How God Provides For You
One day in America, two people were arguing in church.
They were debating if Jesus was white or black.
“He’s white!” said one. “No, He’s black!” said the other guy. Even as they walked out of the church, they kept arguing.
Not looking where they were going, both fell into an open ditch and died on the spot. And both found themselves in the gates of heaven.
They saw Jesus walk to them and they were so happy. Both of them asked, “Jesus, can you help us answer one question? Are you black or white?”
Jesus smiled and said, Magandang Umaga.
In our current series entitled OMG!, we’re describing who God is. We didn’t describe God as black, white, or Filipino. Two weeks ago, I said He was Father. Last week, I said He was Leader. Today, I’ll tell you that God is Provider too.
The Bible says my God shall supply your every need[1]. Because I have many needs. I need food. I need a roof over my head. I need friends. I need parking spaces. I need money. Boy,I thank God He’s Provider!
Which makes me redefine what prayer is…
Is Prayer Twisting God’s Arm?
For many people, prayer means changing God’s mind.
For many people, prayer is “convincing God to bless you”.
Prayer is begging God, twisting His arm until He relents and says, “Oh, okaaaaay. I really didn’t want to bless you, but because you’re forcing me, here it is…”?
Nuts!
I don’t buy that.
I don’t believe God really needs any convincing to bless us.
Because He’s a parent.
Parents Are Providers
One day, I was in Hong Kong.
I felt so sad when I saw thousands of Filipinas there. Why were they there? To put food on the table of their families back home.
On the flight back to Manila, I sat beside a Filipina. My heart was torn when she told me she hasn’t seen her kids for 2 years. Working as a domestic helper was very hard, she said. Sometimes, it got very lonely. Sometimes, her employer doesn’t treat her well.
Her words struck me. “I can’t help it. I’m a mother.”
By nature, parents are providers.
I have an announcement to make: God is a parent. He wants to provide for us!
You don’t need to convince him to bless you.
The Bible says that God delights in the prosperity of His servant[2].
He’s happy when we’re blessed, abundant, prosperous, and fulfilled.
He loves to bless you. I believe it’s His favorite thing to do. I believe the highlight of His day is to bless you with abundance.
Not only that, but He already has provided every blessing you need. So why convince him to do what He has already done?
Are You Afflicted With Spiritual Emphysema?
I believe everything you need is out there.
Love. Wisdom. Opportunities. Money. God’s blessings are as abundant as the air around you.
So just breathe them in.
But I believe many of us have spiritual emphysema.
Let me explain.
My friend has physical emphysema.
He started smoking when he was 13 years old. He became a chain smoker, lighting up 2 packs a day, until the age of 45 when he wasn’t feeling very well anymore. But it was too late. His lungs developed emphysema.
Just to make my story more graphic, stop reading and take a deep breath. Inhale deeply for a few times. Fill your lungs with wonderful oxygen.
Do you feel great?
My friend will give anything to experience what you’re experiencing now. Because he can’t do what you just did. His damaged lungs can no longer absorb the oxygen that’s abundantly available around him.
Why? Emphysema has destroyed his lung tissue. There’s no shortage of oxygen. There’s only a shortage of his ability to absorb that oxygen.
This for me is a perfect example of what’s happening to many people who are surrounded with God’s blessings but aren’t partaking of those blessings.
Because many people have spiritual emphysema.
There’s no shortage of blessings.
Only a shortage to receive those blessings.
If physical emphysema destroys lung tissue, spiritual emphysema destroys your expectation for God’s Provision.
You see, people of faith expect to be blessed. They say things like, “I expect good things to happen to me. I expect doors to opportunity to open before me. I expect to attract the right people. I believe that blessings will flow to me like a rampaging river everyday of my life. I expect that God’s creation is conspiring to bless me, plotting, scheming, and finding ways to give me what I need.”
But when you have spiritual emphysema, you have negative expectations.
Say No To Negative Expectations
I’ve met a lot of people who operate on negative expectations.
They expect bad things to happen to them.
They say things like, “Life is difficult. Life is painful. Life is a land of sufferings.”
Which is true. I’m not denying that we’ve got problems. But why focus on that? Why not focus on God’s blessings amidst our trials?
But I’ve met people who mope around and expect bad things to happen to their lives. “I’ll always remain poor,” or “I’ll never get married anymore,” or “I’ll never get out of my debts,” or “I’ll never get a better job,” or “My life will never get any better.”
These negative expectations damage your ability to absorb God’s blessings.
Today, make a decision to change your expectations.
Enlarge them. Because the size of your blessings will be determined by the size of your expectations.
But you need to know the two parts of expectation.
Two Parts of Expectations
To receive more of God’s abundant blessings, you need an inner expectation and an outer expectation.
Inner expectation is about your heart.
Outer expectation is about your hands.
Let me describe to you inner expectation.
One day, my 9-year old son was going to a whole-day workshop. Before leaving, he asked, “Daddy, can you give me P20? There are only pay toilets there.”
When I turned to him to say “Sure”, I saw him already stuffing a P50 bill in his wallet. I left a pile of money on the kitchen counter—and he helped himself to it. Even before he heard me say “Sure”, he already got the P50 from the counter.
That, my friend, is inner expectation.
My son didn’t wait for my answer. He assumed that I was going to give it to him, that’s why he got the money available on the kitchen counter.
I want you to believe that God has left all the blessings you need on the kitchen counter. The universe is God’s kitchen counter. He has loaded it to the brim with every miracle that you need in life to reach your dreams. If you need love, it’s there. If you need wisdom, it’s there. If you need money, it’s there.
Second, didn’t you notice? My son got for more than what he needed. He asked for P20 but got P50.
I asked him why. He said, “My cousin Nicole is attending the workshop. She goes to the toilet too.” Isn’t he wise and loving? If you’re wise, you should also ask for more blessings because you want to be generous. Life isn’t about you. Life is about loving others. So ask Big!
That’s inner expectation—believing with your heart that you’ll be blessed.
But what is outer expectation?
Build Pipelines For His Blessings To Flow
One day, the parents of two little boys went out on a date and asked grandma to baby sit for them. After dinner, grandma led her two grandkids to their rooms to say their night prayers. Both of them knelt beside their beds.
