I've Grown Old

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8, NIV

I can't say I'm back because I never left. 

I still fight battles. I'm still God's warrior. 

I never stopped encouraging down-hearted souls (and hopefully I made a difference in other people's lives).

I stopped writing and got busy living my life.

Been into different jobs. But stayed faithful serving God (at least that is what I know).

It's been ages since I last posted here. 

Never been too active in social media but trying to keep up with the technology.

I've grown old but I can't say I know more.

I've grown old but I can't say I've really matured. 

Things are different now.

But God stays the same.

He is the same God who saved me and kept me.

The same God who delivers me, and provided for my ever-changing needs.

The same God who healed me when I was broken. 

Helped me when I was down. 

The same God. 

Keep up the faith, 

Jobie

Worship Inclusivity

Gareth Gilkeson of Rend Collective Experiment talks about unity and inclusiveness in worship on their new album “CAMPFIRE – Worship and Community Reimagined”.

Worship, Gilkeson said, isn't just confined in the four walls of the church building and it’s certainly not exclusive but it’s for every human being in this planet. And that in the kingdom of God there are no outsiders.

References:

1. Snippet of Rend Collective Experiment Biography from their official website,  http://rendcollective.com/bio/
2. Rend Collective Experiment on Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rend_Collective_Experiment
3. Original Video from THE CAMPFIRE STORY – REND COLLECTIVE

God Provides

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33, NIV

A True Story

Once upon a time there was this great teacher, preacher and healer.

Wherever he goes people follows.

Whenever he speaks people listens.

Whenever he heals people were amazed.

Let’s call him Jess (and since this is a real story, Jess is not his real name).

One day Kit heard of the news that Jess will visit their town.

So immediately Kit called Kat and invites him to attend a prayer meeting.

Kat expected a long day at the prayer meeting so he brought with him five bread and two fish.

There seated in front row, Kit and Kat were amazed with Jess’ teachings.

In front of them the sick were healed.

They see it with their eyes.

The blind sees.

The lame walks

Leapers were healed.

The prayer meeting ended minutes before night time and Jess asked Philip, one of his minister, to feed all the people in the crowd.

“But Jess, 200 silver coins would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a piece. How can we feed them, let’s just ask them to go home.” Philip said.

Kat overheard the conversation and immediately offered his “baon” (packed dinner), “I have here five bread and two fish.”

Andrew took it and showed it to Jess and said, “There is a boy here who has five bread and two fish.”

With all of the crowd’s amazement, Jess took the bread and the fish, raised his eyes to heaven, pronounced blessing, broke the bread and the fish, and handed them to his ministers to distribute to the people.

The prayer meeting hasn’t just ended. Another miracle happened.

Everyone in the crowd ate and had enough.

The finale of the prayer meeting was an eat all you can buffet.

God Provides

The story happened more than 2,000 years ago and is still alive and very powerful to this day.

Jess in my story is “Jesus”.

And the ministers were the apostles.

Kat was the boy who offered the bread and the fish.

”God provides”
All four Gospels ( Matthew 14:13-21; 15:29-38, Mark 6:34-44, Luke 9:10-17 and John 6:1-13) shared this story. Bringing us one concrete message…

“God provides.”

God’s Buffet Table

Friends here is my belief, “The universe is a God’s eat all you can buffet table.

Where you can find all the things you’d ever needed and wanted.

All lined up ready for the taking.

If you need God’s love it’s there.

If you need supernatural provisions it’s there.

If you are praying for God-coincidences it’s there.

God’s peace it’s there.

God given connections are already available.

God’s joy, healing and deliverance are all lined up ready for the taking.”

”Dine on God’s buffet table”
Dine on God’s buffet table.

Receive His love.

Enjoy His blessings.

To God be the glory forever and ever, Amen!

In HIM,

Jobie Doblado

P.S.

“The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.” Psalm 126:3, NIV

P.S.2

The best way to receive God’s blessing is to acknowledge God for every good things that happens to your life, even the small things. Be sensitive. Be open and be grateful.

P.S.3

Also, you should raise your level of expectancy. Have faith that all your dreams and aspirations will all come to pass. Open your eyes so you may see, listen so you may hear and be more sensitive. All you’d ever wanted and needed are all served ready for the taking.

P.S.4

Let’s dine on God’s buffet table.

Life Is What You Choose It

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request. 1 Chronicles 4:10, N IV

John, Claude, Vandame

John, Claude and Vandame are officemates. They live in the same condominium. Their wives are friends who happened to be classmates in culinary school.

One day John, Claude and Vandame were having lunch.

“Chicken again!” John exclaimed, “I’m sick of eating chicken for lunch. If I’ll have chicken again tomorrow I’ll kill my self.”

Claude opened his packed lunch, “Fish! I’m tired of eating fish for lunch. If I’ll have fish again tomorrow I’ll kill myself.”

Finally Vandame, “Hotdogs! I’m sick and tired of hotdogs. I had hotdogs for breakfast and now, hotdogs again for lunch. If I’ll have hotdogs again tomorrow I’ll kill myself.”

One day later.

“This is it! I don’t want to live another day eating chicken for lunch,” and John jumped on the window, dead.

“Fish again? I don’t want to see another fish tomorrow for lunch,” and Claude jumped on the window, dead.

Finally Vanadame, “Hotdogs! I’m done I’ll end this now,” and Vandame jumped on the window, dead.

During their wake John and Claude’s wives were crying.

“If I only knew John doesn’t want chicken for lunch, I should have… Hik, hik (sobbing)!!! I thought chicken was his favorite.”

“I also thought fish is Claude’s favorite. If I could have known it earlier Claude will not be dead by now, huuuu (weeping)!!!”

“Vandame, why did you do this to me? How could you kill yourself? You’re sick of hotdogs? Grrrrr (really mad)! And you kill yourself? How could you???!!! How could you???!!!”

“Why are you like that, your husband had just died? And you are mad at him” John and Claude’s wives asked Vandame’s widow.

“Because I have never prepared him his lunch, he’s preparing it himself. And he’ll say he’s sick of hotdogs? He should have cooked something else. There are lots of food stocks in the fridge.”

Life Is What You Make It

Friends, most of the time we are like Vandame, we complain about our own choices.

You’ll hear, “I took up Accountancy, I never love Accounting.”

“I signed a job as a domestic helper, I’m a nurse.”

“I married a jerk, he never changed.”

“I’m sick and tired of my boss, but I can’t leave the company.”

Dear friends, my big message for you today is, “You have a choice, choose well.”

Here is my belief, “Life is what you choose it. You are 100% of what you’ve chosen years back.

You have a choice and you make it, you are in control.

God don’t have access to your decision making, God don’t dictate you what to do. He gave you your freewill. You are in control, you make the decision.

"Life is what you choose it. You are 100% of what you’ve chosen years back"
God only takes care of the consequences, but to your decisions and choices, never! You make them.”

Make Good Choices

God Can Enlarge Your Territory

Yes, you read it right. God can enlarge your territory in as much as He enlarged Jabez’s.

But you have to make good choices. Think this out with me…

Do you think God would enlarge Jabez’s territory if he chooses to live like his brothers?

I don’t think so.

Jabez chose to live more honorable than his brothers (1 Chronicles 4:9) and God enlarged his territory.

Or maybe if Jabez just accept the fact that his mother named him “Jabez” because his mother gave birth to him in pain? (1 Chronicles 4:9).”

Imagine the label, “PAIN”.

But Jabez chose to outlive his name. Declaring his faith he prayed, “Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request (1 Chronicles 4:10).

"Life is what you make it "
Friends, “Life is what you choose it.”

You have a choice.

Choose well.

Have faith.

Honor God.

In HIM,

Jobie P. Doblado

Grow Where You Are Planted

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11, NIV.

The Mustards

One Saturday morning my Dad asked me to help him do some seed planting.

That morning we planted some mustard seeds on a plastic pot.

On the process, we selectively choose the soil in which the seeds will be planted. We put on some trampled charcoal so that the seeds may be able to breathe out. We then pour on some water to make the soil soft.

Then, one by one we carefully pressed the seeds into the soil, sprinkled some water and put it on our backyard.

Every morning before I go to work I see my Dad watering the seeds. And one by one I saw the seeds grow.

Fourteen days later my Dad asked me to help him cultivate some part of our backyard.

“What are we planting this time?”

“The mustards”, he said pointing at the 14-day old mustards we planted two weeks ago.

“So why do we have to plant those on a plastic pot if we will transfer them on the ground?”

“The seeds will drown on the ground. All of them will not grow”, he said smiling, “it is necessary for them to be planted where they can grow and transferred to somewhere where they will grow more”.

Grow Where You Are Planted

My big message for today is, “Grow where you are planted”.

"Grow Where You Are Planted"
We are like those mustard seeds. God planted us somewhere where we can grow and He will transfer us to grounds where we can grow more. That’s His plan, to bless us more than we can imagine.

To prosper us more than what we can measure.

To give us hope.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11, NIV.

Leap Of Faith

Let me tell you my story, read on.

Last February Shell Shared Services Manila offered me an employment opportunity.

The offer was great. It’s beyond what I’m expecting for.

