Your PAST was not Perfect but it was Perfect for your Purpose

Laguna Feast Builder, Bro. Jon Escoto asked a series of questions to the audience present to jumpstart the 2^nd part of the series, YouNique.

Hindi ka ba nagtatataka kung bakit dito ka sa Pilipinas ipinangnanak?

Bakit sa mga magulang mo ikaw pinanganak? 

Bakit kakaiba kahit ang iyong nakaraan at karanasan mo sa buhay?

“Siguro may espesyal na nasa isip ang diyos at pano ito gagamitin ng diyos.”

“Your past was not perfect but it was perfect for your purpose” he adds.

He then shares that man can live without food for 40 days, without water for 4 days but without hope for 4 seconds.

“Pinangnanak ka na may problema sa buhay. Pare-pareho and suliranin ngunit iba lang ang detalye”

Bro. Jon then explains that there are 2 things that people should remember when unpleasant things happen in their lives:

1.    God is not punishing you – The unpleasant things happening in our life are just consequences of our action and decisions in the past which are not so right

2.    The Blessing is always stronger than the curse - Kahit merong hindi magandang ipinaranas ang iba sa inyo, God Meant it for you. We only need to search for God's blessings.

“Minsan may darating na pangyayari sa buhay mo, walang lasa, di mo inaasahan, mapait at di mo alam kung bakit dumadating”

Bro. Jon then explained that “Life is not what happens to you, life is what you do with what happens to you.”

“Life is what happens because of what you did to your life “

Assuring the audience before ending his talk. Bro. Jon said that “GOD IS BLESSING YOU RIGHT NOW! No one can curse what God has blessed”

Published 26th August 2012

God created you to solve someone else’s problem

A “Younique” series kicks off with Your Personality

Explaining the topic of the series Bro. Jon Escoto said that each and everyone has their own unique personality ranging from the shape of their ears, fingerprints  and even how one’s heart beats. Everything is unique.

But before going further, Bro. Jon said “Alam mo ba na unique lang para sayo ang assignment sa buhay na binigay ng Diyos sayo?”

“Your transformed personality will be used by God for His glory to help your brothers and sisters and this will make you happy” 

He then urged everyone present to live for something bigger than oneself in order to achieve genuine happiness.

“Happiness comes when you live for something bigger than yourself”

Adding that, “God created you to solve someone else’s problem” as this special assignment will fulfill the lives of other.

“Kaya ka buhay dahil may assignment ka na binigay ng Diyos at yan ay ang maglingkod”

As such, Bro. Jon said that the real way to be happy is to serving others.

However he gave 3 reasons as to why one cannot fulfill the assignment of serving others:

No Time -  Inilalaan lamang ang oras para sarili
No Sympathy – Di mo nararamdaman ang nararamdaman ng ibang tao
No Hope – Walang ng pag-asa sa buhay

He then countered by saying that there are 2 things how to know the assignment that God has given.

Look at the world - Kindness begins with the eyes since one can never care until you are aware.
Look at yourself - God asks us "ano ang nasa kamay mo ngayon?"  It can be one’s personality, spiritual gifts and even abilities.

“God wants you to be happy -- When you are weak, serve and be a gift to someones' need”.

Ending his talk, Bro. Jon said “Nasa istorya ng buhay natin ang pag-asa ng fulfillment ng assignment natin”

“You may not be somebody to the world but you can be the world to somebody ...The world may seem beyond cure...But never beyond care!"

Published August 15th 2012

Life is all about Love

A summary of the series, Tagged: Get into the Soul Network


“Life is all about Love” are the words that best summed up the recently concluded series Tagged: Get into the Soul Network.

“Dahil ang Diyos ay pag-ibig. Ang pinakamahalaga nating matutunan ay kung pano magmahal” Bro. Jon Escoto, Laguna Feast Builder explains.

Adding that people are given a lifetime to learn how to love.

“Sa lahat ng matututunan natin sa buhay, ito lang ang may silbi – ang magmahal.”

But Bro. Jon reminded the audience that the essential things about learning love is that it cannot be learned thru isolation.

“Kailangan matutunan mo magmahal kasama ang ibang tao lalo na ang mga di-perpektong tao”

He then added that in order to learn how to love, people need to understand 3 things.

1.    The best use of life is love - Make love your aim. Since love is not just a good part of one’s life. It is the most important part of your life because Life is Love

2.    The best expression of love is time – One can know a persons’ worth by the amount of time that is given to them. One can give without love, but cannot love without giving.

