"Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means "son of Timaeus"), was sitting by the roadside begging." (46). "When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" (47). "Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" (48). "Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you." (49) "Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus." (50). "What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see." (51). "Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. (52)." - Mark 10: 46-52
Today's word was so powerful that it shaked the spirit out of me..
February 4, 2012: The first Saturday of the Second month of the year 2012. I can say that today, we really had a blast. We felt that its as if the Lord was beside us all through out the time we're worshiping Him. It feels so great to speak to the one who gave life to you. To the one who will never see you anything more or less because He loves you more than anyone else. To the one who's willing to forgive you for everything that you've done. To the one whom you can tell all what's deep inside you and you know He'll never judge you no matter what. To the one who has an unending love for you and deserves your praises. To the one who can give what you think is impossible. To the one who is worthy.. ♥
Mark 10:46-52 tells us that there's nothing impossible with God. He can give us what we want. We just have to have faith in Him and show that He is worthy of our everything. In the verse, Bartimaeus, who is blind, found hope when Jesus passed him by. He didn't let the opportunity passed him by that's why he shouted with all his heart and call upon Jesus. Jesus heard his voice, which has the purest intentions, that's why He was amazed by Bartimaeus. He wished for the sight, and it was forgiven by Jesus. He was healed because he believed.
Napaka-powerful na kaagad nung crowd nung nagpreach si Pastor. By God's grace, naipaliwanag nanaman nya ng maganda yung word. At eto pa yung part na gusto ko, he ask us to clap with all our hearts for Jesus. Kami naman, nonstop sa pag-cclap! I can't believe that. Almost 30 mins kami pumapalakpak, I swear! Kahit na nakakangawit yun, naramdaman ko yung presence ni Jesus kasi hindi nya ako hinayaang tumigil.. Ni hindi ko man naramdaman na pagod ako kaya hindi ako tumigil kahit 1 second. Lalo lang lumakas yung pagpalakpak ko sa kanya, which I didn't expect I can do. Truly, I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Nakapikit lang ako tapos nagppray with all my heart. I'm praying for the things which I know will be heard.. I always pray that he forgive me for all the things that I've done, and for the things that I'm doing which may be sinful but I'm not aware of it. Those little things, and thanking him for all the blessings that he bestowed upon me ♥
These simple tips was given by Pastor Ru in order for us to have a more intact spiritual encounter with Jesus:
1. When divine opportunities comes to you, "SHIFT ALL OUT".
This means that, no matter what do we feel right now, even if we're tired or something, in worshiping Jesus, we should be active and powerful enough to praise Him because he deserves the best from us.
2. When divine opportunities comes to you, "DON'T STOP".
When we are on the moment of talking to Jesus while were praying or something, Satan always has this "things" which can distract us from believing Jesus. In order for us to conquer that, we must not stop believing God. Satan is a liar, when he says NO in everything that we do which makes us doubt about the love of God, we must keep in mind that there is Jesus who says YES behind it. He's the one who's capable of removing IM from the impossible and make all things POSSIBLE. He is the one who STRENGTHENS us so that we CAN DO ALL THINGS.
3. When divine opportunities comes to you, "BELIVE".
When we believe that God is preparing something big for us, everything will fall right to its place. He wants the best for us that's why we just need to believe in him and have faith in him. We live by faith and not by sight, remember? God has this different ways of surprising us and giving the things that we pray for SUDDENLY. A sudden blessing from God is one of the things that we should be thankful for. Isn't it wonderful to have something which you the do not expect to happen, suddenly happens? A blessing. Things that you think you're not capable of doing. Things that you don't expect that you'll going to have.. and all. See? Blessings is all around us, we just have to have faith and open our hearts and minds for Jesus ♥
Let's start our destiny-altering moment, make a great leap forward, and get ready for God's rise of the surprise! Surely, this will be the start of "it-can-only-be-GOD" story for each and everyone of us!♥
"Oh, I'm running to your arms, running to your arms, the riches of your love, will never be enough. Nothing compares to your embrace, light of the world forever reign".. ♫♫
"Call upon the name of the Lord, and be saved. Call upon the name of the Lord, and, be saved"..♫♫
"Here I am to worship, here I am to bow down, here I am to say that you're my God. You're altogether lovely, altogether worthy, altogether wonderful to me".. ♫♫
"Just come to Jesus, he is everything you need. Just turn to Jesus, he is everything you seek. Just come to Jesus, he is everything you need, more than the air you breathe today"..♫♫