However, I should be willing to work with shifting schedules. Which means they, Shell, can ask me to report for office on a regular day shift (9am to 6pm) or on a mid shift (3pm to 12mn), anytime.

That means “irregular schedule.” The effect:

No Saturday morning Ortigas Feast Music Ministry rehearsals.

No Monday night Ortigas Feast (Oritgas Feast is a Catholic Prayer Meeting of the Light Of Jesus Family).

No Thursday night Caring Groups.

No Tuesday date nights with Shiela.

And the list could be endless and to make it short, I would have to give up some of my Church service and most specially, "my Tuesday date nights".

I was confused to whether take the offer or just drop it off.

Breakthrough

I remember last year I prayed for a breakthrough. I asked God to lead me to His promises. I don’t ask for any specifics, I just asked for a breakthrough.

It maybe a promotion, new clients, other income opportunities, new job or anything that He might give, besides, He is God and nothing is impossible for Him.

Then came Shell, I asked God, “Is this the breakthrough?”

A friend told me to read Exodus 33.

I almost wept when I read God saying, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest (Exodus 33:14).”

And like how Moses responded, I prayed, “Lord, if your presence does not go with me do not send me (Exodus 33:15).”

I signed the contract.

I’m now with Shell.

Changes Are Inevitable

Change happens.

Yesterday you where there, today you’re here and tomorrow you’ll be somewhere else. But if you walk your life in faith, you will always be on fertile ground, always be on the right track.

If you will live a life of faith, if you love God and live according to His purpose, God will make all things work together for your good (Romans 8:28).

It’s His promise.

It’s His divine purpose for you.

My Message

Here is my belief, “If you will live a life of faith, you will learn how to follow God’s will and purpose for your life even amidst your confusion.

"If you will live a life of faith, you will learn how to follow God’s will and purpose for your life even amidst your confusion"
Entrust Him. And entrusting means surrender.

Give it to Him.

Ask Him for directions.

Let Him work out the details.

Believe that He is working behind the scenes on your behalf and He’s preparing your way to abundance.”

I am yet to explore what God has for me here on Shell and I can’t help but to be excited because I believe He’s going to bless me more.

It Will All Come To Pass

Friends, all your dreams and aspirations will all come true.

God will give you all the desires of your heart.

It will all come to pass right before your eyes.

Believe that God is working behind the scenes on your behalf.

He’s preparing your way to abundance and true bliss.

Live a life of faith.

Love God.

Enjoy life.

In HIM,

Jobie Doblado

P.S.1

Two Sundays ago k.Jerry (Ortigas Feast Band Bassist) told me that come May, Ortigas Feast will have a Sunday sessions and he’s asking if I’ll be available to play for the band. I said a big “Yes”.

P.S.2

One more, the other day one of my office mate asked me if I could play guitars during Mass. Yes, we have Mass here on Shell, it happens every first Friday of the month! And I said a big “Yes”.

I’m excited I’ll be rocking again for God’s name and glory. I’ll tell you about it on my succeeding blogs.

P.S.3

I believe there’s more and I’ll be expecting more. I’ll be raising my expectancy level to the highest besides I’m dealing with an amazing God.

Love, Courtship and Dating – Guard Your Heart, Guard Your Motives, Guard Your Soul

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, NIV.

Love

Is your love genuine or fake? Let me tell you a story.

One day while walking along Morayta on my way home I saw a black Nike Air Jordan XIV shoe on one of the shops there. I then remember how Michael Jordan took that winning shot against the Jazz, and the Bulls got their 6th Championship Ring.

I entered the store and asked the sales lady how much it cost. I was shocked to know that it only cost for P1,500 (last price up to P1,300). Gosh! That same shoes Michael Jordan used during the 1998 NBA Play-offs and thus bagging that years NBA Championship Title sells only for P1,500!

The following day I asked my classmate to check on the shoes which he ends up buying. After three months the shoes were totally worn out. Why? Because it’s fake!

Friends, guard you heart from a fake version of love – infatuation.

Fake Love - Infatuation

Yes you read it right. Infatuation is a fake version of love.

I’m not saying infatuation is a bad thing. No, it’s totally normal. Infatuation only becomes a bad thing if it misleads you to think its love. Because infatuation looks like love, feels like love, but it’s not love.

Today I’ll tell you how to spot the genuine love from the fake, keep on reading.

Love Versus Infatuation (spot the difference)

1. Infatuation does not require a decision. It just happens. You see a girl and boom, you want her. You don’t know why. Maybe it’s her dress, the way her hair falls on her shoulder, her smile, how she bites her fingernail. You don’t know. But real love doesn’t just happen, real love requires a decision. You decide to be patient, to be kind, not to be envious, not to boast; not to be proud. You decide to honor the other person, not to be self-seeking, not to be easily angered. You decide not to keep record or wrongs. You decide to protect, to trust, to hope and to persevere.

2. Infatuation does not last long. You have these feelings of love swirling within you until something happens that break the spell. Maybe she’ll open her mouth. Maybe she’ll reveal her fangs. Maybe she’ll introduce you to her family. Maybe she gains 30 pounds. It could be just anything. Infatuation can last for a few days or for a couple of years. But real love last forever.

“Love never fails. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:8, 13, NIV

3. Infatuation is directed towards a figment of your imagination. You are not attracted to a real person rather you are attracted to a projection of that person from your own imagination. Like infatuation itself, you are in love with a fake. But real love is directed towards a real person. You may have known all his or her strengths and weaknesses and decided to accept it all simply because you love him or her.

“The Lord did not choose you and lavish his love on you because you were larger or greater than nations, for you were the smallest of all nations! It was simply because the Lord loves you.” Deuteronomy 7:7-8, NLT

I’ll say it again: Infatuation is not a bad thing. Infatuation becomes a bad thing if a person thinks it was love. Foolish people think the pirated copy is real and they’d go for it. Wise people don’t, they take their time.

Knowing the difference between love and infatuation does not happen overnight, it’s a test of time, a period of deeply knowing each other more. A span of time called “courtship.”

Courtship

A Love Story

I have read this passage from a book, “Life is a fairytale written by God’s hands.” And I believe my love story is a fairytale written by God’s hands. Let me tell you my story.

I was 18 years old when I really first met God in an intimate way and since then I have loved and served Him in any way possible. Inspired by Joshua Harris’ book, “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” lent to me by a friend, I was 18 years old when I decided to kiss dating goodbye.

After reading the book, I just felt tired running on girls. I was 18 and was a proud member of “No Girlfriend Since Birth” association which lasted until I’m 20. During the last two years before I got into a relationship I spent my life serving the Lord through the UE Campus Ministry called Christian Communities Program (UECCP). During that time also I started praying for the girl of my dreams.

During my last semester in college I was re-introduced to Shiela. Oh boy, I tell you, she’s so beautiful, so gorgeous but she’s not my type. I was at the peak of my service, at the peak of my studies and I can’t loose focus. But God made a way for us to be close and we easily get along with each other naturally.

I Started To Pray For Her

For more than 2 years I have been praying for the girl of my dreams, then came Shiela. I don’t know if she’s the one I’m praying for but then I started to pray for her. I asked God to please check on my heart and my motives.

One beautiful cloudy morning I told her, “I don’t know but I’m starting to like you.”

Then I asked her, “Pede ba ako manligaw (Can I court you)?”

She just smiled and said, “Sige (Ok).”

Right then and there I whispered a short prayer, “Lord please guard my motives.”

3 Points on Courtship (Men’s Viewpoint)

1. Nothing beats the power of prayer. Always pray for her. You might not know her yet, but still pray for her. If you think she’s the one, pray for that one. Asked God, “Lord please check on my heart. Is this love I feel?”

2. Before you ask a girl, “Pede ba ako manligaw (Can I court you).” Pray to God to check on your motives. Asked Him, “Lord, why do I feel this way for her? Please check on my motives.” And I’m very much sure God will reveal to you something.

3. Courtship is a like a contract. You both agreed to it. Don’t just make your moves with out the girl knowing why you are making them

When you’re on courtship, you’ll go on “dating.”

Dating 101 – What To Do

Golden Rule of Dating

“Explore each others mind, tastes and preferences not each other’s bodies.”

I can go on talking about the dos and don’ts of dating but the golden rule can sum it up. Keep your courtship clean. Guard your body from sin.

Guard your heart.

Guard your motives.

Guard your soul.

Happy Valentines!

In HIM,

Jobie Doblado

Called To Love

Jesus said, “A new command I give you, Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35, NIV.

UE Campus Feast

University of the East Campus Feast is happening this coming November 25, 2010 at the UE Theater from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. Out talk topic is, “God The Provider”.

What Is Campus Feast?

Campus Feast is a Catholic prayer meeting of the Light of Jesus Family organized in school campuses and universities all over the country. But before it is a Catholic prayer meeting it is first a party.

Yes! A party! And you are invited.

The Feast isn’t really a prayer meeting nor a religious seminar or a motivational workshop (but we have an empowering talk as part of the meeting) nor a Christian concert (partly though), The Feast is really a party, a party where we will celebrate God’s love.

In his letter, Paul wrote to Corinth about love. He said, “For now there are faith, hope and love. But of these three, the greatest is love.” And The Feast is a party where we can all celebrate love.

