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Feb 2015 · 822
Intentional Discipleship
"The best way to be responsible is to be discipled."
- *
Sir Jan Abril
Feb 2015 · 597
Strength and Wisdom
"Tragedies will teach us to be strong and be wise."
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Pastora Lut
Feb 2015 · 1.9k
Window-Display
"God needs a window-display of His goodness and glory."
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Pastora Lut
To love Jesus is to long with Him
But that longing is not enough
There is a need
To structure our lives
Around spending time with Him.

To desire also means to be disciplined
And then, we found ourselves
Delighting in the Lord.
It captures the essence
Of what it takes
To develop a consistent devotional life.

You can be motivated with great desire,
But without discipline
You will never get there
Discipline positions us
To receive grace;
Discipline is not grace
It is the *submission of our heart

To encounter the grace of God.

It is not about whether God loves us —
His love is sure
Whether we are disciplined or not —
But it is our wholehearted response
To Him that allows us to find Him.

One must delight in the Lord
And shear every misfitting
And *earthly delights.
“It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many people shall come and say: “Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths,” For out of Zion shall go the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” – Isaiah 2:2-3 (ESV)
Feb 2015 · 11.2k
Blessed to be a Blessing
"Don't just ask God to bless you. Ask God to bless you, so that you can bless others too."* - **XL
Jan 2015 · 2.3k
Storyteller
If you believe in the spiritual power of story-telling, then what more the power of the Gospel?* - **XL
Jan 2015 · 1.2k
The Battle Within
The real war is not on the outside
It is on the inside
When you can fight
And overcome the lusts
And demands of your flesh
When you can turn to God
Instead of your habits
And find pleasure
Peace and solace
In the things of the spirit
When you can master yourself
You will have the power you need
To change your life
And the world around you.
Jan 2015 · 2.0k
No Killing Time
"When you ‘**** time’, just remember that it has no resurrection. You won’t get it back. You’ve lost it. Be wise.”
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Pastor Ancho Buenaventura
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Mensahe
Katanungan
Palaisipan pala.

Sampung prutas
At iisang mensahe
Walang istorya,
Tapos na ang usapan.

Lumisan na naman.
Dec 2014 · 2.6k
Yakap sa Dilim
Itanan mo ako sa dilim
At doon ang Liwanag Mo ang tataglayin;
Ikaw na Haring Araw ang Siyang mangibabaw.

Hayaan **** hindi makipagtagisan
Mga butil ng liwanag
At Ikaw ang yumapos
Sa naghihingalong katauhan.
Dec 2014 · 1.6k
Righteousness
Jesus has secured our righteousness
by identifying himself with us.
Dec 2014 · 1.6k
Baptism
Baptism isn’t a ritual;
Not a sign of one’s convert of religion.
Religion only makes faction;
It’s all about relationship with God.

We don’t try Jesus
As others try tons of religions
As if changing their clothes.

For no religion will ever fit us;
Allow Jesus and be changed!
We accept Jesus and that’s why to be baptized
Means to be crucified with him
His death, burial and resurrection!
Dec 2014 · 533
Grow Up
If you're not losing any friends,
You're not growing up.
Dec 2014 · 18.9k
Kalye Pag-ibig
Minsa’y nadako ako sa Kalye Pag-ibig
Marahil walang karatula
Ang mayroon lamang ay iilang linyang puti
Salungat sa kalsada
Siya rin palang tulay sa’ting tagpuan.

Bawat butil ng Kanyang mukha’y
Kumakapit at humihilik sa balat
Sa’king palad, umaapaw ang mga ito
Hihinto pa ba?
Pagkat hindi handa
Ang yerong gawa sa plastik
Na syang bihis-bihis ng kabilang palad.

Maraming yapak, aking naririnig
Ngunit alam kong ang berdeng kulay
Pawang hindi para sakin at sayo.
Ang bawat kasuotan nila’y
Tila pustura lang, ako’y nanatiling walang kibo.

Unti-unti kong binagtas ang eskinita
Makitid doon ngunit alam kong ito’y tama
Tila kayrami pa ring paninda
Ngunit ang lahat, hindi naman kabili-bili
Pagkat minsanan lang ang pag-ibig na totoo
Ni hindi ito kinakalakal.

Hindi ko man mabili ang nais ko ngayon
Masilayan man kita, bagkus likod lamang
Ni hindi ko nga matanto ang itsura
Basta’t sigurado ako
Sa paglingon mo’y parehas na tayong handa.

Malayo pa ang lalakbayin
Ng pawang minanhid na mga paa
Pagkat ang direksyon nati’y
Sa ngayo’y alam kong
Hindi pa para sa isa’t isa.

