Sunday Blog (Series 1) : Is your leader compromised?

I believed that rules and regulations are very important in life because without it, the world is in chaos. Violating these rules has a certain punishment depending on the severity it causes, or it may cause. A punishment can be as simple as a reprimand or as extreme as death.

These rules, regulations, laws, commandments, etc. were given to us to have an orderly manner way of living.

We may no longer need for a traffic enforcer if we have already followed the traffic lights, jails and prisons if we know how to control ourselves, cure if we know how to prevent, etc. but that doesn't work in our society nowadays or since the fall of man.

Leaders amend their laws by giving in what the society demands. Majority wins.

I remember a passage in Ecclesiastes, particularly Eccl. 1:9-10:

"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say,“Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time."

Just like what happened to the Aaron in Exodus 32: 1-6.

"When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.” Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.” When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD.” So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry."
This happened when Aaron and the elders took in command of Israelites while Moses left to speak to the Lord in Mt. Sinai.

When Israelites were brought out of Egypt, God already given them commandments for them not to sin against Him, but they, however showed two faces. They are loyal but with lack of faith and obedient but impatient.

Their lack of faith and impatient drove them to get tired of waiting for Moses to come back from Mt. Sinai. They gather themselves and asked their leader(Aaron) to make them gods who will go before them.

The sad part, Aaron the brother Moses who have experienced God, didn't hesitate or object to the Israelites. Aaron knew that Israelites will be committing a sin against God if he gives in to them, but still, he agreed and lead them to the wrong path. He leads them to have an idol made of gold and having a calf shape. He made an altar in front of the calf and held a festival to the Lord.

Exodus 20: 3 - You shall have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20: 4 - You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
Exodus 34:14 - For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

It may be very difficult to lead such a huge number of people as Israelites but its a part of being a leader, to govern his people.
A leader and his people is bound by law from God and man. They should respect it.
A leader should not be compromised, for his people may disgrace him.

Is your leader compromised?
Is he against the flow of the society?
Is he for people or for God?

I encourage you to pray for our leaders, whether in school, office, government, organizations, etc. May God bless them with wisdom and strength for them not to be compromised in any means.

God bless...

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My Guide

What? How? Why?
These were the questions I was seeking for an answer when I was having my spiritual crisis, I would say. I was completely lost that time. My mind was clouded by uncertainties and blaming other people for what happened to me.


Feeling of I want something new and different. I bought my very first Bible (NIV). Not that I don't have a Bible but this is technically different because I spent time, effort and money to have it. I bought my Bible January 8, 2010 gift for myself since my birthday is January 11. Since then started reading it. (To be honest, whenever I see my Bible something's telling me that I need to read it.)

Before whenever I read the Bible, I read only the topic/story I want but since I want something new and different I started reading from the beginning (Genesis).

As I read my Bible, I thought I already know much about the it; the stories, teachings, wisdom, commandments, miracles, etc. but it proved me wrong, what I know were just a very tiny part of it and sadly, some of them contain incorrect information. Like for example in the story of Noah's Ark, I thought that there was a part that when the water started to rise, people were shouting and begging Noah to open the Ark for they can enter and be saved from the flood, but unfortunately that didn't happen:

The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits. Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark. - Genesis 7:16-23

So I came to realize that I have so much more to learn from this book, and I challenged myself to prove that everything I've learned from the past is true.

I finally found my guide, not will just answer my questions and rescue me from any uncertainties in life but will lead me for my eternal life.

You may or may not believe me but one thing for sure if you read your Bible you'll understand what I'm saying.

It really feels good if you personally experienced and discovered things missing from the puzzle. Just like in the Bible you don't know what your leader is teaching you is true until you read and understand it. When you read your Bible you gain wisdom.

I personally recommend that you have your own Bible, whether you bought it or was given to you. Read, study and learn everything you can for it is the best guide to your salvation.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction. - Proverbs 1:7

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A Little Christian Humor

I got this from my blog at multiply...

A Little Christian Humor

This is one of the best clean jokes I've seen in a while!



Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argument about who was better on the computer. They had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering.

Finally fed up, God said, 'THAT'S IT! I have had enough. I am going to set up a test that will run for two hours, and from those results, I will judge who does the better job.'

So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away.

They moused.

They faxed.

They e-mailed.

They e-mailed with attachments.

They downloaded.

They did spreadsheets!

They wrote reports.

They created labels and cards.

They created charts and graphs.

They did some genealogy reports .

They did every job known to man.

Jesus worked with heavenly efficiency and Satan was faster than hell.

Then, ten minutes before their time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, rain poured, and, of course, the power went off.

Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every curse word known in the underworld.

Jesus just sighed.

Finally the electricity came back on, and each of them restarted their computers. Satan started searching frantically, screaming:

'It's gone! It's all GONE! 'I lost everything when the power went out!'
Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files from the past two hours of work.
Satan observed this and became irate.
'Wait!' he screamed. 'That's not fair! He cheated! How come he has all his work and I don't have any?'
God just shrugged and said,








JESUS SAVES....

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...that there are two sets of ten commandments, the one we know is the original (first) and the second can be found in Exodus 34.

... that in the Old Testament that the new-born baby boy should be circumcised on the eight day after he was born. See Leviticus 12:3.

...that during the time of Moses bitter water was used to determine if wife is guilty of adultery. See Numbers 5:11-31.

