1 John 2:3-11

1 John 2:3-11

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

 ³ We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. ⁴ Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. ⁵ But if anyone obeys his word, love for God^[a] is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: ⁶Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.
⁷ Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. ⁸ Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

 ⁹ Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister^[b] is still in the darkness. ¹⁰ Anyone who loves their brother and sister^[c] lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. ¹¹ But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

Matthew 2: 13-16 (Visual Prayers)

Matthew 2:13-16

American Standard Version (ASV)

 ¹³ Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
 ¹⁴ And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt;
 ¹⁵ and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.
 ¹⁶ Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.

The Photo tells me
1. God will always protect.
2. Joseph highly, highly appreciate the protection from GOD.
3. Mary (after giving birth!), humble and meek. All patience, obedience, selfless traveled back to Egypt.
4. Calmness and Serenity during the journey in the middle of the night.

Today
I have 2 journeys, 1 meeting the buyers of Responsible Tours and another one is a reunion with church choir of Mary Immaculate Parish. LORD, I know you will always protect me from making wrong decisions. My prayer is to be like Mary, humble and meek, patience, obedient, and selfless. That you will always me my light, my whole life.

All I ask in Mighty Name of JESUS CHRIST. Amen.

Psalm 84 (vocal Prayer)

Psalm 84

New International Version (NIV)

    For the director of music. According to gittith.^[b] Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

 ¹ How lovely is your dwelling place,
   LORD Almighty!
² My soul yearns, even faints,
   for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh cry out
   for the living God.
³ Even the sparrow has found a home,
   and the swallow a nest for herself,
   where she may have her young—
a place near your altar,
   LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
⁴ Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
   they are ever praising you.^[c]

 ⁵ Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
   whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
⁶ As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
   they make it a place of springs;
   the autumn rains also cover it with pools.^[d]
7 They go from strength to strength,
   till each appears before God in Zion.

 ⁸ Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty;
   listen to me, God of Jacob.
⁹ Look on our shield,^[e] O God;
   look with favor on your anointed one.

 ¹⁰ Better is one day in your courts
   than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
   than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
¹¹ For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
   the LORD bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold
   from those whose walk is blameless.

 ¹² LORD Almighty,
   blessed is the one who trusts in you.

Vocal Prayer

Happy are we who trusts in You LORD, because we are don't get tired of living a lovely, blessed and excellent life.

Philippians 1: 27 - 30 (Vocal Prayer)

Philippians 1:27-30

New International Version (NIV)

Life Worthy of the Gospel

 ²⁷ Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit,^[a] striving together as one for the faith of the gospel ²⁸ without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God. ²⁹ For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, ³⁰ since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

Acts 16: 29-34 (Vocal Prayer)

Acts 16:29-34

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

²⁹ And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

The Jailer Converted

 ³¹ They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” ³² And they spoke the word of^[a]the Lord to him together with all who were in his house. ³³And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household. ³⁴ And he brought them into his house and set^[b]food before them, and rejoiced ^[c]greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.

Vocal Prayer : I rejoice at having come to Faith in Christ.

Psalm 90 (prayerful reading)

Psalm 90

BOOK 4

  

God’s Eternity and Man’s Transitoriness.

    A Prayer of ^[a]Moses, the man of God. ¹ Lord, You have been our ^[b]dwelling place in all generations.
² Before the mountains were born
^[c]Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
 ³ You turn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O children of men.”
⁴ For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,
^[d]Or as a watch in the night.
⁵ You have ^[e]swept them away like a flood, they ^[f]fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which ^[g]sprouts anew.
⁶ In the morning it flourishes and ^[h]sprouts anew;
Toward evening it fades and withers away.
 ⁷ For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been ^[i]dismayed.
⁸ You have placed our iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
⁹ For all our days have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a ^[j]sigh.
¹⁰ As for the days of our ^[k]life, ^[l]they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.
¹¹ Who ^[m]understands the power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the fear ^[n]that is due You?
¹² So teach us to number our days,
That we may ^[o]present to You a heart of wisdom.
 ¹³ Do return, O LORD; how long will it be?
And ^[p]be sorry for Your servants.
¹⁴ O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
¹⁵ Make us glad ^[q]according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the years we have seen ^[r]evil.
¹⁶ Let Your work appear to Your servants
And Your majesty ^[s]to their children.
¹⁷ Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And ^[t]confirm for us the work of our hands;
Yes, ^[u]confirm the work of our hands.

