Jerry Guanco shares his prayer requests to senior and junior builders during prayer time.

God is to be praised for bringing the Builders together for the first time this school year. Today, June 24, is the third Thursday of the school year.

About 20 Builders came and shared their testimonies, how God has been faithful to their lives. Everybody pitched in, and also shared their prayer requests.

See you next Thursday, same time same place!

Ptr. Vic de Paz is the first Builders president (1986).

Ptr. Vic de Paz was the first President of The Builders when it was organized in the year 1986. He was one of the forerunners of the organization and has been a witness of how the LORD has sustained it for more than 20 years. Ptr. Vic gave the meditation on how we should strive to make good choices to glorify God (Hebrews 11:24-27).

In the beginning, we make our choices. In the end, our choices make us.

Ate Gladys has just finished her Masters degree in Aquaculture in Belgium.

Ate Gladys Ludevese, who finished a bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology in VSU, also encouraged everyone by giving her testimony (including her experiences in VSU and the Builders) to the current members (most of which are new). She recalls how she has bonded with her co-Builders at that time. She urged the Builders to relish and cherish the moments.

Sin is a process.  It starts from a single sin that you are curious of and had done it. You do it slowly and repeatedly and until such time you will hold on to that sin and never let it go. Then you will have a difficulty in letting it go.

In Genesis 13, Lot and Abraham had herds and flocks which was very abundant until the land cannot sustain it. So Abraham made a plan that they will separate. Wherever  Lot go Abraham will go opposite. When Lot saw a land which is abundant he went there without hesitation and built a camp not knowing the people were wicked.

Why Lot went there? Let us see in these three points why Lot went to the land of Sodom and Gommorah.

1. He was worldy in his desire (v. 10)

He saw that the land was well-watered which is good for his herds and flocks. He went there without asking God. Sodom and Gommorah was a place of homosexuals and lesbians. He didn’t know that the people at that place were wicked.

2. He was wrong in his decision (v. 11)

“So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan…”

What Lot saw?

-Easy Living
Abundant Resources: which is advantage for his flocks and herds
-Independence
Lot was separated with Abraham
-Excitement
Men Sodom were wicked and sinners

3. He was weak in his decisions (v.12)
“while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.”

Long ago when Lot was with Abraham they will always build an altar. But when they were separated Lot forgot to build an altar. So he suffers as time went by.

So believers, are we like Lot?? Hope we’re not, let us live the life that is pleasing to the Lord Jesus Christ. Devote ourselves to Him… Trust Him…

Pastor Eugene shares the Gospel to Education majors.

Today, souls were saved as The Builders went out to distribute tracts and preach the Gospel at the beach. Led by the officers, a handful of Builders gave students, who were having their nice break at sunset, some Gospel tracts. Some had the opportunity of personally witnessing to the lost. Praise God!

After a while, the Builders gathered around at the beach to fellowship. We shared positive things about each other and that was uplifting!

VSU’s lower campus oval stage is our new and permanent BTO venue. Our officers have already filed a permit for us to regularly gather at the venue every thursday. We surely miss fellowshipping at Jacob’s Well, Carreno’s place and even the Gazebo, but our God, in His limitless wisdom and grace, provides!

Isn’t He worthy of our praises? See you next Thursday at the oval stage!

ROTC cadets and cadettes listening to Ben Linville as he spoke about the Gospel.

Ben Linville, a Bible school student from the US, came with the Student Movement for Christ, Int’l (SMCI) – Ormoc Chapter to do evangelism work in that Saturday’s ROTC training.

Despite bureaucratic hindrances which were later resolved, Ben managed to speak to about 600 cadets and cadettes, many of them raising their hands to signify trusting the Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour.

Praise God for the new souls!

I Love To Tell The Story

by Haven of Rest
To view lyrics,
Words: A. Katherine Hankey, 1866.
Music: William G. Fischer, Joyful Songs, Nos. 1 to 3 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Methodist Episcopal Book Room, 1869).

I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story, because I know ’tis true;
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do.

I love to tell the story, ’twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

I love to tell the story, for those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song,
’Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.

I love to tell the story, ’twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

Marky and her Andrew Award—Boy Meets Girl by Joshua Harris.

Markemaiza Kaygerine “Marky” Labaclado, BSHRTM-4, received the Andrew Award during the Worship Service today. The Andrew Award is a quarterly award given to church members who bring the most visitors to church. The award is patterned to the Biblical character Andrew, Jesus’ disciple, who brought his brother Philip to meet Jesus.

Marky’s Andrew Award was in the form of a book—Boy Meets Girl by Joshua Harris—a Christian book on the principles of Biblical romance and courtship.

Marky is an active member of The Builders organization and the AWANA Clubs, Inc. She has also participated in trainings by the Student Movement for Christ, Int’l (SMCI), a Singapore-based organization whose goal is to aggresively reach out to students in campuses with God’s Word and the message of salvation.