Togetherness: No One Left Behind | Rodel Garcia

I want to start with this. OK, As you look at the picture,

what do you think will be the feeling of the person left out?

OK, What is the feeling of being left out?

OK, Lonely, lonely, hurt. You're in pain, you're sad, you

feel rejected, you feel abandoned.

Those are not good feelings. Amen.

Quesa na Maina rejectory kids are not made in a busted.

What are you busted something like that.

No, but like you try to go court somebody and then no, I don't

like you. Sorry.

So I like that kind of feeling. OK, so this is a picture of kids

OK with this group and somebody left out.

But I want to tell you, even in adults, we have the same, the

same situation as well, OK. And even in the church, OK,

sometimes we have a lot of people there, but sometimes we

just don't say hi to them. We don't we don't connect with

them. We just ignore them, OK, You

know what? Sometimes that's the something

about a church when somebody is new and he is being ignored,

that's not that's not a good feeling.

OK, I think Jeanette shared the shared his her story one time

when she went to a Cebu for for a review.

OK, She was there for a few months and then she went to a

church and nobody said hi or hello to her.

Can you imagine? You go, you go in that room with

a lot of people and everybody ignores you.

Something like they don't it it, it seems like they don't see

anything. It seems like they see a ghost.

They don't they don't say hi. So it's not a good feeling.

Amen. So I want to tell you it is our

desire that everyone is connected.

OK, I want to share the message entitled togetherness.

No one left out. Amen.

This is I think a message or something that is close to the

heart of God togetherness. In the past week we I attended 2

weddings. OK one in Trento and one

Sakasani Or young? Young.

Sorry or young? Is she still single?

I am still single and still looking for his lifetime

partner. OK, but young.

Young got married yesterday. I think they're not here but we

are amazed. So because of the two weddings I

attended, I came up with this with this message.

OK togetherness, no one left out, OK?

I think we all know that God decide us to live connected, OK?

I, the Lord, the Lord designed us to be relational.

The Lord designed us to to have this relationship being built

with everybody, OK? We are designed by God to live

connected, not isolated, OK, now we like isolate the like, like

like Lincoln Lanza alone, OK. In in the family of God, no one

gets left behind, no one is forgotten.

We have to walk together, we have to grow together and we

have to win the lost together. Amen And I want to tell you we

can win battles as well together when you are with somebody.

I will. I want, I want to tell you

victories will be easier, OK? Winning a battle will be easier

when somebody fights with you. Amen.

And I want to tell you, Maranatha Family Church, you are

not fighting alone. You are fighting with this

family and God is fighting with you as well.

OK, so let's make it our goal. Maranatha Family Church, I'm

addressing this to you. Let us make this our, let's make

this our goal that no one is left behind.

No one is left out. OK, So are we praying for spirit

of unity, synergy and togetherness in our church

family? Do we pray so much for that?

Is that one of the of the prayer items that we give a priority to

pray? Amen.

We need to be together and we need to be united.

Amen. OK yeah, togetherness and unity.

There is one passage of Scripture.

They so powerful. OK Psalm 133, verse 1-2 and

Psalms 133:1–2

three. Can we read this passage

together, loud and clear, ready go.

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live

together in unity. It is like the precious oil on

the head running down upon the beard, as on Aaron speared the

oil which run down upon the edge of his robes.

It is like the Jew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains

of Zion, for the Lord commanded the blessings there life

forevermore. So as you can see, it says here

it is good and pleasant to be together in unity.

It is good and pleasant. It is the Lord God himself said

that it is good, it is pleasing and the Lord is happy.

The Lord is happy when he he sees the the family of the

church is being united. They do things together.

God is so happy. I do believe.

I can just imagine when we do things together for God's glory,

when He looks at us from heaven, I think God is smiling.

I think God smiles and God is so happy.

And you know what? When we are together in unity,

OK, if this verse 2 talks about anointing, it talks about the

presence of God being poured out upon our lives.

If we are together, if we are united as a church, if we do

things, if we do things, or if we do what God has called us to

do, the anointing of God will be poured out upon us as we are

together doing it, as we are united together.

