CFC USA Virtual Conference 2021: Session 2

[Music] here at the dawn of our new generation let us give our thanks and praise to god [Music] faithful ever true he has been through every season holy is the one we should glorify for the lord's promises at hand prepared away ready your hearts strive for [Music] [Music] is whatever comes away be courageous be firm in faith [Music] keep our eyes on god we shall overcome he walks with us all through this journey love will bind us in perfect unity for the lord's promises at hand prepared away ready your hearts strive for holiness put on love above all else consecrate and offer yourself to god [Music] strive for holiness put on love above all else for tomorrow [Music] ours one desires to be weak [Music] a living god is with us performing his son fathom wonders our hearts one desires to behold strive for holiness put all love above all else consecrate and offer yourself to god strive for holiness [Music] put our love above all else for tomorrow [Music] here at the dawn of our new generation let us give our thanks and praise to god faithful ever true he has been through every season holy is the one we shall glorify for the lord's promises at hand for holiness holiness put on love above all else whatever comes away be courageous be firm in faith [Music] keep our eyes on god [Music] he walks with us all through this journey love will bind us in perfect unity [Music] [Music] spirits [Music] lord and lord i come to your awesome presence [Music] forex daily [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] loving father we surrender to you today our brothers and sisters who have just completed the christian life program and have now committed to start a new life with you as their lord and savior please come into their hearts in a deeper way help them to open all the secret places of their hearts to you and to welcome you to dwell in their hearts holy spirit bring them to a deeper conversion to jesus christ we surrender all to you their health their families their resources occupation skills welcome to the family we're glad that you have come to share your life with us as we grow in love and may we always be to you what god would have us be a family always there to be strong and to [Music] we're leave that you have come to share your life with us as we grow in the land may we always be to you but god would have us be a family always [Music] amen amen [Music] [Music] chosen by god by name to fight the good fight was spread in his word [Music] empty ourselves open up our hearts let [Music] [Music] for god is divine and so should we [Music] after a historical virtual concert that opened the windows of our soul the original members of side a reunite once again for a global benefit concert side a redox kalessa second set september 11 2021 with special guest clara benin and special appearance of morrisette for the benefit of cfc anchov global foundation and feed the hungry programs of communities and charities brought to you by forex cargo incorporated admu college 1988 incorporated and cfc angkop global foundation tickets are now available at twenty dollars or one thousand pesos with five shows to choose from asia 8 30 p.m manila time europe 6 30 p.m central european time middle east 8 30 pm gst dubai time and usn canada 8 30 pm eastern time each ticket bought will feed a family for a week partner with us and make a difference in people's lives buy your tickets now at kdx.ph or carlowpacific.com [Music] [Applause] [Music] here at the dawn of a new generation let us give our thanks and praise to god faithful ever true he has been through every season holy is the one we should glorify [Music] is [Music] the end of the world at the palm of my [Music] my face to the sea and my back to the land [Music] if you can't come with me and understand i'll understand [Music] hello cfc family hello hello cfc families good evening good afternoon good afternoon magandang hapon yes and good morning in the philippines and welcome good morning good afternoon good evening to our cfc family worldwide all over the world usa everywhere you are hello how are you everybody we welcome you yes it is welcome welcome back welcome back to our cfc usa virtual conference 2021 wonder first weekend session two crisis so we are here to strive for holiness and put on love what is the anchor verse for this verse for this conference is sanctify yourselves for tomorrow the lord will perform wonders among you joshua chapter 3 verse 5 and put on love put on love and over all this put on love that is the bond of perfection colossians chapter 3 verse 14. you know what we need to be holy and be amazed my dear brothers and sisters all over the world um we have brothers and sisters from the east coast the midwest the uh upstate west coast and everywhere we have brothers in trinidad and tobago hi to you yeah and we have brothers and sisters in the philippines in my uh hometown in bicol we have uh you know guests here so welcome to all of you yes and this is the day that the lord has made my dear brothers and sisters and we should be glad in it right we are glad that you are here and we thank god for this uh uh area for this you know for this zoom and for the gift of technology youtube and facebook can you imagine all of us all around the world coming together as one we might be a part but we are one at heart yes if we put on love we can achieve holiness amen so amen so i want to give a cheer for 40 years of cfc in the philippines 40 years amazing huh it is i'm so amazed 40 years that's a celebration time celebration and 29 years here in the usa and are we from in our nick of the woods here in illinois we are here for 27 years and our partner uh country right now our future country is celebrating 25 years which is germany we honor you brothers and sisters who's been here with this community i want you to use your chat box you know chat box and put on there how many years have you been with this community for us as husband and wife yes and with cfc we've been with this community for 20 years right i know it's not been hard my dear brothers and sisters it's not been hard it's not been hard it's easy because we put on love yeah you know but there has been you know what i'm saying is that there has been rocks on the road you know towards the path of holiness but i learned to humble myself when we first got married during the first two years after the honeymoon i have to ask this you know this phrase to my wife will you forgive me i'm sorry you know that's that's what made it and because of the teachings of our brothers and sisters in this community and it's wonderful to be in this community my dear brothers and sisters we want to welcome those who are he's been here for just you know just right now or you came back from you know last week we want to honor you for coming here right by the way ich bin joel here ich bin lurides i am we will be your servant emcees this evening and to help us out two of our two out of our three daughters is here to help us out with the tech you know technical aspects of it so our first one will be um our youngest one pauline okay we're not techy people and the second one is jelly so they'll help us with shout outs and so brothers and sisters at this time we want you to do your chat i know we know that there's already brothers and sisters who are very eager and enthusiastic with this conference so keep it coming we can start okay again love i think we need to tell them again okay how wonderful this weekend is gonna be you know what this is a wonderful weekend because you know that you've been called by god you could have been somewhere else yes but we are you know uh very excited about the messages that will come on you know as we go along so i want to ask you and we are humbled actually to be here to serve you as hosts yeah it's also our honor and we are blessed with this yes this service that god has called us so where it's our prayer and it's our hope that you brothers and sisters in our community and even not in the community that you guys will be able to be excited just like us you'll have that joyful anticipation for this conference you know this is a really wonderful weekend for us it's an adventure also my dear brothers and sisters i can see here that you know many of you have been here for like 20 plus years 10 plus years and may some of you are like just here for months or even just a year or less than five years and we thank god for god for that you know because god has called you each and every one of you my dear brothers and sisters so um i want you to type in and just you know just uh you know uh log in where you're from and keep on greeting you and we will you know we will acknowledge you uh sooner or later i want to acknowledge right now lulu miranda and mike miranda from uh north carolina yay welcome and also the new ones that we were saying the ones that are recently dedicated with our virtual clps yes welcome to our 40th anniversary celebration in cfc at conference yes and for uh john cook from uh altamonte springs welcome shout out to you also we want you to continue to drop in in their chat box because we know there's a lot of our brothers and sisters celebrating birthdays celebrating anniversaries just celebrating together maybe doing a watch party yes right now yeah and the household unit party because we are in this conference today see um what uh we need also is sue you know to give you some house rules before our roll call so i want to do some house rules with us number one you know brothers and sisters where your restroom is or bathroom you know where to go okay uh don't be shy okay feel at home all right feel at home and number two uh we want you to make sure to look left yeah and you're right and make sure that you know your escape plan in case of a bird emergency okay and and number three if you are doing uh uh a