Where my eyes can see the colors of glory

I JUST TOUCH

2011-07-13T18:59:00.000-07:00

The good thing about TOUCH is it makes you feel good, comfortable, easy, loved, and makes you calm despite of the heavy loads in emotions. In just a touch it makes everything good. I have read in the bible the passage that tells me the wonderful thing about touch.

Mark 5: 27 - 28 "When she heard about Jesus , she came up behind Him in the crowed and touch His cloak. 28 because she thought, "If I JUST TOUCH his clothes, I will be healed.""

This means that touch is not about something that makes you better, good, calm and etc. but also it makes the person HEALED and RELEASED.

HEALED. The woman in the bible whose bleeding for 12 years is in the stage of desperation. Desperate to get healed, desperate to spend all money for her to get healed, desperate to go out though people are considering her one of the most unclean person because of her state. But this desperation turned her to healing, in JUST a TOUCH of Jesus clothes.

RELEASED. after TOUCHING the clothes, everything is well, she got healed and released from her condition of bleeding for 12 years.

I pray that our sorrow will lead us to desperation to touch Jesus through prayer and His word.

In JUST a TOUCH!

May your dreams come true. :D

Are you on hurry?

2011-03-11T23:11:00.000-08:00

It's been so long that I stopped blogging. Hmmpp.. My works as an IT makes me busy since my previous supervisor resigned, but I thank God for that time because I found myself depending on Him. Anyway, this is not my topic. hehehehe...lets go to the main topic.

Why most people now a days are on hurry?, I have ask some people and friends to answer this, and their answers.
1. Meeting the deadlines.
2. Malalate na sa school or office. (arriving late at school or office)
3. nagmamadali lang talaga. (always on hurry)
4. Want to prove something.
5. Winning the praise of people.
6. etc. (etsetera)

If you gonna think of those answer, you can probably relate to them, why? because most of us are on hurry.
A friend of mine told me that there was a group of religious people came to one city to plant a churches, ministries and foundations. And those churches grows vast in just a year. WOW!!, in response to what he told me.

As he continues, he came to the story that really broke me. He said, one of the leader talks to the crowd and said, "Planting churches, ministries and foundations are like a speed boats for us, why? because We planned and meet deadlines, but God talk to me one day. He said, "you are always on hurry, you ask for a help from me but still your plans prevails." and it shook my head and it wakes me up from a long long dreamsss...ZZzzzZZzz..." and now I told myself just to be like a sail boat that is always depending on the wind(will of the Lord) all the time.

Hope that you learn from this story and post.

May your dreams come true. God bless.

Taming Tongue

2010-12-29T06:25:00.000-08:00

Everyone loves to talk and talk and talk and talk.

When I was still in school (high school and college) I really love to talk, I talk with different issues, topics, or even non sense things like jokes. And while talking in front of my classmates and friends they just listened and laughed.

I remember one hot afternoon while having a report in the class, everyone didn't listened (of course except for my teacher), at that time everyone is so busy preparing for there reports and busy of course in TALKING, yeah right!! they don't care about your reports but what they care is to tame the reporters(my) tongue. All they want is to talk and talk and talk. (I'll go deeper with this later, just read.)

James 3:5-6 " Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell."

ever heard this tag line??

"Great things comes from the small beginning"

Yes, your right, it comes from Milo. But what struck me from this tag line was small things will result in big one, as what James 3:5 "the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts".

Every big things comes from small things.

Every big problems comes from small one.

Every big issues comes from small talks.

Remember my story above? my classmates in the class just want a small talks that result for almost half(this is big) of the class failure in the exams. That terrible!!Half for small talks.

Other thing. Gossip. I know that you know Gossip right? it may be part somehow of our daily life routine.

but,

can we just put it away in our life?but, how?

Heres some HOW how to put it away.

1. Pause. when you pause. then go to number 2

2. Think. think of the possible results for the gossip. (though gossip will not result in good, so don't think!!hahaha), then after, go to number 3.

