| TODAY’S SCRIPTURE |
| “Honor and majesty are [found] in His presence; strength and joy are [found] in His sanctuary.” |
| (1 Chronicles 16:27, AMP) |
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| TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria |
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Do
you need more strength and joy in your life? The Bible tells us that in
God’s presence there is fullness of joy — the most abundant and
complete! And when you have His joy, you have His supernatural strength.
There’s nothing that can come against you when you are filled with the
strength and joy of the Lord.
Notice
this verse says that strength and joy are found in His sanctuary. One
translation says they are found “where He is.” And do you know “where He
is?” His Spirit is alive in every believer, but in His Word He promises
that He inhabits, or manifests, in the praises of His people. That
means when you begin to praise and worship God, either corporately in a
church setting or privately in your personal time, God is there. You are
in His sanctuary. Anytime you feel depleted or overwhelmed, just begin
to sing a song of praise to Him. Declare His goodness and faithfulness.
Draw near to Him, and He will draw near to you. He’ll fill you with His
joy and strength so that you can live as an overcomer all the days of
your life!
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| A PRAYER FOR TODAY |
| Father, I bless You today. I thank You for Your goodness in my life. Thank You for filling me with Your strength and joy. I praise and worship You today in Jesus’ name. Amen. |
| — Joel & Victoria Osteen |
Monday, March 18, 2013
Where Strength and Joy are Found
Monday, March 11, 2013
Worship Night this Friday
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Trusting HIM
46 days to go before the mission camp.
We now have plane tickets going to Davao but we don't have a return ticket yet and the airline promo of low fare is now gone. Sometimes I worry of all the expenses we will incur for this local mission trip even though I know that God will provide for us like He always did in all our mission trips.
I have to remind myself everyday that God is going to take care of everything.
He is in control and He is in-charge of the whole mission camp. Even the funds for the school supplies that we are going to give to kids in calamity affected areas, I'm sure He will provide for that.
I just have to TRUST HIM completely. Like how I trusted HIM in everything in our lives.
I remember this very feeling when we are about to get married but God took care of every details during the wedding, the caterer, wedding ring sets, the venue, as in God provided for everything.
I also remember our month long mission trip in Sabah, Malaysia. Our needs are met while in the mission trip.
What we did is just trust HIM completely and not doubt. And that is what I am going to do for this mission camp. TRUST the LORD and I will feel fine.
We now have plane tickets going to Davao but we don't have a return ticket yet and the airline promo of low fare is now gone. Sometimes I worry of all the expenses we will incur for this local mission trip even though I know that God will provide for us like He always did in all our mission trips.
I have to remind myself everyday that God is going to take care of everything.
He is in control and He is in-charge of the whole mission camp. Even the funds for the school supplies that we are going to give to kids in calamity affected areas, I'm sure He will provide for that.
I just have to TRUST HIM completely. Like how I trusted HIM in everything in our lives.
I remember this very feeling when we are about to get married but God took care of every details during the wedding, the caterer, wedding ring sets, the venue, as in God provided for everything.
I also remember our month long mission trip in Sabah, Malaysia. Our needs are met while in the mission trip.
What we did is just trust HIM completely and not doubt. And that is what I am going to do for this mission camp. TRUST the LORD and I will feel fine.
Lending to God
“I promise that I’ll bless you with everything I have – bless and bless and bless!”
Hebrews 6:14 (MSG)
As I heard the sound of a handful of coins being emptied onto a table, I couldn’t help but glance at the person next to me. She was an old lady in tattered clothes who timidly ordered three pieces of pan de sal. As I saw that she was barefoot, I quickly got my pair of extra slippers in the car and gave it to her.
A few days after, our mission team went to the mountains and distributed gifts to the less privileged members of our outreach. On our way home, we had a quick stopover near outlet stores. I checked out some rubber shoes in a prestigious sports store. I needed a new pair then but didn’t have the budget for it yet. I was pleasantly surprised when a member of our team saw me and asked me if I like the shoes. He quickly bought it for me and in no time, I was running back to our bus wearing a new pair of rubber shoes!
Proverbs 19:17 (NLT) says, “If you help the poor you are lending to the Lord – and He will repay you.” God is faithful to His promises and more than wants to bless His people in every way. - Tapê of The Living Water.
What a privilege, O Lord, to be able to lend to You.
Help me to be compassionate to the poor.
Amen.
WISE WORDS “The greatest feats of love are performed by those who have had much practice in performing daily acts of kindness.” - Anonymous
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
When Life isn't fair
devotional from joelosteen.com
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Summer mission trips
As of this writing, we have two confirmed local mission trip this summer, the first one is the "Youth Mission camp" to which I am one of the organizer. It's gonna be in Davao ( Mindanao part of the Philippines) and it's a one week trip. Highlight of this will be the ministry we will be doing with the kids who were greatly affected by recent calamities that hit Mindanao. We will have feeding and we will give them some school supplies also.
