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2007

January 12
John 15:7 - "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish and it shall be done for you."

January 13
Prov3:5-6 - "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths."

January 20
"Thou art my hope in the day of evil. There be many that say, who show us any good? lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble." Jer17:17, Ps4:6.Ps51:5B-

February 02
Ps2:12 - "How blessed are all who take refuge in Him."... Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to always try just one more time.- Thomas Edison

June 22
When the economy expands 6.9 percent, the strongest in 17 years, we see one of the pillars of your government becoming true…-Papal Nuncio Archbishop Fernando Filoni……..Jeremiah 29:7 “Pray to the Lord for the city where you are living, because if good things happen in the city, good things will happen to you also.”….Whatever makes them good Christians make them good citizens…-Daniel Webster

June 23, 2007
Filipinos are known throughout the world for their hospitality, their innovations, their services, their climbing Mount Everest, their cooking in the White House, their winning boxing matches, their hosting important international summits….. And if I can say on a personal note, I thank all of you.  I feel at home here.  I consider this my home now.  And I know my colleagues would feel the same.  That’s never been the same in other countries-a special place…-US Ambassador Kristie Kenney……..Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world - like a city on a mountain, glowing in the night for all to see.  Don’t hide your light under a basket! Instead, put it on a stand and let it shine for all.  In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your Heavenly Father.”

June 24, 2007
In 1970, there were 36.6 million Filipinos.  Today, we are over 85million.  Come 2010, water shortages could be a full-blown national problem…-Environment Sec Angelo Reyes……… Ecclesiastes 8:1, 5 “How wonderful to be wise, to be able to analyze and interpret things.  Wisdom lights up a person’s face, softening its hardness. Those who are wise will find a time and a way to do what is right.  Yes, there is a time and a way for everything, even as people’s troubles lie heavily upon them.”

June 25, 2007
Stocks hit highest level in 80years. Phil Stock Exch Composite Index up to 3,628.62.  Value turnover P6.08billion up 21% for the year…Phil Daily Inq………Proverbs 11:11 “Upright citizens bless a city and make it prosper, but the talk of the wicked tears it apart.”

June 26, 2007
Overseas Foreign Workers OFW Remittances Up 26% Year-On-Year to April Raising 4Month Period to-date to US $4.7B…-Phil Star………Proverbs 12:11 “Hard work means prosperity; only fools idle away their time.”

June 27, 2007
Vehicle sales up 18% in first 5 months, underscoring robust economic activity…Due to a)Better financing deals offered by banks, b)Growth of small and medium businesses that use pick-up trucks and vans, c)robust marketing activities.  Toyota 37%, Honda 15%, Mitsubishi 13%, Isuzu8%, Ford5%...  Total Industry sales target 100,000 for 2007…….. Proverbs 11:10 “The whole city celebrates when the godly succeed; they shout for joy when the godless die.”

June 28, 2007
Let us not, at this time when the national economy is exhibiting capacity for a higher growth plane, hold economic expansion hostage to the weaknesses of the country’s revenue generation inefficiencies at the BIR and CUSTOMS. This is a time for boldness, not timidity.  The universe of economic variables we need to work with to ensure a better future for our people are configured well to enable a surge in growth.  We ought to take full advantage of a promising horizon of opportunities…-Alex Magno……..Proverbs 21:31 “The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.”

June 29, 2007
Power has a way of changing people.  A politician should never forget that when he started, he had big hopes for his constituents and he had clear motives that he worked hard for.  He should still be the same individual when he finishes his term…-Ramon Magsaysay Awardee 6th Term Reelected Mayor Jesse Robredo of Naga City…….Proverbs 3:1-4 “My child, never forget the things I have taught you.  Store my commands in your heart, for they will give you a long and satisfying life.  Never let loyalty and kindness get away from you!  Wear them like a necklace; write them deep within your heart. Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will gain a good reputation.”

June 30, 2007
When we don’t do the things they want us to… it’s not necessarily a rebellion, it’s an admission that times have changed, that things cannot remain the same.  We should learn from the past.  If we keep doing the same things in the same manner, we will have the same results…-38 year old topnotcher Senator-elect Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero………… Matthew 5::46, 47 “If you love only those who love you, what good is that?  Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.  If you are king only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else?  Even pagans do that.  But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.”

July 01, 2007
The blindfolded lady with a sword unsheathed represents justice, fair justice to all, unfairness to none…-Chief Justice Reynaldo Puno…….. Judges 1-21 ‘Real heroes are hard to find these days.  Modern research and the media have made the foibles and weaknesses of our leaders very apparent; we search in vain for men and women to emulate.  Judges is the Bible Chapter about heroes – 12 men and women who delivered Israel from its oppressors.  These judges were not perfect; in fact, they included an assassin, a sexually promiscuous man, and a person who broke all the laws of hospitality.  But they were submissive to God, and God used them.’

July 02, 2007
Instead of wondering what people think of us, our concern should be, ‘Can they see Christ Jesus, the King? Rather than seeking credit for service rendered, we should be content to lift up the Lord…-David McCasland……….. Matthew 21:5 “Tell the people of Israel, ‘Look, your King is coming to you.  He is humble, riding on a donkey-even on a donkey’s colt’.”

July 03, 2007
Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator.  Honor Him in your youth before you grow old and no longer enjoy living…-Mario Almario…… Ecclesiastes 8:15 “So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people to do in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life.  That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them.”

July 04, 2007
€$£¥~*+#?@«^¿® Nothing’s permanent in this wicked world.  Not even our troubles…-Charlie Chaplin……..Job 1; 21 “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart.  The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.

July 05, 2007
We cannot regard truth as a goal of inquiry.  The purpose of inquiry is to achieve agreement among human beings about what to do, to bring about consensus on the ends to be achieved and the means to be used to achieve those ends.  Inquiry that does not achieve coordination of behavior is not inquiry, but simply wordplay.”… - Richard Rorty Pragmatist American Modernist Philosopher and Stanford Prof of Critical Literature…….
Jeremiah 17:9 “The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked.  Who really knows how bad it is? But I know! I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives.  I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”

July 06, 2007
Love is rarer than genius itself.  And friendship is rarer than love…- CHARLES PIERRE PAGUY…….. 1 John 4:7, 8 “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God.  Anyone who loves is born of God and knows God.  But anyone who does not love does not know God – for God is love”

July 07, 2007
Emotions are the lowest form of consciousness.  Emotional actions are the most contracted, narrowing, dangerous form of behavior…-Timothy Leary…….. Psalm 23:1, 2 “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:  He leadeth me beside the still waters.” – 1 Peter 5:7 “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.”

July 08, 2007
It is not the strongest nor the most intelligent that survive but the one who is most responsive to change.” -CHARLES DARWIN……..Isaiah 57:15 “The high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, the Holy One, says this: ‘I live in that high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.  I refresh the humble and give new courage to those with repentant hearts’.”

