In His Pursuit

“Two little lines I heard one day,  Traveling along life’s busy way;  Bringing conviction to my heart,  And from my mind would not depart;  Only one life, ’twill soon be past,  Only what’s done for Christ will last. Only one life, yes only one,  Soon will its fleeting hours be done;  Then, in ‘that day’ my Lord to meet,  And stand before His Judgement seat;  Only one life,’twill soon be past,  Only what’s done for Christ will last. Only one life, the still small voice,  Gently pleads for a better choice  Bidding me selfish aims to leave,  And to God’s holy will to cleave;  Only one life, ’twill soon be past,  Only what’s done for Christ will last. Only one life, a few brief years,  Each with its burdens, hopes, and fears;  Each with its clays I must fulfill,  living for self or in His will;  Only one life, ’twill soon be past,  Only what’s done for Christ will last. When this bright wo...

A once in a lifetime opportunity slipped out of my hand. An NBA coaching clinic have I closed my eyes to. How many times has this happened to me? Either a gift certificate or perks card getting expired or not getting the tickets that you want for a basketball game or being out of a party you’ve been looking forward to go to or missing the first few part of your much-anticipated movie.  This week has been a miss-out-packed for me. I don’t know with you if you have the fear called FOMO which stands for, just google it. Haha. The first time I heard this word, whaaaat? I don’t care about what that means. But, it made an impact on me in view of the fact that I always wanted to be present in the championship games of my alma mater and even be the first person to visit the newest food buzz or any special event that I would share in my social media accounts. I was hauled over the coals. Proverbs 11:2 “Pride leads to disgrace,…” I felt very bad for missing the NBA coaching clinic th...

Want to experience the fullness of Christ? Compromise no more. Don’t cooperate with the world and stop cutting on the edges because the whole piece will deteriorate and will soon eat up everything. God is faithful to provide a way out whenever we are tempted.  1 Corinthians 10:13 (NASB) No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and  God is faithful, who will not allow you to be  tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.  Resist temptation.  2 Timothy 2:22 Now  flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness,  faith, love  and  peace, with those who  call on the Lord  from a pure heart.   Faithful by Chris Tomlin So, how are we going to be pure? Fully surrender our lives to God. This takes humility. This is very hard for me at first well until now because I always want my own way. I’m never c...

I have my own share of failure. I shouted at my sister and said pretty much harsh words like “Shut up.” Just because of a basketball game. This is one of my “I-don’t-want-to-remember” moments. I regret all the words I said. I was watching 21 dresses that time and I was too mad at the other sibling who cut the wedding dress of their mom for her own wedding. I looked at it as selfish and when my sister talked to me about the game, I blurted the words that I felt about the game (including my hatred to the character in the film) I should’ve not said. After sometime, I wanted to say sorry but my pride reigned. I told myself, it’s not your fault. They beat us and I hate their players. It’s their fault. They hurt me (This is overplaying it. I felt like I was the one they taunted, bumped either intentionally or part of the game haha. Too bitter.). I wasn’t filled with the Holy Spirit. And I did not choose to be. I chose my own way to turn my back on my sister and fool myself with...

I don’t know with you but for me it’s very hard to get out of bed when you just felt the comfort of your bed and your pillows after a long day.  One night, while I’m catching my sleep, my mom asked me to get her a glass of milk because she can’t sleep. I had the choice whether to get it for her or spill it off and regret for not obeying her. While I get out of bed, I reminded myself that what I do is for the LORD. I carefully got her the milk and went back to bed. That simple? No. It’s pretty hard. It’s a battle within me. But if you do it for the person you love, it’s a no brainer. Motion before emotion. We should live our lives pleasing to the LORD. In 2 Corinthians 5:9 it says, “So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him.” Setting aside the physical weariness and having a sincere heart in pleasing the LORD through our obedience to our parents. As we are commanded in Ephesians 6 “Children, obey your parents because you belo...

Credits to Ravi Zacharias International Ministries

What hinders us from listening to the good music? Pag naka-mute yung speakers. This has happened to me more than a handful of times. But seriously speaking, what hinders us from experiencing God’s work and power in our lives? Sometimes there are hindrances that are obviously seen and there are hindrances which aren’t obviously seen like pride. As Pastor Peter Tan-Chi puts it, pride is like a body odor, everybody knows about it except the one who has it. Laude experience. Pride put me in the lowest part of my life. I placed my confidence on myself. I knew that I can make it but God broke me. I was depending on myself. I told myself, I can get the highest Laude because it’s just NU I mean I came from a competitive High School and this will be very easy for me. Who would’ve thought that I would fail my PE and it won’t allow me to graduate with Laude. He doesn’t want us to drown ourselves in sin that is why I learned my lesson, the hard way. But in that setback I still experienc...