Feast Bay Area Morning Bulletin for Dec 1, 2019

You’ll Love The Word More…
And God’s Power Will Flow!
PICC AM
Today is a historic day.
Today, we’re making a massive change at The Feast.
Ever since The Feast began, we packaged our talks under
specific topics. But next year, we will celebrate our spiritual family’s
40th Anniversary.
In the Bible, 40 years is one generation. I sense that God is
birthing a new generation— people who hunger to follow His Word.
Starting this month, instead of grouping our talks by topic, we
group our talks by the Books of the Bible. Together, we’ll go verse
by verse, chapter by chapter and story by story.
And we’ll start with the Gospel of Matthew.
We shall, with total humility, sit at the Master’s feet and allow the
text—as Divinely Inspired—to speak to our hearts.
I’m super excited.
Have an awesome Feast.
May your dreams come true,
BO SANCHEZ
The Feast, Founder
Matthew
Birth Of A King
Talk 1: Follow Your Leader
“There has been enough time for
you to be teachers—yet you still
need someone to teach you the first
lessons of God’s message. Instead
of eating solid food, you still have
to drink milk. Anyone who has to
drink milk is still a child, without
any experience in the matter of right
and wrong. Solid food, on the other
hand, is for adults, who through
practice are able to distinguish
between good and evil.”
—Hebrews 5:12-14
“This is the list of the ancestors of
Jesus Christ, a descendant of David,
who was a descendant of Abraham.”
—Matthew 1:1
“I will give you many descendants,
and they will become a great nation.
I will bless you and make your
name famous, so that you will be a
blessing. I will bless those who bless
you, But I will curse those who curse
you. And through you I will bless all
the nations.”
—Genesis 12:2-3
Personal Reflection and
Group Discussion:
New Beginnings
Friends, today we will embark on a new
journey.
We will start doing things differently
as we tweak our talks to a more Biblecentric
theme. It’s time that we delve
more into the greatest Book ever-written
and the most reliable moral compass.
At the beginning of every journey,
we often look for leadership to guide us
through the right path and to be with us
as our source of strength and inspiration.
After all, this new trip that we are about to
take together might be long, difficult and confusing at times.
But as the saying goes, the journey makes the destination more satisfying. I am humbled
to begin this biblical odyssey with you.
May Jesus lead the way.
In Him,
AUDEE VILLARAZA
The Feast PICC AM, Builder
01 DEC 2019 | SUNDAY
Philippine International Convention Center
BIRTH OF A KING
Lessons and Inspiration
From the Book of Matthew
Who is really your King? When you
make decisions, who calls the shots
in your life?

Scenes from the
Kerygma Conference 2019
▲ Bros. Jan Silan (left) and Velden Lim, Feast builders
of Makato-Salcedo and SM Bicutan respectively act as
game show hosts during the four-day conference.
“
May you have the faith that says, Nevertheless.
When God calls you from a place of comfort,
and into the great unknown, may you have
the audacity to say, Nevertheless.
Not my wants, not my preferences, not my needs,
but may God’s will be done in my life.
—Bro. Audee Villaraza, The Feast PICC AM builder”
▼ Some tens of thousands join the Grand Feast in the morning and afternoon sessions on
Sunday to culminate the biggest inspirational event of the year at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.

RECAP
Homily
The Gospel According to Luke 23:35-43 //
Feast of Christ the King
“It takes bravery to admit and embrace these
truths: You are not eternal. You are not that
important. You are not in control.” —Fr. Joel Jason
Accepting that we will die eventually teaches us to value the things
that truly matter and to evaluate if we are fulfilling our life’s purpose.
While we are created in the image and likeness of God, if we want
to be first, we must learn to die to ourselves and be the last.
Let go and let God. Surrender to the One who is truly in control to
experience life’s fullness; keeping in mind that Christ is a powerful King
who wants to empower us.
“Is your mind formed by the world
or by the spirit?” —Fr. Steve Tynan
“
God has his undivided attention on you.
He loves you as
though you are the
only one in this world.
◄ Ken Yasinski,
International Speaker and Author of
The Fullness of Purpose
”
The world evangelizes us 24/7. We must practice mindfulness and choose
the important things. We must ask ourselves: Are we brave enough to be
different from the people around us and pay the price?
Talks
Lord All Over
Ken Yasinski, Catholic motivational speaker and book author
Above All Names. Jesus’ Name alone is powerful. It is a prayer in itself.
We feel His power and presence even just by uttering “Jesus.”
Bitter or Better? Bitterness keeps us from seeing God’s blessings in our
lives. When we find ourselves suffering in life, do we feel resentful? Or do
we see our blessings despite our struggles?
Once we truly accept that God is our Good Shepherd, He will
always be enough.
Things to Live for. Are you living for eternity or just for fleeting
moments? Two things we can bring to Heaven: our soul and the souls of
the people we lead to Him.
Our Potential. The voice of mediocrity says to an acorn: You will forever
be an acorn. The voice of wisdom says: Do you see the tree from which you fell? Her
greatness is your potential.
The Kingdom of Jesus
Bro. Bo Sanchez and Bro. Audee Villaraza
Thy Kingdom Come. Did you know that the central theme of the
Gospel is Kingdom? Kingdom or Basileia — defined as the space where Jesus
is king —is mentioned162 times in the Bible.
Eden’s King and Queen. God created the world to be within His
kingdom and appointed Adam and Eve to be the King and Queen of the
Garden of Eden alongside Him. But the couple desired to define good and
evil apart from the Lord when they ate the forbidden fruit. Thus, Heaven
and Earth became separate domains. Chaos ensued as man ruled the
world apart from God. Then the Lord picked out David, to bring forth the
Messiah.
All About Jesus. We are called to expand God’s Kingdom.
Sometimes we think that we will only reach Heaven when we pass on. The
truth is it is in the Here and Now. When we bring our lives under the rule of
Jesus, we are annexing our lives to His Kingdom.
Kingdom building should not be a competition. We are all in this
together. It is not about us. It is and will always be about King Jesus.
▲ Singer and songwriter Veia Lim-Viñas and her
brother Vernon Lim (not in photo) are behind The Feast
Worship songs played during the Kerygma Conference.

ENHANCE YOUR
FEAST PICC AM EXPERIENCE
THE FEAST BAY AREA LEADERS
Builders: Bo Sanchez, Alvin Barcelona
and Audee Villaraza
Council Heads: Loie Alaba, Tine Duran,
Jhay and Lhei Jatap, Edwin and Rezza Soriano
THE FEAST BULLETIN STAFF
Media Head: Anne Sanchez
Editor in Chief: Rhoda Osalvo
Managing Editors: Zelle Flora, Meg Gonzales
Writer: Jaye Jaymalin
Chief Photographer: Jayr Purisima
Photographers: Cherrielyn Bansale, James Esparas
Dahlia Bagatsing, Nicole Chavez
Jim De Ramos, Wennie Landicho
Rhea Nodado, Sheng Pasinio, Rj Rosario