Today marks the first death anniversary of my father-and I'm nowhere near my family where they gather, offer mass, and celebrate this day ( Read more... )

This was the plea I wrote down to the Lord four years ago. I was declaring to Him that I have been missing on His blessings, that because of the tears I feared shedding then, I get distracted and lose sight of Him. That last bit may be a bit vague to you so I wrote the full thing below. Here's the question for Day 4 to give you context. Immediately ( Read more... )

Eve, one of my sisters in my church small group, sent me (I bet all of us) this really lovely message from God-to girls, specifically. It goes like this:
No man can ever claim you ( Read more... )

From Into His Presence, Dr. Charles Stanley's daily devotional:

"Comprehending God's Word will help you become a doer of God's Word. This is the truth behind Romans 8:29, in which God would have us to be conformed, and you must be conformed to effectively communicate in speech and deed the Word of God."

Scripture reading: James 1: 22-25Key verse ( Read more... )

It was my first time to listen to a Frank Viola ( @FrankViola) podcast, and it blew me away.

The talk was more like getting Christ-followers to understand God's true purpose in their lives, which is for Almighty God to indwell inside of them.

Okay, stop right there.

Let those words sink in for a while.

"God's purpose is to indwell inside of me." ( Read more... )

This Facebook video contains a letter from a father to all of his children. The letter is based heavily on 53 Bible verses that puts across one powerful message of unwavering love and hope ( Read more... )

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This was what was taught to us before 2009 ended and 2010 began. It's a reminder, a kind of "going before" the "big event," a call for preparedness. Nothing could be a more fitting "theme" for what are in store for us. This month, CCF will have it's community fasting beginning this weekend, January 10 until the 16th. I'm trying to do my own way of ( Read more... )

Os Hillman wrote:

God is all about your death so that HIS success can be realized through you! This is why the Church is having such little impact-there are too many believers who have not yet died to their old nature so that Christ can live fully through them. When believers come to the end of themselves they will lose their lives to Him and live ( Read more... )

It seems that these past few days, I've been admitting to things. Late last week, I admitted to putting off my plans of putting up a blog entry crediting the LJ cover designer and coder of my previous blog. Because of that, yoksel banned me from ever snagging designs from the community she moderates. I wrote about this regret in my User Info page ( Read more... )