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Why Do We Need to Give Thanks Even in Bad Times?

It was supposedly a fine and wonderful Sunday when a brother told us the sad news of his sister’s passing away. His eyes showed brokenness and grief, but he still managed to stand in front of the congregation and sang for the Lord. Though, he was grieving inside, his godly countenance still exuded despite his…
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My Hope For The Future

As the year is nearing its end, my heart is overwhelmed with the thoughts of the coming year. It is the realization that over a month from now and another year will soon take its way.Where did those months go? What have I done this year? Are all things that I did count as worthy…
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Managing Our Thoughts

Recently, I have had a hard time managing my thoughts. With all the things that are bothering me and concerns that I need to think of and attend to, I find it hard to keep my thought life in subjection to God. Our minds are so much active that most of the time, it overwhelms…
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When God Delays His Answer

Believing God’s promises is easy. But it is different when you have to walk on it through pain and heart aches to see it come to pass. Some days seem that everything is perfect in my life even though my circumstances of pain and fear still linger. There are also days when it is hard…
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How Do We Meditate on God’s Word?

What comes to your mind the moment you wake up in the morning? My friend once told me that the very first thing that comes to my mind the moment I open my eyes in the morning holds a very high position in my life. I was laughing back then because I guess it did…
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Trusting in Waiting: Psalm 62

Have you ever thought that in waiting there is trusting? My friend once asked me with frustration, “Why didn’t the Lord answer my prayer? I have been waiting for quite sometime. I guess He does not hear me.” She had prayed for something to God for a long time, but she never saw it came to pass.…
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Beautiful in the Eyes of Your Maker

“When a woman veils herself in modesty, she is not hiding herself from men; she is revealing her DIGNITY to them,” this might probably be a statement that I could not forget when I think of modesty among us women. “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety;…
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Embracing New Roads of Life

People say that life can change in an instant. Parents who lost their son due to an accident, a woman who was diagnosed with incurable disease, a failing marriage that led to divorce, a father who met a severe accident, a young woman who suffered with depression and anxiety – all are real stories that…
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Love Your Neighbor

Whenever I hear this phrase “love your neighbor,” I always say that it is already a cliché. Everyone knows that especially when you are already a Christian. We have been bombarded with sermons, books, preaching, and maybe even counsels on how we ought to love others. Even those people who are not in the faith…
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The One Who Truly Understands

Have you ever wondered who could perfectly understand what you are going through? I have. With all my ups and downs, I rarely confide with people, even with my friends and families. I always want to go through things alone. People see me as strong and unemotional, but that’s the outcome of what I went…
