CCF DNA

0:08 Let us now go through our lesson. Okay, we are taking up CCF DNA. Okay, when we say DNA, what do what do you have in mind when you hear the word DNA? >> Blood >> dugo daw. Yes. >> Core. Your core, right? What else? When you talk about DNA, >> identity like when will you have your DNA check? If you want to know that you belong to your parents, right? I blood moung actually anything hair follicle can have a DNA

0:54 >> ba? Saliva can have DNA ' ba. O, >> origin. >> Ano 'yun? >> Origin. >> Origin. Saan ka nagsimula? Ang origin mo ba monkey or si Adam and Eve? Yan. So, we're gna talk about CCF's DNA which is the mission, vision and the core values. Dapat review na lang to sa inyo kasi you are very familiar with all of these things. So, let's start. What is the CCF mission? Okay, we hear we hear a word here. Do you know? Can you share with your seatmate? Ano bang mission ng CCF?

1:40 Ayun ah. May mga naka-memorize ah. Okay. May meron din. Okay. Oh, para lang magkatno tayong lahat kasi parang iba-iba kayo ng mission. Okay, very good naman yung iba may mission talaga sila. But what is the CCF mission? Okay, it is to honor God and make Christ committed followers who will make Christ committed followers. So very important very important what? Honor God. In everything that we do, we must be honoring God. You can have many disciples but if you are not honoring God that is

2:27 useless. You can sing or dance or even teach but if your life is not honoring God you're not doing it for God then we are failing. And then you can see there what are we making? Christ committed followers. So ang paikli natin diyan, ang abbreviation natin is CCFers, Christ committed followers. Kaya pag sinabing CCFer ka ba, we're not just talking about you coming to CCF. We're talking about you being Christ committed and that you are following Jesus all the way. It comes from the great commission in

3:13 Matthew 28 to 20. Can we all read it together? 1 2 3 go. >> Jesus came up and spoke to them saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit teaching them to observe all that I commanded you. I am with you always even age what is the main verb >> how do you know which is the main verb for those of you who do not know how do

3:59 you know which one from all these things iyung iba i do not even know what a verb is what is a verb >> it is the action word so there are many action words in 18 to 20 but we are looking for the main verb okay some say go >> discipl >> make discipl >> baptizing teaching ano pa observe observe is actually an action word 'di ba but the main verb the main command in that portion of scripture matthw 28 19 to 20 every Christian's mission is to

4:46 >> make disciples. Very good. Napasa niyo na. How do you make disciples? Then you use the other verbs. We make disciples as you go. Meaning especially now it's mission's month. You go beyond, right? You go and uh speak to your officemates, speak to your family members as you go, as you baptize, ba and as you teach. So what this means this set of words would be to observe to practice and to obey all of God's commandments. You see we exist as a church not just to have fellowship kasi nandun na sa pangalan ng church natin

5:32 Christ commission fellowship. Ay mahilig mag-fellowship yang mga yan ' ba. We do not want to be defined by just fellowship. Pag nagkita-kita kayo chika-chika lang ' ba. Ano mo bang latest? Pero it's disguised as a prayer point. Ba mga cheesem natin uy can you pray? Hwag mo ng sabihin to ah. May mga ganyan pang ano disclaimer. We meet because what we want to do is to observe, practice and obey all of God's command. So our discipleship groups must teach us to love God even more and to follow God fully. Hindi yung konting

6:18 portion lang but you want to give it your all. Okay? So let's define what mission and vision is. Mission defines what we do. Vision is a picture of what will happen when you fulfill your mission. That is the way it was designed. So let's let's um differentiate mission and vision. Mission blank a blank of what we do. What is that? It is a statement. Okay. Write it down. It is a statement of what we do. If you compare it to vision, a vision is a picture or a snapshot of what will happen if we fulfill our

7:05 mission. So magkaiba yun. Ano yung gagawin mo? That's mission. Ang vision, anong magiging itsura kapag nagawa mo na yyung mission mo? Are we clear? Okay. Next. Mission is what we are supposed to be doing. Vision is what will be in the future. Meaning if we accomplish the mission what does that make us? What will it make this church? A mission informs us. It tells you what is most important. You see, if you do not know your mission or if you do not

7:51 know your company's mission, 'di ba? When suddenly your boss would tell you, "Do this, do that, you will just continue doing it." But if you know the company's mission, you understand when your bosses do this, wait lang. Is that part of our mission? Baka baka selfish motive na lang yun ba. So it's important that you know what the mission is. It informs you but a vision inspires you. Okay? Hindi ko kayo papipiliin kung anong mas gusto niyo, mission or vision? Hindi sila magkalaban. Okay? They work together.

