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Psalm 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Storms, whether physical or spiritual, bring about sleepless nights. But like Jesus, we must learn to sleep through the storm. Kung may bagyo, pilitin nating matulog. Kahit naman tayo magpuyat hindi natin kayang pigilin ang bagyo. Maliban na lang siguro kung ang bahay natin ay nanganganib na anurin ng baha o kaya ay gumigiray. Mabuti ngang maging alisto dahil baka pag gising natin, lumilipad na tayong kasama ng bahay natin.

Pero marami pang ibang bagyo sa buhay. Mga problema sa pamilya, sa pera at sa maraming kakulangan. But we must learn to enjoy life kahit ganun. Pag sobra tayong sentimental at madrama sa buhay, magmumukha tayong buto’t balat. Kung hihintayin natin na lagi tayong may pera para tayo sumaya, buhay pa kaya tayo pag nangyari yun? Hindi naman lahat ng bagay na nakapagpapasaya ay nabibili ng pera. Dahil kung ang kaligayahan ay nabibili, e di yung mayayaman lang ang laging pinakamasayang tao sa mundo.

Kung magkagalit kayo ngayon ng inyong asawa, kumain pa rin kayo. Huwag kayong magpapagutom. Alangan namang nagkagalit na nga kayo, nagka-ulcer pa kayo? Doble lugi. “Hindi pa umuuwi ang asawa ko. Hindi muna ako kakain.” Hindi ka na nga sinipot, nagutom ka pa. Kumain ka kahit wala siya.

Sleep though there is a storm. Hindi tayo sasaya at papayapa kung marami tayong hinahanap sa buhay. If we allow storms to rob us of sleep, we will only miss out on rest. We will only be possessed by fears, doubts and bitterness. We will only end up as losers.

Ed Lapiz

Day By Day Christian Ministries

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SABI MO E

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365 Daily Supplements For The Heart
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Proverbs 18:21
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

May kababalaghan at hiwaga ang spoken words. Words, when spoken, find a way to become real. Kaya yung laging sinasabi, “Yang anak ko na yan, bobo yan!” Nagiging bobo na nga. “Ang buhay ko, malas, malas, malas.” Talagang nagkakanda-malas-malas nga. Kasi hindi nga natin maipaliwanag why there is power in spoken words. Siguro dahil sinabi mo, nasa-suggest sayo, yun na rin ang gagawin mo. O narinig mo, yun na ang expectation, yun na rin ang gagawin mo whatever the explanation. Or what you say becomes your prayer.

So yung mga taong laging nagsasabing, “Alam mo, walang-wala ako e” pero meron at nagkukunwari lang, nagkakatotoo, nawawalan nga. Yung mga “Naku, sira na ang araw ko, umagang-umaga pa lang.” Sinasabi yun, talagang nagkakasira-sira yung araw. Sabi mo e.

Kaya dapat pronounce blessings. Ang palabasin nyo sa inyong mga bibig yung mabubuti, yung magaganda, yung mga blessing, hindi yung curses. Bantayan natin ang ating sinasabi. Kasi nangyayari nga.

“Kumusta ka?”
“Eto, blessed!”
“May pera ka ba?”
“Meron! Para sa akin lang, ‘no?”

Kasi kung minsan, nakakatakot naman masabing meron dahil uutangan ka pala. Huwag naman nating takutin ang ibang maging honest. Kung minsan, nagwawala-walaan dahil sa takot na lang sayo. Sabihin mo,

“Hindi kita uutangan, pero meron ka bang blessing?”
“Meron!”
“Wow, praise God! Bukas na lang ha?”

Ganun.

Ed Lapiz

Day By Day Christian Ministries

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AAPAW ANG MABUTI

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365 Daily Supplements For The Heart
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2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

Aapaw tayo sa mabubuting gawa sapagkat sa lahat ng panahon aapaw ang biyaya ng Dios sa ating buhay. Sa lahat ng oras, sa lahat ng lugar, you will have everything you need. In that case, you will overflow and you will abound in good works. Yan ang kalooban ng Dios para sa atin.

Maraming mga tao ang mahina sa paggawa ng mabuti pero malakas sa paggawa ng masama. Hindi makapagpakumbaba, hindi makapagsabing “I’m sorry,” pero kayang-kaya nyang magsabi ng masasakit na salita sa kapwa. Pag act of kindness hindi kayang gawin. Sinasagut-sagot ang magulang. Pero paglalambing ng magulang halikan o yakapin ang parents ay hindi magawa-gawa. Pagka mandaraya malakas ang loob. Pagka aamin ng pandaraya at hihingi ng tawad, hindi kaya. Bakit nga ba ganun ang maraming tao?

