Press Release
January 28, 2019

Manifestation of Sen. Pacquiao re: Bible Day at the Senate

MR. PRESIDENT, I would like to make a manifestation.

Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU, MY FELLOW SENATORS FOR THE RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION AND CONGRATULATIONS ON MY RECENT VICTORY AGAINST BRONER.

NAGPAPASALAMAT PO AKO SA SAMBAYANANG PILIPINO SA PAGMAMAHAL AT SUPORTA. KAYO PONG LAHAT ANG AKING INSPIRASYON. I DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT.

MR. PRESIDENT, i would also like to seize the opportunity to express my joy because today, January 28, the last Monday of the month, we celebrate the National Bible Day, a special working holiday in the Philippines by virtue of Republic Act 11163. President Duterte signed it into law on December 20, 2018, three days after my 40th birthday.

As the main author and sponsor of this legislation, I am grateful for the support of all our colleagues, partners, and staff in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The National Bible Day will be an annual celebration.

In the coming years we will make the celebration bigger.

We will invite and encourage our partners in the public and private sectors, as well as learning institutions, to celebrate in their own special way.

Today, we altogether declare that
God's word is a lamp unto our feet, and a light unto our path.

We all need the Word of God to direct us
and guide us in every area of our lives.
Apart from God, we will stumble and fall.
Apart from Him, we are nothing.
But through Christ who gives us strength, we can do all things.
We can face the giants. We can overcome obstacles.
We can experience miracles.

As it is written in 2 Timothy 3:16-17,
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God
may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."

THIS IS WHY EVERY MORNING, UPON WAKING UP,
I KNEEL BEFORE GOD AND PRAY.
I TAKE HOLD OF MY BIBLE AND READ THE WORD OF GOD.
NO MATTER HOW BUSY I AM, I READ THE BIBLE DAY AND NIGHT.

While I was in Las Vegas for my fight with Broner,
I shared to those who attended the Press Conference
what is written in Jeremiah 9:23-24, This is what the Lord says: "Let
not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their
strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who
boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me,
that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and
righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the Lord.

MR. PRESIDENT, LET US ALTOGETHER BELIEVE THAT
GOD'S GRACE WILL MAKE THE PHILIPPINES GREAT AGAIN!
WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!

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