Nieto Bible Page

  Isa sa pinakamahirap gawin ay maghintay. Kaya naiinip tayo sa pila, mas pinipili nating hintayin kaysa maghintay at mahiling tayong mag-shortcut and cut corners. This is true both for our daily life and our spiritual life.  Gusto natin ng crowns ngayon but we don't want the crosses. We like the benefits but not the trials. We like the rewards but not the service. We want what we want now; we don't want to wait. But what if the reason for waiting is not because He's being mean but He wants you to enjoy the blessings without destroying in the process. What if He's building our character so we'll have the capacity to enjoy and not self-destruct? Ilang lottery winners and nasira ang buhay dahil sa biglang yaman nang walang capacity? Or sinira ng sudden fame from being discovered sa social media? Maybe God wants us to enjoy His blessings so He builds capacity in us first. Maybe the reason for the wait is to set things up. Before you can enjoy the benefits, He has to a...

  I am a sinner and so are you. When I sin, I need to confess it before God to be clean and be back to fellowship. You should do the same. Problems happen when instead of confessing my own sins, I am bothered with your sins.  It is easy to be a Pharisee when our sins are more respectable than others. It is easy to judge others for having sins that are "grosser" than our own. As far God is concerned, sins separate the believer from fellowship, whether gross or respectable. And since we sin against God, it is Him that will evaluate which one is gross and which one is respectable (all sins are gross and not respectable by the way). So it is not our business to judge others. Our business is to keep short account with God. This does not mean we won't encourage our sinning brother to return to God. It means we have to tell him it is sin, that he needs to confess it but it is not our prerogative to mete judgment. Our job is to point Him to Christ and not to our own standards of...

  Sa mga nakakaalala nagsimula ang aming 2025 na hindi maganda. Nawala ang aming kalamansian , nagbitaw ako sa pagtuturo sa church (because reasons), may family member na namatay, another family member na naospital at another family member na may mental health problem. Kaliwa-kanan ang problemang aming hinaharap. Fast forward to November, we're still here. Gaano man kabigat ang aming hinarap, God  carried me here. Nakabalik ako sa pagtuturo sa church (for reasons) and we're still hoping na ibabalik ng Panginoon ang kalamansian. May mga bagong problems and challenges dahil may college na ako but God is faithful. Gaano man kabigat ang problems God will make a way. Yung mga bagay na akala ko hindi namin kakayanin, we're more than conquerors through Christ.  If God was able to carry us to this 11th month, I am confident He'll carry us through the end of the year. More than that I am confident He'll carry us through the next years.  I know God will help us. His grace pro...

  I exercise regularly. My goal is not exactly to become big. My goal is to be strong, mobile and functional.  So every day I stretch, strain and test my muscles with weights and movements. Every time I become sore, the muscle fibers being destroyed, but I am confident that when they repair they will be stronger. I see their destruction as for the better.  Ganuon din sa faith. If we think that by believing in Jesus Christ , we will live happy ever after (eventually in eternity but not here on earth), free of pain and suffering, we're greatly mistaken. Si Jesus na mismo ang nagsabing, in this world we'll have tribulation but He overcame the world. Our faith becomes stronger as we face challenges that stretch, strain and test our faith.  The goal of the trials is not to destroy you, it is to make your faith stronger.  The times when you suffer are actually when you become stronger and more resilient.  Of course if you have a defeatist attitude , you'll not ...

  I don't know who taught of this (I get this from Salt and Light page , one of my favorite FB pages) but this is brilliant. May November be our month. When I say may November be our month, I am not referring to what people usually means by it - that November will be a prosperous month. What I mean is my November be the month when we start taking the spiritual life seriously. Each letter of the November acrostics is something we can aim for this month. Let us use this month to nurture our faith, obey God, etc. This does not mean that comes December we will forget all of these because this is only for November. What I mean is every new month, new week, new day, are new opportunities to start anew.  Maybe your last month isn't good. This November we can start afresh. Maybe October isn't kind to you- you face problems, you lose your faith, etc. November can be when we turn things around.  Every morning is God's faithfulness demonstrated. Every new month is God's goodn...

