The Corridor Street Line

For awhile i was trap in the elevator my patience is working i remember a book i was reading titled If I open My Door. In it she describe a congregation that was planning to build a new place of Worship. Central to its Sanctuary would be a stained-glass window depicting children worshiping Jesus. I love this story. The congregation hired an artist to paint a picture of the propose window. He fufilled the assignment, and that night he dreamed he heard a noise in his studio. Going to investigate, he saw a stranger altering his picture. He cried out, Stop! You'll ruin it." But the stranger answered," You have already ruined it," The intruder then explained that the children's faces had all been one color, but he was using many colors. When the intruder said the he wanted children of all nation and races to come to Him, the artist realized he was talking to Jesus Himself. Why I am telling this, are we still walking in the wilderness 500 year now we became corporate country we loss our Sovereignty and we are divided because of politics and belief we loss our identity who we are, and became slave in Every nation. Our leader became blind. Praise God there is still one fighting in our side. In a world where racial diffetences often lead to separation and conflict this we dont need." its imperative we filipino work for unity and peace. Jesus went to the cross to bring salvation to people of every nation (Revelation5:9). Our witness and our fellowship must go beyond the barriers that have historically divided the human family (Roman 1:16; Galatians 3:28). (Revelation 5:9). You were slain, and haved redeemed us to God by your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation. Jesus loves all people, not just the oned who look like you. 

Your Action Needed

I have some of those eye-opening revelation that I want to share with you. I've created you to understand and appreciate things about Me that no one else will ever know. I want to share it with you and only you. Spend time with Me and call on Me Read My Book. Then listen and prepare to be amazed. Two thousand years ago, the silence of a quiet night ended abruptly when an angel told the shepherds a baby had been born; "behold, I bring  you good tiding of great joy which will be to all  people" (Luke 2:10). Then a multitude of angels began praising God, saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, goodwill toward men. This day the gift has given two thousand years ago and it is still given now in a physical manner and it is void and legal tender to help us to elevator our lives the blessing that He has been given to us. What the does His Word say, Faith without action is dead! Now use it to glorify The God of Heaven and Earth. It God Sovereign Timetable.  To remind Him His promises is yes and Amen! Put Him to remembrance you speak because you believe. This is we need today the releases of His blessing. Read this account; 

(Luke 2:1-3)."ln those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. And everyone went to his town to register. Let have a story... Unpleasant circumstances often have a way of being the best part of God's most magnificient design. Performing their civic duty under the census posed a great incovenience to Mary and Joseph. The distance between Nazareth and Bethlehem was no short hike over sixty miles of rugged terrain. Despite Joseph's attempt to make the trip comfortable it must have been extremely difficult for Mary, into her ninth month of pregnancy, to make the three-day journey. But God dcreed to have His Son born in the City of David, and He used an external circumstance the census to get the Holy Family from point Ato B. Despite the headache and hardship, Gods sovereign timetable was ticking off fight on schedule. Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking that only the right things, the comfortable things, are a part of Gods design. A good job, an adequate home, and money in the bank give us the impression that we must be doing something right. Then when inconvenience or hardship hits we wonder what went wrong. Why because of secrecy!? Tell the truth then your be set free. Maybe nothing has gone wrong. Maybe we just need to realize that our most unpleasant circumstances, much like Mary and Joseph's often have a way of being the best part of Gods most magnificent design. Gods sovereign timetable is now working in the life of us, to you, your friend, your family, your neighbor too. Go work for it. Because your Gods sovereign timetable is now able. 

His pleasure work in Me.

