Jesus Christ is the Bridegroom and we are His Bride. Only when a deep love for Jesus burns within our hearts are we able to love others and love ourselves. Only when we are truly in love with God are we able to go to the nations and make disciples of Jesus. Everything starts with a love affair with God Himself. When we have learned to obey the Great Commandment, then we can fulfill the Great Commission. - "Keeping The Fire"
I guess this part of the book really hits me so well, if we have not died from our selfish intentions and personal goals as a christian then we are still not loving others above us and if that is the case we are also not putting God first above all else. That is not a wholehearted love for the Lord. Going for extra mile for the Lord can only happen when we truly believe from the bottom of our hearts that we are in partnership with the persona of Jesus; that what we do is a lifetime covenant, a commitment and a love vow for the Lord. There is no way we can sustain to do the GREAT COMMISSION IF WE HAVE NOT LEARNED TO OBEY AND EMBRACED THE GREAT COMMANDMENT. Have you? What keeps you going in doing the great commission? Why are you doing it? What does it takes for you to fulfill the great commission and go to every nation and make disciples and baptize them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. And teach them to obey all that Jesus have commanded? LOVE....the unexplanable and unconditional love Jesus made us all feel when He died for us in the cross. The exact love that drives me to love more and give more and forgive more and do what I do today. That perfect Love of God empowers an imperfect person like me to strive more to bring Him Glory! We will never love like God does, but it never disqualifies us from the race to bring love more in this world. Choose to obey the greatest commandment though it's never easy and let's all together fulfill the great commission. I was reading "Keeping the Fire" over lunch and God immediately brought me to these wonderful passage. I will forever remind myself of these very words of Jesus Christ. All I have was, is and will always be from Him. We are just channels of blessings. God blessed us to flow the blessing to many. WORRY NOT! For God knows. 😊
Matthew 6:25-34New International Version (NIV) *Do Not Worry* 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]? 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 3:11 "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire"
I still remember when I had that "FIRE BAPTISM" I couldn't explain exactly what had happened but it seemed impossible but possible. It's beyond words but I can still remember how it felt like. Since then, there was something new to me that I can't deny. I even had the moment that my spirit is rebuking even movies I watched. But as time goes by I also know that there are times that I will be weak again, but when my spirit is weak there was this refueling moment within me that my spirit seems to figure out on His own. All I am sure of is this, "THERE IS SO MUCH DIFFERENCE ONCE YOU GET BAPTIZED WITH FIRE AND WHEN YOU WERE BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT." There's this explainable but tangible power of the Holy Spirit within from within. I pray that all of us will seek to have that kind of feeling within us, the unstoppable flow of fire in our veins. Brothers and Sisters, ASK FOR MORE OF THE LORD! When I just recovered from that fire baptism I remember my body was still shaking when I stood, I was in breeze, I can't stop myself from crying, my knees can't sustain my own body but I tried to line up from the rest of the people to get "MORE" and my focus was fixed, "I want more of your anointing Lord", desperate enough I even boldly ask Evangelist Todd White to bless me with the same anointing that he has, and graciously enough he pulled me aside and he laid hand on me and blessed me. "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." -Matthew 7:7 Have An ON FIRE 24/7 Spiritual Life Brothers and Sisters..:) Who says learning is just for the young people trying to figure out life. Every year we had this goal of a #newskill goal. I remember playing guitar was my goal last time. Then I really prayed what do I want to learn for 2016, and God quickly answered my prayer. Learning is beyond time! You can learn as long as you live. It is a lifetime process. It's never too late for us to learn new things or aspire to do new things in life. God gave us plenty of opportunities but it will still depend on our choice. Today ask yourself what do you like to learn? What else do you want to achieve? What skills you want to improve? What else do you want to do for God? Do you have any old dreams you have set aside? Anything you love to do but hindered by so many priorities in life? Of work? You have a choice. God gave us the gifts, talents, skills and desire and passion over something for a reason. Find it! Cultivate it! And enjoy learning all the days of your life!!! 😊 Do some treasure hunt! There's those hidden gems within you waiting to be unleashed! You are God's masterpiece designed to be someone great for Gods' glory.
Thank you Lord! 😊 I owe you everything! You created me exactly how I needed to be and I am so thankful for who I am and who will I be for your kingdom. "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." - Ephesians 2:10 Isn't funny when we missed so much in life because of our own doing? In life Change is inevitable. Nothing is permanent in this world and no matter how much we tried to hold on something or someone there will always be that danger of an end. We People sometimes dwell much on our lackness and incapabilities that we end up doing nothing at all or accomplish little because we think so little. We tend to focus on what we lost rather than what is about to come. They say, "life is like a gift that comes with a wrapper waiting to be open by YOU..." But how will you open it if you don't even see it.
Today, don't waste your time and energy thinking of what you don't have, what you have lost, what you can't do and what you have not done. Rather, look on the brighter side. Think of what you can still do, think of the endless possibilities that you can accomplish, of the things you can still have and look forward. God made you for something. God created you for a reason and purpose only intended for you. He closes one door to direct you on a better one. Stop staring at the close door! Turn around and start to do something about the new one. God gave us a new life when He died in the Cross don't waste it by staring at your old self and old life! Everyday is a MIRACLE! Be thankful! Be happy! Love radically! Make your daily life worth the cross.. Good morning...😊 When I fly in the sky I'm excited for both.
Excited to be in the place of destination to learn again, to experience again, to discover, to love once again, to embrace culture and people and to be able to make a difference in a world full of chaos but I'm also excited to go back where I came from to be able to deliver the message of encounter, looking forward that the learning I've carried with me in those days of the journey and many hours of travel will be able to change somebody's perspective of life, that the testimonies and memories to be shared will change someones' heart so radical. Flying up in the sky while you're thousand feet off the ground is not something very comfy to be with but the idea of enduring many flights and travels that you were able to get through just to reach your hands, just to make someone smile, just to make some kids feel loved, just to bring joy and love to other peoples lives, just to uplift one spirit, encourage a person, pray for the person and embrace and make a great conversation will be all worth it. Life is a journey we are all got no choice but to go through #whynot choose to go through the process by giving life a whole lot of meaning and not just merely passing by... A life without risk is like not living at all. Risk to give, to share, to know, to love for the sake of the glory and salvation we get from God who gave our life. Why do you need to choose to protect your life when it doesn't belong to you at all, Your life and mine belongs to GOD alone He will be the one to make the choice when to protect and take it back. CHOOSE TO LIVE THE MOST OF WHAT GOD GAVE YOU! Don't waste it for selfish desires or self preservation! Things we do for ourselves won't last, but things we do for others and for JESUS ALONE will last for a lifetime. .😊 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. - Luke 9:24 #Lifetothefullest #travel #ilovetraveling #passion #callinglife #livinglife #thankful #onelife #onepurpose #travelforJesus |
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