You’ve Been My Audience; Will You Be My Research Team Too?
I don’t want to be selfish.
I want to share with you the blessings that I receive as a Preacher.
People don’t know this, but when I preach, the person who gets the most blessed is the preacher himself. Why? Because I spend enormous amounts of time studying, reflecting, and rehearsing my talk. Because of this, I don’t only listen to the talk, I also munch on it, chew it, and digest it more. So the chance that I apply these truths in my life is greater.
Today, I ask myself, “With the power of the internet in our hands, why is preaching still a one-way street?” It shouldn’t be. You can help me give these talks! And in the process, share the blessings I receive as a Preacher.
So I’m writing down here the summaries of new Teaching Series for the weekly FEASTs for July, August, and September 2007, entitled How To Get Rid Of Bad Habits Now. It will be a powerful teaching series because all of us have bad habits! So when you join the weekly FEAST at Valle Verde Country Club (Beside ULTRA),
If you live abroad or in the provinces, you can catch these talks either by (1) ordering the Audio CD or DVD, (2) watching it on ABC 5 every Tuesday at 10:30pm, or (3) watching it on www.preacherinbluejeans.com Ultimately, you’ll find these truths in book form—and together, we’ll bless millions of people.
Read the topics. I prepared a “head, heart, and hand” goal for each talk. “Head” means what I want you to learn, “heart” means what I want you to feel during the talk, and “hand” means what I want you to do after the talk.
Next: Write on the comments box below short (nothing longer than 8 sentences) personal testimonies, stories, jokes, quotations, analogies, skits, popular song lyrics or popular movie scenes that will help explain or expound any of the talks below.
Thanks for being my Research Consultants!
Listen to these talks at the weekly FEAST in Valle Verde Country Club (Beside UlTRA),
I remain your friend,
Bo Sanchez
PS. If you haven’t joined the www.kerygmafamily.com, you’re missing a lot of blessings too. I send my partners a mountain of spiritual nourishment. Log on there now!
Series Title:
How To Get Rid Of Bad Habits Now!
Jul 22 Talk 1: Discover What You Really Need
Head: To learn that addictions are symptoms of deeper love needs
Heart: To feel the hunger of love within—and feel loved
Hand: To seek help from God and others to meet our love needs
Summary:
Destructive bad habits or addictions are symptoms of deeper needs. Specifically, love needs. Meeting these deeper love needs will free us the urgency of our addictions. If not, we may be jumping from one addiction to another. How does one meet our deepest love needs? Receive God’s love, receiving love from the people around us, and radically loving ourselves. When we meet our love needs, we quiet the throbbing ache within that fuels our addictions. They no longer become compelling or urgent as they used to.
Jul 29 Talk 2: Focus On The Ambition And Not The Addiction
Head: Learn to work on a dream, not merely fight the bondage
Heart: Feel hope that you can get out of this addiction
Hand: Create a dream and take the first step towards it
Summary:
Tell yourself 10x, “I will not think of a pink elephant.” (Try it.) Guess what you’re thinking of right now? A pink elephant. What you focus on grows. So if you focus on your addiction, you make it grow. Telling yourself “I will not smoke” 100x will make you think of smoking 100x. Instead, you need to focus on a dream of your healthy body jogging on the hills under the blue sky. We need to create a dream, an ambition, and focus. Doing so, we build self-esteem, self-respect, and fill our love needs.
Aug 5 Talk 3: Love The Sinner And The Saint Within
Head: Learn to forgive oneself and see beauty within
Heart: Feel happy after being released from self-anger
Hand: Forgive oneself
Summary:
Many addictions come from self-hatred. (Again, a love need that isn’t met.) To heal our addiction, we need to heal our self-hatred. We need to accept our past, embrace our weaknesses, and forgive our sins. Indeed, we need to forgive ourselves the way God forgives us—total and absolute! Aside from that, we also need to celebrate our strengths and bless the world.
