THE MESSAGE IS HEARD THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST

Romans 10:13-15; 17;20 “for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news”(17) Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message and the message is heard through the word of Christ. (20) I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me”

I am Antolin Cuñado , 45 years old of Tagbilaran City , who wants to proclaim the power of the living God. In the year 2001 my children were always hospitalized one after the other. My eldest son was also asthmatic and he always suffered convulsion when he had fever. There was a time that he convulsion three times and at that time my wife was pregnant of our 4th child. The effect of all our struggles with the conditions of our children perhaps had done great effect to me and my wife because at that time we still do not know how to pray and praise God in times of trials and at that time we do not know how to cast all our burdens to Jesus but instead we carried all our problems, so, when my wife was about to deliver the child, the child lost his heart beat and we were surprised because during the prenatal the doctor said that the baby was okey but to our surprised the child died inside the womb.

We accepted everything but my wife and I still did not realize that the problems were allowed for us to response to the call of God to have Him praised, adored, worshipped and served. After all these trials, in the year 2002, I was struck with a sudden sickness that was July 19, when I was assigned in the field I suddenly felt dizzy and had a hard breathing. I was admitted to the hospital and everything was checked up, my heart and blood pressure but it was okey except a little difference in my blood pressure and I was discharged from the hospital. After several days, I felt that my fear was grave that had caused me to chill that even if it was hot I wore coat because the climate seems very cold to me and I feared of the wind. I went to several doctors and some of the doctors told me, “you are healthy while will you fear?”. I went to a psychiatrist but still I was not relieved of the medicines that I took so I went also to quack doctors. I felt the pain of my stomach, my head, my ears, my teeth and every part of my body that I cannot understand. I felt very tired, always sleepy and weak and I have touched in my neck lympnodes. To me, I felt I was very serious for I could not sleep so I took up tranquilizers. When I heard that it is not easy for a person to be dependent on tranquilizers, I started to seek God until one of the thousands of angels of God was sent as a messenger of God to my wife for our rescue.

This was the one used by God as our instrument to come closer to God, to receive Jesus and to worship the living God in truth and spirit. We were taught to serve, praise, pray, read the Bible daily with the family, attend prayer meetings and daily masses. The testimony of one of the elite and well known person in the City of Tagbilaran who became dependent of tranquilizer was totally released from the bondage of tranquilizer when she focused to Jesus touched and inspired me. So, I started to do what was taught and I started to attend prayer meetings in the Cathedral and go with the outreaches of the healing ministry where I offered my talent as their guitarist. I realized that my children were no longer sickly and my asthmatic son was totally healed and delivered from asthma and convulsion.

But in spite of all and with all the support of my wife of which I am so much thankful to God for giving her to me, I was still struggling and on December, 2004 I was about to resign because I was always absent from my work and there were times that I could not finish the day in the office because of too much fear and anxiety that I could not understand myself and so, I did a sincere request to God to grant me peace in the year 2005. One day my sister, Alona, called and told me”Kuya do not fear you can make it your children are still small that they need your care”. It struck and gave me hope and inspired me to be back to work. Praise God I was able to make it, back to work and has experienced healing not only with my struggles but also my eyesight and not only me but my whole family and we continue the call of God to worship, pray, praise and serve Him, alleluiah. God is exalted to all the ends of the earth.

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