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There are times that I I felt that the more obedient I am to following God, the more adversity there is around my life. A lot of questions entered into my mind and at times, I saw myself losing faith. Things seemed to flow not the way I wanted to see them flow. I wanted to do all my tasks just as perfectly as I am expected to. But my body is not that strong enough to do so. I wanted to help but unable to. Those things and other more that I really would be doing if only I could but only God can. There are prayers that are unanswered until now. I am also taking part in the ministry of God. I do tithe and give gifts. There are many things I am doing and being which I know are in line in the will of God. However, my life still seemed to be not that successful in every aspect. Spiritual life is not that well nourished. Marital relationship is not really that sweetly unique, career is just in average, parenting is not really that ideal. That is just to name some vital parts of my life where I need to work on and out.

God spoke to me on matters of obedience to His will. My thought is so far from His. I may be thinking that I am already obeying Him but I am not, at His sight. I might be following Him in some area but in other things, I do fail to obey. I recall the story of Moses and the Israelites.

Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and You have not rescued Your people at all. - Exodus 5:23

Moses had been instructed to go to Pharaoh and tell him to release the people of Israel. God said that He would deliver the people through Moses. However, God did not tell Moses at what point they actually would be freed. Then Moses complained to God and the Lord told Moses that He had to harden Pharaoh’s heart in order to perform greater miracles. Yes, God was actually behind hardening Pharaoh’s heart. The king’s heart is in God’s hand. Now I had learned that God had a specific reason for each plague and each delay in the answer of my prayers. God has a reason for everything He does in my life.. in all aspects. Everything was designed to bring greater glory to God and intended to be a lasting legacy of God’s miracle-working power for generations to come, not only for the present one.

Moving on with the story of Moses where the people were freed but God again hardened Pharaoh’s heart to go after them. This action of God to harden Pharaoh’s heart was to set the stage for an even greater miracle — the parting of the Red Sea. The people were angry with Moses for bringing them to the desert “to die.” But God said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to move on” (Ex. 14:15b). There was only one place to go by this time — the Red Sea. God parted the Red Sea, and another greater miracle took place. Awesome God!
Just like Moses, I have learned a number of lessons. When obeying God seems foolish and too hard, then I will just remember that His promises are true, but His timing is not the same as ours. God always wants greater glory than what we might be willing to give Him. God puts obstacles and adversity into our lives in order to build perseverance and faith. I should not worry when God put a mountain in my life. If it is to demonstrate His power through me, then I let God to just move. I let go of anything that brings trouble in my mind and heart in order to show His glory. I will simply obey even when obedience to God seems too hard.

The truth is there are basic facts that we need to know about God and ourselves before we can have an encounter with our Creator, our God Almighty.

Firstly, we have to know that God Loves Us. God actually created a good world of peace and wholesome life for everyone of us. God really loves us and He wants us to have a life of peace, joy and hope.(John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life”)

Secondly, it is true that humanity has a problem. Every human being is separated from God because of sin. We choose to disobey God and go our own way. This attitude set us apart from God and created a gap between the Creator and us. The separation is actually called Sin. Thus, we are not able of getting to God by ourselves. We must be informed that our efforts of good thoughts and good deeds fail to bridge the said gap. ( Romans 3:23 ” For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”).

But do not be dismayed because God had made a remedy and He has been offering this remedy to you and me. Next fact is that God had offered a way for us to get back to God. As He sees our distress, He sent His only begotten Son to be the bridge that can cross the gap of separation. That is no other than our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ took our sins on Himself, shed His blood, and died in our place. This bridge of life is rooted on both side of the gap, Jesus Christ is both God and man. Thus, He actually provides the way of access between God and man. (John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, “I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh unto the Father but by Me.”).

Now, you can invite Jesus Christ into your life. This invitation will surelyi lead you to have encounter with Him. You must receive Christ into your heart and life by faith to cross the bridge to God’s Family and to a new life when you prayerfully ask Christ to come in to your life. (John 1:12 “But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God even to them that believe on His Name”)

Being born again: Its importance. First, it is important for us to know what does it mean to be Born Again. Here, we are referring to being born again by the Spirit of God. It is a very amazing and unmistakable work of God and is as mysterious as the wind. Actually, we do not know where does it begin and it hidden away in the very depth of our soul.

