The Sad Christian

Written by Warren | Posted on September 30, 2008 | Comments

after a series of fallen a-bombs around us
Hazel and I shelled ourselves in as a natural defense mech
fearing what God will do next to us
making every effort to isolate ourselves from possible instruments of God to throw us another bomb
looking at a person crossing our paths thinking
will God use you to strike me this time?

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For the love of Carol

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 28, 2008 | Comments

As bloggers blogging for truth and continually searching for like-minded brothers and sisters all over, we stumbled upon this great blog which though we have not had the chance to include in our blogroll yet, we highly recommend also especially to those who are seeking for deeper understanding of Christianity. But, that is not the [...]

Hello World Niece

Written by Warren | Posted on September 27, 2008 | Comments

Thank God for a healthy delivery of a baby girl by Hazel’s sister.

at the hospital we had the chance to evangelize to the couple. and we’re hoping that we could visit their place this coming saturday to look for a new place to stay. oh yeah, we’re considering to move out Lord willing.

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Why Man Can Never Understand the Word of God

Written by Warren | Posted on September 27, 2008 | Comments

a person cannot understand the Words of God even by his/her own efforts. even if you read the whole Bible is no guarantee that what you understood is really the correct one.
many people think the Bible is really confusing. theyre right! its almost impossible for a man to understand. and to be frank. you [...]

“Tastes Great, Less Filling”

Written by Warren | Posted on September 26, 2008 | Comments

[Taken from the book Hard to Believe by John MacArthur]
“The first rule of merchandising is to give consumers what they want, if they want bigger burgers, make their burgers bigger. Designer bottled waters in six fruit flavors? Done. Mini-vans with ten cup holders? Give them twenty. You’ve got to keep the customer satisfied. You’ve got [...]

To Live is Christ

Written by Warren | Posted on September 25, 2008 | Comments

its been 3months now since we have consistent income coming in
we’ve been surviving from our own savings and a little help from other people by God’s grace
and we’ve been ridiculed from all angles
in attempt to destroy our motives whatever they may be
if only we could have enough money for us to build our own home [...]

An Open Letter To Bo Sanchez

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 25, 2008 | Comments

Dear Bo Sanchez,
Your teachings make me cringe.
In one of your posts, you wrote about having a “divine self-portrait” and not letting go of that “no matter what happens”. You say that each of us has a self-portrait which we must learn to love and that we must not believe that we are ugly, selfish, evil, [...]

Embracing His Will

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 24, 2008 | Comments

How does one embrace the possibility of becoming childless for good?
Warren and I decided to stop from undergoing fertility treatments. For now it seems that he plans to stop temporarily but he could also be considering stopping it altogether, for good. I can only stand by the sidelines and let my husband lead me into [...]

Living by Faith

Written by Warren | Posted on September 23, 2008 | Comments

we stayed at our pastor’s house last Sunday night
Hazel and I felt that we needed to be with our pastor longer right before he departs for US for more than 6months
he and his wife needed to be there to minister to his father-in-law who is suffering from cancer
during that night while all was quite and [...]

God’s Best Gift Is Not For Me

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 23, 2008 | Comments

Sometime in May this year, I had the privilege of listening to a Dr. John MacArthur sermon (mp3) about motherhood and he mentioned something in passing which struck me and stuck with me ever since. Today, I would like to share those words here with the hope of extending comfort to those who, like me, [...]

Weekend Snapshot

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 22, 2008 | Comments

Little Big Andrew and Satse Warren
Meet Andrew! He is Warren’s six month old nephew and we just love, love, love to carry him whenever we pay him a visit in Las Pinas or whenever we get together in Baler. He is such a cuddly little fellow, so cute and so sweet, too! He likes his [...]

Effective Ministry

Written by Warren | Posted on September 20, 2008 | Comments

inspite of generations and myriads of people not turning to God in Noah’s time
even from the days of Enoch who preached to the people to repent
all the way to the days of Noah and still nobody listened
till the day of the flood
and only Noah’s immediate family got in to the ark
only 8 people got in [...]

Big Fat Negative

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 20, 2008 | Comments

I tested at 4am and as expected, it was a big fat negative. I should be locking myself up in the bathroom and crying my eyes out all day, but by God’s grace and mercy, He has granted our prayer to prepare our hearts if ever we get a negative result this month.

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“Forgiving Yourself”

Written by Warren | Posted on September 19, 2008 | Comments

This afternoon I got a chance to stroll down the bookstore
and browsed a book by Bo Sanchez
entitled “7 Secrets to Freedom” or something like that
I wish I could have extra cash to spend on ubiblical books such as this
and more from other local authors such as Ed Lapiz the filipino gay preacher

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Transformed souls

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 19, 2008 | Comments

I was talking to an old friend the other day, someone I haven’t seen nor talked to for close to twelve years, and we were amazed to discover how little we really knew about each other.
It was the 1990’s and it was the grunge era, everybody was a rebel – rebel against family, friends, parents, [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Putanesca

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 17, 2008 | Comments

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Terribly Missing Church

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 15, 2008 | Comments

We terribly miss our DCCC family.
We missed this Sunday’s church service because both Warren and I are down with the flu. Warren was just beginning to recover from it, while I was just beginning to battle with it. It was such a shame that we had to be sick on a Sunday but we didn’t [...]

Prayer Requests for Warren

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 11, 2008 | Comments

Brethren, I would like to request for prayers for Warren who’s been down with fever and flu for two days now. Kindly include him in your prayer lists, he is temporarily incapacitated for work, he develops back pains and his fever would rise up whenever he would try to sit in front of his computer [...]

Missing Manila

Written by Warren | Posted on September 11, 2008 | Comments

A few more days and we’ve already stayed in Angeles for 4 months
I can’t believe I’d survive in a place like this
I’ve never been away from Manila for more than 2 weeks
but now here I am
my lifestyle was forcefully changed in an instant
I have made a list here of the things I miss in Manila

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Making His Holy Name Shine

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 10, 2008 | Comments

Warren gave a speech on his bestfriend’s wedding and his speech went this way:
Ayan and I go a long way back. I met him in 3rd grade in a basketball court and we’ve become friends since.
One of the most admirable traits Ayan possesses is his boldness of character, he is always unafraid to speak his [...]

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