Aug 12 Very Special Talk
Aug 19 Talk 4: Create A New Outer World
Head: Learn what needs to be removed, what needs to be added in our life
Heart: Feel the power one has to design our outer world
Hand: Design one’s outer world
Summary:
We’ve heard this statement before: “Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are.” We are influenced by our environment. But instead of resigning ourselves to the external powers around us, we must also acknowledge this powerful truth--That we can influence our environment. (Yes, we have the power to choose our friends.) We need to create a new world that will make us reach our dream and free us from our bondages. That means designing the best relationships, schedules, jobs, recreation, TV shows, music, and everything else in our outer world.
Aug 26 Talk 5: Redefine Yourself
Head: Learn what “labels” need to be removed, what need to be added
Heart: Feel the power that one can create new labels for oneself
Hand: Create new labels
Summary:
We become the labels we give ourselves. The problem with many labels is they are unconscious. For example, some addicts unconsciously define themselves as weak, failures, monsters, evil, monsters--and so they become the these labels they give themselves. We need to learn to give ourselves new labels based on our true identity in God. If we know the truth, it will set us free.
Sep 2 Talk 6: Correct Your Faith
Head: Learn that distorted theology can worsens one’s addictions
Heart: Feel the joy of being released from a wrong theology
Hand: Create a more accurate theology
Summary:
Distorted theology has helped lock many people in their addictions. What is distorted theology? A wrathful, vengeful God who is preoccupied with your sinfulness. (Our love need for God’s love isn’t met.) Or a religion that defines holiness as saying NO to all our needs, even legitimate, valid ones. (Our love need for self-love isn’t met.) Or a pessimistic view towards human beings as sinful, instead of focusing on our inner beauty. (Our labels tend to be pessimistic as well.) We need to identify these distorted beliefs and overhaul them.
Sep 9 Talk 7: Take Charge!
Head: Learn to stop blaming and take responsibility
Heart: Feel the power of taking responsibility
Hand: Select one area where he needs to stop blame
Summary:
When we blame, we lose our power to change our lives. Addicts are experts in blame. Unless we learn to take responsibility, our walk to freedom will be slow. What does it mean to take responsibility? By taking baby steps. How does one eat an elephant? One bite at a time. By growing in small victories, we gain strength to win bigger ones.
Sep 16 Talk 8: Fire All Engines (Conclusion)
Head: Learn all the elements that can help free us from addiction
Heart: Feel hope and joy that one can indeed be free
Hand: Choose to work on one of these elements
Summary:
There is no one specific way to overcome an addiction. In fact, surveys suggest that there may be 70% who overcome their bondages on their own, without any help from an Alcoholics Anonymous group or therapy or counselling. (Some of those 70% received their freedom when they joined a prayer meeting.) But it’s also true that lasting change can only happen when we actually work on making ourselves grow. To summarize the entire teaching series, we shall again revisit the various elements necessary for making healing lasting and permanent.
Instructions: Write your inputs below to explain or expound any of the talks above. As much as possible, make it below 8 sentences. Any personal testimonies, stories, jokes, quotations, analogies, skits, popular song lyrics or popular movie scenes…
Bro Bo, this is Bro Jimmy Cruz of Singapore.
ReplyDeleteTalk No. 1 Discover what you really need (Testimony)
1)Before I came to know and accepted Jesus as my personal Lord and Saviour, I am one guy who always seek love and attention from my family. 2)My parents are very responsible, supportive and as well as disciplinarians, but in a way that always hurt me physically and emotionally. 3) Due to this methodology of disciplining, I found myself being comfortable of going away from that situation. 4) I seek friends who can provide me comforts and thrills in life like going to addiction in drinking beers and wines, indulging in marijuana session. 5)From one addiction to another addiction, I went into watching bold movies, then to masturbation and womanizing.
