A Message from JC

Troubles are opportunities that would test your faith,

When your faith is tested, your endurance will grow,

For when your endurance has been developed, you're geared with confidence.

-Jesus Christ

Hitler No More

Adolf Hitler. 

I have a colleague named Hitler.  Weird name isn't it?  This would let you assume that he is somewhat alike with the famous Adolf Hitler, an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of Nazi Party.  Some said that this prominent person is ruthless, bigot, egotistical, opportunist, etc.  Well, this colleague which became a good friend of mine is far opposite from these characteristics. 

Hitler is an Accounting Manager in my current employer--young indeed in his position but a mature person in his job.   People respect and admire him with his efficient work (good performance), contagious attitude (cheerful), and inspiring stories (family background).  Anyhow, there's something magical about this person that can magnetize people and love him more.

I will no longer see Hitler in our office starting on Monday.  It would truly be a huge adjustment.  I will surely miss our talks, his advices, his stories, his DANCE, his smile, his laughter, among others.

Adolf Hitler is totally different with this Hitler beside me--a good leader, who is loved by his followers; a good son/brother, who is well-loved by his family;  a good companion, who is cherished by his friends. 

Whatever path he will be taking now, I know God has great purposes.   I really am glad that, in my journey, I've met someone like him.    I know it was a short stint.  Even so, whatever he had built with us would never be forgotten.

Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass

-21 Guns.

How Depth His Thinking Is

No one can measure the depths of His understanding - Isaiah 40:28

So here I am, sitting in a shopping mall food court.  My body is tense and my stomach knotted.  My to-do list is long and my progress this particular day is disappointing.  Unexpected complications have brought delays and I'm fretting over the deadlines ahead:  a radio show to plan, an article to write, the myriad details of a national project I'm coordinating.

I unwrap my burger, take a bite, and for a few minutes, I am forced to pause.  Busy people rush around me, fretting over their own deadlines.  And I am struck by humanity's infinitude.  We are limited beings--limited in time, energy, ability, and capacity.

And while everything in me wants to write a new to do list--prioritize it in order of importance, asterisk the urgent tasks, and underline those to be done together--another thought enters my mind:

       

       A thought of One who is infinite (Isaiah 40:25)

       A Being who is unlimited

       A Person who effortlessly melds the desire to do and the ability to  accomplish.

Stress, rush, and strain are never good for one's health, but on this day they deliver a powerful lesson.  The unlimited God is not like me.  He accomplishes everything He wishes.  I finish my burger, pause once more.  And silently worship.

 - Sheridan Voysey, Our Daily Journey

In His Perfect Time

I have lots of time lines.
for my goals,
for my projects,
for my tasks,
for my promises,
for my responsibilities.

Most of the time I'm day dreaming.
Yes! It may sound absurd, but I love dreaming.
I love dreaming for my family.
I love dreaming for people around me.
I love dreaming for what my future would be.

But there are times when I woke up,
and felt that I'm only dreaming,
A question would popped out in my mind,
When will these dreams happen?

Same question that would definitely relate with my time lines.
Am I heading towards the right way of my road.
Or I'm having too much turns in my supposed path,
That may separate me of where He wants to take me.

Failures are certainly inevitable.
Circumstances are unpredictable.
Being overwhelmed is really inseparable.
But I know there is someone who is indescribable that can do all things possible :)

My time lines maybe ideal,
It may not be as easy as I thought before,
But I believe I can possibly make it,
because of His help, His strength, His guidance all the way of my journey.

And these may only happen in His perfect, planned time.


*I'm very much willing to wait until the time that I'm in the end of my road and be with His road:)

Theorem Christmas Celebration '09

With the theme of Paskong Pinoy sa Bahay ni Kuya, Theorem celebrated its BIG DAY with Abot Kamay Inc. as final task of Kuya!

It’s been a fun-fun experience to be with their kids. And yes, the spirit of Christmas enveloped the whole event.

Praise God for its success!:)

Forgiving

just sharing this worthy-to-be-read article :)

How Do I Forgive Him? How Do I Forgive Her?

by Jim Butcher

We all understand the general concept of forgiveness, but most of us are not especially proficient on the specifics on how to do it. So, this morning, we’re going to answer the questions: How do I forgive him? How do I forgive her? (As I said that you thought of who that ‘him’ or ‘her’ is in your life).

As we begin our study this morning, let me acknowledge my debt to the various writings of Lewis Smedes for many of the concepts that undergird this sermon.

