A NEW HOPE series Week 2 Resurrection Sunday (Notes from the Preaching of Pastor Steve Murrell on Resurrection Sunday 2020) Read Luke 24: 36-49 Thank you Pastor Steve for preaching the Word! We all face the reality of a Pandemic and a faith crisis. The fear, anxiety, disappointment, financial and spiritual crisis that COVID-19 brings … Continue reading J E S U S Is Risen!
Not all doctors are brave. I am not. I will always hesitate to volunteer if someone asks for a doctor in a plane. I would pray not to get a patient needing emergency cardiac intervention when I was in training. No arrhythmia please. No cardiac tamponade please. (Just google those terms.) I will probably be … Continue reading B R A V E (For the faint of heart)
Everyday we wait for good news of healing, of scientific discovery, of generosity and self-sacrifice, forgetting the Good News of all times that conquered our misery, even death... Jesus, the son of God and God Himself came to save us, showing how to truly Live here on earth and promising Life even as we leave … Continue reading Good News Waiting
I love to be home. Sometimes, before I go to work early morning, when it’s still dark; or when I come home after the sun has set, and all I can do is eat dinner then retire in bed, I ask why can’t I stay home longer? I love to be home. Just lounging; and … Continue reading H O M E
“Unforeseen circumstances are everywhere around you and me— but the sovereign God knows nothing about unforeseen circumstances. He has seen the end from the beginning. He never needs to ask what is in a man. He knows every man. So there can be no unforeseen circumstances.”When man out of his free will, given by God … Continue reading GOD SEES US
(WARNING!!! SPOILER ALERT for Spider-Man: Far From Home!) “Spider-Man: Far from home” is the best True to Life story that I have ever watched! (Wait what!?! It’s fiction Ninang!). Well “true to life” in terms of the insights that were running in my mind (Talk about Pondering Ninang!). In what I think is the … Continue reading BEHIND ENEMY LIES
1. How do you build Great Faith In times of desperation? With THANKS in your heart. T- Trust God always. H - Humble yourself before the Lord. A - Accept and Submit to God’s will. N - Never give up on Love and people. K - Kiss your pain goodbye and forgive. S - Seek God … Continue reading NINANG PONDERINGS 8
We need friends. Most, if not all, want friends. And though I may have qualified for being anti-social in my earlier years, I’ve had my fill of really good bestfriends in every chapter of school life- gradeschool, highschool, college. I do hope they feel the same way. Ever since I must say, I matured in … Continue reading THE FRIEND WHO NEVER WAS
We hope for perfection, joy, and best outcomes. But we commit and see mistakes, feel sad, and attain less than the ideal. We may have perfect moments but for how long? A few seconds or a couple of minutes maybe. The realization of an imperfect life always kicks in. Because that is life—imperfect. We go … Continue reading Life is not perfect- what’s New?
IDENTITY CHRIST-is (Identity Crisis Ninang?) We are and then we’re maybe not. We think but others don’t. We see but others can’t. We feel and then we doubt. We do and now ask why. Have you wondered if our identity is plainly a figment of our imagination? Identity Crisis, coined and experienced by German psychologist … Continue reading IDENTITY CHRIST-is
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