Dear Lord,
Thank your for a brand new day. Thank you for your mercy that is fresh every morning. Lord, thank you for the victories, setting up an appointment with Julia's manager, Henry. Thank you for the photographers who will help us raise funds for HOPE.
Thank you for Chris and Connie becoming married and wanting to become disciples. Thank you for Cesar and Jennifer helping out Cambodia. Thank you for all the people in our Bible Talk.
Thank you for my husband and his love. Thank you for giving us to each other.
Lord, my prayer this morning is really for our marriage to grow. Please help me to grow in my respect for my husband, and please help him to be more loving to me. Please teach us how to be warm, gentle, loving to each other. Please teach us how to adjust to both of us working. Lord, please help us to communicate in a godly way, and not be impatient with each other so quickly. Please help us to keep on forgiving each other and to keep on repenting as well.
Lord, please also protect our hearts from getting attracted to other people. Remind us to not give Satan a foothold in our hearts and to not be impure, not even a hint. Please Lord, keep us faithful to You and to one another for the rest of our lives.
Lord, I also pray that you give Winvie and Diana wisdom to choose our next Bible Talk Leader. Please also help members to be supportive of our new leader.
I love you Lord. Please help me to be productive today. I love you Lord.
In Jesus' name,
Ingrid
Monday, July 31, 2006
Persevering in prayer
" Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up." vs. 1
Jesus is saying in the parable that we should never stop pryaing about anything until it is granted to us. The question is not really whether God will answer our prayers. The question is whether we will persevere in prayer until Jesus comes to answer all our prayers.
"However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" vs. 8
I am reminded of the prayers I have stopped praying -- those that I have given up on. I should persevere:
Jesus is saying in the parable that we should never stop pryaing about anything until it is granted to us. The question is not really whether God will answer our prayers. The question is whether we will persevere in prayer until Jesus comes to answer all our prayers.
"However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" vs. 8
I am reminded of the prayers I have stopped praying -- those that I have given up on. I should persevere:
- For my family to become disciples
- For the Philippine nation to be evangelized
- For a president of the Philippines to become a disciple
- To reach out to someone each year
More other requests to come.
Nehemiah 5 - Selfless leadership
Nehemiah 5
Selfless leadership
1. Be concerned about the plight of the poor. Listen to them and consider how you can help them. (vs. 1-7)
2. Act on your decisions. Do not be scared to stand up for the cause of the poor (vs. 7-9)
3. Be confident that people will follow if you are acting righteously as a leader (vs. 9-12)
4. Seal your covenants/agreements with a prayer. (vs. 12-13)
5. Out of reverence for the Lord, do not take advantage of your leadership position. Be a leader by example. (vs. 14-16)
6. Celebrate with your people. Share your blessings with them and spend fun moments with them. (vs. 17-18)
7. Only ask for the Lord to remember you. (vs. 19)
Selfless leadership
1. Be concerned about the plight of the poor. Listen to them and consider how you can help them. (vs. 1-7)
2. Act on your decisions. Do not be scared to stand up for the cause of the poor (vs. 7-9)
3. Be confident that people will follow if you are acting righteously as a leader (vs. 9-12)
4. Seal your covenants/agreements with a prayer. (vs. 12-13)
5. Out of reverence for the Lord, do not take advantage of your leadership position. Be a leader by example. (vs. 14-16)
6. Celebrate with your people. Share your blessings with them and spend fun moments with them. (vs. 17-18)
7. Only ask for the Lord to remember you. (vs. 19)
Friday, July 28, 2006
Answered prayer
Dear Lord,
Thank you for today. Thank you for your endless love, care and concern for our lives. Thank you for answering our prayers and walking with us all the way. Lord, thank you for giving us a venue for the HOPE Walk and make it very clear that this is where you want us to hold our Walk. Lord, please help us to capture your vision. I think it is bigger than our own vision.
Please help us to beat our bodies and go down on our knees in prayer. Lord, I need direction from you on every side. I need you to please enlighten me as to what steps to take next. I need you Lord.
