Unlimited Blessings, Anyone?

If there’s one thing you’d like to attract in your life right now, what would it be? If you ask, Bro. Bo Sanchez, he’d say be a blessing magnet. How? Let Bro. Bo enlighten you in his latest book, How to Be a Blessing Magnet released last Easter Sunday.

This leader of the Light of Jesus Family, a charismatic community tells us that there are 8 simple steps to attract the miracles you need every day. Is it really simple? Not quite. This main preacher of a weekly Catholic gathering called The Feast teaches us we should be grateful for what we have received including those that we have yet to receive. Of course, it is easy to be thankful for what we see and what we have received but it takes faith to express gratitude to God in advance. After all, what if it doesn’t come? The doubting Thomas might ask. That’s precisely the point, Bro. Bo explains, your belief coupled with your grateful heart will attract your much-awaited blessings. 

If you have been following this successful author of 28 best-selling books and publisher of 8 magazines for a while now, you know that he writes and presents his ideas in simple, easy and fun ways - from healing yourself to becoming truly rich. But it takes an open mind to fully understand his message. Then it’s all up to you whether or not to follow his practical tips in attracting God’s unlimited and overflowing blessings that’s waiting and ready to overwhelm you.

To get started, go grab a copy of this blessing at your favorite bookstores and begin your way on becoming a blessing magnet yourself.

Your Slow but Surefire Way to Millions

How to make millions in the Stock Market? Preacher and financial guru, Bro. Bo Sanchez says, follow the turtle.

 

In his latest book, The Turtle Always Wins, Bo Sanchez, national best-selling author and entrepreneur, tells us how following the turtle’s lead can earn us millions of pesos in the Stock Market. How? With the simple to understand and easy to do Turtle Strategy and by following the 6 Lifestyle Principles of Mr. Turtle.

Yes, you can rake in millions of pesos in the Stock Market! Isn’t that fantastic? What’s more, with SAM (Strategic Averaging Method), you don’t need a high income to get started. Who said only millionaires and billionaires can invest in stocks? Bo promises anyone with a regular monthly income can! No kidding! You can take his word for it, and why not, he’s the author of the national best-selling book, My Maid Invests in the Stock Market! To date, his 2 maids and driver to date, are slowly but surely earning big bucks in the stock market. You see, anyone can! Isn’t it that exciting! 

Have you always wanted to dabble into stocks but were too afraid to try or even ask? Should you be a stock trader or a stock investor? Enough with the questions, go get a copy of his book now. Don’t delay. Start learning and start your way to making millions today!

I Saw God in Prison

One of the best experiences I had in 2010

I was in prison that unforgettable Saturday, July 10, 2010. As I entered I thought to myself, my family & friends will be shocked to learn where I am right now. But I’m getting ahead of the story, let me start from the beginning.

A series of predestined events starting January 2010 led me to the Correctional Institution for Women. First, when I read about prison visits on Kerygma magazine, I thought, I've never been to prison ever. It’s not like I didn’t have anybody I know imprisoned. I had frat brods jailed some years back but it never occurred to me to visit them. I thought, what do I do there anyway? I don’t even know how to comfort them. I’ll just end up feeling sorry for them. I don’t think that will help them feel any better.

Next thing I know, I was standing next to a Yam Reyna, Light of Jesus' Prison Ministry Head in a religious affair and she just popped the question, "you want to join us in our prison visit?" as if reading my mind. I said to God, Lord I was only joking. Don’t take me seriously on the prison thing. But seeing her very enthusiastic face, as if she was offering me ice cream & not a trip to an unknown world (at least for me), I gave a lousy reply, I’ll think about it. We exchanged numbers. She informed me they visit every 2nd Saturday of the month. She said to bring friends. But unlike her, I didn’t manage to offer it like an ice cream to people I know. Everybody I invited managed to turn me down so easily.