Sometimes our days are filled with busy demands that crowd out time spent in listening to and responding to God. But no matter where we are, any time taken to build our own spiritual "altar" to the Lord as Abram did (Gen 12:8) opens the door to His transforming power. Today He invites us to make all our wants and wishes known to Him. It's not only a marvelous invitation, but it's what prayer is all about. God wants you to tell Him your problems so that He can comfort you. He wants to hear about your longing so that He can purify them. Tell Him about your temptations so that He can help you conquer them.Talk to God About everythings that's on your heart. And when you do remember that prayer is also the chance to hear your heartbeat to God. He's desire to make known to you His wants and wishes when you prayed this way, you may discover that a, whole hour an entire hour of sweet communion has just flown by. Times races away all too quickly when you're spending it in intimate conversation with your dearest friend And since He bids you seek His face, Believe His Word, and trust His grace, and count on Him your every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer. Lord, You are my friend and i want to tell You about my wants and wishes. More so,  i want to hear You heart with me. As I open up Your Word, speak to me. And as Your Spirit opens up my heart, may my prayer be honest and real. I like to put Philippians 2:13 together and first John 4:4.... greater is he that is in you [and] that means me]... God is in me!

What is God doing in me? He is at work in me what is God working at? Both to will and to do His own good pleasure? His pleasure is that I have everything the Word of God says I can have that i do everything the Word of God Say I can do. God is enabling me! God is in me and my spirit rejoices. My heart is glad that I can turn God loose in me. I can let God have right of way in me

 I can put God to work even to a greater degree in my l'ife. How can I do this? First, I can do it by believing in my heart that God is in there and that the Wotd of God  is true. Then, I can boldly  confess with my mouth, for I will not enjoy  the reality of what the Word  states is mine or what I believe until  I confess it with my mo th. The Bible teaches that.. With the hearr man believeth... And with the moith confession is made unto... (Roman 10:10).

About Him

Words seem so insignificant and small that men of times take no note of them at all, But words spoken in faith, create realities...

So rise up and speak, like the Creator of the universe, who, in faith, said Let there be and there was. Words is given to the men of faith and they were inspired by Holy Spirit. God wanted to bring salvation to all humanity. And they didn't receive Him, it is critical. If you are unprepared, you too will miss the opportunity to experience Jesus. You may practice religion but you will miss God. While encounter the Lord personally in worship your heart will remained unmoved. As other receive fresh word from God. You will experience a painful silence... Let the atmosphere break your silence and your heart be free, a Freedom comes when you know the Truth and trust in Him. What happen in that Inn a striking portrayed of one of the most dramatic scene events of all history. When Jesus was born in Bethlehem's stable, a light was place in this sin-darkened world.  The apostle John testified, "In Him was life, and the life was light of men" (John1:4). THIS IS GOOD! This generation is what we need today! He's the perfect gift to us! (James 1:7).Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of light, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (Acts 10:38).says that Jesus went about doing good and healing, Healing is good! Sickness is not good. Every healing comes down from the Father. Every sickness does not come down from the Father. Today's holiday's season we will share to the world what He has commanded us. His Love His grace endure for us. In the first place, where in the world would God get sickness to put on you? He doesn't have any in heaven. He would have to borrow some from the devil! (You can't t give somebody something you don't have). The bible say there is no sickness in heaven. Therefore, sickness can't come from heaven. What does come down from heaven? Every good gift and every perfect gift. It's about Him. 

The gift of obedience

Whatever you may have experienced in your own life, dont make the mistake of projecting negative faith into your future. The brightest and the best is already laid ahead for you. First song I learned in life was called "Every Day with Jesus Is Sweeter than the Day before. It's true. While outward circumstances may vary, your walk with Christ will only become better and better, culminating at the time when you finally see Him face to face. Dont anticipate negative days in this temporal world either. Presume upon the goodness of God. He is honored when you have faith in His lovingkindness. HE has plans for you, and they are good. Believe it and anticipate it. Should you not have obeyed the words which the Lord proclaimed it. Zechariah 7:7 its that time of year again when people think about God and goodwill more than they do at any other time. It seems that the nearer we get to Christmas, the more we notice that  people have a willingness to express an interest in religion things. Both church attendance and church activity increase. Does this heightened religious activity honor the Lord? We must be careful that what takes place is not what happened to the people of Zechariah's day. Although they engaged in religious activities, they were out to please only themselves. A vital element was missing--obedience to God. Instead of their conducting empty rituals, God wanted them to know their obedience to Him by: 

(1) administering true justice,

(2) showing mercy and quality Love

(3) refusing to opress widows, orphans, and the poor, 

(4) not planning evil against others 

(Zechariah7:9-10). We can best honor God during this special season by evaluating our own  devotion to Him in light of these four commands to God's people. Our Lord does not want the gift of obedience expressed in acts of kindness and helpfulness for those less fortunate than we are. Try to bring God's love and kindness into someone's life today: Even just a gift of caring can the Savior's love display. 

