My Daily Goodland Chronicle

01/10/2025

01-Oct-2025
Our Prayer for the PTERO in Cebu

I cannot fully tell how things have been under the Lord’s sovereignty. Yet, on the one hand, it may be the enemy seeking to frustrate, especially with the upcoming PTERO in Cebu. Still, I trust that even in this, the Lord is working out His purpose.

01/10/2025

Ctto The Church in Bogo City

29/09/2025

29-Sep-2025
𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙽𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘-𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜
𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎:𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟸, 𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟶𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎:𝙹𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚁𝚘𝚊𝚍, 𝙺𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚗, 𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝙺𝚘𝚗𝚐

𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣

In God's church there is the eldership. Among God's workers there is the leadership. Many people think that these positions are determined by age and gift, but they are not determined by age or gift. They are determined by a man's consecration before God. The amount of consecration we maintain before God determines the degree of the manifestation of our position before Him. This manifestation is our only qualification to take the lead among the churches or the workers. Those who are willing to pay the price to deal with themselves will find that others have less of a need to deal with them. If we have God's light, we can take the lead and others will follow us; they will not rebel. Even though everyone has handed himself over, everyone's spiritual condition is different. If we are willing to cut ourselves deeper, the life that flows out will be richer, and others will receive more supply from us.

The extent to which we hand ourselves over will be the extent of the riches we receive from God. It will also be the extent to which we can render direction and help to others. J. N. Darby was an Anglican minister in 1825. By 1827 he gave up his clergy robe, and by 1831 he forsook all to follow the Lord. His obedience opened the floodgate to God's light. After him Kelly also forsook all to follow the Lord. When I was young, I received much help from Miss Groves who also forsook everything to follow the Lord. Today we should not broaden the narrow gate. We should not be like the Pharisees, who closed off the gate to the kingdom of the heavens, yet they would not go in themselves and would not allow others to go in either (Matt. 23:13).

We should be tender in our feelings. We should always stand on the ground of a learner. If spiritual authority is not on our shoulder, we should be humble to learn all the more. Isaiah prophesied of our Lord's time on earth, saying that He had the tongue of the instructed (50:4). How humble the Lord was! He did not stand on the ground of a teacher. He did not speak His own words but the Father's word (John 14:10, 24). We have to learn from the Lord's example. When we speak, we should say that we are not speaking from ourselves, but we are quoting Brother So-and-so.

𝙰𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖-𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙽𝚎𝚎, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 (𝚂𝚎𝚝 𝟹) 𝚅𝚘𝚕.𝟼𝟷: 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍'𝚜 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 (𝟷) 𝚌𝚑𝚜.𝟾．

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥:
𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢． 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚗, 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢. 𝙽𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍．

27/09/2025

27-Sep-2025
Bits of Christ

A sister, posted the caption below on her page wall that caught my attention⚠️

What makes many (majority of the believers) heart grow cold is "the multiplication of lawlessness". Ohh how we truly need the grace in which we stand(Rom.5:2a). This grace reigns through righteousness (Rom.5:21).
📚Rom.5:21, note 2
Righteousness is the footing, the base, and the means for God to dispense Himself to us as grace. This righteousness gives us the ground to claim Christ as our grace. By giving grace to us, God manifests His righteousness (see Rom. 1:17). Furthermore, the power of this grace operates in us and produces subjective righteousness, making us right with God, with others, and even with ourselves; and it not only subdues sin but also overcomes Satan and death in our being. Thus grace reigns through righteousness, resulting in eternal life.

Today, a believer no longer needs to attend concerts or enter movie houses to partake in lawlessness. Lawlessness is now within reach—just a single touch on a digital screen. If one desires his heart to grow cold, let him spend more time on social media with his mobile device than in musing on God’s sanctifying Word. It is a bold choice: the mobile device or the Bible. The former will make your heart grow cold, but the latter will cause it to endure—burning, steadfast, and faithful in His faithfulness until the end. It is that simple, undeniable truth. We cannot partake of His overcoming and reigning grace apart from His Word of life.

26/09/2025

Perfect replica of the Tabernacle

Ctto Holy Land Site

26/09/2025

26-Sep-2025
Bits of Christ

📖Psa. 119:15
"I will muse upon Your precepts
And regard Your ways."

📚Psa.119:15, note 1
Rich in meaning, the Hebrew word for muse (often translated meditate in the KJV) implies to worship, to converse with oneself, and to speak aloud. To muse on the word is to taste and enjoy it through careful considering. Prayer, speaking to oneself, and praising the Lord may also be included in musing on the word. To muse on the word of God is to enjoy His word as His breath (2 Tim. 3:16) and thus to be infused with God, to breathe God in, and to receive spiritual nourishment.

𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴

Good prayer often does not need many words. At times we do not need to say anything when we pray. We can simply muse on God. He cares for our musing. Psalm 104:34 says, “May my musing be sweet to Him.” Prayers in which we continually speak to God may not be good prayers. In good prayer we behold God and muse upon Him.

We may think that musing is something of our mind, but it is actually connected to our spirit. We actively muse upon the attributes of our God in our spirit. He is fine, tender, careful, dignified, glorious, and great. We muse upon His dealings with us and His promises to us. As we muse, our inner being is filled with much feeling. Our musings are prayers, and at the same time they are not prayers. They are like words, yet they are not like words. They are thoughts that arise from our inner being and are a delight to God.

