Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

Tarsiers in Bohol

These are the Tarsiers in Bohol. I do hope that you like them....

Latest Updates

Greetings from Leyte!!!

It has been another victorious months in the Lord. The Lighthouse Christian MInistry is again here to give the latest updates of our ministerial work here in Leyte.

In this issue, I have attached 3 files in it. The first is our latest news and updates. The second file is my "Lead It", the mateial that we have been using for training leaders for our Outreach Bible Study. The last is the project that is ahead of us.

I do hope that you will find all these files very useful. May it encourage you in your walk in Christ, applying new strategies in your respective areas. Learn to expand expand your ministries for the Lord reaching out more people in the Lord.

Download these files now and be blessed.

http://www.savefile.com/files/1683775

Your Partner in Christ,

Ptr.Vince Olaer

PS. If you feel like sharing this to your friends, please pass this email around so that others may also know the existence of our ministries in Leyte. :)) Thank you.

Please check our site: www.forjesus.multiply.com

Baptism July 2008

It has been another 2 months of work since our evangelism week last April 20-26. I am happy to announce to you that we just had our first batch of baptism from that project.

The Lighthouse Church alone baptized 7 new souls in Christ, 4 of which was the result of our evangelism project last April. We still have some more candidates that were not baptized. They were not able to arrived to the place we've agreed to meet.

Despite of this, our hearts was overwhelmed to the fact that another 7 people are willing enough to follow Christ through water baptism.

We would like to recognized the group of Acts 1:8 headed by Donnie and Juanita who went with us to labor in the field to reach the lost in Christ.

Our outreaches are also about to conduct their baptism in their respective areas. The number of new believer varies from one place to another.

Please continue to pray for more people to come to Christ through the Lighthouse Christian Ministry.

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Hello there!!!

Just a short information.... If you happen to visit some of our latest videos and pictures, please don't forget to leave some comments so that I will know if you have seen it or not.

Or what you can do is to log on in my guest book.:)) Hope that you will enjoy seeing our latest pictures, videos, updates and more... May this site continously encourage you to work harder for the Lord.:)) God bless to you all!!!

Ormoc Lighthouse Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary

July 13, 2008 The Ormoc Lighthouse Christian Ministry celebrated its 9th Anniversary. Our theme; "The Greatness Of A Precious Disciple" was exhorted by our dear brother, Carl Miller.

It has been a great day for all of us. We conducted a motorcade around the city for the glory of our Lord and God. You can see some of the video clips of our motorcade from the video section of this site. I do hope that you'll enjoy watching them.

Also see some of the pictures taken from our Anniversary. If possible, I will be happy to see some comments coming from you, my friends.

Continue to pray for us since our endeavor for our anniversary is not yet over. We will be having another baptism this coming Sunday, July 20. Pray that our prospects, the new Christians that we Bible studied will not backout.

The Bible

Center of the Bible



The pictures are awesome.... but wait until you read the words.



Q: What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?

A: Psalms 117



Q: What is the longest chapter in the Bible?

A: Psalms 119



Q: Which chapter is in the center of the Bible?

A: Psalms 118



Fact: There are 594 chapters before Psalms 118

Fact: There are 594 chapters after Psalms 118

Add these numbers up and you get 1188.



Q: What is the center verse in the Bible?

A: Psalms 118:8



Q: Does this verse say something significant about God's perfect will
for our lives?



The next time someone says they would like to find

God's perfect will for their lives and that they want to

be in the center of His will, just send them to the

center of His Word!

Psalms 118:8

"It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."

Now isn't that odd how this worked out (or was God in the center of it)?



Before sending this I said a prayer for you. Got a minute?? 60 seconds for God?

All you do is say a small prayer for the person who sent you this.........



"Father God bless my friend in whatever it is that you know

he/she may be needing this day!

And may his/her life be full of your peace,

prosperity and power as he/she seeks to have a

closer relationship with You.

Amen"



Then send it on to 10 other people. Within hours 10 people have prayed

for you, and you caused a multitude of people pray to God for other people

Then sit back and watch the power of God work in your life...



When things get tough, always remember...

Faith doesn't get you around trouble, it gets you through it !!

God Bless You!

OLCM Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary

Link (See the picture by click the Link)

First of all, I want to congratulate Ormoc Lighthouse Christian Ministry for their upcoming 9th Anniversary. May the Lord bless you the more.

