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by | Mar 22, 2018 | Today's Word

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Psalm 37:25-26    

As long as I can remember, good people have never been left helpless, and their children have never gone begging for food. They gladly give and lend, and their children turn out good.

One of the best investments you can save for your children is the generosity you extend to the needy. The Lord will see to it that when your children have needs, they too will become beneficiaries of other people’s generous hearts moved by the same God that moves you to do good.

Ang mali pala ay ang pagiging sakim at ganid dahil lang gusto nating may maitabi para sa anak. Baligtad. Sa ating pagiging bukas-palad at mabuti sa kapwa, doon natin naipagtatabi ng tunay na savings ang mga bata. At ang may hawak ng savings account na iyon ay ang Dios. Hindi naman ibig sabihin nito na ipamigay na ang lahat-lahat. Mag-impok din para sa mga anak kung gusto natin, pero huwag namang mang-agaw at maging sakim dahil lang sa pagmamahal natin sa anak. Baka sila ang umani ng masama nating tanim.

Magandang pamana ito sa mga anak dahil maipapasa din sa mga kaapu-apohan. Generosity even brings more prosperity dahil ang nagbibigay sa kapwa ay binibigyan din.

Ed Lapiz

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by | Mar 22, 2018 | Today's Word

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Proverbs 11:3 (NIV)

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.

May mga magulang na bigla na lang nabuntis ang kanilang anak na dalaga at di naman karapat-dapat pakasalan ang ama. Pero, just to save face, pipilitin ang anak nilang magpakasal and consign her to a lifetime of hell. Kalaunan ay maghihiwalay din naman, isusuong pa ang anak sa buhay na magulo. Hindi ba mas mainam na harapin na lang ang katotohanan? Kung nagkamali man ang anak, tanggapin ang pagkakamali at harapin ang pananagutan sa lipunan. Dahil lang ba sa sasabihin ng mga kapitbahay, mas lalo pang ipapahamak ang anak?

Hindi naman maitutuwid ng isa pang pagkakamali ang nauna nang pagkakamali. Huwag din gagawa ng mga lifetime commitments only because of what people would say. Pag-usapan man kayo ng barangay ngayon, next week may iba na namang magbubuntis at mawawala na yung focus sa inyo dahil iba na naman ang topic ng mga chismosa. Sandali lang ang mga eskandalo kaya hindi dapat masyadong iniinda. Kung may pagdududa at agam-agam sa pagpapakasal, kahit na na-print na ang mga invitations, huwag ituloy. Kung three months later at maghihiwalay din, malalaman din yan ng mga imbitado.

Yun kasing sobrang maraming pretense at maraming image na mine-maintain, at the end of the day, sila ang nawawalan ng dignity kasi kung anu-anong kasinungalingan at maskara ang kailangang isuot para lang maitago ang katotohanan. Mahalaga ang buhay ng tao. Hindi ito puedeng iprenda at itali dahil lang baka tayo mapahiya. Dapat nagpapakatotoo tayo.

Ed Lapiz

Day By Day Christian Ministries

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KAMAG-ANAK FOREVER

by | Mar 20, 2018 | Today's Word

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Hebrews 12:14

Try to live at peace with everyone!…

Family members should not wage war against relatives. Instead, they should promote and live in peace. Huwag kayong makipag-away sa inyong biyenan, sapagkat mundo man ay magunaw hindi na mapapalitan yan. Huwag kayong makikipag-away sa inyong manugang dahil hindi na rin yan mawawala sa buhay nyo. Huwag kayong makikipag-away sa inyong kapatid, sa inyong bayaw, sa inyong hipag, sa inyong kamag-anak, dahil sa lahat ng lamay magkikita-kita kayo. Lahat ng kasalan, debut, birthdays, libing, pista, kayu-kayo ang magkikita-kita. It is foolishness to make enemies with your relatives because they are permanent fixtures of your life. It is foolishness to put poison in our house. Yung uupuan mong kutson nilalagyan mo ba ng mga thumbtacks para matusok ka pag upo mo?

