Published in the Philippines, October 2012

Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have sounded the call to the New Evangelization. It is a very urgent call. It is a call that recognizes the massive assaults on the faith during these times, and the onslaught of the tsunami of evil that is overwhelming the whole world.

Now evangelization is not new. It is 2000 years old. The Holy Spirit came down on Pentecost and the disciples of Jesus went on to evangelize the world. But after 2000 years, the world is once again in darkeness. What happened?

Many Christian and Christian nations have succumbed to the deadly isms of the times - modernism, relativism, secular hedonism, materialism, consumerism, cultural Marxism. They are no longer witnesses to Christ in the power of the Spirit.

The situation in the world has become critical. Faith has grown cold. The whole Church has to rediscover the true meaning of evangelization, according to God's principles. The way forward is the way of Penetcost, the missionary spirit we see in the history of the early Church. Unless we put on the mind and the heart of God, we will end up doing more of the same, and continue to lose territory to the enemy,

We are in the end times, and how we respond will be crucial to preparing the bride of Christ for the coming of the Bridegroom. So now we go on an exciting journey, discovering the riches of the Spirit's prophetic call to the New Evangelization. Let us be on our way.

Published in the Philippines, May 2012

There is a raging brutal war in the world today, inflicting hundreds of millions of casualties. It is a war against the unborn. It is a continuing holocaust against the most innocent and defenseless of persons, the child in the womb.

But it is not only the unborn that are targeted by the dark forces waging this war. It actually is a war against faith, family and life. It is an assault against societies and the whole world. It is an attack against the churches, especially against the holy Roman Catholic Church. It is a direct confrontation against God and every good that God stands for.

Who are the dark forces? They are among the most powerful forces on earth. They are the developed Western nations, with their great political, economic and military might, led by the most nation on earth, the United States of America. They are the world institutions of power - The United Nations, The European Union, international media, multinational corporations, billionaire philantrophists, powerful anti-life and homosexual lobbies, and secret elite societies. Even the Christian churches have been infiltrated, with many dissidents including priests, nuns and bishops. Behind them all is Satan himself.

We are in the end times. The culture of death blankets the whole world. Judeo-Christian civilization as we know it is rapidly dissolving. Lives, marriages, familes, religions, societies, freedom - all are under severe threat. Time is running out.

All true Christians are called to engage in this war. We are to fight for the culture of life. Get to know what this war is all about and be equipped. Go off now to a 40-day boot camp.

Maiden Edition Published in the Philippines, 1997
Revisited Edition, January 2012

The Christian family is struggling for survival, beset by powerful forces all around it. There is the secular and materialistic world, seeking to impose its increasingly pagan values and lifestyles. There is the fallen and sinful flesh in humanity, seeking to be free of all moral restraints. And there is Satan, seeking to twarth God's plan and dominion.

Amidst all these, Christians are confused, discouraged, badly bruised. The future looks bleak.

But there is hope! God is committed to defending and strengthening the family. For the family is His very own creation. And the family is at the very center of His plan for humanity.

God has a plan and design for marriage and family life that is unchanging and eternal. And His plan is the key not just to the survival of the family, but to God's ultimate triumph in the world.

Maiden Edition Published in the Philippines 1996
Revisited October 2011

Jesus has said, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” (Lk 10:2).

Today the fields are ripe for harvest. God has prepared a massive harvest that can compare with the heady missionary days after Pentecost.

God today is sounding a call to all his people to participate in bringing in this harvest. It is a call of the utmost importance and urgency.

And God looks to you to respond.

40 Days in the Strength of God
(September 2011)

In the year 2011, CFC-FFL is 30 years old. Its theme for the year is "My God is now my strength!" (Isaiah 49:5). It is an imposing theme, with the Lord offering the fulness of His grace and strength for the work beyond the 30 years.

With the world in deep darkness, with anti-life and anti-family forces rampaging, with even the Church buffeted from within, there is a great challenge for followers of Christ to stand and be counted, and to give their all for the cause of the Kingdom.

Once again CFC-FFL is at the crossroad. With 30 years of experience in doing God's work, with all the ups and downs, having been purified and restored, will the army that is CFC-FFL go all out for Jesus? Are the brethren willing to give their all, holding nothing back, even their very lives? Will they as God's servants take hold of the fullness of God's grace and be made glorious in the sight of the Lord?

Be with Jesus over these 40 days and understand more clearly what God's call to CFC-FFL is.

May we choose the right path, and confidently go forth in the very strength of God.

