I am a klerksdorp sphere

God Is Good. New Project For His Glory.

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:29:40 -0800

I think I will start writing my devotions on here again. God is just so good to keep how good He is to myself.

A lot of things has happened after my last post. I am so sorry for stopping for it has been crazy. I will share bits by bits later on.

God is just soooooo gooood! I can’t fathom how good He is!

Sorry, I might sound crazy lol but yeah. God is so good! He’s glorious!

I have been contemplating on this project I have been having the desire to do. It is always at the back of my head. This project I believe will change lives, encourage people and truly show how good our God really is.

If you’re reading this, I thank you for taking your time to listen to me expressing. In regards of the project. If you’re interested to know more about it, just ask me. I will start working out the details and keep things updated on this tumblr until I move to an official one.

God bless and remember: God loves you so much!

Here’s a snippet of the project :)

"I don’t want to lose you."

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:24:27 -0800

“I don’t want to lose you.”

trevorstmcgoodbody: badtvblog: Don’t watch this if you’re...

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:59:23 -0700

trevorstmcgoodbody:

badtvblog:

Don’t watch this if you’re soaked in gasoline because it will warm your heart and you will burn to death and die.

Togetherness

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:56:29 -0700

“Keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” - Ephesians 4:3

September 14, 2012

What I learned from this devotion that in every fellowship in our lives may be it actual family, friends, church, and everything else… we have to be united under God’s banner. As a Christian, I have to be accepting of the fact that everyone is unique and that everyone has different needs. Unity can be achieved if selfishness within the fellowship does not exist.

In my situation, it shouldn’t matter which church I go to because Jesus himself prayed for unity among Christians - John 17:21 “That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You.”. Christians should be united instead of doing things that ‘cause disunity. Who cares who the founder(s) of our church is, it doesn’t matter what name our church is called. When we set our eyes focused on God, only Him matters, only His glory matters, only His victory matters.

At the end of the day, it is all about God.

There is one body, we have one Lord. United in the Spirit, we are going forth.

Encourage me. Encourage me enough to the point where I can no longer do anything because I have done...

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:16:00 -0700

Encourage me. Encourage me enough to the point where I can no longer do anything because I have done them all.

All for Your glory. Any other way… my life would be meaningless.

Are You Following The Right Leader?

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:11:47 -0700

“Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God.” - 3 John 1:11

September 11, 2012

What I learned from this verse is that just as much as we should be careful of who our friends are… we should also be careful at who we follow, who our leaders are. Coming into things, we should be well versed with what is good and what is not but having a leader is a very sensitive situation. Following a leader requires trust and from that trust, if the leader is corrupt… we soon find ourselves believing that what they’re doing is right because of that trust - how we trust that since they are our leaders, they know better therefore we trust their actions even if sometimes it is already wrong.

I learned that I should be more aware of the people around me and also be more focused on Jesus. That way, since Jesus is my standard… I would know if the person I am following is of God or someone who has not seen God.

Continue to imitate what is good, follow what is good. Don’t be blinded by what is false because at the end of the day, we cannot point fingers and say it’s because of him or her that I sinned. We are accountable for our actions.

There’s a saying:

Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are.

Being a Christian, this could be changed to…

Tell me who your LEADERS and friends are and I will tell you who you are.

Poor Man's Gold

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:11:47 -0700

“Blessed are the poor in spirit …” —Matthew 5:3

August 21, 2012

What I learned from this is that being a Christian, we should see that without God, we are nothing. The moment we acknowledge that we are poor is when we start to see that we need God. How can we get the idea that we need Him when our thoughts is clouded by our own pride? Out of that desperation is when we truly seek Him. How there is no other option left but to believe in Him. The moment we recognize this, that is when we can enter the kingdom of God.

Being poor in spirit if you think about it lets us completely direct our attention to God… acknowledging that “God I need you.” as in needing God for who He is but not what He will do or won’t do. Just like what it said in utmost.org, when living water flows out of us, we shouldn’t focus on the outflow but focus on it’s source instead. Focus on God and not His works just like our love to our friends and family… we love them for who they are and not what they do.

Acquaintance VS Friend

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:12:26 -0700

“He calls his own … by name …” —John 10:3

August 16, 2012

What I learned today is that just because we know the bible based on what it is written… doesn’t automatically mean we know Jesus.

It could be viewed like this: we can read about Justin Bieber and know everything about him but it doesn’t mean that we know him. Knowing everything about someone vs knowing someone.

Reading the bible is very important don’t get me wrong but read it in a way where we’re getting to know Jesus and not just knowing about Him. Let not be our knowledge of Jesus surpass our personal relationship with Him.

You don’t want to end up just being a fan… I’m sure you would want to be a friend instead.

