So proud of my godchild who is sharing her talent singing at Victory Christian Church Quezon City
God bless you more Via! I pray for you to grow with greater faith and succeed in life for the glory of God and for you to keep honoring Jesus. You are very talented, go for your dreams. God will help you fulfill it!
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We are at a very exciting time in history as a Christian nation (Philippines). Today, thousands of Christians from the Every Nation and Victory Christian Fellowship are gathering to worship the Lord Jesus Christ wanting to hear how we can be of a positive impact in this generation to honor God with our lives. Delegates from more than 50 nations gathered for this event.
If you want to hear the message shared by Ptr. Grace Aiyedogbon last night, click on that link and be blessed too.
http://www.en2010.com/2010/07/day-1-grace-aiyedogbon-the-table-banquet-of-the-lord-podcast/
The one by Ptr. Rice Brooks is on the following link…
Dr. Rice Brooks at EN2010 Manila Philippines
http://www.en2010.com/podcast/20100722_Rice-Broocks_Every-Nation-Every-Campus.mp3
The conference is happening right now at the SM Mall of Asia SMX Conference Hall. See some of the photos…
EN 2010 at SMX SM Mall of Asia Convention Center
MOA Globe
EN2010
EN 2010 parade assembly
Christine Hermosa and Oyo Sotto at En2010
Oyo Boy Sotto at En2010
Sotto's at EN2010
Christian, Sotto's and Pingris at EN2010
Mommy and I
Visit the Every Nation 2010 website at http://en2010.com for more details.
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Please watch the video for what is in store, call or text me at 0919-5111105, everyone is welcome.
We hope to see you this weekend.
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No Comments »I was reading Christian Post a few days ago, Ptr. Rick Warren (of Saddleback church and author of best seller Purpose Driven Life) posted a letter in his church updating members of the charities and giving they have done for the year and needed USD 900,000 for the church to be debt fee, that’s equal to Forty-one Million (Php 41,000,000) in Philippine money that needed to be raised in Two (2) days! You know that this amount is not small money, and knowing how bad the economy is, it’s hard to think it can be raised.
But our economy is not of this world, our economy is of God’s, the heavenlies, our King is the maker of Heavens and the Earth to whom all things are possible. With in two days, as a response by God’s people, believing Christians, not only US 900,000 was raised but more than twice that, at a whooping USD 2.4M dollars, equal to about One hundred Ten Million (Php 110,400,000.00) Philippine Pesos, mostly donations of less than USD 100 from its more than 20,000 members.
When a project is from God, His resources follow. Glory to God for all the generosity and the charity projects accomplished for the glory of God.
Read the full story at Christian Post
Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite Posted in Faith Building Tags: Christian Post, Christians, Generosity, Rick Warren, Saddle Back Church No Comments »I was doing my devotion yesterday and God gave me Proverbs 21:21 as a theme verse for 2010.
21 He who pursues righteousness and love
finds life, prosperity [a] and honor.
I didn’t notice how 21 appeared in both the verses and the year, just now, pretty cool.
And today the word is very much related to it. Let me share the notes I jotted down from the preaching of the Word by Ptr. Edgar at Victory Center, UP Film Center.
Hosea 10 :12
12 Sow for yourselves righteousness,
reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;
for it is time to seek the LORD,
until he comes
and showers righteousness on you
How do we seek God.
3 Ways to seek God?
1. The right Seed – Sow for yourselves righteousness.
What you sow is what you reap.
Choices we make and actions we take are seeds.
We have to sow the seeds of righteousness ourselves. Our parents, significant, others or pastors can’t do it for us. We must sow seeds of righteousness ourselves.
What is righteousness? It is being in the right standing with God.
2. The Right Soil – “and break up your unplowed grounds and reap the fruits of unfailing love.
Unused or idle soil are hardened with weeds.
In the parable of the Sower, it talked about different soils representing different hearts. How receptive we are on the word being planted in our hearts.
A hardened heart- a heart that resists what God wants to do with us.
A hardened soil will have weeds and thorns that make planting unhealthy or unproductive.
To name two weeds that can harden our soil (our hearts) is Pride and Disobediences.
