Tuesday, February 2, 2010

28 Day Devotion: Day 1: "See Past Poverty!!": 2/1/10

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What is God's Destiny to the Philippines ?

Do you believed that Philippines has God's destiny ? Like Israel our country is called by God for a purpose, to do His will and magnify His Name. But both nations refused and remained in the wilderness and suffered no rest and peace . What is God's calling for this nation? Lets traced our history. Early natives dwell in this land. The Malay Datus, the early muslims arrived but they have no agenda to colonized . They find the natives friendly and peaceful. They noticed that the natives have their owned government it is called Barangay. They have their defensed army and their canons is called Lantakas. They found them to have foreign trading with the chinese .Prominently , Sri Vishaya established his empire and further strenghtened bartering. The place is now known as Visayan Region. Chinese and muslim traders had plenty of admiratons to them because they possessed fine values and rich cultures.They were knowned to be trustworthy in business.The success of Marco Polo and the discovery of the spices spread like wild fire all over Europe. This challenged Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese to launched his expedition and seek funding from King Carlos1 of Spain.Because of the prevailing political situation at that time the King is reluctant. In his diary he claimed that God impressed upon him the calling of this nation. In honor of his son King Philip , this nation will be called Philippines and without him knowing it was also a prophetic declaration of this nation as a nation of evangelists. King Philip's name was taken from the bible character knowned as Saint Philip, together with his daughters they went to places to evangelized . However, according to the Spanish law, only those children born from marriage of spaniard and native shall be called Filipinos. While those born from parents who are both natives shall remained to be called as indios.


When revolutions is about to erupt, Spain offered this country for sale to America. The 25th President William Mckinley refused considering the US - Cuba War is not doing good to his administration besides election is approaching. In his recorded diary , he wrote that while seeking Divine direction as what to do with Philippines, he claimed that God had revealed His plan for this nation. By virtue of the Treaty of Paris America bought Philippines .

For the first time, many schools were opened. The first Thomasites arrived, mostly US enlistedmen became teachers. Missionaries arrived, christian churches were opened and bibles were distri buted. The filipinos began their education.They also embraced american culture, slowly we see the death of our own fine values and culture. 0ur Philippines Legislatures are now influenced by foreign minds and declared the filipino muslim tradition of business called barter trade as contrabands and declared them as smugglers. When Malay . Chinese. Spaniards , Dutch , Americans , Japanese, came to this land, they left behind a part of their cultures.Consider the increasing marriages to foreigners , we are seeing the emergence of new filipino faces. Where are we heading ?
We seems to have lost our root of origin.Who introduced bribery, corrruptions, treachery and divisiveness ? Where did we get our ningas cogon and maniana habit ?

Philippines is in the wilderness, the problems is endless, more are getting poorer , hungry and jobless. The exodus of our coun trymen trying find good living abroad are increasing. It is like Abraham because of famine in Canaan they left the land of Promise and went down to Egypt.

Election is almost here and we can now hear the accelerating momentum of the drum beats call for 2010 election. Can we just allow other people to rape the sacredness of our ballots? Will we just resigned the fate of this country and abandoned the future of our childrens children
into the deep pit of complacency , low morality and unrighteousness?

What about you ? Have you heard the trumpet calls for righteousness in the land? As for me I have heard. I want to be a part of the remaining few who will be found in the frontlines as they respond to the call. Remember, the family is the foundation of a nation. We must start in the family. We can do it now. A righteous Philippines is not just a dream. Successful persons started from their dream. Lets act on our dream.. translate it into action. Trust and believed in God , in His plans for this country will be real , righteous Philippines. Those that are stationed in many parts of the world , you have reasons why you are in that country, if only you will recognized and believed that it was God who placed you there, remember all filipinos are called as evangelist ... just simply tell them about Jesus your Lord and Saviour , how HE was good to you , how HE provided your needs, how HE protected you and your loved ones. Then, we have responded our share to God Destiny for the Philippines and we shall see this nation to be at rest and have peace. Mabuhay

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

excerpt from 40 Day Devotion: Day 22: 9/15/09

Past woundings. Just as fear can immobilize us, so can past woundings. If we feel we have been treated unjustly, we may not be able to trust God or others enough to stay in our covenant place. We must come to a place of forgiveness and then allow God to heal and soothe those places where we have been too wounded to move forward. If we do not, we will never possess our inheritance. by chuck pierce notes

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Potter's Hand song

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LOOK BACK FROM ETERNITY -by Penny your fellow God's Embrace member

Look Back From Eternity

Looking back from eternity.
Ruth lived in the land of Moab just east of Canaan. She was not an Israelite but she married one of the sons of Naomi who had recently moved to Moab from Judah because of a famine. After ten years, Ruth's husband died. Naomi was going to return to her homeland and thought Ruth should remain with her people in Moab. But Ruth loved Naomi and desired to stay by her side.

Ruth 1:16-17
"Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried."

Life back in Canaan was difficult for Naomi and Ruth. Without anyone to care for them, Ruth had to pick left over grain from the fields simply to have enough to eat. Fortunately, Jewish law made provisions for this type of charity to the poor. As a poor foreigner in a strange land, this was a very humbling time for Ruth.

After two harvesting seasons of faithfully gathering food for herself and Naomi, Ruth married Boaz who owned the field where she worked. They soon had a son, and Naomi was allowed to help care for the boy. Their life had suddenly, and wonderfully, improved. And though Ruth must have been relieved and pleased to have a son, imagine her amazement when she is allowed to look back and view the results of her life from God's perspective.

Ruth's husband, Boaz, was an Israelite from the tribe of Judah. Their son was named Obed: "He was the father of Jesse, the father of {King} David" (Ruth 4:17). From this same family line (fourteen generations later), Mary would give birth to a boy named Jesus.

Our view of God's Kingdom is VERY limited. No matter how much we desire otherwise, there are simply pieces of the puzzle we are unable to fit together. While we walk this earth and breathe this air, we most likely will never see the purpose of our struggles. Yet, we must closely follow the One who leads and give ourselves wholeheartedly to each task we are given. We must learn to trust His perfect plan!

A shining light will always penetrate the darkness. And though we may not see the impact we have on others, one day we will stand with our Heavenly Father and rejoice as He reveals how we were used for His glorious purpose. One day we will watch our life unfold and clearly see the use of every helping hand, every encouraging word, and even every smile we shared in the midst of our trials. The shining light of our life has great meaning and purpose - true meaning and purpose which we will joyfully witness when we are allowed to look back from eternity.

Have a Christ Centered Day!

Steve Troxel
God's Daily Word Ministries