The sun is up and the promise it brings
Makes my heart go sing.
Another breath I breathed
Like a new born, a new breed.
I saw the light spread through the dark
As the sun lights up at a bark.
Thick curtain was set on the side
As we sweep through the day and slide.
I so love the morning
For God's grace and mercy is renewing
What people say dauntingly
God keeps us sparingly.
You are amazing
Even more than that being
You are the absolute almighty
We exalt you whole heartedly.
You are the beginning and the end.
My Father, my brother, my friend.
You are the God of promises, of love and of faithfulness
We can't wait for these to unfold and for us to bare witness.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
[Poem] YOU
I was down and felt so low
No one's gonna be there
No one's gonna find me there
No one would come to dare.
But You spoke to my heart
A whisper of hope and love
Like a streak of light in the dark
Like a ray of sun cut through the clouds.
You said You'll be there
You promised wherever I am You'd be there
No matter how far I have come
You got my future and my past.
People think and feel your absence
That they would only believe your existence
If they come face to face with you
To touch and feel you.
You said we should walk in faith
You said not by sight.
Not all we see is true
'Coz You are the only one I know is true.
You are the only God I know
You are the God who'd pick us from low.
You said you're coming back for us
To fulfill a promise you gave us.
There is only one YOU in this world
The living God with living word
You will fulfill your promise
And I will wait so I won't have it missed.
No one's gonna be there
No one's gonna find me there
No one would come to dare.
But You spoke to my heart
A whisper of hope and love
Like a streak of light in the dark
Like a ray of sun cut through the clouds.
You said You'll be there
You promised wherever I am You'd be there
No matter how far I have come
You got my future and my past.
People think and feel your absence
That they would only believe your existence
If they come face to face with you
To touch and feel you.
You said we should walk in faith
You said not by sight.
Not all we see is true
'Coz You are the only one I know is true.
You are the only God I know
You are the God who'd pick us from low.
You said you're coming back for us
To fulfill a promise you gave us.
There is only one YOU in this world
The living God with living word
You will fulfill your promise
And I will wait so I won't have it missed.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
[Blog] My past haunts me
I just had a heart to heart conversation with two of the important people in my life and it was so sad to know that a friendship is ending right before my eyes.
It all started with that one text message sent to me yesterday afternoon when I found out that one's life was in danger. I called that person to calm him down and so I did. I was able to pacify him and told him to always do precautionary measures whenever the need arise. So I went on with the day and went to my space. On my way there, the other person sent me a text message telling me that he got family matters to attend to and may not be able to come over. I'm just glad to know that he retracted and told me that he's following and so he did. The very first thing in my head was to send everyone the message to always take care and send us a message if ever they ride the same thing.
As the day drew near its end, the first person approached me and told me the truth. I did everything to make sure that the second person would be joining us. Upon this happening, I brought them to one corner where there is no one to hear us talking about this truth. My first question was: "Why do you think we are here?" after that I demanded to know the truth. So everything was unfolded right before my eyes and I felt like my past is haunting me. The feeling was so surreal. I felt like I was brought back to my earlier years when I was as young and restless as they are. I felt like God was talking to me through them but I realized that God used that opportunity to speak of truth to them.
I shared with them what I have gone through when I was their age and how impulsive I was with my decisions. I hopped from one to another. I start and end things so soon. People come and go in my life and happiness were all short lived. One day I'm like in cloud nine the next day, I feel like I was thrown out to the dumpster. I had one cool night, the next day I'm in front of my doc. I even have met the same as I am and made them part of that relational dysfunction side of me and the whole nine yards. I told them that my past was not as perfect as it is. I am not perfect though people look up to me thinking that there is nothing un-perfect in me. Yes, that's how they look at me but all they think of me is wrong. While I was talking to them I said that there is nothing good about what they are doing. Let it be known to them that the enemy is doing its job to destroy us and to separate us from God.
