#86 Jesus, Name Above All Names!

A blessed and reflective reading to all (".)
John 20
The Empty Tomb 

1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 10Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene 

11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”

“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”

Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples 

19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Jesus Appears to Thomas 

24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of John’s Gospel 

30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Praise God!


If you have been with me constantly reading the Bible since the Book of Matthew, this is now the 4th account that Jesus our Lord rose from the dead.
> Matthew 28
> Mark 16
> Luke 24
> John 20


Why the emphasis on the Gospel of Jesus? Because as what stated in this book-
these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name


I have read a beautiful comment which I am re-posting in this blog-

We have hope even on life's darkest days because of God's promises. Jesus kept His promise to rise from the grave, and surely He will keep every promise! The entire Bible is one giant letter, promising us God's best if we will follow Him. Verse by verse tells us of God's love and blessing on those who obey His will.
While other promises may fade and other people will let us down, God will never let us down. His promises are secure and we will never be disappointed by believing Him. (Supercupcakes 7)


Yes, truly we can depend on our Loving Lord- 
Jesus Christ, the name above all names!


...“By what power or what name did you do this?”
 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, 10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 Jesus is
   “‘the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the cornerstone.’
 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
 ...As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”(excerpts Acts 4)

-proclaiming the name of Jesus Christ with boldness comes from the Holy Spirit; may we all desire to be fired-up by the Holy Spirit to proclaim Jesus, the name above all names!


Prayer for Impact (InTouch Ministries):

Please pray with me,

Dear Loving Father in Heaven, we praise you and thank you for the awesome privilege of allowing us to enter in your presence. As we join hands in prayer, please hear our requests. We lift up to you dear Father all the christian churches and all believers around the world, please let us be your hands and feet so that the gospel be preached around the world. May we, as your body of believers, be devoted to you; help us to spend more time with you dear God so that we may discern what you want us to do for you; help us to work together to spread your gospel, and please give us the strength to always stand firmly for the truth- no matter what the cost. Thank you for the assurance that there is nothing insignificant to the works done for you. In Jesus name, Amen. 
(WEEK 4 prayer impact)

Glory to GOD!

May Jesus' love abounds in us all everyday (".)

Bible in a Year:
Read the Bible in One Year- Here's a reading plan where you and I can focus on God's Words everyday....to make it a habit, make it a practice, Amen :)


Read with me; God speaks to us through His words :)
October 30, 2011- Exodus 1-3 


Today is the day :)
If you have not received Jesus Christ yet in your heart, today is the day. May you embrace His love and His gift :)


"Lord Jesus, I believe You are truly the Son of God. I confess that I have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed. Please forgive all my wrongdoing, and let me live in relationship with You from now on. I receive You as my personal Savior, accepting the work You accomplished once and for all on the cross. Thank You for saving me. Help me to live a life that is pleasing to You. Amen." (ref prayer by: Mr. Charles Stanley)

Why am I doing this? Simple...."I am driven by the eternal destiny of others."

#85 It is Finished

A blessed day (".)
John 19 (excerpts)
Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified 
8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, 9 and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10 “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”

11 Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.


The Crucifixion of Jesus  
So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

The Death of Jesus 
28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30When he had received the drink, Jesus said,“It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

note: please read the complete text on this link--
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2019&version=NIV

Praise God!
Here's an in-depth explanation when Jesus said "it is finished,"

Of the last sayings of Christ on the cross, none is more important or more poignant than His very last utterance, “It is finished.” Found only in the Gospel of John, the Greek word translated “it is finished” is tetelestai, an accounting term that means “paid in full.” When Jesus uttered those words, He was declaring the debt owed to His Father was wiped away completely and forever. Not that Jesus wiped away any debt that He owed to the Father; rather, Jesus eliminated the debt owed by mankind—the debt of sin.

Just prior to His arrest by the Romans, Jesus prayed His last public prayer, asking the Father to glorify Him, just as Jesus had glorified the Father on earth, having “finished the work you have given me to do” (John 17:4). The work Jesus was sent to do was to “seek and save that which is lost” (Luke 19:10), to provide atonement for the sins of all who would ever believe in Him (Romans 3:23-25), and to reconcile sinful men to a holy God. “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:18-19). None other but God in flesh could accomplish such a task.

