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Ed Lapiz - More than one blessing (November 27, 2016 )
Ed Lapiz - More than one blessing (November 27, 2016 )
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Huwag kontrahin ang taong lagnat na lagnat sa kanyang passion.
At best, it could bear great fruits.
Kundiman, LILIPAS din yun.
Huwag magyabang kung papataas; kasi papataas ka pa LANG.
Lalung huwag magyabang kung nasa pinakataas ka ngayon
kasi ang kasunod na nyan ay pagbaba.
AFTER THE HIGH NOON FOLLOWS THE AFTERNOON.
Habang papataas ang araw at papalapit sa pinakamataas na punto sa langit
ay papalapit na rin ito sa pagbaba at paglubog.
Q - Tito do u believe sa blessings o mga paghagis ng barya,etc when u open business for the very first time? Pra daw po swertihin ang negosyo tlga? Kasi wla ako idea sa ganun.
A -
No big deal. Makisakay na lang. wala namang masama. Pampasaya
:-)
Ed Lapiz
October 3, 2014 ·
Q -I feel so low.. I know I dont have the right to question God, I know all His plans are for us to be better. I know all the temptations are only to strengthen us, and He will not give us a test or temptation that we cannot handle and get over with.. I know that when we are becoming closer to Him, using our body, talent, everything we have are for His glory then satan will be like lion hunting us to stop. I know that, pero parang ngaun, naiisip ko, parang ayoko nlng maging active sa church, parang ayoko nlng magpagamit sa church for God's glory, kase as I assess myself, when test comes, I fail to be strong. I know that it should be learned as a test to be stronger. Nung youth ako naging active ako then temptation comes, I fail to over come it. Tpos nung bumalik nako ngaun mas mature nako, temptation came and I fail again. Ngaun, kung kelan mas marami nakong narinig na teaching about temptation na dapat I-over come after maging mas malapit sa Diyos, or nagpapagamit sa ministry, ngaun I am asking God, why does He have to give me these temptations that I cannot win over, I am weak when it comes to choosing whom to love, and yet all the test that He is giving me is about that. I know I should not question Him, but I am being eaten by this situation. I need someone to talk to pastor, but I am pushing everyone who attempts to. Why God has to give me a test that He knows I am failing? Is it to make me strong and eventually over come it? I cried to Him and asked Him why.. am I sinning again for this? Im feeling that He is disappointed to me and turn His back on me, but I know, I am the one turning my back on Him, that He is just waiting for me to call Him and come back to Him. Mababaliw nako pastor..
A -
Most of our impressions and assumtions about God are manufactured by preachers, teachers and the church out of what was taught them by traditional theology. You need to question those assumptions, like the ones you enumerated here. God is good, kind, understanding and forgiving --- and no theologizing should hide or contradict that basic truth.
Just keep doing good, serving him in the process. Do not hate yourself when you fall; God still loves you no matter what. Just do your best. That should be good enough. No one is perfect. Do not allow other people's interpretations of scripture and notions about God make you always feel guilty and undeserving of God's kindness.
Q - Dearest Pastor Ed, Greetings! It has been almost two years when I ask your opinion about my plans of __________. (I am not sure Pastor if you still remember me).
I ...sent you a message about my struggles (in my profession) and challenges in (my life) .
I would like to express my appreciation for the advice and the enlightenment that you gave to me when I was making my decision. I am happy to inform you that I am now (in a situation where I could only be thankful to God as I am quite satisfied and happy.)
*
I believe it is time for me to give back and to share the blessings that I am continuously receiving. In this regard, I would like to know how I could send (funds) to your church for my tithe/donation. May I ask if your church has a bank account where I can send money? I still have immediate family in the Philippines whom I can ask to do the bank transaction for me. Kindly send me the bank name and the account information so that I can proceed with the transaction.
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Pastor Ed, more than words can say but you are really a blessing to me. There are times that I am getting out of tract with my priorities in life and there are also times that I struggle in understanding and fulfilling my purpose in life. However, every time I am on that situation, your inspirational videos and preaching in YouTube are my guidance in making decisions.
*
Please also include me in your prayers that I may be able to find my future wife. I am turning 35 this year. I know in my heart that one thing which will complement my life is to have a prudent wife and to raise my own family. I really believe on Proverbs 19:14 in the bible (A man can inherit a house and money from his parents, but only the Lord can give him a sensible wife) however, I am praying that I could find her soon. I am not getting younger anymore and as much as possible I want to build my family while I am still at the prime of my health and career so that I can provide their needs properly. More power to you and I am praying that God will to give you good health so that you can continue you mission in life. Thank you very much. I am hoping for your kind response.
A –
Dear Pamangkin D______,
Congratulations on attaining your goal. It is a great delight to know how you have fared in the past two yearssince we last PMd.
So much had happened!
*
Concerning your question about Day By Day's bank account, thank you for considering supporting the ministry. I shall look for our church's bank accounts and post the details here soonest.[ANGELS....PLS POST ANSWER!]
*
CONCERNING YOUR SEARCH FOR A GOD-GIVEN WIFE,
Do all practical things to increase your chances at meeting that wonderful lady.
Socialize more.
Ask concerned persons to look out for you and make "recommendations". :-).
Do keep me posted. Stay blessed!
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PSGusto mo ba post tayo dito sa wall ko for those ladies to know about you? Maraming ladies are also praying for a God-given partner . :-)
* O narito na ang sagot ng angels:Manolet Concepcion Donations may be deposited at the following Day By Day accounts:
»Bank of the Philippine Islands
Vito Cruz Branch
Account name:
Day By Day Christian Ministries Inc.
Savings Account No.
3133-3337-96
»Metrobank Roxas Boulevard,
Vito Cruz Branch
Account name: DBD Christian Ministry
Current Account No.:
640-3-64004055-7
»Bank of Commerce Padre
Faura Branch
Account name: Day By Day Christian Ministries Inc.
Savings Account No.
100-00-000621-6
»Banco de Oro
SM Mall of Asia Branch
Account name: Day By Day Christian Ministries Inc.
Savings Account No.
2370055495
»Philippine National Bank
Macapagal Avenue Branch
Account name: Day By Day Christian Ministries
Account No.
3833-84000011
»Union Bank
Kamias Branch
Account name: Day By Day Christian Ministries
Current Account No.
048030001118
Most of the time, it seems that it's a case of
"IT'S NOT WHAT I SAID; IT'S WHAT YOU THOUGHT I SAID."
Or worse,
"IT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY I SAID."
Any skilled communicator, especially the one with malice, could easily manipulate the interpretation of his words.
It is mainly because his verbal pronouncements are usually extemporaneous, spewed from raw emotional reactions to unintended or calculated provocations and obviously not pre-crafted by handlers for engineered effect.
His seeming lack of verbal eloquence and refinement gives his detractors much space to twist and distort the interpretation and implication of his statements.
It is observatble that most of the time, his statements are
- taken out of context,
- twisted to arouse anger against him and
- over sensationalized.
It seems that he is not really that verbally eloquent that what he says could be colored in many different shades depending on the agenda or malice of the ones interpreting him.
Q - Bakit po kaya may mga taong hindi makuntento sa isang lover-partner?
A -
Baka sobrang lawak ng isip at laki ng puso o dami ng needs na hindi tuloy kayang punuin ng isang tao lamang???
Q - Ang tagal na pong walang balita from my relatives. Worried tuloy ako.
A -
No news is good news.
Pag mabuti ang kalakaran ng buhay, people forget you.
Pag may masamang pangyayari, lalu pag kailangan ng tulong,
people will surely remember you.
Hahanapin ka nila kahit sa dulo ng mundo.
Bad news, especially their need for money, will have a way of finding you.
Q - Nakakasawa na po ang maraming manliligaw / lalaki na puro lang ang maganda kong face or skin or figure at iba pang panlabas na anyo ang laging pinupuri.
A -
Subukan mong magpaligaw sa mga x ray and ultrasound technicians;
baka mapuri nila ang iyong pancreas or small intestines?
Kung ibig mong mas marami ang makadalo sa party mo, sabihin mong
1. Bawal magdala ng regalo.
2. Puedeng suot kahit ano.
3. Puedeng magsama ng gustong isama.
(Maraming tao ay takot dumalo kasi baka wala silang kilala o makausap.)
Ang media ay
- negosyo at
- propaganda tool ng may-ari nito.
SInuhin ang may-ari at nasa likod ng
- slant
- editorializing and
- bias
of print or broadcast media.
Manuri.
Piliin at salain ang lululunin.
Kung ang basehan ng "alam" at opinion ay yun lang nababasa, nadirinig o napapanood sa mainstream media,
magdahan-dahan sa pagbuo ng paninindigan.
Baka nadadala at nabibiktima ka lang ng vested interest ng mga
producers or owners of those media outfits.
Style:
Pag hindi mo ma-attack ang isang tao sa tama nyang ginagawa,
1. Pagmukhain mong mali ang ginagagawa nya. O
2.Butasan / Hanapan mo ng maling detail ang overall tama nyang ginagawa. O
3. Palabuin mo ang isyu: maghanap at maglabas ka ng ibang problema. O
4. Palawakin at palakihin mo ang sunog; maghanap ka ng mga puedeng masulsulan para magalit, hindi dahil sa main issue kundi dahil sa mga isinali mong ibang issues. O
5. Takpan ang tunay ng issue ng malalawak at matatayog ng salita tulad ng
- Human Rights
- Women's Rights
- Democracy
- Freedom
- at ibat-ibang ISMs.
Tiyak may mga maaapektuhan at kakampi at sasama sa gierra mo.
"HUMAN RIGHTS"
could very well be clarified as
Human Group A's Rights vs. Human Group B's Rights
A human right stops being
- right
- a right
the moment it fringes upon another human being's rights.
Kung may ginagawang maganda ang isang tao pero may galit ka sa kanya,
1. Pinasasama mo ba ang maganda nyang gawa? O
2. Binabale-wala mo ba ang maganda nyang ginagawa at
NAGHAHANAP KA NG IBANG MAIPIPINTAS O MAIUUSIG sa kanya?
In any system or method in our imperfect world, it is inevitable that some persons or groups would fall in the cracks.
One only needs to decide WHO or WHAT TYPES could/would be allowed to be disadvantaged.
Every situation, project, method, etc has advantages and disadvantages.
One only needs to decide
- what advantage she really can't live without or
- what disadvantage he cannot afford.
For instance, in the government's war vs drugs,
1. What advantage does/will it give that we cannot live without?
2. What disadvantage does/will it give that we cannot afford
as a NATION and not as individuals, families, societies or political parties?
Q - Nakakatamad pong kausap ang mga kasama ko sa bahay.
Ambababaw at walang kalatuy-latuy ang mga sinasabi.
A -
Eh di minimize your conversation with them?
And when you must, consider it an act of charity?
Bumawi ka na lang by having meaningful and enjoyable conversations with other people?
Q - Ano po ang gagawin sa taong kung makipag-usap ay ang lapit-lapit ng mukha nya sa mukha ko at halus makagat na nya ako?
A -
Umatras ka?
Lumayu-layo.
Pag nagpilit pa ring sumugod,
sabihan mong lumayu-layo kasi nagiging far sighted ka?
Q - Kung may sakit po ako at may nagbigay ng perang pampagamot tapos bigla po akong gumaling nang may natira pang pera/balance, dapat ko po bang ibalik sa nagbigay?
A -
Magandang ibalik mo.
Kung talagang gusto nyang ibigay ulit yung sobra,
ibibigay naman nya.
Pogi points pa para sa yo!
Q - Nakakapagod pong kasama ang sobrang matatalino!
A -
Sabi naman ng iba, nakapapagod din daw kasama ang mga sobrang ____ ! :-)
Q - Tito Ed ....😊 tanong lang po kung ano po ba dapat pagusapan sa pamamanhikan in a modern christian way? Ano po mga dos and donts? Hehehe sa saturday na po pamamanhikan namin.
Salamat po at mabuhay ka Tito Ed! 😊
A -
Pamamanhikan is a formality. Pagtatagpo ng 2 pamilya. Noong araw pag menor de edad at dependents ang ikakasal, pinag-uusapan ng matatanda ang details ng kasalan, usually with demands from the side of the girl.
Sa ngayon, especially kung nasa edad na ang ikakasal at hindi na dependents (like sila ang gagasta sa kasalan),
hindi na pinag-uuspaan ang details. Yun nang lalake at babaing ikakasal ang bahala sa details. The pamamanhikan just becomes a formal meeting of the two families. Mga pleasant topics na lang ang pinag-uusapan.
Ang paghahanda at pag-iipon para sa mga gastos pag nagkasakit ay sa panahon BAGO magkasakit.
Q - Ang hirap naman pong umasenso kahit konti lang pag nag-iisa kang productive sa angkan nyo at halos lahat ay umaasa sa yo?
At mas mabigat pa sa loob, yung mga manghihingi ay wala namang nagawang mabuti sa yo. Tapos parang may patago?
A -
Wagas. :-)
Isang pasalamat: Productive ka at hindi pabigat
MAGPAKA-TAO
Never acquire somebody's cp number from unauthorized sources.
Never give someone's number to another person.
Kung gusto kang ka-text, ibibigay sa yo ang number nya.
Pag wala kang number nya...lam mo na!
Q - Ano po ang isang powerful secret ng successful business?
A -
Always give the customer maximum satisfaction.
Sa mga sobrang TAGUMPAY, suriin: may mga tatlo hanggang limang TAMA kayong sunud-sunod na ginawa.
Sa mga sobrang BIGO. suriin: may mga tatlo hanggang limang MALI kayong sunud-sunod na ginawa.
HINDI NAMAN BASTA-BASTA DUMADAPO ANG TAGUMPAY O KABIGUAN.
Hindi ganun-ganun lang kung dumating ang luwalhati o isang tagumpay sa buhay.
Madalas na ito ay bunga ng mga tatlo hanggang limang sunud-sunod at konektadong mga pangyayari / pagpapagal o paggawa ng tama.
Kailan ba matatawag na ang isang tao ay biktima ng kasawian
at kailan maituturing na sya mismo ang may likha at promotor nito?
May mga taong ang buhay ay naglalandas patungo sa kasaganaan at kapahingahan habang may mga kasabay silang kapwa manlalakbay na ang buhay ay naglalandas patungo sa kahirapan at kapaguran.
SAAN nagsasanga at naghihiwalay ang mga landas nila?
ANO ang pangunahing dahilan ng paghihiwalay ng mga landas?
PAANO mahahalata na ang landas na tinatahak ay patungo dito o doon?
ANO ang maaaring gawin upang matahak at malandas ang daang masagana at maginahawa?
Many people are so polite they do not want to leave any texts unanswered, especially those from people they consider to be their seniors or superiors.
Wala tuloy katapusan ang palitan ng texts.
THERE ARE TEXTS THAT ARE BETTER LEFT UNANSWERED, especially kung understood na o ceremonnial lang ang sagot.
Q - Proper po bang lahat ng "thank you" sa text ay sagutin din ng "you are welcome"?
A -
Generally yes.
But very busy people, who consider reading texts ---or ONE MORE text--- a chore, find it cumbersome to read a series of texts.
Pag sila ang nag-"thank you",
they appreciate not having to read another answer/ text from you saying "you are welcome".
Maraming empleado ang hindi gumagawa ng pinakatama kasi they are not empowered by the system/ their superiors to use their brains and solve problems.
They are not given the opportunity to make decisions that could placate / soothe / satisfy / please the customer.
The employees' concerns are
- to not break company rules / policy. .: Huwag mapagalitan.
- to please their corporate superiors, not the client.
They forget that CUSTOMER, not the supervisor, IS KING
10.55am.
Pumapasok ako sa isang resto sa Bonifacio GCity for a lunch-meeting.
Several waiters were sprawled on various seats.
One Waiter: "Ser, di pa po pwedeng pumasok. Eleven pa po kami magbubukas."
EL: "Huh!? Eh 1055 na! At bukas na talaga kayo.Alangan namang lumabas pa ko at pumasok ulit 5 minutes later?"
Waiter: "Wala pa po ang supervisor namin. Di pa po pwedeng magpaupo."
EL: "Dala ba ng supervisor nyo ang upuan?"
