{ A culture of saving grace instead of saving face. }

"if you always see perfection, you will never see grace."

it is okay to admit that we do not have it all together. being in a environment of knowing the "right thing" to say as we have mostly heard all the text book answers, is hard to receive a different response, or more so, the actual thoughts and feelings that one close to you may not think it could have come out from you, and yet Grace knows.

He is authentic that way, knowing our real motives beyond all the fluff. realize that if we create this culture of "saving face" instead of saving Grace, then we might need to rethink again what Grace came down for. because He also have given us Grace to make mistakes, or more so lessons in our lives, that will in turn become our very successes, transforming our weakness into strengths, ashes into beauty.

we need to make His people feel comfortable, the world needs authentic worship and righteous living. not in the way that demands perfection, but rather, depends on Grace which in turn supplies it. to think we yet chained down by our own expectations and critical mindset (preaching to thyself btw), there is freedom when one comes out of it, and that way, acceptance is realized in our flaws.

perfection creates boundaries, it shouts "you're not good enough", where else Jesus has just two open arms for us to run in, and says "my grace is more than enough.". it is time to break that stained glass masquerade, and let Grace run the show. this way, the world will experience relationship over religion.

"so Lord, have Your way, because mine is not even close to perfect. and that was exactly what drew Your grace in. not in our "light" but in the dark. not only You carried our sins, but carried ourselves to the cross, and brought us home again. here's to our Bridegroom rejoicing over the bride. (isaiah 62:5)

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Revelation 22:17

The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, the true Christians) say, Come! And let him who is listening say, Come! And let everyone come who is thirsty [who is painfully conscious of his need of those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, and strengthened]; and whoever [earnestly] desires to do it, let him come, take, appropriate, and drink the water of Life without cost.

{ Praying Bold Prayers - J. Osteen }

{ Power of Your Visions - J. Osteen }

{ Life shaped by God's life. }

“[A Future in God] So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. 

Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. 

As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy.”

- 1 Peter 1:13 (Msg)

{ The Way You Are - David Choi & Kina Grannis }

"i know you're worth it..." x

{ Vision. Pt. 2 }

2013 | acceleration of journeys (inc. dreams, desires, giftings and anointing). beautiful in His perfect time (He is never late nor early but right on the dot). a God thing (letting go of self rather than just holding on with even a lose grip). and, an adventure into the unknown, into the greater, into the actual dreams He has planned for us which is bigger than the ones we have all along.

am coming away with you Lord... amaze me, surprise me and use me.

{ Vision. }

for this year, my only visions have nothing to do with what has been embedded in my heart ever since i accepted Jesus in my life at a tender age. there are no connections with any of my personal desires, dreams, passion and calling, but only with the people who matters most...

familee. and i know, that nothing is impossible for You. and what seem like a fairytale, You shall bring forth the God reality in every area there is with Your grace that amazes everything again.

this time, i'm counting on You, and only You.

{ Blessings Like Wine Pouring off the Mountains }

“But also on that Judgment Day I will restore David’s house that has fallen to pieces. I’ll repair the holes in the roof, replace the broken windows, fix it up like new.

David’s people will be strong again and seize what’s left of enemy Edom, plus everyone else under my sovereign judgment.” God’s Decree. He will do this.

“Yes indeed, it won’t be long now.” God’s Decree.

“Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once—and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills. I’ll make everything right again for my people Israel:

“They’ll rebuild their ruined cities.
They’ll plant vineyards and drink good wine.
They’ll work their gardens and eat fresh vegetables.
And I’ll plant them, plant them on their own land.
They’ll never again be uprooted from the land I’ve given them.”

God, your God, says so.

{ What a start of the year... }

now, i'm free. not by my own doing, by my own timing, and even, my greatest knowledge of grace, for it is only by His spirit that makes all things forgiven and beautiful again.

what a way to end of the first start of this new year. pile it on Lord, i want more! x

{ Duets: How Great Thou Art - Jennifer Nettles & John Glosson }

"even in the worse times, there's grace and sorrow." 