The world defines what we should believe in by showing us that the rest of the world does it so we should. I call this a fad and nothing but a fad. Let us not be conformed with what the world says is okay. OKAY is never OKAY when you are destroying what is not yours. They are hurting themselves and their Creator - Our God. I shared with them that in 1 Corinthians 6:19 it says: "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own."
Our lives is NEVER ours and we should be able to let the ends of the earth know that we are serious about God crushing the serpent's head for it not to get us anymore, snatch us from God and to push us to sin. What is the good about this? EVERYTHING for the Lord does beautiful things and being able to not sin is a beautiful thing. As it was said in Ecclesiastes 3:11 "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end." He loves us from the beginning to end and no one should oppose this for God spoke this truth for it is the truth.
It is so sad to know that the world has conformed us with everything this enemy would want us to believe in. There is the word CONFORMITY again.It's sad, just sad to know that a lot of us live in it and we miss God's provisions for us because we're too busy keeping up with the world. Speak of truth in love and do not be ashamed of it. Be bold. Be not afraid. Let us not focus on what we can have from this world but be more expecting of what God has prepared for us in heaven.
Step out in faith and be moved by the grace of God all the time.
It all started with that one text message sent to me yesterday afternoon when I found out that one's life was in danger. I called that person to calm him down and so I did. I was able to pacify him and told him to always do precautionary measures whenever the need arise. So I went on with the day and went to my space. On my way there, the other person sent me a text message telling me that he got family matters to attend to and may not be able to come over. I'm just glad to know that he retracted and told me that he's following and so he did. The very first thing in my head was to send everyone the message to always take care and send us a message if ever they ride the same thing.
As the day drew near its end, the first person approached me and told me the truth. I did everything to make sure that the second person would be joining us. Upon this happening, I brought them to one corner where there is no one to hear us talking about this truth. My first question was: "Why do you think we are here?" after that I demanded to know the truth. So everything was unfolded right before my eyes and I felt like my past is haunting me. The feeling was so surreal. I felt like I was brought back to my earlier years when I was as young and restless as they are. I felt like God was talking to me through them but I realized that God used that opportunity to speak of truth to them.
I shared with them what I have gone through when I was their age and how impulsive I was with my decisions. I hopped from one to another. I start and end things so soon. People come and go in my life and happiness were all short lived. One day I'm like in cloud nine the next day, I feel like I was thrown out to the dumpster. I had one cool night, the next day I'm in front of my doc. I even have met the same as I am and made them part of that relational dysfunction side of me and the whole nine yards. I told them that my past was not as perfect as it is. I am not perfect though people look up to me thinking that there is nothing un-perfect in me. Yes, that's how they look at me but all they think of me is wrong. While I was talking to them I said that there is nothing good about what they are doing. Let it be known to them that the enemy is doing its job to destroy us and to separate us from God.
The world defines what we should believe in by showing us that the rest of the world does it so we should. I call this a fad and nothing but a fad. Let us not be conformed with what the world says is okay. OKAY is never OKAY when you are destroying what is not yours. They are hurting themselves and their Creator - Our God. I shared with them that in 1 Corinthians 6:19 it says: "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own."
Our lives is NEVER ours and we should be able to let the ends of the earth know that we are serious about God crushing the serpent's head for it not to get us anymore, snatch us from God and to push us to sin. What is the good about this? EVERYTHING for the Lord does beautiful things and being able to not sin is a beautiful thing. As it was said in Ecclesiastes 3:11 "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end." He loves us from the beginning to end and no one should oppose this for God spoke this truth for it is the truth.
It is so sad to know that the world has conformed us with everything this enemy would want us to believe in. There is the word CONFORMITY again.It's sad, just sad to know that a lot of us live in it and we miss God's provisions for us because we're too busy keeping up with the world. Speak of truth in love and do not be ashamed of it. Be bold. Be not afraid. Let us not focus on what we can have from this world but be more expecting of what God has prepared for us in heaven.
Step out in faith and be moved by the grace of God all the time.