The younger boy was the first one to pray.
From the top of his voice, he said, “LORD! I NEED A NEW BICYLE! I NEED A NEW PLAYSTATION!…” On and on, he prayed, as loudly as he could.
His older brother elbowed him and whispered to him, “Why are you shouting? God isn’t deaf.”
The younger brother said, “I know. But grandma is.”
Here’s my point: The younger brother knew that God uses pipelines to bless us, and he hoped that his grandma was a pipeline. This is what I mean by building pipelines for God.
Make It Easier For God To Bless You
One day, my friend Eric Baroquillo felt God nudging him to donate a drum set for their music ministry. At first, he balked. “Lord, that’s a lot of money!” But ultimately, he said Yes to God and began scouring the internet for the best drum set money could buy. He finally bought one—a really nice one—and donated it.
Eric said, “Two weeks later, my stock market investments hit a jackpot: I sold a stock that earned P400,000. God is more generous than me.”
Now this is what I mean when I talk about building a pipeline for blessings to flow. For years now, Eric’s been learning how to invest in the stock market. Through many failures and struggles, he finally learned how to do it.
If you want God to give you financial blessings, you need to increase financial literacy, create businesses, and make investments—so that you have pipelines for His blessings to flow. Without them, God will be limited to using your existing pipelines: Your mother, or your Ninang, or a Lotto winning, or an unexpected inheritance. Very limited, if you ask me.
If you want God to give you physical health, build pipelines like a healthy exercise, healthy diet, and healthy relationships.
Let me give you a personal example.
Do you know how I prepare my talks?
Simple. I believe the best preparation is over-preparation.
Here’s the truth: I do lots of research, read lots of books, scribble lots of drafts, write lots of paragraphs, discuss it with other preachers, share it to my wife, and actually rehearse lots of times.
Some religious people will be disappointed. They’ll say, “Bo, don’t you depend on God anymore? Why not just stand in front of the people and let the Holy Spirit speak to you?” Oh, I do. But what I’ve done is build pipelines for His blessings to flow to my talk. My reading a ton of books is a pipeline for His Holy Spirit to flow into me. My writing the talk in outline and expanded form is another pipeline. My discussions with other preachers is a huge pipeline. That’s why I believe my talks are blessed.
Before I end, let me answer one very difficult question.
Why Some Specific Blessings
Aren’t On the Kitchen Table
Some of you may be asking, “But Bo, I’ve been praying for a baby for 12 years now. Why isn’t God blessing us with a child? Is it because I lack faith in God?”
Or, “My wife died of cancer. Why didn’t God heal her?”
Or, “I’ve been praying that God convert my husband. But after 27 years of praying for him, he’s still the same worldly man. Bo, that blessing doesn’t seem to be on God’s kitchen counter yet.”
Here’s my answer: God has a very different way of defining a blessing.
We define our blessing according to what our human eyes can see—and our eyes are terribly short-sighted. God defines a blessing according to what His eyes can see—and He sees beyond death and eternity.
My point? When you think you’re not being blessed, you may actually be receiving your greatest blessing ever.
Let me end by sharing two stories.
A married couple was praying for a baby for the longest time. But after 7 years of praying, they were still childless. Finally, they adopted a baby girl. Today, they’re so happy with her and can’t imagine life without her.
Another married couple I know, also childless, didn’t adopt. Instead, they immersed themselves in God’s ministry. One day, the wife told me (now in her sixties), “As a young bride, I prayed for three biological children. But God decided to say No to me. Instead, He gave us three-hundred plus spiritual children that have passed through our ministry. We care for them like they’re our own children. We’re very happy.”
In both examples, God defines a blessing in a very different way.
What we see as a curse—childlessness—turned out to be a great blessing to them, but not only to them, but especially to those children they welcomed in their heart.
Here’s my point: God will always provide the best blessings for your life.
Trust Him.
Next Week: God is Healer.
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
PS. Nourish Your Soul Each Week. Just in case you live in Metro Manila, we now hold five FEASTS all over the place. I believe the FEAST is one of the happiest places on earth. If you want to grow strong in your spiritual life, I invite you to plug yourself into one of these weekly FEASTs. Admission is totally free. Bring your friends and family! Below are the schedules… (For more information, email Annie at feastsecretariat@yahoo.com.)
Pasig
Sunday
3 sessions:
8am-10am
10:30am-12:30noon
1pm-3pm
Valle Verde Country Club (Beside ULTRA)
Preacher: Bo Sanchez
Alabang
Sunday, 11:00am
Festival Mall (Cinema 10)
Preacher: Arun Gogna
Makati
Thursday, 7:30pm
AIM Conference Center, Benavidez corner Paseo De Roxas
Preacher: Randy Borromeo
Manila
Friday, 7:00pm
SM Manila (Cinema 4), near Manila City Hall
Preacher: Obet Cabrillas
Bulacan
Marilao (We’ll be moving to a new place. Email us!)
Preacher: Alvin Barcelona
For more information, email Annie at feastsecretariat@yahoo.com.
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Thanks, Bo. You truly are an inspiration
…. true, that blessings comes from different ways … my husband and I are married for 5 yrs , yet unti now, we’re not pregnant yet, however, since I was a single mom when I was younger, we believed that GOD gave me my child (unwed) earlier in life because , my husband and i got married later in life .. I guess, the blessing on that is GOD provided us a loving and very caring dad to my child and a very wonderful husband for me ….. thank you…. and may GOD bless you and your whole family ….
A very enlightening article. All common questions about blessings are answered! I am truly blessed to read this. Thanks Bro. Bo.
a good parent will always find ways to bless his/her child no matter what. its our perspective of things that hinder us from growing to our full potentials.
as children of God, we know and believe that our Father in Heaven is always giving us opportunities so He can bless us. but if we focus on the negative aspects of these opportunities, then we ourselves are blocking the flow of these blessings from our Father in Heaven. our thoughts defines our actions and our actions defines the results that we want.
so lets be sensitive to these opportunities, act on them and be ready to receive the abundant blessings from our Father.
