June 21: Sunday The Maguindanao People of the

June 21: Sunday
PROVERBS 6:20
“My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.”
“As we celebrate „Father‟s Day, let us praise God for the fathers in our midst. Thank God for their lives and their love for
God. Praise God for their godly lives and their involvement in
church. Pray for them to continue leading their households
into a closer relationship with God. May the Lord continue to
mold them as they serve Him and grow in Him.”
Least Reached People Groups of the Philippines
Kabig* - The Kabig practice animistic traditions with their faith.
Let us pray for the continuing proclamation of the gospel to deliver
and transform precious Kabig lives. Economically, they are in
need of technical skills, business capital, and market access. Let
us pray for transformational and participatory development initiatives to prosper.
The Maguindanao People of the Philippines
The Maguindanao people or literally, the “people of the
plains” has a long history of story-telling and riddling. These
traditions help them pass traditions and values on from one
generation to the next. Riddles and stories help unify them as
a people. With a population of over 1 million, they are the
largest Muslim people group in the Philippines. Pray for the
Bible to be translated into their language. Pray for God to
send workers who will share His love and gospel message In a
way that the Maguindanaos can understand. Pray Jesus
Christ—the answer to life’s biggest riddle—to be made
known to these people. May God draw the Maguindanao out
of the darkness and into the light of His only Son.
June 22: Monday
PROVERBS 18:22
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives
favor from the LORD.”
STAFF: Sis. Helen Cama. “Praise the Lord for blessing me with
volunteers for the Follow-up Ministry for CCBC and for the
Cabuyao-Arrow Ministry for OFWs. To God be the glory! Pray for
wisdom, strength, good health, and financial provision for regular
check-up. Pray that I would continue to be sensitive in joining God
where He is at work. God is good all the time.”
Maranao People of the Philippines
The Maranao people or literally, the “people of the lake” are
known for their native arts and crafts. They also among the
largest Muslim groups in the Philippines. Their works of art
usually depict the Sarimanok—the bird of the Maranao people,
believed to have been found by Mohammed in the first heaven.
It’s crowing once awoke every creature, except man. When its
crowing stops, as the Maranaos believe, judgment day will
come. Although a church was established among them in—
—1902 and there have been other missionary efforts, the Maranaos do not have the entire Bible in their language and are still
considered unreached. Pray for the Creator of the universe to
reveal Himself to the Maranaos. Pray for these artistically gifted
people to have the opportunity to receive the gift of eternal life
in Christ. Ask God to send workers into this harvest field and
establish His church among them. Pray for the small number of
Maranao believers that exist to be encouraged and empowered
to share the gospel with their friends, family, and other Muslim
groups in the Philippines.
BIRTHDAYS
Blessie Almora ● Leny Delos Santos ● Khai Loseo
Emma Lucero ● Jhun Malana
ANNIVERSARY
Gene & Cynthia Sebuala
June 23: Tuesday
ROMANS 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
BRETHREN’s Praises & Prayer Requests
CCBC Family. “Praise God for the recently held CBAP Strateia
International Conference (June 16-20) at PBTS, Baguio City. Pray
that the Lord will continue to ignite our churches‟ passion for
mission. Continue praying for our sick brethren. Pray for Sis. Ruby
Abrenica. May the Lord grant provision for all her medical needs.
Pray that He will bless her doctors with wisdom in giving the right
treatments. Pray also for continued healing for Bro. Isagani
Gutierrez and for Bro. Rey San Diego who continues to suffer from
back pains and other health conditions. Pray for April Rose De
Guzman. She was admitted to the hospital where she is sustained
by a respirator, under intensive care.”
Ptr. Rey & Maya Maclang. “Great is the Lord and most worthy of
praise!‟ The Lord has promised: „Call unto me, and I will answer
thee and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest
not.' (Jeremiah 33:3). We would like to covet your prayers especially
regarding a very significant need. We are asking God's favor
through the leadership (Board of Trustees) of Bangkok Christian
International School for the studies of our children, Faithful and
Joyful.”
