"For fear that I might be disqualified." 1cor9:26
Often, when we encounter challenges in our lives so that we are overcome by great anxiety, or fear, and we are facing an uncertain future, one of the most common encouragements we hear from others — or maybe we tell ourselves even — is that we should not be afraid, but instead we should just trust God. Right? Sige lang. Trust God.
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I recently had the honor to be godfather at the wedding of Vince Arcilla and Joyce Sumile, and the privilege to share a few words of advice to them at their reception. Allow me to share excerpts of that here, in the hope that it refreshes in the minds of all married couples reading this, about the basic tenets that help keep our marriages sailing smoothly.
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Dedicating a significant amount of time alone in a quiet place at the start of the year to engage in an intimate conversation with Lord is a rewarding exercise of faith. It’s the perfect time to reflect on the year that has just passed with thankfulness, and open yourself up to the Lord’s purposes with prayerful expectation for the year ahead. It builds on our relationship with the Lord who is our good Shepherd, and who is sovereign in our lives.
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This year on Aug 29, the last Monday of August, our nation will remember her heroes of long ago, men and women who fought for what they believed was our sovereign right as a people, and who braved death against all odds. Those that fight political battles are called heroes; those that fight spiritual battles are called saints. Wouldn’t it be nice if we had more heroes and more saints in our midst? A.W. Tozer in his book entitled Of God and Man, says, “The fact is that we are not today producing saints.”
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My daughter, Nicky, asked me the other day for some tips on how to lead worship. Apparently she had been asked by her pastoral leader to lead their prayer group into worship during a forthcoming prayer meeting.
I know the feeling of anxiety when someone is asked to lead others into worship. Many years ago (several decades actually) when I was first invited to do this, I felt confident I knew what to do; after all, I had seen many others do it before, and I thought it was just a simple matter of saying a few opening statements, and then cut into singing and jubilant praise and have the music ministry take over. In other words, I didn’t prepare.
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