Thanks bro. bo..everyday i always enjoy simple blessings and simple miracles that God provides me… God bless us always… we only need to believe
Thanks a lot Bo! God truly gives us what we need at the very right moment. And your article today is just what I need at this point. You’re one of my many pipelines to God’s blessings. And I expect a lot more coming from you
I will trust God with all my heart and with all my soul. Thank you for your insights, Bo!
Bro Bo, thanks again for reminding us that God is a provider.. more power and God bless..
thank you for that inspiring blog, know what sir, i was robbed last monday 08/24/09, but i didn’t blame God for that, I lost everything from undershirts to socks, to towels to shorts, my phone, an amount of money, my belongings. I know that he would like to teach me something, that is to depend on Him. I have to walk home from quezon ave mrt station to roxas dist.
My rosary and a hanky was the only things on my pocket that day. He awaken me, its a shame to say but i was pre-occupied with the things that was happening in my life, & I know that i had set Him aside, and then it happened. i lost the things that i had. And I realized, a lot of things because of what happened. Right now I am already trying my best, working on how can I be able to be the person He wanted me to be. The person that once was so close to Him but had become unfaithful to his covenant to God. Thank you.
thanks bo.. this is great piece and i’m sure God has used you to be the pipeline of His messages for me and for my friends. I’m so blessed… and being reassured of God’s faithfulness to us, His people. I will be forwarding this message and I hope and pray they will be touched by God’s words through this arrticle. Thanks! God bless you. God loves you!
Hello! Thank you for all the inspiring words. I wish I would hear your talk again in the coming months. I had the opportunity once at the Cebu City Grand Convention Center several years ago. I forgot the date but we had a nice time having you here with us.
Hello Bro Bo,
Thanks a lot for the great inspiration. Timing talaga ung mga articles mo.
I received lots of trials this month. On the first week some of my clients give up so I have to decrease my assistants. On the second week father got pneumonia. On the 3rd week my husband and kids got pneumonia too and my daughter was hospitalized and almost my husband will be admitted too but thank God his a great healer. Another thing my father had been stroke when my daughter is in the hospital.
I was depressed coz I dont know how will I survive this kind of problems. I just prayed and imagine that I was in his arms carrying me coz I dont know what to do.
Indeed He’s a great provider coz He sent angels to help me out. He touches hearts of people to help me not only financially needs but also emotionally.
I was also depressed coz half of my savings was lost because of the bills in the hospital and medication of my whole family.
But God answers me, He let me realized that all things I have is not my own. Its His! I am only a steward of His creations. He told me that he let me save coz he know this things will happen and he let me ready for it. You see how great God is He… I really believe that everything happens with a purpose no matter we think how bad it is. Maybe we can’t see it in a moment but when we trust in God he will surely provide.
Thanks Bo for helping my faith grow. I owe it to you. I remember the talked you gave 10 years ago when I was only 15 that I must ask GOD to SURPRISE ME coz he really have a best gift especially made for me. And I always do that and I always receive great blessings from Him.
I am not a preacher in my community but I help you spreading the good news to others.
Thanks Bro Bo, I prayed that many more people will be enlightened through your articles and talks.
Always,
Dian
THANK YOU BO for the very wonderful soulfood today. You’ve always given wonderful words to everybody in everyday of the year. Today was very special for me. It hit me on the very spot. GOD has been very generous with His blessings to me yet yesterday, I acted like a terrible toddler for something I wasn’t able to find. A dress for my wedding on the 3rd of Sept. A wedding of which I never would have expected to come right away but I know the man I am marrying is the one God wants me to marry. Because from the moment I met this person, God never failed to provide, be a guide and to be a good Father. And just because of a dress, I felt bad. Today, I went with my friend to look for a dress, lo and behold the perfect dress was just right there. All the worries of getting married (both of us are jobless by the way) at the back of my mind for the past days are all gone now, because I know God is there all the time.
May God continue to bless you and your family Bo.
tnx Bo for opening my eyes wider to God’s blessings. I will tell your story to my husband who often sees what are the hard times of life and refuses to see the grandness of God’s blessings to us. help me pray for his enlightenment. tnx again.
This article is perfect, Bro. Bo.. Same with the passage from the Holy Bible which says “Pefect love casts out all kinds of fears..” God’s love for us is perfect and that should make us trust Him wil all our hearts.. amen..
I am inspired by your message. Thank you so much. I also have the same experience in which God didn’t give me what I prayed for. But I wasn’t sad nor felt bad because though He didn’t give me what I prayed for, still I was blessed in some other ways. And I am even grateful He didn’t answer my prayer because I would have been hurt again had He answered it. He really knows how to protect us and what’s best for us. I always believe in this saying: “God answers prayers in three ways: He says YES and gives you what you want. He says NO and gives you something better. He says WAIT and gives you the best in His own time.”
Maraming salamat , you are the pipeline talaga, I feel so enlightened everytime I read your messages
fely
Thanks for the wonderful message Bo. It’s the realization to open my eyes and understand my inner and outer expectations in life. . . and more identify the pipelines of GOD’s Blessings to flow in my life. More blessings to you in order to continue sharing and enlightening people on your wisdom.
Hi Bro. Bo,
Many many thanks for supplying us with these food for the soul. Your words are very enlightening.
We hope you know that you are one of God’s pipelines in showering us his blessings.
May God continue to bless us and all our loved ones.
Wow !
Wonderful.
thanks Bro. Bo
Your such a blessing to us !
Godbless †
Thank you bro. bo. You’re a blessing…
You are such an inspiration. I attended the Feast once and my heart and soul started to crave for more, to be moved more, and build a relationship with my Provider more. Thank you so much! You’ve been such a blessing to so many. Surely God will continue to provide for you and your ministry.
It’s good to start my day reading your articles Bro. Bo. Thank you once again for your article above is God’s answer to what my mind is busy thinking this past days.. you are one of God’s channel for him to talk to me and explain or answer all my queries or concerns.
Thank you and God be with you always.
God is good all the time, all the time Go is good…, we only have to open our eyes to God’s blessing. Its nice to know that God is Always there ready to provide what we need… thank you for making me realize the most wonderful truth….
thank you very much for your inspirational words. God bless you and your family ! you re an angel in modern times.take care bro bo !