house party or a viewing party just you know be safe there everyone and number four don't turn off this you know this device and go somewhere else stay focused and stay strong and stay with us okay so uh we want to do a roll call right now yeah so um we want to welcome our brothers and sisters from paris para christo and we want to welcome our brother our sisters and christ dear to us the handmaids of the lord titalija history so um for the uh for the servants of the lord welcome yes and of course our next generations yes our singles for christ and the youth for christ who are here with us yes and of course our kids for christ it's for christ you know what um we are very excited also to tell you and we want to thank some of the people that are bts what is bdds oh my god bts well that's not what you're thinking it's bts are the people that are behind the scenes without them this is not possible so you know who you are thank you very much and we want to thank our international council our national council our local area leaders for making this possible you know when they first uh you know approached us we were very nervous why are are we you know are we good enough to do this but you know what we prayed about it and i told my wife that this is not for us it is for god that we are doing this amen so we are doing this for god my dear brothers and sisters are married for 20 years you know it has ups and downs as i said earlier but it's god's faithfulness that you know that did us and i we want to thank our illinois you know uh leadership our household leaders than our unit leaders and the area leaders who help us through um who help us through through our teachings here in this community and through our personal one-on-ones and what help us a lot is this my dear brother sisters our covenant card yes we always do that yeah and we always you know looked at it our constant and faithful and loving god from last week's stop amen he is faithful my dear brothers and sisters he just wants our will if if our if our will and god's will is the same then we are you know we are gonna be okay all right so because i i i've learned this because for every test that we have it can become a testimony for every mess in our life it can become a message for even if you are a victim my dear brothers and sisters you can be a victor you can triumph if you have god in jesus and you as we all do that do this my dear brothers and sisters i want to encourage you as we segue to this uh um wonderful you know presentation that will be given to us by our brothers and sisters in germany um our brothers and sisters in germany to do us the gathering song cfc family parare zum christos i hope we're saying it right couples for christ germany for our gathering song [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] me thank you for yakker yes yes lord thank you germany for that awesome it's an awesome song and you know what we need to trade our sorrows for the joy of the lord yes that's what it is if we have any crisis we need to have christ in our lives amen amen i want to thank germany for that wonderful song amen amen thank you amen thank you lord for the special being you know sang in their own language i hope we will be touched by that song my dear brothers and sisters so we want to you know give you uh a taste of what's going to happen go ahead okay so right now before that we want to thank again our area leaders here in illinois yes our brother and sister brother laurel and sister minnie beer and our you know in our regional head uh alex and brother alex and helen santos helen for for their you know support all throughout these years yes for us guidance for their guidance for for our area you know we are you know we are moving forward because of them their servant leadership is really excellent and of course the rest of our brothers and sisters in cfc illinois thank you hello hear you i hope you're having fun out there shut it down chatted down cfc illinois um and we want to you know we want to really acknowledge you know uh no noel fernandez happy birthday to you yeah who else i think we have more there tito nanding yeah happy birthday belated happy birthday to you and tita binky happy birthday special birthday greetings to you yep and we also wanna they have a very good video earlier with our commercials and really thank all our supporters our sponsors and you brothers and sisters always there for us for our blaze for the forex and of course the beautiful souvenir program that we have support our realtors and you know the small businesses that our brothers and sisters has yes um at this juncture my dear brothers and sisters we are going to that you know to that uh solemn you know part of this of this you know of this program and i want you to ask you know uh for you we want to ask you to ask mama mary to be present in our lives so one of the things that we want you to have is if you have the rosary uh take it out now yep that's your weapon that's our weapon our armor against the evil one and we i want to ask also the help of saint joseph the terror of demons amen yes and um we want to also to ask the intercession of saint bonifas yeah you know who he is he is the patron saint of germany the holy family to really you know look into us look into our hearts the holy spirit to be in our hearts as we do our worship later on which will be led by our very own illinois area music ministry and our west chapter will be our worship leader will be our west chapter servant leader brother ray de leon and just want to let you know that our brothers and sisters from germany will be leading us with the rosary we need to pray we need to pray for our brothers and sisters who have passed away and anything that is bothering you or any you know any prayer for uh thanksgiving write it down now shut it down so that we can pray for it as we do our worship as we do our rosary pray for the things that you want to be taken out of you we need to trade it trade it for joy and trade it for love trade it for god my dear brothers and sisters let us welcome again welcoming welcome the team from team germany for our rosary the family that prays together stays together the the saunas and the side again guys are men you should now be on god and father and unmixed again and shoot for the sinners on that day an unusual crystal silence recently lived in them when [Music] [Music] foreign jesus [Music] um jesus yes god and hey um jesus foreign is jesus [Music] [Music] beautiful um yes me despite the glory behind nasa there in the email of giffaren is father unser in himmel kihalik [Music] [Music] on the hairless sky in ivy sky amen the gruesome sights do maria fall big nada the hair is mid-deer dubas gibbene died until then frown when gabine yes the hair is made there dubas given a diet until then flowering on gabbana diet is different dinosaurs jesus beautiful owns the hair [Music] [Music] gabbani diet on prevent brown on cabbage diet is different than islamists jesus beautiful owns sunderland's own industry [Music] [Music] yes um [Music] [Music] yes [Music] beautiful [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] current [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] hey [Music] [Music] suggestions [Music] oh god [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] again guys brother and sisters good afternoon how's everybody doing [Music] all right are you ready to praise god and worship him well let's go do it together let us make the son of faith in the name of the father and of the son of the holy spirit amen righteousness before we begin allow me to ask anyone everyone here is there anybody in the house or in this assembly who has never had any crisis in life anyone i guess and i believe we all do right crisis is the part of life it's a part of our journey to holiness well let me ask you is crisis bad or good the answer i believe is both bad because it breaks our hearts we become depressed lonely sad and we become helpless so to speak and at times we're confused and we don't even know what to do where to go good because we become closer to god and we start praying to god and we depend and rely and we give our life to him and we trust him and we become one with our father let me tell you about what happened to me it was a year of suffering when i had a car accident back in november of 19 2019 i saw myself spinning out in the air and at that point i don't know what was happening i was terrified i was frightened lo and behold i cried out to god and i said lord jesus save me and all of a sudden the car landed me on the ground and frightened that i was i saw myself completely saved god saved me and my case was even dismissed in court back in november of 16 of 2020 that was last year three times there was no show in court hearing from the guy who hit me and i thank god he saved me and saved me from the crisis that brought me nightmares after nightmares for a year of suffering brothers and sisters all we need in life is god [Music] god is enough for me brothers and sisters and i hope it is to you too what about you nothing else will ever be brother sisters for i am happy i am satisfied because i have found god is my [Music] so savior i feel your [Music] your presence is sufficient your embrace is [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] your grace is sufficient young brains [Music] is [Music] [Music] foreign nothing else will ever be [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign all praise glory and honesty and father praise glory and honor to your son our lord and savior jesus christ praise glory in honor of the holy spirit of god praise [Music] [Music] in joshua 3 5 it says sanctify yourselves for tomorrow the lord will perform wonders among you god is a loving and faithful god he is great and wonderful he makes all things possible he provides us all our needs in time's up