Lighthouse Christian Ministry is a church that focuses on evangelism. Since we started our campaign for evangelism, we baptized more than 60 souls in Christ. It has been a great year of learning, experimenting and adventure for all of us who have reached out the lost in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For this upcoming year, we want to focus mainly on two things, EVANGELISM AND DISCIPLESHIP.

It was hard to do evangelism before, but I believe that we have learned it now and it will not be a problem anymore. However, what should we do then to those people who were baptized? You're right, disciple them. And this is one of the emphasis that we will be doing for this upcoming year.

We will not step back in evangelism, but we will move forward for discipleship.

To our partners, continue to pray for our ministries.... Watch out for our upcoming materials. It is our great desire to share those things to you for <<<>>>>

But doing such needs a lot of prayer and petition to our Lord. Help us do so that we may move forward for the Lord. :))

Ptr.Vince

Business Website Newly Opened

Hello there!!!
Just want to let you know guys that I am selling business ebooks for a very low low price.:)) You can see them in my other multiply site www.ebooksulit.multiply.com.

You may want to buy an ebook from me. Most of the ebooks costs around Php 25.00-30.00 each. Proceeds of which will go through my ministry fund. Currently I am praying for an equipment for a project called "LIGHTHOUSE LITERATURE".

We will be writing materials for our church and outreaches. Such materials will be designed for discipleship and practical application.

To boost this project, we need a laptop (2nd laptop will do, as long as it is at least 2005 model, approximately AMD 64 or P4 models). This notebook will approximately cost around Php 20-25k plus cartridge for our printer.

This project was already started. I already have written three booklets. All of which were already in use in our church. Though it still needs editing and proof readings (for which I cannot afford to pay for a proof reader since we lack funds, we don't even have equipments), these booklets were already applied in our church.

I want to share this to you as my partners. I am giving this ebooks for FREE>>>>

I am not even asking you to give me money. What I am asking is for you to support my project by buying some good nice business ebooks in www.ebooksulit.multiply.com. In here you will learn how to make your own website, and you will learn how start a business online.

FOR MY FREE GIFTS, DOWNLOAD THEM NOW!!!

5 SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES THAT EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD KNOW

LEAD IT!!! OBS BIBLE STUDY GUIDE

HELP ME BOOST THE PROJECT for more Free resources for our churches like the one that you just downloaded (DON'T FORGET TO DOWNLOAD THE TWO GIFTS ABOVE).

This is the product of sweat and tears. I do hope and pray that you will be able to make the full use of this materials. May God bless You ALL!!!

Welcome to Our New Site

Greetings from Ptr. Vince and A. Grace. We created this site for us to enjoy godly discussions and encourage our young people to pursue righteousness and holiness. May the Lord bless this site as we enjoy his company as always.

Red Building A Domino Tower

This is a video taken one Sunday afternoon. While waiting for the worship service in the afternoon, we had some fun with Red. We asked him if he can build a tower out of Dominos. A three year old boy was challenged and did his best to make it.:))

Galing mo Red...

Par Excellence

Title: Par Excellence
Text: Philippians 3:12-14
“12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

“Par Excellence” means “to a degree of excellence.

What it means to be in a “Par Excellence”?
1. Not settling in mediocrity (v.12) To be a par excellence, we should not settle in mediocrity. Mediocrity is a state of our thinking that we have already achieves the highest level where the truth is we still have a way to go. It is where we thought that we are already good and have nothing to do anymore.
Mediocrity and contentment are two different things. Mediocrity is “ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding. It is more on settling on a second rate ability or value where we can obviously get better and the highest level of our ability.
On the other hand, contentment is being happy on one’s situation in life. This means that we are still happy and satisfied in whatever situation we are in. Even if we have problems or failed the exam, we can still smile to the world and accept its reality.
Sometimes though, we only feel contented in good situations, like winning in a contest or when we are well provided. True contentment is being happy in whatever situation.