Psalm 103 Prayer

Psalm 103

Of David. ¹ Praise the LORD, my soul;
   all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
² Praise the LORD, my soul,
   and forget not all his benefits—
³ who forgives all your sins
   and heals all your diseases,
⁴ who redeems your life from the pit
   and crowns you with love and compassion,
⁵ who satisfies your desires with good things
   so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
 ⁶ The LORD works righteousness
   and justice for all the oppressed.
 ⁷ He made known his ways to Moses,
   his deeds to the people of Israel:
⁸ The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
   slow to anger, abounding in love. 
⁹ He will not always accuse,
   nor will he harbor his anger forever;
¹⁰ he does not treat us as our sins deserve
   or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
   so great is his love for those who fear him;
¹² as far as the east is from the west,
   so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
 ¹³ As a father has compassion on his children,
   so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
¹⁴ for he knows how we are formed,
   he remembers that we are dust.
¹⁵ The life of mortals is like grass,
   they flourish like a flower of the field;
¹⁶ the wind blows over it and it is gone,
   and its place remembers it no more.
¹⁷ But from everlasting to everlasting
   the LORD’s love is with those who fear him,
   and his righteousness with their children’s children—
¹⁸ with those who keep his covenant
   and remember to obey his precepts.
 ¹⁹ The LORD has established his throne in heaven,
   and his kingdom rules over all.
 ²⁰ Praise the LORD, you his angels,
   you mighty ones who do his bidding,
   who obey his word.
²¹ Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts,
   you his servants who do his will.
²² Praise the LORD, all his works
   everywhere in his dominion.
   Praise the LORD, my soul.

John 15: 1 - 17 Reflection

 ¹² “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. 


Dear Father,


Bless, Praise, Glory, Honor and Thank You for the very exciting way You want to grow in this word. I took it literally, that is why I am in the 2nd batch of PNRC Emergency Rescue Team (mileswims, water martial arts for water rescue, mountain search and rescue, rappelling, ambulance emergency services). As You nurture me spiritually, I realize that it is putting others need first before my need. The exciting experiences, the love, the achievement, the fun, the passion to serve, is all worth it, because unconsciously, I was giving the needs of my teammates first. 


⁷ If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you,ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.


So TRUE. I use to join the Bible Adventure with the other Christian Community and I miss that. When I attended The Art of Being a Woman, I realized that soooo many verses that i still do not know, and want to know more. I will go back to those notes after this PLC. This is a great preparation for me, as I wait for You to send my CCOTL, and I wish for a CCHML.


¹⁶ You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so thatwhatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. ¹⁷ This I command you, that you love one another.


So True, You touched my FAMMily Head Mirella Santiago to send me as Media Min Representative in Wednesday Feast. And you touched Marie to invite me to join the online marketing, to teach me how to serve you better. And you touched Bro Aristotle and Bro Miket, to bear more fruit in serving Feast Alabang 


Father GOD ask and pray for CCOTL for a CCHML asap, all I ask in the name of Jesus Your son. AMEN

Isaiah 60: 1 - 22 Reflection

But you will have the LORD for an everlasting light, 

For you will have the LORD for an everlasting light, 

Dear Lord, 

 Bless, Praise, Glory, Honor and Thank You for Shining Your Light in my life. 

Your light shines so much to my parents in my childhood days. Mama and I always bake cakes, do the garden, curl each others hair, sew dresses, travel together and watch scripted wrestlings in the TV. Papa and I will do advance math for fun and build miniture fighter jet aircraft. So much love you gave my parents, so much love they gave me, and so much love I can give away. 

Your light shines so much in all my travels. The friends and tourists I travel with shines with so much enthusiasm and excitement. the travel providers shines so much with hospitality and good service. And the local community where we immerse our selves have natural tender loving cares even though they are economically challenged. These community I passionately want to help, supporting their additional livelihood thru Responsible Tourism at Nature Awareness and Conservation Club, Inc

Last night, You pruned me to stop being Martha in Wednesdays and Sundays Feast, and enjoy every moment of being Mary. The miracle, I naturally gained 4 new friends effortlessly. I shine your light more LORD, being Mary during Feast and being Martha online ;D

Dear LORD, thank You for shining Your Light so much to Bro Arun, Bro Jay and all the Feast Alabang. Thank you for making us the shining servants you want us to be. 

Matthew 11: 25 - 30 Reflection

Come to me, all you who labor and burdened, I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart. And you will find rest.

