Monday, November 29, 2010
My two boys are joining The Great Pinoy Peace & Unity Swim on December 10. The organizers plan to set a new Guiness Book of World Record by having at least 6000 swimmers to swim the length of 60 feet (18.3 meters) in 24 hours. (That means an average of 15 seconds per swimmer!) If you wish to join this swim and be a part of the Guiness Book of World Records, log on to www.swimrelayrecord.com
Want To Create Passive Income Thru “Creative” Real Estate? My real estate mentor Larry Gamboa is giving a Think Rich, Pinoy Seminar this December 4, 8am to 5pm, at the PhilAm Life Building, UN Avenue, Manila. Larry will teach you what he taught me years ago: How to buy foreclosed homes, apartments, and condos—and turn them into passive income. You’ll even get a chance to play the Cashflow 101 Game invented by Robert Kiyosaki—and see how it applies in real life. Seminar Fee is P2950 only. To sign up, http://bit.ly/gnD9OM
God Will Never Abandon You
I date my mother every week.
And she loves telling me stories about her life.
So every week, I get a lesson in Philippine History.
Remember that my mother is 85 years old—and anything about her life is Philippine History.
When I was a little boy, I asked her, “Mom, did you see Jose Rizal?”
“Uh, that’s a little bit too early in Philippine History,” she said.
But last week, my Mom told me about the lowest point in her life…
The Bombs Were Falling From The Sky
“I got married during the Japanese war,” she said.
She was only 19 years old.
War was raging all around them. Japanese soldiers running around the city, looking for guerrillas. One million Filipinos will ultimately die because of that war.
Yet there they were, two lovebirds, getting married!
As if their problems weren’t enough, Mom’s mother was very sick. “I was an only child,” she said, “my father had died years ago. And Mama was totally bedridden, sick with tuberculosis…”
And six days after their wedding, bombs fell from the sky.
They heard the roar of American planes flying above, dropping their bombs all over Manila.
Everywhere they looked, homes and buildings were on fire.
Soon, their house caught fire as well.
“Bo, your father had to carry my mother in a wooden pushcart through the burning streets of Manila,” she said. “On the way, Japanese soldiers would block our road. We didn’t know where to go. But we kept running…”
All of a sudden, they saw a convent.
The gates were closed but they knocked anyway.
The nuns, seeing an old woman in a wooden “kariton”, welcomed them with open arms. “Those nuns were God’s answer to our prayer. God protected us there. If they didn’t accept us, I don’t know where we would have gone…”
They Had Nothing To Eat
One month after, my grandmother passed away.
So they brought out the pushcart again and pushed her to the cemetery.
And then my mother told me something I never knew before.
I’m 44 now and it’s the first time I heard this story!
Because it was wartime, they couldn’t find jobs. There came a point when they had nothing to eat anymore. Their cupboards were empty. Their wallets were empty.
Mom told me, “Everyday, your father and I would walk around the market, begging people to buy our tomatoes. We didn’t have a store or stall. We just walked with the tomatoes in our hands. It was the only way to put food on the table.”
Mom and Dad also foraged whatever little belongings they had left, and sold them all: plates, spoons, forks, anything that they owned which had value.
Click here to read the entire post >> http://bosanchez.ph/god-will-never-abandon-you/
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Are You Humble?
Today, I’d like to talk about the old-fashioned virtue of humility.
God’s big message for you today?
Stay empty.
Let me start with a story.
One day, a bus driver was driving a bunch of seniors—people in their 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. They called themselves Club 20. Because they got 20% discounts in restaurants and drugstores.
Soon, the little old lady in the front row tapped his shoulder and gave him a big bag of peanuts. And the driver ate them.
Ten minutes later, she handed him another big bag of peanuts. And munched all of them again.
Ten minutes later, the old lady gave him another bag of peanuts.
The driver said, “Thank you! They’re delicious. But I’ve had enough. I finished two big bags of peanuts.”
The old lady said, “Oh, I didn’t want you eat them, I just wanted you to throw them away for us.”
“Throw them away?” the driver asked, “Why don’t you eat them?”
