KNOWING GOD

" In the beginning God created the heaven and earth" GENESIS 1:1. (KJV)
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork" Psalm 19:1.(KJV)

A. The Existence of God
1. It is intuitive, Romans 1:19-21; 2:14-16; John 1:9.
2. It is assumed by the Scriptures.
3. It is corraborated by Arguments
a. Cosmological
b. Teleological
c. Moral

B. What is God like?
1. Omnipotent, Omniscience, Omnipresence, Immutalable.
2. Personal Being.
3. Perfect embodiment at the highest qualities.
4. Know the future consequences of every action in the universe.
5. Existed eternally; Self-existent.
6. Able to creat everything out of nothing.
7. Perfectly good and just.

He is beyond our comprehension..
He gave us revelation of Himself through His Word.

C. The purpose behind knowing these facts about God is to secure moral actions.

I. HAVE FAITH IN GOD.
A. Knowing is in order to believing. Hebrews 11:6
B. Believing is to have a personal relationship with God, John 1:12,13.

II. WALK WITH GOD, Colossians 2:6
A. Action
B. Progress
C. Habit

CONCLUSION
A. The Bible is devoted to persuade people to alter their ways and bring their lives into harmony
with the will of God.
B. Theological truth is useless until it is obeyed.
C. We must believed and put what we believe into moral action.

START THE NEW YEAR WITH GOD

" But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you" Matthew 6:33

A. If God is Supreme good - the highest blessedness is to know Him more.
Philippians 3:7-15; 20, 21.

B. Matthew 11:28-39 , "Learn of Me."
2 Peter 3:18, "Grow"
2 Cor. 3:18 "Holy Spirit's work"

C. Best R$esolve = to Know Him more! How?


I. FOCUS ON GOD. Think of God

A. Is there a God?

The Bible declares, Genesis 1:1; Psalm 14:1.

B. Who is this God? What is He like? John 1:18.

C. What are His desires?
Deuteronomy 6:4,5; 10:12; 30:15,16,19,20; Micah 6:8; Mathew 6:33.

II. PRACTICE HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

A. Establish a relationship with Him, John 1:12, 13.

B. Experience God intimately.

1. Having a passion for God, Phil, 3:8

Desire Him more that what He gives!

2. Walk with God

Learn to hear from God; Pray, Read your Bible.

Obey, Be God-centered

God created and saved you and me for relatioship with Himself; therefore the primary
purpose of life is to know God intimately by experience.



III. BE KINGDOM-MINDED

A. Pray and learn about your Kingdom-purpose.

1. Kingdom assignment?

2. God ordained that we experience Him based on whether or not we are fulfilling His purpose.

B. Have a Biblical Mind-set

1. Your mind-set/attitude radically impacts whether or not you experience joy in your walk with
God.

2. Dominant thoughts? materialism! Worry.

* When we learn to think and do what God instructs un His Word, we will find a growing depth of intimacy with God.

* Let's train our mind to think Biblically and discipline our atitudes according to the mind of Christ. Philippians 2:5-11; 4:

CHURCH ANNIVERSARY

Philippine International Baptist Church of Taylor, celebrated its 26th Year of God's Faithfulness, October 22, 2011. The celebration was highlighted with 8 people following the Lord in Believers Baptism.

BRIEF HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH
1985… Rev. Juanito Lesada led a group of 30 Filipinos to start the First Filipino Baptist Church
at the facility of Friendship Baptist Church, Lincoln Park.

1987 … The Church building in Dearborn, MI. was acquired and led by Rev. Samuel Festin,
January, 1990, Pastor Festin went back to the Philippines.

September 19, 1990… Rev. Roberto Santos & family arrived in Michigan and in November
1990, Pastor Santos was officially installed as pastor of PIBC.

April, 1991…PIBC Windsor was Launched with Rev. Nonnie Lesada as pastor.

1995… By God’s grace, another church was born, PIBC-Sterling Heights with Rev. Renato Bosi
as pastor.