Dear Lord,

I super duper love love love mountain climbing, but the heavy backpack is really burdening. Got my complete MSR cookset and butterfly burner (nagyayabang lang), aluminum light party tent, 4litters of water, 1kilo rice, 1cangood, half kilo trail food, clothes, sleeping bag, and ground sheet. Carrying this up hill for a minimum of 3 hrs climb to the campsite (Mt. Makiling) and maximum of 3day (Mt. Apo). Plus the river crossings, dusty and treeless trails, sometimes muddy and masukal with limatic on the trail. Really Really burdening

And You made everything light. Being with super fun friends. passing by super scenic views, watching the sun set while we are awed by your great creation, super sarap camp meals, life sharing during the socials, sleeping under the stars maski may tent naman, waking up in glorious sunrise with a thankful heart that we all did this together. And thankful soul that we share one passion in respecting creation, communities and culture

I super duper love love love serving the Feast Alabang also, and the burdens are getting home late pass my bedtime and servants with their own denying personal issues, so negastar, may Christian way solution naman but will impulsively blame me, so i will stay away. I think it is an minor issue also in other communities, also. Solution, stay with FAMMily (Feast Alabang Media Ministry) where You Lord provided me with happy coservants, happy teammates and growing coregift in Internet Marketing. Also keep growning with iFeast4 Family.

Regarding being humble and meek, my beloved fun climbers super friends knows i need to work on that. They stay loving me because they love me, period. In Feast Alabang, he he he it is sooooooo highly practiced because the burden will be much lighter. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. 

Thank you very much 

Violet

Romans 8: 28 - 39 Reflection

²⁸ And we know that ^[a]God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.


Dear Lord


Bless, Praise, Glory, Honor and Thank you for all the happy family and friends who love You, that I am worked, working and will be working, for calling us according to Your purpose.


I did love serving with happy friends in the in children's choir, teen choir, youth council in Mary Immaculate Parish Nature Church here in Moonwalk Village Las Pinas.


I did love serving with happy volunteers in the Philippine National Red Cross - National Head Quarters. That we did serve the needy.


I did love in serving with happy campers in Conserving for Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. That we love Environment Education and Conservation.


I did love climbing with happy mountaineers in UTrek. That we learn to enjoy responsible mountain climbing.


I did love travelling Adobo Gang. That we learn to be aware of Responsible Tourism


I did love learning and knowing you LORD more in Lingkod ng Panginoon - Alabang and Ligaya ng Panginoon - South Singles. I really miss the Bible adventures.


I did learn and love my Feast Valle Verde Caregroup. Social Entrepreneur CG in Feast Alabang, Finance Ministry - Igiveclub. Where You are given Glory.


Now happy serving with Wednesday Feast and FAMMily, where all things are working greatly, because we love you LORD and each other, we are called according to Your Purpose. 

Isaiah 43: 1 - 10 Reflection

“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; 
“Do not fear, for I am with you; 




Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of GOD..


Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.


We were born to make manifest the glory of GOD with in us . It is not just in some; it is in everyone.


And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Galatians 4: 1 - 7 Reflections

6 Because you are sons and daughters, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” 
7 Therefore, you are no longer a slave but a son or daughter, and if you are his child, then you are also an heir through God.




Life Experience and reflection


Dear GOD,


Bless, Praise and thank you for making my coregifts/true north very visible. Thank you for Nature Awareness and Conservation Club, Inc to share my passion for travelling and adventures, respecting creation, communities and cultures. Thank you for Feast Alabang to love, share, learn, and serve. 

Psalm 118:16-21 Reflection

I will not die but live, 
   and will proclaim what the LORD has done. (Verse 17)




Dear Lord,


Praise, bless and honor You for keeping me alive. 
So many events in my life that you always almost took my life. 


One when I was a kid with pulmonary illness. What are you telling my parents?


One when I almost got drowned in a river in Cavite. 


One during a rescue mission in Zambales. What are you telling my fellow volunteers?


One during mountain climbing, fell of a cliff and broke a rib, still far from home and civilization. 


Once I told You I am ready, really to go. Happy, contented and satisfied. But You did not. (fyi, so suicide situation here). Just really and already happy, contented and satisfied.


Last one when my octopus (spare airhose in my diving gear) Free flowed and clearly seeing my air gauge arrow fast going left side, around 40 feet underwater. You sent Mike to rescue me and share air. 


Dear LORD, all the experiences made me strong to start Nature Awareness and Conservation Club, Inc and share all the blessing to the fullest. And all the wisdom, love and spiritual growth from Feast Alabang makes me fully live my life, proclaiming what You have done, doing and will do to me. 


