LET US CARE FOR OUR MOTHERS

 Why does Jesus want us to care for our mothers?

Before Jesus breathed His last, He ensured that Mary will not be neglected the reason Jesus relied her on His beloved servant, John the Beloved. After that scene, Mary was never alone but she went with John, who treated her as his own mother and Mary treated him as her son for that time Mary was already widowed and Jesus didn’t want Mary to be neglected.

Jesus is the creator of Mary and all mothers. He wants us to understand the sacrifices of our mother for us to be brought out into this world. For mothers are irreplaceable, and God never makes a mistake in choosing a vessel for one to be born. Mothers are chosen and handpicked by God given to us. So we must love, honor, respect, and obey them. It is the key to have a long, satisfied, blessed, prosperous and God-pleasing life. (Ephesians 6:1-3)

- Apostle Renato D. Carillo

CROSS REDEEMED

May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is crucified to me and I to the world. (Galatians 6:14 NCB)

The world tells us that wealth, fame, and power are the things we must take pride in. But the Bible tells us otherwise: to make the cross our pride. But why? Why should the very symbol of shame be our pride? Because it is not just any cross we boast of. We boast in the cross of Christ. We boast in what Christ has done—and suffered—for us. We boast in His love and His grace, so unfathomable and so undeserved. We boast in His gift of salvation, of life eternal. But it doesn’t end there. Accepting the benefits of the cross requires that we share in His sufferings... that we die to ourselves and be crucified with Him.