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JEHOVAH JIREH: God Our Provider

 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.  So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.” Genesis 22:13-14

When God told Moses to go to Pharaoh and say, "Let my people go!" he was disheartened.  Anyone who has ever walked through the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and has seen the gold and the magnificence which decorated the courts of the pharaohs can imagine in a small way how this 80-year-old man, who for the last 40 years had been a shepherd with loneliness for a companion, would feel, striding into the palace asking that some two million slaves be allowed to take a hike out of the empire.

Sure!  Just like that. So Moses, fishing for something more concrete, says, "When they ask me, 'What is his name?' then what shall I tell them?"  God told him to say that "I AM has sent me to you" (Exodus 3:13-14)--something that made a lot more sense to them than it does to us today.  Here's why.  God used a word that was based on the verb, "to be." It means one who is the totality of existence.  It is the basis of the word Jehovah, one of the names which God used to reveal who He is.

In ancient days, God's name was revered, something sacred and holy, and the degree to which God's name is profaned and trivialized today marks the distance we have come with our backs to God.

Guy Duffield wrote, "Scribes who copied the Scriptures used to wash their hands before they would write the word God.  But when they came to the name Jehovah they would bathe themselves all over before writing it.  So much did the Jews stand in awe of that awful Name that they substituted for it some lesser word for God whenever it occurred in their public reading of sacred Scripture."  (Guy Duffield, The Seven Great Redemptive Names of God, p. 4).

In Old Testament scriptures, the name Jehovah is also compounded with other names, giving us beautiful pictures of God's nature and character. He is called, Jehovah Elohim meaning, "Jehovah God," Jehovah Rapha meaning "Jehovah or God our healer," Jehovah Shalom meaning "Jehovah or God our peace," Jehovah Ra-ah meaning "Jehovah or God our shepherd, Jehovah Shammah meaning “Jehovah or God, the one present," and so forth.

Each of these names for God is connected with something meaningful and significant that gives us guidelines for living in the early hours of the twenty-first century.

First, do you remember the story of a father who was asked by God to sacrifice His son on Mt. Moriah, at the same place where the temple was later to stand?  His name was Abraham, and the son was Isaac. The first mention of the word love in the Bible was used of Abraham, describing how he loved his son (Genesis 22:2). Here's the record. "Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.  So Abraham called that place “The LORD Will Provide" (Genesis 22:13-14).  The phrase we translate "The Lord will provide" is Jehovah Jireh or “The Lord our provider."

Have you discovered that God still provides for His children? Have you learned that God's provision is enough to meet the deep needs of your life, emotionally, spiritually, and physically, that He will be with you when you go through tough times and that He will provide for your needs?

If you are a regular listener to Guidelines or read the commentary, you know that at this point, I usually tell a story illustrating the Guidelines for today.  You can be that living illustration or story.  You can prove for yourself that the same One who provided a ram in the thicket for Abraham can provide for you today.  He is still Jehovah Jireh, the God who provides.

Resource reading: Genesis 22:1-24

https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/jehovah-jireh-god-our-provider/

When You And Your Mate Disagree

 Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?  Amos 3:3, NKJV

Only a few weeks before her death at the age of 92, Audrey Duffield sat down and with no particular audience in mind wrote the following selection which speaks for itself.  People say that diamonds come in small packages, but, then, so does dynamite.  The fact that this little woman weighed less than 75 pounds and stood no taller than fifty-four inches should never lessen the impact of her powerful personality.  I know!  She was my mother-in-law.

"Would you like to hear how one minister and his wife settled problems peacefully and happily?" she asked.  Then answering her own question, she explained, "We made one decision in our marriage that we followed for 63 years. The decision Guy and I made was that we would never make an important decision regarding our life work until we were united in that decision.

"Perhaps you say, 'Oh, well, you two had good dispositions.'  Oh, no!  Ministers' dispositions are not all sugar.  My husband was a New Englander—you know, those wonderful but determined people.  And I was spunky with a strong Canadian background.

"The test came early in our ministry.  A change of pastorate was presented.  Down to our knees we went in prayer.  And we came up divided.  But there was no argument.  I felt Guy leaning one way and me the other.  But I never said a word.  And I didn't go around crying or pouting either.  I just felt the answer down in my heart and left it there.

"Weeks went by.  Guy wavered, but for once, not me.  Finally one day Guy expressed his decision, 'I feel the Lord wants us to remain where we are.'  What did saucy Audrey say?  'I could have told you that three months ago!'

"Now," she explained, "these were both good churches.  The choice was not made on anything physical.  It was that voice way down deep.  Tears of joy in the Lord's leading came, and we never ever had a feeling of a wrong decision.

"Years after this experience, at a mid-week service a young lady came up to me and said, 'When you were certain, why did you not express your opinion?'  Before that young lady was halfway through her question, I saw her head nodding.  She was answering her own question.  She knew the decision had to be from both of us and be the same answer.  Never did we fail in this lesson.

"Friends, you must be united in your decisions in life, and God will bless [you]."

Years before, Amos asked the question, "Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" (Amos 3:3, NKJV).  The answer is obvious.  Waiting and praying until God brought a kindred witness to their hearts was the way Guy and Audrey Duffield handled disagreements for over six decades of marriage, a track-record that few reach today.

The fact is that God doesn't have two separate wills for a couple.  He has but one and waiting until He has brought the same witness to both eliminates harsh words and bitter arguments.