How Do I Forgive Him? How Do I Forgive Her?

1. Acknowledge that you have been seriously hurt.

- The starting point for being pursuing forgiveness is to admit that you’ve really been hurt. We like to pretend like what he said didn’t really bother us or what she did didn’t even phase us, but until we are willing to admit that we were hurt by them, we’re not in a place where we can begin to pursue forgiveness.

- There are many incidents in life that are not candidates for forgiveness - things like minor disappointments or passing slights. Situations that require forgiveness are ones where the pain inflicted is personal, unfair, and deep. Things like betrayal and brutality (physical or emotional) come to mind.

- At this point, as we hurt, we are likely to find some hatred in our heart. Hatred, of course, is never a good thing, but we must be careful that we don’t try to get rid of it by covering it up. When we find that hate in our heart, that’s simply a sign we’re going to need to forgive.

2. Surrender your right to get even.

- The mother ran into the bedroom when she heard her seven-year-old son scream. She found his two-year-old sister pulling his hair. She gently released the little girl’s grip and said comfortingly to the boy, "There, there. She didn’t mean it. She doesn’t know that hurts." He nodded his acknowledgement, and she left the room.

As she started down the hall the little girl screamed. Rushing back in, she asked, "What happened?"

The little boy replied, "She knows now."

[source: www.preachingtoday.com]

- Few would dispute our right to get even. The rule of the world is ‘do unto others as they’ve done unto you.’

- When we choose to forgive, though, we choose to lay aside our right to extract our revenge. In the moment of making that decision, we are doing a couple of things: 1. We are leaving ultimate justice and vengeance to God, and 2. We are deliberately choosing for ourselves the path of forgiveness.

This is the first step down a different path.

Acknowledging that we have been hurt gets in the right place to begin, but surrendering our right to get even is the first step down the path.

- Some would argue that choosing such a path is inevitably going to make us a patsy - we’re yielding all our power and are going to end up as a doormat. I believe, though, that there is a power that is unleashed in this decision that cannot come from any other source. What does this power look like? Consider the following story:

- Albert Tomei is a justice of the New York State Supreme Court. A young defendant was convicted in Judge Tomei’s court of gunning down another person execution style. The murderer had a bad record, was no stranger to the system, and only stared in anger as the jury returned its guilty verdict.

The victim’s family had attended every day of the two-week trial. On the day of sentencing, the victim’s mother and grandmother addressed the court. When they spoke, neither addressed the jury. Both spoke directly to the murderer. They both forgave him.

"You broke the Golden Rule——loving God with all your heart, soul, and mind. You broke the law——loving your neighbor as yourself. I am your neighbor," the older of the two women told him, "so you have my address. If you want to write, I’ll write you back. I sat in this trial for two weeks, and for the last sixteen months I tried to hate you. But you know what? I could not hate you. I feel sorry for you because you made a wrong choice."

Judge Tomei writes: "For the first time since the trial began, the defendant’s eyes lost their laser force and appeared to surrender to a life force that only a mother can generate: nurturing, unconditional love. After the grandmother finished, I looked at the defendant. His head was hanging low. There was no more swagger, no more stare. The destructive and evil forces within him collapsed helplessly before this remarkable display of humaneness."

[source: www.preachingtoday.com]

In choosing the path of forgiveness, that grandmother unleashed a power that could not be tapped in any other way. And that power was what caused the defendant to hang his head for the first time.

3. Search for the real person beneath the evil mask.

- When we have been wronged, we like to caricature our wrongdoer. We emphasize all the bad things about them, we twist anything that looks remotely good, we are quick to impugn their every motive, we see them only and always in one way.

- The process of forgiveness requires that we begin to look for the real person behind the caricature we’ve created in our minds. We begin to see that they have not only hurt, they have been hurt. We begin to see that they are weak, needy, and fallible. We begin to find reasons for our hearts to turn toward mercy instead of malice.

- This doesn’t mean we grant them victim status and excuse all their wrong - we’re forgiving, not excusing. It does mean that we begin to try to treat them as another participant in this messy thing called life.

- What is our motivation for doing this? As our passage points out, we are doing for them what God did for us. God could have simply seen our sin and said, “I’ve seen enough, that’s all I need to know about them.” But God looked beyond our sin and saw something worth loving. And that’s what we’ve been called to do as well.

4. Desire that good things would happen to your wrongdoer.

- I know that sounds impossible when you first hear it, but stay with me for a minute.