Daniel 5: 20
20 But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
Hebrews 3:13
13But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Our conscience can be calloused & desensitized, because of repeatedly ignoring the heed of the Holy Spirit, our hearts become callous and can no longer hear.
A broken spirit, He will not despise.
Sometimes we can surrender all areas of our hearts except one, something we don’t want given over to God, such as some addictions, sexual immorality, adultery, ungodly relationships or practices, un forgiveness.
Break it up, till the soil, and trust God to deal with it.
What happens if we don’t break it? Weeds crowd out.
There is this teenager who grew up in a Godly home who was asking her mom if she could watch a movie with friends. The movie will seem to show a lot of obscenity, but since everyone is watching, it would probably be fine.
Her mom said she doesn’t recommend it, but while they prepare dinner, the teener insists coz it seems acceptable. Her mom just finished doing the salads, and while she cleans up, instead of putting the peeling from the potatoes in the trash, she put it on the salad. The daughter got surprised and asked why her mom would do that. Her Mom replied, that’s what happens when you go out there and see an obscene film, it’s like putting garbage to your soul and spoil the rest of it, and can no longer be useful. If you can put garbage to your soul, maybe you wouldn’t mind putting garbage to your body.
Whether that is a true story or not, we get the picture.
Deliberate compromising will make our heart callous. We can’t have the concept of abusing God’s grace, compromise and ask forgiveness after.
3. Right Time –“until he comes & showers Righteousness on you” Some are very impatient. Lord, bless me and I will obey, if you don’t then I won’t follow you.
Don’t give up on seeking the Lord, in due time you will reap a harvest of blessings.
If you have a bank account that gets a daily credit of USD 86,400 a day but at the end of the day goes down to zero even if you withdraw from it or not, unspent amount is not credited to the next day, what would you do? Withdraw it everyday and spend it, right?
Every day, you are given 84,600 seconds to do what is right and plant seeds of righteousness for a harvest of blessing you will not have enough room to contain it.
One way to seek God is by doing prayer and fasting. We invite you to join us from Jan. 8-14, 2010 for a 7 Day prayer and fasting.
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If you want to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, all you need to do is talk to him. I can help you say a prayer, prayer is talking with God.
The Lord knows your heart and is not particular with your words as He is looking at the attitude of your heart. You can receive Jesus Christ right now by faith, please say this prayer out loud with me if you wish to follow a suggested prayer.
“Lord Jesus, I need you, Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my lief and receive You as my Lord and Saviour. Thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be.”
Does this prayer express your heart’s desire? If it does, pray this prayer right now and Christ will come in to your life, as He promised.
If you prayed this prayer, I would be glad to hear from you, please feel free to email me at arellevalla (at) gmail (dot) com.
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I hope you enjoyed the song.
Have you heard of the famous Filipino sayings “kasabihan”?Tumalon pag bag taon para tumangkad
(Jump during New Year’s eve so you will become tall) How many of you did that? lol… It’s genetics that plays a role in how tall we can be 
We can be sincere, but end up proven sincerely wrong about the things we got used to believing.
Being shared at church right now is having a Right Foundation to progress in our christian life. Please allow me to share the notes I took.
The first foundation we need to have is to have Repentance. A changed mind that leads to a change in action. A change in lifestyle.
What is Repentance? It is a change of thought and action to correct a wrong and gain forgiveness from a person who is wronged.
Repentance is different from remorse or regret.
Let us read 2 Corinthians 7:10-11 (New International Version)10Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 11See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
Do you remember the story of Adam and Eve when they ate the fruit from the Tree of life? After eating what God said is forbidden, they had shame in their hearts and covered themselves. What did God do? He killed an animal and covered them.
Because Man, you and I fell into sin, we need to repent and be forgiven. We can’t clean and just cover up our sins. What has to happen is for someone to die for us and cover our sins for us. It’s what Jesus Christ did for us.
Dirty laundry goes where? to the Washing Machine. Dirty clothes can’t clean themselves. We can’t clean ourselves too. We need the blood of Jesus Christ to clean us, by faith. In the presence of God, there is true forgiveness. We don’t need to do things to earn forgiveness, we just have to have faith.
No good works will ever outweigh the bad things we have done.
