The 12 Filipino Faith table of growth.

1.A life that has no absolute meaning and value at all.

OBSERVATION: You serve no purpose, you'll cause no lasting effect, and in the grand scheme
of things your life is utterly meaningless.
ANALYSIS: if God doesn't exist, that means that life must have come about through some
natural impersonal, unintelligent, and ultimately purposeless process.
REACTION: Without a Creator in the beginning, there was nobody around to put you here on
purpose which means you aren't here for a reason.
REFLECTION: without an absolute God to make the rules, there is no such thing as a moral
absolute; there are only preferences.
CONCLUSION: That means we're ultimately as purposeless as the very process which brought
us into existence.

2.A surrendered faith and glorifying life to God.

OBSERVATION: Surrendering to God is one of the most challenging concepts of following Jesus.
Surrendering to God involves a relationship, and this relationship involves trust and faith.
ANALYSIS: God is glorified when we come to Him and surrender our lives.
REACTION: When we feel like we have failed in our surrender, we can go to Him and receive
grace.
REFLECTION: He knows that we may fail and He knows the sincerity of our hearts when we
come to Him for forgiveness.
CONCLUSION: Surrendering is an act of worship. Ask God to change your viewpoint so you
can worship Him through a surrendered spirit.
3.The pendulum effect of faith
OBSERVATION: The secular worldview, when divorced from faith, leaves us disenchanted, as it
treats us like orphans of God, left in a morass of consumerism, every person reduced down to
dollars.
ANALYSIS: There are always going to be those who swing to the right the same extremes as those on
the left.
REACTION: The pendulum effect has little tolerance for others who are not exactly the same as them. I
have found that those on the far right are less tolerant of those who do not believe exactly as they do or
behave exactly as they do.
REFLECTION: Be aware because in many ways the pendulum swingers are exactly like us. They believe in
soul winning like us. They believe the King James Bible like us. They stand against most of the same
things against which we stand. Our positions are similar.
CONCLUSION: Within and without the walls of religious institutions, people of faith, too, are
continually responding to what we perceive needs correction.
4.What Christian believe, A summary of christian faith and doctrine.
OBSERVATION: Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the world, with more than 2 billion
followers. The Christian faith centers on beliefs regarding the birth, life, death and resurrection of
Jesus Christ.
ANALYSIS: The essence of Christianity revolves around the life, death and Christian beliefs on
the resurrection of Jesus.
REACTION: Someone with a biblical worldview believes his primary reason for existence is to love and
serve God.
REFLECTION: through their belief in Jesus as the Son of God, and in his death and resurrection, they can
have a right relationship with God whose forgiveness was made once and for all through the death of
Jesus Christ.
CONCLUSION: Christians believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God – fully human and fully divine – and that through
believing in him and following his teachings they can inherit eternal life. Christians believe that Jesus died for humanity, that
God raised him from the dead, and that Jesus will come again at the end of time.

5.Belief and Behavior of college student: Soul, Will and Reason.

