Remembering one's Desire
The world has made us desire for a lot of things. I remember a time when I used to daydream. I imagined myself driving an expensive sports car while going home to my dream house. I was enjoying those moments but then I realized that more than the material desires of my heart, something is still missing. Its a question of what to prioritize if I were to live and pursue a good and better life. None of us knows before hand the exact time of our death but what we do know is that we will all die.
I just thought that i need to ensure to the very best of my ability to have a life and ask God to grant me the grace of salvation. I kind of realized that I was so absorbed with myself that God had no space in my heart. I may have known God by knowing what is right and what is wrong but i had failed to seek God's kingdom. It just came to mind that i must work my way to be closer and have a personal relationship with our God.I knew that time that the kingdom of God is already at work at that very moment of my life.
These memories of how i've known God personally has given me the chance to appreciate the effort given to me by my family, my widowed mom especially my eldest sister in bringing me to the CFC community which became the venue of my faith to the Lord our God. As part of the Music ministry, I witnessed how God's gentle presence comes upon the congregation through the praising and worship songs that we sing while playing the instruments with other members of the music ministry.
Desiring God may not be easy but i may say that it will be worth it. May we constantly desire the Lord our God, for in desiring Him,We reap his Blessings. May God be praised !
May We Desire God in this Sign of times
Monday, 3 October 2011
Sunday, 2 October 2011
On Being Still..
Being Still..
Our world today is hurting and is in desperate need of healing. Atrocities of war, pangs of poverty and hunger, all sorts of corruption and moral degeneration are so rampant and widespread that they have become part of day-to-day life. Attempts to solve these problems have been futile, thus Man-made solutions have proliferated.
I had my share of life's hardships. I've gone through struggles to make life worthy as it is. I had to make a drastic career change and learn a line of work with neither previous experience nor formal education when i decided to migrate in a different land. What has kept me and my family going despite these trials is His "Divine intervention". I have been blessed to serve Him through a community for almost half of my life. As I live life into service, I begin to experience all sorts of Healing. He moves me to accomplish a mission and supplies my family's every need. He gave me Peace for every Doubts that comes along, Joy for every Sorrows and Trust for every Anxieties and Fears that dwells in during those times of difficult trials.
We are surrounded with all the comforts of modern day world. Our will, by nature, prefers the darkness. I still becomes skeptic about His presence despite the fact that He had extended His loving hand and helped me to survived some of the most trying times in my life. I cannot seem to sustain the "heavenly experience" of His presence. However, everytime I look around me and I find people who love me like my family,friends, a job that allows me to have fun, travel and serve others at the same time, all the skepticism fades away just like a wink of an eye. I just got this true source of Healing where i draw my stength especially when my resolve is weak..Hope you too finds the same Healing everytime there are difficulties in your life. Lets all be Still in Life..
Thank you friends for visiting this post. !
May We All Be Still in Life
Through It All
Our world today is hurting and is in desperate need of healing. Atrocities of war, pangs of poverty and hunger, all sorts of corruption and moral degeneration are so rampant and widespread that they have become part of day-to-day life. Attempts to solve these problems have been futile, thus Man-made solutions have proliferated.
I had my share of life's hardships. I've gone through struggles to make life worthy as it is. I had to make a drastic career change and learn a line of work with neither previous experience nor formal education when i decided to migrate in a different land. What has kept me and my family going despite these trials is His "Divine intervention". I have been blessed to serve Him through a community for almost half of my life. As I live life into service, I begin to experience all sorts of Healing. He moves me to accomplish a mission and supplies my family's every need. He gave me Peace for every Doubts that comes along, Joy for every Sorrows and Trust for every Anxieties and Fears that dwells in during those times of difficult trials.
We are surrounded with all the comforts of modern day world. Our will, by nature, prefers the darkness. I still becomes skeptic about His presence despite the fact that He had extended His loving hand and helped me to survived some of the most trying times in my life. I cannot seem to sustain the "heavenly experience" of His presence. However, everytime I look around me and I find people who love me like my family,friends, a job that allows me to have fun, travel and serve others at the same time, all the skepticism fades away just like a wink of an eye. I just got this true source of Healing where i draw my stength especially when my resolve is weak..Hope you too finds the same Healing everytime there are difficulties in your life. Lets all be Still in Life..
Thank you friends for visiting this post. !
May We All Be Still in Life
Through It All
Friday, 30 September 2011
Do I Please God...
Do I Please God...
Man experiences chaos in his life through sickness,unemployment,rejection,resentments, and even conflicts from others.