[Poem] My Lord...My First
It's been a long time since I wrote a poem but this will be My First to write about my Lord.
I lived a life
A life of lie.
So many things
So much it brings.
But when I met you,
My all's now you.
You reigned in me,
You are in me.
All I want is you,
All I need is you.
You're so good to me,
You're much loved by me.
Why it took me so long
To know where I belong?
It's with you oh my Lord,
The Almighty Lord.
I lived a life
A life of lie.
So many things
So much it brings.
But when I met you,
My all's now you.
You reigned in me,
You are in me.
All I want is you,
All I need is you.
You're so good to me,
You're much loved by me.
Why it took me so long
To know where I belong?
It's with you oh my Lord,
The Almighty Lord.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
[Blog] iServe
Yesterday, I was assigned to lead our Victory Group. This is my 2nd time but my first time with Gin and Nora. These women I can say are "hardcore" when it comes to knowing God's words. I say this because they have been Christians for a very long time already and that they know a lot of Bible verses that I know I cannot deliver. My memory is poor and a lot of times I get intimidated by people like them. I get intimidated by people who I know are better than me with practically anything. That day is not an exemption for these women are simply awesome when it comes to God's word.
I was assigned to lead our own victory group and unlike the first one I led before, I studied for that meeting but for this one, I did not get to prepare for it. On my way to church yesterday for the 11am service, I thought that I'm sure Pastor Robert will discuss this so I can have an overview of what to say. ALAS! There's no Pastor Robert in front to preach and the topic is totally different from the VG material. I was super blanked out but the service was so great that I did not think of our VG that afternoon. The guest pastor was very profound, spoke eloquently and gave us a very clear explanation on what MAKING DISCIPLES is all about. But I will tell you about this tomorrow perhaps on another blog. :)
It hit me hard when I realized that it's only 15 minutes left with the service and I am meeting the VG anytime soon. I know I worry of what to say and how will I lead the group but to my surprise, I was calm. Me and my BFF - Gin - had a very lengthy time to talk about so many different things until Nora came in. I did not tell them that I will be leading the VG session for the day for I don't want to put pressure on to myself. While waiting for others, I invited the Holy Spirit to speak to me and bless me with the write words to say and I was amazed on how faithful God is. He left me at awe of Him.
As I was saying, the topic was about service. It was a wake up call for me that God was a servant in His entire stay with us. He never made the apostles feel that He is God even if miracles happen right before their very eyes. He remained humble but never timid. During the session, there were 3 bullet points that were given high importance as to what kind of attitude one should have as we follow and imitate our ultimate role model - JESUS CHRIST.
1. Considering the interest of others
"And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself." - Matthew 22:39
Most of the time, we put premium to what we have and how we look like and disregard things surrounding us. To so many people this is easy to do for it will glorify them at the end of the day but this is the same level of love that we should have when we love our neighbor. Doesn't make sense? Actually, it does not seem to make sense but here's the thing. We cannot give what we do not have. If we have that high regards to ourselves then that's the same regard God wants us to give to others as well. The love that we say we want to give others for God commanded so, we should grab a mirror and ask ourselves, "how do I love thee?" Funny as it seems but that is reality right in your face! We shall never forget that this is the command of our living God to love another and to do this to love our neighbor the same level of love we have for ourselves.
2. Humility
"For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you." - Romans 12:3
PRIDE is a killer! many relationships died because of this and a lot more in the future. When we care about others, we eliminate this because you know that you will hurt your loved one in the process if you do not. Same thing in serving. We should TOTALLY loose this one when we say that we want to serve God. Thursday, we had the Music Ministry's orientation day and one thing Pastor Robert said that the stage is a danger zone. I should say it's a permanent danger zone. It gives us the pride that we are good at it and in the end, we glorify ourselves and forget that we are serving our God by leading the people to worship. I stepped back and asked myself, "did I cross that line already?" Somehow, it made me feel convicted then I cried inside and made sure that only God sees the tears I poured out that night when I asked for His forgiveness. I asked for it because I don't know if I am already displeasing Him. However, since we have a loving and promise-keeping God, He comforted me in the midst of everything. Let us not cross that danger zone that we forget that we are serving our God Almighty. It is humility that reigned in God's heart when He sent His Son to serve us and save us from our sins. So have a Christ-like heart of humility.
