The Essence of God

God is a spirit (Jn 4:24) and has a Word (Jn 1:1). In the Old Testament we know God through His Word. We cannot see the spirit but we can hear the Word. In the New Testament, the Spirit produced a body (Matt 1:18), so the Word was made flesh (Jn 1:14). So in the Spirit became the Father and the Word became the Son. The Word of God is now called the Son of God. As the spirit and the word are One, The Father and the Son are One (Jn 10:30).

By: Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy

The Rock

once upon a time, there was this big piece of rock living peacefully on a mountaintop. one day, he gets transported somewhere far, far away. all of a sudden, he receives multiple blows around his body. he gets hurt once, twice, more times. he’s hurt bad. he doesn’t know why he’s being beaten, but it goes on and on. one day, it suddenly all stops. everything becomes peaceful just like it was before. after some time, he notices that people start to look at him, they stop and stare, and he’s wondering why. one day, there were two workers walking by, and they were carrying a big mirror. the rock saw his reflection, and saw, he was now a beautiful statue.

Learning

“If I could use a time machine, I would go back to the time when the grading system was invented and I would destroy it. Because of its invention, teaching ceased to be a calling and became a profession. I can only imagine the amount of potential we kill every time teachers give a student a grade of 5. A grade is but a number. Never let anyone judge you by a number, much less yourself. The day you start caring about your grades is the day you stop learning. A card of excellence is just a piece of paper. It will rot. But the knowledge you get because you wanted to learn—that’s yours forever, or you could pass it on.”
--When learning ceases
By: Raiza Michaella Kasilag
Philippine Daily Inquirer
9:24 pm | Friday, July 8th, 2011