3. Pray. instead telling it to someone, why just don't tell it to God through prayer. Your'e not just helping the person but you are blessing him/her.

So, when you heard something little about someone that may result to big one better to TAME the TONGUE.

May you find peace in every obstacle in your life.

Why we couldn't drive it out?

2010-12-06T16:54:00.000-08:00

This was the question of the 12 disciples thrown to Jesus after they have tried to drive out the demons inside the body of a boy. lets take a look at the verse

Matt. 17:16 "I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him.", what a shame. But why does the disciple of Christ couldn't drive it out?

Matt. 17:20-21 "If you have a faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there and it will move', Nothing will be impossible to you."

2 things I have learned from this passage.

First, you don' need to have a very powerful aura to drive demons or to do the impossible things. You don't have to be superman to do it. In doing it, it just require of one thing. FAITH.

Secondly, faith is requirement to do the impossible. Doesn't matter if you have a small faith or large faith but as long as you have it, then you probably do it.

But where should our faith came from? Romans 10:17 "comes from hearing and hearing the message through the word of Christ.", this speak about our devotional and obedience to Christ.

Why we couldn't drive it out?because of no faith.

Whats your brand?

2010-12-02T23:11:00.001-08:00

"The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it" (1 Thess 5:24).

Coca-Cola is the number one "brand" in the world. Companies spend millions of dollars making their brands known in business. They want you to recognize their brand. When you think of their brand they hope you will have positive thoughts in hopes it will influence your next purchasing decision.

Every individual has a personal "brand" whether you want it or not. Cultures have a brand. Ethnic groups have a brand. Your brand is defined by your conduct. If you are always late, you'll soon develop a brand or reputation for being late. Others will even show up late because they know you will be late. If you are a person who exaggerates the truth, others will soon fail to take you serious.

However, the opposite can also be true. Your brand can be incredibly positive. By being a man or woman of your word, who is consistent in dealing fairly and honestly with others, your brand becomes known as someone who is faithful in all aspects of life.

One of God's most important characteristics is His faithfulness. Faithfulness means one is true to fulfilling their promises to others in the time which was committed. God is faithful to fulfill all His promises to His children.

Moses was also an example of faithfulness to his call. "Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house, testifying to what would be said in the future. But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house" (Heb 3:5-6).

What is your brand among your peers? Is it a positive brand or does it need improvement? Allowing the Lord to make us more like Jesus is the only way our brand becomes trustworthy.

Ask the Lord today to make you a faithful brand in which others can trust.

A Desperate Woman

2010-12-01T16:52:00.000-08:00

Ever been in a concert before? Ever seen or heard a man courting a woman? Ever seen or heard in a news a mother who stole something in a store? They are just desperate to do it.

Why such people become so desperate? In a concert, people become so desperate in doing smashing, head banging and shouting because they want to be in in that cycle of life. In a man who court a woman become so desperate because man wants to win the girl, while on the other hand, a mother stole something in the store become so desperate because of the needs of her family.

But there was a woman in the bible who became so desperate to the point of losing everything that she has.

Luke 7:44-46 "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet."

But why she became so desperate?

One thing that is for sure why she became so desperate, and that is she knew who was the man whose feet shes been kissing for and wiped with her hair and poured perfume on it and a head that she putted an oil. She knew that He is Jesus the son of God.

I know Jesus and I believe you know Him also but the question was, How desperate we are for Him?

Blind Obedience

2010-11-30T17:09:00.000-08:00

What if someone will tell you to do good to those who mistreat you? will you be willing to do so?

It is a bit challenge for people to do good to others who mistreat them because everyone has this, "PRIDE". Theres one point in my life that someone do wrong to me and in return, I do wrong to him also, because it is my nature to really seek revenge at that time. But the mere fact is, we both wrong and I've done a wrong thing.

