The Long Wait Is Over

I could never imagine this day would come

Heaven sent, that’s where you’ve came from

A precious gift that’s what you are

Now my beloved who has come this far

I did not chose you

But my heart chose you

I can’t hide it, I can’t stop it

This joy in one box I just can’t fit

I’ve waited for so long

Played a million song

But this love’s worth waiting for

And  I couldn’t ask for more

Indeed this is the right time

Not because of that magic “wine”

Nor because my mind said “fine”

But because God said “it’s time”

Although how much we run from each other

But we will always end up together

We’ve waited and endured a little longer

But now the long wait is over

I long to see you each and everyday

I desire to be with you in any way

If only I can fly to where you are at this hour

Make memories we can call ours

Nevertheless, all things work together for good

Even sometimes I have a fluctuating mood

I just want to hug you so tight

Because you don’t easily give up the fight

Love is a decision, it’s a choice

It’s you and I want to rejoice

You are my first and my last love

God’s gift from up above

I made a covenant in my heart

When we are near or we’re apart

I will always love you till end

And these words will never bend

I will honor you and respect you

Your words I will submit to

You are my beloved and my lover

My bestfriend and lifetime partner

Not so long from now

You and me will make a vow

When I will walk in that aisle

You and me will stare at each other’s eye

Our lovestory is not just a fantasy

Because now its a reality

Together forever until we grow old

Your hands I will still desire to hold

My heart just wants to give praise

God’s banner over me I will raise

His promises are true coz He answered my prayer

Indeed His love and faithfulness endures forever

You Dont Need to Win Every Battle

One night while watching TV in our flat, I heard loud shouts from outside. I couldn't help but to find out what's going on. I looked outside the window and I saw two cars fighting for the road. It seems nobody wants to give way. After about 15 minutes of shouting against each other, it seems they all went to their cars and just stared at each other for a couple of minutes more until someone gives up! I was able to capture the last minutes of the car fight.

Most drivers suffer stress because of their co-drivers' attitude towards driving. They often lose temper and show uncontrolled anger in the middle of the road. Just like what we have seen in the video. I guess the main reason is Pride. 

Here are the basic signs;

1. You don't accept corrections.

2. You can't accept defeat.

3. You're never wrong, you always think you're right.

4. It's hard for you to submit for authority.

5. Sorry is the hardest word to say.
6. You brag too much about yourself.
7. You talk more than you listen.
8.  You take all the credit for everything.
9. You always wants to be in the center of attention.
10. You always wants to go first.

Pride can lead you to a disastrous life because its hard for people to like you. You will have very limited friends. No one wants to stick with you because you have an unlikeable attitude. Yeah I know...its really hard to be humble specially when you live in a competitive world. Raising the white flag is an act of defeat and weakness as what the majority looks at it. However, you cannot develop strong relationship with others if you're heart is full of pride.

True recognition comes only from God. Sometimes, people may not see our hard work but God does. Success is not gained by stepping others but in excellence along with a good relationship with others. In order to advance, accept that you have limitations. Acknowledge your weakness and learn to accept correction. Listen to other people's advise. Apologize when you hurt others. Respect the authorities, your superiors, the elders and spiritual leaders. Don't take all the credit, share it with the team and appreciate others' achievements. Be thankful for everything God has given you.

There are certain battles that doesn't require you to win. Nonsense quarrels and arguments will lead you to nowhere. Losing this type of battle is a victory.  Whoever loses his life for God's sake will find it. Whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Pride sucks, Humility rules!

 

Everything is Meaningless

We all know that our life here in earth is just temporary. Our life span is not permanent for we all know that we will face death one day. Earth is just our temporary home and heaven is the place we really belong. It is the place where God made for all His children.

In the book of Ecclesiastes, it clearly states there that everything is meaningless. Ecc. 1:2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.“Utterly meaningless Everything is meaningless.” Several points have been mentioned and discussed in this book about the things that are meaningless under the sun.

1. Wisdom is meaningless.

Ecc. 1:18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. I wrestled with God when i meditate these words for I believe that one of the greatest gift God can give to mankind is the gift of wisdom but I came to realize that this too is meaningless. How come? Let’s sight for example the aethiest - it is their belief that the Bible is not true and that they question the existence of God. They try to prove this through searching facts how to support this theory. Another example are the scientists, they have spent almost all their lives studying and discovering new technologies or perhaps doing some experiments and inventions. What Im trying to say is that the more knowledge you have, the more critical and cynical you become. Hence, it’s difficult for you to trust an opinion or an idea for you make sure that everything is supported by a fact and that you become perfectionist. That’s why it is clearly stated in the Bible that with much wisdom comes much sorrow and the more knowledge, the more grief.