December 25

The glitter of bright decorations, the sound of joyous Christmas carols, the happy children and the cheerful "Merry Christmas" greetings somotimes give the impression that everybody is glad that Jesus come to our planet. But that isn't true today, and it never was. The news of Jesus 'birth evoked a mixed reaction. The wise men joyfully welcomed and worshiped the Savior (Matthew 2:10-11). But king Herod was so troublef when he heard about it that he tried to find and kill the baby Jesus (vv3-4,16). Most people however, were unware of the sgnificance of what had happened. Still today, multitudes honor Jesus and rejoice in their salvation. But many others hate Him. They grumble about the singing of Christmas carols in shopping malls and the display of nativity scenes in public places. Others are apathetic. They go singing Christmas carols, but they never ask themselves who Jesus is or why He came. They don't think of that or need to believe on Him and receive Him as their Savior. Are you aming the indifferent? To ignore Him and His claims is to reject Him. Christmas is a gift for us a decision about Christ. The choiced is yours. What will you do with Jesus? Neutral you cannot be: Someday your heart will be asking, "What will He do with me?" if you make room for Jesus in your heart, He will mahe room for you in heaven. (Matthew 2:10). When they saw the star, they rejoice with exceedingly great joy. 

All by His Grace

A variety television commercial I enjoy at Christmas time show two neighbor in a friendly competition  with each other to see who can spread the most  Christmas cheer. Each keeps an eye on the other as he decorates his house and trees with light. Then each upgrades his own property to look better than the other's. They then start competing over who can give the most extravagantly to other neighbor's running around cheerfully sharing gift. (2Corinthians9:15).Thank be to God for His indescribable gift. God's people aren't in a competition to see who can give the most, but we are called to be "ready to give. Willing to share" (1Tim.6:18). The apostle Paul instructed the church of Corinth. "Let each one give as his purpose in his heart not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves the cheerful giver" (2Corin.9:7). As Christmas time, as we  share the gift with  others, we remember the generosity of God  toward us. He  gave us His Son. read this, "Jesus set aside His riches and entered into His Creation in a state of poverty in order to enrich us all by His grace. 

Christmas Light

When I think about  these holiday lights, I am reminded of the Light that makes Christmas a holiday for many a single Light so bright that it illuminates the whole with truth, justice, and love. This Light Jesus is everything that the world is longing and looking for (Isa.9:2,6-7). And He has told His followers to display His Light so that others will see and glorify God (Matt. 5:16). Imagine if Christians worked as hard at shinning and synchronizing the light of God's love as the families of that neighborhood, community, family, and friend, work when they illuminates their street with Christmas lights Perhaps then the people celebrate His glory in the fulness of time. in (Luke 2:10).the Lord bring Goodnew tiding of great joy to all that we should not be afraid to share the goodnew to all mankind that the angel said fear not. We will rejoice the King of Kings is born. Our Savior. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light (Isaiah 9:2). Jesus said to Himself: "I am the light of the world" (John 8:12). In dark world, people don't see a great light without wondering why it's there and what it means, we get to tell them, so feared not the angel said. 

Talakayan Bayan: "Bakit Pa Tayo Magbabayad!" (12 December 2019)

