Cls 6 Talks Revised Outline
Cls 6 Talks Revised Outline
Cls 6 Talks Revised Outline
Goal: To meet Christ and to know the truth that God loves us and has a plan for our
welfare.
Expanded Outline:
2. Who is Jesus?
a) Jesus is a truly impressive person.
* Billions today claim to be his followers.
* Thousands have been martyred for their faith in him.
* The book about him, the Bible, is the No. 1 best seller of all time.
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b) Jesus is an absolutely unique figure in human history.
* He was pre-announced and his coming was expected. Because of Old
Testament prophecies, people were waiting for the Messiah, which saw its
fulfillment in Jesus.
* Once he appeared on the scene, he struck history with such impact that
he split it in two, dividing it into two periods: BC (before Christ) and AD
(Anno Domini).
* Every other person who came into this world came into it to live. Jesus
came into the world to die. His death was the goal and fulfillment of his
life.
c) Most important of all, Jesus is God.
* Time and again throughout his public ministry, Jesus claimed to be God.
- Jn 8:58. Jn 10:30.
- It was unmistakable to the Jews that Jesus was claiming to be God,
because in both instances their reaction was to try to stone him for
blasphemy.
* As proof of his divinity, Jesus forgave sin. Mk 2:3-12. To the Jews, only
God could forgive sin.
* As further proof, Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. Jn 11:41-44. To the
Jews, only God had the prerogative to give life or to take away life. Jn
5:21.
d) Jesus himself was raised from the dead. He lives.
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b) God does not want you to live lives of pain, poverty or injustice. God wants
the world to be a place of peace, justice and happiness. A place where He
would reign!
2. We are given a choice: to live under the dominion of darkness, a life of slavery
under Satan, or to live in the kingdom of God, a life of freedom, dignity, peace
and happiness.
3. Let us accept Jesus the Messiah as our Savior and our Lord.
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Participant’s Handout
Discussion starter
1. Who is Jesus Christ to you? How would you describe your relationship with Jesus
Christ now?
2. What can you do to respond to His invitation of having a personal relationship with
Him?
Scripture readings:
Isaiah 55:8-9 Ephesians 1:7-10
Isaiah 48:17-19 John 3:16-18
Jeremiah 29:11-14 Romans 10:9-13
John 15:4-7
The challenge
God has loved you with an eternal love. The ultimate manifestation of this love was
sending God’s own Son to suffer and die for you. Will you open your heart to receive the
fullness of His love? Will you open your mind to explore the richness of God’s plan for
you through the rest of the Christian Life Seminar?
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SESSION No. 2: CALLED TO WITNESS
Expanded Outline
B. What is authentic Christianity? It is meeting Christ, living Christ, and sharing Christ.
C. Loving God.
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c) How do we love and serve God with our mind?
* Keep your mind clean and holy.
* Be very discerning in the use of TV, the Internet and other media, which
can expose our minds to inputs not consistent with Christian living.
* Let your mind be preoccupied with the things of God.
- How you can please God.
- Fill your mind with thoughts of God. Read the Bible, Christian books
and other helpful Christian literature that can help form your mind.
D. Loving neighbor.
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3. So what is Christian love?
a) Jesus spoke of a love that is connected with keeping God’s commandments.
Jn 15:9-10.
* There can be no Christian love apart from righteousness. Loving is not
compatible with sinning.
* The world’s experience shows that love apart from God has become
convoluted with sin (e.g., sex outside marriage).
b) Jesus was specific about how we are to love one another. Jn 15:12.
* We are not free to change or dilute Jesus’ direction.
c) How does Jesus love? Jn 15:13. With a self-sacrificial love.
* It is not just giving our time, imparting our wisdom, praying for others, etc.,
but it is being willing to die for others.
4. But most are not called to actually die for others. How then do we translate love
into practical everyday terms?
a) The answer is in Jn 13:1-5 (the foot-washing episode).
* What Jesus did was most unusual, because it was the task of the
youngest slave. Thus Peter objected.
b) Thus, dying on the cross was not the only example Jesus gave. He
demonstrated Christian love as service love.
c) When he finished, Jesus told them to do likewise. Jn 13:14-15.
* Later he commanded them to love each other according to his example.
Jn 13:34.
