God’s Power In My Life

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! I’ve been praying that God will send me more people, people that are seeking Him.. And Praise the Lord through internet, i met them and they are starting to thank the Lord, that through sister melody’s life they’re learning about God.. But hindi ko po itinataas ang sarili ko, kundi gingawa ko po ito para sa Panginoon, at kaya po ako gumagawa ng BLOG ay para ito sa inyong lahat.. Praise the Lord! To Ate Daniella, Ate Arlene, Ate Nene, Ate Maria Evangeline, Ate Lanie, Ate Joe, Ate Teody, Nikki, Anna, Ate Lizel, Roselle, Raquel, Lui, Jeekai, Kerwin, Janice, Brenda, Ate Rachel, Jhane, Ate Rhose, Ate Edna, Ate Gemma, Ate Shie, Ate Angie, Ate Marty, Suzette, Dona, Jerod, Nemia, Angel, Aimee, Ate Neneth, Liezel, Jinky, Lanie, Best Myles, Honey Kell, Majal Badeth, Dizon, Alvin, Kuya Lloyd, Kuya Eduard, Thet, Gisela Elaine, Charity, Eva, Grace, Melody, Aillen 1 and 2, Sheryl, Aleli, Rodel, Michelle, Baneng, Lyn, Pau, Racel at sa lahat pa ng mga kaibigan ko na patuloy na lumalapit sa Panginoon, itong Blog na ito ay para sa inyo…and para sa mga kaibigan ko na di ko na nakakusap, Ruby, Raquel, Chevy, Pau, Racel, Annalyn, Michelle, Brian.. And even to Jenny, Shabem, Jan-jan, Liza, Arlene, Annie, Ate Jeck, Shower, Marry Ann, Jovy, Ivy, Anne, Marvie, Mhavic and to all my friends that are not member of friendster, from Philippines, Taiwan, Africa, Dubai, Brunei, Singapore and here in the States at sa lahat ng mga kaibigan ko kahit sa internet lang ko kayo nakilala this one is for you.. My prayers will always be with ya’ll! Im so sorry po, I cant mention all your names kasi po napakarami nyo po.. And thanks for sending me emails and prayer requests…Andito na naman ako nagmamakaawa sa inyo, maaring may mga oras tayo sa paggawa ng mga bagay na nasa paligid natin, but please ginagawa ko ito hindi para sa akin, kundi para sa inyo at higit sa lahat para sa Panginoon.. Maaring nakakatulog na lang tayo na pipikit na lang ang mata at di man lang natin napapasalamatan ang mga biyaya Nya sa buong maghapon.. Masakit man pong marinig pero yun ang totoo.. In fact, naranasan ko po eto nung hindi ko pa Sya kilala, palagi lang akong abala sa mga makamundong bagay. Naalala ko lang Sya kapag may problema akong mabigat.. Pero hindi po yun ang gusto ng Panginoon, we have to give our lives to Him.. Kailangaan po natin Syang papasukin sa buhay natin, Sya lang ang dapat na unahin natin.. Napakasarap po sa piling ng Panginoon! Ayokong manahimik na lang at ayokong dumating sa point na wala na akong lakas para sabihin sa inyo ang tungkol sa  Panginoon.. Nabuhay po ako sa loob ng 22 taon na di ko lubusang kilala ang Panginoon, wala kahit isa sa mga kaibigan ko ang nagpakilala sa akin, hanggang sa makilala ko nga si Avigay.. tulad ng nasabi ko dati, nagtatago ako sa kanya, ayaw kong makita sya dahil alam ko babasahan na naman nya ako ng Bible, at aayain making ng Christian songs.. At dumating po sa time, na wala na akong malalapitan kundi ang Panginoon, at duon ko natagpuan ang tunay na kahulugan ng buhay at ang kahulugan ng pagkakaroon ng Panginoon sa aking buhay.. ibinalik Nya sa akin ang lahat ng nawala sa akin.. Binigyan Nya ako ng matalik na kaibigan sa buhay ni Precious Annie, at kahit sobrang tigas pa ng ulo ko nun, at di pa ako marunong sa Bible sya ang nagtiyaga sa akin.. truly its not by power nor by might but by the Spirit of the Living God! (yung mga turing po sa akin na bestfriend, alam nyo po na si Precious ang spiritual mother ko, bawal po ang selos ha..hehehehe) Alam nyo mga kaibigan, masayang masaya ako sa buhay ko ngayon sa piling ng asawa ko, lahat ay nasa akin na, pero nalulungkot pa rin ako para sa mga mahal ko sa buhay, at mga kaibigan ko, dahil marami sa inyo na di nyo pa natatagpuan ang Panginoon..kung di ko pa rin nakikita ang tatay ko ngayon, sapat na sa akin na malaman ko na may isa akong tunay na AMA, matalik na kaibigan, kapatid at tunay na Diyos, si HESUS! Salamat sa Diyos! Dakila Sya! Praise the Lord! He is Alive~ He is MY EVERYTHING!

My dear friends, likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents. Luke 15:10 (KJV). If you will humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, in His good time He will lift you up. Let Him have all your worries and cares, for He is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you. Be careful–watch out for attacks from satan, your great enemy. He prowls around like a hungry, roaring lion, looking for some victim to tear apart. Stand firm when he attacks. Trust the Lord; and remember that other Christians all around the world are going through these sufferings too. After you have suffered a little while, our God, who is full of kindness through Christ, will give you His eternal glory. He personally will come and pick you up, and set you firmly in place, and make you stronger than ever.

