Archive for January, 2010

DESENSITIZATION IS DANGEROUS

Mary Malinao shared an awesome message during our noon time prayer meeting.
She asks the question that if Jesus is the wisdom of God personified (1 Cor.1:23-24) , and if we have Christ in us (Col.1:27), then why don’t we see a lot of Christians having wisdom?
That’s an very good question to ask.
Proverbs 8:13 says, [...]

AGAIN… AGAIN…

One of the favorite things my kids like to do before going to bed is to play ’superman’.  It is done when I lie flat on my back on the bed with the 2 legs raised vertically.  They get on their tummies onto my 2 feet and suspend as long as they could.  Nathan used [...]

MORE PRECIOUS THAT WHAT?

Prayer and fasting day 1: so far so good…
Reading a book now by Justin Taylor.  He was telling a story of an 85 year old man (father of John Piper) who wrote something in his journal 1 month before he passed away.  This is what he said.
“I’ll soon be 86 but I feel strong and [...]

I’M NOT BUT I AM

I’m really not excited about fasting.
When I hear people say that they’re looking forward to it, I wish I could switch bodies and share their excitement.  I actually dread it.  It’s not something I enjoy.  I think I enjoy food better to say the least.
I’ve also heard people say that after the 3rd or 4th [...]

WHEN GOD BRAGS

Job 1 and 2 starts off by telling us a story of a man whom God was bragging on.
He told Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job?  THere is no one one earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” (1:8)
As a result, Satan (with God’s permission [...]