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The Appointed Time Part 1

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, January 30, 2012, In : Word for the week 
“To everything and to everyone there is a time appointed.” I think that statement had really shocked me—truly if we know the appointed time, then we won’t fret but we will prepare and do well in advance. What would happen if everyone knows the time that their loved ones would depart? Then they would all do what they can to be around them before that time comes. Likewise, what would happen if we know what time we are supposed to receive and get an employment? 

Then we won’t be losing...

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Addressing calamities and vulnerabilities

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, January 6, 2012, In : Special bulletin 
Addressing calamities and vulnerabilities
Edison Macusi

Today the term most abused is climate change. Every time there is a disaster somewhere in the world, people in authority or even those with little knowledge always claim and quickly run to this term. When the disaster struck Cagayan De Oro, Iligan City and Dumaguete City down South in Mindanao, and the Visayas, people were quick to say that it was climate change. 

However, the real culprit and the real story behind this destruction was m...

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Trusting God in this season

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, January 6, 2012, In : Word for the week 

Celebrating New Year always evokes in us a new hope and a new beginning.  Hope is sorely needed in a world that is greatly shaken, in a world that is currently in recession, experiencing earthquakes, political turmoil, unrest and floods. I believe that we have come to a juncture in time when everything that will be shaken will be shaken. Paul writes about this , “See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much ...


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The King is coming!

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, December 15, 2011, In : Word for the week 
There has never been a more opportune time, more signs in the heavens and on earth happening than this time. When an earthly king comes to visit a country, they always send their advance party to prepare the way of the king for his coming. They make his passage safe, they level the crooked paths and they inform the people of how important this dignitary is by rolling a red carpet and putting signs of his coming. The truth is, the Lord Jesus, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords is coming a...

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Keeping a thankful heart in the midst of turmoil

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, December 1, 2011, In : Word for the week 
Man is hardly thankful to God. If man had ever been thankful to God, he could have always followed and searched for truth. He could have been more thankful to Him than the birds that chirp everyday thanking God for a new day, a new meal and for the life it has. All of creation are thanking God for King David said, “Let all that has breath praise the Lord!” But we are hardly thankful to Him, even today that the pressures of living have become even greater and the economic systems of the wo...

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Trusting the Lord with all our heart

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, November 28, 2011, In : Word for the week 
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; 
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. 
Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. 
It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones. Proverbs 3:5-8 (NKJV)


Trust is earned. People can love each other, they can give gifts, they can hug and even kiss but the lack of trust could easily distort this love. To be a people of faith, we need to trust God. W...

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Women standing up

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, In : Special bulletin 

Do not enter the path of the wicked, And do not walk in the way of evil. 
Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on. 
For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall. For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. Proverbs 4:14-17 (NKJV)

There is a prophecy in the Bible that shows women shall rise up during these days not only to liberate themselves from the deception that the devil has hea...

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Is there not a cause?

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, November 18, 2011, In : Special bulletin 
There is a current buzz about how former president Arroyo has taken a dramatic props to elicit mercy from the poor and the generally unsuspecting population of the country. Props, sickness and disease cannot be an excuse to face accountability of the electoral fraud, the fertilizer scam and the ZTE scam. Corruption cannot be excused after someone has done it already. This is like punching your neighbour in the stomach and then telling him that it was just a joke. Well, whether it was a joke, ...
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The Discipline of the Father

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, November 3, 2011, In : Special bulletin 
Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.  Job 5:17

Blessed is the man you discipline, O Lord, the man you teach from your law; you grant him relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked. Psalm 94:12-13


Many times in our lives we face adversity and we face the rebukes of others as we go in our daily living. It could be our boss, our employer in our jobs or it could be our mother scolding us for not taking the garbage outside...

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Be sure your sin will find you out

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, In : Special bulletin 
Integrity is a word that few treasures these days. True to the prophecy that these are great and dreadful times, many leaders who want to extol the virtues of power over wisdom and integrity have mired themselves to the past. As Moses wrote, those who fail to obey the Lord’s command will “be sinning against the Lord; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out” (Num 32:23). Rigging the elections is like creating an artificial monopoly in the market. Once this monopoly is b...
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Surigao mining attacks, a dastardly act of cowardice!

