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Talk 1: TreasureAre You Caught in the Rat Race?
BAD NEWS: No one wins the rat race.
Because everyone ends up looking like a rat.
No matter how cute Mickey Mouse is, I dont want to look like
one.
American author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau said, The
mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
Friend, are you sick and tired of the complicat-ed, knotty, and
discombobulating life youre living? Are you sick and tired of the
crazy chaos happening around you? And are you sick and tired of the
noise inside you?
Are you sick and tired of the endless payments you must make,
for stu that youve already used and now need to be replaced?
(Aaaaarrrrrrgh!)
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?Do you desire
peace? Contentment? Simplicity?
My message to you: God did not make you a rat.
Get o the Rat Race, whatever the Rat Race means to you.
No, Im not telling you to resign from your job.
Instead, get o the Race that youre racing inside you.
Im telling you to examine all the races --projects, goals,
ambitions, addictions, obsessions-- that you feel youre in right
now, and ask yourself, Why did I join this race? Should I be in
it?
The race to please certain people.The race to have a certain
number of toys.
The race to achieve a specic denition of success.
Friend, welcome to The Simple Life. I know it will be a powerful
life-changing experience for your life. Open up your heart to
Him!
Im praying it will be a miraculous teaching for you.Please turn
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Talk 2: TimeAvoid Burnout Before It Happens
I KNOW burnout from personal experience.
It cost me my health, my relationships, the vibrancy of my
faith, and the happiness of my work. But everywhere I look now, I
see burnout in so many people around me. Its the new epidemic.
MERS is nothing compared to this soul-killing disease. Why is
burnout spreading like wildre?
Because its fashionable.
Because its cool when youre extremely busy. Because its
rewarded. Your boss will praise you when he sees you burning the
two ends of the candle. (Do you know how bosses reward workaholics?
With more work!)
Today, I stay clear from burnout by watching for the signs that
I had during that dicult season of my life. See if you have any of
them:
I was always tired. Even after waking up in the morning after
supposedly a good nights rest, I wake up already exhausted. I
dreaded to go to the oce.
I became depressed. Many times, I felt helpless at the
dicul-ties and conicts that I was facing at work. I doubted myself
so much. I lost condence and wondered what in the world was I doing
in my job. I wanted out. I was more susceptible to psychosomatic
illnesses, like frequent colds or stomach problems.
Researchers state that there are certain jobs that are prone to
burnout. Example? Helping professions-- like doctors, nurses,
clergy, missionaries, counselors, social workers, and teachers. And
high-pressured positions, such as executives and business
persons.
Hey. You may not have the symptoms I describe above. Nor are you
working in the professions I listed .
Open your heart and let God speak to you today.
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The Simple Life... from page 1
Talk 3: ToysSee the Divine of the Ordinary
I LOVE what English writer and theologian G.K. Chesterton said:
There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate
more and more. The other is to desire less.
If you want to really be happy, you need to learn this very
important skill: To see the divine of the ordinary. Because if you
develop the capacity to suck all the joy that simple life has to
oer, youll always be happy no matter what happens.
Im not ashamed to say that the simple act of walking around my
little village every morning gives me so much pleasure. Because I
surround myself with Gods beautiful creation. The sky above me. The
happy trees. The semi-polluted air around me. (Just being honest.)
Its still all beautiful.
Some have made owning a Rolls Royce the source of their
pleasure. Or taking a Luxury Cruise in Europe. Or buying diamonds.
Hey, theres nothing wrong with these things, per se. But if you
have to do these things to be happy, youll be rarely happy.
Ive chosen the simpler path: If I can date my wife, or chat with
my boys, or take a quiet stroll under a canopy of stars, or read a
good book in my home, or laugh with friends over pizza, I consider
myself richly blessed.
My message: Focus on what you have, not on what you dont
have.
Because satisfaction doesnt come from getting what you want, but
wanting what you already have.
Think about it.
Live on less and delight in them more.
Big Day: TrustHow Deep Is Your Trust in God?
IMAGINE if one morning, you woke up, peered through the window,
and found pan de sal lying on the road.
Lots and lots of pan de sal.
Thats what happened to the Israelites one day when they woke up
one morning in the desert between Egypt and the promised land. They
saw manna spread across the desert sands.
Through the manna, God was teaching them a certain attitude that
I believe is the foundation of simplicity.
Manna says, Trust in God totally.
Manna says, Everything you have really comes from Him.
Manna says, Expect surprising miracles every day!
Learn these lessons well.
I believe this is the only way to really relax.
To inwardly rest.
To simplify.
To be at peace.
May the Lord heal you today!
