Conditions to run

Sen Manny Pacquiao:

Senator Manny Pacquiao

Eto lang expectations ko sana sayo bago ka tumakbo sa pagka-presidente :

Aminin publicly na nagkamali ka sa pagsuporta kay D30 sa kanyang marahas na drug war-mas lalo na ang mga Death Squads at EJKs nya.

Tuligsahin si D30 sa pagmumura at pagsalangsang sa Ngalan ng Ama at Hesu Kristo. Irenounce ang pagiging Mason mo o kung ano aman yuong ginawa sa States with the Masons.

Huwag mangako ng libreng pabahay na walang pagkukuhanan ng pondo kungdi sa utang o sa buwis ng bayan.

Tapusin ang totoong 4 na taong College Degree o yung 2 years na Masters of PUblic Adminstration

Utusan ang asawa na tumigil na magpost ng magarbong pamumuhay. MAs mabuti siya ang manguna sa mga sociall amelioration agenda mo.

Kumuha ng matapat na Evangelical Chaplain , Civil Engineer, Accountant at Lawyer na matapang at di masisindak sa yaman mo.

Ayusin na ang kulang na buwis mo sa BIR – mag settle ka na at idiscuss mo sa media yuong gagawin mo para maayos ito.

Suportahan mo na lang muna ang matuwid at di bumigay na kandidato sa pagka-presidente . May panahon ka pa. Pwede sa 2028 o mag-run ka as Vice President para lumakas tyansya niya.

Take time to go deep

This post is subsequent to my previous post regarding our ‘pambansang kamao’- Congressman Manny Pacquiao.

(see: https://ravrodriguez.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/manny-pacquiao-for-congressman/). Then I gave my unsolicited advice on his political ambitions/ dreams- which were fulfilled -and some of my advice-which he may not have read in anyway-may have happened in his life. Like in this article at ABS CBN: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/05/08/12/jinkee-pacquiao-opens-hotel-gensan.

I know that he is now involved in bible studies and is renewed in his faith in the Lord-and even experiencing miracles or healings during prayer meeting at his home. I am just concerned and so I am sharing these verses:

1 Timothy 3:1-7

1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,
5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?
6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.

-Meaning -he needs to grow deep in his relationship with Jesus-how it understands it -and in his relationships with other people who might take advantage of him. He should take his relationship with Jesus foremost -and not what is happening around him-as in Luke 10:19-21

19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

Hinay hinay lang po.

Our goal is to end better than we started -2 Timothy 4:7-8

7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.”

It is said that it takes a moment to produce a Christian -but it takes a lifetime to produce a matured saint. See this posts on elders : http://redemptionhill.com/about-2/elders/ and  http://www.bible.ca/ntx-elders-pastors-bishops.htm

And he might suffer a Bob-Dylanesque burnout -see: http://bobdylanjesus.com/reviews.html, http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/4758.htm

Manny Pacquiao for Congressman

Though other politicians are convincing him not to run for Congress-citing that, though he is great boxer-it will be better for him to remain one and assist his fellowmen or especially his hometown neighbors as a philanthropist.

Though he lost to Congresswoman Custodio (my favorite during the GMA impeachment process) -he said that he always rise from any defeat-so I doubt if others can beat him there now.

The GMA party-LAKAS is wary of Pacquiao of having his own party-People’s Champ Movement-since it is alleged that they might not be able to tap the millions of Manny. If it is true, he will also against the ruling party-and might be the guest candidate of the opposition.

I believe that Manny is not only maturing as a fighter-but as an individual. I would advise him the following:

1. He can still finish a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration.

2. Take a paralegal course-maybe from Manila Times school

3. Hire a lawyer, an accountant and a engineer/technocrat (as his staff )-who came from humble beginnings and will not betray his ideals and aspirations.

4. Have her wife go to legitimate business and philanthropic endeavors-this will take care of his hard-won winnings.

5. Hire a personal -or even part-time, chaplain-either from the Charismatic Catholic movement or Born-again movement.

If his kababayan will not make him win come 2010-maybe he can try to relocate here in Laguna-where his children are studying.

As of now, he will not be tempted to use his Countrywide Development Fund (pork barrel) and his kababayan will be sure to get the 100% of this in his projects-but he must remain humble and simple in order for this to happen -he must beware of what Ecclesiastes said in 2:18-21 (the whole book is in fact very appropriate for him to know):

18 So I loathed all the fruit of my effort,
for which I worked so hard on earth,
because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.
19 Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool?
Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor
for which I worked so wisely on earth!
This also is futile!
20 So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor
for which I worked so hard on earth.
21 For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill;
however, he must hand over the fruit of his labor as an inheritance
to someone else who did not work for it.
This also is futile, and an awful injustice!

The real enjoyment is to be with the Lord and be used by Him in this life.

Mabuhay ka Manny!

TGIF: A Warning and a Commendation (Matt 11:1-11)

It is easy enough for someone in prison to be in despair. Trying to make things right by publicly denouncing political leaders in his day of immoral attachments-it is easy to fall into a situation where one can be made a prisoner. And the one you hope who can help you-in fact one of your kinsfolk-is not doing what he was suppose to be doing. That is leading an army to purify the whole earth with holiness. But the time is not yet-Not for John -not for Jesus.

John is the last of the OT prophets. afterwards-things will change. I spoke of Ninoy Aquino or even Manny Pacquiao-changing how others-foreigners-sees us. We are no longer seen as a country of corrupt dictators, of housemaids, of losers. Because of them-we are seen as country of heroes and champions.

So will Jesus death and resurrection -change the way we look at man and life. He is the axis that will change the world spin.