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, In : Special bulletin 
Mining and tourism are part of the sunshine business that the Philippines should look into. We have to wake up that fishing and agriculture while basic and needed cannot sustain our country towards industrialisation. While outsourcing continues to bless the Philippines with a generated income of about 12-13 billion dollars and rising to 100 billion dollars by 2020 (according to estimates), we cannot rely on putting all our economic hopes in one basket alone. In fact this is the reason ...
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Defining what ministry is

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, September 29, 2011, In : Word for the week 
I have been wondering what is the meaning of true ministry--at first, I thought that this means preaching and teaching to people, having a platform to actually reach others to God or becoming as famous as Martin Luther or Peter, Paul and John. The very names of whom speak also the nature of Christ in them, that He was a reformer, evangelist, teacher, prophet and lover of our souls. Ministry have taken a new meaning apart from what God intended it to be, it is preaching and teaching to ...
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Strengthen yourself in the Lord

Posted by Edison Macusi on Saturday, September 24, 2011, In : Word for the week 
How can we strengthen ourselves? How do we react to situations and issues that arise in our office, ministry, and children? Do we rant and rave after losing our keys, or our car jammed into traffic, or after we are being billed for our electricity and water consumptions? How do we keep our cool and not burst into anger? Many Christians may not rant and rave because they understood and knew that it is a sin to have an outburst of anger but even then, in silence, their thoughts traverse ...
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Don't die in your winter

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, In : Word for the week 
“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and  winter, day and night will never cease.” Gen 8:22

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” Eccl 3:1

Have you been experiencing a general weakness? Or have you been wondering about your purpose? What you are supposed to do at this stage in your life? Sit, relax, God is in control and He is not pointing His finger, worried about time, or wrangling about all the things...

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Making money your slave

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, In : Word for the week 
Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. Ecclessiastes 5:10

We have been talking about money in order to gain a deeper understanding on how God views money and the natural resources that we have been given. Obviously, the Lord will not give more to those who squander their present resources or those who do not have the wisdom to use what they were given. Money is a powerful tool when handled properly but without the right h...

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Dealing with offense and bitterness in life

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, August 29, 2011, In : Word for the week 
“It is impossible that no offenses should come…” Luke 17:1-4 NKJV

Many people get easily offended. They are misers, unhappy and easily jolted by the failures or successes of others. Misery can be defined as the consequence of a negative reaction when we are offended, persecuted or challenged. The feeling of misery escalates when we find ourselves drawn to self-pity and self-condemnation or to accusation of others. Often, the very people who are closest to us inflicts the hardest pa...

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Acquiring heavenly treasures

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, August 11, 2011, In : Word for the week 
"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?” Luke 16:10-12

Money per se is not evil. But once we put our trust in money, or on our wealth, this becomes our god. The Lord ...

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Facing disappointments in life

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, July 29, 2011, In : Word for the week 
What is disappointment? Everyone has at one time been a victim of disappointment. From the man waiting for his pizza in the Restaurant to the taxi driver waiting for his turn in the queue to the budding businessman receiving a letter of rejection from his bankers for his business proposal to the young lover whose romantics had just been rejected by his love one; Or to us, it could be an erring church member whose behaviour we regard as rebellious because we simply could not accept her person...
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Lola Meding and her unwavering faith

Posted by Edison Macusi on Saturday, July 23, 2011, In : Special bulletin 
Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Therefore th...

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Facing trials in life

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, In : Word for the week 
1.    Why do trials occur in this life? And why does God sends trials? Most of us define trials by our experience whether we are Christians or Non-Christians, everyone understands that both suffers and come to a point of suffering in this life. For most of us in the Philippines, trials are equated to poverty. We endure the afflictions and sicknesses because we see them as part of life. It is natural for most of us…but who could have thought that being rich and wealthy could also be a...
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Overcoming the grip of money

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, July 14, 2011, In : Word for the week 
“No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.” Luke 16:13

Understanding the times is not only crucial to our survival but for us to use the times of crises to take action. Unless we have been prepared of the things that will happen ahead, who will warn the others? Just as a loud serene warns of an impending war, disaster or bombing in a city, the tr...

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Becoming a real Bondservant

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, July 7, 2011, In : Word for the week 
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.

Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God.

He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

“Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God...

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Choosing the mark of God

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, June 30, 2011, In : Word for the week 
Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

In the last two chapters we dealt with the two beasts that will deceive the whole world (those in rebellion against God). The antic...

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Is there something bad with Jerome’s broadcast?

