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“It is in our youth that love awakens and our heart is directed. It is supposed to. But we must actively control and determine which type of love arises and begins to dictate our actions. We must allow romantic love to DREAM until the time of its awakening, so natural passion will remain dormant, but at the same time we must arouse a passionate love for God.”
                                                -Lisa Bevere
from, “Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry”
“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them."
-Michael Jordan
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”
                                               -- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.”
                                                         — Bruce Barton
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
                                                                                                                                    

REDISCOVERING GOD’S KINGDOM

 Dr. Myles Munroe

April 21,2006

• A Lesson in Economics

VALUE is determined by RARITY

            e.g. diamonds are valuable because they are hard to find

• A human being is valuable, as proof, there is no one else on the planet who possesses the same set fingerprints as you have

           
If you want to be cheap – imitate others
If you want to maintain your value –be yourself

• Matthew 4:17
  

Jesus only preached one gospel, that is the Kingdom of God

• REDISCOVER
  

RE – to go backward
DISCOVER – recover something that has always been there
 Note: It never went away, you just lost it
The Power of A Concept
Ideas: control the world; it’s powerful; it is the raw material fir creation of concepts; dead men rule the world today because they have left their ideas behind (e.g. Aristotle, Plato and Galileo)
An idea is also known as crystallized thought that becomes a theory then a philosophy after which it becomes a way of thinking that influences our way of living.
Concepts:are products of ideas; it is the foundation of communication and determines the success of the process.
Misconception: It is the result of wrong concepts that produces wrong conclusions and is manifested as a raging conflict
            A misconception is not a misconception to the one who misconceived it.
KINGDOM CONCEPT
THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE

1. Original Purpose
   

To extend and establish a heavenly kingdom on earth.

2. Original Plan
   

To extend the kingdom and administer the heavenly kingdom through His royal offspring.
 
Family Business: rulership
Home Office: heaven
Ext. Office: earth

3. Original Assignment
   

Adam was to dominate the earth, he was not given control over heaven!
Note: Christianity has been focused on teaching about heaven, about “coming home” but this is not what God had intended!
THE FALL OF MAN- was a fall from DOMINION and not from HEAVEN. Therefore, we cannot lose heaven because it was not given to us in the first place. Wanting to be in heaven is like wanting something that was never really meant for us. Going to heaven won’t restore man from his fall from dominion of the earth.
The program of God’s redemptive work was to restore mankind to His original will and prepare kingdom rulership over the earth.
RELIGION AND THE KINGDOM

• Man’s search for God and His purpose produced religion
  
• Religion is the most powerful source of opposition of the kingdom principles
  
• The Bible is not about religion but a kingdom from another realm – heaven
  
• Remember : the religious leaders were Jesus’  strongest enemies
  
• Luke 16.16-17 everyone is seeking the kingdom
  
• God gave Adam dominion not religion
  
• Galatians 4:3-5  fullness of time
  
• ponder this: why didn’t God send Jesus a week after the fall? Or during the time of Assyrians, Egyptians or Babylonians? Why was Jesus sent during the Roman Empire
  
• Roman Empire: closest prototype to the Kingdom of God. Before the time of the Romans, other invading armies would burn villages, rape the women and enslave the men and plunder their occupied territory. When Romans took over, they did not destroy the city, they left it intact. Instead the Roman Emperor would send a governor (ambassador) to CONVERT the territory for Rome. This is what God had intended for the Christians to do.
  
• Illustration: The word colon means the part of the body from the tongue (head, in this case Rome) to the rectum (part of ROME’S COLONY).
  
• What passes from the tongue moves on to the rectum (ideas, way of living, customs, traditions, etc…)
  
• As Christians, it is our job to ensure that the information (truth) we receive from God (head) will be sent out to the colony (earth).
  
• WE ARE AMBASSADORS!
  

KINGDOM CONCEPTS

• The message of the Bible is about a kingdom, His kingdom and His royal offspring
  
• Jesus’ message and mission is the Kingdom

Note: This were my notes on the Pastors and Leaders Seminar, "Rediscovering God's Kingdom" with DR.MYLES MUNROE, last April 21, 2006, held at the Word for the World Center at Makati City. The event was hosted by the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International.

I have a Maker

 

He formed my heart

 

Even before time began

 

My life was in His hands

 

He knows my name

 

He knows my every thought

 

He’s seen each tear that falls

 

And hears me when I call

 

I have a Father

 

He calls me His own

 

He’ll never leave me

 

No matter where I go

 

 

 

