Category: BLOG
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Grieving for My Mother, Thanking God for His Sufficient Grace
When we lost our mom, it was a total shock. I thought I was dreaming. I still planned with her once she got out of the hospital. But, unfortunately, she won’t be able to know it anymore as she would go to a different house – a house of her own in the cemetery. During…
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Grieving Your Loss: A Journey to Healing
Nothing hurts the most than losing a loved one. Death is a familiar word that I keep talking about, yet it’s different when it hits personally. A few days ago, we lost our beloved mother. It felt surreal. It came as a shock, at least to our family. I know death comes to all. I…
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Resting in Hope
Do you feel overwhelmed with many things? We carry so many burdens that we sometimes want to shut ourselves off from this world. These past weeks, I have been stressed from work and other preparations needed for this holiday. I noticed that my way of coping is binge-watching series or comedy shows. I spent many…
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Staying Vigilant in Faith: 5 Essential Guidelines
One of the many things that I have learned in my Christian journey is to always test whatever you see, hear, and read regardless of the author being the most popular or the preacher is the most sought-after speaker. My mentor used to tell me that we must be careful with everything because so many…
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4 Things that Help Us Evaluate Religion and Jesus
We, humans are prone to worship God and involve ourselves in any spiritual means to attain our connection with Him. Since people become aware of this, man tries to make efforts to reconcile with God through different religions and spiritual awareness. We can always try our best to be good and to do service for…
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Coming Back to God after Drifting
Have you ever felt that God seemed so distant in your life? You start to question, why? You know that you go to church, you are in the ministry, and never miss a church service at church. Yet, when you are alone, you feel broken. Your prayers are empty and your time with the Lord…
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The Challenge to Overcome
Life throws at many things. Often, the ones that caught us off-guard are the ones that bring scars and wound us deeply. Trials and challenges are part of life. We are aware of this reality. Yet, whenever we go through heartaches and pain because of our hardships, sometimes, we forget that our desired result must…
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God’s Steadfast Love Leads Us to Repentance
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercy never comes to an end . . .” This song keeps reminding me of God’s love and mercy, even for someone like me who is stubborn and self-dependent. These past weeks, I don’t think I could say that I have been a good Christian. I…
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Beauty for Ashes: God’s Way of Transforming Our Broken Lives
Last week, I decided to use my free time going to a book sale. It has been a long while since the last time I had indulge myself with books. As I looked around, the smell of the books enticed me to flip some of those pages near me. I picked up one book. Then,…
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Holding Things Loosely
In the quietness of my spirit I have whispered, “Lord, I have to learn to hold things loosely.” We all have a fair share of what we hold tightly in this life. Either it is a relationship, material possession, career, money, power, dreams and aspirations, influence, or no matter what that is, we know that…