They are Love, Life, and Light. We already know that God is love and Jesus is God. In John 8, Jesus declared: "I am the light of the world. In John 14, "I am the way and the truth and the life." But he is more—he is everything that's good for us!
Monday, January 13, 2025
***Wise Advice
One of my brothers-in-law just passed away. He's one I'd been praying for for decades. The good news is that he finally accepted Christ as Savior before he left. It'd be so much better that we all accept the Lord as early as possible to maximize our time of enjoying peace, freedom, and joy on earth. Christ can save us in an instant—why procrastinate? Also, when the soul is at stake, we mustn't take any risk.
Sunday, January 12, 2025
***The One Who Perfects Our Joy***
Communion experience. The Lord removes all thoughts that disturb my peace, and my joy is restored and complete.
Saturday, January 11, 2025
***Where Is God?***
The current Los Angeles areas fires are still raging out of control. So far on day 5, thousands and thousands of structures have been damaged or destroyed, and close to 20,000 people have evacuated. There are people now starting to ask where God is. Here are some of my thoughts. If you think that God should not let bad things happen to us, then you are mistaken. God does not guarantee that we'll be happy in this life; he only promises that we'll be happy in our next life if we believe in him. As long as we sin, bad things will inevitably happen to us either as a warning or punishment. Also, misfortune is not necessarily bad for us. Let's look at two cases. A young person loves God very much, dies from a tragic accident, and goes to heaven; another unbeliever never has anything bad happening to him, lives to 100, dies peacefully in sleep, and did not make heaven. Which of the two is the fortunate one? I think you get my point. Yes, the Lord God is always with us. We are the ones who try to configure him to suit our like. By the way, pray for the victims of the LA fires if you feel so called.
**Totasl Fulfillment**
Common experience. I know that Christ is my endpoint; there is no one else I can go to nor want to go to. He alone fulfills my existence completely.
***Christian Privilege*
A sinner who does not repent of his sins piles sin upon sin, causing his soul to sink lower and lower—what a horrible state to even think about! On the other hand, a Christian repents and gets his sins taken away by Christ and remains clean at any time. What a delight state to be in!
***Our One and Only Obligation***
It is to do everything for the glory of God, the God of Christ, no matter who you are.
**Christ the Judge of All**
We'll all be judged by Christ. In the case of someone who doesn't know anything about him, he'll be judged by how much he loves others. In the case of a Christian, he'll be judged by how faithful he is in following the Lord. And there are numerous cases falling between these two extremes. I can't say what will happen to them, but I know that Christ will always be merciful and just in dealing with them.
Friday, January 10, 2025
**Fundamental Prayer**
So many evildoers continue doing evil publicly, showing no sign of remorse. I feel sorry for them because they don't seem to realize that we go from life to death in no time, for we are either alive or dead. Having no concern about the consequences of one's actions borders on lunacy. Only God can help us develop a sharp conscience. So pray unceasingly that every single one of us will come to know Christ and be saved.
*****God's Perfect Gift for Us***
Communion time thouights. By accepting and consuming the Holy Eucharist, the perfect gift God has given us, we can become holy and perfect, and eternal life is ours! In John 6:51, Jesus has said, "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."
*****Choosing to Live the Best Life***
In Matthew 16:25, Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." We have two lives to live, our brief life on earth and our eternal life after death. The time we have on earth is all the time we have for preparing ourselves for our next life. Our present life we'll have to give up for sure at the end, then our next life will be ours forever, good or bad. So it'd be super smart to give up our present life for Christ's sake so that we'll end up living with him in heaven forever. If you don't let go of it now, you'll lose it shortly afterwards and spend eternity far far away from him who was your only Savior.
Thursday, January 9, 2025
**Key to Entering Heaven
Since only the humble will repent their sins to God, humility becomes the key to entering heaven.
**Taking Advantage of God's Mercy*
The Lord God is forever merciful and ready to grant us whatever we need to make me holy, free, and ready for returning to him in heaven. How much blessing we receive would depend upon how receptive we are. Since his mercy and generosity know no bounds, always go all out to receive all he has ready for us.
**Sure About Going to Heaven?*
How sure are you about going to heaven? Maybe is not a good enough answer. If you are not absolutely sure, you need to work on that. Again, work doesn't mean struggle here. Instead you need to let go in God even more. Once you are 100% sure, you'll live a new life in freedom. With God, faith and trust is everything.
**Our Only Hope**
We all need God, not just for our salvation, but also for solving the problem of not getting along with each other on earth. Just look at any number of families, chances are most of them have at least one member not getting along with another. The same happens in any government and among the nations worldwide. We, of course, are incapable of fundamentally changing ourselves unless we let God our creator transform our hearts and purify our souls. Here's another reason we need the Lord God in our lives.
**Love and Humility**
Today's entrance antiphon: In the beginning and before all ages, the Word was God and he humbled himself to be born Savior of the world. God is love and most humble. Love and humility go hand in hand. You cannot love God or others if you have a lot of pride, and you cannot be humble if you don't love anyone. To be like God, we must learn to be humble. To get into heaven, humility must be your password.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
*****An Epiphany Moment***
One big realization is that we are sinners and we need salvation. The other big one is that Christ is our Savior who loves us and has already died and paved the way to salvation for us. Now, if we hear a big click, realizing that these two are inherently integrated like cause and effect, then we have a new hope, a new joy, a new beginning, and a new journey! It is truly life-changing! 😇😇😇
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