Ikaw na siyang iniirog
Aking hihintayin
Hanggang ang oras ay tumiklop
At umusbong ang panibagong bulaklak
Saka natin pagmasdan
Mga paru paro’t iilang kulisap, maging alitaptap.

Tatandaan ko ang ating tagpuan
Kung saan ihihimlay natin ang kinabukasan
Buksan mo ang pusong minsang winarak
Bubuuohin muna iyan ng Nasa Itaas
At saka na natin isulat ang makabagong alamat.

Sa Kalye Pag-ibig, tandaan mo, irog
Tayo’y babalik at muling mangangarap
Bubuo na panibagong larawan
Na may tunay na ngiting
Hahalimuyak sa mas Nakatataas.

Sa Kalye Pag-ibig,
Doon tayo magkita.
Dahil kahit saan ay Kalye ng Pag-ibig.
Nov 2014 · 2.3k
Tuliro
Ba't tila ang hanap ay ikaw?
N a p a p a  -  lingon
Wala namang lilingunin
Nang       d u m a t i n g
Ayaw namang pakinggan.

Bawat silakbo
hindi naman   t u m a t a k b o
May lihim nga bang pagtingin?

Pagkat puso'y   T U L I R O
Ulila pala
Paslit, tila *wala pa rin palang silbi
Nov 2014 · 10.1k
Magulong Usapan
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Sinigaw niya ang oras
Buhat sa rehas na puno nang aral
Tumugon ako't nabigla
Pagkat bumantad ang iilang madla
Dahan-dahang nilipad ng mga paa
Patungong langit naman pala
Ngunit naroon pala
Ang anino **** may liwanag.

Tila ako'y tangan ng hangin
Doon sa 'di inaasahang tagpuan
Tumalisod ang puso
Mabuti't nagising
Tuloy lang ang lakarin.

Sa pangalawang pagkakataon
Winaldas ko ang pagod
Hindi patungo sayo
Pero sa kabilang ibayong babagtasin.

Heto na naman,
Parang itim at puti na lang sila
At ikaw ang tanging may bahid ng kulay
Kumidlat nga't hanggang sulyap na lang
Parang wala namang ibig sabihin.

Magulong usapan, hindi nga ba?
Ang lupon nila'y nilagpasan ko
At sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon
Ang hangi'y nag-ibang ihip
Ngalan ko pala'y iniihip nito.

Pangalawang beses
Ang eksenang nakalimbag
Wala na namang kibuan
Ang lapad ng balakid
Mula sayo patungo sakin
Simple lang naman,
Wala namang nararapat na sambitin.

Paulit-ulit nga
Marahil walang letrang
Kinukumpas ng kampana
Magulang usapan nga ba?
Marahil hindi,
Pagkat minsa'y di na kailangan ng salita.
Nov 2014 · 13.2k
Drayber ng Shuttle
Lord, para kang driver ng shuttle. Sa bawat pagpara ng mga tauhan, humihinto ka. Ang bawat isa’y may tangang istorya at pawang may mga kakambal na destinasyon.

Sa dilim, tanging ang ilaw mo ang nagbibigay pag-asa sa mga tambay at naghihintay na pagkatao. Hindi mahalaga sayo kung matagal na silang nag-aabang o kararating lang nila sa tagpuan.

Hindi naman lingid sa aming kaalaman na diretso lamang ang daan; alam naming dumaraan Ka talaga sa amin at minsan ayaw lang talaga naming pumara. Kung malayo kami’t nasa eskinita pa; kami ang nararapat na maglakad patungo sayo at maghintay. Minsan nga lang mahuhuli kami sa oras, pero babalik ka naman para sa amin.

Hindi ka napapagod pagbuksan ng pinto ang bawat pasahero; kahit may lakas naman ang bawat isa. Isasara mo ang naturang pinto nang kami’y maging ligtas.

Matulog man ang isa sa amin, ang byahe’y isang hele. Minsan talaga malubak lalo sa tigang na kapatagan. Sa bawat alikabok at aspaltong sinsayaran; nananatili ka sa iyong pagmamaneho.

Minsan, mabilis ang takbo; minsan mabagal. Tulad ng bawat panalangin; minsan agapan **** sinusolusyunan; minsan naman, tinuturuan mo ang bawat puso kung ano ba talaga ang "paghihintay." Pero alam namin -- mabilis man o mabagal ang takbo; hawak Mo ang oras at tanging kaligtasan at kabutihan lamang ang alay Mo sa amin.

