A simple revelation

I have been unfaithful lately. I am still a sinner but GOD's grace is so sufficient as what HE promised in 2 Corinthians 12:9. One of my beautiful rhema verses. HE will let us stumble not fall as what HE promised in Psalm 37:23-24. This morning, I had to wake up from my spiritual sleep. GOD is so faithful with revelations and new rhema's. This afternoon, I am fully packed spiritually. I had a beautiful but very simple revelation about winning souls.

I was going to Dagupan City to meet up with my friend coz we were going to play pool. It has been a long time since we last played. Karen is my coach. She taught me how to play pool and til now, we enjoy playing together. Trying to win over the other. hahaha! And it has been a routine that after we play pool, we go straight to McDonald's to eat after getting tired. hahaha! Anyway, I have to rewind...hehehe! I have to ride a tricycle then a jeepney to get to Dagupan. As I was unloading the tricycle, there are lots of jeepneys waiting for passengers. You just have to choose which one to ride on. I was about to ride onto the jeepney at the back of the tricycle but then the other jeepney driver at the front of the tricycle called out to me so I rode that instead.

Revelation: When we win souls, we call their attention. We do not wait for them to call our attention. We recognize their presence in this beautiful world. We make them feel they're wanted, desired and significant in living.

Simple but I am so amazed by this revelation. I am so thankful for my calling that even if I am unfaithful at times, GOD continues to feed the Holy Spirit in me. Thank GOD for HIS endless faithfulness. You are blessed. Why? Because the Holy Spirit is always free and open for your reach. I am so thankful for GOD's amazing grace. I am not afraid to admit that I get weak for in my weakness, GOD's power, grace and strength never runs out. I want more! Desire more and you'll get more.

Lyrics:

I come on my knees
To lay down before you
Bringing all that I am
Longing only to know you
Seeking your face
And not only your hand
I find you embracing me
Just as I am

And I lift these songs
To you and you alone
As I sing to you
In my praises make your home

Chorus:
To my audience of one
You are Father, and you are Son
As your spirit flows free,
Let it find within me
A heart that beats to praise you.
And now just to know you more
Has become my great reward
To see your kingdom come
And your will be done
I only desire to be yours,
Lord

So what could I bring
To honor your majesty
What song could I sing
That would move the heart of royalty
And all that I have
Is the life that you’ve given me
So Lord let me live for you
My song with humility

And Lord as the love song
Of my life is played
I have one desire
To bring glory to your name

CHORUS

And we lift these songs
To you and you alone
As we sing to you
In our praises make your home

CHORUS

Make an impact. Make a difference. Make a ripple. Tip the scale.

GOD IS NEVER TOO FAR FOR YOUR REACH! HE IS ALWAYS THERE TO BE WITH YOU! BE BLESSED!

ALL THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

Reaping the Rewards of Labor in the Lord (September 21, 2008)

Preached by Pastora Rhoda

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

The Resurrection Body

35But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?" 36How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 39All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"^[a]; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. 48As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we^[b] bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

50I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."^[c]
55"Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?"^[d] 56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

How to Reap the Rewards

1. Stand Firm

Galatians 5:1
"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."

Mark 13:13
"All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved."

2. Be immovable or steady

Jeremiah 17:8
"He will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit."

Ephesians 4:14
"Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming."

"A double minded man is unstable in all his doings."

3. Always abounding in the work of the Lord

Philippians 2:12
"Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,"

4. Do not labor in vain

Hebrews 6:10
"God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them."

GOD IS OUR BEST REWARD!

Make an impact. Make a difference. Make a ripple. Tip the scale.

ALL THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

Wandering Spirit (September 18, 2008)

Preached by Pastor Windsor Cabrera

1 Timothy 5:13
"Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to."

Cain
~first wanderer in the Bible
~first vagabond (Genesis 4:12)
Deutoronomy 21:18-21
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard." Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.

Satan
~very first wanderer

Psalm 109:10
"May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes."

Acts 19:13-16
Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, "In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out." Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. (One day) the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?" Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.

Job 1:6-7
One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."

1 Peter 5:8
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."

Luke 15:11-15
Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.

"Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

3 Lessons from the Experience of the Prodigal Son

1.) a wanderer is always a sorrowful person

Philippians 4:4
"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!"

2.) a wanderer's spirit causes demotion

*When you're not doing your calling, you are a wanderer.
*Wandering is not doing something but doing something that is not supposed to be done.

3.) a wanderer is always in a far country

*can be physically but more on mentally and spiritually

4.) vagabond people are always very selfish

*You can never replace GOD's calling, there is only one calling.

Matthew 24:12
"Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,"

2 Timothy 3:1-4
"But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—"

3 advice (D's)

1. Determination
Proverbs 22:6
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."

2. Devotion
Revelation 2:10
"Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life."

3. Direction
Psalm 37:23
"If the LORD delights in a man's way, He makes his steps firm;"

DO NOT BE A WANDERER! BE GOD'S WARRIOR!

Make an impact. Make a difference. Make a ripple. Tip the scale.

ALL THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

Cry On My Shoulder by Overflow

~~~Insight~~~

Need I say more? This is a song for you from JESUS. Draw closer to HIM and HE will never fail you. HE is our perfect best friend.

John 15:13
"Greater love has no one than this, that He lay down His life for His friends."

If you need an earthly friend, I am here for you. I will listen as you speak. Blessed are those who have real friends. But those who can be a real friend are more blessed.

Make an impact. Make a difference. Make a ripple. Tip the scale.

MAY GOD'S FRIENDSHIP BE UPON YOU! BE A REAL FRIEND TO EVERYONE YOU MEET!

ALL THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

Single and Saved

What makes you think that just because I am an
Attractive woman of Godly intelligence
That I'm incomplete without a mate?
Who told you that without a man something’s missing
from my life? And if so, what would that be?

Love?
I love myself
And more importantly
I love the Lord
He told me that when I delight in Him,
He will give me the desires of my heart .

Security?
I have every thing I need according to His riches in glory .

Intimacy?
Now, how' s a man going to get to know me
When he doesn't even know who he is in the Lord
See my Father told me I'm above a ruby' s worth
And a gem does not seek; It is sought

I'm single and that's all right with me

See, it's not that I oppose relationships
It's that I detest co-dependency
As a woman, I know it is not my role
To chase after any man

Esther 2:14 reads
That I am to wait on my king and when he's delighted in me, He will call me by my name.

My Lord does not intend for me to be needy or desperate.
I am to be Cherished, Relished, Valued, and Honored,
It's not my job to convince him
Or Convict him of that,
My mate will already know it
And consistently show it
And he will stay on his knees daily
Not just to adore me
But to praise the Lord for
The virtuous woman he has found
So, when you see me by myself
I'm not alone
I know what I have coming to me

I'm single and saved, and right now that's all I need to be!

~ Author Unknown

An email sent to me by Heather Armstrong. I am still single but taken. I admire the confidence in this composition. Such a good revelation from GOD. To all the single ladies out there, may this be your inspiration and your prayer. You are GOD's princess. Our GOD is more than enough for us.

This is an inspiration to me as I know my man has the qualities I desire. He is definitely my gift from GOD who is after GOD's own heart. He does not need to be named David to be said that he is after GOD's own heart. He is my Cody. He is GOD's Cody. He is GOD's prince. Isolated from the familiarity of the world. He is unique and different.

Make an impact. Make a difference. Make a ripple. Tip the scale.

GOD BE WITH YOU! GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY EVERYDAY!

ALL THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

A message for everyone

An email sent to me by one of my blessed girl friends:

This message may find you at a time of great peace and happiness. You may be feeling on top of the world, blessed and prosperous. There may be a smile on your face and a spring in your step. Everything is going your way; or not. You may, at this time, be in the midst of a storm. You might be in pain or even suffering. Perhaps you are facing a challenge in a relationship or marriage. You may be experiencing sadness or sorrow due to a recent financial loss or loss of a friendship.


No matter where you are on life's journey, or what you may be experiencing, you can take comfort in knowing that you are exactly where God wants you to be. Both the good and the bad situations weave together the fabric of your life. It takes both the rain and the sunshine to create a rainbow. The times of your life, both the times of joy and the times of sorrow, are responsible for making you into the person that you are. Without the variety of seasons in your life, you would not develop into the person God desires you to be. Now that may be difficult to understand or to accept, but it is the truth. Whether you are in a time of celebration or a time of darkness, you are where you are for a reason. Praise God no matter the time! He is in control and is providing the ingredients necessary for you to have the perfect outcome and blessing.
Do you need something to provide you more comfort than that?

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1

God bless my friends!!!

Special thanks to Heather Armstrong. You are a wonderful blessing in my life. Continue on serving GOD. I love you, my dear sister in CHRIST.

Make an impact. Make a difference. Make a ripple. Tip the scale.

GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY!

ALL THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

The Heart of True Worship

How do you know if you're worshipping GOD the right way?

As what my post title simply conveys, "The Heart of True Worship" means true worship can be found in the heart.

Your mouth might confess that you love GOD but do you really?

Let us talk about true worship. Have you examined yourself and asked yourself whether you are giving GOD true worship?



If used as an adjective, worship means excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness; honor; respect; obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.

