Mindanao is the historic homeland of the Filipino Muslims, of which there are thirteen distinct people groups. Two of these, the Magindanao and the Maranao, have been highlighted in this Muslim prayer focus in past years. A third large group, the Tausug, also numbers close to a million people. These three comprise almost 3 million of the 5 million Muslims in the Philippines. The other 10 groups are significantly smaller (some less than 50,000 people) but are still precious in God’s sight: Badjao; Sama; Iranun; Yakan; Bangingi Sama; Kalagan; Jama Mapun; Kalibugan; Sangil; and, Molbog.
The Mindanao in the 1300′s
Islam came to the Philippines in the 1300′s, well before Roman Catholicism. It is said that when the Spanish fleet was anchored off the coast of southern Luzon in the early 1500′s, the commanders paid homage to the Muslim Sultan ruling Manila at that time. Indeed, had it not been for the arrival of the Spaniards, it is believed that all the Philippines would have become Muslim, as did major parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
While most of the Filipino Muslims are historically fishermen or agriculturalists (rice and coconut cultivation), the dawning of the new millennium has brought about opportunities for Muslims to advance in Philippine government and industry. Many Filipino Muslims aspire to go abroad as Overseas Contract Workers (OCW’s), especially to Saudi Arabia, where they can ‘make their fortune,’ participate in the pilgrimage to Mecca and become Hadjis, and then return with acquired wealth and status that is a high cultural value for them. Some Filipino evangelicals have become OCW’s as “tentmaking missionaries” in the hopes of witnessing to Muslims who otherwise might not get the opportunity to hear.
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Encouraging News among the Mindanao
There have been encouraging breakthroughs, especially amongst the Badjao, the Maranao and, recently, the Magindanao, but the work has seemingly only just begun. Many Filipino evangelicals are sensing the call of God to be cross-cultural missionaries to their own Muslim ‘cousins,’ and this is an encouraging trend. There is still need for more workers, however, whether ex-patriate or Filipino, to go into this vast harvest field. Please pray to the Lord of the Harvest to send more workers into his field.
Pray for Mindanao Muslims in the Philippines:
* Pray for each of the Filipino Muslim groups individually. Ask God to establish His kingdom among these groups and for His glory to be revealed through them.
* Pray for labourers to be leased into the harvest field of the Philippines.
* Pray for the leaders of the Mindanoa region to govern with righteousness and justice. Pray that they would serve their people in all their decisions.
* Pray for God to establish His church among the Muslims, that it would be made up of people of faith and courage. God desires to raise up people who will share their faith and reach out to those in need.
Ito ay para sa lahat ng mga Pilipinong Muslim. Basahin ninyo ito !!!
MUHAMMAD VERSES JESUS CHRIST
A Comparison Between Muhammad and Jesus Christ
ISLAM: Muhammad was sinful. ( Surah 18-110 )
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ was sinless. ( 1 Peter 2-21-22 )
ISLAM: Muhammad was the prophet of war.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace. ( Isaiah 9:6-7 )
ISLAM: Muhammad’s disciples killed for the faith.
CHRISTIANITY: Christ’s disciples were killed for their faith. ( Acts 12:2;2 Timothy 4:7 )
ISLAM: Muhammad promoted persecution against the “infidels”.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ forgave and converted the chief persecutor. ( 1 Timothy 1:13-15 )
ISLAM: Muhammad was the taker of life.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ was the giver of life. ( John 10:27-28 )
ISLAM: Muhammad and his fellow warriors murdered thousands.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ murdered none but saved many. ( compare John 12:48 )
ISLAM: Muhammad’s method was COMPULSION.
CHRISTIANITY: Christ’s aim was voluntary CONVERSION. ( Acts 3:19 )
ISLAM: Muhammad practiced FORCE.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ preached FAITH. ( John 6:29,35 )
ISLAM: Muhammad was a WARRIOR.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ is a DELIVERER. ( Col. 1:13;1 Thessalonians 1:10 )
ISLAM: Muhammad conquered his enemies with the sword.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ conquered his enemies with another kind of sword, the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God. ( Hebrews 4:12; Acts 2:37 )
ISLAM: Muhammad said to the masses, “Convert or Die!”.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ said, “Believe and Live!” ( John 6:47; 11:25-26 )
ISLAM: Muhammad was swift to shed blood. ( Romans 3:15-17 )
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ shed His own blood for the salvation of many. ( Ephesians 1:7 )
ISLAM: Muhammad preached “Death to the infidels!”.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ prayed “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do”. ( Luke 23:34 )
ISLAM: Muhammad declared a holy war ( JIHAD ) against infidels.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ achieved a holy victory on Calvary’s cross. ( Colossians 2:14-15 ) and His followers share in that victory. ( John 16:33 )
ISLAM: Muhammad constrained people by conquest.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ constrained people by love. ( 2 Corinthians 5:14 )
ISLAM: Modern terrorists derive their inspiration from Muhammad and carry out their despicable atrocities in the name of his God.