...that aside from the serpent, a donkey also had a chance to speak. See Numbers 22:21-39.

...that at the end of every seven years, the creditor must cancel debts? See
Deuteronomy 15:1-6.

... that not all nations that God promised to Israel were not given to them? See Judges 2:20 - 3:1-5

 ...that even though Sodom and Gomorrah were already destroyed, a same scenario happened among Israelites? See Judges 19:20-23

... why we say Grace/Pray before meal? See 1 Samuel 9:13

... that Saul (King of Israel) used a Medium to communicate with Samuel? See 1 Samuel 28:3-20

...that there was already a man who had twelve fingers and twelve toes? See 2 Samuel 21:20

...that Solomon had a total of 1000 relationships? See 1 Kings 11:3

... that aside from Moses, Elijah and Elisha also divided the water and crossed over on dry ground? See 2 Kings 2:1-15

... that a man came to life by unintentionally touching Elisha's bones?  2 Kings 13:21

... that during the time of David, there was a ministry of prophesying?  1 Chronicles 25:1
  
... that  7 year old who reigned in Jerusalem for 40 years?  2 Chronicles 24:1  

... that sometimes elders are not wise?  Job 32:6-9

... that God speak to us but we don't recognize it??  Job 33:14-30  

... that God is just in every way?  Job 34:10-37

... Did you know the people who are oppressed;  they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful than his Maker? Job 35:9-15

... that based on hierarchy, humans are lower than the angels?  Psalms 8:3-5


... that whoever does these things will never be shaken? Psalms 15


... that the song Better Is One Day is a verse found in the Bible ? Psalms 84:10

... why our calendar months are according to the Moon while Sun is just an ordinary day?  Psalms 104:19


... the Israelite who killed 600 Philistines using only an Oxgoad? Judges 3:31

To start with...

Let me tell you, why?

I grew up and almost devoted my Christian life to a Methodist community, a community that gave way for me to seek Him.

When I was a kid, I used to be part of a children choir. I used to attend VCS (Vacation Church School)- a church summer activity wherein children ages 3-16 can learn more about their faith while having fun; this activity may last one to two weeks. I used to attend Sunday schools, which was held at back of our church and have attended many children activities inside and outside the church.

As time goes by, I become very active in the church.
My week is not complete if I will not go to church. I even sacrifice some of my personal commitments just to attend church activities.
That's how I love the church.

then I became...
... a member of the chancel choir
... a teacher of VCS
... an officer, even president of the youth organization
... a praise and worship team guitar player
... the head of the praise and worship team
... an officer the church council
... a speaker of a celebration activity
... a teacher of Sunday school for children, youth and adults
... an organizer of a fund raising projects
... a church leader who plans a spiritual growth in the church by all means
... an ordinary church goer
... a Christian with full of enthusiasm, hopes and dreams

Until my cup became empty. I felt tired, drained and exhausted. I hunger and thirst for Him and its pushing me to edge of what I believed in...(it may seem that I have many accomplishments but believe me not a single one from the above list helped me fill my cup again...) I told myself, I want to stay. I'm strong. I can handle this.

With no strength and very weak and the food, I'm receiving can't sustain me. I force myself to leave the home I grew up with... It was hard and sad for me leaving what you love to do and the people you care about. I can only guess that maybe I have already done and served enough this community, and it's time for me to be born again.

In Christianity, born again refers to a "spiritual rebirth" (regeneration) of the human soul or spirit, contrasted with the physical birth everyone experiences. The origin of the term "born again" is the New Testament: "Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again.'"[Jn 3:3 TNIV][1] It is a term associated with salvation in Christianity. Wikipedia

A friend of mine referred a church wherein I can attend Bible study every Tuesday and Thursday. Accessible to my place of work, I tried and did attend. Sometimes I attend with my wife (she was my girlfriend then) whenever she has time but most of the time I go alone.

We became regular attendees of Tuesday service. As the day goes by, I felt the nourishment, removing the dead cells of my spirituality and replacing it with strong cells equipped with vitamins from A-Z (complete). Gradually, it quenches the hunger and thirst, and finally. It was Sept. 16 of the last year (2010) my wife didn't know that we became twins that day. Praise God!

It was the altar call that we went in front of the stage. The front left side are for the non-Protestants and the front right side are for Christians, who wants to renew their faith. Together with some member's congregation, my wife went in front and placed herself to the left while I on the right. Different reason but have common need. It was the Holy Spirit moved us and made us surrender our lives to God through Jesus Christ.

I was cleansed, forgiven and renewed. I experienced Jesus Christ and only Him can fill my cup.

So blessed, I can't contain it...
So much, I've got to give it away,
Your love taught me to live now...
You are more than enough for me.
- excerpt from Hillsong - One day lyrics.

That's exactly what I feel up to this moment you're reading this.

That's how it is with God's love,
Once you've experienced it, you spread His love to everyone;
You want to pass it on.
- excerpt from Pass It On lyrics.

Praise God!

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Introduction

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." - Proverbs 3:5-6

I'm Dweens, an IT Professional.
What I love to do aside from programming, is to read and share God's words.
I believed that only Jesus Christ can save me and through Him, I can go to heaven.

I'm married with one beautiful wife and soon to be a daddy.

I guess this blog will be my new outlet on sharing the word of God to you and rest of the world.

Join me as I personally discover what the Bible is telling me.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. -James 1:5

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