Lord, Joe and I have been noticing that we are not very intimate each other lately. I guess it's coz we're adjusting to our new situation that we're both working. Please teach us how to make it work. Please help me to be humble to initiate to change and love my husband. Pleae help him to be loving and heroic in pursuing me. Lord, we need you.
Father, I pray for the following:
- Mayor Belmonte and Herbert Bautista to come to HOPE walk
- Mayor Belmonte to sponsor press releases and print ads in Philippine Star
- Mobilize the whole QC city hall employees, universities to join the advocacy.
- Get at least 30 cash sponsors, 15 ex-deals, 5 major partnerships.
- Please provide for us two well known bands and five other artists.
- Lord, please give us 40 tiangge vendors.
- Lord, please make Mrs. Amores inclined to back us up before Mr. Belmonte.
- Lord, please give us at least 10 personalities/politicians to join our cause.
- Lord, please open the heart of CFP to sponsor the training of children in COH
- Lord, more prayers to come..... I love you!
Daughter and servant,
Ingrid
Thank you for today. Thank you for your endless love, care and concern for our lives. Thank you for answering our prayers and walking with us all the way. Lord, thank you for giving us a venue for the HOPE Walk and make it very clear that this is where you want us to hold our Walk. Lord, please help us to capture your vision. I think it is bigger than our own vision.
Please help us to beat our bodies and go down on our knees in prayer. Lord, I need direction from you on every side. I need you to please enlighten me as to what steps to take next. I need you Lord.
Lord, Joe and I have been noticing that we are not very intimate each other lately. I guess it's coz we're adjusting to our new situation that we're both working. Please teach us how to make it work. Please help me to be humble to initiate to change and love my husband. Pleae help him to be loving and heroic in pursuing me. Lord, we need you.
Father, I pray for the following:
- Mayor Belmonte and Herbert Bautista to come to HOPE walk
- Mayor Belmonte to sponsor press releases and print ads in Philippine Star
- Mobilize the whole QC city hall employees, universities to join the advocacy.
- Get at least 30 cash sponsors, 15 ex-deals, 5 major partnerships.
- Please provide for us two well known bands and five other artists.
- Lord, please give us 40 tiangge vendors.
- Lord, please make Mrs. Amores inclined to back us up before Mr. Belmonte.
- Lord, please give us at least 10 personalities/politicians to join our cause.
- Lord, please open the heart of CFP to sponsor the training of children in COH
- Lord, more prayers to come..... I love you!
Daughter and servant,
Ingrid
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Lessons from Nehemiah 4
Nehemiah thinks he can build the wall that's been in ruins for 150 years in only 2 months. Lessons from him.
There will be opposition: 1. They think we're not up for the job (vs.1-2); 2. They think our job will fail (vs.3)
Pray for those who oppose. (vs. 4)
Do not be afraid. Remember the Lord (vs. 14)
Meet the opposition or threat with solution. Be ready to trouble shoot (vs.7-21)
Work with all your heart (vs.6)
There will be opposition: 1. They think we're not up for the job (vs.1-2); 2. They think our job will fail (vs.3)
Pray for those who oppose. (vs. 4)
Do not be afraid. Remember the Lord (vs. 14)
Meet the opposition or threat with solution. Be ready to trouble shoot (vs.7-21)
Work with all your heart (vs.6)
Prayer for help
Dear Lord,
Good morning po! First of all, thank you for answering all our prayers at the right time. You have given Joe a job right when his savings in the states ran out. You gave me a purpose bigger than myself so I won't feel bored, and so that I can use my time for something worthy for You.
Lord, you know what's best. You are indeed our Father who wants the best for us. Thank you Lord because during the times we were asking for shallow things in life, you chose not to give them to us. Instead, you reserved your answer for the perfect time and the perfect opportunity. Thank you Lord. I hope that Joe and I can make you proud. I pray that people will see in our lives that You are the power behind all our accomplishments. You are our inspiration and motivator.
