Exodus 14:21 shares the classic story of Moses stretching out his hand over the sea.. and ALL THAT NIGHT the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided...
ALL THAT NIGHT!!! While the Israelites were sleeping, God was working to save them from the Egyptians. Makes me think, siguro when im sleeping or during my darkest times, God is doing something for me that i am completely unaware of... that when i awake, i may not know it, but God twisted this and that or rearrange something in the world for me to feel better and safer. Or that after a dark time, i am unaware, that God allowed it for me to learn something or see an angle i am blind to. How good is our God? ALL the time... 24/7.
Things i should reflect on: What pursuing army (like the eqyptians) do i fear most that i would love my God to provide me an awesome escape (like parting the sea)? What is the battle i would like my God to fight for with me? Ang hirap sagutin!
I.T.
"A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness." O. Chambers
"Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son." 2 John 9
praise God for instilling His love that is abounding. I believe God would like to use me and it's remarkable how the things He tells me are of one thing: His love and how I could love him back.
Allow me Lord to minister - through the small things I do or say, and even to a greater extent, to my classes. May You be glorified, Lord and not I. Amen.
J.B.
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with Ptr. Jon Almusara (3rd from left, front row)
Two ladies from Lakas-Angkan,N. Ecija share their insights on each quiet time that they have ever since they heard about "ampalaya".
DO SOMETHING
"Faith that does nothing is dead!" (James 2:26)
Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. Faith is the belief that God will do what is right. God is always near and always available. Just waiting for your touch. So let him know. Demonstrate your devotion:
Write a letter.
Ask forgiveness.
Be baptized.
Feed a hungry person.
Pray.
Teach.
Go.
Do something that demonstrates faith. For faith with no effort is no faith at all. God will respond. He has never rejected a genuine gesture of faith. Never.
---He Still Moves Stones
Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. Faith is the belief that God will do what is right. God is always near and always available. Just waiting for your touch. So let him know. Demonstrate your devotion:
Write a letter.
Ask forgiveness.
Be baptized.
Feed a hungry person.
Pray.
Teach.
Go.
Do something that demonstrates faith. For faith with no effort is no faith at all. God will respond. He has never rejected a genuine gesture of faith. Never.
---He Still Moves Stones
SOLE PROVIDER, SOLE COMFORTER (from The Applause of Heaven)
As long as Jesus is one of my options, he is not an option.
As long as you can carry your burdens alone, you don't need a burden bearer. As long as your situation brings you no grief, you will receive no comfort. And as long as you can take Him or leave Hin, you might as well leave Him, because He won't be taken half-heartedly.
But when you mourn, when you get to the point of sorrow for your sins, when you admit that you have no other option but to cast all your cares on Him, and when there is truly no other name that you can call, then cast all your cares on Him, for He is waiting in the midst of the storm.
As long as you can carry your burdens alone, you don't need a burden bearer. As long as your situation brings you no grief, you will receive no comfort. And as long as you can take Him or leave Hin, you might as well leave Him, because He won't be taken half-heartedly.
But when you mourn, when you get to the point of sorrow for your sins, when you admit that you have no other option but to cast all your cares on Him, and when there is truly no other name that you can call, then cast all your cares on Him, for He is waiting in the midst of the storm.
Single Professional Fellowship
with Ptr. Jon Almusara (3rd from left, front row)
visit the LAKAS-ANGKAN website!!
Amena Brown: Ressurection
What's AMPALAYA?
Ampalaya or bitter gourd is a vegetable which has a bitter taste but very high in nutrients and said to be good cure for anemics. For Christians, it is devotion, the essence of your faith - that which Christians almost never like. It is the reading and meditating on God's word. Our faith may be focused on good deeds and making the world a better place, but it is nothing without ampalaya.
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