Now I anointing. Now I presence the Lord.

Amen. Amen.

I want to tell you, there are a lot of families, OK?

They are so divided. Naida gang conflicts.

Naida gang away. Away.

Sorry. And you know what?

I'm Pamilia. Naida gang.

Away. Away.

Wale gugma Wale Kalina Wale. Kali Pai.

OK. Walaji Kali Pai.

It's a Pamilia gubu kayo. OK, But I want to tell you, we

are reminded right now we have to be united and we need to do

things together, Amen. And with that, the anointing of

God will be poured upon us, OK? And the Lord will will pour out

his anointing to be with us, OK. And verse 3 it talks about

blessings, OK? It says here it is like a jewel

of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion, OK?

So it is like blessings being poured out, even life

forevermore. So when there's unity, when

there is togetherness, there is blessings, There are blessings,

OK, blessings, right. But again, we need to be united.

We need to do things together. Hallelujah, Amen.

One more verse. It's over here.

OK, this is sunny. I I failed to put the the verse.

I think first Thessalonians. OK, it says here, so speak

encouraging words to one another.

Build up, build up. Hope so you'll all be together

in this. No one left out, no one left

behind. I know you're already doing

this, just keep on doing it. OK, So as I speak encouraging,

encouraging words to one another are your words, are your words

to one another full of encouragement, encouraged by new

words or Mahapadis courage, Amen.

There are a lot of people instead of saying encouraging

words, they they do cursing, they they hurt people with their

words. A lot of people are doing that.

They gossip, OK. So sometimes know when you are

gathered around, whoever is upset, OK, they will talk

against that person, but we are not like that.

Amen. But I want to tell you there are

a lot of people that does that, OK, Delhi maka in carriage.

And so if you don't have, if you don't have anything good to say,

say so, not keep your mouth shut, Amen.

So in other words, make sure that when you, you do, when you,

when you speak up something, when you open your mouth, it

should be something encouraging, something inspiring, Amen.

So we need to inspire others, Hallelujah, instead of cursing,

instead of gossiping, instead of doing those those bad stuffs,

okay, And also build hope, okay? You have to build up hope, okay?

Remember those gossip, those Sunny judgments that we say

towards people? It tears them down.

We are not gold. You are not gold.

As Christians, as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, you are

never called to tear down people.

God is calling us to build up people.

Amen. So we have to do everything we

can to build up people, and then we have to be all we have to be

together in doing it. OK.

No one is left out. No one is left behind.

Hallelujah. OK Oh yeah, So it's there.

Sorry. First Thessalonians, chapter 5,

1 Thessalonians 5:11

verse 11. So that's the verse.

OK. How to maintain unity.

This is just a quick message, so I'm trying to do it quickly.

OK, How to maintain unity #1 unconditional love.

OK, so to maintain unity, we need to have unconditional love

with one another. OK?

John chapter 13, verse 34 to 35, it says here a new commandment I

John 13:34–35

give to you that you love one another.

Just I have loved you. You also are to love one

another. OK?

So Makita Natho Jesus love Peter even after Peter denied Jesus.

OK, so after after Peter denied Jesus instead of Caliban

building a gap or a big sunny wall against Peter Wallanani

Gibuhat the Lord Jesus Christ made made Peter restored by

asking him, Did you do you love me more than this?

Do you love me more than this? Do you love me more than this

three times. OK.

But I want to tell you sometimes Christians, if there are people,

most of the time is we we leave them away.

We don't want to deal with anything with them anymore.

Because then I heard Kunila one time, OK, there are a lot of

Christians Napasakitanka one time you close your doors

already, OK, But I want to tell you, Jesus never did that, OK?

And also Jesus, look at Jesus, it says here, I just want to say

this. And he touched the lepers when

others run. Can you imagine when there is a

leper, some Bibles, some gospels, there are lepers people

they, they certainly people are so much when there are lepers

around them, OK, They, they drive them off like chicken

shoe. OK, They don't want to be with

lepers, OK, But I want to tell you Jesus touched them instead

of running away, OK? He ate with sinners, OK?

