Do Not WORRY!

Don't fret or worry.

Instead of worrying, PRAY.

Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.

Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness,

everything coming together for good,

will come and settle you down.

It's WONDERFUL what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.



Philippians 4:6-7 (The Message)

On this day, God wants you to know...

Don't fret or worry. 

Instead of worrying, pray. 

Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, 

letting God know your concerns. 

Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, 

everything coming together for good, 

will come and settle you down. 

It's wonderful what happens 

when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. 

 Philippians 4:6-7 (The Message)

God Bless You!

It's what the Bible says that matters

"I have what the Bible says I have."

 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Gal. 3:29)

"I can do what the Bible says I can do."

 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.(Philippians 4:13)

"I am what the Bible says I am!"

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8: 37-39)

Outside of the Bible are lies and deceptions! 

Don't be tricked!

Read the BIBLE and know the TRUTH! 

And the TRUTH shall set you FREE!

Change: Difficult But Not Impossible

Change. As they say is one of the constant thing in this world. It's either we're changing for the better or for worse.

Here's what I learned recently about CHANGE.

I didn't know about this until it was preached by my Pastor last Friday. In the Bible we are always compared to an eagle. Encouraging us to soar high above problems and in any situations we may face. We need to have an eye like that of an eagle to be so focused on our targets and prey.

But the things we can learn from an eagle's life doesn't stop there.

Usually the eagle's lifespan is 70 years. But they only last up to 70 if they undergo a major change during their 40's.

What is this change? You might ask. Let me tell you...

During their 40's (during their old age) their talons and beak start to bend. The talons and beak can bent to as much as taking out the capability of the eagle to catch their prey.

Their wings as well grow heavier and will start to stick to their bodies giving them a hard time to fly swifter the usual.

At this point, the eagle faces a major decision: either to DIE or undergo that major change I've been talking about.

What is this change? Yeah..yeah..You've asked me that question the second time now.

The eagle must fly to a mountaintop and go through 150-day series of changes (that's approximately 5 months).

First, the eagle must knock its beak to a rock until it breaks allowing a new beak to grow. (Now that's painful...)

Second, after the new beaks are fully developed the eagle then starts to pluck its talons to take them out to allow new ones to grow.

Third, it then plucks its own feather to take them out allowing new feathers to grow.

After all these painful, hurting one self process, the eagle can then fly it's "come back" flight and will then live for 30 more years.

What can we learn from this?

1. Change is a decision one should make.
- If we hear ourselves sometimes complaining why blessings are not coming and promises are not happening, I think we better ask ourselves first this question "Have we decided to go through the change that's necessary?". I'm not just talking about "not drink soda" or "not watching TV". I'm talking about major overhaul of our lives, lifestyle, choices and decisions. "Have we decided to take on the narrow path?"

2. The Change is Difficult
- I mean, really difficult. If you can look at the life of the eagle, it ended up really hurting itself to be changed. In the same way, we will soon come to a point when we object with ourselves, when we enslave our own will and choices, when we let go of ours to allow HIS. It can reach to a point that you would need to let go of your friends. It can reach to a point that you would need to resign from your secured job because your Christian principles are now being compromised. You will come to a point to say NO even though you've used to saying YES to a lot of things. Are you ready for this?

3. Change takes some time
- It took 5 months for the eagle to go through the change. As they always say, change doesn't happen overnight. It takes time. Sometimes it takes a lifetime. That's why there's a decision. One need to choose and with that choice comes the responsibility to continue and persevere.

If we want to see fruitfulness and God's plan happening in our lives, change must be done.
Rest assured though that yes it may be DIFFICULT but IT'S NEVER Impossible with CHRIST who strengthens us. [Philippians 4:12]

We are now faced with a challenge to Change. Are you willing to take it?

Don't Be Anxious | My Life is In Your Hands by Kathy Troccoli

Philippians 4:6(NIV)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

This is one song (My Life is In Your Hands) that had surely blessed me when I started my journey with the Lord. It had been instrumental to my growth as a young Christian. I hope you too will be blessed by it. I included the lyrics as well.