- In the process of forgiveness, we move from dreaming of bad things befalling them toward hoping for good things in their life.

- At this point, it might be helpful to address a related question: does forgiving mean there’s no

punishment?

The answer to that is, No, forgiving does not necessarily mean there should not be punishment.

If they are unrepentant, punishment that leads to sorrow may be the loving thing to want for them because it will bring them toward where they need to be. The key in this is your motive. Whereas before you prayed for them to be punished because of your anger and hatred toward them, when you’re pursuing forgiveness you might pray for them to be punished because you want to see their heart changed and that is the most likely route for that to happen. Your motive has changed from wanting something bad to happen to praying for something good to happen.

- What are some examples of this?

a. A thief breaks into my house and steals most of my stuff. He is caught and put on trial, but is completely lacking remorse. If I go to the court and plead for his release, he will immediately return to stealing. In that situation, the good things I want for his life are a change of heart and a change of lifestyle. Because this is most likely to happen with punishment, forgiveness does not keep me from supporting punishment, although I might well want to write or visit him while he’s in there to try to share the love of God with him.

b. My spouse says some things in an argument that hurt me. Forgiving her and wanting good things for her life doesn’t mean I pray, “God, I hope you’ll bless her by giving her the ability to win all the arguments we have from now on.” Rather, wanting good things might mean praying that God would open her heart (and mine) to where each of us could be a better spouse.

- When Chris Carrier was ten, he was abducted, stabbed, shot through the head, and left for dead. Surprisingly, he survived, but the emotional and physical scars were very difficult to heal. Eventually, though, his commitment to Christ helped him to move on with his life. The perpetrator was never found.

Over twenty years later, on September 3, 1996, Chris received a phone call from a detective in the Coral Gables, FL police department. The detective said that an elderly man in a local nursing home had confessed to being his abductor. The man’s name was David McCallister.

Chris visited David the following day. Here are his words: “It was an awkward moment, walking into his room, but as soon as I saw him I was overwhelmed with compassion. The man I found was not an intimidating kidnapper, but a frail seventy-seven-year-old who had been blind for the last half-dozen years. David’s body was ruined by alcoholism and smoking - he weighed little more than sixty pounds. He had no family, or if he did, they wanted nothing to do with him, and no friends. A friend who had accompanied me wisely asked him a few simple questions that led to him admitting that he had abducted me. He then asked, ‘Did you ever wish you could tell that young boy that you were sorry for what you did?’ David answered emphatically, ‘I wish I could.’ That was when I introduced myself to him.

Unable to see, David clasped my hand and told me he was sorry for what he had done to me. As he did, I looked down at him, and it came over me like a wave: Why should anyone have to face death without family, friends, the joy of life - without hope? I couldn’t do anything but offer him my forgiveness and friendship.”

In the days that followed, Chris was able to share the love of Christ with David.

[Source: J. Arnold, ‘Why Forgive?’]

- What is our motivation for doing such a difficult thing? Again, as our text points out, we are doing for them what God did for us.

5. If possible, enjoy the healed relationship.

- Sometimes the other person can’t join you in moving toward reconciliation (for example, in forgiving a parent now passed on) and sometimes the other person won’t join you (for example, someone who won’t acknowledge that they’ve hurt you).

- For reconciliation to happen, they must understand the pain that they’ve caused you and must be sorrowful over it.

- But when they are, make sure you enjoy the healing and the renewed relationship that can only come through forgiveness.

a convenient truth

A relationship with Him causes us to be concerned with our thoughts, decisions, attitudes, and actions--all to make our life joy-filled for us and pleasing to God.

-Anne Cetas

new phase to undertake

completely decided to take my LET this coming April 2010.

*a part of God's mission for me: To be the best educator that He wants me to be ^_^

Strength, guidance and wisdom from you Lord is all I need. And may the result will glorify You :)

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho (thanks jo for lending me this:)
-A very touching novel that will leave you with endless meaning of love...
Paulo never fails to bring his readers in musing the importance of courage, taking risks in following your dreams, and fighting what your heart truly desires.

LOVE is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness. The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us, and eventually to save us.


You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
Every day, God gives us the sun--and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that we haven't perceived that moment, that it doesn't exist--that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow. But if people really pay attention to their everyday lives, they will discover that magic moment. It may arrive in the instant when we are doing something mundane, like putting our front-door key in the lock; it may lie hidden in the quiet that follows the lunch hour or in the thousand and one things that all seem the same to us. But that moment exists--a moment when all the power of the stars becomes a part of us and enables us to perform miracles.

