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Be grateful for found blindness & wound
One day, when Jesus was coming near Jericho, a blind man named Bartimaeus was begging.
When Bartimaeus heard the excitement of the crowd around him, he asked, "What is happening?"
And when they heard that Jesus was coming on their way. Bartimaeus shout and cried out at the top of his lungs, "Lord and Son of David, have pity on me!"
People around him scolded him for the commotion he was creating. They even told him "Be quiet!"
But Bartimaeus did not stop. He shouted even louder. Jesus heard him, he stopped and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"
He answered, "Lord, I want to see." And Jesus touched their eyes and they could see and they became his followers.
(Matthew 20:29-34)
Bart cried out to Jesus precisely because he cannot see. Imagine if Bartimaeus was not blind. Then he would have just stood there and act just like everyone else in the crowd. Going with the flow. Showing no concerns to the other.
Let us go to the story point of the 'hushers'
The people around Bartimaeus were hushing him. "You are too noisy. Shut up. Keep it low!" But what did the blind do?
According to the Matthew 20:31 He shouted even louder... He did not mind them at all.
When you do things that other people don't do, there will be hushers in your life. These were the bystanders in your life who don't like anyone to stand out. Hushers are those who want you to be like them-- normal and unsuccessful.
Let us be thankful for our blindness because God feels our pain. He wants us to realize the lacks in our lives, things that are missing. He wants us to plead, move mountains and cross rivers because this lack disturbs our existence and pushes us to do something extraordinary. It pushes us to hold more unto Jesus. It pushes us to go nearer unto Him.
Let us pray that God will reveal our blindness & wound for us to find our wish that God can only give.
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A reminder that if we will depend on Him and be under His supervision. He will also give the desires of our hearts💕
He also taught me today to become clear with what I want. 😊 Let us grip on what we desire.
Happy sabbath!
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All the times we say "ill be thankful" yet we put conditions after it. We wait for something to happen before we start appreciating it and be thankful. We are not thankful on blessings that we have right now even those simple things that we received.
Being thankful is an explosive power. We could unlock our storeroom of blessings. Unlock our inner peace and unlock our contentment scaler. And even our wealth. Wealth is not about money and material things that you have. Wealth is measured by how thankful we are. Being thankful is a choice and if you become thankful? You see a wider perspective in life and you will appreciate things that you can see.
Be thankful for the life, family, sun, sky, and things that are already there. There were sometimes that we did not appreciate air even at the very start it was there to sustain our hearts and lungs with oxygen. We do just really forget it.
But if we want more miracles in our lives, we must be thankful not only for what we see right now but for what you do not see. According to 1 Thessalonians 5:18 KJV
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Be thankful even when it's difficult because we knew that there is God who is working behind the shadows. He is working behind the storms of your life. Let us not limit Him upon doing great and mighty things in our lives.
I even remember praying and questioning God why does He let me study in a school that wasn't fit into my custom. A school that did not appear in my plans. And a school where pain happens. Little did I know, that school was a great blessing for me today.
I could stop by and rest because I gain friends that always support me. A place where I can pass by going home. A place where all pains could be reminded of how strong I did get.
This storm became my blessing. And I do believe God is the one turn this storm into a blessing.
Instead of praying with fear of what is yet to come. Pray confidently in advance for what He will do. Be thankful for the blessings that you already have. But you also have to learn to be thankful for the blessings that are yet to come.
Be thankful!
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From this day I want to share what I read in my book titled " How to be a Blessing Magnet" by Bo Sanchez. It really gives me laughter and wit. It gives me practical lessons that could really be applied and change our perspective in life.
May we be reminded that God is the source of blessings and we are surrounded by it. God's love is abundant and could never falter.
May we enjoy this eight powerful ways to become a Blessing Magnet💕.
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I am a worrier, I tend to solve the problem immediately. And if I did not solve it, I became worried and bothered the whole day. Caused me to be irritable and uneasy.
When the Lord impressed me to do this thing. It helped me to become dependent on him and not worry for the future, instead deal with the present with Him. And let God reveal his miraculous ways on solving those problems.
1. I did have a small notebook and a pen. Everyday I write those things that bothers me.
2. Lift those problems in prayer.
3. Search his scriptures for guidance and comfort.
4. Live calmly and dependent on the Great and Mighty King, my God.
John 14:1
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
Let us lean on Him. He will never let us down.
#challenge #worryless #write #pray #read
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Let a Friend Challenge
It's been 5 days when I started this locked social media challenge. The only person who know the pattern is my friend.
We always had these times when we just plan to see something on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Youtube but we end up scrolling for a couple of hours. We also end up compromising the time that should be for God. Yes, I have a schedule for personal time with God, academics, and leisure, I don't want to burn myself with the perks of life. However, these social media unconsciously eating my time for requirements. Then, when the scheduled time for God came. I end up doing my requirements because the time is short for passing it. Hola! I forgot about God, I forgot our scheduled date. I was really guilty of ditching God on our scheduled date. I am really embarrassed about myself.