• we come into the very presence of the King of Kings?
• we attend a lavish banquet?
• we can actually bless God?
• we are practicing for when we go to heaven?

Find out more. Enter into a lifestyle of worship

• As a child of the Father
• As a servant of the Son
• As a soldier of the Spirit

Following from the above, to be a disciple is to have and intimate relationship with other Christians.

The disciples of Jesus are crucial to the work of proclaiming the good news of salvation to the whole world. As Christians we are priveleged to be called. But it is a great responsibility. Jesus has entrusted to his workers the harvest that has already been prepared.

It is crucial that we learn what it really means to follow Christ.

40 Days with Job
(April 2010)

For 2010, God brought CFC-FFL to a very challenging book for its theme for the year. This is the book of Job. It is challenging because the book of Job is about the great affliction of a man who was blameless and upright.

Having come from the book of Lamentations for the year 2007, when CFC experienced a crisis and then split into two, what could God have in store for His faithful remnant?

Now, just as then, God is only manifesting His great love for us. He is doing what is needed to make us a holy remnant, a community that He can truly use for His purposes.

Learn to understand more the mysterious ways of the Almighty God.

• The justice and righteousness of God
• The reality of spiritual warfare
• The mystery of redemptive suffering
• Having true hope, joy and trust in God
• The way of the cross

Job points us to Jesus. Let us then sit on the ash heap with him, and learn the lessons of Job.

MARY AND THE CFC-FFL CORE VALUES
(April 2010)

CFC-FFL was consecrated to the Blessed Mother on August 10, 2007. On October 2 we formulated our 7 Core Values. Learn how the two are intimately connected, as we look to our Mother Mary as the personification of and the model for living out our Core Values.

MARY IN THE WORK OF
EVANGELIZATION AND FAMILY RENEWAL
(April 2010)

Our CFC-FFL mission is evangelization within the context of family renewal. Read about how Mama Mary is intimately connected with our life and mission

Amazing Truths that will Change Your Life
(March 2009)

You may not know it, but there are certain truths that can radically change your life. For the better of course! With knowledge of such truths, and living out their implications, you can go through life consistently with profound peace and a song of joy in your heart. Never again will you be buffeted by the circumstances of life. Never again will you be unable to face the future with confidence.

What are these truths that will show us the way to having a deeply fulfilled life? These truths have to do with a Person. He is the Teacher, the Wise One, the Ancient of Ages. He is the Beginning and the End. He is the way and the truth and the life. He is Jesus.

40 More Days with Mary
(January 2009)

The Son of God came into the world through Mary. Jesus redeemed the world and allows us entry into heaven. We return to the Father in Jesus through Mary.

The devil caused us the loss of paradise. The Son of Mary is victorious over the devil. Paradise for us is restored in Mary through her Son.

Meet the most unique and most extraordinary woman in the world. Meet the disciple of Jesus par excellence. Begin to understand her role as Mediatrix and Co-Redemptrix. You are most graciously invited to another 40-day pilgrimage with Mary.

40 Days with Mary
(January 2008)

The most extraordinary woman in the whole world is Mary. She was conceived without original sin, she is full of grace, she gave birth to a Son but is ever virgin, she is the mother of God, she is the mother of the One who is the Savior of the world, she was assumed body and soul into heaven, she is the Queen of heaven and earth.

God has done great things for Mary, and today all ages call her blessed. Get to know this most extraordinary woman. And know that she is your mother too.

40 Days of Lamentations
(June 2007)

On February 13, 2007, something happened that sent shock waves throughout the whole global CFC family. Three top elders resigned from the CFC Council, the top governing body in CFC. Shock, disbelief, confusion, sorrow. Speculations abounded. What was happening? CFC had just celebrated its 25th year, basking in the wonderful and awesome work of God that CFC was privileged to do. What was wrong?

God once again was at work. God loves CFC so much and wants to use CFC in greater ways that He, at the start of CFC’s next 25 years, was causing a divine upheaval in order to purify CFC and prepare us for the greater work ahead. But the enemy is also at work. The enemy is aware of God’s intent. The enemy will do anything to thwart God’s plan. And so an intense spiritual battle is raging for the mind and heart of CFC.

Now CFC is at the crossroad. Will there be a continuing slide into greater infidelity to God’s call to us, or will CFC move on to greater empowerment of the Spirit? The key lies in learning the lessons of Lamentations.

But how God intends to do this is a great mystery, in that it involves you and me. The manifestation of God’s power and majesty in the world is entirely up to us. Will we experience hell or heaven on earth? Our fate is in our hands.