Isaiah 64:6 (New International Version)6 All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
ALL our righteous acts are like filthy rags. It is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is what will free us from all kinds of guilt and shame. It’s about accepting the love of God that he sent his one and only son for you and I so we can be forgiven and be guilt free.
How many of you dream of wanting that you can wake up and things just be new again? Guess what, you can have that today. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ can save us and free us.
Have you tried the Stationary Bike? How many of you agree that no matter how hard and long you stride on these bikes, you are not gonna get anywhere? Yes, you will get tired and lose some fats and calories, but still you are in the same place.
What will get you to the place of God’s best, is what Christ has done, not what you can do. The right foundation to achieve maturity in the spirit and be strong in this life is to have a foundation of Repentance first and foremost and having faith in God.
Instead of being in a spiritual stationary bike state, be on a pedicab, sit back and let God do the driving.
One wife asked his husband: Do you love me? he answered Yes. and she asked Why? He said, I love you, period! (No conditions!) We are so used to works mentality, that we get uneasy to come across unconditional love. We are used to doing to earn love,instead of doing because we love. It’s not what we can do, but what he has done. Jesus did die for us because he loves us, not because we did something that earns his love.
It is done, it is finished.
Receive the gift of life and freedom today! Let us repent from our old ways and have faith in God.
*This is not my personal sharing but notes on the preaching shared at Victory Christian fellowship at UP. I wrote it here so you may be blessed as it has blessed me. You are welcome to learn with me, try visiting our church’s website and listen to the Word
Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite It’s okey to act like a baby, walk like a baby and talk like a baby, but not if its been 5, 10, 15 years. Imagine if you still wore diapers today It’s not cute to remain a baby.Sharing with you notes taken on Word of God heard at Victory Christian U Belt on the Series “ABC” – Leaving the Elementary Teachings and going on to Maturity.
The text is on Hebrews 5:11-6:2 (New International Version)
11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. 12In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
Hebrews 6
1Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death,[a] and of faith in God, 2instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
God has a lot in store for you and i.
Remember the time when music can be heard only from a Transistor Radio, to walk man, Mp3, now we have the Ipod, and the Itouch. Even technology progresses, things evolve, so must we.
God doesn’t want us to stay the same. Be a teacher already. It’s time to leave the elementary teachings.
Did you start out as a baby? ? If you’re a human being, then most likely yes! It’s okey to act like a baby, walk like a baby and talk like a baby, but not if it’s been 5, 10, 15 years. Imagine if you still wore diapers today It’s not cute to remain a baby.
Staying as a baby can happen in our Christian life too. It’s not cute when there is no change in our life. There must be signs of Growth, Development and Progress in us.
If we are struggling about the same temptations through the years and battling the same issues, then there is a reason to be concerned.
Still have issues with your temper? With Lust? with infidelity? with mishandling money? with treating your family members?
We should be becoming Christ-like.
Can you be grade 1 for 10 years? For some of us, the situation is sometimes committed, sometime not,sometimes chooses what is right, sometimes compromising.
Whats the difference between those who grow and those who stagnate? Why are some of us trapped in a cycle and reverting back to old ways. Committed then backslide.
You know what the difference is? Its the Foundation! Solid Rock foundation will ensure progress
Psalm 11:3 (New International Version)
3 When the foundations are being destroyed,what can the righteous do [a] ?” We have to move from Pt A (stagnated life) to Pt B (progressive life)
Growing from Strength to Strength. Faith to Faith, Glory to Glory!
Fruitfulness and the character of God must be evident in us. Generally we want advancement. No one plans to commit and plan to backslide. We can ask God to help us be faithful and finish strong. We can’t afford to just have a good facade but a bad foundation.
You are surely familiar with the Tower of Pisa.
In 1990 it was started restoration because it’s been increasingly learning, and USD 27 Million has been spent on it to support it. Having a weak foundation can have devastating and costly effects in our lives when the storm comes. Having a strong foundation will keep up firm in the midst of a storm.
Let us not be content in just looking good. Let’s desire to have a good foundation.
How do we build a strong foundation? How is foundation built in the life of a Christian?
