In today's Gospel reading from Luke 11, Jesus drove out a demon that was mute, and the mute man started to speak. Some of the witnesses said, "By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons." These people didn't have an open mind; they already wanted to take the Lord down. Today we have the same situation. Most people don't like anyone to tell them what to do, so when they hear about Jesus, they feel threatened and are ready to ignore him. Pride is the enemy here. When you have a lot of it, you become oblivious to its existence.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
***Proper Prayer Attitude*
The burden of praying for this godless world is heavy. We can pray in gloom or pray with hope. In Mark 11:40, Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours." Therefore, no matter how heavy our burden is, pray joyfully with confidence, for faith makes all the difference. Doubts or worries cannot come from the Lord.
***Our Great Divider***
Jesus said to his disciples in Mark 9:40, "Whoever is not against us is for us." And in Luke 11:23, he said, "Whoever is not with me is against me." It's clear that you are either for (with) him or against him. There is no middle ground, for he is our God and final judge.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
***God's Divine Beauty
Communion experience. I was overcome by the extraordinary beauty of Christ who is all holy and full of love.
***Secret to Following God***
Have an open and willing heart ready to absorb every single word that comes from the Lord. From Matthew 4:4, "One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God."
**To Be Spiritually Intelligent*
If we follow Christ, everything will work out well in the end—this is a given. I feel sorry for all those who still remain in darkness or try to find some way out of their quandary. Pursuing anything besides the God of Christ will only lead you to a dead end, also a given.
***Only God Can Transform Us***
Only God can fundamentally change us. I am talking about changing to become holy, for any other change doesn't mean much. We can try to be holy, but we still can't remove our sins on our own, for only God has the power to do that. So if we want to become holy, turn to the God of Christ. Otherwise, we remain unholy!
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
**Awesome Experience
At Communion time, it was receiving the most holy food in the presence of the most holy God.
***Our Source of Freedom and Peace***
Once you surrender yourself completely to God, you immediately experience freedom and peace— that's because you don't need to struggle to be somebody or to fight your own ego anymore. God is now your ally; it was you who mistreated him as your enemy before. The Lord God can "groom" you so much better than you. There's no greater joy than returning to the loving Father after you've wandered away!
***IT HAS TO WORK!***
The Lord God even sent his only Son to die on the cross in our place so that we might have eternal life—we'd better believe that he wants to and can save us!
**Ready to Go to the Lord?
If you hesitate and have to think about it even a little bit, you are not ready yet.
Monday, March 24, 2025
**Only One Thing Matters
Communion experience. Your are now Christ's; relatively speaking, everything else doesn't matter much anymore.
**Great Comfort**
God becomes our security guard when we acknowledge him as our Lord and loving Father. He now makes sure that our souls remain safe with him. This is indeed a great comfort.
***Reason for Believing in Only One God*
Today's first reading came from 2 Kings 5. Naaman, the army commander of the king of Aram, is a leper. After following the prophet Elisha's instructions, he was cured and became clean. So he returned to the man of God and said to him, "Now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel." I know that there is no God other than the God of Christ because I have experienced his peace, the true peace you receive only after you have surrendered yourself to him.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
***Walking Right to Avoid Falling
We are shaped by what we believe in. Most oldsters like me walk carefully for fear of falling. As a result, we end up shuffling along at a slow pace, even though we are capable of walking faster. I am posting this video to show that we can change our attitude and do better. I tried the suggestions given and felt the difference right away! Basically, we correct our mindset so that the problem doesn't get worse. This applies to the case of our spiritual growth too.
***The Living Water That Quenches All Thirst***
In the Gospel reading today from John 4, a Samaritan woman came to a well to draw water. Jesus was resting there and told her that whoever drinks the living water he gives would never be thirsty again, that water would become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. I can personally testify to this truth, for Christ fulfills all my needs, absolutely nothing else out there can possibly satisfy me more. When the world has lost its attraction, you know that you have drunk that living water.
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