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Friday, April 25, 2014 Speaker: Josh Subject: Apr 25 - Morning Light I've been too busy recently so I wasn't able to update my blog. Today we have a very special guest who talked about God's power. I just want to share a very brief summary of what I've learned: God is able: 1. to save us completely - He gives us eternal destiny -  Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf. (Hebrews 7:25 NLT) 2. to keep us from sin - God can completely turn your life around - Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested. (Hebrews 2:18 NLT) 3. to supply all our needs - And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19 NLT) - And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need...

Friday, March 14, 2014 Speaker: Pep Santos Subject: Mar 14 - Morning Light I, myself, is struggling with the way I think about things that are happening and the way I think about people around me. Controlling my thoughts is very hard for me, I am helpless and I really need God's guidance. I need God to touch my heart which, most of the times, brings negative thoughts to my mind. My heart really is deceitful.  With this in mind, lols, can't really share that much. But TL Pep taught us a lot about CONTROLLING OUR THOUGHTS. Am gonna share exactly what he told us as I don't want this very sensitive topic to be misunderstood. 1 Chronicles 29:17a. I know, my God, that You examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. Psalms 15:1-2. Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts. Where do thoughts come from?  - outsid...

Friday, March 7, 2014 Speaker: Pep Santos Subject: Feb 21 - Morning Light "Character is what a man is in the dark." --- Dwight Mardy. "Character is the sum of his disposition, thoughts, desires, intentions, actions." ... "Character is not determined by isolated actions." ... "Character is based on general tendencies." What really is character and how do we define a person's character whether he has a good or bad one? We must look at the whole life, we shouldn't judge a person based on a single event. Kind David sinned but still was called "a man after God's heart". King Ahab, he acted nobly once, but he had a bad character. Excellence is not a single act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do (but ofcourse, God only has the power to change our character, and that's a different story). Choice influence character. So as character influence choice. Hmnn.... It is God's purpose to develop characte...

Friday, February 21, 2014 Speaker: Emmanuel Manansala Subject: Feb 21 - Morning Light The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? - Jeremiah 17:9. "WHO CAN UNDERSTAND IT?" Even us can be fooled by our own hearts. In layman's term, we cannot trust ourselves. So who should we trust then? Our friends? Parents? Bosses? Partner? The Bible says, "...the Lord search all hearts and examine SECRET MOTIVES." People are bias and selfish. That's why you and I always have to ask ourselves, "Am I doing this in a pure manner?" or "Am I doing this with a righteous intention?"  Having an idol is a sin. Anything that goes into our lives that takes over God's place is a sin. When we face problems, who do we call first? Do we pray or do we post it on facebook first? Last week, we talked about: "Do I have a doubtful heart?" Now, let's again CHECK OUR HEARTS, "Do I have a mis...

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Friday, February 14, 2014 Speaker: Emmanuel Manansala Subject: Feb 14 - Morning Light Today is a very special day --- it is Morning Light's 1st year anniversary. What a nice Friday, today is also Valentine's day. And AUX Team's Valentine's date, wanna guess? We dated Jesus, or Jesus dated us rather. And this is our perfect date ever! For the past few weeks, Pastor Manny, so as TL Pep have been discussing about characters --- our characters. And I believe that we all have struggles changing our negative traits, don't we? It is true that when we were young, our parents did their best to teach us what is RIGHT and not what is wrong because sin comes out naturally from us --- we were born sinners. If that is the case, how can we be victorious on this? We cannot change our character if we don't have a change of heart. Three things peeps, three things... 1. CHECK your heart 2. FIX your heart 3. PROTECT your heart Let's meditate on one of my most f...