Being Born Again means being born again from above and it is considered as perpetual, enduring and eternal beginning. It brings a continual surprise of the life of God in a person’s life which provide freshness at all times. Freshness in talking, living and thinking every day. Jesus said at the gospel Book of John chapter 3 verse 3. “….Most assuredly, I say unto you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Thus, being born again is absolutely biblical and it must be experienced by everyone who professes to be Christ- believer.

Being born again of the Spirit means much more than we think. It practically gives us fresh vision and keeps us fresh for everything through the never-fading supply of the life of God in our lives. As a final note to this topic, I sincerely wish that every guest of this website will keep searching about the truth and find it the soonest time possible. Much more to pray that all guests will encounter the Lord Jesus and experience being Born Again by the Spirit and lead a new, fresh and victorious life every day.

That is one of my endless and timeless devotional song to my Creator and my Savior. The saving grace of the Lord Jesus has been sustaining me everyday. Ups and downs I may face in this journey, yet I fear nothing and no one because I know that the grace of Christ abounds in my life.

This is the truth that I hold in my daily walk. Only the grace of Jesus keeps saving me from sin and desperate failures. I always seek for such saving grace because without it I am totally wretched. God bless everyone who will listen to this music.

I just remember the show in title “Bachelor” wherein I believe that all of the fans of the said show have been watching out who will be the next bachelorette that will catch the witty heart of the bachelor. Some fans would love Emily for Mr Brad Womack. Others would vote for Ashley. Well, I am not trying to share a story from that seemingly awful reality show but I am not also discouraging any fan to keep indulging into such show.
I am actually trying to tell a story about a couple who were once a bachelor and a bachelorette. They have been engaged for a year, not counting on the years where they have been in an on-and-off relationship. They used to be so sweet partners respecting and trusting each other. Love notes, calls and gifts have been made and they had really been so inspired with their exciting and unbeatable relation. It was just too good that they ended up in marriage so that their partnership as lovers would get more stable. Their steadfast love for each other had led them to conquer any odd that came into their way. They have been even inspired others because of their faithfulness to each other.

However, just like any other normal relationship, they also had been through a difficult crossroads. Sometimes, they had been both getting linked to another fellow which they used to experience when they are still a bachelor and a bachelorette. The bachelor is more prone to temptation but he is also expected to be stronger and wiser to overcome the temptation and keep the relationship or the marriage pure and intact. On the other hand, the bachelorette is also vulnerable when she gets hurt but still knows how to fear the Lord and stay closer to her partner.

The life of being a bachelor is full of carefree joys. It is great to be in this stage when it is being spent with the fear of the Lord. It will be fulfilling to pass through it when used wisely and godly then you will graduate from being a bachelor because you have found out the right bachelorette.

Time and again, we have reached another new year. A whole year to enjoy the gift of life wherein we do experience a variety of things such as exciting surprises, burdensome problems, laughter , sorrows, victories, frustrations and a lot lot more. As I met the year 2011, I asked the Lord to give me a message which I would carry within the whole year. It is about giving out my utmost for God’s highest. It is doing my best for His glory.

God had led me to the book of Philippians Chapter 1 verses 20 and 21. “According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

I have learned that I have to really surrender to Jesus all areas that He has been asking me to yield to Him. In this way, there is nothing to be ashamed of. God is calling me to be determined to be at my utmost for His highest in all aspects of my life. Giving the best for His glory actually means surrendering the will and that I should obey Him not by reasoning but by will. Just like Paul in the New Testament who had been so determined that nothing would have stopped him from doing exactly what God wanted him to do. In the other hand, I was also awaken that sometimes I am putting myself into place that seemed to be a crisis in my life. By then, God is developing in me a deeper sense of Himself until I get more selfless so nothing and no one can hinder me to give my best for His glory alone. Finally, my eyes have been opened to the fact that whenever it is taking me so difficult to surrender my all in all to Him, I will just look at what God had done to me at the Cross. Then, I can do nothing but surrender all to Him.