Father, I ask your help to please help me see through things wisely. Help me to be willing to take opposition with humility and decisiveness when there's really something I need to reconsider or change. Please help me to have faith that can move mountains; faith that can accomplish the impossible. However, help me to use the intellect and rationale that you have given me so I can make decisions wisely.
Lord, the HOPE task is bigger than what I can do. There is so much that has to be done, yet little time and little manpower. Lord, please provide volunteers and people who can help us make this event happen. People who can serve wholeheartedly and cheerfully and supportively. People with faith and with strong belief in You and your love for the poor. Please help Ronnel and his team to get sponsorships from people. Lord, 5M is a small amount in this world. Surely, there are ways to collect that amount and more. And Lord, 5 M is nothing to You. Please give us the boldness to ask.
Father, I pray that today. We will accomplish the task which you have put in our hearts. Whatever you put in our hearts Lord, I believe that it is your Spirit and therefore, it can be done. This is what you have put in my heart: HOPE will be able to raise 5 million in profit from the HOPE walk(meaning expenses out). Sponsors will come from both local and international donors. 1 M children will be empowered. HOPE volunteer force will increase to 10K. 5 high profile politicians will come, around 20 artists will come to support HOPE's campaign. There will be 5 good/famous bands who will perform during the mini concert. HOPE will come up with a jingle that will become famous, and the whole Philippines will know that HOPE is about helping abused children, and that HOPE has the best facility in rehabilitating victims of child abuse. For this reason, donors will start flooding in to donate money in order to build more houses in COH and hire more people.
HOPE will be featured in one of the TV shows in either GMA or ABS-CBN. ABC 5 or channel 9 will become the official TV station of HOPE worldwide.
Lord, thank you for the answers to my prayers. I'm already excited to see them happen one by one. I may be in the states when all of these takes place but I'm still happy. Also, thank your for making me feel like this kind of job is what I love. It brings me to life and it stirs my heart. I pray that I can do lots of these in my life and I pray that many people will benefit from my effort, including my own family.
Lord, I pray for our families, especially our parents. Please Lord, please take care of them. Please keep their bodies healthy, but most importantly, please help them to go back to you and to have a relationship with YOu. Lord, please help my family to become disciples. I pray that Joe and I can study the Bible with our parents soon. Please open their hearts for that. Please Lord.
Lord, I pray for our sisters. Please protect them from harm, and help them to be wise -- not to give themselves to impurity or immorality. Please put in their hearts the emptiness that will make them look for you, search for you, and be passionate for you. Lord, I pray that this will happen in the near future. Once again, in your own ways and times. Lord, I love you. Please answer our prayers.
I pray for our marriage. I pray that Joe and I will continue to love each other and grow in our love for each other. I pray that we will glorify you in our marriage and I pray that you will prepare us for parenthood and I pray that we will glorify you in that area. Lord, please help Joe to become more gentle and appreciative of my beauty, and more selfless in our marriage. Please help me to be humble and to be respectful of my husband. Help me to be loving to him and to make him feel loved all the time. I'm sorry for the times that I have been disrespectful and unloving and ungentle towards him. Please forgive me and help me to change.
Lastly Lord, I pray for our ministries, the Bible talk and the dating ministry. Lord, please strenghten our spirits and help us to be a family who will help eahc other in times of struggle and will rejoice together in times of victory. Help us all Lord to be vigilant against Satan and to be victorious over struggles in life. Please strengthen the marriages and the dating relationships.
Lastly Lord, please empower us to share our faith this sunday. I pray that we will meet someone who will very open to study the Bible on the spot. Please show us a miracle this sunday. We love you Lord and we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.
Good morning po! First of all, thank you for answering all our prayers at the right time. You have given Joe a job right when his savings in the states ran out. You gave me a purpose bigger than myself so I won't feel bored, and so that I can use my time for something worthy for You.
