PROCLAIM MAGAZINE
September 2014
September 2014
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<strong>PROCLAIM</strong><br />
The Official Publication of All Nations Full Gospel Ministry<br />
Intimacy<br />
with<br />
God
Dear Brethren,<br />
“Intimacy with God and with One Another”<br />
It’s my prerogative to celebrate with<br />
you to our Church‘s 24th Anniversary. Indeed,<br />
God has been faithful in making another<br />
remarkable history for All Nations Full Gospel<br />
Ministry, my church...your church...our church!<br />
"It is a joy to Jesus when a person takes time to<br />
walk more intimately with Him. The bearing of<br />
fruit is always shown in Scripture to be a visible<br />
result of an intimate relationship with Jesus<br />
Christ." - Oswald Chambers<br />
This year’s theme is timely, for what<br />
the ANFGM- Abu Dhabi has achieved and<br />
retrieved. It has been 24 years of successful<br />
journey in aiming towards its holistic goal. Our<br />
church is an epitome of an unparalleled<br />
intimacy with one another towards believers<br />
and non-believers and towards God.<br />
The first step in our quest for intimacy<br />
with the Lord is getting to know Him—who He<br />
is, what He does, how He thinks, and what He<br />
desires. Even though God is invisible and<br />
inaudible to our physical senses, a close<br />
relationship with Him is cultivated the same<br />
way human friendships are—through time<br />
spent together, communication, vulnerability,<br />
and shared interests. So, this issue will make a<br />
connection to each and every one of us as we<br />
stay connected with our God.<br />
<strong>PROCLAIM</strong><br />
This issue is dedicated to helping you to:<br />
Grow closer in your relationship with Jesus<br />
Christ<br />
Grow spiritually: closer to Jesus, one with<br />
Him & His will, and more like Him<br />
Know God in real and personal ways, not<br />
just know about Him<br />
Develop a worshipful, and praying, and<br />
thankful lifestyle<br />
Learn to hear God's voice and follow Him<br />
Learn to discern God's call for your life<br />
Discover your Spiritual Gifts<br />
Learn God's purposes for His people and<br />
His church<br />
Have a powerful & effective prayer life<br />
Pray Biblically & effectively for lost people,<br />
for your pastors, church, nation<br />
Grow in faith, and in love & devotion &<br />
passion for Jesus<br />
Have the abundant life that Jesus promised<br />
Become a true worshipper and disciple<br />
(learner & follower) of Jesus<br />
The Media Ministry has been an<br />
instrument in collecting the best inspirational,<br />
motivational and spiritual articles for<br />
us to take greater heights in improving our<br />
relationship with God and with one another.<br />
Every page of this P.R.O.C.L.A.I.M. will give<br />
you new revelations in life. The different<br />
ministries and outreaches have battled<br />
against their hectic schedules just to ponder<br />
relevant words and phrases in giving you<br />
well-structured thoughts.<br />
From the Pastor’s Desk<br />
Faith and Views<br />
Just to let you know<br />
The role of Media in Building and Maitaining Relationships within<br />
the Christian Community<br />
Outreaches<br />
S.O.W.E.R.<br />
H2H<br />
KIDS Corners<br />
Anniversary Snap Shots<br />
"I consider everything a loss<br />
compared to the surpassing greatness<br />
of knowing Christ Jesus my<br />
Lord, for whose sake I have lost all<br />
things." - Paul (Philippians 3:8)<br />
Let us be in unison in<br />
making a new paradigm of intimacy<br />
with God and one another!<br />
Happy 24th Anniversary to<br />
all of us!<br />
May God will shower more<br />
His blessings to the ANFGM Church-<br />
Abu Dhabi and all its outreaches.<br />
This is our P.R.O.C.L.A.I.M.,<br />
story of our lives, our relationship<br />
with one another and our relationship<br />
with God!<br />
Born to be a blessing,<br />
Bro. Wilbert Cantor<br />
PUBLISHER<br />
All Nation Full Gospel Ministry<br />
ADVISERS<br />
Sr. Ptr. Jun De Jesus<br />
Ptr. Ted Peñalba<br />
Elder Eric Reyes<br />
Geove Castro<br />
EDITOR IN-CHIEF<br />
Wilbert Cantor<br />
ASSOCIATE EDITOR<br />
Andy Palado<br />
FINANCE<br />
Bing Sumalileng<br />
STAFF WRITERS<br />
Susan Gomez<br />
CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Ptra. Sally De Jesus<br />
Georgie Thomas<br />
Meg Alag<br />
Ptr. Bert Pantanilla<br />
Ptr. Jong Estorque<br />
Ptr. Bong Esteban<br />
Emma Salvacion<br />
Herson Batanes<br />
LAYOUT ARTIST<br />
Michael Abayan<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
Marlon Sumalileng<br />
CIRCULATION AND PRINTING<br />
Francis Babaran<br />
Tedy Bravo
#Selfie with God<br />
Psalm 63:1-2 ( NKJV )<br />
Sower 2nd National Retreat<br />
S.O.W.E.R<br />
What a blessed, fruitful and wonderful experience to be part of the All Nations Full Gospel Ministry Church’s 2nd<br />
Sower National Retreat, with the theme “#selfiewithGOD” during the first day and second day of Eid after Ramadan.<br />
It was held in Acacia Hotel in Ras Al Khaimah and was organized by the Sower Abu Dhabi outreach. One of the the<br />
