Serving God

By Dr. Emily Capati Gaddi

Dr. Emily Gaddi obtained her doctorate from Pepperdine University in their School of Education and Psychology. Her major is Organizational Leadership. In accordance with Dr. Gaddi, regardless of what religion you are connected to, doesn't matter as long as you have faith in God. I came from a family wherein my Dad was a practicing Protestant and my Mom is Catholic. My Dad and the rest of his siblings had introduced me to different Bible stories as early as 4 years old, because I used to ask them to tell stories when I used to live with my grandma. Because of this, I was able to develop the importance of having God to be the center of my life.
Having said that, I know that in everything you do, you need to put God to be the center of your life and everything will fall in its place. You need to get straight with Him and He will direct your path wherever you are, anywhere you go, and no matter what. Being in the mid fifties, I always asked God for important decisions that I have to make up to the extent of calling the Holy Spirit. Guess what, I tend to make the right decisions in life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664120358

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgment

Introduction

Chapter 1     Seeking God First

Chapter 2     Trust In The Lord

Chapter 3     Love The Lord Your God

Chapter 4     Do Not Be Earthly Minded

Chapter 5     Worship The Lord

Chapter 6     What Are We Going To Gain If We Pray to God?

Chapter 7     The Son Of Man Did Not Come To Be Served, But To Serve

Chapter 8     Faithfulness

Chapter 9     Well Done Good And Faithful Servant

Chapter 10   Much Is Given, Much Is Required

Conclusion

References

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This book will be my third publication. I would like to dedicate this book to my late father - Diosdado R. Gaddi. He passed away on April 21, 2020. My father lived a life full of sacrifices and grace. He was a very simple and wise man. He was a practicing Accountant in New York City and was a Controller in Los Angeles.

When I was growing up with my Dad, he cannot emphasize enough the importance of worshipping and serving God. He worked so hard to nurture me and my brothers with the scripture. He died while I was writing this book. The feeling of losing a father was outrageous!! But after talking to the Pastor in my province, I was convinced that he knew his salvation. He was able to accept Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior.

I would like to thank all of my family and friends for being supportive of my writing journey about Serving God. The outpouring messages of love really pulled me up at a faster rate to finish this book. My two children, Siegfried and Meryl were inspirational to me in writing this project because I want them to serve God with all their heart and mind. They were very active on Sunday school when they were growing up and I hope they will be able to continue to worship God.

Special thanks to St. Marys’ Academy formerly Sacred Heart Academy of Guagua Pampanga for brainwashing me and the rest of my classmates the importance of being a Christian. I have a very strong religious foundation because of them. The Sacred Heart Academy batch 1978 are the most amiable and affectionate friends that I ever had. Our teachers such as: Mrs. Myrna Aguas Dizon, Miss Bacay, Miss Gonzales, Miss Serrano, Mrs. Erlinda Abes, Mrs. Merlita Mariano Macapinlac, and many more played an active role in educating us and giving us the best advice in life while we were growing up. They were the best!!!

I am very thankful too, to my classmates from the University of Santo Tomas class of 1987 AB Philosophy for being savvy and sharp all the time. My Pepperdine family who are always there for me played an important role in my Doctoral coursework. My fellow cohort were the cream of the crop from their respective companies. I am very grateful to them because of their sincerity, kindness, and creativity.

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