I just focus on the Cross..

Sometimes I battle with my own thoughts...with my own fears...
What are all these mean?
I don't know.

I just focus on the CROSS..where Jesus is stretching His hands,
with His blood all over Him..all because of me.

Life seems...

to take so slow on me lately.. I don't know why.
I get a little impatient sometimes..

Yeah I know. God is taking His own time.

So I will just wait...

For the right time..and the right opportunity.

I cannot bear doing more for myself anymore. For I always failed.

I just trust in HIm ..no matter what. Even if I get a little bored.
Just wait...and wait..

My cousin said...

my mama is doing well now. She can walk by her own and her fracture is gone. So, there will be no more second surgery. The doctor has cancelled it.Halleluyah!
I just smile at the news.
I have posted one blog few weeks ago that I have placed the situation of my
mama inside my "getaway box" and have given it to Jesus so I won't worry anymore.
Surely, Jesus has kept His words and promises.

Just today, I have read in one of my forums that I joined in a topic that says"The reason why the Philippines is poor."
Well, it got me to thinking real hard. And asked a lot of whys, trying to figure
things out...
But then again, no answers..except that my spirit has led me to just P R A Y for
my country.
Now, I am taking my "getawaybox" again..
In it, I place my country..along with its leaders and people..

I will pass it to Jesus...so He will heal my land...

A philmugger,baitnicart has posted this scripture...

2 Chronicles 7:14

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Anger Management..

What would you do if you trusted someone you don't know so well
and betrayed your trust?

Well, it just happened to me.

And it just got me so furious and disappointed as hell!

People can deceive you in a lot of ways. It's like a trap.
You will never know that it's there unless you're standing right on top
of it.

Sucks!

What I did in my own effort?

With all my might, I tried to get hold of that person..
Sms,phone calls,email but to no avail. He doesn't seem to care at all.
Woow! it's like stabbing me in front. Digging holes deep in my heart.

I really thought 'this person' is a good man. True to his words..so I just
trusted him just like that.

But then again..I guess God is the only one who keeps His words for us
and would never betray us.

If you are caught unaware..humans can really petrify you.

Good thing, Jesus is in me. I now know what to do and how to deal with
all these.

Yes, it may hurt a bit but it CANNOT stay that long.

For I believe I have an Almighty God who can deal with it
and I know His ways are the best!

So just last night, before dozing off, I imagined my "Getaway box" .
It is as pure white as snow, glowing.

Just like what I did to my mom's problem and my family, I put "that person" and the situation inside the box...

Yes, it hurts to let go..but I have no other choice. I cannot do anything
about it anymore. So , I'm giving it to God.


So I have put that person and the whole situation inside the glowing box..
closed it gently..

Right in front of me..there's Jesus, stretching His arms wide.

I give my "Getaway Box" to Jesus...that means, He is in control now.

Jesus then, gladly took my box and smiled at me..

Then I dozed off...


The next morning...

Just this morning...I feel a very light feeling inside of me..
My anger to that person has somewhat vanished..
I couldn't even remember the feeling anymore..

Just wow!

Now, I leave everything behind.

I have a brand new day..

I am meant to live a brand new day because that's part of my
inheritance from God.

It's just amazing to live this way!

Will keep you posted...

I am...

trying to make it right now with Jesus in my life.
Jesus has answered all my questions about L I F E
in general and some of the things my soul has been
trying to decipher for 36 years.
Like..money, life and death, sufferings,etc.

I don't wana go back to the same person that I was. EVER!



I may have gone through a lot of bad and depressing things
but these are just "those things" that will continue to exist.
What matters most is that, I am now standing on top of them..



I know Jesus is changing me within..enjoying His presence
everytime that happens.


I have ceased to pray in a lot of things.

I keep thanking Him instead.

Just wonderful!

An interview with Rick Warren

You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having "wealth" from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, "Purpose Driven Life " author and pastor ofSaddleback Church in California.

In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:

People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.

One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.

I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.

We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.

Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.

The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort.

God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.

We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.

This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.

I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth.. I don't believe that anymore.

Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.

No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on..

And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.

You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems.

If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, "which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.

We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her.

It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.

You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.

Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.

It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.

So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72

First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.

Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.

Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor , care for the sick, and educate the next generation.

Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?

Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?

When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.

Amen to this...

Daily Devotional message from Pastor Prince.

Though I feel I'm really a bit lost in the world lately.
I cannot say a word and complain to God anymore.

He is in control now. And I know He sees better me.

I may have my own plans, but still God has the last words.

"God Sees Glorious Things In You!


1 Samuel 16:7
7… For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.

Picture David when he was a shepherd boy. Many who knew young David in his pre-Goliath days would very likely have seen just an ordinary youth — one who lived at home with his parents and siblings, enjoyed the outdoors and loved music. But where others saw a typical teenager, God saw a king in young David. He saw David’s name being uttered in honour forever, for even the Lord Jesus is called the Son of David!

Picture Moses after he had settled down comfortably in the desert with a beautiful wife, lovely children and loving in-laws. He might have seen himself happily retiring in the near future. But God had bigger plans for Moses. God had big dreams for him. God saw the Red Sea opening before him and an entire Egyptian army being wiped out in his presence. God saw in him the deliverer of His people.

Now, step back a little less far in time with me. See a little boy standing alone during play time. Nobody wants him on their team because he is scrawny and seen as a weakling. As he grows into his teens, he suffers from an inferiority complex. He stammers and stutters so much that all his friends laugh at him. But today, he is the senior pastor of New Creation Church. Several times each week, he stands in front of a crowd of more than 16,000 people to preach. And he receives invitations worldwide to speak in churches and pastors’ conferences. There was no way I could have ever conceived in my mind what God saw in me in those early years and the dreams that He had for me.

Beloved, God does not see as man sees. He saw in fearful Gideon a mighty man of valour and called him so even when he was hiding from his enemies in fear. (Judges 6:12) He saw in young David a king and anointed him as one. (1 Samuel 16:10–13) He saw in meek Moses a deliverer and drew him from obscurity. (Exodus 3) Today, God looks beyond what man sees and says about you, and He has dreams for you that are bigger than you can imagine!"