September 2, 2017

Lord I come to you with prayer for people:

• I pray for ate Joy, Lord I pray for recovery for her. Provision for her family.
• I pray for ate Anne, recovery Lord for her. Thank You for a successful operation. I pray for provision for her.
• I pray for ate Rochelle. God we pray that she'd be released as soon as possible. Thank You Lord.

Prayer August 29, 2017

Good morning po Lord, I would just like to come to you and share some of my thoughts today. I really don't know how to start but it involves mainly our church physical structure.

You know Lord that I really want to have a bigger place for worship and gathering--so that our worship service would be more inviting & more conducive for people. I'm praying and hoping that someone could fund our renovation. I don't know if I'm already obsessed as for the past few months, I have been staring and revising over and over again, daydreaming of the day that we would be able to buy stuff for our church. I really do want to take all unnecessary hindrances physically and materially as to why we would shy away from inviting people to our gatherings--that our gathering place would be a place where we would be proud of to other people--adult, kids and youth.

You also know Lord that I started a fundraiser via gogetfunding. I really don't know if I have your blessing on this. I haven't shared it yet to my friends and contacts. I have a list of people as to whom I could privately message and ask for help. I do not want to step out in faith without You Lord. I want your blessing God.

So I come to You Lord asking for your direction to go through with it (my fear, is that, I would do this at the expense of reputation). But if I would have your blessing because it is Your will, not because Your arm was twisted, I would go with this.

Lord, I know you own the resources of heaven and earth. And that You can provide for your people anyway You want. In my limited understanding on how You work behind the scenes, I just do what I know what I can do, and entrust everything on You.

Lord, shower us with your blessing, enlarge our territory, may Your hand be upon us, keep us from harm so that we will be free from pain.

All these, I come you Lord, in the Name of Jesus Christ our King, Amen.

Prayer 11/23/2016

November 23, 2016

I need to pray. And right now I am writing a list of prayer items so that I would be systematic in prayer and so that it can help my mind not wander off as I pray.

I pray for:

• MCF Olandes
• Lord I ask that you cover us with unity. Help us be united. I know there are issues and maybe they are legitimate, but I do ask that they the way they do this is in love and not out of hurt or anger.
• Lord I pray for adults in the church. If I were tobe honest, I really do not know if I am relating to them whenever I share your Word. I cling to you God that whenever I do come to share Your Word, the Holy Spirit would be actively working and burning their hearts as confirmation, encouragement or conviction to them. I pray that their hearts and minds would be quick to welcome Your truth and principles,and that your Word would realy serve as a mirror, so that they would see themselves as it is preached.
• Lord I pray for Step Up. Thank you Lord for giving excitement in our youth so that they are really working for the event to be successful. I pray Lord that you would give us success in every Step Up event. I pray that there would young people who would come to see you as their personal Lord and Savior. And that they would be saved. And that they would start walking with You towards a growing relationship with You. I cancel all the works of the enemy that they are trying so that young people would be hindered to come. I cancel their work so that we would interrupted or discouraged. I cancel all price that no one of us wll take the glory that is due only to You Lord. We are doing this for you and to you alone. We are doing this so that we could lead young people into a growing relationship with you.
• I pray for our small groups.I pray that though we do not regularly meet (except for the adults) I pray that  through our meeting, you would help each on of us grow in our relationship with You. Help us and move us to always involve You in our lives.
• I pray oh Lord that You would help us accomplish our vision for our church--that we would be a church that people would love to belong. That everyone here or anyone who would be near to us would experience Your grace and mercy and love and truth that they would be drawn near to you and to us, your MCF-Olandes Church.
• I pray for our Sunday School Kids, I thank you Lord because many of the Sunday School kids are getting to know their Kuya and Ate's. MCF-Olandes is beginning to be a part of their lives--as their home. We ask that you would continue to help us love our children. Help each and every one of them to embrace You more than the blessing they might receive here.
• I pray for all of us here in MCF Olandes. Fill us with Your Spirit Lord in very powerful ways. Use us mightily in extending and expanding you kingdom here in Olandes. We may be small in numbers but I know God that You can do might things through us. Help us be prayerful. Help us live holy lifestyles. Help us be worshipppers in Spirit and in Truth always.
•  Family
• Lord I pray for provision. Thank you Lord for You have been faithful in providing  for us. You have surely blessed us indeed, but I will not stop in asking for more blessing because I know God that You are the God of the so much more! You have greater things in store for us as a family. We wait for You, Lord! We wait for You!
• I Pray for health. In Jesus name I rebuke the work of the enemy in our family that is giving us sickness and illnesses! I thank You Lord that You have shielded us from sicknesses again and again, but right now God I pray and hold on to the authority You have given us. I command healing for Rana. In Jesus' name I cancel the workings of the sickness in her. I command cough and colds out of her body! In Jesus' Name! Amen!
• Lord I pray for wisdom as to what we will do with our our car. Give us wisdom Lord. Papa and Mama decided to sell the car so God I ask, would you honor their decision and a couple and help up find a buyer for Goldy. Thank you, Lord.
• The Country
• Lord I pray for our country, the Philippines, I pray Lord that you would cover our country with your righteousness, mercy and peace. I pray for righteousness that you would expose the evil that is in our society and help us as a nation purge the evil that has settled among us. I rebuke the works of the enemy. In Jesus' Name I come against corruption, addiction, idolatry in this country! I pray and declare holiness, righteousness reigning upon us because Jesus is King of this nation!
• I pray for our President, Rodrigo Duterte, God I I pray that you would fill him with Your wisdom in leading this nation, I pray that you would cause Him to lead with Your Righteousness and Your Peace may You surround him with godly advisers o God. Everyday O Lord, I ask that You would show Yourself to him that He may acknowledge You always oh God. I rebuke, the influences of the enemy upon Him. I pray against pride, isolationism.

