Small Act Makes a Big Story!

Many amazing and great things come from small stuff or done by small things.

A tiny ant can carry scraps ten times its weight.

A mosquito bite can make the tallest, heaviest, brightest, or even the cutest guy sick.

A few centimeters of smile can bring sunshine to a gloomy day.

In the same way, you can make the entire story of your life great by starting small—choose one habit!

Yes, only one… and your entire life will change. Your future will be big!

The smallest gestures often have the humongous impact on our biggest goal! That simple gesture of kindness, note of thank you, uncomplicated "sorry", smile, slight adjustment, small talk, extra minute, etc. That certain habit we are focusing on at a specific time, in a greater or lesser degree, can bring us to our biggest star.

Start now! Write the story of your life! Don’t wait for life itself to make your own story for you.

Easy! Dream big. Start small.

 1.  “Draft” the story of the life you love by selecting one habit. (Yes, one at a time).

2.  Make your “table of contents” by mapping out the impacts it can bring to your life. Know your purpose and make a plan.

3. Move forward by creating your “introduction” or your 30-day vow with yourself. Be determined. Dedicate your time, attention, and effort in building your “introduction” which makes up the sturdy foundation of your story (desired life). Path on a grassland is made by walking on the same tall grass regularly.

4. Write every “page” with passion and honesty. Practice the habit daily. If you miss a day, go back to day one. (Of course you want to move forward). Fuel your motivation with your passion.

Our passion provides reasons and justifications for our desires. (You see a pair of red stilettos in a storeè the red stilettos make you happyèI will buy this pair of red stilettosèhundreds of because…/ Your crush tells you your fat and he likes slim ladiesèyou feel embarrassedèyour embarrassment becomes your motivation to lose weightèother reasons why you think must lose weight/ You grew up in a squalid hutèyou were belittled by a classmate and you know the discomfort living in a squalid hutèwhat you felt becomes your motivation to work and save for comfortable houseèyou find many other reasons to work and save)

5. Do your “writing activity at your most productive time”. Schedule it on a specific time. This prevents you from resorting to the destructive mañana or the do-it-later habit.

6. Make your “story dynamic”. Replace the old habit with a better or more productive activity. Don’t be stuck with the story on page one. This helps you move away from the past. (You want to flip through pages with story to tell, right?)

7. “Study the story (habit)”. Proofread. Research! Ask! Read! Talk about it with friends. This helps you fine tune and asses your story, your life.

8. Lastly, “support it!” Sell the idea to friends! They can serve as your watchdog and, at the same time, your inspiration to keep going. They can be your prayer warriors.

When your effort snowballs as each day passes by, you will have more and more motivation to keep going and have more and more reasons to change. When your effort snowballs, your target become bigger and bigger and clearer and clearer.

There is no limit to how high, big, and wide we can reach! Just be dedicated to take one step at a time; reach a little higher; go an extra inch; and stay a minute longer.

Small goes a long way!

PS: Let us pray persistently in order that we enjoy the life we desire. Spur one another on toward love and good deeds. We can be confident that He will listen to us whenever we ask Him for anything in line with His will. And if we know He is listening when we make our requests, we can be sure that He will give us what we ask for. Our loving and faithful God wants the best for us.

Kenosis: Self-emptying for New Year, New Way, and New Life

New Year has become the pop time to change consciousness and ways. We refresh our lives to start anew.

We are in a “kenosis” state or “self-emptying” to make space for new habits and new blessings. We make new resolutions that we want to live by for the new year in order to achieve our new goals (or renewed goals, so to speak).

Dreams. Wishes. Resolutions. Goals. Prayers.

Everybody has new set of things to be achieved in order to enjoy a better and happier life, or simply to put life into perspective. Some focus on the aspect of career, others on love, family, studies, finance, or health.

Whatever or wherever we want to improve any time of the year, we must call on Him through whom and for whom everything is made.

Start the day with prayer and go all out with your best, and surely He will do the rest for us. Prayer reinforces our desires; excellence is what success is chasing after.

For every day of the year… Wake up gratefully. Pray faithfully. Work passionately. Decide justly. Think uprightly. Speak honestly. Respond humbly. Share generously. Go to bed joyfully—ending the day with thanksgiving and hope in heart that surely tomorrow God has more surprises and outpouring in our lives.

New year celebration is good; it brings hope and opportunity for new life.

