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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1200 on:** July 02, 2013, 10:58:08 PM »

In his mind a man plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.
-Proverbs 6:9

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1201 on:** July 21, 2013, 10:02:20 PM »

Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

-John 14:6

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1202 on:** August 05, 2013, 11:03:34 AM »

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not.
-Proverbs 3:5

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1203 on:** August 26, 2013, 06:57:40 AM »

But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord, since he is a man of two minds, unstable in all his ways.

-James 1:6-8

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1204 on:** August 26, 2013, 10:17:18 PM »

â€œFor just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.â€

-Romans 12: 4-5

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1205 on:** August 26, 2013, 10:19:09 PM »

â€œBut the LORD said to Samuel, â€œDo not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.â€â€

1 Samuel 16:7

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1206 on:** September 16, 2013, 12:47:52 AM »

â€œAnd so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.â€

1 John 4:16

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1207 on:** October 04, 2013, 04:47:27 AM »

Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

â€” Galatians 6:2-3

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1208 on:** October 08, 2013, 01:02:59 PM »

Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
â€”Psalm 34:8

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1209 on:** October 12, 2013, 05:14:38 PM »

Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members? You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not possess because you do not ask. You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

-James 4:1-3

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1210 on:** October 12, 2013, 05:15:02 PM »

Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members? You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not possess because you do not ask. You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

-James 4:1-3

These words could easily be speaking about the current economic, social, and political climate in the United States (or in most other Western countries) right now. Our passions divide us. We are separated by our own self-seeking interests. It is an "every man for himself" kind of world.

We may get what we wanted or desired in the short term, but in the long term, a society builty on selfish desires is doomed to fail. Corruption and deceit will eventually reign supreme.

It doesn't have to be this way.

In Matthew 7:7, we read the famous verse, "Ask and it will be given to you...", but as St. James tells us, it will not be given to us if it is only for our own desires and passions. Jesus is not a magic genie here to fulfill our every wish.

If you pay attention to what St. James is saying, it is not that we ask that is the problem, it is the motivation behind it. We need to stop focusing on only ourselves. We will benefit more from the greater good than our own ability to provide for our individual needs.

United we stand? Not if it gets in the way of our own desires. We need to change the way we think, the way we act, and the way we treat others, or someday, it will all come tumbling down.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1211 on:** October 15, 2013, 01:16:45 PM »

â€œ[Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom][Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men] Listen, my son, to your fatherâ€™s instruction and do not forsake your motherâ€™s teaching. They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.â€

Proverbs 1:8-9

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1212 on:** October 15, 2013, 01:18:49 PM »

â€œAccept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.â€

Romans 15:7

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1213 on:** October 23, 2013, 03:30:09 AM »

â€œRestore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.â€

Psalm 51: 12

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1214 on:** October 23, 2013, 03:31:07 AM »

â€œListen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. Many are the plans in a personâ€™s heart, but it is the LORDâ€™s purpose that prevails.â€

Proverbs 19:20-21

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1215 on:** October 23, 2013, 03:32:18 AM »

â€œDo not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.â€

Proverbs 27:1

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1216 on:** October 23, 2013, 03:37:25 AM »

â€œDo not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.â€

Proverbs 27:1

This is true. The October 15 earthquake event shattered the belief that even in areas that are like paradise, Bohol Island, the unexpected should always be expected. The Lord Our God alone is our refuge and our fortress. Even in the wake of the quake, He is a fortress and a solid rock for all who have survived this tragic event. Every day we have is a blessing, truly. Thank You Lord...for your blessings to all of us.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1217 on:** October 23, 2013, 03:42:11 AM »

â€œFor we are Godâ€™s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.â€

Ephesians 2:10

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1218 on:** November 22, 2013, 02:05:05 PM »

Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Romans 13:10

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1219 on:** November 22, 2013, 02:07:50 PM »

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

Ephesians 5:25

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1220 on:** November 22, 2013, 02:10:50 PM »

So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."

