Patrick Mabilog

The fine line between stewardship and loving money

How do we find the right mix of financial stewardship principles and efforts without falling for the love of money?
$The Bible extols meekness but it\'s important not to confuse being a \'softy\' with being weak$
The Bible extols meekness but it's important not to confuse being a 'softy' with being weak

Meekness. What do most associate such a trait with usually? We think about meekness and the quickest things to pop up into our heads are the words timid, shy, quiet, push-over.
God absolutely wants you to enjoy life, but that means WITH Him not without Him

Many think of sin and a life without God as the life that one truly enjoys and a life with God as a boring and tasteless pursuit of all things dull. Nothing could be further from the truth.
How to remain content in a world that tells you you need more

We live in a world that screams in lies in our face telling us that we need to add to Christ to find true happiness- that we need a good career, a perfect church, a certain relationship.
Why did Jesus want to spit out lukewarm Christians?

Do we truly understand what being lukewarm in your faith is and what drives us into such living?
$If you\'re a Christian and don\'t feel excited, you may be missing the point$
If you're a Christian and don't feel excited, you may be missing the point

If there's anyone who should be full of energy and excitement, it should be Christians. So what does it mean if you don't feel that way?
$Why it\'s important to pray without ceasing even though it seems hard$
Why it's important to pray without ceasing even though it seems hard

Praying without ceasing- what does that really mean? Does it mean that we should always be on prayer mode ready to fold our hands and bow down our heads at any given minute of the day?
$Are you looking for the perfect church? Here\'s some bad news: it doesn\'t exist$
Are you looking for the perfect church? Here's some bad news: it doesn't exist

There is no such thing as an ideal church where the doctrine, people and ministry are perfect and complete because we are finite and limited people with limited knowledge, resources and capacity.
Christianity brings a culture of honour

A heart that honours God will readily honour others even when honour is something we don't receive. A leader is not someone who has the highest honours, but someone who give the biggest honours out to others.
$What Peter\'s experience of the empty net can teach us about how to respond when we don\'t get the results we wanted$
What Peter's experience of the empty net can teach us about how to respond when we don't get the results we wanted

Sometimes we purchase something, get into ventures, start projects, go into ministry with a set of expectations. Somewhere along the line, our expectations aren't met and we get disappointed, frustrated, and sometimes angry at others or even God.
$How God\'s grace has the power to stop Christians from being lazy$
How God's grace has the power to stop Christians from being lazy

Lazy Christians. I don't think God ever wanted those two words to be in the same sentence, but the reality is that there are a lot of Christians today who choose to be lazy - lazy at work, lazy with their faith, lazy with their relationships.
4 toxic cultures that can ruin the good soil in churches and how we can battle them

Every organisation is embedded with a culture that is an outcome of what people do, how people think, multiplied by a certain period of time. Some church cultures can be empowering and conducive for growing ministries while others can stunt the growth of the church and of the people.