Somehow, I got surprised that it's already the 1st of February... The love month! Haha! Then I suddenly remembered that I am currently loveless or that I do not have a partner to share his month with, especially Valentine's Day... Yiheee...
But then, I realized the kind of love being promoted in this month. Is it what love really is all about?
The love that I see all around in this season is the longingness to be needed. I see that the basis for loving is serving another yet being gratified that the other needs us at the same time. It seems mutual or symbiotic but looking deeper, this is not the case.
I used to think that I love someone when I always want to be with him... When I am very willing to give everything I have and do everything I can for the person... When I think that only death can do us part... But then it is also in felling these things that I get hurt or that I hurt another.
This made me think that there is something wrong about this concept of love. As you take away its layers of affection, you will see the root of it which is mere selfishness. Yes, this longingness to be loved or needed is rooted in thinking about ourselves... Our own.
I know it is natural for us to have his feeling, we are humans. We have been created with emotions. But then, if we just want to have another so that we can satisfy ourselves as it fills our need to be loved then can this be called "love?"
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Making the Best of It COG Makati
By Pastor Dennis Heppner
2 Peter 1:3-8,9
Why don't we live better than we do?
Why do we struggle the waythe bible speaks about our lives?
No one lives better than what they dream of.
I do not want to be like anybody else... I want to be like Jesus...
To make the best of it is to live up to God's potential in our lives. You can live out of the ordinary.
2 Peter 1:8
1. Hang on to what God has provided.
You can't live a Christian life without being a Christian.
Knowledge of God is experiential.
John 17:3
Know God, be related, be in contact with.
It won't do muh good if what you hear about God does not come to your life.
Great books cannot make one a Christian, it is by experience tha one becomes a Christian.
Information by itself will not make you a better Christian.
It is a living and growing relationship with Jesus that changes lives.
The Christian begins not wih religion but with Christ. Knowing Christ better makes you better.
The breath of the Christian is Christ.
If Jesus is real, you don't need to ask yourself about it.
2. Live by the rule of faith.
We can have his wonderful encounter wih God and live the experience or Jesus touches our life hen we go back to where we were.
Jesus does not want to be added to your life or a part of your life. He wants to be your life.
You cannot practice what Jesus taught by discipline alone but with Jesus all things are possible.
Jesus does not want you to live the way you live, He wants you to live for Him.
Verse 5 - supernatural power that works in the life if a Christian.
Making the best of your life is letting Jesus work in you.
When God makes a promise, He can keep it.
The Christian life begins within. It's a work of God in your life. But, this cannot happen without your will. If you want the best of it, you need to work with God in it.
If I believe in God He will help me in my current curcumstance for His glory.
"Make every effort"
It's not enough to just pray for your siuation. You need to be a part of it.
You have divine power in you. You have faith in the Lord. You can do what you need to do.
You can't change your heart. When God changes a heart, He does it wonderfully.
It is a mistake to tell somebody to quit and change wihout Jesus working in his or her heart.
3. Make the right additions.
The first thing that happens to you when Jesus comes in your life is a change of character.
"add"
Goodness or good character
Knowledge or spiritual understanding
Self control or discipline
In every field of life, when you do your best you get the best results.
You lead the dance and the Holy Spirit dances with you. So when you make the efforts, the Holy Spirit will work togeher with you.
Whenever you take the step in the right direction the Lord is gonna take steps with you.
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2 Peter 1:3-8,9
Why don't we live better than we do?
Why do we struggle the waythe bible speaks about our lives?
No one lives better than what they dream of.
I do not want to be like anybody else... I want to be like Jesus...
To make the best of it is to live up to God's potential in our lives. You can live out of the ordinary.
2 Peter 1:8
1. Hang on to what God has provided.
You can't live a Christian life without being a Christian.
Knowledge of God is experiential.
John 17:3
Know God, be related, be in contact with.
It won't do muh good if what you hear about God does not come to your life.
Great books cannot make one a Christian, it is by experience tha one becomes a Christian.
Information by itself will not make you a better Christian.
It is a living and growing relationship with Jesus that changes lives.
The Christian begins not wih religion but with Christ. Knowing Christ better makes you better.
The breath of the Christian is Christ.
If Jesus is real, you don't need to ask yourself about it.
2. Live by the rule of faith.
We can have his wonderful encounter wih God and live the experience or Jesus touches our life hen we go back to where we were.
Jesus does not want to be added to your life or a part of your life. He wants to be your life.
You cannot practice what Jesus taught by discipline alone but with Jesus all things are possible.
Jesus does not want you to live the way you live, He wants you to live for Him.
Verse 5 - supernatural power that works in the life if a Christian.
