Jesus' Lover

A brilliant insight from Pastor Alfred Yumul… The TV is my shepherd, I shall want more. It makes me lie down on the sofa. It leads me away from the faith; It destroys my soul. It leads me in the path of sex and violence for the sponsors’ sake. Yeah though in the shadow of Christian responsibility, There will be no interruption, for the TV is with me. Its cables, programs and remote control especially Korean novels, they comfort me. It prepares a commercial for me in the presence of my worldliness; It anoints my head with humanism, consumerism, and materialism; My coveting runneth over. Surely laziness and ignorance shall follow me all the days of my life And I shall dwell in the house watching TV forever. An Appeal to the Christian Families - by Hazel Yee This has been the case in most homes today even in Christian setting. We have witnessed how our little ones, the adult and even the matured in the faith turned away from the presence of God beca...

Dear Cong. Champion Manny Pacquiao: We who consider you as the people’s champ will never forget how you fought for us. Despite of your loss, we will remain true to you. We want you to know that we are grateful for you because you have shown the spirit of a true warrior not only in times of victory but in times of defeat. You have done well to represent our country; because of you our nation has found its way globally in terms of sports, therefore in times past we have rejoiced in your victory and we will stand and back you up, never forsake you in times of defeat. People may persecute you because of your faith but please continue to stand for God who will be there for you especially in your darkest hour. We your fans will be there to support you, to honor you and to pray for you, in these times of defeat please know that we the people of the Philippines will be your strength for you serve our strength and our inspiration. Be brave Cong. Manny Pacquiao, the Lord is with you an...

            It was already 3:00 in the morning, Selena was sitting at the edge of the bed when the man finally stood up to prepare to leave, “Hey, here’s your 1000 as agreed,” the man threw the money on the bed then left. Selena picked them up, counted the money and shove them to her purse. She lighted a cigarette while staring blankly on the lights outside the window of the motel. “Next time, give me a fresh young girl, not this one ok? Anyway, I’ll call before I get here,” Selena could hear the man while talking to Paula, the gay manager of young girls in that prostitute den as they exchange their laughs, Selena bit her lips then went to the comfort room to shower.        She stood motionless while the water streams down over her body, as the water washes her face so does her tears flow from her eyes. She grabs the soap and scrubs her whole body with it as if it can wash all the filthiness brought about by the...

             I was a Christian for twenty years; together with my husband we've done service for the Lord and committed ourselves to the ministry. My husband, Tom and I were church workers, and for ten years of marriage, we were not given a child to complete the family. My husband has accepted our fate for he always say that the Lord knows what He’s doing, but for me, I am finding it hard to accept this, I always thought that we deserve all good things from God for we were His good servants after all, we did everything we can to serve Him and make ourselves available for the work of the Lord, so I am fully convince that we deserve better than this…yes better than all of these!             I was feeling a little bit of perturbed with my life lately, my husband was assigned to pioneer a church in Laos and I decided to stay not because I don’t want to go but I’m beginning to lose inter...

Teacher Sarah was our Sunday school teacher, she’s fun, approachable, caring and loving. Among all the people in the church, she is someone I will never forget. One of the things that I will never forget is the way she taught us in our Sunday school class, she comes in prepared, and bringing all the stuff she needs for the class. Her eyes were always beaming with excitement as she starts the lesson with singing, dancing, storytelling and games. However, despite of her efforts, her students failed to notice her sacrifice, love and commitment in bringing them in relationship with God. Sad to say, I was once participated in pranks we kids played on her: one Sunday morning, she was discussing a topic about the faith of Abraham, she was happy and energetic as usual, when she gave out a question, no one was answering, that was the time we start to giggle. She seemed not to notice that we were wearing earphones and we are not paying attention to her all the time until she called me, I...

TITLE: The Paralyzing Effect of Unbelief and It’s Cure TOPIC: Unbelief: Diagnosis, Effects & Cure    Introduction: What is UNBELIEF? According to dictionary, unbelief is doubt, withholding of belief, incredulity, and skepticism, disbelief on divine revelation or divine providence or scheme of redemption. Greek word for unbelief is “APISTIA” which is unreasonable, obstinate, rebellious, prejudiced, presumptuous, insolent, stubborn, self-willed, boastful, insensible, hardening and deceitful. Unbelief is the core of paralysis that eventually has an effect not on the power of God to perform wonders but on man’s capacity to experience what God has in stored for him, it is worst than fear because unbelief is as act of rebellion and stubbornness toward the divine manifestation of God and His existence. I.                      What is Jesus diagnosi...

All food labels must have an expiration date to ensure all customers that what they are buying is safe to eat, some of the labels read “BEST IF USED BY _____”, others were tag as “CONSUME BEFORE _______”. I remember one time when I was craving for an egg sandwich, I have already mixed the ingredients: eggs, mayonnaise, onions, salt, and liver spread. After my hearty meal, I remember going to the comfort room for almost every hour because of diarrhea. It’s a good thing that I have prescribed medicines stored, after praying and taking up the medicine my diarrhea was cured that instant, I checked everything that I ate and the last thing I noticed was the expiration date of the mayonnaise, it expired 2 months ago. I’ve learned a valuable lesson, it is indeed best if used before the expiration date! What if God has labeled us with expiration dates? When will it be? What would you do if you knew your expiration date? How would you allow God to use you or how would you consume your ...

I am anti abortion and pro-life. Some say that RH Bill is giving option to couples to plan their family well with healthy precautions and means. Like what I have commented on a blog about RH Bill @definitelyfilipino.com, it would definitely affect our nation if families will not consider family planning in a godly way , parents should be responsible for their children's future, their food, clothing, shelter, education, love and affection, some parents failed to provide these important needs to their children that's is why they suffer. Suffering children become the problem in our society; some of them grow up with no sense of value, they ended up thieves, drug addicts, prostitute and later on producing the same result just like them. People need to understand that bigger population will cause bigger problems, so it is important to plan your family well – it is not an abortion or anti-life if a couple plans to have a baby at an early stage of their marriage or in-between ...

2 nd Part Meaning of Christ’s Death ATONEMENT ATONEMENT – coming from the Hebrew words: 1.       “KAPHAR” to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch 2.        “PIEL” – to cover over, pacify, propitiate, atone for sin, make atonement for, atone for sin and persons by legal rites All this is from God,   who reconciled us to Himself through Christ   and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:     that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.   And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 2 nd Corinthians 5:18-19 According to 2 nd Corinthians 5:18-19, we were once enemies of God but because of the work of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary, He purged us, cover our sins and reconcile us to the Father. Jesus is the bridge to get us to the Father, and He is our only way, there is no way...

Theme:           The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Title:                Receive and Be Equip Topic:             The Holy Spirit and His Empowering Gifts for the Church Text:                1 st Corinthians 12: 1-12 Introduction: Corinthian Church Background Purpose of Paul’s writing answered the inquiries concerning marriage and foods offered to idols, and he also addressed the worsening conflicts in the church which dealt with immorality, divisions and contentions. Insight: Recalling Pastor Irene’s preaching she discussed about the Fruit of the Holy Spirit which dealt about the fruit as singular in unit but plural in sense. Christians must possess the fruit and be completed in Him because they are inseparable ...