2. Pleasures are meaningless.

 Ecc. 2:10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil. 11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. In this verse, the man did everything what he desires. He spoiled himself with pleasure. Everything that will satisfy his heart. He make sure that in everything he does will make him happy. But he when he evaluate all the things he has done, he realized that everything is meaningless. Sometimes, as human as we are, we tend to be egoistic or self-satisfying. We tend to seek happiness in many ways but then we still reach to that point in which our flesh wants more, it’s as if a never ending search for pleasure. We tend not to be satisfied. Once you are happy today but tomorrow changes. Our emotions still flactuates.

3. Toil is meaningless.

Ecc. 2:18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. Toil simply defines as your hardwork. Each one of us has his own dreams and aspirations for success. We work really hard to achieve it through our careers, our business, etc. But then, all of our hardwork will still be passed on the the younger generation since we can’t work for the rest our lives. There will come a time that we get old and retire from work. This means that all our hardwork now, will not be ours forever.

4. Advancement is meaningless.

Ecc. 4:13 Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning. 14The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom. 15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor. 16 There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. In other words, advancement is reaching from a low level to a higher level. How can this too is meaningless when we are talking about growth and success here? Let’s take for example the two persons mentioned in these verses. The wise young man but poor and the other is the old foolish king. In this scenario, the people under the authority of the king followed the young man (king’s successor) for he is more wiser than the king and those people who are born later will not be pleased with the successor maybe because the new generation will think that he’s leadership skills is not appropriate or applicable to them and all. Same thing in the government, people murmur about complaints and demands from their leaders. It seems, it’s a never ending cycle.

5 Riches are meaningless.

Ecc. 5:10 Whoever loves money never has enough;whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.This too is meaningless. Let’s all face the fact that everybody needs money. You’ll sound plastic if you’ll say I dont need money for how can we survive in our stay here without money? Of course we need money but this verse is trying to say to us that the love of money is meaningless. We will never be satisfied even if we have all the wealth in the world. Haven’t you notice that the more money we have the greater is our demand and the more demands we have the greater is our desire to have money. No one will ever be satisfied with this kind of lifestyle.

Now that we know that all these things are meaningless, I am not encouraging you to quit your jobs and studies and to stop aiming for success. Things that we should aim and put our focus for is in 2 Cor. 4:18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. This should be our number one priority in life for everything that we see here on earth is temporary and meaningless but on the otherhand everything we do for the Lord is meaningful and has an eternal value. So, why should we waste our time and energy for things that will not last?

Col. 3:23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.

Everything that we invest for God is not time wasted but time invested!

Don’t get too excited – Go back to basic!

Days before the final exam, a student will spend some time to study his lessons in preparation. Despite of those sleepless nights of spending much time and effort of studying however he flunked the test.  Why? Because he forgot to read the instructions!

This is what happens when you have forgotten to do the basic thing. You may have invested a lot of effort to do a major task but when you forgot to do the basic thing, it may ruin everything.

There was one time I was working on an important video presentation for a friend. It took me a lot of time to do that. Slept at 2am and 3am to finish that project but then I realize I cannot able to save it because I need to buy the premium version to be able to access all the features. I was exhausted and very disappointed because I was not aware that I am just using the trial version.  Grrrrr….

Sometimes we get too excited to do a certain thing that we forget to sit down and ponder the basic things.

In the Bible.. Luke 14:28-32

The verse tells us that when a man builds a tower, he's not compulsive to work on it right away. He sits down, thinks and plans accordingly. He makes sure everything is set before he start to do the job. He calculates how much will be the cost of the project; get a good supplier with a reasonable price that can deliver the project in a span of time. He calculates how the work will be done as per the deadline.

In the same manner, when a king is about to go to war, he will sit down and do the plan; he will make sure how many warriors are needed to go the battlefield. He will do some research to prepare for the Great War.

When a person remembers the basic things, he will eventually reach and succeed in the major things. We should never underestimate humble beginnings. We might start with a scratch, with almost nothing and with hopeless scenarios but eventually, slowly but surely we will reach and achieve our goal.