Luke 6:27-28 "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you and pray for those who mistreat you"

It's really unfair right? How can I do it if they are treating me like that? It is totally not fair. But I have just realize the first line of the verse "But I tell you who hear me(Jesus)".

and it doing it, it requires a blind obedience. Blind in not considering our PRIDE. It's just a obedience no matter what.

Withdrawing from the Crowd

2010-11-26T17:02:00.000-08:00

Imagine yourself in the middle of the crowd where everyone is shouting. Will you still decide to be in that place or will you withdraw from it? Years ago, during Christmas day or New Year, everyone is making noise as a sign of thanksgiving, but there some point in my life that in that moment I want peace and quite moment to really say and thank God for what he has done for me and for our family. But I cant do it because the noise that really destructs me.

There are also some point in my life in my walk with the Lord in doing things for Him that I stopped. I became weary and burdened. Later did I know that all things has been done just out of my own strength though I acknowledge God. Then it made me think to withdraw from the crowd.

"But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed" Luke 5:16

While reading this passage from the bible, the last word structs me. Jesus prayed? How come? Why? He is the son of God and anything that he wants will be given to Him. and it made me realize of the following things.

1. Jesus enjoyed a fellowship with His Father.

This speaks our desires to build intimacy with the Lord. Spending a quality time requires a quantity time with HIM.

2. Jesus modeled it to people.

Theres no other reason why we can't be more intimate with the Lord. It requires decisions to do it.

3. Be in the place where you can be with the Lord alone.

Its like dating someone that we want him/her be with us alone just to have a special and intimate time. Jesus longs for us to do it.

Lets withdrew to lonely place and PRAYED.

Even Devil reads BIBLE

2010-11-25T16:51:00.000-08:00

Early morning when I read my bible as my daily devotional, it struck me when I read Luke 4:9-10, because even the devil reads the bible.

What’s really the difference between the followers of Christ and the devil in terms of reading bible.

These are some of the reflections I have.

1. The followers of Christ put every word into actions while the devils not. (Luke 4:4,8)

The true essence of bible is obedience or personal application. But how often we put it into practice? Is it always or sometimes?

2. We quote the word of God to resist temptation while devil use it to test us.(Luke 4:10)

We obey the word because it was planted in our hearts. We quote it when temptation comes because it was also planted in our hearts. Memorize and put it in the heart not in the mind. (James 1:23-24)

3. We must know the Bible deeper because the devils knows it also.(Luke 4:10)

Imagine yourself in the situation where Jesus was in this moment, imagine if you don't know the word of God deeper or you don't read and meditate it? Will you stand still at your ground and resist devil? I don't think so.

That is why most of the time that we indulge in temptation is the time that we don't have enough understanding in what we are reading. This is a challenge for a Christian to really go deeper in their walk with the Lord.

Manny Pacquiao - Antonio Margarito Fight

2010-11-11T20:31:00.000-08:00

A day to count on for the big fight that will happen this Sunday(for Philippines time) or on Saturday evening(Texas settings) . This will be the moment of silence or to be still and focus on every action between the two boxers. The battle between two countries in just two person.

A BRIEF RECAP

After the last fight of Margarito where was the controversy fight, saying that theres something solid plaster in his hands where result to Margareto suspension in boxing, and in the other side of the camp where Manny the Pacman Pacquiao continue in working out both in politics and in boxing.

Two different people in two different countries with one passion - TO WIN THE BATTLE.

A LESSON TO LEARN
1 Cor. 9:25 "Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever."

The fruit of their trainings will result this coming saturday night (@ Texas) and Sunday Afternoon (@Philippines).

The Strict God?

2010-11-08T21:12:00.000-08:00

Who's God really? Does He really exist?

If you will name who God is? Who will Him be for you?
most of the answer will be:
He is my Shepperd, He is my comforter, He is my provider, He is my savior, etc...

But, who really he was? Way back on my childhood, my mom always tell me every time we are in a church to keep quite. She will always tell me that "HILOM KY NAAY GINOO!!" then I begun to shut my mouth(masunorin kasi ako na bata..just kidding!!) because there this God whose strict, and every time I am in the church I really shut my mouth because of what my mom told.