I said I’d go by myself but then my wild imagination got ahead of me so I decided not to. What if, they’re nasty. What if they don’t like me & pull my hair like in the movies of Vilma Santos I’ve seen. Or worse, they’ll pull me away from Yam without her noticing & carry me to an abandoned room & change my shirt to their orange uniform. I don’t look good in orange! So, even if Yam starts looking for me, it will be hard for her to find me. The guards, if they see me will think I’m one of the inmates, hello orange tee. Then I’ll be shouting, I don’t belong here! Get me out of here! Like some scene in the movies. Then they’ll be snorting & cacking their horrible laughs. Then the guards will think I’m some psycho so they’ll bring me to next door, Mental Hospital. Yes, I’m an aspiring scriptwriter. Good thing, you haven’t seen any of my movie scripts.

I managed to make up excuses for a few months but in June, I see her again accidentally and this time, I promised to really go on the next scheduled visit. So there I was nervously writing down my name on the visitors logbook in July. Before I could start asking myself again what on earth I was doing there, the brave goody-two shoes girl in me insisted, there’s nothing to be afraid of,and that they’re God’s children too.

As I walked in the gate, I see the orange, grey & blue lady inmates singing praises at the chapel & lifting their hands to the heavens. I met a surprised Sis Yam and I was introduced to the rest of visitors present. I felt the curious stares of the lady inmates. Most were smiling welcoming me, I felt humbled.

After the praise and worship, we listened to the talk for the day. I take a look at the lady captives again. They looked joyful, their faces radiant. They seemed so happy and at peace, totally different from the angry faces I see in the movies.

The prisoner attendees of this prayer meeting were grouped into 10's and I was asked to facilitate one group to discuss the talk. Each got a chance to answer about 3 questions. Just as I was curious to hear them,they were curious to know me. As we go back to our original seats, I felt their warm hugs & kisses. They were teary-eyed. They were so thankful to me. What have I given them? Just a few hours of my time & an ear. Ang babaw lang ng kaligayahan nila. If I had known, I would’ve come sooner.

As they file out of the chapel, they kept saying "thank you." Even those who were not in my group. It felt good to make them feel happy even for a short while. It was worth my trip, I thought to myself. As one lady she passed me by, she said, God bless you. I will not forget that moment. I saw God in her. Her face transformed to that of Jesus' face. And God Himself was thanking me.

I had to turn away to hide my tears. I tell Him, God, I did nothing special to deserve Your gratitude. But that’s just how God is, mababaw lang din ang kaligayahan Nya.

And so I walked out of CIW that day with the biggest smile on my face ;p

richard's story is my story ;p

My first article that came out at Light of Jesus' The PICC Feast Bulletin

Richard's Story

For 15 years, he didn't hear Mass...Now he serves in the Feast Security Ministry...

Richard Go is a dreamer and his dream is big. His dream is to build Dumaguete Feast chapter with his fiancee Marie. Why not, isn’t that what Bro. Bo Sanchez has been teaching us all along, to dream big dreams not just for ourselves but for our country and for God?

He envisions people worshipping God at Dumaguete Feast with a view of the sea. He also sees Feast Manila Bay Worship Leader Bro. Adrian Panganiban in the team, probably leading or mentoring them. He does not see himself leading worship or preaching. He sees himself at the back-end, logistics, security. Something he knows a lot about since he’s part of Security at the Feast Manila Bay at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) right now. This generous outpouring of love and service to God and the Light of Jesus Family stems from his love and thanksgiving to the Lord for what he calls his third life.

Richard was not this enthusiastic about serving God in a faith community. For 15 years he shunned God and did not lay foot in church. What brought about this great turnaround? Read on...

Richard was born on January 26, 1980, as an only child to a Chinese father and Filipina mother. Looking from the outside, his was a happy and normal childhood. On Sundays, the family heard Mass, ate out, watched a movie at Harrison’s and his parents sometimes bought him G.I. Joe toys. He went to a private Catholic school. Things seemed good except that his parents had a lot of fights, sometimes violent, usually about money, which bothered him. Until one day, the unthinkable happened. The family's business closed down and his parents left him to relatives on his father's side. He was only 13 years old.