Irreverent! Bold! A challenge to long-held mindsets and revered paradigms. The aim however is not to destroy, but to build up. In cutting down, the desired effect is to raise up. In being humbled, in due time one is exalted. A must read for those who presume to leadership over God’s people.

What needs to be done? We need to recover the meaning of the mission of Jesus. And we need to understand the meaning of his final instructions, his marching orders, to his disciples. Only when we understand, obey, and give our total commitment to Jesus’ mission will we be able to stem the tide. And experience once again Jesus’ victory on the cross.

Now here it is. Wisdom from the ages (or from the aged). Translated from the ancient language, this book plumbs the depths of the male-female relationship, probes into the female psyche, examines the roots of the age-old conflict between men and women, and proposes how to achieve détente.

A must read for all men who relate to women. Do you have a mother? Do you have a sister? Do you have a girl friend or wife? Do you have a daughter? Do you have female friends or officemates? Do you talk to, do business with, relate to, teach, counsel or meet with women? If yes, then this book is for you.

Facing the Future
(January 2003)

At the start of this third millennium, we live in a world that continues to be battered by the onslaught of evil forces. There continues the massive murder of the innocents through abortion, unrelenting attacks on the family, the spread of criminality and corruption. On top of these, we face a radically changing world. Globalization threatens to widen the gap between the rich and the poor. Global terrorism threatens the lives and well-being of everyone. Rapid advances in information technology make pornography and pedophilia accessible at the click of a finger. The hand of diabolical forces is evident.

It is precisely for such a time as this that God raised up Couples for Christ over 21 years ago. Having been nurtured and set on a strong foundation, Couples for Christ is now at the cutting edge of God’s work in the world. Couples for Christ is a multinational army with soldiers from very many nations, races, peoples and tongues. Today Couples for Christ is challenged to carry out the mission for which it had been created. Couples for Christ is being sent forth by the Triune God, to help fulfill the Father’s plan to unite all in Christ (Eph 1:10), to carry on the mission of Jesus to bring glad tidings to the poor (Lk 4:18-19), and by the power of the Holy Spirit to become witnesses to the ends of the earth. This book looks at the clear vision and mission of Couples for Christ for the third millennium. It is a call to arms. It is a challenge to live up to God’s expectations. It presents an opportunity to participate in the greatest drama unfolding today in the heavens and on earth.

The good news is that yes, we can. God, Who gave us a perfect world to begin with, has sent His own Son into the world to redeem it. Jesus has come into the world and proclaimed the good news of bringing glad tidings to the poor. Jesus has completed his mission, but the work is not yet over. Much more has to be done. Jesus has instructed his disciples to carry on his mission, and is waiting for them to respond. This book is about such a response.

In June of 1981, God raised up a new army to participate in the war. God raised up a movement to work for global evangelization and renewal. That movement is Couples for Christ. Now, 17 years later, Couples for Christ has made and continues to make a tremendous impact throughout the world. But all is not well. Now, towards the end of the second millennium and at the threshold of the third, Couples for Christ has come to a crossroad. Its future usefulness to God and his work is threatened. The dangers are very real, but the opportunities also continue to be tremendous and exciting. Will the members of Couples for Christ give in to the ravaging attacks of the flesh, the world and the devil, or will they continue to move on in the power of the Holy Spirit? Has the zeal of Couples for Christ grown cold, or will it continue to blaze with the fire of God’s love? Will the work of Couples for Christ end the millennium with a whimper or with a
bang? Will God discard Couples for Christ, or continue to use it mightily in accordance with his will?

Now, more than ever, there is a great need for Christ’s witnesses to be sent to the ends of the earth. Will Couples for Christ be counted among them? Will Couples for Christ be part of the victorious army of Jesus Christ, as history races into the third millennium and closer to the end of time? This book presents a clear vision of the call of God to Couples for Christ, and issues a challenge to understand the call, accept it, and live it out. It is for all who are truly serious about their involvement in the life and mission of Couples for Christ.

How can we respond faithfully to Jesus’ call and receive the fullness of his life? How can we persevere in our faith and make it to our eternal reward? The key is in “keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith.”

But there is hope! God is committed to defending and strengthening the family. For the family is His very own creation. And the family is at the very center of His plan for humanity. God has a plan and design for marriage and family life that is unchanging and eternal. And His plan is the key not just to the survival of the family, but to God’s ultimate triumph in the world.

This book explains what the work of evangelization is all about--how it is in accordance with God’s plan, the meaning of the Great Commission, the baptism in the Holy Spirit, charismatic gifts.