Your problem

It is not my problem. It is God's problem. What God ask us to do is not worry about His plan but to just follow Him.

Thank you for teaching me this.

Stop, look & listen

Stop, look & listen.

Stop what your doing. Stop your worrying. Just leave everything down.

Look at how the Lord is working in your life. Look at how God has blessed you. Look at how you can give Him glory.

Listen to His voice. Listen to His correction. Listen to to where He is leading you.

Thank you Father

our record 1-2

I think there is something wrong with the blogger. its sometimes hard to log on.

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Our record is 1-2 now. We lost 121 to 113 today to UECP college group. I thought we were going to lose big but humabol pa at the end. Actually i feel very happy eventhough we lost. we had a good time and thats what is important. Besides that was my goal.

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i just realized that there are somethings that i can do today that i might be able to do in the future. Hey no guts no glory! Just do it!

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Something I learned at church today: Instead of praying for your needs ask for a better realtionship with God.

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Here are some pics of us playing with UECP

Lost in Translation

hey i didnt know that my grandfather was a pulpit translator before but he translated from 国语 to 闽南话.

Thinking about it yeah i agree with the speaker. That everything in our lives is by God's plan. The way I was raised. How i got a taste of cultural changes when I was young. Where i studied. The places I've been too. the people i've met. Wow all of it for a great purpose. God is guiding me each step of the way and he still is. But i dont know trnaslating is going to be hard cuz
1.) your on the pulpit - pride will set in. your life is more vulnerable to attacks from satan
2.) its not an easy job - Just imagine people depending on you so that they will be able to listen and understand a msg.
-I've given a speech before and its tiring. and i think the speech was just 10 mins long. Now its gong to be 45 mins

anyways everything is in Your hands. Let Your will be done.

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Dont feel too well these past few days :( Kind of feel bad cuz i'm not giving my 100% at work or at anything. feel kind of lazy.

You're going to make some, and you're going to miss some

"You're going to make some, and you're going to miss some. Unfortunately, that one was to win the game." - Lebron James after losing to the Pistons 79-76. He had last possesion.

I really feel for James. I know what he is going, same thing happend to me now. Stop doubting yourself and move on to the next game.

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Check out this song: From the inside out

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I'm so tired. Zzzzz

Ouch that hurts

Ouch the message really struck me. I think God was dealing with me. He not only said it to me once but 3x.

1.) The Bible Study
2.) The memory scripture
3.) I opened a Bible and there was this page that was torn out. and the Bible verse was speaking directly to me.

God help me fear you.

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AHHH! my new guitar has a crack! it fell and now the are 2 cracks on it. Why oh Why?!

What to introduce you to...

Hey I'd like to introduce you guys to someone. Actually its an "it". I got a new guitar :)I've been planning to buy a guitar for sometime now. I got an Lele Lumanog Acoustic guitar with a help from a friend. Still trying to get use to it cuz the fret board is narrower and its metal stringed.



If your going to go to Sta Mesa or quiapo to buy a guitar dont expect all of the guitars to be good cuz its mass produced. If you go and buy a Yamaha, yeah there is a big possibility that guitar has a good quality sound but the price difference is big. more than 5x the difference. Here are some tips that I picked up when choosing for a guitar
1.) Don't choose a guitar bec it looks good. You have to listen to it first. I think we went to more than 5 stores at Sta. Mesa before we picked a guitar that has the right notes. Actually i was going to give up na but the last store we went to had the right sound

2.) things to listen to:
Play an open chord and bar chord. Try to see if you can see a difference
Play a bar chord and see if you can hear "sabit" like zzz sound at the end
compare if the upper 3 strings and the lower 3 strings have the same sound
try to listen one fret against the other. sometimes some of the frets are not evenly spaced out
When playing if the strings are too hard to pressed the bridge might be too high.

3.) But the special one with trust rod (metal inside the fret) Cuz its metal string its going to bend the fret board after sometime.
Its going to be hard to find a metal string guitar compared to a Nylon sting that has the right sound.

4.) Most importantly bring a friend who has a good ear. My thanks to Noel hya for helping pick one out.

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Lord when I fall down your there to pick me up. Thank you God.

Take Me Back
jeremy camp

The reason why I stand
The answer lies in you
You hung to make me strong
Tho my praise was few
When I fall I bring your name down

But I have found in you
A heart that bleeds
Forgiveness replacing all these thoughts of painful memories
And I know your response will always be

Chorus:
I'll take you back always
Even when your fight is over now
I'll take you back
Even when the pain is coming through
I'll take you back

Final Score 120-98 Yeah! guess who won?

Finally online. My router got busted so my network was down. wasted a lot of time figuring out what was wrong. I was using a good brand (no wont mention the names) I asked the supplier to lend me a service unit while it was being repaired (they say it may take a month to repair it!) but they won't lend me one. so I'm forced to buy a new one. Product and service go hand in hand.