troubles he always keeps us safe my sister is the lord is my light and my salvation whom shall i fear [Music] the lord is my light and my who salvation it be [Music] love is [Music] [Music] we always [Music] [Music] who shall i fear [Music] [Music] oh is [Music] and your name is above all names the father glory glory glory and honor and praise to your father we are so good tsunamis to people and merciful the bible says that if there is any unforgiveness it should be dealt before praying therefore we release any anger bad feelings resentments or any wrong attitude before you now father we lay them at your feet and we release and forgive those who have wronged us lord you are fearless you die to save my soul your heart's so selfless my sins you have conquered all [Music] can't you be the light [Music] is [Music] [Music] oh why shouldn't you come through [Applause] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] your grace [Music] so [Music] is [Music] with [Music] is you will be [Music] you will be done [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] lord we thank you for your message to us and the message is love and holiness lord we thank you thank you father for this new day thank you for gathering us in this wonder weekend conference but god thank you for couples for christ families and the holy spirit renewing the face of the earth and the generations to come above all father we thank you for your love and your faithfulness all of us encounters for christ our families and the people at large lord we live up to you this wonder weekend conference bless our speakers sharers give them the mind the heart and soul and spirit of christ that through them we may receive your words and respond to it that your will be done on us we ask you lord to bless the production team the tech support team our music ministry and the people involved in this conference and combining all we can meet the needs of the hour and be successful and peaceful from the start of this conference to the end together we ask for wisdom revelation and understanding for the things that we will undergo today right now father we cast down every thought of fear and worry we ask for intercession of mama mary and saint joseph to pray for us to protect us and to prayers from all the enemies and to prayers from all the evil forces all praise and glory and honor to you father in jesus name amen and have the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen wow what a powerful worship amen thank you illinois music ministry for bringing us into that worship amen when we sing we pray twice amen and thank you brother ray for leading us into worship yes and dankashain germany for that prayer of the rosary um i would like to you know especially mention our brother uh alex santos and helen santos first beer heading for this cfc event as a host chicago illinois and of course brother laurel and sister me as our area sorry hurry ahead and most especially our music ministry cfc illinois for all their hard work and the beautiful song and music that they have for us you know chicago illinois be proud because we are ready willing and able to serve just for god you know because of god's love we need not to be fairly fearless because he was fearless in loving us and giving himself to us my dear brothers and sisters and uh i want to thank the national coordinator yes uh haiku jungi of germany right did you know that germany is uh one-third forested areas my dear brothers and sisters and uh there's like 20-plus thousand 25 million catholics in there and right now we are praying for them because they're having floods right now yeah and um i want to pray for them and we have read all your comments my dear brothers and sisters for healing for you know for restoration for faith and you know for for thanksgiving you know happy birthday to takora and um um we have a lot of shout outs we'll take this opportunity first 40th wedding anniversary to romy and rhys rizzell vargas happy birthday to norman cagnette and 50 years of marriage for jim kincaid and spouse and of course we have brothers and sisters from the philippines we don't want to miss this from elegant city katie pia from be called carlos david or david rosalia barago from cebu city and um from turks and caicos island and of course all of you we cannot mention all of you but we are really grateful you're on you're chatting and really want to be connected okay and thank you we are a worldwide community my dear brothers and sisters to keep praying for each other and one of the trust that we have in this community is to evangelize you know evangelize and we have this uh evangelization tool right now in a form of a contest yes so this is more exciting so what you've seen are just some of the tip of the iceberg only the tip of the iceberg so brothers and sisters when you see your you know your region represented be there to chat amen before the first one we want to thank god again because of all that time talent and treasures that he has blessed all of us cfc so with this we're able to share and we're always amazed at how creative how wonderful god has worked through us through this evangelization tool and in us my dear brothers and sisters without further ado by the way this will be tallied amen your amen for the first one will be tallied and will be considered in the judging there are three judges my dear brothers and sisters that we will not divulge until the end until the end of this conference so um you rest assured that it will be fair for everyone so and we have a total of 12 entries actually okay so we will be showing you the first three and we need your input my dear brothers this is if it's your region or if you like the video go ahead say amen amen amen in the chat box so we would like to welcome the northwest a north east a uh headed by the original head as the servant leader there is jerry mariano let's give them an amen or thumbs up right now okay let's go all right [Music] of a wonderfully promising movement within the church called couples for they christ a remarkable charism that started in the philippines a remarkable charism of strengthening marriage and family [Music] life [Music] [Music] thank you northeast a amazing amazing okay so for the next you know video i want you to put good job good job okay so let us welcome southwest a headed by uh the fearless leader there regional head mon del carmen so let's welcome uh southwest a put good job okay all right [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you southwest a awesome very good i'm very good with technology yes so let us welcome north central b but i want you to type awesome awesome okay awesome um we want to thank our brother servant leader alex santos again for this you know for this video and for facilitating it so put awesome on it yeah okay and just so you know we have our tech team monitoring all your likes comments and all that so who knows there might be people choice award family is [Music] sharing [Music] caring [Music] god fear here at the dawn of our new generation let us give our thanks and praise to god faithful ever true he has been through every season holy is the one we should for the glorify promises at hand prepared away ready your hearts strive for holiness put on love [Music] [Applause] [Music] put on love above all [Music] [Applause] whatever comes away be courageous be firm in faith [Music] keep our eyes on god you shall overcome whoa what are nice videos what nice videos do they have north central b by the way my dear brothers and sisters is composed of michigan indiana missouri and wisconsin and illinois so um just want to let you know and um we are privileged to introduce this next couple um to do the introduction for our uh speaker for this evening um we have so our host area you know leader they are very dear to us they've been with cfc for 20 years they're very loving generous humble what else christ like christ like servant of god so we're very proud to have them with us to introduce our speaker whom we could not wait to listen to of course and so we welcome our very own our fearless leader brother laurel and sister good afternoon brothers and sisters in christ and since our partner host for this session is cfc germany guten morgen and you know it is about 2 a.m in germany right now and maganda umagas so ba we learned a lot of things last week isn't it yes can you summarize it for us yeah you know last week we heard a wonderful talk by brother dave gerald where we learned what a covenant is and that covenant is at the heart of god's loving design from all eternity and although he has no need of human beings he freely desires to bind himself to us with the very intimacy of marriage bond a bond that is to last a lifetime you know we learned that even though we are unfaithful to god god remains faithful to his covenant with us how well he always reaches out to us through the holy spirit and as brother dave mentioned through prayers service scripture reading and sacraments man is sanctified by the holy spirit and instill in us a new life and this new life our covenant with god will no longer be a set of rules but a lifestyle to holiness but as we all know our lifestyle to holiness is not always a life of comfort and pleasure quite the contrary crisis is part and parcel of our daily lives and everyday journey towards holiness yes and to expound on god's call for us to put off the old self and explain the meaning and purpose of crisis in our lives as god's disciples please allow me to introduce to you our speaker for this afternoon session entitled crisis he has been serving the community in various capacity with his wife cynthia for 31 years currently serving in international council as pastoral formation director please help us welcome brother george campus [Music] defined by my vices i sought my worth at the bottom of a bottle i chase peace