MY TESTIMONY: The Legend of the Uncut Hair

I was born into the world for 26 years, and raised as a Roman Catholic and I thought cutting hair is okay. I am now associated with the Apostolics and baptized in Jesus name for 2 years now. But as I walk with God, suddenly the worldy beauty of cutting the hair is no longer beautiful for me. I keep looking at the end of women's hair. You see it didn't matter how LONG the hair was if the ends were trimmed. I don't feel anything about those trimmed hair no matter how long they are. But I felt something so strong whenever I see a woman doesn't cut her hair as her submission to God. And I should say this is what the Bible says GLORY. This is what is glorious in the sight of the LORD.

There was this Apostolic group and there's an intriguing discussion of this picture as you can see, a Filipina Apostolic woman with uncut hair. It has more than 200 comments! Curious as I was, I backread, another revelation from God came to me. And it is a statement but it has a lots of GOD's  wisdom into it.

MEN should cut their hair because this is what God's want.

Because even people would frown to see a man if they see him with a long hair.

So MEN ought to cut his hair. And this is pleasing in the sight of the LORD.

But why should a WOMAN cut her HAIR???????

IS SHE A MAN?!!!!    

We must also look at the history of the women in Corinth in that time. Corinth prostitutes were cutting their hair but God's women are not and that's a distinction between a holy woman and a unholy woman. But when a Corinth prostitute turned to God, she covers her cut hair with veil to tell the people in Corinth that "I am no longer a prostitute!" She will wait until her hair will be LONG which is UNCUT and then when it is already long, she will remove the veil to show the world and to God her glory. I heard their history from Rev. Lee Stoneking's preaching entitled "The Order of Creation" video.

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"However, I want you to realize that Christ has authority over every man, a husband has authority over his wife, and God has authority over Christ. Every man who covers his head when he prays or speaks what God has revealed dishonors the one who has authority over him. Every woman who prays or speaks what God has revealed and has her head uncovered while she speaks dishonors the one who has authority over her. She is like the woman who has her head shaved. So if a woman doesn’t cover her head, she should cut off her hair. If it’s a disgrace for a woman to cut off her hair or shave her head, she should cover her head. A man should not cover his head. He is God’s image and glory. The woman, however, is man’s glory. Clearly, man wasn’t made from woman but woman from man. Man wasn’t created for woman but woman for man. Therefore, a woman should wear something on her head to show she is under someone’s authority, out of respect for the angels.

Yet, as believers in the Lord, women couldn’t exist without men and men couldn’t exist without women. As a woman came into existence from a man, so men come into existence by women, but everything comes from God.

Judge your own situation. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Doesn’t nature itself teach you that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair? Doesn’t it teach you that it is a woman’s pride to wear her hair long? Her hair is given to her in place of a covering. If anyone wants to argue about this they can’t, because we don’t have any custom like this—nor do any of the churches of God." -1 Corinthians 11:3-16(GW)

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Another revelation: Some people, believers and unbelievers says, uncutting your hair is just LEGALISTIC OR A CUSTOM! But as you can see and feel, even NATURE SPEAKS ITSELF! People frowned to see MEN who has LONG HAIR. And people see a man out of WOMAN with her SHORT HAIR. Oh I see a lot of worldly aspiring models that are WOMEN, who cried a lot when their locks of hair were cut so short. From long hair to short hair, they felt so ugly in it. What about those women in the world, Kaycee Concepcion (a Filipina actress) for an example, after her broke up with Piolo Pascual (a Filipino actor), she cut her hair and colored it in deep red!!! And me as I was from the world, it is true! Whenever a woman broke up with her boyfriend, she weep so hard but after that she will cut her hair. And will be transformed! She will be fiercer than ever. She will change her looks. She will change the way she dress. That's because the REBELLIOUS SPIRIT has taken over her! Do you have that kind of spirit within you?

So it is not legalistic or a custom my friend. It is nature that speaks and GOD is teaching us: WOMAN SHOULD HAVE A LONG, UNCUT HAIR!

Vanity

Vanity, vanity vanity! If you just wanted to attract men or for a motive that you wanted to parade your physical beauty for the whole world to see your painted face, your expensive designer clothing and accessories, your oh so beautiful styled hair, your expensive perfume, and just revealing your jingling sexy body here and there instead of showing your reverence to God, then it is not pleasing in JESUS sight! You even take your foolish pride on baring yourself with revealing clothes! PROUD as you are, GOD will turn your PHYSICAL BEAUTY into SHAME!

And you, O desolate woman, your even have the guts to be ANGRY if weak men will look your body with lustful eyes and touch your body with lustful actions? YOU SHOULD NOT! BECAUSE YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF!

(I pray for the lovely women of God that they should not be offended by this. But if and only if you get offended, I am only rebuking an evil spirit. And you oh beautiful daughter of God, our Father loves you greatly because Jesus died for you.  And my dear sister, I truly love you too!!! We only have one Father! One Lord! One God! Jesus Christ! God bless you Beloved! -Jovs)

Where Are You?

