Getting into the habit and discipline of reading

January 7, 2013January 12, 2013Posted in DiscipleshipTagged equippingLeave a comment

Got this book as a birthday present from my Kid’s Church Family in VCF Ortigas.

I remember my friends talking about upgrading themselves into the discipline of reading, as application they’ll have to apply and share what they have learned. I could not recall if they were pushing for 2 book a week, but one of them said, that’s challenging for me, I’m not that bookish and at times don’t easily understand it.

But what strike me was this, one of them responded, saying getting into the habit of reading at start maybe boring, don’t feel reading, it may not always register to mind. It’s pushing yourself till it becomes daily part of your life.

When I was starting to read the bible few years back, at first I said to myself I’m reading something that i don’t understand, at times the word were too deep and has to researched what it meant it was a struggle. But Since I was pushing for four chapter a day, I just have to do it even if one chapter seems like the entire book or statistical data and numbers, as months past by little did I know I’m falling more in love with each and every page.

That’s why for this year, for the next twelve months I will share one book I’ve read or maybe more.

My 2012 Highligths

December 31, 2012January 12, 2013Posted in DiscipleshipLeave a comment

There are so many things to be thankful in 2012, Each year keeps better and getting better, from glory to glory indeed, Here are just a few of my 2012!

TEN DAYS Youth Missions team to Macau 2012

No amount of words can ever express how life changing is Ten Days Mission trip.

Kids Ministry

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

This year I got involved in the Kids Ministry, never did I though I would enjoy and get along with kids, but I did.

College Graduation

Few years back I though this would just be dream and desire, Thank you Real Life Foundation!

WIRED Youth Camp

It’s a privilege to be with our future leaders.

Work

Bless not just with the work but with the people I’m with.

New TEN DAYS Youth Missions Team 2013

New friendship forged as we unite together as a new team to go for mission on 21013.

Victory Weekend ( Youth and Kids)

This year, I am privileged to share God’s purpose to our youth and kid’s participant. Thank you lord!

Discipleship

One thing i can never go without GET DISCIPLED! Privileged to be with Jay all this years , humbled and encourage with this friends.

DC 1 EDT — Watch out for this young men as they take hold of their campus, of their families and this nation!

Year end parties that served as re-unions

Enli edt — With My ENLI family, my year-end would not be complete without them!

Metro Galle — Christmas party with original PCSI team and growing family.

A unique way to celebrate Christmas with the youth at UP Sunken garden

JESUS.

Who made all this things possible, Who is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Apart from Him I am nothing and all these things are meaningless.

To Jesus be the Glory!

Stubborn me

October 10, 2012December 30, 2012Posted in Discipleship, Random thoughtsLeave a comment

My cousin started to share about one on one discipleship it was twelve chapters back then, it is the basic essentials to following Christ, Which starts from Salvation. Lordship, Repentance and so on.

My cousin was a med student at that time, I still think that He would be a great theologian, His in-depth knowledge is good a reasoning, can speak really good to the point I don’t understand the depth of his communication skills, as if I perceive it as mathematics and all numbers coming out of his mouth.

We started with Chapter 1, followed by Lordship as next chapter after a week, but then my stubborn me and sarcastic nature towards my cousin starts to kick in, It took one month for the next chapter to be discuss, I felt force because I was unwilling to go through with it, after a couple of weeks before getting to another chapter he ask me What I understood about salvation, with brutal direct answer I said none, he was patient that he discuss it again with.

He would try to offer to discuss the next chapter but I would delaying tactics was on, I was either tired or just not now.

He was persistent in going through for the next chapter. I was challenging him every inch of his patience. We went through another chapter after a month again. This time I’ve butt in and ”said stop, I got the point”. He continued explaining, out of nowhere to my annoyance. I said “you can continue speaking but my mind has stopped listening from you”. Me and my tongue. After a couple of weeks he asks me of what I understand about salvation, I said I don’t recall anything. Then he patiently shared the salvation topic the third time.

One thing for sure I commend my cousin; he didn’t gave up on me. Jesus never gave up on us, He was simply faithful in loving us even if unfaithful.

Jesus is the greatest thing that ever happened to me. I’m forever thankful for my cousin.

Christ likeness.

Before leading others it requires Christ likeness and indeed I saw Jesus Christ in my cousin. He was patient all through out, He saw me on the angle where our lord is coming from.

God was dealing with me

I’ve accepted Jesus yet my actions seem opposite. It dawn on me that pride and ego had led me to my sarcastic disrespectful behavior. He was working in my heart even if I seem happy with my behavior.

Undeserving

completely do not deserve this retaliation kindness, He was generous in very way, He was patient and completely passionate and forgiving. No matter how many times I would give him reasons not to disciples me, all the more he chase me.

In the same way it made me reflect Christ character, How love us, He endured embarrassment, humiliation, betrayal, torture, pain, and death, all be because of undeserving me(us)

We don’t deserve His patience, His love, but still he freely and willfully give it to us never giving up. That is who He is, that is his character.

Now who am Ito give up on others?

RHODZ: Sharpened

October 1, 2012January 12, 2013Posted in DiscipleshipTagged christianityLeave a comment

I met Rhodz in 2008, he was a student back then and an active volunteer in his campus, as he accepted Jesus Christ in his life that year, he was filled with joy and was present in almost every youth service during Fridays and was very active in the ushering ministry and was willing to get know more Jesus through discipleship.

Here’s a picture of him third from the left.

Along the way in his active life, he felt confronted by feelings of rejection and offense. He then slowly withdraw from his spiritual family. Eventually he was back to the things he turned his back, He tried to find acceptance in other ways. Living his life the way he wants it, filling his desires with what he taught was best. After 2 years, while he was was out of town with his friends , he found himself asking with what he has been doing in his life, living on regrets and guilt, realizing the things that he has been doing, has been robbing him of the joy he found only in Christ.

A friend from church wanted simply talk him and share the vision for the campus. At first he felt hesitant, but went on meeting with the friend. As the conversation went on, He remembered the time he accepted Jesus and and the great joy it brought him, realizing that God never left him but has been very faithful in his life, being blessed with a job and a recent promotion.

Experiencing God’s goodness despite turning his back on Him, changed his heart, he started reading his bible once again and went back to Jesus Christ. Remembering his promises in the Bible. “if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new”.

Rhodz has not only renewed his commitment to his relationship with Jesus, in his commitment to protect this relationship he humbly opened his life and secured Godly men to be his accountable partners to counsel and pray for him, making time every week to learn more about God’s word through small group.

Now Rhodz is passionately reaching out to the youth and influencing them to honor God through dancing. He is actively involved in training next generation that will impact our country.

Rhodz with Pastor Glenn Quizon receiving his certificate of appreciation in taking part in discipling the next generation

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 NIV

We need Godly men and women in our life that will continually push us to seek and pray to God, tells us the truth about us even when it hurts and builds us up to live that Godly life, pointing us to Jesus Christ. Have we identified this Godly people in our life? or Do we have them?