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10/09/2024

Get a Grip on God’s Word
By Rick Warren — 09/10/2024
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“The message of his grace . . . is able to build you up and give you the blessings God has for all his people.”

Acts 20:32 (GNT)

The Bible is your soul food. When you feed on the Word of God, you grow. You can’t be physically healthy if you eat junk food all the time. In the same way, you can’t be spiritually healthy unless you feed on the truth of God’s Word.

Would you like to have all the blessings that God has for you? Of course you would! I want that for you too.

How do you get those blessings? They’re a direct result of spiritual maturity. The Bible says, “The message of his grace . . . is able to build you up and give you the blessings God has for all his people” (Acts 20:32 GNT).

What does it mean for the message of God’s grace to build you up and give you blessings? It means that, when you grow in spiritual maturity, God can give you all the blessings he has for you. There are some gifts you can’t give young children because they aren’t mature enough for them yet. In the same way, there are some gifts God wants to give you, but he’s waiting for you to grow up.

You can actually use your hand to help you remember how to use the Bible to grow in spiritual maturity. You feed on the Word of God by doing six things: You hear God’s Word—that’s your pinky finger. You read it—that’s your ring finger. You study it—that’s your middle finger. You memorize it—that’s your pointer finger. Then, you meditate on it—that’s your thumb. Your palm represents applying God’s Word.

It’s important to do all six of those things as you feed on God’s Word.

Think of it this way: If the only spiritual input you get is hearing the Word of God at church, then you won’t have a very strong understanding of it—just like you can’t have a very strong grip with just your pinky finger. In fact, some studies suggest we forget as much as 95 percent of everything we hear within 72 hours! If the only exposure you have to God’s Word is hearing it at church, then Satan will be able to steal your joy pretty easily.

But if you hear the Word of God and then you read it every day, you’ve got a better grip. Satan can’t pull it away from you as quickly. Then if you hear it and read it and study it, then you’ve got an even stronger grip.

When you do all six things—hear, read, study, memorize, meditate on, and apply it—you’ll have a firm, strong grip on God’s Word. No one will be able to take it away from you. And you’ll find yourself growing toward spiritual maturity and receiving the blessings that come with it.

01/08/2023

"Bless those who curse you"

Jesus is not commending hypocritical prayer. He is not calling for show-prayer. He is calling for real prayer, that is, real Godward desire for the good of our enemy.

26/04/2023

08/03/2023

Blessed day! As we continue to live His words in our actions on our anniversary month, please join us in our 'Kape at Pandesal' community outreach this Saturday March 11, 2023 7-9 am with our Riseta Mission team. Sama-sama tayo dito - Isang umaga ng kape, pandesal at pamamahagi ng Salita ng Diyos

08/11/2022

How God's Greatness Removes Fear

Any time you’re in a situation you have absolutely no control over, switch your focus to the greatness of God. That’s called worship, and it’s the third antidote for withstanding the potentially devastating winds of life.

During stormy days—when your health is declining, your spouse is unfaithful, or your friends are critical—you have a choice to make. Are you going to worry? Or are you going to worship?

There is a beautiful example of this in the New Testament. Jesus is out in a boat with his disciples on the Sea of Galilee. The Sea of Galilee was—and still is—a huge lake, making it easy for storms to come up suddenly. And that’s exactly what happened.

Matthew 8:24-25 says, “Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, ‘Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!’” (NIV).

The ship was tossing and turning, but Jesus kept on sleeping. He was at peace; he wasn’t worried. But the disciples were panicked.

Jesus said to them, “‘You of little faith, why are you so afraid?’ Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. The men were amazed and asked, ‘What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!’” (Matthew 8:26-27 NIV).

The entire experience left the disciples in awe of Jesus. They had forgotten for a moment who Jesus was. But when they saw him display his power over nature, it turned their focus away from their fear and onto God’s greatness. In other words, the experience made them worship.

Worship is one way to set your sail so that the winds of life drive you in the direction you want to go—toward Jesus. Stormy winds can push you off course and threaten to drown you. Instead, let winds of pain, trauma, and stress drive you to focus on God and set your sail toward him.

What are you afraid of in this season of your life? Whatever it is, with Jesus is in your boat, your boat is unsinkable. He has power over nature—and over everything else

27/09/2022

keep trusting🙏

15/09/2022

You Were Made for a Mission

You were made to make a unique contribution with your life.
But you were also made for a mission to the world around you. God created you to have both a ministry in the church and a mission in the world.

Jesus says in John 17:18, “In the same way that [the Father] gave me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world” (The Message). One day, you’ll stand before God and he’ll ask you, “What did you do with what I gave you?” At that point, you’ll answer for how you used the gifts God gave you to complete the mission he has for you.

Paul says, “But I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do, which is to declare the Good News about the grace of God” (Acts 20:24 GNT).

God made you to share the Good News. Once you know who Jesus is and what he did to make you right with God, you need to share the message with others.

Jesus said in Acts 1:8: “You will be my witnesses—in Jerusalem, in all of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world” (NCV).

What is the assignment God has given you?

14/09/2022

You Were Shaped to Serve God

No two people are the same. You are unique in every single way.
God doesn’t clone anything. No one in all of history—and in all the future—is like you.

God uniquely shaped you to fulfill a unique purpose on planet Earth—to make a unique contribution. If you’ve been reading Daily Hope for a while, you’ve likely seen SHAPE, the acronym I use to describe the unique way God shaped you to serve him.

Here’s what makes up your SHAPE:

Spiritual gifts: When you become a Christian, God gives you special abilities so you can better serve others.
Heart: You have passions—things you enjoy doing.
Abilities: From birth, God has given you natural abilities—anything from athletics, to art, to accounting.
Personality: Some people are introverts; others are extroverted. Some people love to plan everything; others work best at the last minute.
Experiences: God uses your experiences—family, education, occupation, emotions, and more—to allow you to help others.
No two people have the exact same SHAPE. God has made you unique, and he has unique ways he wants you to serve other people.

Paul writes in Ephesians 2:10, “God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works, which God planned in advance for us to live our lives doing” (NCV).

You’ll spend all of eternity serving God in heaven. God wants you to practice by serving other people on Earth through your good works. The Bible calls these good works your ministry.

God calls every Christian to be in ministry—not just pastors and missionaries. You can use whatever you’re good at—and all the unique ways God has SHAPEd you—to minister to others.