3. Obedience
"Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else." - 2 Corinthians 9:10
Hmmm...this one is kinda hard, isn't it? OBEDIENCE is the enemy of REBELLION. As mentioned in the guide sheet, Jesus did not just have the willingness to serve but it was done out of OBEDIENCE to his Father. Jesus is such an obedient Son! What struck me during our session yesterday was when Gin said that she admires Abraham so much that he exudes obedience all over himself. Abraham is a good example of a person having trust in God, believe in God and Obedience. He trusted and believed God that he will give him and his wife a Son and it took him soooooooooooo many years til this happened. There's humility and patience while waiting for that promised day. Years after Isaac was born, God commanded Abraham to bring Isaac to the mountain and use as his offering to him. I cannot tell how much pain Abraham had in his heart when he heard this but out of OBEDIENCE to God, he just followed and believed that there's rationale behind doing this. :) At the top of the mountain, God provided a ram for Abraham to use as his burnt offering. Then Gin said, a lot of times, we tend to worry about so many things that we miss on God's provision.
We forget that God has a reason why he allows things happen to us. have you heard of the phrase, "bad things happen to good people"? Me, gazillion times already! But let me correct the person who authored this phrase. There are a lot of sides to this phrase and two are "good things happen to good people" and "good things happen to bad people as well". When I was not a Christian yet, I thought to myself, God will only favor those who are good ones and I categorically say I am the opposite of this. But I appreciate God more for he keeps His promises. As I said good things happen to bad people so how much more to those who obey Him? We call it in Filipino, "siksik, liglig, umaapaw" as mentioned in Luke 6:38"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
I may have swerved a bit but bottom line is, Obedience pleases God. When we give our service, we must keep in mind that we are obeying God when he sends us to serve others be it in ministry or elsewhere that we do this to exalt Him and His name to all corners of the earth.
After our session yesterday, it lingered in me that I have to look at Christ and how he lived His life before I can say that I am ready to serve. Christ Jesus who knows that He is God and that He was sent by His Father to die on the cross to save us still remained humble, thought of other's interest and just obeyed God even if the end would mean that He will suffer the shameful death at the cross.
WHEW! I got too much to say and my heart still speaks of so many wonderful things about God.
Be blessed and be a blessing!
I was assigned to lead our own victory group and unlike the first one I led before, I studied for that meeting but for this one, I did not get to prepare for it. On my way to church yesterday for the 11am service, I thought that I'm sure Pastor Robert will discuss this so I can have an overview of what to say. ALAS! There's no Pastor Robert in front to preach and the topic is totally different from the VG material. I was super blanked out but the service was so great that I did not think of our VG that afternoon. The guest pastor was very profound, spoke eloquently and gave us a very clear explanation on what MAKING DISCIPLES is all about. But I will tell you about this tomorrow perhaps on another blog. :)
It hit me hard when I realized that it's only 15 minutes left with the service and I am meeting the VG anytime soon. I know I worry of what to say and how will I lead the group but to my surprise, I was calm. Me and my BFF - Gin - had a very lengthy time to talk about so many different things until Nora came in. I did not tell them that I will be leading the VG session for the day for I don't want to put pressure on to myself. While waiting for others, I invited the Holy Spirit to speak to me and bless me with the write words to say and I was amazed on how faithful God is. He left me at awe of Him.
As I was saying, the topic was about service. It was a wake up call for me that God was a servant in His entire stay with us. He never made the apostles feel that He is God even if miracles happen right before their very eyes. He remained humble but never timid. During the session, there were 3 bullet points that were given high importance as to what kind of attitude one should have as we follow and imitate our ultimate role model - JESUS CHRIST.
