Ways to Live By

• Pray unceasingly
• Give sacrificially
• Dream unreasonably
• Serve wholeheartedly
• Love unashamedly
• Walk innocently
• Believe undoubtingly
• Live powerfully

I fail at it all. 

reflective...

Father's Day

If roses grow in heaven Lord, then pick a bunch for me. Place them in my dad's arms and tell him they're from me. Tell him that I love and miss him, and when he turns to smile, place a kiss upon his cheek and hold him for awhile

Turning My Heart

³⁷ Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”


1 King 18:37

A Helping Hand & A Vow

¹⁰ If either of them falls down, 
   one can help the other up. 
But pity anyone who falls 
   and has no one to help them up.


~Ecclesiastes 4:10


⁴ When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.


~Ecclesiastes 5:4


First of all, God you're amazing when you tug at my heart and affirm me with so many things to do your work. It feels good to follow God's footsteps. Today a friend ask me to visit another mutual friend who's been having a rough time. When he first contacted me I knew it was going to be a tiring day, so I wanted some time to myself tonight so I can ready myself for tomorrow. As I was taking my lunch I feel the spirit tugging my heart to go anyhow, but that wasn't what put me over. As I was walking to lunch, I turned on my life journal audio passage. It was in Ecc 4:10 God spoke to me. "pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up". At that moment I knew God wanted me to go visit tonight. After visiting that friend, I can now say that its more than just having that compassionate character for that friend, but also to those who are an outcast; for all who don't have any friends to pick them up when they fall.. God is teaching me to have compassion for all, especially the forgotten. 

Another verse that caught my (eyes)ears was in Ecc 5:4. "He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vows." When I make promises to God about how I will change after asking for forgiveness, I need to do all that I can to change. God has no pleasure in fools. I am acting like a fool when I try to ask for forgiveness and only end up failing with the same sin. This also applies to the vows I make to honor God with tithe or promises to serve Him. I need not to delay on those promises and live it out now.


Jesus thank you for showing me today that you are real by giving me these signs and affirmations to do your work. Continue to give me the ears to hear and the eyes to see, but more importantly the heart to show compassion to those who are suffering. Help me not to turn a blind eye, but to give, to comfort and to encourage.


In Jesus name
Amen.

Meaningless

^S: 9 What does the worker gain from his toil? ¹⁰ I have seen the burden God has laid on men.¹¹ He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. ¹² I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. ¹³ That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. ¹⁴ I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

O: Everything is meaningless in the eyes of men, but in God there is a direction and purpose. Solomon, being the richest man on earth, states that having wealth and earthly riches is pointless. If anyone, Solomon would know that even having it all, there is only one thing on this earth worth having, which is JC. Verse 11 states that there is a greater purpose other than just working in this world. As a sinner, when I work for myself theres always going to be a greater need even after gaining everything in my hearts desire. I will never be satisfied with all that  I obtain on this earth. God intended me to have a greater purpose in life, a desire for "eternity". Only then when I'm working for Christ I can be satisfied in the "toilings" of life. 

A: I need to make a legacy to make my life on this earth meaningful. This legacy isn't to be the richest man or have the most power, but it's to build up God's kingdom and magnify Him. As a result I must lessen myself and my desire. How do I do this? I need to be obedient to the spirit and make him my source of strength in witnessing and doing good works. Its Him not me.

P: Thank you Lord Jesus for being in my life. From all the things I've been through up in the recent months and to the unforeseen events in future, I have faith that I'm in your hands and that you'll walk with me each step of the way. Help me to put your words into action, as I don't just obtain this knowledge and let it waste away. 

In Jesus name

Amen.