For crying out Loud

This article was written by my friend Bryan as my guest poster.

—————————————————————————————————————————-

As a Christian I am crying out loud for your sake because I can choose to do things for myself and stay within my comfort zone to satisfy my own needs/desires but the love of Jesus Christ compels me to do this.

We may be called as Christians due to a lot of things that we know about the word of God yet genuine Christianity is seen more on the deeds thus the life we live must be in unison with the faith that we profess and the brand “Christian” that we claim; faith without action is dead. Our Christianity is dead if we do not live our life accordingly.

Here we go in the pages of the bible specifically in the Old Testament.

Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king. 1Samuel16:1b

When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed stands here before the LORD.” But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1Samuel16:6-7

In selecting leaders who will lead us, as Christians we must not look at the outward appearance, but look at the heart. In choosing leaders we often base our criteria with what meets the eye but this is a sign of WORLDLINESS, this is choosing not according to righteousness but with pleasantness.
In the verses quoted Samuel also fell on to this kind of trap but the LORD is faithful to rebuke him and lead him to the right one. We must choose righteously the kind of leader who compassionately leads the flock with a pure heart and not the leader who knows how to look good in leading yet lack the compassion for them.

As Christians whose eyes were unveiled by God from all the blindness that this world has set before us should not go back to where we have been. Live as people who can SEE and not as BLIND men.
We NEED to choose Righteous leaders and must not settle for the lesser evil.
The course of this nation depends on us now and we MUST put our faith in to action and trust God’s conviction.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. Proverbs16:25

Why do we let ourselves be led by an unbeliever?

Do we not know that we will judge angels yet now we come to consult an unbeliever who is now here and later will be gone just like a mist?

Don’t we want to trust a man of God? Would we just yield to what this unbelievers think of what is right?

Have we not received the Holy Spirit when we accepted Jesus Christ? Have we not been set apart? So, why do we keep on upholding the horn of these people who don’t even listen to God’s conviction of what is right or wrong and to us when we air out our thoughts and our love for Christ –our first love? Why do we stand up for people who will not stand up for God? Are we really for God or not? Are we a double agent, playing-safe, lukewarm christian?

If we find this condemning instead of convicting then brother there may be something wrong within us.

Wag na po tayong magbulag-bulagan, kung kristiyano talaga tayo dapat ipakita natin hindi lang kung nasa gusali o bahay sambahan tayo at kasama natin ang ibang mga “kristiyano”.

If you do not stand for your faith, you will not stand at all. By God’s grace please do not waver.
(more…)

Backflash: G12 2009 Conference

I am looking forward for this years annual G12 Philippine Conference which will be held at Araneta Colliseum sometime in late November. Expect a bigger , better, explosive and more spiritually empowered speakers and annointed multitudes. Last years conference was a blast, Cuneta Astrodome was filled with leaders prepared to make a change for the glory of God. Its amzing to see how the movement for Christ is spreading like wildfire in the Philippines.

Here are some pictures of the last years conference.