Getting back on track

I know I've already mention this verse may times in this blog but isn't it so true "that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose" Romans 8:28

At the last quarter of 2013, something happened to one of Selah band member and because of that incident we were forced to make major changes in the band and of course the album recording was greatly affected. I was initially disappointed because this recording has taken much of our time and resources and efforts and it has been more than a year, then this ugly thing happened and I was really frustrated.

But you know what? God made me realized that it is actually for the good of the band, that it was not finish yet when that ugly thing happened, if the album is already available and the name of the band member is still on it, I can not imagine ourselves distributing/selling the album. We will all be forced to put it away, then all our efforts and hard work will be put to waste.

So yes, "in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose" God loves us that he make sure it (ugly thing) was exposed before the album is finished. We were given a clean slate this new year. Praise God!

We are now ready to get back in track and finish the recording, we have additional works to do because they have to remove and record all the bass instrument in the songs that were already finished but that's okay with us. God is good and I know we will finish at least before our church anniversary.

We are still praying for a new bassist but I worry not because I am sure God will give us that as he has given us all the things we need in this endeavor, I'm sure He would even give us cool orchestra instruments if there is a need of it because He is just like that. God who provides.

This weekend, the band will be in the recording studio again and yes we are getting back on track!

Glory to God!


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Faith Confession

I really do not know who the original source of this is, (I made the graphics) the wife of our Pastor gave it to us in one of our Intercessory prayer. Believing there is power in declaration I try to declare this everyday, every morning or every chance I have. Please feel free to grab the image and declare the same in your life. It is best to speak blessings and good things rather than rant and complain everyday di ba?

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Discipleship

Just came home from our discipleship session. I am currently teaching four young ladies in our church, four beautiful ladies desiring to become good followers of Christ. I love these girls because I can see how they love the Lord, they are all youth leaders and someday I know they will become great leaders of our church. The time and effort *not to mention the money* spent to them are worth it. As a matter of fact, God is also teaching me while I am teaching them.

I am inspired to study the word of God because they are enthusiastic to learn also  Tonight, we talk about the BIBLE, how and why it was written. How God is using the 66 books of the bible to teach us become better person and follower of Christ. As 2 Timothy 3:16 says “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness”. I am so glad that they knew the chronological order of the books of the bible and they are so willing to learn more.

Besides studying the word of God  we also do different things, sometimes we just eat out, have fellowship, sometimes we just pray for each other, sometimes we just share whatever we are going through or talk about anything under the sun, boys, fashion, school, work & many more, in that way,our relationship becomes deeper. I become part of their life and they become part of mine.

And I thank God for giving them to me, I consider them my children in our church  :)

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Anyways,  change topic, they say Apricot seeds kill cancer cells ( I should have known when my Dad was still alive we could have tried it) but I only read about it lately eh, don't know though if it really does, but just in case you are looking for raw apricot, you can check apricot kernals here and see if this interest you. And  hope it helps.

God bless everyone!!

Pslam 36:7

Loose change for greater purpose

I remember writing a post on my other blog about saving our loose change last year, it was supposed to be for Rudolf's gig bag, how he wanted one for his and Andrew's guitar but God want it for a more greater purpose pala. When typhoon Haiyan hit Leyte and Samar late this year, we both agreed to donate the money in those cans.

This year, we are starting anew and I added a new can :) One can for each coin (no military coin of course) and I still don't know where we will use it, no specific yet. I do want to save it for my second hand keyboard but maybe it can be for another great purpose again di ba?

I am actually encouraging our youth to do that also, save their coins and also my nieces and nephews.

Aside from that, I hope I can save up more also for our dream house :)

Youth Mission Camp 2014 : CEBU

 

Please include this event in your prayers. This is our 2nd year, last year, it was held in Davao. Participants will be youth from different churches in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Please pray for the provision (for airfare and registration fee)
Please pray for the out pouring of the Holy Spirit
Please pray for all the young people who will participate to experience God like never before
Please pray that participants will have "unstoppable" faith afterwards.

Thank you.

Thank you Lord

Psalm 25:1

image source : http://anextraordinaryday.net/trusting/

 

 

 

 

 

If we put our trust in God, there is nothing we should worry about :) Everything is taken care of because God is in control.

Thanksgiving & Christmas Party

We had lot's of fun yesterday at the church. It was our Thanksgiving and Christmas Party at the same time. We have so much to be thankful for even so as a church. God has been faithful to us ever since the day we started on our own. God has blessed us with a nice worship place although it's temporary but still we are thankful for that.

Recently, He has provided for us a prayer venue- air conditioned prayer room and best of all, it's free! Every Saturday morning we do our intercessory prayer there. God met all our needs as a church, the rental, the allowances for our workers and Pastors, the bills and all our ministry needs. GOD IS SO GOOD!

 some pics are blurred..sorry but I will upload more later :)

Thank you Lord for everything that you have given to us. Thank you for every testing too because we know you are just purifying each and everyone of us. Thank you for all the blessings big and small. Thank you for our relationships, for our families and friends. Thank you for the nice weather (perfect) not too cold so no need for heated mattress pad but not too warm either :)

Thank you for  giving us your Son Jesus Christ, the reason why we have Christmas.

Psalm 13

I am on Psalm 13 today and I love the image below because it gave me clearer picture of the whole passage. I admit, sometimes I stay longer on the "lament" part which should not be because our God is our refuge. we should trust HIM and His unfailing love for us :)

image source : http://grantenglish.com/archives/2012/03/07/the-laments-in-the-psalms/