And people judge the sinners. Jesus ate with them.

Hallelujah, Amen. And Jesus welcome children even

when others send them away, right?

So Makita, NATO, Jesus gave us examples on how to deal with our

brothers and our sisters, Amen. So you don't shunt people away,

you don't, You don't burn bridges.

You have to connect. We need to connect and we need

to love one another, Amen. Hallelujah.

So in our community, love must not depend on behavior, status,

or mistake. Everyone is welcome and valued.

OK, I sometimes no. I have this feeling there are

Times Now when I'm when I meet a person the first time.

What about sometimes I don't feel like I don't like the

person first time? You know what?

I don't want to entertain that feeling.

So instead of ignoring that person, I have to build

relationship with that person. And I want to, I want to find

out why. No, no, no, no, no feeling.

OK. But I want to tell you,

sometimes we don't connect to people.

So I'm encouraging everybody here, Please let us love

unconditionally. Let us try to connect even to

those people that hurt us. Amen.

The Bible says if if somebody slap you on the face and on the

right face, give the left face as well.

Suck it, suck it. So in other words, just build,

just build connection. We can do that.

OK, I, I want to tell you the, the, so the Pinaka Mahayunga

Pinakama Ayung expressions are conditional.

Love is forgiveness. You have to forgive and make it

very soon. Do not wait for do not wait for

the sun to go down while you are still angry and you don't, you

are unwilling to forgive. You have to forgive right away.

Because when, when you don't want to forgive, you will, you

will, you will create distance, you will burn bridges because

you don't want to forgive. But when you forgive, I want to

tell you, you are building connection, you are building

relationship. We need to forgive Kapathet.

Look at the person, look at the the whole church.

If somebody was hurt, OK, it is. If somebody hurt you, OK, I

think you have to go near that person later and say please

forgive me, let's build relationship.

Let us maintain unconditional love.

Amen. I love you with the love of the

Lord, Anna. OK, So again, nurturing

relationship, OK. First, First Thessalonians 511

as we have been, as we have bred earlier, encourage one another

and build one another up, OK. So we have to nurture

relationship, we have to establish strong bond, strong

relationship together, Amen. So during the wedding we do the

chord, the chord ceremony. It is binding, OK making, making

the couple inseparable. So as family, as brothers and

sisters in the Lord, we have to be inseparable.

We have to build this strong bond that no one can ever break.

No one can ever separate. Amen.

That's the family of God number #3 intentional unity, efficient.

Chapter 4, verse 3, and shall make every effort to keep the

unity of the Spirit through the band of peace.

OK, Sana shall make every effort to to maintain the band of

peace. In other words, you don't, you

don't want to entertain those negative feelings.

You don't want to entertain those conflicts.

You don't want to give that. You don't want to allow that

conflicts to destroy those relationship must evaluate our

relationship. Amen.

We have to be intentional when it comes to unity.

Can we do that? Can we do that?

Yes. OK, So unity doesn't just

happen. It must be pursued.

It takes forgiveness. It takes communication.

It takes a lot of efforts. So let's take, let's do

everything we can to maintain unity with one another.

OK? Next, trust in God and each

other. Trust in the Lord with all your

heart and do not lean on your own understanding.

So we have to trust to trust each other.

I want to tell you, togetherness or unity is always rooted in

trust. OK, Nakai Paksali, That's why

you want to be united. You want to do things together.

It is because you trust each other.

And of course, you. We trust God first, and then we

will learn to trust other people.

Amen. And we can, we can do that by

the grace of God, trusting God's leadership and trusting each

other to walk it. Out so I do believe Nah, Nah, I

floss Nah, I problem when it comes to relationship, but I

want to tell you God will work it out.

Amen. Plan sahu Natan and the Lord by

the grace of God. So you just have to trust God

for whatever processes. OK, So when when your brother

has weaknesses, trust God. He will be changed by by the

power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Ayola Ayola, Sonny ayola or weaknesses mag isolate,

something like that. No, we need to build connection

and we have to be intentional about it.

So we have to trust God. He's working something in the

hearts of man. Amen.

