Maria Suzaine S. Gutierrez-Rogacion

14/02/2025

02/14/2025
The Value of Each Other

Sometimes we need to ask for help and sometimes we need to be the help.

13/02/2025

Philippians 4:13

13/02/2025

02/13/2025

Called to Contentment

Observing Sabbath-rest allows us to step into the same rhythm God established in creating the world.

This rest isn't about taking a break from good works. It’s about surrendering the need to control by trusting in the completeness of God’s work. Our "rest" releases us from the burden of proving ourselves good enough to earn His love and approval. These things have been secured through Jesus’ finished work on the cross. When we step into this rhythm of rest can we find contentment that spills over into every part of our lives.

Lay down your burdens, not out of laziness, but surrender. Believe that the One who made the world also takes care of you.

12/02/2025

Luke 1:37

12/02/2025

02/12/2025

Pray for Who?

Most of us probably think we do a great job at loving other people. But if we’re being honest, most of us probably spend our time loving those who also love us back. It’s a lot easier to love the people who we’re friends with. When there’s trust built over time and common ground, it’s easy to love.

Jesus says that loving those who love you is not enough. In Luke 6:28, He challenges us even further. He says we’re to bless those who speak negatively about us, and we are to pray for those who mistreat us.

If you’ve ever been mistreated by someone, or had someone speak negatively about you, then you know how hard it can be to love that person. It is hard to love unloving people. And yet, Jesus did exactly that. When we were at our worst, He still loved us.

If you find it hard to bless those who mistreat you, begin with prayer. Between you and God in prayer, ask Him to help soften your heart. Ask Him for justice in a specific situation, but also for there to be restoration.

Every person who exists is a person Jesus wants to love. And when we make steps to love those who are unloving, we’re showing the love of Jesus to someone who needs it. As we take steps to pray for those who mistreat us, we become more like Jesus.

Thank You Jesus for loving us even when we were unloving.

11/02/2025

02/11/2025
A Gift Worth Receiving

Jesus was sent to change our relationship with the Father. By sacrificing Himself on the cross, He gave us access to a relationship with God—so that long list of rules was no longer needed. Throughout Jesus' life, He shows people the nature of this new relationship.

Jesus justifies these changes through revealing His true authority. By calling God His Father, He shared that He was equal to God. It gives us a deeper look into the relationship between the Father and Son.

Jesus tells us that the Father and Son are united in love. The Son does not ‘work’ for the Father—instead they work together, and the work Jesus does perfectly reflects the will of His Father.

This relationship reveals that Jesus has authority to give us eternal life with Him.

When we hear God’s Word and believe in Jesus, we have access to a relationship with Him that will last forever.

All we have to do is accept the gift Jesus has given us through His authority.

10/02/2025

02/10/2025

The Power of Thinking

The more time we spend focusing our thoughts on God and His Word, the more our hearts will be kept in peace. That is a powerful thought.

The starting point for this peace is trusting God. We must come to Him trusting in who He is, and having faith in what He has done for us. We know that God is good and just. So if we have faith in Him, we know that we are accepted and loved by Him. And those who trust in God are given access to Him and His presence.

Perfect peace is available to those who consistently trust in God, and fix their thoughts on Him.

09/02/2025

09/02/2025

02/09/2025

Choose to Let Good Win

For the believer, sin and evil must not win.

Our natural inclination is to seek revenge, rejoice in someone's downfall, or boast in your own strength. But believers live out the transformative power of Christ by responding to evil with love, kindness, and forgiveness. These are the true tools for victory.

As believers, we must reflect the values of our leader, Jesus. Christlikeness is not a title—it’s an active way of life that enables us to overcome evil with good. A response of love, kindness, and forgiveness, show the transformative power of Christ.

Today, choose to let good win—not only on the field, but in the battles you face each day.

08/02/2025

02/08/2025

Salvation is for “all people”. That’s good news!

07/02/2025

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07/02/2025

02/07/2025

The tongue has the power to both create life and cause death. The tongue can be used to build and heal, or as a weapon to harm and destroy.

The Proverbs 18:21 notes the often-ignored fact that words are powerful. Verbal attacks, themselves, cannot break bones. It says that "The power of life and death are in the tongue." Let us be like Jesus in our speech, our truth-telling, and our commitment to calling out the best in people.

06/02/2025

02/06/2025
Don't Give Up

One of the most incredible parts of being a Christ-follower is that our own strength is only part of the equation. God's strength wells up in us.

Psalm 46:1 says, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." How incredible that it doesn't say, "A sometimes present help." He is "a very present help.”

"But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded."
2 Chronicles 15:7 NIV

Stay courageous. We are not alone. We can rely on God's strength. The reward is coming. Don't give up.

05/02/2025

02/05/2025

A Worthy Guide

The secret to living a godly life is the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit just so happens to be God—one of the three persons of the Trinity: the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit.

Jesus has already done the hard and beautiful work of salvation—by living, dying, and rising again for the sake of His children—but now He wants to continue His mighty work in us and through us.

04/02/2025

02/04/2025

Love others even if they hate you.
Serve others even if they mistreat you.
Pray for others even if they persecute you.

03/02/2025

02/03/2025

God is unchanging. Humans are constantly changing.

Thank You, my Lord, my King, for the gift of salvation.

02/02/2025

02/02/2025

Everything we have comes from God.

You, Lord Jesus, are our daily bread.