EKSPEDISYON

     While I am reading a book title "Leadership That Builds" by Glenn Johnson, on its chapter title "A leader Must Have Integrity", I remember my life verse in Psalm 111:10 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and all who follow His precepts have good understanding, to Him belongs eternal praise." The book explains that fearing God is trusting Him with confidence, but this may fail when you feel guilty at some point in your life.  The hindrance of our confidence in God is the feeling of guilt. In Nehemiah (Book in the Old Testament), which is the scriptural foundation of the said book, confession is Nehemiah's way on gaining confidence in God. He said in Nehemiah 1:6 " let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for your servants, the Israelites, confessing the sins of the Israelites, which we have sinned against you. Both I and my family have sinned."  ...

"You"   When I seek You, Lord, I find You When I read your Word, I get to know you When I desire to be with you, I'm so in love  When I hear your call, I follow You You show me Your will as I walk with You You put me in a place where You can mold me You have promised me my future, I'm not insecure  And I will trust You, Lord, all the days of my life O Lord, You taught me to sing hymns and songs of praises You have guided my hands to create music  You have shown me to love and serve others With that, I have learned to worship in spirit and truth I am yours, Lord, and You are with me As You carry Your cross, I take up mine I will serve You, Lord, with all my heart, mind, and soul and love others I am proclaiming You, Lord, for I am your servant forever and ever, and I give You glory forever more. Amen.

 Psalm 111:10 (NRSV) "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding.His praise endures forever." When we pay attention to who God is and submit our will to His, we will be reminded that God deserves all the glory. This verse keeps my feet touching the ground. All that we have are from God. There comes a point in my life that I felt entitled of something which I should not be. Through this verse, I realized that in every victory, every blessing, and every good thing we must acknowledge God. We should always give the credit to God. The more we fear the Lord and ackowledge Him, the more we see things according to His perspective. Also, we will learn and understand why various things are happening. Lord, you are the Most High, teach me your ways and guide me throughout this life. In Jesus' Namen. Amen.

 Colosas 3:1  "Yamang binuhay kayong muli na kasama ni Cristo, ituon ninyo ang inyong pag-iisip sa mga bagay na nasa langit na kinaroroonan ni Cristo, na nakaupo sa kanan ng Diyos." Anong ang mga dapat na nating talikuran bilang binuhay ni Cristo? 1. Kaya't patayin na ninyo ang mga pagnanasang makamundo: ang pakikiapid, karumihan, mahalay na simbuyo ng damdamin, masamang pagnanasa, at ang kasakiman na isang uri ng pagsamba sa diyus-diyosan (Colosas 3:5) 2. Ngunit ngayon, itakwil na ninyo ang lahat ng galit, poot, at sama ng loob. Iwasan na ninyo ang panlalait at malaswang pananalita (Colosas 3:8). 3.Huwag kayong magsisinungaling sa isa't isa, sapagkat hinubad na ninyo ang dati ninyong pagkatao, pati ang mga gawa nito (Colosas 3:9) Ano ang dapat nating gawin bilang binuhay muli na kasama ni Cristo? "Isinuot ninyo ang bagong pagkatao na patuloy na nababago at nagiging kalarawan ng Diyos na lumikha sa inyo, upang lalo ninyo siyang makilala" (Colosas 3:10).  Hin...