness, Jesus paid the sin of Adam. So Jesus gave hope to Adam's siblings.

The Bible illustrated the challenges and punishments Jesus suffered before and during his death. He experienced brutal whips and then nailed in a stake. His sufferings proved that he was loyal to the end, even in the face of adversity.




Despite my sinfulness, I can experience rich blessings because of Jesus' ransom. The ransom gave way to forgiveness of sins we commit. Although we cannot avoid sin, we must strive to resist sin, do what's right and really regret our sins and try to never do it again.

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Espiritu Santo Church

          

  October 6, 2013, last Sunday, the gospel spokes of faith in the Lord. It was very inspiring since during the homily, the priest emphasized that faith can move mountains. That we should not lose faith in the Lord if He does not grant us what we pray for in manner we ask Him to. Delayed answer does not mean that our prayers are rejected.

                This made a difference in my outlook in life since there are times that I tend to lose hope when problems arise. There are moments when I want to give up whenever my prayers are not answered. At times I question the Lord why these things happen to me. How come other people are more blessed than I am? But after hearing the gospel and homily, there was realization in me that our Lord will never forsake us. Our Lord will never give us something that we cannot carry.

                Problems make us stronger. He may not grant what we are praying for because He has bigger and better plans for us He knows what is the best for us. Hence, we should never lose faith. Instead we should strengthen our faith and continue believing in Him.

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   The venue of our retreat is in Capuchin Retreat Center. The place was very nice, solemn to meditate, to praise God.

                In the first part of the event was very interesting with our speaker Brother Eric. At night, we were watching videos about a father’s love for His children. It was a very touching episode that makes me realize how lucky I am being the daughter of God. The father that was willing to sacrifice His begotten son to save us from our sins. A father that is willing to wait for us.

                I saw Jesus suffered on the cross to show the whole world that He loves us unconditionally. It makes me feel that I should obey God more than anything else.

                In the next session we worked on the Banig ng Buhay, you will draw what you feel that shows the real you behind that mask. I saw my classmates crying, they were very affected for what they do. I was surprised that some of them experienced bad things in their family. That’s why our teachers advised us to say “I love you” to our parents or friends if you have been given a chance.

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           My life verse is Philippians 4:13. “I can do things with Christ who strengthens me.” I chose this because when I feel alone and sad, I call unto Him. He is always there. I can feel Him comforting me. His words inspires me in my studies. He has never failed me and that strengthens me.

                God is the foundation of my life. His love and care made me worthy. Like what is stated in John 5:15, “Apart from me you can do nothing.” Therefore I promised that I will always treasure Him in my heart.

                I gained the praise of my mother because she helped me strive hard to get a high grade. Now I am a class achiever; my mom and grandmother are proud of me. I thank God that my grandmother is happy for I am being worthy of the financial support that she gave to me for my studies.

                I praise you God for everything that I can do. Please guide me always on the right path.

CE Life Verse of Daniel Day Sta. Maria

"Be wise my son, and make my heart rejoice, that I may make a reply to him, that is taunting me."  

-Proverbs 27:11 

                                               I chose this life verse because of this very true, and practical wish of God. 

This verse is his wish to all mankind, especially for those who fear and love him. Long have Jehovah been taunted none other than his rebel angel, Satan. Since the fall of man at the Garden of Eden, Satan said that mankind is better off without Jehovah God. Satan declared that alone could rule us and that we only serve Jehovah because of our selfish interests, because of the blessings he gives us. 

As a God who loves and practices justice, he did not killed Satan immediately. He gave Satan the chance to prove himself. Jehovah God gave him time to test if his taunts were true. He allowed Satan to rule and own the earth, for "We know that we originate with God, but the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one." 
1 John 5:19 states:

Across the years we have seen the failure of his corrupted system here on earth. From the cradle of civilization through the breakthrough of science and technology, up to this day mankind still suffer the same problems over and over again and it becomes more worse by the day.

Satan once taunted Job, he said that Job was only serving Jehovah because he received abundant material  blessings. Satan said that if he removes this blessings, Job will surely curse Jehovah face to face, that Job will rebel. Satan took all his riches , his house, his children, his friends, his wife and gave him a disgusting disease. But despite that, Job remained loyal. Job didn't even know that Satan was the one doing that to him, he thought that it was a test from God, to prove his loyalty.

That is what the verse is all about. I should be wise and make Jehovah's heart happy, so that I may prove Satan wrong. I must strive hard to please Jehovah God and serve him with all my mind, heart and soul! I try to read the Bible daily, attend christian meetings regularly and do the ministry with my 7.5 million brothers and sisters of Jehovah's Organization worldwide. We will do our best to prove Satan wrong!