Tribute to Bro. Eli's 50th Birthday |Ten things I Have Learned in Handling Problems

Just a few days before the celebration of Bro. Eliseo Soriano’s 50th year of service to God, I just want to share one of the reasons why I have admire him as a preacher.

Whenever I am lonely, there is a lecture that Bro. Eli Soriano gave that I always watch. The topic he discussed here was about the ways to handle problems and how to deal with stressful situations.

I have replayed the video numerous times but each time I watch it, I still got something new that I did not realize the earlier times I watched the same video.

Watching this calm my nerves and help ease whatever feeling that’s troubling me.

Without further ado here are the 10 things I have learned from Bro. Eli's talk. 

1. To be frank is to be honest.

2. Stress should not be handled. We should overcome stress.

3. As humans, we will always have problems.

4. There’s wisdom in the saying “Do what you love and love what you do.”

5. Christians are delighted in tribulations. (Romans 5:3)

6. We should look further than the eyes can see.

7. Problems help us to be the best that we can be.

8. Solving a problem makes us a better person.

9. We have to face our problems.

10. The first step to take in solving problems is to pray and ask for God’s help.

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I hope everyone will enjoy this discussion the same way I did. It is worth every second of your time.

Thank you for this lecture Bro. Eli Soriano. Happy 50th birthday in the spirit. :)

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To my atheist friends

At least once in our lives, we may have encountered people who do not believe in the existence of  God. They believe, and also preach to others, that the universe or the cosmos came about by some reason other than the existence of a Creator.

I have also entertained the idea of agnosticism and even atheism before, in my life. And I remember that those times were the saddest. I felt that existing in this world has no sense at all. After all, I'm just going to die anyway.

However, I am thankful to have understood the principles that the Bible offers after I heard Bro. Eliseo Soriano preach. At first I wasn't paying attention to what he says, I thought he was just one of those televangelists that only want money from people.

But after some time of listening, I was convinced that he speaks of the truth because I don't believe that such knowledge of the Bible can be learned by a person on his own.

For my atheist friends and colleagues, I sincerely hope that you may understand the points that Bro. Eli explains in these websites.

1. Bro. Eli's answer to an atheist from his personal blog

2. A video clip from The Old Path broadcast

3.  A Youtube playlist of Bro. Eli's discussion with an atheist
 


I hope that non-believers will give Bro. Eli a chance and keep an open mind to what he is saying. Give time to analyze his arguments and the evidences that he presents. He has more Q&A videos at the website above. I suggest that you visit them and see for yourselves how he has converted atheists to believers.

I assure you that he is not like any other pastors and ministers that you have heard.

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Personal Reflection

Today, I discovered something about myself.

During class, we had an activity about our topic on SWOT. It is an acronym used in Management for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Our teacher told us to write our personal SWOT. Instead of using it to analyze a company or a product, he wanted us to use that concept to analyze our selves.

I stared at my paper for some time because I cannot think of anything to write. I asked myself, what is my Strength? Do I even have any? I can't really think of anything I'm really good at.

Moments like these just magnify my feeling of inferiority and self-doubt. After doodling some things that I didn't really think were my strengths, I then answer the next question: What are my weaknesses? And then it hit me.

I cannot think of any weaknesses either! Don't get me wrong. I know my personality. There are many things about me that I can consider as weaknesses. However, I didn't think of it like that.

Instead,  I see them as things that I can improve upon. I don't know. It just caught me by surprise that even though I don't have a high regard for myself, I'm not frustrated or pessimistic about my life either.

After that activity, a sense of contentment resurfaced in my heart. Even though I know that I am an unworthy and a lowly human being, I am contented and happy with my life because of my trust in HIM that directs my path.

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Twenty Six

I can't wait to start on this blog. I have written other blogs before, like on Tumblr and on Multiply, but I have a feeling that this one will be special.

At first, I was trying so hard to come up with a good first article for this blog. But then I realized that I don't need to do that. This blog is personal and I don't need to care that much about grammar and style.

That's the idea of this blog. This will be a good way for me to see if I am improving in my writing. I know I may not be very good at it but I want to learn. I want to express my thoughts through writing.

This blog will contain my thoughts on sports (specially basketball) , technologies, music, tips about anything and some personal reflections.

Today is June 27, and it's my 26th birthday.

There couldn't be any better day for me to start this blog.

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