6)Then in one point of my life, I felt so depressed with what I am doing for many years and I began to pray and seek God and one night I heard the song by Gary Valenziano. 7)"Take me out of the dark My Lord, I don't wanna be there." 8) Now because of God's love, I am addicted in loving, serving God and preaching the Good News throughout the world. AMEN
Bro Bo, this is Bro Jimmy Cruz of Singapore
ReplyDeleteTalk No.2 Focus on Ambition and not on Addiction
1) God has never been out focus on His vision and plans for us and we, His children have to be align on His great mission. 2) It has never been the plan of God that we all be under the bondage of addictions, for He said in John 10:10 "I have come to give you an abundant life." 3) This is God's ambition for us and it should be our main ambition also. 4) Let's visualize and draw in our mind and heart on this Life that God wants us to have. 5) A life full of happiness and free from the bondage of addictions and living in a home full of love and blessings. 6) There is always hope for an addicted person and let's not look at the gigantic problems in life. 7) God has said clearly that Nothing is Impossible with Him for whoever believed. 8)Let's focus as the Way God focus.
Bro Bo, this is Bro Jimmy Cruz of Singapore
ReplyDeleteTalk No. 3 Love the Sinner and the Saint Within
1) According to Genesis 1:26, "Let us make a man in our image and in our likeness." 2) Every human being in the planet earth are created to be saints but most of us decided to go astray as the song "All we like sheep" 3) But in God's mercy, He had forgive all the addictions and sins that we have in our lives. 4) The love that God has shown to us must be realized in our lives. 5) He taught us to Love others as we love ourselves. 6) We can love ourselves by forgivng our own selves. 7) God had said if we confess our sins and ask forgiveness, He will certainly forgive us. 8) To be totally freed from the bondage, believe in His Word, learn to forgive ourselves and the inner healing will took place.
Bro Bo, this is Bro Jimmy Cruz of Singapore
ReplyDeleteTalk No. 4 Create a New Outer World
1) Life is what we make it. 2) We have to create it in the way God want to be. 3) If we are in the bondage of addiction of bad circle of friends, we have to get out there and create a new breed of God fearing friends.
4) If we are in the bondage of sexual pleasures, we have to create a new world of God's inspiring media, newsprint and magazines and religiuos internets. 5) if we are in the bondage of alcoholism and drugs, we have to create a new world of addictions in serving and worshipping God in Spirit and in Truth. 6) Let us all be co-creators of the Kingdom of God. 7) Let us establish a church that people will be attracted to go to and let them join us in the continuing building of the body of Christ. 8) Let us create a wonderful world.
Bro Bo, this is Bro Jimmy Cruz of Singapore
ReplyDeleteTalk No.5 Redefine your self
1) "I am Free, I am Free, I am Free to be the servant of the Lord 2) I am Free, I am Free, I am Free to be the servant of the Lord. 3) He taught me how to praise Him. 4) He taught me how to sing a song. 5) He taught me how to love 6) I am Free to be the servant of the Lord." 7) This song will truly define our existence on earth. 8) We labelled ourselves as Truly
Free because Jesus made us Free from all bondages and addictions. Glory to God Amen
Bro Bo, this is Bro Jimmy cruz of Singapore
ReplyDeleteTalk No. 6 Correct your Faith
1) God is not a God that some people think of that He is to be feared off. 2) We thought that He is a Supreme Being sitting on His Throne like a King and He always punish and is difficult to reached to. 3) It is true at the end of the world He will be the Judge but we don't have to fear because He is a fair Judge. 4) God is a GREAT LOVER. 5) Even though we live in our addictions, yet His love is so abundant that He will always follow us wherever we go and provide us the love that we need. 6) God never leave us alone in our journey. 7) Our faith should remained in HIM as the poem "Footprints in the Sand" said that we don't have to be worry and bothered when we see only one set of footprints. 8) Jesus said, "My son during the times of your biggest struggles in your addictions, I was there carrying you because I love you so much."
Bro Bo, this is Bro Jimmy Cruz of Singapore
ReplyDeleteTalk No. 7 Take Charge
1) Oftentimes we always say "Bahala si Lord". It is God's responsibility. 2) We pray Lord I don't want to drink wine anymore but everytime we see the tempting bottle of the Ginebra San Miguel, we will
say, Lord if I drink this one more time and I will not get drunk, then it means it is still alright for me to drink.