I am more than 2 years being Apostolic. Just 2 years serving the Lord. Barely getting out of spiritual diapers. Specifically just a BABE in Christ. But my heart is extremely sad. Weeping for you oh Apostolics in this generation.

Where are the modern DAVID who WORSHIP the LORD shamelessly to the fullest and BRAGGING HIS NAME out loud? Where are the PETER of this generation who loves the LORD more than ever and after hurting GOD and turned back to Him and REPENTED, they are serving Him with great zeal? Where are the modern PAUL that's on FIRE, sharing the teachings of CHRIST in all the land with so much COURAGE and CONVICTION even they didn't see the LORD JESUS CHRIST IN PERSON?

Where are the GOD'S PEOPLE on the day of PENTECOST? Who worship GOD out LOUD? And on the STREETS! And the WORLD SEES THEM as CRAZY and DRUNKARDS and they didn't even care about it? Where are you? Where are you? Oh where are you?

God Is Love

Can you obey a stranger who doesn't mean anything to you?

We obey or listen to somebody when he/she means a lot to us.

Now, how can we love God when He is a stranger to us and if we didn't fell in love with Him at the first place?

God didn't said: God is Law. Instead, He revealed Himself as: GOD IS LOVE.

"This love I speak means that we must live in obedience to God's commands. The command as you have all heard from the beginning is that you must all live in love" -2 John 1:6

Because... "Whoever does not know how to love does not know God. Because God is love." -1 John 4:8

It's all about LOVE. It's all about GOD. No wonder, God is love!

Jesus said: Love your neighbor like yourself. (Matthew 22:39)

He didn't said FIX your neighbor. He said LOVE your neighbor.

He even told us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. (Matthew 5:44)

Because by showing our LOVE, we are showing our GOD.

And what is love?

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor other, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (1 Cor. 13:4-8a)

We serve a GOD that is patient and that is kind. We serve a humble God. We serve a God that doesn't dishonor His children and He is not self-seeking and not easily angered. He doesn't keep any longer of record of wrongs when His children asked for His forgiveness. He doesn't delight in evil but rejoice with the truth. God always protects, always trusts, always hopes and always perseveres. God never fails any of His children. He never fails on His promise. HIS LOVE NEVER FAILS ANY OF HIS CHILDREN.

My dear friends, I am not telling you all of this because I love God before. I really didn't. But what I didn't understood by then about Him is that even though I didn't remember Him, He never fails to think of me. Even though I walked away from Him, He keeps on following me. Even though I keep on hurting Him, disobeying Him, He doesn't wanted to leave me. No matter how much pain that I have cost Him, He still loves me so much. That even though I blame myself, He doesn't wanted to blame me. Even though I myself, didn't understand why have I done such a thing. Because He is the One who created me. He is the only One who can truly understand me. For He understands I am just a human. My flesh is weak and because of that He knew that I cannot be perfect all the time. That is WHY I needed Him. He is there in my life so He can always gives me new strength and redirect my life. That even though that I can't forgive myself, He still wanted to forgive me. He knew I felt so guilty for what I've done. All He wants from me is to acknowledge that I am not proud for what I did. That I knew that what I did was wrong for He knew and He can see my heart is. All He's been waiting from me is to humble myself, ask for His forgiveness. So I may forgive myself as well. So He may heal me, give me all the strength that I need to go on with my life and He will provide for me a way out and to move on and keep walking forward.

Even most of the time, we get so hard on ourselves, that we cannot stop blaming ourselves, shaming ourselves, condemning ourselves and hating ourselves. We even punishing ourselves, but all the hurt, all the pain, all the sorrows and all the sufferings that we are dealing with, He is the One who is hurting the most. Because He is the One who truly loves us the most. Didn't we realize that God loves us more than we love ourselves?

Yes, God wants me to LOVE HIM. All He wanted is to gain MY LOVE. "Who am I Lord? I am just a lowly, undeserving woman who sins a lot. A sinner who doesn't even remember You yet You wanted me to LOVE YOU?"

But He loves me too much, that I cannot resist it. And He won my heart so deep, I'm so glad that He did.

I am so glad Lord that You really did...

"Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven - for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little [sins] loves little." -Luke 7:48

Now I truly understood why God is so into my life. And why should I not stop serving Him even there were so many times I was unfaithful. It is because even we are faithless, He remains faithful. For He cannot deny who He is. (2 Timothy 2:13)

This is the only time I truly understand why HE NEVER GAVE UP THAT CROSS. Because that is His character. Oh JESUS! GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS!!! That is the LOVE OF CHRIST!

And He will never get tired on you. NEVER. Until you notice Him. Until He gain YOUR LOVE. And when He finally gains your love, can you hurt the One who loves you the most?

(We love you, Jesus. You just love us unconditionally. Thank you for Your Perfect Love. Oh Lord, Your love never fails... -Jovs)

May our Lord keeps on touching your hearts.