most awaited part of the single’s ministry activities is the yearly retreat, but this time it’s quite different since it’s a<br />
national event and it will just happen once in every two years. Delegates of the mentioned event were coming from<br />
different outreaches across the UAE such as Ras Al Khaimah (#), Umm Al Qwain (#), Dubai (#), Sharjah (#), Al Ain (#)<br />
& Abu Dhabi (#).<br />
Day 1 (July 28, 2014)<br />
The arrival was expected from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.,<br />
some delegates arrived on time and others were late for<br />
justifiable reasons. You would certainly notice that the enemy<br />
attempted to attack us through some circumstances. One<br />
example was the experience of Al Ain delegates when they<br />
were heading towards the venue, the tire of their vehicle<br />
exploded in the middle of the road. As they tried to look for a<br />
help, it took time for them to fix the problem, so they<br />
departed at 10:30 a.m. from where they stopped. To make the<br />
long story short, God is so good as the delegates arrived safely<br />
though they were quite late.<br />
At 12:00 p.m., the delegates had a lunch together at the<br />
hall and at the same time they were divided into groups<br />
named Nehemiah, Moses, Peter, Paul, David, Abraham and<br />
Daniel. One group comprises of more or less sixteen members<br />
mixed with the different outreaches. Then at around 1:20<br />
p.m., we departed from the hall going to the Acacia Hotel for<br />
checking-in, but then again we experienced delayed for sometime<br />
because some of the delegates took time to wait for the<br />
reason that some of the rooms were not yet available upon<br />
our arrival in the hotel. Being part of the workers, we didn’t<br />
want the delegates to experience inconveniences. But as the<br />
Bible says that all things work together for good, while<br />
waiting for the other rooms, the delegates had time to socialize<br />
(getting to know) with their co-delegates from the different<br />
outreaches, until everyone received his or her designated<br />
rooms. As a chain of effect from our check-in, we were not<br />
able to start our first game called the Amazing Race on time,<br />
in this game the groups mentioned above need to complete<br />
the six stations, such as kneel on water (Peter), was blind but<br />
sees (Paul), numerous as the sand (David), parting of the sea<br />
(Moses) and rebuilding of walls (Nehemiah) and the fastest<br />
group who can complete the six stations will be the winner.<br />
All groups were excited to play the game, even if they were<br />
under the heat of the sun. I felt the joy, cooperation, noise,<br />
and unity. We ended the game at around 4:45 p.m. After the<br />
game, delegates were given a time for swimming, but due to<br />
time constraints, some delegates opted to go back to their<br />
respected rooms to prepare in going back to the hall for the<br />
Holy Ghost Night program. Our call time was 6:00 p.m. The<br />
bus waited outside of the hotel bound to the hall. Estimated<br />
travel time was more or less than 20 minutes and we had time<br />
to relax for a half an hour while on our way to the hall. Few<br />
minutes from the time we arrived, we ate our dinner together<br />
and we still had time to catch up with our co-delegates.<br />
Then at exactly 7:30 p.m., we started the program<br />
properly. Everybody was excited to praise and to worship the<br />
Lord as it was flared up by the line up of songs, which really<br />
caused the congregation to rejoice, to dance and to sing the<br />
song whole-heartedly. Subsequently, the next part of the<br />
program was the message in words given by the person who<br />
has a divine appointment with the Lord, the Sower adviser,<br />
Mommy Shirley Peart. Before she went deeply to her message,<br />
she really encouraged us to set our mind and heart to focus our<br />
attention to God. Her message entitled “Catching Fire” was<br />
really a reminder to all of us, whether an old or new Christians<br />
that whatever the situation is, it might be good or bad we still<br />
keep on believing that our God is an answering God that He is<br />
able to control everything. Furthermore, one of the lifestyles<br />
for us Christians is that, it is very important for us to spend<br />
quality time with the Lord. It was one of the messages that she<br />
emphasized until the congregation was at the highpoint of<br />
worship and prayer. She prayed over for those who came in<br />
front and it was really an awe-inspiring experience to be<br />
soaked in the presence of the Lord. Simultaneously, many<br />
were encouraged to come in front to be prayed as they were<br />
touched by the power of the Holy Spirit and the sweet aroma<br />
of music added a very holistic atmosphere which really urged<br />
us to utter a prayer. That altar calling took almost an hour and<br />
then we ended up with a victory song. It was really a wonderful<br />
night for all of us before travelling back to the hotel.<br />
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ANFGM Philippines<br />
is<br />
Alive... Well...<br />
and Growing!