3) If we really want to get rid of addiction, prayers are not enough. 4) Faith is not enough because the word of God clearly said Faith without action is dead. 5) We have to do a part in order that we can get away from any bondages. 6) Let's take the responsibility. 7) We have to pray of course and have faith in God but during the process, Do our best and God will do the rest. 8) The strength that we we need to overcome these addictions will come from God
Dear Bro Bo, this is Bro Jimmy Cruz of Singapore
ReplyDeleteTalk No. 8 Fire all Engine
1) As followers of Christ, we will be experiencing struggles in order to get out of the current addicted situation that we have. 2) We don't want to live in that situation where we are always having guilt after asking God for help in the deliverance and that we fell again. 3) There are great men of God in the bible that experienced also these strugglee. 4) God knew that we are all weak and knew our limitations and The good part is the Word of God remained true. 5) Everybody will be tempted and there is no exemption. in times of troubles, He will be there to give us strength. 6) If we fell, just don't give up. Rise up and continue our life. 7) Life must go on. God will provide people to help us and He will be there to lead us a way out. 8) Let's use all the engines provided by God.
Thanks for your ideas Jimmy!
ReplyDeleteGod bless you!
Talk 2: Focus On The Ambition And Not The Addiction
ReplyDelete1) Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
2) It's never too late to realize your ambitions. Take the first step by daring to dream big dreams. Then have the confidence to take a few risks and make those dreams a reality. You'll be glad you did. -- Don MacRae, President of the Lachlan Group
3) Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them. - Napoleon Bonaparte
4) Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller
5) "Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great, make you feel that you too can become great." - Mark Twain
6) If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. – John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848, 6th President of the United States
7) Identify your long-lasting fulfillment. Meditate on what God’s will for you.
8) Do not exchange your long-term ambition, your long-lasting fulfillment to a short-term pleasure and a short-term solution.
Hope this helps.
God bless you.
Bro.Bo Here is A good story for you:a very long time ago (thats fictional/inspiried by true events) the pope decided to expell the chinese. to slove the problem a deal was struck the pope would debate the leader of the chinese italians if the leader won his people will stay if the pope won he will ask the king to expell them and thus the chinese community selected a midddle-aged man named ah peh and days later the debate began in the vatican on one condition both sides will use sign language,and the pope agreed. and began to sit opposite each other, then the pope began to raise his right hand and showed 3 fingers while ah peh raised one finger on his left hand to counter it the pope rasied his fingers and circled the air around his head, ah peh then pointed to the ground where he sat angered the pope showed him the host and the chalice,to outsmart him ah peh showed him an apple.Dissapointed the pope sighed"well(sob),I give up,this man(sob) was good,his(loud sob)people can stay"and the curtains drawed later the cardinals asked "what happened?" the pope said "when i raised three fingers to represent the trinity ah peh raised one finger to represent one god for all people when i circled the air to represent that god is everywhere ah peh pointed the ground meaning to say,that god is with us in this debate.when i showed the host and the chalice to represent that god forgives all sin,ah peh showed me an apple to represent original sin he had an answer for everything"once in chinatown ah peh was asked "what happened?"he replied "first he showed me three fingers to represent 3 days we're to leave,i replied that not one of us is leaving.then he pointed out that chinatown will be closed to us, then i said we will stay right here by pointing on the ground." "yes,yes,and then"?asked the crowd."I don't know"said he "He took out his lunch and i took out mine."(Thats The End of the story about "ah peh and the pope")
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for your input, friends.
ReplyDeleteGod bless!
Bo
Dear Bo,
ReplyDeleteI'm always inspired by your writings. I have been a big fan of kerygma ever since I was in Elementary, around 10+ years ago. I was glad that you made a blog that I quickly subscribed, now you have become more accessible.
I also made a blog mainly about technology but with a twist. I'm also preaching how God in my own little way. I also made a link to your website and referred to it as one of my favorites. If you have time you can always visit my site.
