The Road to Victory By Benny Hinn

Coming to Jesus is so simple, so powerful, and so life changing, yet believers are often kept from a deeper relationship with the Holy Spirit by distractions and the daily cares of this life. Nevertheless, we must daily persist in seeking the Lord's presence, because healing, restoration, and total recover are found in Him.

A.W. Tozer, called a twentieth-century prophet, had a great impact on the body of Christ. He said:

If we progress spiritually, we must separate ourselves unto the things of God and concentrate upon them to the exclusion of a thousand things the worldly man considers important. We must cultivate God in the solitudes and silence; we must make the kingdom of God the sphere of our activity and labor in it like a farmer in his field, like a miner in the earth.1
The prophets longed for and never saw what we have in Christ Jesus, yet today so many Christians pass right by this deepening relationship. Moses came to the Lord and said, “I beseech thee, shew me thy glory” (Exodus 33:18). God answered Moses, “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live” (33:20). The prophets longed to know God more and could not experience what you have in Christ today. We must not pass by the Lord and our very recovery, knowing that it is there but be too busy to pursue it.

The veil has been rent, and the way is open for you to boldly approach the throne of grace. The Lord said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). He also said, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink” (John 7:37).

Are you thirsty for the Lord’s touch and presence in your life today? Jesus is the Source who can fill you. Like Ezekiel, you must go to the house of the Lord and drink. In the Lord’s presence, you will find all you will ever need. In Christ Jesus, you are fully accepted, fully redeemed, and fully forgiven.

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When I am weak, You made me strong.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9

All of us are weak, whether we admit it or not. But thank God that our weakness does not make our God, who is all powerful, weak. The more we get weaker and weaker, the more God is gracious enough to let us feel His strength.

Many times in my life, people are telling me how strong I was to face and conquer all the problems I have been to since I was a child. Name it: problems in school, family, love life (except for drugs and alcohol), etc. Yes, they may see me fighting upfront. But deep inside me, it was not me who is strong. I am weak. I always cry. I always make bad and wrong decisions before. But God is with me.

As it is said in Psalm 46:1, God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. He allows trials in our lives for us to execute His plans for us. We can always cling, trust, believe and have faith in Him.


Bless His Name and be blessed!! :)


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A Trip to Remember

May 30, 2010, it was 2:00 am when my alarm rang. Then, I told myself, "Yah, tomorrow is my event and I am going to Singapore today :)".

The thought that this is my second time to go to a foreign land (the first time was in HK last January) makes me feel so favored and really-really thankful to God. I remember when I was in secondary school, one of my goals is to go somewhere out of the Philippines (just for a couple of days not years). It's amazing to see that God allowed it to happen this early. I just graduated last year and have been employed for just about a year a now. What a favor from Him!=)

But though I have already reached one of my goals in life, I realized that the most fulfilling thing in this world is not the ones that you have accomplished, but it is to serve God with all your heart. Giving Him the glory that He deserve from the moment that you wake up until the time that you sleep (in which you are still covered by His mighty Hands).

In Matthew 6:24, Jesus said that "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." Money which is an earthly/worldly treasure.

It is really not that easy to serve God. Especially in this world that we live. We have to choose whether we serve God or this world.

The choice is ours.


BLESS HIS NAME & BE BLESSED. =)

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Teacher's Nobility

I heard people say that teachers have the most noble profession on earth. Well, I agree to that. Because if it is not because of our nursery or primary teachers, we might not be able to write alphabets, count numbers, know how to read, etc.

It's the first Sunday of the year 2010, when we were having a Sunday School, our Pastor has encourage us to speak in front of the congregation and talk about how God has blessed us or moved in our lives last 2009. During that moment, I'm not sure what to say. I am not good in speaking infront so many people. But I asked for God's leading. So, God spoke to me about my ministry, Children's ministry.

I realized if teachers have the most noble profession on earth, being a teacher in Children's Ministry doubles (or even more than double) the nobility it has. To serve God, first of all and to help children not only to know about God but also to help them to come near to God in this early stage of their life. Proverbs 22:6 says: Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

Praise God that He allowed me to grow in Children's Ministry as a 'student' and now as a 'teacher'..

BLESS HIS NAME AND BE BLESSED! :)

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The Joy of Tithing

By Benny Hinn

I'm so grateful that our relationship with God is an ongoing one, that He takes us literally "from glory to glory." And how glorious it is to be in an ever-deepening love relationship with our wonderful heavenly Father! Every day as I spend more time with the blessed Master in the Word of God and in prayer, I become that much more acquainted with His ways, that much more familiar with what is important to Him, that much more motivated to please Him in every way.

