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Behold, the Lord will come
with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also, which pierced him: and
all kindred of the earth shall wail because of him. “I am the Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the ending,”saith the Lord, which is and which was, and which
is to come, the Almighty (Revelation 1:7-8).

 The end times marks the nearing coming of the Lord. We
need to repent or else he will come quickly. His feet shall stand in that day
upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east (Zechariah
14:4). And one shall say unto him, “What are these wounds in your hands?”

 His answer will be: Those with which I was wounded in the
house of my friends (Zechariah 13:6). For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then those alive and which remain
shall be caught up together with them.

 In the clouds they will be to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these
words (I Thessalonians 4:16-18). As in the days of Noah were, so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be. They were eating and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, until the day.

 In that day Noah entered into the ark, and they knew not
until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the
Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the
other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be
taken, and the other left (Matthew 24:37-41).

 At midnight there was a cry made, “Behold, the bridegroom
cometh; go ye out to meet him.” The foolish virgins beforehand lack with oil
for they took no oil with them: but the wise took oil in their vessels with
their lamps. The foolish beg for oil from the wise virgins but the wise seeing
there be not enough refused to give them oil.

 When they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that
were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward
came also the other virgins, saying, “Lord, Lord, open to us.” But he answered
and said, “Verily I say unto you, I know you not.” (Matthew 25:6-12). Behold he
comes quickly!

 He that overcomes, keeps his works unto the end, to him
will he give power over the nations (Revelation 2:26). Repent; or else he will
come unto us quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of his mouth.
To him that overcomes will he give to eat of the hidden manna, and he will give
them a white stone.

  In the stone a
new name written, which no man knew saving he that receive it (Revelation
2:16-17). Behold, he will come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no
man take thy crown (Rev. 3:11). He stands
at the door, and knock: if any man hears his voice, and open the door, he will
come in to him, and will sup with him (Rev. 3:20).

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            You must be freed from the stains of the world. You need to overcome your weaknesses and not to look back to your sinful nature. You must be freed from bondage and not be ashamed of the gospel as this is the power of God for salvation to everyone that believe, to the Jews first and also to the Greek (Romans 1:16-NAS).

            We must not be ashamed to rise up again and again as all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23-New American Standard). God loves us, and he raises us up in the times that we fall. He demonstrates His own love toward us, and that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).

            Though the wages of sin is death, the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 7:23). With God, you can walk at a new light and overcome your offenses. You are purified of the mud you once have, and you can be cleansed. With this, we must repent of our sins and avoid falling to it again.

            Thus, if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation, for whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved (Romans 10:9-10,13).

            That’s why we must confess, repent, believe, and call. We must remember that once we were at that time separated from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. And now you are brought near because of the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:12-13).

            It is because you have been saved by grace through faith, and not of your selves, for it is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8). God works well for your salvation and that he forgives should you just ask for pardon and be sorry of your sins. He will make you beautiful in your scars, and these shall be blotted out in time.

            Worthy you are to be forgiven as you have been baptized in his name and desires to be always wet with the Holy Ghost. The Lord is generous enough and readily yields to the plea of his people. If he is asked for an egg, he will not give them a scorpion, will he? The Father also gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask of Him (Luke 11:12-13).

            Be dressed therefore in readiness, and keep your lamps alight (Luke 12:35). Do not be like the foolish virgins who forgot to store extra oil such that the door was closed to them and there were not allowed to enter, with the Master saying, “I knew you not.” Such will also happened to those who had not be aware of the caughting up.

            We must be ready, as we do not know when will the hour come. In his hour, he reclines at the table, and the apostles were with him. He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer (Luke 22:14-15).” We should also be aware of our hour. When the time has come, we shall face what is meant for us.

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We must cling to the Lord
especially in the midst of trials. Only God can help us well when things seem
impossible. We must be renewed in Jesus. We ought to achieve the goal of being
whole. He watches us, he will grant our request. He does things that even us
are hard to comprehend.

 We
must be partners of God in his work of salvation of man. We must do our turn in
helping our neighbors achieve it. We then need to call upon the Lord not just
for our house but also for the world as a whole. We need to obtain from the
Lord a shower of the Holy Ghost to those who wish to have it but are not.

 Let
us grow in wisdom, and let us be good travelers of the journey. When the Lord
says yes, you must have it; be on guard, lead to his plan. This is also for our
sake and for the sake of those whom we want for them their salvation. We ought
to protect our plea as well as our supplication for others.

 We
need to progress as much as possible, renewing the hope that we must forego.
Let the word be spread and be availed to those that need it. It is their weapon
so that they may not fall to sin. Come, be a shepherd too like Jesus and
imitate him in his goodness. As much as possible, we should avoid every little
inclination to sin.

 We
should not forget that God stays beside. He is with us all throughout the
journey and he stays with us till the end of time. Do not be afraid, he is
there to help you. Succumb to him when you need a shoulder to lean on. He will
lull you to rest and will protect you all through the hour. He will not leave
you sad and crying.

 God
will be there, as you need him. Slumber then to his breast and be at rest. The
time has come that your need will merit an answer. You have to be aware that he
is there that you may enjoy most his presence. As you do well to others,
remember him most. For with him, you can do more than enough.