Waiter: "Hindi pa po talaga pwedeng pumasok."
*
Knowing the futility of reasoning under such circumstances, I marched out and proceeded to the other resto next door which gladly welcomed my business.
2 Important Ingredients of Envy:
1. The other person is strong (or perceived to be).
2. You are weak.
Q - Ano po ang magandang gawin sa memorial services para sa mga sumakabilang-buhay?
A -
Ayoko ng marami at mahahabang formal memorial services kung saan
- alam mo na ang laman ng paulit-ulti lang namang messages / sermons twing may memorial service.
- OA ang pagpuri sa dear departed na mukha nang propaganda-press con ang event.
- ang dami at ang hahaba ng mga video / visual presentations on the life of the dear departed.
- nae-emphasize ang drama at lungkot.
- hindi magapag-usap at makapag-interact ang mga tao kasi nga mahaba ang formal Service.
GUSTO ko,
- Informal lang ang event, except for a few well-placed "formal" services.
- Less than 30-40 minutes lang ang anumang formal memorial service para maraming oras magkwentuhan at mag-interact ang mga tao. Mas nakaka-destress at nakakapagpaluwag ng dibdib ang ganitong gawain.
Dapat yung mga dumarating, lalu na yung walang maraming oras to stay, ay makalapit agad sa coffin / ashes, sa mga bereaved, etc at hindi maimbak sa may likuran kasi may mahabang program na nagaganap nang dumating sila.
(And besides, hindi lahat ng pupunta sa lamay ay may kaparehong religious sensibilities.)
NAKAKADALA AT HINDI ENJOYABLE ang mahahabang memorial services. Tuloy, maraming tao na itinataon ang dalaw nila before or after the formal memorial service.
Q - Sa congregation po namin, madalas na pastors' wives ang mga wagas na alagad ng chismis. Kasi po sila ang may access to information known to their pastor-husbands at sila rin ang leaders ng maraming ministries, especially women's ministries.
Paano po kaya maiiwasan o masusugpo ang ganito?
A -
1. Huwag pag-asawahin ang mga pastor? :-) (Kaya lang baka magkaron ng himagsikan?)
2. Huwag bigyan ng leadership ministries ang pastors' wives?
(Another himagsikan?)
Make the pastors' wives stay at home?
Yun ang ministry nila: to be wives and home makers to their own husbands and not join their pastor-husbands in their public ministries.
(Kaya lang, maraming mahusay na pastors' wives and masasayang?)
Q - Bakit po kaya talamak ang chismis sa church namin?
A-
1. Marami lang talagang chismosa?
2. Marami kayong "family" events and other "fellowships" kung saan nagiging "close" kayo sa isat-isa.
Result: nagkaka-alaman ng mga isto-istorya na nag-i-inspire sa pagsilang ng maraming chismisan?
THE
- MORE FELLOWSHIPS
- "CLOSER" THE RELATIONSHIPS,
THE MORE CHISMISAN!
"Speak YOUR truth quietly and clearly..."
Just say what you want to say ---
post what you want to post ---
without having to explicitly challenge, oppose or refer to other ideas /posts / "truths".
BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?
Q – Why can some very terrible “accidents”,
grave illnesses, horrible crimes, tragic deaths, etc happen to or against very godly, good and kind people, even morally upright religious leaders?
Why doesn’t God intervene to prevent such things from happening?
A -
The purest law of God is the law of nature.
God created nature and ordained natural laws to govern it.
Natural Law is above all man-made laws, including religious and moral law ---
all of which came much much later than Creation.
And one of Natural Law’s most basic principles is Cause and Effect.
Morality and religiosity, even righteousness or rightness,
exempt no one from natural law especially the rule of Cause and Effect.
If “terrible” things happen, there are causes that make them happen.
The morality of the persons involve does not ---cannot ---alter the outcome of natural cause and effect. For instance, even a 'holy man" could fall off a cliff because of the Law of Gravity.
Meanwhile,when natural law is bypassed, overruled or aborted, like when the natural and automatic “effect” is suppressed despite the “cause”,
that is called by believers as miracle.
A miracle is a suspension, bypassing, or superseding / cancellation of Natural Law for the sake of a beneficiary.
However, the Author of Natural Law should not always be expected to suspend it to accommodate various, sometimes even conflicting, individual or personal human agenda.
People who debate on religious issues do so NOT TO CONVERT each other as they both know that it would be impossible; they argue to win, not to lose and much less get converted.
They debate TO CONVERT their gullible and impressionable audiences who could get taken by an impressive theatrical performance.
MGA BASEHAN NG
- panunuri
- paghusga kung tama o mali, mabuti o masama
- paggusto o pag-ayaw
- pagpanig o pagsalungat / pagkampi o paglaban
SA IBANG TAO:
1. Known facts / Ang alam = Knowledge
2. Unknown facts = Ignorance
3. Standards subscribed to / Batayan ng tama o mali, mabuti o masama
4. Personal values, beliefs and aspirations, vested interest,
relations
5. Bias
6. Gut feel / Pakiramdam / Kutob
7. Posisyon o paninindigan ng mga taong malapit / mahalaga sa nanunuri.
8. Popular Opinion
MUNUNURI, SURIIN ANG
- PANUNURI.
- SARILI.
Q - Tito pls pray for me. May mental illness yata ako?!
A -
Relax pamangkin.
Lahat yata ng tao ay may mental illness hahahahah!
Iba-iba lang ng
- degress / levels
- anyo
- schedules / seasons.
(Tula ng isang makatang pamangkin na mukhang may hugot!? :-)
SA IYO NA DOKTRINA MO!
Sa iyo na doktrina mo
Kung makasigaw ka naman sa tao.
parang kang walang respeto.
Nilalamon mo pati ang kanyang pagkatao.
Sa iyo na doktrina mo
Kung may humingi naman ng tulong sa yo.
Nakita mo nang nanghihingalo.
Pinagiisipan mo pa kung tutulong ka dito.
Sa iyo na doktrina mo
Kung manapak ka naman ng asawa mo
Dahil ayon sa doktrina mo
Ang babae ay dapat magpasakop sa 'yo.
Sa iyo na ang doktrina mo
Kung gagamit ka lang ng karahasan
Para lamang mapatunayan
Na tama ang doktrina mo kahit may masasaktan.
Sa iyo na doktrina mo.
Kung ito'y pinipilit mo.
Na dapat paniwalaan ko.
Kasi ito ang gusto mo.
Sa iyo na doktrina mo.
Kung tingin mo superior ito.
Tinanong mo na ba sarili mo.
Kung pagmamahal meron sa iyo?
Sa iyo na doktrina mo.
Kung pagmamahal sa kapwa wala sa iyo.
Nakikipagaway ka pa ng todo todo.
Kasi alam mo tama doktrina mo.
SA IYO NA DOKTRINA MO!
Q - May gainful employment po ako pero hinikayat ako ng mga tao sa church namin na mag-fulltime sa ministry. Nahahati po ang loob ko.
A -
Hati pala ang loob mo, eh di keep your gainful employment and be a church volunteer worker!
Kaya naman yun.
Bihirang church work ang nangangailangan ng fulltime focus,
unless you were the office clerk that does administrative work.
Ang dami-daming free / idle time na maraming "fulltime" workers, believe Tito hahahahah!
Q - Ano po ang time (kung meron man) na hindi bastos ang pagwo-walk out...?
at kainlan naman po na ito bastos na gawin ng isang tao...?
A -
Laging kabastusan ang mag-walk out !
hahahahah!
Unless your core values are being assaulted in malicious, shameless and cruel ways.
Q - Paano ko po malalaman na called ako into full-time ministry?
A -
1. You have an internal conviction.
Hindi iba ang nagsasabi o kumukumbinsi sa yo.
You don't get manipulated or pressured by others who want you to do it.
2. You are gifted and skilled.
3. People love your ministration.
4. Doors open for you.
5. You heave great peace of mind about it.
Q - Mayron po ba kayong political color?
A -
Av Kors, pamangkin!
Matter occupies space, has weight and ----- political color!
And Tito is matter --- plus a concerned citizen of a very political country!
Hahahahahahahah!
WORRIED ka ba
- tungkol sa pagtanda, paghina ng katawan at kamatayan?
- na maghirap o mawalan ng pera?
- na mawala ang mahal mo sa buhay dahil baka maagaw ng iba?
- na mamatayan ng loved-ones?
- na magkasakit ka ng malubha?
- na mabigo?
- na mahirapan ng sobra?
- tungkol dito a doong mga takot?
If yes, magtigil ka!
Bawat isa sa pitong bilyong tao sa planeta at lahat ng mga nauna na sa ating mabuhay at mamatay---liban na lang sa sobra pang bata o baliw---ay may ganyang worries. Kaya hindi ka unique. Hindi ka nag-iisa. Bawat kilala mong tao may ganyang worries.
Wala rin namang nakalulutas ng worries na yan. Wala ring nakaka-solve kahit pa nga kung anu-anong pagpapayaman, pag-iimpok, pagpapalakas, atbp ang pilit ginagawa.
Wag ka na lang mag-worry. Ipasa-Diyos mo ang lahat. SYA! may magagawa! :-)
Ikaw? Enjoy life when alive and die when your time comes. Enjoy people when they are around and adjust when they are taken away. Enjoy what you have and be thankful when they are taken back by the Lender.
Don't worry.
Don't problematize life.
Ganun lang yun.
Q - Bakit po may mga posts kayo na non-religious ang themes?
A -
Why not?
May (mas) totoong buhay pa sa labas ng apat na pader ng simbahan, pamangkin! :-)
Mayrong Heaven on Earth
at
mayron ding Hell on Earth.
Lahat ng yan ---kasama na ang other-world / kabilang buhay ---
ay marapat pag-isipan. :-)
TUMUNTONG KA SA LUPA, PAMANGKIN.
Tao ka pa lang, hindi ka pa kerubin.
Q - Di po ba dapat "You should not be unequally yoked with unbelievers?"
A -
1. Ano ang ibig sabihin ng UNbeliever? Pag ba naniniwala sa God pero iba ang religion / religious denomination / sect ay UNbeliever na nga?
SINO ang UNbeliever?
2.
Paano mo malalaman na IKAW ang believer at yung IBA ang UNbeliever?
Q - Sobra-sobra po kaming nagmamahalan ng BF ko and we are really happy with each other. Pero magkaaway na mortal ang religions ng respective families namin.
Will we give up each other because of the opposing religious beliefs?
Baka po hindi na kami makakita ng true love na ganito!
A -
Your religious issues are BELIEFS, NOT KNOWLEDGE.
Hindi nyo naman talaga alam/ sure kung sino sa inyo ang tama o kung pareho bang tama o parehong mali ang religious beliefs nyo.
Faith kasi yan.
Meanwhile,
that you love each other very much,
that you are happy together,
THAT IS KNOWLEDGE.
Alam nyo talaga.
If I were the two of you,
I would seek personal/ private spirituality ---magkahiwalay ng religious practice if needed --- pero ise-save at itutuloy ko ang maganda nyong personal relationship. Yan ay kung kaya nyong i-handle ang ganyang difference.
Madaling humanap at sumali sa religion ----
(And no one is really sure na sila nga nag tama at mali nga yung iba.
Kanya-kanyang paniniwala yan sa kanya-kanyang relihiyon! )
---- pero mahirap magkaron ng true and beautiful love. :-)
Ganun din sa friendships.
Huwag makipagkasira sa kaibigan dahil lang nagsanga at nagkahiwalay ang inyong religious memberships!
(Pareho lang namang nagpipilit ang inyu-inyong religions na sila ang tama at mali ang iba. Who could really know?
Kahit nga sa mga nagsasabing naniniwala sila sa identical scriptures, iba-iba pa rin ang interpretations and applications nila.)
SAYANG ANG LOVE, ANG FRIENDSHIP kung babale-walain dahil sa myopic / narrow religious sentiments.
Huwag na huwag pintasan ang sariling asawa sa harap ng pamilya / mga kamag-anak nya.
They will hate you!
Q - Ang BF ko po hindi marunong kumain ng good foods. Lumaki po kasi na halos wala silang makain dahil sobrang poor. Hindi po nadevelop ang culinary taste! What a problem!! Heeeeeelp!
A -
1. Tanggapin mo sya ng buo, kasama na ang taste nya for food.
2. Turuan mo unti-unti to appreciate a variety of foods.
Turuan mo rin ang sarili mo to appreciate his kind of food.
3. Let him eat what he likes and you eat what you like!
Bigayan kayo when you eat together.
Minsan dun sa gusto nya.
Minsan sa gusto mo.
Hwag mo problemahin yan.
At least my BF ka
Q - What is a good gift to celebrity friends and relatives?
A -
Privacy, peace and anonymity.
Do not make them "perform" as celebrities in your private gatherings.
Enough of the nonstop kuhanan ng pictures!
Let them relax, be at ease, and have a good, private time
"Love is like holding a handful of sand;
squeeze tightly and it slides out through your fingers;
relax and it stays."
Q - Paano po makakaiwas sa (romantic) heart ache ?
A -
Kung
- ayaw sa yo
- di ka masyadong gusto
EH DI WAG!
Q - Ano po ang magandang gawin kung laging ako ang nakikiusap sa BF ko na bigyan ako ng time?
A -
TURN THE TABLE, pamangkin!
Baligtarin mo ang mundo.
GET SCARCE!
MAWALA KA, MAGLAHO, MAGTAGO.
Pag hinahanap ka, hinabul-habol at pinagmakaawaang makasama nya,
pagbigyan mo. :-) He is worth it.
Pero pag wa-epek ang drama mo --- hindi ka hinanap-hanap,
inasam-asam, hinabul-habol, etc --- lam mo na!
(Kumanta ng Leron Leron Sinta!)
Kasuyang kasama yung laging dapat panalo:
yung laging dapat MAS
- mayaman ang tita nya sa tita mo
- maganda ang anak nya sa anak mo
- matalino ang apo nya sa apo mo
- matalino sya kesa sa yo
atbp
Nakakapagod at nakasasawang kasama yung laging may
- pintas
- better idea
- last say.
Stay away from complainers and fault finders: papangit lang ang paningin mo sa mundo.
Never travel with a complainer or a fault finder.
Mabubwisit lang ang trip mo.
Q - Tito what is the best way to enjoy free time/ a whole day?
A -
Go where you want to go -
Do what you want to do - ALONE!
Mahirap mag-enjoy nang may kasamang
- only half interested.
- kailangang i-entertain o pakiramdaman.
- nagmamadali o nabo-bore.
Kung may isasama, tiyaking vibes talaga kayo ---
yung makaka-enhance sya sa experience,
hindi pabigat.
ONE of the most
- effective
- time-saving
- economical
- enjoyable
- touching
singular activities that could
- inform
- educate
- instruct
- broaden one's mind
- inspire:
WATCHING A REALLY GOOD FILM
At best, it could bear great fruits.
Kundiman, LILIPAS din yun.
Huwag magyabang kung papataas; kasi papataas ka pa LANG.
Lalung huwag magyabang kung nasa pinakataas ka ngayon
kasi ang kasunod na nyan ay pagbaba.
AFTER THE HIGH NOON FOLLOWS THE AFTERNOON.
Habang papataas ang araw at papalapit sa pinakamataas na punto sa langit
ay papalapit na rin ito sa pagbaba at paglubog.
Q - Tito do u believe sa blessings o mga paghagis ng barya,etc when u open business for the very first time? Pra daw po swertihin ang negosyo tlga? Kasi wla ako idea sa ganun.
