Carla Libuan Teresa

15/07/2024

10/06/2024

Real salvation is not you giving your life to Christ, but Christ giving His life to you.
-Andrew Farley

22/02/2024

But, "what you do" is just an overflow of "who you are."

If "what you do" is not aligned to "who you are", you need to renew your mind and remind yourself of your identity in Christ.

24/01/2024

Any preacher worth their salt will tell you that we need to read the Bible in context, but what is the proper context? Jesus is. He is the Living Word who gives meaning to the written word.

The word context means weave together. We take the words and weave a story. Try and weave a story from scripture without the central thread of Jesus Christ and you could end up with a bad story. This is why we need to wear Son-glasses when reading scripture. We don’t read the Bible to find principles for success (although it has plenty) or rules for living (ditto); we read it to connect with the Author of Life.

We read it to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus.

©E2R

22/01/2024

Did you know that if you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants in a jar, nothing will happen? But if you shake the jar hard, the ants start killing each other. The red ants consider the black ants their enemies, and the black ants consider the red ants their enemies. The true enemy is the one shaking the jar. The same thing happens in human society. So, before we attack each other, we should think about who is shaking the jar!
Credits: Kurt Vonnegut

13/01/2024

God knows you best.

27/12/2023

God uses the wrongs. There will be delays, setbacks, things you don’t understand. You’ll be tempted to fight, get upset, live frustrated, “God, where are You?” No, God is saying, “Put down your sword. Quit fighting everything you don’t like. Quit being frustrated by the wrongs.” God is in control. All those wrongs, I can assure you, they’re leading you to a right. You have to get through the wrongs to see the awesome things God has in store.
©Joel Osteen

25/12/2023

"At the cradle, He was in the stall of an animal. At the cross, He wore a crown of thorns. But when He comes again, it will be as Commander-in-Chief of the armies of Heaven. He will take control of this war-weary world and bring the peace that we strive for and long for. A new world will be formed, a new social order will emerge. Sin will be eliminated. Tears will be wiped from every eye. Disease shall be no more, and even death will be eliminated from the human scene. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, and war shall be no more.

This is the promise of Christmas. This is our hope. This is the Christmas star that lights our darkness. This is the assurance that a new day is coming, through the Messiah, whose name is called by Isaiah the prophet, 'Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace' (Isaiah 9:6)." —Billy Graham

20/12/2023

Science says that we need at least four basic elements to survive: Water. Air. Food. Light. Air. Food. Light.
Jesus provides The Living Water. The Breath of Life. The Bread of Life. The Light of the World. Science was right. We need Jesus to live.

© Pastor Chad Williams

14/12/2023

Jesus is the Gift that keeps on giving!
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave... and gave... and gave... and gave... and gave... - thousands of years later, the GIFT of JESUS is still GIVING!.

03/12/2023

What is the gospel? It is the revelation of God’s love through Jesus Christ. Whatever your need, your answer is found in Christ alone. He is the Love who loves us and the Grace who helps us in our time of need.

01/12/2023

The promises of God are worth waiting for. 💯

22/11/2023

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2

God's WORD is our standard. Not the WORLD. 🙂

19/11/2023

The love of God is the greatest force in the universe. Sin wilts before it. When you encounter the undaunted and unending love of Christ, it changes you.

You no longer want to sin.

The passing pleasures of this world lose their appeal because you have found a love that is truer and better by far.

©E2R

15/11/2023

To be IN CHRIST is to be everything He is.
1 Jn 4:17 As He IS, so are we in this world.

08/11/2023

You Have It All--in The Spirit
'Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
- Matthew 26:41

The Bible presents salvation as a life transforming experience. Change is one of the distinguishing characteristics of a true believer. Yet, failure to understand that this change takes place in the spirit first, and then is reflected in our outward appearance through our thoughts and actions in direct proportion to the way we renew our minds, causes much confusion.


This change has to take place in our born-again spirit first. Why is that? If you were fat before you got saved, you will be fat after you get saved, unless you go on a weight loss program. Your body doesn't instantly change and neither does your soul or mind.



It is your spirit that is instantly changed at salvation. It is perfect (Heb. 12:23). It cannot sin (1 Jn. 3:9). Everything that is true of Jesus is true of our born-again spirit. Your spiritual salvation is complete. At salvation, you receive the same spirit that you will have throughout all eternity. It will not have to be changed or cleansed again. It is sealed with the Holy Spirit (Eph. 1:13) and therefore, is sanctified and perfected forever (Heb. 10:10, 14; 12:23).



For the remainder of our Christian life, we must not try to obtain faith, joy or love from God, but rather release what we already have in our spirits (Gal. 5:22-23) into our soul and body. Failure to understand this has caused some people to despair when they don't see sufficient change in their life after coming to the Lord for salvation. It must be understood that the change is internal in our spirit and the outward change will take place as we renew our minds through God's Word.

From Andrew Wommack's Daily Devotional

06/11/2023

His Fathomless Pain
'And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.'

- Luke 22:42

It is interesting that Luke is the only one of the gospel writers to mention that Jesus' sweat was as great drops of blood. This is probably because Luke was a physician (Col. 4:14), and therefore, this had special significance to him.

