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# CHRISTIANITY IN A CHANGING SOCIETY BSRT-1 | College of Medicine-First Semester 2024-2025 ## Vision A University committed to Exemplary Christian Education for Life (EXCEL) and responsive to the needs of the total person and the world. ## Mission The mission of Central Philippine University is...

# CHRISTIANITY IN A CHANGING SOCIETY BSRT-1 | College of Medicine-First Semester 2024-2025 ## Vision A University committed to Exemplary Christian Education for Life (EXCEL) and responsive to the needs of the total person and the world. ## Mission The mission of Central Philippine University is to carry out a program of spiritual, intellectual, moral, scientific, technological, and cultural training, and allied studies under influences which strengthen Christian faith, build up character and promote scholarship, research and community service. ## CPU Core Values * Faith * Character * Justice * Stewardship * Excellence ### Faith - The act by believing the things God has revealed about Himself and acting on those beliefs. - This includes commitment, cooperation, trust and confidence. ### Character - The aggregate features and traits that form the individual's nature of a person, moral quality, and good report. - This includes honesty, integrity, humility and loyalty. ### Justice - Righteousness or lawfulness and fairness. - It is observing due process in administering the deserved punishment or reward. - This includes fairness, equality, morality, and peace. ### Stewardship - The proper responsible management of life, position, possessions and other resources entrusted by God to man. - This includes service, accountability, culture and outreach. ## Excellence - Highly commendable quality or feature of a person's worth or deeds. - This includes competence, technology, scholarship, and research. ## CPU is First In The Philippines To: - offer Kindergarten & Nursing School. - Granted by CHEd an Autonomous Status since 2001 and ISO 9001-2015 Certified. (Catolico, M. "et al", 2008) ## PRAYER & BIBLE READING ### Prayer - Is talking with God. - Every Christian has the privilege of communicating directly with God. - If we desire a fulfilling Christian Life, we need to learn to talk with God. - Through prayer we can appropriate all of God's resources for us in Jesus Christ. 1. Acknowledges God's power and goodness 2. Assures us of the Lord's presence 3. Brings blessings from God 4. Brings physical and spiritual healing 5. Encourages our growth in faith 6. Fulfills God's command 7. Helps us align our will with God's will 8. As a witness to others 9. Reveals God and His purposes to us 10. Strengthens us against temptation ### Types of Prayer * Adoration * Confession * Thanksgiving * Intercession * Petition * Submission ### Adoration Praising God for who He was, is and will be: Psalm 63 ### Confession Listing our sins and telling God we are sorry: Isaiah 6:5 ### Thanksgiving Thanking God for what He has done: Ephesians 1:15 ### Intercession Making requests to God on our behalf for others: 1 Samuel 12:23 ### Petition Asking God to help us in a specific way: Matthew 6:11 ### Submission Determining to recognize God as our Master: Job 1:20-21 ### Manner by which One Prays... 3