Does it work?  Having never heard that story, my wife and I have followed the same concept, and--yes--it does work.  It's amazing what happens when you say, "Lord, what is your will in this whole situation?" remembering even Jesus prayed, "Not my will but thine be done" in the Garden.

Don't waste your adrenalin, fearful that you will lose the argument and not have your way.  It isn't worth it when you can clasp hands and say, "Lord, we both want the same thing, which is your will.  Show us what you want."  Keep talking, keep on praying, and wait until you know or must decide.  You will eventually look back and be very glad you waited.

Resource reading: Genesis 20:1-18

https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/when-you-and-your-mate-disagree/

House, Senate leaders meet weeks after Velasco assumes Speakership

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Thursday said congressional leaders are working on a common legislative agenda for the remaining 20 months of the 18th Congress. 

The informal caucus was held in a hotel in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday, Nov. 4, Velasco said, noting that he is looking forward to a "new era of cooperation" between the two chambers.

"We look forward to a very good working relationship between the House and the Senate as both chambers strive to ensure the remaining sessions of the 18th Congress will be fruitful and productive," he told reporters in a statement.

"We consider the senators as vital partners, allies and friends, and we thank the Senate leadership for this productive meeting," he said.

The House and the Senate leaders who attended the meeting were: Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, Senate Finance Committee chair Sonny Angara, House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, House Majority Leader Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, House Committee on Appropriations chair Eric Yap and House Minority Leader Joseph Stephen “Caraps” Paduano.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon also joined the meeting via videoconference, the House Speaker said.

Velasco did not give specific targets set by the lawmakers, but said that President Rodrigo Duterte "can rely on Congress to help him fulfill his promises to our people before his term ends" in 2022.

"We take seriously his call to put an end to systemic corruption, and we will work together with our fellow lawmakers to come up with legislation to help our overseas Filipino workers, farmers and fisherfolk," Velasco said.

Among the legislative measures mentioned in Duterte's previous State of the Nation Address (SONA) are the proposed Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act, Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer (FIST) Act, Rural Agricultural and Fisheries Development Financing System Act, and the bill creating the Department of Overseas Filipinos.

The House also asked the Senate to prioritize the proposed Magna Carta of Barangay Workers to support barangay frontliners, as well as the proposed Internet Transactions Act that seeks to protect consumers, especially with the increase in online transactions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Velasco said.

As for the 2021 national budget, Velasco said he is confident that the spending bill would be passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law before the year ends to prevent a reenacted spending program that could slow economic growth and hamper the delivery of government services. 

"We have a good working relationship with the Senate, and everyone is united," he said.

"The House and Senate leaderships were both in agreement that the national budget should be approved as soon as possible," he added.

The House transmitted the approved copy of the proposed P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget to the Senate on October 27, about a month later than the original deadline, but a day ahead of an adjusted schedule after a power struggle between Velasco and ousted Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano.

The record-high budget was designed to further strengthen government response and stimulate economic recovery in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/05/20/house-senate-leaders-meet-weeks-after-velasco-assumes-speakership

Pangangaroling, iminungkahing ipagbawal dahil sa COVID-19 pandemic

Iminungkahi sa Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) na ipagbawal muna ang pangangaroling ngayong Pasko sa pangambang maaari itong magdulot ng pagkalat ng COVID-19.

Batay sa ulat ni Raffy Tima sa GMA News TV "Balitanghali" nitong Huwebes, si Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba ang nagbigay ng panukala.

"Karamihan kasi ng carolers namin dito, they are not even from our place. 'Yung pagpupunta nila from one house to the other, natatakot kami doon because it might cause the upsurge of COVID cases," sabi ni Mamba.

Dagdag ng gobernador, kakaunti lamang ang COVID-19 cases sa kanilang lalawigan kumpara sa ibang lugar sa bansa, kaya gusto nila itong mapanatili.

Ayon pa kay Mamba, maaari namang magbigay ng kautusan ang mga LGU pero iba pa rin kung manggagaling mismo ang kautusan sa IATF.

"At least they know that there is a medical and scientific basis of what we are trying to ask dahil ang hirap nito eh, it's a... tradisyon ito eh na ginagawa every year," ani Mamba.

Suportado ni IATF chief implementer at vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez ang panukala ni Mamba.

Ayon kay Galvez, isasama niya ito sa mga pag-uusapan sa IATF. Gayunman, maaari nang mag-issue ng ganitong kautusan kung nanaisin ng gobernador na ipagbawal ang pangangaroling.

"It is the prerogative of the LGU because we have said, the Local Government Executives are the most knowledgeable people that can protect their constituents, what is best for them," sabi ni Galvez.

Nauna naman nang napagkasunduan ng Metro Manila mayors na ipagbawal ang mga Christmas Party ngayong taon dahil pa rin sa pandemya.—Jamil Santos/AOL, GMA News

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/ulatfilipino/762898/pangangaroling-iminungkahing-ipagbawal-dahil-sa-covid-19-pandemic/story/

Musings of a Plantito - Kape't Pandasal kasama si Fr Kali Llamado

Here Is The Shortcut To Peace

 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.  Psalm 16:7

For the person who understands that the circumstances of life are never bigger than God, there is a short‑cut to peace in life.  It is one of the few shortcuts that you will ever experience in life that can save you a lot of pain and turmoil. It is learning the secret of praise and thanksgiving.  "Thanksgiving for what?" you may think?  For the fact that I am so depressed I'm looking up to see the bottom?  Thankful that my job ended when there aren't many jobs available for people my age?  Thankful that my wife of 18 years left me for another?