Pagka nakikipag-away, may energy, kayang-kaya, pero pagka gagawa ng mabuti nahihiya. Ngingiti lang sa kapwa hindi makangiti-ngiti, “Ayokong ngumiti, nakakahiya.” Pero kayang-kayang manimangot. Bakit baligtad na yata? Hindi kasi lubos na nakasawsaw sa batis ng Panginoon.

Sabi ng iba, “Huwag na tayong mag-Bible-Bible. Kahit naman mabuti tayo ngayon, next week babalik din tayo sa dati. Hindi rin natin kayang i-maintain yan.” But the Lord says, “I will help you.” Siya na nag-umpisa at kasama mo sa pag-uumpisa sa pagiging mabuti, paggawa ng mabuti at pagbabagong-loob, siya ang tutulong sayo na matapos yan at mabuo hanggang sa pagharap mo sa kanya nang mukhaan.

Ed Lapiz

Day By Day Christian Ministries

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WISDOM IN HUMILITY

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James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Why do we experience humiliation? “Anak ako ng Dios pero bakit ako nakakaranas na ma-humiliate? Bakit ako napapahiya?” Hindi ba balancing act lamang yon dahil the Lord works in perfect balance? Pag nagpa-negative ka na, itinataas ka nang ganun. Pag nagpa-positive ka masyado, ibababa ka para ma-level off.

Tuwing nakakaranas tayo na ma-humiliate, isipin natin, “Ano kaya ang aking pagmamataas at nababalanse ako through this?” Humiliation can be a great blessing if it teaches us not to be proud. Avoid being humbled in a painful way by volunteering to be humble. Anyone who is intelligent enough cannot be proud. Only the foolish are proud because they’re the only ones who think they are great. If we have God’s wisdom, then we would know we are nothing apart from him.

Avoid being humbled the painful way. Lumagay tayo sa tamang lugar dahil masakit pag kinakawit ng pastol ang tupa na lumalayo sa linya. Liko ang dulo ng kahoy na hawak ng pastol. Kung ayaw nating masaktan, huwag na tayong umalis at masakit ibalik.

Tandaan natin: Jesus is Lord. Siya ang masusunod, hindi tayo. Kung nakakapanginain tayo sandali ng mga bunga ng kasalanan at pagkakamali, hindi yon magtatagal. Alam ng Panginoon ang nangyayari at hindi nya ito maaaring patagalin. Kung tayo’y nanginginain at tayo’y matinong tupa, bitawan na ang kagat-kagat na busal at bumalik na sa linya! Huwag nang hintayin na hinahampas at kinakadena pa tayo na para lang maalis doon. Huwag magmatigas; hindi naman tayo makakapangyari.           

Ed Lapiz

Day By Day Christian Ministries

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YOU ARE YOUR HABIT

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1 Peter 1:15-16

But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

Gusto nating maging banal; hindi tayo nagiging banal agad. Nag-uumpisa tayo sa paggawa ng isang bagay na tama. At sa paulit-ulit na paggawa natin ng righteous acts, we start to change internally, and then we become righteous.

Maganda na maging habit natin ang holiness. Yung di na pinipilit, di na iniimbita, di na tayo nagpupumiglas. But for us to make it a habit, we should start with actions, which are sometimes painful and inconvenient. Kung gaano ka-inconvenient, kung gaano ka-painful mag-umpisang manigarilyo o suminghot ng rugby, o humitit ng alkitran, o ng kung anuman ang uso ngayon na hinihitit ng addicts, ay mahirap sa umpisa. Pero mamaya ay gumaganda na ang nafi-feel nila.

Ganun din ang godliness. Sa umpisa ay mahirap. Mahirap makipagkasundo kung ayaw mong makipagkasundo. Mahirap ngumiti sa taong ayaw mong ngitian. Mahirap magsabi ng totoo kung mapapahamak ka. Pero gawin natin and later on it will become a habit. At pag habit na, that’s only when we become really godly.

Lahat ng ginagawa natin ay nag-uumpisa sa isip. Sa isip pa lang ay magkaroon na tayo ng disiplina. Pag mali na ang iniisip, “no” agad. Naiisipan nating gawin ang masama, “no” agad. Sapagkat pag inentertain natin yan, yung thought ay magiging action. At yung action, pag paulit-ulit ay nagiging habit. Pag habit na, yun ka na.

Ed Lapiz

Day By Day Christian Ministries

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