LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

I was really messed up when I've heard this revelation to Ptr. Ariel while we're inside the car.. I believe this was preached by Ptr. Paul during Friday meeting in Los Baños.. Here it is.. :)

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13

Now, if faith like mustard seed can move mountains (Luke 17:6 & 1 Corinthians 13:2), what do you think love can do? :)

A Jeremiah 33:3 Birthday Celebration!

This blog post is a sign of my full gratitude to everyone who made my birthday so amazing! I had a blast! ‘Thank you’ isn’t enough to tell you guys that you are all God’s blessings to me.

A Jeremiah 33:3 Birthday Celebration! <3

‘Lord, tomorrow will be my birthday. I am so excited for all the things you have planned for me. Father, show me great & mighty things that I’ve never experienced before. Have Your way Daddy. In Jesus Name, Amen.’ --- this was my prayer before that very day.

PARTY TIME! <3

Thank you to my kuya (Mark Josh Brinces) for the first b-day greeting! Your call is highly appreciated. I will never forget that ’12 midnight’ call and all the text messages of your 13 friends, I find it sweet. Yahoo!

Thank you to Ate Che for a very touching text message. It touched me a lot. Hahaha!

Thank you to my ‘Super True Friends’ (Yuri, Jan Di, Mr. Z & Gora) ~ you guys are beyond awesome! It’s the sweetest thing you’ve done! I haven’t seen you all for a long time! P.S. And I forgot that we became friends, now I’m accepting the fact that we are! Haha! I love you guys!

Thank you to my Nanay & The Company! Hahaha. Epic! My pancit was really delicious! We’re really blessed that we can be more than happy in little things that God entrusted to us. Expect HUGE things ahead! <3

Thank you to my sister, Ivy! I love you so much sistah!

Thank you to my Facebook Friends! My heart is really glad for all the greetings I received from all of you. You don’t know how happy I am! When I remember all those messages, I can’t help it but cry. Hahaha! Emo no more! Come on! Hahaha! Okay, so for that, I’m giving you all the credits!

Here’s the list of your name guys! <3

1. Mic Key
2. Michael John Sandoval
3. Niz Detoya
4. Noel Maligaya
5. Johanna Gelicame
6. 미카엘댄
7. Aenrikikekeshinzo Villanueva Llenaresas
8. Rose Calmorin
9. Arthur Villar
10. Rui Gaspar
11. Sheng Tan
12. Anne Villabroza
13. Lee Aesthetic
14. Maku Hinagpis
15. Dre Musa
16. Albert Bryan
17. Ace-iderf Palermo Palmiery
18. John Paul Derecho Nanong
19. John Al-Arzad Portillo Ipaw
20. Bea Elaine B. Oblefias
21. Sherrie Mae Yap
22. Alfredo Refe Padua Jr.
23. Hannah America
24. Jazel Jalbuena
25. Donards Tañedo
26. Jim Caro
27. Waxx Malundas Maderal
28. Darrel Macatangay
29. Liezl Hervera
30. Glaiza Hervera
31. Tricia Esquieres
32. Ces Chibi
33. Emar Giron
34. Itsmerafrap ヅ Dimayuga
35. Kirt Vibal
36. Vincent Villabroza
37. Michael Flores
38. Lhy-Nie Novilla
39. Kenneth Villabroza
40. Dennis Capistrano Pantastico
41. Theodore Lim
42. Rhea Cabrera Bermudez
43. Mutya Bobadilla
44. Maido Figueroa
45. Ivy Mathew
46. Aims Lopez
47. Adanac Ynohtna Kram
48. KenKen Ledesma
49. Eunice Roxas Abadicio
50. Kimberly Tanael Cardona
51. Andromicko M. Garduque
52. Allan Yasser Zeta Abdula
53. Aannee Lianillo-uy
54. Ana Guia Tadiosa Abesamis
55. Kristy Suaybaguio
56. Anne Jane Gamboa
57. Kaneiza George Pavon
58. Yamyam Cadiz
59. Adrian Crisanto
60. Jhoanna G. Agualada
61. Aaliyah Sissay
62. Jane Carcueva
63. Cindy Reyes Nadera
64. Amanda Suarez
65. Jane Dormitorio
66. Ulysses Ecarma Boglosa
67. James Vhan
68. Byron Fill
69. Philip Renaire C. Salvacion
70. Charlyn Krizz Camacho
71. Oetsira Yadniro
72. Oscar R. Reyes II
73. Jm Miguel
74. Jai Ho
75. Evangeline Ramirez
76. Shanen Kaye Jaca
77. Johanna Gelicame
78. Mean Lupig
79. Mary Grace Villaruel
80. Jaypee de Guzman
81. Karina Anagaran
82. Dave Briones
83. John Michael Balmes
84. Belle Villabroza
85. Ariel F. Tenorio
86. Eden Ilustre
87. Genevieve Quevedo Casiño
88. Clarice 'Kuto' Salanda
89. Prince Manuel
90. Faith Andres
91. Russ Elloso
92. Mai Phương
93. Jabe Ines
94. Gilden Salvacion
95. Jenny Montellano
96. Xschell Brinces
97. Roan Castillo

Thank you to my Twitter Friends for tweeting all your greetings to me! It means so much to me! Shoutout to my Team Kulets & Team Amats, Chasters and all! <3

Yey! Your user name will be shown too! Kindly follow them! Hahaha!