Nevertheless, let us not discredit the fact that every day brings new hope. The good news is, we can transform our lives any day of the year! All we need is persistent prayer for discernment and determination and courage to follow the path to new life.



PS: We can enjoy and appreciate life more when we share its fruits with others. We will receive more when we empty ourselves so God can fill our lives up with more blessings, healing, and miracles. We will never lack in anything if we remain in Him and let His words remain in us and guide us (John 15:7 “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.").

The Power of 'Pure'

Purity could mean a lot of things. But in Christian parlance, it simply means GIVING YOUR 100% TO GOD!

Yes. “Simply!” Just three steps.

God simplified things for us so we can all enjoy the best gifts He prepared for us.

Firstly, PRAY EVERY MOMENT (1 Thessalonians 5:17). God is a loving Father and zealous friend. He wants to be constantly in touch with us. What is it you want to happen? Tell Him! With a trusting and grateful heart, claim your prayer! Make it your mantra. Everything is possible for him who believes (Mark 9:23). Pray anytime, anywhere, whatever you’re doing. God doesn’t care. He is everywhere (Psalm 139:7).

Secondly, SUBMIT IN EVERY AREA. Zacchaeus the tax collector (Luke 19:1-10) and Peter the persecutor (Acts 9) received salvation even before they practically submitted their ways to God. All they did was simply sought Jesus and said ‘yes’ to Him. The rest was Jesus’ love working in their lives. God knows what is best for us. The easiest and most convenient way for us to receive and enjoy the His blessings is to submit ourselves to Him. Let us not cheat and deprive ourselves of God’s gift of amazing life.

Thirdly, LOVE IN EVERY ACT (1 Corinthians 16:14). We hold the ultimate key to an amazing life. The key to heaven and earth is within us—love is within us! God commands us to love Him above all and love our neighbors as ourselves, and we will live (Luke 10:27)! Love even the most unlovable persons. Love is the mother of all great feelings; it can transform any hard rock into a soft ball of cotton candy; it is the main concoction to successful relationships; it is the ultimate power that heals. If your love is not reciprocated, rejoice still! You will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous (Luke 14:14). Nothing is wasted in love. In the end, the only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love (Galatians 5:6).

Purity of heart is best manifested in the action of someone who knows no one is looking—except God. Purity of heart breeds the positive feelings of peace, gratitude, and love—the force at work behind every miracle, blessing, and healing.

Seems like yesterday...

I so miss filling up the pages of my blog and unfolding my thoughts and feelings through writing.

The past few months were full of colors and stories to share.

One thing i can say right now...

When you submit to God, He will meet all your needs and wants in His perfect timing... and nothing is lost in Him, for he is the great Restorer, even of what you think is lost time.

I submitted myself to His Ministry of Justice.

For the coming stories, articles on the goodness and benefit of His law will be added to our story list :-)

Have a great and meaningful life!

the only Surrender that reaps Victory

In my few months of inactivity in the blogosphere, I experienced and discovered a lot of things (most of them great and wonderful things!) that I wish I could share them all with you in just one seating.

I am an optimistic and grateful person by nature; however, my imaginative and analytic mind occasionally weighs down my high and pumped up spirit—as my imagination causes me interruption and my analysis a paralysis. I dream and aim high, but my time bucket was leaking minute by minute.

So, I resolved to pursue my goals effectively (doing right things) and efficiently (doing things right) to achieve excellent (doing right things right) results.

With this, I immediately started to figure out where I would start and how I would sustain my progress until I achieve my goals and continue to achieving more, for His glory.

From my experiences, observation, and lessons from friends’ stories...
 ‘good preparation’ proves itself to be indispensable;
 ‘punctuality’ associates itself to victory;
 ‘constant practice’ establishes credibility even without the help of words
 ‘taming of tongue’ molds one to be wise;
 ‘gratitude and joy’ invisibly floats one up to success;
 ‘upright character’ sustains one on top;
 ‘positive thoughts and words’ amazingly change lives (yours and others);
…and most importantly,
 ‘unwavering complete faith’ in Him keeps one on the right track.

I saw how the combination of these eight works in the lives of my friends and other successful people. In God’s grace, I myself am now enjoying the harvest of my used-to-be little seed of determination to succeed… which later on turned into my fruitful tree of desire to glorify Him in whatever I do.

When He comes to your life, you will never be the same again. When you taste the rewards of His promises, you will constantly desire to glorify Him. The sweetest surrender of life, ever—completely putting your life in His hands.