THIS issues theme is simple. Its as simple as Simplicity, the
July talk series of Bro. Bo Sanchez along with the other preachers
in The Feast, the
Light of Jesus Familys prayer gathering.
In past issues, we serialized the talks in three issuesor a
total of three months. So you wont have to wait that long to get to
the end of the
series, we give you Bro. Bos summary of the series.
You may access copies of the entire series in various online
sites which we provide at the end of the talk summary.
Yes, following the Simplicity lessons, we simplify, we simplify
so we can focus on the essentialwhat God has purposed us to be,what
His mission for us in this ephemeral life.
In this regard, you will love the story of Orange Garcia. He
turned down
THIS issues theme is simple. Its as simple as Simplicity, the
July talk series of Bro. Bo Sanchez along with the other preachers
in The Feast, the
Light of Jesus Familys prayer gathering.
In past issues, we serialized the talks in three issuesor a
total of three months. So you wont have to wait that long to get to
the end of the
series, we give you Bro. Bos summary of the series.
You may access copies of the entire series in various online
sites which we provide at the end of the talk summary.
Yes, following the Simplicity lessons, we simplify, we simplify
so we can focus on the essentialwhat God has purposed us to be,what
His mission for us in this ephemeral life.
In this regard, you will love the story of Orange Garcia. He
turned down
lucrative job oers in the corporate world, left a charmed life
in the United States, and came home to the Philippines to focus on
one single mission: help build our nation. That simple. In the
process, he has been rewarded with the desire of his heart, page
3.
Even our testimony in this issue is a brief, simple, yet
heartwarm-ing thank you note from our Kerygma Family sis, Raquel
Prieto, page 4.
So I will close with a simple, one-sentence Bible verse on
simplici-ty quoted by Bro. Bo from Ecclesiates 7:29: I nd that God
made man simple; mans complex problems are of his own devising.
All for Gods Glory, HERMIE MORELOSPresidentShepherds Voice Radio
and Television Foundation,publisher of KFam Insider
lucrative job oers in the corporate world, left a charmed life
in the United States, and came home to the Philippines to focus on
one single mission: help build our nation. That simple. In the
process, he has been rewarded with the desire of his heart, page
3.
Even our testimony in this issue is a brief, simple, yet
heartwarm-ing thank you note from our Kerygma Family sis, Raquel
Prieto, page 4.
So I will close with a simple, one-sentence Bible verse on
simplici-ty quoted by Bro. Bo from Ecclesiates 7:29: I nd that God
made man simple; mans complex problems are of his own devising.
All for Gods Glory, HERMIE MORELOSPresidentShepherds Voice Radio
and Television Foundation,publisher of KFam Insider
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MY wife Ella and I lived a charmed life in the United States.
But still, a passion to be of service to our country nagged me no
end. Ella felt the same longing, so we decided to come back home in
2008.
In the Philippines, I turned down lucrative oers from the
corporate world to stay on track with my mission.
I now serve in a small school in Las Pinas which my mother
founded more than 35 years ago.
When people ask me what I do, I simply answer them that I'm a
nation-builder. I truly believe that my service to the school is
fully aligned to my mission of building a nation of
nation-builders-- one child at a time, and one family at a
time.
Ella shares my core mission. She leads the company that her
father founded more than 20 years ago, which provides world-class
animal nutrition to our local poultry and swine farmers.
Our Way
In August last year, I was invited to the United States to be a
certied coach, trainer, and speaker for the Manila team of John
Maxwell, the world renowned international leadership expert.
I decided to bring along Ella. But just a few days before we
were to leave for the U.S., our world turned upside down.
You see, Ella and I have been married for a decade now, and we
are still working on our rst child.
We went to the extent of going to Taiwan to undergo In Vitro
Fertilization (IVF). The doctors told us that there was no way for
us to conceive a child naturally.
But after the IVF procedure failed, to our surprise, we ended up
getting pregnant.
We were ecstatic. But only for a while. On Ellas eighth week of
pregnancy, a routine checkup showed the heartbeat of the baby in
her womb had stopped.
We were, to say the least, devastated.
Hoping against hope, we decided to undergo a second IVF
procedure. We begged God to give us back the childwe lost.
It is often said that God answers prayersnot necessarily
according to our terms, but in His own perfect way. We didnt
realize it then, but indeed God was well on His way in granting our
prayer.
MY wife Ella and I lived a charmed life in the United States.
But still, a passion to be of service to our country nagged me no
end. Ella felt the same longing, so we decided to come back home in
2008.
In the Philippines, I turned down lucrative oers from the
corporate world to stay on track with my mission.
