Dec 9 - James 1:2-5

2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

persevere... and you'll learn...

life has thrown to me many things
something i love to do or that i love
and somethings that i just don't want to do.
life is full of surprises...

every time i face trials...
i blame my problems to God
every time i face trials...
i think it's something bad

but this passage has thought me to rejoice
that God's trying to fix my life and it will
develop perseverance and so many times
i believe that i need to grow how to wait
how to become a better person

teach me your ways... Jesus

Dec 8 - psalm 55:22-23

this is a passage i like to read
when i am down....

kcast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you...
he'll never let righteous fall....

we are the righteous and we will never fall behind Jesus

there are so much courption in this world
and i'd say that i'm even one of them
i am so corrupted and i don't deserve this great
love this great mercy of God but he comes down
to rescue me and i'm so thankful for that
i love Jesus... i love God
and i have all my trust in him...

God will bring down what's bad and take us away to a better place
and Jesus will come back and save us....

"I love you Lord and i lift my voice
to worship you oh my soul... rejoice..."

i'm unworthy... yet you love me...

how can i hate... how can i not love....
i love you Lord with all my heart and soul

dec 6 - Luke 22:31-34

You will..

Jesus knows us better than anyone around...
in this passage... Peter says that he'd die for Jesus
that he'd go to prison for Jesus, but we all know
he denys Jesus, and Jesus knew that...

This was the first verse that was in the bible study
and it was verse i can relate to well.

there are so many times I tell Jesus that
I will stop doing this sin... I would change
and I will do all that... but at the end
i go back to my troubles... I go back to the sins

and as the bible study says in john 21...

Jesus shows that... even though we go through hard time
and sin so much... if we are willing to change and live for him
he's willing to forgive us...

our heart is the one that's not ready for forgiveness
because even though it's our fault that this has happened
Jesus is ready to forgive us for whatever we've done.

Jesus is reaching out to us...
let's reach back....
and let's love...

dec 4 - habakkuk 1:1-11

"how long, o lord, must i call for help, but you do not listen?"
i started reading the book of habakkuk today
and i read the first 4 verses and i couldn't agree more sometimes
sometimes i just feel like God's not there
i just want to yell and be like
"WHY GOD?"
if he loves us so much.... why must we suffer
and i already know the reason... we suffer because
he loves us and he wants us to be fixed and be better

verse 1-4 is about habakkuk complaining about his situation he is in
and verse 5-11 clearly states why it's happening and God answers

God will always answer... if we complain he will tell us why
why we feel like God's not here...
i know there are so many times where i blame God for my problems
and humans or just anyone in earth is quick to blame God for our problem
if God is so amazing and strong... where is he now?
where is he now when I'm suffering...
remember the story...
"i was the one footstep in the sand... i was carrying you on your hard times"
remember that God's always with us and he'll always love us


so let's follow God... let's love...

Dec 3 - Mark 2:1-12

"i tell you get up, take your mat and go home..."
and the paralytic got up and walked home....

wow... that's all i can say to that passage

these are the passages.... these are the passages that
non believers or people who love to challenge our belief would say
how?
why?

there are many things in life that people just won't understand...
even i don't understand God's love... but all i know is
he loves us unconditionally...

i had a atheist friend who used to came up to me
and used to challenge me about the bible
and what was said in it...

days when i read passages like these makes me remember him...

"dave do you really believe God or Jesus did whatever he did
make blind see and make parayltic walk?"

and everytime he asks me those questions
i told him simply yeah i believe that

he'd tell me that my answers are biased and that i'm not
thinking clearly...
but one day we had a intense talk and then he told me
dave i don't agree with you, but i admire your faith in something...

God is working on all of us...
we are all just a paralytic his eyes...
but for us who found him...
he came up to us
and he told us...
"get up and walk home..."
actually Jesus....
i'll run home to your arms...
let's love...

Dec 2 - Matthews 13:31-32

"vote now and make difference"
these days life is full of people saying that
one person can make a difference but there
are so many times when you feel like you can't
you can't make a difference.
These verses talk about the parable of Mustard Seed

Mustard Seed is the smallest seed around and mustard
tree is one of the biggest trees around


there are many ways to take this verse but i believe
the smallest difference can make a big difference
mustard seed is a best way to describe that you can make a difference
i can make a difference and anyone in this world can change the world
sometimes people think that they are just one out of

6,602,224,175 people

and we are.... but we are all special and we all can make a difference...

Dec 1 - Roman 2:1-4

This passage has stood out to me
my "the message" has called this chapter
"God is kind but not soft" and it's perfect way to put it
first verse is true that we often find ourselves passing judgment
on others while we do the same things.
we are very controversial and we are not a perfect being.
because we are human because we are people
we make mistakes and because we are people
and because we are human we judge others...
and (verse 4) many people don't realize how important
God's kindness is to for our repentance.
repenting doesn't make sense and it shouldn't
we do things wrong and just because we admit that we did
something wrong and have sinned.
God forgives us.... that doesn't make sense to me at all.
and for God to forgive us... it's just his amazing love
and amazing grace and his amazing kindness...
we should thank God for his kindness and his amazing love always

i enjoyed this passage because soemtimes it's hard to see
why God would love and forgive such a sinner as I
but God does and I'm so thankful for everything he has done
for me and i'd always live my life for his glory

peace.