I love you all with Christ, our Lord, our God. The source of the greatest love of all,

Jovs

From The Journey Of Crying For Mercy To The Journey Of Rejoicing

Life is a rocky road to take ... Life is hard... Life is such a journey.... All those twists and turns that keeps coming my way. I keep on stumble and fall because I'm so stubborn that I keep on doing sins. It's such a shame. I feel so guilty...

Crying For Mercy

-Jovilyn Miralles

Hear me cry, hear me Lord

You have the greatest love no one could afford

Watch your servant begging for you

For Your love for me has always been true

Forgive me my Heavenly Father, for I have sinned

It's me oh Lord, it's me again

I know I've always been so stubborn

Please Lord don't leave me alone

Oh don't hide Your face away from me

Wash me from my sin, wash me from my iniquity

Take away this guilt, oh take away this shame

Redeem my soul, redeem me again

Break my bones if you must and may I hear You rejoice

May I hear again Your loving voice

Hear me crying for Your mercy

Please don't ever leave me

May I hear forgiveness, don't leave Your Presence

For life without You would never make any sense

Don't take away Your love for me

Take me out from this misery

Oh comfort me, You are God, I'm crying for You

Hear me as I'm reaching out to You

Teach me Your way Lord, don't leave me be

Continue to love me so faithfully

But for every call, God will respond. For every questions, He will provide an answer. For the sick and for all the broken, the Lord will heal. God is faithful. God is love. Indeed this life on earth will be a beautiful journey.

I Will Rejoice

-Jovilyn Miralles

As I lift your Holy Name, I will rejoice!!!

Hear me Lord shouting at the top of my voice

You put again the hymn of praise within me

Your love conquered my life successfully

From all my doubts, You never left me

From the blindness of confusion, You gave the sight of clarity

From the chains of shame, Your love overflowed for me

From the prison of guilt, You had set me free

You just send a good news of Your forgiveness

My Lord, My God, oh how I am truly blessed

You have given me the gift of peace

You're so full of love, You never cared least

I will rejoice with so much adoration!

So much for this burning joy sensation!

All the praise, all the glory, I honor you

For Your love never fails, Your love is forever true

I will rejoice the most beautiful name!

Jesus Christ, I will never be the same!

Your name will always remain the sweetest ever...

Jesus Christ, You truly are my Savior!

Crazy For You, oh Lord

Crazy For You, Oh Lord

By: Jovilyn Miralles

I will shout for joy and I will sing You with praise,

For all Your marvelous works; Your servant is amazed!

Yes I will dance for You until my energy get drained,

Because Your greatest love Lord, it drives me insane.

I will jump for You as though I can reach You in heaven,

And I will keep on doing it again and again.

I will raised my hands praising Your glory,

Because my Lord You just keep on redeeming me.

You lift up our Spirit, You never forget the humble,

You keep on filling up our hungry soul,

Your love overflows on our thirsty hearts,

It is You that we needed from the very first start!

You smiled on us when we understood Your discipline.

You want us to make You proud; You will never be mean

You took pleasure to reward Your servants when we delight in You

Because You just love us Lord and it will be forever true

Shouldn't we only must worship You for Your ever loving kindness

When we keep on seeing You whenever we pass Your test?

And shouldn't we must only return all of the praise

When You have saved us Lord through Your grace?

Yes I am crazy for You Lord, I want You so much more

You took all my pains and miseries out to the seashore.

Because You created me, You love and You wanted to be with me

Let me show You my love; keep me Lord faithfully...

"I will praise You, Oh Lord, with my WHOLE HEART; I will tell of all Your MARVELOUS WORK. I will be GLAD and REJOICE in YOU. I will sing praise to Your name, O MOST HIGH!" -Psalms 9:1-2

Only You Jesus That I Will Serve

Only You Jesus

By: Jovilyn Miralles

All I've been looking for is someone who will love me completely

And here You are Lord, You keep on taking your chances on me

Though I walked astray and never remember You

You keep on following me proving Your love is true

Lord Jesus, I do expected You to blame

But instead You welcome me and embrace my shame

Though I am only weak and falling again and again

Still You expect me to call You whenever I am in pain

Tell me Lord, should I pour all my love to only one man

When only You Jesus can truly accept me for who I am?

Should I put my happiness on the riches of this world

When that can't even compare the treasure in You, Oh Lord?

Oh God, should I put for humans my full trust

When Your Words are the only that will last?

Even this world will stop to exist

But You will forever be faithful on Your promise

Your love for me is so hard to resist

May my heart of worship never cease

For You have won my heart so deep

And I'm so glad Lord that You really did

Lord Jesus, You are the only who can fill my hungry soul

I am just a human with limitations still You take my all

You poured and overflowed my heart with so much love

You are everything that I have. Everything that I will ever have...