- j.nettles

{ Duets: Ordinary People - Johnny Gray & John Legend }

{ Duets: I will always love you - J.Rome & J.Nettles }

{ The Voice 2: If I Ain't Got You - Anthony Evans vs. Jesse Campbell }

this powerhouse duo just blows me away... best duet i'd ever heard. bonus points for doing one of the most epic love song. loves! much and beyond... x

{ 2013: Great Promise & Powerful Blessing! }

Number 13 Meaning, It's a Powerful Blessing From God by Stephen Gola (06/29/08}

The number “13” in not an evil number as the devil has gotten us to believe. But rather, it is a number of great promise and blessing. The number “13” is a number of great blessings given by God. Recapping the story of Abraham, we all know how God came to Abraham and said that he would make him the “father of many nations” as well as becoming the “father of our faith.” God promised Abraham that he was to have a child, and from that child’s linage would come kings and rulers of “many nations” as well as the Messiah---“the Seed to come.” (See Geneses 16-17.) Abraham and his wife Sarah were childless and in old age at the time God gave them the Promise. Through their many years of frustration of being childless, they tried to help things along by having a child through Sarah’s slave girl, Hagar. Through this act, their son Ishmael was born. Years later God came again to Abraham and made the same Promise of Blessing. God iterated that the promised son to be born would be from his own wife. Nine months later, Isaac was born. Here is the key: Understanding what went on in the relationship between Abraham and God gives us the insight into the number “13.” How and when God gave Abraham the Promise, Abraham’s and Sarah’s struggle, the time involved in receiving the manifestation of the Promise. These are all wrapped-up in the number “13”. Therefore keep the entire Scripture story in mind as we proceed. In Genesis 16:15-17 it reveals that when “Hagar bore Ishmael, Abraham was 86 years old.” Then “when Abraham was 99 years old the Lord appeared to him” and iterated the Promise again---that He will give Abraham a son by his wife. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her. (See Genesis 17:1-22.) * At 99 years old, God’s Promise came. * At -86 years old, Abraham tried to bring about Gods Promise. 13 years between the Promise given and the Promise manifested. Therefore, 99 minus 86 equals 13. This is “The Number 13 Promise”. The Number 13 Promise is a “two-fold” promise. It always involves man and it always involves God. It always has seasons, times and circumstances in which God and man participate. The number “13” does not mean “evil,” but rather it is a most powerful God-given promise that will change the world for ever. Some of the aspects of the promise are: 1. The promise is always initiated by God and destined to change the world forever. 2. Concerning man, to obtain the promise is beyond hope---impossible! 3. Concerning God, the chosen opportunity to manifest His plan of blessing and change. 4. The number 13 promise always has an underlying knowing that man can’t make it happen himself. 5. The number 13 always has the underlying fact that God determined it, said it, and it would happen regardless of the circumstances. 6. The number 13 is the difference of what man can do and what God can do. 7. The number 13 is the number of (new) life. 8. The number 13 promise always has time and space between when it was first given and when its given to manifest. 9. The number 13 promise always has a season in which man tries to bring to past himself what God has promised him. 10. The number 13 promise also has the season in which God brings to pass His promise regardless of what man has tried to produce on his own. 11. The number 13 promise has such a blessing on it that it will even bring to pass what man produces from him trying to bring to pass what God has promised in his own strength. This can also have dire consequences like the situation with Ishmael and the Middle East problem today. 12. The number 13 promise always brings excitement, hope and desperation for the promise to be fulfilled. 13. The number 13 promise is always presented in the presence of unfavorable circumstances, though in time, the circumstances will give way to the birth of the promise.

{ happy accelerated and beautifully timed 2013! }

here's to God making this year a timely and glorious one where He shall accelerate even greater things and desires at His perfect timing.

He only needs just one moment to change things for a lifetime. and in His time, all things cannot help but be beautiful. things are going to happen so fast, that one cannot comprehend the vastness or the "how to's" but rather, just bask in the greatness and grace of our Father.

happy accelerated and beautifully timed 2013 everyone. it shall be the best one yet, with greater things yet to come. x