July 09, 2007
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning…-James Russel Lowell……..Lamentations 3:19-24 “The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.  I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.  Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: the unfailing love of the Lord never ends! By His mercies we have been kept from complete destruction.  Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each day.  I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in Him!”

July 10, 2007
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook…-William James…….. Psalms 46:10 “Be silent, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation.  I will be honored throughout the world.”

July 11, 2007
What  we love to do we find time to do…- John Spaulding……… Proverbs 4:23 “Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do.”

July 12, 2007
Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach…- Arnold Glasow……… Lamentations 2:19 “Rise during the night and cry out.  Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord.  Lift up your hands to Him in prayer.  Plead for your children…”

July 13, 2007
I’m just out here playing golf.  It’s great that I made it and I’m having an awesome experience already so I’m just out here to play golf…- American Alexis Thompson, at 12yrs 4months 1day, becoming the youngest qualifier ever to compete at the 2007 Women’s US Open Golf, accompanied by her parents at Pine Needles Country Club North Carolina…….. Proverbs13:24 “If you refuse to discipline your children, it proves you don’t love them; if you love your children, you will be prompt to discipline them.”

July 14, 2007
Live well, learn plenty, laugh often, love much…- Ralph Waldo Emerson………Proverbs 13:9, 10 “The life of the godly is full of light and joy, but the sinner’s light is snuffed out.  Pride leads to arguments; those who take advice are wise.”

July 15, 2007
Notes from Spanish Jesuit Aphorist Baltazar Gracian-Ch113- “In times of prosperity prepare for adversity.  It is both wiser and easier to collect winter stores in summer.  In prosperity favors are cheap and friends are many.  It is well therefore to save them for more unlucky days, for adversity costs dear and has no helpers.  Retain a store of friends and people who are in your debt- the day may come when their price will go up.  Lowly minds never have friends-in luck they will not recognize them, in misfortune they will not be recognized by them.”…….. Proverbs 13:14 “The advice of the wise is like a life-giving fountain; those who accept it avoid the snares of death.”

July 16, 2007
China today Accounts for over 25% of  Total Global Demand…- Paul Skinner, Chairman, Rio Tinto Mining Plc…….. Proverbs 28:2 “When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily.  But with wise and knowledgeable leaders, there is stability.”

July 17, 2007
Worldwide Distrust of Bush, US Deepens, International Survey shows… PDI Sub-Headline…….. James 4:13-16 “Look here, you people who say, “today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year.  We will do business there and make a profit.”  How do you know what will happen tomorrow?  For your life is like the morning fog- it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.  What you ought to say is “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.  Otherwise you will be boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil.”

July 18, 2007
The constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying; its declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray…- Ronald Reagan……… 1 Tim 2:1-5 “I urge, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.  This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.”

July 19, 2007
I watched, mesmerized, as power was transferred in the United Kingdom last Wednesday as Tony Blair stepped down as Prime Minister and Gordon Brown stepped up to the Post.  No pomp, no pageantry at the House of Commons whose members in their business suits put conscious effort at looking like the commoners they are supposed to be.  No prepared speech, no valedictory, but a tribute in a standing ovation from his colleagues at the end of the session.  That was the manner the end of an era was marked.  And celebrated.  It was like a delicate dance.  Quite exemplary even for a nation that has brilliantly blended tradition and change.  This is democratic political theater at its best… Journalist Alex Magno……. Colossians 1:10 “And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.”

July 20, 2007
Gerard Chesnel, the Ambassador of France, asked what happened to the Frenchmen who were part of Magellan’s crew because they were not on the list of stragglers who made it back to Spain after the disastrous battle in Mactan.  He suggests that these French sailors remained in the Philippines and sired Franco-Philippine children…- Inquirer Journalist Ambeth Ocampo…….. God has the whole world in His hands.  He’s got yesterday’s failures, today’s challenges, tomorrow’s surprises, our future, our children,  our circumstances, our friends, and our foes in His hands..  Within His grasp… Under His control… The wind, the rain, the tiny little baby, you, and me- all right there in the palms of His Sovereign Hands…- Charles Swindoll…….. 1 Cor 10:26 “For the earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains.”

July 21, 2007
When ridiculed, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we respond gently…-St. Paul……1Cor.13:12,13 “Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.  All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.  Three things will last forever-faith, hope, and love-and the greatest of these is love.”

July 22, 2007
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.  We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today…-Dale Carnegie……..Psalm92:1,2 “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High.  It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening..”
July 23, 2007

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future.  You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it…-Henry Ward Beecher…….. Luke1:45 “Blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.”

July 24, 2007
When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door, that we don’t see the ones which open for us…-Alexander Graham Bell…….1Corinthians1:27-29 “God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise: and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in His presence.”

July 25, 2007
To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it…-Plato…… Psalm131:1 “Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty.”

July 26, 2007
The whole worth of a kind deed is in the love that inspires it…” The Talmud…….. Romans12:16 “Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.”

July 27, 2007
An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all…” - PalCezanne……………….. Collossians4:6 “Let your speech be always with grace.”

July 28, 2007
All Noble Things Are Difficult.  Thank God He does give us difficult things to do.  It is always necessary to make an effort to be noble…- Oswald Chambers……..Matthew7:13,14 Jesus Teaches About The Way To Heaven “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate.  The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.  But the gateway to eternal life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.”

July 29, 2007
The capacity for conquest  is in man.  You were created by God to have dominion as the  fruitbearing powerhouse of God.  Live A Bette Life…- London Pastor Ashimolowo ……………… Galatians 5:22,23 “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self conrol.  There is no law against these things.”

July 30, 2007
Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end up having more.  If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never ever have enough…- Oprah Winfrey……. Psalm136 “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever.”

July 31, 2007

Men think they are buying themselves pleasure when they are really selling themselves to it…- Benjamin Franklin………… Proverbs2:20 “Follow the steps of good men instead, and stay on the paths of the righteous.”

August 01, 2007
Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all…-OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES ………. Proverbs10:1 “A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.”

August 02, 2007
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother…-Abraham Lincoln…………… Proverbs14:1 “The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.”

August 03, 2007
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection…-Sigmund Freud……Proverbs4:3-6 “When I was a boy in my father’s house, still tender, and an only child of my mother, he taught me and said, ‘Lay hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands and you will live.  Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them.  Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; lover her, and she will watch over you’.”

August 04, 2007
If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind.  Fathers like mine don’t ever die…- Leo Buscaglia ………..Proverbs6:20 “My son, keep your father’s commands and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.  Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck.  When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.”

August 05, 2007
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being.  Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light…- Albert Schweitzer ……….Proverbs11:30 “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.”