The Spirit of Gossip

Sadly, GOSSIP is being taken for granted especially by other Christians though IT IS STILL A SIN. A sin is still a sin. Let me illustrate. Both murderer and a liar would be put to hell if you understand what I mean. Even it is true, that doesn't mean we have to share the life of other people's negative sides. Choose what matters and what does not. To get an inspiration on and what would not. If there is something you do not know, seek to ask the person who is involved, not other people. You can only get the truth from them. Do not open private text messages, letters, emails, cards etc. of other people even they are your member of the family. Learn to respect their privacy. If someone would want to gossip on other people's life, turn away! Or close your ears with your hands and stop them saying, "I WOULDN'T LISTEN TO SOMETHING THAT IS POTENTIALLY NOT TRUE!"

If the spirit of gossip seeks to persist, rebuke it! Tame your tongue! Close your eyes! Cover your ears! Don't give in! Remember that we can only testify ourselves. But we don't have the right to testify other people's life. Leave it to them. UNLESS IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN GIVE AN ENCOURAGEMENT FROM. Choose to spread a story that can build their character. Not ruin it!  Rebuking the spirit of gossip in Jesus name!

"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." -Ephesians 4:29 (ESV)

Is My Love... NOT GOOD Enough?

I know that we all have burdens to carry and issues to deal with. So many trials, so many problems and so many heartaches that we become so weak. But if you think God is punishing you. If you cursing and blaming God for all your miseries. Or worst, if you think God doesn't love you...

Think again.

How many times have you been pissed hearing your dumb friend who keeps loving and staying with her stupid boyfriend no matter how much he had hurt her? That you heard her complaining that she had enough (again) and saying that she would finally leave him. Then the next day, she's back in the arms of that bastard who keeps hitting her as if nothing happened. Maybe that dumb friend was me. Or most probably you're now thinking that that dumb friend was you.

I remembered my previous 10-year relationship. For me, he's the guy that a woman could ever ask for. He's humorous, smart, hardworking, diligent, lovable, caring, understanding and open-minded. He sees to it that he sees me every single day. No matter how far or how tired he was, he'll visit me or he'll pick me up using his motorcycle wherever part of the world I was. There's no distance between us. He attended all of my needs and gave all of my wants. He spoiled me. A LOT. Yet for those ten whole consecutive years he kept on cheating on me. He would lie, like a thousand creative lies. And whenever I caught him he would promised that he will never do it again and those promises will always be broken. And because of his continuous cheating I became unsure of myself. Am I not good enough? I became insecure. My self-esteem was very low. I had zero level of self-confidence that I regularly went to spas just to feel beautiful. Though he kept on cheating and hurting me, that guy was my everything. He was my strength. I became so dependent on him. I thought I could never live without him. I treated him like a god. With him, I feel invisible. No other people can hurt me. Even though my mom would not approve. But because I love him so much, I would fight anything for that love. I didn't care if my mom begged a lot. I didn't care about my mom's tears. For almost ten years I kept begging my mom, crying and even got angry with my own mom. Until finally, she gave in and accepted him.


But because I had very low self-esteem, my insecurities were eating me alive, I was so suspicious whenever he's out of my sight. I nagged all the time and got even more demanding of his time, I asked a lot of questions, I checked his cellphones time to time and he will be more shady and obviously lie. I really didn't have any peace of mind. We fought for a lot of petty things that I packed his belongings and send him out of the house. After a week I was making peace at him but he didn't want to anymore. Then one day, that guy whom I was fighting for, decided to left me. Telling me he's not returning. He said he's a fool. An animal. I should know everything of what he did to me. That I didn't deserve him. I was crying that night, I didn't care even I was sick. I was dizzy because I had a high fever that time. But I didn't care. I keep begging. But he denied me. 


Oh how so painful to be deserted. To be left alone. After all what I've done, why? Why he has to leave me? For weeks, I keep thinking what building will I jump on to kill myself? I don't want to feel the impact. So I might get drunk, real drunk before I jump. Or which area of our house will I put my rope to hang myself? I've been thinking those twisted thoughts every evening. And then one night I was alone in my own room, I had my last two options. How about a bottle of bleach or will a drug overdose be less painful? I was in deep sorrow, crying my heart out and keep asking, "Why? Why you have to leave me? I've been fighting for you for years. Is my love not good enough?"

And from out of nowhere, I instantly got this answer... "My child, my child, is my LOVE for you NOT GREAT enough?" And there I felt an embrace full of warmth. I felt that Love so great that I never felt before. I felt how much I was loved. But that time I was really puzzled what's going on. What am I feeling? What's going on? Before I could understand further, my mind filled with childhood memories, happy ones and very bitter ones, I was bullied all my childhood life and my family didn't know it by then, but I surpassed them all with just God on my side. I remember how much He had helped me to stand firm with those bullies and how much He keeps blessing me. But then what's this? I can also feel His pain. Great pain. As if God made me feel that He was also hurting to watch me suffering. What's got into me that I was thinking to end my own life for just a man? That made me thinking that: if an ordinary person like me, could give so much love like that... how EXTREME would be the love of my Heavenly Father for a sinner like me? And after realizing what just happen, I felt that all of my hair in my body was standing with fear and shame. If I continue on what I was trying to do, how will I be able to stand on His presence?