I now serve in a small school in Las Pinas which my mother
founded more than 35 years ago.
When people ask me what I do, I simply answer them that I'm a
nation-builder. I truly believe that my service to the school is
fully aligned to my mission of building a nation of
nation-builders-- one child at a time, and one family at a
time.
Ella shares my core mission. She leads the company that her
father founded more than 20 years ago, which provides world-class
animal nutrition to our local poultry and swine farmers.
Our Way
In August last year, I was invited to the United States to be a
certied coach, trainer, and speaker for the Manila team of John
Maxwell, the world renowned international leadership expert.
I decided to bring along Ella. But just a few days before we
were to leave for the U.S., our world turned upside down.
You see, Ella and I have been married for a decade now, and we
are still working on our rst child.
We went to the extent of going to Taiwan to undergo In Vitro
Fertilization (IVF). The doctors told us that there was no way for
us to conceive a child naturally.
But after the IVF procedure failed, to our surprise, we ended up
getting pregnant.
We were ecstatic. But only for a while. On Ellas eighth week of
pregnancy, a routine checkup showed the heartbeat of the baby in
her womb had stopped.
We were, to say the least, devastated.
Hoping against hope, we decided to undergo a second IVF
procedure. We begged God to give us back the childwe lost.
It is often said that God answers prayersnot necessarily
according to our terms, but in His own perfect way. We didnt
realize it then, but indeed God was well on His way in granting our
prayer.
Gods Way
My best friend happens to be George Gabriel who, when we moved
back to Manila in 2008, was serving as worship director at The
Feast, the Light of Jesus Familys prayer gathering led by Bro. Bo
Sanchez, which at the time was being held at the Valle Verde
Country Club in Pasig City.
Bro. George invited us to attend The Feast. We attended and from
there, we came to know about the Grace To Be Born shelter for unwed
mothers, and the Tahanan ng Pagmamahal, an orphanage, both
spearheaded by Bro. Rey Ortega and supported by Bro. Bo and the
Light of Jesus.
One time, Bro. Rey and Sis. Rissa Singson Kawpeng, a board
member of Grace To Be Born, who also serves as editor-in-chief of
Kerygma inspirational magazine, invited Ella and me to visit the
shelter.
We were told Grace To Be Born aims to save babies from
abortion.To prevent abortion of unwanted pregnancy, Grace provides
an alternative to the mother: board and lodging, plus livelihood
skills training and spiritual nourishment, throughout her pregnancy
-- all without any cost or obligation to the mother-- just to give
her baby a chance to be born into the world.
I was interested since I wanted to see how we could help out. So
Ella and I visited Grace. There, in one of the cribs, this baby boy
smiled at us, reached out to us, we held his hands, and since then,
life was never the same again for us.
We adopted the boy and named him Jacob.
Reecting on our journey, Ive realized there are three signicant
details surrounding our meeting Jacob.
First, Jacob was born on May 21, 2014-- the date we tested
negative for our second IVF procedure. As we asked God to give us
back the son we lost in miscarriage, little did we know, God was
already bringing to life the son He has meant for us.
Second, we celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary on September
5, 2014 --which was the day we arrived in Manila from our trip to
the U.S. It was also the day we started spending time with Jacob.
From the airport, we went straight to the Grace shelter.
The number 10 represents perfection. So we realized our perfect
God gave us the perfect gift at the perfect time.
And third, the name Jacob means supplanter. To supplant is to
replace. And that is what Jacob has done in my own life.
Jacob supplanted my fears with faith.
Jacob supplanted my dread with dreams.
And Jacob supplanted my loss with love.
Gods Way
My best friend happens to be George Gabriel who, when we moved
back to Manila in 2008, was serving as worship director at The
Feast, the Light of Jesus Familys prayer gathering led by Bro. Bo
Sanchez, which at the time was being held at the Valle Verde
Country Club in Pasig City.
Bro. George invited us to attend The Feast. We attended and from
there, we came to know about the Grace To Be Born shelter for unwed
mothers, and the Tahanan ng Pagmamahal, an orphanage, both
spearheaded by Bro. Rey Ortega and supported by Bro. Bo and the
Light of Jesus.
One time, Bro. Rey and Sis. Rissa Singson Kawpeng, a board
member of Grace To Be Born, who also serves as editor-in-chief of
Kerygma inspirational magazine, invited Ella and me to visit the
shelter.
We were told Grace To Be Born aims to save babies from
abortion.To prevent abortion of unwanted pregnancy, Grace provides
an alternative to the mother: board and lodging, plus livelihood
skills training and spiritual nourishment, throughout her pregnancy
-- all without any cost or obligation to the mother-- just to give
her baby a chance to be born into the world.
