Monday, November 23, 2020

BEYOND DISAPPOINTMENT

PERHAPS YOU'VE SEEN the video of the little boy who learns he's getting another sister. In the middle of his meltdown he lamented, "It's always girls,girls,girls,girls!" It is an amusing glimpse into human expectations, but there's nothing funny about disappointment. It saturated our world. One story from the Bible is steeped in disappointment. Jacob agreed to work 7 years for the right to marry his boss's daughter Rachel. But after fulfilling his contract, Jacob got a wedding night surprise. In the morning he discovered not Rachel but her sister Leah.
We focus on Jacob disappointment, but imagine how Leah must have felt! What hopes and dreams of hers began to die that day as she was forced to marry a man who did not love or want her?
Psalm37:4 tells us, "Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Are we to believe that God fearing people are never disappointed? No, the Psalm clearly shows that the writer sees injustice all around him. But he takes the long view: "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him" (v.7). His conclusion: "The meek will inherit the land" (v.11). 
In the end ,it was Leah whom Jacob honored and buried in the family grave plot with Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah (Gen.49:31). And it was through the lineage of Leah who in life thought she was unloved that God blessed the world with our Saviour. Jesus brings, restores hope, and gives us an inheritance beyond our wildest dreams.

Monday, November 16, 2020

STEADFAST IN YOUR RESOLVE

Now it came to pass, when they come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem.
Luke 9:51
It is easy to become distracted in the Christian life! The moment you understand what God wants you to do, it will seem as though everyone around you requires your time and attention! When the time came for Jesus to go to the cross. He "set His face" toward Jerusalem, so that nothing would prevent Him from accomplishing His Father"s will. So obvious was His resolve to go to Jerusalem that the Samaritan, who hated the Jews, rejected Him because they recognized that He was a Jew traveling through their village to the hated city of Jerusalem.
Jesus determined not to disgrace him His mission, but He took time to minister to many people along His way. He sent out seventy disciple i to surrounding town (Luke10:1). He healed lepers (Luke 17:11-19). He continued to teach His disciples (Luke 15:1-32). Jesus did not refuse to minister to others as He went to Calvary, but ultimately He refused to be deterred from His Father's will.
If you know what God wants you to do, set your sights resolutely toward the goal with full determination to accomplish it (Proverb 4:25). Your resolve to go where God is leading ought to be evident to those around you. Beware of becoming so sidetracked by tve opportunities around you that you lose sight of God's ultimate goal for you. Do not succumb to the temptation to delay your obedience or discard it altogether. Once you have received a clear assignment from God, your responsd should be unwavering obedience. 

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

LOFTY AND LOWLY CALLING

"Now it's required that those who have given a trust must prove faithful."
1 Corinthians 4:2
Picture yourself standing before God on the day that He rewards believers. You are longing to hear Him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant," but as you glance to your left you notice Hudson Taylor, the famous missionary to China. To your right stands Corrie ten Boom, the saint who put her life on the line to hide Jews from the Nazis. Somehow, you feel a little small and insignificant.
There's no need, God is only looking for you to be faithful in what He's called you to be and do. No matter if your calling is lofty or lowly, it is faithfulness for which The will commend you on that day when all believers stand before Him. That means that your faithfulness may be rewarded by God with as great a glory as that reserved for the evangelist of this world! 
And one more thing: if your calling in life seems lowly, you are likely to receive a greater commendation. Why? Because deeper kind of obedience is necessary when submitting to God in a low calling it's tough to remain faithful to God through poverty kit pain. The one who is faithful in tough times catches God's eye.
Jeremiah Burroughs says, "You have a principle within you of grace, a principle that raises your lowest actions to be higher in God's esteemed than all the brave, glorious action that are done in the world." 
That means that in God's eyes, Alexander the Great can't hold a candle to your lowest actions to be higher in God's esteemed than all the brave God's eyes, Alexander the Great can't hold a candle to your faithful service as you maintain a godly home. Julius Caesar's victories pale in comparison to your victories over temptations and trials. So remember: God required you to be faithful. That's enough that's everything.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

HOW TO HAVE PEACE

WE HAVE  PEACE WITH GOD Through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
ROMANS 5:1
THE KAMPPI CHAPEL of Silence in Helsinki, Finland stands out in its urban setting. The curved structure, covered with wood, buffers the noise from the busy city outside. Designers created the chapel as a quiet soace and a calm environment for visitors to compose themselves." it is a welcome escape from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Many people long for peace, and a few minutes of silence may soothe our minds. But the Bible teaches that real peace with God comes from His Son. The apostle Paul said comes from His Son. The apostle Paul said, "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Roman 5 :1). Without Christ, we are enemies of God because of our sin. Thankfully, accepting Jesus' sacrifice reconciles us to God and ends the hostility thqt existed between us (COL.1:19-20). He now sees us as Christ presents us--"holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation" (v. 22).
Having peace with God does not ensure problem-free living. However, it does steady us during difficult times. Jesus told His followers, "In this world you will have trouble," but He also said, "In me you may have peace" (John16:33). Because of Christ, the true peace of God can fill our hearts (COL. 3:15).