  Many people says they are saved by grace through faith but are maintained saved by works. It doesn't make sense. If you think you need works to remain save, it means somewhere in our thinking, we believe that our works contribute to eternal life. The truth is, in God's grace, we receive eternal life by faith alone apart from works. If works have no role in obtaining eternal life, they have no role in maintaining it either. Eternal life is not part God and part human. That is He gave the eternal life but you have to maintain it. Eternal life by definition is eternal. If it ends because of lack of works then it isn't eternal to begin with. It also doesn't make sense that temporal beings can maintain eternal life. Temporal humans can't maintain eternal life by temporal works. Only an eternal God can maintain eternal life.  This is not to say works are not important. They are. But not for obtaining or maintaining eternal life. We'll be rewarded based on works. Our...

  We all want happy Christian homes. But many times ang ating mga sambahayan ay hindi nagre-reflect ng grace and peace na masigasig nating pinapangaral. Many times ang ating mga bahay ay mga war zones sa halip na zones of peace. Magtataka pa ba tayo kung hindi natin mapaniwala ang mga unbelievers sa ating doktrina? We shared the gospel but natitisod sila. They can't look past our bad domestic life. Frankly I don't believe them. Before buy a product, tinetest natin muna kung maayos ba. Paano natin masasabing maayos ang produkto if it breaks down the first time gamitin. How will they believe in Jesus' redeeming work on the Cross when our domestic lives don't show that redemption. How can we preach the Light of the World kung we are showing darkness. Hindi sila maa-attract sa ating faith. This is curious.  We study the Word of God which tells us the secrets of holy domestic living. But for some reason there is a disconnect between what we learn in the chapel and how we l...

  Isaiah 49:14-16 [14]But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me, And the Lord has forgotten me." [15]"Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. [16]"Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. Maybe we feel alone. Iniisip nating iniwan at kinalimutan na tayo ng lahat. Iniisip nating walang nagpapahalaga sa atin.  Kahit ang mga unang Israelita ay nag-aakalang kinalimutan na sila ni Yahweh . Ngunit ang tanong ni Yahweh, malilimot ba ng ina ang kaniyang mga anak. Ito ay retorikal na tanong na ang sagot ay hindi. Ngunit alang-alang sa diskusyon, kahit pa mangyari ang imposible (nalimot ng ina ang kaniyang anak), hindi magagawang limutin ng Diyos ang Israel.  He will always remember. Noong bata pa ako, dahil ako ay malilimutin, sinusulat ko sa kamay ang utos sa akin sa tindahan. Malimot ko man ang pinabibili, kapag tiningnan ko ang ...

  Maraming nagsasabing marriage is a thing of the past. Papel lang iyan. Hindi na kailangan. Ang mahalaga ay ang compatibility. Ngunit paano magiging obsolete ang isang institusyong ang Diyos mismo ang naglagay ( Genesis 2 ). Contrary to many people think, marriage is not just a piece of paper. Ang Diyos mismo ang nagtatag nito nang dalhin Niya si Eva kay Adan upang sila ay maging isang laman . Ito marahil kung bakit kinakalaban ni Satanas, ng sanlibutan at ng laman ang marriage. Since hindi nila magawang saktan ang Diyos ng diretsa, inaatake nila ang gawa ng Kaniyang kamay.  Tila sila mga bata na hindi kayang makipaglaban nang harapan kaya pagtalikod ng kaaway ay sinira ang kaniyang project.  But we should not despair. As long as we're in this earth (sa heaven walang marriage), and as long as there are worshipers of God, marriage will exist and will never be extinct. Happy marriages are a testimony to the world that God's plan is alwayas superior to human inventions. I...