The first blessing that the soul receives from the practice of the presence of God is that its faith is livelier and more active everywhere every time. Even in times of difficulty, the soul rejoices because he has the grace of God. The person who practices the presence of god actually sees and knows that God is still with him even in times of temptation and trouble. The faith becomes more penetrating as it advances through practice.
The second blessing is that the practice of the presence of God strengthens us in hope. Our hopes increases as our faith penetrates God’s secrets through practice of our holy exercise. The soul definitely discovers in God a beauty infinitely surpassing not only that of bodies that we see on earth, but even that of the angels. Our hope increases and grows stronger.
Next blessing is that this practice causes the will to rejoice at being set apart from the world, setting it aglow with the fire of holy love because the soul is always with God.
Finally, by practicing God’s presence and continuously looking at Him, the soul familiarizes itself with Him to the extent that it passes almost its whole life in continual acts of love, praise, confidence offering, thanksgiving and petition. In this way, the soul is always in the ceaseless exercise of God’s Divine presence.

I have been traveling miles away in this life and I had a number of things I counted important. I thought I already have been dealing with the most important when I was trying so hard to finish my education. But after graduating from a prominent university in my country, I found another thing to consider as the most important and that was the socially known employment wherein I had to be employed to step on a higher status of life in the society and to show that the sacrifices of my parents to finance my education did not go to waste. Then I got employed in a white collar job but a lot of important things were still trying to enter into my mind like marriage, family-building, traveling to other nations and a lot lot more.

Almost all of the things that people deem most important have already been passed and still I feel that I have not yet dealt with the most important. Good thing that I have come to know the one most important thing I have to deal with in my lifetime. It is my salvation. Yes, you have read it right. The most important thing that we have to deal with is our salvation, the spiritual salvation. Furthermore, we have to deal with the issue on where are we going to spend our life after this life.

Salvation is the most important thing that you and me have to deal with everyday for we cannot afford to simply enjoy life on earth but suffer after such life. Our future address depends on our decision in the present. Let us be reminded that our soul will either spend eternity in heaven or in hell. Thus, we got to decide where will our souls be when God takes our lives back. If we are saved, surely our souls will be embraced by our Lord Jesus in heaven. On the other hand, if we are not saved, our souls will definitely go to hell. The decision is to be made here on earth as we live. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but has an eternal life (John 3:16). Let us then believe and accept our Lord Jesus, the Son of God, as Lord and Savior and claim our salvation in Him. Deal with the most important issue of life now.

Have you tried viewing the movie entitled “The Passion Of The Christ”. I had tried it many times and many times, I am touched by the great love of Christ towards the people. Jesus Christ, played by Mel Gibson, has been portrayed in the movie as human and at the same time as divine. Yes, the movie actually shows the humanity of Jesus as well as His being Divine.

The movie has been leading my mind to contemplate how great is the passion of Christ. His passion not only to save the world or the people like you and I, who had been put astray and are deserving to go to the place other than heaven but His passion to obey the will of His Father had actually captured my heart and led me to keep asking the Lord to help me obey His will, too.

The Passion Of The Christ Is not only an amazing movie but a very motivating instrument to cause all Christ-seekers and Truth-seekers to keep on searching the profound issues of life. There is really much more vital things to be considered in this life. It is not only riches or gold is to be sought in the land of the living. The Passion of Christ has to be known by everyone bought by the blood of Jesus Christ. Everyone includes me and you who have been making a lot of goals and dreams that are just temporal. The said movie also leads its viewer to take every pain, tear and fear into the altar and just live freely and filled with Christ’s passion.

It is worth it to wake up early in the morning in a very contemplative moment when I find a devotional literature from the timeless devotional book authored by Mr. Oswald Chambers. It is even more worthy to share some notes to every guest of this lovely website.

“Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires” Galatians 5:24

According to this day note, the natural life itself is not sinful. But we must abandon sin, having nothing to do with it in any way whatsoever. Sin belongs to hell and to the devil. I, as a child of God, belong to heaven and to God. It is not a question of giving up sin, but of giving up my right to myself, my natural independence, and my self-will. This is where the battle has to be fought. The things that are right, noble and good from the natural standpoint are the very things that keep us from being God’s best. …

The cost to your natural life is not just one or two things, but everything. Jesus said, ” If anyone desires to come after Mu, let him deny himself..(Matthew 16:24). That is he must deny deny his rihgt to himself, and he must realize who Jesus Christ is before he will bring himself to do it..