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

NOT A SECRET AT ALL

In a vision on 2019, I saw two women talking together, Iike friends do.
Then one of the women said, "Oh please, don't tell anyone I said that. That person would be so upset to know I shared something she asked me not to share, and if you don't tell her, then she'll never know her secret was shared."
And the two agreed not to share it beyond themselves. The one who shared the secret, by accident, trusted the other not to share, just as the original person, who shared it with, not to share.
But then the woman who had found out the secret by "accident" shared it with someone else by "accident."
End of Vision
I asked The Lord, "What do You want to tell about the vision?"
He said, "Do you remember playing telephone or telegraph when you were little and everyone at in a big circle?
The first person would share a secret with the second person and it would be whispered from ear to ear around the circle, with giggles in between, until it came to the last person in the circle and they would share the secret aloud.
Of course, what the last person said and what the original person, usually weren't even close to each other, because along the way around the circle, someone didn't hear clearly, or someone misunderstood, so they made up their own secret to share.
Then there were some who would maliciously change the secret on purpose, so someone might get I trouble or it would embarrassed someone.
This is an example of what really happened with gossip.
The first one who accidentally shared a secret that someone has shared with them doesn't usually look on it as gossip.
It is because it isn't their news, but it is hearsay, s she/he (because it happens with males and females) is gossipping.
Gossipping gets a whole lot of people in trouble and is used by the enemy very deviously to bring misunderstandings, to damage relationships, trust, and to destroy people mentally, physically, spiritually, and even financially if you get sued for it.
Gossip carries on the enemy's plan of lies, deceit, and perversion of the truth, or whatever name you want to call it he uses it to his advantage.
Who would have thought that one little secret could do so much harm?
But what is most important for you to know, is the enemy's uses "secret" today's weapon the witchcraft practice this is happening today during lockdown to poison your breathe. To give a bad character as they want. A bad Information you people doing that, such as where they will be or who they will be, so that the enemy can destroy people and pull them away to good.
You say, "But the enemy's isn't like you Lord, he can't be everywhere at once." And you are still thinking that maybe telling a secret "accidentally" really isn't so bad.
But I tell you, whether you are the first one to share someone there secret accidentally, or the last one, it is still gossip.
Did you forget, it isn't your news to tells? You have betrayed a friend or someone else, and it is wrong.
Oh, You thought you were helping them, because they'd never find out and you just wanted to share it and take advantage for your purposes.
It is still wrong. The original person share it with you, because they thought they could trust you not to tell.
So now you are going to betrayed their trust, because your judgement is better than theirs?
Who made you the judge of their secret?
Remember they shared with you, because they trusted you not to tell to anyone.
So how wrong is telling someone else's secret?
The enemy's is very calculating in controling the demons who work for him, that are within, near and around us.
Because the enemy's is who he is, he obviously wants to find out the weaknesses or ways to get at everyone that are within, near, and around us.
Because the enemy is who he is, he obliviously wants to find out the weaknesses or ways to get at everyone that isn't on his side.
How does he do this? He sends out demons as spies in the camp. 
Those in witchcraft also specifically as sign demons to certain people certain areas, etc, so they can find out information. But they forget laws; what you sow you shall reap. So unless you are praying to stop the spies in the land, and their unholy friends, and the magnetic or electrical and other forces used to spy on and harm you. But get deliverance from this unholy spirit that causing you to lose your relationship with God.

Friday, October 23, 2020

DARKNESS AND LIGHT

You will not fear the terror of night. . .nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness
Psalm 5:6
Reading this story I can recall my old days youth. I selling hot pandesal pan 4:30 early morning, at 6:30 delivering newspapers, I had to be out 3:00 a.m. walking through that cemetery in the darkness, sometimes I would be so frightened that I would actually run! I was afraid until I was standing safely under a streetlight on the other side. The scary darkness was dispelled by the light. One thing is that we my cousin, he said, come with me we will visit our ancestor farm. Going there is easy by paddling canoe. We leaves 11:00 Am and reached there by 2:30 pm. But we have climb the mountain to reached his nipa house. He said relax take rest I'll visit my girl friend at this small town and be back soon. Sleeping in this bamboo floor I and look around I can see this old water Jar, looking at the ceiling a hole of a Nipa hut that I can see the sky. i heared the bird singing the wind blowing at the middle of this mountain. That i noticed the Sun is setting that the darkness is coming. If I see map this time I'll be facing the Pacific oceans.
The psalmist understood the connection between fear and darkness, but he also knew that God is greater than those fear. He wrote, "You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day nor, the pestilence that stalks in the darkness"(PS.91:5-6). Neither terrors of night nor evil in the darkness need to drive us fear. We have a God who sent His Son, the light of the world (John 8:12). 
In the light of God's love and grace and truth, we can find  courage, help, and strength to live for Him.

Thursday, October 22, 2020

ACCESS TO GOD

Let us then  approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
HEBREW 4:16
TECHNOLOGY IS A BLESSINGS in so many ways.Need a bit of information about a health problem? All you have To do is access the internet where you instantaneously get a list of options to guide your search.Need to contact a friend? Just send a text, email, or Facebook post. But technology can also be frustrating at times. The other day I needed to access some information in my bank account and was asked a list of security questions. Unable to recall the exact answer, I was blocked from my own account. Or think of the times when an important conversation is cut off because of a dead cell phone battery, with no way to reconnect until you find a plug to recharge it.
All of this makes me delighted with the reality that when I need to access God in prayer, there are no security question and no batteries required. I love the assurance that John gives when he says, "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will hear us" (1JOHN 5:14).
God is always accessible, for He never slumber not sleeps! (Psalm 122:4). And thanks to His love for us, He is waiting and ready to listen.
Lord thank you for desiring communication with me and for the reassurance that You are indeed listening and ready to help in time of need. Teach us to come to You with confidence in Your attentive love for us.