STANDING FIRM IN MY FAITH AND CONVICTION!

Though I have been living with the devils,
Though I have been singing with the devil's angels,
Though satan and his disciples are together with me in GOD's temple,
I still stand firm in my faith.

I do believe I am inside the TRUE CHURCH,
The ONLY CHURCH that has her SALVATION,
I do believe my services are acknowledged by the TRUE GOD,
For my ONLY GOAL is to follow HIS WILL and to give HIM pleasure!


I have seen wickedness inside this TRUE CHURCH,
Her members are NOT ALL RIGHTEOUS, NOT ALL VIRTUOUS!
Though most of them hold the Church Offices,
But their deeds speak more than their words.


There's no DIFFERENCE AT ALL WITH THE CATHOLICS,
Members here are also wicked, crooked, and alcoholic,
Some are rapists, some are gang members,
Most are traitors, NOT TRUE BELIEVERS!


BUT I DON'T STAY INSIDE THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF THEM,
THEY ARE NOT THE ONES I AM WORSHIPING,
THEY ARE NOT THE ONES I HAVE TO GIVE PLEASURE TO,
THEY ARE NOT THE ONES I NEED TO FOLLOW!


I AM STAYING INSIDE THE CHURCH OF CHRIST,
THOUGH HER MEMBERS ARE JUST THE SAME WITH OTHER CHURCHES,
UNRIGHTEOUS, CROOKED, WICKED, LIAR, DISHONEST, AND IMMORAL,
ALL DEVILISH THINGS ARE COMMITTED,
DESPITE THE TEACHINGS WE RECEIVE FROM THE CHURCH ADMINSTRATION!


I AM STAYING INSIDE THE CHURCH OF CHRIST,
BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONLY CHURCH,
TO BE SAVED COME JUDGMENT DAY!
I AM STAYING,
BECAUSE I NEED TO BE SAVED.
AS MY MOM ALWAYS TOLD ME,
THE CHURCH DOESN'T NEED ME,
BUT I NEED THE CHURCH,
SO I CAN BE SAVED.

I HAVE TO PERSEVERE TILL THE END,
FOLLOWING THE WORDS AND WILL OF MY FATHER,
INSIDE HIS TRUE CHURCH,
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST,
DESPITE WICKEDNESS AND CROOKEDNESS
THAT I SAW IN HER MEMBERS!

MAY THE TRUE LIVING GOD
HELP ME IN THIS JOURNEY!
MAY THE TRUE LIVING GOD 
HELP ME OVERCOME CROOKEDNESS,
WICKEDNESS, AND POVERTY!


THIS IS MY STAND!
THIS IS MY FIRM CONVICTION!

SOLAR FLARE: A WAKE UP CALL....WAKE UP FROM SLUMBER....!

SOLAR FLARE: A SIGN OF DOOM'S DAY

"Powerful solar storm bombards Earth

The biggest solar storm in five years is battering our planet on Mar. 8, and may cause disruptions to satellites, power grids and communications networks over the next 24 hours, space weather experts say. "

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/major-solar-storm-headed-to-earth-slideshow/#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Fmajor-solar-storm-headed-to-earth-slideshow%252Fsolar-storm-photo-1323380229.html 

 This is what the bible says:

2 Thessalonians 1:6-8 (New International Version)

2 Thessalonians 1:6-8

New International Version (NIV)

⁶ God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you ⁷ and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. ⁸ He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 

2 Peter 3:9-11

New International Version (NIV)

⁹ The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.  ¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.^[a]
 11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 

AFTER THE FIRE DESTROYS THE HEAVENS AND EARTH, THE BIBLE SAYS:

New International Version (NIV)

Revelation 21

A New Heaven and a New Earth

 ¹ Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”^[a] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 

Footnotes:

1. Revelation 21:1 Isaiah 65:17

 THIS IS THE MEANING OF SOLAR FLARE IN A DREAM:

Solar Flare in a Dream | What does it mean when I dream about solar flare?

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To dream of solar flare means to be watchful and alert, be spiritually awake. To dream of massive solar flare means a nuke or supernova's or super volcanoes. To dream of solar flare in the night sky means a warning or the beginning of the apocalypse.

http://www.experienceproject.com/dream-dictionary/Solar-Flare-dreams 

IF IN A DREAM, THE MEANING OF SOLAR FLARE IS A WARNING OR THE BEGINNING  OF THE APOCALYPSE, WHAT MORE IN REALITY?

SOLAR FLARE FOR ME IS A WAKE UP CALL TO MANKIND. DOOM'S DAY IS COMING. BETTER KNOW THE TRUE LIVING GOD FOR YOUR OWN SOUL'S SALVATION! KNOW AND WORSHIP THE TRUE GOD BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

 

 

BRETHREN AND GUESTS AT THE QUIRINO GRANDSTAND, LUNETA, MANILA

This shows how the venue changed its appearance after the brethren and guests started flocking to the Quirino Grandstand.

The great assembly that congregated to the Quirino Grandstand, Luneta, Manila

Included in the monolithic bevy was brother Denver Cuello, wearing a grey V-neck t-shirt, the WBC Minimum Weight Champion.

The Grand Evangelical Mission opened with a prayer.

