"For fear that I might be disqualified." 1cor9:26
From the moment that Mary conceived Jesus in her womb, she already knew that her baby would someday grow to be the Messiah, the awaited savior of Israel. This is what the angel, Gabriel, said to her:
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Jesus says in Matthew 5 that even nonbelievers love those who love them. So, I wonder: why are we even commanded to love God? Isn’t He the One who loves us most?
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Many of us are familiar with how Paul in his writings would often exhort his readers to good works and deeds, and to strive to fight the good fight, etc. And we see how he would encourage us to do so and to not give up on the effort.
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I was asked to give a teaching on evangelization during a men’s retreat of about 150 men from Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon Community, a covenant community in the Philippines. Rather than give the traditional teaching — which I was certain that these men had heard not once, but several times already — I saw this as an opportunity to propose a new approach to the task of evangelization. Speaking to men only, I wanted to focus on the special God-given qualities and character of men, and on the specific calling of men (because they ARE men) in God’s kingdom. I entitled it “EVANGELIZING OTHER MEN“, and speak about why and how men should evangelize other men.
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A few of my friends in my discipleship group had intimated to me that they wanted to grow in yielding to the gift of the Spirit. I advised them to pray about it and I shared my belief that Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit will manifest Himself to us, as and when there is a need for God’s specific presence (either by His word or His action) to be known by His people.
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