August 06, 2007
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it…- William Arthur Ward ……….Proverbs11:24,25 “One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.  A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”

August 07, 2007
It is better to cry than to be angry; because anger hurts others while tears flow silently thru the soul and cleanses the heart…- Pope John Paul II…… Proverbs11:17 “A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.”

August 08, 2007
I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games.  On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game-winning shot and I missed.  I have failed over and over again.  And that’s precisely why I succeed…-Michael Jordan……….. Psalm 37:23,24 “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and He delighteth in his way.  Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with His Hand.”

August 09, 2007
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace…-Jimi Hendrix…….. Hebrews 10:24 “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.”

August 10, 2007
Character and intellect.  These are the two poles of our capacity; one without the other is but halfway to happiness.  Intellect is not enough, character is also needed.  On the other hand, it is the fool’s misfortune to fail in obtaining the position, employment, neighborhood, and circle of friends of his choice…- Spanish Jesuit Aphorist Baltasar Graciàn…….. Hebrews 10:35, 36 “So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.”

August 11, 2007
Excerpt: Newsweek Interview of Super Bowl Champion INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Coach Tony Dungy-Q?  Now that you’ve won the Super Bowl, how do you put it in perspective?-A.  For me, it’s something I tell my players all the time.  My favorite verse in the Bible is Matthew16:26 “What would it profit a man to gain the whole world but forfeit his soul?”.  I never wanted our players to think the Super Bowl was the ultimate.  I always talk about “Yes, we’re going to win, but what are we going to do as we’re winning?  What are we going to do after we win?”  Winning the Super Bowl is not the destination.  It’s not an end point.  It’s what you do from here…

August 12, 2007
So many friends and fans urged Tony on, the first African-American coach to win the big game, that he decided to write the book QUIET STRENGTH.  Dungy’s tale is one in which God, not Peyton Manning, is the No.1 quarterback.  And the biggest challenges don’t come from the New England Patriots but from life-none more so, in Dungy’s case, than enduring the tragic suicide of his 18 year old son, Jamie, in 2005…-Mark Starr-Newsweek…….2 Cor 8:2 “Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.”

August 13, 2007
Q?- What do you believe is essential to convey to your team? A.- That being a great player is not the most important thing.  What we do is important and it’s going to feed your family, but it’s not going to define who you are. I know for a fact that to the guys I played with in the ‘70s who  have Super Bowl rings, the most Important thing is not that we won those games at the end of the year, but what’s going on in their lives and what they are doing now with their families.  That’s going to be way more long-lasting than whether we win that last game…..1 Cor 12:11 “All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.’

August 14, 2007

Do not force the feel, but “feel” the “force”…-Bob Toski on the golf swing……….. Luke 1:49 “He that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is His Name.”

August 15, 2007
In matters of style of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock…- Thomas Jefferson…….. Ephesians 3:20 “Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”

August 16, 2007
In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; in all things, charity…-Melanchthon…………Ephesians 3:17-19 “And I pray that you, being root and  establish in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”

August 17, 2007
I don’t care what is said about me as long as it isn’t true…- Katherine Hepburn……….. Ephesians 3:14-17 “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom this whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name.  I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.”

August 18, 2007
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words, than words without a heart…- John Bunyan……………Ephesians 4:29-31,32 “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it  may benefit those who listen.-Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.  Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

August 19, 2007
I used to think that getting  old was about vanity, but actually it’s about losing people you love…- Joyce Carol Oates……..1 Cor 15;24, - Marck 13:32-37, - 2 peter 3:9 “Then cometh the end. – Of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.  Take you heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.  And what I say unto you I say unto all.  Watch. – The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

August 20, 2007
You must thank God profusely every single day for the gift of good health that you have despite your unhealthy habits.  I wish I did. – Dodong Almario…….. Proverbs 23:15 “My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad; my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.”

August 21, 2007
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows…-Epictetus ………Proverbs 23:9 “Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.”

August 22, 2007
Harris Poll Interactive Survey of Communication Modes that adults find easy to misinterpret the tone; Open to Misinterpretation; E-mail 80%, Text message 78%, Letter/Written 71%, Telephone 53%, Face-to-Face 37%...- USA TODAY  www.UsaToday.Com........... Zechariah 10:2 “The idols speak deceit, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain.  Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd.”

August 23, 2007
The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward…- Igor Sikorsky…….. Proverbs 28:19 “He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.”

August 24, 2007
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant…-Robert Louis Stevenson…….. Proverbs 11:30 “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.”

August 25, 2007
There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love.   When you learn to tap this source, you will have truly defeated age ……. Sophia Loren …….. Proverbs 11:16 “A kindhearted woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth.”

August 26, 2007
It is your attitude and not your aptitude that determines your altitude…- Zig Zigler ……… 1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm.  Let nothing move you.  Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”

August  27, 2007
I’ve suffered a great many catastrophes in my life.  Most of them never happened… - Mark Twain ……… Philippians 4:6,7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.   And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

August 28, 2007
Our hearts were made for you, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in You…- St. Augustine …… 1 Peter 5:6,7 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.  Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”

August 29, 2007
I value all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity…- John Wesley ……. Matthew 11:44-46 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.  When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.”

August 30, 2007
The greatest path towards fulfillment is not in knowing what we want and how to get it, but in knowing what we have and how to share it…- Raul Romulo……… 2 Cor 9:6-9 “Remember this: “Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.  Each man should give whatever he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.  And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”

August 31, 2007
There are some things that you will see better after you have been in the darkness and emerge into the light…- Pastor Michael Rochelle ………. Psalm 30:5 “Sing to the Lord you saints of His; praise His Holy name.  For His anger lasts only a moment, but His favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”

September 01, 2007
Where reason cannot wade, faith must win…- Thomas Watson, the Great Puritan ………..Isaiah 50:10 “Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.”

September 02, 2007
Virtue is the sun of our world, and has for its course a good conscience.  She is so beautiful that she finds favor with both God and man.  Nothing is lovable but virtue, nothing detestable but vice.  A person’s capacity and greatness are to be measured by his virtue, not by his fortune.  She alone is all sufficient.  She makes people lovable in life, memorable after death…- Baltasar Gracian……. Colossians 3:12-14 “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.  Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.  Forgive as the Lord forgave you.  And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”

September 03, 2007
It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself…- RALPH WALDO EMERSON…… Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”

September 04, 2007
God does not give us overcoming life: He gives us life as we overcome.  The strain is the strength.  If there is no strain, there is no strength.  Are you asking God to give you life and liberty and joy? He cannot, unless you will accept the strain.  Immediately you face the strain, you will get the strength...- Oswald Chambers……. John 16:33 “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

September 05, 2007
Times are what they are, and you have to find your niche in the moment and not dwell on the good old days…- Karl Lagerfeld……… James 1:12 “Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.”

