Jesus said to his disciples:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the kingdom of heaven,but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Many will say to me on that day,
‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name?
Did we not drive out demons in your name?
Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’
Then I will declare to them solemnly,
‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came,and the winds blew and buffeted the house.But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand.
The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”
Ang Matalino at Mangmang na Tagapagpatayo
Hindi ang bawat isa na nagsasabi sa akin: Panginoon, Panginoon, ay makakapasok sa paghahari ng langit, kundi ang gumagawa ng kalooban ng aking Ama na nasa langit. Sa araw na iyon ay marami ang magsasabi sa akin: Panginoon, Panginoon, hindi ba sa iyong pangalan ay naghayag kami ng salita katulad ng mga propeta, at sa iyong pangalan ay nagpalayas kami ng mga demonyo, at sa iyong pangalan ay gumawa kami ng maraming himala? Pagkatapos nito ay ipahahayag ko sa kanila: Hindi ko kayo nakikilala. Lumayo kayo sa akin, kayong hindi kumikilala sa kautusan ng Diyos.
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Jesus said to his disciples:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the kingdom of heaven,but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Jesus wants transformation and not devotion. He does not need "empty" repetitive prayers, instead He wants our Love when we pray.
He wants action and not Lip service. He wants us to walk with Him with a Pure Heart and a clean spirit.
Being a True Disciple does not only mean to suffer Jesus Cross. He also wants us to radiate our goodness, kindness and loving spirit to others. Let's do more and more of helping other people, or volunteering in a charitable institution, give more alms to the beggars or any good deeds that we can think of.
Doing good is like an exercise. We need to pump our "giving muscles" to stay strong when we give or reach out.
Just recently, my wife and I heard about our second son joining an outreach activity to provide food and clothing to the needy neighborhood in our area.
We felt so grateful that he is doing such activity at his very young age even without direct influence from us.
I am optimistic that this spirit of giving will continue in our family for the rest of our lives.
Yesterday, we attended the 8th reunion of ME class 69, headed by our lambs. Their ME weekend class is already set on the 19th and 20th of March.
Please help us pray for the success of this Marriage Encounter class 70, where we expect 15 to 20 couples to be blessed for a stronger and meaningful Marriage, not just loving husbands and wives but effective parents to their children, for a stronger foundation of the Family!
God bless us all forever!
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