The main goal of The Feast is to give its attendees an experience. An experience they can associate with faith, hope and love. An experience where they can grow their faith in Jesus Christ, lift up their hope and feel loved. Because I believe that’s what we are called to do, nothing more nothing less.

Party For Sinners

The Feast is based on Mark 2:15-17, where Jesus had party at Levi’s house, eating with tax collectors, drunkards, and prostitutes. That was when religious leaders criticized Jesus, asking how he could eat with sinners. (In that culture, eating with someone around a table meant friendship.) Instead of offering his friendship, these religious leaders wanted Jesus to condemn these sinners.

But Jesus didn’t do that. He simply loved them.

We are all sinners right? Thus The Feast is our party.

The Feast isn’t a prayer meeting for religious people. The Feast is a party for those who aren’t religious. Just like what Jesus did in Levi’s house, The Feast is a party for sinners. The Feast is a party where we will all celebrate Jesus’ unfailing love.

On behalf of the UE SCA-CCP Family, LOJ Family, The Feast Manila Campus Ministry I say, “We love you. See you at the UE Campus Feast”

To God be the glory forever and ever, amen!

Your Kerygma Preacher Wannabe,

Jobie Doblado

P.S.1

Visit The Feast near you. For more information please follow the links: Makati Feast, The Feast Manila Bay, The Feast Pasig Youth Session, Feast Valenzuela, The Feast Alabang, Oritgas Feast, The South Feast, Feast Bustos, Feast Baliwag, Pasig Feast.

Visit The Kerygma Family for the complete list of The Feast schedules and other upcoming events.

P.S.2

For more information about The Feast, please call telephone number 02.725.9999.

Live A Life Of No Rush

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. - Matthew 6:34, NIV.

Hurry Sickness

Leslie is an accountant for a pharmaceutical company.

Life has always been busy for Leslie. She reports for office early in the morning and leaves late at night. Her official work days are from Mondays to Fridays but she often reports for work during Saturdays updating their company's books and doing government reports.

Leslie is a one-woman Accounting Department.

Every morning when she wakes up she's rushing her way to the office, taking the shortest route possible, tailing the fastest vehicle, honking her horn one nanosecond after the green light, parking on the nearest possible parking slot and running her way to the elevator.

Leslie types so fast. She knows almost all keyboard shortcuts on MS Office and has an organized desktop links for faster desktop navigation. She talks so fast. She aims to end a phone conversation at a maximum of one minute. She eats fast. Fifteen minutes after twelve and you'll see her pounding on her keyboard.

However, Leslie has a fantasy, to spend a week on vacation. That is no work for five days. She's been thinking of it, dreaming of it and has been praying for it.

She often dreams of how she will spend her five days, "Day one I'm going to bungee jump. Day two I'll go kayak. Day three mountain hiking, on day four I'll surf. Finally on day five I'll take my time sleeping the whole day."

God grants her prayer.

One day her boss called her and approved her vacation leave plus giving her a five days vacation spree at the Camiguin Island.

While on vacation however her mind is locked on her office table. The reports she submitted last week, her pending GS1 application, her upcoming financial reports presentation next week, BIR reports, pending supplier invoices and all the documents lying dead on her in-out tray. She ends up rushing her five days vacation.

Live In Your Now

Are you a Leslie? Most of you can relate to Leslie's story. I can tell because I was once a Leslie. I was once "hurry sick".

According to Meyer Friedman, "Hurry sickness is a continuous struggle and unremitting attempt to accomplish or achieve more and more things and participate in more and more events in less and less time, frequently in the face of opposition real or imagined from other person."

Hurry sick people are missing one of the most important moment of their lives, their now.

Friends my big message for you today is, "If you want to be happy, you must live in your now. That is living in the present moment, being awake, being aware, being mindful, being conscious and embracing what is happening now. That is embracing God's love as it happens, where it happens."

Hurry Sick People Are Not Happy

Hurry sick people are not happy. Why? Because hurry sick people are not fit to love, because love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Because love always takes time and time is one thing that hurry sick people don't have.

So if not loving enough is the most painful regret, hurry sick people do have a lot of painful regrets. They are missing the opportunity to love and be loved. They are missing the greatest gift God has been giving to them, the gift of love.

The Two Thieves

"We crucify ourselves between two thieves: Regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow." - Fulton Oursler

Protect yourselves from these two thieves.

Surrender all your regrets and fears to God.

New Every Morning

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead - Philippians 3:13, NIV.

One day Jack and Jill (before they went up the hill to fetch a pail of water) met on the road.

Jill noticed that Jack looked very sad, almost weepy.

She asked him, "What's wrong, Jack?"

Jack cried, "Three weeks ago my aunt died and left me an inheritance of P100,000."

Jill was surprised. "Well that isn't too bad."

Jack shook his head. "That's not the end of the story. Two weeks ago my uncle died and left me an inheritance of P500,000."

"My gosh, I'd like that," Jill said.

Jack wailed and said, "That's not all. Last week, my grandfather died and left me an inheritance of P2 Million."

Jill was blown away. She said, "That's fantastic! Why are you so sad?"

Jack cried and said, "Because this week, nothing! No one died!

Friends if you want to live in your now and be really happy, don't get fixated with your past blessings. You can't live on yesterday's manna. God gives different blessings each day, God's gift of underserved grace is new every morning.

So learn to appreciate what God is giving you today. Receive it, feel it as it happens.

God's Buffet Table

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. - Matthew 6:34, NIV.

One day Ping invited Pong to an eat all you can buffet.

Pong can't pass such an offer, so he said yes to Ping.

While on their way to the restaurant Pong asked Ping, "Hey Ping, what are they serving there? Do they have Chicken and Pork Adobo, or Pork Sisig, or Kare-Kare perhaps?"

"They have everything. They serve all kinds of food." Ping replied.

As they lined up at the buffet table different kinds of cuisines are before them. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Russian, Italian, French, native Filipino dishes are among others. Pong, the Filipino as he is, looks for Chicken and Pork Adobo. But he can't find one.

He tried looking for Kare-Kare and Pork Sisig but to no avail. So he asks the waiter.

"Ah waiter, do you have Chicken and Pork Adobo?"

"Sir, it is being prepared in the kitchen and it will be served later, why not try some of our Chinese cuisines?"

"No thanks. I don't see any Kare-Kare here on the buffet table. Do you have Kare-Kare?"

"Sir, it is in the kitchen, Chef is working on it now. Why not try some of our French cuisines? I'm sure you're going to love it."

"No thanks. How about Pork Sisig, do you have Pork Sisig here?"

"Sir, we served it 15 minutes ago and it's a fast buy. Chef is currently preparing its second serving now. It may take some more minutes. Why not try something served in the buffet table. All our dishes are top notch, you'll gonna love it."

"No thanks. I'll wait for your Chicken and Pork Adobo, Kare-Kare and Pork Sisig."

And Pong sits down with an empty plate waiting for his Adobo, Kare-Kare and Sisig.

Dear friends, if you want to live in your now and be really happy, enjoy what is currently served on God's buffet table. There you will find supernatural provisions, divine appointments, God-coincidences, God's presence, God's peace, God given connections, God's joy and God's love. All you will ever need and wanted are served. They are every where and they are all found in your now.

Wherever You Are, Be There

Do you want to be happy? One key to happiness is mastering the Art of Being.

We are supposed to be human beings. But life can be so much busy, instead of being human beings we tend to be human doings.

Most of the time we are not present in the here and the now, if not regretting about our past we look forward and worry about the future.

So let me give you the golden rule of living in the present and enjoying your now, "Wherever you are, be there."

Deliberately Eliminate Hurry From Your Life

How to cure hurry sickness? (a) By Deliberately Slowing Down. (b) By Having a Daily Time of Solitude (Practice Daily Quiet Time).

Deliberately Slow Down

Deliberately and purposefully slow down.

If you are driving, deliberately drive in the slow lane.

If you are looking for a parking area, deliberately look for the farthest spot available in the parking lot.

When choosing a checkout lane, deliberately choose the longest line in the grocery.

If you are eating, deliberately chew your food slowly.
If you are preparing for an appointment or a meeting, deliberately leave your house/office ten minutes earlier.

If you are talking with someone, deliberately listen patiently and speak clearly and slowly.

The key there is deliberately. Make it on purpose. Make it your objective. Slow down.

More than deliberately slowing down, you should always put love in everything you do. Because love will inspire you to be patient, love will lead you to slow down.

Practice Daily Quiet Time

The next morning Jesus went out to a place where he could be alone […] Luke 4:42.

A group of Boy Scouts goes on camping. The platoon leader grouped his scouts and gave them their assigned tasks.

Three scouts will fetch water from the nearest river to fill in their water container. Seven scouts were assigned to put up the tent. Four scouts were assigned to clean up the camping site and two scouts were assigned to gather dried sticks to be used to setup a fire.

Off they go. The two scouts scampered over the woods to gather dried tree branches.

Several minutes later, the tents are all setup, the water container filled with water, the camping ground is all well cleaned but the two boys weren't back from picking dried woods.

The platoon waited for them to return. They waited… and waited… but to no avail. The concerned scout master and platoon leader finally went out into the woods looking for the two boys. Curios platoon members followed them. Few meters away from the camping site, they found the missing duo seated on the ground, dried sticks at their feet, strawberries and smiles on their faces.

