February 2012
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No Ordinary People
There are no ordinary people. –C.S. Lewis
Could it really be possible that we possess a hidden greatness?
Sometimes we feel ordinary at best.
The feeling that we are nothing but a piece of crap in this world.
The feeling that we will never be able to show something EXTRAORDINARY.
Just a little turn to the 1st pages of the Bible, you’ll be sent to the book of Genesis. Well, it was clearly stated...
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Season of Reflection
As we are all aware of, today is Ash Wednesday, and consequently, it’s also the start of the Lenten season.
I don’t know what you believe in or how your religion does it, but I suggest that we all have a moment of reflection before we sleep tonight. Reflect on the real meaning of the season. The real meaning of Christ’s death for us, and what this actually means for our lives.
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The only acceptable ‘third party’ in any relationship is GOD.
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The truth behind the TRUTH
Truth hurts.
It’s really hard to face the truth. It is usually the ones that wake our hearts up, the ones that pinch us so hard. It’s our alarm to reality.
Because of the pain the truth brings us, we habitually hide from it. We can’t face the truth strong enough. But have you not thought that the truth is necessary for our growth as a person?
See, spiritual growth can’t be attained without...
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Everybody Jump Around in the House of God!
I got the title above from one of Planet Shaker’s songs: Jump Around. You should listen to their songs, by the way! They are very good :D
Anyway, I have just realized it but it’s very wonderful to sing and dance for the Lord, no?
It’s very overwhelming to be inside a hall packed with people/ youth who all sing and dance together for the Lord. Young or old, girl or boy, you...
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The Beauty of the Gospel
We live in a very sinful world, run by the standards of the society where we can see multicultural people.
Conformity, Pressures, Discriminations, Persecutions.
These are some of the millions of people you can encounter on your daily lives. Sometimes we are unconsciously caught by their flow without knowing, we are seemingly getting away from someone, from God.
In this society-controlled world,...
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Dating and God
How would you know if it’s already the right time to love?
How would you tell if s/he is already God’s best for you?
The answer?
It’s obvious.
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Chasing Excellence
Are you an A student?
Excellence is the state or quality of excelling or being exceptionally good; extreme merit; superiority
We are all capable of excelling, but how can we achieve excellence?
1. To excel means to be superior in quality.
In every area of our lives, we should give time and effort. Meaning, we should give quality in everything we do. The good should be better and the better should...
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What Keeps you from Loving God?
This Valentine’s, ask yourself:
What keeps YOU from loving God wholeheartedly?
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You seem to be too busy at work or at...
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What is LOVE?
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Because it’s the month of February and Valentines’ is just around the corner, let’s all meditate about LOVE.
Throbbing hearts, special someone, different kind of feeling, Valentine’s Day.
These are the words we usually connect to the thought of Love. Whenever we are to define what love is, it all boils down to what we commonly feel or...
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Clothes ON. Pants UP. Hands OFF. Honor GOD.
Okay, I know that the title sounds a little too ambiguous and straight-to-the-point, but I just want to share to everyone what I have learned from a pastor in Victory Church.
I’m not knowledgeable in this matter, nor experienced. I’m just relating to you what our pastor told us. Nevertheless, I’m with him in this matter and your thoughts are greatly appreciated. :) And sorry if...
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The Youth of Today
Yesterday, for the first time, I attended a youth service in Victory Church. It’s called Friday Night Youth. Every Friday, youth from everywhere gather there. They sing Christian songs, dance to God’s music, bond with each other, and a pastor talks about different inspiring messages every week. For this month, since it’s the LOVE month, the topic is about LOVE, SEX, DATING and...
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Do not Conform!
Do you sometimes feel like being pressured by the people around you?
Conformity is defined as an action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.; Correspondence in form, nature, or character; Agreement, congruity, or accordance.
In this generation, we are unconsciously controlled by the world. The wrong becomes the right, the bad becomes the good. Most of us have lost...
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Love Thy Parents
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Have you ever thought of rebelling against your parents because they are too strict and they don’t give what you demanded?
Maybe, most of us do. I do. Sometimes I think that my parents are overruling me so much and never really cared about me. Sometimes, I think that my parents only value what they want and not what I want. Sometimes, I think they don’t love me...
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On Persecutions and How YOU can Handle Them
I hate it when people deliberately belittle my religious beliefs and opinions.
Trust me, I get this a lot. I study in a well-known freethinking and modernist university here in the Philippines. Everyday, I come across a hodgepodge of atheists/ nonbelievers, agnostics, people of other religious denominations, crazy scientists who only believe in their quantum theories, nonpracticing Christians,...
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How are your decisions made?
One of the lessons in our church that really gave an impact to me.
Are the decisions in our lives powerful?
Aside from Jesus Christ as God’s gift to us, another gift has given to us. And it is the power of making decisions.
We are made by God superior over other creations. What we differ to animals is that He gave us the power and privilege of having our own choice and He respect that. He gave us...
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Inspiring Story 2 (Read please)
REPOSTED:
Me: God, can I ask You a question?
God: Sure.
Me: Promise me You won’t get mad.
God: I promise.
Me: Why did You let so much stuff happen to me today?
God: What do you mean?
Me: Well, I woke up late!
God: Yes?
Me: My car took forever to start!
God: Okay.
Me: At lunch, they made my sandwich wrong & I had to wait for them to give me another.
God: Huummm.
Me: On the...
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That Green-Eyed Monster
I’m sure all of us have felt ENVIOUS of someone at some point.
