BRO. DIDOY LUBATON:This is a safe place. May I see a raise of hands if this verse resonates with you-- because you feel burdened with heavy concerns and you need God’s rest?If the person beside you raises a hand, tell him or her, “God will give you rest.”This is not part of the plan, but I will sit down while preaching because if I stand, I don’t look like I’m restingJREST. The holistic importance of REST. It is a necessity, not a luxury.I’d like to give Five Types of Rest so that we may have ideas, practical ways of what we are going to do after being inspired by The Feast talk. What lessons may we apply..Your body is not just an artificial machine.It’s a supernatural, beautiful, and wonderful creation. It’s created to rest too. Your body needs time to repair, regenerate, and recharge.Simple. First, get good sleep. Sleep is the charging station of your body.You will develop chronic illnesses if you don’t sleep well. Your allergies are related to that.I’m wearing my medical doctor’s hat as well as my preacher hat as I speak now.Your moods are affected by your sleep. Please sleep. But not now.Second, do active rest. Wow, weird-- active rest.Yes, slow and gentle movements-- such as walking in nature, stretching, and deep- breathing exercises.Those are good for you. They recharge you.Physical rest is not just reclining with your mouth wide openJ No. Go, walk...Inhale, exhale...Remember, St. Paul said that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit:Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?... God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. -- 1Corinthians 3:16-17 NLTWhen we rest, we honor God. Taking care of our bodies is not just a necessity but it is a spiritual responsibility. The moment you wake up, what’s the first thing you hold? Your phone...?When I was younger, it used to be the Bible. Well, okay, now the Bible is already on the phone.Our minds are constantly bombarded with information and tasks leading to mental fatigue. Have you ever felt that at times, your mind is simultaneously loaded with concerns in the family, profession, and business? Everything-- what’s in the news, even showbiz news.We need a mental break. When I’m in the office, I leave my cubicle not only for water breaks and bladder breaks.I leave my cubicle to walk and to talk with some people.Sometimes, your desk can also be toxic to you when you’re sitting there for a long time. You need to unplug --which means you need to literally take off from the Internet. Turn off your laptop. When we’re putting our laptops off, it’s a sign that we are trusting God.Recently, in my office, we unplugged and recharged just for one day. Among top officers in my 700+ organizations, a dozen leaders, including me, hied off outside Manila.It’s good for our well-being when we unplug and recharge elsewhere. We cannot expect

Talk I’m going to preach this Word right away to you: God is giving you real rest. That person beside you might be tired. That person beside you might be experiencing the pandemic of exhaustion. I want you to tell that person, wake him up: God is giving you real rest. We’ve been going through five weeks already-- five weeks of analyzing low-grade exhaustion that people are carrying like a badge of honor. Because if you’re not tired, people will say you’re doing nothing, and therefore, probably you’re irresponsible and, you know, you’re passing on the responsibilities to other people. And so we carry this exhaustion. And we think it’s normal. But for the past five weeks, we’ve also been saying that God has an antidote. And that antidote is Shabbat. And Shabbat is sacred rhythms of rest and relationship. How many here can actually say that in the past five weeks, God has spoken to you? God has dealt with you, and you have been blessed by our series. We Don’t Have Sabbath Rhythm There's something that troubles me. We, Catholics, are supposed to be loving and obeying God. But I noticed that many of us don't have any sort of Sabbath rhythm. We go to church or to The Feast. But that’s it. I have a hunch. I think we’ve misread the Gospels. In all four Gospels-- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John-- there are a bunch of stories where Jesus heals on a Sabbath. But a bunch of guys called the Pharisees took Sabbath seriously. They criticized Jesus for not making the Sabbath the way they wanted Him to. We’ve got this message: If Jesus did not take the Sabbath seriously, why would we? Maybe, it’s not very important. In this talk, we will convince you otherwise: That Jesus took Sabbath very seriously-- but in a different way. So, extend your hand towards the Word: Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet and a Light unto my path. In Matthew 11:28, Jesus says, “I will give you rest.” The global average of burnout is 45%. That is shocking. It means that people of all ages in different cultures and nationalities are experiencing burnout. But there is something worse. In the Philippines, a Deloitte study shows that 63% of millennials and 70% of Gen Z are going through burnout. This is wild and crazy. The verse above is very relevant but then Jesus shocks everybody as He continues: The Yoke of Jesus A yoke is a harness around the neck of an oxen or a carabao. Can you rest while carrying a yoke? No. But if it’s Jesus’ yoke, you can rest. Here’s news for you: God is not in the business of removing your burdens. He is in the business of replacing them. We have the wrong notion of what rest means. We want a comfortable life but what we really want is the absence of burdens. Yes or no? How many of you dream of

