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Lorenzo · « **Reply #360 on:** May 17, 2009, 01:32:33 AM »

Moving Mountains

Savior, He can move mountains. Yes, He is mighty to save. The author of salvation, yes, He has conquered the grave. You can move some of the mountains in your life, if you just have the faith of a mustard seed.

Ask of it in Jesus' Name. And it will be made so. It's so easy, really. Just believe in Christ's powering and saving Grace.

Faith can move mountains. Its up to you, the individual, to accept it and live it.

Again, stop saying to yourself, "I can't, he can't, she can't. Oh I don't have the ability. I'm not good enough, not smart enough, not able enough."

NO! SILENCE! BE GONE SATAN!

With Jesus Christ, there is no impossibility.

Ask and it shall be given to you, knock and the door shall be opened unto you.

Again, its' about Faith.

God Bless,

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #361 on:** May 17, 2009, 11:26:35 AM »

Time Is Fleeting.

Nothing in this Earth lasts forever, what was created, will come to an end. As life is made in conception, fulfilled and perfected in Birth. That same life ends in death.

But in Death, there is Life. Those who live in Christ Jesus--assured of His promise of Salvation, shall be awakened after death.

And yes, there is life after death. Believe! Be like the mustard seed. That tiny little mustard seed that ordered the mountain to move, and the latter did move. By faith and steadfastness, alone.

So, do what you can in this life. Acquire your abilities, which The Lord God has given you the ability--by His Grace--and by Grace Alone. Make peace with your enemies--even if they do not accept it--make peace with them and pray for them. Love your family and pray for yourself.

Because, brothers and sisters, we do not know when we will wake up. So live in thanksgiving.

Happy Sunday, brothers and sisters in Christ.

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hofelina · « **Reply #362 on:** May 17, 2009, 04:17:40 PM »

It's All About Time

If we never make the time or take time to be with the Lord, nothing spiritual can happen in our lives.

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hofelina · « **Reply #363 on:** May 17, 2009, 04:18:25 PM »

Thank you so much Lorenzo for complementing this thread, God bless!

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #364 on:** May 17, 2009, 09:39:56 PM »

Forgive and Move On

Let any differences you have with one another be put aside, no one comes perfect. So, inasmuch as you ask forgiveness from our Loving Lord, who washes away all iniquities, all faults, all sin. Who pardons you absolutely. And remembers no sin. You should also forgive your fellow brother and sister, who shares your banner in faith.

As all of us are children of the Lord God. Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ. Of the same sheep, who follow the same Sheppard.

So, let your differences be put aside. And rejoice in Jesus' Mercy. He has forgiven you. So forgive amongst yourselves.

God Bless, guys!

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #365 on:** May 18, 2009, 05:38:05 AM »

Say I Love You

Frequently tell your family that you love them. Because you don't know when you'll see them again. To your Uncles, Aunts, Mother, Father, Brothers, Sisters, Cousins.

Tell them you love them. Live in Thanksgiving. With the live that the good Lord gave you.

So yes, to the reader, yes you, I love you.

I may not know you, but just know that I love you.

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hofelina · « **Reply #366 on:** May 18, 2009, 05:09:22 PM »

Shout it Out!

We cannot be Christians and remain silent or fearful. The message of Christ must be shouted out to others.

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hofelina · « **Reply #367 on:** May 19, 2009, 05:00:21 PM »

Our Model

God entered history through a family in order to make family life holy and show us how to live in our homes.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #368 on:** May 19, 2009, 06:57:12 PM »

Shine Your Light

Shine your light and let the whole world see.
Singing for the glory of the Risen King.

Savior, HE can move the mountain,
MY GOD is mighty to SAVE.
Forever, Author of Salvation.
He Rose and Conquered the Grave.

My Savior, You moved the mountain.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #369 on:** May 20, 2009, 05:09:36 AM »

Be Kind In Word and Deed.

Easy it is to be angry to your brother and find his faults. But it takes a bigger person to look past those faults, and be kind to them. As did not Jesus look past the sins and low faith of those whom He talked to in Judea?

Yet, he provided what was needed, healed those whose faith were wanting, and brought signs to those who did not believe and still questioned.

So continue to shine your light, act on your JUSTIFIED love of Jesus Christ, Our Lord.
Even if you are persecuted, looked down, and questioned by peers.
Who cares if they question you, talk about you. That does not matter!

Don't prove to men, but prove to God. That is all that matters.

God Bless, brothers and sisters!

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Guy Matabao · « **Reply #370 on:** May 20, 2009, 05:22:31 AM »

A COMPLIMENT

Dear Brothers and Sisters...Thanks for the Spiritual Foods you served. It will help us everyday in our struggle to be a responsible Christian. Keep up the good works, may the Almighty God bless us.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #371 on:** May 20, 2009, 07:39:14 AM »

Tell The Truth

Better to tell the truth and what is in your heart, and suffer persecution for telling the TRUTH than to say a lie just to merely sound 'good' or be 'popular'. Better is an advice that come out of the heart in TRUTH because of love and concern than to usher sweet lies.

