施洗約翰在父母敬虔的教導下，他立定心志, 一生過簡僕的生活，凡事讓主居首位，作一個終身事奉神的拿細耳人。

We may not be life-long Nazirites like John the Baptist, but we have much to learn from him. This week, Rev. Jeremiah Cheung explains how John’s commitment to serving God governed the way he lived. When we live as John did by placing the Lord first above all else, we too can be real-life overcomers.

Read Today’s Scripture Passage

Luke 1:5-80

Life Group Discussion Guide

1. Start with a prayer

2. Engage one another (15-30 mins)

• Choose 2 LG members to share a devotion they recently had.
• Share with the group: What is one of your greatest achievements? Why do you consider it your greatest achievement?

3. Engage the mind (15-20 mins)

• Who is John the Baptist? What kind of oath did John’s parents have? What was John’s own resolution?
• As John decided to follow what God has called him to do, what challenges did John face? How did he overcome them?
• Read Luke 1:17. What does it mean to be ‘in the spirit and power of Elijah’? What does this verse tell us about the 3 things John would accomplish? What do these entail?
• Read John 3:30. “He must become greater; I must become less.” What is the background of John’s statement? What is his response to competition and comparison? Compare this with Saul’s response when David killed more than Saul. How is John’s attitude similar to Paul?
• How did John respond when Jesus became more popular than him?

4. Engage the heart (15-20 mins)

• Do you struggle with giving glory and honor to God instead of yourself?
• Reflect: Who is increasing in your life? Is it God or yourself?
• Have you experienced being jealous of another person? Please share.
• Share a time when you felt being compared to another person or felt threatened by competition. What was it like for you?

5. Engage the hands (15-20 mins)

• Personally, how can you let Christ increase in your life?
• With the reflections you have from John’s story, how can these be helpful in your faith journey?

6. Engage God in prayer (20-30 mins)

• Pray for each other’s needs and concerns. (10-15 minutes)
• Pray for our country. (10-15 minutes)
  • Recovery for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines which were forced to temporarily close due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
  • Sustenance and protection of health workers and their families.

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Tithes & Offering

We praise the Lord that despite the Coronavirus pandemic, we can still worship online together. If CBCP is your home church and you are moved to give at this time, you may deposit your offerings via online fund transfer to our church bank accounts. Learn how to give.

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What should we do when fear, uncertainty, and doubt plague us? This week, Ptr. Genesis Tan shows us how – like John the Baptist – we have nothing to fear, nothing to prove, and nothing to doubt as long as we work to fulfill our God-given calling. Like the Messiah’s Forerunner, we too can be real-life overcomes.

Read Today’s Scripture Passage

Matthew 3:1-12; 11:2-6; 14:1-5 / John 1:19-37; 3:25-30

Life Group Discussion Guide

1. Start with a prayer

2. Engage one another (15-30 mins)

• Choose 2 LG members to share a devotion they recently had.
• Share with the group: What is one of your greatest achievements? Why do you consider it your greatest achievement?

3. Engage the mind (15-20 mins)

• Who is John the Baptist? What kind of oath did John’s parents have? What was John’s own resolution?
• As John decided to follow what God has called him to do, what challenges did John face? How did he overcome them?
• Read Luke 1:17. What does it mean to be ‘in the spirit and power of Elijah’? What does this verse tell us about the 3 things John would accomplish? What do these entail?
• Read John 3:30. “He must become greater; I must become less.” What is the background of John’s statement? What is his response to competition and comparison? Compare this with Saul’s response when David killed more than Saul. How is John’s attitude similar to Paul?
• How did John respond when Jesus became more popular than him?

4. Engage the heart (15-20 mins)

• Do you struggle with giving glory and honor to God instead of yourself?
• Reflect: Who is increasing in your life? Is it God or yourself?
• Have you experienced being jealous of another person? Please share.
• Share a time when you felt being compared to another person or felt threatened by competition. What was it like for you?

5. Engage the hands (15-20 mins)

• Personally, how can you let Christ increase in your life?
• With the reflections you have from John’s story, how can these be helpful in your faith journey?

6. Engage God in prayer (20-30 mins)

• Pray for each other’s needs and concerns. (10-15 minutes)
• Pray for our country. (10-15 minutes)
  • Recovery for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines which were forced to temporarily close due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
  • Sustenance and protection of health workers and their families.

