Tag: love

Think and Walk in Love

You just got saved. Now what? How do you stop sinful thoughts or worse sinful actions? When we are in church, we feel blessed and in sync with Christ. But as soon as we leave the building, we go back to our old self. Our excuse is many people including family, co-workers and friends, just rub us off the wrong way. We don’t realize we are still caring on things unimportant. Why lose it if someone cut you off in a traffic? Maybe that person is rushing home to take her child to the hospital. Why get angry when your teenager is not helping you in your houseworks? Maybe he just want to relax after being bullied at school. Why get hurt if someone criticized you? This I admit is hard but if we cast our care to our Lord and only believe what he says about us then criticisms will have no effect on us

As baby Christians, our faith is still taking root. We have to protect it from our enemy who steal, kill, and destroy. The Holy Spirit that is in us has a small voice that we can’t hear because we are still operating in our worldly ways. But know this, as we grow in faith by renewing our mind daily, it will be easier.

Going back to my first question, how to stop sinning? Think and walk in Love. In Mat 5:44-45, Jesus gives us these instructions: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.” The Holy Spirit in us will guide us in our actions. Back in the days of Israelites, they were given 613 commandments. Law like ‘thou shalt not covet they neighbor’s wife’. They were not given instructions, or in our modern world, how to books. But we, on the other hand, have access to all versions of bible. Certainly, the teachings are applicable in those times as it is now. And as we get to know Jesus by reading the Bible everyday, just like getting to know a person, we will recognize His voice. We will recognize that small still voice speaking to us in all circumstances. We will be attuned to his mind. The truth is we have the mind of Christ according to 1 Co 2:16. Next time, you interact with that person, you’ll only feel love.

So to my fellow baby Christians, keep on reading the bible and your faith will take root and you’ll be connected to the vine Jesus. Your branches will soon bear good fruits of love, patience, compassion to your neighbors and family.

Heavenly Benefits

We hear it all the time, why me? Why did it happen? Why, why? If you’re not careful, you might start blaming God. Our Heavenly Father has only good things for us. The problem is we are so focused on our problems and living our every day life that we lose sight or worst have no knowledge of the promises of Christ. You have to step away from your situation. Pick up your Bible and discover the good news…and bad news. Yes, there are bad news. You will see many “If you do this, you can have this. ” The good news is…that is the old covenant. God replaced it with a new covenant. We no longer have to rely on ourselves. We can’t do it anyway so just accept Jesus as your lord and savior. What’s so amazing is we automatically become righteous. Many of us including me thought only the holiest are righteous men and women. But no, the minute we accepted Jesus we were elevated to be in right standing with God or in other words we became righteous. And it comes with benefits Psa 103:2-5. Remember when we started a new job, we always asked HR when do we get paid, when our health insurance kick-in, how many vacation and sick leave do we get. In God’s Kingdom, Jesus paid for our soul 2000 years ago. It comes with the whole package of healing, wisdom, prosperity and blessings. Let God do his job of supplying all our needs. You’ll be surprised your wants may not be God’s best. Trust him. You’re in good hands. Till next time.

How I came to love Jesus

I know Jesus since I was a little girl. My parents used to bring my siblings and I to church every Sunday. We are Catholics and participated in all traditions. My favorite is attending Christmas midnight mass. In retrospect, I like it because I knew in short hours I’ll be opening my gifts. This pretty much tell you that my faith in early years was robotic or guided by my worldly desires. In a way, my parents did a great job instilling in me that there is God. After I left my family home and moved to a different city, I always looked for a church.

Fast forward, I was working in a company where it was allowed for supervisors to threaten their direct reports on getting fired, to play blame games instead of focusing on teamwork. Everyday as I walked to the entrance, I prayed to God to remove this boss or myself away from this toxic environment. A series of events happened and lead me losing my job. I didn’t cry. I was relieved that I got an answer to my prayers. I did question, why me and not him. Immediately God showed me the scripture John 3:17 you may not realize what I’m doing but later you will understand. Trust in God. And so I rested my mind and body for a week cause I was exhausted from the pressures in the past months. I cut down all unnecessary expenses in my household. One of them is tv cable. I do have an Apple TV which I bought thru a gift card. In between sending out job applications, I watched YouTube. One day I came across a video from Discovery Ministry explaining Nathan’s vision on end of times. This opens up my thirst for information about end of times. I started watching videos from Christians. It was not enough and I looked for a book I have not touch for a long time. I found my dusty old bible and checked out the scriptures they were quoting. At first, I got scared when they speak about the last days. I am not ready so I watched more Christian teachings and even found a Bible based Catholic Group The Light of Jesus. And as my faith grows stronger, my fear was replaced by my love for Jesus. I developed this deep longing for his second coming. I prayed he’ll give me signs or dreams so I know I am closer to him.

I love Jesus because he gives me peace and hope that all the desires of my heart will come to pass. Everyday I have a revelation while reading the Bible and I want to share it for the glory of our Heavenly Father. This will be the theme of my blog and I hope we will journey together in seeking the kingdom of God. Till next time.