Lord, you know what's best. You are indeed our Father who wants the best for us. Thank you Lord because during the times we were asking for shallow things in life, you chose not to give them to us. Instead, you reserved your answer for the perfect time and the perfect opportunity. Thank you Lord. I hope that Joe and I can make you proud. I pray that people will see in our lives that You are the power behind all our accomplishments. You are our inspiration and motivator.
Father, I ask your help to please help me see through things wisely. Help me to be willing to take opposition with humility and decisiveness when there's really something I need to reconsider or change. Please help me to have faith that can move mountains; faith that can accomplish the impossible. However, help me to use the intellect and rationale that you have given me so I can make decisions wisely.
Lord, the HOPE task is bigger than what I can do. There is so much that has to be done, yet little time and little manpower. Lord, please provide volunteers and people who can help us make this event happen. People who can serve wholeheartedly and cheerfully and supportively. People with faith and with strong belief in You and your love for the poor. Please help Ronnel and his team to get sponsorships from people. Lord, 5M is a small amount in this world. Surely, there are ways to collect that amount and more. And Lord, 5 M is nothing to You. Please give us the boldness to ask.
Father, I pray that today. We will accomplish the task which you have put in our hearts. Whatever you put in our hearts Lord, I believe that it is your Spirit and therefore, it can be done. This is what you have put in my heart: HOPE will be able to raise 5 million in profit from the HOPE walk(meaning expenses out). Sponsors will come from both local and international donors. 1 M children will be empowered. HOPE volunteer force will increase to 10K. 5 high profile politicians will come, around 20 artists will come to support HOPE's campaign. There will be 5 good/famous bands who will perform during the mini concert. HOPE will come up with a jingle that will become famous, and the whole Philippines will know that HOPE is about helping abused children, and that HOPE has the best facility in rehabilitating victims of child abuse. For this reason, donors will start flooding in to donate money in order to build more houses in COH and hire more people.
HOPE will be featured in one of the TV shows in either GMA or ABS-CBN. ABC 5 or channel 9 will become the official TV station of HOPE worldwide.
Lord, thank you for the answers to my prayers. I'm already excited to see them happen one by one. I may be in the states when all of these takes place but I'm still happy. Also, thank your for making me feel like this kind of job is what I love. It brings me to life and it stirs my heart. I pray that I can do lots of these in my life and I pray that many people will benefit from my effort, including my own family.
Lord, I pray for our families, especially our parents. Please Lord, please take care of them. Please keep their bodies healthy, but most importantly, please help them to go back to you and to have a relationship with YOu. Lord, please help my family to become disciples. I pray that Joe and I can study the Bible with our parents soon. Please open their hearts for that. Please Lord.
Lord, I pray for our sisters. Please protect them from harm, and help them to be wise -- not to give themselves to impurity or immorality. Please put in their hearts the emptiness that will make them look for you, search for you, and be passionate for you. Lord, I pray that this will happen in the near future. Once again, in your own ways and times. Lord, I love you. Please answer our prayers.
I pray for our marriage. I pray that Joe and I will continue to love each other and grow in our love for each other. I pray that we will glorify you in our marriage and I pray that you will prepare us for parenthood and I pray that we will glorify you in that area. Lord, please help Joe to become more gentle and appreciative of my beauty, and more selfless in our marriage. Please help me to be humble and to be respectful of my husband. Help me to be loving to him and to make him feel loved all the time. I'm sorry for the times that I have been disrespectful and unloving and ungentle towards him. Please forgive me and help me to change.
Lastly Lord, I pray for our ministries, the Bible talk and the dating ministry. Lord, please strenghten our spirits and help us to be a family who will help eahc other in times of struggle and will rejoice together in times of victory. Help us all Lord to be vigilant against Satan and to be victorious over struggles in life. Please strengthen the marriages and the dating relationships.
Lastly Lord, please empower us to share our faith this sunday. I pray that we will meet someone who will very open to study the Bible on the spot. Please show us a miracle this sunday. We love you Lord and we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.
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