outdoor fellowship & water baptism<br />
THE CABUYAO OUTREACH<br />
ANFGM Cabuyao outreach is located at<br />
Southville 1,<br />
Brgy. Niugan, Cabuyao City, Laguna<br />
Philippines<br />
,<br />
MAJOR ACTIVITIES 2014<br />
August 10 - Streer Evangelism<br />
May 22 - Church Outdoor Fellowship and<br />
water baptism<br />
March 23 - 2nd Year Anniversary<br />
February -Couple’s Seminar and Fellowship<br />
Kairos Philippines Course<br />
NUMBER OF MEMBERS<br />
Adult 27<br />
Youth 9<br />
Children 23<br />
MIRACLE ANSWERED<br />
- Successful heart transplant of Sis. Vicky’s<br />
relative<br />
- 60 thousand hospital bill of Sis. Maritess<br />
son<br />
- Allen’s Financial provision<br />
anniversary<br />
couple’s seminar<br />
kairos course graduates<br />
street evangelism<br />
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MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATION<br />
OUTREACH<br />
A life of Christ’s follower is not always as smooth and<br />
beautiful as anybody can portray, because the Bible speaks of<br />
the truth that people of God will experience all kinds of<br />
shaking up while on earth, it may be on personal life or in<br />
church life and ministry. As, my family and I witness the grace<br />
of God as All Nation starts since Abu Dhabi time and then we<br />
move to Dubai and as ANFGM outreach starts, I see the<br />
mighty move of the hand of God in His church. God’s plan for<br />
us to be victorious and to be more than conqueror as Romans<br />
8:37 clearly speaks. His power moves in such a way that His<br />
glory will be revealed among the nations of the earth. God’s<br />
purpose for His church to move and to act for the<br />
advancement of His Kingdom here on earth and to show forth<br />
His glory, in every creation. But sometimes if not most of the<br />
times, the enemy will try to hinder God’s plan for His church<br />
and for His people.<br />
2 Corinthians 4:8-10 (NLT) We are pressed on every<br />
side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed,<br />
but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never<br />
abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not<br />
destroyed. Through suffering, our bodies continue to share<br />
in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be<br />
seen in our bodies.<br />
To our mother church ANFGM Abu Dhabi, A JOYFUL<br />
ANNIVERSARY celebration of God’s goodness and<br />
faithfulness, in the abundance of God’s grace,<br />
pastors, leaders, workers and ALL SERVANTS OF THE<br />
MOST HIGH GOD, continue to be in one accord,<br />
bonded with Christ love for HIS PURPOSE & for HIS<br />
GLORY.<br />
the<br />
rebirth<br />
of<br />
anfgm-dubai<br />
by Sis. Emma Salvacion<br />
ANFGM Dubai Outreach Ministry has gone through a<br />
shaking up this past year. And just like what happened with Paul and<br />
Barnabas, what would look like a division at first glance, but I pray<br />
and I believe this will turn out into good; because ultimately, we all<br />
have just one goal, to fulfill the Lord Jesus’ great commission. Pastor<br />
Jun De Jesus decided to guide ANFGM Dubai personally because of<br />
the changes in the leadership. For the Executive Council, this might<br />
be the most logical step but for ANFGM Dubai, it does so much more<br />
than that. Before, we look at Pastor Jun De Jesus as our Head Pastor.<br />
Now, he is still is very much the Head Pastor, but he is the Head<br />
Pastor that is also our Pastor. We now know that we can joke around<br />
with him. It humanizes him in our eyes. The type of evangelism that<br />
