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Yehoshua ben Peleh Shim'onai, 26 august 2013

Insights from Acts 12 (III)

Part III: Final Thoughts - When In Trouble

It has been said that if being a Christian doesn't cost you anything, then you are probably not being a Christian at all. So true is this saying, for truly following Christ will surely involve facing toils, hardships, persecutions, and troubles.
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Yehoshua ben Peleh Shim'onai, 26 august 2013

Insights from Acts 12 (II)

Part II: The Church Persecuted

A. Great troubles happen to the church usually when great things are happening to it.

- When the church was born, many great things happened to it: (a) the baptism in the Holy Spirit of the believers (Acts 2:1-11, 9: 17-18, 10:44), (b) the sudden and continuous (... więcej)

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Yehoshua ben Peleh Shim'onai, 26 august 2013

Insights from Acts 12 (I)

Part I: Background - General Insights from Acts 9-12

A. Where the word of God is preached, the Holy Spirit moves with power.

- Jesus told us not to be anxious with what to say when we proclaim His testimony but just let the His Spirit give the right words to our mouth (Mark 13:11b)

- It (... więcej)

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Yehoshua ben Peleh Shim'onai, 26 august 2013

Effects of Sin (Insights from Genesis 3-5)

- The dread of God that drives one away from Him (3:8) as resulted by shame and guilt.
- Religion and self-righteousness, i.e., trying to please God with good works (3:7b, 4:28b).
- Pestilence and poverty (3:17-19)
- Faultfinding (3:12)
- Insecurity (4:5)
- Hate, which means coldness in love (... więcej)

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Yehoshua ben Peleh Shim'onai, 13 may 2013

BAYANI

The Tagalog word for hero, which is "bayani", is derived from another Tagalog word "bayanihan." "Bayanihan" literally means "the community helping one another." So in some sense, being a "bayani" has something to do with helping.

Now, the root word (... więcej)

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Yehoshua ben Peleh Shim'onai, 11 may 2013

Man: The Most Special Creation of God

Passage: Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7
Memory Text: Psalm 8:5-6

Have you ever thought about your real worth?

We humans are the most special creations of God among all His creations. We are so special to Him that Jesus once mentioned the worth of a single soul is greater than all the riches of this world (... więcej)

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Yehoshua ben Peleh Shim'onai, 13 february 2013

Sovereign Yet Restraining

(Read Psalm 79)

Let me share to you a short story that I once constructed in my mind some months ago. I actually am about to write it down as a literary work but totally forgot about it. But now that the Word of God reminded me of it, I have now put them here in letters.

There was once a wise (... więcej)

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Yehoshua ben Peleh Shim'onai, 2 february 2013

A Dream by Yehudah (Jhuart Dizon)

My 'former ministry leader' *Kuya Jhuart Dizon had this dream which he told me through a series of SMS texts. And he instructed me to type it in this note. So, here it is, as told by him.

"As I was sleeping, I dreamt of the church. And it was so devastated. There were no more chairs (... więcej)

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Yehoshua ben Peleh Shim'onai, 2 february 2013

Attitude Check!

(Read Psalm 27:13-14)

I remember a scene from a film about Alexander the Great’s life where he caught one of his soldiers sleeping at the time of his duty.

After waking up the soldier, the king asked the him of his name. And then it happened that King Alexander found out his soldier’s (... więcej)

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Yehoshua ben Peleh Shim'onai, 2 february 2013

Words of Wisdom

(Read 1 Corinthians 1:27-31, 2:1-5)

As one who has interest in history and literature, I sometimes find myself being fascinated by the famous speeches of some great statesmen of the world history. I would admire them for the words of wisdom that they used and for the convincing effect of their speeches (... więcej)

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Insights from Acts 12 (III)

Insights from Acts 12 (II)

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Effects of Sin (Insights from Genesis 3-5)

BAYANI

Man: The Most Special Creation of God

Sovereign Yet Restraining

A Dream by Yehudah (Jhuart Dizon)

Attitude Check!

Words of Wisdom

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