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, June 20, 2011, In : Special bulletin 
I was appalled by what I heard and seen in the Inquirer reports concerning the alleged attack on the hard-hitting radio man this week in his broadcasting lair in Bulanao. If true, this is a sign that the Governor could not take the punches on the air. Criticism of officials by media men and his own people should not be seen as curtailing the works of the governor but rather should be seen in the light of what more can be done. Inside big private companies they have supervisors or gover...
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The Sin of Man

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, May 26, 2011, In : Word for the week 
“The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.” I Corinthians 2:14

In the last chapter we discussed that the seed of the anti-Christ will not come emblazoned with his head flashing a word “antichrist” or his office affixed with a plaque “Beast.” The Scripture refers to this personification of the sin of man as the “man of s...

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Birth Pains and Desolations

Posted by Edison Macusi on Saturday, April 23, 2011, In : Word for the week 
 “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.” Matthew 24:7-8

Like a woman who is about to give birth, the writhing pain and agony of the earth will just be a prelude to the end so that the New World Order which the Lord Jesus Christ will put up in His coming reign for a thousand years will be fulfilled. It is true that there will be much destruction because the judgment o...
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Nation will rise against nation

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, In : Word for the week 
“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.” Matthew 24:7-8

The word nation translated here means ethnic from the Greek word ethnos. Almost all wars have been rooted in differences between tribal leaders and their practices which is why the travail in the last days would include severe wars between tribes or nation vs. nation and kingdom vs kingdom. For instance the case ...
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Earthquakes, roaring seas, rumors of war and the last days

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, In : Special bulletin 
As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against na...

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A hope that does not disappoint

Posted by Edison Macusi on Sunday, December 26, 2010, In : Word for the week 
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. (Rom 5:5 NIV) Christmas is undoubtedly the biggest celebration in the Philippines. Even those who cannot afford to buy anything by virtue of their poverty are predisposed to go into debt just to have a table full of presents and food this Christmas. It is not sin to celebrate Christmas nor does the pagan practice formerly associated with it have anything to do ...

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Bringing hope this christmas

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, December 21, 2010, In : Special bulletin 
I have been fascinated by the rumours and confusion that distraught many in the seminal decision of the Supreme Court concerning the acquittal of Hubert Webb and his colleagues on the Vizconde Massacre in June 1991. Although not expected, this decision actually helps reframe the case and digs deeper than merely speculations on the truth of who actually did the crime. Solving this case requires forgiveness and looking at a different angle on who did and masterminded the gruesome murder ...

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Faith brings hope part 2

Posted by Edison Macusi on Saturday, December 18, 2010, In : Word for the week 
Last week we started sharing on the necessity of personally propagating the gospel of Christ into all the world as the scale of darkness brings scare and hopelessness into the hearts of many. The phrase “into all the world” implies geographical, cultural, economic and global aspects of propagating the Kingdom of God into all the world. There are however some paradoxes in the world which certainly needs much study and revelation from God. Our motivation in seeking others whom God ha...

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Faith brings hope part 1

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, December 10, 2010, In : Word for the week 

There are instances in our lives when we have almost given up on people that we are trying to win for the Lord. Sometimes we also give up on our very love ones who do not seem to change. We demand that people around us conform to what we believe is right and true. Though we understand that the truth should be known by everyone, it is not our responsibility to change people. We do not claim to have that power to change others. What we do claim is that we have the faith that overcomes th...


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Faith brings inextricable joy part 1

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, In : Word for the week 

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” (Phil 2:3-4 NIV)

In daily life, one can be affected by anxious thoughts and worries of the future due to present instabilities that occur in our society. This can only distract and lessen our full devotion to God. We are called to abide in the Prince of Peace who alone can calm all our wo...


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Living in the unexpected places

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, October 22, 2010, In : Special bulletin 
I have been in the Philippines for more than one year now, doing things that I thought I would not be doing or being in the places that I have not envisioned to stay for a long period. In this year, I have pointed out in our special bulletin (Understanding 2010 and the coming elections series) that there is a rebirth that is coming upon this nation. Just as any birth will be painful and messy at first, it was the same with the new administration that has been ruling this country for mo...

