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

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.
---------------------------------------------------
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?
*
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.