8:36 Mission speaks to the head. vision speaks to the heart so what are we learning the mission should come first when you know the mission that god has given you god will also give you the vision clear okay what is our vision so many people they can recite the ccf mission to honor god and make committed followers Who will make Christ committed followers? Can you recite it with me without reading? What is mission? To honor God and make Christ committed followers. Who will make Christ

9:21 committed followers? It's very easy to memorize ' ba. Kailangan pa bang i-memorize iyan? O let's say vision. What is the CCF vision? Kung ako sa inyo 'ag may recitation, you volunteer for CCF mission. Kasi ang CCF vision ganito ang itsura. Yan. Okay. Basahin muna natin ng sabay-sabay ang CCF vision. 1 2 3 go. >> Our mission >> is to see a movement of millions of Christ committed followers meeting in small groups transforming lives, transforming families, transforming communities, nations, by the power of God and for the

10:06 glory of God. Haba ' ba? Pero kailangan sinasapuso yan. Pag sinapuso natin, what is it really telling you? Anong stand out sa inyo sa vision natin? I mean, when we accomplish the CCF mission, anong nakikita niyo? What picture are we painting with this vision? >> Transforming? O, iyung transform the country. We transform the country not by electing someone but by introducing the country to Jesus. What else? What else do you see in that vision? Peaceful community. Ano pa yung isang sinasabi niyo ma'am? May families din.

10:53 Nagta-transform yung families. Did you know that families today are under attack? Ba many many of the people I know now exists in families that are separated. Many are actually facing tougher challenges and if we don't transform the family it will the country will continue to degrade. So all those things are impacted if we see a movement that is most important it is a movement of millions. Currently what we have in CCF uh if you add all the CCFs around the Philippines or around Yeah, probably we roughly we

11:41 would have hundreds of thousands but we do not have a million. So the vision is still a vision. We aim to see a movement of millions and it is not to boost CCF as you can see there it is not going to glorify this church but it is going to point many people to Jesus that's why we embrace the mission and vision clear where did this come from let's read 7:9 In revelation 7: 9 it is written there after this I looked and there before me

12:26 was a great multitude that no one could count from every nation tribe people language standing before the throne and in front of the lamb we do our mission if we accomplish the vision we will definitely see this at the end of our lives when we see Jesus when we reach heaven we will see a multitude of people ang sarap sa pakiramdam when you are actually sharing the gospel to people and when you get to heaven makita mo iyung shineran mo nandoon 'di ba ang sarap sa pakiramdam na Lord ah may purpose talaga yung life ko. 'Di ba? So

13:11 that's that that's our hope. Now what is the benefit? What are the benefits of having a clear mission and vision? Okay, fill in the blanks. You have that in your worksheets first. It determines our priority. When you have a mission and a vision, it tells you what is important and what is not important. Clear ba yon? As a church we can do many amazing things. Before we had yung mga nagmimon tayong ministry na nagma-mime, meron tayong ministry na nags-skateboard, etc etc. But eventually because it determin the

13:58 mission and vision determines our priority. It is very easy for us to say no to certain things and yes to certain things. Why? Because we have a clear mission and vision. Kung wala tayong clear mission and vision, lahat magye-yes tayo. Lahat gagawin natin. Labo-labo yan. But because clear ang mission and vision ng church, we can say yes to the more important things. Agree? O parang tulog na kayo. Agree? >> Agree? Okay. Next keeps us focused. Next, blank our members and leadership team. Ano kaya yan? >> Serve.

14:44 >> Okay. Aligns our members and leadership team. Those are two different groups. You have the members, you have the attendees of CCF, and there's a leadership team like the D group Group leaders, the pastors, the area pastors, the management committee, the elders or the board. What we do because we have a clear mission and vision, we align everyone. So, we're moving in one direction. Mahirap po yung church na parang kanya-kanya tayo ng ginagawa. Mas maganda yung alam natin saan tayo papunta. Clear? It reduces problems and frustrations and it inspires

15:29 cooperation. Do you see cooperation in your church? Sige nga. Paano nga? Coop pala no? May paluwagan pala. Do you see a coop in your church? Cooperation. Involve kayo sa isa't isa. Ba when you involve yourself with your churchmates, what does that mean? You care for one another. Ba alam niyo dati kwento ko kayo ng history ha. I came from a small church way back no before the 2000s. We attend a church in Mandaluyong, a community church. There's 70 of us. Kapag kumanta yung choir, 40 yung choir.