2. Continuously striving (v.12-13) Not only that we did not settle in mediocrity, we should be continuously striving. If mediocrity is a state of thinking, this is now the practical application of not settling in mediocrity. Just like Paul, he do not consider to have attained all the things that he had attained, instead, he continuously pursue the prize that is ahead.
In addition, this is exactly what it means to be a par excellence. It is not settling on second rate ability or value but continuously pursuing excellence or the highest level that we can attain. It is continuously going for an extra mile. It is like extracting extra energy from our inner being to continue another mile.
No matter how many times we fail, it is pursuing to be the best. I still remember famous stories of many scientists. Despite of all failures they have experienced, they continue to move on until they have discovered what they have been looking for.
Alexander Graham Bell tried and tried how in the world a person can transmit a voice through a wire until one day at last, he found out how. Thomas Alba Edison tried hundreds of different materials in order to produce a good light using the electricity that was just newly discovered, until one day he found tungsten to be the best material that’s why we have the incandescent bulb. The Wright brothers, tried their best to fly and experimented different materials and models of wings to enable people to fly, until one day, they have created the first aircraft that marked the birth of Aerial Navigation.
We can name hundreds of scientists who continuously pursued for the best and have achieved excellence. But how about us as people who just started to step on the reality of life. Are you going to continue to pursue excellence?

3. His aim is always for the highest (v.14)
Being par excellence is to aim only for the highest. There is nothing wrong to always aim for the highest as long as it is accompanied with contentment. You don’t have to compete in order to attain for the highest nor you don’t have to hurt anyone just to attain excellence. Aiming for the highest is a matter of attitude and self-discipline.
No athlete wins by not following the rules. This is the same in the race of Christian life. We can never attain par excellence if we do not follow the rules, the standards that was set in the Bible. We cannot attain excellence without God. Mark 8:36 “36What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” There is no good of achieving the highest award without God.
Just like Paul, we have to aim for the goal. Not just to finish a lap, but to finish the whole race. There are many students now who just want to finish a lap, some are even contented to finish half a lap. While our parents labor for us to finish our studies, some of us labor so hard to have the highest score and upgrades in online games. It is so sad to see many students who are no longer studying at school and mastering how to use every single character in Flyff, Ragnarok, Tantra, and Khan. Is this the kind of excellence that we want to achieve? Can we earn and live in the future and become better citizens by having a degree of MOG (Masters in Online Games), MHSL (Masters High School Level) and MCD (Masters of College Degree)?
Let us look ourselves if we are really aiming for the highest. Some of us will be going to college, while some for high school. But how are we seeing things ahead of us? Are we aiming for the best and the highest level of our educational attainment? Or how about after finishing college, are looking forward to become CEO’s of top companies?

4. He presses on for a purpose (v.14)
As we strive towards the goal, we have to presses forward with a purpose. We have to ask ourselves if we know the purpose of why we are striving for the highest. Paul in our passage strives on towards the goal to win the prize, which God called him heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Paul is very confident in his statement because he know the purpose of his striving. His purpose to reach the goal to win the prize, and the prize he is after is in Christ Jesus. Here we see the highest purpose that we can ever have, that is to be striving in Christ Jesus.
How about us, do we strive for ourselves? Do strive hard for someone else? There is nothing wrong in striving for someone or for ourselves. But inline with this I think it is still best prioritize our spiritual lives with this purpose. God wants us to offer our very best to Him and not to someone else, not even ourselves. He presses the goal in Christ Jesus, this is why no doubt, he was able to be one of the best apostles par excellence.

New Squidoo Lense

Hey guys, please check my new lense in squidoo concerning OBS....

If you can apply for the membership in Squidoo, the better. It's free don't worry. This is for us to have interactions about Outreach Bible Study.:))

Hope to hear from you guys...

Here's the Link: www.squidoo.com/outreachbiblestudy

Business Opportunity That Even Students Can Do

5 Easy Ways to Ramp Up Your E-Book Sales

Once you've written your E-Book, got your Website up and integrated your shopping cart, you can sit back and start waiting for the money to come rolling in, right?

WRONG!

These days it's getting harder than ever before to be able to get people to notice you – and just because "you build it" doesn't mean they're going to come.

So what's an author to do?

Actually, thanks to all the tools that are available to you – including Web 2.0 – marketing your book – and ramping up your sales – is not as hard as you might think.

In fact, here are a few ideas to get your juices flowing. Add them to your sales plan, and use them as a jumping off place to help you make even more sales.

Create a long-term plan before you write even one word of your first book. The truth of the matter is that you're probably never going to get rich from writing one E-book. So before you start writing your first book, start thinking about your second book. And the first product that will tie into your first book. And the second. And then the third.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Come up with as many different income streams as you can and plan to build them into your plan. For example, can you create a workbook from your E-book? What about recording some audio files that go into further details or give more information. What about doing a joint venture with other experts in your industry?