Desire that make War within us

In letter of James a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribed which is scattered abroad Greeting! Where do you think all these appalling quarrel of war came from? Do you think they just happen? Think again? They came because you want on your own way! You put yoke within on brother, you forget that both of you are my people in the beginning. Paul tried to get them to understand the inner conflict that all who belong to Christ will experience. This battles is between "the flesh"(our simple human nature). The Holy Spirit who lives within us. "Water" is symbol of Holy Spirit  and you change it into commodity and you make an oath in Me, by risining your hand. They came about because you want on your own way, now you have fight deep in yourself a sin which your brother will judge you. (James 4:1-3) knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may perfect and complete, lacking nothing. Because our self centered nature wants its own way, it fights the rule of Christ within us. So we often end up doing our will rather than God's (Gal:517) if you read to 18 you are not under the Law. You understand that James is not writing about the world war conflict. Although the principle certainly appllies. He's writing to the churches. But this fight is about heritages the natural resources that become yoke of the filipino people Itself. Usually over something pretty has nothing to do with theology. Remember the story of the church that has no electricity in the first time. They were having a business meeting about what type of chandelier would be appropriate. When one Deacon againer came in late. He immediately protest about the chandelier. Saying, in the first place, we got one of them. Chandelier, ain't a soul in this church who know how to play it, and beside that we need light in this place. James returns to the subject of jealousy and selfish ambition"(James 3:16) that leads to war and fight and eats like gangrene into the heart of the church the congregation which the apostle themselves formed were tainted with the same impurities which are still prevalent in our time. 

You Are Guilty of Sin

What does it take to know Jesus in an intimate and personal way? The Bible calls it being crucified with Christ, but you could call it "saying no to sin." Ask the Lord to give you His resurrection power and help you squelch anger, stifle gossip, and put a lid on those mind games. "Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passion and desires (Gal. 5:24). We use words in strange ways. Let us read some line. A man, far gone in drunkenness and in dreadful disarray, staggered down the street and bumped against a stout woman of appalling respectability. She glowered at him and said, "You horrible creature. You are the drunkest man  I have ever seen." The drunk paused in his uneven progress, turned slowly, and said, "Lady, you're the ugliest woman I have ever seen, and that's worse. Because when I wake up tomorrow morning, I'm going to be sober. The apostle Paul spoke of this when he said," I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection.. Be coming like Him in His death." Paul realized that in order to know Christ fully, it meant crucifying the old man. Mortifying his sinful nature with all its passion. Nailing worldly afflection to the cross. Reckoning himself dead to sin and alive to God. We say we want to know the Lord's love, to feel His favor, to experience His Joy and peace. We want to know  His presence and His smile. But could we say we are dying to know Him? If so, Jesus ask you to meet Him at the Cross. Let's deal with our own sin and not become expert in pointing out the sin of others. Don't be too harsh with the one who sins nor pelt him word or stone, unless you are sure, yes, doubly sure, that you have no sin of your own. The message is clear Christ shows mercy to us when we admit our sin, but He Judges our hypocrisy and pride when we refuse to be humbled in His presence. The voice of the people is the voice of God. 

What About Evil

Whenever people set themselves against me and My goodness, thats evil. Why there is evil in the world? Because they love more, more more, Lord, our heart often run after "stuff," Teach us not to be obsessed with collecting more and more material goods. May we instead learn what it means to be "rich" toward you. One of Satan's subtle deception is that you can do things in secret that will never be revealed. This is simply not so. The Bible stresses that everything done in darkness will one day be brought to light. So before you commit yourself to do anything questionable, seriously, ask. Yourself. Some people love shop. They have a perpetual desire to buy, buy, buy. The craze to find  the latest deal is worldwide. There are huge shopping malls in China, Philippines, Britannia, United States, around the world. A rise in store purchases and online buying show that buying is a global phenomenon. "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he posseses (Luke 12:15). The knowledge that God sees what we do, the certainty that we are accountable for every word  and action, ought to dissuade us from sin. For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him. We will each receive what we deserve. According to everything we have done, good or bad, in our bodily life. But we can become so alienated from God that even this knowledge does not deter us. God promises that He will publicly expose our sin so that we must give an account to others for our actions. Shopping can be fun. Certainly. There is nothing wrong with trying to find a real to enjoy the things God has given to us. But when we become preoccupied with obtaining material goods, we lose focus. Scripture commands us to expose the deeds of darkness as we become aware of them. (Eph.5:11). As Christian we are to be the light that dispels darkness in our world. Sin cannot continue in the Christians experience, for light cannot dwell with darknesd. The only insurance against having your sin exposed is living blameless life. Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of Justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him. (Isaiah 30:18).

