STOP REMEMBERING

by | Jul 18, 2018 | Today's Word

Daily Devotions

365 Daily Supplements For The Heart
Approved Therapeutic Claims

Ephesians 5:18

Don’t destroy yourself by getting drunk, but let the Spirit fill your life.

Minsan, may mga well-meaning friends tayo na kapag dumadaan tayo sa isang masakit at mapait na karanasan, ang ipinapayo sa atin ay maglasing. Sabi nila, “Forget your pain by getting drunk.” Pero ano talaga ang nangyayari? Kapag natapos na ang pagkalasing, kapag wala na ang hangover at nakainom na ng kape, bumabalik ulit yung pain. Ang totoo nyan kapag labis kayong uminom ng alak, sasakit lang ang ulo nyo pagkatapos masisira ang inyong atay, magkakagastos pa kayo, pero pag nahimasmasan kayo, nandoon pa rin ang problema. Madalas nga, nadadagdagan pa dahil minsan yung mga nag-iinuman ay nagsasaksakan nung lasing na. Dumadami lalo ang problema.

So kung gusto nating malasing para lumimot, puede rin naman. But get drunk with the Holy Spirit instead. Talinghaga lang yun ha? Kasi hindi naman nakakalasing ang Espiritu ng Dios. Pero, binibigyan tayo ng pakiramdam na punung-puno. At dahil tayo ay puspos ng Espiritu, nalilimot natin ang mga bagay na tapos na. The Spirit gives us life by making us forget. Kung pinahihirapan tayo ng sobrang guilt dahil sa mga maling nagawa natin pero pinagsisihan na natin, inihingi na ng tawad sa Dios at sa taong nagawan natin ng mali, pati yun limutin na natin.

Stop remembering and stop being sad. Forgive yourself, forgive others. Limutin yung tapos na. Alalahanin na lang ang darating pa. Wala na tayong magagawa sa nakaraan, pero may magagawa pa tayo sa kung anuman ang darating.

Ed Lapiz

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TAGAY PA

by | Jul 16, 2018 | Today's Word

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365 Daily Supplements For The Heart
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Proverbs 23:20-21

Don’t be a heavy drinker or stuff yourself with food. It will make you feel drowsy and you will end up poor with only rags to wear.

Kung gusto nating maging mabuti ang buhay, do not join drunkards and gluttons. Iwasan ang mga taong laging naghahanap ng maiinom at mapupulutan. Huwag daw makikisama sa mga lasenggo at masiba sa pagkain pagkat sila’y masasadlak sa kahirapan at darating ang panahong magdadamit ng basahan. Hanggang ngayon, marami pa ring pamilya ang hindi natututo sa mga paulit-ulit na paghihirap ng kanilang mga henerasyon. Alam nang lasenggo si Lolo, si Tatay, pero mamaya lasenggo na rin si Anak. Maraming pagtitipon ang hindi kumpleto hangga’t hindi nalasing yung mga kalalakihan at nagsasaksakan ng basag na bote. Hangga’t hindi nahihilo, sumusuka, at pasuray-suray ang mga manginginom ay hindi titigil.

Pansinin natin yung mga kilala nating palainom. They are the same people who live on cycles of poverty and violence, cycles ng paggawa ng nakakahiya at paghingi ng tawad kinabukasan, cycles ng mga bad manners na pinipilit pagtakpan kinabukasan. At paulit-ulit yan tuwing may binyagan, kasalan, at fiesta na parang walang natututunan. Okay lang na magkamali pero dapat naman bawat pagkakamali ay nagpapatalino sa atin.

Bakit kailangang lasingin ang utak? May mga umiinom ng “inuman ng tunay na lalaki” dahil hindi makapagsalita hangga’t hindi lasing. Hindi makapagtapat ng pag-ibig hangga’t hindi nakakainom. Hindi makapagsabi ng niloloob hangga’t hindi pasuray-suray. Ano ang pagiging tunay na lalaki doon? Only weak character leans on strong drink.

Ed Lapiz

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TAMA SA TIMPLA

by | Jul 15, 2018 | Today's Word

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Colossians 4:6 (NIV)

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, …

Di ba pag mayroon tayong hinihigop na sabaw o kinakaing ulam, masarap yung timplado? May mga maasim na paksiw dahil hinalo na agad kahit hindi pa kumukulo ang suka. May asim naman na masarap ang pagkakatimpla. Mayroon namang manamis-namis nang konti. Masarap kumain ng pagkaing timplado when it gets into the mouth and goes out of our body as waste. How much more should we season what goes out of our mouth? Kung pinahahalagahan natin ang timpla nung pumapasok sa ating bibig, mas dapat pahalagahan yung timpla nung lumalabas sa ating bibig, sapagkat yung lumalabas sa ating bibig ay nanggagaling sa ating puso at nakararating sa puso ng ating kapwa at naririnig ng Dios.