1996…. The work in Clinton Township was started with Rev. Marc Caridad as pastor.

1997…. Two new work were opened: One in Brownstown headed by Rev. Ely Sagansay and
another in Canton, MI. with Rev. Aaron Tanap as pastor.1998… Rev. Nonnie Lesada
joined PIBC as Associate Pastor.

June, 2006… PIBC acquired the Church Building in Taylor.

2010…. A new work was started in Bay City, church planted by Rev. Renato Bosi, and now by
Rev. Pedro Taguinod, Jr. as Outreach Pastor

January 2011, Rev. Hil Cordeniel was called to be the Pastor of PIBC Warren.

October, 2011… PIBC is celebrating its 26th year of God’s Faithfulness.
Praise the Lord!

BASKETBALL OUTREACH

3 & 3 BASKETBALL OUTREACH

At Philippine International Church, we have made a lot of attempts on reaching out to the local neighborhood by going door to door, offering free medical checkups and having garage sales just to name a few, but it was always difficult to get a significant response. This past summer we installed two permanent basketball rims on the church parking lot and to our surprise, alot of kids from the neighborhood started showing up to play basketball almost every day. Out of so many attempts at generating interest from the neighborhood, it was a real surprise to find out that putting up those basketball rims would cause such a big draw.

FAMILY RETREAT CAMP 2011

Campers of the year:

Little Mr:- Tyler Ando -Little Miss: Rachel Arcilla

Mr. Camper: Jeff Vialu -Miss Camper: Honey Lesada

Mr. & Mrs. Mike and Jillian Santos

Group of PIBC Churches joined together for a great weekend last June 30th to July 2nd at Bambi Lake Retreat and Conference Center in Roscommon, MI.

We had a very relaxing, refreshing and reviving family camp. Dr. Bobby Gilstrap had a very challenging message on the book of Jonah:

A. Return to God: Indicators we need to Return to God- Jonah 1:1-5

B. Returning to God: God Wants You Back To God - Jonah 1:4-2:10

C. Returning to God: Jonah's Confinement, Communion, and Confession- Jonah 2

D. Returning to God: A Second Chances with God - Jonah 3

TO GOD BE THE GLORY

NEXT YEAR'S FAMILY CAMP: June 28-30, 2012

PIBC SILVER ANNIVERSARY - A Celebration of God’s Faithfulness

Twenty-five years of God's faithfulness is the sounding theme of PIBC's Silver Anniversary celebration which was held last October 23, 2010 in Taylor, MI.

A heartfelt gratitude to the Lord our God, without whom, this church would cease to progress or even exist. It was a gathering of members of PIBC and its sister churches throughout Michigan. It was not only a celebration of God’s faithfulness to His people but also an acknowledgement of those who labored for the cause of the church through planting churches, home Bible studies, prayer meetings and fellowships. The warmth from everybody was so tangible that it radiated in the entire place as everybody sang praise and thank the Lord for His blessings through prayer and worship.

A special part of the program was dedicated to the recognition of pastors and their families who played a key role in the establishment and growth of PIBC.

Personal testimonies of faith were also shared with the congregation which truly showed God’s presence in each and everyone’s life.

A video montage of PIBC throughout the years was also shown which reflected the humble beginnings as well as the progress that the church has achieved throughout the years, reminding us that there is still work to be done and there are still people to be reached. It is a reminder that God can use us anytime, anywhere, for the purpose of His works.

When the celebration was over, there is one lesson that struck me the most; it is that there is a ministry for everyone. The church could never have too many workers for there is always someone, somewhere who needs a light to their path. It is my prayer that we will always be the carrier of that light.

The Lord is indeed faithful but that faithfulness is not an assurance that we will never experience heartaches, pain or problems, rather it is an assurance that He will see us through and for that we will never be broken – a testimony of faith that envelopes the past, present and future of the Philippine International Baptist Church.

-N.M. Diaz-

Outdoor Tent Service