September 06, 2007
Marriage is perpetually interesting; it is the novel that most of us are living in… -Katie Roiphe, author of UNCOMMON ARRANGEMENTS…. Proverbs 31:10-12 “A wife of noble character who can find?  She is worth far more than rubies.  Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.  She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.”

September 07, 2007

Kindness has converted more sinners, than zeal, eloquence or learning…- F.W. Faber ……….Proverbs11:11 “Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.”

September 08, 2007
Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you die today…- James Dean……. Proverbs 16:3 “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”

September 09, 2007
In the race to be better or best,  don’t forget to enjoy the journey…- Washington Irving………….. Deuteronomy 16:15 “For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.”

September 10, 2007
Stock Market Sell Off continues, led by Financials, on heavy volumes… DOW plunges 3.9% in last two days, worst 2-day decline since 2003.  Housing Market Slump Worst Since 1991…- USA TODAY……… Jeremiah 17:7,8 “But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.  He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.  It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.  It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”

September 11, 2007
To get his wealth he spent his health; to get back his health he spent his wealth…- Ivan More. ………. Proverbs 11:4 “Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.”

September 12, 2007
Live each day as if your life had just begun…- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe……… Psalm 90:1,14 “Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations., Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.”
September 13, 2007
The world is its own magic…- Shunryu Suzuki…….. Psalm 8:3 “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you  have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?  You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.”

September 14, 2007
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down…- Oprah Winfrey…….. Psalm 60:9,12 “Who will bring me to the fortified city? Is it not you, O God? Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.  With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.”

September 15, 2007
And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count.  It’s the life in your years…- Abraham Lincoln…… Psalm 90:10,15,17 “The length of our days is seventy years- or eighty, if we have strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.  Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.  May the favor of he Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us-yes establish the work of our hands.”

September 16, 2007
Make your life a mission, not an intermission…- Arnold Glasgow…………… 1 Cor 9:24,25 “Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training.  They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.”

September 17, 2007
Make no judgment where you have no compassion…- Anne McCaffrey ………… Proverbs 4:18 “The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”

September 18, 2007
No one ever got lost on a straight road…- Abraham Lincoln ……… Colossians 2:6-8, 10 “As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk you in Him: Rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.. And you are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power.”

September 19, 2007
It’s the silence that matters, not the applause.  Anyone can have applause.  But the silence, before and during the playing- that, is everything…- Maestro Vladimir Horowitz, featured as World’s Greatest Pianist by Newsweek…….. Psalm 130:5,6 “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His Word I put my hope.  My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning.  I say, more than they that watch for the morning.”

September 20, 2007
Silence is the Ultimate Applause.  Isn’t that an absolute truth?  For Artists, particularly performing ones, rapt attention is reflected by total silence.  Rustling, shuffling, whispers, - all signal an audience unentranced…- Malcolm Forbes …….. Isaiah 54:7,8,10,11 “For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.  O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.”

September 21, 2007
There are stages in life when there is no storm, no crisis, when we do our human best; it is when a crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely.  If we have been learning to worship God and to trust Him, the crisis will reveal that we will go to the breaking point and not break in our confidence in Him.  God expects His children to be so confident in Him that in any crisis, they are the reliable ones…- Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest…….. Matthew 8:26 ““You of little faith, why are you so afraid?””

September 22, 2007
Knowing is not enough; We must Apply.  Willing is not enough; We must Do…- Goethe………… James 1:22-24 “Do not merely listen to the Word, and so deceive yourselves.  Anyone who listens to the Word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and,  after looking at himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.”

September 23, 2007
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards…- Soren Kierkegaard………..… Psalm 23:3 “He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness, for His name’s sake.”

September 24, 2007
Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so…- David Grayson …………… Isaiah 58:9 “Then you will call, and the Lord will answer.  You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I Am’.”

September 25, 2007
Philippine Stock Market plunges 4%; Peso slips to 46.23:$1.  Asian, Euro Stocks tumble Over Credit Crunch in USA Subprime Housing Credit Sector…- INQUIRER, August 16 ……… Proverbs 27:23 “Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds.”

September 26, 2007
OFW remittances Up 18% vs Year Ago.  Expected To Reach Over $14 Billion This Year.  USA, Canada, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Italy, Japan, Hongkong Remain Major Sources…-PDI News Report ……………………….….. 2 Timothy 2:6 “A hard-working farmer should receive first some of what  He gathers from the field.”

September 27, 2007
RP Seen Leading Property Boom In Asia.  Prices Up 14.29 vs Year Ago And Higher Compared To 13.75% in Singapore.  Housing Price Boom Now Moving Towards Asia-Pacific Showing Strongest Recovery Since ’97 Asian Crisis.  Warnings Up That A Property Bubble Is Developing Anew in the Region…- PDI Global Property Guide ……………. Proverbs 21:5 “The Plans of those who do their best lead only to having all they need, but all who are in a hurry come only to want.”

September 28, 2007
I live in a space of thankfulness, and I have been rewarded a million times over for it.  I started giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased.  That’s because what  you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life,  you create more of it…- Oprah Winfrey ……………. Philippians 4:8 “…Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praise worthy- think about such things.  Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice.  And the God of peace will be with you.”

September 29, 2007
Love is not blind; it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less…- Rabbi Julius  Gordon ………. 1 John 3:18 “My children, let us not love with words or in talk only.  Let us love by what we do and in truth.”

September 30, 2007
Isn’t  it high time someone got negative about negativity?  Yes it is.  Look around.  The world is full of things that, according to nay-sayers, should never have happened. “Impossible”. “Impractical”. “No”. And yet “yes”.  Yes, continents have been found.  Yes, men have played golf on the moon.  Yes, straw is being turned into biofuel to power cars.  Yes, yes, yes.  What does it take to turn no into yes?  Curiosity.  An open mind.  A willingness to take risks.  And, when the problem seems most insoluble, when the challenge is hardest, when everyone else is shaking their heads,-yet to be able to say: Let’s Go!...- Shell Philosophy ad …………. Philippians 3:13,14 “Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.  But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

October 01, 2007
We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand… and melting like a snowflake.  Let us use it before it is too late…- Marie Beynon Ray ……….. Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify you Father which is in heaven.”

October 02, 2007
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end.  It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing.  It’s when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it…- Margaret Thatcher …………………….. Proverbs 22:13 “The lazy person is full of excuses, saying, ‘If I go outside, I might meet a lion in the street and be killed!’”

October 03, 2007
Man’s way leads to a hopeless end! God’s way leads to an endless hope!...- Raul Romulo ………………… Psalm 146:5,6 “Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. . . which keepeth truth for ever.”