E. God has loved us. Jesus has saved us. We are to respond by witnessing to God’s
love and salvation.
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SESSION No. 2: CALL TO WITNESS
2. God wants us to make loving Him our highest ideal. Thus God made it into a commandment
of the highest priority.
3. We are to love God with all our heart, mind, strength and soul
* Not an emotion, which is changeable, but rather a commitment, a decision to love.
* We are to be totally committed to God, to put Him first.
* We need to have a personal relationship with God, and spend regular time with Him in
prayer and the Bible.
* We are to serve God with the use of our mind.
* We keep our mind clean and holy.
* We use our mind according to God’s truths and not according to the world’s ways.
* We give God all our resources--time, money, energy, gifts, abilities, possessions.
Discussion starter
How have I loved God in a concrete way?
Scripture readings
Matthew 22:36-38 and Mark 12:28-30 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
John 14:21-24 1 John 2:7-11
John 14:21-24 1 John 3:16-18
Romans 12:1-2 1 John 4:7-21
The challenge
Loving God is not as vague and impractical as you may think. It involves specific, practical
actions, decisions and commitments. Can you make loving God your first and highest ideal?
Are you ready to make Jesus the model of your life?
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SESSION No. 3: REPENTANCE AND FAITH
Goal: To start to live Christ by repenting of sin and turning to a renewed faith in Jesus.
Expanded Outline
A. We can see that we fall far short of the authentic Christian life.
1. We are now called to respond to God’s love, grace and fellowship. Our proper
response is repentance and faith. Mk 1:15.
a) We need to repent, i.e., to reform our lives.
b) And we need to believe in the gospel, i.e., have faith in Jesus and the
message he brings.
B. Repentance.
1. The Greek word for repentance is “metanoia,” which literally means a change of
mind.
a) It is not just a simple confession of wrongdoing. Rather, it refers to a change
in direction.
* It is a significant change in the way you live your life: dropping an old set
of ideals and values by which you live your life and adopting new ones.
* Repentance affects the way you think and act, your attitudes, motives,
thought and behavior.
b) More specifically, repentance means:
* A turning away from sin, evil, wrongdoing.
* This includes a turning away from running your own life. It is turning to a
life of obedience to God and having Jesus on the throne of your life.
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* Call a spade a spade. If it is sin, do not call it a “growth experience.”
b) Renounce sin. Actively turn away from sin and decide not to do it again.
c) Ask God’s forgiveness.
* Because every sin is a sin against God. Ps 51:6.
* Be confident of God’s forgiveness. 1 Jn 1:9.
* Story of the prodigal son. Lk 15:11-24. If we turn back to our Father, no
matter how badly we have lived our lives, He will restore us to our rightful
place as His child.
d) Avail of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, i.e., go to a priest for confession.
4. There are specific sins we need to renounce. These are serious sins that are
totally incompatible with a relationship with God (that is, mortal sin). We are not
referring to just so-called “small stuff” (i.e., venial sin, e.g., character flaws like
always getting irritated), though these too have to be repented of. These mortal
sins are:
a) Spiritualism and the occult.
* This includes witchcraft, fortune telling, seances, playing spirit of the glass,
etc.
b) Sexual wrongdoing.
* This includes sexual intercourse outside marriage, adultery, active
homosexuality.
c) Abortion. Also contraception, which the Church says is an intrinsic evil.
d) Serious crimes such as murder, rape, kidnapping, robbery, corruption.
e) Drunkenness (not just drinking but drunkenness) and getting stoned on drugs.
f) Not going to Sunday Mass every week.
C. Faith.
1. Faith is belief in the gospel, which is the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ.
2. Faith is a personal act and decision. It has several aspects (Rev 3:20).
a) It is a definite act. We must open the door if Jesus is to come into our lives.
b) It is an individual act. We need to open the door to our own heart. No one can
do that for us.
c) It is a deliberate act. We do not have to wait for a supernatural light to flash
upon us from heaven (like Paul’s experience) or an emotional experience to
overtake us. We already know that Jesus came into this world and died for
our sins. He is now standing outside the door of our hearts and is knocking.
The next move is ours.
d) It is an urgent act. The future is uncertain and time is passing away.
e) It is an indispensable act.
* It is part of our double-action response.