has the most impact is befriending a non-believer. Hence, besides<br />
the usual ministries, ANFGM Dubai now has a basketball team which<br />
shares Christ through sports. They do not only interact inside the<br />
court which trains them physically, but they also have a regular Bible<br />
study for spiritual life strengthening. The enemy may mean evil<br />
against us, but God will use the crude pieces to accomplish his<br />
perfect plan until we all come before the throne and hear him say,<br />
“Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a<br />
few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy<br />
of your Lord.”<br />
At present the Lord continue bringing new souls to<br />
ANFGM-Dubai, Ptr. Jun and the leadership see to it that we have<br />
always activities that will bind us together much closer as a family of<br />
God and as a body of Christ. Working hand in hand with every<br />
ministry for one purpose and reason to show to this world that we<br />
are His people and to give Him the glory today & forever…<br />
SWIMMING FELLOWSHIP AND IRON CHEF<br />
COMPETITION (the chef’s)<br />
DOCTRINAL STUDIES AT PASTORAL HOUSE IN<br />
KARAMA<br />
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OUTREACH<br />
7-fold<br />
In January, when Ptr. Jun de Jesus preached in Al Ain<br />
about the 7-fold blessings, every member became highly<br />
expectant of the Lords blessings in all aspects of their Christian<br />
life. As Romans 8:28 says “And we know that in all things God<br />
works for the good of those who love him, who[i]have been<br />
called according to his purpose” and Jeremiah 29:11 says, For<br />
I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to<br />
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and<br />
a future.<br />
blessings<br />
in<br />
Al Ain<br />
by Bro. Jerson Batanes<br />
Live a life like Christ and let everyone see Jesus in you,<br />
in all your actions, follow His commands and the 7-fold<br />
blessings will overflow in you.<br />
How do we live our lives nowadays? In this busy<br />
world, do we still have time for God? Do we manage to have a<br />
quiet time with Him, to talk to Him and to be with Him<br />
intimately?<br />
Al Ain Outreach under the able leadership of our<br />
overseer Bro. Aladin Reducto has been conducting series of<br />
lectures, seminars and teachings that enable members to<br />
know God more and to have intimate relationship with Him.<br />
He has been lecturing on the Church’s Doctrine for<br />
quite some time every Wednesday night. Also he has<br />
conducted lectures and trainings for prospective Bible Study<br />
Teachers, the OBBS, as members are getting bigger in number,<br />
thus the need for more Bible Study Teachers. Also, ANGELS<br />
Ministry is conducting continuous trainings for those who<br />
want to utilize their talent in dancing for the glory of God.<br />
We have prayer groups in charge in every Sunday’s<br />
prayer meetings and Friday morning devotions before the<br />
service, under the Prayer Intercessory Ministry.<br />
Our ladies, the Gulf Women, our men, AMEN, our couples, the<br />
Couples Ministry and our Singles, SOWER have been very<br />
active in various church activities that made them all grow in<br />
aspects of both personal and spiritual life.<br />
Recently, three bible study seed group were opened<br />
and twelve members were water baptized.<br />
Bible Study, fellowships and gatherings are some of the best<br />
tools to get the members closer, bonded and have intimate<br />
relationship with one another and with God, and we have<br />
them here in ANFGM Al Ain. To God be the glory!
