AM I REALLY RESPONSIBLE

“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth… Fear God and keep His commandments for this is the whole duty of man.” Romans 12:1, 13

“I can’t help the way I am – I’m an alcoholic!” Those were the words I heard as I struggled to help a woman out of her automobile. I had just come upon the scene of an accident. Two young men were lying unconscious on the road, having been thrown out of their little truck by the impact of this woman’s car which had plowed into the back of their pickup at high speed.” Can anybody help the way he or she is?

A growing amount of scientific evidence traces a biological link between some of our emotional problems and our parents. What we are coming to understand is that all people are not born equal. Just as some inherit strong physical bodies, some inherit stronger wills and personalities. Some of us inherit a disposition from our parents which makes us more susceptible to some things than other people, but can we excuse the alcoholic from wreaking havoc on the highway, or excuse the murderer who says he is not responsible because he grew up in the slums of the inner-city and never knew the love of a caring parent?

God says that certain things are wrong so that we learn not only what makes for happiness and fulfillment in life, but that we also understand that there is forgiveness for our wrong choices, our willful acts of disobedience, our sins. With God’s help I can change.

We may require a lot of help and compassion from those who are close to us, but change is the door to hope and life. Don’t ever – even for a moment – let yourself think, “I can’t help the way I am” because you can, with God’s help and the help of those who surround you.

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A CHALLENGE GREATER THAN YOU

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Psalm 111:10

We call them “baby boomers” – the generation of men and women who were born between the years 1946 and 1964. They are often pictured as selfish, highly motivated, pleasure seeking people who think only of themselves.

Don’t believe it for a minute! If however, some fall into that category, perhaps there is valid reason. Have we failed in confronting our generation with a cause that is greater than getting ahead of the guy in the car two lanes over from you?

“It was August 1989,” writes David Egner. “A young man was sharing a taxi in Bangkok, Thailand and he leaned forward to speak, “I’m going to India. I’ll be trying to convert the fishermen who live along the ocean. I’ll stay until the task is completed!’ Was he another young missionary who was intent of sharing his faith? No, he was a Soviet communist who had not learned that communism is a dead system.”

We have not sees more young men and women who are determined to convert fishermen who live along the ocean to Jesus Christ because we have never confronted our generation with His Cross. “Take your Cross and follow me” challenged Jesus, not “follow me and join the baby boomers who drive BMW’s and wear Rolex watches.”

I’m convinced that when our generation gets the challenges straight many will deny themselves and take up their Cross and follow those who are changing the world.

The fault is not that of a generation of men and women who focus on the comforts of life; it is the fault of a generation who have soft-pedaled the challenge, fearful of losing their own security. At least that’s one man’s opinion.

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HONESTY WITH GOD

“For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.” Psalm 109:2

A mother had been told her boy, Peter, had a malignant and incurable disease. She said, “There was nothing left to live for. I went into the garden one morning and at the top of my voice I called God every bad word I knew. My poor husband, driven to distraction with worry, put his hand over my mouth and implored me to pull myself together. I shouted, ‘What does it matter? There isn’t even a God and so I can do no harm; if there is a God, I am already in hell. I cannot possibly suffer anymore.’

“Oh yes, you might well be shocked, but I feel certain that at this moment Jesus looked down on me with compassion. For the first time in my life I was being honest with God. I was telling Him what I really thought and I meant every word I said, I look upon this episode as a crisis in God’s pattern.”

This woman reached rock bottom in her life. She pressed her anger, and resentment against God as forcibly as she could. But underneath what she thought was rock bottom, she found the Rock of Ages who could help and give peace.

On the day of her son’s funeral, she said, “We did the only thing possible: we surrendered Peter to God. My doubts and prejudices have vanished, and in their place, a true knowledge of the love of God exists. I feel I have been born again into a new world where life is real.”

Honesty with oneself is not easy to come by. The very form of religion can become a barrier between ourselves and God and sometimes only a deep crisis in our personal lives reveals the sham. But honesty with God is the only way we can ever find peace with Him. The Bible says, “The Lord looks at the heart.” Be honest with Him; stop putting up a religious front.

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MAN WAS MEANT FOR GOD

“Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles…” Isaiah 40:31a

James Aggrey tells the story of a man who found a young eagle while walking through the forest. He decided to take it home and put it in his barnyard. Within a few days the young eagle began to eat chicken feed and behaved like the other chickens.