Maybe she is blessed with a height of a model’s and you’re just barely 5 feet.
Or maybe he drives a new Volvo, while you only drive a hand-me-down from your father.
You think you’re not as smart as him/ her, and you only have average grades.
Or your best friend is always the one on the spotlight while you...
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We are the Salt and Light of the world!
Wonder why we named our devotional blog “Salt and Light”?
Have you ever tasted a chicken cooked without any flavouring like salt? If so, then you have tasted the best tasteless food among all tasteless foods. And after eating, you’ll feel dissatisfied isn’t it?
When we eat, we always want the best food with the best flavours regardless its physical appearances. We always want to fulfil our...
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Inspiring Story (Read please)
REPOSTED, PARAPHRASED AND TRANSLATED FROM A THREAD IN FACEBOOK:
“I just wanna share my experience awhile ago. This happened inside a jeepney (a kind of public vehicle in the Philippines) . I sat beside the driver so that I could play my PSP (Patapon 3) easily. Minutes passed, the jeepney was already half full, and I noticed that the driver had been rubbing his tummy for some time now (the...
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Don’t worry, Be happy!
Matthew 6:25, 33
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothes?
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Does worrying can give us any optimistic view in life?
To worry means to feel uneasy or to be...
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Where's the Blame?
I was reading the book of Genesis a while ago, particularly Chapter 3 of Genesis. It was when God found out that Adam and Eve had eaten from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which He has forbidden them to. When God asked them why they ate the fruit from it, even though He told them not to, Adam blamed Eve for his wrongdoing and Eve in turn, blamed the snake who tempted her.
We all know...
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Power of Prayer
What can a PRAYER do to your life?
Prayer strengthens souls.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. (Ephesians 3:20)
Prayer imparts peace.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all...
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Be a Blessing to Others!
Be a blessing to others!
Because a person of God is certainly a person of others too!
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20 Little Ways of...
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The Armour of God
If you would have a chance to go back in time and the only time you could go back to is when World War II occurred. Imagine:
People screaming for help, massive genocides and explosions around.
How can you survive in this situation? How can you keep yourself strong in the midst of the war?
Well, our 1st intuition would be going to find some protective garments and devices that could “protect” us....
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The Magic of God's Love
Last night was one of the best nights in my life ever. If it’s fine with you, let me just share it first because it’s very special for me, and it relates to my devotion today (which should be for yesterday’s actually, sorry if this is a bit late).
You see, I had just turned 18 years old last Wednesday, and here in the Philippines, turning 18 is one of those most-awaited events...
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Seek Ye First
Cramming, due dates, projects, quizzes, assignments, articles…
The words can summarize how burdened I am this week. Yes, you can call it a hell week. Well, I was always anxious and worried when it comes to my school works. I easily get pre-occupied when I have so many things to do. I am also always overwhelmed by all the work I will have to do.
But, that was me before.
That was me before until I...
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Relationships
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?
(Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)
A Filipino Catholic preacher once said that relationships are the greatest investment one can have and...
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How to Take Good Care of your Body
If you happen to see a human anatomy chart, do you realize how organized and systematic our organs were arranged? The function of one organ never conflicts the function of the other one. And our physical appearance? You can never see someone of the same face as yours. For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully...
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“The Bible was written for people with no real faith. We all begin with a minus.”
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Some Facts about the Bible
I’m dedicating today’s entry in giving all of you some random FYIs about our favorite book, the Bible:
1. The Bible was written by various people.
2. It is divided into two main sections: the New Testament and the Old Testament.
3. It tells us of God’s greatness, Jesus’ life here on earth and after His resurrection and God’s word and will.
4. The first section of...
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Have a faith that saves! <3
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“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)
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The Strongest Foundation
Which do you prefer, a house built on a rock or a house built on the sand?
Being a Civil Engineering student entails a lot of hard work and determination. Aside from facing a lot of math problems (Yes, MATH PROBLEMS), you will also exercise your critical thinking for the rest of your stay in school. Despite these, I am still encouraged to continue my schooling for the fact that I’m in the field of...
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Baby Steps
FACT: Most of us think that it’s ALREADY enough to believe in Him.
FACT: Most of us want to get closer to GOD.
But don’t really know how.
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By Faith and not by Sight
Nothing is bigger than God. He will not make a rock that He cannot lift. He is omnipotent and unfathomable. Nothing can ever destroy the power of God. All things are possible through Him. Jesus said, we should have faith in Him, that whatever we ask for in prayer, we should claim it and it will be given. (Mark 11:22, 24)
We walk by faith and not by sight. The more we believe in Him, the more our...
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Of Patience
My patience is almost running out now. 24 hours isn’t enough in a day and sometimes, I just wish for time to stand still. Even for just a few moments, so I can organize my thoughts and what I need to do for the next weeks and months. This is one of the most stressful weeks in my college life ever, and I begin to wonder if I’m actually doing the right thing. Or if this is what I really...
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The First Miracle
Do you believe in miracles?
A wedding took place in Cana Galilee 2 days later. Jesus’ mother was there, and so as Jesus and His disciples are invited in the wedding. When the wine was given out, Jesus’ mother said, “They are out of wine.” (John 2:3) “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” (John 2:4) His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”...
The City Gates: What You Have Attained →
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Only let us live up to what we have already attained. - Philippians 3:16
You may not be a Bible scholar. You may struggle to understand some things the pastor says. You may even see things differently than those Christians who surround you. This makes no difference. Just live up to what…
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The Glory is All Yours
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 10:11)
A few months back, I was...