When will you come here in Bohol?
God bless you always Bo!
Dear Bo,
ReplyDeleteI’m always inspired by your writings. I have been a big fan of kerygma ever since I was in Elementary, around 10+ years ago. I was glad that you made a blog that I quickly subscribed, now you have become more accessible.
I also made a blog mainly about technology but with a twist. I’m also preaching about God in my own little way. I also made a link to your website and referred to it as one of my favorites. If you have time you can always visit my site.
When will you come here in Bohol?
God bless you always Bo!
Aug 5 Talk 3: Love The Sinner And The Saint Within
ReplyDeleteThis is a joke about forgiveness. I hope this helps.
Prisoner of War
About a month ago, a man in Amsterdam felt that he needed to confess, so he went to his priest, "Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. During WWII I hid a refugee in my attic."
"Well," answered the priest, "that's not a sin."
"But I made him agree to pay me 20 Guilders for every week he stayed."
"I admit that wasn't good, but you did it for a good cause."
"Oh, thank you, Father; that eases my mind. I have one more question..."
"What is that, my son?"
"Do I have to tell him the war is over?"
God Bless you.
Just to tell you how bless I am with your articles, right now am here in kuwait. I believe there is really in need of your talks to be preached. I am willing with God's help to preach your talks here in Kuwait. Currently i am an active member of Catholic organization here. Please do pray for me.
ReplyDeleteThanks and God bless.
Dear Bo:
ReplyDeleteI just had my chance to re-assess myself when i re-started reading and listening to the words of God. One of the ways of making the process light for me is when i learned to listen to your preachings/talks especially during your early morning radio program. Thank you Bo for having liza, randy and george (unselfish reliever) who really inspire me to welcome the day in God grace.
Bo. I still have a lot of myself to free from damaging bondage. Please pray for me..... For God be the Glory.....
tetet
Forgiveness is the miracle of love....if we have no love we can never forgive. But the more important question is, where should love begin? From our self - of course! What we do not have we cannot hope to share truly with others...even Jesus taught us: "Love your neighbour as you love yourself...so this makes the basis for loving others - loving self first...and forgiving others by forgiving our self first!
ReplyDeleteTaking charge
ReplyDeleteI learned this from Philippine Psychology or Sikolohiyang Pilipino
The etymology of the phrase "bahala na" comes from "bathala na" or "leave it to God"... the problem with this is that he phrase becomes twisted by the foreigners when they see Filipino farmers resting and saying "bahala na"... they thought and labeled the phrase as fatalism or leaving everything to fate...
the real meaning of "bahala na" before it is being twisted preserves the meaning of its source "bathala na"... it actually means doing everything that we can do (taking charge) then surrender it to God after we have done our part... (bahala na si Lord)
Hi Bro:
ReplyDeleteThis website might help you find some inputs from Nancy Morris. We have been receiving audio everyday from her thru our Company website.
http://www.NancyMorris.com/dailyaudio
Regards,
Gayle
hi Bro.Bo,
ReplyDelete'magaling ang Pinoy', last week a kababayan while we are bothe helping a friend kept repeating it,and i do not know why i sai,'oooh,diyan po ako natatakot pag-lagi kong naririnig yan',and added so 'how come we are still there?,i mean maybe the nation's ...and then a lot of justification and then silence!!!,maybe we all started reflecting why nga po? Since I joined the renewal,i feel like or i more definte with our needs,and i can always share to others that without the necessary teachings and daily Readings of the Word and a community to sustain your growth,it will be hard for anybody...and then accepting Jesus as the Lord and Savior.more...
Talk 3: Loving the Sinner and the Saint Within
ReplyDeleteGod loves us all of us (the sinner and the saint within us)...That is what perfect love us..That is how my husband loves me..and how I love my husband...I consider this love as God's gift to us and worth waiting for.
