DAY 2 of 10 : WHEN GOD SAYS NO One of the most heartbreaking experiences we can face in this life is having an unmet desire. Sometimes God does give us the desires of our hearts—eventually. But there is no guarantee we’ll receive the thing we so desperately long for. And often, these unfulfilled longings—whether… Continue reading When GOD Says NO
DAY 1 OF 10 : LONGING FOR MOTHERHOOD“Give me children, or I shall die!” (Gen. 30:1). Perhaps you, like Rachel, have cried out to God with a similar ultimatum. If you’re experiencing a season of childlessness, the longing for a baby can be all-consuming. You may have wondered: “When will I conceive a child?” “How… Continue reading Longing for Motherhood
Are you busy? Still on fire for this year? I know I am; but I also know that a fire lasts only as long as the wick, unless it catches fire to something else. Wise words come to us today from Proverbs 7. It’s about the fire warning of the adulterous. The adulterous is not… Continue reading Burning Up or Burning Out?
This is for those who feel as if they're the outcasts in their friend group and like they don't belong. To you -- To the one who always feels left out, It seems as if there's always that one friend in the friend group who gets left out. The one who isn't invited to things,… Continue reading Feeling Left Out?
All I Know Your Love Endures chords by Bethel Music STRUMMING [Intro] G D/F# C [Verse 1] G D/F# C Up to the highest of peaks G D/F# C Into the depths of the wildest sea G D/F# C There is no distance too wide G D/F# C That You won't reach [Verse 2] G… Continue reading All I Know (Your Love Endures) Chords
On a scale of 1-10, how engaged is your church? Do you look forward to worshiping on Sunday or are you worried that everyone in the room hates you? It’s frustrating, isn’t it? To put so much time and effort into preparing for Sunday…to be met only by staring (sometimes glaring) faces. Why don’t people… Continue reading 13 Reasons Why Your Church Isn’t Engaging In Worship By David Santistevan
In the Church, leaders are more than people with microphones on the stage.
They are spiritual parents.
For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
1 Corinthians 4:15–16 ESV
Paul is writing to people who were pretty full of themselves. The Corinthian church was packed with people Paul describes as puffed up and arrogant (1 Cor 4:18). And the fruit of their lives and ministry showcased this.
They were sharply divided, steeped in sexual sin, and greedy—just to name a few issues. Paul wrote to correct sin in their lives because he, like a good father, wanted them to be in right relationship with God and one another.
Today, we desperately need more spiritual fathers…
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I pray that my life testimony was one of unwavering faith that all will tell the same stories of my obvious love for Jesus. Though for sure others wouldn’t because they’ve might have seen me fall to sin sometimes. In fact, I’d wager that many of us are this way. We wish we could have… Continue reading God Is Not Yet Done With Me
“He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.” ~Chinese Proverb Here’s the thing: I don’t know what to do. About this thing, about that thing. About big things and small things. About anything. Actually, to be honest, even the smallest thing seems big when I don’t know… Continue reading What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do
Lake Sebu is situated in highland town of South Cotabato, Mindanao Philippines, the Seven Falls is a one of a kind natural wonder in Barangay Lake Siloton of the municipality of Lake Sebu. It consists of seven waterfalls with strong water rushing from the outflows of Lake Sebu, becoming an important watershed in the said region.… Continue reading The 7 Falls of Lake Sebu
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