How long since you did the same? We need regular recalibrations. Besides, who couldn't use a few strawberries? But who has time to gather them? You have businesses to run; sales quota to hit; financial reports to submit; product presentation to present; machines, organizations and budgets to run. You got to run.

Jesus understands the frenzy of life. People's calendars are filled with demands. But He also knew how to deliberately step away where He could be alone with His Father.

Pick a place and time where you could be alone with God. It doesn't have to be desolate, just quiet. Simply a place to which you, like Jesus "Went out to a place where you could be alone," alone to think, to ponder and to recalibrate your life's purpose.

Practice daily time of solitude. Determine the time. Select a place. Bring your Bible. And deliberately press the pause button of your life.

Quit Waiting

A lot of people just wait.

When we're a kid, we wait to be old enough to go to school.

When we're at school, we wait to get a job.

When we are working, we wait for our retirement.

When we are single, we wait to get married.

When we get married, we wait to have a baby.

When we've got babies, we wait for them to grow up.

When we've got teens, we wait for them to mature.

Friends, quit waiting. If you are living your now, you will never have to wait again in your life, because waiting means focusing on the future. Don't waste your time waiting. Besides you don't have to wait for big miracles to happen because everyday, every moment of your life is a miracle. Your now is a miracle, live it, enjoy it.

Enjoy your life now, live it.

Breathe in God's love.

Live in God's grace.

Live a life of no rush.

Enjoy your now.

To God be the glory forever and ever. Amen.


Your Kerygma Preacher Wannabe,

Jobie P. Doblado

P.S.

Even Buddhist believes that true bliss can be found in living in your now. Here is a quote from Buddha, "Don't chase after the past, don't seek the future; the past is gone, the future hasn't come. But see clearly on the spot the object which is now, while finding and living in a still, unmoving stat of mind."

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Live a Life of No Indifference

For now there are faith, hope and love. But of these three, the greatest is love. – 1 Corinthians 13:13, CEV.

Mr. Pancake Meal

My younger brother works as service crew in McDonalds, Quezon Avenue. He shares with me a story about a painful regret, here goes.

Henry and Liza are good old couple who regularly dine at the store, if not everyday, every other day. They are both nice to the crew and the management. Henry and Liza always offer their sweetest smile whenever they’re there. Good thing to start the day. They are regular breakfast customers.

We call Henry, Mr. Pancake Meal. Here’s why, his order are two piece pancakes with extra butter and strawberry jam, regular coffee with extra sugar (ten sachets) and creamer (ten sachets) and will request for an almost two inches thick tissues.

One morning Liza entered the store alone sobbing. He approached the ordering counter and told us her husband died the other night of heart attack.

Several days after Henry died. Liza entered the store with a younger version of her husband. The younger version sits her mother and approached me.

“Hi I’m Sam. I’m Henry’s son. My Mom told me to make her regular order and Dad’s. Make also one for me.”

I called out, “Two Mr. Pancake Meal please!”

Out of surprise the kitchen crew stares on the dining area looking for Henry.

“I’m not kidding you, it’s for his son.” I said smiling.

To Sam’s amazement, he asked me about the extra butter, the strawberry jam, the ten sachets of sugar and creamer and the two inches thick tissues.

“That’s how your Dad wanted. This is his regular order.“

He stares on his Mom with an almost teardrop on his cheek.

For 40 days, Sam and her Mom walks to the store every morning to reminisce Henry. Unfortunately for Sam, he couldn’t be with his father anymore.

Liza once told us that Henry and Sam has some misunderstandings and has not been talking for the longest time. Henry died without his son’s reconciliation and Sam lives without his Dad’s reconciliation.

The Most Painful Regret

If not taking enough risk is the most common regret a man could ever have, failure in relationship is the most painful one.

Regrets like, “I didn’t spend enough time with my family.”

“I didn’t put people over things”

“I didn’t express my love”

“I didn’t apologize and repair a broken relationship”

Our most painful regret could be that we didn’t love enough.

The Only Key to Happiness

God wants you to be happy. This is what I believe: God has already lined up all the right blessings, all the right miracles and all the right people to bless your life. Especially the right people, your family, your friends, your neighbors, your boss, your officemates and all the people around you.

Because God wants you to be happy by having happy relationships; God only has one strategy to make you happy and it's through happy relationships, nothing more nothing less. No plan B. It’s through happy relationships or bust.

Because if you squeeze out the essence of life, you will realize that life is all about relationships. Your happiness, your success, your health, and your dreams depend on your relationships. In other words your life is all about love. That is why the greatest commandment is about love; Because God wants us to be happy.

Friends my big message for you today is: “Become love.”

Becoming Love

You might ask, “If the only key to happiness is becoming love, how do I do it?”

There’s the word, “gratitude”. I read this from a book:

Love creates forgiveness.
Forgiveness creates acceptance.
Acceptance creates gratitude.
Gratitude creates happiness.

Thus, if you want to be happy, be grateful.

Three Steps to Having a Happy Relationship

According to a Catholic Lay Preacher and writer Bro. Bo Sanchez, there are really three steps to becoming love. Step 1, be grateful for you, step 2, be grateful for the love you received and lastly, be grateful for the love you gave.

Be Grateful For You

The adage that says “You can never give what you don’t have” will always remain true.
How do you become love if you don’t love yourself?

Reflect on this, the Bible said “God knitted you in your mother’s womb”. Take note of the word knitted. God don’t just line you up in a manufacturing assembly nor let you mass reproduced by angels in heaven.

God personally knitted you.

Specially and wonderfully made, so why would you feel ungrateful for who you are?

Starting today, thank God for who you are and be grateful for the blessings He has poured in your life.

Be Grateful For the Love You Received

I heard of a story about a man who walks in a bar and ordered a drink. The bartender asked the man why he is drinking. The man said, “I have been working so hard for this. I should have earned P500,000 instead of P250,000. I’m 50% below my set quota and I feel bad about it. Damn!”

Several minutes later a group of men entered the bar in celebration mode. The bartender asked them what’s the call for the celebration; The happiest in the group said, “My boss increased my salary from P19,000 to P19,570. It pays off all the great things I did for the company. God has been so good to me. I feel so blessed!"

Is P250,000 close to P570? Obviously no, it’s not even 1%. What lies between them is gratitude, a thankful heart.

The same is true with relationships. If you want to grow in your relationships, be grateful for the love you received. Always fill the gap with gratitude. Always have a thankful heart.

Give thanks to God for all the people around you, your family, your friends, your officemates, your boss, and to everyone who’s making you who you are. You’ll be surprised how your relationships with them will grow.

Be Grateful For the Love You Gave

Thank God for how you able to show love to others.

If you’re a father, thank God for how you able to spend time with your kids.

If you’re a husband or wife, thank God for you were able to date your spouse despite your busy schedules.

If you’re a son or daughter, thank God you were able to say “I love you” to your parents.

If you’re an employee thank God for your employer.

The Power of Love

By following the steps above you will be “force” to show your love more. Because in step 3 (be grateful for the love you give), you’ll be thanking God for the opportunity you show love. But let me warn you, this isn’t easy. Read on the story below.

One day, there was a lion who called for a meeting with the animals. He said, “Each of you will tell a joke. But everyone must laugh or I’ll eat the one who told the joke.”

The monkey, who knew he was very funny, went up first and told his joke. When he reached the punchline, everyone cracked up. Everyone that is, except one animal: The turtle. He didn’t laugh.

The lion shook his head. He pounced on the monkey and ate him in one gulp. All the animals gasped. The lion called out, “Next!”

The parrot believed he was really funny so he stepped in front and told his joke. When he reached his punchline, all the animals laughed. Except the turtle!

And to everyone’s horror, the lion gobbled up the parrot.

All the animals were angry at the turtle! But they couldn’t say anything in front of the lion.
“Next!” the lion said.

The giraffe stepped up, trembling. He started telling his joke when the turtle began to laugh really hard!

The animals looked at him wondering what he was doing.

The lion asked the turtle, “What’s wrong with you? Giraffe hasn’t reached his punchline yet!”
The turtle said, “Haha! I can’t help it. The monkey’s joke was sooooo funny!”

Give Love but Don’t Expect an Instant Response

Yes. That happens. If you are showing love to your kids, your spouse, your parents, your friends, your employer they too can be a turtle. Slow. But don’t stop loving them until the “get it”. Soon you’ll reap your reward. Let me tell you about my Dad, keep on reading.

When I first say “I love you” to my Dad I get no response. I did it the second, third, fourth time and so on but I received the same “Uhmm”.

But I never stop. I don’t give up. I took it. I was eaten by the lion several times. But I keep on doing it.

“Dad I love you.”

“Uhmm.”

“Dad I love you.”

“Uhmm.”

Until one morning I get my reward, I heard him say “Sige na. Magpa-kabait ka anak (Ok, be good son).”

Since then I never heard him say “Uhmm” again whenever I tell him I love him. Though I never heard him say “I love you too son” yet, I believe sooner I will.

Your Business Is To Make Your Relationships Grow

There’s a story about a big old dog who saw a little dog chasing its tail and asked, “Why are you chasing your tail so?”