A -
No big deal. Makisakay na lang. wala namang masama. Pampasaya
:-)
Ed Lapiz
October 3, 2014 ·
Q -I feel so low.. I know I dont have the right to question God, I know all His plans are for us to be better. I know all the temptations are only to strengthen us, and He will not give us a test or temptation that we cannot handle and get over with.. I know that when we are becoming closer to Him, using our body, talent, everything we have are for His glory then satan will be like lion hunting us to stop. I know that, pero parang ngaun, naiisip ko, parang ayoko nlng maging active sa church, parang ayoko nlng magpagamit sa church for God's glory, kase as I assess myself, when test comes, I fail to be strong. I know that it should be learned as a test to be stronger. Nung youth ako naging active ako then temptation comes, I fail to over come it. Tpos nung bumalik nako ngaun mas mature nako, temptation came and I fail again. Ngaun, kung kelan mas marami nakong narinig na teaching about temptation na dapat I-over come after maging mas malapit sa Diyos, or nagpapagamit sa ministry, ngaun I am asking God, why does He have to give me these temptations that I cannot win over, I am weak when it comes to choosing whom to love, and yet all the test that He is giving me is about that. I know I should not question Him, but I am being eaten by this situation. I need someone to talk to pastor, but I am pushing everyone who attempts to. Why God has to give me a test that He knows I am failing? Is it to make me strong and eventually over come it? I cried to Him and asked Him why.. am I sinning again for this? Im feeling that He is disappointed to me and turn His back on me, but I know, I am the one turning my back on Him, that He is just waiting for me to call Him and come back to Him. Mababaliw nako pastor..
A -
Most of our impressions and assumtions about God are manufactured by preachers, teachers and the church out of what was taught them by traditional theology. You need to question those assumptions, like the ones you enumerated here. God is good, kind, understanding and forgiving --- and no theologizing should hide or contradict that basic truth.
Just keep doing good, serving him in the process. Do not hate yourself when you fall; God still loves you no matter what. Just do your best. That should be good enough. No one is perfect. Do not allow other people's interpretations of scripture and notions about God make you always feel guilty and undeserving of God's kindness.
Q - Dearest Pastor Ed, Greetings! It has been almost two years when I ask your opinion about my plans of __________. (I am not sure Pastor if you still remember me).
I ...sent you a message about my struggles (in my profession) and challenges in (my life) .
I would like to express my appreciation for the advice and the enlightenment that you gave to me when I was making my decision. I am happy to inform you that I am now (in a situation where I could only be thankful to God as I am quite satisfied and happy.)
*
I believe it is time for me to give back and to share the blessings that I am continuously receiving. In this regard, I would like to know how I could send (funds) to your church for my tithe/donation. May I ask if your church has a bank account where I can send money? I still have immediate family in the Philippines whom I can ask to do the bank transaction for me. Kindly send me the bank name and the account information so that I can proceed with the transaction.
*
Pastor Ed, more than words can say but you are really a blessing to me. There are times that I am getting out of tract with my priorities in life and there are also times that I struggle in understanding and fulfilling my purpose in life. However, every time I am on that situation, your inspirational videos and preaching in YouTube are my guidance in making decisions.
*
Please also include me in your prayers that I may be able to find my future wife. I am turning 35 this year. I know in my heart that one thing which will complement my life is to have a prudent wife and to raise my own family. I really believe on Proverbs 19:14 in the bible (A man can inherit a house and money from his parents, but only the Lord can give him a sensible wife) however, I am praying that I could find her soon. I am not getting younger anymore and as much as possible I want to build my family while I am still at the prime of my health and career so that I can provide their needs properly. More power to you and I am praying that God will to give you good health so that you can continue you mission in life. Thank you very much. I am hoping for your kind response.
A –
Dear Pamangkin D______,
Congratulations on attaining your goal. It is a great delight to know how you have fared in the past two yearssince we last PMd.
So much had happened!
*
Concerning your question about Day By Day's bank account, thank you for considering supporting the ministry. I shall look for our church's bank accounts and post the details here soonest.[ANGELS....PLS POST ANSWER!]
*
CONCERNING YOUR SEARCH FOR A GOD-GIVEN WIFE,
Do all practical things to increase your chances at meeting that wonderful lady.
Socialize more.
Ask concerned persons to look out for you and make "recommendations". :-).
Do keep me posted. Stay blessed!
-
PSGusto mo ba post tayo dito sa wall ko for those ladies to know about you? Maraming ladies are also praying for a God-given partner . :-)
* O narito na ang sagot ng angels:Manolet Concepcion Donations may be deposited at the following Day By Day accounts:
»Bank of the Philippine Islands
Vito Cruz Branch
Account name:
Day By Day Christian Ministries Inc.
Savings Account No.
3133-3337-96
»Metrobank Roxas Boulevard,
Vito Cruz Branch
Account name: DBD Christian Ministry
Current Account No.:
640-3-64004055-7
»Bank of Commerce Padre
Faura Branch
Account name: Day By Day Christian Ministries Inc.
Savings Account No.
100-00-000621-6
»Banco de Oro
SM Mall of Asia Branch
Account name: Day By Day Christian Ministries Inc.
Savings Account No.
2370055495
»Philippine National Bank
Macapagal Avenue Branch
Account name: Day By Day Christian Ministries
Account No.
3833-84000011
»Union Bank
Kamias Branch
Account name: Day By Day Christian Ministries
Current Account No.
048030001118
Most of the time, it seems that it's a case of
"IT'S NOT WHAT I SAID; IT'S WHAT YOU THOUGHT I SAID."
Or worse,
"IT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY I SAID."
Any skilled communicator, especially the one with malice, could easily manipulate the interpretation of his words.
It is mainly because his verbal pronouncements are usually extemporaneous, spewed from raw emotional reactions to unintended or calculated provocations and obviously not pre-crafted by handlers for engineered effect.
His seeming lack of verbal eloquence and refinement gives his detractors much space to twist and distort the interpretation and implication of his statements.
It is observatble that most of the time, his statements are
- taken out of context,
- twisted to arouse anger against him and
- over sensationalized.
It seems that he is not really that verbally eloquent that what he says could be colored in many different shades depending on the agenda or malice of the ones interpreting him.
Q - Bakit po kaya may mga taong hindi makuntento sa isang lover-partner?
A -
Baka sobrang lawak ng isip at laki ng puso o dami ng needs na hindi tuloy kayang punuin ng isang tao lamang???
Q - Ang tagal na pong walang balita from my relatives. Worried tuloy ako.
A -
No news is good news.
Pag mabuti ang kalakaran ng buhay, people forget you.
Pag may masamang pangyayari, lalu pag kailangan ng tulong,
people will surely remember you.
Hahanapin ka nila kahit sa dulo ng mundo.
Bad news, especially their need for money, will have a way of finding you.
Q - Nakakasawa na po ang maraming manliligaw / lalaki na puro lang ang maganda kong face or skin or figure at iba pang panlabas na anyo ang laging pinupuri.
A -
Subukan mong magpaligaw sa mga x ray and ultrasound technicians;
baka mapuri nila ang iyong pancreas or small intestines?
Kung ibig mong mas marami ang makadalo sa party mo, sabihin mong
1. Bawal magdala ng regalo.
2. Puedeng suot kahit ano.
3. Puedeng magsama ng gustong isama.
(Maraming tao ay takot dumalo kasi baka wala silang kilala o makausap.)
Ang media ay
- negosyo at
- propaganda tool ng may-ari nito.
SInuhin ang may-ari at nasa likod ng
- slant
- editorializing and
- bias
of print or broadcast media.
Manuri.
Piliin at salain ang lululunin.
Kung ang basehan ng "alam" at opinion ay yun lang nababasa, nadirinig o napapanood sa mainstream media,
magdahan-dahan sa pagbuo ng paninindigan.
Baka nadadala at nabibiktima ka lang ng vested interest ng mga
producers or owners of those media outfits.
Style:
Pag hindi mo ma-attack ang isang tao sa tama nyang ginagawa,
1. Pagmukhain mong mali ang ginagagawa nya. O
2.Butasan / Hanapan mo ng maling detail ang overall tama nyang ginagawa. O
3. Palabuin mo ang isyu: maghanap at maglabas ka ng ibang problema. O
4. Palawakin at palakihin mo ang sunog; maghanap ka ng mga puedeng masulsulan para magalit, hindi dahil sa main issue kundi dahil sa mga isinali mong ibang issues. O
5. Takpan ang tunay ng issue ng malalawak at matatayog ng salita tulad ng
- Human Rights
- Women's Rights
- Democracy
- Freedom
- at ibat-ibang ISMs.
Tiyak may mga maaapektuhan at kakampi at sasama sa gierra mo.
"HUMAN RIGHTS"
could very well be clarified as
Human Group A's Rights vs. Human Group B's Rights
A human right stops being
- right
- a right
the moment it fringes upon another human being's rights.
Kung may ginagawang maganda ang isang tao pero may galit ka sa kanya,
1. Pinasasama mo ba ang maganda nyang gawa? O
2. Binabale-wala mo ba ang maganda nyang ginagawa at
NAGHAHANAP KA NG IBANG MAIPIPINTAS O MAIUUSIG sa kanya?
In any system or method in our imperfect world, it is inevitable that some persons or groups would fall in the cracks.
One only needs to decide WHO or WHAT TYPES could/would be allowed to be disadvantaged.
Every situation, project, method, etc has advantages and disadvantages.
One only needs to decide
- what advantage she really can't live without or
- what disadvantage he cannot afford.
For instance, in the government's war vs drugs,
1. What advantage does/will it give that we cannot live without?
2. What disadvantage does/will it give that we cannot afford
as a NATION and not as individuals, families, societies or political parties?
Q - Nakakatamad pong kausap ang mga kasama ko sa bahay.
Ambababaw at walang kalatuy-latuy ang mga sinasabi.
A -
Eh di minimize your conversation with them?
And when you must, consider it an act of charity?
Bumawi ka na lang by having meaningful and enjoyable conversations with other people?
Q - Ano po ang gagawin sa taong kung makipag-usap ay ang lapit-lapit ng mukha nya sa mukha ko at halus makagat na nya ako?
A -
Umatras ka?
Lumayu-layo.
Pag nagpilit pa ring sumugod,
sabihan mong lumayu-layo kasi nagiging far sighted ka?
Q - Kung may sakit po ako at may nagbigay ng perang pampagamot tapos bigla po akong gumaling nang may natira pang pera/balance, dapat ko po bang ibalik sa nagbigay?
A -
Magandang ibalik mo.
Kung talagang gusto nyang ibigay ulit yung sobra,
ibibigay naman nya.
Pogi points pa para sa yo!
Q - Nakakapagod pong kasama ang sobrang matatalino!
A -
Sabi naman ng iba, nakapapagod din daw kasama ang mga sobrang ____ ! :-)
Q - Tito Ed ....😊 tanong lang po kung ano po ba dapat pagusapan sa pamamanhikan in a modern christian way? Ano po mga dos and donts? Hehehe sa saturday na po pamamanhikan namin.
Salamat po at mabuhay ka Tito Ed! 😊
A -
Pamamanhikan is a formality. Pagtatagpo ng 2 pamilya. Noong araw pag menor de edad at dependents ang ikakasal, pinag-uusapan ng matatanda ang details ng kasalan, usually with demands from the side of the girl.
Sa ngayon, especially kung nasa edad na ang ikakasal at hindi na dependents (like sila ang gagasta sa kasalan),
hindi na pinag-uuspaan ang details. Yun nang lalake at babaing ikakasal ang bahala sa details. The pamamanhikan just becomes a formal meeting of the two families. Mga pleasant topics na lang ang pinag-uusapan.
Ang paghahanda at pag-iipon para sa mga gastos pag nagkasakit ay sa panahon BAGO magkasakit.
Q - Ang hirap naman pong umasenso kahit konti lang pag nag-iisa kang productive sa angkan nyo at halos lahat ay umaasa sa yo?
At mas mabigat pa sa loob, yung mga manghihingi ay wala namang nagawang mabuti sa yo. Tapos parang may patago?
A -
Wagas. :-)
Isang pasalamat: Productive ka at hindi pabigat
MAGPAKA-TAO
Never acquire somebody's cp number from unauthorized sources.
Never give someone's number to another person.
Kung gusto kang ka-text, ibibigay sa yo ang number nya.
Pag wala kang number nya...lam mo na!
Q - Ano po ang isang powerful secret ng successful business?
A -
Always give the customer maximum satisfaction.
Sa mga sobrang TAGUMPAY, suriin: may mga tatlo hanggang limang TAMA kayong sunud-sunod na ginawa.
Sa mga sobrang BIGO. suriin: may mga tatlo hanggang limang MALI kayong sunud-sunod na ginawa.
HINDI NAMAN BASTA-BASTA DUMADAPO ANG TAGUMPAY O KABIGUAN.
Hindi ganun-ganun lang kung dumating ang luwalhati o isang tagumpay sa buhay.
Madalas na ito ay bunga ng mga tatlo hanggang limang sunud-sunod at konektadong mga pangyayari / pagpapagal o paggawa ng tama.
Kailan ba matatawag na ang isang tao ay biktima ng kasawian
at kailan maituturing na sya mismo ang may likha at promotor nito?
May mga taong ang buhay ay naglalandas patungo sa kasaganaan at kapahingahan habang may mga kasabay silang kapwa manlalakbay na ang buhay ay naglalandas patungo sa kahirapan at kapaguran.
SAAN nagsasanga at naghihiwalay ang mga landas nila?
ANO ang pangunahing dahilan ng paghihiwalay ng mga landas?
PAANO mahahalata na ang landas na tinatahak ay patungo dito o doon?
ANO ang maaaring gawin upang matahak at malandas ang daang masagana at maginahawa?
Many people are so polite they do not want to leave any texts unanswered, especially those from people they consider to be their seniors or superiors.
Wala tuloy katapusan ang palitan ng texts.
THERE ARE TEXTS THAT ARE BETTER LEFT UNANSWERED, especially kung understood na o ceremonnial lang ang sagot.
Q - Proper po bang lahat ng "thank you" sa text ay sagutin din ng "you are welcome"?
A -
Generally yes.
But very busy people, who consider reading texts ---or ONE MORE text--- a chore, find it cumbersome to read a series of texts.
Pag sila ang nag-"thank you",
they appreciate not having to read another answer/ text from you saying "you are welcome".
Maraming empleado ang hindi gumagawa ng pinakatama kasi they are not empowered by the system/ their superiors to use their brains and solve problems.
They are not given the opportunity to make decisions that could placate / soothe / satisfy / please the customer.
The employees' concerns are
- to not break company rules / policy. .: Huwag mapagalitan.
- to please their corporate superiors, not the client.
They forget that CUSTOMER, not the supervisor, IS KING
10.55am.
Pumapasok ako sa isang resto sa Bonifacio GCity for a lunch-meeting.
Several waiters were sprawled on various seats.
One Waiter: "Ser, di pa po pwedeng pumasok. Eleven pa po kami magbubukas."
EL: "Huh!? Eh 1055 na! At bukas na talaga kayo.Alangan namang lumabas pa ko at pumasok ulit 5 minutes later?"
Waiter: "Wala pa po ang supervisor namin. Di pa po pwedeng magpaupo."
EL: "Dala ba ng supervisor nyo ang upuan?"
Waiter: "Hindi pa po talaga pwedeng pumasok."
*
Knowing the futility of reasoning under such circumstances, I marched out and proceeded to the other resto next door which gladly welcomed my business.
2 Important Ingredients of Envy:
1. The other person is strong (or perceived to be).
2. You are weak.
Q - Ano po ang magandang gawin sa memorial services para sa mga sumakabilang-buhay?
A -
Ayoko ng marami at mahahabang formal memorial services kung saan
- alam mo na ang laman ng paulit-ulti lang namang messages / sermons twing may memorial service.
- OA ang pagpuri sa dear departed na mukha nang propaganda-press con ang event.
- ang dami at ang hahaba ng mga video / visual presentations on the life of the dear departed.
- nae-emphasize ang drama at lungkot.
- hindi magapag-usap at makapag-interact ang mga tao kasi nga mahaba ang formal Service.
GUSTO ko,
- Informal lang ang event, except for a few well-placed "formal" services.
- Less than 30-40 minutes lang ang anumang formal memorial service para maraming oras magkwentuhan at mag-interact ang mga tao. Mas nakaka-destress at nakakapagpaluwag ng dibdib ang ganitong gawain.
Dapat yung mga dumarating, lalu na yung walang maraming oras to stay, ay makalapit agad sa coffin / ashes, sa mga bereaved, etc at hindi maimbak sa may likuran kasi may mahabang program na nagaganap nang dumating sila.
(And besides, hindi lahat ng pupunta sa lamay ay may kaparehong religious sensibilities.)
