Is JESUS in the house?

We must communicate our strong faith to everyone. We must not hide our light at home. Let you parents, children, spouse, brothers and sisters know of your faith in Jesus and be sure they see Christ's love, helpfulness and joy in you..
If our faith in Christ is real, it will usually prove itself at home, in our relationship with those who know us best. Children should honor their parents even if the parents are demanding and unfair. Parents should care gently for their children, even if the children are disobedient and unpleasant. Christian parents and children will relate to each other with thoughtfulness and love.This will happen if both parents and children put others interests above their own; that is, if they submit to one another.
Jesus said; a house divided against itself will fall. Luke 11:17. Members of every Christian households must always be together and united. Agreement is Amen, and Jesus is the Amen of God. in maintaining harmony and blessing at home, there must be an Amen. Is JESUS in the house?

 

Let's Get Real, Take off the mask

Some Christians are often insecure about their own spiritual shortcomings. Why? For one thing, in too many of our biggest and most visible churches, we see role models who appear to have everything. These prosperity gospel preachers smile all the time and talk about how God wants to prosper us,” no matter what” Taking verses out of context, they spread the poisonous belief that God wants us to be happy, healthy, and wealthy, and there’s something wrong with us if we don’t have that sacred triune wrapped up. The sad result is that instead of talking about our problems openly and feeling as if church were the perfect place to share our brokenness, we’ve swallowed the lie that we have to get "gussied up" to interact with other Christians!

In Romans 8:35- 39  These verses contain one of the most comforting promises in all scripture. Believers have always had to face hardship in many forms; persecution, illness, imprisonment, even death. These could cause them to fear that they have been abandoned by Christ. Christian community should provide a place where broken people get healed, not where we feel wrong for expressing our humanness. The simple truth is, Jesus is perfect—not us. The work of our sanctification is ongoing, and we live on a fallen, messy planet. Isn’t it time to take off our masks and be real. Although we pray that God will supply all our needs materially, we must recognize the Bible's teaching that God may allow his children to experience time of need in order to be encouraged to trust Him more and to develop our faith, spiritual endurance and ministry.

All the families of the nations will bow down before him."

Psalm 22. Verse 27 reads: "The whole earth will acknowledge the LORD and return to him. All the families of the nations will"all the families of the nations will bow down before him".
Notice that it is not just "all nations" that will worship God, but "all the families of the nations."
The Hebrews placed great emphasis on family worship. When offering a sacrifice or attending a great feast, the family was often together. This gave the children a healthy attitude toward worship and it put extra meaning in to it for the adults.
A picture of people from all nations gathering in their families to worship the one true God. This is the picture of the future at the thrown of God; But would it be nice to be in the practice even now of doing that?
In a day when so much in our culture threatens to weaken families, we ought to be encouraged by Psalm 22:27 to find ways to support family worship.
Perhaps nothing will help children to grow in their faith more than seeing their own parents genuinely worshiping God.
Of course this can happen, not just in church services, but in other settings as well, including the home. Family worship includes such activities as praying before meals, serving together on a mission trip, and so much more. Parents who want their children to know and serve the Lord should strive to live out their faith each day in every dimension of life
As the Christian community seeks to support families, we must also remember that we are the family of God together. Those who do not live with relatives can find a home among their brothers and sisters in Christ. In this way all of us can bow before the Lord and offer our lives in service to him.
Deuteronomy 12:12 You shall rejoice there before the Lord with your sons and daughters and servants; and remember to invite the Levites to feast with you, for they have no land of their own.
Every home has a leader; the Father . We can never deny that to have a good and harmonious relationship at home in the family is to have a good leadership who knows how to manage well.. But to be a good leader is not only inside the church requires but at home as well. Paul said; A leader must have a well behave family, with children who obey quickly and quietly. But to have this he must first have only one wife, he must be hard working and thoughtful, orderly, and full of good deeds and must know the word of God..The Church Pastor and the Father at home has only one mandate if we want to be joined in the families of all nations to bow down and worship the only one God.