Making the best of your life is letting Jesus work in you.
When God makes a promise, He can keep it.
The Christian life begins within. It's a work of God in your life. But, this cannot happen without your will. If you want the best of it, you need to work with God in it.
If I believe in God He will help me in my current curcumstance for His glory.
"Make every effort"
It's not enough to just pray for your siuation. You need to be a part of it.
You have divine power in you. You have faith in the Lord. You can do what you need to do.
You can't change your heart. When God changes a heart, He does it wonderfully.
It is a mistake to tell somebody to quit and change wihout Jesus working in his or her heart.
3. Make the right additions.
The first thing that happens to you when Jesus comes in your life is a change of character.
"add"
Goodness or good character
Knowledge or spiritual understanding
Self control or discipline
In every field of life, when you do your best you get the best results.
You lead the dance and the Holy Spirit dances with you. So when you make the efforts, the Holy Spirit will work togeher with you.
Whenever you take the step in the right direction the Lord is gonna take steps with you.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Home from the Concert
Home sweet home... 'twas a nice concert, nice concept... I enjoyed the night!
So good to remember the goodness of the Lord... To know that the people leading in worship also went through some painful circumstances... So great to realize that God is such a great God! He can rescue us whatever circumstance we are in.
In awe and mesmerized by His joy... Goodnight :-).
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So good to remember the goodness of the Lord... To know that the people leading in worship also went through some painful circumstances... So great to realize that God is such a great God! He can rescue us whatever circumstance we are in.
In awe and mesmerized by His joy... Goodnight :-).
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
An Ex Revisited
Haha, yeah. One of my ex bfs visited me last night. I admit, I am so glad to see him again. We had a nice conversation. It is not ordinary coz he sort of showed a gentle part of him, controlled and decent... Haha, not so used to it.
He was the "boy" that I used to love. Quite young when we had a relationship and too bad it didn't last. I remember I really liked him a lot. I hoped to spend the rest of my life with him, hehe. But it didn't happen. So as I have learned yesterday, i am leaing he past behind :-).
Up to now I have a smile on my face because of the cisitation. Perhaps it's also because it has been a long time since somebody visited me here... and well, it's just so nice to see him again...
I suddenly remember all about him, hahaha! This is how the subconscious works... But then, I wouldn't dwell on it anymore. Glad to be friends with him :-). I wouldn't let the Lord's works in my life to be wasted, and I admit my weakness. I would love to have a partner in life but somehow I already have ideas of what I want or what I need. I just need to fix my focus and keep it... Hehe
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He was the "boy" that I used to love. Quite young when we had a relationship and too bad it didn't last. I remember I really liked him a lot. I hoped to spend the rest of my life with him, hehe. But it didn't happen. So as I have learned yesterday, i am leaing he past behind :-).
Up to now I have a smile on my face because of the cisitation. Perhaps it's also because it has been a long time since somebody visited me here... and well, it's just so nice to see him again...
I suddenly remember all about him, hahaha! This is how the subconscious works... But then, I wouldn't dwell on it anymore. Glad to be friends with him :-). I wouldn't let the Lord's works in my life to be wasted, and I admit my weakness. I would love to have a partner in life but somehow I already have ideas of what I want or what I need. I just need to fix my focus and keep it... Hehe
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
23 January 2011 COG Makati
Pastor Albert from Lighthouse
Every New Year is an Opportunity
- evaluate the Past.
- take Stock of our Present.
- plan for the Future.
OLD ADVICE FOR THE NEW YEAR
Phil 3:12-16
What do you do with your
1. PAST.
V13 Forget what is behind. Leave it!
Hatred will kill you before it kills the person you are angry with.
Bitterness will steal away the life of God from you.
Isaiah 43:18-19
Don't get stuck with your past success. God always has something new! Be ready with surprises :-). God has new things for you. It's just gonna get better and better!
2. FUTURE
(v 12, 14) Pursue it!
There is something that only you must do in God's kingdom.
Eph 2:10
Do not covet your neighbor's ministry. God has something for you to do.
Hebrews 11:42
God has prepared something better for us.
3. PRESENT
(v16) Enjoy it!
Don't waste it.
Thank God for what you have right now. Enjoy what you currently have.
A thankful heart is a happy heart.
Learn to appreciate what you have.
Show love and appreciation to people around you.
Ecc 9:7-10
Enjoy the prime of your life! We will all die...
Seize life!
Each day is God's gift.
Life is too short to waste on worry, anxiety, fear
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Every New Year is an Opportunity
- evaluate the Past.
- take Stock of our Present.
- plan for the Future.
OLD ADVICE FOR THE NEW YEAR
Phil 3:12-16
What do you do with your
1. PAST.
V13 Forget what is behind. Leave it!