through the slow drag of a cigarette i search for fulfillment through the rush of strobing lights night after night stumbling through the door to an empty home i found none of these things instead i stared into the mirror and found a stranger staring back a slave to my own body i was defined by desire a new body crossing my bed every day each of them like a toy an object to play with until i got bored on to the next and the next and the next helping myself to whoever whenever no matter who it hurt but feeling good for a moment would not bring me peace i was numb empty and broken awards accolades success these are the things that define me i thought that climbing to the highest mountaintop and looking down on others would bring me a high that i desperately needed but it brought me lower and lower until i couldn't see the light anymore a hurt in the pit of my stomach continued to grow until awards no longer seemed shiny and people's praises began to feel empty my self-worth was so low that no man or woman on this earth could make me whole but nevertheless but nevertheless god redeemed me god called me to give up a life of selfishness and take up a life of selflessness in his church through persistent prayer and the love of community he forged something broken into something beautiful he turned me into the version of myself he intended me to be that same hunger for sex became a hunger for something more i hungered for a covenant with my god i hungered for a love so full i wouldn't hunger anymore i hungered not for a new body on my bed each day but to receive the same fullness of the body of christ every day my effort to earn an excess of achievements became so small compared to the vastness of his love he filled me with grace he showed me my worth he healed me of my hurts and showed me the power to forgive can't be forgiven [Music] and i am ready to do your way make me ready to do [Music] hello my cfc brothers and sisters from the united states of america and other countries how are you i pray that the pandemic has made all of us a better person let me begin this session with an unforgettable story that tested my faith in synthesis faith in our trust in god in year 2001 cynthia got pregnant with her fourth child at the age of 39. while she was pregnant cynthia developed many complications think finch's life was in danger to the point of having to choose whether to terminate the pregnancy to save her life or to go on despite the risk of losing her and having abnormal cynthia and i were crying for so many days we must make a very difficult decision so many sleepless nights we prayed intensely and finally decided to just put our full trust in our god to continue with the pregnancy just hope in his loving mercy it was a case of lord i will be done that baby is now a 19 year old beautiful and bubbly lady bringing so much joy to the family it was a battle between life and death between putting our trust in god's plan or being enslaved with fear of what might happen this one of the crisis that we have encountered as husband and wife brothers and sisters welcome to the second talk of this wondrous weekend entitled crisis so what is crisis the dictionary defines crisis as a time of intense difficulty trouble or danger we can easily relate with crisis or to crisis with the covet 19 pandemic affecting the whole world right now we can also recall how a series of strong fires earthquakes floods war hunger and drug have destroyed property and even claim lives when we think of crisis we cannot help but also remember those very challenging moments in couples for christ way back in 2007 and again in 2009 all these events led us to confusion frustrations great distress broken relationships enormous problems and struggling to surmount the situation at hand on a personal level we are also very familiar with the many crises we have experienced or are still experiencing today in our health and finances in our career in our workplace in our marriage and in our family so is crisis bad it can be yes with the hardships difficulties and sufferings it may bring but it can also be a blessing yes a blessing that leads us to growth innovation greater learning understanding and greater love in times of crisis we discover who we are what kind of fiber we are made of let us not waste the crisis let us use it to spark a greater longing for him who is holy again never waste a crisis brothers and sisters every crisis is an opportunity to encounter god in a deeper way it is a call for steadfast faith and unfailing trust in the faithfulness of god it is the conviction that no matter what happens we will strongly hold on to his promise that he is with us every moment of our lives not just holding us in his hands but keeping us in his heart so beautiful why let us be inspired from the from the letter of saint paul to romans chapter 5 verses 3 to 5. not only that but to even both of our afflictions knowing that affliction produces endurance endurance proven character and proven character hope and hope does not disappoint because the love of god has been poured out into our hearts to the holy spirit that has been given to us crisis will lead us to christ not away from christ whatever we face today let us be strengthened with this beautiful truth where crisis is christ is he is ever with us in every crisis christ speaks okay in every crisis christ speaks the greatest crisis of all is what we go through intelligently spiritually because the crisis happening outside okay are reflections of what is happening inside of us within us my dear brothers and sisters i would like to ask you the following three questions how is your faith and your relationship with god how about your values are they founded on where what does our covenant with god in cfc mean to you you know choosing between sin and christ okay it's not a crisis the real crisis yes the real crisis is when you choose what is not of christ it is when we give into something that is not in accordance with god's will it is when we decide to go against what is right good and just thus the consequences of the choosing arise brothers and sisters i would like to share with you the prophecy of cynthia during the metro manila mission court gathering last january to 2021 and i read my dear couples for christ you are called strongly this year not just to be holy but to be prophets i need prophets to admonish remind guide lead encourage correct and listen well to me in my message i need prophets at this point in time i need people who would not be afraid to confront themselves who would be fearless to say the truth i am calling you to be my prophets in cfc and to the world first be a prophet to each other by speaking the truth i will pour out my spirit on all of you but you must open yourselves and learn to listen well to me and not to yourselves do not be afraid to know and see who you really are my love for you is unconditional the israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years until all of those who did not listen were gone and there was a new generation if you want to cross the 40th year learn to listen and listen well this has been affirmed by the new archbishop of manila cardinal vincola i will listen this is a strong call for all of us in couples for christ i directed to listen and listen well to god's voice and obey his words for us not only to cross our 40th year but also to remain in his favor in the years to come let us discuss some of the crisis that is happening around us and in us the first one is crisis in the church the catholic church today finds itself in the midst of a crisis the scandals left slapping light deeply hurt the church and wounded it the flock is scattering though many are are coming back and converting many two are living especially the young ones either to another faith or to the church of the nuns n-o-n-e well the church is doing its best to reach out to the flock and some shepherds yes really bravely set off in search of those lost and wondering sadly others are driving them away further from the fold the church has seen and weathered numerous crises in its two thousand years and always one or more of its saints priests and bishops stood up and rallied the people encourage the faithful or defend the faith since we are also very much part of the church in crisis god is calling you you you all of us to be his prophets we might have a saint in the making here in couples for christ it might be you or your spouse or your friend the crisis within us is a crisis of identity a dilemma of the old versus the new self brothers and sisters saint paul reminds us his letter the colossians and i read put to death therefore what is earthly in you in this you two once walk when you were living in them but now you must put them all away becoming a new creation in christ means that we live on a whole new level no longer clinging to our former ways however most of us suffer from a crisis of identity a dilemma brothers and sisters oftentimes we we seem to prefer our former way of life over the new life god desires for us now let us look into ourselves okay personal identity crisis like the israelites we also forget that we are god's chosen ones holy and beloved we also sometimes focus too much on our past mistakes and on what we lack instead on focusing on god's mercy and forgiveness in the process we suffer from an identity crisis we end up forgetting our identity while settling for our former way of life instead of pursuing the newness of life god is offering so crisis happens when we forget that we are his beloved sons and daughters forget that we are redeemed by god's love forget that we are empowered by his holy spirit at this point let us listen to the story of our sister sister connie gregorio sister connie hi and thank you for having me my name is connie shaptic and this is my story even as an infant i had an innately intimate