Baby Back

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:06:00 -0700

“You must be born again” —John 3:7

August 15, 2012

Receiving God really does have a different effect in my life. It changes how I think, talk, live, react to things. Being conscious of God’s existence and sovereignty, it gave me a new life. My perspective completely changed because I am now sensitive to my own sanctification and salvation - the things that are happening in my life is a chance to make me a better person and the person that God wants me to be and also if I am living a life that is pleasing to God.

The verse said “must be born again” and that doesn’t mean we must go back inside our mother’s wombs and come out again (lol!) but what it means is that we must get rid of our old self, let go of the things that hinder us from getting closer to God.

When Disciplined, Do Not Get Discouraged

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:28:59 -0700

“My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him” —Hebrews 12:5

August 14, 2012

It is definitely hard to not be discouraged when God disciplines me, when He rebukes me and takes away things that’s making me comfortable and lose sight on Him. But instead of it being seen as a punishment, I now know that I should see it as God working in my life. He rebukes me because I am currently not the person He wants me to be and in order to become that, I must go through the fire, to be cleansed and purified so I will be blameless.

One of the traps I used to fall for before was when God rebukes me, I rebel… I say things like “Oh well, I can’t help it. I prayed and things didn’t turn out right anyway. So I’m simply going to give up on everything.” but I realized that this thinking is wrong. Do I simply give up on the people I love because they didn’t support my wrong decisions? Just like gold that has to go through fire to be made pure, I shouldn’t give up on God when He’s in the process of sanctifying me. He has an amazing plan for my life and if I give on Him, then I might miss out on the chance of bringing glory to Him with my life.

No Suffering

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:04:40 -0700

“Let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good …” —1 Peter 4:19

August 10, 2012

I learned a few things today:

On the hard tasks, there are 2 ways of looking at it… one would be seen as choosing suffering and the other is choosing Jesus. Although it leads to the same action, the mindset is different. As Christians, we shouldn’t be seeing anything for God as suffering for Him but instead looking at it as doing these things for God for His glory or being used for His glory.
Looking for sympathy during times of hardships only weakens me. If a person sympathies with my low times and I accept it, I will begin to think that God is being harsh with me which then would result to self-pity.
God will be God and will do whatever He pleases. He always does things for our good so we just have to trust Him. We fully cannot judge why these things are happening or why we are where we are but just got to have faith that God is doing something in our lives for His glory.. and what more could a Christian want?

Read Your Bible, Pray Everyday

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:55:58 -0700

“If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine …” —John 7:17

July 27, 2012

What I learned from today’s devotion is that as a Christian, if I do want to seek Jesus and do what He wants me to do then I have to make the effort to communicate with Him and learn more about Him.

Read the bible and pray - those things are the foundation of my faith and as the verse says, if I want to do God’s will, I will only know if I get to know Him. It’s straightforward really, how can I know what God wants me to do when I don’t read the bible perhaps? It’s not like I will just have a spark of genius and know that that is God’s will for me. How would I know?

As a Christian, I witness many to be begging (including me) for God to manifest, take over and reveal His will but many (including me) fail to see that we/I just really got to take the time and pray and read His word to know what He wants for us/me.

Simply put, you want to know God’s will for your life? Read the bible.

Purity

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:44:43 -0700

“Those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart … . For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man …” —Matthew 15:18-20

July 26, 2012

The verse today is very very straightforward. It is a constant struggle to remain pure and sometimes we are not aware of our impurities because we choose to ignore them and claim innocence instead. Just because we didn’t say or do it doesn’t mean we’re in the clear for our thoughts is something God CAN see.

When I feel guilty it means that the Holy Spirit is rebuking me and I used to ignore this and say “I can be pure don’t worry”. But being pure using my own strength is impossible, it’s meaningless. Surrendering to Jesus is what one must do. Because we can only achieve the purity that God wants for us if His Holy Spirit is living within us.

Right Doing < Right Being

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:27:34 -0700

“… unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven” —Matthew 5:20

July 24, 2012

It is true that actions speak louder than words but hour about our thoughts? aspirations? motives? Are they as pure as our actions?

That is what I learned today. As Christians, it is not enough that we do good works but just like what I’ve learned - it is always the relationship, the fact that Jesus is in me that matters. By letting Him take over my life, everything I do will be His and it will not only change my actions but my motives as well. “Break my heart for what breaks Yours”… remember that line of the song? It speaks exactly what today’s devotion is about. Our aspirations change, the way we think, our motives. We see what Jesus sees. We see a world in need of His light. We start to become aware that our actions will do more wonders if our heart is fully one with what we do.

Nothing is impossible with Christ Jesus and even for the heart of stone… He can easily melt it if we let Him.

You See My Obey Hat?!

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:51:51 -0700

“You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am” —John 13:13

July 19, 2012

What I learned today was so straightforward that this might be a short one. The last line on utmost.org said the following:

The Son was obedient as our Redeemer, because He was the Son, not in order to become God’s son.

Why do we obey Christ? Do we obey because we want to be “turned into” Christians? or we obey because we want the blessings?

