tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52248559077071186712024-02-20T03:48:32.793-08:00AGAPE AND THE ETERNAL BANQUETThe Sinner and her Spiritual Journey...LHeNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05782093074059674212noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224855907707118671.post-85242481636009591792010-12-24T00:19:00.000-08:002010-12-24T00:19:36.729-08:00Happy Birthday Jesus!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wonderbirthday.com/clipart/birthday_clipart_07.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.wonderbirthday.com/clipart/birthday_clipart_07.gif" /></a></div><br />
Whenever we have our birthday, we celebrate it with families and friends, we serve different food, we gather round and have a party. They are giving you presents and greeting you and making wishes for you.<br />
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How do you feel about that?<br />
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Overwhelmed?<br />
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Thankful?<br />
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Whenever our birthdays are near, maybe most of us often say to other people "my birthday is near, wheres my gift?" Thats pretty normal.<br />
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But how about this Christmas day? Its Jesus Christ who is having a birthday. What is your gift for Him?<br />
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During our birthday, we are the ones who receives gifts. We receive.<br />
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But this season of Christmas, we are the ones who should GIVE. This is the time of giving. Treating everyone around you as Christ, who is celebrating His birthday.<br />
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The birth of our Lord who saved us from our sins. The lord who loved us unconditionally. Our Lord who once chosen to be with us, understand us, accept us, LOVE us.<br />
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Brothers and Sisters, this season, aside from partying, celebrating, and enjoying the vacation with our loved ones, lets offer a prayer for the man of the day, the birthday celebrant, our MAIN MAN... JESUS CHRIST.<br />
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!LHeNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05782093074059674212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224855907707118671.post-35884119448086970252010-12-19T03:26:00.000-08:002010-12-19T03:26:39.270-08:00ABSENT AT THE FEAST - PRESENT FOR MY FAMILYI wasn't able to go the Feast today and I am so sad about it.<br />
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For those who doesn't know the Kerygma Feast. It is the happiest place on Earth. I am attending the PICC Feast 2nd session.<br />
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I am absent today because my little angels are sick. both of the are suffering from colds. I need to be a mommy for them today and be there for them. My youngest daughter Ashly is more fragile. She is the one who gets sick very easily. She is only ten months as of this day.<br />
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Every time my daughter gets sick, I am realizing that God is telling me something. He makes me realize how I left out my daughter sometimes because of other stuffs that I want to do. He is tapping my shoulders to slow down, ease up a little bit and be with my kids.<br />
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You see, some times in our lives we forgot why we have to work, and do stuffs that are away from our families. But later on, we will realize that it is actually for our the glory of God and our family as well.<br />
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I am guilty of doing different stuffs aside from playing and bonding with my kids. And without them being sick, I wont be able to extend hours being with them.<br />
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So today, I decided to stay at home, read stories for Emily and watch out for Ashly. I make sure their medicines are taken on time and that they are getting enough rest so that they'll become better before the birth of our Christ.<br />
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Advance Merry Christmas Every one!LHeNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05782093074059674212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224855907707118671.post-60060712214405484692010-12-06T10:00:00.000-08:002010-12-06T10:00:05.738-08:00The Greatest Story about FAITH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.inspirationfalls.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/faith-wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.inspirationfalls.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/faith-wallpaper.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>There are numerous stories about our Faith and it is up to you which story will lift your spirit the most.<br />
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For a person who once lost his faith just like me, this story about the professor and his student is the most simple yet exhilarating truth about our faith.<br />
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It is actually all over the internet but this story never fails to empower me and make me hold on to th Lord and strengthen my faith more and more each day.<br />
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The story goes like this:<br />
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<i>An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has </i><br />
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<i>Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ? </i><br />
<i>Student : Yes, sir. </i><br />
<i>Professor : So, you Believe in GOD ? </i><br />
<i>Student : Absolutely, sir. </i><br />
<i>Professor : Is GOD Good ? </i><br />
<i>Student : Sure. </i><br />
<i>Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ? </i><br />
<i>Student : Yes. </i><br />
<i>Professor : My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?</i><br />
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<i>(Student was silent )</i><br />
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<i>Professor : You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella. Is GOD Good?</i><br />
<i>Student : Yes.</i><br />
<i>Professor : Is Satan good ? </i><br />
<i>Student : No. </i><br />
<i>Professor : Where does Satan come from ? </i><br />
<i>Student : From . . . GOD . . . </i><br />
<i>Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World? </i><br />
<i>Student : Yes. </i><br />
<i>Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct? </i><br />
<i>Student : Yes. </i><br />
<i>Professor : So who created evil ?</i><br />
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<i>(Student did not answer)</i><br />
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<i>Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?</i><br />
<i>Student : Yes, sir. </i><br />
<i>Professor : So, who Created them ?</i><br />
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<i>(Student had no answer)</i><br />
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<i>Professor : Science says you have 5 Sensesyou use to Identify and Observe the World around you. Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?</i><br />
<i>Student : No, sir. </i><br />
<i>Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD? </i><br />
<i>Student : No , sir. </i><br />
<i>Professor : Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?</i><br />
<i>Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't. </i><br />
<i>Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM? </i><br />
<i>Student : Yes. </i><br />
<i>Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?</i><br />
<i>Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith. </i><br />
<i>Professor : Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.</i><br />
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<i>Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat? </i><br />
<i>Professor : Yes. </i><br />
<i>Student : And is there such a thing as Cold? </i><br />
<i>Professor : Yes. </i><br />
<i>Student : No, sir. There isn't.</i><br />
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<i>(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )</i><br />
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<i>Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat, a Little Heat or No Heat. But we don't have anything called Cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as Cold. Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat. We cannot Measure Cold. Heat is Energy. Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.</i><br />
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<i>(There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )</i><br />
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<i>Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness? </i><br />
<i>Professor : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness? </i><br />
<i>Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the Absence of Something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . . But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it? In reality, Darkness isn't. If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?</i><br />
<i>Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ? </i><br />
<i>Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed. </i><br />