There have been documented cases of people actually sweating drops of blood under extreme emotional pressure. This might explain why Luke is the only writer to mention the angel strengthening Jesus. Just as when Jesus encountered Satan during His forty days of fasting and temptation in the wilderness and the angels ministered unto Him (Mk. 1:13), so here, He needed supernatural strength to endure His sufferings.

The use of the words 'as it were' might also mean that the sweat of Jesus was only comparable to blood in consistency or size, but it certainly underscores the effect Jesus' agony had on His physical body.

Jesus' sufferings for us were more than just physical. In the garden, before He suffered physically, He suffered emotionally, almost to the point of death. As Luke records, an angel had to come and give Him strength or the emotional struggle alone would have killed Him.

All that Jesus did was motivated solely by love. It was for the joy that was set before Him that He endured going to the cross. He didn't do what He did to save us out of pity or a sense of obligation as our Creator. He did it because He loves us.

- Andrew Wommack's Daily Devotional

03/11/2023

Renewed. 💯🪪

03/11/2023

Chosen Before Creation
'Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.'
- John 17:24

God the Father had the plan of salvation worked out before He even created the world. Most of us would not have created the world and man if we knew the heartache and terrible sacrifice it would cost. But God is not man. In His judgment (which is the correct judgment) the prize was worth the cost.



We were chosen in Christ before the world began. The Lord did not choose us by our merit, but solely by our acceptance of Christ which His foreknowledge allowed Him to do before the foundation of the world. In the strictest sense, we were not personally chosen, but Christ was chosen and all those who are 'in Christ' partake of His being chosen by His Father. Just as we are the beneficiaries of the covenant between God the Father and His Son Jesus, so we are chosen because we chose God's chosen, i.e. Christ. The Father would no more reject us than He would reject Jesus because we are accepted by the Father through Christ.



None of us can claim that we are without blame in the sight of men because man looks on the outward appearance (1 Sam. 16:7) and all of us have sinned (Rom. 3:23). But the Lord looks on our born-again spirit which has been regenerated in Christ and He sees us holy and without blame.



If you look at any color through a red glass, that color becomes red. The same thing would happen if you looked through a green glass. Everything would become green. In a similar way, God looks at us through Christ and everything in our life becomes covered by the blood of Jesus. We are holy and without blame before Him because of His love expressed through His Son.

From Andrew Wommack's Daily Devotional

02/11/2023

Fill Up With God

'I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.'
- John 17:23

God loves us the same as He loves Jesus. A true revelation of this will quicken our faith and allow us to walk in the fullness of God. God's love is the key that opens the door to everything that God is. 'God is love' (1 Jn. 4:8).

God's love is not one dimensional. There is width, length, depth and height to it, which can only be comprehended through the revelation and knowledge of the Holy Spirit. Those who only have a superficial knowledge of God's love are like a person who looks at a one dimensional picture of the real thing.

In Ephesians 3:19, Paul prays for us to know the love of God which passes knowledge. How can we know the love of God if it passes knowledge? This sounds like a contradiction. The Greek word that is translated 'know' in this verse is GINOSKO, which is a verb expressing experiential knowledge. The Greek word that is translated 'knowledge' is GNOSIS, which is a noun denoting the act of knowledge. Simply, Paul is praying that we will experience the love of God which passes mere knowledge of it.

Since a true revelation of God's love makes us full with the fullness of God, then a lack of being full of God must mean that we lack understanding and experience of God's love. The end result of having understanding and experiential knowledge of God's love is that we will be filled with all the fullness of God.

From Andrew Wommack's Daily Devotional

30/10/2023

Humanity is God's artistry.♥️

30/10/2023

Our supply is found only in the One who promises to meet all our needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus (Php 4:19).

In Christ alone. 🙂

25/10/2023

Zech. 4:6b

"...I am the Lord All-Powerful. So don't depend on your own power or strength, but on my Spirit."

There is no such thing as victorious Christian living without a moment by moment, hour by hour, day by day dependence upon the Spirit of God. Not only is the Christian life hard to live but it is impossible to live without the power of God Himself. ©Andrew Wommack

24/10/2023

Hindi mo maiintindihan yung sarili mo hanggat hindi mo naiintindihan yung pag-ibig ng Diyos para sayo. Promise.

24/10/2023

But I will hope continually and will praise you more and more. Psalm 71:14

23/10/2023

"Be happy [in your faith] and rejoice and be glad-hearted continually (always)" 1 Thessalonians 5:16 AMPC

19/10/2023

Maturity in the Christian life isn’t about trying to grow your spirit up; it’s trying to educate, or renew, your mind to what you already have in your spirit. Your spirit is already perfect! You already have the fruit of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, long-suffering, and the rest. Your spirit is always happy, always rejoicing, and always healthy.
©A.Wommack

17/10/2023

The deadliest weapon against the true Gospel is not a total denial of its claims but an addition of other terms or conditions to the only thing that Jesus demanded: faith.
Faith in Jesus plus nothing equals total victory. Faith in Jesus plus anything else equals failure. Our faith in Jesus alone is the key to experiencing all of God’s best.

©Andrew Wommack