Praise God that you have accepted His offer of forgiveness and salvation. You have taken the first step in an eternal walk with Jesus Christ. You have been "born from above", your past has been forgiven, and Christ will never leave you nor forsake you.

However, there is something important you must know… YOU HAVE A VISCIOUS AND POWERFUL ENEMY HIS NAME IS SATAN He is not all-powerful, like God is. He only is allowed to act by getting permission from God… and God only gives this permission in a way that will ultimately benefit you . You may undergo some suffering…all christians do …. but God always gives you His strength to withstand it in proportion to the severity of the testing, and Christ always is in your heart to talk to and give you peace.

In your life before Christ, satan did everything he could to bring you his brand of sinful pleasures and escapes from God. He blinded your eyes and stole any Bible passages away from your mind so that you would not come to Christ. He filled your eyes with lusting after sinful pleasures and riches of this world, lied to you that there was no God or afterlife or Hell. and you and i were willing victims of his lies.
But now things are different. You have been made into a new person by the Holy Spirit. Christ has come to live in your heart, and wants to live His Life out through you on earth. Your old person, the one that had no power to resist sin, is dead. You have a new start, a new future, a new source of strength, because Jesus Christ lives in your heart.

And so Satan has changed his attitude and his tactics with you. You used to be his slave, but now you are his enemy. Whereas, before you had no power to say "no" to sin… now you do. Whereas, hopelessness, depression, guilt and sin were a way of life, now you have inner joy, peace meaning and purpose.

Please understand that as a new Christian, satan targets you for all kinds of discouragement and depression, and temptations, and then comes around later and accuses you of sinning and heaps guilt upon you.

Satan doesnt play fair… he’s like a lion thinning out the herd of antelope… the lion seeks out the weakest one to attack and kill. he doesnt go after the strong leader of the pack, he attacks the young and defenseless and lame. that is where you are now… relatively young, defenseless and unable to walk strongly in the faith.Satan cannot take away your salvation it is too late for that. The best he can do is make you discouraged, lie to you, fill your life with confusing and untrue information about your faith, and get you to draw into your shell, and become a non-witness for Christ… I’ve seen it many times, and it also happened to me when I was starting to be a servant of God, when i was still in Taiwan. Becoming closer to the Lord is a co-operative effort between you and God. It happens on the inside…in your soul. God wants to make you a special project for spiritual growth, but you have to do your part to take advantage of what He provides.

Start filling your eyes and mind with the Word of God. Carry your Bible with you at all times, and make use of any spare moments in the day to read it. Even if it is 5 minutes while sitting and waiting for something. Remember and inwardly digest God’s word. Pray for wisdom from the Holy Spirit to apply it to your life. Memorize it by hand-copying Bible verses into a notebook. Then the Holy Spirit can bring it to your rememberance at a later time, and you can apply it to specific situations.
As you read the Word of God, you will become aware of conflicts between what you believed in the past, and what God’s Word is telling you now. This is the time to decide to believe and follow God’s Word, and throw your old ideas from the world overboard. Even if it means throwing overboard some religious teachings that you believed were true, but now find that God’s Word does not agree with them.

In this regard, you must be ready to go against the grain of the society that you are in, and be different… because the world will not welcome you.. it will try to bring you down, and make you forget about God. Your old friends will not want to be with you. You will be ignored, insulted, falsely accused, misunderstood, isolated… but in the midst of all of that, you must focus your attention on Jesus Christ, who lives inside you now and will never leave you or forsake you. And it happened to me also in Taiwan, Oh it was so painful.. But praise the Lord, eto ako ngayon, napapatuloy sa Kanya..
Getting closer to the Lord takes setting aside some time every day to talk to Him in prayer, as He talks to you through the Bible. Dont be in a hurry… the time you invest in getting to know Christ personally will come back to you as increased maturity, and stength and wisdom, just what you need to fend off the attacks of satan. Although it may sound simple, there is no substitute for time alone with Jesus in prayer and worship.

It is not easy to be a Christian witness in a dark and corrupted world. It is easier to just keep quiet and earn our living in peace and silence, not making anybody "uncomfortable", not "forcing our religion" on anyone else. And so we let the rest of the world go merrily on its way to Hell. Just few weeks ago, it happened to me.. Somebody persecuted me so badly..

God knows that we feel this way. He knows we prefer the easy path, "the path of least resistance", the path which involves no hurt and no losses, the warm and fuzzy little comfort zone of "christian silence". Having "been there and done that" for many years of my christian life, I also know the guilty feelings and feelings of disobedience that such a life carries with it… wondering what kind of a Christian must I be if I am more worried about keeping my job than obeying Christ..more worried about not offending my "acquaintances" by not confronting them with the claims of Christ and His Words.

Dearest friends, wala ako sa tabi mo. Hindi kita pwedeng pilitin para tanggapin ang Panginoon, nasa sa iyo pa rin ang desisyon. And now that I am away you must be even more careful to do the good things that result from being saved, obeying God with deep reverence, shrinking back from all that might displease Him.
For God is at work within you, helping you to want to obey Him, and then helping you do what He wants.

In everything you do, stay away from complaining and arguing so that no one can speak a word of blame against you.

You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of people who are crooked and stubborn.

Shine out among them like beacon lights, holding out to them the Word of Life!

Thanks for your time and may God bless you always and your family!

In Christ,

sis melody