October 04, 2007
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance: they make the latitudes and longitudes…- Henry David Thoreau………. Proverbs 18:24 “A man of many  companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”

October 05, 2007
Son, my decision is an act of conscience.  It is an act of protest against the structures of injustice that have been imposed upon our countrymen.  Futile and puny as it will surely appear to many, it is my last act of defiance against tyranny and dictatorship…- Ninoy Aquino in letter to his Son Noynoy ………. Proverbs 13:9 “The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.”

October 06, 2007
In his letter, Ninoy said that he had nothing to leave Noynoy and his family-except for his name-because he had to sell all his properties while waging his political battles… “The only valuable asset that I can bequeath to you now is the name you carry.  I have tried my best during my years of public service to keep that name untarnished and respected, unmarked by sorry compromises for expediency.  I now pass it on to you, as good, I pray, as when my father, your grandfather passed it on to me.”…………….. Phil Star News……… Proverbs 17:6 “Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.”

October 07, 2007
‘Tensile Strength’ is the maximum amount of stretching a material can withstand before it tears.  If the engineer miscalculates, the structure may collapse under the pressure.  When we are under the weight of stress and hardship, we may wonder whether our Lord, who engineered us, has miscalculated our personal ‘tensile strength’…- Bill Crowder ………2 Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”

October 08, 2007
‘Makrothumia’ is the Greek word for ‘Patience’ translation: makro- long; thumia- tempered…- Pastor Joby Soriano ………. Philippians 2:3, 4 “Keep away from angy, short-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger you soul.”

October 09, 2007
Never seek the wind in the field.  It is useless to try and find what is gone…- Polish Proverb ……………….. John 4:34-36 Then Jesus explained, “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing His work.  Do you think the work of harvesting will not begin until the summer ends four months from now? Look around you! Vast fields are ripening all around us and are ready now for the harvest.  The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life.  What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike?”

October 10, 2007
I believe, if you have a hope, you have a way; someday, somehow, some way…- Rodolfo Santander- Cuban Contemporary Jazz Artist- Trumpet / Percussion-who migrated and now performs famously in Miami Florida…….. Psalm 84:11,12 “The Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.  O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.”

October 11, 2007
Never tell people how to do things.  Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity…- General George S. Patton ………….. Acts 16:25- Philippians 4:4 “At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. – Rejoice in the Lord always: and again, I say, Rejoice.”

October 12, 2007
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power…- Abraham Lincoln ……………. 25 Samuel 22:1-4 “David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him… ‘The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress and my Deliverer; my God is my Rock, in Whom I take refuge, my Shield and the Horn of my Salvation.  He is my Stronghold, my Refuge, my Savior- I call to the Lord, Who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies’.”

October 13, 2007
When I came to the Philippines, 69 years ago, in 1938, I was told: “In a Filipino home, do not express open admiration for anything you see! Do not say: ‘How beautiful that is!’ Because the Filipino, at once, will give it to you.” In those days, the great value was the friend… not the thing that can be bought for money…. Once upon a time, we knew that the treasure of the nation was life, and love…. The treasure of a country is its people!...- James B. Reuter ………….. 1 John 4:11 “This is the message we have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.”

October 14, 2007
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches.  The wrong comes when riches possess men…- Billy Graham ……….. Luke 16:9 “I tell you, use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends.  In this way, your generosity stores up a reward for you in heaven.”

October 15, 2007
When you are good and have a kind heart, it shows in art form.  Your good intentions, your good values come out in your song, in your music…- Fernando Josef, Artistic Director of the Cultural Center on the Phil Madrigal Singers when they came home with the top prize from the 2007 European Grand Prix Choral Olympics ……… Psalm 95:1 “Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.”

October 16, 2007
If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain, but what He pours through us that counts.  It is not that God makes us beautifully rounded grapes, but that He squeezes the sweetness out of us.  Spiritually, we cannot measure our life by success, but only by what God pours through us, and we cannot measure that at all – hundreds of other lives will be continually refreshed…- Oswald Chambers ………. John 7:38 “If you believe in me, come and drink! For the Scriptures declare that rivers of living water will flow out from within.”

October 17, 2007
No one can make you inferior without your consent…- Eleanor Roosevelt ….. …. Proverbs 3:26 “For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.”

October 18, 2007
With hindsight, it does now seem extraordinary how the royal family misread the mood.  But what must also be recognized is the Monarchy’s resilience and determination to make the changes, albeit slowly and thoughtfully, needed to redefine its role and its relationship with the nation…- The London Times on the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana’s tragic death …….. Proverbs 3:27 “Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.  Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Come back later; I’ll give it tomorrow- when you now have it with you.”

October 19, 2007
Well timed silence hath more eloquence than speech…- Martin Tupper ……… Proverbs 17:28 “Even a fool  is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.”

October 20, 2007
Do not be afraid.  It is the role of youth to change the world through love, and protect the environment…- Pope Benedict XVI in the Pilgrimage town of Loreto on Save Creation Day ……….. Hebrews 10:35,36 “So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.”

October 21, 2007
Our country now has 88.7 million population and this has ranked the Philippines a s the 12th most populous country…- UNITED NATIONS Population Fund ………… James 2:5 “Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters.  Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith?  Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the kingdom God promised to those who love Him? And yet, you insult the poor man! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? Aren’t they the ones who slander Jesus Christ, whose noble name you bear?

October 22, 2007
The perpetual sick man of Asia is making an unexpected recovery.  Economy grew at 7.5% annual rate.  Foreign Investors are coming back, attracted by the young population-average age of its past as American Colony.  More than 10million workers abroad-sending home $14 billion this year; 35% from USA, and large pockets in Europe, Middle East, East Asia…- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL …….. Psalm 33:12,14 “What joy for the nation whose God is the lord, whose people He has chosen for His own… From His throne He observes all who live on the earth.”

October 23, 2007
Filipino families living in the National Capital Region comprising of 5 members should have earned a monthly income of P8,254 to be able to sustain their families’ minimum basic food-60%  and nonfood- 40%; of the poverty threshold… National Statistical Coordinating Board …………. 2 Corinthians 6:8 “We serve God whether people honor us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us.”

October 24, 2007
The one-day menu formulated by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute from local food consumption patterns to satisfy 100% of the RDA’s for energy and protein, and 80% of the RDA’s for nutrients and vitamins to meet economic minimum basic food and nutritional needs: Breakfast-tomato omelet, fried rice, coffee or milk.  Lunch-fried  galunggong, munggo guisado with small shrimp and malunggay leaves, boiled rice, latundan banana.  Dinner-pork adobo, pechay guisado, boiled rice.  It would cost a family of five P4,920 monthly to cook the menu listed above.  Last year, the amount was P4,151 monthly/ P137 per person daily…- Manuel L Quezon III, PDI The Long View Columnist ………… 2 Corinthians 6:10 “ Our hearts ache, but we always have joy.  We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others.  We own nothing, and yet we have everything.”

