10.31.2009 Halloween (Ephesians 5:7-12)

Don't participate in the things these people do.

For though your hearts were once full of darkness,

now you are full of light from the Lord, and your

behavior should show it! For this light within you

produces only what is good and right and true.
Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.

Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and

darkness; instead, rebuke and expose them. It is

shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly

people do in secret. (NLT)

Halloween is said to be an evil holiday, and us as Christians are frowned upon taking parts in it. I found out today... well not even today that it is probably true. Specially in college, Halloween is the time when girls can wear not so well covered up clothes and get away with it. It seems like people just go around getting drunk. so i found 2 ways why halloween is evil.

1. it is a holiday where we dress up as ghost and junk, that we shouldn't believe in, but if you do believe in that... it's time for you to believe in God and forget about these things...

2. is for everyone who say "This is for fun!" i don't believe in those things... "Everyone else is doing it..."

We are Christians and we are suppose to swim against the current and make people understand how awesome God is. If we do what everyone else is doing all the time... we are no good as an unbeliever...

10.29.2009 - Ephesians 2:8-9

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”- Ephesians 2:8-9

Christianity is special in some ways, and one of the biggest thing is that we are saved by grace... and through faith we are saved... not by works. works i believe is an important part of Christian life, but we're not saved because of the works we do... we do what we do because we want to serve our God. there are so many songs that say we are not good enough our all is not good enough but he loves us because of his grace, because he's love is greater than all.

Sometimes we question ourselves, why serve the church and why do things for God? its because if you love him and if you have faith in him, you should want to serve even in our most purest nature to be lazy and not want to do anything... it's so important to serve God and want to do it. we should never boast in ourselves, but we should boast in God...

10.28.2009 - you were there...

you were there...

I love Avalon and their songs... this song you were there touches me. It tells us that God is aways with us. The hardest time and when you feel like no one is there for you, but God is there in your heart. Sometimes when we feel like we are lost we sometimes go try to find things to fill our void in our hearts when we forget that... God is here for us. whenever and where ever we need him he is there.

You were the Victor and the King
You were the power in David's swing
You were the calm in Abraham
You are the God who understands
You are the strength when we have none
You are the living, Holy one
You were, You are and You will always be
the Risen Lamb of God

God is amazing... and he is always here for us...

10.27.2009 - 1 Peter 1:24-25

“For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like

the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers

fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this

is the word that was preached to you.”- 1 Peter 1:24-25

Sometimes when we worship we make ourselves look stronger than the word of God. Sometimes we forget about word of God all together. We worship God because He is stronger than us, because he is awesome and that he is so great that we are nothing compared to him. We shouldn't even be compared to him, but somehow we sometimes challenge God. We challenge him being that people are better because of me, when it's suppose to be him. We are so small and can't do anything. God changes people, not people change people. there is a huge misunderstand that God's power through us is our own power and you can't be more wrong for that.

God is strong and i will serve him and i will glorify him...

10.26.2009 - Hebrews 4:12

“For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”- Hebrews 4:12

Word of God or Bible is very important to us. It is what we read and what we use to defend ourself. Word of God is the only proof and we need to believe and keep reading it to make us stronger in Christ. I know there are many times when we get to be weak because we don't read the word of God, but it is something so incredible.

Bible itself has just amazing stories and just like this passage is saying it's living. It touches us and it makes us know where we are. It keeps challenging us to do better in Christ and to live with him. It's hard living this christian life, but with God by your side... it's easier.... to have that wall you can lean on when your tired... God is amazing...

10.20.2009 - Psalm 51:12

“Restore to me the joy of your salvation and
grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”- Psalm 51:12

There's so many times, i just feel empty. useless and so. I don't know what to do or what to say. life is hard and i try to huddle through it. although i fail so many times. i need to get up and keep on doing what i do best. God is here and God is here for me and all of you. So remember... Christ died for you... and everyone... and let's love God and let's love others...

10.11.2009 - personal expierience

Today i was biking and i realized... man... i'm saving this world! I looked at a prius and laughed! hahahahahaha

Christian world is not so different... people do things and to many people it seems like it's just small actions, but it's not. I like it when I'm biking I feel like at least I'm doing this. it just shows a little start for something small that can be big.

In christian view sometimes it feels like what we're doing is foolish or small, but i know God makes all these little thing stack up to be an awesome revolution. so let's keep living life and riding the bike around... metaphorically.

10.10.2009 - Proverbs 19:20-21

“Listen to advice and accept instruction,
and in the end you will be wise. Many are
the plans in a man's heart, but it is the
LORD's purpose that prevails.”- Proverbs 19:20-21

we make a lot of plans, but just like what the passage said "it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." God tells us many things through different ways, and so does satan on the other team. we're never sure where to go and there is going to be many many plans made by us, but nothing sometimes comes true. you plan to do this but it never happen, and plan is such a light words now. everytime you plan something. sometimes something happens and nothing happens at the end. listen to God and accept instruction, we will prevail if God is with us...

10.6.2009 - Isaiah 26:4

“Trust in the LORD forever,
for the LORD, the LORD, is the
Rock eternal.”- Isaiah 26:4

There are times when i can't trust anything. trust is one of the most important thing in the world in a relationship. if you don't trust someone there is so much that can go wrong. it seems like there are many times when we fail to see whats really important.
Trust in God is harder then that... if you can't trust people you see... how can you trust something that you can't see. if you trust in God it should be really easy to trust people who are around you.
Trust is a huge issue that people go against. if someone does something wrong they don't trust you and that by itself can break a relationship...
let's trust in God and love God

10.2.2009 - Proverbs 29:25

“Fear of man will prove to be a snare,
but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept
safe.”- Proverbs 29:25

Fear is one of the biggest issue we face as we live this life. i know there are many fears such as fear of failures and no one really knows whos going to succeed or fail. there's one person in this world who knows that and that's Jesus. We need to trust Christ and believe in him with all we got because he is a wonderful God for us. he will guide us the right way.

lets love the lord and let's trust in him with all our hearts.