God Keep you in His sight

Let Me tell you a secret. You can be winner without putting anybody down. Look around you. Who are the people that are the most stressed out and unhappy? Aren't they the ones who are constantly trying beat other people out? The one who put other people down to make themselves look good? You can pull for others instead of trying to beat them out. Your only competition should be between yourself as you are and yourself as you want to be. In that competition, your own progress will be your prize. As you learn to always pull for others without pushing yourself to the front, you'll find that I'll lift you up. At times, God will be the only witness to your righteous behavior. Sometimes God is the only one who will understand your motives. Sometimes you will do all you know God has asked you to do, only to face ridicule from others. At such times all you can do is maintain your integrity, trusting that God always keeps His eyes on you. God looks favorably upon those who walk with integrity; doing what they know is right, regardless of how others percieve theirs action. Humble yourself before the Lord, and  he will lift you up. (James 4:18). Take Joseph was a righteous man who had cultivated a reputation for godliness in his community. Then word spread across the community that Mary, the woman to whom he was engage, was expecting a child. There would be many who would assume the worst of this apparently scandalous situation. Joseph probably experience gossip from some, ostracism from others. Yet he was a man of integrity, aware that God knew the truth of his relationship with Mary. In (Psalm 41:12). As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, And set me before your face forever. The most important thing is not that people know the truth. The most important thing is that you are a person of integrity before God. When no one seems to understand why you have done something or when others question whetber you have done all you should have done, your confidence should not be in the hope of vindication in in the eyes of others. It should be in the knowledge that God keeps in His sight. If you have this confidence, it will be enough to sustain you. And they will be in your side. 

The Line of Thinking

Believers sometimes hear how someone else used their authority, and they think, I'll try that because I heard him say it. It work for him, so it will work for me. Santan knows they are not convinced of their authority, and when they try to act on God's Word without really having the Word built into their spirits, and without having the solid foundation of it built into their lives, the devil will defeat them... And defeat them soundly. And Abraham drew near and said with Thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Preadventure there be fifty righteous witnin the city; wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty richteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee; shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? (Genesis18:23-25). God refused to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah until  He had talked it over with Abraham, His blood Covenant friend. Abraham had received right and privilege, and has a legal standing with God. He speak plainly as he intercedes for sodom Gomorrah. Now authority has been restored to us through Jesus Christ...and when we ask God, then He can and will move. That is why it seems He can do nothing unless someone ask Him to do. Now let read this verse. The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignity rules over all (Psalm 103:19). The line of thinking is nothing less than religious humanism. The event of your life aren't unfolding by random chance. A soveriegn God rules over what happens in this small space-time box called  Earth. The world is not hanging in balance, with the outcome yet to be determined. Some people seem believe that the throngs of heaven are on one side of the stadium and the demons of hell are on the other, each hoping their side wins. Within the context of this twisted theology, it be came the tradition of men. It becomes man's decision that determine who wins and meanwhile, God is keeping His fingers crossed. With that perspective, it's no wonder that so few find spiritual rest! The line of thinking has No relationship with God. It is an insult to Gods sovereignity. It puts man's driver seat and makes God nothing more tha a nervous  passenger who doing all He can do to make sure everything turns out all right. God is portrayed as sometimes encouraging us, sometimes threatening us, but always hoping that we will respond in the right way. All of heaven isn't holding its breath waiting to see how things turn out in the end. Your God superintends this world and your life. Affirm His sovereignty and experience peace as the result. 

