Pastor Lapiz's Teachings

Do not desire; do not be attached. Your desire, your passion will make you possessive, selfish and jealous. It will make you suspicious, paranoid, worrisome and afraid. Your fear of loss can lead you on the path to your dark side and to your sinful nature. James 4:2,3 You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive because you ask with wrong motives that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. Be free from attachment and you will have no loss to fear. Lalaya tayo kung hindi tayo natatakot mawalan. May mga taong nagsusuot ng magagandang alahas tapos sapo-sapo nila tuwing may kasalubong dahil takot na ma-snatch. Tupperware na lang ang isuot para maagaw man ay di bale na lang. Magpapagawa ng pagkaganda-gandang bahay tapos ang buong mag-anak ay hindi na makalabas nang sabay-sabay dahil kailangang may magbantay parati. Why do we inv...

Get as much out of life as you can, in spite of the lack of justice and logic. Be happy. Eat and drink whenever you can. Yung iba diyeta nang diyeta hindi naman balak lumaban sa Miss Universe. Hindi tuloy kayo sumasaya. Huwag namang maging overweight dahil baka kayo matumba wala nang makabuhat sa inyo. Pero huwag namang payat na payat at humpak na humpak ang pisngi nyo. Nangangayayat, nangangalirang, tuyung-tuyo ang balat tapos pale na pale. Pag may nakasuot sa ‘yung baro mukhang hanger ka na. Why be oppressed by the standards of the world? Hindi ka naman mag-e-endorse ng bikini, hindi mo naman balak lumaban sa beauty contest. So bakit mo pinapahirapan ang iyong sarili? Tandaan ang sabi ni Solomon—eat and drink and enjoy. But don’t overeat and overdrink. Don’t undereat and underdrink either.   Mayrong kumakain pa lang iniisip na kung anong iinumin para siya magsuka. Huwag kayong magpa-uto sa mass media at sa advertising. Bawat tao mayron talagang frame na ibinigay ang Diy...

  All people, good or bad, end up dying. Pero hindi naman ibig sabihin na maging masama ka na lang. Death levels   and renders everything useless. So habang buhay, be happy! That is his message! Inulit na naman niya—enjoy eating and drinking. Sabi niya, “Go! Eat your food with gladness! And drink your wine with joyful heart. For it is now that God favors what you do.” Kaya pag kumakain, huwag kayong nagmamadali. Enjoy your food. Huwag lunok nang lunok. Una, baka ka mabilaukan. Pangalawa, baka ka magkaroon ng indigestion. Pangatlo, ang pagkain masarap lang sa dila dahil nandun yung taste buds. Matapos lumampas yon at at nasa esophagus na, it is already tasteless. And then it becomes excess baggage. Kaya dapat hindi mo yan nilulunok agad kundi ninanamnam-namnam! Biruin mo, inilagay ng Diyos sa ating dila ang mga taste buds na yan. Magkalinya-linya pa yung taste ng asim, ng tamis, ng pakla, ng pait, ng alat. Linya-linya pa yan para talagang dahan-dahan mong nalalasap. Para ma...

When it comes to people, let’s be attached but not too much. But when it comes to things, do not be attached at all. Luke 12:15 “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. If the Lord gives us nice possessions, let us enjoy them. But if they are gone, let us not chase them. Kung nandyan, salamat. Kung wala, salamat din. 1 Timothy 6:9,10 People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. Kung may pera tayo, salamat. Yuyuko tayo nang konti at magtatrabaho para magkaroon tayo nyan. Pero hindi tayo lumalampas sa mga hangganan na itinakda ng Diyos para lang magkaroon. Hindi tayo nakikipagsira sa ating mga kapatid, hindi tayo nakikipag-away sa ating magula...

Wag laging maghanap ng sarap. Do not seek and love pleasure. Luke 8:14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures and they do not mature. The goal of going to church and the Christian life after being saved through faith in the Lord Jesus is to grow and mature and to be like Christ. Many people do not mature because they love pleasure not discipline. Parati nating sinasabi, para mag-mature sa pananampalataya ang isang tao, dapat may ministry sya. Pero yung iba ayaw dahil ayaw mahirapan. Dahil siyempre may mga meeting at may demand sa oras, makakabawas ito sa free time at sa sariling kagustuhan, kaya wag na lang. These people end up not maturing at all. Do not be obsessed with pleasure. Pleasure is ephemeral; it is fleeting. When the stimulus to be entertained is no longer there, we become empty. There are people who find comfort and happiness in watching movies on DVD. When ...

Wag sobrang mahalin ang mundong ito, bagamat dapat tangkilikin at dapat pagsumikapang ayusin, linisin, pagmalasakitan. Do not love life in this world too much because we are just pilgrims passing through. Nakikiraan lang tayo sa mundong ito at hindi naman tayo talagang magtatagal. James 4:14 What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Ang buhay daw ay para lamang isang usok na sandaling-sandali lang nandyan at pagkatapos ay nawawala. Hebrews 9:27 Man is destined to die. Whenever I am asked to deliver a message in a funeral, I always have a little regret inside of me. I always think it would have been better to deliver the message before a loved one died. Dapat kasing inihahanda ang mga anak ng Diyos sa pagharap sa mga kapaitan ng buhay. At isa na dyan ay ang kamatayan ng mga mahal natin sa buhay dahil tiyak na darating yun. Mahirap magbigay ng ginhawa o comfort sa isang taong kaharap na ang bangkay ng kanyang mahal sa buhay. Dapat bago...