Wow its great to be here at FEBC! And we learned many things here, especially in radio programming. The Teachers are good and we the students are behaved...hehehe.... just ask our teachers....
Way back 1999, Kuya Mark received a Vision from God that someday there will be a CHRISTIAN RADIO STATION here at Cagayan Valley and God is faithful to His promises. Yes, this year FEBC Cagayan Valley or DZMR will start. Ohhh, we're so excited, so
"Let us not become weary in doing good,for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
I Want you to read this great story and THINK about it;
A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away! It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person. There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth. May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them. PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT IT!
Are you attending the church every Sunday? I mean are you active in the church? So often we have many excuses why we cannot attend the church every Sunday!
We want to share to you the TOP FIVE EXCUSES for church absences
1. I work so hard all the week that when sunday comes...
2. When I was a kid, I was made to go to church three times a week, and said so now...
3. Company came to our house just as we were getting ready.
4. I came twice and not a soul spoke to me.
5. I don't have anything suitable to wear.
I’m Jimmar Gutierrez, 27 years old, married to a loving wife (also beautiful) and father to a super active son. I’m a Technical Supervisor at a Computer Company here at Santiago City. I’m also a worker here at this church who’s enjoying serving the Lord! This is my testimony on how I met God and His wonderful works in my life.I met God here at Cornerstone Church Santiago about 10 months ago. December 2005 Christmas time we visited my wife’s family at Novaliches, Quezon City, my mother in law asked us to go to a service at the mall which I was not aware of which made me furious about it, but we are committed and I can’t say no so we go on attending. It was Cornerstone Church Novaliches, some will say its was just a coincidence that we went there and we enjoyed the service specially the music and the atmosphere but I believe God gave us an invitation or a teaser of what we will encounter back here at Santiago City. After Christmas we went back home and back to our old lives.
One day sometime in March Pastor Mark Ritchie came to have me configure his iBook (wish I’ll have one) after some clicks and taps on his keyboard I had it ready for internet. While checking pictures and files which not proper to do, I saw some files with “Cornerstone Church” on them, I started to wonder if he know someone from Cornerstone Church Novaliches (Up to this time I have no idea that there is a Cornerstone Church here in Santiago and he is the Senior Pastor. I’ve known him quite long time we called each other “my friend”, we met because of my work I usually fix his computers. He had invited me for many times to attend Sunday Service, he never told the name of the church is Cornerstone, always I answered I’ll try but I didn’t go. I didn’t go because I know it’s a Christian service and I always make fun of those who worship God by singing and dancing, I said to them they are crazy nor drunk that was before I met God and my wife refuse to go.) So when Pastor Mark came to pick his iBook up I asked him, my friend how do you know Cornerstone Church? And he replied, ahhh what!? Cornerstone? And he said with that smile on his face, “It just happened I’m the “Pastor”. I asked where? He replied here, Santiago! Then he told me how came I know Cornerstone and telling that’s where I’m inviting you to go. And he asked me again to go to Sunday Service. I told him we came to know Cornerstone when we visited my wife’s family at Novaliches. I said yes to his invitation and told him to bring my wife and son. So I went home and told my wife there is Cornerstone here and upon hearing this she was excited to go. So we went and from there God ministered to us and never left us. We accept Jesus as our Lord and our Savior and God turned our lives around and have done wonderful things to us. Since then I have not missed any Sunday going to church. 
We were baptized last May, since then, there are times I’m looking at my life and I’m amazed of what it came to be with Jesus. He helped me to be a better person, delivered me from alcoholism which always causes quarrel between me and my wife, and also helped me rebuke myself against worldly things. Little by little He straightens up things in my life. When I came to know Jesus I said to myself my commitment to God is only Sunday and that is how far I can give to the Lord. What’s amazing is, me limiting my faith just to a certain level but God doesn’t want that and He sent spiritual parents to me to care for my spiritual growth and for me to raise my faith on higher level. They encouraged and involved me on fellowships and activities in the church. Thru them little by little by God’s Grace they pushed me, nudged me and guided me to higher level of faith, now I’m a worker in the church for God’s glory I take care most of the things that involves computers. I have offered my service to the Lord and this little talent of mine amazingly He amplified it and help me accomplished things that I never imagine I would. Thru God’s grace I have maid presentations which never cross my mind I would make. Upon looking on these things I get mesmerized and sometimes all I can say is WOW how can it to be? But God made me realized, 
He gave these talents to me and He wants me to use it for His Kingdom and surely He will amplified things up and made them great! So I went on serving the Lord, then there came a time I got bored cause I was too much expecting more great things to happen to me and none came up only those little things which not great but keeps me moving forward. So I went seeking the Lords, telling him I’m getting bored and asking Him what he wants me to be. Then again He made me realized that I should stop on too much expecting for great things or event or revelations, He made me realized that on my search for great things I’ve forgotten that the Greatest thing that will happen in my life has already happened, I forgotten that I’ve received Jesus as my Lord and Savior and He died for me because He love me isn’t that the Greatest of all?! Hallelujah!! Thank you Jesus! Meditating on this, I remembered as I do little things for the church like, fixing the computers, helping preparing for activities and attending fellowships I started to talk to brethrens about God’s grace to me and as I go on I found myself often sharing words from the bible which I’m starting to love, I understand the big picture that God’s want me to share His words to many. He had used this little things and activities for me to start talking and eventually start sharing His words which I don’t imagine I will do. For now I may know few verses on the Bible but I will let Him used me for this purpose of spreading his Words. I stand by His words when that time I will stand in front of many people to share His word it is He that will speak because indeed it’s His words not mine for His glory He will help me like most of the times. So I asked everyone to pray for me and everyone to fulfill this calling. Because I believed we are called to share His words. Also encourage you to offer your talents and abilities to the Lord for Him to use on his works and surely He who gave them, will amplify them and make great things from them for His glory. And great things start from humble beginnings. Do not be preoccupied in the search of great things that will happen to you or your lives, you might be take for granted those little things that God is doing to you that if you piece them up together will be a great one. Being save alone by Jesus Christ is the Greatest of all. Hallelujah!
