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MY REFLECTIONS ON MATTHEW 22:1-14

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  🌾 Anong mayroon? ☘️ May engrandeng kasalan  ☘️ May nag-imbita . Ito ay ang hari. Siya ay naghanda at nagbigay ng pagsisikap para makarating ang mga inimbitahan. ☘️ May mga sinugo para mag-imbita . Ang mga lingkod ng hari. Sila ay sumunod sa utos kahit kapalit ay buhay nila. ☘️ May mga inimbitahan  1. May unang inimbitahan. Sila ay tila mga tao na may personal na relasyon sa hari. Ngunit ayaw nilang dumalo at may kanya-kanya silang kaabalahan at inuunang mga gawain. Hindi nila pinaglaanan at pinaghandaan ang araw ng kasal. Ang masaklap pa, pinatay ng iba sa kanila ang mga sinugo ng hari para sila ay puntahan at imbitahan. Sila ay hindi karapat-dapat. 2. May pangalawang inimbitahan . Sila ang mga tao na tila walang personal na relasyon sa hari. Masasama man o mabubuti, sila ay tinawag upang maging bahagi ng kasalan, at sila nga ay dumating doon. ☘️  May inimbitahan ngunit hindi nakasuot ng damit pangkasalan.   Siya ay kabilang sa pangalawang inimbitahan. Dumati...

MY REFLECTIONS ON MATTHEW 21:12-17

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The Temple of God 🌱 The temple of God (commonly known as church) is a holy place where people worship and pray together. 🌱 But the temple of God (the true church) is not just a building. We who are created by God are His temples. We are God's temple! 🌹1 Corinthians 3: 16-17 (6) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that his Spirit dwelleth in you? (17) God will punish anyone who destroys his temple. Because God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. 🌱 Like God's temple as stated in Matthew 21:12-17, God does not want His temple to be defiled or become a nest of sin. So let us also live in holiness and righteousness by the grace of God.  🌱 God is angry with sin because He is a holy and just God. But God loves every sinner, and He leads them to enlightenment and the truth that there can be new life and eternal life through Jesus Christ. 🌱 Jesus cleansed the temple. If God wants the place of worship clean and in order, so what more for the people whom He con...

Matthew 18:6-9 Reflections

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☘️ These verses want to show how God rejects sin. God hates sins, but he loves the sinners. He came to earth to save, us, the sinners from death cause by sin and gave us the gift of eternal life. (John 3:16, Romans 6:23) ☘️ Do I literally have to do something bad on my self  or to others who have caused me to sin as Matthew 18:6 says? Or remove the part of my body that is causing me to sin? You may misinterpret it. We know Jesus often used parables. I pray that all of us who are reading this today (children, youth, and youth then) will be given wisdom by God in this regard. I believe, it does not mean that we have to do such bad things to our selves or to other who have caused us to stumble or literally remove the part of our body that causes us to sin. It only wants to give emphasis that your soul is more important than your body .  As it is written,  What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange ...

How to Tithe?

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PAANO MAG-TITHE? A tithe is basically 10% of your income. Subukan natin ito. Nag-reseller ako kahapon ng fresh lumpia. Iyong Php50/order ay binigay niya lang sa akin ng Php45/order. Kahapon ay may 18 orders ako. Simple Math, (Php50* 18 orders ) - (Php45*18 orders) is equal to Php 90. Iyan ang income ko. Php90 * .1 (10% in decimal form)= Php9 So ANG TITHE KO ay Php 9. Parang maliit lang sa paningin ng tao, pero ang tinitignan ng Lord ay ang puso natin at ang ating katapatan. May iba, they can give even more than 10% of their income. Why not? I believe it is not about the amount, but our reverence and obedience to God. It is also how do we looked at God as the source of everything we have and how do we see our money as God's instrument to bless our spiritual shephers and the church and the people they serve. 🔹🔹🔹 🌾May references tayo na nakasulat sa Old Testament. And God's Word is not only for Israelites. It is for everybody so as His providence and...

Why this kind of suffering is happening? A COVID-19 Reflection

SPIRITUAL ASPECT God is a loving God. I believe, God is not happy to see the people He made are suffering. God has wonderful promises to His children. God promised LIFE and not death. I believe that eventhough He put us in this world full of uncertainties and hardships, He always wanted us to have beautiful and prosperous life on earth. Exodus 20:12 (KJV)  Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV)  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Deuteronomy 8:18 (KJV)  But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. Psalms 112:1-3 (KJV) 1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 2 H...

Mom's Heart

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B18-0303 \ Hindi mo kailangang maging nanay muna bago ka matuto paano maging isang ina. May nagsasabi, "I will cross the bridge when I get there." And actually, we can prepare ourselves already, even before getting there, to be successful in our cross. "Maiintindihan mo na iyan kapag nanay ka na din." Tama, mas mauunawaan natin kapag nandoon na tayo sa sitwasyon na iyon. Pero para sa akin, kung nailalagay mo ang sarili mo sa sapatos ng isang ina, kahit hindi ka pa o hindi ka isang nanay, mauunawaan mo din kung ano ang nasa puso nila. Kung handa ka, magagawa mo din! Gradeschool ako ng mag-alaga ako ng bunsong kapatid. Nagpalit ng diaper, nang-uto para maipainom sa kaniya ang kanyang vitamins o mapaklang gamot, nagpatulog sa kanya sa pamamagitan ng pag-awit (kahit di ako singer) at paglilisa,  nagbuhat sa kanya kapag pagod na siyang maglakad, tinuruan siya ng ilang bagay, at nagsikap para "sana" maging magandang halimbawa sa kanya na pwede...

Not Single, But Married +1

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B18 - 0301 Lahat ng babae ay gusto ng isang masaya at long-lasting relationship with the man they loved. May maagang naiinlove. May maagang nasasaktan. May maaga nagkakamali. May maaga ding napapagod. May maaga ding natututo. Madali ba? Sinong magsasabi? Since I heard the preaching about Love, Courtship and Marriage when I was in highschool, ang pinangarap ko na lang about my love life ay kung ano ang kalooban ng Diyos. But specifically hiniling ko din sa Diyos kung ano ang gusto ko. Pero hindi pala talaga sa lahat ng panahon ay nakukuha natin kung ano ang gusto natin. Pero ang kagandahan sa isang relasyon na ipinagkatiwala sa Diyos ay ang katotohanan na alam mo na lagi mo Siyang kasama at Siya ang magpapatatag sa iyo sa kabila man ng mga pagsubok sa relasyon na mayroon ka. How to know if it is God's will? Ang alam ko lang mahalaga ang communication at connection ninyo ng Lord para malaman ang kalooban Niya. Sabi sa Romans 12:2, "Be transformed by the renew...