Tuesday, September 16, 2014

a Bible Verse a day keeps the bad vibes away...

to answer migeys' bible verse challenge, here's a copy-paste from my facebook posts back in 2011. i've included the people who liked and/or commented just so i have them for easy reference (because they actually became part of one of my prayer lists).

04/15
ngiti lang ng ngiti =) [Let love of the brethren continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. - Hebrews 13:1-2]
khris, meriniza (2)

04/14
spring cleaning [A clean heart create for me, God; renew in me a steadfast spirit. Do not drive me from Your presence, nor take from me your Holy Spirit - Psalm 51: 12-13]

04/13
ring, ring.. [Lord Almighty, God of Israel, afflicted souls and dismayed spirits call to you. Hear, O Lord, for you are a God of mercy - Baruch 3:1-2]

04/12
it's not about 'winning' or 'losing' [One may toil and struggle and drive, and fall short all the more. Another goes his way a weakling and a failure, with little strength and great misery - Yet the eyes of the Lord look favorably upon him; He raises him free of the vile dust - Sirach 11:11-12]

04/11
respeto. [Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers, the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity. - 1 Timothy 5:1-2]

04/10
i want to be able to say this in the end -> [I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith - 2 Timothy 4:7]
khris, naty, bato, francis (4)
Nathalie Ang SUPER LIKE!!!!!!!!!!
Hazel Alcantara-Pasicolan Yeba!
Jill Patricia De Guzman ‎=D
Francis Cubacub amen

04/09
open my ears.. help me to hear.. [If you are willing to listen, you will learn - Sirach 6:33]
khris (1)

04/08
open the eyes of my heart, i want to see... ♫ ["What do you want Me to do for you?" They said to Him, "Lord, we want our eyes to be opened." - Matthew 20:32-33]
crystal, clemetine, jiggy (3)

04/07
what's in you? [I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you. - Philemon 1:6]
kat (1)

04/06
may magandang patutunguhan ang lahat. [the testing of your faith produces endurance.. let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. - James 1:3-4]
jucyn, khris, meriniza (3)

04/05
let it out. loud & clear. even if it doesn't make sense. haha, labo. [He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. - Hebrews 5:7]
jobeth, khris (2)
Khris Nuenay Hahahaha ntawa ako sa 'loud and clear' tas 'doesn't make sense' ... Clear ba un? Hahaha :) pero gets gets :)
Jill Patricia De Guzman haha, e kaya nga "It's like i'm doing the worst i can to make you understand" =p

04/04
kailangan magpakatotoo. [Some friends bring ruin on us, but a true friend is more loyal than a brother. - Proverbs 18:24]
hannah, monai (2)

04/03
it is not optional. [Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. - Joshua 1:9]
hannah (1)

04/02
simply because. [We love, because He first loved us. - 1 John 4:19]

04/01
kahit napapagod, hindi magsasawa =) [Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You. - Psalm 25:21]
naty, michi, khris (3)

03/31
we all need somebody to lean on ♫ [Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ. - Galatians 6:2]
khris (1)

03/30
pa hinga naman dyan.. [Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may recover a little - Job 10:20]

03/29
kinailangan din Niya ng kaibigan... [He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me." - Matthew 26:38]
naty, hannah, kuya dong (3) 

03/28
if i can't do it, He will. [Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance - Micah 7:18]
jo-ann, hannah, cj, sari (4)

03/27
sabi ni PNoy, hanggang saan ang pagiging "man for others" mo? gaano kalayo ang "down from the hill?" mali ang balewalain ang kapwa. ibukas ang puso. wag magpatumpik-tumpik na magbigay ng "one big fight!" [let us run with endurance the race that is set before us - Hebrews 12:1]

03/26
i still get amazed. who would've thought i'd learn how to snowboard, for instance? ;) [I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. - Philippians 4:13]
joel t, paul morales, iva (3) 

03/25
heart. not for anyone else. not even for me. [Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men - Colossians 3:23-24]
kaye bantigue (1) 

03/24
‎=D [The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent - Exodus 14:14]
ate leni, ivy angeles, khris, kat (4) 
Katherine Rubiales Valencia Thank you Lord kasi I'm very quiet like Jill :D
Jill Patricia De Guzman hehehe.. buti na lang ano? pwede ko rin awayin para sayo, asan na?! ay teka. baka "ipaglaban" pala ang mas magandang term. haha.. =p

03/23
did you pay your taxes yet? hehe [repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God - Matthew 22:21]
ich, hannah (2) 

03/22
we do need one another [As iron sharpens iron, so man sharpens his fellow man. - Proverbs 27:17]
khris (1)

03/21
i have to be kind to me too [Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other - Ephesians 4:32]
ivy angeles, kat, khris, monai (4)

03/20
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03/19
we have it in us to thrive [God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control - 2 Timothy 1:7]

03/18
let's work with (and make the most of) each of our present 'unpleasant' conditions [Promote the welfare of the city to which I have exiled you; pray for it to the Lord, for upon its welfare depends your own. - Jeremiah 29:7-9]

03/17
i won't worry my life away, says mraz [if even the smallest things are beyond your control, why are you anxious about the rest? - Luke 12:26]
karen, masy, pat (3) 

03/16
thank you for sharing these past two days with me =D [How good it is, how pleasant, where the people dwell as one! - psalm 133:1]
monai, hannah, pat (3)
03/15
a happy thought for a happy day =) [Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name: you are mine - Isaiah 43:1]
ivy angeles, cj, quay, ate leni, ayie, bato, karen, erica (8)

03/14 [mon]
it's so easy to get distracted and lose sight of the right path [Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the Lord - Lamentations 3:40]
jo-ann, khris (2)

03/13
take care... [many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many - Matthew 24:5]
carme, ivy angeles, ich, hannah, bing, pat (6)

03/12
the answers will come accordingly [Wait yet a little and I will instruct you - Job 36:2]
bing (1)

03/11
just keep praying [I am the LORD, the God of all mankind! Is anything impossible to me? - Jeremiah 32:27]
ate leni, erica basilio, cygnet, jiggy, ate tess (5)

03/10
lunch time for the soul too [But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. - Romans 8:10]
khris, michi (2)

03/09 [wed]
a Bible Verse a day keeps the bad vibes away... [live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility & gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love - Ephesians 4:1-2]
hannah, erica basilio, jo-ann, nico, jhamm bondoc, ich, liezl schoenleber, dong (8)

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

b.o.o.k.s.

current top 10 (books with lasting impressions on me)
in no particular order:

morrie: in his own words [morrie schwartz] - life lessons

♦ tuesdays with morrie [mitch albom] - life lessons

♦ veronika decides to die [paulo coelho] - freedom from what other people think; having nothing to lose = doing whatever you want

♦ the unbearable lightness of being [milan kundera] - existentialism; relationships

♦ the chosen [chaim potok] - friendship; role of silence

♦ the gift [danielle steel] - "some people just come through our lives to bring.. a gift.. and then they leave."

♦ angels & demons [dan brown] - made me re-think my definition of good & evil

♦ harry potter series [j.k. rowling] - very good story telling

♦ the hunger games trilogy [suzanne collins] - fighting for who you are, who you love, & making the world a better place

♦ nancy drew mystery stories [carolyn keene] - took too many hours of my childhood to not include. =p

common themes: mystery; humor; philosophy

tagged by: jp del rosario, lara yturriaga
tagging: anyone else who'd like to share..