Concert for Streetkids by Bo Sanchez

Atoy, 9 years old, and his brother Jinggo, 6 (not their real names) used to be experts on several skills.

They were good at criss-crossing the street while eluding speeding cars. They were good at running away from cops who wanted to pick them up for vagrancy.

They were good at looking pitiful and cajoling pedestrians into buying the sampaguita (native Philippine flowers) they sell on the street.

And sell they must.

Or else they starve.

For selling sampaguita was the only thing that kept them and their mother alive. Barely existing, terribly malnourished, but alive nonetheless.

Their mother couldn’t help them. Her tuberculosis was so far advanced she could barely move from their home.

And “home” means a shanty on the sidewalk along West Avenue, Quezon City.

Long abandoned by their father, Atoy and Jinggo got another low blow in life when their mother died on the street.

Jodean Sola, Director of He Cares Foundation, came to their lives just in time. (He Cares is one of the independent ministries being supported by your Kerygma Family. I’ve been working with Jodean for 25 years now.)

Today, Atoy and Jinggo are still being ministered to in He Cares Foundation. And about three hundred other streetchildren.

They need help. They need love. They need your support.

So on September 22, we are holding a fund-raising concert in PICC plenary hall for the benefit of the streetchildren of He Cares Foundation. Your buying a ticket or two will mean full meals for one week for Atoy and Jinggo.

You can ask your friends to also buy concert tickets, so that we’ll have more meals for all other kids of He Cares Foundation for many other weeks.

And as you help these kids, I personally guarantee you an evening of joy.

Because I will be there too—to perform with all my heart (ahem).

And our Kerygma 5 preachers will be singing too. And so will other talented artists who volunteered their time and talents to raise funds for Atoy and Jinggo and many other streetchildren.

To purchase your tickets, email Rem at remlopez@gmail.com or call her up at Tel. 0915-4239248.

Lighthouse - A Ray of Hope
A Benefit Concert of He Cares Foundation
September 22, 2012 - 8pm - PICC Plenary Hall

Performers: Bo Sanchez, Gab Valenciano, Bro. Joe Dean Sola, K5, Ms. Cooky Chua and many more!

May your dreams come true,

Bo Sanchez

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God is Bigger than Your Biggest Problems

 

 

Stop telling God how big your problems are. 

Instead, start telling your problems how big your God is. - Bo Sanchez

Extracts from the book God is Bigger than Your Biggest Problems by Bo Sanchez

-When you're in pain, God embraces you and feels your pain. He weeps with you.
Because Daddy is Emmanuel. -p25

-You don't have to please God so that He will love you. He loves you as you are. He accepts you totally.
Because Daddy is Grace. (Grace means "free gift".) - p28

-Dulce means "sweet". I believe God is the sweetest Daddy in the world. We can run to Him, climb on His lap,
and ask for what we need. Because Daddy is Dulce. -32

-In this adventure called life, I've experience my God pushing me, pulling me, and carrying me in His arms.
I know God does the same to you. - p34

-God has faith in you. He believes in you. Because Daddy is Fides. (Fides means faith, the root word for faithfulness.)

-Leadership is about relationships. p42

-A leader builds relationship with a disciple. A leader plant a dream in that person's heart. A leader empowers that person to reach for that dream.

-God wants to build a relationship with you. He'll spend time with you.
He'll win your trust. He'll expose His own heart to you. He'll pour His life into you. In other words, He'll love you. This is His brand of leadership. p46

-God has cast a vision for your life: to give you a life of abundance.
He's so commited, He's not only ready to die for it -- He already did. He gave His life on the cross to make that vision come true. p51

-God won't allow any problem, any crisis, any trial, any evil in your life to stop His great vision from happening in your life. p52

-Make Him your leader.

-Prayer isn't convincing God to bless you, but opening your life to the river of blessings already flowing to you. p55

-I go to God's Supply Room for everything I need. Because I have the key to that room: trust. p56

-By nature, parents are providers. God is a parent. He wants to provide for us. You don't need to convince Him to bless you. He's happy when we're blessed, abundant, prosperous and fulfilled. He loves to bless you. p60

-He has provided every blessing that you need. So why convince Him to do what He has already done?