1. Considering the interest of others
"And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself." - Matthew 22:39
Most of the time, we put premium to what we have and how we look like and disregard things surrounding us. To so many people this is easy to do for it will glorify them at the end of the day but this is the same level of love that we should have when we love our neighbor. Doesn't make sense? Actually, it does not seem to make sense but here's the thing. We cannot give what we do not have. If we have that high regards to ourselves then that's the same regard God wants us to give to others as well. The love that we say we want to give others for God commanded so, we should grab a mirror and ask ourselves, "how do I love thee?" Funny as it seems but that is reality right in your face! We shall never forget that this is the command of our living God to love another and to do this to love our neighbor the same level of love we have for ourselves.
2. Humility
"For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you." - Romans 12:3
PRIDE is a killer! many relationships died because of this and a lot more in the future. When we care about others, we eliminate this because you know that you will hurt your loved one in the process if you do not. Same thing in serving. We should TOTALLY loose this one when we say that we want to serve God. Thursday, we had the Music Ministry's orientation day and one thing Pastor Robert said that the stage is a danger zone. I should say it's a permanent danger zone. It gives us the pride that we are good at it and in the end, we glorify ourselves and forget that we are serving our God by leading the people to worship. I stepped back and asked myself, "did I cross that line already?" Somehow, it made me feel convicted then I cried inside and made sure that only God sees the tears I poured out that night when I asked for His forgiveness. I asked for it because I don't know if I am already displeasing Him. However, since we have a loving and promise-keeping God, He comforted me in the midst of everything. Let us not cross that danger zone that we forget that we are serving our God Almighty. It is humility that reigned in God's heart when He sent His Son to serve us and save us from our sins. So have a Christ-like heart of humility.
3. Obedience
"Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else." - 2 Corinthians 9:10
Hmmm...this one is kinda hard, isn't it? OBEDIENCE is the enemy of REBELLION. As mentioned in the guide sheet, Jesus did not just have the willingness to serve but it was done out of OBEDIENCE to his Father. Jesus is such an obedient Son! What struck me during our session yesterday was when Gin said that she admires Abraham so much that he exudes obedience all over himself. Abraham is a good example of a person having trust in God, believe in God and Obedience. He trusted and believed God that he will give him and his wife a Son and it took him soooooooooooo many years til this happened. There's humility and patience while waiting for that promised day. Years after Isaac was born, God commanded Abraham to bring Isaac to the mountain and use as his offering to him. I cannot tell how much pain Abraham had in his heart when he heard this but out of OBEDIENCE to God, he just followed and believed that there's rationale behind doing this. :) At the top of the mountain, God provided a ram for Abraham to use as his burnt offering. Then Gin said, a lot of times, we tend to worry about so many things that we miss on God's provision.
We forget that God has a reason why he allows things happen to us. have you heard of the phrase, "bad things happen to good people"? Me, gazillion times already! But let me correct the person who authored this phrase. There are a lot of sides to this phrase and two are "good things happen to good people" and "good things happen to bad people as well". When I was not a Christian yet, I thought to myself, God will only favor those who are good ones and I categorically say I am the opposite of this. But I appreciate God more for he keeps His promises. As I said good things happen to bad people so how much more to those who obey Him? We call it in Filipino, "siksik, liglig, umaapaw" as mentioned in Luke 6:38"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
I may have swerved a bit but bottom line is, Obedience pleases God. When we give our service, we must keep in mind that we are obeying God when he sends us to serve others be it in ministry or elsewhere that we do this to exalt Him and His name to all corners of the earth.
After our session yesterday, it lingered in me that I have to look at Christ and how he lived His life before I can say that I am ready to serve. Christ Jesus who knows that He is God and that He was sent by His Father to die on the cross to save us still remained humble, thought of other's interest and just obeyed God even if the end would mean that He will suffer the shameful death at the cross.