I'm not going to just glibly tell you, "Hey, this too shall pass," trying to make you feel better.  No.  Let's take a moment and take a hard look at the paradox of giving thanks in time of difficulty.  First: The New Testament suggests that thanksgiving and praise are matters of your will, not your emotions.  When trouble leads to discouragement and discouragement to depression, the last thing that you feel like doing is to look up and praise God for anything, right?  Maybe shake your fist in anger, yes! Sometimes we really feel like that.  Blame God for not intervening, perhaps.  A lot of people do just that.  But praise?  "For what?" we ask ourselves.

The first step in breaking through the gloom of your difficulty is to understand that what you are doing is right, if not necessarily what makes you feel good.  Do it in simple, straightforward obedience to Scripture that says, "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Second, you will never be so far removed from God that you cannot focus your thoughts on the nature and character of God and say, "Thank you, God, for who you are and what you are."  Far too much of our relationship with God is experience‑oriented.  We praise God when we feel happy and things are going smoothly.  But in prison, Paul and Silas sang praise to God.  David, the Psalmist, knew what difficulty and trouble were about, yet he said, "I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth" (Psalm 34:1).

No matter how low you feel, no matter what has happened to you, you can yet center your thoughts on the faithfulness of God, upon the fact that He knows your heart and that He will accept you and that His love is not dependent upon your goodness. You can take heart in the fact that the injustices of life are temporary and that someday there will be a final day of reckoning.

Zephaniah, one of the minor prophets of Old Testament days, lived in a period of great turmoil and distress.  To people who were facing their fair share of difficulty, he wrote, "The Lord your God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy; you [paraphrased] will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17, KJV).

That phrase, "you will rest in His love" is interesting.  Faced with trouble, it is easy to forget that He loves you, so having made the decision to give thanks, begin to quietly do so, knowing His love is an unchanging constant.  You can thank Him that He can still take the fractured, broken pieces of your life and put them together again.  He knows your pain and hurt, and yes, no matter what happens, He is bigger than the need that confronts you.

Praise is the shortcut to peace.  Yes, in every situation, in every circumstance of life, we can still give thanks, for He is worthy of praise. It is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Resource reading: Acts 16:1-40

https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/here-is-the-shortcut-to-peace/

Food tenants at Vista Mall Malolos

Opening Soon:

• Burger King
• Cabalen
• Chowking
• Dencio's
• Domino’s Pizza
• Goldilocks Bakeshop and Foodshop
• Greenwich
• Hongzhuangyuan
• Jamba Juice
• Jollibee
• KFC
• Krispy Kreme
• Kuya J
• Le Coeur de France
• Mang Inasal
• Maple
• Max's Bakery
• Max's Kabisera
• Max's Restaurant
• McDonalds
• Meranti
• Pancake House
• Panda Express
• Pizza Hut
• Popeyes
• Red Ribbon
• S&R New York Style Pizza
• Sbarro
• Shakey's
• Singkit
• Sizzlin' Steak
• Smashburger
• Teriyaki Boy
• The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
• Tropical Hut
• Tortas Frontera
• Yellow Cab Pizza
• Yonghe King

The World Tonight | ANC (4 November 2020)

Takot - Kapet Pandasal kasama si Fr Nono Alfonso, SJ

How To Handle The Influence Of An Ungodly Culture

 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.  Genesis 19:29

There comes a point at which God says, "Enough is enough!" and His hand metes out judgment.  You read about it in the book of Genesis when God sent two angels who came to Sodom, intent on delivering Lot and his family.  Sodom was corrupt to the core.  Today even the name of the city itself is a sad reminder of sexual depravity.

Against the backdrop of a pagan, immoral culture, Lot had tried to raise his family to know and serve God.  But how successful was he?  Not very.  His wife, not believing the severity of the angels’ instructions, ignored their warning and lost her life.  The two daughters, fearing the stigma of a child conceived through incest less than the possibility of being childless, got their father drunk and thus conceived by him.

God took Lot out of Sodom, but the cultural influence couldn't so easily be removed.  OK, here we are today, downstream by hundreds of years, yet the battle between culture and righteous living is not much different.  How do you lessen the impact of pagan culture in the lives of your children, or the mentality of "everybody does it so if you want to succeed in business, you had better do it as well"?

So we play with illegal equipment, learn to punch the guy on the opposing team without being caught, make the payoff or bribe quietly, and take advantage of your neighbor's wife hoping that your wife will not do the same thing with some other man.

How do we confront a pagan culture today?  The option of leaving Sodom isn't really with us.  You can't escape to the desert or an island somewhere.  But you can confront your culture.  The following questions will help you decide.

Issue #1: Is your concern simply cultural or biblical?  Once you decide to let the Bible be your guide, most of the guesswork is gone.  Hundreds of clear statements say, "This is right; this is wrong," including most of the moral issues which are thought to be hazy today.

You must, of course, believe that God is a good God, not a killjoy wanting to keep you miserable.  When you are convinced that He knows how you can find happiness and fulfillment, walking in simple obedience eliminates most of the cultural ambiguity.  Jesus told the disciples, "If you love me, you will obey what I command" (John 14:15).

Going beyond what the Bible actually says are biblical principles such as those that affirm the sacredness of life, issues which, though not specifically addressed, are a matter of conscience.  But a broad knowledge of Scripture helps you make good decisions for you and your children.  At times, putting feet to your conscience is one of the best ways to handle some situations.