He calls this his second life. He lived from one relative to another, they were passing him around. He says he was not taken in for free. He had to work for his food, lodging, and schooling. He felt so miserable. He felt unwanted. Starting then, he stored up ill feelings-- anger, hatred, resentment toward his parents, relatives, people -- and God. Every day, he was so tired, that in the evening, he simply dropped on his bed and dozed off.

Strange as it may seem, he felt an angel was with him all those years. "It was some voice in my mind, in times of my confusion," he recalls, "redirecting my plans, my steps."

When he was 19, he couldn’t take anymore of his sorry plight and so he decided to live on his own. He continued to fend for himself and send himself to school. He got into all sorts of odd jobs, worked in a fancy hotel, even through illegal means at one time. But he stressed he was never into drugs. He was into drag racing or partying with friends, surrounded by girls, into drag racing. There were times when he put his life at risk just for the hang of it. He has scars in his body to prove it. One time, he even saved a prominent family from a burning building. He was his own man, he thought to himself. He didn’t answer to anybody. He didn’t need anybody. But really, his self-worth was so low.

Then in 2003, his mom showed up from out of the blue. No drama, no questions asked, no explanation. He went with her and they started their new life together. He was happy somewhat but not completely. His father died that same year. Richard went to his wake out of respect. The thing that nagged him the most -- how his parents managed to go through life without him on their side -- never got answered.

Despite that, two years ago, a series of events led him to become the happy man he is now.

First, he suffered severe diarrhea for three days. He was brought to the hospital and doctors said he contracted the salmonella virus. In the course of those three days, he suffered dehydration and almost died. He also had hallucinations. "I saw an angel," he says. "The same one who must had been with me during the difficult ten years when I was apart from my parents. It was around that time when I started thinking about God."

Next, while recuperating, Richard saw two movies, Forrest Gump and The Passion of Christ. The first made him realize that it is better to follow God than to lead your empty life alone. The second film so moved him that he made a decision to go back to Jesus.

That was a wish that set the universe in action to bring him to what he now calls his third life. First, it so happened that his fiancée Marie regularly attended the Feast, the Sunday prayer gathering of the Light of Jesus Family, a faith community founded by. Bro. Bo Sanchez.

Richard regularly accompanied Marie to the Feast led by Bro. Bo at the Valle Verde Country Club in Pasig City. "But I just waited for her outside the building," Richard now laughs.

Then in October 2009, he found out Fr. Gerry Orbos was celebrating a healing mass at the Feast. He went in and joined Marie. This was the first time he heard Mass in 15 years. Nothing spectacular happened.

But little did he know that God was already working in him. He bought Fr. Gerry’s books and CDs which eventually opened his heart to God’s unconditional love. This time he decided to surrender his life to God. He attended the Feast regularly, taking in the graces of the Holy Mass and the lively worship, and delighting over Bro. Bo’s talks. He even joined a Caring Group and from then on, saw outpouring of blessings. He felt healing inside him, as he slowly let go of his past hurts. His relationship with his fiancée and his mom went from good to great.

By this time he was already working in an information technology company. Following his joining the Feast, he was promoted to a managerial position. It was a mean feat for him since only those with four-year IT degree were considered for such post. His is a two-year diploma. "I believe it was his reward for my service to God and the Light of Jesus," he beams.

"But my greater reward really is having found a family in LOJ who welcomed me no matter of who I was," he added. "My LOJ Caring Group helped me to be closer to God. I feel so much at home with my LOJ family who are the coolest people in the world. When you speak, they listen. If you are broken, they sympathize. When you prosper, they celebrate with you.”

Finally, he enjoins Feast attendees to not just give tithes but to give time as well by serving in the community. This year, Bro. Bo started a Feast at the PICC by the Manila Bay. Richard volunteered as member of the Feast Manila Bay Security Ministry.

"My service every Sunday is a way to start the week right," he says. "I need to do this to glorify God and that I may be blessed and inspired as I go through the humdrum of the work week."

Or you can say, his own little way of securing his place in Heaven.