Category: BLOG
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Ministering to a Hurting and Suffering Friend
When someone is going through suffering and hurt, we always want to help, don’t we? But there are times that our good intentions can be misunderstood by the person that we are helping. Words are powerful. Our words, no matter how truthful they are, do not mean that it is helpful to the person that…
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What Are You Chasing After?
“What am I chasing after?” This question came about after I studied the book of Hosea. Many of us might be familiar with the book of Hosea and his love story with Gomer. She is the unfaithful wife of Hosea. Their love story depicted how Israel sinned against God by being idolaters and God’s faithfulness despite…
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Finding Your Purpose in Life
Most of us, if not all, have a purpose in life. Some may work to death and go after money or material possessions. Others do their best to chase fame and power. On the other side, there are people who do not even know their purpose. Worse, there are those people who do not care…
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Overcoming the Subtlety of Gossip
Gossip is one of the deadliest results of an uncontrolled tongue. We know that our tongue is just a small part of our body but it has the power to bring life or death. We can not overstate what James said about our tongue being a small part of the body. Yet, it boasts great…
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Does God Care?
When things start to fall apart and everything unveils not the way you have planned, do you ever question God’s presence? We know we need to pray. And yes, we do pray. But those prayers seem unanswered and neglected. We think that we are in the oblivion era that is hidden in His sight. Slowly,…
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When God Takes Someone Away
People come and go. I guess this statement is already a cliche and a reality. I once read that our life is like a train. Along the way, we meet people. We become friends. But there are those who just have to stay for one or two stations because they are meant to stop on…
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The Fruit of Pain and Suffering
Is there any fruit out of suffering and pain? Many years back, I have asked that question. For me, suffering and pain are like a heavy load in the back. Imagine that as we walk, there is this load that we carry. It makes us feel uncomfortable. It makes our walk harder and slower. It…
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Life Lessons at Thirty-ish
I could not be more grateful for another year that God has added in my life. For me, there is nothing special about birthdays. When I was younger, I perceived birthdays as something that reminds people that they are getting older (which I do not like). Though of course, I am glad whenever family members,…
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Why Do We Need to Take Care of Our Body?
Have you ever felt so tired, just wanting to rest but you could not because of the load that you have? Work. Church ministries. Family matters. Personal concerns. These are all the load that we carry on a daily basis. Sometimes, it is just overwhelming. Thus, we often neglect to rest. But these days I…
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4 Ways to Declutter Our Spiritual Life
One of the things that I hate the most is to go into details especially when sorting documents and papers and other stuff, deciding which ones should be kept and which ones are to be thrown away. I was fascinated to keep receipts, tissue paper from restaurants and coffee shops, even letters and cards from…