The Puppy answered, “I have mastered Philosophy; I have solved the problems of the universe with no dog before me has rightly solved; I have learned that the best thing for a dog is happiness, and that happiness is my tail. Thus, I am chasing it; and when I catch it I shall have happiness.”

The big old dog responded, “My son, I too, have paid attention to the problems of the universe in my own way, and I have formed some opinions. I, too, have judged that happiness is a fine thing for a dog, and that happiness is in my tail. However, I have also noticed that when I chase after it, it keeps on moving away from me, but when I go about my business, it follows me close by.”

Are you chasing your tail in search for happiness? If your business is to find happiness then your business is to grow in your relationships and when you do that happiness will follow you close by.

Become love.

Your K Preacher Wannabe,

Jobie Puno Doblado

P.S.

Focus on one objective: “Make your relationships grow. Become love”.

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Live A Life Of No Fears

Tough Sailing

This is a story about tough sailing, fear, courage and faith.

One evening there were twelve fishermen sailing on a windy lake. Their boat is being tossed around by the waves that made them feel so fearful. Though for quite some time they are with a Master who teaches them about the scriptures, but they were brought up to believe that nature was controlled by the spirits and not by God. They are thinking about drowning, who can save them now.

A little while before morning they saw a man walking on the water towards them. They thought it was a ghost. Seeing a ghost in the winds of chaotic sea made sense to fishermen those days for they believed that the spirits manipulated nature. Now they are not only against the winds and the waves, they are also seeing a ghost. They have been buckling up for a roller-coaster ride and are very scared. They were terrified and started screaming.

Then they heard a voice calling them, “Don’t worry! I am Jesus. Don’t be afraid.” The man walking on the water towards them is Jesus, their Master who’s teaching them about the scriptures. Their Rabbi who once commanded the wind and the waves to calm down and it did. And the twelve fishermen are the disciples. One of them is Peter.

Peter by profession is a fisherman. Thus he must have ridden those same waves before and are used to it. He should have heard the stories and probably has seen some wreckage. He knew the widows. He knew the storm could kill. He knew in times like this you should never get out of the boat unless it’s sinking. As a fisherman, he is very sure that the boat is the safest place in the sea during a storm. But he wanted out.

So when Peter heard Jesus he shouted, “Lord if it is really You, tell me to come to you on the water.”

And when Peter heard Jesus say, “Come on!” he got out of the boat and started walking on the water towards Him.

All Success Are Found Outside Your Comfort Zone

I know many of us are experiencing storms in our life. And most of us are in a boat. Yes we are safe but scared. We feel contented but we complain. We just wanted to stay but we are screaming. We fear.

In his book, “The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die”, John Izzo made an interview with 235 older people ages 59 to 105 and found out that the most common regret people has in his life is that they fear.

It was said in different ways like, “I didn’t take enough risk.”

“I played it too safe.”

“I didn’t try enough.”

Why not take risk? Why play too safe? Why not try? Because we fear and because of that fear we are crippled to take action, we are blinded of the opportunities, we are stuck, caught and trapped.

Dear friends, here’s my big message for you today, “All successes are found outside your Comfort Zone. God doesn’t want you to have regrets in your life. God doesn’t want you to die with your dreams unfulfilled. God is calling you to step-out of your Comfort Zone into your Courage Zone. God doesn’t just give you your dreams He also gave you all the resources you’d ever needed to make those dreams come true. It’s His divine plan for you, to be a success!

You maybe facing a storm right now but I tell you, ‘Never focus on the storm. Focus on your God-given dreams. Because the storm will pull you down sinking but your dreams will push you up walking.’

If you want to walk on water, you’ve got to get out of the boat.”

How Do You Step On Your Courage Zone?

Two steps: (1) define your success and (2) act.

Define Your Success

Imagine one day you woke up and you feel like driving. What you do is you pickup the car key, you get into the car, you start the engine and hit the road. After a long day of driving you feel tired, you sleep and the next morning you start driving again. The next, next morning you drive again. The next, next, next morning you drive again. And again, and again and again, over and over you’re driving. But you are not getting anywhere. It’s tiring. It’s sick. It’s insane.

Now imagine one day you woke up and you feel like going to Bicol. So you pickup the car key, you get into the car armed with a map, you start the engine and hit the road. After a long day of driving you feel tired, you pay yourself a sleep, you are in Batangas now. The next morning you start driving again, you call the day and rest. You’re in Quezon Province. The next morning I’m sure you will be in Bicol. I bet after reaching Bicol you’ll want to go other places.

Lesson: “If you want to go somewhere, know where you’re going.” Here’s my tip (I did this), get a pen and paper and write down what you really, really want for your life. Write it clearly, graphically and deliberately.

Do what I say before you continue reading. Done? Okay go on.

You might want a new job.

You might be dreaming of a brand new car.

You might have just written you wanted your own house.

You might have just written you want to pay all your debts.

You wanted to have all your dreams come true!

Friends I have a revelation for you today: All your dreams are found outside your Comfort Zone. It is all found in your Courage Zone. When you realize that, half of the battle is won.

Step 2: Act. Have A Bias For Action

One day a student asks his master to give him just one important lesson in life. The master smiled and said, “Come back to me tomorrow and I’ll give you ten.”

The following day the student excitedly asks his master what are the ten of the most important lessons in life. The master gave him a list that says…

1. Act.
2. Act again.
3. Act again and again.
4. Act again and again and again.
5. Act again and again and again and again.
6. Act again and again and again and again and again.
7. Act again and again and again and again and again and again.
8. Act again and again and again and again and again and again and again.
9. Act again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again.
10. Act again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again.

The list may goes on and on.

Lesson: Take action. Keep moving forward.

God Wants You To Conquer Your Fear

The whole Bible is a story of God calling people out of their Comfort Zones into their Courage Zones.

Abraham was very comfortable in the land of Ur.

He was born there. He played marbles and patentero there. He got married there. All his friends were there. All his memories were there.

But one day, God said, “Migrate to Canaan.”

And boom, off he went to live in a foreign land.

Moses was very comfortable among the Egyptians.

Because he was a prince, he lived in the palace of Pharaoh. He had servants serving him 24 hours a day. His political career was bright and rosy.

But one day, God called him to go into his Courage Zone. He asked him to lead the entire nation of slaves out of Egypt. Through the red sea… through the scorching desert… through the next 40 years! Insane!

Peter was a very comfortable in his fishing boats.

His brother was a fisherman. His father was a fisherman. And his grandfather was a fisherman. Shucks, all his ancestors were fishermen. His life was very peaceful. He saw himself fishing until his retirement.

But one day, God called him to go into his Courage Zone. He asked him to be a fisher of men—and made him the head of the Church.

God is calling you out of your Comfort Zones into your Courage Zones. Listen to him and be very willing to take the first step.

The Pebble That Crushed The Mountain

You must have heard the duel between David and Goliath.

Yes I’m talking about the fling, the stone and the slingshot I bet we all watched it on “Flying House” or “Super Books”. I’m sure you can vividly remember and imagine how David beat Goliath. But do you remember the scene before the battle? Let me remind you, taken from 1 Samuel 17:31-40 (CEV), here goes.

Some soldiers overheard David talking so they told Saul what David has said. Saul sent for David, and David came. “Your Majesty”, he said, “the Philistine shouldn’t turn us into cowards. I’ll go out and fight him myself!”

“You don’t have a chance against him,” Saul replied. “You’re only a boy, and he’s been a soldier all his life.”

But David told him, “Your Majesty, I take care of my father’s sheep. And when one of them is dragged off by a lion or a bear, I go after it and beat the wild animal until it lets the sheep go. If the wild animal turns and attacks me, I grab it by the throat and kill it.

Sir, I have killed lions and bears that way and I can kill this worthless Philistine. He shouldn’t have made fun of the army of the Living God! The Lord has rescued me from the claws of lions and bears, and He will keep me safe from the hands of this Philistine.”

“All right”, Saul answered, “go ahead and fight him. I hope the Lord will help you.”

Saul had his own military clothes and armor put on David, and he gave David a bronze helmet to wear. David strapped on a sword and tried to walk around, but he was not used to wearing those things.

“I can’t move on with all this stuff on”, David said. “I’m just not used to it.”

David took off the armor and picked up his shepherd’s stick. He went out to the stream and picked up five smooth rocks and put them in his leather bag. Then with the sling on his hand, he went straight toward Goliath.

David killed Goliath.

Act Within Your Core Zone

Saul gave David his sword, had his military clothes and armor put on David and lend David his helmet. Yet when David held the sword in his hand, he feels uncomfortable with the armor and the helmet, he knew in his heart it wasn’t the best weapon for him. Because he knew that his core gift wasn’t to wield a sword but to fling a slingshot.

Dear friends, all successes are found on your Courage Zone within your Core Zone.

Let me ask you, “What’s your slingshot? What is your core gift?”

Be Prepared To Fail

Did you notice? When David left to face Goliath he picked up five smooth stones. He didn’t pick one, he picked five.

Why? Because he expected to fail and with each failure, he knew he’d learn how not to throw a stone. He would know how to change the angle, or the speed or the trajectory.

You might make a lot of failures. But that’s ok because in between those failures you’ll learn and between those lessons are promises of success, of real bliss.