NAKAKADALA AT HINDI ENJOYABLE ang mahahabang memorial services. Tuloy, maraming tao na itinataon ang dalaw nila before or after the formal memorial service.
Q - Sa congregation po namin, madalas na pastors' wives ang mga wagas na alagad ng chismis. Kasi po sila ang may access to information known to their pastor-husbands at sila rin ang leaders ng maraming ministries, especially women's ministries.
Paano po kaya maiiwasan o masusugpo ang ganito?
A -
1. Huwag pag-asawahin ang mga pastor? :-) (Kaya lang baka magkaron ng himagsikan?)
2. Huwag bigyan ng leadership ministries ang pastors' wives?
(Another himagsikan?)
Make the pastors' wives stay at home?
Yun ang ministry nila: to be wives and home makers to their own husbands and not join their pastor-husbands in their public ministries.
(Kaya lang, maraming mahusay na pastors' wives and masasayang?)
Q - Bakit po kaya talamak ang chismis sa church namin?
A-
1. Marami lang talagang chismosa?
2. Marami kayong "family" events and other "fellowships" kung saan nagiging "close" kayo sa isat-isa.
Result: nagkaka-alaman ng mga isto-istorya na nag-i-inspire sa pagsilang ng maraming chismisan?
THE
- MORE FELLOWSHIPS
- "CLOSER" THE RELATIONSHIPS,
THE MORE CHISMISAN!
"Speak YOUR truth quietly and clearly..."
Just say what you want to say ---
post what you want to post ---
without having to explicitly challenge, oppose or refer to other ideas /posts / "truths".
BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?
Q – Why can some very terrible “accidents”,
grave illnesses, horrible crimes, tragic deaths, etc happen to or against very godly, good and kind people, even morally upright religious leaders?
Why doesn’t God intervene to prevent such things from happening?
A -
The purest law of God is the law of nature.
God created nature and ordained natural laws to govern it.
Natural Law is above all man-made laws, including religious and moral law ---
all of which came much much later than Creation.
And one of Natural Law’s most basic principles is Cause and Effect.
Morality and religiosity, even righteousness or rightness,
exempt no one from natural law especially the rule of Cause and Effect.
If “terrible” things happen, there are causes that make them happen.
The morality of the persons involve does not ---cannot ---alter the outcome of natural cause and effect. For instance, even a 'holy man" could fall off a cliff because of the Law of Gravity.
Meanwhile,when natural law is bypassed, overruled or aborted, like when the natural and automatic “effect” is suppressed despite the “cause”,
that is called by believers as miracle.
A miracle is a suspension, bypassing, or superseding / cancellation of Natural Law for the sake of a beneficiary.
However, the Author of Natural Law should not always be expected to suspend it to accommodate various, sometimes even conflicting, individual or personal human agenda.
People who debate on religious issues do so NOT TO CONVERT each other as they both know that it would be impossible; they argue to win, not to lose and much less get converted.
They debate TO CONVERT their gullible and impressionable audiences who could get taken by an impressive theatrical performance.
MGA BASEHAN NG
- panunuri
- paghusga kung tama o mali, mabuti o masama
- paggusto o pag-ayaw
- pagpanig o pagsalungat / pagkampi o paglaban
SA IBANG TAO:
1. Known facts / Ang alam = Knowledge
2. Unknown facts = Ignorance
3. Standards subscribed to / Batayan ng tama o mali, mabuti o masama
4. Personal values, beliefs and aspirations, vested interest,
relations
5. Bias
6. Gut feel / Pakiramdam / Kutob
7. Posisyon o paninindigan ng mga taong malapit / mahalaga sa nanunuri.
8. Popular Opinion
MUNUNURI, SURIIN ANG
- PANUNURI.
- SARILI.
Q - Tito pls pray for me. May mental illness yata ako?!
A -
Relax pamangkin.
Lahat yata ng tao ay may mental illness hahahahah!
Iba-iba lang ng
- degress / levels
- anyo
- schedules / seasons.
(Tula ng isang makatang pamangkin na mukhang may hugot!? :-)
SA IYO NA DOKTRINA MO!
Sa iyo na doktrina mo
Kung makasigaw ka naman sa tao.
parang kang walang respeto.
Nilalamon mo pati ang kanyang pagkatao.
Sa iyo na doktrina mo
Kung may humingi naman ng tulong sa yo.
Nakita mo nang nanghihingalo.
Pinagiisipan mo pa kung tutulong ka dito.
Sa iyo na doktrina mo
Kung manapak ka naman ng asawa mo
Dahil ayon sa doktrina mo
Ang babae ay dapat magpasakop sa 'yo.
Sa iyo na ang doktrina mo
Kung gagamit ka lang ng karahasan
Para lamang mapatunayan
Na tama ang doktrina mo kahit may masasaktan.
Sa iyo na doktrina mo.
Kung ito'y pinipilit mo.
Na dapat paniwalaan ko.
Kasi ito ang gusto mo.
Sa iyo na doktrina mo.
Kung tingin mo superior ito.
Tinanong mo na ba sarili mo.
Kung pagmamahal meron sa iyo?
Sa iyo na doktrina mo.
Kung pagmamahal sa kapwa wala sa iyo.
Nakikipagaway ka pa ng todo todo.
Kasi alam mo tama doktrina mo.
SA IYO NA DOKTRINA MO!
Q - May gainful employment po ako pero hinikayat ako ng mga tao sa church namin na mag-fulltime sa ministry. Nahahati po ang loob ko.
A -
Hati pala ang loob mo, eh di keep your gainful employment and be a church volunteer worker!
Kaya naman yun.
Bihirang church work ang nangangailangan ng fulltime focus,
unless you were the office clerk that does administrative work.
Ang dami-daming free / idle time na maraming "fulltime" workers, believe Tito hahahahah!
Q - Ano po ang time (kung meron man) na hindi bastos ang pagwo-walk out...?
at kainlan naman po na ito bastos na gawin ng isang tao...?
A -
Laging kabastusan ang mag-walk out !
hahahahah!
Unless your core values are being assaulted in malicious, shameless and cruel ways.
Q - Paano ko po malalaman na called ako into full-time ministry?
A -
1. You have an internal conviction.
Hindi iba ang nagsasabi o kumukumbinsi sa yo.
You don't get manipulated or pressured by others who want you to do it.
2. You are gifted and skilled.
3. People love your ministration.
4. Doors open for you.
5. You heave great peace of mind about it.
Q - Mayron po ba kayong political color?
A -
Av Kors, pamangkin!
Matter occupies space, has weight and ----- political color!
And Tito is matter --- plus a concerned citizen of a very political country!
Hahahahahahahah!
WORRIED ka ba
- tungkol sa pagtanda, paghina ng katawan at kamatayan?
- na maghirap o mawalan ng pera?
- na mawala ang mahal mo sa buhay dahil baka maagaw ng iba?
- na mamatayan ng loved-ones?
- na magkasakit ka ng malubha?
- na mabigo?
- na mahirapan ng sobra?
- tungkol dito a doong mga takot?
If yes, magtigil ka!
Bawat isa sa pitong bilyong tao sa planeta at lahat ng mga nauna na sa ating mabuhay at mamatay---liban na lang sa sobra pang bata o baliw---ay may ganyang worries. Kaya hindi ka unique. Hindi ka nag-iisa. Bawat kilala mong tao may ganyang worries.
Wala rin namang nakalulutas ng worries na yan. Wala ring nakaka-solve kahit pa nga kung anu-anong pagpapayaman, pag-iimpok, pagpapalakas, atbp ang pilit ginagawa.
Wag ka na lang mag-worry. Ipasa-Diyos mo ang lahat. SYA! may magagawa! :-)
Ikaw? Enjoy life when alive and die when your time comes. Enjoy people when they are around and adjust when they are taken away. Enjoy what you have and be thankful when they are taken back by the Lender.
Don't worry.
Don't problematize life.
Ganun lang yun.
Q - Bakit po may mga posts kayo na non-religious ang themes?
A -
Why not?
May (mas) totoong buhay pa sa labas ng apat na pader ng simbahan, pamangkin! :-)
Mayrong Heaven on Earth
at
mayron ding Hell on Earth.
Lahat ng yan ---kasama na ang other-world / kabilang buhay ---
ay marapat pag-isipan. :-)
TUMUNTONG KA SA LUPA, PAMANGKIN.
Tao ka pa lang, hindi ka pa kerubin.
Q - Di po ba dapat "You should not be unequally yoked with unbelievers?"
A -
1. Ano ang ibig sabihin ng UNbeliever? Pag ba naniniwala sa God pero iba ang religion / religious denomination / sect ay UNbeliever na nga?
SINO ang UNbeliever?
2.
Paano mo malalaman na IKAW ang believer at yung IBA ang UNbeliever?
Q - Sobra-sobra po kaming nagmamahalan ng BF ko and we are really happy with each other. Pero magkaaway na mortal ang religions ng respective families namin.
Will we give up each other because of the opposing religious beliefs?
Baka po hindi na kami makakita ng true love na ganito!
A -
Your religious issues are BELIEFS, NOT KNOWLEDGE.
Hindi nyo naman talaga alam/ sure kung sino sa inyo ang tama o kung pareho bang tama o parehong mali ang religious beliefs nyo.
Faith kasi yan.
Meanwhile,
that you love each other very much,
that you are happy together,
THAT IS KNOWLEDGE.
Alam nyo talaga.
If I were the two of you,
I would seek personal/ private spirituality ---magkahiwalay ng religious practice if needed --- pero ise-save at itutuloy ko ang maganda nyong personal relationship. Yan ay kung kaya nyong i-handle ang ganyang difference.
Madaling humanap at sumali sa religion ----
(And no one is really sure na sila nga nag tama at mali nga yung iba.
Kanya-kanyang paniniwala yan sa kanya-kanyang relihiyon! )
---- pero mahirap magkaron ng true and beautiful love. :-)
Ganun din sa friendships.
Huwag makipagkasira sa kaibigan dahil lang nagsanga at nagkahiwalay ang inyong religious memberships!
(Pareho lang namang nagpipilit ang inyu-inyong religions na sila ang tama at mali ang iba. Who could really know?
Kahit nga sa mga nagsasabing naniniwala sila sa identical scriptures, iba-iba pa rin ang interpretations and applications nila.)
SAYANG ANG LOVE, ANG FRIENDSHIP kung babale-walain dahil sa myopic / narrow religious sentiments.
Huwag na huwag pintasan ang sariling asawa sa harap ng pamilya / mga kamag-anak nya.
They will hate you!
Q - Ang BF ko po hindi marunong kumain ng good foods. Lumaki po kasi na halos wala silang makain dahil sobrang poor. Hindi po nadevelop ang culinary taste! What a problem!! Heeeeeelp!
A -
1. Tanggapin mo sya ng buo, kasama na ang taste nya for food.
2. Turuan mo unti-unti to appreciate a variety of foods.
Turuan mo rin ang sarili mo to appreciate his kind of food.
3. Let him eat what he likes and you eat what you like!
Bigayan kayo when you eat together.
Minsan dun sa gusto nya.
Minsan sa gusto mo.
Hwag mo problemahin yan.
At least my BF ka
Q - What is a good gift to celebrity friends and relatives?
A -
Privacy, peace and anonymity.
Do not make them "perform" as celebrities in your private gatherings.
Enough of the nonstop kuhanan ng pictures!
Let them relax, be at ease, and have a good, private time
"Love is like holding a handful of sand;
squeeze tightly and it slides out through your fingers;
relax and it stays."
Q - Paano po makakaiwas sa (romantic) heart ache ?
A -
Kung
- ayaw sa yo
- di ka masyadong gusto
EH DI WAG!
Q - Ano po ang magandang gawin kung laging ako ang nakikiusap sa BF ko na bigyan ako ng time?
A -
TURN THE TABLE, pamangkin!
Baligtarin mo ang mundo.
GET SCARCE!
MAWALA KA, MAGLAHO, MAGTAGO.
Pag hinahanap ka, hinabul-habol at pinagmakaawaang makasama nya,
pagbigyan mo. :-) He is worth it.
Pero pag wa-epek ang drama mo --- hindi ka hinanap-hanap,
inasam-asam, hinabul-habol, etc --- lam mo na!
(Kumanta ng Leron Leron Sinta!)
Kasuyang kasama yung laging dapat panalo:
yung laging dapat MAS
- mayaman ang tita nya sa tita mo
- maganda ang anak nya sa anak mo
- matalino ang apo nya sa apo mo
- matalino sya kesa sa yo
atbp
Nakakapagod at nakasasawang kasama yung laging may
- pintas
- better idea
- last say.
Stay away from complainers and fault finders: papangit lang ang paningin mo sa mundo.
Never travel with a complainer or a fault finder.
Mabubwisit lang ang trip mo.
Q - Tito what is the best way to enjoy free time/ a whole day?
A -
Go where you want to go -
Do what you want to do - ALONE!
Mahirap mag-enjoy nang may kasamang
- only half interested.
- kailangang i-entertain o pakiramdaman.
- nagmamadali o nabo-bore.
Kung may isasama, tiyaking vibes talaga kayo ---
yung makaka-enhance sya sa experience,
hindi pabigat.
ONE of the most
- effective
- time-saving
- economical
- enjoyable
- touching
singular activities that could
- inform
- educate
- instruct
- broaden one's mind
- inspire:
WATCHING A REALLY GOOD FILM
Ed Lapiz - The Christian and His Finances (Pera o Puri)
"bakit born-again na ako eh poor pa rin ako?"
"masama bang magpayaman ang Christian?"
"may teachings ba ang bible tungkol sa utang?"
how does one live spirituality in this materil world? what is the interplay between the spirit and the body? between kabanalan and kaperahan?"
Ed Lapiz - The Christian and His Finances (Pera o Puri)
"masama bang magpayaman ang Christian?"
"may teachings ba ang bible tungkol sa utang?"
how does one live spirituality in this materil world? what is the interplay between the spirit and the body? between kabanalan and kaperahan?"
Ed Lapiz - The Christian and His Finances (Pera o Puri)
Ed Lapiz - Five thing to remember about money (Pera o Puri)
"bakit born-again na ako eh poor pa rin ako?"
"masama bang magpayaman ang Christian?"
"may teachings ba ang bible tungkol sa utang?"
how does one live spirituality in this materil world? what is the interplay between the spirit and the body? between kabanalan and kaperahan?"
Ed Lapiz - Five thing to remember about money (Pera o Puri)
"masama bang magpayaman ang Christian?"
"may teachings ba ang bible tungkol sa utang?"
how does one live spirituality in this materil world? what is the interplay between the spirit and the body? between kabanalan and kaperahan?"
Ed Lapiz - Five thing to remember about money (Pera o Puri)
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Pastor Ed Lapiz Timeline Question and Answer
A pamangkin's message to HSBC CREDIT CARD:
"STOP calling our residence about collection even before payment date!
If you would not stop this intrusive and annoying practice,
WE WILL CLOSE OUR ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR BANK!"
If you would not stop this intrusive and annoying practice,
WE WILL CLOSE OUR ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR BANK!"
During worship singing,
it would be nice if,
instead of the song leader praying aloud between songs
and thus controlling even the prayer of the worshipers,
there would be just plain instrumental portion
so the people could pray personally
then join again in congregational singing.
Public prayer could so easily degenerate into public performance.
I love private, personal, quiet, even non-verbal prayer.
Q - Nakaka disrespect po ba Kung I-aadd mo Sa friendlist mo Sa Facebook ang ex-wife ng yung kapatid? Pano Kung naging Ninang Sa binyag ng anak mo yung ex-wife ng kapatid mo at May bago Na po pamilya kapatid mo at legally separated Naman po sila.
A -
medyo complicated. Kung mature / professional ang mga sangkot and they can handle it well, puede. Pero kung may mga baggages pa sila, better meet/ celabrate with them SEPARATELY. Awkward pagsama-samahin sila sa iisang lugar/event
Q - Hi Pastor, do you have special Mother's Day and Father's Day celebration in your church? Sometimes I feel that the church is being a little insensitive to those childless married couples for having a full-blown Mothers/Father's Day celebration. Maybe just incorporating the event in the message and praying for them is enough.