Hatred will kill you before it kills the person you are angry with.
Bitterness will steal away the life of God from you.
Isaiah 43:18-19
Don't get stuck with your past success. God always has something new! Be ready with surprises :-). God has new things for you. It's just gonna get better and better!
2. FUTURE
(v 12, 14) Pursue it!
There is something that only you must do in God's kingdom.
Eph 2:10
Do not covet your neighbor's ministry. God has something for you to do.
Hebrews 11:42
God has prepared something better for us.
3. PRESENT
(v16) Enjoy it!
Don't waste it.
Thank God for what you have right now. Enjoy what you currently have.
A thankful heart is a happy heart.
Learn to appreciate what you have.
Show love and appreciation to people around you.
Ecc 9:7-10
Enjoy the prime of your life! We will all die...
Seize life!
Each day is God's gift.
Life is too short to waste on worry, anxiety, fear
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Good Morning...
Been two days wihout blogging. I sort of missed it but I have been so busy... I am generally ok.
I have just started with my daily bible readin plan, targeting to finish it entirely in 3 months then read it again in another version. Currently using NASB.
I am also reading Gordon Macdonald's Overcoming Your Private World. Really nice book! Helping me in building m foundation. Great help...
Now I am working, doing my usual tasks. However, I also feel a bit sick. Temperature low, I'm not used to it. My son wants the electric fan on all the time and we sleep beside each other. My, quite bad for me. My body system is not used to it. Need to boost my body resistance. Will also take meds a bit later.
I feel threatened... A simple change if shedule is streasin me out... I just realized that I am not really comfortable with changes. Not until I have seen the pros and cons and decided to go for a certain change.
Ouchie, head aching... Cannot get sick. Don't wanna be sick.
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I have just started with my daily bible readin plan, targeting to finish it entirely in 3 months then read it again in another version. Currently using NASB.
I am also reading Gordon Macdonald's Overcoming Your Private World. Really nice book! Helping me in building m foundation. Great help...
Now I am working, doing my usual tasks. However, I also feel a bit sick. Temperature low, I'm not used to it. My son wants the electric fan on all the time and we sleep beside each other. My, quite bad for me. My body system is not used to it. Need to boost my body resistance. Will also take meds a bit later.
I feel threatened... A simple change if shedule is streasin me out... I just realized that I am not really comfortable with changes. Not until I have seen the pros and cons and decided to go for a certain change.
Ouchie, head aching... Cannot get sick. Don't wanna be sick.
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
A Little Bit Sad
Looking at my mom and sis' situation I can't help but be sad. For what I know, I have done what I can to help them with their living buty mom has her own way. Well, as she said, I am just her child. But the problem is that they are always in trouble.
Finances is a great part of our lives and this has been their great problem. It is something I have been learning to manage. Glad that I see improvements but I still have a lot to learn. Thinking about them has been an additional burden to me.
My mom has her 2nd husband. She remarried after my father died. Thay have one daughter who is the sister that I mentioned. Unfortunately, my stepfather is not a responsible one. So sad. My sister is already 17 years old but their life has not improved.
I am a single parent wih one son. Raising my kid alone is not easy. I survive of course with God's grace and the help of people who come along our way.
I have shared a lot of insights on living to my mom. It has been so difficult. I have asked her a lot of times about just leaving her husband and stay with me in he city but she resists. She says their life is ok. So what can I do?
Honestly, I feel that I am not really a part of her family. She's not the mother that I used to know. I lived with my grandmother since I was 12 and since then I have lost my mother.
Perhaps I need to stop looking for her and just release them with what they want. I am leaving the thought of having her as a family, them. Will just visit my grandmother from time to time.
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Finances is a great part of our lives and this has been their great problem. It is something I have been learning to manage. Glad that I see improvements but I still have a lot to learn. Thinking about them has been an additional burden to me.
My mom has her 2nd husband. She remarried after my father died. Thay have one daughter who is the sister that I mentioned. Unfortunately, my stepfather is not a responsible one. So sad. My sister is already 17 years old but their life has not improved.
I am a single parent wih one son. Raising my kid alone is not easy. I survive of course with God's grace and the help of people who come along our way.
I have shared a lot of insights on living to my mom. It has been so difficult. I have asked her a lot of times about just leaving her husband and stay with me in he city but she resists. She says their life is ok. So what can I do?
Honestly, I feel that I am not really a part of her family. She's not the mother that I used to know. I lived with my grandmother since I was 12 and since then I have lost my mother.
Perhaps I need to stop looking for her and just release them with what they want. I am leaving the thought of having her as a family, them. Will just visit my grandmother from time to time.
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