-God's blessings are as abundant as the air around you. So just breathe them in. p61

-People of faith expect to be blessed. p62

-The size of your expectations determine the size of your blessings. p64

-Focus on God's blessings amidst our trials. p65

-Life isn't about you. Life is about loving others. So ask big! p68

-God will always provide the best blessings for your life. p77

-Relax in God's love. Don't try to win love. You're already loved. There's nothing to prove! p84

-God protects you by calling you to live within thw circle of His love. He knows that when you live according to His laws of love, you protect yourself from a whole gamut of danger. p114

-You get to know God not only by studying about Him but by being with God and experiencing Him daily. p131


Live in gratitude. 
-Robz

God Is Committed to Your Future

 Photo by Nathalie Bianes

 "I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly." - John 10:10

I'd like to share one of my favorite excerpts from the book "God is Bigger than Your Biggest Problems" by Bo Sanchez. Be blessed!


Imagine a kite flying high up in the sky.

You are the kite. God is the boy flying that kite. The string between the boy and the kite is your relationship with God.

But there are kites that feel that the string is holding them back.

So the kite says, "I want to fly higher. I can do so if this string  isn't here."

So they cut the string. They want to live their lives on their terms. Their theme song is Frank Sinatra's "I Did It My Way."

When they cut the string, they soar even higher into the sky. And the kite feels wonderful. But in due time, the kite will crashing down and be destroyed to bits.

Don't cut the string. Remain in your relationship with God.

In other words, allow Him to love you.

However, we're not just talking about friendship with God. Leadership is friendship, yes, but it's more than friendship. Aside from building a relationship, a leader casts a vision -- a dream.

Like the boy flying the kite, God has a vision for your life: for you to fly high up in the sky -- as high as you can possibly fly.

God has a vision for your life. It's found in John 10:10 -- "I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly."

Here's what I found out: like any great leader, God is totally committed to this vision for your life.


Live in gratitude.
-Robz

Behind Every Writer

Behind every writer is a great writer.

Today, while navigating this blog site, I've noticed that it's been a year since I've started writing.
I remember the time when I wrote my first blog post. It was a Valentine letter to Someone very special.

I had a temporary writer's block. Thoughts were already there, but I couldn't get myself to begin to write.

So I asked help from a great writer whom I've known. She told me that writing is just like having a conversation with someone but in written form. And she gave me more encouraging words.

So far, I've posted 53 blog posts (including this one) and contributed an article blog in He Cares Mission, a non-profit organization.  That's because someone believed that I can write -- my sister.

In one of her blog posts, she wrote this to me...

"If I can compare our relationship, we are like the opposite ends of a seesaw, and God is our lever. Your weight on the other end of the pole is not a burden for me just as mine is never to yours. There are times when God allowed us some downfalls. That's why He created a seesaw with opposite poles so that when the other is down, the opposite would aid the other to meet halfway to a balance. And it is never impossible since God is at the center of it."

                                                                                                           Your other pole,
                                                                                           Kim

Thanks to this writer who believed and still believes that I can write.

Are you a writer? Do you have the gift to write? What's your story? 

Bless the world by your writings! =)

Live in gratitude.

P.S. My sister and I have the best Editor-In-Chief: God.

God’s Love is Like the Wind

Photo: Gizelle Roxas

He loves you not because you’re lovable. He loves because He is loving. - Bo Sanchez 

by Bo Sanchez 

God’s Love is like the wind. It’s constant. It’s always there. One hundred years ago, the wind was there. One thousand years ago, the wind was there. Ten thousand years ago, the wind was there. When the dinosaurs roamed the earth, the wind was already there.


You’re like that windmill. The windmill cannot change the wind. Nothing you do can ever change the direction of the wind. But the wind can change you. The wind is the wind. It’s older than you are. After you’re gone, it will still be there.


God’s love for you is eternal. It will flow towards you forever. All you have to do is receive that love.  All you have to do is accept the wind, flow according to its direction, and generate phenomenal power to serve humanity.


Or you could stubbornly resist the wind’s power and be utterly destroyed—not by the wind—but by your own stubbornness. In the same way, you could refuse God’s Love. You could refuse His forgiveness. You could refuse His blessings, His healing, His peace, His strength, His joy…  

Yesterday, He loved you. Today, He loves you. Tomorrow, He will love you. Nothing will change.  (Hebrews 13:8)


(Extracts from "Only One Thing Will Never Change". Please click HERE to read more..)