Issue #2: Ask, "How does this affect my family, my personal reputation, and the Lord whom I serve?"  Simply put, everything you do affects others, and though some things may be perfectly innocent in themselves, the long term effects on others must determine which side you come down on.

Issue #3: Ask, "Does my decision glorify God in its consequences?"  Frankly, there are some issues which are not necessarily right or wrong issues, yet if I lose my independence and become a servant to my culture, forget it.    You can do a right thing a wrong way.  Lot's two daughters both had children by their own father, and their descendants, the Moabites and Ammonites, became long-term, bitter enemies of Israel.  Lot put some distance between himself and the culture of Sodom, but he did it too late.  The moral is obvious. 

Resource reading: Genesis 19:30-38

https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/how-to-handle-the-influence-of-an-ungodly-culture/

The World Tonight | ANC (3 November 2020)

You Can Be Released From Hatred

Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. In my obsession against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.  Acts 26:11

Rosario Rivera was a revolutionary most of her life.  Born out of wedlock in Lima, Peru, she grew up filled with anger over her poverty and hunger.  Eventually anger turned to hatred towards her mother, her teachers, and the system which had spawned her.  At age thirteen she had given up school and was deeply involved reading Marx and Lenin. By eighteen she was a militant revolutionary and a Communist.

In Cuba she met the famed revolutionary, Che Guevara, and became his assistant.  Upon his death she became all the more bitter and returned to her native Peru.  She was there when another Latin revolutionary returned to Peru.  His name: Luis Palau.  But Palau was a revolutionary of a different kind.  His commitment is to his Master, Jesus Christ, not Marxism.

Palau was speaking in the bull arena in December of 1971 when Rosario decided that she had to kill him.  She was enraged while listening to Palau's radio program in Spanish and decided that he had to die.  With a gun on her person, she went to the arena. Telling about the incident later, Palau said, "During my message I spoke about the 'Five Hells of Human Existence'‑‑murder, robbery, deceit, hypocritical home and hatred."

"Each sin I mentioned pricked Rosario's conscience‑‑for she had committed them all‑‑and only made her all the more determined to kill."  Trying to maneuver into position to fire the fatal bullet, she came forward with 300 people to receive Christ as personal Savior.  A little old lady who was a counselor walked up to her and said, "Madam, can I help you receive Christ?"

Rosario did not know how to respond so she hit the old lady in the face and ran away; but as she tried to sleep that night, God kept taking the words of Palau's message and pushing her towards the cross with them.  "Cursed is the one who trusts in man...Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord..."

After a sleepless night, she fell to her knees and received Jesus Christ as her personal Savior.  Palau says, "The Lord absolutely revolutionized this Marxist guerilla.  She is an amazing testimony to the transforming power of the Word of God."

When her Communist comrades came looking for her, she "machine‑gunned" with the Gospel, as she puts it.  Rosario was a revolutionary, but her weapons are totally different.  She said, "If my hurt burned for the revolution in the past, then it burns even more now, and if I did a lot for the poor before, then I do more now."

She tackled poverty, corruption in government, injustice in the system and the conditions of poor factory workers; but she did so with the compassion of Jesus Christ.  There are scores of people who, like Rosario, have switched allegiance and have begun to march to the beat of a different drummer; who now serve Jesus Christ with far more fervency than they ever served as political revolutionaries.

How about you?  With whose cause have you identified?  Or are you simply living for self, one selfish day at a time?  To know more about the transforming power of Jesus Christ, read the Gospel of John and decide for yourself.  As C. T. Studd wrote a century ago, "If Jesus Christ be God, then no sacrifice is too great for Him."  Whenever a person receives Jesus Christ, a revolutionary change results‑‑the kind that produces deep peace within instead of burning anger and hatred.  The cure goes to the root of the problem, which is the hearts of men and women.  It is the only lasting solution to the problems of the society.

Resource reading: Acts 9:1-25

https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/you-can-be-released-from-hatred/

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BARMM approves admin code

 Cotabato City—The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) has approved Cabinet Bill No. 60, an act providing for the Bangsamoro Administrative Code and for other related purposes.

Bangsamoro Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Al-Hadj Murad Ebrahim said for the passage of the BARMM Administrative Code, he and the Moro people were grateful to his BTA colleagues “under the guidance of our Speaker, (lawyer) Pangalian Balindong.”

The Bill, passed Wednesday evening into regional law, defines the structural, functional, and procedural principles and rules of governance of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), a statement from the Regional Bureau of Information said.

“Today, we are writing history by providing the form of structure of the Bangsamoro Government and fulfilling one of our mandates during the transition period. It was not an easy task from the early days of the transition to the unforeseen coming of the Corona Virus Disease Pandemic, we were surely placed under unprecedented circumstances and condition that made this important task even more challenging,” Ebrahim said.

The law, authored by Member of Parliament Raissa Jajurie, a lawyer, contains provisions giving much credence and emphasis to roles of women in affairs of governance, including establishing the Bangsamoro bureaucracy.

More amendments were introduced by women Members of the Bangsamoro Parliament—among them Baintan Adil Ampatuan, former chief planner of the autonomous region, Susan Anayatin, representative of the Christian community, Jam Disimban Ramos, peace and women’s entrepreneurship advocate.

Before the sunset prayers, Jajurie accommodated amendments introduced by MP Zia Alonto Adiong of Lanao Sur before the Bill was finally voted into law.   

By nominal voting, 26 BTA members voted physically while 32 voted via zoom. None of the members voted against nor abstained on the approval of CA 60.