GOD has revealed something to me months ago while I was singing praise and worship. The song line-up differ every Sunday. The worship team use alternate languages. For example, for this Sunday, English songs were used. Next Sunday, they'll be singing Filipino worship songs. And because I was brought up with English movies/shows, English books, English music as my mom is an English teacher so it was difficult for me to adapt to Filipino songs. Some of the Filipino worship songs were older than me. I do not know their lyrics and tunes. But then whenever the worship team had a Filipino line-up, there was a side of me that was disappointed. Amazingly, GOD revealed to me while I was praying, eyes closed while everyone around me was singing, that true worship doesn't have to depend upon the songs. What's important is the pure heart. So when I've memorized the lyrics while they were singing, I sang with everyone with a heart filled with awe of GOD. Second, sometimes the worship leader do not sing very well or doesn't sing in tune with the songs or sometimes makes mistakes that are very obvious. GOD makes me close my eyes while singing worship songs in one reason: to be able to focus on HIM and not on everyone else who surrounds me. True worship doesn't depend upon the songs leaders. We have different song leaders every week, by the way. hehehe! Third, sometimes we come to HIM with self-pity, feeling dirty and sinful. Before, I would feel that I do not deserve to sing worship songs because I have sinned a lot. That is not true worship. As what worship means worthiness. We give worship to GOD because HE is worthy of all our praise and worship, not because we are unworthy to give praise. True worship doesn't depend upon our unworthiness but our GOD deserves all the utmost praise and worship even to our lowliest state in life. The devil tries to steal our worship to GOD through our minds. Our mind is the battleground. If you do not control it and take hold of it, the devil will. The brain is connected to the heart so whatever our minds think, the hearts feel.



As what worship means when it is used as a noun: the act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God. And as a verb: to respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence; to pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate; to honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.



As we can see, it is centered on a certain being whom we are giving worship to. For us, Christians, our focus is on GOD. Not on anyone or ourselves. As what a certain song states, "I will worship you for who YOU are." I certainly love this song!

I want to thank Cody (my honey) because GOD used him as a confirmation to tackle on this topic. I wasn't asking for any confirmation but GOD gave me 2 confirmations. Cody shared a sermon given by their preacher from one of their Sundays. It was about true worship. He shared that true worship is about what is inside your heart. Not about the song, song leader or even the preacher. Second confirmation was the service earlier, Pastor Eric Noche preached that true worship is not about being prejudice. We, Christians, should intercede rather than criticize (a revelation given to me about discernment). We, Christians, should only utter blessings not curses. And do not do what is not your calling or what GOD is not asking you to do. Pastor Eric reiterated on the story of Martha and Mary. Martha opened the door for JESUS but JESUS did not ask her to do anything for HIM but she still made herself busy. On the contrary, JESUS sat down with Mary who listened to HIM with all ears. A very nice revelation.



True worship is not just about talking but also listening to what GOD desires for you. Sometimes, our mind is busy thinking and battling with GOD and the other voices we can hear that we sometimes miss what the still, small voice is whispering to us. You will recognize the still, small voice when there is peace and joy. As what James 1:17 states, "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." You will know HIS voice if you know HIS Word, if you read and meditate on HIS Word daily. HIS Word states everything that HE desires. Commands to obey. Partial obedience is still disobedience. Full obedience follows blessings and rewards. Though we should not be after the rewards. We should be after GOD's own heart. The heart of true worship focuses on GOD alone.

These are 2 songs that focus on GOD not on ourselves or what we are right now, what we have or what we can be but on who our GOD is.

The first one was revealed to me earlier. The other one is one of my favorite songs.



Lyrics:

How many roads did I travel
Before I walked down one that led me to You?
How many dream did unravel
Before I believed in a hope that was true?
How long? How far?
What was meant to fulfill only emptied me still
And all You ever wanted…

Only me on my knees
Singing holy, holy
And somehow
All that matters now is
You are holy, holy

How many deaths did I die
Before I was awakened to new life again?
How many half truths did bear witness to
‘Til the proof was disproved in the end?
How long? How far?
What was meant to illuminate shadowed me still

And all You ever wanted…
All I have is gratitude to offer You

Lyrics:

Standing here in Your presence
Thinking of the good things You have done
Waiting here patiently
Just to hear Your still small voice again

Holy, righteous, faithful to the end,
Saviour, Healer, Redeemer, and Friend

I will worship You for who You are
I will worship You for who You are
I will worship You for who You are
Jesus

My soul secure, Your promise sure
Your love endures always

True worship comes from the heart. A heart that only beats for our FATHER in heaven.

WORSHIP GOD ALONE WITH ALL OF YOU! GOD BE WITH YOU! GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY!

Make an impact. Make a difference. Make a ripple. Tip the scale.

ALL THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

Images in this post are from fotosearch

Adonai

ADONAI BY AVALON


Lyrics:

One single drop of rain
Your salty tear became blue ocean
One tiny grain of sand turning in your hand
A world in motion
You're out beyond the furthest Morning Star
Close enough to hold me in Your arms
Adonai, I lift up my heart and I cry
My Adonai
You're Maker of each moment
Father of my hope and freedom
Oh, my Adonai
One timid faithful knock
Resounds upon the Rock of Ages
One trembling heart and soul
Becomes a servant bold and courageous
You call across the mountains and the seas
I answer from the deepest part of me
Adonai, I lift up my heart and I cry
My Adonai
You are Maker of each moment
Father of my hope and freedom
Oh, my Adonai
Oh, From age to age you reign in Majesty
And today You're making miracles in me
Adonai! I lift up my heart and I cry
My Adonai You are Maker of each moment
Father of my hope and freedom
Oh, my Adonai