Sunday morning, I attended session on amphitheater and it came tge time that Ptr. Don gave us 10 minutes to be alone and reflect on the things that chains us to be free and to walk nearer to God. And the first thing I remember was my social medias, my time management.
I was moved to make this challenge happen. I install an app lock, let my prayer partner put a password and choose those social media that hindering me from being free.
Now, I can really see how God works in my life. He always reminding me on things I must do. I can have time to talk to my parents. I can have time to chitchat with my friends, time to prioritize my academics and especially time to talk with my God.
Yes, I do still have these times that I am tempted to open the app but then God always reminds me through this lock pattern that I must prioritize those on my sched list so that I could meet him at the exact time we decided to talk.
Let us not make room for the enemy to draw us away to our Lover.
Let us be reminded that He is waiting at your heart's door, continuously knocking and calling you to spend time with you.
My friends, let us take the time to talk with our Great Lover. He is waiting for you. Let us not forget him in the times of our pleasures. Let Him be our peace and joy that passeth in our hearts.
Philippians 1:9-10 CEV
I pray that your love will keep on growing and that you will fully know and understand how to make the right choices then you will still be pure and innocent when Christ returns.
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Challenged to Step Up
March 24, 2020, Tuesday morning, I was really tired. I did my devotional, pray and surrender everything to Him. Afterward, I felt tired and planning to go back to sleep. When I am about to lay on my bed the sunrays were really teasing me upon directing the rays on my eyes. Like “Are you kidding me? I want to sleep!”.
Then I was reminded of the discipleship training and it’s already 6:10! I barely have 20 mins to prepare, get food in the cafeteria and walk going to the centennial.
At the latter part of the training, Ptr Don challenged everyone on what could we do after receiving those lessons. Thinking this would be a practical time for us to maximize our time for sharing God’s message knowing that the virus minimizes our scope or place to go forth.
Then it came, some of us share what the Lord enlightens them. Some want online preaching, some want facebook live concert and so many suggestions. Yet, I was still there asking God, what can I contribute to your work? I even did not say any words within 1 week and 3 days of training. Yes, I talk and share on the group of four however when Ptr Don will ask on people who want to share? I was there on my seat full of ideas and words yet fixed like a tree attached to where they were planted and cannot move.
After the training, I opened my messenger and there I saw one message saying “Mae, go ka pa ba for a radio show?” Asking me if I am still interested in doing the radio show. I was very happy like I did found my purpose. At last! Like Yey! I accepted it but she said it will be after the lockdown soooo.... it will be after a few weeks from now. Too long to wait. Nah!
However, while walking back on the dorm my heart thumped. And I hear a voice saying “Why not be a voice for those who cannot talk on screen? I gave you a gift long ago do not keep it.”
I was reminded of how I was before, I do love reading and writing. I did keep it when I started studying Senior High up until now in college. I love doing it at the same time keeping it in this account that no one literally knows about me where I could express things and no overthinking on what could they say about me. But because I was keeping it. It ends up on forgetting it.
I ask myself, “Am I worthy to do this?” The funny thing was a memory passed by unto my mind a person who just had said it a few minutes before.”Do not hold yourself. Trust God and Do not doubt.” Hi! Ptr. Don.
At the time I enter my room I kneel on my bed and start praying. I don’t like the feeling of whats going on in my heart it feels like I'm burning too. It’s too hot! I did open my Bible after the prayer and it leads me to Isaiah 8:1 upon looking at it, I was shocked. Like Is this kidding me?
The verse says on my Bible’s version “The Lord said, ‘Isaiah, get something to write on...... ” I was still not satisfied I did hold my phone open the e-bible, look Isaiah thinking that maybe the translation is just too in time on Contemporary English Version, so I look at King James Version and it says “Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen.....” And yeah, It is still the same.
I do not know about myself, But I am sure that the Lord wants me to do this, after writing this I want to accept in my Gmail or even in Messenger some testimonies in any language or dialect. I am willing to write it for them or translate it or I do not know, I don’t want to limit myself now on how will the Lord wants me to use.
I want to encourage those people too, that we may not be the front-liners who preach or talk, but we can be used here so take a pen and paper and let us testify how the Lord works in our lives..... silently.
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Really love playing and spending time with them.
#NB3 #Uno #moviemarathon
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I will serve the King of kings.
I will serve Him using the talents and skills He gave me.
I will serve Him with these people.
I will always be His servant.
Because He first serve me at the cross of calvary, He saved me from sin.
That is why I will serve Him with my all in all. ☝
And I am indeed happy in the Service of My King.
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This will be my first appear on yearbook here in school yet this won't be my last look😊. I'll be going to wait my last photo also after 5 years studying for my Bachelor and Masteral degree. ❤
Fighting self!
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Small step can really help😊 Go self! Take your step.
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My tracts says it all #mayforever
I have this person from grade 6 to grade 10 then leave them when I was grade 11 & 12 not knowing that we will enter the same school for college.
He may always present by physical but he is always absent being my best friend. It was because we are busy in our own different life.
Now, inviting him in our ministry is not a bad thing. It has been the way for us to connect again.
