Rev. Alexander Hsu Uy
Interim Senior Pastor, Grace Gospel Church

We’ve heard those words before in countless weddings, coupled with rich phrases making clear that marriages are meant to last until death and that husband and wife are to be committed to each other through the hardships as well as the joys of life. Unfortunately, many couples no longer take their marriage vows seriously and when they face seemingly insurmountable obstacles and problems in their relationships, they want to take the easy way out of their marriages. This explains why 50% of marriages in the United States end in divorce.

By: Ptr. Joselito Chua
(United Bethel Church)

A group of singles were asked this question, “What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being single?” These were some of the answers given:

Advantages:
- It doesn’t matter how long you leave your smelly workout clothes in the backseat of your car.
- You don’t have to wait for someone to get dressed and be late for work or an appointment.
- No one will bug you and tell you how slow you are.

By: Ester Gaw
(Gerizim Evangelical Church)

Mary is a missionary in China. When she was young, there were many guys who courted her but no one attracted her. She prayed to God to use her single blessedness as long as He needed it and when it was time for her to settle down, she asked God to provide her husband. After working in China for almost 40 years, one day God gave Mary the Mr. Right of her life. It was during her furlough, while visiting churches and supporters in the US, she met one of her supporters, a widower in his mid 60’s.

(What to do when a relationship is over?)
By: Cristina Dy (UECP)

Some of us had our share of disappointments and failed relationships. The initial reaction is usually confusion. There are questions of “why?” and “what went wrong?” but then no explanation really satisfies when the heart is aching.

There’s no quick fix to a broken heart. There’s no one-for-all solution as well. It takes a long time, for some even a lifetime, to heal. But healing is possible and picking up the pieces can be sooner with the following tips:

by: Hansel David Co
(Glory Evangelical Church/ UEC Baguio)

Je t'aime. Ich liebe dich! Ai shite ru. Phom rak khun! Sounds familiar? Well how about this? Wo ai ni! These are just some of the numerous translations in different languages of one of the most popular and most said phrases around the world: I LOVE YOU. We’ve uttered it to our parents, our friends, our spouse, our co-workers, our children, and most importantly, to our personal Saviour up there.

By: Chevy Lim


Anyone who considers himself a healthy person will get the shock of his life if he were to be diagnosed with a very serious disease. I consider myself healthy in the sense that I hardly get sick, so being diagnosed with lung cancer (with hardly any symptom) came as a surprise to me and my family.

An interview with Edna Sue Leung-Yao
By: Jackelyn Ngo (CBCP)

Q: Can you share how you met your husband, Gilbert?

A: I and some friends formed a cancer support group in 1993 called “Survivor’s Cheers Society”. We help people live with cancer. We have regular get-togethers with other cancer patients, fellow survivors and their respective families.

“It is not fair! How come we always need to submit to our husbands in everything? If we are really created equal before God, then there has to be mutual submission in the relationship, not just one-way submission.”  These are some of the common concerns of women whenever they come to me for pre-marital counseling.  What is really God’s design for women based on the Word of God, the Bible?

How to make your husband happy is a concept that is relative. There is no definite answer or formula that will work all the time. The more we grope for answers to this question, the more it becomes an enigma. I’ve been married for almost 21 years and until now, making my husband happy is a lesson I have to learn and relearn. How would I know if I am doing the right thing or not? This is where the Bible, the Word of God – the manual of life – comes in.

It’s a growing number in our society: passive men who would rather stay on the sides, and aggressive women trying to fight for leadership and authority. Looking at God’s plan, we realize that He designed men and women to follow a certain order and to play specific roles. As with marriage, where the wife is commanded to submit to her husband (Ephesians 5:22-24), single women are also to submit to men both in worship and in all other things, as mentioned in I Timothy 2:11-12 (NIV)