Luke 17:3-4

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1221 on:** November 22, 2013, 02:16:23 PM »

My brothers, if anyone among you should stray from the truth and someone bring him back, he should know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

-James 5:19-20

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1222 on:** November 22, 2013, 02:16:49 PM »

My brothers, if anyone among you should stray from the truth and someone bring him back, he should know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

-James 5:19-20

Helping someone to leave their sinful lifestyle behind can be challenging. Simply confronting them about their sins can be frightening. What do we gain by approaching them? According to today's verse, more than we might realize.

In many verses, we are told to help others on their journey of faith - even correcting them when they need it, but it's more difficult than it sounds. No one likes to be corrected. No one likes to have their mistakes pointed out to them.

Still, we must do it. We cannot sit idly by as our brothers and sisters are led astray. We have to take the courageous step of trying to bring back a sinner.

God realizes that this will not help us win any popularity contests. He sees that it will be a challenge, and for this reason, seems to offer us encouragement through today's verse. By correcting others, we are doing the will of God, and He will recognize us for it when the time comes.

Do you have the courage to bring back a sinner? It is a difficult challenge, but there are great rewards for them - and even for you.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1223 on:** December 01, 2013, 12:26:54 AM »

But if anyone has the worldâ€™s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does Godâ€™s love abide in him?

1 John 3:17

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1224 on:** December 01, 2013, 12:31:59 AM »

He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor.

Proverbs 22: 9

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1225 on:** December 01, 2013, 12:32:47 AM »

"Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."

Luke 6:38

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1226 on:** December 01, 2013, 12:33:34 AM »

And do not neglect doing good and sharing; for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Hebrews 13:16

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1227 on:** December 08, 2013, 03:29:11 PM »

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

Titus 3: 4-7

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1228 on:** December 08, 2013, 03:30:27 PM »

You came near when I called you, and you said, "Do not fear." O Lord, you took up my case; you redeemed my life.

Lamentations 3: 57-58

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1229 on:** December 08, 2013, 03:31:44 PM »

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy-- to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

Jude 1: 24-25

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1230 on:** December 08, 2013, 03:34:14 PM »

Be eager to present yourself as acceptable to God, a workman who causes no disgrace, imparting the word of truth without deviation.

-2 Timothy 2:15

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1231 on:** February 14, 2014, 01:00:16 PM »

Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

-Isaiah 54:10

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1232 on:** February 14, 2014, 11:11:54 PM »

"The powerful grow poor and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing."
-Psalm 34:11

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1233 on:** February 14, 2014, 11:12:39 PM »

"Offer praise as your sacrifice to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High. Then call on me in time of distress. I will rescue you, and you shall honor me."

- Psalm 50:15

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1234 on:** February 14, 2014, 11:13:30 PM »

"When I say, "My foot is slipping," your love, Lord, holds me up. When cares increase within me, your comfort gives me joy."

-Psalm 94: 18-19

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1235 on:** February 14, 2014, 11:16:09 PM »

"For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe! plans to give you a future full of hope. When you call me, when you go to pray to me, I will listen to you. When you look for me, you will find me. Yes, when you seek me with all your heart, you will find me with you, says the Lord."

- Jeremiah 29:11-14

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1236 on:** February 14, 2014, 11:18:01 PM »

"For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe! plans to give you a future full of hope. When you call me, when you go to pray to me, I will listen to you. When you look for me, you will find me. Yes, when you seek me with all your heart, you will find me with you, says the Lord."

- Jeremiah 29:11-14

Blessed be Your Name Forever. And come aid me in all my duties. Steady my hand, Lord. Steady my heart and mind, Father God.

Amen.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1237 on:** February 16, 2014, 05:46:37 PM »

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is life not more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your lifespan? Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of the field, which is grown today and thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith? So do not worry and say, 'What are we to eat?' or 'What are we to drink?' or 'What are we to wear?' All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow, tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil."

- Matthew 6: 25-34

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1238 on:** February 16, 2014, 05:55:14 PM »

Such a beautiful, truly beautiful, verse from Holy Scripture:

Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things. Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

The Gospel according to St. Matthew Chapter 6, verse 31 to 33.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1239 on:** February 24, 2014, 01:34:20 PM »

â€œLet thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation. â€œ
Psalm 119.77

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