This one is a better question, "Have you visited a sick person whom you doesn't know?" When Jesus saw that a crowd of people were following Him, He felt COMPASSION for these people because they were like sheep without a shepherd. We need to feel God's compassion for us to visit and pray for the sick people. Maybe "silver and gold" you have none, but, you have Christ in your heart for you to reach out to those who are dying. Or Christ is in you and you also have "silver and gold." Glorify God for what you have, reach out and help those people that need help. Our Lord said "I was sick and you visited me" and the people said to Him "when did we ever see you sick and visited you?" Jesus replied "whatever you do to the least, you have done it to me."
There are many people who are dying and need your help. They are crying for help. God's hearbeat -- COMPASSION. Ask God to give you a compassion. You can make a difference.
We believe that all christian are called to pray. Pray for what? Or you are thinking do we need to pray? Or some of you say, why do we need to pray if our Heavenly Father knows what we need?
Jesus said "When you pray... He din not say if you pray. So all christian need to pray. Someone said that PRAYER is a key in the hand of faith to unlock God's treasures. Prayer is heart work. Rhetoric cannot pray, with all His words. But faith can pray, when she no words. In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than without a HEART.
Read a story about a mother who always pray for her son. This is the story.
There once a a righteous mother named Monica, and she had a dearly beloved son who spent his youth in vanity and wickedness, and fell from true faith into false doctrine. That the righteous mother prayed for him every day with bitter tears. Years passed, and he left her in Africa, where they lived, and went to Italy. Every hope of his recovery seemed gone, and she told her grief to the bishop. "Fear not, Monica, he said; "the child of so many prayers will not perish." After some time she heard of him at Milan, and she went after him, now an old woman and a widow, and found him still unchanged. Daily was she to be seen in the cathedral of Milan kneeling in prayer for her boy, And giving abundant alms to the poor, that these her gifts might rise up as a memorial before God, and obtain for her what her heart desired.Finally, after years of long-deferred hope, her prayer was answered. One day, while her son was sitting reading in his house, a friend, an officer in the army, came in and talked to him about the holy lives of some people in Egypt, of how they lived to God alone; how cared not for this world and its fleeting pleasures, but set their affections above on those celestial joys which alone can satisfy. When the young man heard this his heart began to tremble; he contrasted their estimate of life with his own; unable to restrain his tears, he rushed into his garden, flung himself under a tree, and burs ted in convulsive weeping. And when he had somewhat recovered himself,he took up the open book which he last been reading, and his eyes fell on the words, "Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying: but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof" (Rom.13:13,14). Then man's heart yearned to tell all to his dear mother who, with perfect patience and trust in God, had continually prayed for her son from childhood, hoping against hope. Monica did not get to see the fullness of God's long-deffered answer to her prayer here on earth, for she died soon after her son's conversion. Her son's name was AUGUSTINE, and this child of her prayers, became one the greatest saints, bishops, and writers, the world has ever produced.
What will choose "Pray or Play?"
Year 2007 was prophesied a year of breakthrough for Cornerstone Church. And yes, God fulfilled His promise. From the beginning until the end of 2007 we experienced breakthrough in all aspect.
Today, we want to tell you about the amazing things God has done on the youth group of our church they went to a pre-camp on December 26-28, 2007, God touched their lives.
We have a video here of what God have done on the youth group of our Church:
As a result of this wonderful thing they experienced. Two of our young people testified that God changed their lives and are so in love with God and all of our youth were refreshed. We believed on their testimony because we saw the glory of God on their faces.