Dear Bo,
ReplyDeleteWhen i feel the surge to shout and get angry esp when my kids are so kulit at away ng away, the Words that calm me down are these, "IN MY WEAKNESS, YOU ARE STRONG." I say that many times, so instead of counting 1 to 10 , I say this prayer 10x and guess what, it pacifies my nerves and quiets my soul. Because, you know what, in my 7 Dreams,my number 1 there is that I will be a POSITIVE, QUIETING INFLUENCE IN THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY.
Talk 2: Focus on the ambition and Not the addiction;
ReplyDeleteI live with great ambition,and this was the Lord told me one day when I was down and lonely " TRUST THE LORD YOUR GOD' AND DO GOOD" written on the side panel of sixteen wheeler truck that pass infront of me and gone after I have read it.The rest is history I now live with my wife and 3 beautiful and handsome children of God here in Dubai.
Bro Bo,see you here in Dubai on August 10.
Visually,
Efraim Evidor
Hello Bro. Bo,
ReplyDeleteHow are you? I am your big fan!
Before I am a Catholic and a passionate member of El Shaddai. Now I am a born again christian. I am here in Bahrain as OFW.
What I did is that almost all your blogs and articles I shared it to all my friends globally by my email ministry. Is it ok with you?
Keep in touch.
James
Bro.Bo,
ReplyDeleteI am always filled with God's grace thru your articles. I am also preaching for sometimes in our charismatic community, your articles could help me a lot.
I'd like to share with you about Talk No.3 LOVE THE SINNER AND THE SAINT WITHIN. I have a friend before whom i hated most, i don't want to see his face, i cursed him...I hate him. I have this feeling for almost 10yrs, i said to myself "I WILL NEVER FORGIVE HIM". I don't have peace of mind.
One day , while i am reflecting on the PEA Chapel, I decided to go out from the shell of hatred coz hatred will nothing to do with my spiritual growth it could only affect my relationship with the Lord, I'm so tired i said, and I asked Jesus to help me forgive this person because for my own I can't, I need Jesus, to ease this hatred and pain. I thank God because when i went out from the PEA chapel he is there with his wife, we talk with each other with a smile and at that time i have peace in mind and heart till now. We are now again friends. Look; how good is the Lord!
We can forgive people no matter how hard it could be IF:1. we decided for ourselves that we want to forgive, 2.surrender our heart s and minds to our Lord Jesus
Christ, and 3. ask the Holy Spirit to flow upon us the Grace of His love.
May the Holy Trinity binds us all together with His Love for us to continue spreading His Words to all nations.
GOD IS GOOD! LET US REJOICE!!!!
Lanie
Hi Bro. Bo! I heard this funny story from Fr. Erik Santos looooooong before, when he conducted a Sunday TV Mass in ABS-CBN. I hope I could still narrate the exact story or at least get the message across, I might miss some original parts of it. :D
ReplyDeleteThere were 3 believers who wanted to prove their faith in God: a Muslim, a Buddhist, and a Catholic. To prove it, they'd jump one by one from a mountain top and call out to their "God" to save them. The first one was the Muslim. After doing some ritual prayers to prepare, he jumped off the cliff and shouted, "Allaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!" but he fell flat on the ground. Next was the Buddhist. After doing some meditation exercises and prayers, he jumped off the cliff. But before reaching the ground, the Buddhist shouted in a fast manner, "Buddha! Buddha! Buddha! Buddha!" and continued it until he reached the mountain top again. The Catholic was so amazed and nervous too that he may not be able to come back to the mountain top. So after series of prayers, he jumped off the cliff and shouted, "Jesuuuuuuuuuussss!!!!" but when he almost reached the ground, he shouted, "Buddha! Buddha! Buddha!"
There! Hope this story would help for Correct Your Faith. :D God Bless!
Love Rola
For Take Charge!:
ReplyDeleteImprovement begins with "I".