OBSERVATION: Upon entering College and moving away from home, students are exposed to different
religions and spiritual beliefs which may cause a decline in their practices and a change in religious
and/or spiritual beliefs.
ANALYSIS: college students do, in fact, have a declined religiosity throughout their college career and also
have in inclination is spirituality during college years.
REACTION: A child is certainly influenced by their parent on 'religious and spiritual identity, but the
extent and longevity of that influence is unclear.
REFLECTION: studies suggest that the overall religiousness of students and their participation in religious
activities do decline greatly during college years and 'patterns of religious change are reflected in
disaffiliation from traditional churches', service attendance, prayer, and changes in belief.
CONCLUSION: Religion and spirituality, which have been displayed in all known human societies, not
only play a crucial role in the struggle of young adults finding their identities and meaning in life but also
play a very important, if not the most important role in their life and well being.
6. Faith and spiritual training and the 7 honest reasons family devotions for family actors are important
OBSERVATIONS: Family devotions are vital for moving our spiritual lives beyond the church walls and into
an active, thriving faith.
ANALYSIS: Family devotions are a set time when husband and wife, or parents and kids, sit down, read
the Bible, and pray together. It is a time designed to build up each individual and establish a sense of
unity and direction within families.
REACTION: Being intentional about a devotional time and developing a family culture around that
habit is important.
REFLECTION: While it might require a shift in the way a family spends their time, scheduling family
devotions can yield eternal dividends in a family’s spiritual growth and legacy.
CONCLUSION: Family devotions can be part of a wonderful journey together with God. It can cultivate
an atmosphere that allows our children to flourish, especially when added to the support and nurture of
larger communities of faith.
7.The faith of men and women and biblical equality.
OBSERVATION: We know that men and women are created equal, but different, and yet it would seem
that most of our focus is on the difference.
ANALYSIS: Understanding our equality as image-bearers changes everything about our human
relationships.
REACTION: God chose both men and women to fulfill his purposes in the world for the good of the
church and for his glory.
REFLECTION: As God’s image bearers, men and women are able to reflect God in our ability to create, to
feel compassion, to show grace, to uphold justice, to express our love, and more.
CONCLUSION: It’s God’s grace to us that, as the body of Christ, we can partner together to proclaim
Christ.
8.My beloved Philippines: statistic, people, literacy, economy, politics, religion and faith.
OBSERVATION: There are some issues in Philippines and disagreement in everything that can leads to an
argument.
ANALYSIS: Everything is ending up having a Law that makes people agree and obey the rules, so that it
will not lead into a more conflicts and disagreement.
REACTION: As one of the citizen of the Philippines, its really hard to go along in everyone’s opinion
because right or wrong, they have a point. I agree having a Law to obey so everything will be in order.
REFLECTION: Whatever their status is, we have to respect everything. We can help in anyway we can,
and follow the rules and respect every religions and have a strong faith.
CONCLUSION: Things might change a little bit, but as one of the Filipino we should always think what
are the things that can help to protect and take care of our country.
9.Faith comes by hearing the bible talks about life, relationship, the future and everything we need.
OBSERVATION: One can come to faith only through hearing the gospel, and the specific message that
must be heard is the word of Christ
ANALYSIS: reminds us that it is God who justifies, so faith is not something we can accomplish on our
own.
REACTION: If we could reach out and take faith for ourselves, we would be able to save ourselves and
that contradicts Scripture and our need for the Savior.
REFLECTION: The ear receives the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and through the power of the
Holy Spirit, faith begins in the hearer.
CONCLUSION: People who hear the word being preached believe, and believing, they call upon the
name of the Lord and are saved.
10.Evaluation and criteria on how to find and church that’s right for you or how to strengthen and
support your own church by faith.
OBSERVATION: before choosing a church home you need to consider its foundation, structure,
function, and environment.
ANALYSIS: You must seek God's will and be led by the Holy Spirit in selecting a church. Also you need to
evaluate how you and your family can contribute to that ministry so it is not just another church, but
truly a church home.
REACTION: Whether you're searching for a home to live in or a church to worship in, its foundation is
crucial.
REFLECTION: A house is not a home until all the members of a family contribute to its success. The same
is true of a church home. Only when each member in the family of God exercises his or her God-given
gifts will God's children feel at home in His church.
CONCLUSION: Choosing a church home is one of the most significant decisions you will ever make--one
that reaches into eternity. May each of us spend at least as much time and effort making that decision
as we do deciding on our earthly dwelling.
11.Church faith and life. Major denominational group “ World major religion”
OBSERVATION: Religions organize themselves—their institutions, practitioners, and structures—in a
variety of fashions.
ANALYSIS: Religions have emerged and developed across the world. Some have been short-lived, while
others have persisted and grown.
REACTION: In many cases, religions have become the basis of power structures and have
become intertwined with it.
REFLECTION: Statistics on religion or belief adherents can never be very accurate, considering
the dynamic nature of this pattern as well as the fact that many people among us live in contexts
where freedom of religion and belief is not enjoyed.
CONCLUSION: One widely accepted categorization that helps people understand different belief
systems considers what or who people worship
12.The spiritual discipline life.
OBSERVATION: Discipline is not part of the sin nature, but it is a natural component of the Christian
life.
ANALYSIS: can be described as those behaviors that augment our spiritual growth and enable us to grow
to spiritual maturity.
REACTION: If this discipline is neglected, no other effort to discipline ourselves will be successful
because we simply do not have the power to overcome the resistance of the sin nature in which our
new natures reside.
REFLECTION: the spiritual disciplines of prayer and the Word will provide us with a rewarding program
which will lead to godly living, praise, submission, service and celebration of our salvation and the God
who provided it.
CONCLUSION: The purpose of spiritual discipline is the development of our inner being, that which has
been transformed by Christ at salvation