So in other words, gonna I, I, So Kaidinha.

OK, if somebody is so angry all the time, but there are a lot of

people that they are easily angered, OK?

And sometimes because Makita, NATO, they are easily angered.

You don't want to be near the person but I want to tell you

just trust God He will change that person.

Amen. There are also people that have

that has this loud voice or angry voice pero very loud long

voice, expressive expressive tone pero they're good people,

Amen. If they are not, they are not

that angry. So just understand because like

like the tone of voice like like that Olga Sunny family

background like like that Olga Sunny Gigi and Salive.

So just understand, Amen, and just trust God that he will

transform that person and he will also transform you to

understand the other person. Amen.

Hallelujah. Let's just trust God for it.

OK, Last yield to one another. Philippians chapter 2 verse 3,

Philippians 2:3

it says here don't do nothing from selfish ambition or

conceit, but in humility count others more significant than

yourselves. OK, so yielding means putting

others first, seeking their good and serving selflessly.

That's how that that is the application for no one gets

behind or no one is left out. OK, we have to serve one

another. We have to we have to do good

for one another. We have we have to, we have to

put others first, OK, not yourselves.

That says sometimes we are so selfish, we are so

self-centered, but we have to yield to one another.

Amen. Consider every other else

special. OK, Don't just think about

yourself. So that is my way of saying

about unity. So this this talks about unity,

unconditional love, nurturing relationship, intentional unity,

trust in God and yield to one another.

And it says here togetherness isn't just standing near each

other, it's moving as one. So we have to do things

together. We have to move as one.

Amen. Amen.

OK, so how we have to do things together.

So what are the practical applications for this?

OK, We have to get involved in church or family activities.

Everybody say get involved, Hallelujah.

So, so to exercise togetherness and unity, we need to get

involved with whatever activities that we have, OK,

Such as Sunday worship service. If we can do that, this is a

family gathering. Sunday service is a family

gathering that we must be there. OK, OK, so we, we have to be

there. It's it's our family gathering.

So every part of the the family will be there.

You know what, my grandfather, I grew up with my grandparents and

for him, every meal time you have to be there.

As long as Naka Sabala, even Donika Unaka somewhere, you have

to be at the table, OK? Because it's a time for bonding,

it's a time for fellowship. So if you're sleeping, they will

wake you up, OK? If you are studying, you are,

you are forced to go to the table and bond with the family,

OK? So we are not forcing everybody

here, but we are encouraging everybody.

And every Sunday, please come because we will miss you.

We will miss our brothers and our sisters.

Amen. Also prayer meetings.

OK, we have to join prayer meetings.

DBS. OK.

As you can see, a while ago, only few people standing.

A lot of people are seated. Seated.

OK. We are encouraging one another

to be a part of this. This is this is something we

give importance. This is something that we

encourage everybody to join. So let's do it.

OK, So when the when the church is saying let's do, let's do

discovery Bible study and then let's do it all together.

Amen. Not a role, not a time, not IP

specific things to do OK home groups.

OK be a part of a Home group. Call up on my Home group.

Please let us know and also attend training, the trainings

and seminars. So this afternoon, OK, we are

encouraging couples with children or couples, children or

Kannan mana, young people gusto naman menu.

You have to be here. You have to learn parenting

ahead of time. Amen.

So men, OK, young people, OK, All young.

Levy, Kisaba, Jamil, Gigi. OK JP.

So join, join the parenting seminar, OK?

By the way, we have to welcome our young people from Quebaka

and they are here with us. OK?

I'm joking Gracie as soon as he arose.

OK, so join join the training this afternoon.

We have we have invited other Maranatha churches to come.

We also invited some of our friends from intangibles among

cobbans Sacre Neil Lucas. We also invited some of the

couples so they will be here as well.

Okay, 4 square farming. Okay.

As you can see, Kuya Arman has been teaching us about four

square farming and you know what a lot of churches are being

involved Pero and Maranatha Family Church.

So appeal, OK, more appeal man perminde upset.

I mean perminde legal successions, OK.

We have to be intentional about it.

