Matthew 17:1-9 When people find out that I am involved with the ministry of deliverance and exorcism the typical question – “Isn’t it scary?” This too was the very question I asked when they were asking me to help. The answer I got then, is the very answer that I too give after about 2…
Category: Gospel of St. Matthew
Relationships
Matthew 18: 15-20 When is a relationship worth saving? This is the question we ask ourselves when a relationship has gone astray. We all know this: people change, we change, circumstances change. We get hurt intentionally or unintentionally. When do we know it is time to say goodbye or give our all to save a…
Who Is In Control?
Matthew 11: 25-27 It is a reality that the more advanced societies of the world have less of God in their lives. Due to development, due to knowledge and being learned, God is no longer part of the equation. Just look at what happened to the US. Look at how the students are being formed…
I Prefer Heaven
Matthew 13:36-43 In medicine, they have a term known as NDE otherwise known as Near Death Experience. These are experiences of sick patients who have been flatlining for a while but eventually regain consciousness. Three things are typically experienced: They do not remember anything They were in a very nice peaceful place but were told…
Good Tree and Good Fruits
Matthew 7:15-20 It is said that we human beings are composed of body and soul. When it comes to our bodies, modern science and technology make almost anything possible: If you want to look young, it is possible If you want to look like this person or that person, it is possible If you want…
Is the Devil Real?
Matthew 8:28-34 This is the 21st century, yet…do you still believe in the devil? This is the question some people ask. They think that the devil was an invention of the Church in the olden times. That might be the thinking because this is the age of computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. This is the…
A Fruitful Life
Matthew 13: 1-23 A married couple once shared their shock of their child’s words. He was mad at someone and blurted out inappropriate language. When they asked him where he learned these words, the answer was simple – the internet. Like the child, the question we can ask ourselves is, “Who guides us in this…
Talents
Matthew 25:14–30 Once I was conversing with an expatriate. He was a president of a shipping company and they were hiring Filipino seamen. He said that should he be given the difficult task of reducing manpower, the last people he would retrench are the Filipinos. He said they get along very well with other people…
Planting Kindness
Matthew 13:1-9 What do Apple, Amazon, Google, Harley Davidson, and Disney have in common? They are just five of several famous companies that started in a car garage. If you talk to the founders, none of them ever thought that from humble beginnings, their start-up would eventually become billion-dollar companies. Moral of the story: it…
Building Character
Matthew 7:6, 12-14 One of the trends now in Christianity is what they call the Gospel of Prosperity. It teaches us Christians that because God is rich, God cannot be outdone in generosity; God is good, if we pray right, we will grant our material needs. One preacher would tell his flock to open their…
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