2024 Unchanging God Topics
Our Theme for the Year 2024
The past few decades have seen the emergence and rapid rise of cultural changes in society and the world that have impacted greatly on the lives of peoples and nations. Most of these changes are ideologies that are opposed to the Christian faith, and in fact have contributed to the decline and weakening of Christianity. Such as radical feminism, abortion as healthcare, and gender ideology. These have overturned much of what the Church has taught about the natural order of things, as established by God.
Tragically, these ideologies have infiltrated the Church herself, and worse, have been embraced by Catholics, including authorities at the highest levels. When those in the Church no longer accept what she teaches, that is the recipe for disaster. And indeed, that is what we are experiencing now.
What then are faithful Catholics to do? We must know the basics of our faith and defend them. But the foundation to be able to do this is to know that God does not change. The faith cannot be dependent on the culture of the age. We cannot look to the secular well-being of man but neglect the righteousness of God. We must look to Jesus and only Jesus.
And so for us in MFC, next year we take as our inspiration this truth from Hebrews 13:8. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”
As such, our theme for 2024 is: “UNCHANGING GOD”
This has to do first of all with our personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Yesterday Jesus called us, touched our lives, and brought us to conversion. Today Jesus continues to pour out his grace upon us to bring us to holiness, to be more like him, to follow closely in his footsteps. And we look to forever, when at the end of time Jesus brings us into our eternal destiny, to live with him eternally in heaven.
Secondly, this is about our mission. Yesterday, from the very beginning, our calling had been evangelization founded on family renewal. Today, after over four decades, we are still focused, even more so, on these two aspects of the work given us. And looking to forever, we rest in the hope that we can bring our families and the people God has used us to touch to heaven with us.
A particular emphasis will be on our resisting the ideologies that are destroying the faith, the family, and society. This includes opposing and denouncing the modernism that has arisen in our Church. Modernists have been overturning Jesus’ teachings, which just yesterday were firmly planted in the Church. Now bad is good and good is bad. Today modernists are making us accept what is wrong, such as the culture of DEATH, and to embrace such abominations as transgenderism. And they no longer look to forever, as they even deny the reality of hell and eternal punishment.
These are crucial but exciting times, as the spiritual war that rages intensifies, and the forces of evil march on. Who will resist? We as MFC are among those called. We must remain faithful to yesterday’s call, steadfast in today’s task, and joyfully looking forward to what is forever.
MFC Monthly Topics and Guide
In MFC, the commitment is for a weekly meeting, as part of a life-giving household in a chapter (Mini-MFC), one of which every MFC member belongs to. The members come together once a month for a CHAPTER PRAYER ASSEMBLY.Members should have TWO HOUSEHOLDS in a month. There should also be a CHAPTER TEACHING (perhaps monthly).
We release the following monthly:
- Chapter Prayer Assembly Guide
- One (1) Chapter Teaching Topic (suggested)
- Personal Sharing Household Guide
- One (1) Household Topic (suggested) connected to the Teaching Topic
Note: Other topics released Monthly and Quarterly
- Monthly Date night topics for married couples: Suggested discussion for young couples to enrich their married life.
- Quarterly Family Household Topics: Suggested discussion for the whole family to enrich their family life. Also to evangelize members who are not part of the community.
- Monthly Family LBS Guide: To encourage families to conduct LBS at home
Parts of a Household Topic
(In Suggested Monthly Household Topics)
- GRAB – This part introduces the topic in a creative manner. It is a light and interactive question that requires just a top-of-mind answer.
- GRACE – This is the main part of the household topic. It contains the anchor text from the Bible and a text that expounds the verse and the topic. It is therefore, important to teach and encourage your members to bring their own Bibles during your household meeting.
- GATHER – This is the part where the household members share their realizations and learnings from the household topic. The household servant processes the sharings after all have taken their turn.
- GO FORTH – After discussing everyone’s thoughts and realizations, challenge your members to apply their learning from the household to their lives. The Household Servant should check if they have done the challenge on the following meeting.
- GIVE – This is the part where the household servant talks to the covenanted members about tithing. This pastoral role of household servants is done once a month to remind everyone that God is Generous and that we have to be good stewards by consistent Spiritual Giving, our tithing. For Tithes Remittance: bit.ly/mfctithes
Personal Sharing Household Guide
There is a particular topic with the inspiration and inputs being gathered from the actual personal sharing. Ex. Topic: Pray Time, Question: How is your prayer time? The household servant seeks for the Spiritual Growth of the household members.
Three basic ingredients of a life Giving Household are worship, discussion/sharing and fellowship. It must follow the prescribed times for each aspect.
30 mins – WORSHIP
- Led by the Household Servant who is the worship leader, the Household members must participate actively in the singing and the prayers. They should be open to receiving and sharing the Word from the Lord. There should be words from the Lord (prophecy and/or Scripture Reading), Individual prayers of thanksgiving and petition. They must have the faith to know that they are in the presence of Jesus, and accord Him the praise and worship that is due Him.
60 mins – PERSONAL SHARING
- Guided by a particular topic, everyone may share any personal blessings, challenges, prayer intentions, status of your relationship with God and with your spouse, or messages from the Lord that you want your household to know and pray about. This is gathering inspiration from each other, bearing each other’s burdens and sharing each other’s joys.
- Sample Topic for discussion: How is your prayer time?
10 mins – CLOSING EXHORTATION AND CLOSING PRAYER / LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
- As the spirit leads the Household Servant will gather the personal sharings and God’s words together and gives a short closing exhortation. During the closing prayer, the prayer leader will also pray over the birthday and wedding anniversary celebrants.
5 mins – ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Give reminders regarding the following: schedule of the next household, who is the next host; monthly activities; give tithes and other matters. Encourage journaling of God’s messages and leading.
- Give: God is Generous and in response, let us be good stewards by consistent Spiritual Giving, our tithing. For Tithes Remittance of NCR Members: bit.ly/mfctithes
30-60 mins – FELLOWSHIP
- This can be the meal time at the start or end