Deaf or not, mute or not..we all just need to open-up for HIM. God created all things well..it is just a matter of how we see and hear them. Most of the time, we focus so much on doors that are close making it hard for us to see the other open doors.
If trials come along our way..we probably need to learn how to find the hidden beauty in it..
Thanks for being such a blessing to us brother BO..you are truly a living pipeline of God….
Hi Bo! Thanks for another inspiring article. Guess I have Spiritual Emphysema, sapol talaga! I hope to be a better person in time.
Have a great week ahead! =)
Clare
Hi Bro Bo,
Thanks for being an inspiration to me. The messages are timing. I have been out of work for 5 months now and I’m a practicing broker. I’ve got a lot of clients before and they cause me a lot of disappointments too. Sometimes I feel I want to give up and pursue being an employee again. I missed the material things I am able to buy back then. But I realized God teaches me something beyond material things. To focus on what I have right now..the love of my husband,my parents, my in-laws, intangible things that money can’t buy..Thanks again and more power!!! God bless!
“When you think you’re not being blessed, you may actually be receiving your greatest blessing ever.”
Indeed, this is true, Brother Bo. Saying goodbye to a three-year relationship when you still love the other person but knowing in my heart that it was dead-end was the hardest decision I’ve ever made. But, by God’s grace, I moved forward. Sometimes, we have to have the courage to take a step back and assess the situation we are currently in. For it is only through this, that we are able to realize whether or not we are going towards the right direction. The pain was only temporary as God has promised for now I am enjoying abundantly his blessings after leaving such a dead-end relationship and looking back at the stupid things I have done for the relationship, I just laugh for I have learned my lessons and with God I will always remember such lessons by heart.
May God be praised! =)
Inspiring and hilarious! =)
Hi Bro Bo,
I just recently found out last week your Soulfood Email and I was really thankful and grateful that you are doing this. Well actually I was praying to God to help me deepen my faith on Him. And I think you are the answer to it. I have read some of your books and I truly appreciate all of it.
Thank you very much for doing this. I will always include you and your family in my prayers..God bless
wow!!! another great article bro bo, keep it up! God bless us always!!!
Dear Bro. Bro,
Thanks a lot for the wonderful message I received today! You are a big blessing to my life. I’ve been following all your talks in internet and watch THE FEAST every Sunday. Since I started receiving your emails I felt overjoyed and blessed. God is so powerful that he gives us all that we are praying for. More power and GOD BLESS US ALWAYS!
Sir bo,
thanks a lot……your my everyday faith igniter….
thanks
God bless you more!
What an inspiring article!
Thank you…
Dear Bro Bo,
I was wondering if it was only a coincidence that at the time I was really depressed and asking God to help me deal with my financial problems there was this article of yours I received on my mail. It was about trusting God and that He is a Provider.
It’s been 3 months now since I was in debt. We moved in to our new house in Bulacan, enrolled my two daughters to a private school and since I worked in Ortigas, me and my husband rented a room where I can be a bit near my workplace and because of all of that our financial obligations got higher and it was only me who’s working and my husband still doesn’t have a stable income. I am really working hard as I could so that I can provide for my family. Please, pray for me. God bless us all.
What a great article Bro. Bo!!!
I remembered a phrase from DYFR Fm Life Changing Radio here in Cebu… “Open your spiritual eyes!!!”
I think that is the best way to see the abundant blessings God has given each one of us!!!
I truly believe that “One can see best with his heart open!”
Thank you Bro. Bo for being a very good instrument of God!!!
I hope to become like you…
(^_^)
bro bo, u’r God’s angel in human form. u nourished people’s lives in feeding God’s words into our souls and with your blessed inspirational talks. how i wish u pray me over for deliverance. my spirit’s still suffering from the so-called “sloth” and so hard for me to recover from it. though it might be too impossible for this wish to come true, but as you always says and what I also believe, theres’ nothing impossible to God.
thanks bro. bo, God bless you, your family and all your ministry.
bro. bo thank you for being such a blessing to us, i hope someday i will also be a blessing to others.thank you and may God bless us always.
Hi Bro Bo! Thanks for an eye opening message. We really know that God’s blessing is always around but we cannot see. We need more of your inspirational talks and messages. God really is good. It is just right to give Him back the Glory & Praise.
thank you so much for always reminding us to trust in HIS infinite goodness
dear Bro Bo, thanks for sharing not just a wonderful reading but for sharing your life again.. you’re making a difference to thousands of people’s lives… more power to you and God bless you and your family…
Thank you Bro. Bo…
it’s just what I needed to hear after tantamount failures and giving up….the Lord wants me to be happy and expectant of blessings…truly, the best is yet to come…
I truly am blessed beyond compare. No one can argue with me about that, because as you say Bo, it depends on my line of sight..and I choose to look at the vision of me having the most abundant blessings of my life, each and every day. A rewarding job at the government where I can perform as honestly and dignified as I choose to be, a loving and understanding boyfriend and lifetime friend, a family ever-supportive of me, a couple of friends who never fail to inspire and cheer, and a God who seems to be just watching patiently and intently. I hope I get my concept of blessings right, Bo. Thanks so much!
thanks kuya bo for this very inspiring article.it really made me think for a while and realized a lot of blessings God has given to me..God bless.
Hello Bro. Bo,
I consider you as one of my pipelines in receiving god’s blessing know why? Because of your inspiring article indeed god is a provide… through your article and insights it helps me to strengthened my faith in God and to help me focused on positive thoughts. I am looking forward to meet you in person because I think i will be given a chance to talk and see you in person i will be bless… because you are a kind person….
God Bless
You are truly an inspiration to all
another inspiring article.. thanks bro bo
Dear Bo, I experienced God as a parent when I realized that eventhough my biological parents can’t provide for me like education for college, God was able to provide for me by giving me a nice job where I can support myself and be a working student, that’s the time when all my “sama ng loob” to them faded because before I can’t feel the support of my parents on me when it comes to going to school. Does God as a parent also punishes us as His children?.. I remember before, every year my birthday wish were all answered but when I graduated college and started to work abroad and did encountered people maltreating me at work especially they have position, I started to sow hatred in my heart for them and then God is no longer giving me my birthday wish. Is God angry at me?..Am I bad?..Why did He blessed the life of those people, now that they have position and they will just maltreat people? I hope you will enlighten..thank you very much and God bless you Bo..
