What do you do when your worst fear happens? For a parent, the chronic sickness of a child; For lovers, betrayal of one party; For business partners, one party takes the money and runs away; For friends, one party tells your deepest secrets to other people; On our personal life, we put our time, treasure…
Category: Trust in God
Fear of Tomorrow
If you talk to people you will realize that one of the most common fears is what tomorrow brings: Will the big one come? With all the tension in the world, is World War III just around the corner? Will I get healed of this sickness? Should I move to a new job? When will…
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…
Reaping and Sowing
It is said that the father of tomorrow is today. Whatever we do today, affects our future. Just as what we did yesterday, affects our today. In other words, we reap what we sow. This is the lesson of the parable of the seed that was sown. Eventually, we shall reap accordingly. Hence, in our…
Impossible Situations
How often do we find ourselves in a situation that we do not know what to do? We feel that the problem is bigger than our skills and talents. In one of the most popular Gospel readings, the apostles, specifically Philip, was faced with a seemingly impossible situation – how to feed thousands of people? …
Two Masters
Who is really most important to us in life? Is it God or is it money? While people will always say “God”, actions often speak louder than words. When people are asked why they have their businesses blessed, the response is “to be lucky.” In other words, the blessing is meant to bring money. No…
Persecution
On the bucket lists of many Christians is a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. It is a different experience when the bible stories come to life: This is where Jesus walked on water This is where Jesus taught the beatitudes This is the area where once the temple stood This is where Jesus was born…
Are You Saved?
How many times have we been asked: “Have you been saved? Then you ask how? The answer by being “Born Again.” Then you ask how does one be born again? By receiving Jesus in your heart as your personal Lord and savior. In other words, faith alone. In the Gospel, we are often told how to…
Spiritual Warfare
Luke 4:31-37 When people comment that there seems to be so much evil in the world, with so much anxiety, fear, and uneasiness nowadays, I tell them not to limit to only what is seen. Remember that there is also the unseen. We should remember that there exists the greatest battle happening – spiritual warfare….
Faith and Doubt
In any relationship of trust, doubt is part of the process: For a business partner, one will ask himself if this business partner can be trusted and will not betray or take advantage? For two people in love, one will ask if this person will be faithful no matter what? For best friends, one will…
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