Talk BRO. AUDEE VILLARAZA:So, we’re talking about Jubilee.According to the Bible, Jubilee was supposed to happen every 50 years. But if you scroll through historical books, even in the Old Testament, there was no record that the Jubilee happened. Nothing in the Bible that says the Israelites practiced it.If we are practicing Jubilee today, it would be weird. Imagine if you have a debt that you can no longer pay... All you must do is hide for the next 50 years.After 50 years, you no longer have that debt.But we don’t do that. Some of us even inherit the debt of our parents or grandparents. Debts aren’t canceled until you finally pay them. But why is it that every prophet, especially Ezekiel and Isaiah, talked about this point in time in the future about the Jubilee happening?Jesus quoted it in a way that He was saying it wasn’t old news.It’s still living news.Let’s have a little Bible study.So, Jubilee means release. In the Hebrew language that was used in the Book of Leviticusand of Isaiah, the word for release is deror which literally connotes release from debt and release from slavery.In the New Testament, the word release is called aphesis which literally means freedom or release from sin. It’s freedom for your spirit.When you put those two together, they simply mean that Jubilee was both physical freedom and spiritual liberation. Not or. It’s and. Good NewsNow you may ask, “How is this relevant in my life now?How is Jubilee relevant in my life?”Here is the message:God doesn’t just care about your spiritual life but also your physical, mental, and emotional life. In short, God cares for everything in your life.If you think about it... Oh, my God!Jesus fed the 5,000 with bread when they were hungry-- that’s physical. Jesus forgave sins and drove away demons from the oppressed people -- that’s spiritual. Jesus healed the sick -- that’s physical.So, it means that Jesus is concerned about everything in my life.He’s concerned not just about my spirit. He’s also concerned about my health.Isn’t that Good News for you? That He wants you to be strong so you can serve others?Jubilee is holistic. It’s across the board. I believe that when you try to separate physical health and spiritual life, this is dangerous-- because there are two extremes of reducing Jubilee.Since most of you are here every week, it’s obvious that you love going to The Feast. We hold The Feast in big venues like PICC, cinemas, and function areas, in convention centers. And, they cost money, right?I’m sure at least one of you has asked, “Wouldn’t it be better if we just use the money to help do the work of salvation and evangelization instead of spending it on lavish venues?”It’s a rational question if you think about it. I’ll answer that right now.It’s not easy. Some wake up as early as 3:00 a.m. just to serve the Lord. Some of us here work from Monday to Saturday but still choose

Talk INTRODUCTION BRO. BO SANCHEZ: WHEN I go live on Facebook for Prayer Room (podcast) every 7:00 a.m., you know, I invite people to pray with me and some viewers would ask me, "Bro. Bo, will you be at The Feast this Sunday?" I would laugh. I would say, “Of course! But I don't know which Feast I would be because I'm traveling.” The past two Sundays, I was at The Feasts in Australia, specifically in four cities -- Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth. Beautiful people with amazing hearts. I just love being with them... ‘That’s The Feast!’ May I share a story? It's the best story that I picked from Australia. The Feasts in Australia and different parts of the world-- there are Feasts in 30 countries now-- are different from each other. But there are many similarities like Worship, praying, reading, and listening to God's Word. But if there is one thing that brings us together: it's really our love for one another. I was in Sydney, and I was being brought to the airport by a couple. They said, "Bro. Bo, we love The Feast. We love, love, love The Feast.” I said, “Hey, I love The Feast too.”J And the wife said why she loves The Feast: “The worship, preaching, the Word of God, and the programs-- they’re great. But that’s not why I love The Feast.” Then, she told me her