16:18 So 30 na lang yung nakaupo. Kaya kailangan mas malakas yung palakpak mo kasi parang kalahati nung church choir eh. Ganon. So when we went to CCF and my first time in CCF was CCF St. Francis Square. Wala pa yung worship hall. Third floor pa lang. Nasa third floor pa lang. It felt so big kasi there were closely hundreds or a thousand maybe. So when we went there, we were really nobody we stood up we worship. We sat down, we listened, we rose, we prayed and then we went out. And to us

17:05 back then, it felt so good because coming from a church that is very familiar to one another, ba, parang nakaka parang lumaya ka sa worries mo eh. For those of you who come from a small church, sino dito you came from a small church, 'di ba? 'Yung kung baka naintindihan niyo po 'yung feeling namin noon. 'Yung feeling namin pagka pag dumating ako sa church, parang alam nila lahat ng kwento ko. 'Di ba? Kasi magpa-practice ng quar yung nanay ko eh. Syempre kakain muna sila together tapos sasakay sila ng jeep. Magkakasama pa rin sila. For sure napagkwentuhan nila lahat. So pag pumunta ako ng church parang t's tumingin yung mga churchmates

17:50 mo ' ba yung parang uy yung mga bati na ganyan uy parang may alam siya. Pero nung when we went to CCF sabi ko very anonymous tayo dito. So ang saya namin wala church labas church alis walang walang pakialamanan. And then I realized that wasn't church that was just attendance because church inspires cooperation. Kailangan the bigger the church becomes, the smaller it also becomes. Ibig sabihin in a big church like CCF, it is

18:36 very important for its members to be part of a small group. Kasi nandun ang community. Nandun ang tulong-tulong sa pagsulong. Walang mabigat kung tulong-tulong. Alam niyo ba yun? Tulong tulong sa Anyway. Magot na naman ako. Asis evaluation as is evaluation it also mobilizes likemed people. It protects the organization. It promotes unity. Yan. Unity not unit hindi joke lang it prepares us for eternity why because you have a clear mission and vision

19:22 everything that you do in your life. You're always thinking of eternity. You have eternity in mind. Hindi ka nag-aaksayan ng time. You are not wasting time doing things that do not relate to your future when finally you meet God face to face. Everything now is aligned. Malinaw po tayo. Clear? Okay. Now, what is the CCF strategy? How will CCF do this as a church? As a movement? Okay, first let's define what a strategy is. A strategy, brothers and sisters, is a plan of action. Okay? Plan of action meaning

20:08 dapat may plano yan, pinag-isipan. plan of action that enables us to accomplish our mission and vision. So you already set a mission, you have a vision, you have to have a plan in order to go to that mission or vision. Clear? Clear tayo. Okay? It aims to bring every CCF member from where they are to where God wants them to be. So it depends on the people and the situation working to accomplish the mission, vision and core values. Why is it important? To say that the strategy depends on the people and situation because that's where you are

20:53 involved. This is a church that empowers its people. Para lahat po tayo nagwo-work towards a common goal and we do that through discipleship. Now the CCF discipleship journey. What is our goal in discipleship? Ano po ang goal natin? Bakit tayo nagdi-disciple? Okay? May naririnig na po ako. Tama yung sagot nila. Ang tamang sagot po ay Christ likeness. That is the goal. We disciple others because we want them to be Christ. And we are also discipling because we want

21:41 ourselves to be Christ. We're following the example of Jesus. And so there is a process. The process is what we call the discipleship journey. So let's take it one by one. The first step is we build relationships with those who don't know Jesus and share the gospel with them. What do we call this stage? Starts with the letter E. Okay. So normally we say evangeliz but this stage wider. It is engage. In the engaged stage. That's where you evangelize. That's where you talk to people, invite

22:28 them. That's where you build, you pray, care, share, etc. Those are engaged things. Way back in 2015, 2016, we did an engaged campaign for pray, care share. How do you pray for others? How do you care? And how do you share the gospel? So that's engage. Next, we grow in knowing Jesus and becoming more like him in a D group. What is that stage? That is okay, nandiyan ang fellowship, nandiyan ang D group. That is edify. Edification. Edification is building up. That's what it means. Edifest, edifies, edifice, 'di

23:16 ba? So, you're building up and that's what we're doing together. You're attending welcomes. You're attending GLC classes because we're building you up. Okay. And then we train D group members to lead their own D group. What do we call that stage? >> Equip. We equip we equip D group members so that they can lead their own D group. I remember the time when I was still a D group member and then my D group leader would tell me someday you will also disciple and in my mind how ba but my D group leader would