-Arnold H. Glasgow
Sep 16 Talk 8: Fire All Engines (Conclusion)
ReplyDeleteI was in National bookstore when i saw this thick book entitled post secret. I was just gonna browse through it but i ended up reading everything. It contains all the secret of people around the world written in a postcard. I was amazed not only by the secret it holds but at the fact people design a postcard write down their innermost feeling and send it to someone they barely know to be published in a book. Reading all through their secrets made me realized that im not the only one going through the painful ordeal of hidng something inside me. I guess it made me recognized my own fear, anger insecurities that ive been hiding even to myself. I guess recognition is the first step of healing. Telling their secret to the world even anynomously somehow free them of their bondage and reading it somehow inspire me to do the same.
aug 26 talk 5: redefine yourself
ReplyDeletesep 2 talk 6: correct your faith
i'm a self-confessed perfectionist, but just today, i've realized, it isn't bad to seek perfection or excellence, but it is in how you handle the aftereffect of not reaching that certain perfection. will it be in frustration, depression and guilt of being imperfect? or are we going to face it with joy? joy to be able to do it again in a different manner, and ultimately discover and learn something new... ;)
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we are imperfect human beings: with imperfect motives, ideas, perceptions, philosophies and actions; but our God is a perfect God: perfectly merciful, perfectly forgiving and perfectly loving...
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There isn't really any need to fit in.. Or any need to prove something to the world... One doesn't need to prove one's worth when one sees the greatness of God's love...
We, and our finite rational understanding would never fathom how much & how great the love of God is... But just grasping a minute particle of that love would erase all insecurities in life, and that's the start of life... And the beginning of living for God's Glory...
TALK 5 SHARING:
ReplyDeleteSay/Label yourself by establishing the Word of God (2 Corinthians 13:1). Jesus said you can have what you Say/Label to yourself as the Word says you’re healed (1 Peter 2:24). Instead of saying, “Pray for me, I’m taking the flu;” say “I am healed!” or “I am the body of Christ and Satan has no power over me. For I overcome evil with good!” (1 Corinthians 12:27; Romans 12:21) because your ‘tongue’ will set on fire healing power of the Word. Our body born to life in the Spirit has the healing ability which satan distorts but knows how limited to what you can say/label. You shall live by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). Your body will obey your faith-filled words. Your body should be trained according to the Word of God. Your body obeys the command of your ‘tongue.’ Label yourself: “I am a new creation in Christ, I am His workmanship created in Christ Jesus. Therefore, I have the mind of Christ and the wisdom of God is formed within me” (2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:16). Such is the Power of the Tongue governed by the Word of God! Amen.
Hi Bro. Bo,
ReplyDeleteI've been a member of Kerygma Family since last year while I'm in Bahrain. While there, I'm always watching and listening to your talk before office, during lunch break and before I sleep. What inspired to go back here in the Philippines was your talk on January 18, "The secret of a loving family" followed by a very tear dropping talk on Feb. 19, Parent-Child Relationship". I know the latter was a gift of God for me as this day was my b-day. I changed my vision that very day to focus on my family once I go back.
I would like to respond to your email entitled,"“Help Me Preach My Talks—And You’ll Get The Preacher’s Blessing!” But I may be out of topic, I started to write a blog called Raising Godly Kids (http://raisinggodlykids.blogspot.com). This blog I want to share to those parent out there who wants to raise their children in God's way. I will not be able to do this without the two talk I've mentioned above.
I do hope that you will support this blog. I am not a writer but my goal to serve God inspired to make this blog.
Thank you very much.
rbumanlag@gmail.com
hi bo.
ReplyDeletei would like to share to you how i view my LOVE TANK.
i used this description in my talks before in the youth ministry.
My Love Tank is like a "tapayan", the big clay jars used in the province for storing water in the kitchen, but the difference is, the faucet has no lock, and the jar has no cover. Thus, everything it gets will come out from the small faucet below gradually. then, i always tell the young people that we need to fill our tanks with good things so good things will flow from us. when we put covers on our tanks we will not be able to accept anything but what's inside us is continuously flowing out. The sad part is that when we are empty already, people will still shake you and pour whatever is left, and they will leave us empty handed. That's where the challenge comes, i encourage the young people to seek people, places, events and things where thay can receive love, forgiveness, peace & joy so that good things will comes out from them and be a source of blessings to others. And to allow God to fill whatever is lacking in their tanks.
thank u so much. how i wish i could write also like you. pray for me.
meng
...though graphically violent (that's why the colors were purposely made to be faded), the battle of greed and evil versus that of family and heritage, as King Leonidas puts it was Sparta. Yes, the movie 300 Spartans made me recall how ambivalent the call for survival in this world. Oo, natalo sila, pero come to think of it -- at that time in history, its 300 versus the world... and in every chapter of world history, there is always a traitor (just like Judas...).
