These Days

The last topic in the Infinitude preaching series is Omnipresent.   God created everything but is apart from His creation.  He sustains everything by His word. Jeremiah 23:23-24 "Am I only a God nearby,"    declares the LORD,    "and not a God far away? Can anyone hide in secret places    so that I cannot see him?"    declares the LORD.    "Do not I fill heaven and earth?"    declares the LORD. In the Old Testament, God instructed the Israelites to create the tabernacle where God can physically dwell with the people.  The people rebelled by worshiping idols so God withdrew His presence from them.  But Moses implored for God to remain with them as they journey to the promised land. Exodus 33:15-17 Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other peop

The second preaching for VCF's Infinitude series, about the infinite attributes of God. Jeremiah 32:17 "Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.  His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet. Revelation 19:6 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns." Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. How do we know that we have power? 2 Peter 1:3-4 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.  Through these he has given us his very great and precious promis

VCF's current preaching series is entitled INFINITUDE , which focuses on the infinite qualities of God.  We've covered Immutable, Omniscient and Omnipotent the past 3 weeks and the last topic today was Omnipresent.  This is a rather interesting church month for me.  I wasn't able to attend the preaching on Immutable because our yaya took the day off and I watched Neil.  For Omniscient, we attended at Victory Alabang (our home church), Victory Fort for Omniscient and finally Victory Makati for Omnipresent.  Hehe... This is the advantage of having multiple locations doing the same preaching series.  BUT it's important to stick to one home church and regularly attend there.  We just had out-of-the-ordinary circumstances this month, thus the hopping... I wasn't able to post my any of my notes so I'm just catching up now. OMNISCIENT Main Verse:   Psalm 139:1-4, 13-16  1 O LORD, you have searched me        and you know me.  2 You know when I sit and when I ri

I finally bought my camera gear a better house. :) I got a Crumpler 6 Million Dollar Home.  I like that it doesn't look too much like a camera bag, and I can configure the space inside using velcro separators.  Before this, I was using Richard's old Sony videocam bag, which had space enough for the camera+lens, and nothing else.  The Crumpler is still a bit roomy for my current stuff but I have a few more things I want to get, as soon as the budget allows. Weee! :) I bought the bag from ebay.ph and it was unused.  The seller got it as a gift and did not use it at all.  I checked the retail price and I actually bought it at 40% off.  It pays to check ebay!  At first we worried if the seller won't come through (which I think is normal if you're transacting with a stranger), but I made sure to check ratings and ask a few questions before completing the transaction.  It's hard-earned money after all.  But I got the bag and I'm happy with it. :)

I had a very out-of-the-ordinary Saturday. :) Em and I joined Carlos Celdran's Intramuros Tour called 'If These Walls Could Talk.'  For free.  I won 2 tickets to the tour as a consolation prize to a contest he ran on his blog. I think it was past 11PM when I arrived home from work on Friday.  I slept at 1AM (?), set my alarm for 7AM and woke up at 6AM.  Somebody's excited. :) Em and I left the house at 8AM.  We took the jeepney to LRT, then LRT from Gil Puyat to Doroteo Jose station.  The info we got from the Internet said we can then take the jeepney going to Quiapo/Pier.  We asked around and found that we have to walk farther to catch the jeep, which they said pass by that area rarely.  Toinks.  Bad info.  As it was already 8:40AM, we just decided to take a taxi to the Manila Cathedral.  We made it, with a few mintues to spare.  Around 9AM, Carlos arrived and we on our way. The tour started at the Manila Cathedral and ends at the San Agustin Church.  I've ne

I love coffee.  That's no secret.  When Richard and I got married, we received 3 coffee makers from friends who know about my coffee-love. The thing is, I enjoy the vendo variety as much (well maybe not AS much) as the Starbucks or Coffee Bean variety.  I'm the easy-to-please kind.=) I took a break from the caffeine when I was pregnant and nursing, but now I'm back to enjoying at least one cup a day.  I signal the start of my work day with a visit to the Nescafe vendo at the pantry.  A few times, maybe I buy from Starbucks as a treat.  I am kuripot and think that they're expensive.  Especially when compared to the P5 per cup from the vendo! :) Anyway, the last few days, I've been taking my coffee black.  Before, I always pick #5 (coffee+cream+sugar) but I've been feel the sugar in my system even after drinking 2 cups of water post-coffee.  I have sugar-umay so I tried black and surprisingly, liked it. I am now a convert.