He blames the entire world except himself. He even blames God for his predicaments and prays to Jesus to relieve him of all his difficulties in life.
There are still so many areas in my life that fail to please God. My temper and my pride are just some of them and I can't seem to control either one. Even though i offer my services to God, I am still not worthy of His grace. I stubbornly succumb to laziness, slanders, and sometimes envying others for their status, riches and power. I also fall into the trap of lust, not just for the opposite sex, but also for wealth,comfort,and prestige.
In my daily life, I lose hope everytime I encounter problems that seem to have no solution. I give up whenever im loaded at work which becomes so annoying that no amount of reasoning can ever change it anyway.
But I realize that losing hope means giving up everthing God has given me. With prayer, the Lord sends me a lifeline to keep me from falling into the trap of the evil one.
God continues to speak to us and relieve us of our difficulties sometimes or most of the time through other means, but we only want to see what we expect to see.
Let us believe in the love of Jesus, who always want the best for all of us. We need to be in constant communication in silence as we listen to God in our prayer time. Taking up our cross may be difficult but it is the only way, and if we follow Him close by, chances are, it may prove not to be as heavy as we might expect.
I can only thank God for sending me His messengers who listen to my concerns and weaknesses, and help me put order in my heart,mind and emotions.
Making decisions in Life will always be a challenge. Standing up for Him and holding on to the truths are our only source of guidance and strength..
thank you friends for visiting this post..have a blessed day !
Man experiences chaos in his life through sickness,unemployment,rejection,resentments, and even conflicts from others.
He blames the entire world except himself. He even blames God for his predicaments and prays to Jesus to relieve him of all his difficulties in life.
There are still so many areas in my life that fail to please God. My temper and my pride are just some of them and I can't seem to control either one. Even though i offer my services to God, I am still not worthy of His grace. I stubbornly succumb to laziness, slanders, and sometimes envying others for their status, riches and power. I also fall into the trap of lust, not just for the opposite sex, but also for wealth,comfort,and prestige.
In my daily life, I lose hope everytime I encounter problems that seem to have no solution. I give up whenever im loaded at work which becomes so annoying that no amount of reasoning can ever change it anyway.
But I realize that losing hope means giving up everthing God has given me. With prayer, the Lord sends me a lifeline to keep me from falling into the trap of the evil one.
God continues to speak to us and relieve us of our difficulties sometimes or most of the time through other means, but we only want to see what we expect to see.
Let us believe in the love of Jesus, who always want the best for all of us. We need to be in constant communication in silence as we listen to God in our prayer time. Taking up our cross may be difficult but it is the only way, and if we follow Him close by, chances are, it may prove not to be as heavy as we might expect.
I can only thank God for sending me His messengers who listen to my concerns and weaknesses, and help me put order in my heart,mind and emotions.
Making decisions in Life will always be a challenge. Standing up for Him and holding on to the truths are our only source of guidance and strength..
thank you friends for visiting this post..have a blessed day !
ALL THAT IS RIGHT
ALL THAT IS RIGHT
We all want an easy life. We resent being in the the slow lane or finding ourselves having to go through stages. When I was younger, I was convinced that I should focus on being materially successful in life as my goal to be happy and complete. I started a family at a young age and worked hard to attain my goal.
When God started to call me and intervened in my life, initially I got confused, I did not know how to properly react. I thought I was so busy with my life that I do not have time to even respond. Praying alone just didn't feel good enough. I felt that I was stuck with faith like that of a little boy. There was a constant quest of becoming a better person inside of me and I didn't know how to achieve this. But God was so patient and persistent that He continued to touch my life and opened my eyes to his mercy and grace until such time that I said YES to His call to follow Him.
That decision to follow the Lord was the best that I have made in my life. Following and serving God is so fulfilling, it makes me complete. What a privelege to serve an awesome and loving God...May God be Praised!
We all want an easy life. We resent being in the the slow lane or finding ourselves having to go through stages. When I was younger, I was convinced that I should focus on being materially successful in life as my goal to be happy and complete. I started a family at a young age and worked hard to attain my goal.
When God started to call me and intervened in my life, initially I got confused, I did not know how to properly react. I thought I was so busy with my life that I do not have time to even respond. Praying alone just didn't feel good enough. I felt that I was stuck with faith like that of a little boy. There was a constant quest of becoming a better person inside of me and I didn't know how to achieve this. But God was so patient and persistent that He continued to touch my life and opened my eyes to his mercy and grace until such time that I said YES to His call to follow Him.