1. @akosiDrew
2. @mikala73
3. @fwickle
4. @kingD911
5. @ZymaD
6. @nigmainsolitudo
7. @ememm
8. @iWilsonPage
9. @whatmeshisays
10. @bebetch
11. @SingsLykAnAngel
12. @Juanilda

I would love to give thanks to all the people who gave me a call! <3 Please, still love me! I forgot your names. Okay, let me think. Uhmm, thank you callers!!! Hahahaha!!! Love, love, love! <3

Thank you SO MUCH Destiny Family – Lucena!
1. Daddy Charles, Mommy Edilyn, CK & King – for the surprise! Haha! Actually, the story was, I got a call from my spiritual dad. I asked him if he’ll be at my b-day celebration. Then he just ignored my question and OH NO! I was really sad because there’s a hint that he can’t make it. BUT!!!
After Ate Let-let’s prayer as the start of the party, Daddy & Mommy entered the door astoundingly! To my surprise, I’m about to cry! Hahaha! Thank you for the cake! Love, love you!
2. Ate Cora & Kuya Romy – for making your house the venue of my party! Thank you for the Ice Cream, softdrinks and for the BIG CANDLE! Haha! I will never forget that! <3
3. Ate Let-Let – thank you for the prayer. And for the chiffon cake. Haha! Aaaaarghhh!!! I want a photo of that cake with the big, white candle! Hahaha!
4. Ate Lani, Kuya Raymond, Ate Hanna, Ate Reyn, Ate Tina (Single), Ate Ineng – thank you for coming!!! We had so much fun! Haha! The 3-hour Soaking with Big Daddy is record-breaking!!! <3 I love you all!!! <3
5. Ate Tina (Married) – thank you for the phone patch!
6. Ate Del – for the default birthday quotation! Hahaha! <3
7. Kuya Mico – for the FB greeting!
8. Ate Jun Rose – Hahaha! I just love you for not greeting me! Hahaha! Your spirit is with us!

And for the late greetings.. Hahaha!

Thank you to my new bestfriend, Mr. Alchemy Abella, for calling! Hahaha! Wow! That was a 5-hour conversation! Talent showcase was pretty rad! You’re matured na, I’m so proud of you!

Thank you Rizzei! <3

All, thank you!

BEST BIRTHDAY EVER! <3

Made To Last Forever

It is beautiful how God has done everything at the right time. He has put a sense of eternity in people’s minds. Yet, mortals still can’t grasp what God is doing from the beginning to the end {of time}. ECCLESIASTES 3:11


GOD DESIGNED YOU, IN HIS IMAGE, TO LIVE FOR ETERNITY.

We know that if the life we live here on earth is ever taken down like a tent, we still have a building from God. It is an eternal house in heaven that isn’t made by human hands. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:1

WHEN YOU FULLY COMPREHEND THAT THERE ID MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST HERE AND NOW, YOU WILL BEGIN TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY. YOU WILL START LIVING IN THE LIGHT OF ETERNITY.

I was circumcised on the eighth day. I’m a descendant of Israel. I’m from the tribe of Benjamin. I’m a pure-blooded Hebrew. When it comes to living up to standards, I was a Pharisee.
When it comes to being enthusiastic, I was a persecutor of the church. When it comes to winning God’s approval by keeping Jewish laws, I was perfect.
These things that I once considered valuable, I now consider worthless for Christ.

It’s far more than that! I consider everything else worthless because I’m much better off knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. It’s because of him that I think of everything as worthless. I threw it all away in order to gain Christ. PHILIPPIANS 3:5-8

We don’t have a permanent city here on earth, but we are looking for the city that we will have in the future. HEBREWS 13:14

The world and its evil desires are passing away. But the person who does what God wants lives forever. 1 JOHN 2:17

The Lord’s plan stands firm forever. His thoughts stand firm in every generation. PSALMS 33:11

So we are always confident. We know that as long as we are living in these bodies, we are living away from the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:6

WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE IN ETERNITY WITH GOD? FRANKLY, THE CAPACITY OF OUR BRAINS CANNOT HANDLE THE WONDER AND GREATNESS OF HEAVEN.

But as Scripture says: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9

“Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, my Father has blessed you! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. MATTHEW 25:34

What Drives Your Life?

Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me. JOHN 14:6

EVERYONE’S LIFE IS DRIVEN BY SOMETHING; MANY ARE DRIVEN BY THINGS LIKE GUILT, RESENTMENT, ANGER, FEAR, MATERIALISM, AND THE NEED FOR APPROVAL.

Certainly, anger kills a stubborn fool, and jealousy murders a gullible person. JOB 5:2

Then I saw that all hard work and skillful effort come from rivalry. Even this is pointless. {It’s like} trying to catch the wind. ECCLESIASTES 4:4

One person pretends to be rich but has nothing. Another pretends to be poor but has great wealth. PROVERBS 13:7

THERE ARE OTHER FORCES THAT CAN DRIVE YOUR LIFE BUT ALL LEAD TO SAME DEAD END: UNUSED POTENTIAL, UNNECESSARY STRESS AND AN UNFULFILLED LIFE.

But I said, “I have worked hard for nothing. I have used my strength, but I didn’t accomplish anything. Yet, certainly my case is in the Lord’s hands, and my reward is with my God.” ISAIAH 49:4

My days go swifter than a weaver’s shuttle. They are spent without hope. JOB 7:6

I hate my life; I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone because my days are so brief. JOB 7:16

When you farm the ground, it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth.” GENESIS 4:12

THE BIBLE HAS A REMEDY.

So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord wants. EPHESIANS 5:17

Understand what I’m saying. The Lord will help you understand all these things. 2 TIMOTHY 2:7

Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me. JOHN 14:6

THE BENEFITS OF PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIVING:

KNOWING YOUR PURPOSE GIVES YOUR LIFE MEANING, SIMPLICITY, FOCUS AND MOTIVATION. IT ALSO PREPARES YOU FOR ETERNITY.

What happiness for those whose guilt has been forgiven! What joys when sins are covered over! What relief for those who have confessed their sins and God has cleared their record. PSALM 32:1

No fear exists where his love is. Rather, perfect love gets rid of fear, because fear involves punishment. The person who lives in fear doesn’t have perfect love. 1 JOHN 4:18

I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord. They are plans for peace and not disaster, plans to give you a future filled with hope. JEREMIAH 29:11

Glory belongs to God, whose power is at work in us. By this power he can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. EPHESIANS 3:20

With perfect peace you will protect those whose minds cannot be changed, because they trust you. ISAIAH 26:3

Brothers and sisters, I can’t consider myself a winner yet. This is what I do: I don’t look back, I lengthen my stride, and I run straight toward the goal to win the prize that God’s heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14

Whoever has a mature faith should think this way. And if you think differently, God will show you how to think. PHILIPPIANS 3:15

You Are Not An Accident

I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born. ISAIAH 44:2

The Lord will do everything for me. O Lord, your mercy endures forever. Do not let go of what your hands have made. PSALMS 138:8

My bones were not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, when I was being skillfully woven in an underground workshop. PSALMS 139:15

Your eyes saw me when I was only a fetus. Every day {of my life} was recorded in your book before one of them had taken place. PSALMS 139:16

From one man he has made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth. He has given them the seasons of the year and the boundaries within which to live. ACTS 17:26

Before the creation of the world, he chose us through Christ to be holy and perfect in his presence. EPHESIANS 1:4

God decided to give us life through the word of truth to make us his most important creatures. JAMES 1:18

The Lord created the heavens. God formed the earth and made it. He set it up. He did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited. This is what the Lord says: I am the Lord, and there is no other. ISAIAH 45:18

The person who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, because God is love. 1 JOHN 4:8

Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, the few people left of the nation of Israel. I’ve carried you since your birth. I’ve taken care of you from the time you were born.

Even when you’re old, I’ll take care of you. Even when your hair turns gray, I’ll support you. I made you and will continue to care for you. I’ll support you and save you. ISAIAH 46:3-4

Because of the kindness that God has shown me, I ask you not to think of yourselves more highly than you should. Instead, your thoughts should lead you to use good judgment based on what God has given each of you as believers. ROMANS 12:3

It All Starts w/ God

For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank of angels - everything got started in Him and finds its purpose in Him. COLOSSIANS 1:16

It is God who directs the lives of His creatures; everyone’s life is in His power. JOB 12:10

Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life. ROMANS 8:6

Jesus said, “Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self.” MATTHEW 16:25

God’s wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into the interior of His purposes. You don’t find it lying around on the surface. It’s not the latest message, but more like the oldest-what God determined as the way to bring out His best in us, long before we ever arrived on the scene. 1 Corinthians 2:7

It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had is eyes on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose He is working out in everything and everyone. EPHESIANS 1:11

Decode (Acoustic Version) - Herdy Hervera


DECODE -- Who among you don't know this song?! Haha. Yeah, right. It was an original movie soundtrack from the film "Twilight" w/c I wasn't really fascinated to. Well, you can't blame me. The quality of the movie isn't that good. -_-

So, this is my own rendition of it, inspired by the acoustic version of the song itself. Enjoy! :)