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Being a Christian-a life long learning

May 16th, 2012

Arelle V. White

Ways to Be a Great Christian

Millions of Christians all over the world have discovered the powerful and loving message of Jesus Christ. It has enabled people to live compassionate, honest, responsible, and joyful lives. However, the temptations of life can easily lead one astray. Here are some ways to help you be a great Christian, so that you can stay on track on follow your true purpose in life.

Practice the Teachings of Christianity in Every Situation

The environment in a church is wonderful for developing a peaceful and loving mind, as well as for experiencing feelings of kindness towards other people. However, for many people, once they leave church and encounter the daily stresses of a competitive and face-paced world, many of the teachings get thrown out the window. It is important to have awareness of your actions. Pay close attention to how you behave in different circumstances and, if you experience negative emotions such as anger, sadness or anxiety, pause for a moment and reflect on the teachings and how they would help you effectively handle the situation in a loving and compassionate manner.

Purify

It is quite easy to judge and notice the shortcomings of other people. However, we often fail to notice or refuse to look at our own faults. In order to best help the world around us and project the message of Christ outward, we must purify ourselves internally. At the end of every day, take stock your behavior and how you could have done things differently. Acknowledge your faults and mistakes, and pray for forgiveness. Trust in God. Learn to universally accept and love yourself just as God would. Every moment can be a symbolic baptism as you purify yourself in the infinite love of God.

Love Everyone Unconditionally

One of greatest gifts that Jesus gave to the world was his teachings on love, particularly unconditional love. God leaves nothing out in his expression of love. It is whole and complete. Love is accessible to you as long as you are open to it. Follow what Jesus has modeled for us and love everyone unconditionally, despite their flaws or differences.

Pray Regularly

It is important to pray regularly. It create the conditions for a peaceful, loving, and happy mind and opens yourself up to the omnipresent love of God. Recite meaningful passages from the Bible. Contemplate the message of Christ and how it applies to your life. Find solace in prayer and feel the love of God.

Perhaps you are interested in pursuing a career that will help you share the message of Christ, such as theology or counseling. Check out some online universities for information on educational opportunities.

Sources

Get Christian Answers (2012)

mybroadband (2005)

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2 Major Characteristics of the Fingerprint

April 29th, 2012

Arelle V. White

The fingerprint has 2 major characteristics.

1) It is Unique-There are billions of people in the world, yet each has a different pattern.

2) It is Constant – The pattern doesn’t change from when it is formed from conception till death when the flesh return to dust.

— God created you and I with attention, with mindfulness and love…He said in Jeremiah 1:5 ….Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…Psalm 139:14 says we were fearfully and wonderfully made!

Imagine that number of people (billions) and only a very little space (tip of the finger) for God to make patterns different from everybody else. Plus he has to make sure it will not change as we grow from infant to old age…I don’t know about you but I found my Creator amazing and loving to give me such detail, and attention.

Claim the blessings God has for you, because He surely prepared a lot. He knows the challenges and the trials we are to face, and so he brings situations that will build us up so we can overcome them. Psalm 32:8 says.. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.

He reminds us further in Proverbs 3:5-6 to …. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

You see, God is all knowing… He knows that we can be weak and feeling lost… but he promised to lead and guide, all we have to do is come to him and ask… James 1:5 even says…If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you

Everything we need in this life can be found in the truth of the word of God… if you can believe in a saying…by any body famous… then you can believe in the Word of the one who died for you, Jesus Christ! I do!

You are important and God has a plan for your life! Today is a good day to worship the living and loving God who made us! Have a happy Sunday.

This would be a good movie to watch if you got the time…

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Blackberry makes me happy?!

January 10th, 2012

Arelle V. White

A Blackberry phone makes me happy! because through it, my husband and I can send each other messages from anywhere we are in the world when travelling!

Ok, it’s not blackberry that actually makes me happy, it’s my husbands messages of love and care that I receive on it! It’s Instant Messengers let us enjoy unlimited chat, no more P2.50/message that keeps me buying a lot of load, through the BBMax service on Globe, for P599 a month, it’s a big savings for the kind of communicating that we do. One time I spent almost P2000 in load in two weeks using the regular YM service on mobile when travelling! I thank God for technology when it’s used this way!

This is one of the many messages…I like this one particularly because he mentions about prayer and fasting being the way how he received a word from God! about me!

My husbands message last January 7, 2012

(Translation: Listening to Hillsong from the “Inside Out”. 3 Years ago I would listen to a it a lot the same time I met you, When fasted God gave your hand to me. I love you more than words would ever express. I thank the Lord for blessing me with your love. I’m your’s always and forever.! (Of course I replied very lovingly too, acknowledging him as God’s gift to me!)

I received this text on our Day 2 of Prayer and Fasting while at church attending the prayer meeting. I can fully say that our marriage is a product of seeking God’s will through prayer and fasting!

Here is the song Inside Out by Hillsong.

I thank God for blessing me with a wonderful husband who loves the Lord! And because of the love of God, he is able to love me more than I can imagine!

If your husband doesn’t know the Lord, start praying he does come to know the Lord! Why? Because God has a clear instruction to him.

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” – Ephesians 5:25

To all Christian single women, if you want a genuine Christian man for a husband, be the first to pray and fast asking God to help the man He has for you to find you
If you want to know my story, read on…

In December of 2008, my friends, Ate Janet, Luzette, Zed and I went up the Prayer Mountain in Antipolo to seek God in prayer for our group goal of going to Boracay the following year, January 2009 for a Real Estate project Alta Vista De Boracay by DMCI Homes and Crown Regency Boracay by Fuente Triangle that we want to market. There we lifted up that desire in prayer, and with that was our personal requests to God, too.

In the prayer mountain, I told God that I believe I am ready to start a relationship, and for him to confirm who (if I already know him), or meet who (if I don’t know him yet) He intend for me to start a relationship with.

Before the year 2008 ended, our group took a trip to Cebu, and I had the opportunity to be part of the first batch to ride the Sky Adventure at the Crown regency hotel! And as we like putting our travel photos online, Doug saw a photo of me in a harness in a Christian website and messaged me out of curiosity of what I was doing, to which i simply replied with something like, I was on a Sky adventure in the tallest Hotel in the Philippines.

We started talking more about faith and travelling after that. In January 2009, I informed him of the church doing the annual praying and fasting, to which I am not expecting he would participate, but he did.

During the fast, he believe God spoke to him, and the rest is history… He gave time to know me, and so did I. While getting to know each other, meeting each others family, praying together. I seek God for a confirmation about the destiny of our courtship, if this is His answer to me when I prayed at the mountain? and the Lord did. I had some concerns that I had to lift up to God to give me peace about, and then on one trip from Kalibo to Boracay, I was listening to Joel Osteen’s, Become a Better you on my Ipod (that he gave), I heard the encouragement I needed that served as my confirmation of a “go” from God, and that He is blessing it. Was it all a bed of roses all the way? no, we had serious disagreements having grown from different backgrounds and cultures, but whenever God intervened, it all gets cleared and restored.

He proposed marriage to me in September 2009, and formally asked for my hand in marriage from my mom in January 2010, and got married the same year.

Thank you to my husband for being obedient to God! lol