GOOD MORNING MY EQUALLY HANDSOME AND BEAUTIFUL CM FAMILY.

SO,
I’LL BE SHARING WITH YOU TODAY A SHORT MESSAGE ABOUT HOPE.

HOPE. ITS SO EASY FOR ME TO SAY THIS FOUR-LETTER WORD. BUT ITS SO
HARD TO ACTUALLY FELL FOR IT. SAYON SULTION, LISOD GYUD BUHATON.
WE ALWAYS HAVE THIS NAGGING DOUBT EVERYTIME. BUT LEMME ASK YOU
ALL FIRST. HOW DO YOU DEFINE HOPE? I KNOW KALAIN2 TAG DEFINITION,
INTERPRETATION UG UBAN PANG SYON NO. LEMME GIVE MINE. IT SAYS HOPE
IS "TO DESIRE SOMETHING WITH CONFIDENT EXPECTATION OF ITS
FULFILLMENT." FOR ME THIS MEANS YOU ARE WAITING FOR ITS FULLFILLMENT
WITH CONFIDENCE. CONFIDENCE AND PATIENCE. TWO VERY HARD THINGS TO
ACHIEVE NO? ESPECIALLY AT NOT SO PROMISING TIMES IN OUR LIVES.

AS WE GO THROUGH OUR TIMES OCCURRING HERE ON EARTH, WE TEND TO

GET BUSY WITH WORDLY THINGS RIGHT, WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING THAT
THESE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY MAKING US RESTLESS AND WEARY. TRUE OR
FALSE? KINSAY GUILTY DRE NGA SGE GYUD PAGANDOY UG MGA
KALIBUTANON NGA BUTANG AND IN THE PROCESS, WE FORGOT TO SPEND
REAL TIME WITH THE LORD? KULBA NOH? DNA LANG KO MAG TELL BUT I
KNOW A LOT OF THOSE NGA HAPIT NLANG NILA IFORSAKE ANG GINOO BCOZ
THEY ARE DRUNK WIH SUCCESS.

ISIAH 40:31 PROMISES THAT “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.’

I GET THAT WE ARE BUSY PEOPLE. AS CM COMMUNITY, WE ARE BUSY TRYING

TO DELIVER THE QUALITY EDUCATION WE PROMISED TO OUR STAKEHOLDER.
AS FACULTY AND STAFF, WE ARE BUSY TRYING TO HURDLE A WEEK’S
LECTURE AND RESPONSIBILITY AND AS A PERSON WE ARE FAR BUSIER
TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. I GET THAT CLEARLY. WE OFTENTIMES SORT
OF DISMISS GOD AND TAKE HIM FOR GRANTED AND THE REST THAT HE CAN
GIVE KAI LAGI BUSY TAS KALIBUTANON NGA KALIPAY. OFTEN THAN NOT,
MOANA RMAN GYUD TA “GOD IS FORGIVING MAN SAD SO I KNOW
MAPASAYLO RAJUD KO NIA, DAWATON RA GHAPON KO NIA. MARUPOK SI
LORD WHEN IT COMES TO US HIS CHILDREN” WHICH IS OF UTMOST TRUTH,
BUT HEAR THIS MY BEAUTIFUL BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN GOD: IT IS OUR
OBLIGATION TO RENEW OUR STRENGHT AND NOT GODS. NAA RA SYA BUT
KITA ANG DAPAT MOPASILONG SA EAHA. NEVER ANG PANTALAN MODUOL SA
BARKO BIA, MASTER RABA TA NA UG NAAI MANGITA NATO. MAGPAPRESYO
DAYON KAI LAGI GPANGITA. UNYA RABA UG MAG ANTOS NATA DRES
KALIBUTAN, WE TEND TO BLAME GOD. SUKO2 SA GINOO ARON INGNON. MY
GOD.

OUR PRIORITIES HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. MY PRIORITIES HAS

CHANGED. LEMME SHARE THIS TO YOU. A SORT OF LIST AND IT IS CALLED,
“FUNNY THINGS.”
1. FUNNY HOW A 1000.00 PESOS LOOKS SO BIG WHEN YOU TAKE IT TO
CHURCH, BUT SO SMALL WHEN YOU TAKE IT TO THE MALL.
2. FUNNY HOW LONG AN HOUR SERVING GOD FEELS AND HOW SHORT 60
MINUTES SPENT OVER SOCIAL MEDIA KAI LAGI THRILLING NA TIG PANG
MARITES SA KINABUHI SA UBAN
3. FUNNY HOW WE GO ECSTATIC WHEN A KDRAMA GOES INTO OVERTIME,
BUT WE DEVOTEDLY COMPLAIN WHEN A SERMON IS LONGER THAN THE
REGULAR TIME. MOANA PATAG SAMOKA ANING PARIA OR PASTORA OY
HINAY KEU MOSTORYA MANLABA PA RABA KO.
4. FUNNY HOW LABORIOUS IT IS TO READ A CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE AND
HOW EASY IT IS TO READ 300-500 PAGES OF A BEST-SELLING NOVEL.
5. FUNNY HOW WE BELIEVE WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAYS, BUT QUESTION
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
6. FUNNY HOW WE ARE SO QUICK TO TAKE DIRECTION FROM A TOTAL
STRANGER WHEN WE ARE LOST, BUT ARE HESITANT TO TAKE GOD'S
DIRECTION TO BE FOUND.
7. FUNNY HOW PEOPLE ARE SO CONSUMED WITH WHAT OTHERS THINK
ABOUT THEM RATHER THAN WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT THEM.
8. FUNNY HOW WE ALL NEED TO HEAR THIS LIST. FUNNY HOW WE TEND TO
PUT GOD IN THE LAST LIST BUT BLAME HIM FIRSTHAND IF LIFE STARTED
TO THROW BITTER PALIYA AT US.