In Ecclesiastes 3:1 .... There's a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven.

There are some things that we cannot achieve now because we are still in the process of doing the basic things and building the foundations. The more you spend time on the basic things, the more you master it and the more you master it, the more you become an expert and when you become an expert you will not be afraid to go to the next big thing coz you know to yourself that you are prepared enough to face what lies ahead of you. You know that you have a strong background with the basic things and rooted with a strong foundation.

How to have a strong foundation? 

By building it in the word of God!

In Matthew 7:24-27 there are two types of builders; the wise and the foolish builders. The wise builds his house on the rock while the foolish builds his house on the sand.

The Rock is immovable, unshakeable and unchangeable. Meanwhile, sand is inconsistent, changeable; it separates and goes with the wind.  When you build a house in neither one of them, its foundation will be tested when the wind, storm and earthquakes come. If the building falls easily, then it means it doesn’t have strong foundation.

Same thing with our life, you are wise when you hear the word of God and put it into practice. This simply means you are building your life in a strong foundation. Ps. 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 

Plant your life in the word of God for heaven and earth may pass away but God’s word will never pass away.  Temporal things such as wealth, career and relationships can diminish consequently when you build your life on these things when they perish, you will also perish. Whereas, in the Lord you will not be shaken, you will not be moved. For if God is with you, who can be against you?

Proverbs 16:3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed.

The key to success is to devote yourself to God. He will always be faithful to His word. He will never leave you, He will never forsake you. (Heb. 13:5) Submit your blueprint to God, and then let His will be done.

Plan as if you cannot pray and pray as if you cannot plan. 

 

Seen Zone

GSM Church History: How we started...

Great Shepherd Ministries commonly known as GSM, started in 2014 with only 6 members. The gathering was intended only for a prayer meeting and fellowship with Huawei Christian co-workers but unknowingly God has a bigger plan for us more than we can imagine. The gathering was increasing in numbers as it was consistently held once a week.

Until such time, God gave us a very strong message to build a church through prophetic words and visions. The revelations were consistent, clear and spontaneous. Fear, hesitations and reluctance were initially manifesting without any resources how to make this thing possible. We the pioneers faced different testing of faith and moldings as God’s way of preparation for His plan in our lives. In layman’s term, kumbaga dumaan kami sa butas ng karayom. (In other words, it’s if we went through the hole of the needle). It involved surrender and getting out from our comfort zone. As how the gold refined by fire so as God refined us to become the precious gold He wants us to be. It was never easy. I can say we literally sow in tears. But God said in His words, those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. (Psalm 126:5).

As part of our obedience, by faith we started to invest for the church such as pouring out of finances, efforts and skills combined with prayer and fasting. Step by step, we sought everything according to God’s leading. We may not saw the abrupt results but we knew in our hearts that it will come to pass as what the Lord has revealed to us. We created and planted those revelations in the spiritual with lots of prayer and declaration accompanied with fasting to manifest in the physical.

Indeed, when God gave a vision He will give the provision! The moment we said yes to God it is already amen in Christ Jesus. We literally walked by faith, holding on to what the Lord has revealed to us. 

May 9, 2014 we had our first Friday Fellowship as a church with more or less 15 attendees, a drum set and one acoustic guitar in the Church Sanctuary, Al Misrea Tower, Juffair Kingdom of Bahrain. 

I remember one time; we had our Jericho ride all over the streets of Bahrain from end to end interceding for this land. Just like how Joshua and the Israelites marched along the walls of Jericho so as we stood in the gap to break the walls the enemy has built over this land. 

Amazingly, those prophetic words and visions were coming to pass! Within the year, we held two Encounter God Retreat (EGR) and two Water Baptism that was participated with new born believers. We can see God’s hand is at work in our church as we were buying additional chairs week by week to accommodate the new attendees! From a number of 15, the multiplication was overwhelming as it grew to 50 attendees with 7 Bible studies such as the IronMan (Boys BS), Hoora BS, Ladies BS, Tariq BS, Tubly BS and Juffair BS along with  our Weekly Monday Encounter where the church was born. 

Not only that, GSM church is also involved in partnering with other church and mission agencies in sending finances for Mission in taking part of the Great Commission to reach out for the lost souls to the ends of the earth. 

