There I was sitting
At one corner doing nothing
With eyes pinned on the wall
Feeling lonely over all.
Thoughts run through my head
Where I let my heart just bled.
This pain I have I couldn't bear
Like a body left there laid bare.
In silence I heard a soft sound
Hearing whisper as I look around.
In my stillness, it became clearer
And saw an angel, His message bearer.
He opened his mouth and spoke
Hearing words prophesying, I then choke.
Every word hit me like a dart
Speaking the truth straight to my heart.
I was lower than low
Drowned deep down below
But all Your words I hear
Brought me closer to You and near.
You are the way, the truth and the life.
Your Word cuts through like a knife.
Clothe love in me, consume me,
Come near me, speak to me.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
[Poem] Out from the gut
Morning sun shines the night passed
Of the same light that tucks you to sleep tight.
As I get through the day and wait for Mr. Moon
Thoughts of life just got me so swooned.
How opposite lives can be
Like I am here and there is Thee.
The future the mind has conceived
Are plainly just a make believe.
The night sky is ebony
Studded with stars so glittery.
Moon lit the serene water
As tears show like spilling from the gutter.
I am alone on my own
Travelling roads of the unknown
Blindly, there steps I took
Image bruised at the mirror I look.
Why the sudden feeling arouse
Like a newly put up and painted house?
A faith deeply founded on a Rock
With promises that no one can mock.
A grin I give like a crack on the face
As I bow my head in deep solace.
You spoke to me, to my heart it pierced
You etched Your love in my heart that grieved.
You are always on time
Just before I slid in slime.
A planned destiny You prepped for me
Even before I was knit in mom's tummy.
This walk ain't easy as I thought
For trials arise this world has brought.
Storm proof life surely You promised
To enjoy provisions and not be missed.
Of the same light that tucks you to sleep tight.
As I get through the day and wait for Mr. Moon
Thoughts of life just got me so swooned.
How opposite lives can be
Like I am here and there is Thee.
The future the mind has conceived
Are plainly just a make believe.
The night sky is ebony
Studded with stars so glittery.
Moon lit the serene water
As tears show like spilling from the gutter.
I am alone on my own
Travelling roads of the unknown
Blindly, there steps I took
Image bruised at the mirror I look.
Why the sudden feeling arouse
Like a newly put up and painted house?
A faith deeply founded on a Rock
With promises that no one can mock.
A grin I give like a crack on the face
As I bow my head in deep solace.
You spoke to me, to my heart it pierced
You etched Your love in my heart that grieved.
You are always on time
Just before I slid in slime.
A planned destiny You prepped for me
Even before I was knit in mom's tummy.
This walk ain't easy as I thought
For trials arise this world has brought.
Storm proof life surely You promised
To enjoy provisions and not be missed.
Monday, October 31, 2011
GOD is...
Exodus 34:5-7 NIV) Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. {6} And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, {7} maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."
(Numbers 23:19 NIV) God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
(Deuteronomy 3:24 NIV) "O Sovereign LORD, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do?
(Deuteronomy 4:24 NIV) For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
(Deuteronomy 4:31 NIV) For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.
(Deuteronomy 6:4-5 NIV) Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. {5} Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
(Deuteronomy 9:3 NIV) But be assured today that the LORD your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.
(Deuteronomy 10:17 NIV) For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.
(Deuteronomy 20:1 NIV) When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you.
(Deuteronomy 20:4 NIV) For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory."
(Deuteronomy 33:27 NIV) The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, 'Destroy him!'
(Joshua 1:8-9 NIV) Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. {9} Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
(Joshua 23:3 NIV) You yourselves have seen everything the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
(2 Samuel 22:32-34 NIV) For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? {33} It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. {34} He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.
(2 Chronicles 30:9 NIV) If you return to the LORD, then your brothers and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will come back to this land, for the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him."
(Ezra 8:22 NIV) I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him."
(Psalms 10:4 NIV) In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
(Psalms 33:11-13 NIV) But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. {12} Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance. {13} From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind;
(Psalms 37:30-31 NIV) The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. {31} The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.