I was interested since I wanted to see how we could help out. So
Ella and I visited Grace. There, in one of the cribs, this baby boy
smiled at us, reached out to us, we held his hands, and since then,
life was never the same again for us.
We adopted the boy and named him Jacob.
Reecting on our journey, Ive realized there are three signicant
details surrounding our meeting Jacob.
First, Jacob was born on May 21, 2014-- the date we tested
negative for our second IVF procedure. As we asked God to give us
back the son we lost in miscarriage, little did we know, God was
already bringing to life the son He has meant for us.
Second, we celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary on September
5, 2014 --which was the day we arrived in Manila from our trip to
the U.S. It was also the day we started spending time with Jacob.
From the airport, we went straight to the Grace shelter.
The number 10 represents perfection. So we realized our perfect
God gave us the perfect gift at the perfect time.
And third, the name Jacob means supplanter. To supplant is to
replace. And that is what Jacob has done in my own life.
Jacob supplanted my fears with faith.
Jacob supplanted my dread with dreams.
And Jacob supplanted my loss with love.
HAPPY. Orange and Ella Garcia with Baby Jacob during the
celebration of Grace To Be Borns sixth anniversary on May 8,
2015.-- Photo by Ed. L. Santiago
A Perfect Gift Named JacobBy Orange V. Garcia
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Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything
they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
- Matthew 18:19
To have a normal, intelligent, beautiful, and God-loving child.
Bring peace and happiness to our family, friends, and loved ones
and to those who are in need of peace and happiness.
Lisa
To be able to keep my job despite my health problem. Marc
For forgiveness when I forget the Lord in times that I think I
don't need him. For my familys safety here and abroad. For our
healing, good health for my family and loved ones most especial-ly
my parents and in-laws.
Donnie
For my career as teacher. Fulllment of my ambitions and dreams.
And God will free me from my addiction
Marvin
Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything
they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
- Matthew 18:19
To have a normal, intelligent, beautiful, and God-loving child.
Bring peace and happiness to our family, friends, and loved ones
and to those who are in need of peace and happiness.
Lisa
To be able to keep my job despite my health problem. Marc
For forgiveness when I forget the Lord in times that I think I
don't need him. For my familys safety here and abroad. For our
healing, good health for my family and loved ones most especial-ly
my parents and in-laws.
Donnie
For my career as teacher. Fulllment of my ambitions and dreams.
And God will free me from my addiction
Marvin
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- Raquel
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- Raquel
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The Light of Jesus Pastoral Care Center invites you to
thePastoral Care Training Course
Module 1: Basic Pastoral Care: Sharing Christ Through Caring for
OthersDate: July 25 and 26, 2015 Time: 8:00AM - 5:00PMVenue: Sacro
Costato Retreat House (13 Scout Magbanua St. Cubao, QC)Fee: P1,500
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Time 8:00 AM to 5PMVenue: CFM Nazareth Home (6-A Big Horseshoe
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seminar materials and meals)Pre-Requisite Course: Basic Pastoral
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To Register, please contact Light of Jesus Pastoral Care Center,
c/o Darl Delluta Tel. Nos: 725-9999 local 119; 726-0267;
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Care Center
The Light of Jesus Pastoral Care Center invites you to
thePastoral Care Training Course
Module 1: Basic Pastoral Care: Sharing Christ Through Caring for
OthersDate: July 25 and 26, 2015 Time: 8:00AM - 5:00PMVenue: Sacro
Costato Retreat House (13 Scout Magbanua St. Cubao, QC)Fee: P1,500
(includes seminar materials and meals)
Module 2: Journey to Personal GrowthDate: August 1 - 2,
2015Time: Overnight retreat starting Aug. 1, 8:00AM and ending Aug.
2, 2:00PM Venue: Sacro Costato Retreat House (13 Scout Magbanua
St., QC)Retreat Fee: 2,800 (includes seminar materials, food and
lodging)
Module 3: Advance Pastoral Care Date: August 22 and 23, 2015
Time 8:00 AM to 5PMVenue: CFM Nazareth Home (6-A Big Horseshoe
Drive, Horseshoe Village, 1112 QC) Seminar Fee: 1,500 (includes
seminar materials and meals)Pre-Requisite Course: Basic Pastoral
Care
To Register, please contact Light of Jesus Pastoral Care Center,
c/o Darl Delluta Tel. Nos: 725-9999 local 119; 726-0267;
726-6728
Email: [email protected] Facebook: Light of Jesus Pastoral
Care Center