October 25, 2007
Life is a series of moments, to live each one is to succeed – Corita Kent ……… 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 “And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols?  For we are the temple of the living God.  As God said: ‘I will live in them.  I will be their God and they will be my people.  Therefore come out from unbelievers and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.  Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.  And I will be your Father, and you will be My sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”

October 26, 2007
The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for…- Joseph Addison …………. Psalm 36:6b-9 “…O Lord, you preserve both man and beast.  How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.  They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.  For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.”

October 27, 2007
Now is no time to think of what you do not have.  Think of what you can do with what there is…-  Ernest Hemingway ……… John 6:35 “I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”

October 28, 2007
The median home price in America is US$212,000, but it’s more like $1.5million in Beverly Hills!...- Life & Style Weekly ………. Revelations 3:17-19 “You say, ‘I am rich.  I have everything I want.  I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. I advise you to buy gold from me-gold that has been purified by fire.  Then you will be rich. And also buy white garments so you will not be ashamed by your nakedness.  And buy ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see.  I am the One who corrects and disciplines everyone I love.  Be diligent and turn from your indifference.”

October 29, 2007
NEW YORK- The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. – The human race has never found a way to confront bubbles.  The behavior in what we are observing in the last seven weeks is identical in many respects to what we saw in 1998, what we saw in the stock-market crash of 1987, I suspect, what we saw in the land-boom collapse of 1837, and certainly the bank panic of 1907…- Former Federal Reserve Chairman ……….. Revelation 3:10 “Because you have obeyed My command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this World.”

October 30, 2007
Time flies.  Life is uncertain.  Money melts.  Desires diminish.  People forget.  The best investment on earth is investment in The Kingdom of God…- Dr. Andrew Liuson ………. Ecclesiastes 12:1,6,7 “Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator… Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken.  Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.  For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.”

October 31, 2007
Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all…- J.C. Penney ……….. Matthew 7:24,26 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock …… But anyone who hears my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.”

November  01, 2007
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely…- Rodin ………………..… 2 Corinthians 10:5 “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God.”

November 02, 2007
Never confuse a single defeat with a defeat – F Scott Fitzgerald ………. Psalm 37:23,24
“The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord.  He delights in every detail of their lives.  Though they stumble, they will not fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.”

November 03, 2007
When people talk of role models, society assumes they’re perfect.  But the definition of role model is someone we should learn from.  Kids should learn from his or her mistakes…- Kobe Bryant in Manila Charity Event………… Proverbs 24:16 “They may trip seven times, but each time they will rise again.  But one calamity is enough to lay the wicked low.”

November 04, 2007
We have to go the ‘second mile’ with God.  Some of us get played out in the first ten yards, because God compels us to go where we cannot see the way, and we say – “I will wait till I get nearer the big crisis”.  If we do not do the running steadily in the little ways, we shall do nothing in the crisis…- Oswald Chambers ………… John 13:14 “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.”

November 05, 2007
People do not quit playing because they grow old.  They grow old because they quit playing…- Oliver Wendell Holmes …….. Isaiah 40:30,31 “Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

November 06, 2007
Great is the man who has not lost his childlike heart…- Mencius ……….. Matthew 18:3 “Then Jesus said, ‘I assure you, unless you turn from your sins and become as little children, you will never get into the kingdom of Heaven.  Therefore, anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.  And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me’.”

November 07, 2007
A survey titled CAREGIVING IN THE USA estimates that more than 44 million Americans are unpaid caregivers, and a majority of them currently work while providing care.  The survey also found that God, family, and friends were most often cited as sources of strength by people who are caring for others.  Three-fourths of the respondents said they relied on prayer to deal with the demands of caregiving…- David McCasland ……… Psalm 46:1 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

November 08, 2007
UNITED NATIONS REPORT shows that there is ‘decreasing poverty’ in the Phil.  The proportion of families below the poverty threshold has decreased to 24.4 percent in July compared to 39.9 percent in 1990.  Yet, our SWS Report in March07 indicates around 17 million Filipinos or 19% of the population are hungry and 45 million or 53% saw themselves as poor…- Alejandro Roces  Phil Star ……….. 1 Timothy 6:17, 18 “Tell those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money.  Money cannot be trusted.  They should put their trust in God.  He gives us all we need for our happiness.  Tell them to do good and be rich in good works.  They should give much to those in need and be ready to share.”

November 09, 2007
The Hoffman poem goes thus: “I must tell Jesus all of my trials, I cannot bear these burdens alone; In my distress He kindly will help me, He ever loves and cares for His own.” – Through prayer, we can step into the calming presence of the Lord and find strength to go on.  As we bring our heartaches and needs to God, He meets us where we are and gives us His peace.  He is an ever – present help who cares for us in every situation…- McCasland ……… Psalm 46:4,5 “There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.  God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.”

November 10, 2007
Typically, as we age we lose our prominence and our positions of influence.  We fret over the extent that our reputations are being enhanced or damaged.  Here is a test for our gifts, our prayers, our fasts: Are they done for God’s eyes only? If so, though overlooked and unnoticed by others, we have our Father’s acknowledgement and reward…- David Roper ……….. Matthew 6:18 “Your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

November 11, 2007
The world’s second-wealthiest country, Japan once seemed poised to overtake America as the leading global economic powerhouse.  Today, it confronts an array of disturbing social trends, notably a population of more than 1 million hikikomori: young men who shut themselves in their rooms, withdrawing from society.  There is also a growing number of  ‘parasite singles’: women who refuses to leave home, marry, or bear children.  Its tradition – steeped society, its aversion to change, and its distrust of individuality are stifling economic revival, political reform, and social evolution…- Michael Zielenger, author of Shutting Out The Sun- How Japan  Created Its Own Lost Generation …………. Proverbs 21:2 “The Lord pondereth the hearts.”

November 12, 2007
Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan that its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history.  It is still a living object of power and beauty among us…- Inazo Nitobe, Bushido Chapter 1 ……… 1 Timothy 4:4 “For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the Word of God and prayer.”

November 13, 2007
China is now expected to pass Germany as the world’s third largest economy this year, a fitting opening act for the spectacle Beijing plans for the 2008 Olympics…- Melinda Liu, Newsweek …………… Romans 11:33 “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!”

November 14, 2007
The transformation of  Beijing for the ‘08 Olympics is merging as the most ambitious remake of any major world capital in history.  A massive coming-of-age party for the world’s newest economic superpower, as planned.  The creation of a dynamic new capital with ‘the ultramodern pyramids of the 21st century’, evokes the remaking of Paris in 1887…- Prof. Zhou Rong, Tsinghua University Architecture School …………….. Romans 11:36 “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.  To Him be glory forever. Amen.”

November 15, 2007
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.  Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door…- Emma Lazarus, Incription on Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor……… Revelations 5:9 “And they sang a new song with these words: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seal and open it.  For you were slain, and Your Blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.  And You have caused them to become God’s Kingdom and His Priests.  And they will reign on the earth’.”