It was getting dark.

Brethren and guests listened attentively to the teachings of the words of GOD written in the Holy Bible.

PHOTOS OF THE GRAND EVANGELICAL MISSION ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2011 IN THE PHILIPPINES

I remember this line in the song entitled ''If'' by David Gates 
" If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't I paint you? "
I think, when David Gates wrote this song, he still didn't know that pictures really paint thousands and thousands of words.

To help you remember this song, I have decided to include its complete lyrics in this blog.
"

If

~ David Gates
If a picture paints a thousand words,
then why can't I paint you?
The words would never show,
the you I've come to know . . .

If a face could launch a thousand ships,
then where am I to go?
There's no one home but you,
you're all that's left me to . . .

And when my love for life
is running dry,
You come and pour
yourself on me . . .

If a man could be two places at one time,
I'd be with you,
tomorrow and today,
beside you all the way . . .

If the world should stop revolving,
Spinning slowly down to die,
I'd spend the end with you
when the world was through . . .

Then one by one
the stars would all go out . . .
Then you and I
would simply fly away! "

As an ESL teacher and trainer, I have been using photos to develop the thinking skills, vocabulary, creativity, speaking, listening, and other communication skills, and conversational abilities of my students and trainees.


Photos also teach cultures. They increase the general knowledge and information of every learner.

To prove that pictures really paint thousands and thousands of words, and maybe, millions and millions of words, I wanna showcase here the photos taken on February 28th, 2012 during the first ever simultaneously held Grand Evangelical Mission in 14 different and separated regions in the Philippines.

It's up to you to decide whether these pictures really speak more than thousands and thousands of words.

One of the venues: the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines before the event started.

As early as February 27th, 2012, brethren together with their guests started to flock the different locations from the different parts of the Philippines for they were so excited about the Grand Evangelical Mission.

brethren and guests flocked the place very early

From London, one of the special people on that very special day, Mr. Allen Molden.

at the height of air temperature and heat of the sun, brethren and guests stayed uncovered waiting for the clock to strike 5 in the afternoon

a very large  throng of people, I.N.C. members or not walked all the way from Pasay to Quirino Grandstand on the day, February, 28th, 2012. I saw them walking under the heat of the sun without any umbrellas.

Brethren and guests with their families enjoyed watching the fountain. That time served as the bonding moment of every family.

Devotion, enthusiasm, unity, love, spirituality, and strong faith were captured by this reflection.

It was also the time to talk to a lot of brethren and a lot of guests. I enjoyed talking to them. Tears ran through my face upon seeing them walking from Pasay passing through Makati down to Quirino Grandstand.

Brethren were happily waving flags of liberty and freedom to GLORIFY THE ONLY GOD ALMIGHTY.

The choir members from different locales in Metro Manila were rehearsing before the G.E.M. started. I was not included in this assemblage of choir members. Central choir members were not selected to perform. Instead, I invited a lot of people for the G.E.M. At least, I distibuted 20 invitations. But only 7 people were able to go with me

These men were from the MMDA sector. They offered help to the brethren though I found them as UNFRIENDLY AS THEY ARE. USUALLY, MEMBERS OF THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO ARE MOCKED AND RIDICULED. Though we were able to inviite many guests on that day, still, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO MOCKED US ESPECIALLY IN THE PLACE WHERE WE PARKED OUR L300 VAN. BRETHREN WERE MOCKED BY SECURITY GUARDS, AND I SAW POLICEMEN AND MMDA PERSONNEL DID NOT REALLY HELP TO MANAGE THE TRAFFIC. THEY SAID THAT IGLESIA NI CRISTO HAS HER OWN TRAFFIC PERSONNEL TO MANAGE EVERYTHING.

Family members took the chance of having a picnic.

Brethren are so proud to show to the whole world that they are members of the IGLESIA NI CRISTO or the CHURCH OF CHRIST...THE ONLY CHURCH WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE THAT HAS A PROMISE OF SOUL'S SALVATION.

The whole area was already filled with people. It was difficult to walk. But every one was so happy doing so.

Brethren and guests started to fill in the venue, the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, as early as possible, never minding the great heat coming from the sun.

The Baywalk area was also filled with the brethren and guests. The Quirino Grandstand wasn't able to hold the very large crowd of people. So most of us were just around the vicinity listening to the words of GOD from the sound system or from the car stereos.

The Philippine government wasn't able to manage the traffic properly because they DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT A VERY LARGE CROWD OF IGLESIA NI CRISTO MEMBERS AND GUESTS WOULD BE COMING TO THAT VERY SPECIAL EVENT. Most brethren walked from Divisoria to the Quirino Grandstand. Others took the ''calesa'' just to reach the place on time.

This bus had an engine problem. Brotherhood inside the Church has been displayed enormously.

Though this brother is sick, he still wanted to be part of the missionary work. Luckily, the Church is ready for this kind of circumstance. The Iglesia Ni Cristo has her own PROFESSIONAL  medical personnel ready to give medical assistance.

A very catching bus with the colors of the Iglesia Ni Cristo: green, white, and red.

A sister in a wheelchair eager to attend the G.E.M.

The Quirino Grandstand before the Grand Evangelical Mission started