Monday, December 29, 2008
Saved
Forgive others
Reject bitterness
Follow God's righteousness
Freedom from guilt, shame and condemnation through God's redemption
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Religion vs Christianity
I came across some notes written by Passion and it made me think a lot... I came to realise that I believe this is the truth, judging from my personal experiences. It is confusing after being taught that faith and works gives salvation but now I think that this makes more sense.
Looking back on the first time that Jesus touched me, God truly reached out to me, making me whole again - I didn't do much except pronounce my faith to the world. I cannot testify enough how much God reaches out to people and saves them! On that note, read what Passion has to say about this topic :)
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Hey World Here are some notes that I took while listening and watching a sermon that a Pastor preached. I hope that you can or would take time to read the verses stated in this sermon or simply consider what's being said:
Religion is mans attempt to please God by adhering to rules and regulations.
-Galatians 1:6-7
Why are people drawn to religion?
-Provides a system of measurement
-It provides a false comfort
I am not a religious person because religion never works
Problem with religion:
-It creates confusion
-Galatians 1:7
Break down the barriers and concentrate on the ONE thing that matters; that Jesus died on the cross for your sins.
-Galatians 1:10
-Religion focuses on mans work.
Why do people embrace religion?
-JESUS. Not Jesus PLUS being religious. It is JESUS no matter what!
The book of Galatians is all about breaking down the myth of religion.
RELIGION is spelled DO
You gotta do this, you gotta do that, gotta do it do it do it
CHRISTIANITY is spelled DONE
There is nothing left to do, when Jesus died on the cross for your sins, and when you accept that free gift of salvation, THATS IT! PERIOD! You do not have to do WORKS to gain His salvation.
RELIGION is mans attempt to reach God
CHRISTIANITY is the opposite. It is Gods attempt to reach man. Its Jesus loving us SO MUCH, that when we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. NOT when we were so good, but when we were sinners.
NOT US REACHING TO GOD, BUT GOD REACHING TO US
RELIGION focuses on the external
CHRISTIANITY focuses on the internal (whats inside your heart?)
God doesnt look at the exterior, He looks at the HEART.
Why are we doing the things we are doing?
I obey God not to gain His approval,
I obey God because of my sincere appreciation for what Hes done.
How does this apply to me?
-Galatians 1:11-12
-If you look at every other world religion on the scene, ever other religion that man has come up with, it all boils up to one thing, MAN trying to please the god. Man TRYING to gain approval, man TRYING to do this, man DYING, TRYING to please God.
-Christianity is totally different. Christianitys God dying for the world, while we were yet sinners.
-Galatians 1:13- 14 (BUT WHEN GOD)
-But when God changes everything.
-There are people that feel so bad for what they have done, BUT WHEN GOD, comes into the scene, everything changes.
-It doesnt matter what youve done or how many times youve done it, BUT WHEN GOD.
-When Saul saw Jesus, everything changed.
-When you catch a glimpse of what Jesus has done for you, everything changes.
-When God speaks, the doctors are silent.
-Jesus did not come into the world to put us in bondage (RELIGION),
-He didnt come into the world for us to live by a set of rules and regulations,
-Jesus came into the world for ONE purpose, to set the captives free.
-When you are free, you are free indeed!
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So these are my notes that i took the other day. Remember that religion bites! yikes! lol. And remember that reading His word, praying, and just spending time with Him is what He longs for. Not your works and your constant battle of gaining His love. It's already been given to you. He wants to have a relationship with you, not religion. Anybody can be religious, but its the HEART that God looks for. Take care and God bless!
sincerely,
Jeremy "Passion" Manongdo
Looking back on the first time that Jesus touched me, God truly reached out to me, making me whole again - I didn't do much except pronounce my faith to the world. I cannot testify enough how much God reaches out to people and saves them! On that note, read what Passion has to say about this topic :)
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Hey World Here are some notes that I took while listening and watching a sermon that a Pastor preached. I hope that you can or would take time to read the verses stated in this sermon or simply consider what's being said:
Religion is mans attempt to please God by adhering to rules and regulations.
-Galatians 1:6-7
Why are people drawn to religion?
-Provides a system of measurement
-It provides a false comfort
I am not a religious person because religion never works
Problem with religion:
-It creates confusion
-Galatians 1:7
Break down the barriers and concentrate on the ONE thing that matters; that Jesus died on the cross for your sins.
-Galatians 1:10
-Religion focuses on mans work.
Why do people embrace religion?
-JESUS. Not Jesus PLUS being religious. It is JESUS no matter what!