Matthew 7:24 (New International Version)
24″Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Are we hearing the Word? Are we giving time to reading the scripture and taking what it says to heart, and living it? We have a decision to make. Build a strong or a weak foundation.
Hear the Word and do what it says, or ignore it and chose our way.
Jesus is a strong foundation. Obeying and not just knowing his Word will surelycreate a solid foundation.
Part of the Foundation is having true repentance, getting Baptized and and prayed for (laying of hands), more on these will be shared in the next couple of services on this series, the ABC.
Please visit Victory Christian Fellowship website and listen to the Word today or better yet, come to any of our services through out the country.
You are welcome to join us in our Church Services at Victory Christian Fellowship University Belt in Recto, at the St. Thomas Square – top floor. There are afternoon services at 3Pm and 5PM on Sundays. It’s right along Espana Ave. very easy to find.
A scary sound of strong winds woke me up this morning. I can hear the neighbors roof banging and our window shaking from the winds. Another storm “Santi” hit our country and it’s good that it’s now out of the Philippines area of responsibility. I would like to share a word i heard from church last October 4, 2009 at Victory Christian Fellowship, U-Belt, sorry i wasn’t able to get the Pastor’s name , i attend at Galleria but went to Ubelt coz I am having my review class there.
You might want to do a song of worship, here is what we sang that afternoon.
This is our God
This is our God – Lyrics
http://www.kovideo.net/lyrics/c/Chris-Tomlin/This-Is-Our-God.html
The word is from Mark 4:35-41 (New International Version)
Jesus Calms the Storm
35That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
39He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. 40He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 41They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
Pastor asked if you have you been on a vehicle where the driver develops your prayer life? They drive too fast, it drives you crazy, you end up praying all through out the trip. lol.
Thats what he experienced when he was travelling on a bus to his usual provincial preaching assignments. He went to ask the driver if he is not scared at all. The driver replied, no! because you are with me. and i know you are a pastor, God will take care of us. lol
There are 2 observations that was shared on the “Jesus calm the Storm Story”
1. Storms will come in our lives even if Jesus is with us.
There are people who make the assumption that when they come to know Christ, they will no longer have storms in life. Asking things like Why did this happen to me? when a storm you think you don’t deserve to have.
1 Peter 4:12 (New International Version)
Suffering for Being a Christian
12Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.
Because there is a storm in your life, it doesn’t mean that God doesnt love you, or he is punishing you or angry at you. Accept that storms are part of life.
Let’s watch this first 30 seconds of this clip from “Perfect Storm” to see what a storm is like.
How can one stay asleep in a storm like this. We know that Jesus calmed the storm when the disciples woke him and He commanded that storm to stop.
So why was Jesus sleeping? The disciples realized that the Jesus they have been is stronger, bigger than they know. Maybe Jesus wanted to introduce himself to us. He is someone to whom even a storm will obey.
2. Jesus is in control of the storm
You may have storms of your life like debt, broken relationships, illness and what have you. No matter how furious the storm in your life is, Jesus is in control.
Just like the story of Job…God was in control of his storm
Job 42:12-16 (New International Version)
12 The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
God is in control of the devil. God blessed him many times over.
Isnt it odd that Jesus would sleep in the storm? Have you witnessed a storm? I tell you, it’s difficult to sleep amidst of it, especially if you’re in a boat in the midst of it. How come you are sleeping? they must have questioned the Lord. Could it be that Jesus deliberately slept, so the disciples will realize that when all hope is gone, they would turn to him and say Lord, you are our only hope.
We will never know that God is all we need, when we know God is all we have.
There was a storm within them, in their hearts.
Mark 4:40 (New International Version)
40He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
He asked, Why are you so afraid? Jesus saw the condition of the heart? Doubt, unbelief. To calm the storm outside, first, calm the storm inside. Jesus cares. He wants to calm the storm inside of us. Faith in Christ will calm the storm inside of us. As we trust him, he will calm the storm of self pity, greed, envy, jelousy, insecurity.
Only Jesus can. John 16:33
John 16:33 (New International Version)
33″I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
*This are my notes from the preaching, and not my thoughts. I am sharing this so maybe you can be blessed just like me. Please visit my church’s website to listen to the preachings directly. at http://victory.org.ph/resources/podcast.html God bless.
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