Sa pangunguna mo, salamat po pagkat may iisang direksyon ang biyahe. Alam namin ang patutunguhan buhat sa karatulang nasa salamin. Pag sinabi naming “Dito na lang,” muli kang humihinto at muli kaming pinagbubuksan para lumisan. Hindi ito paalam; bagkus, bukas ay sasakay muli at tayo’y magkikita sa lagi nating tagpuan.

“Alam mo kung nasaan ako; hihintayin Kita. Lord, salamat sa kaligtasan.”
Nov 2014 · 6.6k
The Love Challenge
May mukha ba ang pag-ibig?
May boses ba siya?
Yung may arok na isigaw ang nadarama
Yung patas ang silakbo ng damdamin.

May mga paa ba ang pag-ibig?
Na kayang lakbayin maging siglo na ang usapan
Yung walang kapagalan sa kabila ng distansya.

May hangganan ba ang pag-ibig?
May pinipili ba?
Sa gintong kutsara at sa nagdarahop
At maging uhaw sa pagkalinga.

Buo ba ang pag-ibig?
O hindi sapat na umiibig lang?
Dapat bang manlimos ng kapalit?

Ang pag-ibig
Tila nga lumang salita
Tila nga may anino sa bawat madla
Bagkus, ito'y patapong ibinabahagi.

Nasaan nga ba ang halaga?
Kung mismong mga kataga'y
Nawawalan na rin ng sariling katauhan
Kung saan ang mensahe'y gumagapang na
Pag-ibig nga naman.
Nov 2014 · 621
Desiderata Portion
Avoid loud and agressive persons
They're vixations to the spirit.
Nov 2014 · 8.9k
A Betrayal Kiss
You kiss him and sold him
You made an exchange
But killed yourself after all.
The story of Judas
Nov 2014 · 10.9k
Pagbangon Buhat kay Yolanda
Mahigit pitumpu't limang porsyento
Niyurak ng matinding alon
Walang awa ang haplos
Ang yapos na nakagigimbal
Kinitil hindi lamang ang buhay
Gayundin ang hanapbuhay.

Ni hindi masisid ang perlas
Na ngayong may takip sa ibabaw
Nabibilang ang lumalangoy
Kaawa-awang gambalain
At hablutin sa laot nang walang muang
Ngunit anong siyang magiging sapit?
Kung sila'y hahayaang hindi nakagapos?
At doon sa lambat ay patitiwarakin.

Tinaguriang "No Build Zone"
Ngunit naroon nakatirik ang bawat pundasyon
Walang opsyon, pagkat ang gobyerno
Kaytagal din nang pag-aksyon.

Mula sa libu-libong tirahan sa Tent City
Sila'y lilisan patungong Bunk House
Transitional Shelter kuno
Hanggang sa malipat
At magkaroon ng panibagong tirahan.

Doon sa Tacloban,
May dalawang daan at apatnapu't anim na tirahan
Bagkus ang nakalilim, apat na libong pamilya naman.

Salamat sa mga NGOs
Sa 9181 na Bunk House
Sa gobyernong dapat na kikilos
Kailan ba sisimulan ang pagbabago?

Walong libong pabahay raw ang ginagawa
167 bilyon ang budget,
Saan nga ba napunta?
Ito ba'y binulsa?

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan kung tinagurian
Kay bango ng ngalan
Bagkus umaalingasaw ang baho
Ang kasiraan, ang kawalan ng aksyon
Para sa bawat mamamayan.

Sa dakong Guian, Eastern Samar
Tatlong daang permanenteng pabahay raw
Ngunit ni isang pundasyon ng naturang pabahay
Tila naglaho pa rin ni Yolanda
At walang bakas na pasisimulan.

Sabi ni Pnoy, malinaw raw ang target
Pero hanggang target na mga lang ba?
Kailan ba sisimulan ang tuwid na daan?
Baka naman baku-bako na
Wala man lang pasabi sa kinauukulan.

Kung ang hustisya'y hindi matugunan
Sana ang kalamnan ng bawat biktima'y
Syang agapang mapunan
Kaawa-awa silang naghihikahos.

Ang laki ng tulong ng mga karatig-bansa
Ba't tila walang pakialam?
Kayong mga nasa trono,
Tayuan ang posisyon
At serbisyo'y gawin nang totoo.
#Pagbangon
Maybe you're not that strong
Coz you're not weak enough.
Nov 2014 · 1.4k
The Higher Calling
There're times that I ended up conmparing myself to others
I tried to refocus my life to where their eyes were
I tried to reason out to God what my desires are
And even tried to ran away from the Great Commission.