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Hope in the midst of crisis part 2

Posted by Edison Macusi on Sunday, September 5, 2010, In : Special bulletin 
Last week we have discussed that crises come to try us and reveal the foundations that we have. Every person in this world will face crisis in varying degrees and so will every tribe, nation and organizations. How we face the trials will determine the outcome of our destiny. Just as Israel’s first test was to either believe the Lord in the midst of trying circumstances or abandon their faith and return to slavery so will every one of us. When Pharaoh’s army pursued them in the Red ...
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Hope in the midst of Crisis

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, August 30, 2010, In : Special bulletin 

There is hope amidst the cacophony of confusion and shaking that is happening everywhere. The event that transpired last Monday (August 23), the infamous bus hostage taking at the Quirino grandstand that was watched around the world was supposed to be a showcase whether Noynoy and most Filipinos would value the life of their human fellows or allow themselves to be bound by the temporal convenience that has taken root upon almost everyone in this planet. Sadly, the 11 hour struggle that sta...


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Noynoy Aquino: the unlikely savior of the Philippine republic

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, In : Special bulletin 

I kept silence during the inauguration of Pres. Noynoy Aquino,watching and praying that indeed we have not made a mistake in choosing this unlikely candidate. I have prophesied before in my article, “The birth of a New Philippines” that appeared in May and quickly taken on by the broadcast media and aired that we are living in a new chapter of history.

Indeed, one can hardly recognize when history had come and favoured the most unlikely person to be the president because we were...


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Break free from evil part 12: Growing in faith and confidence

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, In : Word for the week 
There are three keys of success in our Christian life: 1) the faith that overcomes the world, 2) our trust in the Scriptures as His inerrant Word and 3) intimate relationship with the Lord. Let’s discuss how we can grow in faith and develop confidence that can help us grow and do mighty exploits for God. There are teachers that teach self-confidence is a vain thing in this world and therefore we must throw it away. There are also teachers that tell the opposite that we need it and we cannot...
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Break free from evil part 10: The cross--the remedy for sin and bondage

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, July 12, 2010, In : Word for the week 
I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with Me. Isaiah 63:3

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

The old rugged cross was a symbol of the Roman empire’s prestige, power and position. It is shameful to be crucified as the Scriptures say that cursed be the man that hangs on a tree. The cross was a human invention of the most wicked scheme of punishment to his fellow; yet just as the human mind intended it ...


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Break free from evil part 9: The incubation of evil

Posted by Edison Macusi on Sunday, June 27, 2010, In : Word for the week 
Evil does have a life by itself. It cannot be denied that once this life form infects the human being, he becomes its target until he is fully overcome. The devil establishes itself in the believers mind and heart as clearly expounded by Paul, For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against t...
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Soledad B. Reyes, Ed.D. the foremost educator of Kalinga-Apayao

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, In : Bonhoeffer files 
I was greeted by the grim news that Lola Sol, as we fondly call the former chief of the Department of Education Culture and Sports (now Dep Ed) then at Bulanao, passed away. Her husband had just gone to be with the Lord last January and to suddenly realize that she too had been called at the city gates of the New Jerusalem above seems impossible and unexpected. I came to know my lola personally during my kinder and elementary days because my mother who was employed as a clerk at D...
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Break free from evil part 6: Fear hijacks your destiny

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, May 24, 2010, In : Word for the week 

Apart from afflicting nations and people groups just as we had discussed, fear can also hijack the destiny of a nation or a person. Because Israel allowed the fear of the sons of Anak to conquer them, they were never able to conquer their Promised Land. This generation wasted for 40 years in the wilderness and did not see the fruits of the Promised Land. Where a nation or people group continues to allow fear to control them, they will stop moving forward, that’s the end of a nati...


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The birth of a new Philippines

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, May 6, 2010, In : Special bulletin 

In the coming days we will witness the rebirth of the Philippines–our prayers for our country will determine whether the outcome will be for good or for evil. I have been in a church service this past week and had seen a vision of what is coming upon our country. I felt that this is real and true, I saw the Philippines bathed with a great light, the radiance and the expanse of it covers the entire island in yellowish tinge coming from the heavens above and animated by wavelit lig...


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Break free from evil part 1: Training for reigning

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, April 26, 2010, In : Word for the week 
“I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!” Luke 12:49-50

God did not instantly translated us to heaven

Many complain of the evil they see around us. Many are downright angry at the bottom of their hearts. They complain of abortion, of their corrupt leaders, of the Muslim insurgency, of the economy and so many other things. They question, why God did not translate us to heaven earlier when we were born again? Why can’t it be like Enoch or Elij...


