#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."