Tag: God
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Learning How to Grieve
Grief is universal. This is how we feel when something we treasured or loved is taken away from us. It does not always pertain to losing a loved one. However, one of the most difficult aspects of grief is associated with losing our loved ones. Grief. It’s tagged as an elephant in the room, especially…
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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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When God Has Another Plan
Until now, I am still having a hard time making necessary adjustments with my new course of life. There are times that I wake up in the morning asking myself if this is just a lost dream or merely a hallucination. Should it be like that, then I would willingly wake up. But it is…
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The Joy of Having Nothing
My missionary friends went home to their province to visit their family and tagged me along with them. Since there is also a mission work where the father of one of our church members is leading, they decided to drop by and encouraged the brethren there. Of course, I felt so excited because it is…
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Love is Waiting
“Love is waiting till we’re ready, till it’s right. . .” This song Love is Waiting by Brooke Fraser has been playing in my mind since I was in college. But the song became so real to me when I fully understood why I need to be waiting in love. It’s been more than a…
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Anne Hasseltine Judson: An Epitome of a Surrendered and Sanctified Life
My eyes could not keep back the tears as they fell freely from reading another precious life story that was radically surrendered for the cause of the Gospel and missions. In my finite mind, I tried to understand how a young woman at seventeen would think of such a way to surrender her life to…
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Honoring God Through Social Media
Social media has become a big part of our lives nowadays. But before this, life was so simple. Everyone seemed to always be looking forward to seeing each other to bond and talk. Privacy was highly regarded that no one would knew where you had your vacation last summer or the fancy restaurant you had…