CHRISTIANITY: Christians derive their inspiration from the One who said, “Blessed are the peacemakers”. ( Matthew 5:9 )
ISLAM: Modern day disciples of Muhammad respond to the terrorist attacks by cheering in the streets.
CHRISTIANITY: Modern day disciples of Jesus Christ are deeply grieved at past atrocities carried out by those who were “Christians” in name only ( the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, etc. )
ISLAM: Many Muslims are peaceful and peace loving because they do not strictly follow the teachings of their founder.
CHRISTIANITY: Many Christians are peaceful and peace loving because they do strictly follow the teachings of their Founder. ( Romans 12:17-21 )
ISLAM: Muhammad said the Koran is authoritative only in Arabic, and only in his dialect.
CHRISTIANITY: The Holy Bible is authoritative in many languages around the world, for God knows all things and can inspire His Word in more than one language.
ISLAM: Muhammad hated music.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ and His disciples sang hymns, and the Apostle commanded the Lord’s Church to sing. ( Matthew 26:30, Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16 )
ISLAM: Muhammad allowed that a Mullah, Imam, or Mufti of Islam can be a terrorist and moral animal like Osama bin Laden.
CHRISTIANITY: The Holy Bible requires that a leader in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ must be above reproach, and when this is not true, Christians demand such a fallen leader be removed from leadership. ( 1 Timothy 3:1-7, 5:19-20 )
ISLAM: Islam calls on its followers to observe Five Pillars, while all other aspects of life can be vulgar and not affect the Muslim’s prospects in Paradise.
CHRISTIANITY: The Holy Bible calls on the Christian to submit to the total change of his life by the Spirit of God–NO area of life and thought is the choice of the follower. ( Romans 12:1-2 )
ISLAM: The Muslim looks forward to eternity in Paradise where there will be virgins who are used for eternal perpetual copulation.
CHRISTIANITY: The Holy Bible believing Christian looks forward to being with Jesus Christ and is delighted with that. ( 2 Corinthians 5:8 )
ISLAM: Muhammad said the witness of a woman was half the value of the witness of a man; and Muhammad said a women goes to Paradise because she satisfies her husband sexually.
CHRISTIANITY: The Holy Bible teaches that a husband is to love his wife and be willing to die for her. ( Ephesians 5:25 )
ISLAM: Muhammad called upon his servants to fight.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ said, “My kingdom is not of this world; if My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight…but now is My kingdom not from here”. ( John 18:36 )
ISLAM: Muhammad ordered death to the Jews (see A. Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad, Oxford University Press [1975], p. 369).
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ ordered that the gospel be preached “to the Jew first” ( Romans 1:16 )
ISLAM: The Koran says, “Fight in the cause of Allah”. ( Qur’an 2.244 )
CHRISTIANITY: The Holy Bible says, “we wrestle not against flesh and blood” and “the weapons of our warfare are not carnal”. ( Ephesians 6:12;2 Corinthians 10:4 )
ISLAM: The Koran says, “Fight and Slay the Pagans wherever ye find them”. ( Qur’an 9.5 )
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ said, “Preach the gospel to every creature”. ( Mark 16:15 )
ISLAM: The Koran says, “I will inspire terror into the hearts of unbelievers”. ( Qur’an 8.12 )
CHRISTIANITY: God inspires His terror into the hearts of believers. ( Isaiah 8:13 )
ISLAM: The Koran ( Qur’an ) is a terrorist manual which condones fighting, conflict, terror, slaughter, and genocide against those who do not accept Islam.
CHRISTIANITY: The Holy Bible is a missionary manual to spread the gospel of peace to all the world. ( Romans 10:15 )
ISLAM: Muhammad’s Mission was to conquer the world for Allah.
CHRISTIANITY: Christ’s Mission was to conquer sin’s penalty and power by substitutionary atonement. ( 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 3:18 )
ISLAM: Muhammad considered Jesus Christ a good prophet.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ pronounced Muhammad to be a false prophet. ( John 10:10; Matthew 24:11 )
ISLAM: Muhammad claimed that there was but one God, Allah.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ claimed that He was God. ( John 10:30-31; John 8:58-59; John 5:18; John 14:9 )
ISLAM: Islam is geocentric, that is, the whole universe is centered on the Kaaba in the Grand mosque in Mecca in Saudi Arabia, and all Muslims pray facing that direction.