Today's Witnesses

But you will receive power when the holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses to the end of the earth.[ Acts 1:8 ]
In all Judea, in Jerusalem, and Samaria are the most possible visited already by the disciples. Jesus said that before he returns, the Good News about the Kingdom (the salvation) would be preached throughout the world.This was the disciple's mission, and today, it is us in this present time;" it's now ours
."We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty [2peter116]
Not all disciples are teachers, or preachers, but "All of them are witnesses."!!!Jesus talked about the end time and final judgments to show his followers the urgency of spreading the Good News of salvation to everyone so today; we are here in our present time, close enough to the end .We are made to be his witnesses after witnessing his goodness and miracles. It’s not just for ourselves alone or for us to boast, it’s for them too, who are beginning to loose hope and most specially for those who heard Jesus but never yet know the salvation behind the name..
 Now I'm talking to all who are the real Witnesses of today. You know that in your heart... Stand up.. Lay down your testimony, testify. There are people heard the name Jesus but doesn’t really know the salvation behind the name. And some Christians who needed that to refresh their faith. Don't hesitate to share your experience and blessing, don't be ashamed... Don’t be fearful, you are not alone...GOD IS WITH US....

The Blessing Song

God has richly blessed us, and He will continue to bless us now and forever. This song is my prayer for all my friends,may their blessing be more abundantly and may this song manifest in your life. You just open and use your appreciative side of sight; you'll see that it's already going. Just continue to give Him praise and be thankful.

Life is short no matter how long

 Life is short no matter how long we live. Don't be deceived into thinking you have lots of remaining time to live to enjoy your love ones and everything that you're having now, or to do what you know you should. Live for God today! This chance is given yours, to be saved by grace. Then no matter when your life ends, you will have fulfilled God's plan for you.

Don't Hesitate, Share the Love of God

Many hesitate to share what Christ has done in their lives because they don't feel the change has been spectacular enough. But you qualify as a witness for Jesus because of what he has done for you, not because of what you have done for him. John assures us that Christ has done specific things for each person that can be shared with others. For example, Christ demonstrated his grate love by setting us free from our sins" through his death on the cross, guaranteeing us a place in his Kingdom, and making us priests to administer God's love to others.The fact that the all-powerful God has offered eternal life to you is nothing short of spectacular.


We may not face such persecution for our faith in Jesus, but few of us have the courage even now to share God's Word with others. If we afraid to share our faith during easy times, how will we during times of persecution? 

My story with God

   I'm a musician at the age of 15 (1966) and    managing my own band (The Spoiled generation), and I also organized a gang (Ab LoVe) to be my protective fence. Having a loving parents though, I'm not contented...  why is it that I always wanted to die? All my friends envy me but I don't see it that way. There is something that is missing in my life. So I quit entertainment, my night life, my gang, almost even my family. I began to isolate my self. I go mountain climbing.. But still nothing change. One rest day at home, a man came and asked me to be his witness for the annulment of his marriage from the girl that I lived with for three years, so I'd testified, and he got the approval. After the annulment was granted he was so happy and said thank you mar I would like to return the favor if I may, I love to give you a gift that will never last. He ask me to come and listen to the two days sharing (teaching) about Jesus. So I came. The first day; it was boring; because I thought I already knew Jesus from my Christian school. But in the second day when they talk about the fall of man, I suddenly remember the day when this man ask me to make his wife to go back home with him, That I did not, because the girl doesn't love him anymore . Now I realize how hurts this man is during that time of longing and yet here he is so loving and so happy to share Jesus to every one including me. Then a flashes back from the past wrong I've made, to the people and to my family...Oh how fitly I am.. I cried so loud and ask the Lord to forgive me to all the wrong I've done. That day I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. And all become beautiful to me, I see my life was shining bright. I never knew that I was delivered from all my vices. Weeds (marijuana), hashish, cocaine, acid pills, stimulants or depressants syrups, downers or upper tabs, even beer and alcohol drinks. Name it, I’ve done them all. That’s how musicians of the 60's-70's 80s are (flower people). But after that long and boring two days seminar, before it end, Jesus got me on my knees.. Oh, how kind and loving that Man is, this is the moment that I knew all the vices are no longer wanted, I begin to turn on to my new addiction, the Word of God. Yes the Bible!!. And all I wanted is to read and read the Bible all day long and all to me become new. My friends called me crazy. The next time I know, we are all crazy. They accepted my Jesus too . And the awesome works of God started in my life. It was a charismatic celebration of Pentecost 1985 when Jesus found me.