story... “One day, our doctor tells us that my daughter has cancer. It destroyed my world. The first person I called was Heidi, my Light Group Head at The Feast. It was in the evening.” And Heidi says, “I'll go to your house tomorrow at 6 a.m. Don’t prepare food. I just want to pray with you.” Six o’clock in the morning, Heidi knocks on the door and they embrace each other. They pray and cry together. For the next few weeks, Heidi and her children would visit this family with food every day because they would go to the hospital, and didn’t have time to cook. Before I left, she told me: “Bro. Bo, that's The Feast.” My Friends, it's not the Worship-- though I love Worship. Not the music-- though I love the Music Ministry. Not the preaching-- though I love to preach. The Feast is about loving people. I really want to bring you in, even more at The Feast. Don’t stop with the Sunday experience. Be involved. Serve. Join Light Groups. Are you happy to be part of The Feast? It is a beautiful community-- imperfect, filled with imperfect people, but I love The Feast. I hope you do too. Are you ready to receive the Word of God today? Yes! It’s going to be a powerful Word. Remember that and just open your heart. Bro. Didoy Lubaton! Talk BRO. DIDOY LUBATON: LET us give reverence to the Word of God: Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet and a Light unto my path. Speak to us, Lord.

Talk BRO. AUDIE VILLARAZA: OUR message today is a little instructional. I think you might not appreciate it based on the statement but if you dig long and hard and deep enough, I promise that this message will minister to you.Say to your neighbor, right next to you, "Follow God's Rhythm of Restoration.” Let’s open the good Book to Exodus 16: 4-5:Hear me out:It seems to me that sometimes, God will bless you in a big way, but He'll also make sure that you also obey Him in a big way.I wonder now that maybe some of you are not receiving simply because you're not obeying.For now, I leave it at that because God gave the Israelites an instruction: Three Insights about The SabbathManna, the bread that came from Heaven, that fell from the sky, was good only for one day.The following day, it would be spoiled and rotten. You would not be able to consume it. So, Moses said, prepare it and eat it within the day.Like manna, there are three insights that I can share with you about Sabbath:1. Like manna, Sabbaths need to beYou cannot depend on the restorative abilities of your Sabbath --the emotional, physical, and spiritual restoration of manna-- if you take it only once a month.You cannot feel nourished for the rest of the year if you go to church only once a year. You need a fresh dose of Sabbath every week. That is why I honor those who make a regular effort to receive and celebrate the Sabbath every Sunday.2. Like manna, Sabbaths are EdenIn the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were in unity with God the Father and there was abundance. But when they were exiled from the Garden, they acted like slaves. They needed to till and toil the land.Fast forward to the Israelites who were slaves. At that time, slaves had no days off. They had no idea how to rest. They could not ask for a vacation leave and promise to be back as a better slave. They could not practice the Sabbath.Friend, whenever you practice Sabbath, it's like you're entering small portions of Eden where you experience the abundance of God because you trust Him.3. Like manna, Sabbaths are miracles that also require faith.You cannot really rest and have peace of mind and peace in your heart if you do not believe that God is providing your needs. As you stand here today, you have to trust in God that He will provide for you today and for the entire week.Say this with me: "Jesus, speak to me. I need Your Word. Let it give me life. Let it sustain me. Let it nourish me. Amen.” Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet and a Light unto my path. TimetableSabbath has a gift. And it is called time.Time is something that we need. At times, we feel that there is so much to do but so little time. It seems that time is always running short.But

Talk BRO. JOHN BEN: For us, Feast Builders here, preaching is a kind of work. Since we are talking about rest, we want to rest todayJ. So, we invited guests to help us give the talk today. Today, I am blessed to share with you that through our talk series here at The Feast, we have learned to synergize our efforts. You know, when you are working with people and you’re combining outputs from different people, you get something better than what you can alone. Last year, we went through the entire Bible-- from Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. What has made it easy for us Builders-- even Bro. Bo-- to prepare the talks are the Bible Nerds. They are a group of young people who research backgrounders for our talks. It makes it easier