The Bangsamoro Administrative Code is one of the priority legislations of the BTA, as provided under Republic Act 11054, the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).

https://manilastandard.net/lgu/mindanao/338417/barmm-approves-admin-code.html

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Family Appointment with El Shaddai in High Definition (HD)

 

After twelve years and nine months of broadcasting in Standard Definition (480i, 4:3 SDTV) format, The weekly Family Appointment with El Shaddai held at the Outdoor Stage, Amvel City or at the Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park and Tuesday fellowships at the Cuneta Astrodome or at the Rizal Baseball Stadium or at the El Shaddai International House of Prayer switched to High Definition (1080i, 16:9 HDTV) and Ultra High Definition (3840p 16:9 UHDTV) starting on January 3, 2004.

On January 6, 2007, DBS TV switched to MPEG-4 AVC for its satellite broadcasts.

A scene from the three-in-a-half hour healing message by the Servant-Leader during the Family Appointment with El Shaddai at Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park, Manila where the millions of prayer partners had their opened umbrellas inverted to catch El Shaddai miracle hankies being dropped from a helicopter.

The Buhay Makulay Productions 4K HDR outside broadcast truck is located at the north wing of the grandstand.

The live TV coverage of the Weekly Family Appointment with El Shaddai is aired over:

• SkyCable Metro Manila Channel 155 (SD) and 251 (HD)
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EDITORIAL - Gerrymandering in a pandemic

Not even a pandemic, it seems, can stop politicians from carving out fiefdoms at taxpayers’ expense. With the next three generations of Filipinos now buried up to their necks in debt incurred to finance the pandemic response, precious public funds will have to be spent for a plebiscite to subdivide Palawan into not just two but three provinces.

Earlier this month, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases spent time to come up with the health protocols for the conduct of the plebiscite in the first quarter of 2021. The plebiscite is needed to ratify the gerrymandering of Palawan, as provided under Republic Act 11259 that President Duterte signed into law in April last year.

When the law was signed, the joke was that the three provinces would be called Palawan, Palatu and Palatri – a play on one, two and three – but taxpayers aren’t laughing. If ever the plebiscite approves the gerrymandering, public funds will have to be added, in perpetuity, to the annual national expenditure program. A new province will need its own congressional representation, a governor, vice governor and provincial council – with the additional infrastructure and bureaucracy to support the new offices.

Improving public service is supposedly the reason for gerrymandering. Does this mean the current service is not satisfactory? Why is it that when the country is faced with underwhelming service, the answer is to create a new executive department, or a new province or congressional district?

The COVID-19 pandemic has sent the economy into an unprecedented recession. From impoverished families to middle-class professionals to micro, small and medium enterprises, everybody is in dire need of government assistance to get back on one’s feet. Even certain wealthy industrialists are taking a heavy hit in their bottom line, impairing their capacity to provide jobs and contribute to economic growth.

What does the government do? It moves to further bloat the bureaucracy, and prepares to add to the ever-growing list of lawmakers fighting over personal control of people’s money. Don’t we have better and definitely more urgent uses for acutely limited public funds? In this terrible public health crisis, gerrymandering is where our taxes will go.

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2020/10/31/2053537/editorial-gerrymandering-pandemic

Is Culture Right Or Wrong?

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  1 John 2:15

"What is culture?" asks an article in National Geographic magazine.  Answering the question, the writer says, "Even anthropologists struggle to define the word. Food, dress, tools, dwellings, laws, manners, art, myths--culture can be described as the manifestations of human existence that are transmitted from one generation to the next, a pool of the collective intellect and memory."

I think of culture as the background and frame of a painting, the subject of which is your life and family.  Culture is powerful.  It is a vast network of threads, and colors, ideas, and thoughts which are never static.  Some anthropologists believe that our world is experiencing a "mass extinction" of cultures, a crisis they believe to be as profound as the loss of biological diversities.

Since the end of World War 2 our world has experienced cross-pollination of cultures as the result of the emerging media which has reduced our world to a global village, using the term Marshall McLuhan made popular. Art, music, films, fashions, and languages have blended.  If you question that, notice how the French have fought unsuccessfully to inoculate their language against English expressions and idioms, yet English has succeeded as the lingua franca of science, commerce, diplomacy, and pop culture.  In every language, today, there are hundreds of cross-over expressions which are now accepted in every day use--hence, the blending of cultures into a kind of pastel sameness.

It is this powerful backdrop of culture in which you find yourself often asking, "Is this right or wrong?"  One painting with a background of brilliant white stands out in stark contrast to ninety-nine with dark backgrounds.  That expression "everybody's doing it" may well describe the ninety-nine which make you different, even odd, and certainly unique.

Is culture right or wrong?  It is righteous or sinful?  Or do those terms even apply?  I'm convinced that culture is amoral, neither right nor wrong in itself apart from its relationship to what God has revealed in His Word.  And it is at this point that we have a sure measure by which we evaluate our cultures, and then come down on one side or the other of the issue.

In a sense you are like the actor on the stage, and the lights and backdrop are the culture which changes, and as it does it makes you appear in a different light entirely.

If God has not revealed His will for your personal life, then you should go with the flow of culture in that your sexuality, your business ethics, your personal expression as to what clothing you wear or what body art may adorn your exterior are all reflections of your culture.

If, however, culture is part of that broader context of "the world"--the one which John said we are not to love nor be part of, then how we live as the children of God must, of necessity, contradict the culture in which we live.