The two tall macho ordinary looking men

The two tall macho ordinary looking men (my story)

One Wednesday at Querino avenue, near Rethemtourist Church Baclaran,ParanaqueCity. It was a very crowded market place, Me and bro. Phil went on our street Evangelism program, My topic is about alcoholic men and the spirit of GOD( from Ephesians 5:18). In the closing part of my preaching a man suddenly appear from the crowd with a closed fist ready to blow a punch on me. in between me and the drunken man, two tall men ( Cadets looking ) walk across . If that man release his fist, he will surely hit the tall man's chest. Naturally, the tall man reacted at the defensive mode. Now it look like him against the two tall macho looking men. Subdued, and maybe thought the two men are with our group, the drunk man walk away fearfully head low.. On our way home, my friend Phil praise the Lord for the intervention. for he know that only God who can make it happened. He didn't saw anyone. but after I told him what I've seen. then we remember the story of a beautiful church worker saved by the two big men from a killer rapist inQuezon city. And another church worker escorted by two big men to pass across the newly isolated road in bacoor Cavite. The story of a beautiful church worker happened two months before I experience the baclaran incident from the two cadet looking men. and only month ago when the story of an elderly church worker escorted by two big macho men to cross the isolated place where killed people dumped. This happened in three different places. one in Quezon city, the other in Cavite city and mine in Paranaque city.





The two tall macho ordinary looking men ( the beautiful church worker)

The beautiful lady I'm talking about lives in a group of settlers near the river. The only entrance and way out is through the narrow isle of the river, and on both sides of the isle are banana trees. This beautiful worker saw the rapist,criminal on the night just before he was arrested. when she decided to share the Gospel to the man and thank him for sparring her life.(This man has already raped and killed three girls) .At the city jail, she asked the man why he didn't do anything bad to her, the man gave her a stunning answer. He said" I'm not a fool to attack you with that two big men with you. Halleluijah !!





The two tall macho ordinary looking men (an elderly church worker)

The elderly church worker who persistently wanting to go home for her only old mother at their home alone after a long preparation practice at the church for their Sunday service. But its already past midnight and no one in the transportation service wanted to drive because of the way in the newly constructed road was being used as a dumping ground for the hold up victims. But she was glad for her surprised of one driver volunteered to accept the trip. At the arrival the lady asked the driver how much doest it coast for it is a special trip, the driver answered" JUST PAY FOR ONE PERSON ONLY" ..The day after, she saw the driver and she asked him why did he said Just pay one only? the driver said IF NOT FOR THOSE TWO BIG COMPANION OF YOURS ME TOO CAN NEVER BE HOME THAT NIGHT FOR MY PREGNANT WIFE ALONE IN THE HOUSE>> Awesome GOD






 FOR HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS (psalm 91:11)




One of the functions of angels is to watch over believers; specially those servants of God. And I'm here to testify, I personally encounter the two tall macho, ordinary looking men.  God is true to his word, that he will give his angels charge concerning his workers to be guarded in all their ways.

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Delete Comment The elderly church worker who persistently wanting to go home for her only old mother at their home alone after a long preparation practice at the church for their Sunday service. But its already past midnight and no one in the transportation service wanted to drive because of the way in the newly constructed road was being used as a dumping ground for the hold up victims. But she was glad for her surprised of one driver volunteered to accept the trip. At the arrival the lady asked the driver how much doest it coast for it is a special trip, the driver answered" JUST PAY FOR ONE PERSON ONLY" ..The day after, she saw the driver and she asked him why did he said Just pay one only? the driver said IF NOT FOR THOSE TWO BIG COMPANION OF YOURS ME TOO CAN NEVER BE HOME THAT NIGHT FOR MY PREGNANT WIFE ALONE IN THE HOUSE>> Awesome GOD

Who Shifted The Hole

Sometimes it's good to be on the down side of life. What I mean is when financially down.,
This happened one rainy season when the roof of our house were busted open by a big stone thrown by a kid. During that time we are living on a no ceiling house just a galvanize iron roofing sheet with a combination of synthetic light roofing that becoming fragile as time as it goes old.
One evening, passed midnight, we are awakened by a sound of heavy rain fall. My wife stretches her right hand towards the roof and said in Jesus name. Then I saw heavy pouring water at the corner of the house (We are living in a six by eight meters studio type house then) so I have to get and put the bucket to be the catch basin. Then we continue to sleep. Around 9:00 am an Elder of the church arrive for some hi, hello talk, just to know how we are that evening when that heavy rain falls. But within that conversation the strong pouring of rain fall once again.. She felt so bad when she saw the rushing flows of water right at the center of our home. Can you imagine eight of us lying asleep on a little space and the location of the roof hole to where the falls is coming is from the center of that space. Sister Gloria the elder is witnessing on how in God's grace can we not get wet and completed sleep all through the night? Then she asked how can you not get wet last night? Then we look at the bucket filled water at the corner where there is not even a small hole on top of it.
This is how the picture scene. At night, we put all the sofa at the sides then we put banig (Philippine carpet) at the center and together we all lay to sleep (this is our life 1986)
Now, the question is; how come we never get wet. I think you better ask the one who shifted the hole during that rainy night.
Without that poor condition, we may never witness that miracle. Thanks be to GOD..
When there is nothing you can do, God can do anything for you!!.

