Oh wow! How do I start? Again failed to have my nightly prayer time. So naturally, I did it the following morning instead. (Haha) Oh well, last night I was supposed to go home early. While we were coaching, it was already raining hard and it didn't stop for quite some time. It doesn't seem to slow down. Since almost everyone left the office, I decided to just go to my sis' pad. But of course, the jeep was full as well as the taxi. I was somehow glad I was wearing heels, that way, my feet wasn't that submerged in water. Lol. After a while, I got tired of waiting for the ride. Since I was beginning to get hungry, I went to buy a loaf bread to bring home (ended giving it to someone else) and ate baked siopao then, drank my fave drink, Chuckie! I was so satisfied with dinner. Haha! I waited out the rain. It slowed down and poured again. Darn!
It was really quite hard to get home. I wasn't comfortable walking around alone. So, I called Jessie to see if she is already here. But she was still on her way back to the city. I called sis She. She was at a birthday party with James. I decided to go to Mcdo to use the bathroom. Later, ordered me some fries which surprisingly I was not able to finish. I was guilty of eating it. I mean, I didn't like eating it. I was too oily. Lol. #Mindsetting Diet mode kuno. Char lng. I'm quite an impatient person. I easily get bored waiting. Good thing I have my pen and notebook with me to keep me company. I was able to write another piece at that moment.
She and James arrived. We talked. Then, Harold, Sydney, Marky and Christie arrived after. They were supposed to watch a movie at Moviefy but some already went home and Mark and Christie also were going to work. Harold was so sleepy. He headed home as well. So they decided to postponed it to another time. She, James, Sydney and I, were the only ones left. We talked. We talked a lot. We exchanged stories about life, mysterious things, and glorious things. It was fun. Sydney went home around 12 midnight, Gosh, we weren't aware she still has work the following morning. We decided to call it a night. But back at the boarding house, Jessie and her friend were still talking. She and James didn't feel like going home yet. Eventually, we ended up, having videoke nearby. We went home 3am and I was able to sleep at 6 in the morning. Woke up by around 10am. That is why I feel light headed. Oh my. Not good. So much for the 10pm sleep time goal. Huh!
Moving along, let's get serious. It's prayer time!
I continued my scripture reading at a later time. I was lead to these three bible verses.
Jesus' Teaching on Prayer
Luke 11:1-13
The Return of the Evil Spirit
With these bible verses, I believe God is reminding us that everything belongs to Him and we should be careful in our thoughts and action as we might claim the victories we have is ours and ours alone. We should not therefore, be puffed up with pride and remember God is the maker of all things. All credit must be given to the righteous giver. Even if God already know everything about us, He reminds us to persevere in prayer as this is the only way that He will be able to know for certain what we truly need and want. And lastly, to be on guard in protecting our faith in Him as the evil can return anytime to ruin our relationship with God and once again fade away in the darkness where we once were.
This is another beautiful song from Hillsong entitled "You are My World". It's kind of a dedication song God being our world.
She and James arrived. We talked. Then, Harold, Sydney, Marky and Christie arrived after. They were supposed to watch a movie at Moviefy but some already went home and Mark and Christie also were going to work. Harold was so sleepy. He headed home as well. So they decided to postponed it to another time. She, James, Sydney and I, were the only ones left. We talked. We talked a lot. We exchanged stories about life, mysterious things, and glorious things. It was fun. Sydney went home around 12 midnight, Gosh, we weren't aware she still has work the following morning. We decided to call it a night. But back at the boarding house, Jessie and her friend were still talking. She and James didn't feel like going home yet. Eventually, we ended up, having videoke nearby. We went home 3am and I was able to sleep at 6 in the morning. Woke up by around 10am. That is why I feel light headed. Oh my. Not good. So much for the 10pm sleep time goal. Huh!
Moving along, let's get serious. It's prayer time!
