Thank You All and Happy New Year!

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

Oh boy, I feel so alien about blogging tonight. My last post was exactly 12 days ago. So that’s almost 2 weeks. In fact, in those 2 weeks, I never even visited this site. So where was I this whole time? Well I concentrated on studying and praying. And for these past days I’ve been [...]

Is your wife a Calvinist?

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on December 30, 2008 | Comments

This one’s got me on “she’s got a tattoo that says ‘I heart John Piper in Greek’”, LOL!

Credit goes to Caffeinated Thoughts where I first stumbled on the video.
Songwriter: Brandon Milan

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Osteen Is Plain Heresy-filled

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on December 30, 2008 | Comments

I just found out my friend reads Joel Osteen. How cool is that?
Seriously, I met up with her a few days back and she was clutching an Osteen book – Live Your Best Life Now – and I wanted so much to steal the book away from her and dump it in the nearest dumpster. Apparently, [...]

2008: The Year That Was

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on December 29, 2008 | Comments

As 2009 approaches, I would like to take a quick look back at all the highlights of our Christian walk, marriage and lives in the year 2008.

January – Warren asked for my hand in marriage from my parents on the eve of the new year. He arrived in Pampanga on the morning of December [...]

A Merry, GOOFY Christmas from the Chua Family!

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on December 26, 2008 | Comments

Belated Christmas greetings everyone! So, where was everybody on Christmas?
As for Warren and I, we had a blast! Remember the gift cheque we received from my bestfriend? We finally got around to using it. We checked in at Holiday Inn Clark yesterday for that much needed and prayed for break from the humdrum of everyday [...]

I Left My Heart At…

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

It’s been three days since and I am still left without words to say.
Perhaps these pictures would tell a million and one more than I can…

This is where the Young Married group of Calulut Baptist Church went to last Saturday.
It was a journey that most of us will remember for a long time.
Brace yourselves for the next [...]

Weekend Photo

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on December 21, 2008 | Comments

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Nothing to Celebrate

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on December 21, 2008 | Comments

Do we really have to spend to celebrate Christmas?
My baby sister was complaining to me about not having money to buy something new for her daughters this Christmas and how ridiculous it is for the Philippine government to implement a week-long non-working holiday from December 26 to January 2. Apparently, this is causing a big [...]

Nothing Else But God

Written by Warren | Posted on December 18, 2008 | Comments

It’s been 5 months now since I had a stable work. And we are only living with my current life savings. So far I’ve closed my account in my Mutual Funds, then sold my camera lens which was a dear to me and it was my dream lens, then I’ve closed my bank account, so [...]

Learning From The Incarcerated

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on December 18, 2008 | Comments

I went with Warren to the women’s prison ministry this morning and you know what? I loved it!
When we got there, I saw three main prison cells, only two, I think, are being utilized as cells for inmates because the other one was the one being used for events such as ours. Several ladies [...]

Fuelling our desires to be better ministers

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

It’s just Warren and I again soon.
Our household help will be leaving us this Friday to celebrate the holidays with her family. We’ve known since October that she will be taking a long time off and we have encouraged her to also seek her heart to know if she still wants to work or just [...]

Christ Centered Preaching

Written by Warren | Posted on December 16, 2008 | Comments

After going thru lesson 3 of Bryan Chapell’s online class, it occurred to me that a pastor’s message does not stop in the pulpit. It goes beyond that. Pastor’s message must have the ff components: Logos, Pathos, Ethos.
Logos
The word; verbal content; meaning of the word. This is what is being preached to the pew.
Pathos
Emotive content; [...]

It’s all just starting to sink in

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on December 14, 2008 | Comments

The reality of Warren’s pursuance of pastoral ministry is just starting to sink in. I have remained quiet about my thoughts on it after getting a confirmation from Phil Johnson that my husband isn’t after all disqualified and that to desire to pastor is “a noble task” that any Godly man must indeed pursue.
Well, last [...]

To Do List

Written by Warren | Posted on December 14, 2008 | Comments

I have found this site yesterday while Googling Bryan Chapell cause I wanted to learn more about this “new” style of preaching…well it’s not really new, it’s just I was so hooked up with John MacArthur so much that I didn’t bother listening to other preachers. After discovering this site, I decided to use their [...]

Two Great Lessons God Has Taught Me This Year

Written by Warren | Posted on December 14, 2008 | Comments

As you read through our blog, you’d probably have this question in mind “is Warren going to be a pastor?” That I can’t still point my finger on it. I’d rather you read on our blogs and you see how God works. I want readers to see God’s work in our lives. How He has [...]

Pass the Lemonade!

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on December 14, 2008 | Comments

I woke up to a Lemonade award from a dear sister and friend, Rebecca and I am touched by her gesture and with the way she described our blog. Thank you, Beck.
Now, we are supposed to pass on the award to others who are breaths of sunshine in our lives. These are people whose optimism [...]

The need for the Titus 2:3-5 woman

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on December 13, 2008 | Comments

The whole week went by in a blur in our little household. Let me see why…
My sister and I launched a different type of food business. Since Chris left me to go solo, I chose not to sell the same thing so instead of fresh market finds, we opted for cooked food instead. It’s doing [...]

Women’s Prison Ministry

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

This morning (8AM) I went to the prison ministry again with Bro.Norman. I used my bike to travel from our home to the prison ward. While traveling, I listened to GTY podcast on my ipod. It was good exercise as well. I barely got inside the ward because I was wearing shorts. Upon entering the [...]

Grace

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

You remember our neighbor Chris and our small food business? Well, Chris played a big role in the business, he was the one who sold our goods around the village and for a few weeks, we were so dependent on him. We were quite happy to work with him because he proved himself to be [...]

To the unmarried

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on December 9, 2008 | Comments

1 Corinthians 7: 32- 35:
I was blessed with the opportunity to serve the Lord by ministering to our household help yesterday. Since we moved here in Lara, she hasn’t had a chance to go to church, first because Warren and I spent weekends in Manila when we were still attending DCCC and we could not [...]

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