Can a sweet lie save you from God's righteous judgement?
We say because we Love you. A brother and sister tells you the truth not because for popularity's sake, but because he or she loves you.

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grazie7y · « **Reply #372 on:** May 20, 2009, 08:48:42 AM »

Real treasures are not what the hands can grasp but what the HEART can HOLD. Real PEACE can't be found outside ourselves but within and with GOD.

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glacier_71 · « **Reply #373 on:** May 20, 2009, 09:52:50 AM »

Real treasures are not what the hands can grasp but what the HEART can HOLD. Real PEACE can't be found outside ourselves but within and with GOD.

pwede ka, graze, hayron nga among pastora ba...hehehe.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #374 on:** May 20, 2009, 10:38:54 AM »

Life Continues.

Our lives do not end, they may change, but they do not end.
Even in death, we are awakened in the spirit. Where there is no longer any earthly pains.
Clothed in life everlasting, singing praises eternal.

To see God~~
Basking in His Glory~~

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hofelina · « **Reply #375 on:** May 20, 2009, 05:53:01 PM »

Family Education

The family is the great catechism God has given the world. The work of our lifetime is to learn how to read it and then study it prayerfully

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #376 on:** May 20, 2009, 07:32:11 PM »

Family Education

The family is the great catechism God has given the world. The work of our lifetime is to learn how to read it and then study it prayerfully

Maayong Buntag, Tita Tess,

Just read this, and wanted to say Amen. Keep it up, Tita Tess.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #377 on:** May 21, 2009, 10:04:23 PM »

Begin Anew Every day.

The past is the past. Start fresh everyday, just as God's righteousness is renewed every morning.

It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
- Lamentations 3:22-24
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I love the fact that Scripture tells us God's mercies are new every morning. I mean, it's not like God goes to sleep for eight hours and then wakes up with shiny new mercies. No, we are the ones who need to sleep. We are the ones who oversleep and then get to work late, only to find out that we forgot to finish a project. We're the ones who snap at our family members when we get home and overindulge in mindless entertainment. We're the ones who settle into bed with heavy hearts, remembering all the times we've needed God's forgiveness during the day and feeling utterly depleted.

But God is never depleted. We can open our eyes the next morning with absolute joy in the knowledge that our Father is waiting to spend the day with us, pouring out His mercy and grace. We can't use up His mercies; instead, we can wake up with a renewed sense of wonder at God 's marvelous grace, knowing that He has a more than abundant supply of everything we need, and His hand is open to give it to us if we ask Him.

Our Father does not grow weary of us as we grow weary of ourselves. Instead, He gives us every day as an opportunity to experience the deep joy of His ever-present mercies, mercies that can reach us no matter how bleak our circumstances. And if we lose sight of those mercies? No need to fear; they will be just as wonderful tomorrow as they were today.

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hofelina · « **Reply #378 on:** May 22, 2009, 10:21:57 PM »

Priorities

If birth is so important that it marks a major touchstone every year, shouldn't our rebirth in Christ at baptism be even more important?

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #379 on:** May 23, 2009, 04:31:03 AM »

Keep A Leveled Mind

In doing your daily objectives, work, projects, be like Jesus--in the Garden of Gethsemane, holding faith to The Father--even in times of difficulty. Stick to the path, uphold the goal. And Put 100% trust in The Lord. So that inasmuch as we have faith in Him, he shall be our benefactor in our daily goals. As The Father will not give up on us, so, too, should we--not give up on ourselves.

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hofelina · « **Reply #380 on:** May 23, 2009, 02:26:04 PM »

Staying Close

We sustain our love by growing older in close company with the object of our love. This is true of marriage, and of our life of faith.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #381 on:** May 24, 2009, 11:50:31 AM »

Repentance Is Open

We all sin. We all make mistakes. The point is--the realization of our sins and sincere need to repent to The Lord Our God for our mistakes and our sins is Imperative. That is the first step. The Lord God is open to absolve us of our sins and our misdeeds, but it begins in us. Its all up to us to take hold of the Salvation that He offers. The Absolution of our sins.

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"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"
1 John 1:9

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hofelina · « **Reply #382 on:** May 24, 2009, 07:23:32 PM »

Our Choice

God leaves us free to accept or reject his love. We make that choice every day, building on the choice we made the day before

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #383 on:** May 24, 2009, 09:02:27 PM »

Be A Lamp Unto The Darkness

To speak the Word of God and to digest its message is a total and life changing event. When you do so--you surrender to Holy Spirit. Who already lives within your own inner selves. As we are temples of the Holy Spirit.

So when you speak in Scripture--be confident--be steadfast. Even if others disagree or if there will be some who do not believe or attack you because of your faith. Christ told us that we are like a 'city on top of a hill'. A lamp of the world, not to be hidden, but to be put up to shine.