24:02 expose me from time to time to trainings GLC classes until eventually I embraced the mission okay last stage Dgroup leaders help their D group members start their own D group groups as They make disciples. Who will make disciples? What is that? >> Empower. Okay. So there are four ease in the CCF discipleship journey that is engage edify >> equip and empower. Let us read 1 Corinthians 3: 1 to4. Look at this ver 1 and 2. And I bren could not speak to you as to spiritual men but as to men of flesh as to infants in Christ. I gave

24:51 you milk to drink not solid food for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed even now you are not yet able. Why? Verse 3. For you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly and are you not walking like men? For when one says I am of Paul and another I am of Apollos are you not men? What is the point of the Apostle Paul here? He was rebuking the Corinthian believers because there was a problem in the church of Corinth where there's a lot of problems. One of the most problematic churches in scripture

25:38 is the church of Corinth. That's why 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians are actually long books because Paul will raise many different issues in those in in that church. But one issue here is their lack of maturity. What is the issue here? They are saying I follow this. I follow this. I am of Paul I belong to the group of Paul. No, I belong to the group of Apollos. And so they associate themselves with men. That was the rebuke of the Apostle Paul. So you don't associate yourself. I follow pastor Peter. I follow pastor Bong. No, in this church we follow one

26:25 name and one name alone. And that name is the name of Jesus Christ, the name to which every knee will bow down and every tongue will confess that he is Lord. So our loyalty is to Christ, not to any person. Malinaw po tayo. Clear. Okay. What is our approach? How do we do this correctly? Our approach is simply every member a discipler. Paano natin yan makukuha? Basahin natin ong Ephesians 4:11 to1. And he gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers for the equipping

27:11 of the saints for the work of service to the building up of the body of Christ until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the son of God to a mature man to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. What is this saying? When you look at Ephesians 4, you will select for yourself, apostle ba ako? Prophet ba ako? Evangelist ba ako? Pastor ba ako? Teacher ba ako? And you will attach yourself to many different titles. But I want you to zero in on this that you are as all these people are, you are a saint. Minsan tayo nangangaral tayo ay sana ano

27:56 ako apostol ako, prophet ako, evangelist ako. Bakit ini-snab niyo yung sa? Ay hindi ko naman kaya yan. Saint yan eh. Okay na ako doun sa pastor. Okay na akong prophet yung saint masyadong. Do you know what the meaning of the word saint is? The word saint means set apart. Are you set apart for Jesus? Is Jesus able to set you apart from the world and say ito anak ko to. Akin to. Is Jesus able to do that? >> Is Jesus able to change your narrative? >> Pwede ba? Kaya ba? And so we follow Jesus. We are discipled by Christ. We

28:43 are discipled by the word of God. Our disciplers should be able to empower us to read through scripture and follow scripture. Malinaw. Okay. Clear. Another one we are also our approach is on the job training. Basahin natin Luke 10 now after this the Lord appointed 70 others. How many disciples did Jesus have? >> There were 12 named disciples. But you can see here Jesus was able to appoint 70 others. Right? So 12 o 70 - 12

29:36 >> 70 - 12 68 >> 58 Sabi ko hindi pala sila mali bingi pala ako. ba biruin mo yun? There were more people following Jesus and what Jesus did was he appointed them and he sent them in by pairs. Did they have the power? Mga anak ba sila ng Diyos? Ganyan ang tanong. But why would Jesus do that? Because the only way you can be trained in ministry is to do the job. ba you cannot you cannot say I want to

30:22 be trained in leading people okay are you leading a small group no so you have to you have to start some people think and many people do thatta nila CCF their goal is to become a teacher goal is become a preacher a speaker on stage et et but we do the job on the job ' ba. So what is the most basic job you can do in CCF? To be a D leader. Everyone when I started I was just a D group leader. Okay? Actually when I started I was just an attendee I wasn't even part of a

31:08 small group. Nag-a-attend lang ako tos lalabas ng pagtapos na yyung service aalis na ako. Magmo-mall na kasi St. Francis, sino nakapag St. Francis Square dito. Ayan ' ba St. Francis kailangan uunahan mo sila bumaba kasi nagsa-stock yung escalator. Pag bumaba na lahat ng nag-CCF sa St. Francis Square, mahihirapan kang bumaba. Kaya nagmamadali kami doon lang kami sa sa malapit sa pintuan umuupo para kapag respon song na magtatakbuhan na kami. Kasi pagpapaunahan na tayo doon sa next floor doon sa cafeteria ng St. Francis Square. Kasi ang ulam doon mura lang. Isang kanin, dalawang ulam may sabaw pa.

