Feast Bay Area Morning Bulletin for Oct 6, 2019

MY FEAST LIGHT STORY
Humility is key.
This is the most important and humbling lesson I took home from the
Feast Light Congress —an annual prayer gathering of planters or people from
across the country who lead their respective Feast Light (FL). Held at homes,
schools or offices, an FL is a small weekly meeting with a short video of Bro.
Bo Sanchez’s talks, sharing of life stories, joys and concerns and with prayers
as bookends.
Too Busy to Serve?
THE MARK OF
A TRUE LEADER
Anna Galura, digital marketing and
communications supervisor at Kimstore, shares
her learnings at the recently-concluded Feast
Light Congress held at Canyon Cove, Nasugbu,
Batangas on September 6-8, 2019.
On September 6, Friday, Kim Lato, our company owner, and I traveled
to Batangas to attend this event for planters. As it is our second year to attend
it, we decided we would be servants. While work in the office has been taxing
lately because of certain changes and developments, we asked ourselves,
“Are we too busy to serve?” And we said, “Why not serve despite those
challenges?” So we confirmed our slots as servants this time.
But it was not to be so. Little did we
know, God had other plans for us —better than
ours. We were back to being attendees again
this year. And we learned later why.
Wednesday Lunch Habit
Inspired to bring Jesus to our workplace, Kim and I started FL in
our office in Tondo in June 2018. We wanted to impart valuable Bible-based
teachings to our colleagues. Things went well at the start of our FL Wednesday
Lunch Habit —called such because we scheduled it during meals so we would
get nourishment for the mind, body and spirit all at the same time.
Recently, however, we moved the office to Quezon City and it has
become a struggle to get back into our prayer habit. What with the transition,
and our schedules that don’t meet! We realized that the circumstances are
against us and won’t permit us to hold our FL.
This drought brought us confusion and doubts. Do we continue or not?
At the Congress, a new light shone and a new path was shown to us.
Dare to be Humble
Moving out of our old workplace, it’s comforting to know that God is on
our side. That Congress weekend was our first weekend in our new office but
Kim and I chose to go to the annual gathering.
A message that resounded to us as leaders of our company is this:
Dare to take the lowest place of honor. A challenge for us to give the best
leadership — a selfless and dying kind of service.
At Kimstore, we are hiring and grooming new leaders to be part of
the team. And during the Congress, we received another message that as we
welcome new people in, God wants us to stay humble, to have ears that listen
and hearts that understand.
He wants us to focus on His Word because He knows what we need to
hear to improve our management style. He wants us to be reminded that in
whatever we do, we should work at it with all our hearts (Col 3:23).
We were not ready to serve this year at the Congress yet, but who
knows, maybe we will next year when we’ve learned what we need to learn.
The Feast Light Wednesday Lunch Habit members with
the author (left) and Kim Lato (front)
Anna (left) and Kim (right) with fellow Feast Light
planter Jovy at the Feast Light Congress 2019
Want to start your Feast Light? It’s easy. To learn how,
go to the Feast Light booth at the PICC lobby or go to
http://thefeastvideo.lightfam.com/. You can also
download the Feast app and tap Start a Feast.
WAYS OF THE SAINTS
How to Be God’s Representative on Earth
Talk 2: Tselem
Personal Reflection and Group Discussion:
How have you been His Representative to the people around you? How can you show more of His Face to others?