A -
wala. we do not fully subscribe to hallmark greeting cards-invented holidays to improve sales of cards :-)
Tapos sumali ang department stores and restaurants sa circus / bonanza ng invented holidays na ganyan hahaha
Everyday should be Mother's/Father's day; no need for artificial and melodramatic "celebrations" hahahah.
Q - Given that God is infallible and omniscient, He knows what will happen.
In that case, do we still have free will? Kasi po whatever we decide, future is already known to Him.
A -
Known. Foreknown, but not imposed.
Q - Sir ed prang bihira n po kau mag post ng status po sa fb ? Miss ko n po mga post mo po.
A
may ginawang book :-)
.
Q - panu pa po ba maibabalik ang samahan ng mag asawa na sinira ng isang pagkakamali?
A -
Time. Make up. Manuyo. Magpasuyo. Bigyan ng panahong maghilom ang sugat. Time heals all wounds, they say.
Q - Hi Tito what to do if depressed and insomniac
A -
Pag grave depression, advisable to get professional, clinical treatment / therapy.
See a psychiatrist or clinical counselor.
Q - Ano po ba ang matatawag na kulto at sino ang matatawag na bulaang mangangaral? Sino po ang may karapatang magbigay ng ganung label sa mga religious teachers at workers?
A - "'Bulaan' according to whom?" ang dapat itanong.
Everyone, especially religious critics, has beliefs, standards and opinions.
So sino ang may karapatang tumawag ng "bulaan" kanino man? WALA.
Kasi, faith is that: Faith!
People tend to call faiths outside of their own as FAKE of FALSE.
Pero sila rin, tinatawag na fake or false by others.
Some would claim to base their judgment on some "authoritative" document or verses, but even those who "believe" in the same source never agree with one another on how to interpret and apply those same verses. They also call each other fake or false.
Sino sila para malaman ang true from false faith, eh faith nga yun?
Matters of faith cannot be verified nor proven by objective, empirical or intellectual standards. Otherwise that would be "knowledge", not faith.
So sino ang may karapatang tumawag sa iba ng kulto o fake o false: Only GOD and God alone
Q - Pag po may tampuhan kami ng BF ko, ang hirap-hirap sa dibdib.
Feel ko naman po sya rin nahihirapan. Hindi naman po maiwasan ang tampuhan tapos walang usapan, walng text, walang calls. But I think both of us suffer in an extended way. What to do pls???
A -
Imbes
- magpatagalan sa pag communicate, mag-unahan!
- magpataasan ng pride, magpababaan!
- maghintay na mauna yung other person na bumati, uanhan na sya.
Wakasan ang suffering.
Huwag magtikisan kundi magmahalan!
Magbabati rin lang naman talaga kayo if you really love each other,
bilisan na.
Be happy na ulit.
Mag-text na.
Now na!
Q - Bakit po kaya pag may love/partner ako, lagi na lang ako ang parang naghahabol, naghahanap, demanding at kandarapa?
A-
Siguro
1. sobra kang serious?
2. wala kang ng masyadong ibang ginagawa o pinagtutuunan ng pansin?
3. talaga lang mas interesado ka sa kanya/kanila kesa sila sa yo?
Relax.
Wag masyadong maghabol o magpahalata.
Q - Pano po kaya mararamdaman ng todo-todo ang buhay?
A -
Fall in love.
Mararamdaman mo ang lahat ng uri, lawak, lalim at babaw ng emosyon!
In love, walang bata at walang matanda: lahat isip-bata!
Q - Bakit po kaya ang ilap-ilap ng kapalaran sa akin. Nawala po halos ng magagandang projects na hanap-buhay ko. Dahil po kaya matagal na kong tumigil mag-church kasi naman ay wala akong matagpuang church na hiyang sa aking panlasa. ( Aaminin ko po na ma-pride ako at maselan pero hindi po ako lumayo sa Diyos, naging private na lang nga po ang prayer and Bible study ko.)
Bakit po hirap na hirap ako ngayon sa buhay samantalang dati ay masagana ako at maraming projects?
A -
Kung kahit na lang saang larangan ay parang mailap ang kasiyahan at kasaganaan, be it material, emotional or spiritual, malamang na ang bara ay wala sa labas kundi nasa loob.
Take an inward journey. Siyasatin mo ang kalooban mo at hanapin ang bara sa pagdaloy ng buhay at pagpapala.
Everything is spiritual and our battles are fought in spiritual realms.
To be more specific --- battles are in the mind. In thought .
Suriin mo ang paraaan at takbo ng iyong pag-iisip at malamang ay naroon ang bara.
Puedeng negative ka mag-isip madalas: puedeng tulad ng sabi mo, ma-pride, o kaya magagalitin.
Puede ring may paraan ka na mapanakit o nakasasakit sa kapwa. Bawat sakit ng loob ng kapwa na tayo ang may gawa ay bumabalik sa atin bilang sakit din. What we give is what we get.
Siyasatin mo what you give to the world because it is what the world will give back to you. So what you are getting now could be what you have been giving to the world.
In life, we keep what we give away and lose what we selfishly try to keep.
We are not victims of life: we make life. So give what you like to receive.
Bless instead of curse. What comes out of our mouths flies into the sky and boomerangs back to us.
Change your life by changing the way you think, talk and live.
Romans 12.2 Be changed by the renewing of your mind.
Our mind is a factory. Thoughts produce the things that surround us.
So make your thoughts/mind produce what you like to harvest in life.
Ang kailangan para baguhin ang kapalaran ay PAGBABAGONG-LOOB / Paghuhunus-dili ---na magaganap matapos ang pagninilay-nilay at pagbubulay-bulay.
AT HINDI laging KAILANGAN ANG CHURCH para maganap ang pagliliwanag ng isip. May pagkakataong yung church pa nga at ang mga elemento doon ang nagiging hadlang para magkaron ng tunay na panunuri ng espiritu.
Kaya huwag mong isiping lumalayo ang Diyos sa yo dahil lang malayo ka sa church. Hindi lang sa church nakakaniig ang Maylikha. Pero kung may tama, tugma at hiyang na church, makatutulong ito ng malaki.
Dalangin ko na maiba ang ihip ng hangin sa paligid mo.
Pero mangyayari yun kung maiba muna ang ihip ng hangin sa kaibuturan ng puso mo. Ang pagbabago sa labas at tugon lang sa pagbabago sa loob.
Bunutin, alisin, puksain ang anumang hinananakit, sama ng loob, galit, poot at pagkasuklam na nananahan sa puso. Ang mga ito ay mga batubalaning umaakit ng hinagpis.
Q - LUGI po ako twing di kami nagkikita ng BF ko. Sad ako, miss na miss sya at nagwo-worry na baka he is seeing someone.
Tapos sya naman po napaka-relaxed.
Nagagalit pa pag tinatanong ko.
Sa tingin ko po lugi ako at neglected.
Ano po ang gagawin ko, sobra at ang tagal ko syang missed.
A -
Lugi ka pala eh di isara mo ang tindahan!
Kung missed mo sya first day, second day, third day at neglected ka pa rin,
dapat sa 4th day, adjusted at sanay ka na.
Manhid na. Wala nang drama.
Learn from every lonely day, pamangkin.
Wag kang mag-martir.
Q - Ano po ang magandang isagot sa mga relihiyoso na may ibang interpretation at paniniwala tapos ipinipilit nila sa yo ang beliefs nila?
A -
Sagutin ng:
'THAT'S YOUR OPINION AND BELIEF; KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.
I HAVE MINE.
Church could so sweetly
- accept
- affirm
- support
- celebrate
"NORMAL" and ideal individuals and families
but could
- be gravely insensitive
- rejecting
- hurting
- demonizing
to
- "ABNORMAL" /Different
- broken
- less-than-ideal inividuals, households and families.
The
- "different"
- unwed mother / single parent
- person born out of wedlock
- separated / divorced / abandoned
- repartnered / re-seeker of the significant other
and all others
could so easily
- be driven to hide in the shadows.
- fall in the cracks.
Church could so easily become another oppressor of minorities.
Ang masaya lang sa church ay yung "normal" and ideal ang sitwasyon.
All others are forced to hide and/or be hypocritical.
Q - Tito ano po ang "heresy"?
A -
Yan pamangkin ang tawag ng self-righteous Religion/Religious Group/Person #! sa beliefs and teachings ni Religio/nReligious Group/Person #2 na iba sa teachings ni #1 at ayaw na ayaw ni #1 big time!
Yan ang ginagamit na word ni #1 to demonize #2.
Mas malaki at powerful si #1, mas nagmumukha syang tama sa tingin ng mga hindi marunong manuri.
Also consult the dictionary for formal meaning
Q - Tito bakit po may mga husbands na willing to pay prostitutes for sex while they do not give anything to their wives for the same act?
A -
Prostitutes are paid not only for the sex service; they are also paid to leave / go away pronto! after the act.
Labels are oversimplifications.
When people are labeled, called pro- or anti- anything or anyone,
they get reduced to simplistic classifications or brands.
People are complex and not one could be perfectly
- republican or liberal,
- conservative or progressive
- sinner or saint
etc.
Do not oversimplify people.
Do not call them red just because they have some streaks of red.
Even aspects of people's thoughts, beliefs and philosophies could be ambivalent.
Do not freeze people in one fleeting, ephemeral frame or snapshot of their multifaceted lives.
atthew 7:1-2 (NRSV)
7 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
DID YOU JUDGE SOMEONE YESTERDAY?
WILL YOU JUDGE SOMEONE TODAY?
Did you call anyone names?
Did you carelessly label a person and even influence others to do the same?
Go ahead and condemn people, especially unfairly and unjustly.
Spread bad words about someone, especially without careful study and verification.
GO AHEAD ANG DESTROY YOURSELF WITH JUDGMENTALISM
Be careful with gossip; it is delicious but poisonous.
Proverbs 26:22 (CEV)
22 There is nothing so delicious
as the taste of gossip!
It melts in your mouth
Signs my daughter is a lesbian:
Q - Tito please help how will I talk to my daughter..I have confirmed that she is in a romantic relationship with another girl...Help me I'm afraid na malaman ko yung totoo na may meron nga siyang identity crisis...And if there's a biblical verse na pwede ko iexplain s kanya na nagsasabi ng hind tama yung ganun?
A -
Maraming parents ang dumaan at dumadaan sa ganyang crisis. (Actually mukhang mas may crisis yung parents tulad mo na hindi matanggap ang reality ng anak nila .) Puede mong tambakan ng verses (usually misunderstood, misinterpreted and misused verses) ang ganyang mga anak, ipa-exorcise, pagalitan, ipa-psychiatric treatment, bugbugin, itakwil, etc pero ang general ending according to experience is the same: they remain as they are. Ang well-meaning parents pa ang nagdadagdag sa crisis nila. At madalas, nahihiwalay at nalalayo lang sila sa family that rejects them.
Yes you may try many approaches. And as a loving, concerned parent, you should. Do what you could; perhaps she's just confused or "mildly" oriented and could be "re-oriented". But most cases like that seems to be in-born. (Many people in that situation will strongly tell you that it is not choice: that they were born that way. That they have sensed, known then confirmed it themselves. That they did not want and still do not really want to be like that because of the attendant rejection and judgment. That they did everything they could to "change" but utterly failed. Afterall, "can a leopard change its spots or an Ethipian his skin?" -Jeremiah 13.23)
If that happens, shift your focus and be more concerned about the hardship she could experience because of her reality, not about your family image or your dreams for her that might have to be rewritten. Be concerned that many people won't be abe to accept her reality and that she would suffer much because of it. And realize that your family would be her first and last resort for comfort, protection and love. If you won't accept and love your own child, who else would? Afterall, her genes and even personality traits came from her mother and father. Sa inyo rin naman nanggaling ang kanyang dugo at laman.
At the end of the day, whether you are able or not to change her, just be a parent: loving, understanding, accepting. Especially in her case, most of the world is still hostile to such gravely misuderstood and demonized "abnormality". She will need all the love you can give. Just be a mother, not a therapist, not a moralist, not a judge. Afterall, there is not one law against, not even a mention of, lesbianism in the Old Testament, the Law that Jesus superceded/voided by his teaching and new command: LOVE people unconditionally.
Be strong and caring; this daugher needs your parental love more than your other "normal" children.
Q - Bakit po hindi matapus-tapos ang bangayan ng theologians at mga secta?
A - Theologians and religious sects quarrel because they tread on holy ground where no mortal should walk. They try to understand and explain God!
God cannot be fully understood, much less fully explained!
God is better perceived and not known to the letter. Knowing God, if that was possible at all, only takes away the mystery and hence, the power of faith.
The problem with theology is that it is just a form of philosophy. Philosophy is rooted in logic. Logic is rooted in thinking, in reason ---in the brain. The Divine cannot be known through thought. Human thought cannot contain the Divine. Thought could only grasp snapshots of the Divine. BUt to KNOW God? That is over ambitious, if not outright presumptuous. To understand is to be above the object. To understand God is to be above God. That, exactly, was the thrust of Lucifer: to set his throne above God.
It cannot be done; it should not be done. Scrutinising God could only utterly fail --- and backfire.
As such, all rational approaches to God would fail. God is beyond thought. Theologies only make God in man's image because mortal thought cannot understand, much less create, what is immortal. Thus, theology only minimises, trivialises, even vulgarises the Divine to the limits of human understanding. Theology drags the Divine from Olympus down to the agora only to be abused by mortals who think they know better.
That is why theologians only quarrel and theologies raise questions without answers.
Q - Bakit ang mga born-again ang daming versions ng Bible? Ang gulo. Buti pa ang Catholics, isa lang ang Bible.
A - Isa lang ang Bible, whether "Catholic" or "Protestant".
"Version" does not mean magkakaiba ang content; it only means magkakaiba any style ng pay-translate from Hebrew and Greek.
Basing it on sources, all versions are generally the same Bible. Iba-iba lang ng time of translation from the Greek and Hebrew base materials kaya may old fashioned language at may contemporary.
The so-called Catholic Bible is also a version. Kaya lang, Catholics are taught to read only one version.
May "protestants" din na one version lang ang gusto, like the King James Version.
Catholics may read any version, and also non-Catholics. Essentially, pareho lang ang laman.
The more versions one reads, the more he expands his scholarship/knowledge.
Pag matagal mong hindi nakita ang isang tao tapos nagkita kayo, think:
1. Hindi mo alam ang mga pinagdaanan nyang hirap at pagsubok.
2. Wala kang ideya kung ano ang dinaramdam o ipinag-aalala nya ngayon.
3. Maaaring kalingang-kailngan nya ng pansin, appreication, encouragement o tulong.
Try not to
1. Focus on yourself but on her/him.
2. Parade your latest victories or acquisitions.
3. Belittle her/him.
Be sensitive.
Be kind.
Q - Christian po kmi pero ang kapatid q may dinaramdam sa kayawan nya, ngpray na, nagpa pray, nag pa doctor na, uminom n ng mga halamang gamot pero hindi parin naging ok. Nagaun po pumunta sa isang mangagamot ang sabi ang kaluluwa daw po ng mama nmin humihingi ng isang mesa sa simbahan at ang lolo nmin n pumanaw n rin gusto daw sindi ng kandila sa cmenteryo. Pagkatapos non naging ok pakiramdam ng ate ko. Anu po ibig sabihin non?
A -
Palagay ko nagkataon lang yung timing. Parang walang logic o koneksyon yung panaginip at yung paggaling. Baka oras nang tumalab yung mga gamot?
Wealth and prosperity is not all about how much one HAS but also how much one ENJOYS and SHARES what one has. We are made rich not only by what we get or have but also by what we give away.
Organized religion could misrepresent God.
Before religion, there had always been God.
Q - Sa dami po ng interpretations at teachings from/on/about the Bible and many doctrines, nakakalito na po kung ano ang UUNAHIN at bibigyan ng PRIORITY.
Pls advice?
A - Unahin mo ang
1. teachings ni Jesus, especially his teachings on eternal/spiritual life and the reign of God in people's hearts; how to make God rule in your heart;
2. teachings that make you a good, caring and loving person;
3. teachings that give you practical guidance in godly, fruitful and peaceful living.