The Mandate of the Church is in Luke 4:18-19 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

We hold on to what the Lord has commanded us. GSM church was not built by human hands but built by God. It is not under any denomination because our only foundation is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Until now, we are still living by faith. Some boast in horses, some boast in chariots but we will boast in the name of the Lord our God. (Psalm 20:7)

Now that we are on our one year anniversary, no words can fully describe how thankful we are that God has been faithful. We thank Him for what He has done in our hearts, in our lives and in our church. To Him we give the highest praise, the highest worship, the highest adoration – the King of kings, the Lord of lords. To God be the Glory!

April Fool’s Day

Signs that the guy you like doesn’t like you

Many women out there tend to assume that the guy they like; likes them back. It is very hard to know what is in the heart of the guy most especially if he’s your friend and you see him almost every day. Many times you are wishing if only you can open his heart and see what’s inside of it since he seems so mysterious and secretive about the area of his lovelife. Women who have guy friends, especially if they consider themselves best of friends may or may not end up in a romantic relationship. If not, I believe that at some point one or the other must have considered the thought of “what if we become a couple?”  

Anyway, if you are the type of girl who really doesn’t initiate or do the first move to show your affection to the person you like then, you don’t have a choice but to wait. Haha… frankly speaking, I will give you some tips how to end this misery of yours by identifying if your guy friend likes you or not.

1. He doesn’t look at you. One of the most obvious sign that the guy likes a girl is when he constantly looks at her. When your guy doesn’t even looks at you they way you look at him well maybe that’s just a one way romantic love.

2. He doesn’t initiate to send you a text message or chat with you unless if its important. Most of the time he only reply accordingly to what you are asking. Or worst he dares not to reply to your message at all! He doesn’t make conversations with you.

3. He doesn’t initiates to hang out with you; you always do the first move. When he ask for a date, you’ll be disappointed because it’s always a group date!

4.  He doesn’t treat you special. You will know if he likes your if he makes a little effort specially on special occasions like your birthdays, Christmas, New Year and Valentines. If he’s treatment or he greets you like any of your friends then probably he’s just treating you as his friend.

5. When you get sick, there’s no special treatment. Sad to say but at times like this, you might hope that he visits you at your house to bring you some meds or fruits but he will just send you a text message saying “get well soon”.

6. He flirts with other girls in front of you. Your guy friend doesn’t care at all what you will feel if he flirts with other women. He will even ask you favor to ask the woman’s number or tell you or rather force you to introduce him to her. As usual you will be pissed off! Haha

7. When he talks about his ideal girl, you realize you don’t fit for his qualifications.

8. When finally you got an extra courage to show a bit of your feelings to give him a hint that you like him but his reaction or response is the opposite to what you are expecting.  

That’s it! If half or more than half of the above falls on you, well girl sorry to that say he doesn’t like you. It might be painful if I’m saying this straight to your face because you need to wake up from reality and stop living in fantasy. Don’t worry if he doesn’t feels the same coz I’m pretty sure God has prepared for you someone better. Do not lose your self esteem and be discouraged because they are plenty of fishes in the ocean. Cheer up and be happy. Life is beautiful. There’s beauty in waiting coz I believe that true love waits.

The born again experience (buhay patoo ni Jade)

Siya c Jade. Dati, napaka worldly ng buhay NIya at namuhay Talaga Siya Sa kasalanan. Para din Siyang kagaya ni Paul nA nagpepersecute ng mga believers ni Lord lalong Lalo nA Sa kapatid niya.

Araw Araw Siya pinagpray ng kapatid niya nA Sana ay magkaroon Siya ng encounter kay Lord to the point nilalay-hands Siya nito Habang natutulog. Mahigit kumulang limang taon Siyang pinagpray ng kapatid niya nA Sana ay makakilala Siya Sa Panginoon. Hanggang Sa dumating ang turning point ng buhay niya nA Siya nA mismo ang nag decide nA isusuko niya nA ang buhay niya Sa Panginoon. 

One time nag attend Siya ng Monday encounter nAmin at pinagpray namin Siya. Nagkaroon Siya ng deliverance Sa Mga gapos ng kaaway Sa Kanyang buhay. Simula noon ay sunod-sunod nA ang pagsunod niya Sa Panginoon.

Command ng Lord Sa kanya na mag fasting Siya ng 40 days (6am to 6pm), everyday magbasa Siya ng bible for 3 hours at Sa loob ng 40 days napagtagumpayan niya ang Inutos ni Lord Sa kanya. Nabasa nya din ang buong bible within a span of 40 days! Before pa matapos ang 40 days fasting niya nangusap ang Lord Sa kanya nA mag dry fast for 3 days which means no eating and drinking for that span of time!