"Oh Lord, my God, I thank you for the day that has been, all the fun and laughter. Thank you for the experiences that you have allowed me to experience. Lord, grabe! I am grateful. I am so blessed by your love. Thank you for the affirmations that you send through events and the people around me. Thank you for every answered prayer, joy, and pain, for success and disappointments. Thank you for your overflowing me with many gifts. The gift of life, family, work, community, love, friendship, faith, healing, wisdom, knowledge, tongues, music, peace, miracles and all the other gifts you have given that remained unnoticed. Allow me to acknowledge all your gifts that I may recognize more of your presence in my life, and I glorify you more each waking day of my life. I thank you, Lord, for your goodness and faithfulness in me. Jesus, I will never be tired of praising and thanking you just as the sun shines every morning and the moon glows at night. Lord, looking back on all the things I have been through. I am grateful that you have always been there, even if there were times when you seemed distant and silent. Now, I see how you were working to pick up the broken pieces of me and put them back together. I see how gloriously orchestrated your plan even if it was painful in the process. Still, I appreciate you effort. All the things good or bad, it was all for my benefit. Thank you for every hurt. It is worth every lesson. I pray, oh Lord, please continue to work with me in this journey. Continue to make me an instrument of your love and pace to others. Use me oh God to bring healing to this cruel world and heal me as well. You know my every pain. You know what keeps me up at night. You know my every thought during the day. You know my deepest desires, desires that I may not be even aware of. My God, I thank you for the grace of making the right decisions. As always Lord, I lift up to you these things. I need your guidance and protection to always have the strength and courage to choose what is pleasing to you. Grant me the grace oh Lord, to choose you above all things. I desire to be with you all the days of my life and I delight in nothing more than to be in your loving arms. My One True Love. My Precious God. My Saviour King. My Redeemer. My Friend. My Everything. My World. The One I love.” - Vanz
I continued my scripture reading at a later time. I was lead to these three bible verses.
Prophecy against the King of Tyre
Ezekiel 28:1-10
The Lord spoke to me. 2 “Mortal man,” he said, “tell the ruler of Tyre what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to him: Puffed up with pride, you claim to be a god. You say that like a god you sit on a throne, surrounded by the seas. You may pretend to be a god, but, no, you are mortal, not divine. 3 You think you are wiser than Danel, that no secret can be kept from you. 4 Your wisdom and skill made you rich with treasures of gold and silver. 5 You made clever business deals and kept on making profits. How proud you are of your wealth!
6 “Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying: Because you think you are as wise as a god, 7 I will bring ruthless enemies to attack you. They will destroy all the beautiful things you have acquired by skill and wisdom. 8 They will kill you and send you to a watery grave. 9 When they come to kill you, will you still claim that you are a god? When you face your murderers, you will be mortal and not at all divine. 10 You will die like a dog at the hand of godless foreigners. I, the Sovereign Lord, have given the command.”
Jesus' Teaching on Prayer
Luke 11:1-13
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 Jesus said to them, “When you pray, say this:
‘Father:
May your holy name be honored;
may your Kingdom come.
3 Give us day by day the food we need.[a]
4 Forgive us our sins,
for we forgive everyone who does us wrong.
And do not bring us to hard testing.’”
May your holy name be honored;
may your Kingdom come.
3 Give us day by day the food we need.[a]
4 Forgive us our sins,
for we forgive everyone who does us wrong.
And do not bring us to hard testing.’”
5 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Suppose one of you should go to a friend's house at midnight and say, ‘Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread. 6 A friend of mine who is on a trip has just come to my house, and I don't have any food for him!’ 7 And suppose your friend should answer from inside, ‘Don't bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.’8 Well, what then? I tell you that even if he will not get up and give you the bread because you are his friend, yet he will get up and give you everything you need because you are not ashamed to keep on asking.9 And so I say to you: Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. 10 For those who ask will receive, and those who seek will find, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks. 11 Would any of you who are fathers give your son a snake when he asks for fish? 12 Or would you give him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? 13 As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
The Return of the Evil Spirit
Luke 11:24-26
24 “When an evil spirit goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can't find one, it says to itself, ‘I will go back to my house.’ 25 So it goes back and finds the house clean and all fixed up. 26 Then it goes out and brings seven other spirits even worse than itself, and they come and live there. So when it is all over, that person is in worse shape than at the beginning.”
With these bible verses, I believe God is reminding us that everything belongs to Him and we should be careful in our thoughts and action as we might claim the victories we have is ours and ours alone. We should not therefore, be puffed up with pride and remember God is the maker of all things. All credit must be given to the righteous giver. Even if God already know everything about us, He reminds us to persevere in prayer as this is the only way that He will be able to know for certain what we truly need and want. And lastly, to be on guard in protecting our faith in Him as the evil can return anytime to ruin our relationship with God and once again fade away in the darkness where we once were.
This is another beautiful song from Hillsong entitled "You are My World". It's kind of a dedication song God being our world.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. :)
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