for us to identify the theological concepts and mystery behind what we are reading so we can apply them in practical ways. We invited two of them for a table discussion about our talk today on Work. Please welcome Tisha Caro and Bene Sanchez. And, of course, Bro. Alvin Barcelona, our main preacher. So, we are sitting down--resting and working. The Reality: Two Kinds of Work JOHN BEN: It's kind of hard to connect work with rest. But in the Bible, there are two kinds of work: Tisha, please tell us more about it. TISHA: As we know it today, work means our jobs that consume five to six days of our week and at least eight hours of each day. A big part of our lives is spent on work. It's what we need to do. It puts food on our table. It allows us to pay for our electricity bills, groceries...For the majority, it's hard and tiring. At times, when I ask people, "How are you?" They would respond, "I'm tired. I want to quit." That is the reality. BENE: Genesis 3 reflects our reality today. Let’s read the verse> As soon as we wake up, we think of how we will survive for the day. So, we go to work and do chores we don't want to do. We go to meetings that could have been done through email. Do all the paperwork that nobody wants to fill up. Question: Was that what God intended for you and me? TRISHA: Yeah. If God is good, why did He have to make us work? Why can't we just relax? But if we look at the first page of the Bible, we'll see how God intended work to be. In the Bible, we read that the very first worker was God. In Genesis 1, He showed us how He worked. He brought light. He separated the waters so that life could live in it. He created dry land. He made livestock. He made vegetation. Work was made for beauty and for benefit. God created these things because He wanted humans to benefit from the world He created. That's how He imagined work

Talk BRO. BO SANCHEZ: This Course that will happen for seven weeks will change your life and will save some of you -- your family and your health. I need to tell you this: There are some of you in this room whose current lifestyle is depleting little by little. You don't know it but it's siphoning your health and your family. In a way, it's also taking away your love, inner peace and joy. It's collapsing the infrastructure of your life. I'm telling you: You need this 7-week Course. So, extend your hands towards the Word, Everybody, and just sing this with me, with faith: Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet and a Light unto my path. God rested. But here we are acting like supermen, superwomen, acting like little gods -- not resting. I want to preach this Word for you: "Let God be God." Put your hands on your chest and say: "Jesus, speak to me. Change my life. Reconfigure my schedule. But most of all, my heart. Bless these seven weeks. In Jesus' Name. Amen.” Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet and a Light unto my path.  Happy Fathers' Day again. I don't have a dad anymore. He has been in Heaven for years now. But I really thank God for Community. I said last week no one can replace a mother’s hug. And I know that no one can replace a father’s' hug, either. One day, in Heaven, my dad will embrace me. But while I am waiting for that day, I'm surrounded by family and people I love. Before you sit down, can you just hug some people around you? If it's too weird for you, then don't do it. But if you're comfortable, then give some people a hug. Yes, we need each other. We're more fragile than we think we are. We think we're strong but we're more vulnerable than that. Tell somebody beside you: "God will speak to you today." Is This You? Raise your hand if you agree that people are tired. Whenever I go around and I ask people, "How are you?" One of the most common answers I get is: "I'm tired but still beautiful." I have yet to hear someone say, "I'm rested and I'm gorgeous." We're an exhausted bunch of people. I will describe to you in one sentence the human condition today: We normally say, "You're so OA or overacting." But now, I will say, "You're so OU-- overworking but underliving." OU is the phenomenon that is happening right now. OU is a pandemic. Millions of people are living this way. If what I will describe will resonate with you, raise your hand and say, "That's me." But if you think that the person beside you is doing what I am describing but his hand is down because he's in denial, I want you to get that arm and raise it. How many of you have no energy to engage