WHEW! I got too much to say and my heart still speaks of so many wonderful things about God.
Be blessed and be a blessing!
[Blog] Lord, save me!
A lot of us had gone through a lot and there are so many of these things that we think that we cannot resolve anymore so we end up giving up and not finishing the game anymore. One thing that keeps me going in my faith and to continue growing in faith is the fact that Our God is very much able and willing to give us what we desire of having. However, since we commit sin, we hide our face from him and we decide to just be drowned to it as if no one's gonna save us from it. Like quick sand, when we slide to it, it catches us, slowly pulls us in and sadly, get drowned to it unless someone notices and quickly gets us out of it. This often happens in our life and I call it "QUICKSAND EFFECT".
There are so many things that we usually do everyday that we think is right because we are too conformed to the thought of it. That people do that too that's why we will just be like them as well. Just like in work. We are tasked to do many things and at most times, we end up whining and complaining and simply not do it. What happens? Things pile up right under our nose til we cannot see no more. Compliance to daily-weekly-monthly deliverables is something I fight at most times and I end up just giving up on them altogether. My boss called me one time asked me why is that metric not showing any improvement and I just told him bluntly that I gave up doing it months ago for whatever effort I put to it, nothing changes. He did not argue with me instead, he told me to just to do it and he will send someone to help me and my team understand how can we arrest this issue as soon as possible. He gave me an EOM target of only 2% when our threshold is only between -1% and 1%. At first I didn't believe that I can because we ended around 10% the month prior and we were heading 7% already that week of the month. So as promised, he sent us to the best person who can explain things to us patiently and she was successful to serve her purpose. Fast forward end of the month, I gave my boss 0.19%. This to us is very surprising that after almost two years of my stay in the program, I made it. FINALLY!
This only goes to show that if someone is sent to you who will guide you properly as to how things should be done, I am very sure that the end target will be met and even exceeded. I thank my boss for having that eye to see through it and believing that my team can do it. I also thank him that he was able to act on it that early on to that month and sent us the best person who would be able to make everyone buy in to the thought. She challenged the team that she will check on this on a daily basis and will wait til the end of that month to see our traction and we did not fail to amaze her day after day for the improvement we have been showing from the time she trained us about it. But more than all the efforts placed by everyone to make this possible, I thank Our God for making that possible. He is the one who see this day coming. He sent me to my boss to bring the message that I need to shape up and to address this issue immediately for this number shows behavioral issues on the agent's side, so as mine. I thank God for giving my boss the best decision making skills that he will have to send the best person who can turn things around for the team. But I give thanks to GOD and GOD alone for he made this happen.
As I mentioned at the start of this blog, I mentioned about the one I call "QUICKSAND EFFECT" but I realized that we will never be in that position have we had the right perspective and the right person to call and cry our hearts to. On the hind sight, we tend to forget that we have Our God whom we can hold on to and cry our hearts to in "quicksand" times. When we sin, we stumble down, it catches us and creeps in us slowly BUT if we call on to God to help us and take us out of this burden, He will come to our rescue, take our hand and pull us out of the quicksand. Just like how Peter cried out to God when He saw Jesus walked in water [Matthew 14:22 - 33]. He said “Lord, save me!” when he drowned and Jesus regarded him as man of little faith. Many times in our lives that we have little faith in God that we do not have anymore to call on to when we are already drowned deep in our sin but God.
Let me boldly say this to you, God sent His ONLY begotten Son to take us from the quicksand [SIN] and be saved from them - past and future. His blood cleansed us and washed all the sins of the world both our past and our future. As I finish this blog, the fire burns [LOVE OF GOD] in me and will never be put out. God is our only hope. God will rescue us. God will save us. God is the Only one who can pull us away from quicksand of sin. God is almighty to do this all in a snap of a finger.
As I write this, two songs keep on playing in my head and these are the songs that my heart worships at God right now. Come along and sing this with me.