Last Big Question

Where do you live?

Do you live in your Comfort Zone or your Courage Zone?

If you want success, you know where you should live.

See you in your Courage Zone.

To God be the glory forever and ever Amen.

Your K Preacher Wannabe,

Jobie P. Doblado

Blessed! More Than We Ask For

I pray that Christ Jesus and the church will forever bring praise to God. His power at work in us can do far more than we dare ask or imagine. Amen. Ephesians 3:20, 21, CEV.

No Signal. Input Not Supported

While doing my “Live a Life of No Fears” blog last week my computer crashed. It turned off itself and flashed a “No signal. Input not supported” message on the blackout screen. I tried to turn it on several times but it leaves me the same message displayed on the screen. So I thought this maybe God telling me to sleep and reflect more on what I just wrote. I slept, it was 3 am.

With all the goodness and graces His blessings come. His power at work in us can do far more than we dare ask or imagine
That morning I told my mom about the computer. She told me she’ll ask our technician neighbor to fix it. The computer was not fixed that day. The technician told my mom that the problem was with the motherboard and it really needs some fixing.

Jesus Is Planning A Resurrection

Last night as I sit in front of my computer table facing a blackout screen, it leaves me no choice but to take time off finishing the blog and just reflect.

I remember the story of the death of Lazarus and how the Lord brought him to life. This is one of my favorite Jesus miracles, here goes.

In the Bible, Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha and Jesus were good friends. When their brother got sick, the sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him that their brother Lazarus is not well.

What could be Jesus reaction if he’s not God. He may have immediately packed up his things and left for Bethany where Lazarus lives. But Jesus is God. The Bible says that when Jesus heard about Lazarus sickness, he just said, “His sickness won’t end in death. It will bring glory to God and his son.” He never felt any need to hurry. He even stayed where he was for two more days.

What the sisters thought of healing, Jesus is planning a resurrection. And Lazarus was brought into life.

Problems Are All Temporary

We all have Lazarus in our life. It could be our deteriorating health, our financial difficulties, unhealed past experiences, broken relationships, our job, our boss. They are all sick and soon may die. But our God is a God of impossibilities. When we pray for healing, He’s planning a resurrection. He’s conspiring with the entire universe to exceed what we as asking for.

When we pray for healing, He’s planning a resurrection
Friends, all our Lazarus are temporary but the goodness and graces of God will continue to flow on and on and on. More than what we asked for, more than what we hoped for and far more than what we prayed for. God will pour on His blessing like rampaging waterfalls. It’s packed down, shaken together and spilling over. With all the goodness and graces His blessings come. His power at work in us can do far more than we dare ask or imagine.

Our part is to trust Him with all our heart and switch over from an attitude of fear and doubt to an attitude of faith. God is working behind the scenes. He’s planning a resurrection.

In HIM,

Jobie P. Doblado

P.S.

An attitude of faith is best expressed in what comes out of our mouth. So instead of speaking about your problems, speak to your problems. Everyday declare, “This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.” When you make it a habit to declare Faith Words, soon your mind and heart will grab hold of the truth, and it won’t be too long before you are walking in the abundant life God has prepared for you.

P.S.2

Just when I’m thinking of a repaired PC, God gave me a laptop. A Toshiba L510-B400 laptop! God is really good! Thank you Jesus!

What’s On Your Mind?

Jesus told His disciples, “If you have faith in God and you don’t doubt, you can tell this mountain to get up and jump into the sea, and it will. Everything you ask for in prayer will be yours, if you only have faith.” Mark 11:23, 24, CEV.

I’m amazed at what Facebook did to our lives. It changed how we connect to our friends and our loved ones. It changed how we farm our lands, how we deal with mafias, how we play poker and a lot more but more than any of that it also changed us.

In the democratic world of Facebook, you can say anything, anything you wanted to say. There is this little box on your profile that asks you to type-in what’s on your mind. There is where you “shout out” what you feel about someone and about yourself. To most of the time we use that little box to express ourselves, about what we feel and how we see things are going. More than our status that box is our “declaration box” it’s our “confession box”. Friends, be careful with what you say because your words create your reality. What you say is what you will become.

Be careful with what you say because your words create your reality. What you say is what you will become.

What have you been telling yourself lately? What have you been telling the world about yourself lately? Failure, loser, ugly, unwanted, unforgivable, weak or winner, champion, beautiful, grateful or whatever it is, what you say is what you will become. Thus, if you say you are a failure then you will become a failure. If you say you are successful, then you will become successful. Because your words create your reality!

Speak Words of Faith

In Biblical thinking, words aren’t just sounds or noise. Words are imbued with God’s creative power. In the book of Genesis, the Bible said that God created the world by His words. He didn’t created light by mixing up stuff with His hands. He simply said, “Let there be light” and there was light. In fact John said that, “From the very beginning the Word was with God and was truly God. And with this Word, God crated all things. Nothing was made without the Word.” And we are given that same power of the word, because we were made in God’s image and likeness. Words are powerful it make things happen! Speak words of faith.

I Can Hear the Sound, the Sound of the Abundance of Rain

In the Bible there was a prophet named Elijah who one day went to King Ahab and said, “I’m a servant of the living Lord, the God of Israel. And I swear in His name that it won’t rain until I say so. There won’t even be any dew on the ground.”

So for three years no rain fell in Samaria and there was almost nothing to eat anywhere. But one day Elijah told Ahab, “Get something to eat and drink. I hear a heavy rain coming.”

But was there actually rain? None, not a drop; in fact there was not a single cloud in the sky neither a hint of any downpour.

That was when Elijah prayed very hard. He climbed back to the top of Mt. Carmel stooped down with his face almost in the ground and prayed. Then he asked his servant to look towards the sea and when the servant came back he said to Elijah that he didn’t see anything. He asked his servant to check on the sky seven more times.

Anything Big Comes From Something Small

After the seventh time the servant replied, “I see a small cloud coming this way. But it’s no bigger than a fist.” Elijah then told his servant, “Tell Ahab to get his chariot ready and start home now. Otherwise the rain will stop him.”

That’s words of faith. Declaring rain amidst of uncertainties, declaring success amidst of failures and indeed, it got very cloudy and windy, and rain started pouring down.

Speak words of faith!

Dear friends, what do you see, an empty sky or a little cloud? Declare blessings in to your life. It’s your turn to create your miracles.

Declare Abundance into Your Life

You have a choice. You can say, “There’s not a cloud in the sky” or you can say, “I hear the sound of the abundance of rain.”

Perhaps today you feel tired. But you can declare, “I maybe tired and weary now but God will surely give me rest. He will let me lie on green pastures and will lead me to streams of peaceful waters. God will refresh my life.”

Perhaps today you feel the pressure of your financial situation. But you can declare, “I maybe experiencing some drought in my finances now but God will surely provide. I will not worry. I’ll seek Him first and believe that all things shall be added unto me. God will bless all the works of my hands with great success.”

Perhaps today you feel sick. But you can declare, “I may not be feeling well now but God is on the move healing me. No one heals better than Him; He heals the soul and the body, from the inside out. He is my healer and my rebuilder. To Him I offer my life.”

Like Elijah, you need to hear the sound of the heavy rain even when there’s not a cloud in the sky. You need to hear the heavy rain of blessings and increase into your life amidst of the situation, even when you don’t see anything yet. Declare words of faith! Use your words not to describe you reality but to create your desired reality.

One Last Thing, Talk to Your Mountains

In the Bible Jesus said something incredible about faith words. In Mark 11:23, 24, Jesus told His disciples, “If you have faith in God and you don’t doubt, you can tell this mountain to get up and jump into the sea, and it will. Everything you ask for in prayer will be yours, if you only have faith.”

Friends, what’s your mountain? It could be your health, your finances. It may be your broken relationship. Don’t just pray for the mountain. Don’t just talk about the mountain. Instead, speak to the mountain. Because your words are powerful, it can create your desired reality.

Now let me ask you again, what’s on your mind?

In HIM,

Jobie P. Doblado

P.S.

I encourage you to take five minutes of your time everyday declaring Faith Words. I do this every morning. The first thing I do after I open my eyes, with a smile on my face I prays, "The Feast Declaration of Abundance", see below:

Today, I receive all of God’s love for me. Today, I open myself to the unbounded, limitless, overflowing abundance of God’s universe. Today, I open myself to Your blessings, healing and miracles. Today, I open myself to God’s Word so that I become more like Jesus everyday. Today I proclaim that I’m God’s beloved, I’m God’s servant, I’m God’s powerful champion, and because I am blessed I will bless the world in Jesus name, Amen!

[K] KERYGMA Preacher Wannabe

Each of you has been blessed with one of God’s many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So use your gift well. If you have the gift of speaking, preach God’s message. I you have the gift of helping others, do it with the strength that God supplies. Everything should be done in a way that will bring honor to God because of Jesus Christ, who is glorious and powerful forever. Amen. 1 Peter 4:10-11, CEV.

I have been reading “How To Know If Your Dreams Are God’s Dreams-Finding His Will In Your Deepest Desires” by Bo Sanchez; and as I reflect on it I have come to think of something I have never thought before. What are my Soul Dreams? What do I really, really, really want in life?

Looking to my half-full life this is what I found out.