When God Wants You To Go

One evening at the house of sister Gloria on our bible study session, my Pastor friend Mike was asked to visit the island of masbate for a needed support for our lone missionary sister Merl. The

accommodating family suggested that I should go too. I've never been
to a remote place like that before. So in my hesitation I lay a condition that
"If God allows me to go I will receive an exact cash
amount to pay my fares (not more than or not less than), If that happened, I
will go". An hour later just before we step out of the house,
a daughter of our member who's working in Japan gave a two envelope from her
mother. One envelope has my name and the other is for my friend Mike the head
pastor of our Church.
From Japan the envelopes are still sealed close.
And when I opened mine, it has an amount of three hundred pesos. Do you know how
much is the cost of one ticket I need for the trip? Exactly THREE HUNDRED
PESOS!!!!!! GLORY TO MY GOD!!! 

CELIBACY a gift from God

1989 When I and my wife agreed that she will be the one this time to accept the work abroad for a one year contract, as I will continue the church service here at home. Previously, I'm the one working abroad.

This is the first time I will be doing every thing outside and inside the house with my six children. But two days before her departure, a woman from the USA drop by our church that Sunday and she heard about my wife going abroad. She speaks to us and said”. You have a good job here, why go out of your country and serve pagans". Those words begin to strike guilt in me. I knew it is a warning from God, because I felt the weight of her words. But since the contract was already signed and days left for her departure, there's nothing we can do but to abide in the contract. So I just pray to God all my tears to protect her bring her safe back home, and I promise that I will dedicate myself in doing my best to serve. I promised I will not commit my self in any sexual activity or lustful desire in exchange of her protection,.
1990 She finished the contract and I'm so relief.. And it was then when I realized that since the day she left, not even one time that I felt the urge or lustful desire or even bad dream at night or the so called wet dreams. The Lord keeps me busy by witnessing a numbers of miracles, interventions, and healing... A whole year experiencing the gift of CELIBACY! That’s my clear knowledge of what CELIBACY is. It has no struggle, not even trying to put away. It is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. ... It is really a GIFT FROM GOD.
.The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure. [1 Corinthians 10:13]

Even I Forgot to ask

   This happened one September morning: As I 'm moving out from the parking area of a grocery store , when a fast moving motorcycle coming straight at and we can see the driver's eyes has a panic expression because his face showed it. I'm also riding a motorcycle with my wife Eleanor at the back seat. If we put our estimation to the speed and the direction of this coming vehicle obviously it will hit us hard right directly to the middle side.
   Now here is the intervention of the one watching over, Three meters before the impact, the front wheel of this coming vehicle suddenly turned cross,,, by that, the speed dramatically reduced to a minimal speed then stop. What surprised me, the man and his vehicle didn't crush. It supposedly is from the momentum of the speed. This kind of intervention surprised me, I was caught flat footed, didn't even uttered a word for God's help. I was expecting an impact. But God did something miraculous. Even I didn't ask?? How can I stop praising God when every time I need to be saved, He was there to save me. Thank you Jesus, thank you Lord.
   I just want to share this to every one for it is not impossible for God to reach His hands upon us to be saved. I have red some stories just like this and I know now we are all entitled under God's protections if we just put his righteousness in our lives. To God be the glory...

The Word of God and the Testimony of the Witnesses

I would like to go back from the past experience that I've encountered from a bible study session at the woman's home with a terminal cancer around her neck and was given a week to live(the hospital doctors advised her to spend her days at home). The miracle happened just after she'd listened from the two sisters testimony of their mom's instant healing from a busted vain in the right eye after the reading of Mark 5:26-29 Just right after their mom heard it, she stood up and said "I love that verse” reacted from her emotional feeling. Then the brethren near her was astonished of what they are seeing, the bloody colored eye is now cleared (just before she entered the hall it was full colored red). After hearing the testimony of the two sisters, the sick woman grab the sisters hands {since she' can not speak} laid them on her swollen neck (meaning please pray for me). So we prayed and ask the power of God to heal her too... Just minuets after that bible expository, she vomited more or less two gallons of stinky cream and bloody color liquid and the swollen neck returned to its normal form... That's the power of the word of God and testimony can go hand in hand to transfer the power of deliverance and healing......... To you who need an answer to your problem or you need deliverance and healing, read the gospel of Mark 5:25-29 and have the kind of faith that is in the heart and mind of that woman. You need to focus your eyes to Jesus... Amen...