* It is the step needed to receive all God has promised. Faith is relying on
all God has said. Example of Peter walking on the water (Mt 14:25-29).
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3. God has promised us new life. Faith is accepting that life and letting God show
us how to live it. We must be willing to do whatever God wants of us, and actually
do it.
1. Acts 16:31.
a) A promise of salvation from sin, Satan, death.
b) A promise of forgiveness and eternal life with God.
2. Luke 11:9-13.
a) A promise of new life in the Spirit.
b) We can pray for a greater release of the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
E. 2,000 years ago, Jesus sounded the call to repentance and faith. It is the same call
to us today. We are called to turn away from sin and all obstacles to God, and to
accept Jesus as Lord.
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Participant’s Handout
1. God loves us, God sent His own Son to die for us, God has initiated a relationship
with us as Father. Our proper response to all God has done for us is repentance and
faith.
2. The Greek word for repentance is “metanoia,” which literally means a change of
mind.
* It is a change of direction in life. It is a change in the way we live our lives,
dropping an old set of ideals and values and adopting new ones.
* Specifically, repentance means a turning away from sin, evil, wrongdoing and
running your own life.
* Further, it is turning to a life of obedience to God and having Jesus on the throne
of your life.
Discussion starter
1. Share with one another areas where you need to turn more fully to God.
2. Share areas where you need to grow in faith.
Scripture readings
Mark 1:14-15 1 John 1:5-10
Galatians 5:13-21 and Luke 15:11-24
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Luke 11:9-13
Ephesians 5:1-10 Hebrews 11:1-40
The challenge
Jesus sounded the call to repentance and faith 2,000 years ago. This is the same call to
us today. Turn away from sin and all obstacles to God, and accept Jesus as Lord and
Savior. Then take God up on all His promises.
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CHRISTIAN LIFE SEMINAR
SESSION No. 4: The GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Goal: To understand the role of the Holy Spirit, and to receive the baptism in the
Spirit.
Expanded Outline
A. To overcome sin, to reform our lives, to be holy, to be true disciples, to love our
neighbor, all these are very difficult. We cannot do this on our own strength. We
need a power outside ourselves. That is the Holy Spirit.
1. Many people during the prophet Ezekiel’s time were enmeshed in sin and
spiritual lifelessness, like many Christians today. This is what God said to them:
2. The Spirit that God promised through Ezekiel, Jesus gave to his disciples.
a) But Christians have not always been so lifeless. The early Christian
movement was dynamic, strong, attractive.
From a small sect, it conquered the Roman empire.
b) That same power is available to us today. That is the power of the Holy Spirit.
c) We need to know the Holy Spirit not just as a doctrine, but as a Person Who
truly affects our lives.
d) Such life in the Spirit was normal for the early Christians. They truly
experienced the Holy Spirit at work.
In the book of Acts, we see the Holy Spirit acting among them, guiding
them, speaking to them, giving them gifts, sending them on mission.
4. God wants all men to have this new life. This new life in the Spirit is available to
all who turn away from a life of sin and receive Jesus as Savior and Lord.
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a) Jesus promises the Holy Spirit and tells them to wait. Lk 24:49.
b) On the day of Pentecost (a Jewish holiday), the Holy Spirit came. Acts 2.
An exciting event. Noise like a strong wind, fire, speaking in tongues.
Pilgrims from all over were amazed.
Peter proclaims the gospel. 3,000 are converted!
The Holy Spirit created bonds of love and unity among the new
Christians. The Church was born.
c) Others as well received the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:14-17 (Samaria). Acts 10:44-46 (Cornelius). Acts 19:6
(Ephesus).
Those who received the Holy Spirit knew the Lord more personally and
more experientially.
2. What does receiving the Holy Spirit (or being baptized in the Spirit) mean for us
today?
a) We can experience the same power and gift of the Spirit that the early
Christians did.
Same relationship with Jesus.
Same transforming power.
Same deep worship.
Same power for speaking the gospel.
b) We can receive the same spiritual gifts. 1 Cor 12:1,4-11.
Expound briefly on each gift (Reference: Book “Renewing the Face of
the Earth”).
c) A word on the gift of tongues.
Tongues is a common experience with the baptism in the Spirit. Just
like in Acts.
It is a gift from God. Thus it is important.
