"For fear that I might be disqualified." 1cor9:26
“Rejoice in the Lord always!” Paul says in Phil 4. He further encourages them by saying “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
The other night, I was speaking to my brothers and sisters in our District in Ligaya, and I summarized what those who spoke ahead of me were saying. I said, “Grabe, parang hindi tayo nauubusan ng mga serious problems, ano?”
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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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This is the reflection guide taken from One Bread One Body on Numbers 21:8 for September 14, 2010, on the celebration of the “Exaltation of the Holy Cross”. One Bread One Body is published by Presentation Ministries, Inc.
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We had a prayover session last weekend during our men’s retreat, and it was recommended that we pray for a fresh outpouring of the Spirit for each other. I struggled to remember the nine CHARISMATIC gifts of the Holy Spirit. I realized that not only did I need a fresh outpouring, but I needed a reminder. So I dug up my teaching notes about these nine gifts of the Holy Spirit, and saw that I had last given this teaching in 2001. God forgive me.
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Do you have time to do everything that you want to do? Do you have time to do everything that God wants you to do?
If you’re like most people, your answer to both these questions is probably “No”. If so, maybe it’s about time that you look at whatever little time you have in your hands from God’s perspective. I developed a short self-study lesson that you can take to help you with this, and entitled it: “IT’S ABOUT TIME“.
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