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AT THE PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER
A Catholic Prayer Meeting of the LIGHT OF JESUS FAMILYMay 6, 2012
Learn How To In His Lov
IVE been a religious leader for thirty
something years.
And I have a confession to make.
In the rst decade of leading my little
group, Light of Jesus, I had a very skewed
spirituality. I was uptight, rigid, legalistic,
and judgmental.
I never realized that my image of
God was also uptight, rigid, legalistic, and
judgmental. (Truth: We relate to others
according to our image of God.)
My life revolved around trying tofulll very high spiritual expectations to
gain Gods pleasure and approval. Such
as praying one hour a day, and reading
the Bible one hour a day, and going to
Mass every day, and praying the Rosary
everyday, etcetera The list was endless.
Years later, I realized I had a
Just relax in my love. The radical idea
was so foreign to me, I wondered if this
was God at all. How dare He tell me to
relax? How dare He say I was worthy of
love even before I do anything good?
Slowly, I began to realize that God
wasnt uptight. Or rigid. Or legalistic.
Or judgmental.
After three decades, Im still learning
how to relax in His love.
Today, we start a brand new series
titledLifeSavor. Itll rock your world. Ilove its long subhead: Dedicated to the
Approval Addict, the Chronically Nice,
the Spiritually Abusedand Everyone
Else Under the Sun Who Need to Love
Themselves More.
The Four Messages of
LifeSavorare
Talk 1:Relax In Gods Love
Relax
Performance-Based
spirituality. To feel worthy ofHis love, I had to do no sin,
think only pure thoughts, be a
good boy, and do my religious
obligations. (Later on, Irealized I felt like a rat running
in a wheel.)
If I failed any of these
stringent requirements I
set for myself, I felt God
was shaking His head
in disgust at me.
But for years, the
real God was gently
knocking into my heart.
And He kept telling me,
No need to perform.
Talk 2:Heal Your Shame
Talk 3:Practice Self-Care
Talk 4: Give Yourself the Gift
will never be the
same again.
Have a glorious
Feast today!
May your dreams
come true,
BO SANCHEZ
of Limits
I promise you: If youget these Truths into your life, you
Today, I receive all of Gods love for me.Today, I open myself to the unbounded, limitless,overowing abundance of Gods universe.Today, I open myself to Gods blessings, healing,and miracles.Today, I open myself to Gods WordSo I would becomeMore like Jesus every day.Today, I proclaim that I am Gods beloved,I am Gods servant,I am Gods powerful champion.And because I am blessed,I am blessing the world.In Jesus name. Amen.
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LAST WEEK
BREAKFEAST
EXPOUNDING on the daysGospel according to John 10:11-18, Fr. Alex Balatbat said thereis only one Good Shepherd: ourLord Jesus Christ.
People tend to claimownership of territories.Politicians say they own the areawhere they won an election. Likea mayor once told Fr. Alex, Visitmy city. Others claim ownershipof their turfs-- preachers, thecommunity they founded; priests,their parishes; and bishops theirarchdioceses. But only Jesuscan duly claim that He owns us,His sheep.
Fr. Alex said no one cantake the place of Jesus Christ.Theres a difference between asubstitute who represents
someone who is absent; and analternate who takes the placeof the absent person. Fr. Alexsaid priests are only substitutes,representing Christ here on Earth;they are not alternates of Jesus.
Fr. Alex said what makesone a good leader is love, quotingBro. Bo Sanchez who said, foryou to become a good leader, youmust be a great lover. Fr. Alexexplained that sheep follow theirshepherd because they know hecares for them and that he willnever harm them. Jesus our Good
Shepherd loves us and it is suchunconditional love which makesus follow Him.
Once, an orator recitedPsalm 23, which starts, TheLord is my Shepherd, there isnothing I shall want. The oratordrew big applause. Then a HolyPriest recited the same psalm.The people did not give him anapplause. They simply fell silent,tears welling in their eyes.
Fr. Alex concluded: Theorator knew his psalm. The Holy
priest knew his Shepherd.
