Knowing The One Who Owns Everything

Dear Lord, Please help me to be a good steward of the things that You have entrusted me with. It’s so easy and natural to be self-seeking. Please give me Your wisdom through Your Holy Spirit to see the truth that everything belongs to You.  Help me to treat everything as Yours.  The people You…

Let Me Not Forget This

Lord You alone are the one who gives the ability to produce wealth. Help me to focus on You. And keep my focus on You, not to wear myself out to get rich nor trust in my own cleverness. Apart from You I can do nothing. Thank You for Your Spirit who will help me to…

Faithful God for that Fateful Day: Luisa Reyes-Ampil

To say that Luisa’s life had just fallen apart that fateful day (when she got left alone with only P5,000 to start a new life for herself and her two girls) is an understatement.  That was close to twenty years ago.  Fast forward to 2015, Luisa Reyes-Ampil is author of her first OMF-published book, What…

What Gives the Devil a Foothold

Today’s YouVersion Verse of the Day: Ephesians 4:26 “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. According to the verse, it is possible to be angry without sinning.  But anger can be the devil’s foothold if…

In the Face of Opposition, Wait for The Lord

Today’s YouVersion Verse of the Day comes from Psalm 27. It is a beautiful psalm of David declaring who God is in his life (his light, salvation, stronghold).  His focus is on who God is and remains to be despite opposition. Psalm 27 Of David. 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation— (David declares who…

God Has Spoken

My discipler, Princess shared with me last week, “Want to know God’s will? He has already spoken (in His Word).  What remains (to be done) is our obedience.” I think it’s easier to study God’s Word than to apply it. It’s easier to dish it out than to live it out.  I could recite Matthew…

One Day There Will Be No Tomorrow

In my harried, hurried week, I had been getting several proddings to call Jing Egenias to ask how she is.  Each time I wanted to, I told myself I will call her when I get to see how many reads her story got so that she would have a better than vague idea that many…

Beauty Queen for The King of the Universe

It’s raining blessings for beauty queen, actress, entrepreneur, author, wife and mother, Miriam Quiambao-Roberto.  She is one of the anchor hosts of The 700 Club Asia which plays weeknights on GMANewsTV. She’s currently part of the newest TV series on GMA7, Second Chances, starring Jennylyn Mercado and Raymart Santiago where she plays “Alyssa”.  She is also…

Am I A True Lover?

At yesterday’s event, Deonna Tanchi shared this with us: Love is an unconditional commitment To an imperfect person For their highest good Which often requires sacrifice. True Love which Jesus demonstrated to us first was when He gave His life to us even when we were opposed to Him.  If Jesus waited until we were perfect…