3.    The best time to love is now – It is a fact that people die and children grow up and by that, miss the only chance that they have. If one wants to express their love, NOW is the right time.

Ending his talk Bro. Jon left 3 questions and a quote for everyone to ponder.

“Kung ikaw ay pipili ng isang taong pagsasabihan mong mahal mo siya at wala ka nang ibang pagkakataong na sabihin mo ito 

 Sino ito at ano ang sasabihin mo? Bakit di mo sabihin? Bakit di mo gawin?

“Ang mga maliliit na bagay na pagpapahayag ng pagmamahal kung bibigyan ng oras ay nakakapagbigay ng lunas sa relationship at life”

Published August 5th 2012

Discipleship is Relationship

“Invite” concludes the series Tagged

The last part of the series, Tagged: Get into the Soul Network focused on ways on how to get people into Discipleship.

As Bro. Jon Escoto, Laguna Feast Builder explains,“Discipleship is Relationship. Leading people to God to hear God’s word consciously or unconsciously”

Raising a question to the audience, “How do you know if a person is a genuine Christian?”

“A genuine Christian is someone who introduces God to others and those who invite others to have a relationship with Him.”

However Bro. Jon warned that there is a wrong way of doing the right things when it comes to inviting people to establish relationship with God.

Likening discipleship to a type of fish, Bro. Jon said that there are 2 kinds.

Shark – Matapang, Mabangis. These are people that would tell you that what you do is wrong and theirs is right. People tends to go away from these kinds

Dolphin – Playful and Friendly. People enjoys being with them and understands what discipleship is all about.

“Christians are more known for what they are against and not what they are for" adds Bro. Jon

Stating his reason why Christians find it difficult to invite others into Discipleship, he said 

“Baka kaya di natin Siya mapakilala sa iba ay dahil di pa natin Siya tunay na kakilala”

When Jesus invites people into discipleship He does not look into the personality but rather the worth of the person.

“Jesus dines with you first before inviting you to be his disciple” Bro. Jon adds.

Summarizing his topic, Bro. Jon said that “When Jesus asks us to make disciples He just simply wanted us to make relationships.”

Published July 29th 2012

You Rock – Jesus!

Talk 2: Like

Springboarding from last weeks’ session, Laguna Feast Builder, Bro. Jon Escoto said,

“Lahat ng bagay may katapusan ngunit may isang bagay na walang katapusan ito ay ang relationship – Relationships are forever”

In stressing further his point and message he asked that if the audience imagined that their family, marriage, business and friend relationships are sitting on bedrock or a strong foundation happiness or pure joy shall be experienced.

Reminding the people, Bro. Jon said that “We should build our relationships with Jesus thru Gods’ word”

Using the story of the 3 little pigs, Bro. Jon said that compared relationships with the houses that were built by the pigs. Straw, Sticks and Bricks

“Ang Lobo ay dumarating sa buhay to test your relationship to see where your relationships is made of straw, stick or brick”

Then Bro. Jon goes on by saying that there are 3 kinds of relationships:

1.     Based on Charisma - relationships that are based on Aesthetic characteristics

2.     Based on Convenience – relationships that are based on getting something back in return

3.     Based on Character – relationships that are built on the timeless character of God

“Faithfulness, Loyalty, Selflessness, Sacrifice, Humility and Forgiveness – timeless character of God” adds Bro. Jon

Further explaining his message, he said that “God loves us not because of Charisma and Convenience but based on Character.”

“This is the nature of our Father, kahit anong gawin mo, mahal ka pa rin ng Diyos”

Ending his talk, Bro. Jon shared that the only way to build strong and lasting relationship is to build it in rocks.

And that rock is Jesus

Published July 22nd 2012

The only WIN in LIFE is when you WIN in LOVE

A new inspirational series Tagged: Get into a Soul Network kicks off

Talk 1: Friend

 “What makes a person or place beautiful is the relationship you built with each other”, this is how Bro. Jon Escoto, Laguna Feast Builder unveiled the new series entitled Tagged.

With the opening message of reminding people that if they take the series seriously, Bro. Jon assures that this will be one of the miraculous series that has ever been held.

“I am asking you to take this series seriously, -- miraculous thing will happen in your family life, relationships. If not many of your pains if not will be healed “

Further explaining the series, he said that “90% of pain and hardships are coming from relationship – relationship that you have is what gives you the utmost joy” Using basketball as an analogy, Bro. Jon, asked everyone present “What is the win of life?”

