Secured in the everlasting

Secured in the everlasting...

Journal Entries
(This was written Aug.20, 2012)

A woman who is rooted in the Lord, anchored in the "everlasting" builds her significance and satisfaction in her maker, her divine lover and not to human affection.

She knows her role, she knows her true identity and she is secured in the Love of the Lord. She knows how to wait, and knows how to let go, and sees herself in the truest reflection of Christ.

If you are secured in the everlasting, it beckons and tells you to trust and wait even if you don't understand and know. You have faith!

In Him alone,
Pepees

How to have a steadfast heart in the Lord?

Journal entries
(August 10, 2012)

Rooted in Christ...
Satisfied in Him
Devoted, surrender and willing.

"Philippians 1:6-7"
Being Confident of this very thing, 
that He who begun a good work in you,
will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ

"Phil. 02:17"
Yes, and if Iam being poured out as a drink offering
the sacrifice and service of your faith.

Having:












*Surrendered Life:
(Committing a surrendered life)

Phil. 03-7-11, 12-14
 V.07 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted
loss for Christ.
 V.08 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish
that I may gain Christ.

What it means to live a life of surrender?
-Not thinking of self and rights
-Not boastful with past victories but daily yielding to the Spirit day by day, moment by moment.
-Obedient to the Spirit
-Willing and able

In life at times you will loose things, valued people for God's maximum use of you.Nevertheless with all those things, consider them as "rubbish", "garbage", useless, not-profitable just to gain Christ and Him alone.

"God cannot use unsurrendered vessel,you cannot be steadfast if you held something."

*Salvation:
(Coming back to Salvation)

Phil. 03:
  V.09 And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ (Grace), the righteousness which is from God by faith.

What it means to come back at salvation:

-Back to the cross... "the foundation of everything."
-The knowledge of Christ in You, His power, His blood, His redemption, His forgiveness.
-To be held back to the saving and wondrous power of His redemption work.

Think about:
-How you got save? What do I mean by this, the moment you have accepted Christ and began that personal relationship with Him.(Are you a 100% sure that all of your sins are forgiven and that you can go to heaven, if not, please read this verse: John 3:16, Eph. 2:8-9)

"It always comes back to your first love "Christ" , His sacrificial death on the cross and that keeps us steadfast."

*Studying Christ:
(Continuous Study of Him)

 V.10 That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. 

-The knowledge of God keeps us going.
-The right perspective of God in us.
-The right theology that springs up to right living.

A personal desire to be fed not only by preachers, teachers of God's word but a personal genuine desire to know God in our "quiet times", in our "Solitude" in our moments of pressures where we can outbreak our wandering hearts, thirsty soul and needy lives.

*Pressing on:
(Consecrated to the call)

All of us are called, not just in full time service but all of us are called to be a light to this world as children of the Living God.

 V.12 Not that I have already attained or perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Jesus has also laid hold of me.

How to hold on?

V.13 Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.

*Forget the past- "mistakes, failures, short-comings"
 Not to dwell with these things but to accept the newness and forgiveness of Christ in you.
*Daily Confession - Keeping short accounts- Daily crowning yourself with God's unceasing forgiveness.

*Fixing on Goals
Contemplate on the goals, the things you must do, the purpose the Lord has gave you. Fix on the things that lies ahead.

*Finishing the race

V.14 Nevertheless to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.

  In life there are moments when you get discouraged, you get down, you get disappointed from people, from failures and you just want to faint. Yet God teaches us, beckons us and tells us to keep a steadfast heart. A heart rooted in Him first of all, finding all security, finding all answers to Himself and His word.

"Lord you know my heart... easily fainted, easily dismayed, easily desiring to get down, yet Help me to have a steadfast heart, anchoring my soul to You, accepting and living Your truth!

Amen!

In Him alone,
Pepees

When risks are taken

Journal entries
(This entry was written September 30, 2012)

"Risks"
I was able to have a good fellowship with a young lady whom I am ministering with, which I never thought will turn out to be  that beautiful. It rained hard, and so I thought we could not play "badminton" and things will turn out to be boring. I never thought I would enjoy the game, for years I was escaping to learn. I never thought I would begin to like this sport. I never thought I would be able to hit the cock and just have fun.

I grew up that I was not exposed to any sport and I grew up with books, pens and academics. My father did not exposed me to any sport. We were kept in our house while children play hard outside. It lowered my self   esteem and I was always hesitant to join in any games or sports. Until I found a relationship with God, and little by little, the Lord exposed some areas of my life that I need to grow, new avenues to learn, courage to take risks.

I was also able to witness a soccer game for the first time, and then the rain fell yet the rain did not stop them. The players played hard in the field stuck in mud. I got precious realizations from that scene, if they stopped when the rain fell, they would have never enjoyed and gained moreover win! If you never try you will remain to be what you are and never grow.
If you will not take risks you will remain to be what you think is impossible.


"How will you learn if you will not learn"
"How will you know, if you will not try"

For years I was always conventional and traditional, in life you learn by failures, by mistakes, by wrong choices and by painful heartaches. You will never gain, if you will never risk. The best thing and the highlight for me today was being able to play the "badminton." I never thought that I will be able to play this game and was able to hit the cock. I was just enjoying the game. I may never be  the best player but I am glad I am now playing.

"When you try to judge people with who you think they are, you might miss the best and most fruitful friendships.
"When you box people you will limit them with their capabilities.
"When you escape and evade you will run from the moldings that change.
"When you place yourself in the hands of God and do His will, you will never be the same again!

In Him alone,
Pepees

Looking back: Moving Forward

2012 is going to be added to the other years we spent, 
and we are looking forward for another year.
Learning from what had happened...
Gleaning from realizations we had...
Discovering more of who we are and what
we should be :)

This series will be some of the private dealings and encounters I had with Him :) and as I reveal some of the "highlights"  in this year 2012 in my Journal entries.
I am always been writing since 2006 and I kept all my journals in silence, but I as scan
the pages I am blessed, encouraged and was reminded that through out the years 
my God remains to be Chesed, so Iam sharing this to you reader ;)
My prayer is only you will be blessed ^_^