Amen. And also we have been calling

you guys for ministries like children's ministries.

We need people, we need we need other teachers to volunteer, OK?

So do not just watch, OK? I love be a part of it, get

involved, be a part of the work of God being done in the church.

Amen. So we need teachers, children's

ministries of fire starters, Joey, OK and also the team, the

clients, OK? And they are doing whatever it

takes to help this sunny kids. OK, the fire starter kids for

them to to learn to be trained for the glory of God burn youth

movement. OK, OK, we have we have upcoming

youth camp and we need workers. We need some volunteers for this

one. Avail yourselves.

Don't just watch. Hey, man, be a part of it.

If you want to help, you can approach Kuya Nathan.

OK, Ina Kuya Nathan. I want to serve.

I want to help the Youth Cup. What can I do?

OK, By the way, they have they have some some for sale things.

OK. If you want to be a part of it,

if you want to support our youth, you can also do so.

If you are, if you are willing to sponsor young people, you can

also do that as well. Just do something for God.

Amen. Amen.

Also Fires Fire School of Ministry Kumwa Kumwa Amigila

Bohat kum Sigila Mugdulah or cell phone Sigila Mugdulah or

MLCOD whatsoever better Mcinroltasa Fire School young

people. I'm a I'm a I'm challenging you

guys now I Gina Buhatsi Lord and be a part of it, OK.

Be trained. Get training from DBS, get

training from Fire School of Ministry.

Amen. Someone newly graduates NATO

Denha, I want to tell you I think it's it's best Mahimo

stronger and foundation not to spiritually, but later on after

your training at fire school, you will go to your college and

you will be a part of the campus ministry there.

You can be used by God to reach out college students in the

universities. You can do that as well, Amen.

So if you want to be a part of it, a fire school like all the

student, if you can just enroll a few subjects, it's OK.

Just be a part of what God is doing, Amen.

Amen feeding program or if you we are palapana tosikuya babi

osiateana. They have been doing that for

more than nine years. It's all I think it's almost 10

years. Oh, yeah.

OK. So they are doing that on a

daily basis from Monday to Friday.

Lundai OK. And if you want to be a part of

it, you can approach them to your Barbie.

I want to help with the feeding program for the become a slice.

Olga Sunny a host Sunny Boombai. OK, So OK, just be a part of

what God is doing in the church, in the body of Christ.

Amen. So if you see someone left out

and involve reach, outreach out, inspire and encourage, Amen.

So if there are people, as you can see now my KH bracket maybe

velocity like velocity like Home group, velocity like DBS,

velocity like sunny, community, velocity like Kaila, reach them

out, OK, approach them, build connection, inspire, encourage

and we have to be together, Amen Martina Bangaita, no one should

be left out, Amen. And I went on church now by

among the first timers. OK, I challenge you guys.

We have a lot of first timers almost every Sunday.

Not a first timers, but sometimes, OK, only few people

reach out to this first timers. Only few people build

connections. Only few people build

relationships. Please let us build

relationship. Amen.

Japanese people will be coming next week.

They will arrive on May 1, OK, We will.

We will have our soaking. We will.

They will be ministering with us today.

Please connect with them. Amen.

Maranatha Family Church. Can we promise to do that?

Dila na tosila ignore dila na tosila AGI AGI an OK don't worry

about English like struggle putsila Ana English nila OK.

Just try to connect. And an important thing is you're

building relationship. Don't look at language as

barrier. Don't look as don't look at

language as kalabang. Your justification not to build

relationship to people, Amen. So challenge first timers build

relationship with these people, Amen.

By the way, Christian, OK, Christian is here.

Christian. I think Christian has been here

for a few, for a few few months, few weeks maybe.

OK guys, reach out to Christian. Christian, I'm just joking.

OK. So build up, build relationship

with people, especially. Amen.

Let's do it. Let's do things together.

Let us be united. Hallelujah.

Come on, let's give God a mighty mighty club offering.

Thank you Jesus. Again, we are, we are, we are

trying to make everybody part of DBS and also Home group.

Let's let's be intentional about this.

Amen.