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So we finally won our first game against YGC. 120-98. Alright!

I thought the game was gong to get cancelled cuz it rained and the court got wet when we started playing. Thank God the rain died down and everybody helped out to dry the court.

Here are some pics of us cleaning the court:

Pastors for Public Office?

I happen to notice that there are quite a few pastors running for public office. I don't know this is a debatable issue there are some pros & cons to it. Again I'm just an amateur blogger, not an authority in this issue.

Pros:
1.) They have a good moral compared to the corrupt officials.
2.) During the OT when the Kings followed God they had peace and prosperity. And when they had kings that did not follow God well they got punished. But again we cannot claim this promise cuz this promise was given to the israelites
3.) The Bible does not say anything against Pastors running for office.


Cons:
1.) Pastors are people too. Politics is dirty and when they make mistakes, their mistakes are magnified because they are Christians
2.)During the NT, the apostles got deacons and elders to help do the administration of the church. They wanted to concentrate on teaching the Word of God. The question is what is the Pastors calling? lead the church or the public? The Bible does say that the Pastors are called to preach and to teach.
3.)when apostle Paul saw the injustice & persecution done to him or the Christians. He did not lead rallies or went against the gov't. He used this opportunity to share Jesus to the guards, the prisoners, the leaders, etc...
4.) The church is not a place to campaign. Every Christian has the right to choose who they want to vote for and as Chirstians even if we do not have the same political opinion we can still come together and still worship our God together. There will be riffs if the church is used to promote on candidate over the other.

Bottom line:
1.) We should ask what will God get out of this?
2.) As a Christian, God has given us the wisdom and the right to vote democratically for our country. Go out and vote
3.) God is still in control.

Let's pray for our leaders

Prov 8:12-21
12 "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. 13 To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. 14 Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have understanding and power. 15 By me kings reign and rulers make laws that are just; 16 by me princes govern, and all nobles who rule on earth. 17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. 18 With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. 19 My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, 21 bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.

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Lord, help me lay it all down before you

"You want to be real, you want to be empty inside
You want to be someone laying down your pride
You want to be someone someday
Then lay it all down before the king

You want to be whole, you want to have purpose inside
You want to have virtue and purify your mind

You want to be set free today
Then lay it all down before the king..."

Jeremy Camp, My Desire

Nahum

Starting Nahum

People Involved:
1.) God
2.) Nahum
3.) People of Nineveh - same people in Jonah

What I learned about God:
-He is jealous v.2
-avenging v.2
-slow to anger v.3
-great in power v.3
-He controls everything v.5
-You don't want to face his anger v.6
-He is good v.7
-our refuge v.7
-He cares for us v.7

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Don't put everything in one basket

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Lord, I am weak but you are strong.

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word of the day: 奇客 (qi2ke4) meaning Geek :-B

The Chinese term, created according to the sound of the English word, literally means a "a strange guest". One doesn't have to be a computer expert or specialist to become a geek. If you are a computer aficionado with a free ad unorthodox thinking, people call you a geek.

奇客！在这里看什么?！ 哈哈哈！

who controls my destiny?

According to the poem Invictus "...I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul". Do I really have control of my life?

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Hey bro i know it hurts, I know how you feel and it really sucks. I don't really know the right words to say. It boils down to just trusting God. He has a plan for your life. Don't worry about it all you got to do now is just seek Him first. He will take care of you. Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice.


"...I can sing in the troubled times
Sing when I win
I can sing when I lose my step
And fall down again
I can sing 'cause You pick me up
Sing 'cause You're there
I can sing 'cause You hear me, Lord
When I call to You in prayer
I can sing with my last breath
Sing for I know
That I'll sing with the angels
And the saints around the throne..."
-Chris Tomlin, How can I stop singing

Photography Class

a photographer does not take pictures he makes pictures.

Didn't know that you could do a lot with the camera. wait an SLR camera. It seems my digital camera is not enough to do the tricks.

Here are some pictures that I took of the class.

Leadership Training Pictures

Thought I'd post some pictures for our overseas friends. This is our Leadership training camp last December at Boso-boso, Rizal. We had an outreach at CARE Philippines. And honestly speaking they helped encourage us more than we encourgared them.

Camp attendees: (the ride on the church bus going here was a blast)


CARE Philippines & us

Guitar Class Picture

Here are some of the students who attended the Guitar class. Sorry only 1 pic cuz the battery ran out ;)

Still lacking one extra session when will it be kaya?

100 things to be thankful for

That's it I need a safe zone!