(Psalms 46:1-2 NIV) For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. {2} Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
(Psalms 46:4-5 NIV) There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. {5} God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
(Psalms 48:14 NIV) For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
(Psalms 50:6 NIV) And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah
(Psalms 54:4 NIV) Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.
(Psalms 59:9-10 NIV) O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress, {10} my loving God. God will go before me and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
(Psalms 62:7-8 NIV) My salvation and my honor depend on God ; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. {8} Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Selah
(Psalms 68:19-20 NIV) Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Selah {20} Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
(Psalms 73:26 NIV) My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
(Psalms 84:11-12 NIV) For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. {12} O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
(Psalms 94:22 NIV) But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
(Psalms 116:5 NIV) The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
(Psalms 144:15 NIV) Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
(Proverbs 30:5 NIV) "Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
(Isaiah 61:1-3 NIV) The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, {2} to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, {3} and provide for those who grieve in Zion-- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
(Matthew 12:28 NIV) But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
(Matthew 22:32 NIV) 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' ? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."
(Mark 1:15 NIV) "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"
(Luke 7:28 NIV) I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."
(Luke 10:9 NIV) Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.'
(Luke 16:16 NIV) "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
(Luke 17:21 NIV) nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."
(John 4:24 NIV) God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
(John 6:33 NIV) For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
(Acts 10:34 NIV) Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism
(Romans 5:5 NIV) And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
(Romans 6:23 NIV) For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 7:1 NIV) Do you not know, brothers--for I am speaking to men who know the law--that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
(Romans 14:17 NIV) For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
(1 Corinthians 1:9 NIV) God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
(1 Corinthians 4:20 NIV) For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
(1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV) No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
(1 Corinthians 14:33 NIV) For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints,
(2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV) And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
(Galatians 6:7-8 NIV) Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. {8} The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
(Ephesians 4:24 NIV) and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
(Hebrews 4:12 NIV) For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
(Hebrews 11:16 NIV) Instead, they were longing for a better country--a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
(Hebrews 13:16 NIV) And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
(1 John 1:5 NIV) This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
(1 John 4:7-9 NIV) Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. {8} Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. {9} This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
(1 John 4:16 NIV) And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
(Revelation 21:3 NIV) And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
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(reference http://www.seekgod.org/bible/godis.html)
(Numbers 23:19 NIV) God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
(Deuteronomy 3:24 NIV) "O Sovereign LORD, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do?
(Deuteronomy 4:24 NIV) For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
(Deuteronomy 4:31 NIV) For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.
(Deuteronomy 6:4-5 NIV) Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. {5} Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
(Deuteronomy 9:3 NIV) But be assured today that the LORD your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.
(Deuteronomy 10:17 NIV) For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.
(Deuteronomy 20:1 NIV) When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you.
(Deuteronomy 20:4 NIV) For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory."
(Deuteronomy 33:27 NIV) The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, 'Destroy him!'
(Joshua 1:8-9 NIV) Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. {9} Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
(Joshua 23:3 NIV) You yourselves have seen everything the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
(2 Samuel 22:32-34 NIV) For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? {33} It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. {34} He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.
(2 Chronicles 30:9 NIV) If you return to the LORD, then your brothers and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will come back to this land, for the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him."
(Ezra 8:22 NIV) I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him."
(Psalms 10:4 NIV) In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
(Psalms 33:11-13 NIV) But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. {12} Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance. {13} From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind;
(Psalms 37:30-31 NIV) The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. {31} The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.
(Psalms 46:1-2 NIV) For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. {2} Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
(Psalms 46:4-5 NIV) There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. {5} God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
(Psalms 48:14 NIV) For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
(Psalms 50:6 NIV) And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah
(Psalms 54:4 NIV) Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.