Hello Bro. Bo.
I guess that was written for me, God used you as the pipeline to send me the message. you see, i had been feeling despondent lately. i lost my job, my house is in danger of foreclosure, i have no money, but all debts. i am no longer myself. as someone who is used to being financially independent, a single moment of no income is a lifetime misery. of course, i count my blessings, but i dont want to be a parasite to my friends and family. your article brought tears to my eyes which had dried up recently due to frequent crying. you made me feel again, as i had been numbed by my situation. i know God is speaking to me now. I know God will bless me more. thank you bro. bo, hope i can meet you again soon. May God bless you more.
Hi Bo,
Thank you very much for this article.
I was already in a bottomless pit of despair when I read this, and am I glad I was able to.
For the past years, I have been feeling very blessed indeed. I had a good job. My family was all support for my endeavors. Everything was going great. I even wrote a blog about how grateful I was for being so abundantly blessed. Things were like falling into me without even me asking for it.
Then came 2007. My husband underwent a brain operation, which he survived. The same year, we had our house construction. I had several business transactions that went pfffft.
In 2008, my mother started getting in and out of hospitals for some unexplained illness, until she succumbed to a cardiac arrest after more than 2 weeks in coma.
Needless to say, we spent a lot. Since I am the only one in the family who was earning decently, I shouldered everything, and so I got into debts.
As if that were not enough, 3 months ago, I got sacked from my job, not because of anything I did wrong, but because of office politics. I have been applying for a job since then, but it seems like it is very hard to find.
I am without a job, without money, without friends (where are they now???), without visa, and desperately lonely. Everyday, I am finding it hard to believe there is something good waiting for me. It feels like the world is getting smaller and smaller and smaller . . .
I feel like all these are happening as “payment” for all the good times that I had before.
I am somehow lifted by your article. I am holding on . . . but until when, I don’t know.
Please pray for me.
Thanks.
Mikks
Thanks Bro. Bo for your inspiring message. I’m always waiting for your weekly Soulfood. It really fires and uplift my spirit. You’re truly a blessing and one of a kind Bro. Bo!
God bless you and your family!
i agree with you bro bo… the best is yet to come. and yes, i am patiently waiting for that.
God bless you and your family…
yes, bro. bo. i truly believe that God has something big in store for me. i have taken the bar exams twice now, but i still didn’t make it. i went into a state of despair and hopelessness for some time, until things started to turn good.
we made a website (www.grupomusikero.com) that caters to needs of musicians, we staged and produced a musical play as a fundraising and celebration of 75th anniversary of a prestigious orphanage in cebu city. now, i thank God he has given me a job as a paralegal-researcher in a private corporate firm, where i can have the opportunity and the materials to do self-review for next year’s bar exam. i met true friends, old and new, who encourage me to stay on and try again. thank God, all through these years, even in my down moments, i am still serving Him and the church as choir member and instrumentalist.
yes, bro. bo. i thank God for you have given me inspiration to carry on and not lose hope. God continue to bless you and your ministry, and i pray that you continue to bless and help more people who have given up hope.
please continue to pray for all of us..
billy
bro bo, i have a prayer request.
please pray for me that i will get the regular post that i applied at SSS lapu-lapu city branch. been in that company as a service bureau personnel for almost 16 years.
thank you again bro bo…
God bless you always and your family.
DEAR BRO. BO,
iam so thankful for all the articles you prepared for us…its enriches me and encourages me to see my life as GODs greatest GIFT….and even if there are problems and trials ….we continue to see clearly GODs PROVISION…..it never stop us from LOVING HIM..SEEKING HIM…thank you for the opportunity that you made us realized how GOD LOVES US SO MUCH>>>continue to enlighten us……..
thank you for the inspirations and instilling deep faith in God. i started attending the feast in marilao with bro alvin barcelona as preacher. for those 1st four weeks that my daughter -in- law and i were there, our faith and confidence in our God have greatly increased. i said, at last i have found the ministry that i can willingly attend to every week.
my first encounter with you was reading your book about the ways to get rich. what aroused my interest then was the tithing. you said that one’s goal should not stop at 10% tithing but should increase 20, 30 40 until it reaches 90% wherein the 10% left is more more than enough for anyone.
and then, i was introduced to the music ministry of don moen of which dvd’s i love to hear and watch even while working at the office because it inspires me. i tried to seek where in the philippines a music ministry exists. one day i saw on tv the kerygma tv and i became a regular watcher until i noticed the invitation for the feast in marilao which is near where i live. since then i love attending it and my faith grows everyday and i notice that my life is evolving and that my family is slowly embracing the faith. God worked within me to be closer to Him, first through your book, second through the dvd’s of don moen, 3rd the kerygma tv and now the feast. thank you so much…
Hi Bro. Bo,
Thank you once again for this.
Also enjoy reading everyone’s comments as their actual stories and experiences are a great source of wisdom and inspiration.
Am looking forward to more of God’s abundant blessings (expectant faith, ey? => ) One of which is to be able to read this and share this blessing to others.
Hope u can visit us here again in jakarta. God bless!
i don’t get the joke about is God black or white and he said Magandang umaga. whats the connection? whats the punchline?
Your blogs is the pipeline for my spiritual relationship with God Sir Bo.. God will bless me non-stop because I have a lot of people to help and a lot of people need my help. My life started to turn into the right direction the first time I’ve read your blogs. I was given an online job that gives me the opportunity to earn more than I expected. Swerte ko Sir Bo, nandito lang ako sa Pinas but I’m earning like I am in the US working. God has really provided everything for me and my family. Now.. I have the capacity to help more people.. Thank you Sir Bo.. Thank you God the Son, God the Father, God the Friend and GOD the PROVIDER.. GOD WILL BLESS US ALL!!!!