I thank our Loving Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, everyday for giving us the gift of eternal life and for letting us know Him more and more everyday. I thank Him that we are saved and we are safe in His merciful hands. I am humbled and grateful everyday that He is letting us see His light as we meditate on His words. 


But unfortunately, there are really lots of people who don't know Jesus Christ yet. People who will follow other that leads them into their destruction. As I am doing some research about some "truths," I have found out some false prophets who claims that he is Jesus and the sad part is, many are following him. Would you believe that he is teaching- "no sin, no law and no hell."

As true followers of Jesus Christ, we know these teachings are all the opposite of what our Loving Lord teaches us. Truly, the signs of times are now all around us- especially false prophets and false messiahs.


May we, as believers of Jesus Christ, be ablaze with the Holy Spirit so that we may be able to reach boldly to other people and proclaim who truly Jesus Christ is and why He gave His life for all of us.


Jesus Christ had done His part- "it is finished;" may we also ask for God's strength so we can do our part for Him :)




Prayer for Impact (InTouch Ministries):

Please pray with me,

Dear Loving Father in Heaven, we praise you and thank you for the awesome privilege of allowing us to enter in your presence. As we join hands in prayer, please hear our requests. We lift up to you dear Father all the christian churches and all believers around the world, please let us be your hands and feet so that the gospel be preached around the world. May we, as your body of believers, be devoted to you; help us to spend more time with you dear God so that we may discern what you want us to do for you; help us to work together to spread your gospel, and please give us the strength to always stand firmly for the truth- no matter what the cost. Thank you for the assurance that there is nothing insignificant to the works done for you. In Jesus name, Amen. 
(WEEK 4 prayer impact)

Glory to GOD!

May Jesus' love abounds in us all everyday (".)

Bible in a Year:
Read the Bible in One Year- Here's a reading plan where you and I can focus on God's Words everyday....to make it a habit, make it a practice, Amen :)


Read with me; God speaks to us through His words :)
October 29, 2011- Genesis 48-50 


Today is the day :)
If you have not received Jesus Christ yet in your heart, today is the day. May you embrace His love and His gift :)


"Lord Jesus, I believe You are truly the Son of God. I confess that I have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed. Please forgive all my wrongdoing, and let me live in relationship with You from now on. I receive You as my personal Savior, accepting the work You accomplished once and for all on the cross. Thank You for saving me. Help me to live a life that is pleasing to You. Amen." (ref prayer by: Mr. Charles Stanley)

Why am I doing this? Simple...."I am driven by the eternal destiny of others."

#84 The Absolute Truth

A blessed day to all (".)
John 18 (excerpts)
The High Priest Questions Jesus 
19 Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

20 “I have spoken openly to the world,”Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.21 Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said.”
22 When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby slapped him in the face. “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” he demanded.

23 “If I said something wrong,” Jesus replied, “testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?” 24Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

Jesus Before Pilate 
28 Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”

30 “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”

31 Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”

“But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. 32 This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.

33 Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

34 “Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked,“or did others talk to you about me?”

35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”

36 Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
37 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate.

Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him. 39 But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release ‘the king of the Jews’?”

40 They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.

note: please read the complete text on this link--
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2018&version=NIV

Praise God!


Jesus is the incarnate Word of God; He is the truth; He is the source of all truth.

John 1
The Word Became Flesh 

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

The Absolute Truth

> Jesus is “the way, and the truth, and the life” and that He is the ultimate manifestation of truth and the only way one can get to heaven (John 14:6).

Is there any evidence for the existence of absolute truth? 

1) Yes. First, there is the human conscience, that certain “something” within us that tells us the world should be a certain way, that some things are right and some are wrong. Our conscience convinces us there is something wrong with suffering, starvation, rape, pain, and evil, and it makes us aware that love, generosity, compassion, and peace are positive things for which we should strive. This is universally true in all cultures in all times. The Bible describes the role of the human conscience in Romans 2:14-16: “Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them. This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.”

2) The second evidence for the existence of absolute truth is science. Science is simply the pursuit of knowledge, the study of what we know and the quest to know more. Therefore, all scientific study must by necessity be founded upon the belief that there are objective realities existing in the world and these realities can be discovered and proven. Without absolutes, what would there be to study? How could one know that the findings of science are real? In fact, the very laws of science are founded on the existence of absolute truth.