(Psalms 59:9-10 NIV) O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress, {10} my loving God. God will go before me and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
(Psalms 62:7-8 NIV) My salvation and my honor depend on God ; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. {8} Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Selah
(Psalms 68:19-20 NIV) Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Selah {20} Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
(Psalms 73:26 NIV) My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
(Psalms 84:11-12 NIV) For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. {12} O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
(Psalms 94:22 NIV) But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
(Psalms 116:5 NIV) The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
(Psalms 144:15 NIV) Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
(Proverbs 30:5 NIV) "Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
(Isaiah 61:1-3 NIV) The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, {2} to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, {3} and provide for those who grieve in Zion-- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
(Matthew 12:28 NIV) But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
(Matthew 22:32 NIV) 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' ? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."
(Mark 1:15 NIV) "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"
(Luke 7:28 NIV) I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."
(Luke 10:9 NIV) Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.'
(Luke 16:16 NIV) "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
(Luke 17:21 NIV) nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."
(John 4:24 NIV) God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
(John 6:33 NIV) For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
(Acts 10:34 NIV) Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism
(Romans 5:5 NIV) And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
(Romans 6:23 NIV) For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 7:1 NIV) Do you not know, brothers--for I am speaking to men who know the law--that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
(Romans 14:17 NIV) For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
(1 Corinthians 1:9 NIV) God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
(1 Corinthians 4:20 NIV) For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
(1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV) No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
(1 Corinthians 14:33 NIV) For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints,
(2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV) And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
(Galatians 6:7-8 NIV) Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. {8} The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
(Ephesians 4:24 NIV) and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
(Hebrews 4:12 NIV) For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
(Hebrews 11:16 NIV) Instead, they were longing for a better country--a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
(Hebrews 13:16 NIV) And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
(1 John 1:5 NIV) This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
(1 John 4:7-9 NIV) Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. {8} Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. {9} This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
(1 John 4:16 NIV) And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
(Revelation 21:3 NIV) And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
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(reference http://www.seekgod.org/bible/godis.html)
Friday, October 28, 2011
[Poem] What life is...
Life is a big deal
So big you can't even feel
Tip of your fingers touching
Hugging its fullness been trying.
Life is a reflection
Of what we make out of it
No matter how we believe it will be
And how we believe it can be.
Life is an illusion
Of what in our mind we conceive
Whether we get ourselves into it
Or scream running out of it.
But You came to me with a lampstand
To shine the alley of once dark side
So I can travel the road you prepped up
Only for me where light doesn't run out.
It was blinding
So wonderfully blinding
The light You brought to my life
Promised living of no strife.
There's no one like You
No one else but You
Nobody deserve all my praise but You
All my love, I thank You.
So big you can't even feel
Tip of your fingers touching
Hugging its fullness been trying.
Life is a reflection
Of what we make out of it
No matter how we believe it will be
And how we believe it can be.
Life is an illusion
Of what in our mind we conceive
Whether we get ourselves into it
Or scream running out of it.
But You came to me with a lampstand
To shine the alley of once dark side
So I can travel the road you prepped up
Only for me where light doesn't run out.
It was blinding
So wonderfully blinding
The light You brought to my life
Promised living of no strife.
There's no one like You
No one else but You
Nobody deserve all my praise but You
All my love, I thank You.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
[Blog] Pray with boldness
Have you asked something very expensive from your husband, friend, boyfriend or parents? Pretty hard huh? Yes, this is hard because we're kind of unsure whether it will be given to us or not. Rejection is hard to swallow. Most of the time, we have this kind of thinking towards God. When we pray, sometimes it translates to having unbelief. There is a hint of uncertainty in our prayer that God might want to give it or not.
Some of our prayers is about finances and this is where our prayers become weaker. We live in the world where resources are just everywhere. Institutions like banks can help us with this for a price. An interest of 3.5% monthly is whopping 42% for a year. However, in Malachi 3:10 it is written, "Bring the whole tithe to the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." See! Our Lord God is challenging us to test Him on this. He wants us to trust Him for He does best in this but we rather do things our way to make it convenient for us. Our God's business is not like this world's.
