Sovereign Grace Covenant Church

29/04/2026

April 29, 2026
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"He restoreth my soul" is thus both a joyous and humble confession.
David rejoices in his Shepherd's ability to restore, and he humbles himself for his constant need of such restoration. Jesus Christ is the all-sufficient and ever faithful Savior-Shepherd for our sinful, weak, and sometimes weary soul. Restoration humbles us because it reveals our lack of spiritual health. It also reveals the sin remaining in the nature of every converted person. However, the elect are called, renewed, washed, and clothed in Christ. These are the wonders of grace that God has wrought in their souls.

Boasting in your Great Shepherd and humbling yourself before Him is the only true religion on earth. As John the Baptist said, "He must increase and I must decrease" (John 3:30). "He restoreth my soul" implies that God must be exalted and man must be abased. That goal must be ours through all of life. In Luke 15 the shepherd and his friends rejoiced greatly over the restoration of one lost sheep, but God's true sheep continue to mourn over their sin Jeremiah 31:18-19). Have you experienced the mixed joy and sorrow of divine restoration?

The Shepherd's Restoration for the Diseased The phrase restore the soul can also mean reviving someone life and strength, as in providing them with food to avoid starvation (Lamentations 1:1, 19). Unless the Shepherd restores our soul through repentance and saving faith in Christ, mankind has no hope. The word restore can be translated "turn, "turn again" (Psalm 8003), or "return" (Isaiah 55:7)

Sheep are subject to a host of illnesses and diseases. The Shepherd who revives His sheep so they do not die suggests our profound need as sheep. Our fall in Adam is far more serious than a sickness that needs to be treated. We are not in danger of being lost because of the fall, but were lost in the fall. The fall resulted not merely in our dying condition but our dead state. By nature, we are dead in trespasses and sins; only God can make us alive (Ephesians 2:1, 5). We need supernatural healing, indeed, a resurrection from death.
Although our depravity is more than sickness, it inevitably includes soul-sickness. Our fall subjects us to innumerable spiritual disorders.
Isaiah aptly summarizes our condition: "The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment" (Isaiah 1:5-6). We have become so deathly sick that our sinful nature blinds us to our need for regeneration and recovery.
Our greatest misery is that we do not know, see, or feel our misery.
"They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick" (Matthew 9:12).

- Joel Beeke [ The Lord Shepherding His Sheep ]

25/04/2026

April 26, 2026
SGCC Lord’s Day

Good day, brethren!
Join us tomorrow at the Function Hall of Barangay Alac San Quintin, Pangasinan (inside the covered court, in front of the Barangay Hall), for our Lord's Day worship service at Sovereign Grace Covenant Church.

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22/04/2026

April 22, 2026
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The provision of pure, refreshing water hinges on the work of the flock's shepherd. This reflects the work of Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd. Through His perfect obedience He brings His people not to the rushing waters of God's wrath but to the quiet waters of God's grace. He cried out in succession on Calvary's cross, "I thirst," and "It is finished" (John 19:28, 30). He thirsted so that His flock might drink forever of His love. He suffered and died as the Substitute for sinners to satisfy God's justice for sin. Therefore He is "as the dew" for His people (Hosea 14:5), "as rivers of water in a dry place" (Isaiah 32:2).

Are you with joy drawing water out of the wells of salvation (Isaiah 26:3) to quench your thirst for God?

The Lord my Shepherd holds me Within His tender care,
And with His flock He folds me,
No want shall find me there.
In pastures green He feeds me, With plenty I am blest;
By quiet streams He leads me And makes me safely rest.

- Joel Beeke [ The Lord Shepherding His Sheep ]

21/04/2026

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Free Conference

Free Conference | May 30, 2026

“Herald of Truth, Conference #1 “
Theme: “The Gospel That Saves”

Session #1: “The Gospel: In Accordance to the Scriptures”
Speaker: Ken Moralde, Pastor of Shepherd's Call Covenant Church

Session #2: “The Gospel: Its Experiential Benefits”
Speaker: Jeiel Alarcio, Pastor of Sovereign Grace Covenant Church

Session #3: “The Gospel: On Which the Church Stands or Falls”
Speaker: Ken Moralde, Pastor of Shepherd's Call Covenant Church

Collaboration of Churches:
Sovereign Grace Covenant Church
Tayug Christian Baptist Church
Natividad Christian Baptist Church
Pilar Harvester Christian Church
Umingan Grace Christian Baptist Church

Admission is free. Save the date!

18/04/2026

April 19, 2026
SGCC Lord’s Day

Good day, brethren!
Join us tomorrow at the Function Hall of Barangay Alac San Quintin, Pangasinan (inside the covered court, in front of the Barangay Hall), for our Lord's Day worship service at Sovereign Grace Covenant Church.

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15/04/2026

April 15, 2026
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Today's generation is living proof of this truth in its restlessness, dissatisfaction, and unhappiness. Millions immerse themselves in senseless forms of entertainment. Millions more grasp illegal drugs, alcohol, and prescription medications to try to lift their moods. Flashing advertisements constantly promise peace, popularity, and happiness for a price. Our society is one mass of restless people, continually returning empty-handed from selfish pursuits.