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FIRE BURNS by Jon Owens
Don't wanna go back Lord to the way I used to live, the way I used to live
I won't go back Lord to the way I used to be, before you rescue me..
I will not stop til' every tribe and nation bows before You..
I will not stop til' they all see your glory see your glory..
Lift up your eyes to see the glory of the Lord is on the earth
Arise.. Arise.. Arise..
Your Fire Burns within me
Burn within me with your fire
Arise generation no longer forsaken
Arise, Arise, Arise
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CAME TO MY RESCUE by Hillsong
Falling on my knees in worship, giving all I am to seek Your face
Lord all I am is Yours.
My whole life I place in Your hands.
God of mercy humbled I bow down in your presence at Your throne
I called You answered and You came to my rescue and I wanna be where You are
In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high
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Arise and commission your life to God. Everything else will fall into proper places. If this is my only way to show my fellowship with God then be it and I will not stop til the whole world hears me that Our God is great! Be blessed and be a blessing to everyone!
There are so many things that we usually do everyday that we think is right because we are too conformed to the thought of it. That people do that too that's why we will just be like them as well. Just like in work. We are tasked to do many things and at most times, we end up whining and complaining and simply not do it. What happens? Things pile up right under our nose til we cannot see no more. Compliance to daily-weekly-monthly deliverables is something I fight at most times and I end up just giving up on them altogether. My boss called me one time asked me why is that metric not showing any improvement and I just told him bluntly that I gave up doing it months ago for whatever effort I put to it, nothing changes. He did not argue with me instead, he told me to just to do it and he will send someone to help me and my team understand how can we arrest this issue as soon as possible. He gave me an EOM target of only 2% when our threshold is only between -1% and 1%. At first I didn't believe that I can because we ended around 10% the month prior and we were heading 7% already that week of the month. So as promised, he sent us to the best person who can explain things to us patiently and she was successful to serve her purpose. Fast forward end of the month, I gave my boss 0.19%. This to us is very surprising that after almost two years of my stay in the program, I made it. FINALLY!
This only goes to show that if someone is sent to you who will guide you properly as to how things should be done, I am very sure that the end target will be met and even exceeded. I thank my boss for having that eye to see through it and believing that my team can do it. I also thank him that he was able to act on it that early on to that month and sent us the best person who would be able to make everyone buy in to the thought. She challenged the team that she will check on this on a daily basis and will wait til the end of that month to see our traction and we did not fail to amaze her day after day for the improvement we have been showing from the time she trained us about it. But more than all the efforts placed by everyone to make this possible, I thank Our God for making that possible. He is the one who see this day coming. He sent me to my boss to bring the message that I need to shape up and to address this issue immediately for this number shows behavioral issues on the agent's side, so as mine. I thank God for giving my boss the best decision making skills that he will have to send the best person who can turn things around for the team. But I give thanks to GOD and GOD alone for he made this happen.
As I mentioned at the start of this blog, I mentioned about the one I call "QUICKSAND EFFECT" but I realized that we will never be in that position have we had the right perspective and the right person to call and cry our hearts to. On the hind sight, we tend to forget that we have Our God whom we can hold on to and cry our hearts to in "quicksand" times. When we sin, we stumble down, it catches us and creeps in us slowly BUT if we call on to God to help us and take us out of this burden, He will come to our rescue, take our hand and pull us out of the quicksand. Just like how Peter cried out to God when He saw Jesus walked in water [Matthew 14:22 - 33]. He said “Lord, save me!” when he drowned and Jesus regarded him as man of little faith. Many times in our lives that we have little faith in God that we do not have anymore to call on to when we are already drowned deep in our sin but God.
Let me boldly say this to you, God sent His ONLY begotten Son to take us from the quicksand [SIN] and be saved from them - past and future. His blood cleansed us and washed all the sins of the world both our past and our future. As I finish this blog, the fire burns [LOVE OF GOD] in me and will never be put out. God is our only hope. God will rescue us. God will save us. God is the Only one who can pull us away from quicksand of sin. God is almighty to do this all in a snap of a finger.