I am human and imperfect, we all are. We stumble, worry and sometimes have unbelief here and there. The past two weeks were a test of faith for me. I can see and feel that the people around me worry because of the current situation but God wants me to be still and be in all anticipation of His great work for me. I even once battled this out with Him and confessed about what I am seeing (as if He wouldn't...hehehe) that it is the reason why I worry. A lot of times I felt I struggled so much that if not for them, I wouldn't bother to have time to seek more of Him. Til one day I was watching Joyce Meyer and quoted a verse from the Bible saying that everything that does not come from faith is sin. (Romans 14:23b). Ouch! That hurts. Truly, His Word will convict us; it's like a double edged sword. This is a painful rebuke for anyone who believes and loves God. We read the good news, share it, have our quiet moments with Him still, sin kicks in. Go back to Him and repent about our unbelief of His power. He became poor so we become rich. He became sin so we can have salvation.
He said in John 14:13-14, "And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask anything in My Name and I will do it." This is a solid promise. A rock. Immovable. Sturdy ground. Strong foundation. Jesus is telling you to ask ANYTHING in His Name and it shall be given to you. Be bold in your prayers after all, we are His children. But lemme tell ya my brotha, there is an element of time here and I am talking about God's time not ours. His answers can be YES, NO or WAIT UP. In James 4:3 He said, "When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." Check our hearts and see what's in it that backs up our prayers. He may be a God of blessings and provisions but we must not forget that he also is a just God. A lot of times we are asked to wait a lil more for His plans are greater than ours so be patient. Let our flesh not get in the way so His blessings may be experienced in full. I encourage all of us to rekindle the relationship we once had with God and see how He will store so much for us that we will not have room enough for it. Let God be in control. Let Him be God above us all. Pray with boldness and patiently wait in all anticipation of His great plans for us.
God bless us all.
Some of our prayers is about finances and this is where our prayers become weaker. We live in the world where resources are just everywhere. Institutions like banks can help us with this for a price. An interest of 3.5% monthly is whopping 42% for a year. However, in Malachi 3:10 it is written, "Bring the whole tithe to the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." See! Our Lord God is challenging us to test Him on this. He wants us to trust Him for He does best in this but we rather do things our way to make it convenient for us. Our God's business is not like this world's.
I am human and imperfect, we all are. We stumble, worry and sometimes have unbelief here and there. The past two weeks were a test of faith for me. I can see and feel that the people around me worry because of the current situation but God wants me to be still and be in all anticipation of His great work for me. I even once battled this out with Him and confessed about what I am seeing (as if He wouldn't...hehehe) that it is the reason why I worry. A lot of times I felt I struggled so much that if not for them, I wouldn't bother to have time to seek more of Him. Til one day I was watching Joyce Meyer and quoted a verse from the Bible saying that everything that does not come from faith is sin. (Romans 14:23b). Ouch! That hurts. Truly, His Word will convict us; it's like a double edged sword. This is a painful rebuke for anyone who believes and loves God. We read the good news, share it, have our quiet moments with Him still, sin kicks in. Go back to Him and repent about our unbelief of His power. He became poor so we become rich. He became sin so we can have salvation.
He said in John 14:13-14, "And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask anything in My Name and I will do it." This is a solid promise. A rock. Immovable. Sturdy ground. Strong foundation. Jesus is telling you to ask ANYTHING in His Name and it shall be given to you. Be bold in your prayers after all, we are His children. But lemme tell ya my brotha, there is an element of time here and I am talking about God's time not ours. His answers can be YES, NO or WAIT UP. In James 4:3 He said, "When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." Check our hearts and see what's in it that backs up our prayers. He may be a God of blessings and provisions but we must not forget that he also is a just God. A lot of times we are asked to wait a lil more for His plans are greater than ours so be patient. Let our flesh not get in the way so His blessings may be experienced in full. I encourage all of us to rekindle the relationship we once had with God and see how He will store so much for us that we will not have room enough for it. Let God be in control. Let Him be God above us all. Pray with boldness and patiently wait in all anticipation of His great plans for us.
God bless us all.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
[Blog] Price tag
These days, almost everything has a price. You want a tv, price tagged. You want an iPhone, price tagged. You want a car, price tagged. Our needs and wants have tags attached to it if we want to bring them home. Sadly, a lot of people nowadays put a tag to themselves as well. This is real and real ugly.