Without hesitation nag obey Siya kay Lord. Andun Talaga Yung humility Sa puso niya nA willing magbago para kay Lord. Araw-araw Siya gumigising ng 3am para Sa Kanyang early morning devotion. Habang nagppray Siya narinig niya ang boses ng Panginoon nA tinatawag ang Pangalan niya nA "Jade... Jade..." Sa early morning devotion niya, Parating nangungusap ang Lord Sa kanya. Binibigayan nA Siya ni Lord ng Mga revelations for the church. 

Sobrang kamangha mangha ang nangyari Sa buhay ni Jade nA kahit ako ay Sobrang nA amaze Sa ginawa ni Lord Sa kanya. Di ko Lubos maisip nA ang dating Jade nA kilala ko nA Sobrang worldly noon ay Sobrang Godly nA at napaka great nA Sa kingdom ni Lord ngayon. 

Sa kasalukuyan ay kasali si Jade Sa music ministry ng church namin at Ginagamit ng Lord Pra mag release ng Mga prophetic words for the church!  Sobra talagang nakakabless ang buhay niya. She is indeed a true evidence of a born again experience. Kay Lord walang imposible. There Is indeed a power in prayer! Wala Siyang pinipiling tAo, kahit ano pa ang Mga nagawa mong kasalanan dati ay willing Siyang Tanggapin ka Basta lumapit ka Lang Sa Kanya.  

Sa 2 Corinthians 5:17, therefore if anyone who is in Christ he is a new creation, the old has gone and the new has come! 

Her life indeed is a true born again experience. Praise You Jesus!

How did I enter UPOU?

One day, I and my sister were just discussing about taking up Masters. She was doing some research online about taking up Masters in University of the Philippines (Open University) and influenced me to enroll. When I read about the courses they are offering, I got excited the moment I laid my eyes on Masters of Public Management (MPM). Immediately I got interested and day after day I will just read and read the qualifications. (haha!) Unfortunately I don’t have excellent grades during college for I flunked one of my major subjects so I was a little anxious because the Program will only accept if you have a GWA of 2.0 or better. Anyway I just crossed my fingers and tried.

Since I am applying outside the Philippines, I have to ask my friend to get the recommendation from my college professor while completing the rest of the requirements offshore. I sent the other documents to my friend and asked him to include my Prof’s recommendation and sent to the UPOU via courier.

I waited for more than a month to get their feedback and I was so happy that I am qualified to take the MPM Graduate Admission Test (MPM-GAT). Almost everyday I’m researching for the possible contents of the exam and I also asked my friend who took up the same course. So here are the pointers I gathered from my research that will be included in the exam; reading comprehension, qualitative analysis and essay. I’ve done readings and reviews about Public Management, basic statistics and kept myself updated with the current events.

The exam took a bloody three hours, from 4am to 7am in Bahrain time. I literally didn’t sleep from night for I am afraid of missing the exam. Upon submission, I waited for almost two months for the result. Glory to God I was accepted and now on my first semester! Before it was just a dream but now I am finally here. The challenge has just begun! I have done some adjustments that hopefully will work for me as an online student. It’s not easy I’m telling you but I believe with the passion, determination and discipline along with faith in God, nothing is impossible.

If you are interested about UPOU, you may visit the website;

http://www2.upou.edu.ph/

Application Guide;

http://www2.upou.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=638&Itemid=267

Godbless! J

Golden dust: A taste of heaven

Today afternoon while sitting at my desk facing my laptop. My sister sent me a message on espace (our office communicator system). She told me she has golden dusts on her hands!

I hurried to her desk and to my amazement indeed it was golden dusts on her hands! Not just on her hands but as well as her face and clothes! It was mind blowing! We took videos of her and I tried to upload on YouTube but unfortunately the resolution was very low, you cant barely see it. :( but I'm willing to show you the video in person so you'll see and judge for yourself.

After that, I went to the pantry to make a cup of hot choco. Suddenly the Lord spoke to me this particular verse; 

1 Cor. 2:9

However, as it is written: "What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived" -- the things God has prepared for those who love him--

The Lord told me, "this is just a taste of heaven and I will show you more and more!" God is really amazing!

