Adventure of a Missionary

We were talking about the Vision Board and the plans for 2023 at LaCreperie in Shangri-la Plaza Mall when Julz Sebastian asked, "Attorney, how do you manifest so quickly? How do you make it? Why is it so easy for you?"  Of course I answered, because in Mark 11:24 it says that if you ask in prayer, believe you've received it, and you'll get it. I said, "Julz, it doesn't say you'll receive it, it says you'll receive it." So you have to believe you've already got it. That's it.  I knew An Anonymous Girl at the other table was alone. I smiled at her. I know she was listening to us. An Anonymous Girl called the waitress and she  rushed to the cashier. I thought she had an emergency. While we, Julz and I chatted, laughed, and talked. I called the waitress for the bill. I was nervous because of the size of my bag, so I looked for my wallet. I eat here almost every day. So I know I'd always get the bill from an open receipt holder every time ...

Have you ever wondered why patience is such an important element of love?   Patience is a beautiful descriptor of love. It describes a heart with room and with flexibility.  In the Bible, the word for patience is sometimes translated as long-suffering, which means it is willing to suffer, willing to bear discomfort, willing to allow time to pass and not demand immediate answers.  Patience is the quality of bearing offenses and injuries without anger or revenge. It is impossible to do in our own willpower. I know this from experience. It must come from God, from that "hesed" love.  Hesed is one of the Hebrew words used in the Bible for God’s love.  "Though the mountains be shaken, and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love (hesed) for you will not be shaken." ~Isaiah 54:10 "The Lord did not set His love (hashaq) on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the Lord loves (hes...

  Prophetic Artist: Ricardo Colon/ Silent Preacher The Last Hurdle or Not   As I was praying for your dad. The Lord showed me that he had overcome many hurdles in his life. He has also tripped over many hurdles in life. There were times of frustration, times of depression, and times of deep sorrow.  In this painting, I saw your dad in what appeared to be a race, and he is at the finish line. The last hurdle in the race. He went to jump over this final hurdle, but it was more difficult than the rest. But because some are praying for your dad, God hears those prayers, and he sent an angel to your dad to lift him over that last hurdle, which means no more disappointments, no more sorrow, and no more depression. There is a decision that he has to make soon. And it is crucial that he make the right decision. If not, there will be more hurdles to jump over. But if he allows himself to fall into the hands of God and give his life entirely to him. There will be no hurdle tha...

Many of the famous ministers and Christians known to us are not well-known to the non-Christian world, with exceptions of those who become infamous for their flaws or others like Mother Teresa, famous for her work amongst the poor, and Billy Graham, famous for his Christian influence in USA. Most of the time when Christians do make the headlines of the world it is usually when something bad is publicized. We need to change that. 1. Fame does come from God and is given as a stewardship  Joshua, who used to be in the shadow of Moses, was told by God as he led the Israelites into the promised land that ‘this day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you’ (Joshua  3:7).  David was famous throughout Israel and all the surrounding countries and the Lord brought the fear of him throughout those countries (1 Chronicles 14:17). Solomon was famous in his lifetime through the grace of wisdom given to him ...

The year 2022 is ending and I just want to thank God for... The friends He sent to help me throughout the year. For all the people who cared for me and treated me as their family. For the people whom I called late at night. For the people who never stopped listening to my never-ending problems. For the people who helped me stand up. For the people whom the Lord used to provide for my needs. Thank you. May the Lord bless them all the days of their lives. The family . He has given me. Although we faced challenges this year. We could have shared joy and tears; I am forever thankful to the Lord for giving me a family like us. There were struggles, but I thank God for getting us through it all. There were unhappy times, but there were also joyful times. I hope and pray that God will continue to strengthen our bond as a family. May we possess the love that God gives all the time. The pain and hurt . I never really wanted to be hurt and to be in pain, but if that's what it takes for me t...

Where there is no vision, people perish.   Proverbs 29:18    When Alexander the Great had a vision, he conquered the world; when he lost it, he couldn’t conquer a bottle of alcohol. When David had a vision, he conquered Goliath; when he lost it, he couldn’t conquer his own lust. When Samson had a vision, he could defeat 1000 men; when he lost it, he couldn’t control one woman. When Noah had a vision, he built an ark and preserved the human race; when he lost it, he got drunk and lay naked. Friends, it’s your dream that keeps you on track; it’s the Christ in you that gives you a vision that keeps you on focus. (Inspired by Bob Gass)  Sometimes, the desires and visions of a person are in the right areas, but the motives of a person are still not pure. In such cases, the Lord puts a person through a refining period until the motivation is corrected and the heart pure. At other times, a person might have the revelation but lacks the skill to implement the metho...

  He came to heal us.  He came to give us good news.  He came to show us that we were not alone, not on our own.  He let us know that we had a Father who cared and loved us.  He came to show us kindness and grace.  He came so we can exist in peace with God, with ourselves, and with others.  He came to change the course of history.  He came to change B.C. to A.D. He did it all for you and He did it all for me.  He is Love, and Love is not selfish.  He didn't come demanding anything.  He came to give all that He has. The message of Christmas is not a message that asks anything of us.   It's a message of God loving the whole world, all of us.  It's a message of God's benevolence, His initiative, and His willingness to give peace and goodwill to all.   From our perspective, Jesus is the reason for the season, but from His perspective, we are His reason for the season.  Just as we make it all about Jesus, He has mad...

  150 years from now, none of us reading this post today will be alive. 70 percent to 100 percent of everything we are fighting over right now will be totally forgotten. Underline the word, TOTALLY. If we go back memory lane to 150 years before us, that will be 1872, none of those that carried the world on their heads then are alive today. Almost all of us reading this will find it difficult to picture anybody's face of that era. Pause for a while and imagine how some of them betrayed their relatives and sold them as slaves for a piece of mirror. Some killed family members just for a piece of land or tubers of yam or cowries or for a pinch of salt. Where is the yam, cowries, mirror, or salt that they were using to brag? It may sound funny to us now, but that is how silly we humans are sometimes, especially when it comes to power or trying to be relevant. I remember those days in my secondary school, how some people fought and did so many unimaginable things just to have their names...