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A heart ablazed for God part 10

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, April 2, 2010, In : Word for the week 
A burning light

Few men have witnessed the fiery splendors of heaven as much as those magi who went to look for the King who would one day rule the world. They understood that the heavens do speak of the glory and majesty of the Celestial Being, who ordered the starry host at night to shine their lights and the moon to reflect the light of the sun and give light at night. The entire heavenly host seems to move at the beating of the Unseen Conductor, standing right at it. They had unde...


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Understanding 2010 and the coming election part 2

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, March 22, 2010, In : Special bulletin 
The times in the wilderness

Israel was not quickly transported to heaven after believing God and being “baptized” in the Red sea. She was thrust rather to walking the great distance from that point on to the wilderness. This experience is really a means of God to get their hearts truly aligned to His mind for the calling that He has called them. This journey could have not lasted very long, it could have been simply an 11 days journey and  then to the Promised Land, but because of t...


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Leadership roles in the 21st century: helping others see and take action part 2

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, February 1, 2010, In : Word for the week 
The five essential traits of spiritual leadership
  1. Vision-the eyes of the leader beholds the panorama of how far, how wide and how long he can go in the revealed purposes of God. Vision takes precedence in the life of leader because he must see so that he can lead others. The lack of vision sounds the death knell to any existing enterprise or organization. It is by having a vision that we can understand and see how many more steps we need to get nearer to what God called us to do. Just as Jesu...

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Leadership roles in the 21st century: helping others see and take action part 1

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, February 1, 2010, In : Word for the week 
There are many definition for the words leadership and leaders. Just googling the word leadership gives you 122 million entries to look up. That is how desperately varied we are in defining what leadership is, some definitions of leadership are the following,

“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.” Thomas Carlyle, writer, historian

“Times produce the person and not the other way around.” Herbert Spencer, philosopher, social darwinist

“Leadership is influence....


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Understanding your purpose and walking in it part 3

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, In : Word for the week 

As I have written last week, understanding your purpose to answer the call of God in your life could be the greatest cure to the church’s spurious and superficial life in the spirit. True spiritual regeneration brings with it genuine changes and fruit of eternity that could only be counted once we graduate in heaven. There are general purposes which the Christian life follows and fulfills on this earth. Only the naïve thinks that this is all there is, however. Following the Lamb must b...


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Understanding your purpose and walking in it part 1

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, In : Word for the week 

One of the greatest fear that man struggles todays is to have lived a life that lacks purpose. Everyman asks for what purpose his existence has been granted in the council of the Eternal One, and almost everyone either ends up finding one or they are bent looking for it in the wrong places. Do we have a purpose? Shall I answer this in 40 points like Rick Warren did? Neigh, but let’s get down to the basics. God created man for a purpose, that no one can doubt but as to why He made you an...


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Understanding your purpose and walking in it part 2

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, In : Word for the week 

Last time we addressed the question as to whether man has really a purpose on this earth. And if he does, how can he find this out and through which door can he enter to discover it. Just these previous weeks I have been involved in giving lectures concerning the purpose of man and how he can find this out. When I tried asking the audience if they knew their purposes in this life, most of them would not even raise their hands except for a handful few. If this is the state of the church today...


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Putting away the holes in your pocket

Posted by Edison Macusi on Monday, December 21, 2009, In : Word for the week 

One evidence that we have matured is to find out that we are not anymore dictated by the course of this world as much as we are by the Holy Spirit. There are many reasons why a Christian is supposed to be guided by an internal source rather than by external circumstances that violate volition and clear mandate from the Scriptures. More than a

The Holy Spirit filled believers to the brim so that they were overwhelmed with joy and fire to proclaim God's message to the world

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Finding Christ in a broken world

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, In : Word for the week 
Fröhliche Weihnachten! Naragsak a Pascua kadatayu amin. These two words are often painted in canvass of mixed colors, splashed with creativity, they hang almost everywhere in most shops and department stores. Some even glow at night with neon brightness. This happens not just in Europe but around the world where Christ is named and the

To the extent that we do good deeds to the least of His Brethren, we did it to Him

practice celebrated with assiduous religiosity. Sometime ago, I felt the pa...


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The cry for justice and righteousness

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, In : Word for the week 

Vehicles along with the victims were apparently dumped in ready made pits by the perpetrators

It has since been more than three weeks and we have been seeking justice for the sake of 57 innocent people who have been mercilessly killed for the sake of selfish ambition and territoriality of the Ampatuan prowling lions of Maguindanao. In due time, the Word of God clearly elaborates more and let us hear what could be the cry for righteousness and justice of those who have been buried i...