From that moment, I begun to make my own definition about God but now if I will define Him?He is LOVE and not a strict God.

1 John 4:7-8 - Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

How He love us?
Romans 5:8 - "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

and how we give love back to God?
1 John 3:16 "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers."

in order to show our love to God we need to love others.(read the bold line in the verse above), What does the line mean?that we need to lay our life to them?(its pretty unfair) but remember what Jesus did on the cross. One of the practical application of the bold line above that to lay down our lives to others is to PUT OTHER FIRST BEFORE US.

lets Love one another because our God is not a strict God but a loving God.

In what hidden kingdom you belong?

2010-11-05T19:56:00.000-07:00

Last night of youth reload topics talks about the armor of God which found in Ephesians 6:10-20. It was really refreshing to all of us because everyone is in the conquest(things in life that needs to conquer). One of the lessons I've learned from the preacher was "the armor is made for the warriors and warriors are made for the wars" of course, but this is not about the battle of the flesh but the battle of spirit. Here are some suggestion of the preacher to conquer the worldliness:

Conquer the world with Love because the world doesn't have it.
Conquer the world with Truth because the world are fall of lies.
Conquer the world with the heart to serve because the world have the heart to be serve.

but before taking this all in accounts, we must know first on what Kingdom you belong.

One of the lessons I've learned was, there was two hidden(unseen but existing) kingdoms. These are

Gods Kingdom - This the will of God prevail. All goodness are being kept and acted.
Kingdom of the air - all wickedness or sins reign.

Pause for a moment and ponder to this question.

What unseen kingdom that really reign in me or dominates in me?

It's really hard to be pure but thats what you call conquest.

24hrs Busy?

2010-11-05T00:18:00.000-07:00

All people are always on hurry because of the things that needs to be done but forget the most important things that need to be done first.

"Be prepared in and out of season"..God said..

Do you know why God gave us 24hrs in one day?it is because 24 hrs is enough for us to work and to rest, in fact 8hrs of work is not really 8 hrs of being busy. it has a break time, nap time, lunch time etc.

Below are some of the 24hrs activity break down.

6 - 8 hrs of sleeping during night
8 hrs in school/office
1 - 2 hrs of transportation
30mis - 1 hr of taking food (breakfast,lunch dinner)
and many more. - but in between of the daily activity, have we ever say a little prayer?

We must understand that everything must be happens in Gods time (see Ecc. 3:1). and so, 24 hrs is enough to get rid on being busy. But why most of us are considering themselves busy?

"When opportunity comes, grab it" - old lines right? but it will help us to manage our time and lessen our work load. So., if you don't want to panic grab every opportunity that will come.

but above all, we need to seek FIRST His Kingdom (Mat. 6:33) for the one thing that need to be done.

so, are you busy? - Not at all.

Frame up! by false witness.

2010-11-04T23:39:00.000-07:00

Experience have taught me no to believe at first glimpse in any news articles that I read. There are a lot of people who are now in jail who were not guilty for a crime, just because they were being framed up by the false testimony.

We need to be careful when we relay events that involved others. And we need to ask ourselves questions before relaying the events such as:

1. Is this really true?

2. Is that really happened?

In acts 6: 9 – 14 and they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law”

In acts 6, after giving false witness against Stephen, I believed that the people who were in that congregation doubted and hated the innocent man who was Stephen. Later, after Stephen delivered the truth, he was stoned to death by those same people.

The bible says that God hates people who utter lies. The positive way of stating this is, “God loves the truth and the truth-speaker those utter the truth, which say what really happened, and who don’t add or take away from it but speak the pure truth.”

I have realized that, if I don’t know something to be true or false and if I don’t have all the facts, its probably best just to close our mouth.