TalkBRO. BO SANCHEZ: Welcome to the last talk of our series, FEELS. In the past five weeks, we discussed the more difficult emotions such as Shame, Fear, Anger, Sadness, and Jealousy.Thanks be to God, today we'll be talking about Happiness.Are you happy? I want to warn you that not all are happy with happy because there are ways by which we can be toxic about happiness and that's what we'll unearth later on.What Is Happiness?I'm going to preach on this message that it's truly about the goodness of God. What's the definition of happiness?For me, it's a feeling of goodness.Popular illustrator Lynn Schulkins has this bunch of doodles that describe what happiness is...Happiness is a good cup of coffee.It can be a cup of hot choco or a hot matcha too. For a friend of mine-- whom I will not disclose because it'll be hazardous to my health-- happiness is a soju bottle (Korean alcoholic beverage).Happiness is a back scratch.  How many of you can relate? I can relate. If somebody is giving me a back scratch, it's my first installment to Heaven. I feel so good.Happiness is an extra hour in bed. I cannot relate. I love waking up early. But I have friends who feel they won the Lotto if they have an extra hour in bed --and they do not have to wake up to the sound of the alarm clock. Happiness is travel.As my auntie   would say,"You have a mole on your foot." Happiness is a foot massage.    When my wife and I got married, I told her that there are five languages of love according to Gary Chapman. The first one is Words. The second one is Gifts. The third one is Service.The fourth one is Time.The fifth one is Foot Massage.My love language is foot massage.Happiness is growing old with you.I'm not just talking about couples.I'm talking about old friends.When I'm with my old friends whom I've served God with for 20-40 years,  it feels so good.Happiness is a mother's hug.This is bittersweet for me.My mom passed on many years ago. She's in Heaven.The older I got, the more I realized that you cannot replace a mother's love. No one can give that to me anymore. I miss it.One day, I know that I will receive that again.   Feeling of GoodnessThat’s what happiness is.The ones I mentioned are the simple joys of life. My suggestion is that when you go home, make a list of the simple joys that God has given to you and thank Him for each of them. Happiness is also about the fruit of our work-- such as graduating from school. Happiness is accomplishing goals. Happiness is a birthday. Happiness is closing a sale.How many of you just love your work?  You love your work-- and it’s good.It’s a gift from God. This overflow of goodness, when did it start?We’ll find out as we read God’s Word:Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet and a Light unto my path.Read with me:My Friends, we

TalkBRO. AUDEE VILLARAZA:We're talking about emotions. So far, we have covered Fear, Anger, Shame,  and Sadness. Today, we're talking about this delicate emotion called Jealousy.How many of you know what it feels like to be jealous?Even if we don't admit it, we get jealous, right? Some of you might be jealous right now of the persons standing next to you because they had more rest this week. They're carrying their luxury bag-- while the only ones you have are your eyebags.How do we look at jealousy in the context of how God sees it?Open your Bible at the Book of Genesis Chapter 4:1-5 about the two children of Adam and Eve:Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant.When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel.When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground. 3When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord. 4 Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift, 5 but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected. --Genesis 4:1-5 NLT The GiftsIn the story, we have two brothers -- Cain and Abel.Cain was a farmer who brought crops to the Lord. Abel was a shepherd who brought lamb.We don't know why God did not accept the gift of Cain but accepted the gift of Abel.But thank God, the Book of Hebrews explained it to us:While I was studying this, it seemed to me that sometimes, we can give God a gift. But if we don't give with faith, it's unacceptable to the Lord.How do we know if we're giving a gift with faith?I do not know. Because we don't see each other's faith. One thing I perceive-- what Abel’s gift makes him a righteous man was that he didn't expect anything in return-- unlike Cain didA righteous person is someone who can give but not expect something back.The problem with Cain was he gave to God-- but only as his response to how God reacted to the occasion...which aroused his emotion of jealousy.I pray that the message today is something that you need. Preach this to your seatmate today: "Entrust your desires to God."Lord, this is Your Word. It's alive and active. But until we put it into practice, it'll be meaningless. In the few precious times that we are together, we ask You to be the conductor of this symphony. Allow Your Word to sink deep in each one's heart so that no thief can take it away from us. Thank You, Lord. We hear You loud and clear. This is our prayer, in Jesus' Name. Amen.Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet and a Light unto my path. When Jealousy Kicks