CHRISTIANITY: Jesus Christ is the center of all Christian worship and fellowship, for He is “in the midst” where his saints meet anywhere on earth. ( Matthew 18:20, John 4:22-23 )
ISLAM: Muhammad’s Tomb: OCCUPIED !!!
CHRISTIANITY: Christ’s Tomb: EMPTY !!!
ISLAM: Islam must be received, or you can be killed for rejecting it.
CHRISTIANITY: The Faith offered by Jesus Christ is for “whosoever will” to receive, and all men are permitted to reject it. ( Revelation 22:17, John 3:16 )
ISLAM: Those who leave Islam are killed in most Islamic nations like in Indonesia.
CHRISTIANITY: Those who leave the true Church of Jesus Christ are allowed to do so with no revenge.
ISLAM: Now, is a Muslim submitted to Allah and Islam because he loves Allah ?? NO !!!
He dare not leave Islam, and he is loyal purely out of fear.
CHRISTIANITY: The true Holy Bible believer is loyal to Jesus Christ purely out of love.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19 We love Him, because He first loved us.
This concept is 100% alien to
Islam–There is no love in.
Islam–Only fear and hate.
Nabasa na ninyo ang pagkakaiba ni Muhammad at ni HesuKristo. Nawa’y naunawaan ninyo ang inyong nabasa. Malinaw na malinaw na si HesuKristo lamang ang dapat nating sundin at wala nang iba pa sa kanya.
Nawa’y ang lahat ng mga Pilipino ay magka-isa sa iisang paniniwala at iyon ay ang Kristiyanismo na itinatag ni HesuKristo.
Si HesuKristo ang tangi nating daan sa pagtahak ng ating buhay.
GOD BLESS PHILIPPINES AND TO ALL FILIPINOS !!!
putang ina mo Kim mamatay ka na mag-sama kau ni muhammad at ng allah mo sa impyerno tama si Haaziq may sa demonyo yang relihiyon nyo. Alam mo salot kayong mga muslim sa lipunan ng Pilipinas lalo na ung mga rebeldeng muslim ( abu sayyaf ) sa mindanao, kayo ang may pakana ng ilang pambobomba d2 sa Pinas pati na sa pambobomba ng isang simbahan sa mindanao, mga wala kayong respeto sa ibang relihiyon. Mag-sama kayo kim ni muhammad sa impyerno dun mo makikilala ung 2nay nyong allah sa impyerno !!!
Nabasa niyo rin sa konseptong ito ang pagkaka-iba ng mga utos ni Muhammad sa mga utos ni HesuKristo. Ang ibig sabihin niyan ay hindi iisa ang Diyos na nag-sugo sa kanilang dalawa. Malinaw na malinaw na maraming ini-utos si Muhammad na hindi maganda at malinaw na malinaw na maraming ini-utos si HesuKristo na maganda at mabuti. Kung iisa lang ang Diyos na nag-sugo kay Muhammad at kay HesuKristo, bakit napaka-laki ng pagkaka-iba ng mga utos nilang dalawa ? Ibig sabihin niyan, hindi talaga iisa ang Diyos na nag-sugo sa kanila. Malinaw na malinaw na mas magaganda at mabubuti ang mga utos ni HesuKristo kaysa kay Muhammad. Dahil dito, mas paniniwalaan ko si HesuKristo dahil nasa kanya ang mga tunay na salita ng Diyos. Kaming mga matatatag na Kristiyano ay patuloy na susunod kay HesuKristo upang hindi kami maligaw ng landas sa pagtahak ng aming buhay at hinding-hindi kami susunod kay Muhammad na sinusundan ng mga Muslim. Kung may mga Kristiyano na naging Muslim at naging taga-pasunod ni Muhammad ay parang nakuha na rin sila ni satanas !!!
Wala na tayong dapat sundin kundi si HesuKristo lamang !!!
Ang ganda naman ng konseptong ginawa ni Haaziq. Makikita mo na talagang mas payapa ang Kristiyanismo kaysa sa Islam. Sa katunayan mabilis ang pagdami ng populasyon ng mga muslim sa mundo at kilala pa ang Islam bilang The Fastest Growing Religion In The World pero napaka-rami pa ring muslim ang lumilipat sa Kristiyanismo lalo na sa mga bansang muslim. Siguro ay na-realize na ng mga muslim ang tunay na pakay ng Islam kaya sila lumilipat sa Kristiyanismo. Narito ang ilang mga impormasyon tungkol sa mga muslim na lumilipat sa Kristiyanismo.