  “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me ." Friday, January 31, 2014 Speaker: Pep Santos Subject: Jan 31 - Morning Light Let's have a quick recap. How do we follow Jesus' footsteps again?    1. deny yourself    2. take up your cross daily    3. follow Jesus  Now, we will try to understand what "take up your cross DAILY" means, and how Matthew, Mark and Luke's versions differ. Before TL Pep (I use to call him TL Pep, simply because he's a Team Leader) started our today's lesson, he asked us, "What comes into your mind each time you see a cross?" I and the rest of the BPO Ministry gave the following answers: God's love, grace, forgiveness, gift from God, faith, salvation, Jesus, sacrifice... All these answers are music to our ears. In short, everything TODAY is ok because Jesus already died for us so our past, present and future sins are forgiven. In Jesus ...

Friday, January 24, 2014 Speaker: Pep Santos Subject: Jan 24 - Morning Light “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me ." How many followers do you have on Twitter? How many do you follow on FaceBook? Are you one of Jesus' few followers? What does it take to follow Jesus? Following Jesus' footsteps requires three things:       1. deny yourself ,       2. take up your cross daily,      3. follow Jesus Let's talk first of what "denying ourselves" mean. There's what we call shallow denial: objects, hobbies, pastimes, food, marriage, etc. Well, those are the easy ones. If that's the case, is it really that easy to follow Jesus? What does DENYING OURSELVES really means?  First, we must deny ourselves of SIN . Repentance, it is. And repentance is a two-way process: first we turn away from sins, second is we turn to God.  Second, we must de...

Friday, January 17, 2014 Speaker: Emmanuel Manansala Subject: Jan 17 - Morning Light For the last two weeks, we have learned that in order to be victorious, we have to be CONNECTED to God and CONFIDENT with God. This time, we'll figure out if we are COMMANDEERED by God, and if not, then HOW? "We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments." (1 John 5:2 NLT) Jesus gave us the power to say NO to sin and obey His commandments. All we have to do is to believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and accept Him as our King and Savior. For those who did, death is already dead --- we look forward to eternal life. "Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome." (1 John 5:3 NLT) If we obey, our burdens are lifted. Loving God = obeying God = being commandeered by God. None of His orders would make things heavy, rather, they are burden buster. Troubles would seem light...

Friday, January 10, 2014 Speaker: Emmanuel Manansala Subject: Jan 10 - Morning Light Are you under an evil boss? Are you in an evil relationship? Do you have an evil friend? How do you think would you be able to overcome evil things around you? How can we be victorious? “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments. Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.” (1 John 5:1-5 NLT) If we don’t have a relationship with God, we will always be a loser. We have to have confidence that we are connected to Him. But how do we know if we have a relationship with God? Are we conf...

Friday, January 3, 2014 Speaker: Emmanuel Manansala Subject: Jan 3 - Morning Light How was your 2013? Was it your worst year ever? Or could you say that your 2013 was the best so far? Or it could have been better? Are you confident for year 2014? Was it a victorious year? God wants us to be victorious in all aspects. Even if you think that you're physically or emotionally victorious, everything will come to waste if you're not spiritually victorious. Before you can be victorious outside, you have to be victorious inside. God wants us to be victorious. God wants us to overcome - our job, our horrible bosses, our debts, everything. it's impossible for you to overcome the world if you don't have relationship with God. Go ask yourself this question, " Am I connected to God ?" who are the children of God? Through Jesus alone, yes we have the right to be God's children. ... only through Jesus When we encounter hardships, we ten...

After 8-hour work, Morning Light, few hours with my sister Beging and her boyfriend Dakkie, quiet time .... And now, it's exactly 4pm then i gotta wake up at 7:30pm to meet my friends. Then work again later at 1am. I thank God for my job, for Pastor Manny, for Reja, for my Morning Light friends, for my family and ofcourse I thank God for the strength He provides so i can spend quality time with all of them. my Morning Light family Oh, how i love my first Friday of 2014...! Like my page.

