Flawless And Tested

Text: Psalms 7- Psalms 16

Rhema Verse: Psalms 12:6
And the words of the Lord are flawless,
like silver purified in a crucible,
like gold refined seven times.

Message: God's word is flawless, pure and refined seven times, it is tested and true because the Author is faithful. Every promises He made came to pass before, and even up to now. God wants to do great things in my life that is why He test us like silver and refine us in crucible. A crucible is a rough vessel na kailangang daanan to purify a metal para maging precious, and interestingly it is shaped like a cross. The more finer it gets, the more precious it will become. That is my life, and the life of those who trust and rely on God. Even though trials come, the Cross- Jesus will never leave my side. as Jesus conquered His crucible, I will conquer mine and be refined because I am precious in his sight! I am PSEJ Precious Souls in the Eyes of Jesus, a nation's conqueror! ;)

Promise: God's Word is the final authority in my life, it is tested, pure and trustworthy.

Command: Be refined! (kantahin) I am here to buy gold refined in the fire, naked and pure wretched and blind I come. Clothe me in white so I wont be ashamed Lord light the fire again.

Warning: Do not trust on man's word for they are ever changing! Only trust God, for He is not like men..

Application: As Rammel and I were on Cebu we kept on talking about Mordecai and Job in our devo. We have found a new kind of prayer, We write a decree in the air, and sign it with our name, in behalf of the name of our King-Jesus, signed with our God-given signet ring and sealed with the Blood of the Lamb. We decreed salvation in the whole clan of Larrobis. And God created a problem to arise in their house and He used that again so our brother and sister listened to the Word of God. Sabi ko kasi sa assignment ko sa plenary we didnt have the chance to follow them up before because of the distance, kaya parang mahirap mag-enter ulit. But when God moves, Wow grabe!!! i know that the decree of salvation is a prayer na hindi nasasayang as I learned in SOL 2. Thank You Lord!

Wait Expectantly

Text: Job 41-Psalm 6

Rhema Verse: Psalms 5:3  In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.

Message: Prayer with expectation is the source of the greatest miracles in life. It shows a childlike faith to the Father in heaven. Why in the morning? Because in the morning, people are faced with great troubles or tasks for the whole day, umaga pa lang nangangarag na! That is why I need to choose God first, before any commotions or plans. So the Lord will give me peace and success the whole day.

Promise: Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield. Psalms 5:12

Command: Do devo in the morning, Pray & wait expectantly!

Warning: Everything I do is in vain if I do not wait expectantly on God.

Application: I have learned that praying is not enough if I do not have faith, that God will give me what i ask and more! I have learned the best tips on praying while on our Post Encounter at History Maker, and my prayer was not the same after that: 1.  I need to feel/ know/ picture-out and believe that the Lord is listening. 2.  That when I pray I enter a 'zone' of God's presence or God's table, and HE is listening. I need to picture out an Abba Father and feel and know that I am His Beloved. I need to wait expectantly, because God will surely give the best for me.

God's Endowment

Date: Sept 5, 2012
Text: Job 37-40

Rhema Verse: Job 39:17
for God did not endow her with wisdom
or give her a share of good sense.

Message: For one to be successful in life we need wisdom. God is the ONLY source of everything, every good and perfect gift comes from Him, and He is a giver not a taker..
The LORD made an ostrich an example, He did not endow it with wisdom and a good sense. A person does not have wisdom if:
Maangas! Mayabang!
It does not take pride of what he has- offspring/ children/ resources
Treat successor harshly, without love

Promise: 1. Every good and perfect gift comes from God.
2. I can ask anything in the name of Jesus and He will give it so my joy will be complete!
3.  If God has given the BEST He has - His ONLY Beloved Son- JESUS, how much more anything for His glory. Yehey!!!

Command: Seek the giver of wisdom!

Warning:

Application: Lord thank you for the example of Job, through this book I have learned that everything- what my mouth confesses, what people say in front of me, people who hates me (kung meron man) the world's situation, the blessings coming my way it ALL came from You. Everything comes from You. Wala kaming pwedeng ibigay or ipagmalaki kasi po lahat nanggaling sa Inyo. Lord thank you for loving me this much, thank you God! I love you Lord! Teach me more..

God Speaks

Date: Sept 4, 2012
Text: Job 33-36

Rhema Verse: Job 33:14-17 "For God does speak —now one way, now another — though no one perceives it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride.

Message: God speaks in more ways than one. Most of the time, people think that the way God speaks is through a loud, frightening, earth-shaking, breath-taking voice; just like when Israel first heard him at Mount Sinai. Job wants to reason with God, but he was waiting for The God who spoke at Mount Sinai, he did not count his visitors as God's spokesman. God speaks in different ways, through a still-small-voice, prophets, visions, dreams, the Word of God, situation in life, parents, friends, even strangers, well actually God can use anything including animals- in the case of Balaam and Jonah.

Promise: My God is a God who speaks and listens to me intently.

Command: Listen to the voice of God.

Warning:

Application: There was a time when I was like Job, I questioned God about a situation in my life and there was a great mighty voice that I heard and it caused me to tremble with fear and reverence. God said, "did you make the stars? can you even count them? did you make this and that". And He Made himself known to me... There was so much authority in His voice and what He said that i dropped on the floor and all I can say was, "I'm sorry Lord, You are right I am wrong". I haven't read the book of Job at that time, and when I read it I was so happy, kasi May kamukha pala ako! I thank God that was the first time napagalitan ako, all throughout then, God spoke to me as the most sweetest voice I've ever heard.