In summary, we should turn to our spirit to touch God in prayer. These prayers do not require many words. Sometimes it is best to spend some time to look at God or remain silent in His presence. We should learn to pray in this way. We should never pray with our own burdens; rather, we should set aside our burdens. We should say, “Lord, I give all my burdens to You and come to You with an unloaded spirit.” We should be calm, turn to our spirit, and behold Him. We should then pray according to the inward sense. As we pray, we should continue to behold Him. We should also wait and muse on Him. If we do this, we will touch and absorb God richly through prayer.

𝙰𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 "𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝙴𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝙿𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙶𝚘𝚍", 𝚌𝚑𝚜． 𝟸𝟷,𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙻𝚎𝚎, 𝙻𝚂𝙼, 𝙰𝚗𝚊𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚖 𝙲𝙰, 𝚄𝚂𝙰

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥:
𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢． 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚗, 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢. 𝙽𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍．

25/09/2025

25-Sep-2025
Bits of Christ

Forty years ago in Shanghai, a sister inquired of Brother Watchman Nee, “Brother Nee, I have a poor memory. I immediately forget whatever I read from the Bible. It seems to me that I do not need to read the Bible, because the words of the Bible just come and go. Is it not a waste of time for me to read the Bible?” Brother Nee gave this sister a very good answer. He described how the women in southern China wash their rice by placing it in a basket made of willow branches, which serves as a strainer. They repeatedly dip the basket into the water and pull it out, and the water immediately flows out. Thus, the water comes and goes, but no water remains in the basket. No one would say that this method does not work because no water remains. Actually, because all the water comes and goes, all the dirt is washed away. Not only is the rice washed, but the basket is cleansed as well. Brother Nee shared that we are like these baskets, and the word of God is like the water. We cannot retain every verse in our memory, but we nevertheless receive a great benefit from reading the Word and being cleansed by the water in the word (Eph. 5:26).

This fellowship from Brother Nee has been a great help to me, and I can testify from my experience that it is true. If we do not come to the Word of God for one week, our thinking, our will, and our emotion will be very dirty spiritually. However, if we read the Bible day by day, even if we have no intention to be cleansed, the word will spontaneously pass through our mind, our emotion, and our will to cleanse all our inward parts. As the water of the word comes and goes, we will be cleansed. We can never exhaust the benefits we receive from reading the Word.

𝙰𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 "𝙲𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎", 𝚌𝚑𝚜． 𝟷, 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙻𝚎𝚎, 𝙻𝚂𝙼, 𝙰𝚗𝚊𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚖 𝙲𝙰, 𝚄𝚂𝙰

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥:
𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢． 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚗, 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢. 𝙽𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍．

25/09/2025

25-Sep-2025
Bits of Christ

📚Rom.5:21, note 2
Rɪɢʜᴛᴇᴏᴜꜱɴᴇꜱꜱ 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚. This righteousness gives us the ground to claim Christ as our grace. By giving grace to us, God manifests His righteousness (see Rom. 1:17). Furthermore, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨; and it not only subdues sin but also overcomes Satan and death in our being. Thus grace reigns through righteousness, resulting in eternal life.

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥:
𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢． 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚗, 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢. 𝙽𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍．

23/09/2025

23-Sep-2025
Mʏ Cᴏɴꜰᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ

In my younger years, I was obsessed with the idea of one day becoming either a senator or a congressman. Back in Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU), I took a law subject under Ms. Sobrevega. Many male students often withdrew from her class because of her straightforward way of grading—you would simply get the grade you truly deserved, even if it was a failing 30. But I was challenged. I chose to take her class, sat in the front row, and embraced the difficulty.

With that motivation, fueled by my ambition to stand in the august chambers one day, I worked hard and eventually passed her subject with one of my best grades. Yet as I now watch the current deliberations and proceedings in both the lower and upper chambers, the Lord confronted me, as if saying: “𝙎𝙤, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢?”

In that moment, I bowed my head and prayed: “𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙, 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚𝙣.” -A. Sangrador-

22/09/2025

22/09/2025

21-Sep-2025
EDT

Sent by Bro. Gary Castillo, serving brother in Illinois State, USA:
3 baptisms after today’s table meeting in Lake Michigan ( my fresh water ocean PTL).

1 Cor. 12:13
For also in one Spirit we were all baptized into one Body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all given to drink one Spirit.

21/09/2025

21-Sep-2025
Optic Lense
𝙰𝚗 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎

𝗠𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆.

The rampant corruption in our government and the chaos raging in both politics and society are but a glimpse, a foreshadowing, a harbinger of the perilous times prophesied by the apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 3:1–6. What we see today is the darkest and most evil expression of these last days—an age where ungodliness and corruption pulse through government, politics, and commerce alike;

📖2 Tim. 3:1
But know this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
📖2 Tim. 3:2
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
📖2 Tim. 3:3
Without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, not lovers of good,
📖2 Tim. 3:4
Traitors, reckless, blinded with pride, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
📖2 Tim. 3:5
Having an outward form of godliness, though denying its power; from these also turn away.
📖2 Tim. 3:6
For of these are those who creep into houses and take captive silly women heaped with sins, who are led by various desires.

But take heart: only Christ, through His government and His kingdom, will bring these evil days to an end. Until His glorious return, peace will remain elusive, for Christ alone is, and forever shall be, the Prince of Peace. His coming theocratic reign will finally overthrow this corrupt age and usher in righteousness that endures ( Daniel 2:34-35, 45). -A.S.