My Life is In Your Hands by Kathy Troccoli
Life can be so good
Life can be so hard
Never knowing what each day
Will bring to where you are
Sometimes I forget
And sometimes I can't see
That whatever comes my way
You'll be with me

My life is in your hands
My heart is in your keeping
I'm never without love
Not when my future is with you

My life is in your hands
And though I may not see clearly
I will lift my voice and sing
Cause your love does amazing things
Lord, I know, my life is in your hands

Nothing is for sure
Nothing is for keeps
All I know is that your love
Will live eternally
So I will find my way, yes
And I will find my peace
Knowing that you'll meet my every need

My life is in your hands
My heart is in your keeping
I'm never without love
Not when my future is with you

My life is in your hands
And though I may not see clearly
I will lift my voice and sing
Cause your love does amazing things
Lord, I know, my life is in your hands

When I'm at my weakest love
You carry me
Then I become my strongest love
In your hands

My life is in your hands
And though I may not see clearly
I will lift my voice and sing
Cause your love does amazing things
Lord, I know, my life is in your hands
I trust you Lord
My life is in your hands

Be Humble | Let others Praise You

Proverbs 27:2 (New International Version)

² Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
someone else, and not your own lips.

Reflection:

How many times did we try to praise ourselves before men? How many times did we struggle just to be noticed and appreciated or recognized? And most of the time it ends up the opposite.

We need recognition, rewards, praises and appreciation at times but it should never become our main reason and motivation for doing something. God blesses us when we obey His will but our motivation should never be the blessing but the desire to obey Him. Not after the Hand but after the Heart of God as others would usually say. Let's be excellent with what we're doing not because we have been recognized and appreciated but because we're working for the Lord and not for men [Eph. 6:7].

God wants to remind us through his Word,

Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. [Phil. 2:3]

Today, I'd take the opportunity of thanking my friends for Blog Awards they've given me. Let God be glorified with these awards. More of him and less of me.

by Kay of Christian Blog and Koko of Kokijar

Frienship Awardees:

Cindy of God Nuggets Blog

Valerie of Simply4God

Rey of Bloggista's Attic

Brad of -sound of softbreath-

Xprosaic's World

Tyrone of Provident 360

by Goody of A Friend Named Goody

The instructions say I would need to award these awards to other bloggers. For now let me hold off and choose the right ones to be recognized. I'll just be updating this post once I've already chosen. Again Thanks Kay, Koko and Goody! God Bless you more!

Recommended Readings:

The Power to be Wealthy and Rich

Remember not to Forget

The Power to be WEALTHY and RICH!

Deuteronomy 8:18 (New American Standard Bible)
"But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth"

Reflection:

A lot of us are in search on how to make money especially in this time of recession. In fact "Make Money" is one of the most searched keyword in www.google.com with approximately 92 million search results. For some one job is no longer enough, they must try to look for sidelines after shift and sometimes during shift hours just to earn more.

Today, the Word of God says, "It is God who gives us the Power to make wealth". On other versions, it would say, "has given you the power to produce wealth". There's the end point to everyone's quest for more Money: God! He said in his Word [Philippinas 4:19]

"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

I want you to focus on the word "riches". Our God is RICH! He's the richest God in the entire universe! In fact he owns everything! Today he's telling you, "I WANNA SHARE THESE WITH YOU!"

If you say, what's the catch?

Here's the catch: REMEMBER GOD! Remember him not just on Sundays and Prayer Meetings. He's saying Remember him whenever and wherever you are. I've discussed this in detail here: Remember not to Forget. But to summarize everything, let me leave you a Word from Joshua 1:8,

"Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful."

God Bless you more!

You can Do ALL things through Christ

Matthew 19:26 (King James Version)
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, “With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”

Reflection:

Who says you can’t do it? Who says you can’t achieve your dreams? Who says you’ll always be a loser and a quitter.

God is telling you, YOU CAN! You can win over troubles. You can fulfill your dreams. You can achieve your goals! You can be a WINNER!

Let’s stop focusing on our own weaknesses and “can’ts”. Let’s stop listening to discriminating words from other people. Let’s stop looking down, let’s start looking up.

Paul wrote a letter to the Philippians saying,

Philippians 4:13 (New King James Version)
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

And Yes, You can also DO ALL THINGS (and I mean ALL) not through your own strength but through Christ who strengthens you.

Be extraordinary, today!

God Bless you!

Recommended Readings:

Stop Worrying, God knows your needs

Pray the Prayer of Jabez