Choose Wisely

Text: Exodus 21-22, Psalms 12, Acts 4

Rhema Verse: Acts 4:32. All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had.

Message: The early disciples were persecuted after healing a lame man in the Beautiful gate. During their trial they raised a question: "Do you think God wants us to obey you (persecutors) or God?" After that they prayed to God for courage. The Holy Spirit shook the place and responded by  giving them boldness, one heart & mind. In any trial or 'situations' I am facing, a challenge is always raised: Whom will I obey? The people/myself or God?

Promise: 1. I see that the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. Acts 2:25b
2. The Holy Spirit has given me power to be a witness in all the world. Acts 1:8
3. The Holy Spirit will give us one mind and one heart to honor HIM.

Command: Pray to God for courage. Obey God rather than men.

Warning: Fearing men rather than God will end up in great consequences.

Application: Father, forgive me for the times I choose to follow others than following Your ways. I remember when I was faced with the problem at customs, I felt that I needed to give-in to what they require or else the paper will not be released, I chose to give-in thinking that it was the Only way. And now anything that comes their way they wanted to get more. Lord, forgive me I forgot that You are the God who can do the impossible. Father, you can get us out of this mess, move through the situation Holy Spirit. I declare that there will be no procastrinations, no hindrances, no sorrow in our businesses in Jesus mighty name, everything will go smoothly. Lord, teach me to always Rely on you, give us one heart and one mind. Do not let us forget the reason why we are doing this- for Your Glory alone. And because this is Yours, and You are the owner of our lives and every business You will never leave us, nor forsake us. Thank you faithful Father, because we can rely on You.

Even More Beautiful

Text: Exodus 17-20, Acts 3

Rhema Verse: Acts 3:2. As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.

Message: In the beautiful gate was someone all his life who thinks he wasn't beautiful, or worthy, or enough- a lame man. But God changed all that, God made him see what He is- soo beautiful and blessed.  This man came to know Jesus, and His life made so many pitiful lives ahead of him even more BEAUTIFUL.

Promise: HE makes ALL things beautiful in HIS time. God made me and my life beautiful.

Command: Stop and See through the 'situation'. Find the beautiful gate.

Warning: Looking at your circumstances with all the noisy emotions will make it impossible to see through. Don't look at yourself, Nerie. Look unto Jesus.

Application: God, now I know that to be able to make an impact to others, You must first be the greatest impact in me. Lord, I want to be able to see the beautiful things, your miracles, the parting of the red sea in my life everyday, and make me able to testify it to everyone who surrounds and get in touch with my life. Father, I don't want to see myself working on these, cause I know I surely can't. You have made me realized my limitations in compare to Your incomparable greatness. And God I don't want to live a life of mediocrity, work in me, work through me. Make my life and the life of others I touch even more beautiful, because You are sooooooo beautiful God.

BLINDED BY PROBLEMS

Date: July 1, 2013.
Text: Gen. 44-46, Luke 18

Rhema Verse: Genesis 45:8. So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.

Luke 18:41. “What do you want me to do for you?”  “Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”

Message: Many times when people face problems they get blinded by the situation and starts to panic, especially for a melancholic like me. But it is God who gives wisdom to see beyond what is happening, and what He is doing, just like in the time of Joseph. But it was clear that even though I could be in panic, distressed or drowning in my self-inflicted anxiousness, I could ask God like the blind beggar in the street to 'see'. See God's promises of salvation prepared for me.

Promise: God is always asking and waiting to do wonders for me. "What do you want me to do for you?"

Ask everything in my name, and my Father will give it to you so your joy will be complete -Jesus.  John 14:13

Command: When facing challenges, Stop-Look-Listen just like the blind beggar. Stop your negative thoughts, Look at what God is preparing, Listen to His directions.

Warning: Being blinded by too many negative thoughts and fearing things only created by your mind will stop you from getting your miracle!!!

Application: The night before my youngest birthday, while I was packing loot bags for his party I was being anxious with 1.2M, I needed to pay for the stocks so it could arrive here in the country. As part of being a melancholic a 'thinker' I exhausted my mind where I can get that amount; for we have already paid 2/3 of that 3 months ago and the stocks needed to be paid in full to arrive. And so I counted first, every chocolate for the loot bags and calculated how many loot bags I can make; 150 divided by 3 is 50 (I rechecked twice) While I was picking each chocolate my mind is counting and sorting and I begun to pray. I said, "Lord what if the children were more than 50, they haven't eaten this kind of chocolates yet, can you make it 70? Just like what You did with the 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes that fed 5,000 men not counting women with leftover." I was sure my heart began to feel joy in my heart and went on counting and putting in chocolates to the loot bags. When my back begun to feel a little achy, and seeing little chocolates left in the bed, I started to count how many loot bags I made, I bundled them by 10 bags, and my tears began to fell when I counted I already made 50 and there's more in the bed... I counted every visible bags 55, 60, 69 and when I saw the last loot bag beneath the pillow I wept aloud. I heard what God said to me, Nerie, if I can do this with chocolates I can definitely do this in your finances. What a great God we have... All we need is to be like the beggar so bold to ask.

