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My younger brother is OUTWARD BOUND…
A young friend took off for the United States today. His flight left at 10:30 AM today. I did not get to see him anymore the past couple of days as he was also busy getting his things prepared, being … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, counseling, family, guided conversation, Jesus Christ, mentoring, servanthood
Tagged accountability, counseling, grace, guided conversation, life, life directions, mentoring, OFW, overseas work, prayer, protection, questions, religion, responsibilities, selfless-ness, shipping job, younger brother
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The Shack – “tragedy confronts eternity” a powerful, disturbing, intrusive yet gentle read…
A couple of days ago, a friend posted on his multiply site that he received a copy of that Christian novel The Shack. The rest of the article has been moved to this link. Please click on the link to … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, being loved, care, family, Jesus Christ, servanthood
Tagged Bestseller novel, blessing, christian novel, Church, compassion, emotions, eternity, feedback, fiction, God's character. love, Holy Spirit, images of God, Jesus Christ, novel review, pain, paradigm shift, perception, Perichoretic union, reaction, reality, redemption, representation of God, tehology of God, The Shack, tragedy, Trinitarian life, Trinity, virtues, William Young
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Death of a Pastor. . .
We were about to end the Men’s Conference last Saturday when a colleague showed me an sms on his phone. One of our elder pastors in Southern Luzon died from a cardiac arrest early that morning. Ptr. David Oloya has … Continue reading
Posted in being loved, God, Jesus Christ, prayer, servanthood
Tagged death, heaven, India, mission field, missionary, pastor, resurrection, service, surrender
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What A Beautiful Sight
I am sitting on the small veranda of our cottage here at the SEP camp with our dogs (Beans, Toepy and Peanut) occupying their floor positions) – watching DORM 4B and 4G go through their modern dance routine outdoors. They … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, being loved, care, counseling, God, prayer, servanthood
Tagged Dr. Kermit Nelson, mentoring, Orr Mn, SEP, summer camp, youth camp
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Moments when we need theopneustos the most…
Two of the pastoral team members of our little church in Sta Rosa was hospitalized at just about the same time. The first one is fondly called DadFen ( how I got to call him as such is another testimony … Continue reading
Posted in care, God, prayer, servanthood
Tagged challenges, difficulties, healing, pain, prayer, sickness
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A Weary Servant’s Prayer. . .
This is not my original. I came across this back in 2001. However, I could not recall anymore where I got this from. Thank you, whoever you are for writing this prayer. I have been using this as part of … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, care, God, prayer, servanthood
Tagged fatigue, hope, prayer, servant
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The Beauty of Relationships. . .
The meeting ended at 11PM. I guess I was trying my best to “make up” for the many months that I was not able to visit. My last church visit was Dec 2006, and now it is April 2008. 2006 … Continue reading
Posted in being loved, care, family, God, servanthood
Tagged friendships, God, Palawan, roles, travel
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Five-fold surrender
The mind surrendered to be an intelligent Christian The heart surrendered to be a loving Christian The body surrendered to be a useful Christian The spirit surrendered to be a dynamic Christian The will surrendered to be an obedient Christian … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, obedience, servanthood, spiritual
Tagged Christian, grace, obedience, surrender
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Costly Grace vs. Cheap Grace
excerpts from The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This is one of the most profound statements to represent Christian faith ever written. Bonhoeffer, in the end, paid the “cost” of discipleship with his own life, in the hands of … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, discipleship, Jesus Christ, passion, purpose, sacrfice, servanthood
Tagged Bonhoeffer, cheap grace, costly discipleship, costly grace, gospel, grace, sacrifice
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Eucharistic Liturgy
Father of all, we give you thanks and praise that when we were still afar off you met us in your Son, and brought us home. Dying and living, he declared your live, gave us grace, and opened the gate … Continue reading
Posted in hunger, Jesus Christ, prayer, resurrection, servanthood
Tagged eucharistic liturgy, post-communion, prayer
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