Hello Bro. Bo,
“For many people, prayer means changing God’s mind.”
I have always wondered what is the reason for praying. What I am pretty sure of is that I pray mostly to help me conquer myself in dealing with external forces (e.g. strength to review for an exam, presence of mind when doing job interviews etc.) and knowing yourself more (e.g. when making big decisions).
I have always had internal debate whether it is correct to believe that prayers “change God’s mind”. After all, if it does not, why pray? Why pray for the sick of the world if it won’t make a difference? Why pray for better government if it will be for naught? God knows best anyway, right?
I think this statement is very bold. And profound. I was surprised no one pointed out how unconventional this blog on prayer is. To me, what you are saying is that, building pipelines is more important than the actual act of prayer with the sole intention of heavenly intervention.
But still a question in my head: if not change the mind of God, why else do we pray then?
Will appreciate your comment on this.
you are wonderful bro. bo! i thank God he never gave up on you. and i thank you for persevering through life! if you didn’t…you would not be an explosion of blessing to us right now.
i have always wanted to meet you…..and after 15 years, i finally met you personally when you came in abu dhabi! it was really great meeting you in person…but i had to bring down my excitement and joy and happiness because i was with my husband….he might think you were my ex or something.
may God bless you, marowe, bene and francis always!!!!!
The Lord blesses us in so many ways. Let’s be thankful for the things we have and the things we don’t have.
Cheers!
Bro Bo,
Since I started reading your article last week… I felt something good inside me, I feel so blessed by the Lord and was so touched with your stories that I just keep on reading an reading every topic that you have. I’m inspired bro Bo to be a good father, as a loving husband and hopefully to be an sucessful Interprenuer someday so i can share my blessing too!
tnx!
Bro. Bo,
Thank you! Thank you! very much po. I really thank God for giving me the chance to know you. I’m so blessed to have this kind of companion in my life.
May God continue to bless us!
Bro. Bo,
Yes God is our great provider. I really thank you for you help me grow in God’s love and make me realize how we are trully bless by being connected with God for only our God provides us for everything we need according to His perfect plan and purpose.
One of those plans is that I meet you in my life time so that I may know How good our God can be…. Most specially to those who call Him in faith and trust Him without seeing…. You are a great mentor in my life….
I also thank you for giving me the Novena to God’s love two of my dreams are now fulfilled because my husband is working after 7 years and my sister is just waiting for her ticket for her working visa at Canada…. Truly God provides for after her departure I am asking for a good employer for me I know for sure God will provide for I have a great purpose in helping all your ministry the best way I can….
God bless us and continue to be a blessing to others…..
In Jesus name we pray Amen….
When you wrote: “If you’re wise, you should also ask for more blessings because you want to be generous. Life isn’t about you. Life is about loving others. So ask Big!”, it really put a big smile on my face.
This is so true. Life is not just about you. The world doesn’t revolve around a single person so we must ask blessings that will not just be used for our needs. The blessings that come our way must be shared with others also.
Thanks so much Bo. This is such an inspiration.
Thanks Bro. Bo for another inspiring article…..I thanked God for so many blessings in my life (family, work & even health -surviving)….One thing I learned was when you are generous (bukal sa loob) in sharing your blessings & helping the needy the blessings come back to you also….Even in times of trials, hindi ka nauubusan ng support financially at emotionally from natulungan mo before, gumagaan ang pakiramdam mo in times of trials. And prayers & faith helps us talaga…Thanks again & God bless!
Thanks, Bro. Bo!
In direct correlation yung topic about expectation sa law of attraction. trully inspiring.
I apasa ko ito sa mga friends ko.
Thanks, Bro. Bo, I am truly enlightened…. and blessed at the same time…. may God continue to shower and bless you with wisdom.
my GOD provides all my needs according to his reachness in glory. He give his angels charge over me jehova jirah cares for me
wow bro Bo
it twists my mind
when I pray I sort of like the person you describe there, try to twist God’s arms
thanks bro Bo for the inspiring article
indeed you are one of the pipeline
God bless
hi bro. bo,
thanks for you enlighted and humorous article.
now a days i’ll becoming dependent to the Lord and youre right He will give all my needs kahit di ko p hinihingi sa Kanya.
thanks to the Lord and ur a gift to us.
Erick
wow, i was just thinking if asking God for everything big and small, spiritual and material will be too much to pray for but your soulfood email made it all clear. we pray and ask, seek and knock, only then God will provide what is best for us. thanks again Brother Bo.
may God be praise!
Glory to God! Thanks Bo! Youre one of my spiritual pipelines. Youy “How God provides” serves as eye opener to me. I am in the situation lamenting why God hasnt answering yet my request for this one blessing that im thinking might change the course i am now.
Truly God answer in a very special way. Am overwhelmed and overjoy by the article. I am praying and and expecting big to be a pipeline to others. God Bless!
thanks bro. bo for this inspiring message..as i am quitting from my job, i know that God will provide me a better job or if not, i know he will lead me to the right path and have the right pipeline to receive His blessings that is so abundant!! More power & God bless u & ur family!!!
Hi Bro. Bo
Good Morning!!
I do believe that Our Loving God is our Provider. I just remember when i was 9 yrs old while selling vegetable in the market of Dagupan City with my mother. I work hard and pray to our Almighty God that i may finish my studies so that i may help my mother. And thank God i finish my studies until High School with lot of blessing from our Loving GOD.
But still im worried if i can go to College that time i have 2 sister studying ing high schools 1 sister in college and 1 sister who has started her family and still depending on my mother because both of them they do not have job . That time selling vegetable is hard if you do not have ” Puhunan”
I decided not to go to college and work in Santiago City to help my father. But inside me i still have the desire to go College and always praying for it. In my surprise my father sent me in college as computer Programing for 1 yrs while helping him at his small studio. i was happy that time and thankful to Jesus Christ my desire was fulfiled and my prayers was been answer.
But GOD is a loving God and He provide me more than i expect. I graduated as a travel Tech in La Concordia College as a scholarship. I got a good job in Makati City as a Travel Consultant and i handle a big Corporates.
And now God is still not stoping providing me i am working her at Doha, Qatar as a Travel Consultant .