~~~Insight~~~

This is such a beautiful song about our Maker. The beautiful things He amazingly created. It is a revelation to me that our GOD can do the most impossible things. If HE can create the world and everything we see in it, then HE can do impossible things you've never imagined HE can do. ONLY BELIEVE. Sometimes it is in doubt that HE proves HIS power but its also because HIS amazing grace is sufficient to fill in those doubts. I want to dedicate this song to ate Leigh. ONLY BELIEVE (I got this from Mr. Smith Wigglesworth, a mighty warrior of GOD). GOD can do miracles. In HIS Will in HIS perfect timing. Our GOD who parted the Red Sea. Our GOD who created the heavens and the earth. What else can HE not do?

ADONAI BY HILLSONG


Lyrics:

I lift my voice
I lift my praise to You
I lift my hands
I lift my worship to You
And I love You more than I can say
Oh I love You more than I can say


Ever I will sing only You will I adore
Glorify my Lord only You will I serve
For the world will fade away
Still my song to You remains
Only You will I adore


Oh I love You always
Oh I love You always

~~~Insight~~~

I have listened to this song for more than 10 times in just one night. hahaha! I love this song! The world will fade away but our love and faith still remains. Our true worship to our True GOD will always remain. When we get to heaven, the only thing that we're going to do is to worship HIM and love HIM more than we can say. LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL!

I am celebrating my life today. September is my first year anniversary birthday hahaha! Thank You, my LORD and my FATHER for giving me a chance to live my life for YOU!

Make an impact. Make a difference. Make a ripple. Tip the scale.

GOD BE WITH YOU!

ALL THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!