Bleedership Talk 3

Sept. 21, 2018
BROKEN TO BLESS
One day an elder brother just finished building his giant lego. He spent time and
effort to build his toy. Patiently combining every piece one at a time. His parents
we’re so proud of what he has accomplished.
Meanwhile, his younger brother was so jealous of the giant lego. He cried a lot
demanding for his own lego. Moved with compassion and love, the elder brother
slowly disassembled the giant lego and made two small sized lego cars. One for
him and one for his younger brother.
Are you broken right now?
Be like the older brother who despite his brokenness still chose to be a blessing.
We are still in our life changing series Bleedership and today, we will be talking
about leading with a limp. Get ready leaders to be equipped with this amazing
series.
Be mightily blessed,
KUYA LEP SUMERA
The Feast SM Manila, LOUD
DOC RYAN’S PRAISECRIPTION
I am addicted to homsoexuality
healed by the unfailing love of GOD.
And I now lead a group of people
struggling with same sex attraction.
What are my credentials that make
me worthy to lead this group?
Well, I went through the same
process. People who overcame their
homosexual desires ministered to me
when I was struggling myself. And
now I’ve learned that there is power
in the scars left behind by the wounds
of brokenness.
Yes, I am a wounded healer. I believe
that it is precisely my “wound”
that enables me to lead my fellow
strugglers.
PRAISEcription:
Use your brokenness to make others
whole again.
Be well and make a difference,
RYAN B. CAPITULO, MD
The Feast SM Manila, MD

SERVE WITH YOUR SCARS
ONE day, I was cruising the coast of
California. (Sorry, I alliterate by habit.
It’s the disease of preachers who’ve
been speaking for too long. I’ll do it four
times in this tiny essay.)
I visited a friend who was in a drug
rehab.
The guy running the center was an
amiable African American. He shared to
me his story: “I took drugs for 12 years
and I have been sober for 19. I now help
younger guys get off this poison.”
“Your brokenness blesses the brothers,”
I said. “Being an ex-addict helps you
help them,” I added.
“Absolutely,” he said. “Because no one
can bullsh*t me. I know when these
dudes are lying. Because I had done it.
And worse.”
I’m reminded of a truth I’ve been
preaching for some years now: In your
scars is a ministry waiting to be born.
Because God will use you in your
brokenness.
Today, you’ll learn to lead with a limp.
Have an awesome Feast!
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
TALK 3: LIMP
MARK 6:1-11 NIV
Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples.
When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many
who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?”
they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these
remarkable miracles he is performing? Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this
Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his
sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. Jesus said to them, “A
prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives
and in his own home.” He could not do any miracles there, except lay his
hands on a few sick people and heal them. He was amazed at their lack of
faith. Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. Calling
the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them
authority over impure spirits. These were his instructions: “Take nothing
for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.
Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. Whenever you enter a house, stay there
until you leave that town. And if any place will not welcome you or listen to
you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against
2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4 NIV
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who
comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in
any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-10 NIV
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was
given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power
is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest
on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in
insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I
am weak, then I am strong.
Personal Reflections and Discussion Starters
As you lead, how can you grow more aware of your own brokenness,
and your desperate need for God’s mercy?