Would you like to try joining a Life Group session? Fill out our Contact form and our Life Group Officer will get in touch with you shortly.

Tithes & Offering

We praise the Lord that despite the Coronavirus pandemic, we can still worship online together. If CBCP is your home church and you are moved to give at this time, you may deposit your offerings via online fund transfer to our church bank accounts. Learn how to give.

The post John the Baptist: The Messiah’s Forerunner appeared first on Christian Bible Church of the Philippines.

Bilang mga Kristiyano, may mga pagkakataong nayayanig ng mga katanungan, kabiguan, at kahirapan ang ating pananampalataya—tulad ng naranasan ni John (the Baptist). Ngayong linggo, hinihikayat tayo ni Ptr. Michael Cariño na dalhin sa Panginoon ang ating mga hinaing, tanong, at tampo sapagkat Siya ay mapagkakatiwalaan at may kapangyarihang pag-ibayuhin ang ating pananalig.

As people of faith, we may wrestle with doubts, disappointments, and difficulties—just as John the Baptist did. This week, Ptr. Michael Cariño urges us to bring to God our pain, questions, and hurts for He is worthy of our trust and has the power to transform us into Real-Life Overcomers.

Basahin sa Bibliya

Luke 3:21-22; Luke 7:17-28

Life Group Discussion Guide

1. Magdasal bilang panimula.

2. Engage with one another (15-30 mins)

• Magbahagi ng iyong natutunan mula sa personal devotion.
• Kung ikaw ay may isang katanungan para sa Diyos, ano ito?

3. Engage the mind (15-20 mins)

• Basahin ang Luke 7:17-20. Ano ang pag-aalinlangan ni John? Anu-ano ang mga tanong niya kay Jesus?
• Basahin ang Luke 7:22-23. Paano sinagot ni Jesus ang mga tanong ni John? Anong mga magagandang bahay ang ipinakita ni Jesus kay John? Bakit kailangang sabihin ni Jesus ang mga ito?
• Bakit hindi binanggit ni Jesus na Siya ay dumating para palayain ang mga bilanggo?
• Basahin ang Luke 7:26-28. Ano ang ginawa ni Jesus sa mga pag-aalinlangan ni John? Paano Niya binigyan ng kapanatagan ng loob si John?

4. Engage the heart (15-20 mins)

• Ano-anong mga magagandang bagay ang ginagawa ng Diyos sa iyong buhay?
• Sa mga oras ng pag-aalinlangan, paano mo napapanatag ang iyong loob?
• Gaano ka kamahal ng Diyos? Sa tingin mo, nagbabago ba ang pagmamahal ng Diyos depende sa kung ano ang ginagawa mo?
• May pag-aalinlangan ka ba sa pagmamahal ng Diyos para sa iyo? Paano mo ito mapagtatagumpayan?

5. Engage the hands (15-20 mins)

• Paano mo pinanghahawakan ang salita ng Diyos na Siya ay may magandang plano para sa buhay mo lalo na kapag ikaw ay may pinagdaraanang mapait na sitwasyon?
• Paano ka magiging totoo sa Diyos? Anong mga alinlangan at mga kabiguan sa iyong puso ang nais mong sabihin sa Diyos?

6. Maglaan ng oras para sa pagdadasal (20-30 mins)

• – Ipagdasal ang mga pangangailangan at mga alalahanin ng bawat isa. (10-15 minutes)
• – Ipagdasal ang ating bansa. (10-15 minutes)
  • Ang pag-recover ng mga maliliit na negosyo sa Pilipinas na pansamantalanag nagsara dahil sa COVID-19.
  • Proteksyon para sa mga health workers at kanilang mga pamilya.

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Tithes at Offering

Kami po ay nagpapasalamat sa Diyos sapagkat nabigyan tayo ng online na pamamaraan upang makapagsamba sa kabila ng nagaganap na pandemya dulot ng Coronavirus. Kung ikaw ay miyembro ng CBCP at nais mong magbigay pabalik sa Panginoon, maaring magdeposito sa mga bank account ng simbahan gamit ang online fund transfer. Alamin kung paano.

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