Jesus is our strength and our justification. There is nothing in this earth that can break that justification. Jesus Reminds us of Our Duty. Singing His Glory even if others disagree with Christ's Message:

Our Duty!
"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
--Matthew 5: 13

Christ Justifies even when people disagree with His Message.
He Is Our Justification. Truth, unassailable.
"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
--Matthew 5: 11-12

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hofelina · « **Reply #384 on:** May 25, 2009, 03:34:53 AM »

Spiritual Maturity

Part of growing up spiritually is learning to be grateful for all things, even our difficulties, disappointments, failures, humiliations.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #385 on:** May 25, 2009, 11:24:18 AM »

Listen To The Calling Of The Holy Spirit

One thing that I have learned is the ability to listen in quiet times. In silence, you can heart not only your breath, but the beating of the Holy Spirit. Who dwells in our bodies. For we are His temples.

Open yourself to The Spirit's contemplation. Even if it means taking a break from studies and work, to sit in your room and listen. You'll know what I'm talking about.

I invite you, to listen. As I was invited and recommended to do so.

Thanks Fr. L

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #386 on:** May 26, 2009, 12:08:48 PM »

Be Confident In Jesus

Jesus reminds us that WE are to be like the Mustard Seed. Ye we are small, compared to mountains that lie before us. But Christ tells us that in faith--and by faith alone, the Mustard Seed was able to move the Mountain. By merely telling the mountain to 'Move'. And the mountain did move--and plunged itself into the sea.

Jesus Christ who is LORD, tells us through this parable that there are no impossibilities in God. For man, yes there may be limitations, but for GOD there is none. All things are Possible for HIM. So we, children of iniquity, should boast all the more of our frailties and our iniquities so that the spirit of JESUS and HIS FATHER will dwell within us.

In WHOSE MIGHTY POWER will perfect and sanctify.

So in all things that we do, we offer unto Jesus. Let us be confident in Jesus.

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Jesus Said:"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

--2 Corinthians 12:9

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hofelina · « **Reply #387 on:** May 26, 2009, 05:42:24 PM »

Elusive Virtue

The more we pursue humilityâ€”and the more we seem to acquire itâ€”the more we take pride in our accomplishment.

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hofelina · « **Reply #388 on:** May 27, 2009, 03:49:35 AM »

Relating to God

We need a God that we can relate to at the human level. That is the gift of Jesus, a God enfleshed in our form.

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hofelina · « **Reply #389 on:** May 28, 2009, 04:10:05 AM »

Special Connection

The Holy Spirit is our high-speed connection to the Father and the Son. In an instant the Spirit will inspire, lead, guide us.

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hofelina · « **Reply #390 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:26:18 PM »

Jesus' Hands

When you reach out and touch someone, help someone, your hands are the hands of Christ still at work on earth.

ps
While posting this I thought of Bulak whol helped Luisa, you did a great job Inday!

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #391 on:** May 29, 2009, 02:49:55 AM »

Reading (Romans 8: 31-39)

If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but handed him over for us, will he not give us everything else along with him? Who will bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies; who is to condemn? It is Jesus Christ, who died and was raised and is at the right hand of the Father, who intercedes for us.

What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? As it is written,

"For your sake we are being slain all the day,
We are looked upon as sheep to be slaughtered."

In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Reflection

God chose the most unlikely way to overcome the forces of evil in the world and win salvation for his people. He gave his own Son up to death to show the depth of his love. When we gaze upon the crucifix, we contemplate the deepest mystery of faith: that God would empty himself and enter fully into the human condition, so that we might be raised up to share in the life of God. If God would do this, surely his love has no limits.

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hofelina · « **Reply #392 on:** May 29, 2009, 02:26:17 PM »

God's View

When God looks at us he sees all the promise and talents he has given us. If only we could see ourselves as our heavenly Father does!

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hofelina · « **Reply #393 on:** May 30, 2009, 05:33:01 PM »

God's Creation

We are more than we appear. We see our sins; God sees our Spirit. We need to have faith in ourselves as God's creation.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #394 on:** June 01, 2009, 05:08:25 AM »

GOD'S BLESSING

Matthew 25:34 Come, you that are blessed by my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world

God blesses his people

Enoch was one of the first men blessed by God, it is said that he walked with God and that he was no more because God took him (Genesis 5:24). He lived three hundred and sixty five years. One of his sons was Methuselah who was blessed with the longest life a human being has ever lived, nine hundred and sixty-nine years. Methuselah was the father of Lamech. When Lamech had lived one hundred eighty-two years, he became the father of a son; he named him Noah, saying, "Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands."

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+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #395 on:** June 02, 2009, 05:13:47 PM »

God's Instruments

We do not have to spend hours on our knees every day. We simply have to offer our lives as instruments of God.

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hofelina · « **Reply #396 on:** June 03, 2009, 05:24:06 PM »

Where God Is

God is manifest in the ordinary, in the actual, in the daily, in the now, in the concrete incarnations of life.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #397 on:** June 04, 2009, 04:29:05 AM »

GOD is GOOD

God is Good All The Time. A passion to know God.
Jesus said, "There is none Good but One, that is, God" (Mark 10:18).

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hofelina · « **Reply #398 on:** June 04, 2009, 02:36:57 PM »

Positive Start

We were created in the very â€œimage and likenessâ€ of God. This starts us out on an absolutely positive and hopeful foundation.

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hofelina · « **Reply #399 on:** June 05, 2009, 05:17:06 PM »

Learning

It is in falling down that we learn almost everything that matters spiritually.

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