Be Still...

One morning while trying to print an important document, I became angry at my computer for freezing up. I shut it down and restarted it, but still the document would not print. I was furious, angrily praying to God for help. Why does this always happen, I thought, when I need to print something important? This document would help others, and I expected the process to go right because I was doing something for God. I became angrier when all efforts to remedy the problem failed.
At lunchtime, I came home and again tried to print the file--but to no avail. Again I became angry. As I was fuming, I realized that the computer and the printer were not the main concern in this situation; the real issue was with my spiritual health. If I were spiritually healthy, I would not have let this situation bother me so much. I began to see what was lacking in my life--prayer, Bible study, and quiet time with God. I decided to renew my daily 10-minute quiet time with God--just sitting down and being still, as Psalm 46:10 says to do. This practice helps me to be calm in the midst of a chaotic world and my fast-paced part in it. Now during a day when everything goes wrong, I know that if I pause to be still, God can and will quiet me.

A-Okay, Love Happens!

A movie about a therapist who asks his patients to openly confront their pain but secretly, he himself is unable to take his own advice. Not until he met a lady who
has sworn off men and decided to focus on her floral business. As each struggles with the hurt of love and loss, they realize that in order to move forward, they need to let go of the past. And if they can, they'll find that, sometimes, love happens when you least expect it.
Another movie I would like to recommend, not one of your chick-flick type of movie, but one which will inspire both as a person or a lover.

Not Your Typical Youth Banquet

I have attended banquets many times. Everyone has the same idea, the formal or informal type of gathering. A typical program offered. You have a devotional, dating games, group activities, dinner, and then awarding. These are basically what makes a banquet so monotonous. Just recently, I've come up with an idea to innovate our traditional way of holding a banquet.
My church will hold on Valentine's eve, a Love fair. Booths will be set up in a spacious lawn and will be decorated to match the affair. We are all excited, because this will be the first time the church would shift it's idea of enjoying the Valentine's season.
Note, this event will create more opportunities of interaction among the attendees , compared to what we usually get in a typical banquet. I'm attaching the procedure, list of booths, and the mechanics of running this "love fair". If you are interested to see the event in person, you might want to attend our launch. Just contact me!

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Baesa Adventist Academy: The Experience

It's Monday morning. By this time, we are already finished with our week of prayer morning session. I'm just missing the experience. I spent a week at the Baesa Adventist Academy and served as their week of prayer speaker. It was my 2nd time to hold a week long series in an academy. The experience was awesome. I never expected that they would respond greatly.
First, I wanna thank God for giving me good ideas on what to share during that week. I knew the students needed something that they could relate to, and so I thought of sharing something about technology and relate it with the people of the Bible. I came up with "Old Testament Profiles". It was a series that I've been wanting to formulate, and providentially, God paved a way for me to finally assemble everything that was on my mind and turn it into a relevant tool to reach out to the younger generation.I also knew that it wouldn't be easy to keep their attention, and so again, I thank God that He reminded me of my high school and college life experiences which I was able to share to them.
Until now, I'm still receiving a lot of thanksgiving messages, appreciation, comments in facebook and feed back from the students who were blessed with my ministry. That week was intended for my vacation leave, but I decided to spend it with the students. I was not disappointed, i didn't even feel that it was a waste of time. I was totally overwhelmed.
The feeling is just great when you know you have touched somebody's life and you became a blessing to them. I could not forget when one of the bullies in the academy came to me and confided that he felt guilty for the things he had done in the past. He said he would like to ask God's forgiveness for everything. I could not help but cry when I heard him saying those words probably because I could see myself in him when I was at his age. Or probably, because I was overwhelmed by the joy that I felt. Nevertheless, a few days after our conversation, changes in the life of that young man began to appear. Even his classmates wondered why all of a sudden he changed. These are only some of the great experiences I had in my stay at the Academy.

This experience of mine will again mark my ministry and will always remind me that God is so great and that He is willing to use us in all possible ways to be a blessing to the people around us! Soli deo gloria!

The Blind Side

This is another feel good movie that I recommend everyone to watch. Another of the best family movies you should watch with your kids. the movie will teach them to see the good side in everyone and not to be judgmental of people. What’s great about this film is that it is a true-to-life story. The story of Michael “Big Mike” Oher, a big, traumatized and homeless kid who was given a chance by a caring family to excel in life.

OLD TESTAMENT Profiles Sermon Series

A Modern look on the Old Testament Heroes






Sermons

Abraham: Father of Faithbook

Jacob: Windows of Heaven

Joseph: When Life Flickrs

Moses: Myspace, YourSpace

Moses: Questions that can't Be Googled

Jonah:The Yahoo Messenger

Gideon: Answers iGod

Samuel: Buzz!Who's Online?

David:Counterfeit Strikes