SEAT OF HORROR

Text: Gen. 34-36, Luke 14

Rhema Verse: Luke 14:11. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Message: Sitting in the seat of honor but then placed in a seat of horror is very humiliating. Honor comes after humility.

Promise: Wisdom offers long life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left.

Command: Do not be wise in my own eyes.

 Warning: The moment you become wise in your eyes is the beginning of being a fool.

Application: Lord, teach me to be humble, always looking up to You. For none of this would happen if We didn't realize that ALL of these ONLY came from the Giver of ALL good gifts- YOU! Thank you Lord, because You have taken us out of the wilderness (ramz & I) kasi dati talgang payabangan kami all the time, and we could not accomplish anything. Thank you for teaching us both, for letting us go through many things. Thank You Father for Your faithfulness.

Sensitive Much? ;)

Text: Gen. 31-33, Luke 13

Rhema Verse: Genesis 31:1-3. But Jacob soon learned that Laban’s sons were grumbling about him. “Jacob has robbed our father of everything!” they said. “He has gained all his wealth at our father’s expense.” And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban’s attitude toward him. Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your father and grandfather and to your relatives there, and I will be with you.”

Message: When there is a problem, a change, or circumstances I need to be sensitive of the Lord's dealings. For in every mess is a message. In every problem there is an opportunity to learn and see God's display of miracles.

Promise: I am with You... -God

Command: Be sensitive to God's directions. Seek His Word daily.

Warning: Being sensitive to my own concepts or the idea of others will produce normal results. Being sensitive to God's precepts will produce EXTRA-ORDINARY results.

Application: We were having problems with importation papers but I know Lord You'll gonna do great things in our business and in our life. Thank you Lord for You are my great Father. I was reminded, dati ang pinoproblema ko lang thousands pero ngayun millions na, when the Lord asked me, "sino nga ba nagbayad nung mga pinoproblema mo? Ikaw ba o Ako?" All I can do is smile and say, Ikaw LOrd! Lord excited ako kapag namromroblema na ako ng billions!! ;)

NOT ENOUGH

Text: Gen. 29-30, Luke 11

Rhema Verse: Luke 11:42. “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.

Matthew 23:23. “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.

Message: we should tithe, yes but do not neglect more important things - justice, mercy and faith.

Promise: Malachi 3:10. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!

Command: Do not neglect it- to Love God, Love people!

Warning: tithing is not enough.

Application: yesterday I was with Pastor Gary & Juliet, but before that I was so grumpy bec I haven't put the Word in the morning, and I heard the bad news about a family member. Soon after, I felt everything was against me- the customs, staff, my husband. I began to ask, "What's happening Lord?" I have neglected mercy and faith. I asked myself, what can I do? What can Nerie do? When I realized I cannot do anything, I started to pray and surrender.

SINGLED OUT

Text: Gen. 18-19, Psalm 3 -Luke 7

Rhema Verse: Genesis 18:18-19 “For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.”

Psalms 3:5-6
I lay down and slept,
yet I woke up in safety,
for the Lord was watching over me.
 I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies
who surround me on every side.

Message: Gen 12:18 was been confirmed by God during the Holy visitation. Maraming taong dumating sa buhay na nawala, nakasakit or became an inspiration, and it was the Lord who made the obstacles to singled me out, so I can learn from Him more.

Promise: EVERYTHING God had promised He already orchestrated for my benefit.

Command: Do not fear! Sleep well.

Warning: fear is the absence of faith

Application: while I was looking at the financial statements of NewYou and the ledger, I saw that the sales weren't enough to compensate the people. I began to stress-out a little bit, but then the Lord told me I was just starting to plant seed. Lord, thank you for I know this is a good seed, this is what You have orchestrated, so I have nothing to fear. Thank You Lord for the 3 million sales every month, thank you Lord for the Joseph and Daniel anointed people for NewYou, JNRM, SB builders, & Wellness. Thank you Lord for there will be NO procastrinations in Jesus name, and thank you for the wisdom Lord, favor from men, and favor from You.