EL SHADDAI DWXI-PPFI
Saturday, May 8, 2010 - AMVEL City, Paranaque City, Philippines
Bro. Mike Z. Velarde - Servant Leader - El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI (A Catholic Charismatic Community)
Gospel Reading For The Healing Message: Matthew 25:14-30
"At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there was a man who was about to leave home on a trip; he called his servants and put them in charge of his property. He gave to each one according to his ability: to one he gave five thousand gold coins, to another he gave two thousand, and to another he gave one thousand. Then he left on his trip. The servant who had received five thousand coins went at once and invested his money and earned another five thousand. In the same way the servant who had received two thousand coins earned another two thousand. But the servant who had received one thousand coins went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money.
After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. The servant who had received five thousand coins came in and handed over the other five thousand. 'You gave me five thousand coins, sir,' he said. 'Look! Here are another five thousand that I have earned.' 'Well done, you good and faithful servant!' said his master. 'You have been faithful in managing small amounts, so I will put you in charge of large amounts. Come on in and share my happiness!' Then the servant who had been given two thousand coins came in and said, 'You gave me two thousand coins, sir. Look! Here are another two thousand that I have earned.' 'Well done, you good and faithful servant!' said his master. 'You have been faithful in managing small amounts, so I will put you in charge of large amounts. Come on in and share my happiness!' Then the servant who had received one thousand coins came in and said, 'Sir, I know you are a hard man; you reap harvests where you did not plant, and you gather crops where you did not scatter seed. I was afraid, so I went off and hid your money in the ground. Look! Here is what belongs to you.' 'You bad and lazy servant!' his master said. 'You knew, did you, that I reap harvests where I did not plant, and gather crops where I did not scatter seed? Well, then, you should have deposited my money in the bank, and I would have received it all back with interest when I returned. Now, take the money away from him and give it to the one who has ten thousand coins. For to every person who has something, even more will be given, and he will have more than enough; but the person who has nothing, even the little that he has will be taken away from him. As for this useless servant-throw him outside in the darkness; there he will cry and gnash his teeth.' "
The Healing Message: Important Lessons About Life
1) Your life is your brother's life. Each has a responsibility to each other.
We must remember that our lives came from one source only. God Almighty. The breathe of life that is flowing in somebody else is not different from the breathe of life that is flowing in you. So it is just fitting that we love and respect each other for hating your brother is the same as hating yourself. So loving yourself means loving your brother.
2) Proper management of God's blessings.
God gave each one ability, blessings, talents. We must nurture, take care, develop, share whatever God has given us and to manage it well so it can be used according to his purpose.
3) Multiply.
It is God's command to us to fill the earth with life. When he commanded Adam and Eve to have many children, he literally meant it. And since it is God himself who commanded it, do you think God will not provide for all the needs of his people? There is no reason why we should go against it. There are those who want to defy this command. They said we are over-populated already. They said the cause of poverty is over-population. So they want to kill the unborn. How can the earth be over-populated? God commanded us to fill the earth. Is the earth full now? Not certainly. Over-population is not the cause of poverty. Mismanagement of God's resources is. God provided everything human beings need in order to live. But humans doesn't know how to take care and how to manage the resources that God had provided since the creation of the world.
4) God is pleased when human beings multiply. He does not want human beings to vanish from the face of the earth.
Here in our country today, there are some lawmakers who are pushing for the passage of the reproductive health bill. This bill if passed into law will allow the government to give assistance to those who want to commit abortion. It encourages abortion. This bill will make this country fall into the culture of death. God prohibits murder. Abortion is murder. This reproductive health bill is a direct defiance to God himself.
5) We will be held accountable for everything that God has entrusted us.
6) A trustworthy person will have more of God's blessings.
7) God has given to each one of us the power to choose. God has a choice for us. But he does not enforce his will on us. He wants us to decide for ourselves. But if we want God's blessings, then we must obey him.
"Today I am giving you a choice between good and evil, between life and death."-Deut. 30:15
"Love the Lord your God, obey him and be faithful to him, and then you and your descendants will live long in the land that he promised to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."-Deut. 30:20
May you have a happy and prosperous life!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
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