From the days of Lot, Abraham's nephew who lived in the ancient city of Sodom, to the present, the person who seeks to please God will constantly wage war with his culture, and feel that he walks out of synch with the vast majority of his contemporaries.

If your back is to God, then the dark shadow of culture won't bother you much, but if you walk towards the light, you must put aspects of our culture strictly behind you and separate yourself from them.  This requires decisions which may be out of vogue, tough ones which make you stand apart from the crowd.

Ours is a changing culture, but presiding over the changes is a changeless God who still speaks to His children saying, "This is the way; walk ye in it."  Think about it.

Resource reading: Genesis 19:1-29

https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/is-culture-right-or-wrong/

3 Covid-19 vaccines under pre-screening for clinical trials: FDA

 By Raymond Carl Dela Cruz

At least three potential vaccines for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) are under pre-screening but none authorized yet to administer clinical trials in the country, an official of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday.

In a virtual presser, FDA Director General, Undersecretary Eric Domingo said these vaccines are sponsored by Netherlands-based Janssen Vaccines & Prevention (Janssen), China’s Sinovac Biotech (Sinovac), and most recently, Clover Biopharmaceuticals (Clover) from Australia.

Both Janssen and Clover’s vaccines, Domingo said, are currently being evaluated by the Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) while Sinovac’s is currently undergoing an ethics review and evaluation by the FDA.

“Yung most advanced [Sinovac] is still undergoing evaluation and we hope to have a decision on that within one to two weeks para malaman kung pasado siya o hindi (The most advanced, which is Sinovac’s, is still under evaluation and we hope to have a decision within one to two weeks to know whether it would be approved),” Domingo said.

He noted that Russia’s Gamaleya Institute and its Sputnik V vaccine would also soon be evaluated by the VEP.

“Yung Gamaleya yata meron pang mga tanong at hinihinging information yung VEP (For Gamaleya, I think there are still questions and some information that is being asked by the VEP) and when they submit that, then the formal evaluation of the vaccine expert panel will start,” Domingo said.

Once approved for clinical trial, he said these companies will be allowed to test their vaccines on thousands of human subjects in the Philippines, or up to 40,000 individuals from several different countries.

“We regulate this to protect human rights to make sure that the safety of human subjects is assured. And dapat syempre yung clinical data, yung integrity nun hindi make-question--sigurado tayo (And of course the clinical data, its integrity should not be questionable—we must be sure of it),” Domingo said.

No Covid-19 vaccines approved for sale

Following reports that some Chinese “clinical trial vaccines” for Covid-19 are being sold for up to PHP50,000 per dose, he said the FDA has conducted an investigation and found no vaccines in the reported facility.

“Kahit nagki-clinical trial ang mga produkto sa Pilipinas or sa ibang bansa (Even if these products are undergoing a clinical trial here in the Philippines or in other countries) and it's not a registered product, they cannot be promoted as safe and effective and definitely they cannot be sold,” Domingo said.

He noted that even medical products that have been donated to the country and approved for use by the FDA and the Department of Health (DOH) would need to undergo a separate evaluation and approval process before these can be sold in the country.

“We just want to remind everybody that there are still no registered Covid-19 vaccines in the Philippines. Kung meron po kayong nakikita na naga-advertise, nagbebenta, at sinasabi na meron na (If you find someone advertising, selling, or saying that it’s available), please report them directly to us,” Domingo said.

Earlier, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque warned the public of Covid-19 vaccines that are being sold but not approved by the FDA.

He noted that those found attempting to sell these vaccines through chain messages or other marketing methods will be punished under the law.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1120285

Proposed OFW dept to cover all needs of migrant workers: DOLE

An official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday said the creation of the proposed Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) would be able to cover all the needs of Filipinos working abroad.

“But this time under one roof, you will see a Department that will protect not only the rights but especially, during pre-employment. We think this is the most important, the pre-employment situation, both in terms of regulation, in terms of welfare and in terms of really protecting them and giving all the benefits and the information they need for them to be successful Filipino citizens abroad,” Labor Undersecretary Joji Aragon said in a Laging Handa briefing.

Aragon, however, said this does not mean promoting overseas employment for Filipinos as a national policy.

"But can you imagine, bundling all of the services, programs, and policies of the government, which is kind of scattered, (is important),” she added.

She also reported that DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello has informed the senators that he fully supports the creation of the new department.

“Secretary Bello last night sent another letter to the Senate, saying that he supports 100 percent the creation of Department of OFW, on whatever version they have. Let’s remember, the boxing is over, finally approved at the Lower House. In the Senate, it’s on the committee level and we can be sure, we were informed, it might be certified as urgent this 18th Congress,” Aragon said. “We believe that the creation of the Department of OFW, authored by Senator Bong Go and supported by practically all, will strengthen not only sea-based but also land-based.”

Aragon also reiterated the request of Bello for the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to be part of the new Department.

“We hope that the POEA’s regulatory powers and quasi-judicial functions will be preserved and the OWWA who is in charge of the welfare side will likewise be preserved. We also have labor attachés, or POLOs (Philippine Overseas Labor Offices), in-charge on our half way homes, the so-called centers will be presented...” she added.

Aragon is hoping that the new Department will be formed this year or early next year.

In a public address on Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte renewed his call for the passage of a law creating a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers, saying the welfare of OFWs should be handled by a separate department other than DOLE.