My friends, feel this. I know you've been in love so much and probably you are now. If you can love so much and will do anything for that love, how much more does His love for you? If you can't stop loving and keep on forgiving that special someone no matter how he/she keeps hurting you, much more Him. That no matter how many times we have disappointed God, He still hanging there to love and just waiting for us to beg for His forgiveness. If parents can endure their children, no matter how ungrateful they may be. Parents can't stop loving their children. And even their children ran away from their homes and forgot that they have a mother and a father, then one day they realized how much they have wronged and hurt they parents and decided to come home, parents will accept their children wholeheartedly. If parents can do that, how about God? He's just there. No matter how much we have sinned. No matter how many times we have wronged Him. No matter how ungrateful we can be that we have forgotten Him. But still He's just there. He keeps knocking on our hearts. Waiting for us to remember Him and love Him again. His love never ends. Why we love on the first place? We love because God has loves us first.

I really do hope, you can feel how much He keeps on loving you. He loves you so much. We are unworthy, but He loves us anyway. We are so unworthy but God called us to be His children. So never lose hope my friend. If you are thinking to end your life, stop! No matter how painful you are dealing now, hang in there! You will never suffer for long because you are not alone. We have to stay alive to see how our story ends. Stay alive. Keep the faith. Just believe. :)

UPDATE:
When I finally realized how much the Lord has loved me from the very beginning, I moved on. And when my ex has realized that I no longer need him in my life, he tried to get me back but I already refuse. God's love made me realized I deserve better. I started to love myself and have now confident to be just me. Now both of us have a new family. God has blessed me with a loving and a faithful husband. I have two adorable babies. My husband and I serve the Lord in our own ways. :)

Worthy Is The Cross That We Have To Carry

Lord, You are testing my faith...

You knew all of my heart's desire. I didn't ask You to give them right away. For I trust You that much. It didn't matter if I won't get them outright. I trust Your will. And You have proven that You are my God. Oh Sovereign Lord, the Most High Almighty. You are so kind for You answered me so quickly. But it turned out that I neglected the other gifts that You gave me. I stopped what I do best for You to bless those who needs them. I chose to do what I pleased. And the fire in me got a little colder. This new gift that You gave me turned out to be a blessing and a curse!

But I don't want to put out Your light in me. I don't want to put out the fire in me. You gave me the power of choice. The choice to love You or not. But You will always love me no matter what. But Lord this gift, if it's something that would lose my faith, I should take it away... Then why give it to me Lord on the first place if it's something to be given away? Lord, You are testing me. As I passing through all those silvers, Lord, You just gave me gold without expecting it. But it is something to be given away, for I felt it doesn't belong to me. I cannot shake this feeling. What's the sense of looking back at those silver, when I finally found a gold. Should I focus on the other silver when You have already lead me to this gold? Didn't I told You I trusted You much Lord? Didn't I told You I can wait for a much longer? With bitterness, I grief as I close my eyes telling You it's not my will. It's still YOURS. I should deny myself, carry my cross and follow You. But I cannot deny the pain Lord. I cannot deny the hurting that I am going through. With sorrow I keep on asking You. And You heard my cry...

You reminded me that all these things in the world are just borrowed even our own lives. All that You gave, You can take it away. If I focus on the gift not the Giver, shouldn't I be afraid? For You can take it back away from me with a blink of an eye. You told me: "I gave you a gold but you have forgotten Me. Why did you stop working what I told you to do to work on? I thought you care for all My people who were like you before. The people who were robbed with My hope and My love. How could I bless them if you stopped. You asked to be an instrument of Me but you forgot your duty. I made you happy yet you already forgot that My people also needs to be happy." You made me realize... How can You lead me to a war for Your glory if I cannot endure myself? How can I go to a great big battle if You won't prepare me with the smallest? How can You trust me to go at large if I would not start at little? For to be greatest we should be the smallest. Like Jesus who came not to be serve, but to serve His people. We must be a servant and the slave for all.

Small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life. As you feed me with Your Words oh God, let me drink the cup of Your life. Let my sorrows and all my pain turn to joy as I lay them all down to You. May it delight You as it turn out to be Your Glory oh Lord as I put my trust in You again. I should never worry. Make me strong to carry my cross daily for I pray to be worthy. Yes Lord, we should aim not only for the silver. We should not pursue only to the gold. But the One who gave all these wonderful and beautiful stuff for He can give much greater. We should aim for You not of the world. We should claim for the treasure that is worthy than all the silvers, worthy than all the golds, more worthy than all the diamonds put altogether. For we are more worthy than that. After all Lord, You are our Father. You understand us the most. You love us the most. You are the Real-Joy Giver. Aren't You also the Father who loves to give? All You wanted is to help us. You never wanted to harm us. I pray Lord to keep trusting Your Will for me. Plans that will give me hope. Plans that will give me a future. I pray to be still with Christ that strengthens me. I pray to wait patiently as I keep asking You Lord. Until You show me Your mercy, Oh God... Until You show me Your mercy... As You promise that You will reward me.

