#god'stiming

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Faith means holding on, even in the silence, because God is always working behind the scenes.

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Waiting on God

God's timing: 1. God has schedule in every area 2. God's timing is his sovereignty You don't get to know the time, timing is the Father's business. 3. God's timing is always on time 4. If it's God's time, God can do anything in instant. 2 reason God asks us to wait: 1. To test the purity of our faith 2. Working on our character What can we do while we wait God's timing? 1. Maintaining our Faith We call Abraham “father” not because he got God’s attention by living like a saint, but because God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody. Isn’t that what we’ve always read in Scripture, God saying to Abraham, “I set you up as father of many peoples”? Abraham was first named “father” and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn’t do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God himself said to him, “You’re going to have a big family, Abraham!” - Rome 4:18 The Message 2. Be Patient Never compare to others answered prayers/ success story. And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. - Hebrew 6:15 ESV And so, having patiently waited, he realized the promise [in the miraculous birth of Isaac, as a pledge of what was to come from God] - Hebrew 6:15 AMP 3. Hold on to God's promises My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments, Which I love, And I will meditate on Your statutes - Psalms 119: 48 NIV 4. Keep perseverance Stay diligent and consistent in reading God's word, prayers, working as if you work for the Lord. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. - Hebrew 10:36

"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." - Galatians 6:9

Point to remember: 1. The first stress releaser/ medicine for free from stress is to believe in God. But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.” 15 My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me. - Psalms 31:14-15 2. Change the worry/ anxiety/ fear energies to prayers.

3. Never give up on God's promises for your life. [The Lord answered] “Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. “Indeed, I have inscribed [a picture of] you on the [a]palms of My hands; Your city walls [Zion] are continually before Me.

Footnotes

Isaiah 49:16 In Jewish tradition there is a story representing Israel as God’s daughter, who asks Him to stamp a seal of her on His heart and arm (Song 8:6). God replies that such a seal cannot always be seen, so He has instead inscribed her upon His palms.

Isaiah 49:15-16 AMP Other version:

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, [a]And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.

Footnotes

Isaiah 49:15 Lit. From having compassion

Reference Notes from IBADAH UMUM GMS JABODETABEK 04 JUNI 2023 By PS. MAGDALENA CHRISTINA (BAHASA INDONESIA ONLY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpYE-DqmxY4

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Dahil sa kumakalat ngayong issue ng paghihiwalay nila Paolo Contis at Lj Reyes, hindi maiwasan na mangamba at matakot na magtiwala. Indeed, as season change, so do people.

But then, this guy! 😢 Didn't expect na ganito sagot niya saakin. (Ganda ka ghorrrl??)

PAKASALAN MO NAKO PLEASE! 🤣❤️ Charrrrr hahahaha

Lord, ikaw na po bahala. Be the author of our love story. 🙏💕

p.s We're good friends ngayon

p.p.s Hindi pa siya nanliligaw kasi hindi pa pwede

p p.p.s But sooooooon, if God give me the go signal na pwede na magpaligaw 😊

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Faith in God Endures the Trials of Evil

As dark times approach, some people’s faith in God wavers. It’s not really a rare instance how such a thing could happen, especially to the faint of heart. Little do they know, their disbelief and fear exacerbate the weight of the predicaments they’re in. As their faith in God ebbs away, the illusion of fear takes over. In the absence of faith, how then can one endure the trials of evil? The Lack of Faith in God If our faith wavers, we find it difficult to find a safe footing. Hence, we move forward relentlessly, panicking in each step we take. Thereafter, our sanity wanders all over the place with no fix destination, leading us astray. Lost and confused, our world shatters as our last hope vanishes. The lack of faith in God marks the beginning of our ultimate doom. Faith buoys us up in an ocean of troubles. However, if we lose it, enduring the wrathful storms in the ocean becomes completely impossible. How can we not drown in our problems if we doubt Him? If things grow more difficult, call upon the name of God. Keep a steadfast faith and believe in His timing, only then will you rise from the grips of despair and sorrow. The trials of evil are harsh. It tests your limits and would drag your spirit to a disheartening journey. Its satisfaction is only met at the loss of your faith. This is the reason why should always cling to your faith as tough times become tougher. God has the only power to redeem you when you think all has given over. Never allow these challenges to seep inside your mind for it could destroy you from the inside out. A fortified faith in God will help you weather all the storms. All the sufferings shall come to pass in His name. So, have faith and always believe in His ways. Read the full article