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Standing for what is right: the Maguindanao debacle

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, December 3, 2009, In : Special bulletin 

We are taking sometime to absorb the lessons that we can get from the recent albeit macabre Ampatuan massacre. As Christians who are called to be the salt and light of the earth, we are supposed to be shining our light on issues in our

For there to be justice in the land, a judge must be impartial, decisive and takes action on the basis of evidences and witnesses

communities that beg us to question why? And how we can avoid those same pitfall that our brethren has fallen to. We are decei...


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The Maguindanao Massacre

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, November 26, 2009, In : Special bulletin 
The carnage that left 57 dead at Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao on November 23 has left us all wondering for what barbarity and primitive acts has been committed not just to the Maguindanao populace but for us all. This begs us not just a simple what? Or why? But a condition that existed already and burst out of control, finally the devil has been exposed for what it is. Political violence that marked many provinces is a color that has co-existed among many

The killing fields is a deliberate atte...


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A functioning body

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, In : Word for the week 
“For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.

Just as the body of man is but one, so is the Body of Christ but one

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for ...


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Updates on the Ifugao CYF leadership seminar

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, November 5, 2009, In : Special bulletin 
As some of you may already know, we went to Kiangan, Ifugao for the CYF leadership conference that has instilled a greater zeal and devotion on our part who oversaw the work there. Truly, God’s army is moving forward and I could find no other encouragement than that my survey of the youth leaders there showed that 87% of these young men and women wants to do ministry and 95% of them in worship/music area. This is not a coincidence because it is during these dull, boisterous and chaotic peri...
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The coming global warming

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, In : Notes on culture and society 
“The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant. Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.” (Isaiah 24:5-6)

Many among us thinks that the global warming is simply the business of Science to take care and save the planet. Despite the many warnings and the awareness preached by environmental movement gr...


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The Political Dynasties of the Philippines part 2

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, In : Notes on culture and society 
Political dynasties did not completely surface not until the post World War II. Most Filipino leaders then after the war were completely driven by reconstruction efforts and the Philippine economy is just enjoying its highest value in the
Malacanang Palace, the house of all Philippine Presidents

Malacanang Palace, the house of all Philippine Presidents

Far East. War tempered and full of vision, this post World War II leaders gave a sense of vision to Filipinos both the rich and the poor. It was to be going on to great progress, but the wilderness pe...


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The Political Dynasties of the Philippines part 1

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, In : Notes on culture and society 
A fragmented society

The Philippine culture has a great flair for being known for political dynasties. One question that we can have on this  is what are the factors that caused this thing to happen? Why are many Filipinos opting for rather a familiar person and not looking for another one or for a change? Culture alone and history won’t completely answer these questions but we do have a culture that promotes political dynasties to run. The history of the Filipino people would to show us th...


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Praise you in the storm: typhoon Ramil is dead

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, October 23, 2009, In : Special bulletin 

In an amazing twist of destiny, we have been spared from another possibly deadly typhoon attack but praise the Lord for as we have all been praying, God stopped Ramil in the sea. Can God really stop a typhoon, much less a superstrong one in the radar of weather forecasters?  Yes, that truth is easier realized than anything when we think that He is both just, merciful and loving God. God can stop any percolating typhoon, windstorm, thunderstorm or even tornado. Even at the risk of being ...


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Developing Confidence part 2

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, October 22, 2009, In : Word for the week 

In 1 Samuel 17:1-11, we are told that the Philistines were all lined up in battle against the Israelites, and then, as if to display their arrogance, brought their massive weaponry into the thick of the conflict and challenged the Israelites if they could truly fight them. “Bring out your champion and let each of us fight together,” shouted the giant in taunting manner. “If he will win, we will be your slaves, but if I will win, you will be our servants,” rung the words t...


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Salt and light of the world part 2

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, In : Word for the week 
The Middle Ages

One characteristic of the Middles Ages is the combination of drastic fall of the Church from one reigning as supreme with the risen Lord in the heavens to one earthly minded and having lost its savor. There are many important lessons that we can get from the Middle Ages but one prominent event that plays well into the modern history of nations is the

There would have been no modern world as we know it today without the man who brought freedom movements into the fray. Truth spoken under the anointing has a prophetic authority unrivalled in this world.