relationship with my father many people talk about how their mothers were influential and nurturing in their life for me it was my dad no one else could make me laugh or comfort me and my nickname was papa only because from the first year i could speak i would say i want my papa we came to america with only fifty dollars in my dad's pocket we did everything together he taught me how to sacrifice and save money we would take vacations together sometimes just me and him i always was told that i was my dad's favorite but we would never say that at home because we didn't want my sister to get jealous but in my heart and mine i really really believed i was the favorite one day my dad told me that my parents were getting divorced i was more surprised and sad and i thought well i'll have my dad all to myself now that is how confident i was of his love for me oddly enough my mom still lived in the house we did switch bedrooms and my mother got a new bed and i moved my twin bed into my dad's room so now we were roommates sometime after that my mom left other women took up his time one day i came out of my room and there is a woman in the kitchen [Music] about two weeks after that he didn't come home one night and i woke up to him shaking me saying come and meet your mother that's right he had eloped with a woman and i didn't even know her name i went to go meet her and it was the woman that i had seen in the kitchen a couple weeks ago he asked me what i thought about that and i told him the worst thing anyone could ever say to anyone they want to see go to heaven i said i just want you to be happy things were tense at home my sister didn't get along with her at all and i'm not even sure she tried me i'm not confrontational for love of my dad i let my mom i let her replace my mom in his house she had my dad throw away things that i left on floor and she told him it was okay to read our diaries and he did whatever he did though i knew that he still loved me eventually she came to the ultimatum it's either your kids or me within two weeks my sister and i were packed up and shipped off to my mom's house until we could figure out what to do about school my sister had a friend who took people in and we paid her family so we could have a place to stay near our school there were nine people there including a teenager teenage cousin who had a baby but her husband was shot there were also two marines who lived there and one of them had a girlfriend they would always gossip about her and said that they were sharing her they had so many pets and they all had fleas and you could see them on my socks and i would my socks would be stained with the blood from scratching the flea bites i didn't want my dad to feel bad how we were living so i didn't complain there was a bathroom in it with a tub that they used for storage my sister told me that no one used it because that's where her friend got raped by the brother's best friend the father was alcoholic he gave us a creepy feeling when he looked at us they did not care if we went to school or not no one thought i was coming back to school because i had been gone so long but i managed to finish eighth grade and i still was at the top of my class my sister and i moved from place to place until my mom bought a house in our school district my dad took us out one time and my sister was just crying and crying he felt bad when he told us remarrying was a big mistake and he was going to divorce his wife i knew it i knew my dad loved us and he was gonna come back and divorce his wife and things were gonna get back to the way they were but he never came i finished my freshman year and he was still married we actually saw him less and less on those times that he did visit us we always heard the same story that he regretted getting married and he was going to divorce her but he never did after four years i went to college at riverside i didn't have a car so he would pick me up on fridays and drop me back off at school on sundays i thought if i move closer we can have some time to do more things instead of always spending time in the car so i transferred to fullerton one day i had lunch at his house i was i accidentally left my fancy interview shoes there and she found them she got mad and said i was never welcomed there again even if she wasn't home my dad said this made him upset and for sure he would divorce her because she's not even trying to get to know his kids but he never did i graduated college but he never came for me i went off to medical school in chicago and my dad visited me there for parents week i didn't hear much from him in between but i knew he still loved me and i would always tell people how much he inspired me and he was the reason i became a doctor he's the best dad ever my sister attended my graduation and so did my mom who brought her new boyfriend my dad came son's wife he complained that after all these years she still did not want to get to know us and he said he was going to divorce her again but i came back to california because he never did i finished my residency and got a great job i was raided by house and i looked in cerritos because that's where his our old house was that he rented out i thought he could still drop by whenever he came to collect the rent i bought a four bedroom four bath with a giant pool i knew he loved to swim but he didn't come i imported a small bamboo hut from the philippines and had it reassembled by the pool so he could feel like he was backing baguio again i waited but he didn't come before i got married i told my husband to be that one day my dad is gonna leave his wife and come back to live with me and i'm gonna take care of him is that okay with you because if it's not then we can't get married you know my husband not only said yes but he also learned to cook filipino food for my dad but my dad didn't come i gave him two grandchildren and he still didn't come in 2013 i diagnosed my father with dementia he couldn't remember where he spent the night i started him on meds took him to all his doctor's appointments and initiated my duties as his medical dpoa eventually we moved my family to orange county which is where my dad lived my sister would bring him to our house and complain that his wife was stealing all his money that's made him very very mad and he said he's definitely going to divorce her now because she's stealing all his money this made my sister happy because she never really did get along with my stepmother and she was ready to help him with the divorce proceedings but he didn't come in the spring of 2019 my stepmother asked me to take my dad back his dementia progressed so much that she couldn't take care of him anymore just so you know i already lived with my husband two children in med in elementary school a brother-in-law and my father-in-law all under the same roof but i said yes what went through my mind was i will get him out of the house where he has been living in sin as a divorced catholic he'll be able to take the eucharist again my father had been unable to take the eucharist for over 35 years and he was just a confession away from atonement in the fall of 2019 we all moved in together at christmas i took him to the first family party he'd been to in maybe about 40 years my cousin turned me and asked me incredulously why are you taking care of him after everything he did to you i wouldn't do it but i answered her he's still my dad to me there's nothing to forgive and now he's back he didn't come for me i went to get him but he's back after all isn't that what god does with us his children he meets us where we are and brings us home my joy is the joy of the father and the particle son the joy of jesus and the lost sheep we're back together again brothers and sisters taking care of dad brings me closer to god he was meant to be with me as part of his faith journey so we could make amends and prepare him for the hereafter today i relish the days when my dad recognizes me and calls me papa only my name is connie gregorio sheptic and this is my story thank you very much sister connie the crisis brought about by the divorce of your parents did not let you lose and forget your identity as a beloved daughter of god thus you're able to triumph over frustrations with positivity and love god rewarded you your innermost desire to be with your father has been granted now let us take up the next crisis identity crisis in marriage when we talk about crisis and identity we cannot help but wonder how extra difficult it could be for two people who are married to each other brothers and sisters imagine this okay imagine this god buys two people who may be experiencing their own identity crisis individually okay aside from this on a daily basis they also need to deal with all the other pressures and stresses and complexities of married and family life but it's also exactly because of this crisis which brings to the fore the beauty and wisdom of god's purpose and plan for marriage as a vocation and as a sacrament being a vocation marriage is a calling two unique individuals with their own identities being united as one through love sharing a mystery of oneness the man no longer lives for himself nor the woman only for herself and whatever crisis come their way they face it and overcome it as one and how do they overcome it this is where marriage as a sacrament comes in for through this sacrament the couple receives the grace that perfects the human love of the spouses strengthens their indissoluble unity and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life thus marriage despite the many crises will eventually lead the couple to holiness to the grace that comes from god the last crisis that i would like to be talking about is identity crisis as cfc and in cfc what is our current reality in corpus for christ as a community and as a member of couples for christ with the