Happy

Sunday
COG

COST OF FOLLOWING
Mamali
February 27, 2022

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 TOP 5

FOLLOWERS
1.09 BILLION

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 TOP 4

FOLLOWERS
2 BILLION

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 TOP 3

FOLLOWERS
2.5 BILLION

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 TOP 2

FOLLOWERS
3.8 BILLION

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 TOP 1

FOLLOWERS4.9
BILLION

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 TOP 5 MOST FOLLOWED SOCIAL
MEDIA INFLUENCER IN
PHILIPPINES
- A C C O R D I N G T O S TAT I S T I C S

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HOW MANY PEOPLE IN MAMALI
ARE FOLLOWING GOD?

To t a l P o p u l a t i o n o f
B r g y. M a m a l i

AS OF 2021
2,900 PEOPLE

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Attendance last week. 115?
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LUKE 9: 57

As they were walking along the

road, a man said to him, “I will
follow you wherever you go.”

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LUKE 9: 58

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens

and birds have nests, but the Son of
Man has no place to lay his head.”

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LUKE 9: 59

He said to another man, “Follow

me.”
But he replied, “Lord, first let me
go and bury my father.”

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LUKE 9: 60

Jesus said to him, “Let the dead

bury their own dead, but you go and
proclaim the kingdom of God.”

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LUKE 9: 61

Still another said, “I will follow

you, Lord; but first let me go back
and say goodbye to my family.”

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LUKE 9: 62

Jesus replied, “No one who puts a

hand to the plow and looks back is
fit for service in the kingdom of
God.”

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LUKE 9: 57

As they were walking along the

road, a man said to him, “I will
follow you wherever you go.”

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"Lord I will follow you wherever
you go"
• verbalized his intention to follow
• He knew how to follow
• Excited to follow

CONDITIONAL FOLLOWER
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LUKE 9: 58

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens

and birds have nests, but the Son of
Man has no place to lay his head.”

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 SEA STATE

VERY ROUGH

ROUGH

SMOOTH
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LUKE 9:59

He said to another man, “Follow me.”

But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and
bury my father.”

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LUKE 9: 60

Jesus said to him, “Let

the dead bury their own
dead, but you go and
proclaim the kingdom of
God.”
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“Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

• Responsible person
• Family -Oriented person
• Sensible person
• Called by God

CAREER- ORIENTED FOLLOWER

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W ORSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
To usher the congregation into the awesome presence of God in every service.

OR
 

UTREACH

DA
To mobilize the church in spreading the Gospel of Christ.
 
ELATIONSHIP
To make people feel that we are one family in this church.
 

ISCIPLESHIP
To engrave the mind of Christ in each believer's heart and be able to practice authentic
Christian living.
 
DMINISTRATION
To support the W.O.R.D departments in their ministerial activities.
 STAGES OF FOLLOWER

YOUTH LAYMEN
EMPOWERED

KIDS MINISTRY LADIES MINISTRY

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LUKE 9: 61

Still another said, “I will follow

you, Lord; but first let me go back
and say goodbye to my family.”

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LUKE 9: 62

Jesus replied, “No one who puts a

hand to the plow and looks back is
fit for service in the kingdom of
God.”

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“I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and
say goodbye to my family.”

• Verbalized his intention to follow

• He knew whom to follow
• Distracted

DISTRACTED FOLLOWER
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 “I will follow you, Lord."

• Excited
• Focus
• Undistracted

CHRIST-LIKE FOLLOWER
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 TYPES OF FOLLOWERS
• CONDITIONAL FOLLOWER
• CAREER- ORIENTED FOLLOWER

• DISTRACTED FOLLOWER
• CHRIST-LIKE FOLLOWER
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 BENEFITS OF FOLLOWER
• Assurance of Salvation
John 1: 12
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in
his name, he gave the right to become children of God

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 BENEFITS OF FOLLOWER
2. Prosperous
Deuteronomy 8:18
But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who
gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so
confirms his covenant, which he swore to your
ancestors, as it is today.

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 BENEFITS OF FOLLOWER
3. PROTECTION & FAVOR
PSALMS 91: 7-16
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not
come near you.
You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge--
then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;

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 BENEFITS OF FOLLOWER
3. PROTECTION & FAVOR
PSALMS 91: 7-16
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
"Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he
acknowledges my name.
He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him
and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."

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 The Life
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