Unlike the other spiritual gifts, tongues is a gift that is immediately
manifest.
Tongues can have great consequences on one’s spiritual life,
especially prayer and worship. 1 Cor 14:2 -- We are enabled to truly
speak to God. 1 Cor 14:14 – We are able to connect with God in
prayer because it is our spirit connecting also to God who is a spiritual
Being.
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C. We would like to pray for and with you for the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
1. First, as a manifestation of repentance and faith, we will ask you to make your re-
commitment to Christ. This was your baptismal commitment. Then we will pray
over you.
a) More courage to live the Christian life, strength to fight temptation, more
knowledge of God, etc.
b) God is offering you various gifts. Be open to whatever God wants to give you.
E. Closing exhortation.
a) Feeling is not the important thing. Rather, look for the new way that God is
at work in you and respond to it (e.g., a new desire for prayer, for
Scripture, etc.).
b) If you did not speak in tongues, do not worry about it. Do not equate being
baptized in the Spirit with getting the gift of tongues.
Continue to be open to the Lord forming your praise into tongues.
a) Satan is seeking to rob everyone of God’s gift. For him the next best thing to
keeping you from getting the gift is to keep you from using it.
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b) Do not let feelings of doubt bother you. Just remember the fact that God
promised it and that you asked for it, and so you have received it.
3. Do not expect all your problems to go away all at once, though many will. The
Holy Spirit will make a big change in you, and you will see it. But not everything
will change. Some things will take a while to get worked out. But now you have a
new power to use in working them out.
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SESSION No. 5: GROWING IN THE SPIRIT
Expanded Outline
A. Introduction.
1. The baptism in the Spirit is only a beginning. Now we need to grow in this new
life in the Spirit.
2. In order to grow, we need to make use of the basic means of growth which the
Lord provides us. These are: prayer, study, service, fellowship and the
sacraments.
3. The Christian life can be pictured as a wheel of a cart. It has three components:
The outer rim. This is the part of the wheel that meets the road. This
represents daily Christian life.
The hub. This is the part of the wheel from which the power emanates to
the rim. It holds the wheel together. The hub is our Lord Jesus Christ,
who is at the center of our lives. The power is that of the Holy Spirit.
The spokes. These transmit the power and direction from the hub to the
rim. In Christian experience, the spokes are the means of putting our
whole life in contact with Christ, so that our life can be transformed by
his power and direction.
1. Prayer is the primary means for establishing and maintaining a deep and loving
personal relationship between ourselves and God.
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Adopt a format to begin.
- ACTS. Adoration, Contrition, Thanksgiving, Supplication.
- Use daily prayer guides (e.g., God’s Word Today, The Word
Among Us, Our Daily Bread).
Scheduled and structured prayer is helpful, but could make our prayer
dry and mechanical. Be open to changing your format as the Spirit
leads.
Prayer is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Our goal is not “to
pray” or even “to pray well,” but to grow in our relationship with the
Lord.
People can get wrapped up in techniques. While these can help,
prayer is really very simple. It is a matter of loving God and being loved
by Him.
Concentrate not on prayer but on the Lord.
3. In the Catholic tradition, the intercession of Mary and the saints is a powerful tool
of prayer. A devotion to Mary and the saints is part and parcel of a Catholic’s
faith. Praying the Holy Rosary is such a tool.
1. We need to know God and understand Him and His ways. Study is a deliberate,
focused exercise of the intellect, not referring primarily to scholarly or academic
endeavor but to the wider process of understanding more about God so we can
love and better serve Him.
a) The Bible.
This is the most important, because this is the very word of God. It
teaches us who God is, what He has done, and what He wants us to
do.
We should read the Bible daily.
- Start with 10 to 15 minutes.
- Pursue a more deliberate study of portions of the Bible.
- We should make it a goal to read the whole Bible.
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b) Spiritual reading.
After reading what God has said of Himself (Bible), we can read
what men have said about God. We can draw on spiritual
insights and study throughout the life of the Church.
This includes reading spiritual books, magazines, articles, etc.
1. Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, is at work in us, not just for our personal
development but also to equip us for effective service for him and his people.
2. We need to take on a mentality of service so that we see our whole life given
over to God’s work. We need to take on the heart of a servant, just like Jesus. Mt
20:26-28.
c) Then we serve our fellow men by recognizing the many built-in opportunities
for service in day-to-day life.