Sell more books at one time. If your book covers any one of a number of popular subjects – self-help or development, home improvement, business, religion – there are probably corporations, organizations or niche markets that are always on the look-out for inexpensive gifts or bonuses for their employees, clients or associates. Your book could be just the ticket. Although you might have to go down in price – what do you think sounds better? Selling one or two books at a time or selling box loads of them?

Once you've built up your credibility as a published author, it's time to take things to the next level. Have you ever dreamed of attending seminars or workshops as a presenter? What about having a speaking career and being flown all over the world speaking to people in your niche market? If you don't like traveling or crowds, consider putting together teleseminars or holding intimate bootcamps.

Create joint ventures. This is the fastest and easiest way to leverage your expertise and start raking in the cash. Find people who are in similar – but not competing industries as yours. Explore ways for you to provide value to both of your customers while you're cross-selling or upselling. For example, if you own a restaurant, what about creating a special Valentine's Day promotion with the local florist. Offer free drinks or desserts to any of the florist's customers who bring in a special card (that you've provided to them) when they come to your restaurant. And your joint venture partner (the florist) gives you roses or carnations that can be given out to any women when their companion gives you the special dessert card. See how simple that is? Real value that makes your customers happy, and builds loyalty and trust – and positions both of you as the first people your customers think of when they need flowers or want a romantic restaurant or a place to eat during a special occasion.

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When I Say I am A Christian

When I say ... "I am a Christian"

I am not shouting "I am saved;"

I am whispering "I get lost"

"That is why I choose this way."

When I say ... "I am a Christian"

I do not speak of this with pride.

I am confessing that I stumble

and need someone to be my guide.

When I say ... "I am a Christian"

I am not trying to be strong.

I am professing that I am weak

and pray for strength to carry on.

When I say ... "I am a Christian"

I am not bragging of success.

I am admitting I have failed

and cannot ever pay the debt.

When I say ... "I am a Christian"

I am not claiming to be perfect.

My flaws are too visible

but God believes I am worth it.

When I say ... "I am a Christian"

I still feel the sting of pain.

I have my share of heartaches

which is why I seek His hame.

When I say ... "I am a Christian"

I do not wish to judge.

I have no authority

I only know I am loved.

How God Works

This will give you the chills.......


GOOD chills.



A young man had been to Wednesday Night Bible
Study.



The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice


The young man couldn't help but wonder, 'Does God still speak to people?'


After service, he went out with some
friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message.
Several different ones talked about how God had led them in different ways.



It was about ten o'clock when the young man started
driving home. Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, 'God...If you still speak to people, speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey.'



As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk.

He shook his head and said out loud, 'God is that you?' He didn't get a reply and started on toward home.

But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk.



The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't recognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli.


'Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk.' It didn't seem like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk. He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home.


As he passed Seventh Street, he again felt the urge, 'Turn Down that street.'



This is crazy he thought, and drove on past the intersection.



Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street



At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh.



Half jokingly, he said out loud,



'Okay, God, I will.'




He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in a semi- commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of neighborhoods either.
The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people were already in bed.


Again, he sensed something! , 'Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street.' The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep. He started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat.


'Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going
to be mad and I will look s tupid.' Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk.


Finally, he opened the door, 'Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something, but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here.'


He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside. A man's voice! yelled
out, 'Who is it? What do you want?' Then the door opened before the young man could get away.


The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he just got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem too happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep. 'What is it?'


The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, 'Here, I brought this to you.' The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway.


Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk! toward the kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying. The man had tears streaming down his face.


The man began speaking and half crying, 'We were just praying. We had
some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to get some milk.'


His wi fe in the kitchen yelled out, 'I ask him to send an Angel with some. Are you an Angel?'


The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked back toward his car and the tears were streaming down his face.



He knew that God still answers prayers.





THIS IS A SIMPLE TEST.... If you believe that God is alive and well, send this to at least ten people and the person that sent it to you!!!!!!!!
This is so true. Sometimes it's the simplest things that God asks us to do, if we are obedient to what He's asking, we can hear His voice more clear than ever. Please listen, and obey! It will bless you (and the world). Phil 4:13
This is an easy test - you score 100 or zero. It's your choice.


If you aren't ashamed to do this, please follow the directions. Jesus said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.'

