Overcoming Stress - Part2

The New Seventh Day Adventist (member?), said, I don’t only rest on the Sabbath but in the days of my life I rest from media (?). There’s another one, rest from gadget, and, rest from Facebook included. The day I rested from “facebooking” which I did not regret, Shalom came back, peace in my heart came back. Facebook is helpful but to some degree, it is stressful. So Today it’s not good to have Facebook, that’s for myself, because it robs me of my time of prayer. Jesus said deliberately “no” to the crowd. Are there any urgent matters? There are, but what is more than urgent to that matter is communion with God in prayer.

Overcoming Stress - Part1

As God allows Christ to be fully human let’s ask the question, was He ever familiar with the word “stress”? What is stress? Psychologically they define stress as any change that happens to you and causes tension. If I give you the list and if you want to compute it, it says like this if your score reaches 300 plus, it’s time to slow down or you will burst. Added to that is your worry, added to worry is many foolish things I have committed and therefore there is a consequence to it.

What it Means to be an Ambassador for Christ - Part2

All of us can really start with our life. Some of you would say Pastor, I don’t know how to share the Gospel but you can start with your life. You don’t know how to share or you don’t know how to write words? You can start with your attitude! You can start with the word that comes out from your mouth! How they perceived you right now, do they see Jesus Christ in you? If they really see the change in you, that’s evangelism.

What it Means to be an Ambassador for Christ - Part1

What is the meaning if you are a passport holder? It means it allows you the right to travel around the world, it shows where you came from and who you are. I hold a Philippine passport so I am a Filipino. It shows that I am a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines therefore I am also a representative of my country to the rest of the world. The way people abroad view me will have an impact on how they view my country. Spiritually it is also the same, how the people outside view us will have an impact on their view about Christianity for we represent Christ.

Understanding The Lordship of Christ - Part2

You know how many years that Philippians forgot the salary of Paul? 10 years, and on the 10th year surprise, surprise, support came back from the Philippian Church. Paul wrote a thank you letter said, thank you for the support. If your eyes is on Christ you do not obliged people to support you, you’re fine, because if you read a little further he said because my faith is in Christ, my Master, Jesus Christ influenced me to live simply and with contentment.

Understanding The Lordship of Christ - Part1

Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all of these things will be added to you. Would you agree that this verse sometimes is the source of deep disappointment to many? Because we expected that God will give the desires of our heart and He did not. We expected that He will supply our needs on the day that He will rescue us but to no avail. The source of disappointment is not God but misunderstanding of the scripture. But when the scripture is misunderstood of course it will be misapplied. So it is good to understand some basic thoughts, like who wrought it and to whom is it written. Not all promises in the Bible are for us but some for Abraham and some for the Israelites. But by principle we can apply timeless truths.

Lessons From Shattered Expectations - Part2

Remember the movie Hachiko? I almost cried not because of the movie itself but on the part when Richard Gere was barbecuing with his future son-in-law, Michael. Every father should be prepared for this, Richard said to Michael “do you love my daughter?” Michael replied and said “yes sir I love your daughter very much”. The answer was quick and simple Richard said “good because you need to remember that in bad times”. Christians do you love Jesus? “yes” no question He loves us, but there are times that the ways of Jesus is hard to understand. You have to remember that you love Him even in what we call bad times.