November 16, 2007
Edification (noun) – improvement or moral guidance, enlighten, upbuild, nurture, support, strengthen…- Random House Webster’s Dictionary……… 1 Thessalonians 5:11 “So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.-…And remember to live peaceably with each other.-… Encourage those who are timid.  Take tender care of those who are weak.  Be patient with everyone.- See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to everyone else.- Always be joyful. – Keep on praying.- No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”

November 17, 2007
The Asian Development Bank has sharply upgraded its growth outlook for the Philippines for this year and the next.  The ADB raised its economic growth forecast for the Philippines from 5.9 to 6.9 percent-higher than the government’s official target.  The ADB projects ’07 higher growth in PI Gross domestic Product to reach 6.6 percent…-PDI Business……… Philippians 1:6 “And I am sure that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again.”

November 18, 2007
Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men’s blood.  Make big plans: aim high in hope and work…- Daniel Burnham …… 1 Corinthians 2:4 “And my message and my preaching were very plain.  I did not use wise and persuasive speeches, but the Holy Spirit was powerful among you.  I did this so that you might trust the power of God rather than human wisdom.”

November 19, 2007
Beware lest you forget God’s purpose for your life, viz., ‘I am created for God, He made me’.  We have to maintain our soul open to the fact of God’s creative purpose, and not muddle it with our own intentions.  If we do, God will have to crush  our intentions on one side however much it may hurt.  The realization on earth, and we have to learn to rely on the creative purpose of God…- Oswald Chambers ……… Isaiah 49:5 “And now the Lord says – He who formed me in the womb to be His servant.”

November 20, 2007
Poverty within is as dangerous as poverty without…- rowan Swan ……. Proverbs 30:8 “Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.”

November 21, 2007
To make ends meet, put the lord between them …- T.J. Bach ……….. Psalm 42:5 “Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, For I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.”

November 22, 2007
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes…- hnery J. Kaiser ……… Ephesians 5:15 “Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.”

November 23, 2007
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges…- J.F. Newton ………….  1 John 1:7 “But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”

November 24, 2007
Some books have table of contents; others have no contents…- Melchor Cichon ………... Romans 11:33 “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!...”

November 25, 2007
Every long lost dream led me to where you are/ Others who broke my heart they were just northern stars/ Pointing me on my way into your loving arms/ This much I know is true/ That God blessed the broken road/ And led me straight to you…-  Melodie Crittenden, Bless the Broken Road, the Duets Album ………… Matthew 12:20 “A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not snuff out, till He leads justice to victory.  In His Name the nations will put their hope.”

November 26, 2007
His mother saw books as the best way to nurture his passionate curiosity, and she ‘implanted in his mind the love of learning’.  Nancy Eliot Edison died before he reached the pinnacle of success.  Little did she realize that her son’s lifelong drive to find solutions to problems would usher in a new age of technology, with more than a thousand patents issued in his name.  Thomas Alva Edison, better known as the creator of the light bulb, the kinescope motion picture camera, the stock ticker machine, the phonograph, etc.- although virtually deaf from the age 12 never forgot her contributions to his many achievements……- Le Ann Weiss, Heartlifters ……….. Proverbs 13:2 “Good people enjoy the positive results of their words, but those who are treacherous crave violence.”

November 27, 2007
For more than a hundred years, engineers and scientists have dreamed of a perpetual source of energy, one that would generate more power than it consumes.  Imagine a power source that would drive your car without ever needing to be replenished.  Perpetual  energy would violate the laws of physics.  But there is a source of perpetual mental and emotional fuel available to us to achieve our dreams.  It is called ‘hope’…- Steven K Scott …….. Proverbs 13:12 “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when dreams come true, there is life and joy.”

November 28, 2007
In a very real sense, when we invite Christ into our lives, the Flow finds us and we find the Flow.  From then on, we are recipients and conduits of living water-the eternal source of thirst-quenching satisfaction for our souls.  The indwelling Holy Spirit carries us along by a power and purpose greater than ourselves…- David McCasland …… John 7:37, 38 “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.  He who believes in Me, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”

November 29, 2007
The idealist cannot be reformed: if he is driven out of his heaven, he makes an ideal out of his hell…- Evan Esar ……… “I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

November 30, 2007
The man whose head you cannot get a new idea into is usually the same man whose head you cannot get an old idea out of…- Nietzche …….. Lamentations 3:37,38 “Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Is it not from the Mouth of The Most High that both calamities and good things come?”

December 01, 2007
The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it…- Oscar Wilde …….. Lamentations 3:40 “Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.”

December 02, 2007
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it…- Andrew Carnegie …….. Proverbs 16:21 “The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant words promote instruction.”

December 03, 2007
It is not work that kills men; it is worry.  Worry is rust upon the blade…- Henry Beecher ………. Proverbs 17:24 “A discerning man keeps wisdom in view, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.”

December 04, 2007
Sometimes to be headstrong, is to be brain-weak…- Bob Faravon ……… Proverbs 17:27 “A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered.”

December 05, 2007
The ultimate benefit of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do…- Leontyne Price ……… Proverbs 17:16 “Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom?”

December 06, 2007
In one of his most poignant and philosophical acts, “Youth, maturiy, Old Age, Death,” Marcel Marceau – who put the Art of Mime on the world stage and brought poetry to silence – wordlessly showed the passing of an entire life in just minutes.  He mastered the rare gift of being able to communicate with each and everyone beyond the barriers of language…- French PM Francois Fillon……….. Luke 12:15 “Beware, don’t be greedy for what you don’t have.  Real life is not measured by how much we own.”

December 07, 2007
I know that we must go much further, be bolder and more confident if we are to unleash the talents of all and make Britain the place it can be.  We should be proud of the fact that this country is richer, faster, and more confident, but we should also say there is more to do.  Victory has to be earned, not taken for granted.  Even more so if it’s the fourth time.  But it is in the scale of our long-term ambitions and our determination to achieve them that we define ourselves…- British PM Gordon Brown in his maiden speech as Labor Party Leader ……….. Luke 12:21 “Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”

December 08, 2007
Start by doing the necessary, then the possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible…- St. Francis of Assisi ……… 1 peter 1:6,7 “now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the  appearing of Jesus Christ.”

December 09, 2007
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently – Henry Ford ……… Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have called according to His Purpose.”

December 10, 2007
And there will be a reckoning when all will know what each has done with their knowledge and gifts from the Lord.  How much has been given to us who have known Jesus – The Word of God made Flesh? How many have we shared / given back to others…- Claretian Publications ……… Luke 8:18 “Now, take care how  well you listen, for whoever produces will be given more, but from those who do not produce, even what they seem to have will be taken away from them.”