The Filipino Archeology

Japanese archaeologist digging 100m down found copper wire - says "Very good! Our great ancestors of 1000 years ago already had telephone."

Americans dug 200 m and found optical cable -says "My God, this means our great forefathers already had a broadband 2000 yrs ago!"

Filipino digs 500m and found nothing -saying "Our ancestors is the best of all race, they use wireless 5000n years ago"

IQ Test

Before he went home after a night's duty, the guard told his boss not to go on a plane trip in the afternoon because he dreamt that night of a tragedy that will happe. The plane will crash and no one will survive.

The boss cancelled his trip, and true, the plane crashed and no one survives.

So the boss summoned the guard to his office, thank him profusely, gave him a bonus, and fired him.

Why did the boss fired him?

Text Messages

God is the source of all grace.
He does not ask if we are worthy, but He pours upon us the riches of His love to make us worthy

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Then all nations will CALL YOU BLESSED, for your land will be such a delight," says the Lord Almighty
Malachi 3:12

Who Is Jesus???

Who is Jesus?
HE IS JESUS
WHO IS HE?
IN CHEMISTRY , HE TURNED WATER TO WINE.

IN BIOLOGY, HE WAS BORN WITHOUT THE
NORMAL CONCEPTION;

IN PHYSICS, HE DISPROVED THE LAW OF
GRAVITY WHEN HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN;

IN ECONOMICS, HE DISPROVED THE LAW
OF DIMINISHING RETURN BY FEEDING 5000 MEN WITH
TWO FISHES & 5 LOAVES OF BREAD;

IN MEDICINE, HE CURED THE SICK AND THE
BLIND WITHOUT ADMINISTERING A SINGLE DOSE OF DRUGS,

IN HISTORY, HE IS THE
BEGINNING AND THE END;

IN GOVERNMENT, HE SAID THAT HE SHALL
BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, PRINCE OF PEACE;

IN RELIGION, HE SAID NO ONE COMES TO
THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH HIM;

SO. WHO IS HE?
HE IS JESUS!

JOIN ME AND LET'S CELEBRATE HIM;
HE IS WORTHY.

THE EYES BEHOLDING THIS MESSAGE SHALL
NOT BEHOLD EVIL, THE HAND THAT WILL
SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYBODY SHALL
NOT LABOR IN VAIN, AND THE MOUTH SAYING AMEN TO THIS PRAYER SHALL SMILE FOREVER.
REMAIN IN GOD AND SEEK HIS FACE ALWAYS.
AMEN

IN GOD I'VE FOUND EVERYTHING!

The Greatest Man in History
Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
He had no army, yet kings feared Him..
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
I feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us!
If you believe in God and in Jesus
Christ His Son .. send this to all on
your buddy list.
If not just ignore it.
If you ignore it, just remember that
Jesus said .
'If you deny me before man, I will deny you before my Father in Heaven



"It is ONLY with the HEART
that ONE can SEE RIGHTLY,
what is ESSENTIAL
is INVISIBLE to the NAKED EYE!"

Christian Diva

Here's one of my videos... A christian young lady singing an offering to the Lord. She came from a remote area somewhere in Sultan Kudarat.:))

We can learn something from them. Despite of some hindrances, this young lady still manage to sing for the Lord. Sound system may not work that well, but her heart to worship the Lord does....:))

Please post your comments if you see this video encouraging.

Basketball Videos

Hi guys!!! I just came from vacation. Hope you had a nice new year.:)) I have some new videos that I will be uploading soon. watch out for it!!! God bless!!!

ABS-CBN vs. AGB and GMA

As far as I have followed the news over the television concerning the case of AGB scam, GMA has become the protector of AGB.

ABS-CBN sued AGB for the scam allegation. It was the intention of ABS-CBN to clean the mess and not to compete with GMA. I just don't understand why GMA filed a case against ABS-CBN. In my own opinion without being biased, GMA over reacted with the situation about the scam.

There is a probability that the scam did not really came from the office of GMA in Manila. However, the said scam is not impossible to happen especially in provinces. Probably, there are few employees from GMA who made all these payment for ratings, and I believe GMA should have investigated all these first under their management instead of filing a case against ABS CBN.

What they did is a little unusual. GMA was over defensive from what happened.

But to both Networks, YOU ARE DIVIDING THE PEOPLE. Please be careful on what you do. You are being watched by the whole world... Para kayong magkapatid na laging nagbabangayan....