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btw i just passed my Chinese bday

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"...count your blessings name them one by one. Count your many blessings see what God has done."

you guys should try this. not sure when i will get this list done.
Started: 5/5/07
Ended: 6/6/07
Note: no order of importance

100 things to be thankful for:
1.) Having Jesus in my life as my Lord & Savior
2.) Life
3.) Dad
4.) Mom
5.) Older Brother
6.) Sister
7.) Younger Brother
8.) Bro-in-law
9.) Sis-in-law
10.) Chud
11.) Liansy
12.) JB
13.) a great church!
14.) good nights rest
15.) graduated college
16.) good looks! yeah my mom told me this:)
17.) able to work
18.) job
19.) our Pastors
20.) our YPro group
21.) our Youth group
22.) i can sing
23.) our basketball games
24.) play guitar
25.) running water
26.) High School Friends
27.) College Friends
28.) our house
29.) Grandpa
30.) Grandma
31.) Supportive Uncles and aunts
32.) Talented cousins ;)
33.) my free ipod ;)
34.) nice clothes to wear
35.) discipleship group
36.) good health
37.) Electricity
38.) no debt
39.) good meals
40.) nice car
41.) Choir - the guys at tenor who help me sing in tune :)
42.) able to help out at church
43.) opportunities he has given me
44.) God not giving up on me and is still working in me
45.) time
46.) people who see this blog and get blessed:)
47.) Books I've read
48.) I can worship God freely
49.) part of the worship team
50.) mga inaanak ko - Curtis
51.) & Kristen
52.) Trials that help me
53.) People supporting me
54.) Safety
55.) Loving & supportive family
56.) People God used to help me. They may not know it.
57.) i can drive
58.) For the new week ;)
59.) giving me opportunities to help others and serve You
60.) New morning
61.) Your mercy
62.) Challenges in my life
63.) Songs that praise Your name
64.) people that I meet
65.) teaching me something new
66.) timely advises
67.) wisdom
68.) rest
69.) my crush :x
70.) freedom to worship
71.) Your love
72.) inner peace
73.) friends overseas
74.) people who set Godly examples
75.) people praying for me.
76.) This computer
77.) The internet
78.) weather
79.) great week
80.) great day
81.) friends from other churches
82.) family reunions
83.) having time to talk to family
84.) Kiam beng
85.) Steak
86.) Training for my work
87.) Your love
88.) Your Mercy
89.) new guitar
90.) life verses to help me deal with life issues
91.) The Bible - my source of strength
92.) Songs that help remind me of you
93.) i can sing
94.) education
95.) Strength
96.) Experience that help me grow
97.) Our Missionaries
98.) opportunity to share Bible
99.) technology
100.) Palm treo 650
101.) Hymnals
102.) Chris Tomlin
103.) Paul Baloche

Haggai

People involved:
1.)God
2.)Haggai, the prophet
3.)Zerubbabel, Son of Shealtiel, Governor of Judah
4.)Joshua, Son of Jehozadak, the Heigh Priest
5.)remnant of the people

God spoke to Haggai. Haggai spoke to Zerubbabel, Joshua and the remnant of the people. And they in turn obeyed the Lord

Wonder if there important historical events here?

Timeline of when God spoke to Haggai:

I. 2nd year of King Darius, 1st day of the sixth month 1:1

A calling to build the House of the Lord.
Did God speak to Haggai in an audible voice or dream?
Does God need a house?
v1:8 ...so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored - Cats & Dog Theology

II. 2nd year of King Darius, 21st day of the seventh month 2:1

Difference of abt 2 months
Shake? Maybe an earthquake?

III. 2nd year of King Darius, 24st day of the ninth month 2:10, 1st time

Difference of abt 2 months
God will Bless them even when they are defiled

IV. 2nd year of King Darius, 24st day of the ninth month 2:10, 2nd time
probably just a few hours.

God choses Zerubbabel
What does the Signet Ring signify?
All power belongs to Gods.

application? Think.

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A problem may turn out to be a an oppotunity. Interesting.

Got to brush up on my electronics especialy Analog.

I am a "C"

I am a "C"
I am a "Ch"
I am a "Christian"...

I was thinking about the survey that I took. So I'm a "C" with a bit of "S". I find it kinda of true. I'm sort of like to look at details. I get hurt at criticisms. Pessimistic.

But isn't this a bit of Psychology already. I don't know can we mix psychology and Christianity? Hmmm?

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The outing was GREAT! Wow! let me post some pictures once i get my hands on some of the pictures.

Lots of stories to share. Anyways too bad for those who didn't go. You know who you are :)

See the morning

Sunrise view from outside my room at Subic. i think it was around 6am. This is my first time to see the sunrise. You are an awesome God.

"See the morning, see it rising
Over the mountains high
See the mercy in the mighty
Hand of God ..." - Chris Tomlin, Rejoice

“。。。在早晨我也要来对你说
主耶稣今天我为你活
所需要的力量你天天赐给我
你恩典够我用“ - 祷告，赞美之泉