"Not by might nor by power but My Spirit," say the Lord Almighty. (Zechariah 4:6) The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. (Isaiah 11:2) For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. (2 Timothy 1:7) The Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self-control. The Spirit has given us life; He must also control our lives. (Galatians 5:22-23,25)

Who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, how happy you are! Do not be afraid of anyone and do not worry. For it's better to suffer for doing good, if this should be God's will, than for doing evil. (1 Peter 3:13-14,17) Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest. For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load I will put on you is light. (Matthew 11:29-30) I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will revealed in us. (Romans 8:18) But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded. (2 Chronicles 15:17)

"What do you mean, 'If I can'?" Jesus asked. "Anything is possible if a person believes." (Mark 9:23) Ask, and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock, and the door will opened to you. For everyone who asks will receive, and anyone who seeks will find, and the door will be opened to those who knock. Bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him. (Matthew 7:7-8,11 ) If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. (Matthew 21:22) [For] Every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven; it comes down from God, the Creator of the heavenly lights, who does not change or cause darkness by turning. (James 1:17)

Yes Lord. Worthy is the cross that we have to carry for You. There's a joy behind it every day. We should understand that we must all seek first for Your kingdom. For we are for You! We pray to be still. To wait patiently. To endure the pain we should be facing so we can be stronger. To put our trust in You and Your promises. Because You never break Your promises. We pray to be worthy. Not to put our trust on ourselves. With just us, things can still go wrong. But when we put our trust in You, everything is possible. As we look on high to You oh Lord, our Heavenly Father, our Perfect Parent, who remains to be faithful. Who gives and continue to pour on the Perfect Love. The perfect hope. The perfect dreams. The perfect blessings. Yes, our hard-work will never be in vain for You will reward us with the perfect gifts! We just have to ask You and believe! Until You show us Your mercy, and it shall be given! We love You! Thank you for the power! Your Glory will remain forever! Hallelujah!

God Is Waiting For Your Call

Will we ever see God if we always win? Will we ever remember to thank Him for His works if we're always been successful? How can we ever see His might and power if we're always been victorious?

If you need somebody now, God wants you to need Him too. So call unto Him. Let God comfort you and embrace you with all your sorrows, with all your shame, with all your sickness and with all your pain. Let Him make you feel that you are love by Him. Let Him take you out from your miseries. Let Him hear your pleas. Cry for Him with all your tears.

So He may heal your broken heart and your broken life. So He can answer your call. So you may know how powerful He is. How merciful He is. How kind He is. So you know how much He cares for you. How much He's hurting that you are suffering today. How much He keeps on loving you. So you may know He's been always in your side. What ever happens, even if you have wronged Him, He can never ever leave you.

So come on dear friend. He's reaching out to hear from you. He will listen. Call unto Him.

God is patiently waiting.

God Is Calling You To Put Your Trust On Him

Martha And Mary

(Luke 10:38-42)

As Jesus and His disciples went on their way, He came to a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him in her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the feet of the Lord and listened to His teaching.

Martha was upset over all the work she had to do so she came to Him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to come and to help me!"

But the Lord answered her "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled over so many things, but just one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the right thing, and it will not be taken away from her."

(To listen and to know more about God is the one thing that we needed which can never be taken away)

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My friend, our Lord wanted to tell you His word, to know Him and to listen for His words of promise and believe on Him. Because that how much that He loves you.

When our friend whom they should put their trust on us, didn't believe on any words that we said is hurting enough. But what about when we worked and sacrificed so hard for our love ones, yet they don't even notice and appreciate it, it squeezes the heart with so much pain. Rubbing the pain some more, when these love ones of ours had hurt us, didn't understand our hardships, didn't even called to talk to us, didn't even trust us and worst, never even believed on us, aren't that so painful?

So imagine the pain of our Lord when His children didn't trust Him enough. When He didn't even stop working on us yet we never even notice nor appreciate it. When we don't understand His love on us, when we never called on Him to talk to Him to ask for our needs and to thank Him, when we didn't trust Him enough and when we never even believe on His promise. We can always break our promises to anyone and to our Lord, but He can never break His promise on His children.

Is there something to doubt on the power of our God?

We praise our Lord, because He amazes us with His power and His kindness. God always wanted to amaze you. Yet how can He amaze us when we never notice and when we never even showed any appreciation for every single thing that He worked on our lives just to make us happy and to remember Him? But He can endure it all. He can endure all the pain. Because that is how much that He loves you. Even you already lose your faith and your hope to your life that He gave you and even when you don't have faith and hope to God, He will never loses His faith and His hope on His people, on His children, ON YOU. That one day, you can also see Him in your life. That one day, you can also appreciate Him. For God will never stop on working on His children. That is how much that He loves you. And His love will never fail.

For God chose to suffer and die on the hands that He loves most.

