Making 2011 a Breakthrough Year!

As this year draws to a close, its time to focus on the year ahead.

At my house, I started to review of my accomplishments, victories, mistakes and failures. Now, I can say that I am ready to welcome the year 2011. I am ready to be used by God for the expansion of his glory.

When I went to Touch of Glory at Antipolo City, God has imparted me this verse. 

“If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. All these blessings will come upon you if you obey the Lord your God”.  Deuteronomy 28:1-2

I am focus for the new things in life, a breakthrough year!

7 Wish List

To get started on 2011. I'd like to have the following by the end of December. 

1. A Planner and Organizer. (Although, my palm treo is still working, I just need a hard copy of 2011 events)  Got it!
2. 4 Gigabytes Flash drive. (I will write my thesis next year, I need a back up). I cleaned up my Flash Drive, I might use this for 2011. :) 
3. A New Wallet (I have my old wallet, I want a new one that has many pockets for cards and IDs)
4. 6 Bottles and 1 Piggy Bank. ( I need to save, save and save). Got 2 Canister, 4 more bottles and 1 Piggy Bank. :D 
I bought an organizer and labelled it. Yey! Got it.
5. White Bathroom Towel. (I like towel for summer outing). Got it! Jeri gave me a brown bathroom towel. thanks for that!
6. Comforter and Pillows. (I need this to warm my body at night). Got the pillow! :) Need to have comforter, its too cold during Dec and January.
7. TD and CC (This is so important, I need to get this by the end of the year). Soon!

Nothing More. Thank God!

Equipped for the Workplace

I want to share this article by OS Hillman. 

May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing His will, and may He work in us what is pleasing to Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Hebrews 13:20 - Proverbs 13:12

Over 70 percent of our time is spent in a working environment, yet our training and teaching focuses on areas where we spend much less time. The workplace is the greatest mission field of our day, yet we do not train workplace believers how to effectively integrate their faith into their jobs. The wall between Sunday and Monday still exists. Most believers do not understand that all of life is spiritual, not just life on Sunday.

A recent study found that 50 percent of Christians have never heard a sermon on work; 70 percent have never been taught a theology of work; and 70 percent have never heard a sermon on vocation. Why do we focus on the fringes rather than the center where most people spend most of their time - the workplace?

God is removing the wall of separation by speaking to pastors and workplace believers all over the world. A pastor recently shared how his church ordains their workplace believers for their calling to the workplace. Another pastor described their church's commitment to integrating training for their workplace believers on the theology of work. Another told how they began a workplace ministry within their church for their workplace believers, and even integrated Sunday school programs specifically geared to help workplace believers understand their calling in the workplace.

We are entering a new era in the Church when workplace believers are seen as a remnant of the Body of Christ who need to be mobilized and trained for the work of the ministry to their own mission field-the workplace. Are you one of the men and women God is raising up for this task? Pray that God will help pastors understand and affirm this calling, and that they will respond by training the people of their churches for their own ministry to the workplace. When we reclaim the 70 percent, the remainder will be reclaimed automatically.






DAILY WORKPLACE INSPIRATION 
Written by OS HILLMAN 

Living Forward, Understanding Backward

“Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead” -Philippians 3:13

My agony is about to end. At the conclusion of my journey for 196 Days of this year, I am thankful that I was able to stand on the top of the edge, looking behind is a memories of my past and living forward is seeing a beautiful landscape that God has prepared for me. All frustrations, pains, setbacks and struggles I had just endured seemed to subside. I couldn’t believe that I was able to walk in the awful times of life. Today, there is a sense of accomplishment.

In my life, it is often lived forward, but understood backward. I learned to fully trust the Lord in spite of difficulties, in spite of the people around me has a lot of things to share while I don’t have anything. Sometimes, I sit back and breathe a sigh of relief that all my frustrations and pains will be disappeared.  

Looking Forward. 

It's December

I started to get excited. It’s December! The most awaited month of the year.  I got a lot of learning from the past, true enough that God never fails.  He is true to his word. He really never fails. Thank you Lord for every seasons of life, I learned to live enough…