GOD is a loving Father and Good Provider
Then
I hope to meet you again. How God gave you the wisdom and touching each one of us by your writings. I am in debt and I know God will provide, always. God bless you and your family.
Brother Bo,
Your great sense of humor and wisdom has touched the lives of many people in their quest for spiritual and personal growth. I’m looking forward everyday to share God’s love in all things I do. Thank you for being my inspiration.
God answers our prayers in mysterious ways. When I pray for strength, God gave me emotional problems to deal with. When I prayed for humility, God gave me imperfect legs so i can still be thankful for not being crippled after encountering a car accident when I was 7 years old. I prayed for wisdom, God gave me pain so with my weakness I’ll learn to surrender and seek His words.
It’s funny how God answers my prayers in ironic and disguised ways…and when things go badly now, I have stopped asking “Why?” Instead, I solemnly say, “Thank you Lord.”
God bless you and your family always! =)
Tracy
Hi bro.Bo!
tnx. for the inspirational stories. I’ve learned a lot from it
Wow, ahlovit!
I was feeling kinda down and out when i started reading your message. Pero towards the end, it i feel a 360 degree turnabout in my outlook. I’ve been focusing on the wrong things. I can’t wait for the blessings to come.
Thank you Bo for always being there to remind us and show us what it true, beautiful, and everlasting. God bless you more and more!
OOpss, tha’t 180 degrees turnabout lang pala. Sumobra na. Hehehe!
Hi Bo!
This article is an eye opener.
Back in CYA years in UST I learned that when asking for something from GOD. His answer could be YES, NO and LATER. YES, when it is right for us. NO, which means GOD has other plans for us. LATER, it is not yet the right time. Until now, I apply such whenever I ask something from GOD.
Reading about the pipelines is indeed helpful, I realized that I always get a big YES on my prayers because I have a lot of pipelines.
I thank GOD for making you one of my pipelines.
You’re absolutely right Bo. God is really a provider. I remembered when I was younger, I often asked God why are we not rich. But then, I’ve realized that we are indeed rich even though we don’t have much money. Why? Because we are a big family, we are complete, we have a lot of friends and we are happy.. Having them is the greatest blessing!..
A very timing reflection. I have been in this company for almost 5years, still a casual employee. After praying and asking the Lord to give me a chance to be a regular employee it still is not happening. And I admit to question Him whenever I feel that way. But I realize that what is more important to now is that I have a job and able to provide for my family. He never abandoned my prayers after all. Just like what the reflection today “Just keep Trying”.. then I will and I trust in Him completely. And I will not give up.
gggg
hi brother bo, i was with y&r when chiqui invited you to have a talk with us.
no i’ve transferred to a different company and have come to work with a 33yr old woman supporting her 16yr old son and 9yr old daughter on her own income as an admin personnel. Her husband has been in the states for 6yrs and has recently stopped sending money. Both her parents have remarried years before. Her father, she says, is your nth cousin.
I was convincing her to get in touch with you because I know you can help her heal her thoughts and her heart. She said “ok lang nanman malayo na kasi kamag anak yun kaya hindi na ganon ka close.” I said “you of little faith inuunderestimate mo ang capacity ng isang tao para tulungan ka at mahalin ka.”
I have been forwarding your blogs to her a long time ago, i know it helps her but perhaps a personal email or something, just someone who have gone through life and survived, all shiny with God’s love, maybe that will renew her hope that there is still more to come, better things. Brother Bo, this friend of mine, at 33, feels that all is lost.
GOD IS REALLY GOOD. He gave us brother Bo to be an instrument for us to be enlightened. Through his articles he makes us realize that God really loves us, that He loves us unconditionally, no matter what. We should not question Him if ever He did not grant our wishes because He has a better plans for us.
One thing I realized in life ….. We should COUNT OUR BLESSINGS AND NOT WHAT’S MISSSING for us to be CONTENTED
YOu’re a GrEat eXampLe Bo, gReat instRument, Great InspIratIon, GrEat friEnd.
P.S.
I applied your advices on money and it worked so well for me.
jess.faller@gmail. I can assist our brothers and sisters with this.
Thank you for reminding me of the greatest provider our Father.
Im inspired again,I’ve been a lot of trials, i’d lost my parents, my only sister got sick., etc… but God is there to me always and He never leave me. I do believe everything will be okay soon with God’s power.
Thank you po Bro. Bho
this article makes me realized that GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.
He is just waiting for you to ask for whatever you want, and if its good for you, he will give it to you in just one click.
And I think the best for us is to be the pipeline for everyone, it means you’re spreading his words.
And also if feels good when so many persons saying thank you because you are bein good to them in some way or another.
Thanks for being PIPELINE!!!!!
maraming salamat po BRO.BO!
thank you for being our pipeline!
God bless po!
I love this article! It’s very inspiring. =) Can’t wait to share it to someone so dear to me. This one’s very timely. =)
Thanks po Bro Bo! such a short, yet so meaningful story!
God really is good! for he always brings blessings to us.
love it so much , definitely enlightened my soul
Truly, God’s blessings are beyond our expectations…beyond compare, beyond comprehension… He sees the heart…listens, and take care of everything!
In everything, give Thanks unto the LORD!
To God be the Glory!
truly God is a provider… he provide us of what we need even those we didin’t ask… He is such a wonderful parent to everyone….
Thanks Bo for another inspirational stories…
hi, thank you so much.God bless us all.
GOD is wonderful! Thanks Bro. Bo. So, inspiring!
thanks kuya, hoping I will be one of God’s vessels of blessing like you or in other way…
Thanks Bro Bo! God is good all the time! I have a lot of experiences wherein I feel very blessed. There are blessings in disguise that are actually magnificent for me. Sometimes, tears of joy come about because of the great things and people that God is giving me. Small mistakes and painful happenings into my life has always turned to be good and positive. God’s love is so marvelous! =)
i hit this site through a brother from singles for Christ who added me in his facebook…after i opened the site, i kept on clicking back to facebook site because the “articles are too longgg.” then i gave up because i need to opened another web for facebook….so then, i decided to go on…read unitl the end..as i was reading, maybe God has something for me and gotcha!!!! bull’s eye!!! the message is clear and full of humility…..
i, we are not waiting for seven or twelve years…only three….and God really has His way of telling what He wants…I am a PT for special children..i don’t have children yet on my own and I realized through you…I should be thankful for my 3-4 little children that I always play with…who get excited everytime they see me…and for the children that i am going to meet this school year.