One day, a naturalist saw the eagle in the midst of the chickens. He asked the owner why an eagle was living as a chicken. “I have given it chicken feed and trained it to be a chicken,” replied the farmer, “it has never learned to fly. It is no longer an eagle.” “Still,” insisted the naturalist, “it has the heart of an eagle and can surely be taught to fly.”

The naturalist took the eagle in his arms and said, “You belong to the sky and not to the earth. Stretch forth your wings and fly.” But the eagle was afraid of his unknown self and world, and jumped down for the chicken food.

Again the naturalist rose early and took the eagle to a high mountain. He held it high above him and encouraged him saying, “You are an eagle. Stretch forth your wings now and fly.” At last, within a triumphant cry, the eagle soared away into the heavens. Though he had been kept as a chicken, he is an eagle.

In a sense, the parable of the eagle is the story of man. We were made to have fellowship with God, to soar with the wings of an eagle but we became separated from God through sin that came into the human race.

If you are a believer but enjoy the chicken feed in the barnyard, remember you were made for higher things. As Isaiah wrote, you cannot mount up with wings as eagles, you can run and not be weary, you can walk and not faint (Isaiah 40:31).

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WIN SOULS

In this end-time, salvation is the very needed to be preach to all nation.

And what we need to do? Win souls!

Winning souls is an urgent task. So we must obey and we must follow the Lord.

We use to praise and worship God. Playing instruments and singing a new song to Him.

We have talent, and talent is good, but God is not looking to our talent. We must obey.

Kapag aalis tayo sa natural at puro natural lang, na laging bukang-bibig natin, and we will meditate the Word of God? Magbabago ang lahat. Just obey the Word of God.

See Joshua, he has a simple obedience. Like Moises, he is faithful. We know that only him and Caleb who entered to the promise land. For Joshua know who is the prophet or the owner of Israel and it is God. And we also need to know and understand that the owner of the Church is God.

So be like Joshua. Ano mang pagsubok na dinanas niya sa buhay, he just simply obey.

Sa paglilingkod sa Diyos, hindi ito  paramihan ng attendee, hindi palakihan ng Church o patalinuhan ng alam sa Bible. Ang basis ng Diyos ay kung hanggang kailan mo gustong sumunod.

Nasubok man ang pananampalataya mo? May nakita at narinig ka man, ayaw mo man sa leader mo o gusto mo, still look to God.

Hindi tao ang nagtayo ng Church kundi ang Diyos. Undercovering lang ng Diyos ang mga leaders ng Church.

Kung hindi undercover ni Abraham si Lor, hindi siya mapapagpala.

Kaya iyong mga nananaginip na mayroon pa silang ibang reward maliban sa Diyos, bangungot pupuntahan niyan.

For our greatest reward that we could ever have in this world is God.

In our obedience, God is empowering us.

Ang kailangan lang para ma-stir up ang faith ng bawat isa ay sumunod.

Sapagkat kung hindi mo sinusunod ang Salita Niya ngayon, paano mo iho-honor ang gagawin Niya mamaya?

We know that hindi Niya puwede ihonor ang mali. Sinasadya man o hindi. Sapagkat ayaw ng Diyos ng ganyan.

Isa lang naman ang ibig ng Diyos, kapag nag-utos Siya – obedience.

Although in our generation, we need that para hindi tayo mabilad sa araw or mabasa ng ulan. Kaya marami ngayon ay nagkakaroon ng crab mentality na halos magpakamatay sa pagpapatayo ng Church. Sapagkat kapag walang Church ay hindi na siya makakapagturo. Na maliban magka-Church tsaka lang tatayo at magtuturo. Kita mo gaano ka-self conscious ang marami.

Si Hesus, sa mabilad sa araw o sa mabasa ng ulay, tuloy lang.

Sa pagdatin ni Hesus kahit gaano pa kalaki at kaganda ang Church natin, hindi iyan ang ira-rapture Niya kundi ikaw na totoong Church Niya na ira-rapture Niya.

Hindi ko sinasabi na huwag na magpatayo ng Church o itigil na ang pagpapatayo ng Church. Ang nais lang ng Diyos, kahit ano man ang ginagawa natin or ano man ang pinapagawa natin ay huwag tayo tumigil sa pagpapalaganap ng Salita Niya. In other words, huwag tayo tumigil sa pagliligtas ng kaluluwa. Sapagkat wala din namang silbi ang pinagawang Church kung wala din namang aattend. Maging God conscious tayo.