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Day 2 (July 29, 2014)<br />
As we continue our program for the next day, our<br />
wakeup call time was 7:00 a.m. and everyone was<br />
encouraged to have a personal or group devotion until<br />
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Then at 8:15 a.m., we started our<br />
program with physical fitness and games being facilitated<br />
by the Sower - Al Ain. It was really a fun fellowship and<br />
everyone felt energized. After we used our energy from<br />
the said exercise, we filled our stomachs in the hotel’s<br />
restaurant. We were divided into many groups of tables,<br />
so we still had time to talk again with our co-delegates.<br />
Others ate so fast because they wanted to go for a swimming,<br />
others opted to go back to their rooms for checking<br />
out preparation as the call time to be back in the hall was<br />
11:00 a.m. All delegates were in the lobby while waiting<br />
for the others to come down, others were busy in taking<br />
pictures with their new friends. Many photos were taken<br />
from the different cameras. The lobby was surrounded by<br />
smiles. At 11:30 a.m., we departed from the hotel going<br />
back to the hall to continue the fellowship. The packed<br />
lunch was available upon our arrival at the hall. Then we<br />
started our program at 1:00 p.m. and of course we<br />
started it through a prayer followed by the the praise and<br />
worship of the music team. The congregation was really<br />
hyperactive in praising the Lord. The place was fully<br />
occupied with the presence of the Lord and the enemy<br />
was not able to have a chance to penetrate inside. After<br />
the praise and worship, another encouragement was the<br />
Holy Communion led by Pastor Francis De Jesus, one of<br />
the associate pastors assigned in Ras Al Khaimah. His<br />
message was really an encouragement, a reminder to all<br />
of us how the Lord love us unconditionally. He made<br />
sacrifices that supposedly we are destined to suffer, but<br />
then He was crucified. And because of His amazing grace,<br />
he chose to sacrifice His own son. He highlighted that by<br />
sharing the bread, we can also share the goodness of the<br />
Lord to others especially those who really don’t know<br />
deeply the Lord. As we drank the cup with wine, it<br />
reminded us how precious the blood of Jesus Christ that<br />
saved us from our sins. The next part of the program was<br />
the group presentation, mainly the mechanics of the<br />
presentation were the following : presentation should be<br />
in line with what we had learned from the message of<br />
Mommy Shirley during the Holy Ghost Night, no voice will<br />
be allowed, duration will be 3 minutes only. It was fun<br />
seeing those presentations as they were deprived to<br />
voice out; many talents were discovered during those<br />
presentations. The potential actors and actresses for the<br />
Glory of God, but in every game we need to choose the<br />
best presentation and Peter was declared as the winning<br />
team. Acknowledgement of the people behind the<br />
retreat, the support team was also acknowledged as well.<br />
We ended up with victory songs. Although we spent 2<br />
days together, but still we felt that was not enough. We<br />
didn’t want to part our ways as the bondings were<br />
created. Even though we hated to say goodbye, but we<br />
had go home with peace of mind and the smiles in our<br />
hearts. Glory to God in the highest for the victorious<br />
retreat.<br />
The First ANFGM<br />
A.M.E.N. Ministry’s<br />
National<br />
Basketball Tournament<br />
By Bro. Jerson Batanes<br />
It was amid humid and hot temperature in the UAE on September<br />
05, 2014 where some of the ANFGM outreaches headed to Al Safa<br />
Sports Hall, Dubai to join and to witness the opening ceremony of the First<br />
A.M.E.N. Ministry’s National Basketball Tournament for 2014.<br />
The said basketball tourney is participated in by the six ANFGM<br />
Outreaches namely; Abu Dhabi (Red Team), Umm Al Quwain (Yellow<br />
Team), Ras Al Khaimah (Blue Team), Dubai (Orange Team), Sharjah (Green<br />
Team), and Al Ain (Pink Team). The program started with the parade of the<br />
teams with their respective pretty muses and it was followed by the Praise<br />
and Worship being spearheaded by Bro. Raymond and Bro. Jun of Dubai<br />
Outreach. The Opening prayer was led by Ptr. Jhong of Sharjah, then it was<br />
followed by the opening remarks of AMEN’s National Leader, Bro. Joseph<br />
Luna, of Al Ain, and of course the much awaited words of encouragement<br />
by our well-loved and anointed Senior Pastor Jun de Jesus. The Oath of<br />
sportsmanship was being recited and ended up with a closing prayer.<br />
The Part II of the program was started with draw- lots among the<br />
teams and results were as follows:<br />
First Game: Red Team (Abu Dhabi) vs Yellow Team (Um Al<br />
Quwain)<br />
Second Game: Blue Team (Ras Al Khaimah) vs Orange Team<br />
(Dubai)<br />
Third Game: Green Team (Sharjah) vs Pink (Al Ain)<br />
Every Outreach prepared a pot luck dinner and it was served and<br />
shared with everybody who was watching the games. The opening games<br />
were all fun- filled, the members cheered their teams with drums, shouts<br />
and jokes. Surely, the next games will be filled with laughter, joy, fellowship<br />
and bonding between and among the members of participating<br />
outreaches.<br />
Like in any games, there are winners and losers.<br />
Here are the score cards for the opening games:<br />
First Game: Umm Al Quwain vs. Abu Dhabi 43 – 29<br />
Second Game: Dubai vs. Ras Al Khaimah 46 – 36<br />
Third Game: Al Ain vs. Sharjah 50 – 35<br />
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