He also promised the OFWs that there will be a more thorough review of policies for the protection of their rights.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1120271

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Here’s The Secret To Doing Everything Well

 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.  Proverbs 16:3

Some have called it "the Protestant work ethic!"  But it isn't, really.  It is simply the application of several phrases found in Scripture which can be paraphrased, "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right; so give it your best effort!"

Four times in the Bible you find a phrase that says, "whatever you do" and emphasizes a relationship between you and God.  The first is found in the Old Testament wisdom literature, specifically the book of Proverbs, mostly written by Solomon.  "Commit to the LORD whatever you do," says Proverbs 16:3, "and your plans will succeed.”  In this same context, the writer says that we as mortals make our plans, but the Almighty, not simply our scheming, determines their outcome.  That first "whatever you do" forges a link between your efforts, God, and success.  Application: When you really take Him as your partner in life--whether it is business or a marriage--what some think of as luck, the Bible says is really the blessing of God.

The second whatever you do is found in Paul's letter to the Corinthians where he wrote, "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31).  To understand the context of this advice, you need to know that the Corinthians were party animals, to use a contemporary expression.  They were debauched, immoral, and, depraved.  Successful merchants, yes, and proud of their accomplishments.  Personal pleasure was at the top of their leisure list.

Paul's advice to these new converts who had grown up in that culture was, whatever you do, whether it is what you say or what your actions are, strive to glorify God--not yourself.  Did his counsel run contrary to their habits and life-style?  Yes, 180 degrees.  Application: When you live a life of integrity and principle, your example is going to run counter to your culture.

When Paul wrote to the Colossians, whose city was an old but fading commercial center, he used that whatever you do expression twice. He first urged them to do whatever they did in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and to give thanks to Him no matter what the result (Colossians 3:17).  Then Paul's second use of this same expression is this:  "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" (3:23).

The context of his remarks was labor relations, putting in a full day's worth of work for a full day's pay.  He reminded slaves that God expects more of his own children—that what counts is giving your best effort, realizing that ultimately God rewards your faithful service.

A closing thought.  Whatever you do includes everything you do--nothing excepted.  Sloppy work is no credit to those who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ.  The Bible makes it clear that whatever you do is a reflection on Him who called you to serve Him, and when you do less than your best, you dishonor your Father in Heaven.

Although the truth has been bent out of shape by some who link prosperity with how much you give, there is a definite link between success and the blessing of God in your life.  He's the unseen factor that can tilt the scales in your favor.  Take time to read Psalm 1, where as a preface to the entire book, the writer announces, "Blessed is the man [the person] who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.  But his delight is in the law of the LORD" (Psalm 1:1-2).

That phrase whatever you do is all-inclusive!  It's amazing how great is God's interest in--yes, whatever you do.

Resource reading: Psalm 1:1-6

https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/heres-the-secret-to-doing-everything-well/

The World Tonight | ANC (29 October 2020)

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BTA passes Bangsamoro Administrative Code

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The 80-member Bangsamoro interim parliament has approved the proposed Regional Administrative Code essential to the setting up of an efficient autonomous government covering the five provinces of the region.

The approved Bill 60 of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority shall define the procedural principles of governance in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which covers Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

The Regional Administrative Code (RAC) encompasses all Bangsamoro ministries and all other non-portfolio entities under the office of BARMM’s chief minister, Ahod 'Al Haj Murad' Ebrahim.

"In one of its basic principles and policies, the Bangsamoro Administrative Code provides that the Bangsamoro Government, in pursuit of moral governance, shall maintain honesty, integrity, transparency, and accountability in governance and take positive and effective measures against graft and corruption," Ebrahim said in a post on the Bangsamoro government's website.

"This salient point speaks of our earnest desire to leave a system that adheres to the concept of amanah, where leadership and responsibilities are not just titles or positions, but more importantly a trust given by the Almighty," he added.

The bill was filed in plenary in July, prompting the parliament's Committee on Rules to form a panel headed by Member of Parliament Raissa Jajurie for public consultations on the proposed administrative code.

Aside from members of the BARMM Cabinet and employees of the BARMM ministries, consultations held in August included local government leaders and non-government organizations.

Also included in the public consultations were sectoral representatives from "the education sector, women sector, youth, farmer and fisherfolks, labor groups, non-Moro Indigenous People, settler communities, civil society organizations, Bangsamoro representatives residing outside the BARMM, and other stakeholders," the regional government said.

The panel also considered position and policy papers for its report to the Committee on Rules.

The committee approved the report on the bill on October 22 and brought it to the parliament in plenary on October 27 for interpellation and amendments.

BARMM's public information director, Andrew Alonto, said Thursday 26 members of the regional parliament voted in favor of the bill during a session Wednesday while 32 others manifested support for its passage via online Zoom. There were no negative votes nor abstentions.

"Tonight, I and my fellow members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, sitting as the interim Bangsamoro parliament, finally passed the Bangsamoro Administrative Code. This code will serve as the blueprint of the regional bureacracy. This is one of the mandated tasks of the interim government," MP Amir Mawallil said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

He also thanked Jajurie, who is deputy majority leader, for her work on the committee report and for seeing the bill brought to the parliament in plenary. "Your candor, and for always being open to the ideas of your colleagues. We may not always agree on things, but you will always have my respect," he said.

"And, lastly, to my fellow members in the Minority Bloc: You participated actively in the deliberations from the panel stage, to the committee level, all the way to the plenary session. This proves that every one of us is here because we are determined to work together for the success of this transition period." — The STAR/John Unson

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2020/10/29/2053141/bta-passes-bangsamoro-administrative-code

Comelec considering 2-day plebiscite in Palawan

 The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is now considering to hold the plebiscite in the island province of Palawan for two days. 