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d) We give witness to our faith in Jesus by the way we live our lives. Be alert to
opportunities to share your faith verbally with family, friends, neighbors, co-
workers, and the world at large.
e) Make ourselves and our resources available for God’s work. Our time, talent,
treasure.
d) Social gatherings.
1. In the Catholic tradition, the most important tool for spiritual growth are the
sacraments. They are the main channels of God’s grace for our lives.
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a) Though confession is required only once a year, we should avail of this more
often.
G. Conclusion.
1. This CLS, your commitment to Christ, the baptism in the Holy Spirit--all these are
just the beginning of a new life. We are “babies in Christ” and we need to grow.
Make use of the tools provided by God.
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PARTICIPANT'S HANDOUT
SESSION No. 5: GROWING IN THE SPIRIT
1. The baptism in the Spirit is only a beginning. Now we need to grow in this new life of the
Spirit.
a) Prayer. The primary means for establishing and maintaining a deep and loving personal
relationship with God.
b) Study.
c) Service.
d) Fellowship.
Discussion starter
What tools to Christian growth have not been fully utilized in your life?
Scripture readings
1 Peter 1:13-16 Matthew 20:25-28
Matthew 6:5-13 James 2:14-17
Matthew 18:19-20 1 Corinthians 12:12-27
Hebrews 4:12-13
The Challenge
God’s call for every Christian is to grow in holiness. To this end, God has provided us with the
tools for growth. Will you eagerly avail of these tools and strive to be holy as God is holy?
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TALK No. 6: THE LIFE AND MISSION OF CFC-FFL: TRANSFORMATION IN CHRIST
Goal: To explain the life and mission of Couples for Christ Foundation for Family
and Life (CFC-FFL) and to inspire people with the desire to be a part of this
committed group of Christians.
Expanded Outline
A. Last week we talked about the basic tools for growth in our Christian life. One tool is
the need to be in regular fellowship and supportive relationships with other
Christians. Tonight we will discuss with you in greater detail how we learned to
appropriate God’s wisdom and power for our personal and family life as we entered
into a committed relationship with one another as Christians.
B. What is Couples for Christ Foundation for Family and Life (CFC-FFL)?
b) CFC-FFL has ministries for family members other than couples. Since 1993,
CFC-FFL has ministries for kids, youth, singles, widows/separated,
widowers/separated. CFC-FFL has a “womb-to-tomb” ministry.
c) CFC-FFL also engages in the social dimension of the gospel. We have our
work with the poor, work for justice, and work for life.
3. From these we can see the importance of the mission of CFC-FFL today.
a) The family as the basic unit of society is God’s plan. However, there are many
forces in the world today that seek to destroy the family. CFC-FFL has been
raised by God to defend his work. Our task is to strengthen family life. This is
our reason for being.
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b) How do we accomplish our mission?
2. Through households. All members of CFC-FFL belong to cell groups that we call
“households.” Following immediately after this CLS, we are inviting you to
experience being in a household.
c) The household meets once a week, on the same day of the week as
mutually agreed on by its members.
Less than once a week would not provide enough contact to have
adequate support and encouragement in the Christian life.
More than once a week may become a burden and may take time
that is more properly allocated to work, family, personal needs or
Christian service.
d) The household meetings are held in the homes of the group members (as
far as possible), on rotation basis from week to week. Holding the
household meetings in our homes has the following values:
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Worshiping the Lord in our home makes the truth that the home is a
domestic church a concrete reality. And God's blessings will surely
descend upon the home where God’s people can be found,
worshiping Him together and growing in faith together.
The people living with us our children, perhaps our parents,
household help, the people who are closest to us will be aware of
what we are involved in and what we do every week. To them we
will become people who are living their Christian faith openly and
powerfully.
What we do in our home may be used by the Lord as an effective
tool for evangelization, especially for our relatives, neighbors and
friends.
b) Beyond the first year, there are many other courses (name some) and
various training modules for those who will undertake services in CFC-
FFL.
c) Social activities
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D. What Now?
2. Now you need to allow the Lord to continue the process of your transformation in
Christ. The Holy Spirit is at work so that you can grow to know, love and serve
God more.
