Write Thing at the Write Time

Whenever I read the book of Proverbs, I always want to be like her. Wisdom is always defined and personified as a woman calling out to the simpleminded and those who lack good judgement to join her in her feast. Can you imagine that? Wisdom is like a banquet host. What she says, the words of wisdom are like a home cooked meal! Partaking wisdom is like eating. Much like in Psalm 34:8 it says, "taste and see". I always liked her. Actually I wanted to be like her. Each chapter that she is described differently but makes me want more to be like her. Persistent and Unashamed In Proverbs 1 she is a Persistent Woman and unashamed. She calls out, cries out even in the public and to the crowds. She persistently calls out to share not just her counsel but even her own heart. I am greatly challenged by this as a pastor and discipler. When, just like Wisdom, you also experienced this lines: “I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you, but you pai

Read 2 Samuel 11:1-5 Sin has a pattern in our lives. We just have to learn to ask the right questions when it comes to drifting away from God. In David's case, we could learn how it progressed by asking the 4 questions: 1. Where are you now? Read in verse 1: The sign your lost is that you are in the wrong place at the wrong time. David was supposed to be at war. But he stayed behind. The moment we start running away from what God asked to do and go back to the places we used to go in our past life esp w/ the reason- "nagpapahinga lang ako!" its a sign we must turn back or else... 2. What are you looking at? V2. You start looking at the wrong things or people. You get distracted and your vision changes. Like David he forgot the promises of God and his warning not to disobey by just one look. That's what it all takes one look. It is not when we are at war we get tested- it is when we are "resting" and we gave in. 3. Who are you talking to?

Education has become very accessible in our nation with the Free tuition law. Then there's also the upgrade in our educational system with the application of K-12. Include the free wifi and the easy accessibility of information through the internet. Yet as I observe and minister among people- no matter how much you hand over the information and education right on their lap but they don't do anything about it! Many have grown educated and even intelligent yet remained derelict (no sense of duty or purpose). And even to the point of cowardice or playing safe. Sa Bisaya pa, "Talawan!" Maraming "Talentadong Talawan" or "Intelligent Derelicts". But as I read the Bible, there was also a man who was the same as the current trend in this generation. His name was Gideon. We can learn from Gideon how he overcame and it reflects in his prayer life.  Let's read the Word: Judges 6:11-16 11  Then the angel of the  Lord  came and sat beneath the g

Yes 3 letters One word Would have been my answer If only your question i have heard Yes Begins with a Y Maybe it means You Might have been mine If only you'd asked me to be yours Yes Center of it is E Maybe it was Everything Would have been You It would have been my answer If only the question i knew Yes A Truth and Fact Resounding and reassuring If only... If only you have ever asked.

We just celebrated the church's 6th year anniversary. Today as I am resting and feeling pain and fatigue in my body after yesterday's activities and also the euphoria of emotions of all that happened yesterday, I mulled over God's Word today in: New Living Translation Proverbs 14:10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy. If someone would have asked me what I felt yesterday and probably what happened for the past 6 years, this verse best describes it. Something you can't fully equate or put into words. A life meant to be experienced rather than explained. Much like poetry. You don't feel the words really- more of felt and experienced it personally thats why a poem seems beautiful and true. To describe a life of a follower and disciple of Jesus- bittersweet. Bitterness that only your heart could fully know and joys that are beyond words to be expressed and could not be fully shared to others. Just like last Sund

Tonight like any other night when sleep is not so good to me, my mind is very much active despite my tired body. To distract myself, I usually make a 'to do list' in my head (which I write after so I won't forget) for the next following weeks. Next week, BCC Kabacan  will be celebrating our 6th year Anniversary. So it will be a busy week.  I was already thinking of the Praise and Worship line-up, the Children's ministry then a family requested for dedication of their children. It means I have to set up the counselling with the parents together with my parents. As I dwell on this all, I kept on thinking back to 2011 when this Satellite ministry was just a house church and I was not even so accepting of the responsibility as a Pastor. But each year was a different story. It was like I aged or matured each passing year to the point that the difference is so stark- just looking back this January 2017, I was a completely different person. How so? As