31:55 ba ganyan tayo dati ganyan tayo dati. Pero ngayon iba na yung perspective natin. Hindi na tayo nag-mall lang. Hindi na tayo nagpalamig lang sa CCF. We want to be on the job. We want to know how it feels like to lead other people to Jesus. We want to be able to bless other people. Tama ba? Parang konti na lang sa inyo 'yung gustong mag-bless ng other people. Bakit gann? Pangatlo, pangatlong approach and this is very important in Mark 3:14. It says there, he appointed 12 so that they would be with him and that he could set them out to preach. Very important

32:43 ' ba? He did not just send them out to preach. He wanted to be with them first. And that ladies and gentlemen is what? A discipleship group a discipleship group walks together with other people life on life. You do not just meet and do Bible study. You meet and you walk life on life. Meaning after the D group, tomorrow you can still talk to each other. If you're going through something, you can call each other. When you have question in scripture, you can study scripture together. That is a discipleship group.

33:30 It is purposeful. And it's not just the D group of Jesus that did this. The early church actually did this. Look, Acts 2:46 to 47 day by day continuing with one mind in the temple. So that's the big gathering. Breaking bread from house to house meaning the they split the church into smaller groups. Okay? And they are in each other's houses. They were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart. A D group group. Kaya minsan dati po alam niyo ba strict ngayon sa cafeteria because there were many times and we are actually laugh

34:15 about it na there are many times people will assemble the tables. May dala pang table cloth at hindi lang sila sa topperwear kakain. May dalang ano ano mang tawag mo diyan? May kalan. Wala namang lutuan. bandehado po. Parang may piyesta talaga. May design pa yung lamesa nila. But why do they do that? Because they were fellowshipping together. Alam niyo in scripture eating together is like fellowshipping. Kaya nga po meron tayong campaign sa Pilipinas e yung kainang pamilya mahalaga. Why? Because when you eat together, the

35:00 family that eats together gains together. Joke. The family that eats together stays together. Bakit? Because when you spend time with one another and you exchange stories, nagiging mas close kayo ba. So that's what we were doing. Oh. And then with gladness and sincerity of art, praising God and having favor with all the people. I like to highlight that because D groups, you can't just do D groups tapos pasaway tayo. Yung mga bibili lang yung isang member ng isang kape tapos 5 hours kayo sa coffee shop 'di ba? Ano ba naman yung lahat kayo bumili ng kape para hindi galit sa inyo yung coffee

35:47 shop ' ba? Kasi o having favor with all the people and then what happened? The Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. Ibig sabihin inspiring sila ' ba. Small group discipleship is our basic structure and our main ministry here in CCF because it is the model of Jesus Christ. So what are the benefits of a discipleship group? First it is relationship. Mahirap po magbuild ng relationship with 100 people. Try niyoy. But when you are in a small group, madali lang. Kami nga po sa small group namin where

36:34 when you mix the singles and the couples that we have we're at around 56 to 60. Hirap na po akong maalala kung sinong may birthday. Tapos pag may nagpakasal pa, kailan ang kasal nila. T's pag nanganak pa kailan ang birthday ng anak nila ' ba. Pero the small groups design is to be para intimate po kayo and you can really have build strong relationships. It is not dependent on one person alone. We are interdependent of each other. Sometimes when I preach somewhere or when I have to go outside the country, my D group would meet and someone else

37:20 will lead them from the D group and they can step up and do that because it's not dependent on me, not dependent on one leader. Okay? It is accountability and it is modeling. Okay. Part of our uh discipleship group is also team ministry. You cannot be a lone ranger in ministry. You have to have a team that works with you. Kaya nga po when when people ask me how do how do how does CCF establish a CCF church? Do you know the answer? We send a D group Group network.

38:05 Hindi pwede pong lumapit yung isang tao. Gusto k magtayo ng CCF dito sa amin. Hindi namin sasabihin na sige po magtayo kayo. We ask, "Are you leading a small group? Are your small group members also leading small groups?" Why? Because if merong isang buong network iyan, then they can start a CCF somewhere, 'di ba? At ma hindi na nila kailangan manghingi ng volunteers kasi nga po we are a church driven by volunteers. Palakpakan po natin yung mga volunteer natin ng Welcome Wednesday ba. So ganun po. It is a team ministry and it is a source for character building.

