Tuesday, April 17, 2012

PETITIONS OFFERED THIS APRIL 17, 2012, AT KINABUHAYAN, AREA OF MOUNT BANAHAW, DOLORES, QUEZON





















AREA WHERE THE PETITIONS ARE OFFERED TO GOD.

OPENING PRAYER

BURNING OF THE PETITIONS




CLOSING PRAYER.
OFFERING THIS RITUAL TO THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF D.E.U.S.(G.O.D.)

Friday, April 13, 2012

SHARING THIS LESSON ON SALVATION AND GOODNESS


ECCLESIASTES 7:20
There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.


Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,


MEDITATION:


THESE VERSES ARE TRUE, AND IS EVEN TRUE TO ME.


IN EVALUATING MYSELF, THROUGH INTROSPECTION AND REFLECTION OF MY LIFE, I HAVE FOUND MYSELF TO FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, AND HAVE SINNED TO GOD, IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE TO SERVE GOD AND FELLOWMEN.


I HAVE CONCLUDED THAT EVEN IF I DID EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO EXHAUST ALL EFFORTS, AND TO PUSH MYSELF TO EXCEED MYSELF TO DO EVERY RIGHTEOUS ACT, I WILL STILL FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.


WHY?


ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS.


WE FEEL ATTACHMENTS, PAIN, SUFFERING, GRIEF, ANGER, HATRED, SORROW, DEPRESSION, LONELINESS AND WE ARE STILL SUBJECT TO WEAKNESSES.


THEREFORE, IN TIMES THAT WE ARE WEAK, WE TEND TO SIN AND FALL SHORT IOF GOD'S GLORY.


THIS IS TRUE. IT IS EVEN TRUE FOR ME.


THEREFORE, LIKE YOU, I CANNOT BE SAVED OR JUSTIFIED BY MY OWN EFFORTS.


IF WE DEPEND ON OUR OWN WORKS AND ACTIONS, WE CANNOT BE SAVED.


THEREFORE, WHAT CAN WE DO ASIDE FROM DOING OUR BEST TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL?


THE ANSWER IS THAT IS NOT THROUGH OUR OWN EFFORTS THAT WE CAN BE SAVED.


Titus 3:5 
he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,


THEREFORE, WE CANNOT DEPEND SOLELY ON OUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS TO OBTAIN ETERNAL SALVATION.


SALVATION IS GIVEN TO US BY GOD, THROUGH HIS MERCY, THROUGH REBIRTH AND RENEWAL BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.


1 Thessalonians 5:9 
For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath 
but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.


GOD WANTS US TO RECEIVE SALVATION THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.


2 Timothy 1:9 
who has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,


WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE A LIFE OF HOLINESS, THROUGH GOD'S GRACE.


2 Timothy 2:10 
Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.


THOSE WHO FOLLOW CHRIST MUST ENDURE SUFFERING FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS, SO THAT OTHERS TOO, MAY BE SAVED THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.


1 Timothy 1:16 
But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, 
the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience 
as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.


I, TOO, AM A SINNER, AND HAVE WRONGED GOD AND OTHERS IN SEVERAL INSTANCES.


BUT GOD SHOWED MERCY ON ME AND ENTRUSTED ME THE MISSION WORKS WHICH IN ALL HONESTY I AM MOST UNWORTHY TO RECEIVE, FOR I AM A SINNER.


BUT THROUGH FOLLOWING HIS WILL, AND HIS UNLIMITED PATIENCE AND GUIDANCE,
MAKING ME HIS INSTRUMENT, UNWORTHY AS I AM, THROUGH THE GUIDANCE OF CHRIST WITHIN, THE EXAMPLE BY WHICH OTHERS MAY FOLLOW HAS BEEN SHOWN, SO THAT GOODNESS AND MERCY MAY BE PROPAGATED THROUGH THIS.


INDEED, IT IS NOT THROUGH ME THAT ALL THIS HAVE HAPPENED, BUT IT IS THROUGH GOD'S GUIDANCE THAT ALL OF THESE ARE MADE POSSIBLE.


THEREFORE, NO ONE, EVEN I, CANNOT BOAST OF ANYTHING, NOR BE PROUD OF ANYTHING: FOR IT IS GOD WHO IS GOOD, AND ALL GOODNESS COMES FROM HIM.


GOD IS THE SOURCE OF GOODNESS- FOR IT IS GOD WHO IS GOOD AND NO ONE ELSE.


Luke 18:19 
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone.


IT IS GOD WHO INSPIRES GOODNESS.


FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED GOD IN ONE'S HEART, THE GOOD WORKS THEY WILL DO DID NOT CAME FROM THEMSELVES, BUT FROM GOD WHO WORKS IN THEM, AND ACTS ACCORDING TO GOD'S GOOD PURPOSE.


Philippians 2:13
for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.


SINCE ETERNAL SALVATION CANNOT BE FOUND APART FROM GOD, THROUGH CHRIST, A LIFE WORTHY OF LIVING TILL DEATH IS A LIFE CENTERED ON GOD, THROUGH CHRIST.


Philippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.


THEREFORE, THERE IS NO LIFE WORTH BETTER LIVING THAN A LIFE CENTERED ON CHRIST, TILL THE END OF ONE'S LIFE.


I CONCLUDE THAT EVEN THOUGH ALL THE WORKS I WOULD DO WOULD FALL SHORT OF GOD'S GLORY, IT IS BETTER TO DO GOD'S WILL THAN NOT TO DO ANY OF IT.


IN DOING GOOD, LET US BE REMINDED THAT IT IS GOD WHO IS DOING GOOD THROUGH US AND THAT GOODNESS DID NOT COME FROM US.


THEREFORE, ALL THE OUTREACH, THE MISSION WORKS, AND ALL GOODNESS THAT WE SEE AND HAVE KNOWN IS NOT FROM THE PERSON/S, GROUP/S, ORGANIZATION/S PER SE, BUT IS THROUGH THE INSPIRATION OF GOD.


THEREFORE, ALL GOODNESS THAT WE DO COMES FROM GOD AND NOT FROM US.


THEREFORE, THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO ADAPT IS THAT IN ALL GOOD THINGS, WE GIVE GLORY TO GOD.


SINCE ALL GOODNESS COMES FROM GOD, WHETHER WE ARE THE DOERS OF IT OR OTHERS, MAY BEING INSTRUMENTS OF DOING WHAT IS GOOD NEVER LEAD TO SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS, NOR PRIDE, NOR ARROGANCE, NOR CONCEIT- BUT MAY THESE LEAD US TO THANK GOD AND GLORIFY GOD, AND REALIZE GOD'S PRESENCE IN OUR DAILY LIFE.


MAY THIS MESSAGE THAT I LEAVE UNTO YOU BE OF HELP TO COME CLOSER TO OUR GOD AND TO CHRIST OUR LORD.


TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.