Hwag kang pagulo at sumali sa mga labanan ng teachings na malayo sa bituka, malayo sa pang-araw-araw na kagandahang loob at pakikipagmabutihan sa kapwa,
lalu na yung mga controversial topics na noon, ngayon at bukas na pumuti man ang uwak ay di na malulutas.
Iwasan ang mga topics na divisive, nakakagalit at nakapagpapa-away sa mga believers.
May mga pagkakamali na kahit pagsisihan at kapulutan ng aral ay meron at meron pa ring mapait at masaklap na bungang hindi maiiwasan.
Makabubuti talagang mag-isip nang mainam bago sumuong sa pagkakamali.
- Ano po ang bagay gawin sa isang taong huling-huli at cornered na cornered, caught in the act sa paggawa ng kasalanan?
Q -
Kung private, personal kasalanan at hindi naman directly damaged or affected ang buhay ng iba, at kung hindi naman violent or threatening or arrogant yung tao, tingnan ang ginawa ni Jesus sa woman caught committing adultery: he did not judge nor condemn her.
Because of Jesus' treatment of her, no one stoned her.
Q - Mahal na mahal daw po ako ng BF ko pero laging halos mamalimos ako ng time, attention and actual presence nya samantalang may time and capacity naman sya to be with me kung talagang gugustuhin nya?
A -
Kung talagang mahal, di ka nya gagawing pulubi, namamalimos ng attention?!
1. Baka hindi ka talaga mahal?
2. Baka mahal ka nga pero merong ibang mahal / mas mahal?
Action speaks louder than words, pamangkin.
Q - Tito, hanggang saan po ang responsiblity ang ninong at ninang sa kasal? Ok lang ba na makialam kahit hindi hinihingi?
A -
Okay lang sa simula. Baka naman kasi nalilimutan lang na sumangguni sa kanila.
Pero matapos na makilahok at maramdamang unwelcome ang kanilang panghihimasok, dapat back off sila ninong at ninang.
Pray na lang muna on their own.
MInsan sa kaayawan sa nagpapayo o sa style ng pagpapayo ay inaayawan na rin tuloy yung payo mismo.
Q - Tito yun pong friend ko sobrang laki ng boobs, halos masubsob na po pag naglalakad?
A -
Eh bakit mo pinoproblema?
Kung talagang concerned ka, payuhan mo na lang ma medyo tumingala o lumiyad pag naglalakad para may balance?
Q - Ano po ang dapat gawin sa preachers na panay ang parinig na imbitahan silang mag-speak sa church namin? Bakit po ba may mga preachers na ipinag-aalukan ang sarili nila na mag-speak kung saan-saang churches?
A -
Invite them kung makabubuti, makatutulong at makae-edify sa inyo.
Kung hindi naman kayo nabe-blessed o kung di nyo talaga gusto eh di wag nyo invite?
Q - Pano po makarecover ang isang namatayan ng mahal sa buhay
A -
God. Seek God's comfort.Pray.
Time. Panahon ang nagbibigay ng recovery.
Makatutulong na maging busy, find another focus, other objects of love. Maglibang. Strive to be happy.
Q - Tito paano po malalaman na talagang mahal ako ng BF ko.? Sobra pong malambing sa texts at panay ang " I love you". Kakilig po talaga.
Sobra pong nahuhulog ang loob ko ...at parang malapit na rin pong mahulog ang panty ko!
A -
Watch his body language.
Madaling magsinungaling sa salita;
mas matapat ang kilos at gawa.
Let time pass.
Mahirap magsinungaling consistently sa mahabang panahon.
Lalabas at lalabas din ang tunay na ugali at niloloob.
Yung kilos at gawa ang bantayan mo.
Dun ka mas maniwala.
At yang panty mo, huwag mong ilaglag.
Talian mo.
Iperdible.
Higpitan.
Do not join the swelling ranks of girls na nabola sa dami ng sweetipiepie texts at inilaglag na lang basta-basta ang lahat-lahat.
Q - Bakit po kaya ayaw nang pumatol at makilahok ng isa kong kilalang pastor-theologian sa maraming mga usapan or debates on the faith? Sayang kasi very educated, well read and intelligent sya, not to mention very very spiritually anointed. Madalas din po kasi na di sya maintindihan ng marami at inaakusahan sya ng heresy?
A -
Baka very highly debeloped at nasa iba nang dimension ang consciousness nya: malayu na, evolved na ang korte ng isip at pag-iisip nya?
Baka sobra na syang nabababawan sa mga ganyang usapin?
O naiisip nyang useless (for now) to keep discoursing with people whose minds and thoughts are still so "primitive" and "underdeveloped" and whose spiritual vocabulary is still so very limited as to be able to engage in an enlightened discourse?
Ganyang-ganyan ang case ni Jesus: di sya maintindihan kaya inaakusahan syang prince of demons, etc.
Alam ni Jesus ang ganyang sitwasyon kaya sabi nya:
Matthew 7:6 (CEV)
Don’t give to dogs what belongs to God. They will only turn and attack you. Don’t throw pearls down in front of pigs. They will trample all over them.
In other words: Hwag makipag-usap sa mga ganyan.
Hwag / Useless makipag-usap / makipagtalo sa walang muang.
Q - Lagi po akong lugi sa love.
I always end up giving so much and getting so little.
Sobra-sobra po ang naibibigay ko compared sa natatanggap?
How can I avoid being lagi at sobrang lugi?
A -
Make your love a prize at the finish line of the race,
not a give-away incentive at the starting point;
Make your love a fruit at the end of people's labor,
not some fertilizer in the beginning?
Let people earn your love.
Huwag mong ipamigay agad-agad at bigla-bigla.
Q - gusto ko ng mag-exit sa group chat ng spiritual community namin kasi madalas akong ma-hurt sa mga topics ng group. Very judgmental of others.
A -
The Arabs have a saying: "Close the door that brings in the draft."
1. Pastor hanggang kelan po ba dapat magpatawad? Pag niloko ka po ba ng boyfriend dapat po ba magbigay ng chance? May nangyari po sa kanila nung isang girl habang kami po. Dapat pa po bang magbigay pa ng chance?
2. Pastor pag po ba alam mo at ramdam mo na ayaw sayo nung parents ng bf mo at may iba silang gusto para sa kanya dapat po bang mag giveway na?
A -
1. Mas malaki ang loss pag hindi nagpatawad.
2. NO. Hindi naman yung parents nya ang pakakasalan mo.
Q - Bakit po kaya ang bilis maging galit ang romantic love?
A -
There is a very thin line between love and hatred
that it could be easy to hate the one you used to love.
We usually put down all defenses against a loved one,
so it becomes so easy to be hurt.
Mabuting labanan ang ganitong tendency
and try hard remember an ex for all the good things?
Q - What is the quickest way to forget a lost love?
A -
A new /Another love?
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Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Ed Lapiz - Communication Its Importance to Family and the Church
Ed Lapiz - Communication Its Importance to Family and the Church
Thursday, 12 May 2016
KAPAMILYA O KAPAL NILA▬How to Have a Happy Family by Pastor Ed Lapiz
KAPAMILYA O KAPAL NILA▬How to Have a Happy Family by Pastor Ed Lapiz
KAPAMILYA O KAPAL NILA▬Family 101 According to Jesus by Pastor Ed Lapiz
KAPAMILYA O KAPAL NILA▬Family 101 According to Jesus by Pastor Ed Lapiz
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Ed Lapiz = Isang Tanong Isang Sagot (Timeline)
Q - Maganda po bang 100% ng friends ay church mates?
A -
Yes kung lagi at mananatili kang perfectly godly sa standard nila.
Pero paano kung may mangyari at "itiwalag" ka nila?
Wala kang matitirang friend kahit isa?!
Very few forces could be more enlightening ---or blinding ---than religious belief!
Religionists could be the best --- or worst --- creatures on the planet.
Pinakamadaling bumitaw at bumaligtad sa friendship ang kaibigang relihiyoso.
Pag nagkamali ka, nagkulang o "nagkasala" -- o basta lang may hindi sya nagustuhang sinabi o ginawa mo---- hindi mo na sya friend, judge mo pa!
May mga relihiyosong tao na kung gaano "kabait" sa kapanalig,
ganun naman kasalbahe sa hindi kaanib o sa may ibang kulay ng pananalig
Religious belief and conviction could make believers
- angelic and saintly to fellow believers
while
-demonic to "unbelievers" or people with different belief.
Q -tama po bang isoli sa lalaki ang engagement ring na hindi nman matutuloy ang pagpapakasal?
A -
Dapat, lalu kung may commercial value.
(Buti naman nakakapg-isip ka pa ng mga romansa kahit
nahahalukay na ang bansa sa election fever?! hahahahah)
Q - May bishops po na nagsabi na ang iboto ay yung may solid religious values. Ano po kaya ang ibig sabihin noon?
A -
"Solid religious values" ng religion ng bishops na nagsabi?!
Sasabihin pa kaya nila yun kung ang religion ng candidate ay IBA sa religion nila.
Many religions like to dominate or influence government.
Nababahala ang "bishops" pag ang candidate ay hindi
- nila member
- close sa kanila
- nila madidiktahan.
It would be more patriotic to say "Vote candidates with solid achievements and track record in public service."
A murderer could kill many ways:
1. Shoot you directly.
2. Drug you so you begin a nearly irreversible slide to death.
3. Steal your food, drink, medicine, clothing and shelter.
including your dignity, ambition and hope.
Steal from you that you are driven to lifelong slavery.
4. Deprive you of justice and opportunity to realize your fullest potentials.
5. Kill you softly, slowly with indifference, callousness, neglect and ineptness.
Murder has many faces --- and methods.
MARAMING MURDERERS, hindi lang agad halata.
Q - New pastor po ako Tito.
Please give me advice na sa tingin nyo mahalagang isapuso at isagawa ko sa ministry.
A -
Preach, teach and pastor to make people
- kind, not unkind.
- accepting of others, not rejecting.
- understanding of others, not judgmental and condemning.
- polite, not rude even to those with different religious belief.
- rest in God's love and forgiveness, not stressed with guilt trips.
- restful and peaceful about the future, not scared and anxious.
- love and appreciate God, not to make them always scared of God.
- like Jesus, not like the Pharisees.
Amos 3:3 (NIV)
Do two walk together
unless they have agreed to do so?
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Dapat talaga yun na lang magkakasundo ang magsama-sama at mag-usap-usap.
Stress makitungo sa mga iba ang korte ng utak!
Huwag mag-follow sa account na ayaw mo ang content tapos aawayin mo yung may-ari ng wall dahil sa posts nya smile emoticon
Huwag mag-share ng post sa mga contra-partido.
Hindi naman sila makikinig.
Share posts with friends, not with hostile persons!
A Pharisee and a Sinner
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Luke 18:9-14 (CEV)
Jesus told a story to some people who thought they were better than others and who looked down on everyone else:
Two men went into the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood over by himself and prayed, “God, I thank you that I am not greedy, dishonest, and unfaithful in marriage like other people. And I am really glad that I am not like that tax collector over there. I go without eating[d] for two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all I earn.”
The tax collector stood off at a distance and did not think he was good enough even to look up toward heaven. He was so sorry for what he had done that he pounded his chest and prayed, “God, have pity on me! I am such a sinner.”
Then Jesus said, “When the two men went home, it was the tax collector and not the Pharisee who was pleasing to God.
If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honored.”
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Magpakalinis muna ng sarili bago hanapan ng kalinisan ang kapwa.
Ang may karumihan ay walang karapatang maghanap ng kalinisan sa kapwa.
Yung perfect lang ang may karapatang umungkat at umusig sa kasalan ng iba.
Bumato yung walang kasalanan!
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John 8:7 (CEV)
They kept on asking Jesus about the woman. Finally, he stood up and said, “If any of you have never sinned, then go ahead and throw the first stone at her!”
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Magpakalinis muna ng sarili bago hanapan ng kalinisan ang kapwa.
Ang may karumihan ay walang karapatang maghanap ng kalinisan sa kapwa.
Yung perfect lang ang may karapatang umungkat at umusig sa kasalan ng iba.
Unahing linisin ang sarili.
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Matthew 7:3-5 (CEV)
You can see the speck in your friend’s eye, but you don’t notice the log in your own eye. How can you say, “My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,” when you don’t see the log in your own eye? You’re nothing but show-offs! First, take the log out of your own eye. Then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend’s eye.
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Magpakalinis muna ng sarili bago hanapan ng kalinisan ang kapwa.
Ang may karumihan ay walang karapatang maghanap ng kalinisan sa kapwa.
Yung perfect lang ang may karapatang umungkat at umusig sa kasalan ng iba.
Diyos lang ang may karapatang tumimbang at humusga
Paul said it.
A friend applied it to himself.
Mainam makigaya at i-apply din sa sarili:
1 Timothy 1:15 (CEV)
“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” This saying is true, and it can be trusted. I was the worst sinner of all!
Q - Bakit po si David sa Bible pagkarami-raming pinatay na kalaban ng State at super babaero, ang daming asawa, pero tinawag pa rin na "A man after God's own heart?"
A -
Because deep down in his heart, despite his combat record and weakness/ love for women, ay talagang kita ng Langit na godly pa rin talaga sya?
Acts 13:22 (NIV)
After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’
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Diyos na ang may sabi nyan.
Note:
The focus was on David doing what God wants done;
not on David's other deeds/ possible mistakes.
In other words,
what really mattered was the good he did,
not the wrong that he did (also).
Hindi sya hinahapan ng perfection,
hinanapan lang ng compliance sa specific assignment nya as soldier and king.
Yung iba nyang deeds, covered na ng God's grace and love?
Yung iba naman kasi, MAS MAHIGPIT AT MAS PIHIKAN PA SA DIYOS
Q - Ano po ang gender sa eternal life / heaven ng transgender na naging believer ni Jesus?
A -
Sa eternity, puedeng walang gender ang mga nilalang.
Gender / Sexuality is clinically determined by the sexual organs.
Sexual organs are for sexual reproduction.
In heaven, people do not
- indulge in sex
- reproduce
- get married.
So walang need for gender.
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Mark 12:25 (CEV) Jesus:
When God raises people to life, they won’t marry.
They will be like the angels in heaven.
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So posibleng walang sexual organs / gender sa heaven kahit mga angels.
Maaaring walang sexuality ang spiritual beings.
They are only presented in human language with gender identity kasi alangan namang "It" ang pronoun? Kaya ginagawang "He"?
Pag-aralan pa. Suriin.
HUWAG SIRAIN ANG KATAWAN SA TRABAHO
The more you have, the more everyone expects from you.
Your money won’t do you any good—others will just spend it for you.
- Ecclesiastes 5:11 (CEV)
IOW:
Pag dumarami ang kita, dumarami rin ang humihingi.
Pag limalaki ang kita, lumalaki rin ang hinihingi nila.
Pag ikaw naman ang nagkasakit at nangailangan,
SINO ang magbibigay sa yo?
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Dear OF pamangkins (Overseas Filipino; drop na yun Worker kasi obvious nang worker kasi ano, tourist?),
REST one day a week.
Try hard to NOT get more odd jobs on your day of rest.
Alagaan at pagpahingahin ang katawan.
Huwag sirain ang katawan para lang kumita ng mas marami
kasi magbabayad ang katawan pag naabuso--- magkakasakit.
Hihina. O babawi pagtanda natin.
Tapos, uubusin din ang lahat ng pera para magpagamot.
KAHIT MAGTRABAHO KA TEN DAYS A WEEK,
magkukulang at magkukulang pa rin ang kita mo dahil
darami lang ang manghihingi --- o papalaki nang papalaki ang hihingin nila.
MAHALIN DIN ANG SARILI.
Sundin ang maibiging utos ng Diyos: Magpahinga.
Lab yu mga OF pamangkin.
A - Ano po ba ang tamang spelling, Malacañang o Malacañan?
A -
HIndi maka-pronounce ang mga Kastila ng "NG" lalu na kung nasa dulo ng word; maikli ang dila nila, kaya yung Tagalog na
- Binyang, binibigkas nila na Biñan.
- Lumbang = Lumban
- Kalawang = Calauan
- Malakanyang = Malacañan.