38:54 Sino dito? Your characters are built sa D group Group. Meron ba? Konti lang. Hindi kayo pa kayo nahirapan sa Dgroup? Sino dito D group leaders? May D group leaders ba tayo dito? Ayan may mga D group leaders pala oh. Hindi pa ba kayo nahirapan sa mga disciple niyo? ' Ba kunyari may meeting kayo tapos hindi nagco-confirm ' ba or yung nag-confirm tapos hindi magpapakita ' ba it is character building. Tinuturuan kayo ni Lord to be patient ba. And then there's mutual care and encouragement as well. That's part of

39:41 the benefits of a discipleship group. No, let's take another approach. What is the other approach here? It is also spiritual multiplication. 2 Timothy 2:2 says, "The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses and trust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. How many generations do we see there? The things which you have heard from me. So the starting point is me." The apostle Paul he was talking to Timothy. Timothy is the and trust this to faithful men is the

40:26 third and then the third will teach others also. So that's fourth generation already, right? So the apostle Paul was actually showing how spiritual multiplication actually happens. And that is very important here in CCF. Not because we want to grow big but because we want to win more souls for Jesus. Ayaw naman nating tayotayo lang. We want to win as much people as we can and bring them to Christ. How do we do that? We have the CCF core values. What is ano ba talagang meaning ng core values? Okay. Coree values

41:13 define who we are and how we do things in order to accomplish our mission vision. So alam mo na yung mission and vision mo. How do we go there? You have the strategy discipleship. But what should be your attitude? What should be the qualities that should be seen in your life as you do these things? That will be the core values. These are more most important to the organization and it guides our decision making process. What is the culture of CCF? These are biblical values that we practice. So our core values, anong abbreviation natin?

41:59 L O V E. What do we mean by that? L. >> Love God, love others. O. >> Obey God's word and authorities. V. Volte >> volunteer and e >> engage the family. O isa-isahin natin ang core values ha. First love God love others. Why do we want our CCFs to love God and love others? Because that is the greatest command. Jesus said in Matthew 22:36-40, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind. This is the greatest and the foremost commandment. That is the

42:46 greatest commandment. And then the second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. So that's where we got the love God and love others. Ba you love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and also you love your neighbor as yourself. So on these two commandments depend the whole law and the prophets. If you love Luke 6 sabi ni Jesus, if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Madali lang pong mahalin yung mga taong mahal tayo. Ba ho kayo nahihirapan eh. Love naman kayo niyan eh. Mas mahirap mahalin 'yung ayaw sa atin.

43:33 'Di ba? O mga unlovable. Even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Kunyari mabait lang kayo sa mabait sa inyo. There's no credit to you. Ba sinners do the same. But the challenge of Jesus, what did he say earlier? I say to you who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. Eventually what happens is your heart changes. That's the goal. Your heart should change. Okay? Love is our most effective

44:22 ano to witness. Sorry naput tool. Love is our most effective witness. By this all men will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another. And it is the sum of the law in Matthew 7: 12 ba for this is the law and the prophets. Love yun ang summary. And love is best practiced in our D group groups. Yan talaga ang best practice eh. Bakit? Because in D groups we can encourage one another. In D groups, we can admonish one another. Napagalitan na ba kayo sa D group niyo? Yes. No. Hindi pa. O try niyo. Try niyo.

45:08 Comfort one another, serve one another, stimulate one another to love and good deeds. That's the benefit. And why is it necessary to be part of a small group? Because you cannot do it alone. In the Bible in the New Testament in Hebrews 10 there is a reminder, let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds. Not forsaking our own assembling together. Hindi kayo maggi-give up. Ayoko na mag-meet. Sunday service na lang ako pupunta ng CCF. ba? Don't give up. Don't give up on Pagka nagi-give up na po sa inyo yung disciple niyo, tawagan niyo. Sabihin niyo, "Don't

45:55 give up on." Bawal mag-give up. The necessity is that you encourage one another day after day all the more as you see the end drawing near. Mas lalong napapalapit ang end of the world. Mas lalong dapat nagkikita-kita tayo para palakasin yung bawat isa. Malinaw po. Amen. Next. Obey God's word and authority. Obey God's word and authority. Look at what John the Apostle said in 1 John 5:2 to3. By this we know that we love the children of God when we love God and observe his commandments. Double po yon. Hindi mo lang love si God but you also observe, obey or keep his commandments.

