Text by Inah De Guia TolentinoRead:”The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You.”Isaiah 26:3 Reflect: During a particularly difficult season in my life, I was diagnosed with Panic Disorder. I definitely had no steadfast mind. I would have an urgent sense of impending doom, and a fast heart rate …
Text by Emelita Vargas-Anderson Read: s Esther 4:16 NASB 16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants also will fast in the same way. And then I will go in to the king, …
Text by Mari Anjeli Crisanto Read: Esther 4:13-14 (NASB) “Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, ‘Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you …
Text by Krisha Saliendra Read: s Esther 2:20b (NASB) …for Esther did what Mordecai told her just as she had when under his care. Reflect: The book of Esther is known for its famous verse from Queen Esther herself, “and if I perish, I perish” (4:16). This courageous statement has been an inspiration for …
Text by Wilbert Lirag Read: Song of Solomon 8:6-7 (NASB) Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flames are flames of fire, The flame of the Lord. Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will …
Text by Rheynalyn Altoveros Read: The Song of Solomon 1:15-16 (NIV)HeHow beautiful you are, my darling!Oh, how beautiful!Your eyes are doves. SheHow handsome you are, my beloved!Oh, how charming!And our bed is verdant. Reflect: Have you also noticed the exchange of words throughout the book The Song of Solomon? There may be no coherent story …
Text by Inah De Guia Tolentino Read: Song of Solomon 1:6 (NASB) Do not stare at me because I am dark,For the sun has tanned me.My mother’s sons were angry with me;They made me caretaker of the vineyards,But I have not taken care of my own vineyard. Reflect: There was a longstanding joke amongst …
Text by Emelita Vargas-Anderson Read: s Isaiah 58:5-6 NASB “Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one’s head like a reed? And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed. Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day …
Text by Mari Anjeli Crisanto Read: Romans 15:12-13 (NASB) 12 Again Isaiah says, “There shall come the root of Jesse, And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles, In Him will the Gentiles hope.” 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will …
Text by Krisha Saliendra Read: s Psalm 34:4,6 (NASB) 4 I sought the Lord and He answered me, And rescued me from all my fears. 6 This wretched man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. Reflect: When David wrote Psalm 34, he was fleeing from …