Dodong Cacanando Podcast: Insights from the Garden

Diba pag birthday ng isang tao, we give gifts to honor and make the person happy? As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, what gifts will make Him happy? Will He be happy if you give money to the poor or the church? Will He be delighted if you offer a blood sacrifice to Him? Will He be excited if you fast by depriving yourself of the things that you want? I realized that there is nothing we can give t...

Did Jesus come only to give us eternal life? Did He come to just open the doors of heaven for us? Is this why Christians always ask, “Do you know where you are going when you die?” Are there practical benefits we can enjoy while we are still here on earth? In John 9:1 to 7, Jesus was confronted by a man born blind. So His disciples asked, “Who sinned that this man would be born blind?” Jesus answe...

Have you ever wondered why Jesus had to be born as a child? Would He not been more effective if people saw descend as a man before He ascended back to heaven? People would have been awed at His presence and they would have been more respectful and obedient, diba? As the world becomes more chaotic, wouldn’t it be nice for our savior to come soon? When I asked my friends in Semilya how they would wa...

When God said, in Isaiah 55:8-9, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” I felt He was scolding me and telling me that whatever plans make will be useless compared to His. But when I pondered on it, while bearing in mind that God is Father, I realized He said this, not to limit me but, to protect me. Protect me from what?  I discovered that the main reason why people f...

In Isaiah 42:6, the Lord said He will hold us by the hand and watch over us so that we can accomplish His righteous purpose. When you read about this idea, what comes to your mind? The best picture to describe the concept is Psalm 23. In Psalm 23, God promises to lead us, guide us, and make us lie down in green pasture so that we will never be in want. He promised to comfort us when we are in the...

If you are a Jew, what will come to your mind when you hear the words Assyria and Babylon? If you are a Filipino, what will come to your feel when hear the words Sendong and Yolanda? How about when you hear COVID 19 and SARS, what will come to your mind? These are things that, like storms, brought destruction to the places they passed through and misery to the people they affected. Who created the...

While I was meditating on Psalms, I was bothered by Proverbs 10:3, which says, “The Lord will not allow the righteous to hunger, but He will reject the craving of the wicked.” A few days ago, in a webinar, Dr. Alvin Ang said that of all the countries in Asia the Philippines is affected the most. Our cases of infection is the highest, and our economy is the worst. Our neighbors, like Thailand and V...

Has this pandemic been stressful for you? Has it made you weary and tired? Nasabi mo ba sa sarili mo, “Pagod na ako, sana God will bring me to a place of rest?” This pandemic has been a very trying period for many of us. As I personally struggled through it, Psalm 95:11 caught my attention and it says, “Therefore I swore in My anger, truly they shall not enter into My rest.” In Psalms 95:11, the L...

Have you ever experienced getting into trouble because of the mistakes or the sins of another person? Nawalan ka na ba ng pera because of a foolish decision by someone you trust? I realize that we sometimes get into trouble, not because of any sin we committed, but as a consequence of the mistake of others. What should we do when this happens to us? This message came to me while I was meditating o...

How would you feel if you present a plan that would glorify the Lord, but He rejects your intention? Tapos when you look at your friends, nakita mo na yung mga plano nila natupad kasi tinulungan sila ni God? Would you feel bad? The story of when David intended to build a temple for the Lord has often been discussed in many forums, but I cannot help but be amazed at how David responded even though...

Is it possible for a person to be good, and still be evil in the eyes of God? It is possible for someone to be loved by the world, and be rejected by the Lord. Steven Hawkings seemed to be a very nice person. Despite his disabilities, he discovered how the universe began and explained how it works. But in a book he wrote he said that since the laws of the universe are fixed, there is no room for a...

Have you ever done something foolish because it felt right at that moment? Have you ever made a decision that went against logic only because things seemed to be falling towards that direction? Parang you just felt na it was part of God’s will? Have you acted on a passion because the world is supporting that decision? To lessen the risk of making a mistake, you weighed out the pros and cons and co...