When God cares for all things that He created, He cares for you above all things. God suffered and carried the cross for us sinners that caused Him so much pain and suffering, not for His angels who worshiped Him. Did we even think of that? Angels have their own freewill too like ours. But when these angels sinned upon our Lord, He can never forgive them. There is no forgiveness for His fallen angels. They will suffer and they will perish. That is why these fallen angels, or shall I call them demons, are in our lives right now to get us. They will pull us down to be punished, to suffer and perish like them. When can we even realize that we are not for this world? When can we realize that we are for God? Aren't we proud of ourselves that God loves sinners and they are more worthy to die for than any things that He created?

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." -Romans 8:38-39

God made you human so you can always ask for His forgiveness with your sincere and humble heart and He will always forgive you. God made you human so you can know Him more. That is how much that He loves you. He is the One who created you. He is the only who can understands you. God made you weak, so He may give you strength. God made you feel pain, so He may heal you. He wanted you to need things, so you will need Him to provide for you. He wanted you to find and feel love, because He wants you too seek for His love. Because He is the only One who can truly loves you more than any other people on this world, the only One who can forgives you and the only One who can truly understands you. God gave all the things and will keep on giving things for our enjoyment. Even this life that He gave us, He can take it if He wanted to. But I am asking you now, so what if this world leaves us alone? You were not an outcast. NEVER. For the Lord, is with you ALL THE TIME. He created YOU to be on His HIS KINGDOM. All He wants is to be with YOU.

"Now if that us the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, won't He clothe you much better - why do you have so little faith?" -Matthew 6:30

"Love the Lord your God with all you heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." -Mark 12:30

"Trust on Him with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;"

-Proverbs 3:5

So you can:

"Cast you cares on the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall." -Psalm 55:22

"Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you." -1 Peter 5:7

For God said:

"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." -Hebrew 13:5

He is calling you to:

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

-Matthew 11:28

My friends please rest your mind and trust on Him. He knows that you are already weary. Please let all your heavy burden of doubts, fear, anger, pain, sufferings and needs put to God. Put all you hopes, your dreams and your life on Him. Call Him. Do everything that you can, then trust Him with all your heart. He will be more than be so happy to take this all way from you. All your hard work will never be in vain and will be rewarded. All He ever wanted for you is to feel that He is always beside you and He is loving you right now and always. He will take care of you and everything for you. Let Him work for you. So you may rest your mind, your heart and your spirit.

In Jesus name, Amen...

Just A Grain Of Faith

God cares for us even we mortals never care for Him. God cares so much that He can never took us for granted even though we keep on taking Him for granted. God loves us so much that He cares for our needs, our hopes and our dreams even though we keep on neglecting Him. God cares so much that He can never left us especially whenever we are in pain even we already left Him in our lives.

But it only takes a very small amount of faith, as small a grain of a mustard seed, for us to feel God's love. God only needs a grain of faith from you, just for you to recognize that He's working a lot for you. Because God is so faithful that from this grain of faith, He can move you towards Him. He knew that when you finally realize how much you are love, you will turn your ways to know Him more. You will feel that tallest mountain and that deepest ocean of love that He has already for you. That you are abundantly loved, all this time around!

And when you do, that grain of faith will turn so big. You will feel so powerful. You will feel so invincible that no matter how big your problems that you are dealing now, you can move all of those at the mountains. You can even move at those at bay or even to the sea!

So I am challenging you now. Have faith for God. For all you need is just a grain of faith for Him. This is just what He needs. It doesn't matter even it as small as a mustard seed.

Then your life will turn upside down. You will never be the same...

"He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much." -Luke 16:10

When Life Gets Harder

Many times, we're into situations that we don't like. Situations that we felt so helpless. We don't know what to do. We don't know which way to go. We're stuck.

Then you try to solve your issues still it doesn't work. Day after day, you try and try like unloading some of it but still nothing else work. Soon you feel irritated than usual. You get hot-tempered. You're angry all the time.

You felt powerless.

You ask yourself: "Where do I go from here?"

Then one verse came upon me remembering the only One who keeps saving my life: "Until now you ask nothing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full." -John 16:24

I start bending my knees trying to talk to God but I can't even feel Him. I felt He can't hear me. I felt I am not being seen by God. But I knew God is true regardless how I feel. Then I start asking: "Did God cast me out of His presence? Is His Spirit no longer with me?"

You see, life is not that hard when you don't like your job or when your debts is rising and you don't know how to pay your bills or when you have some issues with your friends or when you have so much problems at home.

But life gets harder when you feel you're living far away from God. When you don't feel His presence. When you don't hear Him talking anymore. When you are not being of used by God. When you don't serving Him by serving others. You're not even excited to go to church anymore like you used to be. All the joy has gone. Life is draining away from your soul and you feel you are beginning to die yet you are still breathing and alive.

With all of this, one song came to me and my mind begins to sing: "Lord You seem so far away a million times or more it feels today. And though I haven't lost my faith, I must confess right now that it's hard for me to pray..."