“Marami sa tao, akala nila pag nag dribble sila ng magaling, mananalo sila sa buhay --  ang buhay simple, kahit magaling ka mag dribol, what makes you win in life is when you shoot the ball. “

So how does one win life? According to Bro. Jon, the only win in life is when you win in love.

Bro. Jon focused the last part of his talk about Christian life. He mentioned the difference between religious maturity and spiritual maturity.

“Religious maturity has to do with rules while Spiritual maturity has to do with love”

Quoting a verse from the bible, to further stress his message:

 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 - If I don’t have love I am nothing

Ending his talk, Bro. Jon mentioned the one important factor in winning with ones’ life whether it be business, family, church and Christian life -- that is “relationship”

Published July 22nd 2012

Impossibility is God’s specialty

“I know that God created this day to bless me!”  

This is how Laguna Feast Builder, Bro. Jon Escoto jumpstarted the last part of the series, Impossible: 3 Things God Cannot Do. Even if this is not how most people feel, Bro. Jon assured: 

“Kahit puro kamalasan na ang nangyayari sa buhay -- God Cannot Fail!”.

Careers, business, relationships, studies and even competitions in life are just some of the areas where people fail and these are the only thing that stick in people’s mind, However Bro. Jon mentioned that people does not see the victory of God because:

1.       People Focus on details, God focuses on the best

2.       People see temporal, God sees eternal

3.       People see partial, God sees complete

Bro. Jon, in summarizing these three (3) reasons, said that “As far as God is concerned, His commitment to you is,  not to fail you on the most important part of your life! This is what real victory is -- it lasts forever!”

He added, “When people see the little, temporary and partial things, God sees whatever is big, eternal and complete!” and emphasized that  “Kung kamatayan nga, natalo Niya; hinarap Niya, how much more His PROMISE! So, even if things do not happen our way, always remember that God never fails!” 

“Impossibility is God’s specialty” he adds.

As a parting shot, Bro. Jon supposed, “Maybe your dreams are not dead, it is just sleeping – therefore you must be touched by the love of God again in order for your sleeping dreams to be resurrected!” --since God, as Bro. Jon mused,  is in the business of resurrecting dreams.

Ending his talk, Bro. Jon left a very inspiring message to everyone present: “Live your life and pursue your dreams, because God never fails!”#

Published July 1st 2012

Everything changes except God!

In the second of the three part series Impossible: 3 Things God Cannot Do, Bro. Jon Escoto, Laguna Feast Builder started with saying that there are things which are difficult to explain especially those that does not change, because all things change.

Cellphone, computers, physical appearance and even message of a song they all change according to Bro. Jon.

Though Bro. Jon emphasized that there is one thing that does not change and that is the love of God.

“Hindi maaring magbago ang Diyos because He is God and because of His love for us” Bro. Jon added.

“Minamahal tayo ng Diyos, di dahil tayo ay kamahal-mahal; minamahal tayo ng Diyos sapagkat Siya’y mapagmahal” Bro. Jon emphasized.

Bro. Jon even mentioned the misconception that other people think whenever they commit sins, “Ang akala ng iba kapag ikaw ay nagkakasala nagagalit ang Diyos sayo –nauubos ang pagmamahal ng Diyos.”

“You cannot do anything that can make God love you less because He does not change” Bro. Jon added.

Bro. Jon, with reference to the story of Hosea said “Itakwil, pagtaksilan at kalimutan ka man – ang pag-ibig ng Diyos ay di magmamaliw.”

He also said that “God does not change and there is nothing that you can do to make God change His mind about you.”

Summing up everything that was discussed about God cannot change, Bro. Jon explained that “Real love changes people, and the unchanging love of God changes people.”

As a fitting way to end the talk, Bro. Jon offered a prayer amidst all of the changes that are happening around:

"Sagitna ng pabagobago ng panahon at mensahe, kahit sa kabila ng pabago-bago kong isip, palagi kang nandyan. Baguhin mo ang aking isip at puso, ng Iyong di nagbabagong pag-ibig.  Turuan Mo akong maging tulad Mo! Overwhelm me with Your love, embrace me today and the warmth of Your love …  ang magpapalambot ng aking puso. My heart will be left with no choice but to love you with all my life."#

Published 24^th June 2012