The book of Galatians is all about breaking down the myth of religion.
RELIGION is spelled DO
You gotta do this, you gotta do that, gotta do it do it do it
CHRISTIANITY is spelled DONE
There is nothing left to do, when Jesus died on the cross for your sins, and when you accept that free gift of salvation, THATS IT! PERIOD! You do not have to do WORKS to gain His salvation.
RELIGION is mans attempt to reach God
CHRISTIANITY is the opposite. It is Gods attempt to reach man. Its Jesus loving us SO MUCH, that when we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. NOT when we were so good, but when we were sinners.
NOT US REACHING TO GOD, BUT GOD REACHING TO US
RELIGION focuses on the external
CHRISTIANITY focuses on the internal (whats inside your heart?)
God doesnt look at the exterior, He looks at the HEART.
Why are we doing the things we are doing?
I obey God not to gain His approval,
I obey God because of my sincere appreciation for what Hes done.
How does this apply to me?
-Galatians 1:11-12
-If you look at every other world religion on the scene, ever other religion that man has come up with, it all boils up to one thing, MAN trying to please the god. Man TRYING to gain approval, man TRYING to do this, man DYING, TRYING to please God.
-Christianity is totally different. Christianitys God dying for the world, while we were yet sinners.
-Galatians 1:13- 14 (BUT WHEN GOD)
-But when God changes everything.
-There are people that feel so bad for what they have done, BUT WHEN GOD, comes into the scene, everything changes.
-It doesnt matter what youve done or how many times youve done it, BUT WHEN GOD.
-When Saul saw Jesus, everything changed.
-When you catch a glimpse of what Jesus has done for you, everything changes.
-When God speaks, the doctors are silent.
-Jesus did not come into the world to put us in bondage (RELIGION),
-He didnt come into the world for us to live by a set of rules and regulations,
-Jesus came into the world for ONE purpose, to set the captives free.
-When you are free, you are free indeed!
___________________________________________________
So these are my notes that i took the other day. Remember that religion bites! yikes! lol. And remember that reading His word, praying, and just spending time with Him is what He longs for. Not your works and your constant battle of gaining His love. It's already been given to you. He wants to have a relationship with you, not religion. Anybody can be religious, but its the HEART that God looks for. Take care and God bless!
sincerely,
Jeremy "Passion" Manongdo
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Strong Christians
Leadership training - Pastor Philip Mantofa
You have to be stronger in faithfulness to God, you have to pray more, read the bible more. Seek His face more, especially if you want to win your family to God, then you cannot be weak christians. You have to be strong in claiming God's promise for your family. When your family hinders you from coming to the Lord, whether to church, or to anything that is of the Lord; don't be angry with them, don't scold them, because anger is weakness. Any strength of the flesh is weakness of the spirit. You should come down on your knees to your God and pray for them. You should show them love. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you the discipline of showing love and one day, because you are stronger than them, you will lead them to Christ.
Monday, December 1, 2008
A Daily Prayer
My Dear Lord Jesus,
I come to you now to be restored in you – to renew my place in you, my allegiance to you, and to receive from you all the grace and mercy I so desperately need this day. I honour you as my sovereign Lord, and I surrender every aspect of my life totally and completely to you. I give you my body as a living sacrifice; I give you my heart, soul, mind, and strength; and I give you my spirit as well. I cover myself with your blood – my spirit, my soul and my body. I ask you Holy Spirit to restore my union with you, seal me in you, and guide me in this time of prayer.
Dear God, holy and victorious Trinity, you alone are worthy of all my worship, my heart’s devotion, all my praise and all my trust and all the glory of my life. I worship you, bow to you, and give myself over to you in my heart’s search for life. You alone are Life, and you have become my life. I renounce all other gods, all idols, and I give you the place in my heart and in my life that you truly deserve. I confess here and now that it is all about you, God, not about me. You are the Hero of this story, and I belong to you. Forgive me for my every sin. Search me, know me and reveal to me any aspect of my life that is not pleasing to you, expose any agreements I have made with my Enemy, and grant me the grace of a deep and true repentance.
