One thing that I miss whenever I'm out of the Philippines is hearing a sermon which I can fully understand and relate to. When we were in Thailand, I couldn't absorb much of the preaching because its usually in Thai ( unless they have a foreigner preacher as a guest) and most of the time the English translation is not so clear. Whenever I'm here in Malaysia, we usually go to a Tamil church, so about 80% of the preaching will be in Tamil and about 20% in English.
But last Sunday was different. We had a Filipino preacher that Sunday! I was already quite excited when my Mom in law told me that the Pastor who will be preaching in the church is a Filipino.
So, Sunday came and when we went inside the church, I immediately recognized the Filipino pastor and greeted him in Tagalog. He was quite surprised to see a lone Filipino in the crowd of Indians too. But we never got a chance to talk since the service has already started.
The Pastor shared a powerful preaching and the great thing was, I completely understood 100% of the sermon and not to mention, I could relate to everything he said, from the "Filipino" jokes that he cracked ( in which only Filipinos can understand) to the way he constructed his sentences in English. He was preaching in English but isn't sometimes we literally speak as if we are speaking in Bisaya? He was a very dynamic and funny preacher but at the same time shared the Word powerfully.
In short, I was so blessed last Sunday. It was a preaching about Faith and its actually what I needed to strengthen in this seemingly difficult times. :) So, I guess that's why God sent a Filipino Pastor all the way to Malaysia to let me understand the preaching 100% and remind me of certain things. Praise the Lord!
But last Sunday was different. We had a Filipino preacher that Sunday! I was already quite excited when my Mom in law told me that the Pastor who will be preaching in the church is a Filipino.
So, Sunday came and when we went inside the church, I immediately recognized the Filipino pastor and greeted him in Tagalog. He was quite surprised to see a lone Filipino in the crowd of Indians too. But we never got a chance to talk since the service has already started.
The Pastor shared a powerful preaching and the great thing was, I completely understood 100% of the sermon and not to mention, I could relate to everything he said, from the "Filipino" jokes that he cracked ( in which only Filipinos can understand) to the way he constructed his sentences in English. He was preaching in English but isn't sometimes we literally speak as if we are speaking in Bisaya? He was a very dynamic and funny preacher but at the same time shared the Word powerfully.
In short, I was so blessed last Sunday. It was a preaching about Faith and its actually what I needed to strengthen in this seemingly difficult times. :) So, I guess that's why God sent a Filipino Pastor all the way to Malaysia to let me understand the preaching 100% and remind me of certain things. Praise the Lord!
4 comments:
Greetings from the east Jesu & Lalaine! Thank you so much for your visit. How is life there in Malaysia? We hope to visit the country in the future. Would you like us to exchange links? Let me know. Thank you and God bless!
Wow! God is truly amazing.
praise the Lord!
Hello Love! Yeah, the movie is quite scary but I love joining contests and watching movies. So, basig diay maka-daug ko. Ako ra pud pa raffle ang DVD. Hehehehe...
I am OK but still struggling to survive as a lone ranger. Hirap maging pregnant with two school aged children and an early working hubby. So, the house suffer or my opps online. Kay kapoy naman dayon ko mao tulog jud ko sa hapon.
Anyway, we need faith jud in times of crises. Mao jud ato pinaka need now.
God is truly great providing you a Pinoy Pastor last Sunday.
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