pandemic a lot of things happened and happening how much have changed in our way of doing things and i would like to quote cardinal tatlin in one of his recent homilies let us turn our parishes our schools our catholic hospitals and all the places that we are serving into a home brothers and sisters is cfc is couples for christ home to you is your household okay home to you is your household leader a loving and caring figure the worst crisis cfc could have is when we choose to forget the christ-centered relationship that defines and characterizes couples for christ christ family and community when we lose our trust and confidence with each other when we become blind to the needs of one another when we become deaf to hear the voices and silent cries of the people under our care when we become mute to speak about the truths we shall we must proclaim when we become cold and unfeeling this happens when couples for christ ceases to be a home why is it that leaders and members become disoriented and lose for war in serving why is it that some yfc sfc members when they get married decide not to join cfc why is it that we have brothers and sisters leaving cfc and joining other catholic communities why is it because they or we do not see any more identity both as brothers and sisters in christ as a community as people of god is it because we are no longer a community that corrects guides encourages and supports with love how we become judgmental and caring and indifferent brothers and sisters we are god's family couples for christ is home it's a glimpse of heaven in us and for us because christ is in us another crisis may be forthcoming and we may not realize it we are now accustomed with virtual prayer meetings teaching nights assembly celebrations even virtual holy mass we are getting used to all these virtual gatherings we are the verge of giving in to the thought that these virtual activities continue even when the situation improves and the government allows face-to-face gatherings simply because it is more convenient for just at home no traffic more economical and safer remember relationships do not prosper and deepen as it should in the virtual world technology keeps us connected and we are thankful but we must not be so used to it to replace personal encounters now we are restricted okay understandable however we can find ways to reach out to each other in a personal way unless we become mindful of our true identity as a community as a couples for christ we might find ourselves in a relationship crisis cfc would lose its identity but all are not lost we can still do something we must claim our true identity from colossians chapter 3 says do not lie to one another saying that you have put off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator the only way to overcome our identity crisis is by always choosing and claiming amidst all of life's distractions and difficulties our true identity bishop robert baron says there is a cacophony of voices calling out to you there are a thousand influences pulling you this way and that way what is the one necessary thing it is to listen to the voice of jesus as he tells you of his love and as it tells you who you are listen and listen well brothers and sisters there are three important things we must remember first we are not defined by our concupiscent nature the strong desire which is uh inherited through the original sin it drives us to follow our own passions at the rest of our own good and the good of others examples last not just pertaining to the last of flesh but also to the lust of power authority material possession fame and many more it is the we it is this weakness that leads us to fall so easily into sin second our identity is founded in god in this image and likeness we are made of through jesus passion death and resurrection we were not only washed and restored from original sin but also given a new life as god's children through christ the third the awareness of this constant crisis within us is an important starting point for renewal we have inclinations to do even because of our fallen nature but we also have inclinations to do good because we are made in the image of god now that we know this we must make a choice may we choose god and the life that he offers our true identity will lead us to hope and victory brothers and sisters crisis has a purpose in our life the crisis we go through are meant to purify us in the same way that the islands stayed in the desert for 40 years we must also go through our own wilderness experience in order to purify us and establish in us our true identity for the purpose of preparing us for our vision our mission amidst our crisis there is always hope our crisis will pave way with the fulfillment of god's plan in our lives in the case of the israelites god gave them the possession of the promised land in the case of saint peter jesus created a miracle for peter remember that and distorted to establish him astarak upon which christ will build his church yes brothers and sisters the struggles are both painful and difficult but it is necessary and our hope lies in the confidence that the one who began work in us will continue to complete it until the day of christ jesus the holy spirit who sanctifies us also provides us with all the grace that we need to rise above our crisis god sees the future and he knows the present he brought us out of our egypts and called each one of us to greatness god is making you you you and me all of us ready and we'll and he will use us for a special mission that will bless the world now let us listen to the sharing of sister pat villanueva sister pat january 11 this year i brought my husband to the hospital for an angiogram since it was a five-hour procedure i decided to go visit my parents my mom was not feeling well and she had fever and cough the doctors found five blocked arteries and eric needed to undergo heart bypass operation but because it was was not taking his aspirin the surgery was scheduled in two weeks little did i know that i was going to face the greatest crisis of my life two days later dad mom and my brother tested positive for covet 19. we were caught by surprise because my mom who suffered from liver cirrhosis was extra careful she hardly left the house meanwhile i developed and started coughing i too tested positive while eric's test result came out negative i was happy because he was preparing for his surgery i fervently prayed to god for healing for the four of us praise god my symptoms were mild i went on isolation eric and our son patrick took care of all my needs mom on the other hand was getting better then eric started to have fever and cough and decided to have a second test while waiting for his result mom called to inform me that my brother was rushed to the hospital because his oxygen level went down to 88. i was confused how could that be i thought we were all getting better the next day my sister called mom was rushed to the hospital and she asked me to stay with my dad and as much as we were both covey positive i said yes while i was with my dad eric informed me he too tested positive now there were five of us sick with covet i was disconcerted should i stay with my dad or be with my husband eric was very supportive he understood that i had to stay with my dad patrick took care of him at home the succeeding days were like a roller coaster ride i was on my knees supplicating to god for his mercy and healing we called upon brethren's and cfc for prayers brothers and sisters came to our rescue sending cook meals praying the rosary and offering mass for our healing eric's condition started to deteriorate his fever was not getting or was not going away and his oxygen level remained low my mom's condition was getting worse i was told by her nurse that she might not last the night we were hoping for a miracle in the wee hours of the morning we got a phone call from the hospital my mom did not make it it was a very sad moment a very scary one for me i have never experienced death in the family i found myself in deep pain and very exhausted i begged god for the grace to be able to accept his will the lord filled my heart with strength and peace as i faced the toughest storm ever as if it was not enough my brother's condition was getting worse too he was moved to the icu for possible intubation but by the miracle of god and the powerful intercession of mama mary and our own mom in heaven his condition got better that he did not need to be intubated [Music] meanwhile eric's fever was not going away even after 10 days and his oxygen level kept going down his doctor told him to go to the hospital again we turned to prayers we proceeded with a virtual nine-day novena for the repose of my mom mass cards kept on coming there was an overflow of flowers and financial help meals were still delivered at our houses while still grieving over my mom's death the four of us my dad my brother eric and myself slowly recuperated my brother was released from the hospital after one month of confinement the steadfast love of god never ceases his mercy never comes to an end they are new every morning indeed great is god's faithfulness after a month eric recovered from covid and was scheduled for surgery though his lungs were not fully recovered the doctors decided to proceed with his heart surgery praise god for a very successful open heart surgery he was discharged after four days in the hospital and came home to recover i had to help him walk bait and do other stuff i was just glad that i could take care of him now when i did not have the chance during his kobe days because i was taking care of my dad thank you all for your prayers love and support you have sustain us and help us cope and yes though this year has started with intense pain and trials i truly believe that despite the crisis christ is christ is ever present christ is in control christ sustains us and he gives us peace and so in our every opportunity that we that we get to witness for god we do not miss on the opportunity to glorify him and pose on all the goodness that he has done for our family again thank you all and may god be praised thank you sister pat for your powerful sharing indeed god prepares us for a special mission to bless others with steadfast faith and unwavering trust in god's compassion and mercy led you to triumph over the trials and tests of life you chose to remain in christ in indeed where crisis is christ is may god bless you and brother eric and your family in your mission to bless others now this brings me to the last point finally our true identity reveals our mission and points to its pursuit speaking of mission this is an opportune time to reflect on the story of queen esther let us watch this short video king azuris was the king of persia many years earlier when cyrus was king he sent some of god's people back to judah to rebuild the temple in jerusalem some of god's people stayed in persia god's people were called jews because they were from judah the king of persia chose esther to be his queen esther didn't tell the king that she was a jew [Music] one day mordecai heard that haman an important leader who worked for the king was planning to kill all the jews mordecai was upset he was a jew he didn't want all the people he loved to be killed mordecai and all the jews cried esther didn't know what was wrong she sent a messenger to ask mordecai why all the jews were upset mordecai told esther about haman's evil plan you have to do something mordecai said ask the king to stop haman ask him to save the jewish people esther sent a message back to mordecai no one can approach the king unless the king calls for that person first esther said the punishment is death unless the king holds out his scepter then you may live you're a jew mordecai said if you don't stop him and he will kill you too maybe this is why you are the queen maybe god put esther in the palace to save her people esther asked mordecai and the jews to fast for three days then esther would go to the king even if it meant she might die on the third day esther went to the king he saw esther and held out his golden scepter what is it queen esther the king asked what do you want to ask me i'll give you anything up to half of my kingdom esther said would you and haman come to a feast today so haman and the king went to esther's feast after eating the king said what do you want queen esther i'll give you anything up to half of my kingdom come to my feast tomorrow esther said the king agreed the next day haman and the king went to esther's feast after eating the king said what do you want queen esther i'll give you anything up to half my kingdom esther spoke up there is a plan to kill me and my people the king replied who is responsible for this plan this evil enemy haman esther said the king was angry he punished haman and made a law to keep the jewish people safe from their enemies brothers and sisters a very powerful short video in the midst of a very difficult crisis esther drew strength from her identity by god's love and providence she became queen and there is a great reason behind it she became queen for such a time as this the impending massacre of his people given the choice whether to remain quiet while safely hiding her to identity or to act on behalf of her people esther chose to act setting aside her own safety esther stood for her faith and for her people and by her courage she changed the course of jewish history our mission therefore becomes our response to this love the question jesus asked peter do you love me and so like peter and the rest of the disciples we strive to be fishers of men and to make disciples of all nations as brothers and sisters remember the following believe we have a christ that leads us through crisis remember second one remember always to choose worship over worry faith over fear compassion over convenience to overcome whatever crisis we are facing just like queen esther let us call upon the lord to the following number one intense prayer intense prayer is to pray harder you know this very well h is holy ark holy time with god a is adoration eucharistic adoration r is rosary daily and preferably with the family d is divine mercy the chaplain and the three o'clock prayer is the eucharist daily mass and r is reconciliation at least once a month pray harder brothers and sisters the second one is fasting fasting is prayer square it's a very powerful weapon the practice of fasting is not new to us we fast during ash wednesday and good friday and we abstain from meat every friday of land but you know historically catholic adults fast and abstain from meat all fridays of the year okay all fridays of the year this is prescribed by the 1983 canon law let us take this seriously it is fast from me all fridays of 2021 this fasting is our form of penance and an offering of sacrifice as we face the many crises in our lives brothers and sisters crisis will always be part of our journey to holiness it is meant to purify us that we will have a clearer view of our true identity as god's children crisis is a great opportunity to become the person yes the person we are meant to be remember always that we have a christ who journeys with us in every crisis in our life this is your brother george campos reporting to you from manila philippines thank you very much and may god be praised through flowing tears hallelujah through growing fears [Music] we still find the voice somehow to sing [Music] still we sing hallelujah [Music] when hurts him [Music] when our days are long and rough still our faith is we are so we sing hallelujah has risen and conquered sin in him we know [Music] hallelujah [Music] to live [Music] yes [Music] night at the hour of our death with our last remaining breath let us sing hallelujah [Music] hello we sing hallelujah let us pause for a while and feel god's presence in our midst as we pray [Music] lord many other trials we face we are sometimes overwhelmed by the challenges we need to hurt them so many uncertainties but we have come to know and believe in the love that you have for us pour on us the spirit of your wisdom that in our striving to be holy may we see you in every situation in our life and put on love in everything that we do give us the grace to listen well and to follow you and never forget who we are our true identity as your children and us couples for christ though we are uncertain of what the future holds there is one certainty that gives us peace you are the you are the one holding our future and so we pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil amen being the father the son and holy spirit amen [Music] wow thank you brother george for that powerful talk and as well to our sharers sister pat and sister connie for that inspiring testimony one of the things that struck me is when brother george told the story about the prophecy made by sister cynthia regarding cfc not just to be holy but to be prophets prophets who are not afraid to confront themselves and fearless to say the truth yeah i remember it because it was the same sermon by our priest about two weeks ago in his homily you know where he said the same thing that we are to be prophets especially at this time and not to be afraid to say the truth you know another thing that caught my attention but is that crisis may be a personal crisis or crisis in our marriages crisis in our community cfc and even crisis in our church that it can be bad but it can also lead us to growth innovation greater learning understanding and greater love whatever crisis we face today should always lead us to christ if we look to the eyes of love we will view suffering from a different perspective remember when we put on love we see crisis as god's love in action in our life so to wrap up let me tell you a quick story you may have heard this before but this story sums up our topic for this afternoon so the story goes like this once there was this woman who goes to a silversmith to watch the process of refining silver you know quoting that that's the reason why our uh creative's song was refiners fire you know as she watched the silver smith he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up he explained that in refining silver one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were the hottest as to burn away all the impurities so the woman thought about god holding us in such a hot spot we call it crisis then she thought again about the verse that says he sits as a refiner and purifier of silver that's found in malachi chapter 3 verse 3. you know she asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined the man answered yes he not only had to sit there holding the silver but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time he was on the fire for if the silver was left a moment too long in the flames it would be destroyed the woman was silent for a moment and then she asked the silversmith so how do you know when the silver is fully refined the silversmith smiled and answered oh that's easy when i see my reflection in it amen to that amen truly it is amazing how god reminds us our true identity truly and you know what that is as his sons and daughters so with that may you enjoy the rest of our conference and may god be praised [Music] six what the g6 stand for go gold and global for god's greater glory what is the 2021 g6 mission for the us to have at least one household in each of the remaining six states by the end of the year do you know anyone in these states [Music] please invite them to rediscover god's love a virtual christian life program to be held every saturday for eight sessions starting august 7th let us go gold for christ scan to register them now hello register them now you know the states that