To GOD be the Glory

John 14: 8 -20 Reflection

And whatever you ask in My name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name. I will do.


I use to dream of saving lives
Jesus, You gave me Philippine National Red Cross
and gave me more than what I asked and prayed for


I use to dream Mt. Apo
Jesus, You gave me Conserving For Tomorrow Foundation, Inc
and gave me more than what I asked and prayed for


I use to dream Scuba Diving
Jesus, You gave me dive buddies Josephine, Jocie, Mike, Patrick.
and gave me more than what I asked and prayed


I use to dream Sipadan and Kota Kinabalu
Jesus, You gave more than what I asked and prayed.


I use to dream of Advance Open Water Course 
Jesus, You gave me Coral Cay Conservation
and more than what I asked and prayed for


I dream of being friends with great mentors 
Jesus, You gave me Dr. Dona Paz Reyes of Environment Studies Institute, Caloy Libosada (Ecotour Guru), and community leaders.


I can go on and on and on and on and on of the sankatutak na dreams that You, Jesus gave me. All this blessings is shared at Nature Awareness and Conservation Club, Inc where the is Conservation of Environment, Respect for Culture and Respect for Communities. Empowering peoples organization, uplifting economic livelihood thru community based responsible tours.


I share dream with The Light of Jesus Family to have 1000 Feast all over the world, (bat kaya 1000 lang Lord?) Since free naman mag dream, I can dream also to be married to one of the Feast Builder, any part of the world (happy face)


I am dreaming of sharing the wonderful world of Online Evangilization to Feast Alabang coservants. Father GOD, I ask this in the name of your son Jesus Christ. AMEN.

Hosea 2: 16 - 25 Reflection

So I will allure her, I will lead her into the dessert
and speak to her heart (verse 16)




Free Advance Open Water Course, I was indeed allured. Free accommodation. Free Meals, Free PADI Card, Free First Aid Training, all I have to pay is my plane tickets and fare to Ampo, Burgos, South Leyte. 1 week AOW, 1 week Science week, which by the way i excel in coral identification, but failed in algae identification 4 times!!! In tagalog, pangalanan ang ibat ibang lumot. he he he he. I did enjoy fish ID and inverts. Two dives per day, 3 on Saturdays w night dive. Did I mention that I am the only Filipina on site, kaya ang ganda ganda ko. And most of the people in the community are from England.


Then You lead me into the dessert after 5weeks of pleasurely diving, my scholarship and service is finished. A deep depression hit me big time. It is like a sudden withdrawal syndrome of not diving daily. Missing the air from the dive tanks so badly. Totally dessert of nothingness for two weeks. I had a really bad trauma before, physical and emotional, but this depression is a massive brainlessness.


And you speak to my heart to keep all the great memories, good happy family, the science officer, the expedition leaders. To look forward to more alluring activities in Nature Awareness and Conservation Club, Inc and Feast Alabang

where


From there You gave me the vineyards I had, and the valley of Anchor as a door of Hope. (verse 17)

Joshua 1: 1 - 19 Reflection

Be Firm and Steadfast, was mentioned 3 times


Dear Lord,


I love continuing educations, love conferences, congress, events that has something to do with Environment Education, Conservation, Responsible Tourism, Christianity and Spirituality. Invitation for Marriage Encounters and Seminars comes regularly also, but I am still single. he he he he he. 


My heart's desire is to enroll in MA for Ecotourism in New Zealand or enroll Theological Studies in Tagaytay. And to also have a great career as Christ centered loving and caring happy wife and mother. 


Of course you know the best for me, attending and serving in Light of Jesus Family - Feast Alabang is my spiritual continuing education specially hearing the dynamic and animated duo Bro Arun and Bro Jay. And spending quality time with happy servants as my training ground on how to become a happy wife and mother.


At may bonus pa, You introduced me to Prayer and Life Workshop, a 14 weeks program, which is good for 1semester. 


14 Sunday is very challenging to me because most of the company outings and Corporate Social Responsibilities that Nature Awareness and Conservation Club, Inc organizes happens on weekends. 


3 Times I will also mention


I will be firm and steadfast in finishing the workshop, because You provided me with loving and every reliable coshepherds who will lead the companies,  out of towns trips. 


I will be firm and steadfast in serving Feast Alabang.


I will be firm in steadfast in loving You, knowing You, and serving You, thru my loving family, friends and travel buddies/clients.


To You LORD be the Glory