3) The third evidence for the existence of absolute truth/universal truth is religion. All the religions of the world attempt to give meaning and definition to life. They are born out of mankind’s desire for something more than simple existence. Through religion, humans seek God, hope for the future, forgiveness of sins, peace in the midst of struggle, and answers to our deepest questions. Religion is really evidence that mankind is more than just a highly evolved animal. It is evidence of a higher purpose and of the existence of a personal and purposeful Creator who implanted in man the desire to know Him. And if there is indeed a Creator, then He becomes the standard for absolute truth, and it is His authority that establishes that truth.

Fortunately, there is such a Creator, and He has revealed His truth to us through His Word, the Bible. Knowing absolute truth/universal truth is only possible through a personal relationship with the One who claims to be the Truth—Jesus Christ. Jesus claimed to be the only way, the only truth, the only life and the only path to God (John 14:6). The fact that absolute truth does exist points us to the truth that there is a sovereign God who created the heavens and the earth and who has revealed Himself to us in order that we might know Him personally through His Son Jesus Christ. That is the absolute truth! (ref: Got Questions:Bible-answered Questions)

Prayer for Impact (InTouch Ministries):

Please pray with me,

Dear Loving Father in Heaven, we praise you and thank you for the awesome privilege of allowing us to enter in your presence. As we join hands in prayer, please hear our requests. We lift up to you dear Father all the christian churches and all believers around the world, please let us be your hands and feet so that the gospel be preached around the world. May we, as your body of believers, be devoted to you; help us to spend more time with you dear God so that we may discern what you want us to do for you; help us to work together to spread your gospel, and please give us the strength to always stand firmly for the truth- no matter what the cost. Thank you for the assurance that there is nothing insignificant to the works done for you. In Jesus name, Amen. 
(WEEK 4 prayer impact)

Glory to GOD!

May Jesus' love abounds in us all everyday (".)

Bible in a Year:
Read the Bible in One Year- Here's a reading plan where you and I can focus on God's Words everyday....to make it a habit, make it a practice, Amen :)


Read with me; God speaks to us through His words :)
October 28, 2011- Genesis 46-47 


Today is the day :)
If you have not received Jesus Christ yet in your heart, today is the day. May you embrace His love and His gift :)


"Lord Jesus, I believe You are truly the Son of God. I confess that I have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed. Please forgive all my wrongdoing, and let me live in relationship with You from now on. I receive You as my personal Savior, accepting the work You accomplished once and for all on the cross. Thank You for saving me. Help me to live a life that is pleasing to You. Amen." (ref prayer by: Mr. Charles Stanley)

Why am I doing this? Simple...."I am driven by the eternal destiny of others."

#83 The Call of God in Your Life

A blessed and contemplative reading to all (".)
John 17
Jesus Prays to Be Glorified 
1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples 
 6 “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

Jesus Prays for All Believers 
 20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”



Praise God!


As I am contemplating what to share today, the one thing that captured my thought is the great commission:

Matthew 28:16-20
The Great Commission
...Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

It never dawned on me that I will be a part of God's global purpose of spreading His word. What I know is that I am sharing my walk with God because He is my light, and if He had shed light on my life, I too will be able to shed His light to others through this blog.

I have read Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life (What on Earth Am I Here For?) in 2004 or 2005, can't recall the date anymore, but what I did not understand with regard to his message before about the "great commission", now I know by heart :)

Our Loving Father starts a purpose in our lives from the start of our conception in our mother's womb. But just like a child who needs to grow, who needs to be sustained, who needs to develop, that is how He cultivates His purpose for our lives......slowly but surely, and on our part, the willingness to see, to know, and to act it out :)

"I've been saved; I will go to heaven; I will spent eternity with my God"-- that is something I cling to and I treasure.

So what's next? Am I to keep it to myself? 

I now know with my whole heart a Loving God who is all-powerful, all-knowing and ever-present, and He is sovereign, and He gave up His life so that all of us can be with Him in heaven.