There would have been no modern world as we know it today without the man who brought freedom movements into the fray. Truth spo...


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Salt and light of the world part 1

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, In : Word for the week 
Previously we discussed that there is an ongoing battle between light and darkness and ultimately, light will win just as when you open your lights at night, it drives away darkness in the room. A basic way to gain understanding how best
Blackholes can suck the light of others when nearby stars passes them by

Blackholes can suck the light of others when nearby stars passes them by

we can truly become the light of the world, is by examining the Scriptures which Jesus used to teach the people about being lights. It is imperative that if we want to properly u...


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Developing Confidence part 1

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, In : Word for the week 
There are three keys of success in the Christian life: 1) the faith that overcomes the world, 2) our trust in the Scriptures as His inerrant Word and 3) intimate relationship with the Lord. Today we will be discussing what is confidence and how can we develop it in our lives. There are teachers that teach self-confidence is a vain thing in this world and therefore we must throw it away. There are also teachers that tell us the opposite, that we need it and we cannot survive without it. So who...
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Understanding the Onslaught of "Ondoy" and "Pepeng"

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, October 9, 2009, In : Special bulletin 

Given all the prevailing issues that have come due to the floods that has brought our country to its knees, there is only one sure solution that everyone of us need to understand. We must build our houses on the Rock, that is plain, stable and solid ground that none can push away. This Rock is not dead, nor is it of volcanic origin or “earthly” as many geologists would mistake. It is not. We have to see the perspectives that is upon us now by asking three salient questions,

1) Wh...


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How to become a living witness of the Light

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, October 9, 2009, In : Word for the week 
How can one be a living witness? This is one of the most urgent questions and probably the most answered question by those who have gone through a Christian witnessing course. But is witnessing the whole point of being a living witness? Jesus called Himself the Faithful witness (Revelation 1:5) and the Faithful and True witness (Revelation 3:14) while He also called Antipas as His faithful and true witness who was martyred for His name in the city of Pergamum (Revelation 2:13). The Word witne...
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Finger on the wall

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, October 9, 2009, In : Word for the week 
One of my favorite books in the Bible is the book of Daniel. This man of God tread down the serpent and acted as counsellor, watchman and interpreter of God in the courts of the Kings during his days. He served one of the most cruel king ever born of woman, Nebuchadnezzar. He also served Darius the Mede as well as Cyrus the great. During one instance in his service to the house of Nebuchadnezzar, when his son was already ruling in his place, a finger appeared suddenly on the wall. Lost of wor...
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The Bago and its origin: the phoenix reborn from the ashes of other tribes

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, October 8, 2009, In : Notes on culture and society 
Can a nation be born again? Can it emerge from where it was mixed up and bring a distinct culture, language and practice that it is? This is the story of the Bago tribe as remarkable as this must be, yet in the story of nations and how they evolve into a distinct race and culture of their own, the Bagos can be called to be a nation of their own. The word nation means ethnos in Greek, which distinctly applies to every tribe that is found on earth today having come from different parental sourc...
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Overcoming the spirit of fear part 2

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, October 8, 2009, In : Word for the week 
As we have been discussing previously, fear binds the soul of man much like the jaws of a predatory animal clasps the flesh of its prey. Previously, we said that there is nothing to fear, except to fear God Himself because He is the Lord Almighty who holds the hearts of kings like water and turns it wherever He wants (Prov. 21:1). We also said that faith is counter to fear and this is held by the peace of God in our hearts. I want us to take a closer look on this fruit of the Spirit that keep...
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Overcoming the spirit of fear part 1

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, October 8, 2009, In : Word for the week 
Fear binds the soul of man like no other just as faith strengthens us and promotes well-being in our souls. In addition, just as faith is the vehicle that releases power in our midst so that the forces of heaven works with us, fear attracts the powers of hell to bind us and destroy us. It is written that Jesus came to set the captives free, that He was sent in order to “render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were ...