46:44 This is the love of God that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome kaya nating sundin. 'Di ba? In John 14, Jesus said, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word." Ibig sabihin kung mahal mo si Jesus susundin mo si Jesus. And when Jesus said you make disciples, you will follow Jesus. Correct. And my father will love him and we will come to him and make our abode with him. He who does not love me does not keep my words and the word which you hear is not mine but the fathers who sent me. The Apostle Paul taught the same thing to his disciple Timothy. All

47:29 scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, training and righteousness so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. So may source naman po tayo para we are properly guided and we must obey God's ordained authorities. Kaya po tayo sa CCF, we constantly remind our people to continue praying even after election and even if you don't like the people in position because of the commandment to be in subjection to governing authorities, we pray for them and we respect them and we submit to them

48:15 because there is no authority except from God and those which exist are established by God. That's what you have to remember. Ako rin po as a as a ano ba ano ba ako nagwewelga nung college. This is something that I learned that I need to submit to the authorities as I submit to God. Whoever receives authority has opposed the ordinance of God and they have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. Obedience stretches our faith. Ladies and gentlemen, sabi po sa Proverbs 21, "The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord. He turns it wherever he wishes." So, we trust that God is sovereign. We trust that he is in control. Okay? It stretches your

49:03 faith. Lord, I don't understand. But because I know that you sit on your throne and that you are powerful and sovereign, I can trust that you have a good purpose for this. That's our approach. Okay? There are exceptions syempre in following authorities. What would that be? Look at Peter. Peter in Acts 5: 29, he said, "We must obey God rather than men. We obey always except when our leaders when our governing officials when they ask us to do something that is definitely against the word of God we can stand up against

49:49 it. is an exception but the blessing of obedience a lot protection natin guidance sain knowing God's will our character and even tayo rin naggo-grow po tayo spiritually as we learn to obey and pinakamahirap sa lahat yung iooobey mo yung word ni god ba pag sinabi ni god ah hwag ka ng makipagsota diyanota talaga yung term 'Di ba ako ano ako pasaway ako sa ganyan dati. Lagi akong sinasabihan ng mommy ko. O, do not be an equally yok to unbelievers. Ha? Sh-sharean ko to. Tatawagan ko yung girlfriend ko. Hello. Love mo ba si

50:35 Jesus Christ? Oo naman. Siya ba ang Lord and Savior mo? Oo naman. Okay. Ha? Christian siya. Ganyan. Ganyan ako dati until I learn ba that that when we love someone especially mga singles dito you go for someone who really loves the Lord who's committed to follow God all the way para walang kompromiso para walang para walang issue para walang mahirap lusutan etc et et you the blessing of obedience is very important you have to follow what God says. Kasi hindi ka naman niya gusto mapasama ' ba

51:21 parang hindi kayo agree ah. Susunod tayo kay Lord kasi maganda naman ang hangar niya sa atin ba volunteer. Volunteer Galatians 5:13 you were called to freedom breen only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh but through love serve one another. Okay, that's Galatians 5:13. We are saved to serve. Katulad ng sinabi sa Ephesians 2:10, "We are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." 1 Peter 4: 10, "We are gifted to serve." As each one has received a special gift, employ it in

52:07 serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Can you tell your seatmate I am here to serve? I am here to serve. Okay. Sagot po kayo sa seatmate niyo. Sige pakikuha kong tubig. Hindi. Joke lang. I'm here to serve. Next. Every member must be trained. Katulad nung binasa nating verse kanina ' ba equipping to. Katulad ng ginagawa natin in welcome every member must be trained and every member must be a minister. disciplen race, a royal priesthood a holy nation a god's own possession so that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who has

52:53 called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Okay? Volunteer with what you have. Ano bang meron kayo? Time, talent, treasure, and even your influence. So marami kayong pwedeng gawin for ministry. Clear and the last one is engage the family. Engage the family because discipleship begins at home. Deuteronomy 647 is a reminder for parents to disciple their children diligently. And not only that, not only in the Old Testament but even in the New Testament.

53:38 1 Timothy 3, he must be one who manages his own household well. You manage your household well. You keep your children under control. Because if you do not know how to manage your children, how can you take care of the church of God? Discipleship begins at home and leaders are expected to have a healthy home life. 1 Timothy 3:12, dapat husband of only one wife, good managers of their children and their households. Ephesians 5:21 sinabi po diyan, "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ." Kaya po sa CCF, we are a husband and wife team. Si teacher Abby po, nandito

54:23 po yung kanyang asawa. Nagvo-volunteer din with her ba. And then family relationships are foundational katulad nito. 1 Timothy 5:1 to2. Do not sharply rebuke an older man. Appeal to him as a father. Younger men as brother, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters in all purity. What does this mean? When we relate to one another, family ang approach. Clear? Pagkakapamilya po tayo dito, mga kapamilya, kahit kapuso kayo or kapatid kayo magkakapamilya tayo dito. Healthy family ensures a spiritual legacy and brings glory to God.