Morning Light 1 st  Ever CHRISTmas Party Date: December 20, 2013 ( 09:15 AM ) This is going to be our first CHRISTmas party ever, and I’m soooo excited. I remember TL Pep told me, “Whenever it's possible, always spell out Christmas completely, because it's all about Christ!” Last week’s message was regarding celebrating Christmas the way it should be celebrated, and the reason why we really have CHRISTmas is because our savior was born --- so why should we remove CHRIST from it? Makes sense, I shared TL Pep’s advice to my friends. Pastor Manny led us. He requested us to bring food good for everyone. We, from Convergys and those residing in Manggahan Rd decided to bring Pancit, Lumpiang Shanghai and Siomai. Randy is our cook, as always. I and Randy thought of having exchange gift. Since it’s a very very late notice, we’re not expecting everyone to bring their gifts. It’s only worth 100PHP. We’re planning to have “agawan gift” --- TL Pep’s idea, lols. Convergys g...

Friday, December 13, 2013 Speaker: Pastor Manny Subject: Dec 13 - Morning Light How do Filipinos celebrate Christmas? Lightly or stressful? It's the latter, for most, I guess. It could be because sometimes we forget the main reason why we celebrate Christmas. Traffic everywhere, no love-life, expenses, busyness ruin the excitement of this day, the burden of giving gifts, stress takes away the spirit of Christmas .  We should celebrate Christmas the way it should be celebrated --- by knowing why we celebrate, and why is it a time for celebration. Take time to read Luke 2: 1-20. Why do we celebrate? We should celebrate because of the good news . We should celebrate because the good news brings great joy We should celebrate because the good news is for all people .   Why is Christmas a time for celebration? It's for everybody It's a time for salvation It's a time for reconciliation On earth, we also receive good news, but their worth is ...

Friday, December 5, 2013 Speaker: Pep Santos Subject: Dec 5 - Morning Light Have you ever questioned yourself, why were you studying in elementary? Or let's say in high school? What course did you take and why? On earth, we study to get a profession, to earn cash, and then what's next? We die. This world teaches us to prepare for the future and be self-dependent. This world imparts us to work for money so we can buy our needs. These are the things that people desires --- HAPPINESS, SIGNIFICANCE, and SECURITY. And YES, money can buy you all these things. Yet, let us compare what the world can offer and what God can give. NEEDS EARTHLY example GODLY example HAPPINESS wont last, fleeting, temporary / time-based buying the newest model of iPhone can make us happy, but as time passed by, that cellphone becomes normal to us, the excitement is gone, so as the happiness, we even think of buying the newer model permanent ...

Friday, November 29, 2013 Speaker: Pastor Manny Subject: Nov 29 - Morning Light Are you the kind of an agent who complains a lot if it’s high call volume? Or is it not your nature to share knowledge with your subordinates? A hot-headed supervisor? Does not take accountability for your failed CSAT, instead, you put the blame on others ?  Do you cheat and lie so you can take advantage of your SL credits? Does your pleasure depends on your friends and at the end of the day you would end up empty ? Do you rely on energy drink and coffee instead of asking God to give you strength? Do you smoke to relieve stress instead of praying? What has God been teaching you lately? Let’s examine ourselves. Do we have an attitude of gratitude? Last November 28, US celebrated Thanks Giving Day. Now, think of the things that would make you say, “Thank you Lord, for a victorious Christian life.” This is the life cycle of a Christian: Jesus died for our sins … we accepted Jesus ...

Friday, November 22, 2013 Speaker: Pep Santos III Subject: Nov 22 - Morning Light It isn’t you, It's God. We, from BPO industry, whether we work as a manager, trainer, QA, supervisor or an agent --- who employed us in our position? Some of us might say that we selected this, and that we deserve our promotion, and the company where we belong was our choice. But some would say that we're here because of our friends, or there's a better proposal, or our bosses assigned us on this site that we're not given an option though it's far from where we live. Though we think this way, the truth is, God has a reason why we are placed where we are right now. Even our schedules, God just uses our workforce/FA, but God plots our RD and God approves our VLs. Take time to read the book of Esther. Out of all the beautiful, young women, King Xerxes chose Esther to be her queen. Everything that happened in the palace was designed by God. From the moment that the guards int...