The Good Shepherd
The Theory of ObliquityCONCLUDING theBounce
series, Bro. Bo Sanchez said wecan bounce from our trials anddifculties if we understand theTheory of Obliquity. Obliquitymeans a deviation from a verticalor horizontal line, plane, position,or direction. The Theory ofObliquity proposes the best wayto achieve a goal when you areworking with a complex systemis to take an indirect approachinstead of a direct one. Bro. Bocalled it a detourwhich meansa roundabout way or course,or taking a different course
of action.Bro. Bo related three
stories illustrating a detour.First, the story of Joseph
the Dreamer. Joseph is blessedwith a gift of interpreting dreamscorrectly. He dreams that his
parents and brothers will bow tohim. But Joseph goes througha detour. Envious, his brothers
plot his destruction. They sellhim to a slave trader who bringshim to Egypt where he suffersone trial after another until the
Pharoah nds out Joseph caninterpret dreams. He makesJoseph governor, fullling hisdream.(Genesis37-45).
Second is the story ofSteve Jobs who was red fromthe computer company he himselffounded. He put up anothercompany where he developed theApple computer which revolu-tionized the entire informationtechnology. His old companytook him back and he went on to
become one of the IT icons.Third is the story of
Colonel Harland Sanderswho ran a popular gas stationthat also served food.Then adetour. At age 66, he had toclose shop. He lost everything
but his special chicken recipe.He offered franchising dealswith various restaurants butwhat he got were a total of 1009rejections. Then one restauranttried out his recipe. Now, thereare 15,000 Kentucky FriedChicken restaurants all overthe world.
Bro. Bo explained that God intends for us to be victorious
in life. But trials and difculties block our direct path to gloriousliving. To get to our destiny, Bro. Bo pointed out, we must makea detour. He presented two steps to take during a detour:
1) RemainFaithful. Youmay not be in
the right placenow. But keep
on doing theright thing and
God will in time
give you yourright reward.Your way tothe ladder of
success may beblocked by trials,
represented byDon Frondosoin black mask.
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TODAYTalk 1: Relax In Gods LoveBe Still and Know That He Is God
John 16:24
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you willreceive, that your joy may be full.
1 Timothy 6:17
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to behaughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, buton God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
Psalm 118:24
This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be gladin it.
Nehemiah 8:10
Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some tothose who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to ourLord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Psalms 46:10Be still, and know that I am God.
Matthew 11:29-30
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle andlowly in heart, and you will nd rest for your souls. For My yokeis easy and My burden is light.
Personal Reection and Group Discussion:
How can you relax more in Gods Love?
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ANGELINARESURRECCIONshared last Sundaythe blessings she has
received since shejoined the Light ofJesus Family.She joined LOJ way
back when it was holding prayermeetings not as big as todays Feast.All throughout, she said learnedlife-changing lessons about keepinghealthy in mind body, and spirit.
I tried out Bro. BoSanchezs formula for managingour nances: 1) Give 10% ofyour income as your tithe tosupport the community whereyoure getting your spiritual
nourishment; 2) Invest20% in business orhealthy nancing
programs so you
become truly richmeaning you increaseyour wealth so thatyou may share it to the
needy. 3) Spend 70% for yourother nancial obligations.
Angelina attested thatGod fullls His promise ofabundance for us.
She said she has receivedmore than she has given.She was able to overcome
problems in her job and hassince received blessings beyondher expectations.
SHARIN
G Beyond Expectations
2) RemainOpen. Say yes
to opportunities.Sometimes, we dont
grab opportunitiesbecause opportunies
are often dressed withresponsibilities. If you
want more blessings,
ask for moreresponsibilities. Take
a detour, go aroundand you will arrive
at a higher ladderto success!
-- Photos by Cris Legaspi
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Bro. Bo Sanchez prays over
Ministry heads, from opposite
page: members of the Feast
PICC Council, Bro. Rolly Espana,
head, Donna Espana, Vita
Monforte, and Becky Sanchez;
Prayer Clusters Marc Sto.
Tomas, head; Vicky Fernandez,
Counselling; Mary Ann Liwag,
Intercessory; Danny Pasa, Lay
Ministers; Worship Clusters Baba
Rodriguez, Producon; Gigi de
Jesus, head; Audee Villaraza,
Creaves and Events; Edwin
Marcelo, Technical.
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I LOVE MY SPOUSE
O God, I thank thee,
For a lovely spouse
You have given me.
O my love,
I love you, I love you,
You are always in my heart,
My spouse forever be.
~ John D.
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Dr. Jane Geneta, Medical; Olive and Edward Co,
Warmth; Josie Karo, Welcomers; Krisne Lozada,
Greeters; Mike Co, Ushers; Jun Macapagal,
Security; Family Clusters Tom Yokingco, head;
and Rita Yokingco, Awesome Kids; Albert Zabala,
Spiritual Formaon; Lei Caraan, Training; Ed and
Chay Sanago, Media.
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