<i>Professor : Flawed ? Can you explain how? </i><br />
<i>Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD. You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought. It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing. Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?</i><br />
<i>Professor : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do. </i><br />
<i>Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?</i><br />
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<i>(The Professorshook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was going )</i><br />
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<i>Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor, Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?</i><br />
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<i>(The Class was in Uproar )</i><br />
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<i>Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?</i><br />
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<i>(The Class broke out into Laughter )</i><br />
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<i>Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . . . No one appears to have done so. So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that You have No Brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?</i><br />
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<i>(The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)</i><br />
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<i>Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son. </i><br />
<i>Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly ! </i><br />
<i>The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH. </i><br />
<i>That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.</i><br />
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What a wonderful story. On some websites, they say the student is Albert Einstein, some says He is a Muslim and some other great people around the world. But whoever this student is, he redefined my faith and this story will long live and will always be shared.<br />
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Truly, faith is the connection between God and Man. It is something that is heart felt and cannot be measured by science.<br />
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If this is your first time to read this story, I hope this story lifted your spirit up and wanted to know God more. Perhaps He has some purpose for you for why he directed you with this site.<br />
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Brothers and sisters, lets all have FAITH.LHeNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05782093074059674212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224855907707118671.post-39770629986858822242010-12-05T08:45:00.000-08:002010-12-05T16:09:05.445-08:00Hillsong - From The Inside Out - With Subtitles/Lyrics - Mighty to Save DVD<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Indeed all of us are sinners yet all of us still wanted to be saved and live eternal life with God. Many of us have failed not once nor twice in our life and not only us who failed ourselves but also we failed our God. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">What is good about our God is that no matter how many times and how hard we have failed Him, He is always there for us and has always forgiven us. He never failed to love us and embrace us most specially during the times when we feel so down and helpless. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">This song is my song of the day. I remembered all my failures and how I hunger for love from our God and prayed to Him to lift my spirits up. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">A thousand times I've failed</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Still Your mercy remains</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">And should I stumble again</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I'm caught in Your grace</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Everlasting</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your light will shine when all else fades</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Never ending</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your glory goes beyond all fame</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your will above all else</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">My purpose remains</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The art of losing myself</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">In bringing You praise</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Everlasting</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your light will shine when all else fades</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Never ending</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your glory goes beyond all fame</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">In my heart and my soul</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Lord I give You control</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Consume me from the inside out</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Lord let justice and praise</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Become my embrace</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">To love You from the inside out</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your will above all else</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">My purpose remains</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The art of losing myself</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">In bringing You praise</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Everlasting</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your light will shine when all else fades</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Never ending</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your glory goes beyond all fame</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">In my heart and my soul</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Lord I give You control</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Consume me from the inside out</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Lord let justice and praise</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Become my embrace</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">To love You from the inside out</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Everlasting</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your light will shine when all else fades</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Never ending</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your glory goes beyond all fame</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">And the cry of my heart</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Is to bring</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">You praise</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">From the inside out</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Lord my soul cries out</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">In my heart and my soul</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Lord I give You control</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Consume me from the inside out</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Lord let justice and praise</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Become my embrace</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">To love You from the inside out</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Everlasting</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your light will shine when all else fades</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Never ending</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your glory goes beyond all fame</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">And the cry of my heart</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Is to bring</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">You praise</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">From the inside out</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Lord my soul cries out</span><br />
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After all those left out blog who turns out to be so hard to update. Here's another one which hopefully I could maintain as long as I can.<br />
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This will be about my journey as a Catholic. My documented blessings. My daily reflections about the word of our Lord.<br />
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I don't intend to debate and argue with readers in other religion but only to share the good news and show you the path I am walking through with Christ.<br />
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I am a certified sinner but I don't wanna dwell so much with my mistakes but rather get up from it and move on.<br />
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So much for my first post I hope to have plenty of readers in this blog for I will be posting stories about life, about inspiring things that hopefully somehow can change someones life.<br />
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Lets live a glorious life!LHeNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05782093074059674212noreply@blogger.com0