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The Resurrection Power in the Daily
Read: Ephesians 1:18-20 Fighting death is the ultimate goal of medical science. The strength, power, and efficacy of a medicine is based on its ability to cure illness or prevent death from happening. Undoubtedly, a number of medical advances have resulted in prolonged lives, low mortality rate, and prevention and cure of diseases. But until…
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Because He Lives!
Read: 1 Corinthians 15:12-34 Today we start a new theme in our March month-long Lenten Season devotionals. We started with Christ’s suffering, then we moved on to His death, and for the next five days our devotionals will revolve around His resurrection. The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is the second component of the…
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Favour Foregoing Friendship
Read: Romans 5:6-11 Have you ever had an enemy? I hope as a child of God you don’t have any because God has transformed the hearts of His children that we have learned to forgive. However, most likely there has been someone in your life you once considered as an enemy, owing probably to a…
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A Firm Foundation Forged From Frailty
Read: 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 When we think of a foundation, we think of something sturdy and strong, certainly not something depicting weakness and defeat, such as death. But death is actually the very foundation of our faith, the death of Christ, which is one of the twin events upon which Christianity was founded, His resurrection…
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The Rewards of Righteous Suffering
Read: Revelation 22:10-13 Parents have an effective trick up their sleeves to get their children to do something, which, by the way, could be quite a challenge. This is the age-old giving of rewards. And it almost always works. Rewards are effective incentives to get people to do something, even if it means that they…
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God’s Grace Came Through Suffering
Read: Isaiah 61:1-3 I became fatherless at the tender age of five. But mourning came later; much, much later; gradually, in increments of age and certain occasions. I mourned years later when I stumbled upon photos of my eight months pregnant mother, my two younger siblings, aged four and three, and the five-year-old me in…
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As Sure As The Sun Comes Up
It was a night not as restful as the previous ones. I get up with a tinge of anxiety in my heart. But I welcome the day, and I welcome the light. One of the things I love doing in the morning is to draw open the six-panel blackout curtains in the pastoral house living…
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Care for Some Pampering?
Who doesn’t want to be pampered? Have you ever splurged on a health and wellness session or product? And you did it because you listened to a little voice inside of you saying, “Come on, just this once. You deserve it. It’s not everyday you get to treat yourself this way.” In Filipino, “Minsan lang…
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Selfies and SPA
What connection do selfies and SPA have? Well, read on. As you know, SPA (Spiritual Place of Accord), is all about soul-care, which is achieved through intentional pursuit of moments of reflection, worship, and prayer to get closer to God. As mentioned before, those moments may be created within different contexts – while commuting, cleaning,…
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Till I Entered The Sanctuary of God
This is the first Sunday of 2024, and, naturally, we dedicate this day to worship with our brothers and sisters in our respective local churches. We drive, commute, or walk to the house of worship, and enter the sanctuary of God. Physically, we step into the church. In this article, I want to talk about…
