“We have left everything and followed you”

Mark 10:28-31

Peter began to say to him, “Lo, we have left everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. But many that are first will be last, and the last first.”

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Kon uno’y ato ihatag kan God, pil’on ‘sab ini ka is’kagatos an ibalik Nija dato.

Ginan’siyahon nato an dili mapalit na katigajunan na mohangtud sa kinabuhi na waya’y katapusan kon ibuhis nato an ato kinabuhi para kan Jesus Christ.

Ini an mga saad ni Lord dato kon mosunod kita sa kinabuhi na gusto Nija para dato.

Ugsa kinahanglan gajud na mamuhunan kita sa ato mga kinabuhi dinhi sa kalibutan – an pinaka-marajaw na puhunan an nagsubay kita sa ebanghelyo.

Kuman, inhibay’an na ba nato an kalipay na ato madawat sa pagsunod kan Lord isip mga disciple?

Ugsa pangajuon nato sa Holy Spirit na Ija kita pun’on nan kalipay gikan sa ebanghelyo sanan ato makilaya si God sa personal na paagi.

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“Lord Jesus, I want to follow you as your disciple and to love you wholeheartedly with all that I have. Fill my heart with faith, hope, and love that I may always find peace and joy in your presence.”

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“Sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven”

Mark 10:17-27

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: `Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth.” And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” At that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

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Nam’rublema an batan’on na kuwartahan pagkatapos sija tubaga ni Jesus sa ija pangutana kon uno’y ija himoon para makab’ot nija an kahimayaan sa langit.

Inhibay’an nija na mahal sija ni Jesus pero sa pagtubag ni Jesus dija na kinahanglan ibaligja nija an ija mga kabtangan despuwes ipangapud-apud sa mga pobre pagkatapos mosunod sija kan Lord, naguol sija kay dili man sija maka-ako na bijaan nija an ija mga bahandi.

Mas gusto nan batan’on nan kalipay sanan seguridad segun sa ija tanag’ija na bahandi kaysa sa magpa-ambit sija nan ija mga tanag’ija sa mga pobre – pagpakita nan ija gugma sanan serbisyo na tinood sa isig’katawo.

Uno man kaha na ipabaligja man ni Jesus an mga kabtangan nan mga disciple?

Amo kay may espesyal man na koneksiyon an treasure sa kasing-kasing na amo’y lugar nan ato mga kagustuhan sa kinabuhi.

Kon uno’y kagustuhan na nahimutang sa ato kasing-kasing, amo ‘sab ini an mahimutang na prayoridad sa ato kinabuhi.

Buot ipasabot na kinahanglan an ato ibutang na prayoridad sa ato kinabuhi an ato suod na relasyon kan God.

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“Lord Jesus, you have captured our hearts and opened to us the treasures of heaven. May you always be my treasure and delight and may nothing else keep me from giving you my all.”

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“Receive the Holy Spirit!”

John 20:19-23

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came  and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

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Tagsa’aran ni Jesus an Ija mga disciple na Ija ihatag dila an gasa na Holy Spirit pagkatapos nan Ija kamatajon sa krus sanan nan Ija pagkaban’haw.

Nahibayo na daan si Jesus na kinahanglan nila an Holy Spirirt para nila mahimo an misyon na Ija tagtug’yan dila ugsa na tagpadawat Nija sila nan ini na Holy Spirit.

An anointing ni Jesus nan tagbunyagan Sija sa Jordan River amo’y sinug’dan nan pagdawat Nija nan Holy Spirit gikan sa Ija Father sa Langit para Sija magsugod nan Ija ministry – Holy Spirit na amo’y isab Ija tagpadawat sa mga disciple sa ila anointing.

Ini na Holy Spirit amo’y ‘sab ato tagdawat nan pagbunyag dato para ‘sab kita makakab’ot nan kinabuhi na tunhay – kinabuhi na may gugma, kalinaw, kalipay, sanan pagkamatarong.

Amo ini an Holy Spirit na mogiya dato para nato mahimo ‘sab an buot ipahimo ni Lord dato – an magmahal sa ato isig’katawo.

 

Andam na ba kita na mo-implementar nan tagpahimo ni Lord dato?

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“Lord Jesus, I thank you for the gift of Pentecost and for the new life you offer in the Holy Spirit. Fill me with your Holy Spirit and set my heart ablaze with the fire of your love that I may serve you in joy and freedom.”

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“May they become perfectly one”

John 17:20-26

“I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word, that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that  you have sent me. The glory which you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as  you have loved me. Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to behold my glory which you have given me in your love for me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you; and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

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Permanente an pangaliya ni Jesus sa Ija Father sa langit na pag-isahon Nija an tanan mga nagtuo Dija sa gugma ni Lord.

Makilaya an mga disciple ni Jesus kay nagbatun sila tanan nan paghinigugma’ay sanan pagkahi’usa, tima’ilhan nan ila pagka-hug’pong para mahimo nila an mga trabahu’on para kan God.