Heavenly Father, thank you for loving me and choosing me before you made the world. You are my true Father - my Creator, my Redeemer, my Sustainer, and the true end of all things, including my life. I love you; I trust you; I worship you. Thank you for proving your love for me by sending Your only Son, Jesus, to be my sacrifice and my new life. I receive him and all his life and all his work, which you ordained for me. Thank you for including me in Christ, for forgiving me my sins, for granting me his righteousness, for making me complete in him. Thank you for making me alive with Christ, raising me with him, granting me his authority, and anointing me with your Holy Spirit. I receive it all with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Jesus, thank you for coming for me, for ransoming me with you own life. I honour you as my Lord; I love you, worship you, trust you. I sincerely receive you as my redemption, and I receive all the work and triumph of your crucifixion, whereby I am cleansed from all my sins through your shed blood, my old nature is removed, my heart is circumcised unto God and every claim being made against me is disarmed. I take my place in your cross and death, whereby I have died with you to sin and to my flesh, to the world and to the Evil One. I am crucified with Christ. I now take up my cross and crucify my flesh with all its pride, unbelief and idolatry. I put off the old man. I now bring the cross of Christ between me and all people, all spirits, all things. Holy Spirit, apply to me the fullness of the work of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ for me. I receive it with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Jesus I also sincerely receive you as my new life, my holiness and sanctification, and I receive all the work and triumph of your resurrection, whereby I have been raised with you to a new life, to walk in the newness of life, dead to sin and alive to God. I am crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. I now take my place in your resurrection, whereby I have been made alive with you, I reign in life through you. I put on the new person in all holiness and humility, in all righteousness, purity and truth. Christ is now my life, the one who strengthens me. Holy Spirit apply to me the fullness of the resurrection of Jesus Christ for me. I receive it with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Jesus, I also sincerely receive you as my authority and rule, my everlasting victory over Satan and his kingdom, and I receive all the work and triumph of your ascension, whereby Satan has been judged and cast down, his rulers and authorities disarmed, all authority in heaven and on earth given to you, Jesus, and I have been given fullness in you, the Head over all, I take my place in your ascension, whereby I have been raised with you to the right hand of the Father and established with you in all authority.
I bring your authority and your kingdom rule over my life, my family, my household and my domain. Now I bring the fullness of your work – your cross, resurrection, and ascension – against Satan, against his kingdom and against all his emissaries and all their work warring against me and my domain. Greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world. Christ has given me authority to overcome all the power of the Evil One, I claim that authority now over and against every Enemy, and I banish them in the name of Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit apply to me the fullness of the work of the ascension of Jesus Christ for me. I receive it with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Holy Spirit, I sincerely receive you as my Counselor, my Comforter, my Strength, and my Guide. Thank you for sealing me in Christ. I honour you as my Lord, and I ask you to lead me into all truth, to anoint me for all of my life, my walk, my calling, and to lead me deeper into Jesus today. I fully open my life to you in every dimension and aspect – my body, soul and spirit; choosing to be filled with you, to walk in step with you in all things. Apply to me, blessed Holy Spirit, all of the work and all of the gifts in Pentecost. Fill me afresh, blessed Holy Spirit. I receive you with thanks and give you total claim to my life.
Heavenly Father, thank you for granting to me every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus. I receive those blessings into my life today, and I ask the Holy Spirit to bring all those blessings into my life this day. Thank you for the blood of Jesus. Wash me once more with his blood from every sin and stain and evil device. I put on your armour – the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the readiness of the gospel of peace, the helmet of salvation. I take up the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, and I wield these weapons against the Evil One in the power of God. I choose to pray at all times in the Spirit, to be strong in you, Lord, and in your might.
Father, thank you for your angels. I summon them in the authority of Jesus Christ and release them to war for me and my household. May they guard me at all times this day. Thank you for those who pray for me; I confess I need their prayers, and I ask you to send forth your Spirit and rouse them, unite them, raising up the full canopy of prayer and intercession for me. I call forth the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ this day throughout my home, my family, my life and my domain. I pray all of this in the name of Jesus Christ, with all glory and thanks to him, Amen.
- "Captivating" by John and Staci Eldridge
I come to you now to be restored in you – to renew my place in you, my allegiance to you, and to receive from you all the grace and mercy I so desperately need this day. I honour you as my sovereign Lord, and I surrender every aspect of my life totally and completely to you. I give you my body as a living sacrifice; I give you my heart, soul, mind, and strength; and I give you my spirit as well. I cover myself with your blood – my spirit, my soul and my body. I ask you Holy Spirit to restore my union with you, seal me in you, and guide me in this time of prayer.