Kaya kung tayo ay magsasalita, dapat timplado rin. Full of grace. Hindi full of wrath. That you will be kind to the person you are talking to, the person you are talking about, and yourself as well. Why? Because you will have to face God and give account for every idle word that you say. Haharap tayo sa Dios at mananagot sa bawat salitang binitawan ng ating bibig.

So, bago tayo magsalita, bite our tongue and ask, “Lord, what is the best way to say what I want to say, and when is the good time to say it?” Huwag tayong magpadalus-dalos sa pagsasalita sapagkat ang mga salitang hindi pinag-iisipan ay madalas na nakasisira sa kapwa, sa ating sarili, at sa ating kabanalan.

Ed Lapiz

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WORD THERAPY

by | Jul 15, 2018 | Today's Word

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Ephesians 4:29

…Say the right thing at the right time and help others by what you say.

Let us be therapists with our words. Ano ba yung therapy? Masakit ang iyong buto, hinimas-himas para gumaling. Mayroon kang karamdaman, minamasa-masahe, binigyan ng mga tamang lunas, gumaling. Pero wala na yatang mas effective na therapy kaysa therapeutic words. Nakakapagpagaling yan. Mayroong isang tao nakangiti maghapon. Kumakanta-kanta habang nagsasaing. Bakit? Nasabihan pala ng “I love you.” Kahit lumindol, bumuka ang lupa, magkaroon ng storm surge, nakangiti pa rin yan.

So what are therapeutic words? Not unwholesome words, but words that build up. Words of sincere praise at hindi pambobola. Lagi tayong may makikitang kapuri-puri sa tao. Huwag na nating hanapin yung mga kapintasan. Matuto rin tayong maging mapagpasalamat. Hindi ba kahit sobra tayong nahihirapan, biglang nabubura ang pagod basta nasabihan lang ng “Salamat”? Pero kung hindi ka man lang napasalamatan, parang ibig-ibig mong bawiin kung ano yung ibinigay mo. Kasi mahalaga yung word of appreciation.

Dapat marunong din tayong magsabi ng “I’m sorry.” Kahit tayo pa ang pinakamatanda sa pamilya, ang breadwinner, ang pinakamataas ang I.Q., o ang pinakamaganda, pag nagkakamali tayo, say, “I’m sorry.” Dakilang tao ang nagsasabi nyan. Why do we have to bear all these in mind? Because words need to be said. Spoken words are powerful. Spoken words heal.

Ed Lapiz

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TUMIGIL MAG-WORRY

by | Jul 13, 2018 | Today's Word

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Matthew 6:27

“Can worry make you live longer?”

Laging kinakatakutan ng mga tao kung ano ang mangyayari sa kinabukasan. Maraming mahilig mag-alala, “Naku, malapit na yatang magunaw ang mundo. Lagi na lang bumabaha.” Lumang istorya na ang mga baha. Wala nang tatalo sa baha noong panahon ni Noah. “E bakit parang naiiba na rin ang klima?” Maraming beses nang nagpalit ang klima ng planeta at dahil wala pa tayo noon dito, hindi natin alam. May dapat bang katakutan if God is God of the climate? May bumabagsak bang kahit isang patak ng ulan sa lupa na hindi alam at hindi pinayagan ng Dios? Marami tayong mga pinoproblema na hindi naman natin dapat problemahin kasi hindi tayo Dios.

Huwag magpatumba sa kaiisip tungkol sa global warming. Dios na ang makikialam d’yan. Ang gawin natin ay magtipid sa kagagamit ng aircon, huwag mag-contribute sa pollution ng mundo at sa pagbutas ng ozone layer, and have an environment-loving lifestyle. Yun ang mga kaya nating gawin. Pero hindi natin kayang pigiling matunaw yung mga bunduk-bundok na yelo sa North Pole. Problema ng Dios yun.

Kung bumaha man at palubuging muli ng Dios ang planeta, hindi ba binuhay naman nya si Noah? Yun ang isipin natin. Kung magkaroon man ng disaster, puedeng piliin ng Dios na buhayin tayo. Kaya siya ang dapat nating i-please dahil siya ang may hawak ng lahat. Huwag nating hawakan yung hindi natin kayang hawakan. Huwag nating problemahin yung hindi natin kayang lutasin. Pag walang solusyon, hindi problema. Mag-adjust tayo, ipanatag ang loob, at huwag mag-alala because our God is God.

Ed Lapiz

Day By Day Christian Ministries

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