Acehnese People of Indonesia
In many ways, the Aceh people could not ask for a better
living situation, with their large oil and natural gas reserves, long
and steady history of independence from foreign powers, and
beautiful climate. In other ways, however, there may not be a
worse region to live in. The land near the ocean was decimated,
following the horribla Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
that killed 167,000 in 2004. They still haven’t fully recovered.
There is also an on-and-off struggle between Indonesia’s
government and the Free Aceh Movement, a group fighting
for the Aceh’s complete independence from Indonesia. These
people are willing to fight and die for independence from a
government they believe is robbing them of their natural—
—resources. They are fiercely dedicated to Sunni Islam and have
done much evangelistic work on its behalf. There are but a
handful of Bible-believing Christians among them. Pray that the
Aceh people will be dissatisfied with their spiritual lives and seek
out His truth. Pray that their neighbors who love the Lord will
reach out to them, resulting in a massive movement to Christ.
BIRTHDAY
Gerome Quintela
ANNIVERSARY
Gary & Janet Reyes(USA)
June 24: Wednesday
PSALM 73:23-26
“Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will
take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And
earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my
heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and
my portion forever.”
CHURCH Ministries & Activities
DAWN PRAYER: Let us pray for one another as a church. Pray that
more CCBCers would come boldly to His throne of grace and take
their role as intercessors. May we be one in our praises, thanks,
supplication, and repentance and may we be united in yielding our all
to Him.
MIDWEEK ENCOUNTER WITH GOD: Pray that we will will be
steadfast in praying for the concerns of each other and of the church
through this midweekly activity. Let us continue to pray that more
people may find time to attend and fellowship with fellow believers.
Let us fill our church with the pleasing aroma of the prayers of the
saints and share the burden of interceding for others as we continue
to lift up to God the concerns of our brethren, our church, our
country, and the nations.
CCBC BUILDING PROJECT: Praise God for continuing to touch the
lives of people as they faithfully give to our Expanding to Send
Building Project. Pray for diligence in the reassessment of middle and
long term expansion requirements, which would compose the master
plan of the church building. Pray for direction in appropriating the
master plan into phases, considering workability and the viability of
project cost.
BUILDING UP CHURCHES: Praise God for another opportunity He
has given us to reach out and help other churches establish and
strengthen their witnessing program. Pray for (15) Life Gospel
Christian Church and (14) Grace Christian Church trainees as they
undergo Ev2. Pray also for CCBC trainers as they volunteer to travel
to these churches every week, and serve as facilitators and trainers.
Pray for strength, good health and safety, especially for the Thursday
group whose training starts at 6:00pm and ends at 10:00pm.
CCBC 56th ANNIVERSARY: Praise God for another year that He
has added to our church. Let us celebrate our 56th anniversary with
the theme, “Rest in This Restless World” . Thank God for faithfulness
in sustaining us through the years and for the opportunity to be used
by Him to transform our community, birth daughter churches, and to
help and support other churches and Christian organizations. Praise
God for how He has raised up able leaders and pastors through our
church and for the opportunity to share the gospel to people and
engage them in mission work.
V.O.I.C.E. [Values Instruction Classes): Pray for the V.O.I.C.E.
classes that CCBC will be handling in Sto. Cristo Elementary
School and Bungad Elementary School. May God continue to
strengthen the commitment of the teachers and volunteers. Pray
for their patience, creativity, and dedication. Pray also for God‟s
favor upon the elemetary school principals. Pray that many
students will learn about the right values and be brought to the
saving grace and knowledge of God.
YOUNG COUPLES FELLOWSHIP (Facing Challenges and New
Realities: Pray for the young couples of our church as they
fellowship on June 28. Pray for them as they meet together and
talk about the challenges they are facing as newly married
couples. Pray also for the people who are planning this event, as
well as for the speaker. May they continue to inspire and help
couples cope with life in these challenging times.
YOUNG ADULTS SPARK: Pray for the Young Adults Ministry as
they learn about money matters in a seminar with speaker Chinkee
Tan, themed: “Practical Money Management.” Pray for this enrire
event, scheduled on July 5th, 2:00-5:00pm at the CCBC Worship
Hall.