Hindi lang basta Salita na nakasulat at binabasa natin ang mamuhay kagaya ni Cristo. Ito ay kalooban ng Diyos na mamuhay tayo kagaya ni Cristo.

Hanggat hindi tayo nagiging kagaya ni Cristo, hindi titigil ang Diyos na gawin tayo.

Sa mga dinadanas natin sa mundong ito ay masasabi natin na mabigat ang mga persecutions.

Pero mas mabigat ang presence ng Diyos na magco-comfort satin. Just obey.

Simply obedience is to obey even though you don’t know everything about Him.

Sapagkat walang relasyong toto ang hindi sumusunod sa Diyos.

For when you obey God, it is simply reminding you of your commitment to God.

So ipagmalaki mo ang Diyos na mayroon ka sa buhay mo.

Hindi masama ang magyabang kung ang Diyos ang ipinagyayabang mo. Instead of anything that has nothing to do with you and your God.

Jesus is coming. Kaya ang Church ay hindi dapat natutulog. At sino ang Church na tinutukoy? Tayo na mga lingkod ng Diyos.

Kaya kung may dapat gawin ang Church ngayon ay ang gumising sa katotohanan na nililiglig na tayo ng Diyos. Kailan tayo kikilos? Magligtas na tayo ng kaluluwa araw-araw, share the Gospel.

Kung paanong laging humahayo si Hesus noon sa pamamahagi ng Salita ng Ama sa mga tao sapagkat ito ay urgent task natin sa Diyos.

Sapagkat ang kahihinatnan gn mundong ito ay destruction kaya nga papalitan ng bagong langit at bagong lupa.

The coming of Jesus is a well planned by God.

So obey God and obey and obey.

Mabuti pa ang hindi sumusunod kasi walang narinig kaysa sa madami ngang narinig pero hindi naman sumusunod.

Obedience is better than sacrifice.

God Bless YOU..

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WHEN DEPRESSION ATTACKS

“I feel I am worthless, failure, disappointment”

“I feel I am ineffective, I don’t see any progress”

“Pabigat ako, walang pakinabang”

“Pagod na ako masaktan ng paulit-ulit”

“Nauubusan na ako ng pag-asa, di na ako magbabago”

“Di ko na kilala sarili ko, di naman ako ganito dati”

“Mag-isa lang ako, no one cares, nobody loves me and no one will ever love someone like me”

“What if hindi ko matapos, natatakot ako!”

“What if mali ako, pagtatawanan lang ako!”

Living under the weight of the “What If’s” is a hard place to dwell.

Marami ang nati-trigger sa depression. Puwedeng because of social media, problema sa school at bahay, toxic relationships at pati kasalanan. And when people fail to come out from this attack, some chooses to end their life.

But how do we fight depression? Try R.I.P which stands for Rest In Peace

Matthew 11:28-30 “Lumapit kayo sa Akin, kayong lahat na napapagod at may mabibigat na pasanin, at bibigyan Ko kayo ng pahinga. Pasanin ninyo ang Aking pamatok at matuto kayo sa Akin dahil Ako ay maamo at may mababang loob. Makakakita kayo ng kapahingahan sa Akin, dahil madaling dalhin ang pamatok Ko at magaan ang pasaning ibibigay Ko sa inyo.

Truths about Resting In Peace:

Those who come to Christ, He will give Rest.

“Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Sabi ni Jesus, “COME TO ME!”

Kahit sino ka pa at anong status mo or background mo sa buhay, Jesus invites you to come to Him and find rest.

Ang ibang Kristiyano ay iba ang mindset. Kailangan malinis muna sila bago lumapit kay Jesus. But that is a wrong conception. He is the solution and He will straighten out what we can’t straighten on our own.

Just as said in Mark 2:17, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick, I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

By: Lifegiver Manila

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USAPANG KATOTOHANAN

When others hurt you, your spiritual maturity will be revealed. You will discover how real your relationship with Jesus Christ when your feelings get hurt. You can be the greatest speaker, the greatest worshipper, or the greatest evangelist, but when your feelings are hurt, what you do at that moment and afterward will reveal the reality of your relationship with Jesus.

People have one of two reactions when their feelings get hurt: They deal with it before the Lord, or they destroy others.

By: Lifegiver Manila

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