Thank you so much…I will not forget the first time I attended ur service at camp aguinaldo…MOre power to you Bo! you’re truly a blessing!
Yes, I received many blessings that I should be thankful to God. Thank you for the reminder.
More power to you.
i am awed and blessed wiht keyrgma and all your emails. you see this is my guiding light throughout my illness. i was diagnosed with a brain tumour here in new zealand and had undergone two big brain operations. for others it is a life and death situation but for me it feels like a bad flu. God is so amazing i am doing very very well now with a little inconvenience of body weakness but no pain. through the uncertainties, i never questioned nor blamed God for it, for i know in my heart there’s a reason for everything. i am now ready to tell the world boldy that I have a big God bigger than my tumour who heals me, amazing! Praise God forever. I wish to be back to work so i can start contributing in your ministry. God blessed you with gigantic mission of saving lots of soul you are such an inspiration to all of us. I am now ready to earn and support your mission and to work for the Lord for free for the rest of my life.
Brother Bo its true enough,we should create pipelines for the blessings to flow.
I’m in business right now, I noticed that God’s greateness is revealed in this pipeline. I commit to provide blessings to my community by giving them Jobs and in return the business serve more clients and eventually more income!
One pipeline of blessings I know are having great relationships with the people, that is my family, friends and associates. They refer clients to me!!
Thank you Brother Bo!
hi bo….just wanted to share you this experience i had about God being a provider…i’m onto my 3rd year as an OFW and since i had been receiving salary increases, eventually, my offering during the mass increased from 2 dinars to 4 dinars…since i have loaned for some amount to build a house for my children, i have been a bit financially strained which somehow affected my offerings…this month i managed to save 3 dinars for my offerings…but before the first sunday came, a patient of mine whom i patiently cared for insisted to accept her 1 dinar… it was not proper to accept such favors from patients…she told me, “please accept it as a blessing for helping me with my bigger blessing, my son.” so i accepted the 1 dinar… then i told myself, i will drop it in the collection bag on sunday…then i realized, i had only saved 3 dinars out of my salary… since i was shorthanded of 1 dinar, God sent it through my patient… it felt good
Bro.Bo
i was so bless no that i could have your articles and and your tv shows to used as my pipelines of Gods blessings. before i really want to read this kind of articles and its available.. its Gods blessings! i feel more closer to God knowing his kindness to everyone. i hope and wish that other peolpe may find this happiness. thank you! God bless all the time people like u!
Thanks Bo for your inspiring articles, you are really a blessing to us…God bless always.
thank you very much for this very inspiring article and for inspiring as always….God Bless
I was very enlightened with this article….I had realized the abundant blessings God has gave us…we only need inner and outer expectations!
Truly our Father is abundant.He provides all our needs. We need to have open arms to recieve and to share that blessngs.I’m expecting abundant blessings from Him. Thank You Father in advance. Thanx Bro.Bo for the inspiring articles. God bless you always!!!
So very true. when my first boyfriend broke up with me, i thought…how could I go on living? there’s no other man who could replace him in my heart. No one could compare to him and would ever make me happy. I asked why do we have to end up that way? but with what you have said, perhaps that was the pipeline, because of that break up-it gave way for me to meet my wonderful husband. Humans really do perceive things differently. I thank God for blessing me and giving me a good and loving husband! :>
Hi Bo,
Thank you for sharing many life experiences and sending me words of God through my email. Im working in Dubai for three months and no good chance of attending and going to church. I read all the scriptures through my email and it inspires me so much even how difficult to be very far from my loved once. Ill be getting married next year hopefully and i really want to go home now if i only can make it to make things happen..I ask my strength through prayers for me and for my future husband. All things has provided by God. In Gods time ill be home with Him again…Thanks Bo for inspiring me and giving strength to wait..God bless you more and more..
thanks for the inspiration you always shared.
“and our eyes are terribly short-sighted. God defines a blessing according to what His eyes can see”
awwww.. for 5 days now i felt the emptiness again and seems impatient for the blessing i’ve been praying for years.wahh.gusto ko ulit sumigaw. am i really short sighted? hmm..dont know actually what is God’s plan for my life.kakaloka.minsan khit nde mo sadya lalabas n lng sa bibig mo “Bakit!!”.. “ano ba talga”.. wahh..
ano kaya ang reaction nya pag ganitong nkikita nya ang reactions ko.. prang kayang “Candid camera” ang dating.. alam nya ang mangyayari sa huli .. pinapanood ang mga reactions and actions.. is he smiling while seeing those childish acts or is He surprised? hihi.. ano kaya irereveal nya sa huli.. im waiting for him faithfully but sometimes with my childish acts on the side..the exact way that he knows how i do it..
Bro.Bo,
I can’t imagine also what is happening in my life. struggling in studying, doing my best but in thinking of that why the results are becoming worst, it’s as if nothing was done, it’s as if effort was not exerted. I think it over and over again without losing faith and I thank you for some of my queries were answered. I always thank you Bro. Bo for sharing your ideas, you always become a blessing to everyone. I thank you a lot…..
Thank you for those inspring stories and advices. Now, I know what to do to be financially blessed. Please blog more of this topic. Thanks..
truly a life changing article.. Thank you Bro Bo!
I chanced upon this site only last week,when I was feeling so low and depressed because of financial problems.Through the articles, I realized it was only me who’s making the problem.It’s true that we should always think of the blessings God’s been giving us.I’m so blessed He has lead me to this site.Thank you Mr.Bo.You’re His pipeline too.
All praises to Him!
i had very beutiful sharing to make i make it short it was offertory and i accidentaly dropped my 500 pesos instead of my 100 pesos hinayang ako but u know after two days God return it to me plus 20,000 pesos i almost won in lotto nice di ba.
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