Jambi Malay People of Indonesia
The Jambi take pride in their strict and traditional
Islamic lifestyle. Every village has a mosque and a religious
school (madrasa). Much of their lifestyle is centered in traditional Islamic ceremonies and rituals and they feel threatened by anyone who comes to them from the outside. Pray
for Christ’s ambassadors to break through this wall of distrust by providing people with good-paying jobs and educational assistance that will bring them up to par (in terms of
skills and employability) with other ethnic groups in the
area. Pray that this trust will open Jambi Malay hearts to
hear about Jesus Christ who offers them full life.
BIRTHDAYS
Ahnne Salvador(abroad) ● Jeanette Carreon(USA)
Juana Cisneros(Samar) ● Linda Valiente
June 25: Thursday
MATTHEW 6:25
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what
you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will
wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body
more important than clothes?”
CCBC Families
ABELADO [Ptr. Bot/Chris/Brian]. “We praise and thank the Lord
for His love and faithfulness! The students are back to school and
we rejoice in God's timely provisions. Chris completed the last
module for her MBA last week; Brian is already enrolled in
college; Marco in Grade 8; and Carlo in Grade 4. Please pray for
wisdom, good health, and daily protection as our children
commute to school. May the Lord continue to use each of us as
channels of His blessings wherever He has placed us.”
ABELLA [Francing]. “Purihin natin ang ating Panginoon sa
Kanyang walang hanggang kabutihan at katapatan. Purihin po
natin Siya at pasalamatan sa Kanyang pagkakaloob ng aming
mga pangangailangan. Ipanalangin po natin ang mabuting
kalusugan ng buong pamilya at ang aming paglagong espiritwal.”
ABESAMIS [Jerry/Fines]. “We praise and thank God that our
business, „Abesamis Vision Care Clinic,‟ located at Monumento,
Calooocan City is doing well. May mga nakakikilala na at may
mga pasyente na rin. We praise Him also for our children who
were able to start school without hassle. Please pray for good
health, lalo na sa ama ng aming tahanan, katalinuhan sa pagaaral ng mga anak namin, proteksyon, at probisyon sa mga
gastusin.”
ABLANG [Zeny/Mark]. “Praise God for all the blessings that He
has given our family. My father celebrated his birthday last May
30. Please pray for his health and ministry outreach in our
community in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. Praise God also for
enabling me to pass the Real Estate Board Exam. I pray that with
this new profession, I will be able to expand God‟s kingdom in the
places where He wants me to be.”
ABRENICA [Ruby]. “Praising God for His sustaining grace!
Please pray for good health for all my loved ones. I‟m still down
but my spirit is up, alert, alive, and enthusiastic for the Lord, by
His grace. All of your prayers keep me going. Please pray for my
brothers to grow in faith and in their love for the Lord.”
ABALORA [Jillion/Gerda/Nilo/Nicolai/Paulo], and ABAYON
[Charlie/Moriyah], Families. “O Lord of all nations, we praise
You and honor You.You are the God of our Lives and no one
else.You have a plan for all Your creations. We lift up these
families to You. May You continue to shower them with all kinds
of blessings and May they declare with conviction Your Lordship
and Your greatness to all the peoples.”
Lampungese People of Indonesia
Community is everything to the Lampungese. Life to them
is not a question of what a person wants, but what brings
uniformity to the group. When a Lampungese is won to
Christ, he is usually kicked out of his village and sometimes
threatened with death. Because of the fears and closed traditions, they are a very difficult people to reach for Christ. Pray
that the Holy Spirit will encourage missionaries among the
Lampungese who are seeing very little fruit, to wait upon the
Lord. Pray for the few believers in the area to persevere despite persecution. Pray that the will share the gospel with
their friends and family and that they will be bold and willing
to forsake all for Christ’s fame.
BIRTHDAYS
Jaime Calumpiano ● Mike Lomibao ● Meriel Quitco (GenSan)
ANNIVERSARIES
Paulo & Me’Ann Victoria ● Ildefonso & Fe Ugaban
June 26: Friday
PROVERBS 3:25-26
“Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes
the wicked, for the LORD will be your confidence and will
keep your foot from being snared.”