The best friend that is always near yet so far.
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Serving God is really a commitment which you will going to spend energy, time and money to it. Sometimes we tend to be tired like we want to stop, to rest in the ministry but then God always know where and when to call you.
I had once been tired in the ministry which I commit. I prayed to God that at that moment, at that vacation I want to rest in the ministry. That if it was okay, I will just join again next year. Then, God answered my prayer very quickly. He sent a person in our house getting my parents permission and pushing me to grab my things for the ministry. And there I learned when you are called to serve, respond quickly to the call of our Father.
Until now, serving God is tiring yet fulfilling when you see yourself and the other growing in the service of the King. 😊
Psalms 37:4 CEV
Do what the Lord wants you to do: and He will give your heart's desire.
#intheserviceoftheking💕
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Finding joy in a group full of laughter will be included on the memories I have.
#smallgroup #touchinglives #unchained
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Life Lesson 246
One thing that you’ll discover is that as you build your life around Christ and around God’s priorities, more and more you will begin to see godly, Christ-focused men. As you begin to spend your time on the very same things — in prayer, and evangelism, serving on the mission field, and building the Kingdom of God— you will naturally be drawn toward other godly Christians, including young single men, who are on that same path.
We’re not looking for a man who is perfectly reflective of Jesus Christ in every single area of his life every moment of every day because we probably will not find that this side of heaven. But what’s important is the aim, the focus, and the direction of his life. Is Jesus Christ truly his greatest desire, his All in all, his focus for his life?
If you are wondering whether a man is truly built around Jesus Christ, when you are spending time with him are you inspired and motivated to grow in your own relationship with Christ? Or do you feel that being around him is distracting you from your relationship with Christ? That’s a really, really great way to test his true character, and to test the value of his relationship with Christ in his life.
A lot of times when you are single and you see a guy with these glimmers of godliness, you feel this panic like, “If I don’t figure out if this is the right guy for me in the next week, he’ll be taken by someone else!” And I think a lot of times that is because we don’t see a lot of godly guys.
God is raising up more and more Christ-built, honorable men all the time, and if His plan and purpose for you is marriage, He will bring the right man to you in the right time. You don’t need to be in a rush. You don’t need to be in a panic mode when you see a guy that might be marriage material. Take time to let God reveal to you his true character. Take time to really observe him and understand who he is, not who he wants you to see, or who he is on social media, or who he is when everyone’s watching — but who he really is at the core of his being.
Singleness has been looked at as something bad, something to avoid at all costs, and yet God has a tremendous purpose for singleness whether it’s for a short season or for the rest of your life. So it’s not something to be avoided like the plague. It’s something that God can work tremendously through the single years of your life. Don’t be afraid of singleness. When you make Jesus Christ your All in all, singleness is definitely not something to dread or something to fear. It can be an amazing season of your life.
Situation is what I like to call feminine mystery, and it’s also called strength and dignity in Proverbs 31. In Proverbs 31:25, it says, “Strength and dignity are her clothing, And she smiles at the future” (NASB). But the femininity of today’s world exudes the opposite of strength or dignity. Today’s femininity is weak, desperate for approval and attention, and undignified — self-promoting and in your face. Why is that so? Well, the answer is found in the next line of the verse. A woman of strength and dignity smiles at the future. When we are not satisfied in Christ we can’t smile at the future. Therefore, we can’t have the strength and the dignity that the Proverbs 31 woman has. Instead we throw our feminine mystery to the wind in an attempt to get the one thing that we think will secure our future and make us really happy.
In 1 Timothy 5:11-12, Paul is talking about young widows who cast off their first love because they desire to get married. He says, “…for when they feel sensual desires and disregard of Christ, they want to get married…” (NASB) “…thus incurring condemnation, because they have cast off their first faith”. And if you take a deeper look at what that means, to “cast off their first faith” means to disregard their convictions about putting Christ above all, and to believe that something besides Christ can bring them ultimate happiness. That is what single young women do so often today, doing whatever it takes to find their Prince Charming, posting selfies, doing online dating, flirting with guys — basically doing the opposite of what Harliss Maynell did with John Blanchard.
If you want to know the outcome of manipulative femininity just read the biblical story of Isaac and Ishmael. It gives us a glimpse of what happens when we become impatient and try to manipulate our circumstances. I love the famous quote that says, “God always gives his very best to those who leave the choice to Him.” And that is certainly true in the area of relationships!
The number one reason that women settle for less than God’s best for them in a man is because they are insecure and impatient, not finding their ultimate fulfillment in Christ alone. Waiting for God’s timing doesn’t mean hibernating away in a cave and never talking with the opposite sex, but it means trusting in His perfect timing and yielding to Him daily — letting Him bring the right man into your life in His own time and in His own way without manipulation and without impatience. And it means trusting that God can bring this kind of man into your life and not settling for less than one who’s character has been tested and proven. Remember that God cares more about this area of your life than even you do, and the Bible says that if we put our hope in Him we will not be put to shame. ~Leslie Ludy | Testing a Man’s True Character
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