No one could ever tell you that you are called by God,
It is God Himself who can call you out
For you to surrender, it was God's movement to tap you.

I realized how blessed I am,
Of course, there're always situations that binds my eyes
But the worldy desires do not satisfy my inner soul.

Indeed, I am blessed
To have Jesus accepted in my heart
And I know that my faith in him is authentic.

God has blessed us with wonderful things
And Satan has stolen our identity in Christ
He became jealous of how God wants to make us
With His very own image.

My life is different, not because I am unique
But because God is with me
Yes, I do fail; it's a guarantee
But God never sees me as failure, but a victor!

It was a random thought,
But it's not a misery at all
I know God is in control.
Oct 2014 · 2.4k
Unwhitened Pebbles
Iilang salitang ugat
Doon nagdaos at nagtuos
Pulubi silang tinapak-tapakan
Niyurakan ang pagkatao
Kahit sila'y mga multo na lamang.

Hindi masilayan ang anino
Pagkat ang buhay nila'y
Matagal nang hiningan
At naging sandigan

Doon ko nakita,
Ako pala'y kasapi rin
Sa alyansang walang kinabukasan
At pupuwersa sa kanila
Patungong libingan
...
Oct 2014 · 416
Two XPs
Young Christians* crave for *experience
But matured ones became *expectators
Oct 2014 · 1.0k
Empty
Feel empty and burdened?
Aren't empty hearts are God's specialty?
Sep 2014 · 2.3k
Belief
I believe in You
I believe You rose again
*Jesus
Sep 2014 · 402
Death, Be Not Proud
If your sleep be in the gates of Heaven
Why're you confident?
For you will be no more
Even you will die.
Aug 2014 · 5.0k
Season
Wet season becomes dry
But dryness is not permanent;
It's a test.

And when one embrace the vision,
There will be a provision
Unto him, due to his higher calling.

There is a revival
An awakening of the soul
There, justice shall submerge
And it shall be a payback time.

For to where a revelation lies,
There will be power and inspiration
And the keys to the multitudes:
Faith, prayer and obedience.
Aug 2014 · 1.3k
Faith Attested
The greatest test will lead you
in your **greatest testimony
Aug 2014 · 5.6k
Two Faces of Wealth
Wealthy* is the man
Who gives more than what he has
Than a man who keeps his pocket bulky
And lives in with his pride

Real wealth is of value
The one who boasts his possessions
Will lose what he has
Not now, yet sooner
For the worth he has not known

The other surrendered every thing
Left nothing but his soul
He says his commitment is unto the Father
To whom the Giver of all.

Life is full of lies
One may easily be deceived
And the wealth of the world indeed
Is just a pinch of the Heaven's richness

To where his feet shall stand
The golden pavement in the Sky
And what life would it be?
What profit it would be
If a man gains the whole world
Yet loses his own soul

God studies his heart
The desires and passions that emerge
For wealth shall be poured out
In his spirit that *thirst
Aug 2014 · 979
Defense and Offense
When Satan strikes you,
Strike him back with God's Word!
Aug 2014 · 1.3k
Die to Yourself
You choose:
To deny yourself now
Or deny Jesus *later
Aug 2014 · 2.7k
Citizen Vs. Stranger
To which would you prefer?
To own a citizenship in the Earth
But lose your own soul?
Or to be a stranger of the World
Where you are persecuted due to your faith
But *not abandoned in Heaven?
Aug 2014 · 2.4k
Battle
If God is for us,
Who can be against us?
Jul 2014 · 1.3k
Dream
I just woke up
And I love you **no more
When you wake up one day unloving someone; ask and assess yourself, "is that true love?"

Love has two faces. One loves for the sake of the world's gravity and force; and the other with the Eternal Promise of the One sitting on the throne. Love is indescribable indeed, like He who has bestowed us every thing.

We love because He first loved us. - 1 John 4:19
Jul 2014 · 718
Love and Hate
"I love you,"
He uttered yet he doesn't obey me
He doesn't respect me
What then is love?
If he distorts its meaning
I became clueless.

"I hate you,"
She slammed the door
But I heard her voice
Screaming with regrets
Wishin' she could say sorry
Her pride, I can't get
I feel sorry for her.
Jul 2014 · 791
Less Hopeless, More Hopeful
It's impossible
To be hopeless
When you know
His *story
Jul 2014 · 1.7k
Unlove You
How  could I unlove you?
Coz loving you isn't **easy
Jul 2014 · 559
White Flag
It's hard to surrender
To what and to whom the eyes cannot see
Giving in to something Heavenly
It seems to be risky.

But not risking
Makes you risk every thing
Including your salvation.