My Roots

I love to tell stories. We grew up telling our stories to two of the most fantastic listeners in the world, my mom and my dad.

We were trained by our parents to express ourselves telling our stories. I remember my father will ask us one by one to tell something about our day. This happens on our dining table, during supper. Since I’m the eldest I’ll go first, my sister and younger brothers will follow.

Everyday we we’re asked to tell something either be about school or not. My mom and my dad are such a great listeners, they’ll just listen. They don’t interrupt. Which make us do the same, we listen first.

Until now we still practice story-telling every family meal or whenever we feel like doing it. We’re grownups now but that doesn’t make us mute about our life. We still love to share our stories, especially the funny ones.

Thus telling stories is one of my roots. I’ll tell you more of it, keep on reading.

Hopeless Romantic

One day a friend asked me to write a love letter for his crush, which I did. I wrote several love letters for her. By the end of the term, my friend won the heart of his crush. It might be because of the cheezy lines and other stuff I wrote about her or she just loved my friend. I don’t know about her but there’s one thing I sure know about that time, that I can write. And I love doing it.

The news secretly spread: that I’m writing love letters. One by one my classmates will ask me to write love letters for their crushes and since I have wrote some reserved for my crush, I just changed the name. Sometimes it works, sometimes not but since then I have develop a gift, writing.

After love letters I started writing poems. This time it’s more personal I can’t lend it to my friends. It’s actually about my life’s love story. I’m writing it since I was on second year high school, up to now I still add to it. It’ll be one of my wedding gifts for my wife; a self-titled book of poems entitled “Redacted Thoughts For My Wife To Be”.

Aside from telling stories, I also love to write.

My Third Passion

My third passion is music. I learned to play the guitar when I was on third year high school and since then I love making music.

Since I write poems, I also write songs. Most of the time, I just put music to my poems and voila! I just made a song.

I played for several bands but none of them make it on main stream, even independent. But my passion for music never dies, I still have it now. I may not be a very good guitar player but I love doing it. I have a passion for music.

Urge To Serve

I had my first spiritual conversion when I was on grade school, but through my younger years it was never steady. Not until I joined UE CCP (University of the East Christian Communities Programs). I have told you my UE CCP story on my “Treasure In Clay Jars” blog, UE CCP has really changed my life.

After I graduated and left school for the real world I almost left serving the Lord. I don’t feel like serving for our local parish here in Bulacan so I was stocked-up doing nothing for the Lord but to attend Sunday mass.

I have joined other Christian fellowship but my spiritual hunger to serve the Lord in ways I can advance His kingdom was never filled. I may have been growing up my faith but I’m not doing any service at all but to attend Sunday’s preaching and small Bible study group.

I Was Brought To The Feast

August last year (2009) my girlfriend and I were invited to attend a Bo Sanchez talk.

“It was like a seminar type talk after the mass.”, I remember my girlfriend’s cousin told us. “It happens on Valle Verde Country Club on Pasig every Sunday.”

Since then my girlfriend and I were a regular Feast attendee. And it has blessed me and my family extremely.

Roots Will Lead To Fruits

Friends, now that you know that two of my passions are telling stories and writing poems and love letters it’s obvious I wanted to serve the Lord by sharing His mercies, graces and goodness to my life by writing (blogging) and preaching His words and to be a living testimony of His unconditional love.

I have come to realize that the confidence of sharing my life-stories to others and the writing skills I have developed though the years can be very helpful in advancing God’s kingdom.

I may have not written best selling books or a Catholic preacher by now, but I believe I can be. Anyway the roots will always lead the fruits.

A Soul Dream Was Born

A soul dream was born. I’m a K (Kerygma) Preacher wannabe. It has passed the four qualification of a soul dream: (1) that the dream is connected to my most important values, (2) that the dream must bring me closer to God, (3) that the dream must be connected to my life’s purpose and core gifts; and (4) that the dream must make me happy in the deepest way possible.

I’m a K Preacher wannabe and as a practice and preparation for it I’ll write something about The Feast talk series topics and some reflection of the gospel.

I’ll strive to do it just how the K Preachers are doing it. In plain ordinary words easy for an ordinary person to understand and reflect. That’s what made me stay at The Feast and that’s how I will write my blogs.

But above all these blogging and preaching, these things will be done in a way that will bring honor to God. Not to man but to God and to God alone.

In HIM,

Jobie P. Doblado
K Preacher Wannabe

P.S.

I encourage you to dig up what your roots are and discover your soul dreams. Remember it is only you who can give it to the world. And I believe that’s what God wanted you to do.

Live a Life of No Fakes

Let Your Greatness Shine – Give Your Gift to the World

One beautiful Saturday morning Elaine goes shopping looking for a perfect gift for her niece.

She comes across to almost all the shops inside the mall looking for that one perfect gift. It’s her favorite niece’s 7th birthday. After almost half-day search, finally she saw what she’s looking for.

“This is perfect for her”. She said smiling holding an exquisitely made ionized Goody hairbrush. “I’m sure she’ll love this. She’s a young lady now and this will be useful”.

She bought it, got it beautifully gift wrapped and gave it to her niece.

Twenty years fast forward her niece is getting married. After receiving the wedding invitation, Elaine visited her niece.

“Can I do your make-up on your wedding day?”

“Sure Aunt Elaine. I would love to.”

The wedding day comes.

Few hours before the tying of the knot, Elaine got her make-up kit ready and started putting make-up on her favorite niece’s beautiful face.

“It’s itching. My back is itching!” She exclaimed. “Aunt Elaine can you please hand me the brush, I want to scratch my back.”

“Where? What brush?”

“There.” Pointing to the exquisitely made ionized Goody hairbrush she gave to her 20 years ago.

Scratch. Scratch. Scratch. For 20 years she uses hairbrush as a wonderful back scratcher.

Friends, many people are like Elaine’s niece. Because they are not using their gifts well, they are not fulfilling their life’s purpose. Their greatness doesn’t shine.

Here’s my big message for today, be true to yourself. Stop trying to be someone else. Be who you really are. Do what you wanted to do. Be who you wanted to be.

Why Do We Try To Be Someone Else

Have you heard Avril Lavigne’s song “Complicated”? It’s 100% true: when you try to become someone else you’re making your life complicated. But why do we make our life complicated? Why do we want to be someone else? Two words: people compare.

People compare. We compare. Have you heard these lines from your parents?

“Why can’t you be like your elder sister? She’s good at school look at you all you do is play badminton. I’m sick of you!”

“Why can’t you be like your cousin, he is athletic than you are. Look at you all you do is to read your books and surf the internet!”

Or, have you heard these lines from your spouse, your boyfriend or your girlfriend?

“Why can’t you be like Angel Aquino? She’s old but it seems she doesn’t aged at all. She looks younger than her age.”

“Why can’t you earn just how much Manny Pacquiao is earning? How will I make ends meet with this money? I’m tired of this!”

“Why don’t you wear more fashionable clothes? Aren’t you tired of wearing plain white blouse and ordinary jeans? You can be more beautiful.” (I’m guilty of this. There is a time when I want Shiela to wear more fashionable clothes. It’s good thing I have overcome it. I now appreciate Shiela for being just the wonderful way she is).

Or, have you heard these lines from you? Yes, most of the time you compare yourself.

“Why I can’t be like Rico Blanco? I have good looks, I can sing, I can also play both the keyboards and the guitar. I should be like him.”

“My mom would be happy if I’ll just throw my badminton racket and be like my sister.”

This is sick. This is toxic. This is really complicated.

If there are people around you like those above, better get rid of them. Don’t listen to them. Because God never looks at you that way, when God looks at you all He sees is your greatness. All He sees is you and who you could be. Because He wanted you to be true to yourself; He wanted you to be who you really are.

Mary and Martha

Have you heard or read the story of Mary and Martha in the Bible? It’s on Luke 10:38-41 . It goes like this:

The Lord and His disciples were traveling along and came to a village. When they got there, a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat down in front of the Lord and was listening to what He said. Martha was worried about all that had to be done. Finally she went to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it bother you that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to come and help me!”

The Lord answered, “Martha, Martha! You are worried and upset about so many things, but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen what is best, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Jesus is not criticizing Martha for being busy. Jesus is correcting Martha for comparing herself to Mary. Imagine if we reverse the story. Let say Mary said,

“Lord doesn’t it bother you that my sister Martha is making a lot of noise in the kitchen? Tell her to come here and join us.”

The Lord will answer,

“Mary, Mary! You are worried and upset about so many things, but only one thing is necessary. Martha has chosen what is best, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Friends, if you are a Martha, be a Martha. If you are a Mary, be a Mary. Don’t compare. Don’t try to be someone else. Be who you really are.

Shine Your Light – Only You Has It

Imagine, just imagine that what if the sea doesn’t wanted to be salty. He wanted to be fresh. Do you think the world will be the same? No it won’t. The world will be a lesser place for everyone.

Friends, if you wanted to be someone else or try very hard to be someone else you are making the world a lesser place.

This is what I believe, from the very start God has given you a gift, and it’s a special gift that only you possess. And you don’t have to be someone else to have it. Because God created you, molded you, and made you to become someone special.

From the very start God has a dream for the world that’s why he made you. And it’s only you who can fulfill that dream; no one else can. And I believe that’s your only way to real bliss and fulfillment.

