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The fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in Church of God Sharing Village share the heartrending grief at the incomprehensible bludgeoning done to our countrymen in Maguindanao... We may be but a tiny fraction of the nation, but in quiet supplication we draw near to the Almighty Eternal GOD, who will in His own time “punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity... halt the arrogance of the proud, and... lay low the haughtiness of the terrible...”* as prayers rise from each of us, who in some measure have also experienced the brutality, cruelty and inhumanity of evil in this lifetime...
In order to have a fruitful and abundant life, we must make sure that the experiences we gain through life’s ups and downs are channeled into further improving that life, building character with God’s help. In physics, every action has an equal and opposite reaction (2nd Law of Motion). Similarly, basic accounting principles (GAAP) state that every debit has to have equal credit, a yin for every yang.
LEFT SIDE RIGHT SIDE
Debit (increase) Debit (decrease)
Credit (decrease) Credit (increase)
When we are born, we are given a tabula rasa or a clean ledger on which to make our debit-credit entries in life. As we advance in years, we gain experiences that build upon our life or ASSET base. Some of these experiences are in the form of OWNER’S EQUITY or direct investment by God, our parents, our peers, the people we meet, friends, etc.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Others are in the form of LIABILITIES or trials, some of which God allows, while others stem from conflicts with other people and/or circumstances. How we react to these positive investments and seemingly negative trials determine whether we have a NET INCOME or increase in character or a net loss.
As able human beings reach out to our fellowmen in Haiti, it is devastating to remember how when the earth moves under our feet, we are crushed to death in seconds, even in cities that have stood for centuries. And because we build over a crust of large rock masses in constant motion, with seismometers detecting more than one million (detectable) quakes a year, volcanologists remind us one is occurring right now, and we are all asked to be prepared for what cannot be predicted...
Did the LORD God intend earthquakes to bring calamitous grief? Contrary to the horrible destruction to man-made habitations, Raul de Asis Hipe showed during the Sabbath message of January 16, 2010, how in Scripture, seven occurrences of earthquakes precede momentous healing and restorative events. The giving of the law, recognition of the Son of God, the resurrection of the Christ, the wrath of God, are among them...
CLICK ON THE LINK below to listen to the podcast episode or download the mp3 file to recognize how, despite the perils to physical life as we know it, earthquakes awaken all of us who have the chance to acknowledge the LORD God, and strengthen instead of weaken, and how Scripture reassures us that the “big one” to come will precede the most awesome event in history... will you overcome or will you be among those who will curse God?...
“Zambales Trip 2009” - Ralph and Arielle Hipe had the whole blue sky above them when they went home with their father and mother to Botolan for a week, so even if ricefields were covered with sand and mud, and the shallow pool from which horses used to drink is now a widened riverbed carved by the rushing current, their grandmother Nanay Lilian Deboma, gathered all her grandchildren who were, just yesterday it seems, babies passed from one pair of loving arms to another. See how they have grown in this video crafted by Ate Vivian Deboma-Hipe and her “family production staff”...
“Be Not Afraid” - We had all been looking forward to Gilbert and Ann Deboma and their three sons coming from Botolan, Zambales to visit. But days before their scheduled trip to Manila, all the beloved men in Ann’s family fell ill one after the other, volcanic dust restricting respiration, needing our prayers for their healing. Would they be able to make the journey? Watch how Stephen and Miguel respond at a moment’s notice on the Sabbath...
“How parents bring up their children, the love they give, the values they teach, the environment they offer, education they provide influences not only their child but the four generations to follow...” With the sanctuary of family ripped by parental abuse, resignation and hands-off neglect, assorted descendants who try to patch a family from casual attachments is but one outcome of the five-generation rule, as Raul de Asis Hipebrought out during the Sabbath message of December 17, 2009.
A general pattern seen either in responsible or rebellious bloodlines, both in blessings, and in curses, the five-generation rule is illustrated vividly in the LORD God’s relationship with Abraham, a singular but encompassing example of one who lived faithful to God, passed the blessing on to his son, his sons conferring their father’s blessing onto their own children, thus making possible for all human beings, drawn near to the Father through the redeeming sacrifice of His firstborn Son, to have a part in that same blessing, essential as the spiritual lifeblood of succeeding generations...
Click on the link below to listen to the podcast or download the mp3 file to recognize the value of the steadfastness of our spiritual parents in continuing that generational blessing and the urgency of our need to understand, so we build up instead of mess up...
The fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in Church of God Sharing Village share the heartrending grief at the incomprehensible bludgeoning done to our countrymen in Maguindanao... We may be but a tiny fraction of the nation, but in quiet supplication we draw near to the Almighty Eternal GOD, who will in His own time “punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity... halt the arrogance of the proud, and... lay low the haughtiness of the terrible...”* as prayers rise from each of us, who in some measure have also experienced the brutality, cruelty and inhumanity of evil in this lifetime...
Did the LORD God intend earthquakes to bring calamitous grief? Contrary to the horrible destruction to man-made habitations, in Scripture, seven occurrences of earthquakes precede momentous healing and restorative events. The giving of the law, realization of the Son of God, His resurrection, among others. Listen to this episode to recognize how, despite the perils [...]
“How parents raise their children, the love they give, the values they teach, the environment they offer, education they provide influences not only their child but the four generations to follow…” With the sanctuary of family ripped by parental abuse, resignation and hands-off neglect, assorted descendants who try to patch a family from casual attachments [...]
Before even uttering the first commandment in its codified version, the LORD God introduced Himself – The meaning and application of all the commandments hangs on the acknowledgment of who GOD is. Or else, what for?
Does the use of the translated word “predestined” (Gr. proorizo (pro-or-id’-zo) within Scripture coincide with the commonly held concepts of “predestination” circulated in conventional thought and discussion?
What understanding does God’s Word open up when we discover in what context “predestined” is used? What exactly IS Pre-Destined by the LORD GOD? Does it have anything to [...]
In a world running to and fro 24/7, most people resign themselves to believe everything in man is preprogrammed, “I have no option, no choice, the life that I have is the one given to me and any flaws are not my fault, but are pre-willed…”
Yet how does this pattern of thinking cripple a human [...]
As able human beings reach out to our fellowmen in Haiti, it is devastating to remember how when the earth moves under our feet, we are crushed to death in seconds, even in cities that have stood for centuries. And because we build over a crust of large rock masses in constant motion, with seismometers detecting more than one million (detectable) quakes a year, volcanologists remind us one is occurring right now, and we are all asked to be prepared for what cannot be predicted...
“How parents bring up their children, the love they give, the values they teach, the environment they offer, education they provide influences not only their child but the four generations to follow...” With the sanctuary of family ripped by parental abuse, resignation and hands-off neglect, assorted descendants who try to patch a family from casual attachments is but one outcome of the five-generation rule, as 