Talk About Stress

In the beginning, My world was little jewel of a planet with fields and forest full of amazing animals, water full of facinating fish and skies full of glorious birds. But My masterpiece was the human family My plan for human beings was that they live in harmony with each other and Me. But they wanted their own way instead of Mine. So now theres a lot sickness and sadness in My once-beautiful world. In Good new Bible, (Roman 8:16-17). God spirit join himself to our spirit to declare that we are His children. Since we are his children we will posses the blessing he keeps for his people, and we will also posses with Christ what God has kept for him for if we share Christ's suffering we will also share His glory." It is impossible to perceive all that became ours when we were born again. There is no way we can understand all that heaven like. How could we ever comprehend all that is ours as fellow heirs with Christ? The knowledge that we will share Christ's inheritance with Him absolutely astounds us! Left to our own we could not begin to understand all that we received once we became His children of the king. The Holy Spirit convince us that we are indeed children of God and help us understand the riches of our inheritance. Perhaps you did not have a loving Father. The Spirits role is to teach you how to respond to a Father who relates to you only in perfect love and how to live like a child of the king. "I consider that our present suffering are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed to us. Well stress is a daily companion, and you feel." you're holding the loose ends of your job together by your fingers and toes. Well listen to this twentieth-century prescription in Romans 8:18: I consider that our present suffering are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." Consider what Paul meant by our present suffering." When he wrote these words, Christians weren't facing cost-of-living scam disunity living in a corporate world. You are living under cruel system that got its kicks from throwing believers to lion den. Talk about stress. Thank you, Lord, for giving me a Roman 8:18 perspective this problem todays. The struggles i face are not worth comparing to the trials of the early church and I realize that my problems aren't worthy to be compared with the glory that will one day be revealed in me thank for this hope. 

Craving of sinful man

Look close at this verse. How would you sum up the craving of sinful man? With one word: lust

And what about the lust of his eyes? That's envy

And boasting is just another word of pride. They say that virtually every kind of sin can be traced to these three villians lust, envy, and pride. Read, "For everything in the world the craving of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does." (1John2:16). So how is the battle against those opponent going for you today? Maybe you are toying with daydream and imaging yourself in the arms of someone forbidden. Perhaps envy is enticing you to spend beyond your means in order to keep pace with the neighbors. And pride may be tempting you to run mental movies of past successes. Is all this struggling worth the effort? Wouldn't you rather sit ringside and watch someone else go his fair share of rounds against these villains today, you are in a better state than many * who have no feeling for the struggle at all. You are in a better condition than those who are stagnated apathy. The very fact that the Devil has pinpoint you as his opponent should fill your mind with hope. For to be at peace with the world, the flesh and the devil us to be at enmity with God. 

Dangerous challenge

This is where the adventure begins. Listening for My voice and then doing what I say is exciting. It's a secret just between you and Me but be sure of this. I will never conradict myself. I'll never tell you to do anything that goes against what the Bible says. Ill never tell you to do anything Jesus wouldn't have done. That's. Why its important for you to read the Bible and know my Son.  The earth is the Lord's and all it contains, The World, and those who dwell in it." There is no area of your life that is segregated from your union to God. Because you are in Him. Everything is spiritual. The Lord owns everything. This may be one of the great understanding of the Bible. God people were about to enter a new world one that was so unlike anything they had ever known that they couldn't even imagine what it would be like. The psalmist wrote, Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! " and proclaim that Christ has come, and we can rejoice in Him. So it is with the person today who moves from the wilderness of religious lifestyle and experiencing a grace walk is to compare two different dimension of living. You are one with with God through Jesus Christ. Everything in your life is intimately associated with Him through your union with Him, thus making it sacred. One man told me,  "I like to keep my business life and my spiritual life separate from each other." what a sad thing. Do we leave Christ at home when we go to work? Does He go to our business appointments with us, but do we then politely instruct Him to sit quietly in the background? Our union with Christ defines the sum total of our lives. " You have not passed this way before." (Joshua3:4). As you move further as long in your own grace walk, remember that there ls no place where legalistic religion and grace can intersect. Law and grace can never coexist together. You must move out of the wilderness today. To accept grace means to renounce legalism a system of living in which you try to make spiritual progress or gain God's blessings based on what you do. It is major move but one that will transform your life. You have great potential within you that people seldom exercise, you have ability to affect every enviroment in which you function, your very presence in a room can change the atmosphere. The grace of God in you can enable you to be a sort of "thermostat" in every place you find yourself. While others may act like thermometers and adjust to the atmosphere around them, you have the ability to change it. Jesus Christ lives inside you. And He is your source of joy. Walk in faith and allow the joy of Christ that live inside you to affect your whole demeanor. Smile, laugh Love others. Be a change agent wherever you are. As a conduit of grace you can have a greater influence than you might have imagined. Let your outward demeanor be an expression of your inner condition, where Jesus Christ lives. 