55:11 And now what is our call to action? Because definitely there's a marching order. What is that? We want to understand the biblical basis for church membership and being part of a local church. Ano ba yan? Believers are members of the universal church. Kasi one spirit tayong lahat. All baptized into one body, Jews, Greeks, slaves free. We were made to drink of one spirit. That is the universal church. But believer should also be a member of a local church. Katulad nung binasa nating verse kanina sa Acts 2:46, we meet locally also satellite church or

55:57 itong CCF center. That is your local church. 1 Corinthians 16:19 is an example. The churches of Asia greet you. Ibig sabihin multiple churches yon. Akila and Priska greet you heartily in the Lord and a church that is in their house. Another one in Colosians, greet the brethren who are in Laudisea and also Nimpfa in the church that is in her house. So you see meron talagang local church community. And here in CCF center because we are so big, the local church that you're getting is actually your D group Group network, your pastoral area. Ba what's the basis for the biblical basis for church membership? Local

56:42 membership, church membership is a biblical command. Not forsaking our own assembling together as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another all the more as you see the day. drawing near. It is a biblical command. No. Now, here's a statement you direct your attention to the screen or maybe to your papers. In CCF, ganito po ang definition natin ng local church membership. CCF members are believers who have formally accepted and are committed to abide by and adhere by CCF's mission, vision, core values, statement of faith and governance. They affirm, support, seek to live out these tenets by the grace of

57:29 God. They have committed to make themselves accountable to the leadership of CCF by being part of a discipleship group. Article 3 of CCF church governance. So that's that's the definition. Kapagka nagc-CCF kayo, nauupo kayo tos aalis kayo, uupo lang kayo aalis kayo, hindi pa kayo CCF member. So ito po yung definition natin, local church membership. So it shows what? It shows our commitment to Christ and his church. We are one body in Christ. We are individually members of one another. But when you do local church membership, the benefit is that it provides you a spiritual family para

58:15 kayo po ay may support and kayo rin ay mayong encouragement. Next you are also another benefit is that we want you to promote the members spiritual growth and maturity katulad n binasa nating verse kanina sa Epesians 4. Biblical benefits to local church membership we receive spiritual what? Protection from godly leaders. As we obey and submit to them, we have the protection given through them by God. So ano yung expectation sa atin as CCF members? O na. You have to become a Christ

59:01 committed follower. You protect the unity of CCF. Adhere to what we believe in. Kaya importante pong malaman ninyo yung statement of faith. And I think you have the statement of faith there. Or kung wala po um it will be given to you as well. You have to commit to go through the CCF discipleship journey, support the CCF mission and vision, live out the core values, join a D group and lead others to Christ. So para sa mga hindi nakakaalam po kung ano ang D group Group, ang D group Group po, small group of people that you meet regularly, sharing lives with each other, studies the Bible together, accountable kayo and your pursuit is to become Christ like Christ likeness.

59:47 Three benefits po ng joining a D group. You get care because it is a spiritual family for support, encouragement and prayer. It is building up your character kasi may mutual accountability. chine-check kayo. Nagbasa ka ba today? Naggalit ka ba today? Are you impure in your thoughts? Your character is being checked and you get to collaborate with fellow believers. That is a CCFD group. It happens in a D group. What can you expect as a D member? Pastoral care. Syempre kapag kailangan niyo ng service ng pastoral care from womb to tomb, tatanungin kayo, member po ba kayo ng D group Group? Because we minister to the

1:00:34 members. Kaya importante yun. Yes po, part po ako ng D group Group. Ba? Another is training and resources. May mga discounts, may mga trainings, and then a lot of other things, open doors for for people who are part of a small group. Part din pala ng CCF movement ngayon ang CCF House Fellowship when you can actually one way you and your family can be part of a CCFD group member along with CCFD group members and their families and then you meet in your homes. So that's part of what we do. and in the singles ministry and eventually outside the singles ministry even we also have company Bible studies or

1:01:21 office Bible studies that will eventually become office fellowships. So that's the overview of what the CCF DNA is and I pray that this clarifies questions in your minds. Can I pray for you all? >> Okay, let's pray. Lord, we thank you for today and uh we pray Lord God that the things mentioned about CCF were inspiring. It was also informative and we pray Lord God that we as we embrace the mission and vision of CCF you continue to transform our hearts. We dedicate this uh time to you even as we process and Lord we thank you for the privilege of being trained so that we can be effective in this ministry. In Jesus name we pray. Amen and amen.