It is Calvary Baptist Church's Desire to fulfill God's Great Commission -- This Project was pre-prepared by God for His Vision to rebuild His Sanctuary....
Rebuilding God's Sanctuary
January 5, 2009 - Calvary's big step of Faith. Please join us in fulfilling the Mission. Continue to pray for us!
PTR. LORENZO BOBIS
Resident Pastor
Is there someone in my church who is hurting?
What could I do? Would a kind word, a visit, or
an encouraging card from me be helpful?
Like an injured child, hurting people need protection.
Let's make sure they get it from the church.
11For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
I will never forget the time when our lovebird was attacked by a strayed cat. strayed cat can be found anywhere in our place. It was around 3AM in the morning when my mom heard something came down from the roof and suddenly our lovebird was crying in pain. My mom knocked us on our door and told us to check. So we got up and checked.. It seems that he was ok.. but when we double checked.. He had a cut around his kneck. I was in pain too - I think I can feel how hurt he was.. so have to place his cage inside our room just to make sure that the cat won't come back and hurt him again.. We checked on the internet how to take care of a hurt lovebird.. I was worried when I read about an article about it living for a maximum of 24hours. We can't afford bringing him in a vet.. so we had him medicated with human drugs. every morning I would spray antibiotic on his wound and put the same in his water.. he barely eats at all.. everytime I checked on him, he was weak everyday.. days past, weeks past... I am greatful that he survived. I took care of him for almost a month, I have alotted time for him after a month he regained his strength and finally he was fine now!
My experience reminds me of how we should protect the people in our churches who have been damaged by life. John told us to love one another (1 Jn. 3:14,17-18). In fact, this is an important way we demonstrate that we belong to the Lord (v.19). If we sense the presence of people who need our love and care, we can't just ignore them and risk losing them. If we don't protect them with Christian love, the next time they get hurt they may turn elsewhere for help.