2 greatest commandments

The 2 Greatest Commandments of Christianity (in my own words):

1) You gotta WANT GOD, GOD, GOD more than anything, anyone else in your life. Your will to live is the god you worship. We obey because we love God back and not because we are forced or it is the moral thing to do. Obedience is the only sign that we love God. Talk is cheap. Faith without corresponding action is dead.

2) Realize that the worst and the best humans you know are just the same as you. You are no better than anyone. Love and treat everyone the same way you would do to yourself. Yes, as a Christian you are Heaven-bound but remember that your ticket is a gift to you. You cannot boast about it. All the glory goes back to God.

Love your enemies. If you only love those who love you, what good is that? Even sinners do that.

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no commandment greater than these.”- Mark 12:30-31

I am preaching to myself... and trying to sleep.

Get up

When I was a toddler, I cry everytime I stumble and fall. I wait for someome to get me up and tell me to stop crying and just keep walking.

When I grew up, I just laugh when ever I stumble. With a smile, I get myself up quickly telling myself to be more careful next time.

When I was a toddler in my faith in Christ, I condemn myself whenever I fall into sin. I wait for others to encourage me and get me back up.

Now that I am grown up (and still a lot of growing up), IF I sin, I get back up right away, having no doubt that I am not condemned anymore, that God loves me not because I am a "good person" but because He knows how bad I can be but still loves me the same way.

I get up, and follow Him who says "Follow Me."

I praise God for His grace and mercy.

No brainer

I'm not gonna do ANYTHING my way anymore. I wanna do everything God's way. He loves me more than I love myself and He knows infinitely more than I do. So, I might as well let Him lead.

I acknowledge every good thing in my life coming from Him and every bad thing will be a story of His forgiveness and unconditional love.

Tonight, we sang "all I need is You, Lord" in church. I sang it not because those were the words flashed in the big screen but because I understand and I mean it. I'm saying "all I need is You, Lord" publicly and I will never be ashamed of my faith in Jesus. Neither shall you if you believe in Him. ;)