WAY BACK, WHEN I STARTED GOING TO CHURCH, I WENT FOR THE WRONG
REASONS. I WENT TO BE WITH FRIENDS AND NOT TO HEAR THE WORD. ALL OF
THE FUNNY THINGS I JUST SHARED WERE TRUE. MY PRIORITIES WERE RIGHT
ALONG THOSE LINES. THEN I MADE A BARGAIN AND ASKED JESUS INTO MY
HEART AND I STARTED TO REALIZE WHAT A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST WAS ALL ABOUT.

I WAS SHOOKED IN THE NTH LEVEL THAT IT SPELLS HOPE. THE VERY HOPE
THAT I DID BLINDLY TAKE FOR GRANTED, AND WAS ON THE VERGE OF
WASTING. ACTUALLY I WAS NOT BLIND BEFORE, I JUST TAKE GOD FOR
GRANTED. PERIODT. THAT WAS ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO KAI 50 NMAN KO, AND I
AM STILL LEARNING. IMAGINE? I AM STILL LEARNING HOW TO TRUST GOD
AND THE HOPE HE BRINGS TO ME. HOW ABOUT YOU? ARE YOU LEARNING TO
HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD? OR ARE YOU TO OVERWHELMED
BY THE EARTHLY SCAM THAT LIFE IS OFFERING YOU? THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
AND IT WOULD BE YOUR UNDOING.
COME TO THINK OF IT. THE CHOICE IS NOT HARD.
AS I SHARE THIS MESSAGE TODAY THE FOLLOWING THINGS ARE HAPPENING
IN THE WORLD;
1. COVID 19, WAR AND THE THREAT OF WAR, EARTHQUAKES, POLITICAL
UNREST, MONEY AND THE IMAGE OF HOW WE LOOK ARE BECOMING
WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAN OTHER THINGS IN LIFE. EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT THAN THAT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

ALL OF THIS THINGS ARE HURTING PEOPLE IN ITS PATH AND DEVASTATING
MANY LIVES. MAYBE THIS IS ALL HAPPENING BECAUSE OF HOW WE ARE
LIVING. BECAUSE WE REFUSE TO TAKE REST AND REFUGE FROM GOD. WE
REFUSE THE HOPE HE PROMISED THE MOMENT WE GO BACK TO HIM.
A FRIEND TOLD ME, IF YOU ARE IN THE VERGE OF PUSHING YOURSELF ON THE
WALL, BREAK FREE AND RENEW YOUR STRENGTH. THIS EXACTLY IS TRUE
WITH OUR FAITH IN GOD. PERSONALLY, THERE ARE TIMES I FEEL
SUFFOCATED WITH LIFE’S HURDLES AND STARTED TO QUESTION UNSAY TRIP
NAPUD SA GINOO DRES AKO KINABUHI NGA INGANI MAN KALISOD.

THE LORD ALLOW THINGS TO HAPPEN HERE ON EARTH AS PART OF HIS GREAT
PLAN AND ALSO FOR US TO GET CLOSER TO HIM. AS BELIEVERS, WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMETHING SO PRICELESS THAT IT CANNOT BE
ATTAINED BY WEALTH, BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY RECEIVE IT BY FAITH. AND
THAT IS HOPE.

HOPE THAT WILL RENEW OUR STRENGTH. HOPE THAT WILL MAKE US SOAR
HIGH ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES; HOPE THAT THEY WILL ALLOW US TO RUN AND
NOT GROW WEARY, HOPE THAT THEY WILL ENABLE US TO WALK AND NOT BE
FAINT. OUR LITTLE CM COMMUNITY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE TO THAT. TANAWA,
ALBEIT COVID 19, CM SOAR HIGHER, THAT IS BECAUSE WE PLACE GOD AT THE
CENTER. ANG UBAN SCHOOL NAG CLOSE OR NAG TAKTAK UG MGA FACULTY
BUT CM ON THE OTHER HAND GROW STRONGER. OFCOURSE, YOU PROBABLY
KNOW THE REASON WHY. GOD’S LOVE FOR US IN UNFAILING SO IS HIS PLAN
FOR US. WE ONLY NEED PATIENCE AND TRUST HIM. PUTTING HIM FIRST IN
ALL THINGS AND WAITING FOR HIM TO DECIDE WHAT AND WHEN IT HAPPENS
IN OUR LIVES INSTEAD OF PLANNING OUT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WHEN WE
WANT IT TO. THIS DEFINES THE ABSOLUTE HOPE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
HERE. LET HIM CONTROL YOUR WHEEL, AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIS PLANS.

I KNOW WE ARE SO CAUGHT UP IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES THAT WE TEND

FORGET WHERE OUR STRENGTH CAME FROM. MAY THIS MORNING’S MESSAGE
REMIND YOU REPEATEDLY THAT WE ALL DESERVE TO REST AND RENEW, AND
THAT WE ARE ALL WELCOME AND EVEN HAS RESERVATION OF VIP SEAT IN
GOD’S HEART, A PULPY MASS OF MORBID DIATHESIS THAT FOUGHT TO BEAT
FOR US WHILE HE WAS IN A CROSS BECAUSE OF OUR SIN.

GOOD MORNING ONCE AGAIN. AND MAY YOU BECOME A BLESSING IN YOUR
WORKPLACE.