My Journey Of Pain

It is beginning again, my journey of pain. I am suffering again pain in my lower back because of acute scoliosis of the lumbar 4. To those who knew me just recently, I was supposed to be operated in my spinal column at my lower back because of the collapse of my lumbar 5 to my lumbar 4 due to deteriorating scoliosis. That was almost 4 years ago before my wife went to the US to work. Aside from my spinal column, I was also supposed to be operated for acute hernia and prostate gland and for inflammation of my thyroid gland. But because my wife had to surrender her medical card because of her resignation from work, I decided that I would not undergo said operations for lack of money. Since then, I surrendered my life and health to the Lord. I survived almost 4 years of those illnesses plus my hypertension and diabetes. Two years ago, I had this terrible and excruciating pain in my lower back that rendered me almost immobile and caused so much extreme pain that I almost ended my life if not for the fear of the Lord and my being a Christian. Three days later the pain left by the grace and mercy of the Lord. I have been in and out of the portals of death so many times that I lost count already. But in all these trials, I always left my fate to God who have been so gracious to me. Now I live just by the grace of God and I offer my pains as a burnt offering to His all encompassing glory. In life and death, I will always love and serve the Lord. If I can just bring one more soul to the Lord to be saved, then my life would never be in vain. "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me" (Galatians 2:20). TO GOD BE THE GLORY NOW AND FOREVERMORE.



Tags: God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, Journey, Pain, Trials, Persecution, Scoliosis, Lumbar, Acute Hernia, Prostate Gland, Thyroid Gland, Hypertension, Diabetes, Grace of God, Mercy, Compassion, Christian, Divine Healing, Restoration, Joy, Love, Gospel, Word of God, Holy Bible

Posted by: Mel Avila Alarilla
Philippines
Spiritual/Inspirational/Motivational

End Of Summer Clearance Sale Of Christmas Trees

It is now nearing the end of summer and soon we will be ushering again the advent of the Christmas season after autumn. There will be so much joy, cheer,warmth and peacefulness during the yuletide season. Part of the Christmas celebration is the setting up of our very own Christmas trees in our homes where the world outside celebrate the yuletide season in joy and revelries. As we gather around our Christmas trees, the children eagerly anticipate the opening of their respective gifts and toys given to them by their parents and of course by Santa Claus.

Right now, we can avail ourselves of an end of summer sale to buy our artificial Christmas trees where prices are at an economical and way down below season prices. You can choose from among a wide variety of these Christmas trees to suit your own need and budget. These trees give a certain glow to one's house characterized by warmth and peacefulness inside. It is as if you are witnessing the very first Christmas story in Bethlehem.

Christmas evokes memories of fun and laughter as people, especially kids, play and frolic in the snow. There are so many rides and games that people do during winter times. Children build snowmen and engage in frivolous snow ball fights. To represent the celebration of a white Christmas, people love to buy white Christmas trees where the white color of the elegant Christmas tree symbolizes the purity, fun and excitement of the joyful celebration of Christmas. We can hear sleigh bells as kids travel downhill from some yonder slopes shouting gleefully from excitement and sheer exhilaration. We can also hear the melodious voices of church choirs as they sing their favorite Christmas carols. And of course, every kid is delighted to open his boxes of presents from his parents and from Santa too. That is the joy that our beautiful Christmas tree can bring to our lives during the yuletide season.

Heart Of Worship

HEART OF WORSHIP
When we go to church to hear mass or to a Christian church to attend our fellowship service with the Lord, we do all things to prepare ourselves. We come in our Sunday's best. We choose the choicest seats in the church and acknowledge the presence of other church goers. We listen in rapt silence as the priest celebrates the mass or as the pastor delivers his soul moving sermon. We are thrilled to sing praise and worship songs to the Lord. But have we forgotten something? Have we forgotten the heart of worship? The reason why we are in the church, hearing mass or celebrating fellowship together with other Christians, is the very essence of our spiritual relationship with the Lord. We must never forget the sole and real heart of worship and that is, focusing our hearts, mind and soul to our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. He is the sole heart of worship. We must never leave the church without being filled with the Holy Spirit as we commune with God and feel the intimacy of His wondrous relationship with us. We must realize the full potential of our sonship of God and being co-heir with Jesus Christ of the kingdom of the Father. We must seek that intimacy with God, feeling His very presence in our hearts as we sing from our heart and soul our love, yearnings and aspirations in an intimate communing with the King of kings and the Lord of lords. We go home filled with so much joy and bursting with the fruit of the Holy Spirit as though we are walking on thin air. Yes, whenever we go to church, we must never forget the heart of worship who is Jesus Christ.


Hear this song and receive a special blessing in your life.

