June 12
Acts 2:1-11
1 Cor 12:3b-7,12-13
Jn 20: 19-23
THE SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST
“Jesus breathes the Holy Spirit”
Attending Charismatic way of praise and worship for the first time made me totally uneasy especially in the lifting of arms and felt weird hearing people around me making all kinds of sounds that is not making any sense for me. Then I attended my very first Light In The Spirit Seminar sponsored by the Parish Church and that made me understands but not fully comprehends what is happening. This may be the same situation the believers who gathered on the very first Pentecost. “And they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.” Acts 21: 4 . The believers were even confused as they understood what each other were babbling (Acts 21: 6). Before they were filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus stood in their midst and said to them twice the words “Peace be with you” and they all rejoiced, and then Jesus gave them a wonderful present… He breathed on them the Holy Spirit! Followed by a command to each of them to forgive and retain sins. A second command after commissioning them to be disciples for the gentiles and the Jews. Baptizing and forgiving sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. We are so blessed that up to this day, these commands by our Lord Jesus Christ continue to happen all over the world!
Dear Lord. We thank You for sending us the gifts of the Holy Spirit to inspire us and enable us to serve You through people whom You send us on our way. Thank You Lord for the gift of reconciliation that you continue to give us through your current day representatives our priests.
Forgive and ask forgiveness with your loved ones.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
My Anluwage's Reflection's For June 2011 - The Lord's Ascension
June 5, 2011
Acts 1:1-11
Eph 1:17-23
Mt 28:16-20
THE SOLEMNITY OF THE LORD’S ASCENSION
“Jesus Commissions His Disciples”…
The happiest occasions during our family reunions are when we start to gather and our siblings arrive, and the saddest part is when we bid our farewell. I suppose it is what was in the hearts of the disciples as Jesus prepares to ascend to heaven. And what eases the pain of the separation is the hope to meet again. In fact not only did they felt sadness, some of them even doubted… “When they saw Him, they worshiped, but they doubted.” Mt 28:17. And then, He reassured them by approaching them and commissioning them to make disciples of all nations and not just the Jews. Thus, I believe that we are also commissioned to proclaim the good news to the world. We are in fact “commanded” if we consider ourselves disciples of Jesus. “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching then to observe all that I have commanded you.” Mt 28:19-20. And what makes it exciting to accomplish is His promise that He will be with us always, until the end of ages! What a wonderful assurance.
Heavenly Father, remove all our doubts and fears, and sadness. Make us your effective and unwavering disciples following all what you have commanded us to do: to bless the people whom we meet in our daily lives, and making them disciples as well to spread the good news to the whole world.
Go out and be a disciple to others!
Acts 1:1-11
Eph 1:17-23
Mt 28:16-20
THE SOLEMNITY OF THE LORD’S ASCENSION
“Jesus Commissions His Disciples”…
The happiest occasions during our family reunions are when we start to gather and our siblings arrive, and the saddest part is when we bid our farewell. I suppose it is what was in the hearts of the disciples as Jesus prepares to ascend to heaven. And what eases the pain of the separation is the hope to meet again. In fact not only did they felt sadness, some of them even doubted… “When they saw Him, they worshiped, but they doubted.” Mt 28:17. And then, He reassured them by approaching them and commissioning them to make disciples of all nations and not just the Jews. Thus, I believe that we are also commissioned to proclaim the good news to the world. We are in fact “commanded” if we consider ourselves disciples of Jesus. “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching then to observe all that I have commanded you.” Mt 28:19-20. And what makes it exciting to accomplish is His promise that He will be with us always, until the end of ages! What a wonderful assurance.
Heavenly Father, remove all our doubts and fears, and sadness. Make us your effective and unwavering disciples following all what you have commanded us to do: to bless the people whom we meet in our daily lives, and making them disciples as well to spread the good news to the whole world.
Go out and be a disciple to others!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Break Bad Old Habits and Create New Good Ones...
Ever since we were born, our habits are already being formed by what our parents have in their genes... and by what we are molded into when we are young. Guess what, since the beginning, we are created and trained to spend...
It's like being infected with a virus. Check our early encounter with money... When we go to school and our mother (usually they are the ones that gives us allowances) will give us money as "baon" (allowance) to school. Guess what, after school, do we have money left? A few of us do have some piggy bank to save a portion , but guess what, ...when Christmas or Birthday comes (whichever comes first), the piggy bank is broken and the spending virus strikes back... big time....
When we get to employment, we always say... "mag iipon na ko pag na promote ako!"( I will save once I get promoted)... " Na-promote ka na nga...naka save ka ba?.. e di ba't hindi rin!" ( you've got promoted, but did you save?.. still didn't.. right?)... Why, because the old habit has not been broken. It is endemic, or should I say pandemic... It is already in our genes. It is ingrained on who we are from the beginning. That's why, we need an anti-virus to to fight against it. Breaking a bad habit requires rehabilitation of some sort. As far as the bad habit of spending, the anti-dote is the habit of saving and investing.
Breaking the old habit of spending is by creating new habit of saving and investing. Not that easy to acquire. It is easier said than done. It requires you to define first your compelling reason to save and invest and finding the right instruments that will enable you to obtain the DISCIPLINE...
I know exactly how, and I have broken the bad habit... How about you? Would you like to be coached how?
God bless !
It's like being infected with a virus. Check our early encounter with money... When we go to school and our mother (usually they are the ones that gives us allowances) will give us money as "baon" (allowance) to school. Guess what, after school, do we have money left? A few of us do have some piggy bank to save a portion , but guess what, ...when Christmas or Birthday comes (whichever comes first), the piggy bank is broken and the spending virus strikes back... big time....