December 11, 2007
When a person from the upper class puts himself at the service of the poor, it causes an authentic revolution, the biggest, the most difficult one: the revolution of love…- Mother Teresa ………… 1 Peter 5:6 “Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.”

December 12, 2007
Frankly, I don’t know where all the time went, I just went from meeting one deadline to another, and before I knew it, it was 20 years.  Every time I see my daughter and son, I find my brain humming, ‘Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play?’  My brain swells to a chorus at the next line, which is: ‘I don’t remember getting older’.  Damn, I don’t even feel it, except when the gout comes around and gives me exquisitely painful reminders…- Conrado de Quiros, PDI Columnist, There’s The Rub on its 20th anniversary ……….. Isaiah 64:8,9 “O Lord, Thous art our Father; we are the clay, and Thou our Potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.  Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity forever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.”

December 13, 2007
No one is rich enough to buy back yesterday.  But if you have the character to do better things today, You would be the richer one tomorrow…- Rody Atonino ……… Isaiah 10:3 “What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches.”

December 14, 2007
The remarkable growth rate of Philippine Agriculture, with the Fisheries Subsector as the year’s growth driver, expanded 3.5% in the first half of 2007. 3% is a dramatic improvement as it exceeds the country’s population growth rate which is 2.5%.  It’s Peso value rose 5.20% to 467 billion for the period…-  Sen. Edgardo Angara, author of Agricultural Fisheries Modernization Act ….. Galatians 6:9 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

December 15, 2007
My father was not a failure.  After all, he was the father of a president of the United States…- Harry S. Truman ……… Isaiah 51:6 “Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies.  But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.”

December 16, 2007
In the USA, the median price of an existing home – the point where half sold for more and half for less–edged up slightly in August to $224,500, an increase of 0.2 percent versus Aug 2006.  It marked the first year-over-year price increase after a record 12 straight months of declining prices.  However, many analysts believe that sales and prices will fall further as the housing market receives additional blows from rising defaults that are dumping more homes on an already glutted market and causing lenders to tighten standards…- Washington News ……… Proverbs 14:14,15 “The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good man rewarded for his.  A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.”

December 17, 2007
Asian Stocks touched record highs and the dollar hit another all-time low against the euro after more weak US economic data boosted expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again, to shield the world’s biggest economy from a housing slump and financial turbulence…- Tokyo News… Job 5:6 – Lamentations 3:27 “Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth rouble spring out of the ground; yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. – It is good for a man that he bears the yoke in his youth.”

December 18, 2007
My family has been with me in Australia now for around six months and we’re really enjoying it.  The friendly welcome, easygoing lifestyle and, of course, obsession with sport makes Australia the envy of the world.  Now, with the onset of spring and  summer, we’ll be looking forward to even more of Australia’s beautiful landscape in our BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine, Born To Run…- Guenther Seeman, BMW Australia Managing Director …….. Hebrews 12:12 “Lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.”

December 19, 2007
Love is too strong a word to say it too early, but it has too beautiful a meaning to say it too late…- Kurt Comish ……… 1 John 4:19-21 “We love because he first loved us.  If anyone say, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar.  For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.  And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.”

December 20, 2007
Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty- they merely move it from their faces into their hearts…- Martin Buxbaum …… Ezekiel 36:26 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

December 21, 2007
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it.  You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want…- Zig Ziglar ……… Psalm 25:4 “Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.”

December 22, 2007
The great successful men of the world have used their imagination… They think ahead and create their mental picture in all its details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building-steadily building…- Robert Collier …….. Collossians 3:23 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that yo will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.”

December 23, 2007
Dear tested and tried believer, it is your mission to walk onto the stage of this world in order to reveal to all of heaven and earth that the music of life lies not in your circumstances or external things but in your own soul…- L.B. Cowan ……. John 16:33 “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me.  Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.  But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

December 24, 2007
If peace be in your heart,/ The wildest winter storm is full of solemn beauty,/ The midnight flash but shows your path of duty,/ Each living creature tells some new and joyous story,/ The very trees and stones all catch a ray of glory,/ If peace be in your heart…- Charles Francis Richardson ……. Philippians 4:7 “…His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”

December 25, 2007
The biggest challenge ahead is the growing income disparity.  More and more people seem to be falling to the very bottom, from where they see no means of escaping.  It is unlike in the 1950’s and ‘60s, when most people assumed that if you just worked hard you could move up the social ladder.  In terms of social stability, it’s not a good phenomenon.  Hongkong people are very pragmatic…- Anson Chan, Deputy to the last British Governor and then to Beijing- appointed Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa …… Deuteronomy 15:11 “There will always be some among you who are poor.  That is why I am commanding you to share your resources freely with the poor and those in need.”

December 26, 2007
China plans to formally establish its Sovereign Wealth Fund to start investing nearly US$200billion thru the CIC- China Investment Corp. in international markets with the goal of improving returns on its US$1.4 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves, most of which is invested in US Treasurys…- Rick Carew, Wall Street  Journal………………….. 1 Corinthians 16:1 “now about the collection for God’s people: Do what I told the Galatians Churches to do.  On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.”

December 27, 2007
Japan is preparing to launch the biggest change in the country’s financial regulations, a move designed to encourage the nation’s thrifty savers to put more of their US $13trillion in personal assets into stocks and bonds.  The Financial Instruments Exchange Law-FIEL lays out structures for registration and marketing of Hedge Funds, Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds to investors…- Yuka Hayashi, Wall Street Journal……… 1 Corinthians 3:7-9 “The ones who do the planting or watering aren’t important, but God is important because He is the one who makes the seed grow.  The one who plants and the one who waters work as a team with the same purpose.  Yet they will be rewarded individually, according to their own hard work.  We work together as partners who belong to God.  You are God’s field, God’s building-not ours.”

December 28, 2007
The Philippine Stock Exchange’s Annual Value turnover in the first nine months hit a record Pesos 1 Trillion- a landmark in the PSE’s 80 year history…- Francis Lim, PSE President ………. Matthew 13:31 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field.  It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants and grows into a tree where birds can come and find shelter in its branches.”

December 29, 2007
Oh what a beautiful morning!...-Andy Reyes ……. Psalm 69:32 “The humble will see their God at work and be glad.  Let all who seek God’s help live in joy.”

December 30, 2007
GOOD PEOPLE are like the wind, can’t see what’s inside their hearts, but you can always feel their goodness & sincerity…- Art Lazatin ……. John 15:5-8 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches.  Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit.  For apart from Me you can do nothing.”

December 31, 2007
Men do not decide whether they will worship or not, they only decide on who they will worship-John MacArthur ….. Exodus 20:5,6 “You must never worship or bow down to other Gods, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not share your affection with any other god.  I do not leave unpunished the sins of those who hate me, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations.  But I lavish My love on those who love Me and obey My commands, even for a thousand generations.”

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