ReplyDeleteI can still recall a Carmelite nun friend (now deceased) always reminding me like a rosary litany,
" if you are good (only), you will make the people bad; but if you are a saint, you will make the people good..."
the battle never stops. even before the world was formed, there was mutiny... rebellion... even among angels... the evil vying for power... the good defending only what was pure, and of God...
and in our present times, there's concoction... mixture... fuzion... cross-breed... evil hiding under the guise of good...
addiction... all sorts of it... I believe CAN ONLY BE HEALED by what is real... what is pure... what is divine... real, pure, divine love like JESUS...
HOW IS THIS SO? we can cease to say it... but never to show it... for to show is to act... and accomplish...
your LOVE advocacy story about a kid that started your apostolate in Antipolo is a REAL, PURE, DIVINE shining example of WHY Jesus came...
For me, our senses and strenght may fail us one day, but never will the footprints we made in the sandy beaches of God's Paradise -- unknowingly, the good things we left behind everytime we share an act of love, creates an imprint in the sandy beaches of Jesus heart... and He knows to whom those foot prints belong... never to be washed away in eternity...
with holy indifference, may i grow like you , Bro. Bo in your boldness to incarnate what sent Jesus to us 2,000 years ago.
Ang galing ng pag-ibig mo sa Kanya! Sana magawa ko rin ang kadakilaan ng pag-ibig mo sa Dakilang Pag-Ibig ni Kristo!
More power to you ministry!
God bless!
i remain...
john
how do we know God's will for us?
ReplyDeletei just wanna share with you a line from the novel of paulo coelho 'BRIDA' that really made me think.
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" JUDGING ONESELF TO BE INFERIOR TO OTHER PEOPLE IS ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WAY TO BE DIFFERENT".
hope you can make a preaching out of this.
catholic church is compose of paganism and christianism thay are the anti christ they are the fullfillment of the prophesy in revelation theres a lot of ex catholic priest testify the dark side of the catholic church the idolatry, the truth about purgatory and many more... lets not be blinded, lets search God by reading His word...
ReplyDeletedear Bo....i have been here in the US for a year and have been searching for a job. The only money coming in to me is when my husband puts money in my account...today i read on your topic on tithes...i want to help the needy in my hometown so i started with saving 10% on what he put on my account this month. I will one day send my tithes to a Marian monastery for their projects...thank you so much for the enlightenment....
ReplyDeleteim el shaddai member for almost 20 years touch are very special gift to the catholic church both of you and bro. mike you touch a heart of millions catholic you see the move of god in our comunity millions of people attend in ordinay prayer meeting of el shaddai you are gift of god god bless you jay l fro mahaboula kuwait e mail ad jml_1981@yahoo.com.
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ReplyDeleteTwo yrs ago i made a promise that i will not follow my manager who always blame the people around her. After 6 months i was given the opportunity to be a manager.What I promised to myself didn't happen, I've done the same. I blamed the people around me, I did not take the responsibilty.I hate myself after doing this, because i failed. I've done the same thing because I forgot to ask for God's guidance, forgiveness,and for strenght for me to go away from this addiction. I just believe n myself during that time. And now i'm doing it step by step to change my life with God's guidance. As the song "STEP BY STEP WE'RE MOVING FORWARD , LITTLE BY LITTLE TAKING GROUND, EVERY PRAYER A POWERFUL WEAPON".
Thank you bro Bo bec. I was enlightened again.
Godbless to all of us........