Give Thanks! - part 2

Binhi sang Pagtuo

November 16, 2009

Dear Centralians and Friends,

Greetings from the campus!

Since yesterday afternoon, November 15, 2009, almost everyone I encountered talked about the fight of Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, and how Pacquiao methodically and systematically won the welterweight crown and made history by winning 7 world titles in 7 weight classes. Newspapers report that Filipinos are thanking God for this victory because even for a short time the nation can forget the series of typhoons and calamities that hit the country.

Last week, we started our reflection on thanksgiving. We will now continue reflecting on thanksgiving with another acrostic of the word THANKS.

T – TRUST IN GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART

Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.”

H – HELP THE NEEDY

2 Corinthians 8:1-4, 7“ Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity. For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford, but far more. And they did it of their own free will. They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem… But just as you excel in everything …see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

A – ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO REGENERATE YOUR LIFE

1 Thessalonians 5:19, “Do not put out the Spirit’s fire.”

N – NEVER FORGET WHAT GOD HAS DONE TO YOU

Deuteronomy 6:12, “be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.”

K – KNOW JESUS MORE DEEPLY

2 Timothy 2:15, “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

S – SHOW THE PEOPLE WHAT IS GOOD AND AVOID EVERY KIND OF EVIL

3 John 11-12, "Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God."

May God bless us all!

Sincerely,

Pastor Francis Neil G. Jalando-on

Assistant Chaplain