* 2 million ethnic Muslims converted to Christianity in Russia.
* In Africa, 6 million Muslims converted to Christianity every year.
* 200,000 Muslims leave Islam in the UK.
* Million Iranians leave Islam and join Evangelical churches in the past 5 years.
* PDF file-50,000 Iranian Muslims have embraced Christianity in Iran in last 2 years.
* 250,000 Muslims left Islam in Malaysia.
* In France: Around 15,000 Muslims each year are converting to Christianity – around 10,000 to Catholicism and 5,000 to Protestantism.
* Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims leave Islam and Convert to Christianity.
* Thousands of Bangladeshi, North African, Kashmiri, Indian Muslims, Central Asian Muslims Leave Islam and Embraced Christ.
* 35,000 Muslims convert into Christianity each year in Turkey.
* Kyrgyzstan: 100,000 Muslims have converted to Christianity in 3 years.
* Indonesia: Approximately 10,000 Muslims convert to Catholicism each year.
Iyan ang bilang ng mga muslim na lumilipat sa Kristiyanismo sa mga bansang nabanggit. Kung ang Islam ay perpekto, bakit maraming muslim ang tumatalikod sa Islam ? Ibig sabihin may pagkaka-mali rin ang Islam, ibig sabihin inilalagay sila ni HesuKristo sa tamang landas ng buhay upang hindi sila maligaw. Kaya kaming mga matatatag na Kristiyano ay patuloy na susunod kay HesuKristo !!!
we have different religion in dz world. Not all muslim are bad. we have different belief but let us respect each other. we cant judge each other for kristo commands peace am i ryt? so y do u keep on judging us? instead respect us and all of us? y do u keep on criticizing us? is kristo command u 2 do it? to criticize other religion? di bah hnd? do stop it and let respect each oder….^^
tang ina mo rin gagu ung allah niyo demonyo !!!
Sorry !!!
Binabawi ko na ung sorry ko, bwisit kang Kim ka mabuhay ka sa impyerno !!!
yiy…………………………………………………… u will not be going to heaven because u are not believing in jesus (muhammad)
Buti nga sa inyong mga muslim, namatay na c osama bin laden ang isa sa mga tagapag-tanggol nyo sa Islam. Hayan ang napapala ng taong pumapatay para lang ipag-tanggol ang Islam. Alam nyo mga muslim kahit ipag-dasal nyo pa yan na mapunta sa langit, hinding-hindi yan papapasukin ni San Pedro sa pultahan ng langit kasi cgurado hindi naka-tala ang pangalan ni osama bin laden sa listahan ni San Pedro. Sa impyerno doon nya makikilala ang tunay nyong allah. Sa buong mundo cguro walang Kristiyano ang mananalangin para tanggapin c bin laden sa langit, sa totoo nyan 2wang-2wa ang mga Kristiyano sa pagka-matay ni osama bin laden. Alam nyo mga muslim kung tatanggapin nyo at susundin c Kristo, hindi kayo mapapahamak at hindi mag-didiwang ang buong mundo kapag kayo ay namatay nang dahil lng sa pag-tatanggol sa Islam.
Isipin nyo kung c bin laden ay isang Kristiyano, una hindi sya papatay nang dahil lng sa kanyang pananampalataya, ikalawa hindi sya mag-tatago sa Pakistan, ikatlo hindi dudumi ang pangalan nya sa mga tao at ika-apat hindi mag-didiwang ang mga bansang Kristiyano sa kanyang pagka-matay. Iyan dapat ang mangyayari sa buhay ni Osama bin laden kung isa syang Kristiyano.
Tandaan nyo mga muslim, hindi natin kailangang pumatay para lng maipag-tanggol ang relihiyon, hindi natin kailangan ng Jihad o kahit anupamang klase ng digmaan dahil ang tunay na Diyos ay walang ipinatutupad na kahit anupamang klase ng digmaan kaya bakit ang Islam ay may Jihad ???
hey, wag kayong mag away… sa tingin nyu mabuti ang gingawa nyu? do u think your god and his allah are happy with what you are doing? I am a christian… I can’t blame haaziq for what he feels but not all muslims are bad… wag kau mag away.. respeto nlang natin ang iba’t ibang beliefs natin..
we all have our freedom to choose our religion . oo my kanya kanya tayong pinapaniwalaan at my mga salita tayong pinapanindigan . magkakaiba tayo kaya irespeto nlang natin ang differences.
I’M a CHRISTIAN and I’m proud of being me c:
You really need to moderate these comments more carefully.
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