True rest is to be found by grace in God alone. There is true rest only in the Jehovah-Shepherd. This rest is reserved only for His people and is granted only by sovereign grace. This rest makes a lost sheep willing to follow the Shepherd in the day of divine power, for He alone can lead to rest. The Lord "maketh me to lie down in green pastures"

The Shepherd Provides the Conditions for Rest It would seem easy to get a sheep to lie down and rest. A shepherd, however, knows better. Kenneth Bailey writes, "A dog can be trained to sit and lie down. Not so a sheep." Sheep will only rest when certain conditions have been met. Just as an earthly shepherd will labor diligently to provide the necessary conditions to grant his sheep natural rest, so the heavenly Shepherd will labor to provide the necessary conditions for His flock's spiritual rest.

- Joel Beeke [ The Lord Shepherding His Sheep ]

11/04/2026

April 12, 2026
SGCC Lord’s Day

Good day, brethren!
Join us tomorrow at the Function Hall of Barangay Alac San Quintin, Pangasinan (inside the covered court, in front of the Barangay Hall), for our Lord's Day worship service at Sovereign Grace Covenant Church.

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04/04/2026

April 05, 2026
SGCC Lord’s Day

Good day, brethren!
Join us tomorrow at the Function Hall of Barangay Alac San Quintin, Pangasinan (inside the covered court, in front of the Barangay Hall), for our Lord's Day worship service at Sovereign Grace Covenant Church.

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28/03/2026

March 29 2026
SGCC Lord’s Day

Good day, brethren!
Join us tomorrow at the Function Hall of Barangay Alac San Quintin, Pangasinan (inside the covered court, in front of the Barangay Hall), for our Lord's Day worship service at Sovereign Grace Covenant Church.

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25/03/2026

March 25, 2026
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When Paul wrote in Romans 8:28, "all things work together for good to them that love God," he did not say each thing in itself was good, but that all things, good and evil, work together in God's providence for the good of the flock of the Lord. The best things, including the promises of the Father, the work of the Son, and the graces of the Spirit, work together for the spiritual good of God's children. Even the worst things are so planned and controlled by God that they too work together for their good.

No doubt someone will say, "It is easy to understand how good things work together tor good, but how the worst things can work for their good I cannot comprehend."

Allow Him to show you some ways how even divine desertion and various afflictions work together for the spiritual well-being of believers, so that we may enter more fully into David's claim, "I shall not want."

Even when the Lord feels absent from us, He is still present as a covenant God in all His majesty and grace (Psalm 73:23). Thomas Watson said, "When God hides his face from his child, he is still Father,and his heart is towards his child. Christ is always the Shepherd of people, so each one may say,
"I shall not want."

- Joel Beeke [ The Lord Shepherding His Sheep ]

21/03/2026

March 22, 2026
SGCC Lord’s Day

Good day, brethren!
Join us tomorrow at the Function Hall of Barangay Alac San Quintin, Pangasinan (inside the covered court, in front of the Barangay Hall), for our Lord's Day worship service at Sovereign Grace Covenant Church.

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18/03/2026

March 18, 2026
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The Heidelberg Cathecsim is saying that living in the providential care of the Shepherd enriches believers more than all the diamonds in the world.
It implies that the Lord teaches us profitable lessons and produces precious fruit in our lives through His dealings with us, confirming Romans 8:28: "We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose." The Lord brings us distress to teach us important lessons.

First, He teaches us to look to His hand in total dependence. Trials often come to us to teach us that our supplies come from the Great Shepherd, who is the Heir of all things. The Lord is indeed our "only fountain of all good”, He teaches us total dependence upon Him for the least blessing.

Second, the Great Shepherd instructs His flock through afflictions that He is rich to show His mercy and compassion to those who fear Him.
Matthew Henry wrote, "Man's extremity is God's opportunity," that is, God's opportunity for "magnifying his own power." People of God, look back on the path of your pilgrimage.

Third, the Shepherd gives His sheep trials to help them treasure His grace more than His gifts. The favor of God becomes more precious to them than riches. Moses prayer becomes theirs: "If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence (Exodus 33:15).

Fourth, God leads His sheep down paths of difficulty to teach them submission. They learn to look beyond man, the devil, or accidents to acknowledge that everything comes from the Lord's hand.

Finally, the Lord bestows upon His sheep the grace of godly contentment. True contentment does not depend upon what we have but upon what we desire to have. Food and clothing were enough for Paul, but they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts
(1 Timothy 6:8, 9). Because our fallen nature, the more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling the vacuum, possessions only multiply it.

As Charles Colton quipped, "Our incomes should be like our shoes, if too small, they will gall and pinch us, but if too large, they will cause us to stumble, and to trip. “ Paul said, "Godliness with contentment is great gain” (1 Timothy 6:6). With the apostle, let us learn to be content in every situation, knowing that "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Philippians 4:11-13).

- Joel Beeke [ The Lord Shepherding His Sheep ]