Sep 8, 2011

Investing Life Wisely

How can I become more like Christ? 

Am I reading the Word regularly? 

Am I devoting time to prayer? 

Am I meeting together with other believers?

After reading the message for today from ODB, these questions became a daily to-do list for me. Reminding me not to waste years of life instead use them wisely. Don’t just spend time, invest it. Invest it to bring praise, offer sacrifices, thanksgiving and glorify the Lord. If we do this we will gain wisdom. Not the kind of wisdom due to hard work and years of study but the wisdom that is the fruit of our reverence with Lord.

This is a great challenge for me. How about you?

God is my Happiness

Nothing compares to continuous answered prayers and overflowing blessings. I myself can attest how God works in my life after I have worked for Him. This is not to boast about what I did but what God has done for me. I prayed for breakthrough and He gave it, without any conditions.

“Seek your happiness in the Lord, and He will give you your heart’s desire.” Psalms 37:4, taught me to be happy with the Lord and everything will follow. We all have our heart’s desires such as sufficiency in our daily needs, ability to get our wants, success, etc. Most of us strive hard to get this but God wants us to first find our happiness in Him. This is just a reminder for us not to live for ourselves alone, nor the world. Live for the Lord, for Him to be worshiped and glorified.

Aug 12, 2011

A LIST OF THANKSGIVING


Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest!
I have been through a lot this past few months and I have list of things to be thankful for. Words just can’t be enough to explain how God succeeded over my difficulties, challenges, weakness, anxiety, etc. There were a lot of times that I almost give in to the test but thankfully I did not for He strengthens me. God uses numerous ways you won’t expect be very useful for you to surpass hardships. Almighty Power has been and will always be declared!
When I say “list of things” I really mean it friends in Christ. So please just let me have this ample space to glorify God through this testimony I am writing (now have written). I know most of you do writing for a living but as for me this is my own way of being a writer of truth and breakthroughs for the Lord so I expect you to be compassionate enough not to note grammatical and typo-errors. Just bless God for that. ;D
Glorify You Father and I thank you for everything. Here we go for the “list of things” and breakthroughs wherein I experienced the presence of God.
Tango at Work. You must know why this is first in my list. You probably had the same situation when you almost want to leave your job, because I did. You can’t just stand the intimidating policies and the superiors who gave you phrases like “and the management will determine employees employment” numerous times. Colleagues buzz around oppression and glitch that triggered the thought of sweet escape. But the Lord said, “Wait there’s more!” Then I realized, “Hey, the Lord is telling me something.” I did surrender; surrender all these struggles unto the Lord. Like a child stunned in awe, I have witnessed how God demonstrated His control and authority above all these hardship and hard work. The breakthroughs I have been praying for came in perfect time which brought victory and glory to God. Sweet success relished with people God used to dedicated support, love, trust and strength spiritually and emotionally. The Lord is so generous to get me surrounded by people whom I have united with the same faith and one God. In Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” For together we stand and succeed with the Lord.
As truly as the scripture says in John 15:5, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and me in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” Now, I will continuously dance with the music and songs – of praise at work though the going still gets tough and tougher. Thoughts of leaving come and go but one thing I’ve seen, God will surely deliver overflowing blessings and success provided that I stick with Him and His Words. The Lord will not leave me totally empty handed nor defeated because I have victory through Christ.
Family Matters. When it comes to my family, especially my kids, I will always be at the front line to protect them and ensure they are well. Yes my limitations just can’t keep away but God is Almighty, nothing to worry. First Elijah dealt with skin abscesses. He had to undergone minor operations and took tons of antibiotics just to get the bump out of his skin. It was time consuming and financially destructing. Then, my youngest, Van suffered from bronco-pneumonia at his 8th month for some reason I didn’t know. It was heart breaking as I had seen him endured the syringe and dextrose entered in his veins. But I need to be strong for they stare at me and search strength deep in my eyes. I am at weakest but the Lord is always stronger that I ever imagine. He did not stop helping me to surpass these past health combat. God paved the way for their healing and financial provision as I prayed, “Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.” - Jeremiah 17:14 
New Found Fellowship. It’s hard to find people whom you can share and strengthen fellowship with outside church. As for the Lord nothing is hard. Ever since I started, I aspire to be in a small group at work. Time has passed along with people and then came new ones whom I stayed with late after office hours to glorify the Lord and dig His wisdom deeper. We enjoy praise and worship together, you know who you are. Let’s keep the fire burning and continue to be in union with Christ. Let us all be the salt and light in this place where God bound us together.
The Sound of Success. It took a while before I heard the bell rang for my sale. Zero visibility of inputs made me the least performing of all. I almost fell off the edge of the earth. I started to consider opportunities outside my comfort zone. Yet the Lord led me to His plan and will. As per His leading, I did not stop because I know;Philippians 4:13 “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.” Time was made perfect for His name to be blessed and glorified when God get to start the results coming. Now, one comes after the other. God you are so great!
That’s all folks! I will now give way for other testimonies. The Lord will surely keep the blessings coming. Let’s stick together in union with Christ and we can never go wrong. I would love to be soaked by the Holy Spirit at work, home, Church and everywhere God calls us for duty. All praises to the Lord! 

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