“All of us don’t have teeth anymore.”
“So why do you buy them?” he asked.
She said, “Oh, we like the chocolate around them, and after sucking them, we throw away the peanuts.”
Removing The Confusion From Humility
Humility confuses a lot of people because it’s just like the chocolate covered peanut. We’ve mixed humility with other stuff that doesn’t belong to humility.
We need to remove the chocolate.
I remember a classmate who was a very shy person.
We called her Isabel the Invisible.
She was so shy and so quiet, we sometimes forgot she existed. The only reason we knew she was still alive was at the start of the class—when the teacher called her name during roll call. “Isabel” the teacher would say, and we’d see her raise her hand just slightly so. After that, she’d blend into the grey walls of the classroom and vanish.
And when we did see her, her hair covered half of her face, so we really didn’t know how she looked like.
But if you read our Yearbook, you’d see a description beneath her Photo: “Isabel is a very humble person.”
Why? People confuse humility with timidity.
But they’re worlds apart.
Timidity is matter of personality, or insecurity, or cowardice, or selfishness. But it isn’t humility.
In fact, you can be humble and confident at the same time.
Yes, you can be humble and aggressive at the same time!
How do I know?
The Bible calls Moses the most humble man on earth (See Numbers 12:1). And yet this “most humble” man challenged Pharaoh and told the guy, “Let my people go!” If that’s not aggressiveness, I don’t know what is!
So What Is Humility?
Humility is a multi-faceted jewel.
But all these facets point to one thing: Being empty.
I believe this emptiness has three distinct expressions…
o A Humble Person is a Seeker
o A Humble Person is a Student
o A Humble Person is a Servant
1. A Humble Person Is A Seeker
I love sharing this story.
One day, a young monk visited an older monk and asked, “Master, what is the secret of humility?”
The older monk said, “Let’s take a walk…”
The two men walked down to the river.
The older monk led the younger monk in the water. When the river reached their chests, without warning, the older monk held the head of the younger monk, and dunked him into the water!
The younger monk struggled, his arms splashing wildly, but the older monk held his head under the water.
When the younger man was almost blacking out, an inch away from death, the older monk pulled him up—and the young monk sucked in air like he was an industrial vacuum cleaner.
In between breaths, he asked in a frantic voice, “Why the heck did you do that for?”
The older man smiled and said, “The secret of humility is to seek for God the way you’re seeking for oxygen now.”
I repeat: Humility is being empty.
Humility is being desperate that God fill you up.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Kerygma Conference - things you need to know:
1. Before entering you must exchange your ticket for the official waterproof bracelets. Wear these everywhere you go in PICC.
2. Food/Lunch is available via Via Mare in the PICC, food stubs are P 150 each. We are not allowed to bring food inside PICC.
3. Simultaneous conferences will be held in PICC, each with different speakers and topics. Select one before you buy your ticket. Details at the official site (link to streams)
4. Sunday Nov 28, is the grand feast at the PICC grounds (in front of Hotel Sofitel), no need for bracelets or tickets there. Everybody is welcome but ticket holders will be given preference.
See you at the Kerygma Conference. And one last time, let everyone know in your Facebook Wall (status updates elsewhere) that you're going to the Kerygma Conference, the largest Catholic Learning event this year!
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Only 10 Days To Go! The biggest, most inspiring, miracle-filled event of the year is almost here. (If you’re in Manila, fantastic. If not, fly here!) There’ll be 10,000+ people who’ll get their souls recalibrated, recharged, and restored at the Kerygma Conference 2010 at the PICC on November 26, 27, and 28. The best speakers. The best music. The best experience. For more details, call up Tel. (02) 7259999. Or log on at www.kerygmaconference.com now.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Should You Be Kind To Bad People?
One day, an American, a Russian, and a Filipino were talking.
The Russian said, “We were first in space!”
The American said, “We were first on the moon!”
The Filipino said, “So what? Haven’t you been reading the newspaper? Our economy is doing very well. Mark my words, the Philippines will be a First World country. And we will be the first one on the sun!”