He Said “I Am”

What if Jesus did not instantly know who he was? Or what his gifts were? In the Bible Jesus had to go into the wilderness to find out who he was – that a wilderness experience was as much a part of his shaping and destiny as it is of yours and mine.

In the wilderness, Jesus was given clear choices, each relating to his special gifts. When the devil said, “Worship me and you will own the world,” Jesus said, “No.” The Devil said, “Then satisfy your hunger, and turn these stones into bread.” Again Jesus said, “No”.

“Throw yourself off the pinnacle of the temple and test you power to spring back to eternal life.” Jesus looked Satan in the face and said, “No.” And finally, after forty days of being tested and refined in that desert furnace, a person emerged who was very clear about who he was and what he was called to do.

It’s no coincidence that only after the wilderness experience did Jesus begins to use the words “I am” when describing himself.

In the Old Testament, when the Jews asked God for a self-description, the only answer they received was “I AM that I AM .” The simplicity of this phrase emphasized his power to them. The word I AM therefore reflects all the creative power in the universe.

What is your wilderness experience? Who do you say you are?

Who Are Me

I told you about my wilderness experiences on my “K Preacher Wannabe” blog. But who do I say I am?

I’m God’s accountant and encourager of down-hearted souls.

But wait. Have I told you that I’m a K Preacher Wannabe? Yes I did. That makes me an encourager of down-hearted souls. But on top of that, I’m God’s accountant.

I graduated B.S. Accountancy. Took the exams and passed it. I’m one of God’s Certified Public Accountants. And I love myself being an accountant. But I have a confession to make.

When I was young I wanted to be an engineer or an architect perhaps. I wanted to design and build high rise towers, bridges and express ways. But my parents would have problems with all the drawing paraphernalia like the sets of rulers, different kinds of pen and pencils, etcetera. So half-heartedly I took up accountancy. But unexpectedly I get hooked to it. I enjoyed it. I have learned to love it. Really!

You might asked, “I thought you are talking about being true to yourself. Doing what you wanted to do and being who you really are? What are you talking about now?”

I’m an Accounting Software Engineer

I tell you, I’m being true to myself. I’m doing what I really wanted to do.

My dream of being an engineer hasn’t died at all. I still wanted to be an engineer and I’m pursuing it now, on a different light anyway. Instead of designing and building high rise-towers, bridges and express ways I’m designing accounting information systems.

Yes. I’m may not be licensed but I’m an accounting software engineer .

With two of my friends we started a software company (not a formal company though, but we are going to that). We actually sold an Inventory System. And it feels good! I feel wonderful, happy and fulfilled not because of the sale, partly maybe.

I feel wonderful, happy and fulfilled because I have done what I really wanted to do from the very start.

You Are Made To Be The Greatest You

This is what I believe:

God created me to be the greatest Jobie P. Doblado in the world. Nothing more. Nothing less.

This applies exactly the same with you. I may not know who you are; what your dreams are and what your frustrations in life are. But I know one thing about you and I’m very sure of it. That:

God created you to be the greatest you in the world. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Friends, live a life of no regrets.

Be true to yourself.

In HIM,

Jobie P. Doblado
K Preacher Wannabe

P.S.

I encourage you to pray to God and ask Him what He wanted you to be. Likewise ask yourself “Who are me? What do I wanted to do?

P.S.2

If you are not sure yet of what you wanted to do or you are in search of your Soul Dream. I encourage you to download and read Bo Sanchez’ “How To Know If Your Dreams Are God’s Dreams-Finding His Will In Your Deepest Desires” ebook from his website, bosanchez.ph. It’s absolutely free.

Food for the soul :

1 Peter 4:10, CEV
Each of you has been blessed with one of God’s wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So use your gift well.

Psalm 139:13-14, CEV
You are the one who put me together inside my mother’s body, and I praise you because of the wonderful way you created me.

Jeremiah 1:5, CEV
“Jeremiah, I am your Creator, and before you were born, I chose you to speak for me to the nations.”

Treasure in Clay Jars

In times of trouble, God is with us, and when we are knocked down, we get up again. – 2 Corinthians 4:9

UE CCP – A.REN

During the 2004 University of the East Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants General Assembly (UEJPIA-GA) I was tasked to be an usher. I was wearing then a maroon shirt with navy blue tie, black pants, shiny black shoes and was very handsome (I’m over exaggerating).

A beautiful girl caught my attention. She was wearing a white pin that says, “UE CCP – A.REN.” I get her attention and asked her what’s on her pin.

“UE CCP stands for ‘University of the East Christian Communities Program’ and A.REN stands for ‘Ate Ren.’” She said smiling.

“So you’re ate Ren?”

“Yes. And you are kuya Jobie.” She said staring at my nametag. “Nice meeting you kuya Jobie.”

“Nice meeting you too, ate Ren.” I said smiling. “You know I like your pin, and I would love to have one like that.” I said trying to start a conversation.

“Give me your number and I’ll tell you how.”

I gave her my number. I thought I could chat with her the rest of the afternoon but she said she have to leave because she has a class at 2:30 pm. I waved her goodbye, I never saw her again that day.

That night I received a text message from Ren inviting me to meet her at the Rizal Hall after my class. I met her the next day.

Hello Chaplain’s Office! Hi Erpz!

I met with her that afternoon and we attended half of the 12:15 pm mass. After the mass she pulled me towards an office behind the chapel. The signage reads “University of the East Chaplain’s Office” where she introduced me to Father Bernard Martin whom they call Erpz.

That day changed my life forever.

I become a regular mass attendee. I attend the 12:15 pm mass every afternoon and stayed at the Chaplain’s Office where I met some new friends. Stay a little longer until 3 pm for the 3 o’clock prayer and still meeting some new friends.

I enjoyed their company I forget all about the pin.

One afternoon I came in to the office and no one was there except for the guitar and the song sheets used during the mass. I flip the pages and look for a familiar song. I start playing. I hum, I don’t sing. Little did I know kuya Alexis, one of the mass guitarists, was standing behind.

He pat on my back and commented, “You’re good, why not play the guitar during mass. I’ll ask ate Vebs to teach you the basic mass songs. She’ll do the line-up.”

I play the guitars during 6:45 am mass with ate Vebs.

They Made Me The Music Ministry Leader

One by one the mass guitarists graduated leaving me with ate Vebs. She trained me with the songs and I do my riffs. Mixing and rearranging the songs with my own style, the choir started to like me.

Months before ate Vebs graduates, she asked me to pray about committing for the ministry, which I did. I drop my commitment letter and chose to serve for the music ministry. They made me the music ministry leader. But I still don’t sing.

Committed To Serve

During my fifth year first semester I failed Auditing Problems. After the grades were released I approached our professor not expecting to hear her say, “Should you stayed at the library more often to study than to stay at the Chaplain’s Office playing the guitar. You could have not failed in my class.”

But I have to admit it. Sometimes I stayed at the Chaplain’s Office even when there’s no choir practice. I just play the guitars. I don’t have a guitar at home and Chaplain’s Office is where I could sit down and play with some music.

I thought of quitting. I prayed about it, but decided to continue serving. It isn’t because I lead the music ministry that I failed. I failed because I failed to duplicate myself and delegate some tasks.

During the second semester I tried my very best to duplicate myself to the youngsters at church in playing the guitar during mass. And I believe I was successful doing that. I have also delegated the choosing of the mass songs line-up to the newbie’s which they gladly accepted. But that isn’t easy; it still requires some extra time and effort.

After the second semester, I failed three review subjects: Auditing Review, Practical Accounting 2 Review and Business Law and Taxation Review. I won’t be graduating that May. I broke my mother’s heart.

I enrolled that summer in faith. During summer I still lead the choir, I play for the 12:15 pm mass.

God Is Good, All the Time! All the Time, God Is Good!

God has been good to me; I have passed all my back subjects that summer. I have been qualified for a full scholarship at the Review School of Accountancy. I passed the exams.

Treasure in Clay Jars

We are like clay jars in which the glory of God through Jesus Christ is stored. The real power comes from God and not from us. We often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don’t know what to do, we never give up. In times of trouble, God is with us, and when we are knocked down we get up again (2 Corinthians 4:7-9).

In times that we are tested by God during our service, we’re often tempted to quit and just leave our faith and service behind. But I believe it’s not that easy to do. Once serving to the Lord is inscribed into your heart and became a habit, it stays. You can hardly live without it.

I may not have the perfect faith the Bible requires. I may have faltered when tempted but I believe the glory of God through Jesus Christ is stored in my heart and it shines when I serve.

I may have been knocked down several times. Been confused of what to do but in the end I still choose to serve and live up my faith. I may have suffered a bit but it’s no way compared to how Jesus suffered for me.

In HIM,

Jobie P. Doblado

P.S.1

By the way pins are given to UE CCP members who commit to serve for the ministry and did an exceptionally fine job. I may have failed several subjects but I’m a champion on God’s eyes. I was pinned!

P.S.2

Two weeks ago I dropped a connection letter at Pasig Feast. I’ll audition for the Music Ministry. I still won’t sing. My dream is to play for the Kerygma Conference (2010) this year. I’ll tell you about it, promise.