Why Why

We Should Be We Should Be
Proud as Filipinos Proud as Filipinos
by by
Alexander L. Lacson Alexander L. Lacson
Who are we, Filipinos, as a people?
Knowing others is intelligence,
but knowing yourself is true wisdom;
Mastering your enemy is strength,
but mastering yourself is true power.
(Tao Te Ching)
hat lies behind us,
and what lies before us,
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
(Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes)
WHO ARE WE, FLPNOS?
12 HistoricaI Signs
That Tell Us & Show Us Who We Are
As A People
st SGN
The coming of Magellan in
and Legazpi in in our archipelago
shows a determined plan.
We are God's children...
and what we shall be,
has NOT yet been shown.
( John 3:)
nd SGN
We were claimed in the name of God.
(King Philip 's instruction to Legazpi in
was to convert every soul in our islands
to Christianity)
God decided when and where
every nation would be
(Acts :)
ou did not choose Me,
but chose you and appointed you
(John :)
3
rd
SGN
Philippines
became the first & only Christian nation in Asia
for more than 400 years
t is God himself who has made us
what we are
(Ephesians :0)
4
th
SGN
First nation in Asia to have Bibles,
as brought by the Americans.
(The first Asian Christian Missionaries in Asia
were Filipinos)

th
SGN
Philippines is located in the middle
of the world (see map). The ,0 islands
represent the diversity of the world

th
SGN
Philippines is one of the richest countries
in the world in terms of mineral deposits
& natural resources

th
SGN
The poverty & powerless of many Filipinos at
present like our OFWs -- are Biblical. n the
Bible, God has always used the poor & the
weak to spread His message.

th
SGN
Our OFWs, Nannies, Domestics,
Nurses, Caregivers are like ambassadors,
messengers and shepherds of God.

th
SGN
Filipinos abroad give back life
to the Churches all over the world.
0
th
SGN
There is so much beauty in us as a people
singers, artists, performers of the world

th
SGN
Our name Pilipino means Piling-pili
at Pinong-pino

th
SGN
The world is in us in our tongue,
our hearts, our minds, our ways
ou did not choose Me,
but chose you and appointed you
(John :)
t is God himself who has made us
what we are
(Ephesians :0)
We are God's children...
and what we shall be,
has NOT yet been shown.
( John 3:)
What am doing
you do not understand now,
but you will know later.
(John 3:)
Weeping may endure for the night,
but joy comes in the morning.
(Psalm 30:)
These things plan won't happen right away.
Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches
when the VSON will be fulfilled.
(Habakkuk :3)
For know the plans that have for you,
plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future
(Jeremiah :)
Everything on earth has its own time...
A time to keep and a time to throw away;
A time to tear and a time to mend;
A time to be silent and a time to speak...
(Ecclesiastes 3:-)
No one can hinder God
from carrying out His plans for your life.
Once God sets something in motion,
no one can stop it.
(saiah 4:)
He has made everything beautiful
in His time...
et they cannot fathom
what God has done from beginning to end.
(Ecclesiastes 3:)
Go everywhere in the world
and tell the Good News to everyone.
(Mark :)
for you must go wherever send you
and say whatever tell you.
(Jeremiah :)
ou will find me
when you seek with all of your heart.
(Jeremiah :3)
Jesus said,
tell you the truth,
if anyone says to this mountain,
'Go throw yourself into the sea',
and does not doubt in his heart
but believes that what he says will happen,
it will be done for him.
Therefore tell you,
whatever you ask for in prayer,
believe that you have received it,
and it will be yours.
(Mark :3)
We
are a Chosen People of God.
He chose us
to be His Messengers and Ambassadors
n this part of the world.
We should believe it.
We should proclaim it.
Because
God wants us
to boldly proclaim it.
May we Filipinos be proud
as a People