The Russian and the American looked at each other and shook their heads. “You idiot, you can’t land on the sun!” the Russian said, “You’ll burn up!”
The Filipino said, “I’m not stupid, you know. We’ll go there at night!”
Friend, God is kind.
And the kindness of God is like the sun. It’s always there for you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The Bible says His steadfast love is new every morning.
Perhaps you’re having problems right now.
And you don’t feel the kindness of God.
Your marriage isn’t doing well.
You’re under a mountain of debt.
Your kids are going astray.
Your body is sick.
When we have problems, we don’t feel the kindness of God.
But it doesn’t mean that God isn’t kind.
It just means it’s nighttime, but God’s kindness is still shining.
In another part of your world, it’s daytime!
Soon, your night will pass. Your trials will pass. Your burdens will pass. And you’ll see the first rays of the morning sun break through the darkness of your problems.
God Is Kind To The Wicked
The Bible says that God is kind to bad people (see Luke 6:35-36). We somehow know this already, but it still jars our sense of “justice”.
One day, some brilliant men were debating about what makes Christianity different from other religions. The discussion was heated and lively, with all sorts of answers being raised.
That was when the great thinker and apologist, C.S. Lewis, entered the room. The men turned their attention to the late comer and asked him, “So Lewis, what makes Christianity different from other religions?”
He looked at them and said one word.
“Mercy.”
When he spoke, everyone remained quiet.
The debate was over.
What is mercy?
Mercy is undeserved kindness.
We believe God is kind to those who do not deserve His kindness at all. In another part of the Bible, it says, When the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy (Titus 3:4-6).
I’m sure you know the shocking story below…
Click here to read the entire post >> http://bosanchez.ph/should-you-be-kind-to-bad-people/
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
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Check out our newest KCon video. Note our final venue for November 28 Grand Feast: PICC! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXmZhTZKZak
Are You A Selfless Person?
One day, Benjie went to a horse race in San Lazaro.
Before the race began, something odd happened: He saw a priest walk up to one of the horses, laid his hand on its head and blessed it.
And sure thing, when the race begun, that horse pulled away and won the race.
Benjie was very impressed.
Before the next race, he saw the priest go to one horse again and blessed it. And that horse won the race too.
Benjie couldn’t believe his eyes!
Before the next race, he saw the priest walk up to another horse, put his hand on his forehead, and even touched all four hoofs.
Benjie knew what to do. He ran to the nearest ATM, withdrew all his money, borrowed more money from everyone he knew, and emptied his wallet. And he ran to the betting window and bet on that horse all he had.
But when the race began, that horse was the last to go out.
And in the middle of the race, it stopped on its tracks and dropped dead!
Benjie almost died with it.
He went to the priest and said, “Father, what happened? Why did that horse die? I saw you bless it!”
The priest shook his head. “That’s the problem with people like you who don’t know their religion. I didn’t bless him. I gave him the sacrament of the last rites.”
Are You Betting On The Right Horse?
Life is like a horserace.
And like Benjie, people are betting on the wrong horse.
Because in life, there’s a winning horse and a dying horse.
The dying horse is called collection.
Have you noticed? Human beings have a tendency to collect things. We surround ourselves with things, thinking that they will make us happy.
Oh yes, we love things.
But things will never love us.
Your cars will never love you back.
Your clothes will never love you back.
Your jewels will never love you back.
Like Benjie, we think that God is blessing the horse named collections. Actually, God is just givingcollections the last rites.
One of these days, collections will drop dead.
Your clothes will be eaten by moths.
Your house will be eaten by termites.
Your car will be eaten by rust.
Click here to read the entire article >> http://bosanchez.ph/are-you-a-selfless-person/
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
For all our friends and followers in Davao, attend the upcoming Kerygma Conference 2010 and Be Restored!. Click here for more details >> http://on.fb.me/KConDVO
"Happy couples make it a habbit to refocus. Because it's quite normal to be distracted. So they talk. They get away for a while. They pray. They go on a marriage retreat. They take a second honeymoon or a 3rd, or 4th, or a 5th.."
— Bo Sanchez (You Have The Power to Create Love)
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