Pagkahi’usa ‘sab nan tanan na mga nagdeklarar na si Jesus Christ, Lord, an ato ipangaliya kan God.

Kay tagmahal man anay kita tanan ni Jesus adeser kita mahugpong pinaagi sa bunyag, gusto ‘sab ni Lord na mabuhi kita sa gugma na jao’y pagkahi’usa.

Gusto ni Lord na makilaya Sija sanan higugmaon nan tanan mga tawo.

Tag-mahal sanan tag-akseptar ba nato tanan mga binunyagan na Kristiyanos isip mga igsoon kan Christ?

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“Heavenly Father, have mercy on your people and heal the divisions in the body of Christ. May all Christian people throughout the world attain the unity for which Jesus prayed on the eve of his sacrifice. Renew in us the power of the Spirit that we may be a sign of that unity and a means of its growth. Increase in us a fervent love for all our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ.”

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“Sanctified and consecrated in God’s truth”

John 17:11-19

And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me; I have guarded them, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I do not pray that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you did send me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated in truth.

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An himayaaon ni Jesus an Ija heavenly Father amo’y misyon Nija dinhi sa kalibutan ugsa na sa tanan Nija tagsulti sanan taghimo, para lamang gajud nija sun’don si God.

Adeser Sija magsakripisyo sa krus, pangaliya ni Jesus kan God na magkahugpong an mga disipulo sanan tanan na mga nagatuo Dija.

Pangaliya Nija na kita tanan mga tawo makighi’usa kan God the Father pinaagi sa Ija Anak sanan pinaagi sa Ija Holy Spirit – pakighi’usa sa tanan mga sakop nan lawas ni Christ.

An gugma ni Jesus sa Ija Father sa langit sanan gugma sa tanan mga tawo amo’y hinungdan nan Ija pagpakamatay sa krus na amo’y ‘sab bajad sa tanan mga kasay’anan sa kalibutan.

An pagtuman ni Jesus nan kabubut’on ni God an Ija ekspresyon nan Ija paghimaya sa Ija Father sa kalangitan.

Kuman sa ato mga kinabuhi, ato ba ini inhalad kan God para sa Ija gugma dato?

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“Lord Jesus, take my life and make it wholly pleasing to you. Sanctify me in your truth and guide me by your Holy Spirit that I may follow you faithfully wherever you lead.”

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“This is eternal life, that they know the Father the only true God”

John 17:1-11

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work which you gave me to do; and now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made. “I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world; they were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you; for I have given them the words which you gave me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours; all mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

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Taghis’gutan dinhi ni Jesus an mahitungod sa kahimayaan – kahimayaan Nija sanan kahimayaan nan Ija Father sa Langit.

Uno ma’y buot ipasabot nan himaya na taghis’gutan Nija dinhi?

Amo ini an himaya na tagpakita sa krus, krus na amo’y taggikanan nan waya’y katapusan na gugma ni God sa Ija mga anak sanan gahum nan pasaylo Nija sa ato mga saya.

Inhatag ni Jesus pagbalik kan Father God an Ija onor sanan himaya pinaagi nan Ija pagtuman nan kagustuhan ni God na Ija atubangon an krus.

Amo ini an krus na nagpakita nan dili nato matug’kad na waya’y paglubad na gugma nan Diyos dato tanan.

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“If only I possessed the grace, good Jesus, to be utterly at one with you! Amidst all the variety of worldly things around me, Lord, the only thing I crave is unity with you. You are all my soul needs. Unite, dear friend of my heart, this unique little soul of mine to your perfect goodness. You are all mine; when shall I be yours? Lord Jesus, my beloved, be the magnet of my heart; clasp, press, unite me for ever to your sacred heart. You have made me for yourself; make me one with you. Absorb this tiny drop of life into the ocean of goodness whence it came.”

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“Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world”

John 16:29-33

His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure! Now we know that you know all things, and need none to question you; by this we believe that you came from God.” Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, every man to his home, and will leave me alone; yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

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Dinhi na tagpadayag nan mga disipulo an ila pagtuo kan Jesus na gikan gajud Sija kan God.

Pero tagpasidan’an sila ni Jesus na magka-tabu’agja sanan mag-ija-ija na sila sa ila ija-ija na kinabuhi, kinabuhi na permi may kalinaw.

Sa kalibutan, may mga kasamok kuno, laong pa ni Jesus dila, pero an kalinaw permi jaon dila kay sila man amo’y sinug’dan nan ini na kalinaw, kalinaw na gikan gajud kan Jesus.

An Holy Spirit amo’y maghatag dato tanan nan paglaum nan gahum na gugma sanan hugot na pagtuo sa ato God.

Nagatuo ba kita na waya gaju’y makabuyag dato sa gugma ni God pinaagi kan Christ Jesus?

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“Lord Jesus, help me to trust in your saving power, especially when I meet adversities and trials. Give me your peace when I am troubled and let me know the joy of your victory over sin and death.”

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