Thank you for all who prayed with me!

The Lord Jesus said in John 15:5,"...apart from Me you can do nothing."
Now Lord, "Let them know that it is your hand, that you, O LORD, have done it. Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness." (Psalm 109:27, 115:1)

Yesterday(November 25,2012), was the first time I sang the solo part in front of the congregation of our church for our monthly choir song offering. I was also tasked to do a short exhortation for the song. I was so nervous, I didn't want to distract people from worshiping the Lord with such a beautiful song just because of my nervousness. The song is Light of the world by Dennis Jernigan. Thank you to those who have prayed with me on the song offering yesterday. The Lord's grace was amazing, not only to me but to the whole choir. He graciously helped us. I just entrust all the fruits of the message of the song and the exhortation to Him.

Remember dear reader, we can only perform and serve, but apart from Christ, all is in vain.

Just like Jonah, who was called by the Lord, sinned against Him, and yet, when He repented, God still didn't change His mind about Jonah. That is how amazingly gracious the Lord is. God is so holy that He hates any sin! He could have just stricken Jonah by a lightning, or even allowed the ground to swallow Him up. But He didn't do that, He patiently called Him for the purpose that He was called to do. After that, patiently teaching Jonah about the things that he still had to learn in life. The Lord is Holy, He is just when He judges. He is the God of second chances. Let's just be careful to quickly grab the chances He gives us, because we don't know when will be our last.

Once again, thank you so much and have a blessed week!

All the glory goes to my Lord who loved me and gave Himself up for me. ♥
"Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ." -Galatians 1:10 

Nervous! I covet your prayers. Please? :)

I'm really nervous because it's my first time to sing a solo part in a Sunday choir song offering in our church, the song is Light of the World by Dennis Jernigan.

It's a very beautiful song about the Light of the world who is of course, the Lord Jesus Christ. You can listen to a Youtube video of it here. :)

I like the whole song and some of my favorite parts are these:

• "Light of the world, shone through my darkest night, brought me into the light.."
• "Helping my blind eyes to see.. Setting me free, living in me.."
• "Precious Lamb crucified.. Savior, Lord, Jesus Christ.."
• "I give my life to say, You are the ONLY way.. "

It worships our Lord, I frequently end up teary-eyed singing this.

Please pray for these:

• That I don't end up crying because parts of the song touches my heart so. I don't want to distract the congregation because of crying and because of a voice that trembles just because of my nervousness.
• That all of us in the choir will be alert and not be the cause of distraction for the congregation as we all worship together through the song.
• That I will not try to win approval of men, but of God. Not to please men but to please God.
• That the Holy Spirit will so move the hearts of each listener and cause them to worship in Spirit and in Truth.
• That above all, the Lord will be honored, seen and glorified. And that none of us will rob the Lord of the glory that is due Him and Him alone.

Glory to God! I should be excited for how the Lord will move, right? Because I know that His grace is sufficient (2 Corinthians 12:9), that it is a privilege to serve the Most Holy and High King of Glory, and that He don't need any of us but chooses to allow us to participate in His work anyway. Praise God!

Thanksgiving

I thank my Lord Jesus Christ for saving me. I’m already assured that I’ll be with Him when I die.

I thank God for the freedom to worship Him and meet together in His name in the Philippines!

I thank God for not dealing w/me as my sins deserved&the forgiveness through believing in Christ’s death on the cross.

I praise God for disciplining me w/ grace, mercy & love.

I thank God for the privilege of being called to live for Him.

I praise God that I can trust Him in difficult situations.

I thank God for being the Only Living and Only True God.

I thank God for being my God.