Lord, these things I pray to You, for now. And I believe Lord that you are God that is also contending for us and with us so that Your glory would shine greater and that more and more people will be drawn to You. You are our God until forevermore! In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen!

Gusto Ko Sanang Dumami Kami

Sunday ngayon. Church kanina. May Sunday School. May small group. May practice pa ng music team para sa next Sunday. Maraming activities ang nagpupuno sa oras tuwing Linggo. But I came home longing.

Gusto ko sanang dumami na kami. Mag-5 years na akong pastor sa church kung saan ako dinala ni Lord pero hindi pa rin kami dumami towards sa sinasabi nga sanang critical mass. Hanggang ngayon kami-kami pa rin. Maraming mga kabataang tumanda na pero kami kami parin. May mga napapadaan lang sa church. May ilan din namang umalis. May ilan na naghahanap nung mga ginawa naming activity na hindi kayang i-sustain dahil nakakadrain. Ang resulta--kami kami pa rin.

Gusto ko sanang dumami kami. Sa totoo lang may mga nadagdag naman.May mga nakasama na kami na talagang bago. Mga sunday schooler na umusbong ang binhing naitanim sa kanila. May ilan din namang mga naibitahan na nanatili. Pero pagkalipas ng ilang panahon kami-kami pa rin.

Gusto ko sanang dumami kami. Yung tipong hindi lilipas ang isang buwan na may bago sanang mapapadaan sa church. Yung tipong palaging may bisita. Yung bisita na maaring bagong lipat na naghahanap ng home church na kabibilangan. Yung bisitan na naimbitahan ng isa sa aming mga kasamahan at maakay nang tuluyan upang magkaroon ng lumalong relasyon sa ating Panginoong Hesus. Yung bisitang mananatili at darating ang mapahon na masasabi mong kami-kami na rin.

At the end of the day sa totoo lang, minsan nakaka-konsensya at nakaka-guilty dahil ang feeling ay wala kang ginagawang paraan para matupad ito. Para akong na-di-depress kasi nga gusto ko sanang dumami kami.

So inilathala ko ito bilang tanda ng aking panalangin sa Dios. Panginoon, hubugin niyo po ang MCF-Olandes upang tunay na maging isang samahan ng mga tagasunod ni Kristo na kagigiliwan ng mga tao ang pagiging kabilang dito. Una dahil nararanasan namin Kayo--ang buhay na Dios, na kumikilos tuwing nagsasama-sama kami at sa mga personal naming mga buhay at ikalawa, dahil sa mga taong binabago mo na kabilang na sa church. Amen

Handa Ka Na Ba?

"Kuya, Handa ka na ba?", tanong ng isang kaibigan sa akin na alam ko namang nagmamalasakit sa isang aspeto ng buhay ko na malapit ko nang suungin. Ang sagot ko sa kanya ay tanong din. At dahil napag-isip ako ng lubos sa sa kanyang tanong, napagtanto ko na hindi pa nga ako handa. Marami akong kinakatakutan, may mga bagay na hindi ko alam kung paano at kung ano ang mangyayari. Bigla akong pinanghinaan ng loob. Paano ko susuungin ang isang buhay na hindi ako sigurado--na parang nag-aalangan pa rin ako? Papaano nga ba? makalipas ang maraming sandali ng pag-iisip habang nakatingin sa kawalan, pumasok sa isipan ko ang sagot: Ang lahat ng mga bagay na nangyayari sa buhay ko ngayon ay dahil sa pag-udyok ng Dios at pagpapaliwanag ng Dios sa aking isipan na ang lahat ng mga kadahilanang pumipigil sa akin upang suungin ito ay mga dahilan na hindi dapat ako ang punong nag-iisip kundi Siya, dahil Siya ang tumawag sa akin sa buhay na aking ginagalawan ngayon. 

Lahat ng mga pangyayari ay nag-ugat mula sa Dios, at maaring tunay nga na kung sa aking sarili ay hindi nga talaga ako handa, ngunit ang kahandaan ko ay isinasandig ko sa Dios na humimok sa akin na panahon na, maari na at wala ng kadahilanan pa upang pigilan mo pa ang aking arili. 

Sa ngayon, malapit ng matapos ang itinakdang panahon para sa pananalangin, panahon na ng pagkilos. Panginoon, gabayan mo po ako. Wala po akong alam, turuan Niyo po ako. Maraming salamat po. Ang lahat po ng papuri ay tanging sa Inyo po lamang.

Excited.

Lord, ang general feeling ngayon ay excited. Parang inaanticipate ko na ang mga mangyayari. From time to time nakakapag-isip ng mga complications, but still very much excited. Very much different noon. noon kasi larang desperate ang hitsura--"Gagawin ko ito para matapos na!" But this time, "Let's get in on!" ang peg. Nagpapasalamat po ako sa Inyo, Lord, dahil anuman po ang mangyari, whether in favor or not in favor, ito po ay galing sa Inyo! May dakila po Kayong plano, at susunod ako! 

Set In Motion

Lord, last March, You have set something in motion in my life. Things that I kept in the back burner are now front and center. For these past few Mondays, my heart has been aching and longing for something life changing for me. You have begun to prepare me, to strengthen me, nudging me to embrace things that are beyond me. Time and time again, I feel that this is a losing battle. That what is happening is totatlly against my favor. What I am holding to is this season of prayer that I believe You have set in motion. I choose not to be discouraged. I choose to fight. I choose to cling on what I believe You have set in motion. So Lord whatever is the ending if this story. Wherever this would take me. I would still cling to You! In the triumph or maybe in the pain--I choose You!

And whatever happens, these are blessings from You!

I love You, God!