This, as the Commission expects that the COVID-19 situation in the country will linger until next year.

“One of the things that the COMELEC is considering for Palawan is the possibility of holding the plebiscite in two days,” COMELEC Spokesman James Jimenez said in a virtual media forum.

But he clarified that the matter is not a done deal yet.

“It is still being studied,” he added.

The possibility of holding a two-day plebiscite is part of the poll body’s precautionary measures to also avoid overcrowding inside polling precincts.

Jimenez said the Commission is looking into options, including dividing voters based on their surnames. They are also looking at dividing voters by gender, separating the voting days for males and females.

The poll official also said that they are also studying the feasibility of dividing voters based on their polling precinct numbers. 

By virtue of Republic Act No. 11259, the poll body has been tasked to conduct a plebiscite for the division of the island province and making it Palawan del Norte, Palawan Oriental, and Palawan del Sur.

The plebiscite is supposed to take place last May 11 but, in a Memorandum dated April 7, the COMELEC ordered the postponement of the event because of the pandemic.

The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) then approved the holding of the Palawan plebiscite in the first quarter of 2021.

https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/28/comelec-considering-2-day-plebiscite-in-palawan/

Comelec eyes 2-day Palawan plebiscite

 The plebiscite to ratify a law dividing Palawan into three provinces may be held for two days.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman James Jimenez said they are studying the feasibility of holding a two-day plebiscite to prevent crowding of people in polling precincts.

Jimenez said it is not the first time for the poll body, citing the experience for the Bangsamoro Organic Law in 2019.

He clarified that the two-day plebiscite is “not a done deal yet.”

Jimenez said their other option is to divide voters based on their surnames.

He admitted that this could pose a challenge, noting that the distribution of surnames in the Philippines is “not even remotely equal.”

Jimenez said they are also looking at dividing the voters by gender and polling precinct.

Palawan will be divided into Palawan del Norte, Palawan Oriental and Palawan del Sur under Republic Act 11259, which President Duterte signed in April 2019.

The plebiscite was supposed to be held on the second Monday of May, but was reset to the first quarter of next year due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2020/10/29/2052998/comelec-eyes-2-day-palawan-plebiscite

When You Want To Quit

 The brothers there had heard that we were coming, and they traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of these men Paul thanked God and was encouraged.  Acts 28:15

Have you had the experience of starting something...you really poured your body and soul into a cause, and then you began to wonder whether it was really worth the time and effort?  We describe it as "discouragement."  Webster defines it as "that which causes one to weaken."

This malady known as discouragement is a prelude to one of the most devastating of all maladies, known as "QUIT‑ITIS."  If you recognize the symptoms of this virus of the heart, you can do something about it.  This commentary is dedicated to all of you who are discouraged and feel like quitting, no matter where you are.

Notice, first of all, that discouragement almost always comes when you are physically fatigued.  Can you honestly remember ever being discouraged when you were physically on top of life–when you were feeling at your best?  Of course not!  But you can recall many times when you were weary; then this enemy of progress called discouragement sets in.

Years ago, a fiery prophet by the name of Elijah met the prophets of Baal and thundered forth the judgment of God.  He won single‑handedly, yet when he was tired physically as the result of the conflict, he turned and ran to the wilderness of Horeb.  Discouragement turned to quit‑itis as he said, "Lord, just let me die.  I am no better than the prophets before me."  With Elijah you can score one for humility but zero for yielding to discouragement.

Second, notice that discouragement is extremely contagious.  Charles Jones, better known as Charles Tremendous Jones, was an extremely successful businessman.  In a few years he sold more insurance than many men sell in a lifetime.  When Jones was asked if he ever got discouraged he replied, "Sure, I do, but I can't afford to let you know.  Then we'll just discourage each other."  When one man allows himself to become discouraged he will discourage everybody he comes in contact with.  Remember the ten spies sent out by Joshua of old discouraged an entire nation.  Discouragement is a luxury you just cannot afford.

Here is the third:  Discouragement is an enemy which does battle with faith.  Martin Luther defined faith as "a lively, reckless confidence in God."  Faith says, "I can visualize what I want to accomplish, or I am willing to trust God for..." Discouragement cries out, "It is not worth it."  Let me share several ways to deal with discouragement:

1) Recognize that it is no sin to be discouraged.  Spiritual giants and other men of great accomplishments have all battled it.  The sin is yielding and listening to discouragement's deadly voice which cries, "Go ahead and quit!"

2) You can deal with your discouragement by bringing it to your Heavenly Father and asking Him for new courage and strength.  Do you remember when Jesus faced the temptation in the wilderness and was successful?  God sent angels to minister to Him, and God still meets the one who will bring his discouragement to Him.

3) Let me remind you of the Apostle Paul, who found himself on the way to Rome where he was almost certain of execution.  Paul had a long journey across the stormy Mediterranean from Caesarea in Israel to Rome.  Physically he was weary when he began the journey from the port of Puteoli.  As he came towards Rome, three fellow believers came to meet him and he "thanked God and took courage."

If you are struggling with this monster called discouragement, take the upward look.  Thank God for what He has done and take courage.  As Paul wrote to the Galatians, "We will reap in due season if we faint not" (Galatians 6:9).  It is the upward look that brings courage for successful living.

Resource reading: Acts 27: 13-44

https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/when-you-want-to-quit/