Joy is sometimes a blessing but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment helps us to change and sends us off in search of our dreams. Yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments--but all of this is transitory; it leaves no permanent mark. And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken.

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. but when that person looks back--and at some point everyone looks back--she will hear her heart saying, "What have you done with the miracles that God planted in your days? What have you done with the talents God bestowed on you? You buried yourself in a cave because you were fearful of losing those talents. So this is your heritage: the certainty that you wasted your life."

God Kept Me Smiling

I don't want to lose this second not sharing this to you.
Today was been a pale day for me but the the moment I have read the book written by Maxwell, I've smiled a lot. God reminds me to smile and to have a break while I'm too busy with my assignments. I thank you Lord for giving me the strength that I do need to finish all those things.

Successful Failure
by John C. Maxwell

In our lifetime most of us have had a variety of experiences that would be classified as failures. The frustration, hurt, or disappointment that we sense when our goals are not met is a feeling common to all of us. Perhaps it's the feelings about failure that cause many to begin to fear failure. Maybe our dread of failure is final. There are times when apparent failure is not failure at all if we remember the principles that turn failure into success.

1. An experience is not a failure it it prods us to keep on trying.
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it. In fact, we're often on that line and don't realize it. Many a person has thrown us his or her hands at a time when, with a little more effort and patience, he or she would have achieved success. As the tide goes clear out--so it comes clear in. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no failure except from within. There is no insurmountable barrier until we give up on our purpose.

Booker T. Washington said, "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed." Each person in life lives in one of two worlds. There is the crowded world of the defeated, who quit--and the roomy world of the succeeders, who persist.

One of the basic principle of the Christian faith is that God doesn't get discouraged, and therefore neither should we. Many of the setbacks originally designed to finish lus off can, if properly used, be the very things that bring us out on the top.

I love the story of the mule who fell into an old dry well many feet deep. All efforts to rescue him were fruitless. Finally, the owner of the mule, supposing that the poor creature was severely injured by the fall, decided it would be more merciful to kill him than allow him to starve to death. Unable to think of a better way of dispatching him, he had a truckload of dirt thrown in onto him. Instead of allowing himself to be buried alive, the mule quickly shook off the dirt and pressed it down with his feet, thus raising himself a few inches above his original position. Another load was thrown into the well with the same result.

Slowly but surely, inch by inch, the mule ascended until the well was filled within a few feet of the top. Then as complacently as if nothing strange had happened to him, the mule stepped out on firm, safe ground. It may offend a few people to look at a mule for a lesson in living. But some people have never learned what that mule already knew--that the very setback originally designed to finish a person off, when properly used, can become the thing that brings him or her out on top.

2. An experience is not a failure if through it we discover how we failed and we put that knowledge to good use. The greatest mistake we ever make is not learning from and correcting the first one.

3. An experience is not a failure if through it we discover our own true selves.
... and if because of failure a person finally discovers where and how his or her talents can best be used for God, the failure must surely be regarded a success.

4. An experience is not a failure if through it we become better-disciplined individuals.
... great men have had failure struggle, and discipline woven into their lives. If our experiences in life, however bitter or unfortunate, mellow our hearts, humble our spirits, purify our motives, cleanse our soul, and make us more sensitive to proper values and more sympathetic toward the unfortunate, then we will have succeeded.

In summary, if we use our so-called failures as instruments to discipline our inner spirits, they are not really failures, but successes!


Think On These Things
Copyright© John C. Maxwell

I'm recharged again. Thank you dear Lord for providing the strength and wisdom to me. May you always be glorified in everything that I will do.

“And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”

--Colossians 3:17

I love you so much Lord ^_^

QUeStioNable??

This day for me is seemingly questionable. I do not know the reason nor the explanation. Something wasn't happened the way I thought it would be. I hope everything would be settled soon. But, some of my realizations are written below ^_^

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We might have the situations in which things seem to be uncertain, constantly asking our very own self why we are experiencing it. We are being inquisitive and can't help to ask when we will know the answer and make things to be certain enough to understand.

Let's think deeply for a while...

It's simply because God's ways defy explanation.

Things aren't our way, it's His ways...

Most of the time we try to figure out the reasons why those happened...

But sometimes it's unfathomable...