I believed that God is faithful and we make it sure that we will not become a false witness, either intentionally or unintentionally. And we make it sure to say what really matters when in doubt is .... Just Keep KEEP QUITE!!

Wholesome Talk

2010-11-04T18:02:00.000-07:00

"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen"(Eph 4:29-30).

The way you interact with fellow employees at work can often determine whether you will be the leaven for Christ in your workplace or be viewed as one of the multitudes. Two defining situations in the workplace involve joke-telling and discussions about employees and bosses or students. If we laugh at off-color jokes we give permission to the person telling the joke that it is OK to continue this activity in your presence. If we fail to laugh, we discourage this behavior. When someone is about to tell a joke in my presence, I stop them and ask, "Is this a clean joke? If not, I don't want to hear it." This will define future situations with that person and it will get communicated to others in the office or school because of your response. You might become known as the religious person in your office or school, but that is OK.

The other situation that can define you is how your talk about management is in front of other employees. In a workplace it can easily become a "we" versus "them" culture. If this happens you violate Paul's command to honor those who employ you. "Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive" (Titus 2:9-10).

"LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman" (Ps 15:1-3).

Remember, you are always a witness at work, whether you use words or not.

Radical Surgery means intimacy

2010-11-04T17:43:00.000-07:00

We must live each day to the fullest. We can't live in the past or in the future. We must live in the moment on what God has given us. Our time of deliverance will come according to God's schedule. Meanwhile, we need to be faithful in doing what God has given us to do and be content in the place where He has placed us.

When we go through a trial of adversity, we need to understand that God is performing radical surgery on our life.

The purpose of this surgery is not to destroy us, but to give us a new heart. God is making a fundamental change in who we are and who we will be.

And, He will always reveal treasures from these secret places if we are willing to walk through the process patiently.

Waiting while building intimate relationship to Him, thats God want you to do.
(Ecc. 3:1 - time for everything, and a time of every activity under heaven)

why wait?

2010-11-03T23:13:00.000-07:00

What are the situations that makes you impatient?

Have you ever prayed or heard this prayer? “Lord, make me more patient…” If patience is a virtue, I think most of us are not very virtuous simply because most of us don’t like to wait just like a students who counted the remaining class hours and those people who was caught in j-walking. Being patient can be quite a challenge. But it’s clear that God wants us to develop this character trait, and after all, PATIENCE IS MORE THAN A VIRTUE.

Walk by the spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh, for the desires of the flesh are against the spirit, and the desires of the spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law…but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, against such things there is no law. GALANTIANS 5:16-23

God wants us to learn to wait patiently for Him because He’s working while we wait. One of the reasons God makes us wait is for the sake of our growth and only for our growth.

There’s only we can be sure of … Gods time is always the right time and patience is not learning to wait to others, it is learning to wait on God and to cooperate with His work in our lives.

WAIT. HE IS ALWAYS WORKING!!!

The place of nothingness

2010-11-03T22:52:00.000-07:00

"Be still and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10) .

Do you find yourself in a place of nothingness? There is a time and place in our walk with God in which He sets us in a place of isolation and waiting. It is a place in which all past experiences are of no value. It is a time of such stillness that it can disturb the most faithful if we do not understand that He is the one who has brought us to this place for only a season. It is as if God has placed a wall around us. No new opportunities - simply inactivity.

It is a place of nothingness designed to call us to deeper roots of prayer and faith. It is not a comfortable place, especially for a task-driven workplace believer. Our nature cries out, "You must do something" while God is saying, "Be still and know that I am God." You know the signs that you have been brought into this place when He has removed many things from your life and you can't seem to change anything.

Many people live a very planned and orchestrated life where they know almost everything that will happen. But for people in whom God is performing a deeper work, He brings them into a time of quietness that seems almost eerie. They cannot see what God is doing. They just know that He is doing a work that cannot be explained to themselves or to others.
Has God brought you to a place of nothingness? Be still and know that He really is God. When this happens, your nothingness will be turned into something you will value for the rest of your life.