LAST WEEK AT THE FEAST
WE EXALT YOUR v CROSS, JESUS
There was a time in the Old
Testament when people turned
their backs from the light and
began to worship idols because
of hunger and mistrust. These
people were bitten by serpents
and got ill, and some even died.
Moses asked God what they
must do to survive, and God
said they should lift one of the
snakes up and everyone who
looks at the snake will be healed
and it did happen. In the end,
God still healed them.
Sin kills us physically,
emotionally and spiritually.
Whenever we sin, we turn our
backs on God.
2000 years ago, Jesus Christ
became man and became
obedient to death to save us all.
As Father Frank said, when
Jesus suffered and died on the
cross, the cross changed its
meaning. It now means victory
and forgiveness.
However, in a world that
changes so fast, values begin
to become a thing of the
past. People begin to embrace
darkness instead of the light.
We have suffered and experience
hopelessness in the world today
as we only live to die. Maybe
now, it’s time to reflect why
Jesus died. It’s for us to be alive.
Last Friday, we remembered the
cross It should be exalted and
be given the importance it truly
deserves because a God carried
it, suffered with it and died on
it for us.
It’s our duty as professing
Christians to obey Him. If we
believe in our hearts that Jesus
died for us and this God loves us,
we could empty ourselves, turn
away from sins and go back to
the Lord.
“For God so loved the world that
he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have eternal
life.”
He emptied Himself for you
to have eternal life. Could you
empty yourself for Him, exist
not to die, and truly be alive?
THE GREATEST OF THEM
ALL IS A FOOT-WASHER
Imagine yourself walking on the grass
barefooted. You feel the mud and you don’t
care. You walk, you have fun, but you get dirty.
Suddenly you see Jesus walking with a basin and
a towel. The heaven starts to pour water on your
feet and washes all the impurities away. “You’re
clean,” He says. He then gives you the basin and
the towel, “It’s your turn. Wash some feet.”
“Whoa, Lord! Wait! How do I wash some feet?”
Last Friday, during the second talk of the series
Bleedership, we were taught how to bleed more
as leaders by washing other people’s feet through
losing things and dying to ourselves.
We do those by:
1. Losing comfort and hate - Sometimes, we
only choose who we want to serve. However,
in leadership, we have to go out of our comfort
zones, remove boundaries, love everybody and
wash their feet.
2. Losing our titles - Some people live for titles,
maybe for positions or labels given to them by
people they want to please. Let us keep in mind
that what they think of us is not important. Let’s
ask ourselves, “Would the Lord be pleased?” We
please Him not by our names and titles, but by
having hearts that are ready to love and bless--
hearts that are patterned to His.
3. Giving - Foot-washers are givers. It’s the
right thing to do because that is a way of
showing what God is like. Therefore, we give
without expecting anything in return.
We have to bleed so that others may be blessed.
Foot-washers are winners. We lose, but we lose
for the sake of others. We lose comfort, we lose
hate, we lose some resources and we lose pride,
but we gain humility, we gain love and we gain
Jesus. Remember, the greatest of them all is a
foot-washer because they follow the example of
the greatest leader.
The Catholic Church honors Jesus’ last supper
here on earth by being one with the body and
blood of our Lord during the Holy Communion.
During the mass, we do this in remembrance of
Him. Right after the mass, we go out, we practice
our faith and we wash each other’s feet as He
washes ours.
“Now, my beloved, if you want to follow me, grab
the towel and wash some feet.”

A Monday with Mina: A Sto ry of How Leaders Bleed
By: Ysa
I was 11 years old when I thought
I fell in love with my smart and
handsome classmate. Ate Mina
suddenly sat on a corner while
drinking her hot coffee. I asked her
in a very serious way, “Ate, how
would you define love?”
Her answer was brief. She said,
“You know love when you know
sacrifice.”
“Such simple English word,”
I said. “I can do that!” Or so I
thought.
It was Monday morning when
I thought of the talk given last
Friday. I was pondering on what
“getting your hands dirty” really
meant for me. My hands are
getting dirty enough. I’m already
cleaning the toilet. Ate Mina sat
on the corner to drink her hot cup
of coffee that morning when I
talked to her about leadership.
“It’s hard to be humble. It’s
hard to give, especially to a
stranger. Have you ever given to a
stranger?”
“We have to give, especially when
we have something to give.”
In the worldly perspective, she
might be considered unlucky
because of the things she had to
go through. She is not rich, she
does not have a 9-5 job, she doesn’t
have her own house, her husband
got sick, and many more I couldn’t
tell you about and probably some
that I don’t know. To others, she
doesn’t seem to have held her life
together for her benefit.
Others might even wonder how
she could take it all. And that
Monday, I knew the answer.
“I was riding the jeepney when
I noticed that a woman with
calloused hands was holding an
old-school lamp. I asked her why
she had it. I, then, learned that her
husband used to be a construction
worker, had an accident and now
bedridden for months. She has six
kids and she has to work solo as a
laundry woman. She had the lamp
that day because she said it was
better to have the light to warm
their nights because they didn’t
have electric power at home.”
“What happened, then?”
“I had the money to pay for our
debt, but I thought she needed the
money more than I did, so I gave
her 100 pesos.”
“Why? That was so hard to do!
How could you do that?”
“When some of my old classmates
see me, they spare me a few bucks.
Maybe it’s my way of giving back
to God for all the blessings He has
given me.”
“Wow.”
She smiled and said, ”It’s humility
that allows us to sacrifice. And the
God in our hearts is the reason
why we know its true meaning.”
I was 22 when one Monday
morning, I thought I was bleeding
enough to lead others to God. Ate
Mina stood up and drank what
was left of her once hot cup. That
moment, she might think she
was just giving back to God all
the blessings He has given. For
me though, she became the light
and the hope to the woman. For
me, she was the leader who Jesus
used to make me understand that
sacrifice means less when we don’t
have a God in our hearts.
She did what Jesus would do to the
woman in the jeepney, and to the
lady who wanted to get her hands
dirty.
I understood what sacrifice means.
It means loving despite suffering.
She was suffering, yet she chose to
bleed. This happened because God
is in her heart. My friend, I pray
that the Lord stays in our hearts
so we can bleed as leaders just like
Ate Mina. Just like Jesus.
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