By Erwin del Rosa
I’m so blessed and grateful to have shared a table with a brother. It was at a membership fellowship dinner of the Gideons International last December in Rosales, Pangasinan, where I got to meet this profound fellow. His name is Arnold, and I’m glad to have met him.
I had looked forward to this dinner; I have been a part of this brotherhood since 2000. The Gideons International is a brotherhood, fellowship, and organization of Protestant and Evangelical Christian professionals and businessmen. We raise funds for printing copies …

by Danny A. Hernaez
Greetings!
“For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” (Matthew 23:12)
I love Stacie Orrico’s song “Don’t Look at me.” She sings, “Don’t look at me if you’re looking for perfection. Don’t look at me, I will only let you down. I’ll do my best to point you in the right direction. Don’t look at me, look at Him.”
These lyrics remind me of a resounding theme I noticed recently in Mark 15:9-10, Matthew 23:1-39 and Luke 18:9-14: leaders who shined …

by Rev. Bing Canlas
(This weekly guide to prayer may be used by an individual for personal daily devotion or by prayer groups in retreat)
February 22-28, 2010
Theme:  Ministry and Sacrifice
I. Opening Prayer
Our Heavenly Father, open our hearts, minds, our very senses and being, through the power of the Holy Spirit to allow us to perceive your presence in our midst.  Prepare us for this hour of devotion in the name of Jesus.  Amen
II. Passage of Praise     Psalm 27
III. Daily Bible Readings:
February 22, …

By Danny Hernaez

Greetings from Frisco TX!
Just as you excel in everything – in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us – see that you also excel in this grace of giving. (2 Corinthians 8:7)
Dr. F. W. Meyer once commented on this verse, saying, “Probably there is no greater test of our true religion than our behavior in giving. How few, comparatively, give in proportion to their income! How few give systematically! How few have learned the joy and luxury of giving, so …

by Rev. Bing Canlas
(This weekly guide to prayer may be used by an individual for personal daily devotion or by prayer groups in retreat)
February 15-21, 2010
Theme:  God Forgive Us, Your Children
I. Opening Prayer
O God, in mystery and silence you are present in our lives, bringing new life out of destruction, hope out of despair, growth out of difficulty.  We thank you that you do not leave us alone but labor to make us whole.  Help us to perceive your unseen hand in the …

by Rev. Sonny T. San Pedro
Ang lobo ay isang tuso, salbahe at maloko na hayop. Sa maraming lugar gasgas na gasgas na ang lobo sa pagganap ng mga karakter na nabanggit. Sa kabilang banda, ang tagak ay hindi naman kasing sikat ng nauna, tinitignang patpatin, mahina at walang ka porma-pormang ibon. Minsan ang dalawang ito na magkasalungat ang katangian ay nagkaroon ng hindi malilimutang karanasan sa isa’t-isa. Nagsimula ito ng yayain ng lobo ang tagak sa isa di umanong espesyal na hapunan, kung saan ang lobo ay naghain ng isang …

by Danny Hernaez

Greetings!
“The person that serves you like a servant is the greatest person among you. Every person that makes himself better than other people will be made humble. Every person that makes himself humble will be made great.” (Matthew 23:11-12)
Humility is a greatly under-emphasized quality among humans.
We don’t know what it means. We don’t know how to appreciate it. We don’t know how to do it. And we are not all that sure we want to have it.
Culturally we’re much more drawn to the energetic, dynamic, charismatic, crowd-drawing leader. …