Dear God, holy and victorious Trinity, you alone are worthy of all my worship, my heart’s devotion, all my praise and all my trust and all the glory of my life. I worship you, bow to you, and give myself over to you in my heart’s search for life. You alone are Life, and you have become my life. I renounce all other gods, all idols, and I give you the place in my heart and in my life that you truly deserve. I confess here and now that it is all about you, God, not about me. You are the Hero of this story, and I belong to you. Forgive me for my every sin. Search me, know me and reveal to me any aspect of my life that is not pleasing to you, expose any agreements I have made with my Enemy, and grant me the grace of a deep and true repentance.
Heavenly Father, thank you for loving me and choosing me before you made the world. You are my true Father - my Creator, my Redeemer, my Sustainer, and the true end of all things, including my life. I love you; I trust you; I worship you. Thank you for proving your love for me by sending Your only Son, Jesus, to be my sacrifice and my new life. I receive him and all his life and all his work, which you ordained for me. Thank you for including me in Christ, for forgiving me my sins, for granting me his righteousness, for making me complete in him. Thank you for making me alive with Christ, raising me with him, granting me his authority, and anointing me with your Holy Spirit. I receive it all with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Jesus, thank you for coming for me, for ransoming me with you own life. I honour you as my Lord; I love you, worship you, trust you. I sincerely receive you as my redemption, and I receive all the work and triumph of your crucifixion, whereby I am cleansed from all my sins through your shed blood, my old nature is removed, my heart is circumcised unto God and every claim being made against me is disarmed. I take my place in your cross and death, whereby I have died with you to sin and to my flesh, to the world and to the Evil One. I am crucified with Christ. I now take up my cross and crucify my flesh with all its pride, unbelief and idolatry. I put off the old man. I now bring the cross of Christ between me and all people, all spirits, all things. Holy Spirit, apply to me the fullness of the work of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ for me. I receive it with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Jesus I also sincerely receive you as my new life, my holiness and sanctification, and I receive all the work and triumph of your resurrection, whereby I have been raised with you to a new life, to walk in the newness of life, dead to sin and alive to God. I am crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. I now take my place in your resurrection, whereby I have been made alive with you, I reign in life through you. I put on the new person in all holiness and humility, in all righteousness, purity and truth. Christ is now my life, the one who strengthens me. Holy Spirit apply to me the fullness of the resurrection of Jesus Christ for me. I receive it with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Jesus, I also sincerely receive you as my authority and rule, my everlasting victory over Satan and his kingdom, and I receive all the work and triumph of your ascension, whereby Satan has been judged and cast down, his rulers and authorities disarmed, all authority in heaven and on earth given to you, Jesus, and I have been given fullness in you, the Head over all, I take my place in your ascension, whereby I have been raised with you to the right hand of the Father and established with you in all authority.
I bring your authority and your kingdom rule over my life, my family, my household and my domain. Now I bring the fullness of your work – your cross, resurrection, and ascension – against Satan, against his kingdom and against all his emissaries and all their work warring against me and my domain. Greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world. Christ has given me authority to overcome all the power of the Evil One, I claim that authority now over and against every Enemy, and I banish them in the name of Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit apply to me the fullness of the work of the ascension of Jesus Christ for me. I receive it with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Holy Spirit, I sincerely receive you as my Counselor, my Comforter, my Strength, and my Guide. Thank you for sealing me in Christ. I honour you as my Lord, and I ask you to lead me into all truth, to anoint me for all of my life, my walk, my calling, and to lead me deeper into Jesus today. I fully open my life to you in every dimension and aspect – my body, soul and spirit; choosing to be filled with you, to walk in step with you in all things. Apply to me, blessed Holy Spirit, all of the work and all of the gifts in Pentecost. Fill me afresh, blessed Holy Spirit. I receive you with thanks and give you total claim to my life.
Heavenly Father, thank you for granting to me every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus. I receive those blessings into my life today, and I ask the Holy Spirit to bring all those blessings into my life this day. Thank you for the blood of Jesus. Wash me once more with his blood from every sin and stain and evil device. I put on your armour – the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the readiness of the gospel of peace, the helmet of salvation. I take up the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, and I wield these weapons against the Evil One in the power of God. I choose to pray at all times in the Spirit, to be strong in you, Lord, and in your might.
Father, thank you for your angels. I summon them in the authority of Jesus Christ and release them to war for me and my household. May they guard me at all times this day. Thank you for those who pray for me; I confess I need their prayers, and I ask you to send forth your Spirit and rouse them, unite them, raising up the full canopy of prayer and intercession for me. I call forth the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ this day throughout my home, my family, my life and my domain. I pray all of this in the name of Jesus Christ, with all glory and thanks to him, Amen.
- "Captivating" by John and Staci Eldridge
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