People identify themselves on the things they carry with them. They believe that they earn respect and acceptance because "they belong." There are those who would go beyond their means just to be at the level of their friends' lifestyle. They will break the bank to sustain their so-called luxurios life but for how long? One day, they would see themselves empty handed and worse, no friends beside them. This is one of the tragic endings of a price tagged relationship. Everything is dispensable. Material things get out dated and would require cash for replacement so as their friendship - dispensable; replaceable.
Sometimes, people put a tag price at themselves and they cost very cheap. Dating these days costs something - dinner, gifts, movies - all of these have a price tagged to it. They all cost something. Sadly, their price tag is the total of these. Extremely, there are those whose tag price costs the unlimited cellphone service for a day. Morality's knock on the door couldn't be heard anymore because his suave moves sweeps your feet away. Worst, after they use you, they will never show up anymore.
We sometimes exchange our dignity for a temporary and fake happiness. This we prefer over waiting for what has been prepared for us. We often go for what we want rather than being still and patiently wait for what God has well thought out for us. A lot of times in my past but truly, God's plans are better than mine. They are more grand than what I have already orchestrated to materialize.
Let go and let God do what He does best. Let Him control your life; let Him take the wheel for He will give you beyond your needs and wants - His grace is enough, truly. Our redemption costs His flesh and blood. We cannot put a price tag to that.
People identify themselves on the things they carry with them. They believe that they earn respect and acceptance because "they belong." There are those who would go beyond their means just to be at the level of their friends' lifestyle. They will break the bank to sustain their so-called luxurios life but for how long? One day, they would see themselves empty handed and worse, no friends beside them. This is one of the tragic endings of a price tagged relationship. Everything is dispensable. Material things get out dated and would require cash for replacement so as their friendship - dispensable; replaceable.
Sometimes, people put a tag price at themselves and they cost very cheap. Dating these days costs something - dinner, gifts, movies - all of these have a price tagged to it. They all cost something. Sadly, their price tag is the total of these. Extremely, there are those whose tag price costs the unlimited cellphone service for a day. Morality's knock on the door couldn't be heard anymore because his suave moves sweeps your feet away. Worst, after they use you, they will never show up anymore.
We sometimes exchange our dignity for a temporary and fake happiness. This we prefer over waiting for what has been prepared for us. We often go for what we want rather than being still and patiently wait for what God has well thought out for us. A lot of times in my past but truly, God's plans are better than mine. They are more grand than what I have already orchestrated to materialize.
Let go and let God do what He does best. Let Him control your life; let Him take the wheel for He will give you beyond your needs and wants - His grace is enough, truly. Our redemption costs His flesh and blood. We cannot put a price tag to that.
Friday, October 21, 2011
[Blog] Stay hungry, stay foolish
Steve Jobs said this as he ended his speech in his 2005 Stanford University Commencement address. He said, "stay hungry, stay foolish." I thought of it as some kind of another American idiom but as I was thinking what was the real meaning of it, came a realization.
For me, the essence of everything he said in his speech was that we must not settle to just what we have but to keep looking til we find what is it that we love doing. However, he did not say to slack around and hop from one thing to another. What he wants to say is that we must keep propelling ourselves to soar greater heights. At the end of the day, what matters is that we love what we're doing for out of it is something wonderful after all. Then what is it about staying hungry and foolish to make us successful?
Have you ever felt hunger in your life? Or have you ever done something you consider as foolish? Well, I believe I have in so many points in my life. I have gone hungry and foolish literally but had some moments when it has also been an idiom to me. What really is it that we must go hunger and foolish about? Will it be worth it if we will be one? Stop. Before you even think of its disconnect, let's dig on to its possibility and impact to our lives.
Hunger is not always related to food. It could be for love, relationship, knowledge or even power. As flesh, our hunger for something is insatiable. Why did I say so? It is because if we're satisfied, we won't ask for more in another time. Having hunger for something new is normal to human beings. We did not stop at creating bicyles to travel the vast land but came up with airplanes to travel across the seas. We had that hunger then we create something beautiful out of it.