When we get to employment, we always say... "mag iipon na ko pag na promote ako!"( I will save once I get promoted)... " Na-promote ka na nga...naka save ka ba?.. e di ba't hindi rin!" ( you've got promoted, but did you save?.. still didn't.. right?)... Why, because the old habit has not been broken. It is endemic, or should I say pandemic... It is already in our genes. It is ingrained on who we are from the beginning. That's why, we need an anti-virus to to fight against it. Breaking a bad habit requires rehabilitation of some sort. As far as the bad habit of spending, the anti-dote is the habit of saving and investing.
Breaking the old habit of spending is by creating new habit of saving and investing. Not that easy to acquire. It is easier said than done. It requires you to define first your compelling reason to save and invest and finding the right instruments that will enable you to obtain the DISCIPLINE...
I know exactly how, and I have broken the bad habit... How about you? Would you like to be coached how?
God bless !
Monday, May 2, 2011
There Is A New Breed Of Young Filipinos... They Want To Be Truly Rich Young!
I am so happy to see many young people trooping to our seminars on how to be really and truly rich. Even those that are barely out of school are now beginning to take interest in saving and investing for their future.
Let me share to you three of them. I will not give their real names for fear that you may seek them and ask for a loan from them ( just joking...) Let's call one of them as Aida. Aida is an 18 Year Old student from Muntinlupa City. She is taking up a course in STI. She currently lives with her parents and she has an investible fund of 5-6K which she can squeeze out from her allowances. Unlike many teenagers, she is seeking for investments and not gadgets or gimmicks to spend on. With 5K/month of investments on a continuous and disciplined manner, she can accumulate 1.2M in 10 Years at a conservative 12% ROR .
Another one is whom I'd like to call Lorna. She is 19 years old. As old as my youngest son. She is also a student in Accountancy. Her's is a more dramatic twist in the mindset of young people. She is into networking and her latest earnings is roughly about 40-50K per month . She can invest no less than 25K per month from this earning and she is looking forward to even investing 50K/month as her earnings rise to 6 figures which she says is achievable in the next two months. What makes her mindset very dramatically different from common teenagers is not because she is into networking. It is because she believes that the way to achieving true riches is by going into business and not through employment. This is rather revolutionary and not contemporary among teenagers of her age who wants to get education and be employees afterward. She wants to accumulate and investment of more than 10 M in 10 years. She will pursue investing at 20K/month and she looks forward to have about 5M minimum which she says is not her target. She wants to go all out to 50K/month so she can achieve her dream of 10M in 10 Years...and I say she can achieve even more as I project it at 12M at 12% conservative ROR.
The third one is whom I will call Fe. She is a dear friend of Lorna and she tags along wherever Lorna brings her. She is also a student and also 19 year old. She puts her trust into Lorna and she is also making headway into her own earnings. She is also determined to be young millionaire. She is wise for she knows how to choose her friend wisely. I asked both of them to show me their cellphones and I am amazed that in spite of their earnings, they did not fall to the trap of "gadgetism". What's that... it's my new word for unquenchable desire for new and latest gadget. I am so sure they are in for the title of young millionaires even before they turn 30.
In our team, we have already in the past months those who started at age 22. But this is the first time, we have teenagers who will join our team. A good indication of how our mission has grown deep and wide that now we are able to penetrate the minds of young people like Aida, Lorna and Fe!
God bless our Mission! God bless our Company IMG! In Jesus Mighty Name We Pray!
Let me share to you three of them. I will not give their real names for fear that you may seek them and ask for a loan from them ( just joking...) Let's call one of them as Aida. Aida is an 18 Year Old student from Muntinlupa City. She is taking up a course in STI. She currently lives with her parents and she has an investible fund of 5-6K which she can squeeze out from her allowances. Unlike many teenagers, she is seeking for investments and not gadgets or gimmicks to spend on. With 5K/month of investments on a continuous and disciplined manner, she can accumulate 1.2M in 10 Years at a conservative 12% ROR .
Another one is whom I'd like to call Lorna. She is 19 years old. As old as my youngest son. She is also a student in Accountancy. Her's is a more dramatic twist in the mindset of young people. She is into networking and her latest earnings is roughly about 40-50K per month . She can invest no less than 25K per month from this earning and she is looking forward to even investing 50K/month as her earnings rise to 6 figures which she says is achievable in the next two months. What makes her mindset very dramatically different from common teenagers is not because she is into networking. It is because she believes that the way to achieving true riches is by going into business and not through employment. This is rather revolutionary and not contemporary among teenagers of her age who wants to get education and be employees afterward. She wants to accumulate and investment of more than 10 M in 10 years. She will pursue investing at 20K/month and she looks forward to have about 5M minimum which she says is not her target. She wants to go all out to 50K/month so she can achieve her dream of 10M in 10 Years...and I say she can achieve even more as I project it at 12M at 12% conservative ROR.
The third one is whom I will call Fe. She is a dear friend of Lorna and she tags along wherever Lorna brings her. She is also a student and also 19 year old. She puts her trust into Lorna and she is also making headway into her own earnings. She is also determined to be young millionaire. She is wise for she knows how to choose her friend wisely. I asked both of them to show me their cellphones and I am amazed that in spite of their earnings, they did not fall to the trap of "gadgetism". What's that... it's my new word for unquenchable desire for new and latest gadget. I am so sure they are in for the title of young millionaires even before they turn 30.
In our team, we have already in the past months those who started at age 22. But this is the first time, we have teenagers who will join our team. A good indication of how our mission has grown deep and wide that now we are able to penetrate the minds of young people like Aida, Lorna and Fe!
God bless our Mission! God bless our Company IMG! In Jesus Mighty Name We Pray!
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