OK, you have decided to take five minutes a day and focus on God. You've made the decision to try it. What can you expect? For one thing, you'll discover that Murphy's law, "Anything that can happen, will happen," has your name on it. You will oversleep. You will...
As this article was being written, the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) has been lifted in parts of the Philippines. Unfortunately, for the National Capital Region (NCR) and other major cities nationwide, ECQ is still in effect. The tentative schedule to lift the...
The Psalmist wrote, "The plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations" (Ps. 33:11). But the question is: Can you really know the thoughts of the Almighty? Only a fool would deny that man and God think differently. We just...
As I write this, the buzzword that is now getting much attention is about the "new normal" once the COVID-19 pandemic is over. This is about how people will adapt to the new environment that is being shaped by a crisis. As it now stands, we do not know when all of...
Only 43 when he died suddenly, Oswald Chambers was a no-nonsense British chaplain in World War 1. A month before his death in 1917, he gave a series of talks to the troops stationed in Egypt. His text was a bit different—the book of Ecclesiastes. Even people who don’t...
An interesting story in Numbers contrasts two ways of looking at obstacles. Before the Israelites entered the Promised Land, Moses sent 12 men to spy it out. One spy named Caleb returned, saying, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to...
"Everyone knows they're going to die," said Morrie Schwartz, adding, "but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently…[T]here's a better approach. To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can...
As of this writing, thousands of Filipinos have gone positive for COVID-19, the virus that is sweeping the world like nothing else before. Just this fact alone can cause anxiety and undue stress to so many people, especially those struggling with mental health issues....
If you have an unsatisfied hunger for God deep down within your heart, no matter how far away He seems or how miserable you may be, be encouraged. You are spiritually alive and God's Spirit is prodding you to seek and find Him. But you may be thinking, "You don't...
I drove myself to the pharmacy. Coming out of it, I could not find my car in the parking lot. Walking back and forth and not finding it, I began to panic. Then I woke up. An awful dream. Which triggered a migraine. It didn't help that I've started taking pills which...