That decision to follow the Lord was the best that I have made in my life. Following and serving God is so fulfilling, it makes me complete. What a privelege to serve an awesome and loving God...May God be Praised!
Through It All
Through it all.. Yes We Can
Many things can hold us back, even things that we think we have forgotten or moved away from. Failed relationships, failed endeavors, sorrow, disappointment, addiction, and fear; all these things bind us, hold us down. We are contained by the things that we are allow to rule over us, either conciously or unconciously.
When we tell ourselves, "I can't", we in essence "Never will", because we allow those obstacles and chains of self-doubt and illusion to hold us down and bind us in place.
We are setting for a life of half-way blessings and mediocre joy. We are giving up. We believe the lie which tells us that we will never be more than our past, more than our weakness, more than our disappointment, more than what others think of us..
When we stop believing that we are bound to those things which are behind us, which exist in the minds of others, then we are free to walk boldly into our future. We are no longer the slaves of mediocrity and disappoinment. When we tell ourselves "Yes I Can", then we have taken the very step towards "I have".
Lets's bind ourselves to the Promise that we are infinitely blessed, that our lives are ordained for Good. Let us bind ourselves to the Hope, which comes in believing that we are loved by a Master Planner who nourishes us to grow bigger than we can ever imagine. Yes We Can...Have a Good One friends !
Many things can hold us back, even things that we think we have forgotten or moved away from. Failed relationships, failed endeavors, sorrow, disappointment, addiction, and fear; all these things bind us, hold us down. We are contained by the things that we are allow to rule over us, either conciously or unconciously.
When we tell ourselves, "I can't", we in essence "Never will", because we allow those obstacles and chains of self-doubt and illusion to hold us down and bind us in place.
We are setting for a life of half-way blessings and mediocre joy. We are giving up. We believe the lie which tells us that we will never be more than our past, more than our weakness, more than our disappointment, more than what others think of us..
When we stop believing that we are bound to those things which are behind us, which exist in the minds of others, then we are free to walk boldly into our future. We are no longer the slaves of mediocrity and disappoinment. When we tell ourselves "Yes I Can", then we have taken the very step towards "I have".
Lets's bind ourselves to the Promise that we are infinitely blessed, that our lives are ordained for Good. Let us bind ourselves to the Hope, which comes in believing that we are loved by a Master Planner who nourishes us to grow bigger than we can ever imagine. Yes We Can...Have a Good One friends !
Sunday, 28 August 2011
yes we can friends
Yes We Can..
Many things can hold us back, even things that we think we have forgotten or moved away from. Failed relationships, failed endeavors, sorrow, disappointment, addiction, and fear; all these things bind us, hold us down. We are contained by the things that we are allow to rule over us, either conciously or unconciously. When we tell ourselves, "I can't", we in essence "Never will", because we allow those obstacles and chains of self-doubt and illusion to hold us down and bind us in place. We are setting for a life of half-way blessings and mediocre joy. We are giving up. We believe the lie which tells us that we will never be more than our past, more than our weakness, more than our disappointment, more than what others think of us..
When we stop believing that we are bound to those things which are behind us, which exist in the minds of others, then we are free to walk boldly into our future. We are no longer the slaves of mediocrity and disappoinment. When we tell ourselves "Yes I Can", then we have taken the very step towards "I have". Lets's bind ourselves to the Promise that we are infinitely blessed, that our lives are ordained for Good. Let us bind ourselves to the Hope, which comes in believing that we are loved by a Master Planner who nourishes us to grow bigger than we can ever imagine. Yes We Can...
Many things can hold us back, even things that we think we have forgotten or moved away from. Failed relationships, failed endeavors, sorrow, disappointment, addiction, and fear; all these things bind us, hold us down. We are contained by the things that we are allow to rule over us, either conciously or unconciously. When we tell ourselves, "I can't", we in essence "Never will", because we allow those obstacles and chains of self-doubt and illusion to hold us down and bind us in place. We are setting for a life of half-way blessings and mediocre joy. We are giving up. We believe the lie which tells us that we will never be more than our past, more than our weakness, more than our disappointment, more than what others think of us..
When we stop believing that we are bound to those things which are behind us, which exist in the minds of others, then we are free to walk boldly into our future. We are no longer the slaves of mediocrity and disappoinment. When we tell ourselves "Yes I Can", then we have taken the very step towards "I have". Lets's bind ourselves to the Promise that we are infinitely blessed, that our lives are ordained for Good. Let us bind ourselves to the Hope, which comes in believing that we are loved by a Master Planner who nourishes us to grow bigger than we can ever imagine. Yes We Can...
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