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Are you one of the people who create a new year’s resolution? Is there any item on your list that was on your list last year? Don’t worry you are not alone, some studies shows that only 12% are able to achieve their new year’s resolution. Here are some tips that I learned last Sunday from Bro. Obet’s teaching at the Feast Valle Verde. This would be a 30-day challenge.

Select it! – Choose one area of your life that needs change or choose one New Year’s resolution that you want to be successful with. You can choose from these five areas:

• Intellectual Quotient
• Emotional Quotient
• Physical Quotient
• Wealth Quotient
• Spiritual Quotient

For example, the most common item on a new year’s resolution is to lose weight or maintain a healthy lifestyle, this belongs to physical quotient. Just choose only one, then after being successful in the challenge you can choose another.
Aim for 30 days if you want your goal to be successful, aim for 30 days. It would take 21 days to change your habit and a mental pathway in your brain. 21 days means you have passed the mark already and 30 days you are in the honor roll.
For example, you want to lose weight, so it means you need to exercise. A lot one hour a day in your exercise and do it for 30 days. What if you were able to exercise for 14 consecutive days, then on the 15th day you failed to exercise, then you have to start back at one.

Do it daily. Don’t just do it when you remember it or when you feel like doing it. You can never lose weight when you exercise once a week.

Schedule it. You need to set a time to do what you have to do. You can use your cellphone to remind you to do things. If you like doing your exercise in the morning, like 7am, schedule it. Do it 7am everyday.

Replace it. Change a bad habit to a good habit, something beneficial for you. If you like to eating fatty food, why not replace it with eating vegetables.

Study it. Learn more about the change you want. If you want to lose weight, read more about it, study calories intake, healthy foods, the right exercise, the burning of fats and just about anything related to loosing weight.

Support it. Tell your family and friends about the challenge that you are making to yourself. Ask them to help you, pray for you and remind you.

The example that I have given above is very common, but if you want to change something like you want to be closer to God, you want to improve your financial status, it is also applicable.

Lastly, identify your PURPOSE, the why in the success. If you have a very emotional and enormous reason on changing something about yourself or in being successful in at least one item on your new year’s resolution list then you would likely to be more successful.

This is just part one of the series OVERHAUL, change your life in 30 days. Next phase would be plan. If you want to hear the teaching, you can attend the Feast at Valle Verde, Pasig, 10am or 1pm. There would be a mass, worship and a teaching. See you there.

I will be out the whole day today to attend the Kerygma Conference Leadership stream. I got a free ticket courtesy of my brother. KCon is the biggest inspirational conference in the country and I am happy to be able to attend it. This is a life changing event that can really touch thousand of lives. Actually, you don’t need any bath salt abuse addiction rehab treatment, just attend the KCon and you will be inspired, blessed and changed. There is nothing more powerful treatment than prayer. Speakers for the Leadership stream are Pio Espanol, Anthony Pangilinan, Jon Escoto, Alvin Barcelona and of course Bo Sanchez, best selling author and motivational speaker, founder of the light of Jesus family.

Tomorrow, November 19, would be the second day of Kerygma Conference, other streams would be held simultaneously on different locations. There would be Family stream, Singles Stream, Youth Stream, Inner Healing Stream, Faith, Solo Parents wherein Ai Ai delas Alas will have a special sharing, and Single Blessedness Stream. If anything is of interest to you, you can still join this powerful event. Also the last day of the KCon would be on November 20, Sunday, a Grand feast would happen, Holy Mass and Ministering Time with Bo Sanchez would be held at 5pm, the entrance is free at CCP Open Grounds. Come, join us and be blessed!

Basically, tithing or tithes is associated with the Church. It is one tenth of your income and it is given to the Church voluntarily. Roman Catholics are encouraged to give something to the Church willingly and what comes from the heart but they are not strictly implementing the guidelines of tithing. But other religion or sects encourage their members to religiously and honestly give 10% of their income to the Church as their tithes.

Tithing is very important. It will help the church to do what he has to do like spreading the word of God. This money will help its missionaries to go to different places to let other people know how good the Lord is. Just take for example the Light of Jesus Community; they are aiming to spread the word of God by building 1000 Feasts around the world. Could this be possible without money?