It was hard for me to grasp before the idea of self-denial before because I was selfish but the more I get to know God and who I am supposed to be, it makes more and more sense. If we truly see ourselves as God’s servant, children, followers, then we should see God for who He is… GOD. Just like how we see our own parents, we don’t obey our mom or dad to become their children, we obey because we ARE their children and the same goes for Jesus. We do not follow Him to become a Christian, we follow Him because we ARE Christians. We obey because of who we are not what we want to become.

The Price Has Got To Be Right

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:33:16 -0700

“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord …” —Isaiah 6:1

July 13, 2012

What I learned from this devotion is that following God’s plans in our lives always and always have a sacrifice. It doesn’t literally mean that someone has to die but there will be people we will have to let go so God can take their place. Any relationship that we prioritize over God will probably be shaken so we can focus back on God.

It does make sense, I used to be friends friends with some people that I am no longer hanging out with now. I used to hang out with them and we would go out and party and club and whatnot (yes I did go clubbing and drinking, etc. and I have tagged Facebook pics to prove it lol) but after I made the decision, that is a sacrifice I had to make because their activities doesn’t coincide with what God wants me to do. I do miss them because they are my friends but when God calls, we cannot hold anything back.

If I didn’t learn to let go, I’m 100% sure I wouldn’t be this deep in my relationship with the Lord. You just got to trust that everything will be good, we are dealing with the Lord after all.

Seek Jesus Not Blessings

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:52:01 -0700

“… till we all come … to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ …” —Ephesians 4:13

July 12, 2012

I learned from this devotion that I should grow out of the thought of seeking God for blessings, joy, peace, etc. and that I should seek Him realize who He is and not what He has done for me.

When we want to get to know a person, we want to get to know them because we are interested in them and not reliant on what they could do for us. It is a selfish thought and it doesn’t differ from our approach to God. I learned to not be so focused on developing myself but focus on getting to know Christ more. Just have faith that God will find favour in my life as I get to know Him and not just seek Him for the rewards and promises He is willing to give.

Self-Realization VS Christ-Realization

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:17:34 -0700

“… that I may know Him …” —Philippians 3:10

July 11, 2012

What I learned on this devotion is that on the things we do and the lessons we learn and circumstances we overcome, where is our focus? Is it focused on realizing ourselves and what we’re capable of or realizing Jesus and His awesome power?

Sometimes I do mistake some events in my life to be focused on myself but as a Christian, we must become less and Him the more. With that said, it is safe to say that in everything that happens in our lives, we must realize Jesus more and more, use those opportunities not to get to know ourselves better but God better.

Instead of thinking “I got through this! I have the patience/perseverance/skills/etc!” think instead about Jesus and how He gave us the strength and the specific characteristic we needed to overcome such obstacles. Realize that He is there backing us up rather than seeing ourselves to be self sufficient. We need God and this is the truth. Just like how we always claim we are nothing without Christ, through our victories it will stand true.

To Be Stirred Up - No Lazy

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:47:28 -0700

“Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together …” —Hebrews 10:24-25

July 10, 2012

Being a Christian is more than just the works, the Sunday services, etc. Part of being a Christian is to be constantly stirred up by God. The continual evolution of our characteristics and spiritual standing. Being a Christian requires us to continuously grow. When bad things happen we cannot simply just take refuge and make ourselves feel better by reading the word or doing the service, we have to grow from the experience. Instead of patching our hurts, we have to realize Christ more.

How can we be the salt and light of the earth if we keep God to ourselves? Loving God means stepping out of our comfort zone whatever it may be to grow in our spiritual walk. Spread God’s love and encourage one another. Do not sit idly by and wait for someone else to do it. You never know what you would learn unless you go out and seek it.

I Am Not Ready To Serve

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:14:49 -0700

“Joshua said to the people, ’You cannot serve the Lord …’” —Joshua 24:19

July 9, 2012

I used to think that I have to meet a certain criteria to be able to serve the Lord, to be “up there”. I used to think that I need to build myself up first before I could worship Him again but I realized now that all it does is waste time.

“Come as you are”… God has chosen the unqualified in the bible to make things happen in His name. It is such a false idea to rely on ourselves to make ourselves holy enough to serve the Lord. With this kind of thought, we don’t acknowledge God’s power that He is the one that’s supposed to change us and not us. With this kind of thinking, we acknowledge our own power, we rely on ourselves instead of God.

When someone asks me to return to God, I used to say “I’m not good enough yet, just give me time until I know I am worthy.” but knowing what I know now, I will never be worthy. God is… God! How do I know how He thinks? How do I know when I will be worthy? And who is going to turn me from unworthy to worthy? Me? Such childish thoughts.

The whole point of relying on God is because we believe that He will change us, strengthen us, bring us to where He wants us to go. Not training ourselves to be good enough, this is not a job where you need the education and background first to even think of applying.

Just seek God today no matter what you did yesterday, last week, last month, last year and everything will just fall into place.