So this is my move,-- to share that there is really a God whom we can rely on, whom we can trust on, whom we can depend on, and that the start of eternity with God is the time we embrace Him and accept Him as our God and the Lord of our lives, and that a relationship with Him will lead us to a life full of blessings- abounding in mercy, grace and love :) 

Prayer for Impact (InTouch Ministries):

Please pray with me,

Dear Loving Father in Heaven, we praise you and thank you for the awesome privilege of allowing us to enter in your presence. As we join hands in prayer, please hear our requests. We lift up to you dear Father all the christian churches and all believers around the world, please let us be your hands and feet so that the gospel be preached around the world. May we, as your body of believers, be devoted to you; help us to spend more time with you dear God so that we may discern what you want us to do for you; help us to work together to spread your gospel, and please give us the strength to always stand firmly for the truth- no matter what the cost. Thank you for the assurance that there is nothing insignificant to the works done for you. In Jesus name, Amen. 
(WEEK 4 prayer impact)

Glory to GOD!

May Jesus' love abounds in us all everyday (".)

Bible in a Year:
Read the Bible in One Year- Here's a reading plan where you and I can focus on God's Words everyday....to make it a habit, make it a practice, Amen :)


Read with me; God speaks to us through His words :)
October 27, 2011- Genesis 43-45 


Today is the day :)
If you have not received Jesus Christ yet in your heart, today is the day. May you embrace His love and His gift :)


"Lord Jesus, I believe You are truly the Son of God. I confess that I have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed. Please forgive all my wrongdoing, and let me live in relationship with You from now on. I receive You as my personal Savior, accepting the work You accomplished once and for all on the cross. Thank You for saving me. Help me to live a life that is pleasing to You. Amen." (ref prayer by: Mr. Charles Stanley)

Why am I doing this? Simple...."I am driven by the eternal destiny of others."

#82 Grief to Joy

A blessed and reflective reading to all (".)
John 16
1 “All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, 5 but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. 7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin, because people do not believe in me; 10about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer;11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”

The Disciples’ Grief Will Turn to Joy 

16 Jesus went on to say, “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”

17 At this, some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’ and‘Because I am going to the Father’?” 18 They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”

19 Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’? 20 Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. 22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.23 In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 24Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

25 “Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28 I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

29 Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. 30 Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.”

31 “Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. 32“A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.

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.”



Praise God!


As I am contemplating my devotional for the day, I can't help but be thankful to our Loving Lord for affirming me that as I surrendered my life to Him, He will always assure me that I have peace in Him though there are troubles that will come my way :)


That is what we are all assured of, as we cling to our Loving Father in Heaven and give our full trust in Him, He will help us in all our troubles; if ever He lets us go through it, He will give us the strength to endure, and if ever we are having a hard time dealing with it, He will let us rest in His loving embrace :)


More than that, He will let us be fruitful, fruits that will help us in our everyday life's survival and be of use for His Kingdom :)


Galatians 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 

Prayer for Impact (InTouch Ministries):

Please pray with me,

Dear Loving Father in Heaven, we praise you and thank you for the awesome privilege of allowing us to enter in your presence. As we join hands in prayer, please hear our requests. We lift up to you dear Father all the christian churches and all believers around the world, please let us be your hands and feet so that the gospel be preached around the world. May we, as your body of believers, be devoted to you; help us to spend more time with you dear God so that we may discern what you want us to do for you; help us to work together to spread your gospel, and please give us the strength to always stand firmly for the truth- no matter what the cost. Thank you for the assurance that there is nothing insignificant to the works done for you. In Jesus name, Amen. 
(WEEK 4 prayer impact)

Glory to GOD!

May Jesus' love abounds in us all everyday (".)

Bible in a Year:
Read the Bible in One Year- Here's a reading plan where you and I can focus on God's Words everyday....to make it a habit, make it a practice, Amen :)


Read with me; God speaks to us through His words :)
October 26, 2011- Genesis 41-42 


Today is the day :)
If you have not received Jesus Christ yet in your heart, today is the day. May you embrace His love and His gift :)


"Lord Jesus, I believe You are truly the Son of God. I confess that I have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed. Please forgive all my wrongdoing, and let me live in relationship with You from now on. I receive You as my personal Savior, accepting the work You accomplished once and for all on the cross. Thank You for saving me. Help me to live a life that is pleasing to You. Amen." (ref prayer by: Mr. Charles Stanley)

Why am I doing this? Simple...."I am driven by the eternal destiny of others."