What others don’t know is that Tithing is very important to the one who is giving it. God doesn’t need money. But He wants us to be prosperous and abundant. So giving something means we are ready to receive more.

Last week, I attended a seminar about money magnet by John Calub. He is not a preacher nor is affiliated in any Church. What he is teaching are principles and universal laws. Just like the Law of Tithing. This is a universal law and John is teaching that everyone should give 10% (at least) of their Gross income to the Church they belong to. In this way they can attract more money. The more you give the more you receive. Are you give one tenth of your income to your Church?

The other day my Mom sent me a message regarding attending a seminar. It is not about how to learn more about hgh but it is about money magnet. I have heard about the term many times already and I am curious to know its meaning and how to magnet money to come into our lives. I know this is one of God’s manners of teaching me on how to be abundant and prosperous. This is also a way to meet new people and friends. This is a whole day seminar that would be happening today. I hope I can learn more so I can share it with you.

This Sunday will be the start of Advent Season. For Roman Catholics this is not the Christmas season yet, but greetings of “Merry Christmas” would be very common already. Advent is the preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas. It is symbolized by the Advent Wreath. This is different from the christmas wreath as this is used for decorative purpose only. The advent wreath comes with three purple candles and one pink candle. The circular garland of evergreen branches symbolizes eternity. The candle represents the four Sundays of Advent. First purple candle is lit on the First Sunday which symbolizes hope; another purple candle will be lit on the Second Sunday which symbolizes love. The pink candle will be lit on the third Sunday, it symbolizes Joy, and the last purple candle will be lit on the fourth Sunday and it represents peace. Advent Season is the time we prepare ourselves for the commemoration of the Birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Let us prepare not just in material things but also in spiritual aspect of our lives.

This was our theme last year:

As early as February we were already organizing and looking for pledges for this event.
Since, our forum is dead already , we didn’t plan this immediately.
But we want to pursue another Outreach Program this year.

We are still thinking of the theme, participants, budget, and all.

If and only IF, some bloggers would commit to help in any way they can, the theme can be something like

Forumers and Bloggers Unite for a Cause

what do you think? are you willing to help?

Still.. we are on the brainstorming process….. Feel free to suggest….

We had our first outreach program last 2008 at Pasig, the name of the orphanage is Jesus Loves the Little Children Foundation. We are a member of a forum called Banidad. no links..haha.. it’s not existing anymore, and Paulo, suggested that we do something good.

the kids have a lot of fun, and of course the kids at heart had fun also

We had our own blue shirts, as a remembrance, it also served as our uniform that time. A member of the forum, of course our friend, Ems, gave a donation,as part of her birthday celebration. It was so kind of her, right? So, our sweet Paulo did something for her

oh yeah, the aim of the title, is to let the outreach participant reminsce those days. hahaha. I’m already asking them if they want to have a Year 3. and Paulo the organizer needs a little encouragement so he will organize the outreach again. hahaha. where are you paulo? hahaha

Outreach year 2 post, coming up. hehehe

I do! I want to be prosperous. I am Prosperous. Last Sunday at the Feast, this was the first topic of Bro. Bo Sanchez six part series, Prosper! He preach about money at least once a year. Why? It’s because of two reasons. First, one third of the Bible talks about Money. Would you believe that there were more verses about money than about faith and prayer combined? Jesus knows that we are physical beings and that money is a big area in our lives. God wants love to rule in this big area, he doesn’t want us to reject money, he wants us to use it for love. The second reason, is that Money is a critical need today.

If you want to prosper then you have to change your emotional association with money. Many people associate money with evil. So we’ll reject money like it was the devil itself. We have to change this because You’ll gravitate towards what you subconsciously want, and avoid what you subconsciously do not want.

We must BELIEVE that we will prosper. God takes pleasure when we are prosperous. Its like when we see our child do a milestone, we are happy, it’s same with God.

If you want to be prosperous, then BELIEVE.

“Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops, then your barns will be filled to overflowing and your vats will brim over the new wine”
-Proverbs 5:9-10

Listen to the next teaching about PROSPER, attend The Feast every Sunday at Valle Verde Country Club.