Enlarging our Territory!!!!!

1. 
 Independent Baptist Churches in the Philippines Inc.. (IBCP)
 May 12- 17 2014
 IBCP Center Church , Tionko, Avenue, Davao City
 Theme: Enlarging our Teretory
 Text: I Chronicles 4:10
 Devotional message
 May 16, 2014
65th General Assembly
and convention

2. 
Divide the congregation into four groups!
1st: when you heard the word “Tao” the group will
sing “maalaala mo kaya”
2nd: when you heard the word “bulkan” the group
will shout “boom”.
3rd: when you heard the word “bird” the group will
sing in unison “tweet tweet”
4th: when you heard the word “Ginoo” the group will
shout in unison “Ang Dios Maayo”
Ice breaker

3. 
Usa ka adlaw, adunay usa ka Tao nga naghigda sa usa
ka kahoy nga naa nahimutang sa ubos sa usa ka bukid
nga adunay Bulkan. Nakita sa Tao ang tanang
binuhat sa Ginoo, mga Langgam nga naglupad lupad
ibabaw sa mga kakahuyan. Kini nga
tao, naghunahuna unsa kamaayo ang Ginoo. Ug sa
dihang ningbuto ang Bulkan, ang mga Langgam, ug
ang Tao naningkamot ang Tao nga mahilayo niadtong
dapita, busa ang Tao ningdagan ug kusog. Apan ang
Bulkan ningbuga ug daghang lava, ug ang bulkan
ningbuga pa gyud ug daghang lava, ug ang ubang
Langgam wala na igkita apan ang Ginoo giluwas niya
ang Tao, gikan sa pagbuto sa Bulkan.
Story

4. 
Then the Philistines took the ark of
God and brought it from Ebenezer to
Ashdod. 2 They brought it into the
house of Dagon and set it by Dagon 3
and when the people of Ashdod arose
early in the morning, there was
Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth
before the ark of the Lord. And they
took Dagon and set in its place again.
I Samuel 5:1-7 Nkjv

5. 
4 and when they arose early the next
morning, there was Dagon, fallen on
its face to the ground before the ark of
the Lord. The head of Dagon and both
the palm of its hands were broken off
on the threshold; only Dagon's torso
was left 5 therefore neither the priests of
Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house
tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to
this day.

6. 
6 but the hand of the Lord was
heavy on the people of
Ashdod, and he ravaged them and
struck them with tumor both
Ashdod and its territory. 7 and
when the men of Ashdod saw how
it was, they said “the ark of the
God of Israel must not remain with
us, for his hands is harsh against us
and to Dagon our god”.

7. Theme: LESSONS
FROM THE LIFE OF
THE ISRAELITES AND
OF THE PHILISTINE!

8. 
LET US CONSIDER THE
THREE MAJOR AREAS
ON THIER LIVES AND
GET SOME POSITIVE
LESSONS.

9. 
A: Success
Why and what was their
methods for their success?
B: Failures
Is it true, that even though
you are successful, you
might experience failures?

10. 
C: Beliefs
From this text, do you
think their belief and
practices helps them to
win on thier battles?

11. 
The Success

12. A: they defeated the army of
the Israelites
B: they kill the leader of the
Israelites, the sons of Priest Eli.
C: they captured the ark of the
covenant.
Success of the
Philistines

13. A: they were now in the promise land.
B: they were bless in their spiritual life.
They have a priest as their spiritual mentor.
They have the law of Moses HEBREW
''TORAH''
They have the ark of the covenant!
They have a permanent place, as far as
worship service is concern which is Shiloh.
Success of the Israelites

14. 
C: They were victorious in their
previous battles
D: they were stable
1;LAND
2; SECURITY
3; WEAPONS
4; EXPERIENCE
5; BELIEF

15. FIVE FAMOUS PERSONS
A; WALT DISNEY
B; OPRAHWINFREY
C; MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN
D; JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN
E; CALEB
ILLUSTRATION

16. born on December 5, 1901 in
Chicago Illinois.
He stopped his high school life and
he attempt to enlist for military
service.
He was Rejected because he was
under age, only sixteen years old at
that time.
Walt Disney

17. 
He works as an ambulance
driver in France for several
years.
Many people rejected his work
because of his back grounds.
 he build a company called
Laugh-O-Grams later on was
bankrupt.