This will be on APRIL 22-27, 2013, but me and my husband are going there earlier than that, probably the 20th of April which means we will be celebrating our 7th year wedding anniversary in Davao, (wish we could sneak in some leisure time to celebrate but that's quite impossible because of the enormous task assigned to me-but it's okay, who knows God might gift us a seventh or eight honeymoon in paris france wow! I would love that :)
Our second local mission trip is in Palawan and this will be on May 21-25. This a youth congress with more or less 500 young people expected in attendance. The band (SELAH) will be the main worship team and we are just so glad that God has given us the privilege to serve Him through music. My husband is so excited with this trip.
Now, we are faced with two major problems, financial because these mission trips are quite far and both needed plane tickets, aside from financial challenges, next thing I'm worried about is "the leave for work" we both have to do as we are both working and currently my boss is not in the mood to allow my absences. (please help me pray for that area)
I'm a believer of the slogan "when God sends you to mission, He will also send provision" and I'm sure he will meet our needs for that.
So there, 2 misison trips for this summer and we are excited. If you want to help (specially with the school supplies giving) just please let me know :) and as always your prayers are appreciated very much!
This will be on APRIL 22-27, 2013, but me and my husband are going there earlier than that, probably the 20th of April which means we will be celebrating our 7th year wedding anniversary in Davao, (wish we could sneak in some leisure time to celebrate but that's quite impossible because of the enormous task assigned to me-but it's okay, who knows God might gift us a seventh or eight honeymoon in paris france wow! I would love that :)
Our second local mission trip is in Palawan and this will be on May 21-25. This a youth congress with more or less 500 young people expected in attendance. The band (SELAH) will be the main worship team and we are just so glad that God has given us the privilege to serve Him through music. My husband is so excited with this trip.
Now, we are faced with two major problems, financial because these mission trips are quite far and both needed plane tickets, aside from financial challenges, next thing I'm worried about is "the leave for work" we both have to do as we are both working and currently my boss is not in the mood to allow my absences. (please help me pray for that area)
I'm a believer of the slogan "when God sends you to mission, He will also send provision" and I'm sure he will meet our needs for that.
So there, 2 misison trips for this summer and we are excited. If you want to help (specially with the school supplies giving) just please let me know :) and as always your prayers are appreciated very much!
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Salaray or Reward?
~sharing what I got from my e-mail this morning~
“Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them;
for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 6:1
I have a monthly salary that compensates my work. It is a fixed amount. From this amount taxes are withheld, tithes and offerings are given, bills are paid, basic necessities are bought, assistance is given to those in need and whatever is left goes to a savings account.
Way above my salary are heavenly blessings. It is a non-fixed amount . These include fullness of life, health, an incredibly loving family, deep peace, boundless joy, fulfillment, a thrilling vocation, an eternal inheritance and so on. It is infinitely more valuable than my salary.
The Gospel today offers us a choice: human compensation or heavenly reward. If you give alms, pray or fast for public approval, then the applause is your compensation. If you give alms, pray or fast in secret, a heavenly reward awaits. Do the math: which would you prefer? This Lent, give alms secretly. Pray more in secret. Fast secretly. As you do so, prepare yourself for immeasurable rewards from heaven! - Moses of The Living Water.
Lord, I want to know You, love You and serve You more this Lent. Help me to give more alms, pray more and fast more – secretly – in the coming weeks.
Amen.
WISE WORDS: “Success lies, not in achieving what you aim at, but in aiming at what you ought to achieve, and pressing forward, sure of achievement here,
or of not here, hereafter.” - Robert Forman Horton
“Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them;
for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 6:1
I have a monthly salary that compensates my work. It is a fixed amount. From this amount taxes are withheld, tithes and offerings are given, bills are paid, basic necessities are bought, assistance is given to those in need and whatever is left goes to a savings account.
Way above my salary are heavenly blessings. It is a non-fixed amount . These include fullness of life, health, an incredibly loving family, deep peace, boundless joy, fulfillment, a thrilling vocation, an eternal inheritance and so on. It is infinitely more valuable than my salary.
The Gospel today offers us a choice: human compensation or heavenly reward. If you give alms, pray or fast for public approval, then the applause is your compensation. If you give alms, pray or fast in secret, a heavenly reward awaits. Do the math: which would you prefer? This Lent, give alms secretly. Pray more in secret. Fast secretly. As you do so, prepare yourself for immeasurable rewards from heaven! - Moses of The Living Water.
Lord, I want to know You, love You and serve You more this Lent. Help me to give more alms, pray more and fast more – secretly – in the coming weeks.
Amen.
WISE WORDS: “Success lies, not in achieving what you aim at, but in aiming at what you ought to achieve, and pressing forward, sure of achievement here,
or of not here, hereafter.” - Robert Forman Horton
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Our eyes are on YOU Jesus!
