This is one “note to self” that I have always believed in. And it is very liberating to hear it from church. I was affirmed this last weekend through the preaching of Christian apologist and author, Josh McDowell. “I cannot give what I don’t have” —this is how my...
Dealing with family members, relatives, and friends who ask for our financial help can be tough and difficult. Thus, we should learn when and when not to help family, relatives, and friends. Dapat alam natin kung kailan tutulong o hindi tutulong sa mga kapamilya,...
"It's pretty easy to be a fan, says James Grogan, pastor of Eastlake Church in Chula Vista, California. 'A fan's investment level is shallow—tuned in now, tuned out any moment now. That's how many people regard Jesus today.'" Come to think of it, some treat Jesus like...
What do you do when you are afraid? That is the question that Andrew Brunson asks. Brunson is a soft-spoken man with a kind-looking face. He is also a man that knows something about fear. Brunson is an American pastor who was unjustly imprisoned by the Turkish...
Jesus was once approached by a rich young man with this question: “What good thing can I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus listed the common commandments that all Jews knew. The young man replied, possibly with some smugness, “I have done all of this!” as if to show...
Last week, I discussed the first principle in budgeting. Ito ay ang Piso ‘Yan Principle. Now, let’s go to Principle No. 2: Kurot Principle. Ano ‘yung Kurot Principle? Ay, ang ganda nitong Kurot Principle na ito. To better understand this, I will tell you a story of a...
How wonderful to know that God shows no partiality or favoritism. As Acts 10:34 says, God is no respecter of persons. What He has done for others, He wants to do for you. You don’t have to convince God or bargain with Him for what you need. You simply have to realize...
A good marriage has a lot of things in common, while unhappy marriages are as different in as many ways as there are unhappy people married to each other. Yet the factors which make for either being happy or unhappy are often far more predictable than most folks...
Nakakita ka na ba ng taong nag-planong sirain ang buhay niya? Malamang, hindi pa. Pero bakit maraming taong sira ang buhay? Kasi, hindi sila nag-plano ng kanilang buhay. Ang sabi nga nila, “People don’t plan to fail, they just failed to plan.” Ito ang isa sa...
Love is all you need, sang the British rock band, The Beatles, in 1967, during what was called the “Summer of Love.” And whether or not the kind of love the Beatles were singing of is really what the world needed, it is true that our world would be a drab and desolate...