Napakalaking kamalian ang makipag-away sa mga kamag-anak, lalo na yung manugang na inaaway ang biyenan. Nanay yan ng asawa mo. Kung hindi dahil d’yan, wala kang asawa. Mahirap bang isipin yun? Huwag awayin kahit na masama ang ugali. Walang biyenang nanatiling mahirap kasundo kung nanunuyo ang manugang. At kung kayo naman ang manugang, mas bata kayo, ano naman ang masama kung manuyo kayo? You defer and submit kahit man lang sa age nya. Mamamahal pa kayo ng iyong asawa.

Huwag hatiin ang pamilya. Live in peace with one another. Because family members are permanent and inescapable, to make war with them is to have permanent and inescapable frustration, stress and trouble.

Ed Lapiz

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JUSTICE AND MERCY

by | Mar 18, 2018 | Today's Word

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Luke 6:36

Have pity on others, just as your Father has pity on you.

Happy families uphold justice but also dispense mercy. Justice means that good is rewarded. And although families correct what is bad, the bad also gets forgiven. When all else fails, bawasan ang justice and be merciful dahil yan ang ipinakita sa atin ng Panginoon. Kung puro justice lang ang paiiralin natin sa pamilya magkakaroon talaga ng kaayusan. There will be order, set systems and rules, and family members will know where to stand. But our families will have very cold relations. Para lang tayong hukuman. Dapat alam natin when to be merciful. At kung nalilito tayo between justice and mercy, let us choose to be merciful. Kasi tayo din naman kung makikitungo sa Dios, di ba mas gusto din natin that God would be merciful? Because if God’s justice will be applied to us, not one of us will pass the test. Kaya mag-dispense tayo ng mercy.

Lahat ng pamilya nagkakaproblema. Pana-panahon lang kung sino ngayon, sino next month, sino next year. Bakit may mga pamilyang hanggang ngayon ay magkakasama pa, at bakit may mga pamilyang nagkahiwa-hiwalay na? Iisa lang ang dahilan. May mga pamilyang nagpatawad na at may hindi. Huwag ninyong sasabihing magkasama pa yang mga yan kasi perfect sila. Lahat ay nagkakamali. Ang ipinagkaiba lang ng mga pamilyang nananatiling buo ay yung nagkakapatawaran sila.

Ang pamilya can be likened to a school, or a display window. But when those things don’t work, it must work like a hospital where we treat our imperfections. Mahalaga ang pagpapatawaran. Have pity. Be merciful. Forgive.

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NO FAVORITISM PLEASE

by | Mar 18, 2018 | Today's Word

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James 2:9

But if you treat some people better than others, you have done wrong, and the Scriptures teach that you have sinned.

Love your children evenly. Dapat pantay-pantay ang pagtingin sa mga anak. What do we mean? Show no favoritism. May mga magulang na magsasabing, “Actually, no matter how much I try, mayroon talaga akong little favorite, e.” Pero dapat pigil-pigilan nyo naman yung tendency na sobrang i-baby yung isang anak ‘tapos halos hindi pansinin yung iba kung saka-sakaling mahigit sa isa ang inyong mga anak.

Don’t show any favoritism based on age, dahil siya ang panganay o ang bunso. Paano yung mga nasa gitna? Kaya pinakamaraming mga complex daw yung mga anak na pang-gitna.

Don’t show favoritism based on gender. “Lahat ng mga lalaki, sige, mag-basketball, maglaro nang maglaro. Yung babae naman labhan ang mga medyas nitong mga nag-basketball. Magluto at maglaba kayo d’yan.”

Don’t show any favoritism based on skill or personality. There is so much resentment that resides in a jealous heart. Karamihan sa mga deep-seated anger ng mga anak sa kanilang mga magulang ay dahil hindi sila paborito noong kanilang kabataan. At hindi laging nae-express ang ganitong pakiramdam. Minsan dun sa paboritong kapatid nagagalit. Kaya usually pag patay na yung mga magulang, dun naglalabasan ang mga away. “Ikaw na nga ang laging binibigyan ng nanay ng tiyan ng bangus at ako ay puro likod na lang, ‘tapos ngayon ikaw na naman ang magmamana ng lupa?” Nakatanim ang mga karanasang yan sa isip ng bata. Kaya kung hindi natin maiwasang magkaroon ng favorite, at least man lang, huwag tayong magpahalata.

Ed Lapiz

Day By Day Christian Ministries

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