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Every Storm Will End
 
            Did you suffer a loss recently?

A job? A relationship? Material things stolen from you?

Many of my friends lost many things in the recent flood.

My friends lost homes. My friends lost businesses. With tears, my auntie said, “Bo, I lost all the material things I’ve collected over the past 50 years of my life!” Some friends told me that what was most painful was loosing all their photographs—the memories of a lifetime.

Friend, I’ve got a message for you today: Believe that every storm will end. And after the storm, a new morning begins.
         
Remember that every loss is temporary.

If you lost a loved one, that loss is temporary. In heaven, you’ll see your beloved again and your reunion will last forever.

If you lost photographs, believe that in heaven, God will give back to you DVD copies of all the sweetest memories you’ve had in your life. (I’m not sure what video version they use up there, but I’m sure it’ll be the most modern. Perhaps it’ll be a virtual reality video!)

If you lost material things or opportunities or relationships, believe that God is creating room for something better to come your way.

How will this “better” happen?

Start being grateful.

That’s not a typo.

In the midst of your loss, be thankful.

I know you’ll complain, “Bo, there’s nothing to be thankful for! I lost half my life!”
Well, be thankful for the other half that you still have.
         
Don’t focus on what you lost, focus on what you still have.

You’ve got too many good things happening to you to be down!

          Say this with me, “I’m too blessed to be stressed.” (Not original from me. Got it from a bumper sticker.)
         
Why be grateful?
         
Because you attract what you focus on. I’ve said that before so many times, but I’ll keep saying it until God calls me home. Because it’s so powerful.
         
When you become grateful, you attract more of what you’re grateful for.
             
Gratitude is a blessings magnet.
         
My Business Loss
 
Many years ago, I lost a lot of money in a businesses venture.

It was a big loss for me. At that time, I lost almost my entire net worth.

I was tempted to mope, to sulk, to carry a heavy burden for a long time.

Actually, I allowed myself to grieve for awhile—which was very healthy.

But I decided not to grieve for too long, or I would be stuck forever.

After some time, I declared, “God has something better for me.”

I chose to smile. I chose to look at the brighter side. I chose to believe that better businesses would come my way. In fact, I began declaring the unbelievable. I said, “I’ll earn ten times what I lost!”

Later that week, a friend asked me, “Is it true that you lost a lot of money in that business?”
         
I said, “Yes, I did.”

“It happens to you too, huh? And I thought people like you are exempt from these things. So why are you smiling?”

“Because I believe God is redirecting me to a better business. And I know that I’ll earn ten times what I lost.”

It was a big claim and some friends couldn’t understand why I was so relaxed.

But a few years later, what I declared happened.

I started new businesses and I began to earn ten times what I lost. What I lost—my savings for years—I earned in a few months. Today, my new businesses are multiplying. I ask myself sometimes, “What if I didn’t fail in that business? I would still be stuck in that business! I wouldn’t have the new business that I have now.”

And imagine if kept moping and sulking—would I have seen the new opportunities around me? Imagine if I kept mourning my loss—would I have had the energy to venture into something new?

Friend, don’t focus at the problems in your life.

Don’t focus on what you loss.

Instead, focus on two things: look at what you still have and look at the new things that God will give you.

And be grateful.
 
Where Is The Real Storm?
 
Typhoon Ondoy came and went.

But the real storm is not out there.

The real storm is in your mind.

Do you believe that great things will happen to you?
Imagine a party balloon.

At first, it’s bright and fat and goes up to the ceiling.

But after a few days, it becomes deflated.

It stays on the floor.

We’re like balloons.

What keeps us up is hope.

But life happens, and everyday, we leak hope.

Especially when big trials come, we surely leak out a lot of hope.

And we’re deflated.

Here’s what you need to do: You need to refill your heart with hope.

So that you can rise up again.
         
Dispel the storms in your mind.
         