SO, dapat MALAKANYANG. (Unless pa-Kastila ka a la Doña Victorina)
Hindi rin nila mabigkas ang "IT" sa dulo ng word kaya
- Kawit becomes Cavite.
Yung
- Baliwag, naging Baliuag
- Manawag naging Manaoag
- PagbailaO (as in bilao) naging Pagbilao (Pronounced Pagbilaw) kasi hindi makausal ng impit / dalawang magsaunod na vowels ang Kastial.
MALACAÑANG and the AMERICANS
William Francis (Frank) Murphy (April 13, 1890 - July 19, 1949) was the last American Governor-General of the Philippines. He and his family were the occupants of Malacañang Palace from 1933-1935.
Upon the ascent of Manuel L. Quezon as the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935, he fought fiercely for Malacañang to be the residence of the First Filipino Family as the Americans did not really want to surrender the palace and wanted their top “overseer” to be the one to reside there despite a Filipino president! Quezon insisted on occupying the palace very especially for its symbolic value: Malacañang should be for the Filipino First Family!
Like independence, Malacañang was won, and even the Armed Forces headquarters Camp Murphy was renamed Camp Aguinaldo in 1935 and Fort McKinley became Fort Bonifacio.
Now, after 80 years of being exclusive to the First Filipino Family, the Palace could be retaken by Americans IF an American Family wins the Philippine presidency!
How could Filipinos forget how much blood was sacrificed by their forefathers in their fight against American occupation?
“Between the years 1899 and 1913 the United States of America wrote the darkest pages of its history. The invasion of the Philippines__ for no other reason than acquiring imperial possessions, prompted a fierce reaction of the Filipino people. 126,000 American soldiers were brought in to quell the resistance. As a result, 400,000 Filipino "insurrectos" died under the American fire and one million Filipino civilians died because of the hardship, mass killings and scorched earth tactics carried out by the Americans. In total the American war against a peaceful people who fairly ignored the existence of the Americans until their arrival wiped out 1/6 of the population of the country.”
- The Filipino Genocide
IRONY of ironies: Today a disturbingly big chunk of the Filipino voting populace seems poised to ignore their heroes’ ultimate sacrifices to win and keep Malacañang for Filipinos. They seem dangerously inclined to voluntarily surrender not only Malacañang but the Presidency to Americans!
I could hear President Quezon's trademark expletive echoing in the hallowed halls of Malacañang: "P_Ñ_T_ !"
Q - bakit po sa film na EL PRESIDENTE, parang justified ang pagpapapatay ni Gen Aguinaldo kay Supemo Andres Bonifacio pero sa mga films na BONIFACIO Ang Unang Pangulo, HEN. ANTONIO LUNA, HELE SA HIWAGANG HAPIS, etc ay napakalinaw na ipinapatay talaga ni Aguinaldo si Bonifacio?
A -
Ang EL PRESIDENTE" ay based sa "MGA GUNITA NG HIMAGSIKAN", memoir / autobiography na sinulat mismo ni Gen Aguinaldo. Point of view ni Aguinaldo ang basehan ng "El Presidente."
Samantala, all other films mentioned are based on other historical writings and points of view NOT from Aguinaldo or the Magdalo faction of the Katipunan that he led.
BONIFACIO died too early, too soon. He was unable to write from his point of view. He had no direct voice in writing history. But his widow
GREGORIA DE JESUS, Lakambini ng Katipunan, wrote her memoirs
and so did many other revolutionaries.
Since Aguinaldo had a very long (and still influential) life, most "official" history books and textbooks left that dark, painful, nakakahiyang episode in our history BLANK. HINDI BINIGYANG-PANSIN sa history classes.
Ngayon lang nagsisimulang talagang ilabas at liwanagan ang mga tunay na naganap.
John 8:36 (CEV)
If the Son gives you freedom, you are free!
PROBLEM:
Modern-Day Pharisees take away freedom in Jesus
and imprison their followers all over again,
placing heavy burdens of legalism and obsolete religious laws
on the shoulders of their innocent victims.
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Luke 11:46 (CEV)
Jesus replied:
You teachers are also in for trouble! You load people down with heavy burdens, but you won’t lift a finger to help them carry the loads.
Q - How can I know God?
A -
HOW TO KNOW GOD?
1. Know that God is Universal: above and beyond all
- creation,
- persons, families, tribes, nations
- created things, including religious scriptures, literature, doctrines
- religious practices, groups, sects, denominations, religions
- conceptualization, imagination, interpretation, simplification or
complexification or formulation of man
- representation, presentation, symbolization, idolization /
interpretation / misinterpretation and misrepresentation of man.
BEFORE
- MAN
- TRIBES
- NATIONS
- RELIGIONS
WAS GOD!
2. Know God
through SOME teachings of religion but also know God
INSPITE OF / beyond / outside of the oversimplification,
domestication, tailor-suiting, franchising and owning /
self- appropriation of religions.
RELIGIONS TEND TO OWN GOD,
making God tribal or national or denominational.
As such, God becomes just a god:
a god who is tribal, partisan, political, denominational -- a god of only a "select"
few!
A GOD WHO TAKES SIDES IN HUMAN CONFLICTS COULD BE
NO MORE THAN AN APPROPRIATED, exploited god:
claimed, owned and used by a tribe or a nation for
self- preservation, self-promotion, and self-glorification.
A GOD USED BY ONE TRIBE AGAINST ANOTHER
could NOT be the true, universal God who is Creator and God of ALL.
At best, that god is only local/tribal.
At best, that god is just an invention or a reinvention of a tribe
that serves only its own interest. A manufactured god. An idol.
3. Know GOD
through Creation as it best mirrors a more believable and understandable image of the Creator.
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Know God though religious belief BUT ALSO know God through
his creation and creative genius ---outside of religious dogma!
Know God also through SCIENCE.
SCIENCE COULD BE GOD'S LAST ---and most truthful ---PROPHET!
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Creation cannot know and understand the Creator beyond the limits set by how Creation was designed.
But still Creation can know and understand the Creator in many and great ways.
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO KNOW GOD IS TO SET GOD'S TRUE IMAGE FREE FROM THE physical and/ or mental/conceptual / theological IDOLS CREATED BY RELIGION.
THEOLOGIES COULD BE THE WORST IDOLS MEN MAKE OF GOD.
Partisan theologies could localize, tribalize, denominationalize, franchise, diminish, trivialize and vandalize GOD.
Beware of a branded god; the true GOD is most probably generic.
HAPPY RESURRECTION SUNDAY, EVERYONE!
Mark 16:1-7 (CEV)
Jesus Is Alive
16 After the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James bought some spices to put on Jesus' body. 2 Very early on Sunday morning, just as the sun was coming up, they went to the tomb. 3 On their way, they were asking one another, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance for us?” 4 But when they looked, they saw that the stone had already been rolled away. And it was a huge stone!
5 The women went into the tomb, and on the right side they saw a young man in a white robe sitting there. They were alarmed.
6 The man said, “Don’t be alarmed! You are looking for Jesus from Nazareth, who was nailed to a cross. God has raised him to life, and he isn’t here. You can see the place where they put his body. 7 Now go and tell his disciples, and especially Peter, that he will go ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”
Q - Ayaw ko po sa political stand ngayon ng isang preacher na ang tagal kong sinundan-sundan at pinakinggan. Para pong lumabas ang tunay nyang kulay? Sayang lahat ng pakikinig ko sa kanya sa mahabang panahon.
A -
1. Kung ayaw mo ba sa stand nya, ang ibig sabihin ba ay tama ka at mali sya?
2. Anong tunay na kulay? Yung political color nya?
Every citizen is entitled to political color.
Masama ba ang color nya dahil: iba sa color mo?
3. Sayang ka mo ang lahat ng pakikinig mo noon sa kanya?
Bakit, hindi mo ba pinakinabangan ni minsan sa history mo ang mga narinig mo? Siguro naman kinapulutan mo ng maraming magandang bagay kaya sumunud-sunod ka nang matagal.
Ibig mo bang sabihin, dahil lang di ka nagagandahan sa political color nya ngayon na pinalabas siguro ng pangangailan / pagkakataon ay ituturing mo na ring pangit ang lahat ng pinakinggan mo sa maraming nagdaang araw?
Baka yung mga pangangaral nya ang nasayang ---sa yo?
Q - Ayaw po sa akin ng gusto kong guy. Iwas po ng iwas. Layo ng layo. Ako naman po, dahil lab ko sya ay habol ng habol, sunod ng sunod.
Lagi ko pong ibinabalandra ng mukha ko sa mga lugar na daraanan nya. Pero ni hindi po ako tinitingnan. Para na nga po akong eat-all-you-can buffet na nakahain at libre pero lagi pong napapanis dahil dinededma.
Ini-isnab po ako eh kababae kong tao. Para na po akong binabastos?
Ano po ang dapat kong gawin.
A -
Ikaw ang bumabastos sa sarili mo.
Maglaho ka pamangkin.
Tumira ka sa Buwan.
Sa Tibet.
Sa Afghanistan.
Sa Beirut.
Sa Panatag Shoal.
Kahit saan ----basta lumayo ka sa kanya!
Ang buffet, may bayad.
Ikaw libre na nga di pa pinapansin tapos hahabul-habol ka pa rin?!
Maghunus-dili ka, pamangkin.
Palayasin mo ang masamang espiritung kumukubabaw sa yo!
Q -Dito sa middle east ang aming panambahan ay ginagawa sa tuwing araw ng friday.sa aming sitwasyon may mga kapatiran na hindi minsan makakadalo dahil may pasok cla sa trabaho lalo na pag urgent ito.at kung minsan umaabot pa ng dalawang buwan na hindi hindi cla makakadalo depende sa project ng kanilang kompanya.
Ang problema may mga kapatiran na imbes e incourage ang ma kapatid na matagal ng hindi nakakadalo sa gawain,parang ipagmumukha pa sa kanila na hindi inuna ang pangioon na mas naging priority sa kanila ang kanilang mga trabaho.at kukuha cla ng verse sa biblena na nakasulat sa Mateo seek you first the kingdom of God and all this things shall be added to you...ano po ang masasabi ninyo tungkol dito.
A -
Working to support one's family, and staying employed by working when asked by the employer is also "seeking the kingdom of God."
The "Kingdom of Heaven" is NOT ONLY in the corporate activities of religious congregations.
The "kingdom of God" is also about doing what is good, what is needed so God's will (like having livelihood, food, and other needed) can happen in people's lives.
The Kingdom of God is not a place or a group or specific group activities; it is the REIGN OF GOD IN PEOPLE'S HEARTS. When people let God rule their lives, and that includes working for food or other needs, they actually follow the kingdom of God.
To "seek first the kingdom of God" is not limited to formal religious/sectarian activities.
AND BESIDES, NAG-ABROAD ang mga tao, lumayo sa pamilya, para maghanap-buhay, di ba? Hindi naman napakalaking offense na sa mga araw pinapapasok sila sa trabaho na tapat sa fellowship ninyo na pumasok sila. Marami pa namang ibang araw na makadadalo sila sa gawain. O KAYA, mag-organisa kayo ng gawain sa ibang araw para dun sa mga ganyan ang sitwasyon. Make the church more accessible to people whose jobs require them to work on days of church activities?
Q - Ipinipilit po ng pastor namin na dapat walang aabsent sa Sunday worship dahil Sunday daw po and "day of the Lord". Wala raw pong kwenta ang worship sa ibang araw?
A -
Huh!? Last time I looked, lahat ng araw ay gawa ng Diyos.
Noong unang panahon nga, Saturday lang ang inituring na day of worship.
Tapos pumasok ang Sunday.
At pano na yung mga congregations sa Middel East na Friday ang walang pasok sa trabaho = ginagawang day of worship. WALA RING BISA yun?
Kahit anong araw ay magandang araw para sumamba.
Q - yung pastor po nmin sa church ay naglalabas ng mga top secret and very confidential confessions po ng mga leader & workers wla pong lihim sknya kahit kanino snsbi po nya ito ng palihim to prove her personal interest ginawa nya po ito halos sa lahat ng leaders nya sa church kya marami po nag quit sa ministry dahil sa hindi maawat na bibig at pgging rude nung pastor matagal npo nya ito gngwa pag nakokorner sya ang reason nya pra mging warning sa iba at hindi tularan yung mga nadisplinang leader at hindi dw yon chismis kundi just a warning???tama po ba ang ganitong paliwanag may ganito po ba ang patakaran ng mga pastor sa ibang sekta? chismis po o sharing??
A -
Proverbs 11:13 (NIV)
A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy person keeps a secret
Ang mga taong napakaraming alam at yung napakaraming HINDI alam ay halos pareho: madaling kausap at mapagparaya. Palibhasay maalam o kaya'y alam na hindi sila maalam, sila ay bukas, mabait, mabuti at magalang.
Ang mahirap kausap at hindi accommodating ay yung mga taong may KONTI lang na alam. Ang marami pang hindi nila alam ay nilalagyan/pinapalitan nila ng haka-haka, guni-guni at mga opinyong hinuhugot sa dilim. Sumisikip ang kanilang utak ngunit ang laman lang naman ay kamangmangan at kabulastugan.
Their very limited vision makes them opinionated, biased, legalistic, formalistic, self-righteous and judgmental of others.
Indeed, "liitle knowledge is dangerous
Acts 7:48-50 (CEV)
48 But the Most High God doesn’t live in houses made by humans. It is just as the prophet said, when he spoke for the Lord,
49 “Heaven is my throne,
and the earth
is my footstool.
What kind of house
will you build for me?
In what place will I rest?
50 I have made everything.
Q - Tito isa po akong babaeng willing na willing magpakain, magsupport at mag-alaga ng lalake kahit jobless at tamad, basta guwapo, macho at masipag lang sya sa panunuyo at "pag-aalaga" sa akin personally. Malakas naman po akong kumita e.
Pero lagi po akong napapagalitan ng mga old maid kong tiyahin dahil puro ganitong type ang mga naging lalaki sa buhay ko. Tama po ba sila o mali? Di kaya inggit lang sila kasi all their lives, sa "katalinuhan" nila ay loveless tuloy sila. Wala ngang sinusuportahang lalaki pero wala ring kumikiliti sa kanila sa mga tamang moments?
Siempre maganda kung may mga ganitong lalaki tapos responsable at malakas ding kumita at ako ang bubuhayin, pero NASAAN SILA?
A -
Malamang concerned lang sa yo ang mga tiyahin mo; ayaw nilang malamangan ka.
Pero kung feelling winner ka sa ganyang arrangement,
hindi mo nga maa-appreciate ang payo nila.
Lahat naman ng tao, ang gusto para sa sarili nila ay yung ideal ---yung best.
But people have to contend with realities on the ground.
Nawa mabiyayaan ka ng partner sa buhay na hindi mo kailangang swelduhan at buhayin para ka lang kilitiin kasi tatanda ka rin at darating ang panahon hindi na lang kilig ang magiging mahalaga kundi tunay na pagmamahal at pagtutulungan.
Q - Ano po ang gender sa eternal life / heaven ng transgender na naging believer ni Jesus?
A -
Sa eternity, puedeng walang gender ang mga nilalang.
Gender / Sexuality is clinically determined by the sexual organs.
Sexual organs are for sexual reproduction.
In heaven, people do not
- indulge in sex
- reproduce
- get married.
So walang need for gender.
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Mark 12:25 (CEV) Jesus:
When God raises people to life, they won’t marry.
They will be like the angels in heaven.
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So posibleng walang sexual organs / gender sa heaven kahit mga angels.
Maaaring walang sexuality ang spiritual beings.
They are only presented in human language with gender identity kasi alangan namang "It" ang pronoun? Kaya ginagawang "He"?
Pag-aralan pa. Suriin.
HUWAG SIRAIN ANG KATAWAN SA TRABAHO
The more you have, the more everyone expects from you.
Your money won’t do you any good—others will just spend it for you.
- Ecclesiastes 5:11 (CEV)
IOW:
Pag dumarami ang kita, dumarami rin ang humihingi.
Pag limalaki ang kita, lumalaki rin ang hinihingi nila.
Pag ikaw naman ang nagkasakit at nangailangan,
SINO ang magbibigay sa yo?