As I singing the song, I broke into tears, crying out for God:

"Lord, if You will not help me then I don't know where to go anymore. I know I have wronged You so many times and I am so much aware of my shortcomings. I know I shouldn't blame others for my miseries. I chose this. I let this into my life. And I'm so sorry. But I can do nothing without You. I can't go on in my life without You. I need You Lord. I am asking out of Your mercy, please just help me..."

Then I've seen the hands of God.

I've witness again the power of God in my life.

Because on the next day, my prayer has been answered. The issue that I thought it was so hard to deal with begun to leave me. The Lord gave me deliverance. He gave my freedom. He gave me a way out.

I realized that is the reason why we accepted Jesus in our life.

Having Jesus doesn't mean life will get easier. But we invited Jesus and welcomed Him in our lives because we know life is tough. We need Him more than anything else. We have to carry our cross as we follow Jesus. To be more like Him. To be worthy because He is worthy. To be holy because He is holy. To be pleasing in His sight. To be mightily used by God. To ask God for His blessings so we become a blessing and we may bless others too.

For what's the point of gaining anything in this world but losing your own soul? What's the point of not having God? Because me need Him more than anything else. And I know most of the people who have experienced God will agree with me. For when you don't like your life and you felt you sold yourself to the world, Jesus is our Redeemer. When you stuck in your difficulties and you're helpless, Jesus is our Savior. When you don't have a job or you don't have food to eat in your table, Jesus is our Provider. When our hearts are broken and our bodies is in pain with illness, Jesus is our Healer. When your relationships is way out of control, Jesus is the God of Order. He is always in control. When you doubt and Satan used lies, Jesus is the Truth. When you lose directions and don't know what to do, Jesus is the Way. And whenever you felt you are dying, Jesus is Life.

For no matter how much you wronged your neighbors, yourselves and God, still you can come to our Lord. Never say you are sinful and He will not hear you. Never listen to the devil's lies when he tells you that you are no longer belong to God and He will never forgive you. God is the King of mercy. It is in this situation that He's been waiting for, so you can call Him. So you can let Him work in your life. So He can take away all the pains, all the tears, all the illness and you can be healed. So you may get deliverance. So you may be saved. For all those who REALLY know how to love, they choose their love ones to be happy. Much more God who is our Father who deeply loves us.

"Many times did He deliver them; but they provoked Him with their counsel, and we're brought low for their iniquity. Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, when He heard their cry: And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies." -Psalms 106:43-45

I pray God will bless your life now my brothers and sisters and have its directions as you want it to be changed. May you have the answers that you've been asking for. I pray that you're joy may be full, in Jesus name, Amen.

Passion For Christ

No mortal man can complete me.

For Jesus Christ is my everything and all that I will ever need. He is my pride. His love is my dignity. And His grace is enough for me.

And nothing can stop the purpose of God in me. No people, not even the devil, no walls can build around it, not even hell can prevail for it. NOTHING.

If satan use DECEPTION; JESUS is my WAY.

If satan made me DOUBT; the LORD is my TRUTH.

If satan DISCOURAGED me; He is my HOPE.

If satan use DIVERSION to separate me; I am still gonna go home with GOD whom I belong.

If satan DEFEATED me; I'm gonna stand up with my LORD to heal me and have a fresh new start.

If satan do his tricks to DELAY me; I'll be back to track with JESUS.

For greater is HE that is in me that he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4) And even the world will put me down, I KNOW that I can do ALL THINGS through CHRIST who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)

My BURNING PASSION is for CHRIST: 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. (Psalm 18:2)

Just Realize...

It is so painful on our part that we poured on so much love to other people yet they still did not appreciate us...

But how about us? Did we stop, even once for a while, to thank the Lord for all the happiness, all the talents, all the lessons, our own lives, and that He gave us and all the blessings that He continue to pour on us?

To tell the truth, God is already pouring out His love yet we are so full of pride to take that love. God keeps knocking our hearts but we still don't want to take that love.

I love you my friend. But no matter how much I love you, Jesus loves you more that I do. So come on, let's go! It's already time! Let's go back to Him? :)

Realization lang...

Masakit sa part natin na tayo na ang nagpapakita ng sobrang pagmamahal sa ibang tao pero hindi pa rin nila tayo ma-appreciate...

Pero tayo ba, kahit minsan lang sa buhay natin, huminto ba tayo at nagpasalamat sa lahat ng tuwa, lahat ng talento at sa lahat ng biyayang binigay at patuloy na ibinibigay dahil sa buhay na ipinagkaloob sa atin?

Kung tutuusin tayo na ang minamahal, tayo pa ang ma-pride! Tayo na ang nililigawan ng Diyos, tayo pa ang may ganang magpakipot!

Kaibigan kita, kaya mahal kita pero gaano man kalaki ang pagmamahal ko sayo, mas mahal ka ni Hesus kesa sa akin. Kaya tara na friend, it's time! Magbalik-loob na tayo sa Kanya? Hehehe! :)