It may be stormy on the outside but it shouldn’t be stormy on the inside.
         
The only way to dispel the storms is to be grateful for what you have today and what will happen tomorrow.
         
God is redirecting you to something better.

          Sit up straight. Out loud, say this declaration with me…
 
I’m strong in the Lord. I’m blessed. I’m forgiven. I’m protected. I’m redeemed. I’m equipped. I’m anointed. Healing flows in my body. New doors will open before me. I’ll meet the right people, the right opportunities, at the right time, at the right place. I’ll regain ten times what I lost…
In Jesus name!
 
          May your dreams come true,
 
          Bo Sanchez



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i broke my heart?

can you fix it?

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Lisud jud tugkaron ning mga ing-ani nga pagtuo, but take for example ni:

Sa dihang mga gagmay pa ta mamugos jud ta sa atong nanay nga atong kuhaon ang kutsilyo kay magduwa ta, pero ang atong Nanay dili mosugot. Ngano man? Kay tan-aw sa atong Nanay masamad gajud ta sa atong pagduwa-duwa. Pero sa atong pagkabata pa sa huna-huna, dili ta kasabot unja mohilak dajon, lubog pa sa sawog.

Ing-ani ang ahong reflection sa mga nanghitabo. The great Lord has plans for us better than what we plan for ourselves. When we fail, let us just pray. Let us offer our lives into His plans for our Lives.

Makita ni nato diria (the whole chapter 4 of Jonah) and the Gospel for today (October 8, 2009):

Jonah 4
Jonah's Anger at the Lord 's Compassion
 1 But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry. 2 He prayed to the LORD, "O LORD, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. 3 Now, O LORD, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live."
 4 But the LORD replied, "Have you any right to be angry?"

 5 Jonah went out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. 6 Then the LORD God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the vine. 7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the vine so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah's head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, "It would be better for me to die than to live."

 9 But God said to Jonah, "Do you have a right to be angry about the vine?"
      "I do," he said. "I am angry enough to die."

 10 But the LORD said, "You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?"

Luke 11:5-13
5 And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6 for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ 7 and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence. 9 “And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish? 12 Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? 13 If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

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Love this thread!

Thanks Tigs!

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Salamat  kay nagustohan nimo Te Bell, maajo.

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Friend, don’t focus at the problems in your life.

Don’t focus on what you loss.

Instead, focus on two things: look at what you still have and look at the new things that God will give you.

And be grateful.

tinuod jud kalibutanhung butang focus our self to jesus...basig nakalimot nata nija

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KORAK!!!...

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Mike Laurence, I say AMEN to that statement. We are given challenges and rocky roads in life because these predicaments test our faith and our deliberations, which are observed tongue and foot by the Lord Our God.
It reminds us of the challenges and struggles of the Prophet Job, and God's Faithfullness.

The Love of God surpasses all limitations and description.
His is Love Unchangeable. A Love that sees through the depths of our hearts.
And, yet, Still Loves Us, thesame.


Amen! I say Amen to Mike Laurence and Vince.


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Amen...

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Inspirational thoughts.



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Every storm will end, thats for sure, but remember that another storm is coming, thats for sure also. Let us not bow down to the storm and trials of our life. Let us keep the lamp of faith in our hearts burning ang alive.

Though hard to realize and understand, faith is the only key. The good Lord is looking down at us with a smile. He hears, He sees and He knows whats best for us.

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Dont worry Bay (o Miga ba?) tohnichi007.

Kay matud pa ni Father Jerry Orbos ug ni Fatima:

"If you worry you hurry your way to the cemetery."

Smile lamang gud. He has plans. Let us surrender ourselves to His plans, dili ta Nija pasagdan. Kinsa ba guy amahan magpasagad sa Ijang anak? Sija mismo miingon ana.

Have a nice day! Magwork na ko.

Nice hearing from you.

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Good inspiring thoughts...thanks to tigbao for posting.


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