As I write this, two songs keep on playing in my head and these are the songs that my heart worships at God right now. Come along and sing this with me.
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FIRE BURNS by Jon Owens
Don't wanna go back Lord to the way I used to live, the way I used to live
I won't go back Lord to the way I used to be, before you rescue me..
I will not stop til' every tribe and nation bows before You..
I will not stop til' they all see your glory see your glory..
Lift up your eyes to see the glory of the Lord is on the earth
Arise.. Arise.. Arise..
Your Fire Burns within me
Burn within me with your fire
Arise generation no longer forsaken
Arise, Arise, Arise
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CAME TO MY RESCUE by Hillsong
Falling on my knees in worship, giving all I am to seek Your face
Lord all I am is Yours.
My whole life I place in Your hands.
God of mercy humbled I bow down in your presence at Your throne
I called You answered and You came to my rescue and I wanna be where You are
In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high
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Arise and commission your life to God. Everything else will fall into proper places. If this is my only way to show my fellowship with God then be it and I will not stop til the whole world hears me that Our God is great! Be blessed and be a blessing to everyone!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
[Blog] Tall-Dark-Dark
Not so long ago, I met someone very charming. He is not the typical Aga Muhlach or Robin Padilla type but I got smitten by him. He often refers himself as “Tall-Dark-Dark”. He’s an intellectual, charming and enticing guy. He speaks with conviction and you know that you will be blessed after you hear him speak. Yes, he is a pastor – our church pastor. His name is Robert Hern Jr. I do not know that much about him but I will write however I know him to be.
He is 40 years old. He studied in UE. He got saved when he was 18. He was an usher in church and was once assigned to clean the ceiling fan. He was part of music ministry for so many years. He was a marketing manager. He was married to Mailene Hern. He has two beautiful kids. He is newly single.
He is our senior pastor. He laughs. He makes people laugh. He cries. He makes us cry. He prepares well for the service. He prepares our hearts for his sermon. He is focused. He makes sure that we focus on God not on the person speaking in front of us.
He is bald. He has a moustache. He gives a beaming smile to everyone. He smiles with his eyes. He laughs loud and fills the entire hall of it. He shakes hands firmly. He hugs tightly (to men of course). He bends down when taking pictures with you unless you are of the same height with him.
He values time so much. He hates late comers. He rebukes ways that do not please God. He is a health buff. He runs kilometers. He plays basketball as if it is his last. He reminds us all the time about finishing the game strong and winning it.
He worships. He gives praise. He honors God. He fish for men. He makes disciples. He commissioned his life to God. He loves God.
He is an inspiration. He is TALL, DARK and DARK.
That’s all the words to describe about PRH.
He is 40 years old. He studied in UE. He got saved when he was 18. He was an usher in church and was once assigned to clean the ceiling fan. He was part of music ministry for so many years. He was a marketing manager. He was married to Mailene Hern. He has two beautiful kids. He is newly single.
He is our senior pastor. He laughs. He makes people laugh. He cries. He makes us cry. He prepares well for the service. He prepares our hearts for his sermon. He is focused. He makes sure that we focus on God not on the person speaking in front of us.
He is bald. He has a moustache. He gives a beaming smile to everyone. He smiles with his eyes. He laughs loud and fills the entire hall of it. He shakes hands firmly. He hugs tightly (to men of course). He bends down when taking pictures with you unless you are of the same height with him.
He values time so much. He hates late comers. He rebukes ways that do not please God. He is a health buff. He runs kilometers. He plays basketball as if it is his last. He reminds us all the time about finishing the game strong and winning it.
He worships. He gives praise. He honors God. He fish for men. He makes disciples. He commissioned his life to God. He loves God.
He is an inspiration. He is TALL, DARK and DARK.
That’s all the words to describe about PRH.
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