I have just fixed myself a batch of freshly cooked French toast sans milk, can’t seem to find one can here in the house. I can’t help but be overwhelmed by the tasks that I am supposed to do. And my inclination to just procrastinate and put things off for another day would just want to take over me and let me live a life of comfort – just for a few hours. I write this at our study room, where my neuroanatomy books, physics books, notebooks, handouts and inspirational books are all piled up All I can do is just sigh and say a quick prayer, like, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength”. And you know what? I finally understand the verse in Philippians, “Don’t be anxious for anything but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God, and the PEACE OF GOD which transcends all understanding shall guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus”. In other versions, it says that God’s peace passeth all understanding, it means, that peace just would not MAKE SENSE, yeah, I know it’s really weird, but it’s true. His peace would still be there regardless of the circumstances that I find myself in (and oh speaking of ugly circumstances, I seldom find myself trapped into them, I don’t mess up anymore!). No matter what it looks like in the natural world, we, as Christians must look with eyes of faith and believe and declare God’s promises for us is going to happen in our lives. It really doesn’t matter what it looks like in the natural because God is working behind the scenes in the supernatural! I need not fear because if God is for me, who can be against me? His peace just comforts me and assures me that “Everything works together to those who love God and who are called according to His purpose”. Another shocking revelation, something which really rocked me, GOD LOVES ME JUST AS MUCH AS HE LOVES JESUS, I read that in Kenneth Copeland’s article and he quoted the Scripture which explicitly says that ( Let me get back to you on that later). It blew my mind, to think that Father God loves me so much just as He loves Jesus is so remarkable that I just worship Him. This year, I want to be connected to God 24/7, it’s not just formality for me anymore, God has never been so real in my life before, and I don’t care what other people may think but I love Jesus and what He wants me to do I’ll do.

No more compromise and no more flip-ups.

I'm reading this book by Joel Osteen, YOUR BEST LIFE NOW. WIth NOW as the operative word, we can't have the life we have been dreaming of unless we get a move on, right? I must say that this is really blessing me right now. The pricniples stated in this book are biblically sound and I've been applying it in my life and it has been so cool...ROCK WITH JESUS!

i'm not afraid to fall
it means i climbed up high
to fall is not to fail
you fail when you don't try
i'm not afraid to fall
i might just learn to fly
and i will spread these wings of mine

if i get up i might fall back down again
so lets get up c'mon
if i get up i might fall back down again
we get up anyway
if i get up i might fall back down again
so lets get up c'mon
if i get up i might fall back down again
and i might fall back down again
and we'll just jump and see
even if its the 20th time
we'll just jump and see if we can fly

i'm not afraid to fall
and here i told you so
don't want to rock the boat
but i just had to know
just a greener side
or can i touch the sky
but either way i will try

if i get up i might fall back down again
so lets get up c'mon
if i get up i might fall back down again
we get up anyway
if i get up i might fall back down again
so lets get up c'mon
if i get up i might fall back down again
and i might fall back down again
and we'll just jump and see
even if its the 30th time
we'll just jump and see if we can fly

i'm not afraid to fall
i've fallen many times
they laughed when i fell down
but i have dared to climb
i'm not afraid to fall
i know i'll fall again
but i can win this in the end

 

Recently, I indulged again into another movie marathon, and I got the chance to watch Ice Princess from Disney Pictures. Eventhough I did not really got into that movie very much, as the topic of skating is not really my thing, I was totally sold out on the soundtrack which was very empowering and inspirational. Like the one above, it's from the soundtrack and sung by Superchic[k].

I feel that there is truth to this song and the message it conveys. Sometimes we get so entangled up with fear of failure that we never get around to realizing that if we had just persisted a little longer we were nanometers aqay from clinching the triumph. Plus the line at the first part "i'm not afraid to fall it means i climbed up high", it dawned on me that the only reason one can fall is really when you've reached a certain height, so i'm making progress <yipee!>. It just makes me feel so great, and all that in a song...how about that?

I want to thank GOD!


for keeping me under the shadow of His wings...

for being my very present help in time of need...

for being my light and salvation...


for being my best friend ever...

for giving me the GIFT OF LIFE!

Imagine Me Without You
sung by Jaci Velasquez
taken from the site http://www.geocities.com/smashed_links/WithoutYou.html

As long as stars shine down from heaven
And the rivers run into the sea
Til the end of time forever
You are the only love I'll need

In my life you are all that matters
In my eyes the only truth I see
When my hopes and dreams have shattered
You are the one that is there for me

When I found you I was blessed
And I will never leave you
I need you

Imagine me without you
I'd be lost and so confused
I wouldn't last a day I'd be afraid
Without you there to see me through

Imagine me without you
Lord You know it is just impossible
Because of you it is all brand new
my life is now worth while
I can't imagine me without you

When you caught me I was falling
Your love lifted me back on my feet
It was like you heard my calling
And you rush to set me free

p.s. you can even listen to it there!

i have to apologize to my readers if i have been kinda pessimistic and whiney these days... but I know that better days are coming and that God who makes all things good for me will be faithful to keep His promises for me. I haev been so engrossesd in myself and gorging on self-pity i became apathetic! anyway, rest assured there will be some changes around here! Okay then! TA-ta for now!

We cannot choose how many years we will have, But we can choose how much LIFE those years will have We cannot control the beauty if our face, But we can control the EXPRESSION on it. We cannot control life’s difficult moments But we can choose to make life LESS difficult We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world But we can control the atmosphere of our minds Too often, we try to choose and control things we cannot. Too seldom, we choose to control what we can, - our attitude. Taken from a page from John C. Maxwell’s book