Prayer for the Nation Pray for the men of our country.
Pray that they will lead their
households according to God‟s will. Pray that they would not be
absentee fathers. May they be morally strong so they can withstand the temptations that we know are always lurking around
them, particularly those relating to financial matters, sexual relationships, and work-related issues. Pray that they would be gentle to their wives and good examples to their children. We also
lift up to You our Muslim countrymen as they celebrate Ramadan. May this month-long prayer and meditation point them to
the One true God. Pray that the BangsaMoro Basic Law would
be the answer to the long–running peace process between the
government and the Muslim people. Pray that the Lord will continue to give wisdom to our congressmen as they formulate laws
related to this.
Minangkabau People of Indonesia
The Minangkabau, also called the Minang, is the largest
matrilineal society in the world. Money and property pass
from mother to daughter. In the past, married daughters remained in their parents’ home; their husbands consinered
merely as welcome “visitors.” Boys as young as seven are sent
to live in a surau (prayer house and community center) where
they learn religious and cultural teachings until they become
teens. They are encouraged to leave and seek worldly knowledge, business experience, and wisdom in larger towns and
cities. They return to their villages more qualified to participate in village administration. Presumably, they are also more
attractive candidates for marriage. Today, husbands and wives
would often migrate to urban areas to seek education and
jobs. The Minangkabau are virtually 100% Muslim. There
are few, if any known believers in Jesus. Pray that the Minangs in the urban areas will come in contact with the gospel
of Jesus Christ, become believers and thake their faith back to
the villages. Pray that the village headmen will accept Jesus as
Lord and lead others to faith in Christ.
BIRTHDAYS
Roy Carlos ● Nita Ebalin ● Nico Gloria
Kimpee Panganiban ● Joy Cisneros(Samar) ● Jazel Talosig
Jon Valdezco(Canada) ● Paul Yeh
ANNIVERSARIES
Phab & Lolit Adoc ● Paeng & Eileen Alvaran
Michael & Cynthia Bato ● Aniong & Edith Castro
William & Monette Herrera ● Robert & Leah Plucena
June 27: Saturday
MATTHEW 25:37-40
“Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see
you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite
you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see
you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' The King will
reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the
least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'”
SUNDAY WORSHIP CELEBRATION: Serve the Lord with
gladness, come before His presence with singing. Let us pray for
and with God‟s servants as they lead tomorrow‟s worship
celebration. Pray for the worship and prayer leaders, the praise
and worship team, media and sound tech personnel, the ushers,
and all ministers who will be taking part in the worship services;
that their hearts be one in giving back the glory that is due our
Lord. Pray for God‟s messenger, that he be filled with the Holy
Spirit as he delivers the word to the congregation. Pray for ready
hearts to serve and to worship as individuals, as a family, and as
a church. May the Lord bless our pulpit preaching, as we study
the life of Jesus as it is told in the Book of Luke.
Buginese (Bugis) People
The Bugis people depend upon their own good deeds to
gain access to heaven. According to their worldview, if they
pray five times daily and make the pilgrimage to Mecca, they
will have 99% guarantee of going to heaven. There are over 5
million Buginese people spread out over the souther Sulawesi
Island. There is intense spiritual warfare in this group and
only a few have come to Christ. Ask the Lord of the harvest
to send out more workers into His harvest field. Pray that the
eyes of the Bugis will be opened to see Jesus Christ as their
Lord and Savior. Pray that many households will turn from
strongholds of Islam to freedom in Christ.
BIRTHDAYS
Phab Adoc ● Chat Clemente
Ptr. Tim Hagquist(USA) ● Eunice Montilla
ANNIVERSARY
Dod & Alma Peralta
FOR NEXT WEEK’S ISSUE:
The following will be featured in Issue 27 of GOLDEN BOWLS: CCBC
Weekly Prayer Guide 2015 (June 28-July 4):
FAMILIES:
ELDER:
STAFF:
Aclan
Adelan
Adoc
Aglubat
Agsalud
Aguilar
Ptr. Marcelo ‟Bot‟ Abelado
Bro. Jun Directo
Adriano
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