Busybodies

The cares of the universe had been resting more heavily than usual on God's shoulder, and He frankly confessed the need for a rest. "Why dont you take a short vacation, Boss?" suggested the arch angel Gabriel. "Yes, but where? "How about that place, Earth? You haven't been there for a good while." God shuddered. "No, no. It's a world of busybodies. I was there two thousand years ago and that's enough, thank you. And they're still talking about down there." Look among the nation and watch Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, thought it were told you. (Hak1:5) Christian habitually seek voice through His Word of prayer, or through His Activity, even though He is working all around us. Unbeliever see God's activity without understanding what they see. God encourages His people to watch for His activity so they will know how they should response and adjust their lives. The disciple discovered much about God power by witnessing Jesus calming a raging storm with a command. Seeing Jesus dine with the notorious sinner. Zacchaeus, taught them a poignant message about God love for sinner, watching Jesus hang upon the cross communicating a compelling message of what God was willing to do to free people from sin. Discovering the empty tomb revealed an astounding truth of God's victory over death. To those with spiritual discernment, God's activity ia significant revelation about His heart and His will. If you are senitive to what God is doing around you, He will clearly speak to you through His activity. You will know that God is at work, because what you see will astound to you, and human power and wisdom will not explain it. If things happen that are direct answer to your prayers, God is speaking to you. When you experience events that surpass your understanding and ability, it may be that God is communicating a critical message to you. If you want to hear God's voice, look around you to see what He is doing. When you are watching for God at work, what you see will reveal His character, and you will have a fresh understanding of how to respond to Him. 

The Awsome God|

Father, I am grateful that You have given me assurance of my salvation, but there are so many more spiritual realities of which I long to be certain. As I trust You in life, thank You for brightening the eye of my soul quickening my spiritual understanding. Its a tough world out there, Believe Me, I know, Sometimes people or circumstances seem to gang up on you, and  when they do, you may feel afraid. That's okay I understand, and I care. I want to help you cope with life. That's why I want you to call on Me. Tell Me your fear. I'll be right beside you in the midst of your struggles. The Israelites also praised God in the middle of a dangerous challenge. Theirs involved a large group of warriors who had gathered to fight them (2Chron.20:2). After humbly asking God for help king Jehoshapat appointed a choir to march out into the battles in front of the Israelites army. The worshiper can "Praise the Lord for His Mercy Endure forever (v.21). When they begin to sing the Lord caused the enemy forces to attack and destroyed each other. Praised God in the midst of a challenge may  mean overriding our natural instinct. We tend toward self-protection, strategizing and worry however worshiping can guard our heart against troubling thought and self-reliance. It reminds us of the lesson the Israelites learned "The battle is not ours but God." The awesome God." 

You move forward

If someone ask, "Do you know Jesus?" what would you say? "yes, I've been saved and I know I'm going to heaven." If that were your response, then good. You've just told everybody that you are justified and forgiven. But I hope you could also say, "Yes Jesus and I are intimate with each other. Let me tell you about her the kind of person He is and how much I love spending time with Him. More than a head knowledge, I desire a heart knowledge of You. If you are are preoccupied with your past, ask God to open your eyes to the incredible future that awaits you and begin, like Paul, to press on to what is ahead. "I consider them rubblish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. (Philippians 3:8-9) But the good news is that when you make the simple confession to Jesus, to follow Him. "Brethen, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do,  forgotting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. (V.13) In today's reading, Paul describes what is like to know Christ in terms of being justified. Of being legally positioned on God's side. Here, Paul is saying that God has done something for us on His books. It's wonderful to have the Lord impute His righteousness to us. But many Christian think that's all there is to Christianity. There's much more. After verse 9 of Philippians, Paul discusses a different kind of  knowledge of Christ. Paul no longer comments on his position, the fact that he has been "found in him.. through the righteousness that comes from God." No, Paul talk about his experience of God... I want to know  Christ and power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharingin his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. (v10-11)