3. We have come to the end of our CLS. But actually, this is not the end. It’s really
just the beginning. We have before us a whole new life with God and with one
another. It is exciting!
E. Dedication Ceremony
2. The leader invites everyone to stand. A song of offering oneself is sung (e.g.
Lord, I give You My Heart; Lord, I Offer My Life, Christ is Enough, Forever or
other songs of offering).
3. The leader invites everyone to read out the covenant of the Couples for Christ
Foundation for Family and Life. They all read out loud together.
4. The leader prays over the newly committed brothers and sisters, inviting the
other brethren members to pray in their hearts with him. During this time of
prayer, it is appropriate to insert one solemn song (e.g., Spirit of the Living God).
5. The leader welcomes the new brethren to CFC-FFL and invites the old members
to express acceptance by means of one big applause. This is followed by
spontaneous greeting and welcoming of the new members by the old members.
The music ministry plays "Welcome to the Family" and other lively songs.
6. Fellowship follows.
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Couples for Christ
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Vision
Mission
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Couples for Christ
Foundation for Family and Life
CORE VALUES
Our Core Values describe who we are and what we are called to do in the world. They
provide parameters and constant guideposts in our moving on in our life and mission.
1. Centered on Christ.
In everything that we are and do, we look to Jesus, who is our Savior and Lord. Jesus is
our model in our obedience to the Father, in our faithfulness to His call, and to total
submission to His divine will. And as He who called us is holy, we ourselves will strive
for holiness of life (1 Pt 1:15-16), and look to exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit in our day-
to-day lives (Gal 5:22-23).
We are called to proclaim the good news of Jesus to the whole world (Mk 16:15). We
are his witnesses (Lk 24:48). Every CFC-FFL member is an evangelizer, in the normal
day-to-day environments of our lives. We look to doing mission beyond our own
environments to the very ends of the earth.
Our life and mission is founded on strong families in Christ. We recognize that the future
of humanity passes by way of the family. We defend and strengthen Christian marriage,
we raise our children to be the next generation of God’s people, we establish our homes
as pieces of Kingdom ground. In our defense of the family, we are called to a strong
advocacy and defense of the culture of life.
4. Being community.
We are part of the larger family of CFC-FFL, a global family of many different
nationalities but all sharing brotherhood and sisterhood in Christ. We desire to move
forward together in our life in the Lord, providing love, affirmation, friendship, support
and healing. We are committed to the good of our brethren, always living the truth in
love (Eph 4:15).
We recognize Jesus’ mission to bring glad tidings to the poor (Lk 4:18). We look to both
the spiritual and material upliftment of the least among our brethren. In doing so, we will
be in solidarity with the poor by striving to live a simple lifestyle, to share our resources,
and to fight for social justice in the world.
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6. Exercising servant leadership.
We are privileged to serve God and His people, both in and out of CFC-FFL. We serve
with the mind and heart of Jesus, who came to serve and not to be served (Mt 20:28).
Leaders are to serve with humility, self-sacrifice and submission to the Chief Shepherd,
to whom we will render an account (Hb 13:17). He who wishes to be great shall be the
least of all (Mt 20:26-27).
We in CFC-FFL are an integral part of the holy Roman Catholic Church. We are
submitted to our bishops and to the pope. Our life, formation and service will conform to
Catholic values and ideals. We make ourselves available to be of service in the
parishes and dioceses, especially in the areas of family and life. We look to Mary, the
mother of the Church, as our inspiration and help.
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Couples for Christ
Foundation for Family and Life
Statement of Philosophy
CFC-FFL adheres to a set of beliefs and ideals from which flow its Christian attitudes,
values and behavior, as well as its programs, teachings and approaches to Christian
renewal within the context of family relationships.
WE BELIEVE that God created man and wife with equal personal worth and dignity. WE
BELIEVE that God ordained order in the family by giving the man the role as head of
the family and the woman as helpmate and support, which roles best express their
complementarity.
WE BELIEVE that the family, in practicing the gospel message, shares in the life and
mission of the Church—through prayers, evangelization, and service to others,
especially the poor.
WE BELIEVE that Christian family renewal can best be achieved by inviting Jesus to be
the Lord of our homes, by allowing the power of the Holy Spirit to lead our family lives,
and through the full use of all spiritual gifts at our disposal.
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