18. 
Yet he
never stop!

19. 
Success of Walt
Disney

20. 
Movies
Snow White, The Seven Dwarfs
Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Cind
irella, Mickey Mouse, and Donald
Duck.
Beautiful Park
Disneyland Park

21. 
born on January 29, 1954, in
Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA.
Her parents was not married.
she came from a poor family
she suffer discrimination because of
her race while she was young.
Oprah Winfrey

22. 
Yet She
never Stop!

23. 
Success of Oprah
Winfrey

24. 
-Gain the first slot as the famous and rich
female celebrity in hollywood 2013
survey!
“If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies.
And if you run full speed ahead without
stopping for water, you lose momentum to
finish the race.
 O Magazine, April 2003

25. 
He suffered Prejudiced from his youth. He stopped on
Basketball sports because of this reason.
Prejudise or Racism- a belief or doctrine that inherent
differences among the various human races determine cultu
ral or individual achievement, usually involving the idea
that one's own race is superior and has the right to
rule others.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan

26. 
Yet he
never Stop!

27. 
Success of Michael
Jeffrey Jordan

28. 
Michael Jordan won six
championships playing with the
Chicago Bulls
(1991,1992,1993, 1996,1997, and
1998). He was also elected as the
most valuable player five times. He
retired for good in 2003.
He was considered as legends in the
Basketball sports!

29. 
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots
in my career. I’ve lost almost 300
games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted
to take the game winning shot and
missed. I’ve failed over and over
again in my life. And that is why I
succeed.

30. 
Number 30:13
THIER FIRST ATTEMP, THE
PEOPLE NEVER OBEYED ON
THEM
Joshua the son of Nun and
Caleb.

31. 
After 52 years they tried
again. The whole assemblies
obeyed and they possessed
their dream Land.
The book of Number was written
1450 BC
The book of Joshua was written 1398
BC

32. 
A: Persistent Attitude
B: Do not stop to attempt
What Lessons we have
learn from this People?

33. 
2 when the philistine took
the ark of God. They
brought it into the house of
Dagon and set it by Dagon.
The failures of
the Philistines

34. 
The failures

35. 
A; THEY LIMIT GOD
NO SPECIAL TREATMENT
CO EQUAL WITH THIER GOD
B; THEY COMPARE THE LIVING
GOD TO BAAL.

36. THEY WENT TO THE BATTLE!
A; THEIR SPIRITUAL ARMOR
WAS WEAK
-THEY NEVER
INQUIRE, PROPHET SAMUEL
AND ASKED FOR A BLESSINGS.
The failures of the
Israelites

37. 
LET US EQUIP OURSELVES
WITH SPIRITUAL ARMOR.
A;; THEOLOGY
B; SANTIFICATION
C; PRAYER

38. 
“Our greatest
glory is not in never
falling, but in rising
every time we fall.”
CONFUCIUS

39. 
The Beliefs

40. 
THEY BELIEVE ON
DAGON
The Philistine

41. 
THEY BELIEVE ON GOD
The Israelites

42. 
EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR
A REASONS
QOUTATION

43. 
TO THE PHILISTINE- GOD OPENED
THIER UNDERSTANDING THAT THIER IS
HIGHER AND MORE POWERFUL THAN
DAGON.
TO THE ISRAELITES- INCREASE THIER
FAITH
A;; GOD PUNISH THE PHILISTINE
THROUGH DISASTER
B; THE PHILISTINE RETURN THE ARK
WITH GIFTS

44.  There was a pastor who desired that the church will expand its
wide and height. He made a series sermon about giving in
order that his plan will come into reality. After two months the
giving is they same. The money that is needed for the
construction is not enough.
 This minister sit and thought some good strategy. Saturday in
the morning he called an electric engineer and he requested
that this engineer will installed an electric wire and connect it
to all the chairs. He added that he will put a control button at
the pulpit. This engineer obeyed the request of this minister
without any inquiry.
Conclusion

45. 
 On the worship day, which is Sunday this minister include on
his sermon his burdens and desires for extensions of the
church building. He said “brethren, who among you here, who
are willing to give 10,000 pesos as pledge for our
constructions of our building, may I request to please stand”.
After saying this, the minister pushed the control button of
the electric wire. All the people are standing because they felt
the current on their chairs.
 This minister was happy, he thought that he has lots of money
to finance the project.
 After the worship service, the church secretary came to him
and said “Pastor, twenty five of our church members, we
brought it to the hospital because they never stand and five of
them were dead.