They ask,
"Is Hell real?"
"Is Heaven real?"

Faith comes then
By hearing
And hearing the Word;
Will you listen?

In the latter days,
Every white flag shall be seen
Those that are authentic
And sealed and painted with red.

And at the end of the Story
His Story will not be left untold
There're corpses all over
To where bodies might be dying
But we are always alive in Him!
Hallelujah! We surrender!
Jul 2014 · 610
Chosen One
I choose You, Jesus
The one who chose me *first
Jul 2014 · 2.1k
Growing Old with You
I wanna grow old with You
I am living for You
I am serving You
But Lord, it's all because of Your grace.

Like a tree,
I will be rooted in You
Deeper and deeper
Will fall in love with You
The wind will blow
But surely, I will remain
Standing still
Knowing that You are my God.

I will grow higher
Upwardly, You'll see me
Some of my roots
Will be lateral
Grinding itself to the ground of Yours
To Your promised land.

I will be like Redwood Tree
Interconnected with other roots
We'll have the connection of love
Of great encouragement
To strengthen each other
That none may fall.

I will grow outwardly
That I may bear fruits
That will last forever
******* labor oh Lord
May I please You.

I will grow inwardly
There's a hole in me
That only You can fill
Lord, I will love You more
The more empty I am,
The more broken I am,
The more you'll move.

I praise You
And I will rise for You
And flourish the Kingdom of Yours
Help me indeed
Fertilize my soil
Give me the living water
I exalt You!
Jul 2014 · 2.5k
The Hurt and the Healer
Why?
The question that is never far away
The healing doesn't come from the explained
Jesus please don't let this go in vain
You're all I have
All that remains
So here I am
What's left of me
Where glory meets my suffering
I'm alive
Even though a part of me has died
You take my heart and breathe it back to life
I fall into Your arms open wide
When the hurt and the healer collide
Breathe
Sometimes I feel it's all that I can do
Pain so deep that I can hardly move
Just keep my eyes completely fixed on You
Lord take hold and pull me through
So here I am
What's left of me
Where glory meets my suffering
I'm alive
Even though a part of me has died
You take my heart and breathe it back to life
I fall into your arms open wide
When the hurt and the healer collide
It's the moment when humanity
Is overcome by majesty
When grace is ushered in for good
And all the scars are understood
When mercy takes its rightful place
And all these questions fade away
When out of the weakness we must bow
And hear You say "It's over now"
I'm alive
Even though a part of me has died
You take this heart and breathe it back to life
I fall into your arms open wide
When The hurt and the healer collide
Jesus come and break my fear
Awake my heart and take my tears
Find Your glory even here
When the hurt and the healer collide
Jesus come and break my fear
Awake my heart and take my tears
Find Your glory even here
When the hurt and the healer collide
Jesus come and break my fear
Awake my heart and take my tears
Find Your glory even here
I don't composed this For it was a song. Great message
Jul 2014 · 2.4k
Purpose Driven Life
Living* without reaching your own potentials
Is worst than *dying
Jul 2014 · 3.0k
Alive in You
My body might be dying
But I'll always be **alive
Jul 2014 · 1.3k
No Words
God cannot be explained
But He then, can be **experienced
Jul 2014 · 13.5k
As One
Teamwork* makes a *dream works.
There's no reason for *isolation
Jul 2014 · 3.0k
Yellow Lies
Dilaw* na *laso
Para sa pusturang laos
Tatak Pilipino
Kahihiyan naman ang puntos na dala.

Daraan ang bisekleta ni Juan
At titilapon ang mga matitining
Na Animo Rizal
Doon sa Puting Palasyo

Dilaw na laso
Laban sa Korte Suprema
Kung sinong naghalal at nagluklok
Siya ring magpapalaya
Malayo lamang tayo
Sa humihilik na *kasinungalingan
Jul 2014 · 1.9k
Raining Spirit
It's raining*
.     .          .
.      .      .            .
Pour it out Lord,
Your Spirit on me.
I sing of Your great love!
Jul 2014 · 404
What If
What if healing comes from tears?
And it'll be harder to know
What's pure and fake

What if a blessing comes from rain drops?
If the rain makes you sick,
Would you play with it and seek blessings?

What if sleepless nights are what it takes
To know He's always near?
But you take so much pills
And abuse your body
The Temple of the Holy Spirit

What if dreams only come true
When you let go of things you hold so much?
And at times, need to give up your own
For the sake of others' lives.

What if your greatest fears and pains
Are the keys for greatest thirst this world can't satisfied?
And what if every failure and storms
Are the disguises of the *love and mercy of God?
Just what ifs.
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