We're currently preparing the program for the youth camp. I'm done with the draft and am just waiting for our Pastor and other camp organizers to double check it and have their final say.
To tell you honestly, everytime I think of this camp, my mind and heart go rolling (I get butterflies in the stomach) and never felt this for quite sometime not since our wedding day :) It only means I'm really nervous/anxious about the camp because it's BIG and it's quite a task to organize such. Not to mention that the campsite is less than two hours flight from here. And that we have to bring almost everything there (tent and bedding included-well at least we need not bring kitchen stuff and ph meter as they are already provided for.
But then, I am always reminded that really I can do nothing if I rely on my own (strength, wisdom, skills and all) but if I surrender everything to the Lord and tell Him that without HIM there's nothing I can do. I am very sure He will help me.
Like what King Jehoshaphat said when they are about to fight a vast army
in 2 Chronicles 20:12 "We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”
And God helped them. And I really do not know what to do with the camp (specially with the 500 participants) but my eyes, our eyes are on JESUS.
And I'm counting on your prayers and help too. It encourages me A LOT.
And God helped them. And I really do not know what to do with the camp (specially with the 500 participants) but my eyes, our eyes are on JESUS.
And I'm counting on your prayers and help too. It encourages me A LOT.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The NATIONS; My MISSIONS
Prayer request for this camp:
1. Provision for all the youth who will attend ( Transportation and Registration fee)
2. Safety and protection during the whole camp time
3. Knowledge and wisdom for all the camp speakers
4. Moving of the Holy Spirit -that everyone will have a special encounter with the Lord, that each heart will be awaken to do as what we have told by the Lord in Mark 16:15
Thanks and blessings to everyone!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Youth Mission Camp
"Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails." Proverbs 19:21
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Last year after our church annual youth camp, we started planning on this years camp, and we decided to take it to a higher level. We will be doing a "MISSION CAMP" for our youth. Because our church is a missionary sending church, it is but right to start training our youth for Missions as early as possible. So "Mission Camp" it is.
But after months of planning, God revealed his greater and bigger plans. This Mission camp that we originally planned for the youth of our church is now a "Mission Camp" for the youth of different churches and we are now preparing for at least 500 young people from all over the Philippines.
"Wow that's big! Can we do it? " That's exactly my words when we learned about it. I even asked our Pastor if we are really doing this and his words encouraged me "We can't do it but but God can". So true, sometimes I tend to look on what I cannot do and forget that God can use me, our small church, our youth Pastor, our worship team, you and ordinary people to do extra ordinary things for His glory!
So, last weekend, we were in Davao, we inspected the campsite and had meetings with our co-organizers from there, We were blessed to meet selfless servants of God who are really on fire. In Davao, midnight prayers and dawn prayers are everywhere :) It was such an honor to be able to join them.
I'm asking everyone who read this (wherever you are) to please include this "Mission Camp" in your prayers, our goal is to awaken the youth that this is the end times and that God can use them for this generation to spread the gospel and win souls for Jesus Christ. So please please pray that many young people will benefit from this camp, pray for their finances, pray for their safety and for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit during the entire camp days.
Thanks and God bless everyone!
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Last year after our church annual youth camp, we started planning on this years camp, and we decided to take it to a higher level. We will be doing a "MISSION CAMP" for our youth. Because our church is a missionary sending church, it is but right to start training our youth for Missions as early as possible. So "Mission Camp" it is.
But after months of planning, God revealed his greater and bigger plans. This Mission camp that we originally planned for the youth of our church is now a "Mission Camp" for the youth of different churches and we are now preparing for at least 500 young people from all over the Philippines.
"Wow that's big! Can we do it? " That's exactly my words when we learned about it. I even asked our Pastor if we are really doing this and his words encouraged me "We can't do it but but God can". So true, sometimes I tend to look on what I cannot do and forget that God can use me, our small church, our youth Pastor, our worship team, you and ordinary people to do extra ordinary things for His glory!
So, last weekend, we were in Davao, we inspected the campsite and had meetings with our co-organizers from there, We were blessed to meet selfless servants of God who are really on fire. In Davao, midnight prayers and dawn prayers are everywhere :) It was such an honor to be able to join them.
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| midnight prayer in front of Davao's City Hall |
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| one of the churches we visited (we stayed here one night) it's literally in top of the mountain |
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| this is the camp site, that's me and our youth Pastor discussing if we really can do it here :D |
I'm asking everyone who read this (wherever you are) to please include this "Mission Camp" in your prayers, our goal is to awaken the youth that this is the end times and that God can use them for this generation to spread the gospel and win souls for Jesus Christ. So please please pray that many young people will benefit from this camp, pray for their finances, pray for their safety and for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit during the entire camp days.
Thanks and God bless everyone!
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