needs six more you know six more households there so i would like to uh ask us to view the remaining three uh entrants here entries here in this you know in this competition so um i would like to uh welcome uh the entry from south central a um headed by the original head brother nori nolika lingo i want you to type yes on the chat box yes on the chat box if you like the video and support it okay support your region here we go [Music] [Music] belongs to victory to our king [Music] oh glory on [Music] that victory belongs as we march out into this land we shall not fear for victory is surely at hand if the lord is with us then who can stand against the people the lord has called this song all glory on to you [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you south central a thank you south central a wow and wow um our next uh one is from northwest a um we want to see their creative uh energy on this video so um we thank uh brother ado magat who is the original head for uh spearheading this video yeah all right shall they die uh you need they need to type love it love it love it okay all right put on love put on love on it okay [Music] did the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen loving god we praise you [Music] reminding us of the gifts you have given us thank you for giving us opportunities to learn love and serve you more thank you for the gifts [Music] [Applause] and friends teacher classmates co-workers a new beautiful beautiful creation dear god sorry for the times that we forgot to thank you for everything for the time we forgot to help others and share with them the life you have shown us dear jesus with the blessings from the holy spirit we ask for your shake and wisdom [Music] your light to other families [Music] and to the world bless our families and continue to protect us for every sickness [Music] it's my blessing more people [Music] and that it will also become our lifestyle all days we pray in the mighty name of your son jesus christ through the power the holy spirit amen [Music] amen [Music] wow don't you just love them oh my god them i love them northwest a quick shout out to angel sartabalo she's an infant for our three christ right now from chicago illinois shout out also to uh our brother uh jack martinez who had his birthday yeah so um don't go away yet we have one more from the northeast um we want to see their creative juices also and we want you to type amazing if you find this video amazing go ahead and we thank brother alex algarmi for spearheading this project so take it away all right my life was a mess and i had no purpose prayer was my only companion then a glimmer of hope when i met my wife finally a chance for happiness but it was only temporary i began to live a double life yet god kept knocking and an invitation from couples for christ came but the devil was strong and my life turned for the worse [Music] our cfc family continued to help us and my family's love gave me renewed hope for a better life my faith deepened as i completely surrendered to god once again love and prayer save me god blessed me with cfc in my walk to holiness and i know there are more people like me i understood this i became more empathetic i learned to shout my i praises a better person i'm now more knowledgeable of my faith i learned how to share what i have i learned that sharing i value the importance of giving back to the community [Music] we for holiness put on love above all else thank you thank you very much amazing you know um we need to put on love and how do we put on love it is our lifestyle as a as uh cft we are cfc and we are cfc and we are evangelizers first that's why there's g6 so look at your you know telephone uh you know of pads right now and you know your contacts if you have any friends in there on those you know in those states that we don't have any presence yet so that we can complete it this year do it and now we will segue to unkop you know um part of our cfc culture is to build the church of the poor and through that we can do try to have holiness in us by helping out the poor by serving the poor so let's take a look at this video my dear brothers and sisters uh for unkop supported okay let's go and cope [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so we are asked to help again we don't july 25th registration opens don't worry don't forget okay so we want to you know uh give thanks to all the people who are here who came today we are not done yet we still have a few things to do to wrap it up but thanks god for calling you each by name to be here for the tim gallego in canada thank you for you know joining us for uh the bali sales in texas thank you for joining us tim malinow thank you for joining us for everybody who came today 848 people wow you know times two remember there are people who are doing watch party so if you want to take pictures post it in facebook area or cfc usa that will be great so those are the things that you need to do my dear brothers and sisters for the meantime take a look and ask the holy spirit to fill your hearts in the you know from the talks that we have and up to now and mind you there's six more videos that's coming next week yep so if you didn't see your own region or area watch out for it because the best is yet to come okay okay there are prizes for the top three you know uh uh contestants that you know that we have shown so um to wrap it up for our you know for our final prayer we would like to ask our servant leader right but before that we want to thank you again each one of you will say thank you mercy and what else thank you thank you for coming it's been our pleasure our delight to be here with you we hope you have a great experience with this wondrous weekend and you continue on to the next journey and the next journey and right now our next one is our brother alex uh santos and uh our sister helen to do our closing prayer uh as we all do in in cfc activities we end with a prayer and uh wrap up with you know with uh closing songs and such and so we say this speecher until then god bless you god bless you great weekend keep wondering god is great amen amen hello greetings all my name is alex santos and i am helen santos on behalf of all the cfc members from the north central region we thank you for joining us this evening for the second session of my 2021 cfc usa virtual conference a big shout out to all who made the nice fashion possible thank you to our brothers and sisters from cfc germany for leading us all into praying the holy rosary to see a illinois who hosted our session tonight the valley challenge mercurial our instincts to brother lauren and sister mimi madibilan our cfc illinois area leaders and homes and the brother ray de leon in the cfc illinois music ministry for leading us all in opening praise and worship thank you to our main speaker brother george campos who enlighten us all about the different crisis that we go through and the greater crisis happening within us that is the crisis of our identity between our old self and our new self thank you also to our sharers who told us about the inspiring wonder stories last but not the least thank you for to the entire production insect team who work tirelessly behind the scenes god's double cup of blessings be upon all of you in your service we would like to invite all of you again to join us next week saturday july 24th for the third session of this month-long wonders weekend conference same time four o'clock pacific 7 o'clock eastern same one cfc usa youtube and facebook channel so in cfc we always start and end our activity with a prayer so please join us in a moment of prayer as we close this fashion in the name the father the son the holy spirit amen heavenly father we praise and thank you for your great and wonderful love for all of us thank you for calling us by name for calling us your sons and daughters thank you for being with us always walking with us in this our earthly journey called life holding our hands through our ups and downs to the different crises that we go through individually as a family and as a community especially the biggest crisis that we experienced for the past year and a half or so the coveted 19 pandemic that has greatly impacted us all lord we continue to pray to you for the end of this pandemic for the eradication of discovered 19 virals all over the world for healing and recovery for those who are still physically sick and for your love mercy and compassion to those who need help financially mentally as well as spiritually we pray oh god for protection of us all but most specially for all the front liners who continue to serve selflessly grant us your grace always oh god that as we encounter challenges and crises we remember that you are always in control and as we face temptations that we will always come to you and draw from your strength alone knowing that you will never abandon us knowing that you love us faithfully and unconditionally because we are your children your beloved children in the holy spirit empower and guide us each and every day may your holy spirit purify and sanctify us as we continue to strive for holiness may your holy spirit overshadow us so that in all that we say in all that we think in all that we do we give you glory and honor always we ask all of this in the mighty name of your son jesus christ who lives and reigns with you in the holy spirit one god forever and ever amen in the name the father the son the holy spirit amen amen good night god bless you all next week stay safe bye [Music] [Applause] at the dawn of our new generation let us give our thanks and praise to god he has been through every season holy is the one we shall glorify for the lord's promises [Music] strive for holiness [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] 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Published: Sat Jul 17 2021