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The conflict between light and darkness part 3

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, October 8, 2009, In : Word for the week 
We continue our discussion on how we can best become the harbingers of peace and light into our families, communities and eventually our nation. The church is the most powerful entity in this world when we all combine our resources together as one big cooperative and institution. Whenever the Lord looks down from heaven, He does not see His body as bodies but He only sees one Church, His Bride. It is therefore very repugnant if not at all presumptuous to think that we own the people of God as...
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Above all powers: bracing for typhoon Pepeng

Posted by Edison Macusi on Thursday, October 1, 2009, In : Special bulletin 
In one of the most prophetic songs I have ever heard, Michael W. Smith’s Above All declares the majesty and power of God over the creation and dominion of man and all created beings. God’s power is really above all authority, above all powers, above all kings, above all thrones and dominions-He truly is the epitome, the one above all things. If Jesus is then King above all, what is the question? This is the struggle of all believers during times of crisis and during trials. Can God be tru...
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Typhoon "Ondoy" and its spiritual significance part 1

Posted by Edison Macusi on Sunday, September 27, 2009, In : Special bulletin 
This past two days we saw the great swell of water that flooded Marikina, Rizal, Bulacan and 23 other provinces that could only be described as catastrophic in nature. Typhoons and hurricanes represent one of the most potent forces of nature that could ever bring disaster on earth. With an average of 20 typhoons passing all over the country, there is no doubt that it takes a great faith and patience to truly build something of value and wonder in our country specially in Luzon and parts of Vi...
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The coming glory to the church

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, In : Special bulletin 
My wife suddenly had uncontrollable spasms in her stomach on the midnight of September 5. It begun last September 3 during the night after we just  finished celebrating the 2nd birthday of our toddler Germane Amber. We thought that her spasms were simple stomach aches. My wife also told me that it was different already because our first child was born premature at 8 months last September 3, 2007 in Davao.

Her labor of spasms were unknown to her because when Germane was born, she got spotting ...


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Overcoming the spirit of fear part 1

Posted by Edison Macusi on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, In : Word for the week 
Fear binds the soul of man like no other just as faith strengthens us and promotes well-being in our souls. In addition, just as faith is the vehicle that releases power in our midst so that the forces of heaven works with us, fear attracts the powers of hell to bind us and destroy us. It is written that Jesus came to set the captives free, that He was sent in order to “render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were s...
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The Health Scare industry

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, September 18, 2009, In : Special bulletin 
One of the questions we face when trials come upon our ways is whether God is really with us all the way or He has simply left us to suffer alone. Recently I faced one of the toughest trials yet that I have faced on earth, I almost lost my son because of sepsis. During our stay in Germany, it was our plan that my wife give birth in a decent hospital that would care for her and our baby. It is hard to imagine, much more to compare the difference of treatment between what one receives in a Germ...
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Offending God

Posted by Edison Macusi on Friday, September 4, 2009, In : Word for the week 
And do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:30-32)

We can offend God. Have we ever thought about this? Many thinks that God must ...


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A new yoke

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, In : Word for the week 
“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:29-30)

Finding the right master in our lives is what we are here for in this world. When we were born, we thought we own the whole world. We thought naively that there were no wars, no confusion and no master of good and evil. But that changed everything when we come to understand that in this world we are just a pa...


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You teach me in the night seasons

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, In : Word for the week 
I will bless the Lord who has counseled me; indeed, my mind instructs me in the night. (Psalm 16:7)

David writes here that the Lord gives instruction even in the night seasons. It is an amazing facet of the ministry of David the prophetic psalmist that God speaks to him even in dreams and visions as he has said. The Psalms in the Bible is a testimony to his heart meditations and hearing the songs of heaven. Even this talent was imparted to Solomon who wrote 3000 proverbs and 1005 songs (1 Kin...


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Finding God's rest

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, In : Word for the week 

“You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.”(Psalm 32:7)

One of the greatest revelations I find that keeps me from living an insecure life and appeals of the flesh is the understanding that Jesus Christ died for me and loves me. With this love, I find rest and peace that I do not need to struggle to find someone to love me unconditionally. I do not need to put my best foot forward and do many stunts and lies to cover up who I am. I...


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Divine shift

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, In : Word for the week 

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord
And whose trust is the Lord.
"For he will be like a tree planted by the water,
That extends its roots by a stream
And will not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of drought
Nor cease to yield fruit." (Jeremiah 17:7-8)

There are instances in our lives when changes happen and set a milestone. These are events made memorable because of their impact in our lives can be simply different. The change can b...


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Following God's presence

Posted by Edison Macusi on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, In : Word for the week 

Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.” (Exodus 33:13-14 KJV)

Moses asked for it and the Lord gave it. How many thousands of Christian leaders are wasting their time asking for other things but not the presence of God in their congregation, parishes, families and office...


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