Heart Of Worship - Michael W. Smith




Tags: God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, Heart of Worship, Christians, Fellowship, Church, Lord and Savior, Kingdom of God, Grace, Salvation, Love, Joy, Peace, Praise and Worship, Gospel, Word of God, Holy Bible

Posted by: Mel Avila Alarilla
Philippines
Spiritual/Inspirational/Motivational

Contentment

CONTENTMENT
Contentment is living a life totally surrendered to the Lord. Circumstances will not bother us because we know that our God will take care of all our needs. We learn to become happy and content in moments of plenty and scarcity because we know that all these things shall pass, even temporary adversities and trials. Not that we will just fold our arms and wait for the blessings of God to fall down on our laps. We must always do our best to provide for our needs but expectant of God's divine providence in our lives. God will always make a way for us even in the most impossible situations, for He is a loving Father, ever loving and gracious to His beloved children. Did He not admonish us not to worry what we shall eat or wear for He feeds the birds of the air and clothes the lilies of the field whose beauty surpasses all the pomp and pageantry of Solomon's wardrobes? Remember how Jesus fed the five thousand in the wilderness with five loaves of bread and two fishes? And how God rained down manna and quails to the Jews during their desert trek? Let us live simple lives, fearing the Lord and walking in His ways. For the Lord who created the whole universe and countless of galaxies, who created the earth and everything in it, shall never let us suffer deprivation if we obey His will and walk in His ways. Living a simple life and thanking God for all the blessings we receive gives us a life of pure contentment.



Tags: God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, Contentment, Pure Joy, Peace, Loving Father, Gracious In Every Way, Divine Providence, What A Wonderful World, Gospel, Word of God, Holy Bible

Posted by: Mel Avila Alarilla
Philippines
Spiritual/Inspirational/Motivational

Today, July 15, Is My Birthday

Today, July 15, is my birthday. Don't ask me how old I am, lol. As they say, ask me no questions and I will tell you no answers. I gifted my kids with a 24 inch LCD Flat Colored TV and I treated them to McDo last Sunday so I may not be able to cook much on my natal day. To all my friends and readers, I share the joy of my birthday with a prayer for God's divine providence for all your needs. Thank you so much for always being there for me and giving me so much happiness by your wonderful comments. This is a birthday I dedicate and offer to my Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY. God bless us all always.


Birthday Song - Don McLean

Paul The Psychic Octopus Picks Spain To Win The World Cup

Breaking News: Spain won the 2010 World Cup of football upholding the 100% accuracy of the oracles of Paul- the psychic octopus. Amazing animal. Spain beat the Netherlands 1-0 in a gripping finale of the World Cup which was decided only in the last minute.

Paul the Octopus

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Paul the Octopus
Paul the Octopus in his aquarium tank next to a football boot marked with the German flag colours
Species	Octopus vulgaris
Sex	Male
Born	2008 Weymouth, Dorset, England
Occupation	Exhibit
Known for	Making predictions for the results of Germany's football matches
Owner	Sea Life Centres, Oberhausen, Germany (aquarium keeper: Oliver Walenciak)
Named after	A poem by Boy Lornsen, Der Tintenfisch Paul Oktopus

Paul the Octopus or Paul Oktopus (hatched in 2008, German: Paul der Krake) is a common octopus living in a tank at a Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany. The octopus is used as an animal oracle in an attempt to predict the results of football matches, usually international matches in which Germany is playing.

During a divination, the octopus is presented with two boxes. Each contains food, and is marked with the flag of a national football team in an upcoming match, among which he is said to choose his predicted winner. The octopus is reported to have chosen the box with the flag of the winning team in several of Germany's six Euro 2008 matches, and in each of their first six matches in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. On July 9, when presented with a box with a Spanish flag attached to it and another with the Netherlands flag, he ate the mussel in the box with the Spanish flag. That act was interpreted as a prediction that Spain will win the World Cup final on July 11.^[1] On the other hand, Mani the Parakeet has a Dutch win over Spain.^[2]

^{From Wikipedia and Youtube}

Tithing

TITHING
Of all the obligations which a true Christian must do for God, the hardest thing to accomplish is to give our tithes to the Lord. Christians are bound by this precept of the Lord, that we should give ten percent of whatever we earn to the Lord as a gesture of acknowledging that everything in this world is His. It is very hard to dissociate ourselves with the things we possess and acknowledge that we are only stewards of God's blessings in our lives. Testing the Lord is normally a grievous sin against Him. But in the area of tithing, God challenges all His children to test Him on this. In Malachi 3:10, the Lord challenges all with this verse, "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." I must admit that I really had a hard time complying with this admonition especially if the money on hand was not even sufficient to cover all the projected expenses. But if we faithfully comply with this precept of God, we will see God's miraculous power unfold in our lives. God will give us wisdom to spend only what is truly necessary and bounties will come from unexpected sources. And God will perform His miracle of multiplication which He did when He fed the five thousand people with just five loaves of bread and two fishes as narrated in the Bible. We will just be amazed that our few and insufficient money will be able to cover all our necessary expenses. Help will come from unexpected sources. I have seen this happen in my life so many times that I lost count of it. Try it and be totally amazed.


Tags: God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, Tithing, Divine Providence, Faith, Good Steward, Faithful, Miracle, Trust In The Lord, Gospel, Word of God, Holy Bible

Posted by: Mel Avila Alarilla
Philippines
Spiritual/Inspirational/Motivational