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Dear OF pamangkins (Overseas Filipino; drop na yun Worker kasi obvious nang worker kasi ano, tourist?),
REST one day a week.
Try hard to NOT get more odd jobs on your day of rest.
Alagaan at pagpahingahin ang katawan.
Huwag sirain ang katawan para lang kumita ng mas marami
kasi magbabayad ang katawan pag naabuso--- magkakasakit.
Hihina. O babawi pagtanda natin.
Tapos, uubusin din ang lahat ng pera para magpagamot.
KAHIT MAGTRABAHO KA TEN DAYS A WEEK,
magkukulang at magkukulang pa rin ang kita mo dahil
darami lang ang manghihingi --- o papalaki nang papalaki ang hihingin nila.
MAHALIN DIN ANG SARILI.
Sundin ang maibiging utos ng Diyos: Magpahinga.
Lab yu mga OF pamangkin.
A - Ano po ba ang tamang spelling, Malacañang o Malacañan?
A -
HIndi maka-pronounce ang mga Kastila ng "NG" lalu na kung nasa dulo ng word; maikli ang dila nila, kaya yung Tagalog na
- Binyang, binibigkas nila na Biñan.
- Lumbang = Lumban
- Kalawang = Calauan
- Malakanyang = Malacañan.
SO, dapat MALAKANYANG. (Unless pa-Kastila ka a la Doña Victorina)
Hindi rin nila mabigkas ang "IT" sa dulo ng word kaya
- Kawit becomes Cavite.
Yung
- Baliwag, naging Baliuag
- Manawag naging Manaoag
- PagbailaO (as in bilao) naging Pagbilao (Pronounced Pagbilaw) kasi hindi makausal ng impit / dalawang magsaunod na vowels ang Kastial.
MALACAÑANG and the AMERICANS
William Francis (Frank) Murphy (April 13, 1890 - July 19, 1949) was the last American Governor-General of the Philippines. He and his family were the occupants of Malacañang Palace from 1933-1935.
Upon the ascent of Manuel L. Quezon as the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935, he fought fiercely for Malacañang to be the residence of the First Filipino Family as the Americans did not really want to surrender the palace and wanted their top “overseer” to be the one to reside there despite a Filipino president! Quezon insisted on occupying the palace very especially for its symbolic value: Malacañang should be for the Filipino First Family!
Like independence, Malacañang was won, and even the Armed Forces headquarters Camp Murphy was renamed Camp Aguinaldo in 1935 and Fort McKinley became Fort Bonifacio.
Now, after 80 years of being exclusive to the First Filipino Family, the Palace could be retaken by Americans IF an American Family wins the Philippine presidency!
How could Filipinos forget how much blood was sacrificed by their forefathers in their fight against American occupation?
“Between the years 1899 and 1913 the United States of America wrote the darkest pages of its history. The invasion of the Philippines__ for no other reason than acquiring imperial possessions, prompted a fierce reaction of the Filipino people. 126,000 American soldiers were brought in to quell the resistance. As a result, 400,000 Filipino "insurrectos" died under the American fire and one million Filipino civilians died because of the hardship, mass killings and scorched earth tactics carried out by the Americans. In total the American war against a peaceful people who fairly ignored the existence of the Americans until their arrival wiped out 1/6 of the population of the country.”
- The Filipino Genocide
IRONY of ironies: Today a disturbingly big chunk of the Filipino voting populace seems poised to ignore their heroes’ ultimate sacrifices to win and keep Malacañang for Filipinos. They seem dangerously inclined to voluntarily surrender not only Malacañang but the Presidency to Americans!
I could hear President Quezon's trademark expletive echoing in the hallowed halls of Malacañang: "P_Ñ_T_ !"
Q - bakit po sa film na EL PRESIDENTE, parang justified ang pagpapapatay ni Gen Aguinaldo kay Supemo Andres Bonifacio pero sa mga films na BONIFACIO Ang Unang Pangulo, HEN. ANTONIO LUNA, HELE SA HIWAGANG HAPIS, etc ay napakalinaw na ipinapatay talaga ni Aguinaldo si Bonifacio?
A -
Ang EL PRESIDENTE" ay based sa "MGA GUNITA NG HIMAGSIKAN", memoir / autobiography na sinulat mismo ni Gen Aguinaldo. Point of view ni Aguinaldo ang basehan ng "El Presidente."
Samantala, all other films mentioned are based on other historical writings and points of view NOT from Aguinaldo or the Magdalo faction of the Katipunan that he led.
BONIFACIO died too early, too soon. He was unable to write from his point of view. He had no direct voice in writing history. But his widow
GREGORIA DE JESUS, Lakambini ng Katipunan, wrote her memoirs
and so did many other revolutionaries.
Since Aguinaldo had a very long (and still influential) life, most "official" history books and textbooks left that dark, painful, nakakahiyang episode in our history BLANK. HINDI BINIGYANG-PANSIN sa history classes.
Ngayon lang nagsisimulang talagang ilabas at liwanagan ang mga tunay na naganap.
John 8:36 (CEV)
If the Son gives you freedom, you are free!
PROBLEM:
Modern-Day Pharisees take away freedom in Jesus
and imprison their followers all over again,
placing heavy burdens of legalism and obsolete religious laws
on the shoulders of their innocent victims.
*
Luke 11:46 (CEV)
Jesus replied:
You teachers are also in for trouble! You load people down with heavy burdens, but you won’t lift a finger to help them carry the loads.
Q - How can I know God?
A -
HOW TO KNOW GOD?
1. Know that God is Universal: above and beyond all
- creation,
- persons, families, tribes, nations
- created things, including religious scriptures, literature, doctrines
- religious practices, groups, sects, denominations, religions
- conceptualization, imagination, interpretation, simplification or
complexification or formulation of man
- representation, presentation, symbolization, idolization /
interpretation / misinterpretation and misrepresentation of man.
BEFORE
- MAN
- TRIBES
- NATIONS
- RELIGIONS
WAS GOD!
2. Know God
through SOME teachings of religion but also know God
INSPITE OF / beyond / outside of the oversimplification,
domestication, tailor-suiting, franchising and owning /
self- appropriation of religions.
RELIGIONS TEND TO OWN GOD,
making God tribal or national or denominational.
As such, God becomes just a god:
a god who is tribal, partisan, political, denominational -- a god of only a "select"
few!
A GOD WHO TAKES SIDES IN HUMAN CONFLICTS COULD BE
NO MORE THAN AN APPROPRIATED, exploited god:
claimed, owned and used by a tribe or a nation for
self- preservation, self-promotion, and self-glorification.
A GOD USED BY ONE TRIBE AGAINST ANOTHER
could NOT be the true, universal God who is Creator and God of ALL.
At best, that god is only local/tribal.
At best, that god is just an invention or a reinvention of a tribe
that serves only its own interest. A manufactured god. An idol.
3. Know GOD
through Creation as it best mirrors a more believable and understandable image of the Creator.
*
Know God though religious belief BUT ALSO know God through
his creation and creative genius ---outside of religious dogma!
Know God also through SCIENCE.
SCIENCE COULD BE GOD'S LAST ---and most truthful ---PROPHET!
*
*
Creation cannot know and understand the Creator beyond the limits set by how Creation was designed.
But still Creation can know and understand the Creator in many and great ways.
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO KNOW GOD IS TO SET GOD'S TRUE IMAGE FREE FROM THE physical and/ or mental/conceptual / theological IDOLS CREATED BY RELIGION.
THEOLOGIES COULD BE THE WORST IDOLS MEN MAKE OF GOD.
Partisan theologies could localize, tribalize, denominationalize, franchise, diminish, trivialize and vandalize GOD.
Beware of a branded god; the true GOD is most probably generic.
HAPPY RESURRECTION SUNDAY, EVERYONE!
Mark 16:1-7 (CEV)
Jesus Is Alive
16 After the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James bought some spices to put on Jesus' body. 2 Very early on Sunday morning, just as the sun was coming up, they went to the tomb. 3 On their way, they were asking one another, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance for us?” 4 But when they looked, they saw that the stone had already been rolled away. And it was a huge stone!
5 The women went into the tomb, and on the right side they saw a young man in a white robe sitting there. They were alarmed.
6 The man said, “Don’t be alarmed! You are looking for Jesus from Nazareth, who was nailed to a cross. God has raised him to life, and he isn’t here. You can see the place where they put his body. 7 Now go and tell his disciples, and especially Peter, that he will go ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”
Q - Ayaw ko po sa political stand ngayon ng isang preacher na ang tagal kong sinundan-sundan at pinakinggan. Para pong lumabas ang tunay nyang kulay? Sayang lahat ng pakikinig ko sa kanya sa mahabang panahon.
A -
1. Kung ayaw mo ba sa stand nya, ang ibig sabihin ba ay tama ka at mali sya?
2. Anong tunay na kulay? Yung political color nya?
Every citizen is entitled to political color.
Masama ba ang color nya dahil: iba sa color mo?
3. Sayang ka mo ang lahat ng pakikinig mo noon sa kanya?
Bakit, hindi mo ba pinakinabangan ni minsan sa history mo ang mga narinig mo? Siguro naman kinapulutan mo ng maraming magandang bagay kaya sumunud-sunod ka nang matagal.
Ibig mo bang sabihin, dahil lang di ka nagagandahan sa political color nya ngayon na pinalabas siguro ng pangangailan / pagkakataon ay ituturing mo na ring pangit ang lahat ng pinakinggan mo sa maraming nagdaang araw?
Baka yung mga pangangaral nya ang nasayang ---sa yo?
Q - Ayaw po sa akin ng gusto kong guy. Iwas po ng iwas. Layo ng layo. Ako naman po, dahil lab ko sya ay habol ng habol, sunod ng sunod.
Lagi ko pong ibinabalandra ng mukha ko sa mga lugar na daraanan nya. Pero ni hindi po ako tinitingnan. Para na nga po akong eat-all-you-can buffet na nakahain at libre pero lagi pong napapanis dahil dinededma.
Ini-isnab po ako eh kababae kong tao. Para na po akong binabastos?
Ano po ang dapat kong gawin.
A -
Ikaw ang bumabastos sa sarili mo.
Maglaho ka pamangkin.
Tumira ka sa Buwan.
Sa Tibet.
Sa Afghanistan.
Sa Beirut.
Sa Panatag Shoal.
Kahit saan ----basta lumayo ka sa kanya!
Ang buffet, may bayad.
Ikaw libre na nga di pa pinapansin tapos hahabul-habol ka pa rin?!
Maghunus-dili ka, pamangkin.
Palayasin mo ang masamang espiritung kumukubabaw sa yo!
Q -Dito sa middle east ang aming panambahan ay ginagawa sa tuwing araw ng friday.sa aming sitwasyon may mga kapatiran na hindi minsan makakadalo dahil may pasok cla sa trabaho lalo na pag urgent ito.at kung minsan umaabot pa ng dalawang buwan na hindi hindi cla makakadalo depende sa project ng kanilang kompanya.
Ang problema may mga kapatiran na imbes e incourage ang ma kapatid na matagal ng hindi nakakadalo sa gawain,parang ipagmumukha pa sa kanila na hindi inuna ang pangioon na mas naging priority sa kanila ang kanilang mga trabaho.at kukuha cla ng verse sa biblena na nakasulat sa Mateo seek you first the kingdom of God and all this things shall be added to you...ano po ang masasabi ninyo tungkol dito.
A -
Working to support one's family, and staying employed by working when asked by the employer is also "seeking the kingdom of God."
The "Kingdom of Heaven" is NOT ONLY in the corporate activities of religious congregations.
The "kingdom of God" is also about doing what is good, what is needed so God's will (like having livelihood, food, and other needed) can happen in people's lives.
The Kingdom of God is not a place or a group or specific group activities; it is the REIGN OF GOD IN PEOPLE'S HEARTS. When people let God rule their lives, and that includes working for food or other needs, they actually follow the kingdom of God.
To "seek first the kingdom of God" is not limited to formal religious/sectarian activities.
AND BESIDES, NAG-ABROAD ang mga tao, lumayo sa pamilya, para maghanap-buhay, di ba? Hindi naman napakalaking offense na sa mga araw pinapapasok sila sa trabaho na tapat sa fellowship ninyo na pumasok sila. Marami pa namang ibang araw na makadadalo sila sa gawain. O KAYA, mag-organisa kayo ng gawain sa ibang araw para dun sa mga ganyan ang sitwasyon. Make the church more accessible to people whose jobs require them to work on days of church activities?
Q - Ipinipilit po ng pastor namin na dapat walang aabsent sa Sunday worship dahil Sunday daw po and "day of the Lord". Wala raw pong kwenta ang worship sa ibang araw?
A -
Huh!? Last time I looked, lahat ng araw ay gawa ng Diyos.
Noong unang panahon nga, Saturday lang ang inituring na day of worship.
Tapos pumasok ang Sunday.
At pano na yung mga congregations sa Middel East na Friday ang walang pasok sa trabaho = ginagawang day of worship. WALA RING BISA yun?
Kahit anong araw ay magandang araw para sumamba.
Q - yung pastor po nmin sa church ay naglalabas ng mga top secret and very confidential confessions po ng mga leader & workers wla pong lihim sknya kahit kanino snsbi po nya ito ng palihim to prove her personal interest ginawa nya po ito halos sa lahat ng leaders nya sa church kya marami po nag quit sa ministry dahil sa hindi maawat na bibig at pgging rude nung pastor matagal npo nya ito gngwa pag nakokorner sya ang reason nya pra mging warning sa iba at hindi tularan yung mga nadisplinang leader at hindi dw yon chismis kundi just a warning???tama po ba ang ganitong paliwanag may ganito po ba ang patakaran ng mga pastor sa ibang sekta? chismis po o sharing??
A -
Proverbs 11:13 (NIV)
A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy person keeps a secret
Ang mga taong napakaraming alam at yung napakaraming HINDI alam ay halos pareho: madaling kausap at mapagparaya. Palibhasay maalam o kaya'y alam na hindi sila maalam, sila ay bukas, mabait, mabuti at magalang.
Ang mahirap kausap at hindi accommodating ay yung mga taong may KONTI lang na alam. Ang marami pang hindi nila alam ay nilalagyan/pinapalitan nila ng haka-haka, guni-guni at mga opinyong hinuhugot sa dilim. Sumisikip ang kanilang utak ngunit ang laman lang naman ay kamangmangan at kabulastugan.
Their very limited vision makes them opinionated, biased, legalistic, formalistic, self-righteous and judgmental of others.
Indeed, "liitle knowledge is dangerous
Acts 7:48-50 (CEV)
48 But the Most High God doesn’t live in houses made by humans. It is just as the prophet said, when he spoke for the Lord,
49 “Heaven is my throne,
and the earth
is my footstool.
What kind of house
will you build for me?
In what place will I rest?
50 I have made everything.
Q - Tito isa po akong babaeng willing na willing magpakain, magsupport at mag-alaga ng lalake kahit jobless at tamad, basta guwapo, macho at masipag lang sya sa panunuyo at "pag-aalaga" sa akin personally. Malakas naman po akong kumita e.
Pero lagi po akong napapagalitan ng mga old maid kong tiyahin dahil puro ganitong type ang mga naging lalaki sa buhay ko. Tama po ba sila o mali? Di kaya inggit lang sila kasi all their lives, sa "katalinuhan" nila ay loveless tuloy sila. Wala ngang sinusuportahang lalaki pero wala ring kumikiliti sa kanila sa mga tamang moments?
Siempre maganda kung may mga ganitong lalaki tapos responsable at malakas ding kumita at ako ang bubuhayin, pero NASAAN SILA?
A -
Malamang concerned lang sa yo ang mga tiyahin mo; ayaw nilang malamangan ka.
Pero kung feelling winner ka sa ganyang arrangement,
hindi mo nga maa-appreciate ang payo nila.
Lahat naman ng tao, ang gusto para sa sarili nila ay yung ideal ---yung best.
But people have to contend with realities on the ground.
Nawa mabiyayaan ka ng partner sa buhay na hindi mo kailangang swelduhan at buhayin para ka lang kilitiin kasi tatanda ka rin at darating ang panahon hindi na lang kilig ang magiging mahalaga kundi tunay na pagmamahal at pagtutulungan.
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