The prophet Sadhu said, "God's desire to manifest to His people is greater than our desire to see Him." However God's manifestation over our lives pays an effort . There are some keys to unlock them such as consistency in spending quality time with Him in prayer and reading His words.

In my next blog I will be sharing to you the strict spiritual discipline that we are doing in order to sharpen our hearing in the voice of God. The results are tremendous and life changing in myself personally and in our church. 

God is indeed more than amazing!

 

Tears of disobedience

Everytime we sin against God we feel guilty and embarrassed most specially when we know that what we did is detestable to Him. Anyone who knows the good he ought to do, doesn't do it sins (James 4:17). We know that it is good to pray, read the Bible, be slow to anger, being generous and not greedy, doesn't hold on to money, being at peace with everyone, does not utter malicious speech but doesn't do it sins. 

As a person who knows well the word of God and His laws but still guilty of breaking them is a shame. That's why David said in Psalm 119:136 "Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed". You can't help but cry and ask for forgives to your Heavenly Father for you have sinned against Him. 

It is our obedience that God requires rather than our sacrifices. For obedience is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22). When you receive an instruction from the Lord through His word, do not hesitate but obey! We may have lapses at times in our obedience to God, we may fail Him but He will never ever fail us. 

When you stumble and fall, stand up and shake off the sins that so easily entangles you. With humility and repentant heart approach your Heavenly Father and once again make every effort to obey His commands. Those tears of disobedience will be replaced with unspeakable joy when you obey the Lord.

The day I became a believer

It was year 2005 when I enrolled in Mindanao State University, Marawi City along with my Highschool friends. The university is 12 hours to travel by land. It was always my dream to study college as far as possible. It must be farther the better! 

Why is that so? It is because I wanted to live a life of independence. Away from family, away from home or I'd rather say away from our house. I can never say our house is my home but I'd rather say it is hell on earth. I can only count in my fingers how many times I haven't dreamt of leaving our house. The day I will go to college is the day I've been waiting for all my life. I always wanted to be free! No family and no siblings around me is freedom! Later do I know that the day I went to college is the exact opposite of what I've been expecting for.

Behind the anger that I've been feeling is a hunger and thirst for the love of God that is burning inside my heart.  I have this longing for love that only God can fulfill. 

One day, I decided to go to church with my friend that I met in our apartment. She was also a freshman and a firstimer like me. When we entered the Dimaporo Gymnasium, it was filled with a bunch of young people more or less 700 dancing and singing in worship to God. I can't explain my feeling at that time most specially during praise and worship. I can't help but cry and cry and cry. I felt the strong presence of God embracing me. From then on I decided that this is the church I've been waiting for. This is the church that I belong. 

On the same day, I was then introduced to my bible study leader. She told me if its ok with me to have a bible study at least once a week, without hesitation I agreed. From then on, my life has changed. I also tag along my two Highschool friends with me in our bible study and believe it or not our first meeting took us four hours! As you can see, we were so curious about the Bible. We were just throwing questions here and there. 😂 I was so amazed that God indeed loves me and He is able to save me from all my sins. 

At the end of the Bible study, we were asked to do the acceptance prayer. We opened our hearts and let Jesus come in to our hearts. I believe that was one of the most powerful prayer I've prayed in my entire life. Indeed it was a life changing experience. That was the beginning of my walk with God and the start of my lifelong relationship with Him. Knowing Him is the best thing that happened to me. It felt the unspeakable joy that only God can give. 

If you haven't received the Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you may pray this simple prayer in your heart.

"Father God in heaven, I come to you as a sinner. I have sinned against You and disobeyed Your word. I need Your forgiveness. I believe that You have sent Your Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for my sins. I open my heart and accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior now and forvermore. In Jesus Name, amen." 

Hello Hello

Well it's my first to use Blogger as a blog site, I hope it goes well with me. I used to write my blogs on tumblr but it seems it is not convenient and friendly user anymore. 

Anyway, I really love to write and share my thoughts to people. I stopped blogging for years due to busy schedule perhaps but now I've finally decided to come back to writing again which is really one of my passion. I will tell you a lot of stories and insights that hopefully will bless and encourage you.

Mostly the stories I will be sharing to you is more about my walk with God and other stuffs (everything and anything under the sun 😂)! 

Since it's my first time here in Blogger, it seems I will do a lot of exploration in this site. That's all for now. Godbless!