Who is the wisest man in history? Solomon, of course! If God will allow, would you want to be as wise as him? I discovered that Solomon was very special to the Lord, even though he was a child borne from David’s sin against Uriah and Bathsheba. As a proof, when David offered to build a temple for the Lord, God told David to let Solomon build it. I believe the temple was a symbol of God’s affirmati...

We had a blast with the event titled "The Business Called Farming" last May 27, 2020 via Zoom Meeting. Here is the audio file version and I hope you'd like it too! While COVID-19 has hurt the country in many ways, it is also opening new opportunities, especially in farming. Since all other countries are struggling, and importations will be restricted, the situation is forcing us to feed ourselves....

Where do you see yourself three to five years from now? This is a question often asked by people in business. People ask this because Steven Covey said that we should always begin with the end in mind. Pero may tanong ako sa iyo. Yung panaginip mo ba noong mas bata ka, say 5 years ago, nangyayari ba ngayon? Not to most people!   Do you know that many of the successful companies in the 1990s h...

If God would come to you one night and say, “Ask what you want from Me.” What will you ask for? Will you ask for the ability to enjoy all the food in the world? Will you ask for wealth and riches, or honor and fame? Or, will you ask for wisdom and knowledge, as Solomon did. Because of what Solomon asks, God added to him riches, honor and wealth.  But these blessings eventually led him to sin....

For those of you who are over 50 years old, can you say that you have lived your life to the full? Or do you have regrets that you wish you can change if given the chance to go back in time? And how do you now make sure that you are able to make the most of your remaining years on earth? If you are younger, how can you make sure that the plans you make will be successful? How can you avoid the reg...

How do you know that you are a true “believer”? And, what is the proof that you are a child of God? Making sure that you are a child of God is crucial because only His children will receive the inheritance that He has prepared.  Many people claim to be believers and followers of Jesus when in fact they are not.  Because of this, God would not listen to their prayers and withhold His bles...

Last Christmas, I realized something important! I realized that when Jesus came to save us from our sins, He automatically saved us from the world. I learned that the world is not our enemy, instead, it is a destination we go to when we sin against the Lord. The world, the one inhabited by people, is a gathering of those who decided to live according to their ways and reject that of the Lord. The...

What was the most important burden in Jesus‘ heart? Many would say, it is to seek and save the lost. What was the most important instruction Jesus gave? They would say, it is that we go and make disciples. I am learning that if you want to understand the burden in a person you must listen to the things he would talk about again and again, yung bang inuulit ulit nya. In 2019, I studied the gospels...

If the kingdom of heaven is at hand, then why is there so much chaos all over the world. This part of the message will explain how we can live fruitful lives in spite of the world.

In this message, I will explain the gospel Jesus preached when He said, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” But this statement is not clear. He did not say that His kingdom is here, nor did He say that it is still coming. Since we do not see heaven in control of the world today, many conclude is that it is yet to come when Jesus returns. This message may shake the foundation of your fa...

Today, we must celebrate and remember the birth of our Savior.  Pero bakit after December, the celebration stops? Kasi December is just a time when we remember the time of His birth. A few months from now, in April, we will mourn naman the time of His death, rejoice the day of His resurrection, but be saddened by the moment of His leaving. Though He promised to return, we have to go back to t...

Would you like to listen to the second part of my Kape Tayo sa CDO last November 7, 2019.  Pasensya na kayo sa background noise, it is the sound of a coffee maker because maraming nag order ng kape. Kasi during this second part, we were forced to use the microphone of the camera, kaya malakas ang background noise. I talked about passive income, franchising, retirement, preparing for a busines...

Last November 7 I had a coffee talk with some friends in Eastwood in Quezon City and a similar talk in Cafe Garage in Cagayan de Oro last November 16. Here is an excerpt of that talk.  Here I explained what people should consider when they are choosing a business to pursue and what they should do to prepare for their business. Happy listening, and God bless. Dodong Cacanando Attend Our Busine...