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When You Pray, Forgive

When You Pray, Forgive

By Dr. Harold Sala And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. Mark 11:25 Of the four Gospels, none is more to the point and straightforward than the account of Jesus’ life as...

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The Full Extent of Forgiveness

The Full Extent of Forgiveness

By Dr. Harold Sala Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 Archibald Hunter says that forgiveness is “surrendering my right to hurt you because you have hurt me.”  “Not exactly,” says Richard...

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Words

Words

We get inundated daily by a torrent of words — some plain gibberish, others informative or inspiring, a lot of them we wished we never heard because of their crassness or irreverence. Words, it seems, have life. Because their meanings or implications fuel our...

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Be An Encourager

Be An Encourager

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.  1 Thessalonians 5:11 When people struggle and give up, it’s often not so much the result of the pressures “out there” as it is because they receive little if any encouragement from those...

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Anti-Social Media

Anti-Social Media

By Yay Padua-Olmedo t's fascinating that with Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels, folks from all over the globe are able to seamlessly connect wherever and whenever they please. That wasn't so in my heyday. That was when we wrote...

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Leadership Secrets from Sagada 2

Leadership Secrets from Sagada 2

By Cornel Bongco Here is another secret revealed by our hike to Bomod Ok Falls. The way we equip ourselves determines the efficiency and effectivity we accomplish our tasks! Before the hike, we were given options on what walking sticks to take, and how many walking...

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Home Sweat Home

Home Sweat Home

By Yay Padua-Olmedo Once in a while, I get to be a lipat-bahay (house transfer) wannabe-expert. This senior happens to have been in the hustle-bustle of two lipatans while my son's family moved―first from a rented flat to a house of their own in one U.S. state; then,...

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Joyful Fruit

Joyful Fruit

By Yay Padua-Olmedo Senior folks' daily lives may easily flat-line especially if all their kids have left home; worse, if they choose to live overseas. Empty-nesters. That’s what my husband and I have been these recent years. Jack's extended employment after reaching...

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Paul and Discipline

Paul and Discipline

Paul often drew analogies and illustrations from well-known events or individuals to present spiritual truths. When he wrote to the Corinthians, he used the athlete as an example. When he wrote to Timothy, he used two additional figures--that of a soldier and a...

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