This Kingdom Will Come”

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Intro = The people are still hopeful for a political leader who would set up an earthly good governance. Majority of our citizens are dreaming of a Kingdom like government. Once upon a time in our Philippine(meaning finely chosen) cultures, we live a life of the Maharlikas.  Kaya naman pag nanonood tayo ng mga Royal weddings o Royal inauguration ay parang nakakasabik magkaroon ng gayong mga pagdiriwang.. it’s because we have the same form of government before. It is not possible to have the kind of government that we long for if we believe in Theocratic government ruled by God. But the question is how can we have and how could we get there? 


But here we are talking about the Kingdom living,. On how we suppose to live and how we should do our part if we are to live in the Kingdom. Citizen of the Kingdom has the support and protection of the king. But you must be capable to catch up the standard of living in this Kingdom. And how if those capital provided by the King  went to nothing or did not prosper and multiply?

   


Title = This Kingdom Will Come                            


Reading = Luke 19:11-27

12) A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then return. =

13) Gave them ten minas, and gave his instruction;” Put this money to work =

The first and the second are good Stewards. But the other one did not made it grow.

# mark this; “I will judge you by your own words.”

= If you ignore me, I will ignore you in the face of my father

= If you deny me, I will deny you your salvation

  1.        This story showed Jesus’ followers what they were to do during the time between Jesus’ departure and his Second Coming.

Because we live in that time, This applies directly to us, .  

2.         We have been given excellent resources to build and enlarge God’s Kingdom. Jesus expects us to use this talent so that they multiply and the Kingdom expands.

 What are those talents that have given to us by God? Can you name some?

a) Our knowledge about the Kingdome

b) Our convincing faith in God

c) The Salvation that we have

d) Our material blessing

3.         He asks each of us,” What are you doing with what I have given you? ”While awaiting the coming of the Kingdom of God in glory, we must do his work.

 What are this works that he is telling us about?

 Our personal attention) and social communication will fill the gap to communicate with others, without those it will be void and null to share the word

Conclusion = (2 Corinthians 13:5) Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you?

Have you share the knowledge about the Kingdom?

Have you made your faith grow like a mustard seed?

Have you made your self so convincingly to others to win soul for God?

Did you use your ability and your capacity to show the world that nothing is so important in this world than to live in the Kingdom of God.? 
Let me say this once more, This Kingdom will come, that’s for sure.” THIS KINGDOM WILL COME”  Where will you be when this Kingdom come?

Today its not hard to believe

1) 24 more earthquakes today, making the total 203 in the first 11 days of 2011.

2) Israel continues to DOMINATE the Prophetic news with no less than a dozen headlines on just 2 sites checked.!!! Israel is "indeed" the burdensome stone God said She would be in the last days.!!!
 3) Jerusalem's mayor said they will NEVER give up the Holy City (MANY angered at this of course)
 4) Israel tears down old hotel in palestinian neighborhood and is building apartments...U.S. and the rest of the world are FURIOUS at this...
 5) Thousands of birds fall from the sky, dead in Turkey today.
 6) "tsunami" appears due to flooding in Australia and kills many...flooding there is HORRIFIC.!!!
 7) Soaring food prices putting G-20 leaders in a panic.
 8) Germany closes thousands of livestock farms due to deadly disease outbreak.
 9) North Korea soon to be a direct nuclear threat to the U.S.
 10) New Volcano erupts in Indonesia making tens of thousands evacuate.

We are to believe that this time is nearing end; How are we today my dear Brethren? to others and ourselves, most specially to our God? Are we ready? Are you not still believing that this is the end time? To many questions? Forgive me , but God wants us to be there with Him.

Today its not hard to believe that days will come when we'll no longer see the clearness of the sun because of the black pollutant smoke from the sky. How much more of the moon that so easy to disappear from the clouds. It is now happening....

 Jesus said In Mathew 24:29 = Soon after the trouble of those days, the sun will grow dark, the moon will no longer shine, the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers in space will be driven from their courses.