hay grabe...spontaneous to promise...di muna literary-ish.
san ba ako magsisimula? ah, lam ko na...
nakakapagod pala mag-trabaho. one fear na talagang pinagpe-pray ko kay Lord is that i won't get weary and bored one day sa work ko. tipong maging routine na lang sa akin na wala nang joy. ayoko ng ganun. kasi i have a tendency to be like that. example yung mga boybands (nung high school ha..kadiri kung hanggang ngayon, ka-mown!) and chinovelas noon (meteor garden addict...as in), super andaming ininvest kong money for that...and unknowingly, i'm putting all of my efforts and some of my major savings just for that! very temporal. walang kwenta. not pleasing to the Lord. eh sabi nga sa Bible, "..whatever we do, whether we eat or drink, do it all for the glory of God." kaya nga yung iba, they do things that they think would make them fulfilled as they reach the end of their lives pero...di nila iniisip kung ano ang mangyayari talaga sa kanila with their life after death - which is the most important FACT to ponder upon. the reality. we do have a choice actually kung san tayo pupunta. if you believe in the Bible, which is God's Word, then i would love to tell you that it stated these Scriptures:
Rom 10:9-10 - 9 For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.
Rom 10:13 - For “Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Eph. 2:8-9 - 8 God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.
di tayo pwedeng magmayabang or magmalaki kay Lord that we did this and that without confessing through our own mouths that we accept Him as our Personal Lord and Savior. it's not enough to believe that amazing truth. we must fully declare this and tell to God straight out that we cannot do all these things alone. we need God. we need Him to rule over our lives. to live a life that is worth pleasing to Him all the time. we may act, think, or speak things that are sometimes out of His ways but His love is so deep and unfathomable...that we can still ask for His forgiveness and yet we can be cleansed with all of our unrighteousness - though we seem undeserving to receive that.
1 John 1:9 - But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.
isn't He great?
...so i encourage you guys to please...please think about this certain choice. life is short...and death is certain. i'm not scaring you. but what we must think of is our final destination..where we will be spending eternity. lahat naman kasi dito sa earth will fade eh. kaya we should be investing, focusing on doing things na may eternal value. and we must start by confessing with our mouths that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior and that we sincerely ask for His forgiveness.
God said in Rev 3:20 - “Look! Here I stand at the door and knock. If you hear me calling and open the door, I will come in.."
God's death on the cross doesn't end there. salvation to everyone who is willing to receive it is what the Lord would want us to see through that Cross. His love is wonderful. unconditional. He continues to knock on the doors of our hearts, waiting to be entertained and finally have a personal relationship with us. That's what God longs for each of us - to re-establish His connection with us since we were born sinners in this world.
our religion, philosophy, or good works alone wouldn't bring us to heaven. only the Lord Jesus Christ. John 14:6 - Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."
kaya hindi totoo na walang nakasisiguro kung saan tayo pupunta after we die. it's all in His Word...maybe we have our own reasons kung bakit di natin alam ang mga bagay na'to but, here it is...we have now read this, and we now have a choice.
John 1:12 - "But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God"
automatically we get to become His very own child once we decided to receive the gift of salvation that our Lord has been offering to us ever since He gave His life for us at the Calvary. and with that, i would like to encourage you to follow this very simple prayer and sincerely say this to the Lord.
"Lord, thank You for dying on the Cross for me. Thank You for Your unfathomable love that we can receive eternal life with You in heaven. I ask for Your forgiveness for every sin that I have done and I receive the free gift of salvation from You. Lord, I open this door of my heart and I ask You, God, to let You in and be my personal Lord and Savior. Please rule over my life and I completely declare my full dependence on You. Thank You, Father God for everything. This, I pray, in Jesus' precious Name, Amen."
actually what's great about it is that, hindi scripted and prayer na ito. you can even get the gist of this prayer and gawa kayo ng sarili niyo. please take in mind that God is more delighted when we utter prayers unto Him that really come from our heart. mas ok yun di ba?
thank you for taking time in reading this blog. i know it is not an accident when you read this..or even scan through this entry. lahat may reasons...right now we may feel lost, troubled, worried about anything...to put all those matters in order, we need God. He's the only God that can decide and know things that are best for us - far better than we can imagine.
God bless!