Works = Faith?

Text: Job 30-32

Rhema Verse: Job 31:35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.

Message: Job was already righteous, more than any other mortal sa mundong ibabaw sa good works pa lang wala ng papalag! That is why even God speaks highly of him, "Nakita mo ba si Job?" But we have this one accuser, and the devil wanted to try Job; "do this, do that, maybe if you take this, or that he will stop worshipping you". This accuser was stopped when Jesus came, kasi good works was not enough. for all of us who made Jesus our savior and was covered by the blood of the Holy lamb, we were atoned by the Most High Priest, not a once-a-year atonement but once and for all. Jesus conquered sin and grave. He was raised up, as the victorious Messiah, seated on the right hand of God in heaven. Now the Holy Spirit, our mentor and advocate, my intercessor who always pleads for my case teaches us to please God, not just by works, but by faith that works!

Promise: I am MORE THAN A CONQUEROR because Christ loved me! Rom 8:37
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME WILL PROSPER and you will refute every tongue that accuses me. Isaiah 54:17

Command: Shut off the devil's mouth by the blood of Jesus and His finished work!!

Warning: not relying on Jesus finished work will be forever working, by works that is not workable.

Application: I am a workaholic person, a perfectionist feeling ko ako lang magaling, i can do things better if they would just let me be, and do my "stuff"! I always compete kahit walang competition. I always like to see myself always at my best kasi akala ko dun ako mamemeasure ng Lord, but all of those times I still have the empty feeling- Now I know that it is the voice of the Holy Spirit telling me that what Im doing is technically not right. At kadalasan naman sa aking pagka-okok sumesemplang ako, kaya I am really really really thankful for knowing the message of the grace through the Holy Spirit. When I learned that it is not by my performance, but by Christ, I understand that I needed to rely everything to God. It does not stop me from doing good but doing better for Him. I learned, I do not need to compete with others; most especially compete with myself, because I know now that I am accepted by Christ. Kaya Siya namatay para sa akin, because I am His beloved, He loved me even when I am a sinner and so imperfect. Ang sarap Mong magmahal Lord!

The Most Treasured Treasure

Text: Job 24-29

Rhema Verse: Job 28:28 And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”

Message: Where does wisdom can be found? In Job 28 wisdom was compared as more than all the precious things in this world combined- gold, treasures. Interestingly, it was compared to an elusive person, that Only God knows where it can be found v23. True Wisdom is the Holy Spirit of the Living God, it is a divine persona of the Trinity. When the Holy Spirit is upon flesh, He reveals the secret things of God, He teaches us the will of the Father, He gives wisdom and teaches understanding as I study the Word, He gives me the fear of the Lord and understanding. Knowing and relying on the Holy Spirit fully, will show the full Glory of Jesus finished work, and the Father's love.

Promise: 1.   The Advocate- the Holy Spirit, whom the Father sent in Jesus name, will teach me all things and will remind me of everything Jesus have said. John 14:26  
2.  I have the greatest treasure - the Holy Spirit: my wisdom, my understanding, my joy, my strength, my best friend.

Command: Rely on God's wisdom-the Holy Spirit.

Warning:

Application: Since I was a child I've always wanted to gain wisdom, I knew it was different from knowledge and understanding, mas mataas ang level niya. Kaya lang nahirapan ako unawain ung -fear of the Lord. I have always thought that fear of the Lord is matakot ka talaga sa Diyos, kasi nakakatakot Siya, He is a God who punishes and hates sin. That all changed when I found the message of grace six years ago. I was in a deep shame of sin of lust of the mind kahit na Christian ako, nobody knew it Only God did, even though I did not DO anything with anybody, I condemn myself, it was a never-ending battle that most of the time I lose. But when I found out the message of grace what Christ had suffered for me so I can be victorious over my past, present, future sin, and not by works. I had this great feeling of love for God, a revelation of the Cross. That I am a great victor. And that led me to be free from that bondage. Then I learned the meaning of the fear of the Lord- it is not dahil natatakot ka na maparusahan, it is bec natatakot ka na masaktan yung sobrang nagmahal sa Iyo. It was the start of a total change for me. Thank you Holy Spirit!

Perfect Preparation

Text: 1 Chronicles 2-4

Rhema Verse: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” 10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.

Message: Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives, is the perfect preparation for a future Only He can see. Jabez' mother experienced birth pains more than any other pain from her child delivery kaya ganun ang pinangalan niya kay Jabez. And because of her mother's declaration for her son, he experienced many pains also. God knows why Jabez needed to feel that,,, because it would lead Jabez to call on the LORD ALMIGHTY and a perfect preparation for a great future ahead.

There were many painful experiences I have gone through in my life, in my family and in the business area. But when i looked back sa mga kapalpakan at masakit, costly experiences one thing is true: those experiences really taught us alot, and God carried us through. My dad always says, there's NO mistakes, only lessons.

Promise: God's ways are not man's ways. I can rely my whole life with God, ONLY HE can give me the best future there is.

God's Command: Just believe! Walk through the "experiences" I am with you, I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Warning: Do not lose sight of what God can do!

Application:Today we are not feeling well, my husband has a fever and one thing he said strikes me, instead of murmuring he praise God and said, thank you Lord for the update! Although nahihirapan siya, he knew we needed to go through the colds to boost our immune system. Thank you Lord for my wonderful family, thank You Lord for we know there is a great future ahead. Teach me not to lose sight of Your grace and love for me in times of trouble Lord.