Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Cornerstone Church Santiago



It has been a difficult season for the church since September up to now. We were brought to a place of total dependence to Him through this difficult time. The fact that things were not good, we were still able to go forward to what God is telling us to do. Praise God that I could still be able to report about the things that God has done in this church and through this church.
Here are some of the things that happened this month:
November 1, 2009 - We have launched the church in Ilagan after a one-week mission. In October 26-31, 2009, our church sent out a team to go for a mission in Ilagan. The team was composed of three pastors, Pst. James Aquino, Pst. Marlou Javier and I. With the team also are the young people from our church. During the mission, our young people were able to conquer their fears, to share God’s word, and prayed for the old and young alike. Through this short mission, a church started. We will be posting the story about Cornerstone Church Ilagan the day after tomorrow.

• November 13, 2009 - Our first Worship Seminar was held and a majority of the Cornerstone Churches’ worship team attended. Our speaker, Stephen Chambers from Rotherham, England, talked about the essential things to have an excellent worship team.

• November 22, 2009 - While we were worshiping, Pst. Mark received a revelation from God and delivered it to the people. This day is different because we had our altar call during the worship and not after the preaching. I saw many people responded to the call on that day and received a fresh touch from God.

• November 29, 2009 - We had a speaker from Bolton who is already a long time friend of Cornerstone, Jillian Saunders. She spoke about not keeping the rubbish things that could not do any good to us. Moreover, she spoke of not holding back or keeping to ourselves the good things God has given us. Good things such as hope must be shared to the hopeless; the love God gave us should be shared to the rejected. After the preaching, the altar was opened and love and compassion was released to the congregation.
God has done numerous blessings in the church despite the difficulties. The Lord taught us to count the blessings and through this, the church was able to rise above difficult seasons. We should always remember that in every season of our life God is always besides us and in us.


But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.Isaiah 40:31


Posted by: Cristina Javier

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