Have you made yourself look foolish in front of other people? How would you know that you looked like one? People tell us so we know we have been a fool. Again, influence played an important part in making us realize what kind of a fool we have become but that only because of people telling us that we are. On the hind sight, we believe that we are just doing good or even awesome until the world stops us because they think we are just not making sense at all.
I remember, people thought that it is impossible to land on the moon. It was kind of hard to understand specially with the technology back then. But out of foolishness of one's mind and the hunger to get that feel of stepping on the moon had Apollo 11 realizing all these things. Did Steve Jobs stop from being a college drop out and just bum around? If he did then the world wouldn't have the technology that our generation has. His story of ups and downs clearly showed how he hurddled the obstacles of his own life. Mark Zuckerberg did not stop til his brainchild - Facebook - is finally realized. The four corners of his classroom did not limit him with what he can have. Hence, he dreamt bigger.
Bottomline, we must be better than what we were yesterday. We must outwit ourselves after another good output. We must yearn for excellence for we worship God in everything that we put our hands on to. This blog speaks to me and convicts me at the same time. I may have done a lot of foolish and shameful things in the past but these must not stop me from standing up to pick up the pieces of my life again. I have been broken but He molds me like a potter's hand to make me whole once more. I may have not been excellent in so many things but our God deserves nothing but excellence so I will be.
Be God-conscious all the time, in everything that we do. All for His glory!
For me, the essence of everything he said in his speech was that we must not settle to just what we have but to keep looking til we find what is it that we love doing. However, he did not say to slack around and hop from one thing to another. What he wants to say is that we must keep propelling ourselves to soar greater heights. At the end of the day, what matters is that we love what we're doing for out of it is something wonderful after all. Then what is it about staying hungry and foolish to make us successful?
Have you ever felt hunger in your life? Or have you ever done something you consider as foolish? Well, I believe I have in so many points in my life. I have gone hungry and foolish literally but had some moments when it has also been an idiom to me. What really is it that we must go hunger and foolish about? Will it be worth it if we will be one? Stop. Before you even think of its disconnect, let's dig on to its possibility and impact to our lives.
Hunger is not always related to food. It could be for love, relationship, knowledge or even power. As flesh, our hunger for something is insatiable. Why did I say so? It is because if we're satisfied, we won't ask for more in another time. Having hunger for something new is normal to human beings. We did not stop at creating bicyles to travel the vast land but came up with airplanes to travel across the seas. We had that hunger then we create something beautiful out of it.
Have you made yourself look foolish in front of other people? How would you know that you looked like one? People tell us so we know we have been a fool. Again, influence played an important part in making us realize what kind of a fool we have become but that only because of people telling us that we are. On the hind sight, we believe that we are just doing good or even awesome until the world stops us because they think we are just not making sense at all.
I remember, people thought that it is impossible to land on the moon. It was kind of hard to understand specially with the technology back then. But out of foolishness of one's mind and the hunger to get that feel of stepping on the moon had Apollo 11 realizing all these things. Did Steve Jobs stop from being a college drop out and just bum around? If he did then the world wouldn't have the technology that our generation has. His story of ups and downs clearly showed how he hurddled the obstacles of his own life. Mark Zuckerberg did not stop til his brainchild - Facebook - is finally realized. The four corners of his classroom did not limit him with what he can have. Hence, he dreamt bigger.
Bottomline, we must be better than what we were yesterday. We must outwit ourselves after another good output. We must yearn for excellence for we worship God in everything that we put our hands on to. This blog speaks to me and convicts me at the same time. I may have done a lot of foolish and shameful things in the past but these must not stop me from standing up to pick up the pieces of my life again. I have been broken but He molds me like a potter's hand to make me whole once more. I may have not been excellent in so many things but our God deserves nothing but excellence so I will be.
Be God-conscious all the time, in everything that we do. All for His glory!
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