Though how genius you are, things kept to be unexplained...

and God only knows why...

We just have to learn how to be more obedient on his will...

I should be.

Wisdom Just In Time

Lately, I've been confused and feel pressured on how to prepare myself in choosing the right words to say and the right things to do the moment I'll be applying for a job next year. But, thanks God, He has provided me the wisdom that I need to get through with it.

Do not worry about how or what you are to say;
for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.
Matthew 10:19

Do you know what I've discovered about the Lord? He doesn't give wisdom on credit. He doesn't advance you a bundle of insight... Do you know when He gives us words and wisdom and insight? Right when we need them. At the very instant they are required.

Sometimes, you find yourself in a situation you never anticipated, and couldn't prepare for. Suddenly, you're at one of the scenarios in which you have said or done something that you have not yet imagined. Yes, it's illogical. You can't grasp the right words before but the moment you are there, you have already chosen the best words to say. That's how mysterious God's ways are. We just have to be patient and trust whole heartedly.

An Inspiring Story of a Great Leader

“At the age of seven, a young boy and his family were forced out of their home. The boy had to work to support his family. At the age of nine, his mother passed away. When he grew up, the young man was keen to go to law school, but had no education.

At 22, he lost his job as a store clerk. At 23, he ran for state legislature and lost. The same year, he went into business. It failed, leaving him with a debt that took him 17 years to repay. At 27, he had a nervous breakdown.

Two years later, he tried for the post of speaker in his state legislature. He lost. At 31, he was defeated in his attempt to become an elector. By 35, he had been defeated twice while running for Congress. Finally, he did manage to secure a brief term in Congress, but at 39 he lost his re-election bid.

At 41, his four-year-old son died. At 42, he was rejected as a prospective land officer. At 45, he ran for the Senate and lost. Two years later, he lost the vice presidential nomination. At 49, he ran for Senate and lost again.

At 51, he was elected the President of the United States of America.

The man in question: Abraham Lincoln.”
— Author Unknown

This article is really exceptional. Knowing a great leader came across through enormous failures in his life but still not afraid to try again and again to succeed. Indeed, failure is not a hindrance but, instead, it's a great opportunity to learn and ponder on it. I remember the moment I've read a topic related on this, it says people who are experiencing success right now are those people who had lots of mistakes, flunks, and failures. They are the individuals who became brave enough to handle things in the right manner. These people are, definitely, a good example to all of us. Being optimistic is a very good attitude of every leaders and successful persons in the world. Looking negative things positively is really a necessity. Life is indeed a matter of choice. Opting what's best for us and would probably harm us. We must be a good driver of our own car. It's up to us if we will turn left or right if an obstacle came on our way. But the very best to do is to keep the right faith to the one who Created us. To glorify Him in everything we do. Because whenever we are doing our very best in every task He has given us, we are pleasing Him as well. Because we are using the gifts of talents and abilities that would eventually glorify HIM whenever we are sharing these stuff with other people.

We can be successful and a good leader in our wonderful ways:)

Just have the right attitude into it!

Not One Lost Moment

Be careful how you walk,
not as unwise men, but as wise.
EPHESIANS 5:15

I've read this from wisdom for the way by Charles R. Swindoll.
Just want to share this to you:)

God tells us not to be foolish, but wise, making the most of our time, every opportunity that comes our way and using it wisely.
Before his twentieth birthday, Jonathan Edwards, the brilliant and godly philosopher-theologian who became God's instrument in the Great Awakening revival of the eighteenth century, resolved "Never to lose one moment of time, but to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can." That is exactly what he did, using well the intellectual gifts God had given him. He entered Yale at thirteen and at seventeen graduated at the head of his class. At twenty-six he was the minister of one of the largest congregations in Massachusetts...
Following the will of God requires wisdom, clear thinking, and yes, even good old garden variety common sense.

The Mystery of God's Will

How to Get to Heaven

Just want to share this to you:) Be blessed by this:)

God had a plan when He created the world in which we live.
He also had a plan when He made YOU.
The most wonderful experience that can happen to you is to discover
and participate in God's plan for your life.

1 This great discovery begins when you realize God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.

God loves you.
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whosoever believe in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life."
--John 3:16

God has a plan for your life.
"I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly."
(a life full of meaning and purpose).
--John 10:10b

The Bible demonstrates the fact that God loves you
and wants you to enjoy the abundant life.

Why are most people not experiencing
God's love and living the abundant life?

