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It was Pastora Helen who delivered God's Message to us this morning, and the topic was about PRIDE. She said that pride is the ultimate blocker of God's blessings to our lives. Why? Because God hates the proud.

Earlier during the preaching, pastora said that the message will all feel us guilty. Because in one way or another, we are proud, and we must admit it.

A proud person is large in his own eyes. He thinks highly of himself. He thinks that he has a good life because of his talents and abilities. He does not acknowledge God as the one who gave him all of these blessings.

Yes, abilities and talents are keys to success. It can bring you success only for a season. Why? Kasi never tayong magtatagumpay sa mga buhay natin kung hindi naman natin isinasama si God sa success na tinatamasa natin. We must never ever think highly of ourselves. We must never be the lord of our lives because that will only bring us to downfall.

But pastora said that there is also a positive kind of pride. It is when you trust yourself that you can do all things with God. It is having confidence from God. You think highly of yourself, not because of your abilities, but because you are someone whom God will always be with. It is saying that you are rich not because of your own efforts, but because of God's promise of blessings to your life. It is about submitting your whole life to God.


Why? Because when you submit and surrender your life to God, it is an act of humility because you admit that you cannot do anything without God in your life. Because you know that you are nothing without God.

Isn't that ironic? You are positively proud when you surrender to God. Well, that's Christian life. Ironic in the eyes of other people, but it's true in God's eyes.

As putting an end to a wonderful message, Pastora Helen told us this:

"Kahit ikaw pa ang pinakamayaman, pinakamaganda, pinakamatagumpay na tao sa lugar na to, wala kang maipagmamalaki sa Panginoon dahil lahat ng bagay na meron ka ay hindi mo matatamasa kung hindi dahil sa kalooban Niya."

All that I could say is "Amen!"