These are just some of the red letter notes from the devotion for today taken from the book of Mr. Chambers. Try to get a copy of it and you will find more wisdom in knowing the Lord Himself and you will likewise obtain strength in living up His word in your daily life.

When our Lord Jesus Christ went to His Father in heaven, He had said that we will do even greater works. You might get surprise to learn that the greater work is prayer. We know that it is hard to maintain a consistent time of prayer. I was surprised to learn in my devotion this morning by reading the book of Oswald Chambers that prayer is not actually the way to see the greater work but it is prayer itself that can be considered as the greater work.It is  a new knowledge for me to embrace and that will really inspire me to keep defending my prayer time and place.

It has been my habit to say a prayer upon waking up and before bed time. When my life changed because of my new status now from working woman to hands-on Mom, it became difficult for me to maintain my usual prayer time. However, I am determined to redeem my time for prayer consistently and constantly because this is the only work I can do that only God can watch. This is the simplest habit that I know I can please God yet filled with various struggle. I always wish to do more and do greater but I always end up working for nothing. Now that I have learned this truth, then I am glad that I can do a greater work everyday by simply Praying.

Another great spiritual song is hereby ready to be downloaded. This song is quite great to be sung during quite time with the Lord. Sing it with your whole heart and let your spirit be carried on the wings of the Holy Spirit as you bow down at the Throne of our Most High God. More songs are available through the internet. Feel free to download one. Music has been a great deal in the cyber space.

Down at Your feet, Oh Lord
Is the most high place
In Your presence, Lord
I seek Your face, I seek your face

Chorus:

There is no higher calling no greater honor
Than to bow and kneel before Your throne
I’m amazed at Your glory, embraced by Your mercy
Oh Lord, I live to worship You

Down at Your feet, Oh Lord
Is the most high place
In Your presence, Lord
We seek Your face, we seek your face

The Word of God or the so-called Bible says in Proverbs 19:14 “House and riches are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife is from the Lord.” This note is a very challenging to every woman who has a husband and better yet a woman who has a husband and kid or kids. Her prudence can be tested through the presence of these two parties in the family- the husband and kid/kids. Wife is considered as a blessing or a gift from the Lord. In other verse, wife is even valued much more like a favor from the Lord.
The Bible says it also in Proverbs 18:22″whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing and obtained favour of the Lord” Wow! Does every husband realize the fact of this matter? It is very real. Who can imagine a home without a wife or a mother? What will the house look like without this woman in it? Well, I find myself doing something I never did when I was still in the roof of my parent’s house. Being a wife is not simple. It is very complicated. Since the time I stay as a full-time wife and mother, I feel like I am in a hotel and restaurant, learning center, bank and internet cafe everyday at the same time. It is then an inspiration for me to learn that being a wife is actually a blessing from the Lord. In this sense, God is the source of strength of every wife. More Bible teaching you can obtain online. Keep searching the truth about this life and world through the internet. Free teaching and preaching notes about spiritual matters are made available through out the online portals.

The role of the church is not to be ignored these days. The church composed of group of people believing in the Lord Jesus Christ and teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ has a great responsibility in the whole world today. Looking at what happened to Haiti recently, believers are but expected to be commissioned to do rescue effort.

The church will not stop working out as it sees people dying without Jesus Christ. The role of the church has to be carried out as it is expected to bring hope, salvation, education and relief to desperate people around the globe. It is time for the church to carry on the truth and power of the Lord and save the world.

Christmas ideas have been thrown all over the wide world now. Christmas ideas include christmas carols, lantern, gifts or presents, socks, candies and other more ideas. These ideas are all part of the celebration. Of course not to ignore the so-called christmas eve, a lot of parties have been planned now. Well, if you are actually looking for Christmas Ideas that will really keep you filled with joy and peace even after letting this year pass you by, then subscribe to the everlasting shop that offers the Lord Jesus Christ. When you find and learn these ideas brought by Jesus, our God, Creator, Savior and Healer, everything will turn out fine and great. Find these amazing christmas ideas in the bible. Ready to make atleast a little card made by your own creative hands and share Jesus to your prospect gift receivers. May you too will be able to receive such gift.