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Applying Faith throughout Our Lives

Applying faith in whatever we do in life grants us confidence. Although we encounter a lot of difficulties along the way, we know that God stands with us. Through Him, no evil shall persevere to strike us. In the busiest days of our lives, we tend to forget about God and all His graces. Due to various stress factors, our thoughts grow ill, and we tend to handle things in a disorganized fashion thereby. If we fully forget to have faith in Him, the spiritual health will eventually deteriorate. The grave effects of spiritual deterioration also affect a person’s physical and mental health. By understanding the importance of applying faith in our everyday lives, we are relieved of our troubles. The Importance of Applying Faith People often ask why there is a need for faith to manifest in every course of our actions. Why exactly do we need God’s guidance even in doing the things that we can manage? Is it wrong to do the things on our own rather than resorting to His ways? People of this generation have strayed far enough from the path that God built for us. Our faith in Him has slowly degenerated. As a result, our sufferings are at the level of extremes. There is no doubt how this degeneration is caused by the abandonment of faith. If we abandon our faith in God, our mind becomes heavily fogged with uncertainties. These uncertainties force us unknowingly away from the path that He built for us. Thus, our life becomes a total wretch. Applying faith in all the things we do makes us confident. We know that, with Christ, we’ll get through whatever troubles we encounter. A life without Him is one filled with ceaseless tempests. This is why it is important to have a faith that doesn’t shake before any adversities. Through it, we are able to handle stress while retaining a positive outlook in life. Additionally, faith revives all the hopes that we have lost and invigorates the will that has long collapsed. How One Makes It Happen For your faith not to shake before the many faces of adversity, you must learn to hone it. And, here’s how: Prayer and meditation. Praying or meditating in solitude allows you the time to communicate with God. Through these actions, all the doubts will be granted answers, and the vagueness will be granted clarity. Think of God when coming to a decision. In every action, train your mind to always remember Him. The reason for this is for you to come up with decisions that benefit you and the people around you. Believe that His timing is perfect. Some of us can be really impatient that we rush things. Out of desperation to make things happen, we end up harming ourselves. To save yourself from harm, it is best to be patient in waiting for the right moment to happen. Understand that things happen for a reason. When you are in the state of great distress, you begin to question His ways. Don’t. For now your troubles may mean nothing yet, but, eventually, you will come to a realization why things happened that way as the future unfolds. His ways are always reasonable. Understanding the concept of faith is good. But, applying it to all aspects of your life is divine. Make sure to remember the ways mentioned above to keep your faith strengthened. By doing so, you’ll realize that no adversity is bigger than God. Read the full article

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God’s Plan, Not Our Plan

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in a person’s heart,

    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

Honestly, my initial reaction when I encountered this verse was a huge disappointment. I was heartbroken. Followed by an immense dose of confusion – of not knowing what to do next. You will better understand how lost I was at that very moment if I tell you a little more about myself. But with the things I’m going show you, I hope you don’t think of me as someone who totally lost her sanity.

I am a very stubborn person who is bend to get what I want no matter what. I don’t see anything wrong with this especially that those things, which I aim to achieve is for the amelioration of me so that I could help other people. I want to succeed so that I could help others succeed. I’m a firm believer of “You can not give what you do not have”.

And aside from my stubbornness and being a lover of success, it’s no surprise that I’m also obsessed in planning my future. In fact, I have this posted in the wall of my room when I was in Manila…

Yes, I got my life planned until age 40. Later on, I was not even contented with this. Looking at it the moment I open my eyes every morning, I begun to think that it was so simple and the items were few.. so, I made some revisions and my final output was this..

So as you can see, I am all set. I have my roadmap to success (Yeah I’m a voracious reader and a John Maxwell fanatic), and all I have to do is work towards it. I was pretty confident and determined. At age of 24, I was blessed to be promoted in a middle management position by the company I worked for at that time and I was then earning a 6-digit salary. All was well. I’m on track!