2 Because...
Man is a sinner and sin has separated Him from God.

"But your iniquities have separated between you
and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you..."
--Isaiah 59:2a

MAN=SIN=GOD

God did not make man as a puppet on a string to love and obey Him automatically; but gave him a will and freedom of choice.

Man chose to disobey God and go his own self-willed, sinful way.

Every one of us, you and me included, have chosen to disobey God in many ways...

"For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not."
--Ecclesiastes 7:20

"For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God;"
--Romans 3:23

Sin is missing the mark of perfection; falling short of God's Plan for your life and resulting in spiritual death.

"For the wages of sin is death..."
(separation from God in Hell)
--Romans 6:23a

3 Man's self efforts cannot repair the damage created by sin

Man has attempted to bridge the gulf which separates himself from God by doing good works... living moral lives... devising profound philosophies... even being religious, but he has always failed.

MAN=GOOD WORKS, RELIGION, CHURCH MEMBERSHIP, BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION, PHILOSOPHY=GOD


"Not by works of righteousness which we have done..."
--Titus 3:5a

There is only one remedy for the problem of Sin and Separation.

4 Jesus Christ crucified is God's remedy for sin.

"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust,
that He might bring us to God..."
--1 Peter 3:18a

When Jesus died on the Cross, He paid for all our sins and bridged the gulf that separated us from God.

MAN=CHRIST=GOD

God's love is greater than man's sin.

"But God commendeth (proved) his love toward us, in that while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
--Romans 5:8

Jesus died a humiliating, agonizing death. But He didn't remain in the grave. He rose again that we might have a personal relationship with God.

The gulf created by our sin has been bridged by Jesus' death and resurrection.

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hat raised Him from the dead, thous
shalt be saved."
--Romans 10:9

It is not enough to discover that God loves you and has a plan for your life... that man is a sinner... and Christ is God's remedy for sin...

5 You must personally receive Christ as your Saviour.

Receiving Christ is as simple as taking these four steps:

1. Realize that your sin has separated your from God..
2. Be willing to turn from your sin to God (this is called repentance).
3. Believe that Jesus died for your sins and that He arose in victory over death.
4. Invite Jesus Christ to come into your life.

Trusting Christ is more than mentally recognizing Him as the Son of God or having an emotional experience. You must receive Him as your personal Saviour by faith.

THE BIBLE SAYS
"But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name."
--John 1:12

CHRIST'S INVITATION
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father; but by me."
--John 14:6

If the following prayer expresses the desire of your heart... You can pray this prayer and Jesus Christ will come into your life as He has promised.

Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner. Thank you for dying on the cross for me. I now invite you into my life as my personal Saviour. Please make me what you want me to be. Amen.


THE PROMISE
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
--Romans 10:13

If you trusted Christ as Saviour, you have an exciting life of spiritual growth ahead of you. Here are some ways you can grow spiritually.

1. Share with others the commitment you have made.

-Acts 1:8

2. Be baptized. Baptism identifies you with Christ.

-Acts 8:35-40

3. Study the Bible. The Bible will reveal the God's plan for your life.

-II Timothy 2:15

4. Attend Church regularly and participate in the worship and Christian fellowship.

-Hebrews 10:25

God Is Trustworthy

This really enlightened me:) I hope you'll be as well:)
God is the Potter; we are the clay. He's the Shepherd we are the sheep. He is the master; we are the servant. No matter how educated we are, no matter how much power the influence we may think we have, no matter how long we have walked with Him, no matter how significant we may imagine ourselves to be in His plan...none of that qualifies us to grasp the first particle of why He does what He does when He does it and how He chooses to do it..
The amazing things is that even in the midst of disappointment, surprise, and mystery you will discover how very reliable and trustworthy God is--and how secure you are in His hands...Puzzling as the process may be to us, He stays with His plan. There is no need for us to know all the reasons, and He certainly doesn't need to explain Himself. Potters work with the clay, they don't fret over it...or ask permission to remake the clay into whatever they wish.
--The Mystery of God's Will

"My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,"--Isaiah 55:8

Reinterpret Our Shortfalls

Sir Winston Churchill offered the best definition of success "Success is moving from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm..."
They say that as you interpret your failures, it's a giant step toward maturity..yes, it's definitely true..:) Though it's quite hard to accept the reality that you've been wrong, indeed, God just want to teach us from our enigmatic experiences..to learn from it..to ponder on it...