And as I become more and more acquainted with His Word, His will, and His ways, I become ever more convinced of the importance of tithing in our lives. Yet I sometimes talk to people - sincere, convinced brothers and sisters in the Lord - who say, "Tithing is part of the Old Testament law and not a requirement for believers today." Frankly, I cringe when I hear that. I fear that these good people are experiencing giving only as a requirement or demand when our heavenly Father wants us to experience it as a delight. No one requires us to give to someone we love - it happens naturally. It is delightful to give to those who have given to us first - and we experience this delight when we tithe.

But not only can people who interpret the Bible this way miss the joy, they also miss the fact that the very principle of the tithe was introduced with Adam, and Abraham tithed to Melchizedek. And so I want you to see in this chapter that from the very dawn of history, our heavenly Father has given us his best, and people who love Him give Him the best.

The word tithe refers to a tenth or a tenth part of something. So when I'm talking about tithing, I'm talking about the privilege and practice of giving 10 percent of our income to the work of the Lord.

Genesis 2 is a very familiar passage of Scripture, but have you ever stopped to really think about how wonderful the world was that the Father prepared for Adam? The Garden of Eden was wonderful far beyond description. What a blessing it was to him, to live, work, rest, play, and pray in such a beautiful place! But not only was it beautiful, it was as big as the entire Middle East! (Gen. 2:11-14) And it was his to enjoy - more than he needed, more than he could use, it was a lavish gift of love to him.

The Father endowed Adam with a magnificent mind capable of marvelous creativity and capacity such that he could name and remember the animals. And he had a body free from the experiences of age, disease, and death.

He enjoyed rich fellowship with the Father, who delighted in Adam so much that He loved walking with him in the cool of the day. Oh, how rich those times must have been! No other created being had known he kind of fellowship with the Father that Adam was privileged to experience.

The Father loved Adam so much that He anticipated Adam's need for help and companionship and created Eve. For even in the midst of the beauty of Eden and the wonder of close communion with the Father, it was still not good for Adam to dwell alone.

God cared for him in every way, and in the midst of their fellowship. God surrounded Adam with wealth, excellence, and magnificence. I love how Moses described just one element of its wonder: "And the gold of that land is good." (Gen. 2:12) Get the picture? Not just gold - good gold!

God gave Adam the wonderful garden to enjoy. Yet in the midst of all that God had given him, He warned Adam that one thing in the paradise was not his - the tree of the knowledge of good and evil:

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." (Gen 2:15-17)

In God's setting apart from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, I believe that God established the principle of the tithe. Think about it for a moment: Adam was never forbidden to eat of the tree of life or anything else in the garden. So why would a God who had lavished such luxury on Adam forbid him to eat from the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? I'm convinced that the Father did this so that Adam would have an opportunity to demonstrate his love for God through obedience. What I'm about to teach you now is very important.

You and I cannot receive what is ours in Christ apart from obedience, and in establishing this law, the Father gave Adam a chance to obey. In great love, it's as if our heavenly Father was saying to Adam, "I love you, and this magnificent garden is yours to enjoy. But I want your love back, and the way you can show Me that you love Me is through obedience, so don't touch that tree."

In that sense, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was set apart to God - it demonstrates the principle of tithe to God. In a similar way today, I express my love to God when I give Him what is His (the tithe) and don't touch it by holding onto it for myself. What a privilege to bring joy to the heart of our wonderful heavenly Father!

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How do you treat God?

A lot of people know that God is existing. However, only a few desires to know Him more in their lives.

I admit I was once those people who knows God but just like any other 'carnal man' says "I know Him, He knows me, He is God and that's it". In short, I was a Christian who is a perfect example of a carnal one.

Most people acknowledge God as Creator & Lord, a forgiving, full of mercy & compassionate God, but sadly, not the Lord of their life. People are focusing on so many things that are in this world. Things that are being offered to them by this world such as money, fame, fortune, career etc. These things are making people forget that the our purpose in this life should not be in the things that are in this world but our eyes should always be in Jesus. Like what Paul said in Hebrew 12:2, we should be 'Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith'.

We should not just ignore God and be the very best that we can in this world. Everything came from Him. (As it is being said in James 1:17 - Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows) So He has the choice to take back all the things that we enjoy in this world which hinders us to seek Him first in our lives. Matthew 6:33, But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.

BLESS HIS NAME & BE BLESSED! :)

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