Until, I was.. a little bit side tracked. I got into a relationship. I thought of this guy as really amazing. He was a smarty pants, confident, disciplined, determined, ambitious, an achiever and a reader himself. It’s no surprise that we clicked the moment we opened our mouths. He taught me everything I know about managing my finances. As a matter of fact because of the things I learned from him, (going back to the roadmap I made for myself) instead of building a Christian school, I considered building an institution that teaches our youth on managing their finances. I was so inspired by him that I thought if our youth was exposed to this training at an early age, they could be a millionaire in no time like himself (yes, he earned his first million at age 25) thus alleviating poverty in the country.

I was so amazed at how he was able to make me listen to him and allow him to teach me these things.. because I too is a little too proud to listen to someone my age. So yeah, he was everything I hoped for a boyfriend. Except that he is not a believer of Christ. Later on, as we are in the process of further knowing each other, I discovered some differences in our values. I noticed that he was too focus on achieving his goals that sometimes he already forgets to live his life. He has very few friends. He was greedy and proud. He was insensitive to other people’s need. I however didn’t give up there. I was also determined to change him. I know what I needed to do – change his faith and all the other things (his not so good attributes) will follow. But I was so young on my faith at that time. I was one of those “lukewarm” Christians. I didn’t know how to share the gospel with him. So my solution was.. bring him to church. That way he might be moved by the message and eventually receives Christ. But after several tries, nothing changed. Except that he always had questions I couldn’t answer. So my next step was.. I enrolled him to a discipleship group without him knowing. Someone at the church called him inviting him to join. He knew it was I and he was a little bit furious. And later on, he became guarded saying I was always trying to manipulate him. And our relationship was never the same until we finally broke up.

And while I was going through these struggles of the heart, it was also the time when the Philippines was hit by the typhoon Yolanda. A small building for the store (looking at my roadmap) was being constructed. When the typhoon made a landfall in Iloilo, the roof of this store was just installed. You know how devastated the Visayas region was and that included us with the roof of this store collapsed and some of the pieces flew somewhere. My mom cried when she found out what happened. She felt really sorry for me knowing how I worked hard to earn that money and now my investment was gone.

Going back a bit before this business venture tragedy took place. Well, I was becoming pretty tired of my job. I was in the mid-management position at that time handling 12 people. These 12 were actually the least of my problems. I believe that these people were amazing. They were teachable, respectful and though we were not hitting our targets yet, we’re on it and had done so much progress. My biggest challenge was the systems in place – in other words the upper management. The environment suddenly became so hostile. There were lots of controversies and even scandals. Everyone was manipulative, power- and money-hungry with degrading moral values. And it felt like my being was being sucked by these things and I didn’t like that feeling.

Aside from the emotional battle, it was physically tiring too. We always have meetings. Lots and lots of meetings. 3-4 times a week I say is a safe estimate. We, mid-managers would do both administrative tasks like auditing our subordinates with an individual performance appraisal presented every quarter if not every month while setting a side a time to visit at least 3 subordinates in the field daily. So it was reporting to the office or the field by 8:00AM and hurry back to report in the office in the afternoon to prepare for the meeting (because, believe it or not, we had assignments like that of a student) which lasted 10:00PM (if we’re lucky) or 12:00MN(if we’re being tortured). And to make things worst, these meetings later became the reruns of the previous meetings. Same quote, same jokes, same blahs here and there.

In addition to these struggles, I was battling with myself too. The money and the sense of success felt really good but I kept questioning myself. Am I really happy? Why am I crying myself to sleep at night? Why does this feels not right? Do I see myself doing this job in the next 5 years?10 years? As long as I can? These were just a few of the many questions in my very confused and exhausted mind. I wanted to do other things and I can’t do them with such a demanding job. I’m tired. Just really tired.

So after everything - the business venture tragedy, the emotionally and physically draining job, and the questions swirling in mind, I made one of the biggest decisions I had in my life. The following year, after the Christmas vacation, I went back to Manila with one solid, cannot-be-swayed decision (I’ll explain “cannot-be-swayed” on a separate piece). I resigned.

And while writing this piece, I thought to myself that it was a decision I should have made much much sooner. Then I could have moved on to my next adventure much much earlier – Singapore. And experience more.

But that’s the thing about God’s plan. Its timing is just perfect.

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God's Timing (Acts 7:11-19)

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Good read this is.