DAY 1
WALK THE TALK
Romans 17:23
As followers of
Jesus, how should we live our lives?
Each of us
should live a life that would rely on the law, brag about our relationship with
God, know the will of God in our lives, approve of what is superior as instructed
by the law, be convinced that we are the guides to the blind, the light of
those who are in the dark, instructors of the foolish and teachers of the
infants.
We must believe in our hearts
that God had called us to play these roles. These are the tasks God wants us to
comply. He wants us to be in these situations because as Christians, this is
how God wants us to live our lives.
Why did God
gave us these tasks?
Because He
allowed us and had chosen us to be entrusted with the knowledge about the truth
from His words. The truth was made known
to us through God’s Word and by God’s will.
Are you walking
the talk?
Since God has
given us the knowledge and truth through His words, we claim to be the light of
the world, guide to the blind, instructors of the foolish, teachers to infants
and people who rely on the Word of God.
We teach others about the
Word, yet God wants us to walk the talk.
He wants us to teach ourselves as well.
As we guide the
blind, we too, must rely on God’s word and be guided. As we become the light of
the world, we too, must have that light in our hearts. As we instruct the
foolish, we too, must continue to instruct ourselves through the Word to
refrain from foolishness. As we teach others to rely on God’s word, we too,
must teach ourselves to continually, consistently and fully rely on God’s word.
We must not
dishonor God by breaking his commandments, what we talk, we must walk on it. We
must walk uprightly for God as we obey His every command. Do you walk the talk? Is it visible to God?
Wednelynn
Padel
DAY 2
TO OUR FATHER’S GLORY
John 15:1-8
As disciples of
Jesus Christ, we all want to be fruitful. It will bring us joy, encouragement
and gratefulness. But we must know, deeply understand, and never forget that we
are just a branch, we can not bear fruit on our own sources. But it is an honor
to be a part of it.
For a tree to
be fruitful, it needs a keeper. The branches must remain in the vine, so that
it will bear much and good fruit.
This is clear:
we need Jesus Christ our Lord. We don’t want to be cut off, left behind and
thrown away. As disciples, let us be strong. We don’t want to waste this
opportunity to be a branch and remain in the powerful vine. The Father keeps us
healthy and helps us to be strong for us to be fruitful for the Father’s glory.
Let us all together be the branches and together be fruitful for the glory of
God.
Alvin
Comendador
DAY 3
MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO
OBEY GOD
Hebrews 4:11
Being a
disciple is a great life because we have God with us. But it is also a
challenging life for we are required to persevere in displaying the characters
and attitudes that God wanted us to be.
Our response
then would be to either obey amidst of the challenges or let everything fall
because we are more concern of what we feel. Being obedient to God is
forgetting our very self and letting God be God no matter what.
Let’s make
every effort in our obedience to God.
Romeo Samson Jr.
DAY 4
THINKING
ABOUT TOMORROW
Matthew 6:34
Two weeks ago,
I got a call from my sister. She told me
that our mother was sick. Her fever kept coming back. My adrenalin boosted up so fast upon
receiving that message. I got so much
fears and worries. I had to call them many times to ask how our mother was
doing. This led me to go back to God in prayer, to take away my fears and
worries.
As I was making
and researching for my benevolence message, I was able to pass by this topic
about TOMORROW. Let me share some insights on this topic.
It is common in
Jesus teachings to include about faith in God, everyday. Like when He taught
His disciples how to pray, He said, “Give us this day our daily bread.” Today’s
bread is all we can request. He gave no allowance for praying for tomorrow’s
bread. Each day, we look to God to provide the necessary substance to get
through today.
Most of us have
enough food and money that we can see our way clear through today and probably
in the next week. But, Jesus adjured us to pray for today’s provision and trust
that God will care for tomorrow’s problems. “No one ever had a nervous
breakdown worrying about today.” People worry themselves sick over tomorrow,
next week, next month, etc. But, we are pretty confident that we will get
through today.
We don’t really
sweat today. It’s tomorrow we are not sure of. But, Christians know that God
has tomorrow in His hands. We don’t worry over tomorrow because we know the One
who ruled yesterday, rules today, and rules tomorrow. So, we can ask Him with
confidence to provide for our needs. And if we don’t make it through tomorrow,
that’s okay too. God is in control.
May this help
us know that what we need to do TODAY is to pray and ask God to sustain us this
day and that what we need to do for TOMORROW is to leave it in God’s hands.
Raul
Pabilando
DAY 5
FORGIVE AND BE
FORGIVEN TO LOVE MUCH
Luke 7:36-50
Is our holiness
diminished if we are with sinners? Absolutely not!
But we don’t have
to compromise with sins! The world we are living in has everything to offer in
order for us to become polluted and to be part of this wicked generation.
Let us continue
to help one another to get out and go back to God to be forgiven by Him and to
love Him. But we have to be very careful so that we will not be polluted and return
to our sinful nature.
Arcel Nistal