 Be
there, just beside him. Do not be short of strength, for God is generous enough
when you need his protection. Grow well with God! With him, there is power. The
beacon of light shall you share with him. You shall glow as you grow in his
word and in his goodness. Be a good lover of the gospel and be renewed well in
him.

 Let
us be that person whom God shall trust of his deepest nature. To you he is your
God while he is your Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Let us enjoy the moment of
peace and good will. Let us be like the choirs of angels, singing our song of
the Halleluiah. Let us be chancellor of a peaceful study place in times of
misunderstanding.

The time has
come to rejoice in the truth and in the good message of salvation. Let us be
new and protect our strengthened spirit. We shall be free, and in the Holy
Ghost we shall be happy. Glow till we shine in brilliance of the Holy Ghost for
with God all things are possible. All things shall be new with him.

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What Jesus has received when he dwelt on the earth remains
with him. He possesses it without reservation. Jesus obtained both flesh and
bones as the spirit have not. He was born according to the law, that is through
a woman and his body remained with him when he ascended in heaven.

 Though
an omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient God, he is whole with both body and
soul. He has the spirit of the Father for it dwelt in him. Those who do not
believe that Jesus have come in flesh is no other than an Antichrist. Blessed
are those who have not seen him and yet believe that he is completely human;
absolutely divine.

 He
shall return to earth with his body and his feet shall touch the Mount of
Olives. Those who do not believe that Jesus is body, soul and Spirit are
self-made righteous for indeed Jesus is both human and divine. He did not lost
his body in his ascension in heaven. It was maintained in him for what he own
remains with him in his being.

 Entering
heaven does not made him spirit and lost his body. Believing that God is a
spirit without believing that he maintains his body with him being a God that
was born through a woman is denying his being both God and man. Only the Jews
or the Israelites believe of a Messiah that has not yet come.

 At
the coming of Jesus, Zechariah said he will be asked, where he got the wounds
in his hands and side, and Jesus shall say, “When I was wounded in the house of
my friends.” Believing that he is only spirit if he is in heaven, is abducting
from him his being human while God in his stay on earth.

 What
Jesus received in his manhood remains with him, though he is God. His stay in
heaven does not make him deprived of his humanity. In fact he is the greatest
man that ever lived, a first born in all creatures. He exists as both man and
God through all eternity. Denying him of his humanity while in heaven is absurd
and hypocritical.

 Jesus
is not only a spirit in heaven but also a human who possess a human heart. All
the fullness dwelt in him as the Father has permitted. Jesus is merciful, a
valid evidence that he is also human. Being an omnipresent God does not make
him less in deity if he is also a human aside from being a God.

 Thus,
Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever; yesterday as a God whose spirit
dwelt and is manifest in the flesh as the Christ, today as was born of a woman
and did live among us, and forever as fully human yet ascended in heaven with
his body with him, a reality that could no longer be altered or changed because
he is God with us.

 Jesus
is a God that dwelt among us being the Immanuel. He got his name Jesus from the
name Joshua that means God. He is Yahweh for he has the spirit of the Father
having dwelt in him, and which remained in him all through his time with us and
the Apostles and disciples. He was born and did ascend whole with all the
fullness in him.

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There is a need to retell your experiences and the simple events of the previous days. In that way, you will be cleaned of those unwanted thoughts you have and be purified of the load that you bear. You need to overcome your past experiences especially if you are upset about the recent event.

            Here the role of a friend comes in. It works if someone listens to you. Both of you will be blessed with the thoughts that you pour out as these are made vibrant with the experiences that includes your knowledge about God. You are going to love the moment of casting out of your mind the works of the enemy that pollutes your thoughts.

            At the end of your visit, you will be thankful that you are cleansed, and you are occupied with good thoughts of the heart. It is indeed wonderful to be backed up with thoughts of good friendship and be replaced with things sensible. You will be thankful that you have your friend and that your need of company has been satisfied.

            You must pour out to change what is in your mind and be refreshed of the good thoughts of the heart. It follows that; you need to be objective with something so that you can have good thoughts to write on. It is not defeating to have your mind emptied that you can fill it again, this time with more blessed thoughts than the unnecessary ones.

            You ought to find it okay to unroll the pattern in your mind and have it scribbled with writings you need to write in your computer. You need to have those thoughts typed so that you can cut or copy it and paste it again. You must not be sad if your thoughts get blank, it is a time to rest your mind for you might have overworked it.

            Then the pattern is brought back again, have someone listen or you need to listen to someone. Perhaps you will need each other’s company. Then back to your computer again, unroll the pattern, and recopy or paste what your tranquil mind suggests. After the occupying work of cut and paste or copy, then you will be ready to print your thoughts.

            You will be thankful for your friend with the presence that refills your thoughts with new ones and at the end of the day you will have your mind rested again. It pays to listen or to have someone listen to you, there enters the role of a friend. We do it in the seminary by means of spiritual direction where you need to confide with a priest.

            In protestant religions, you can have your pastors and ministers. If you need professional help, there are psychologists, consultants or guidance counselors. You can have your problems opened to your father or mother, brother or sister, or to your relatives. A friend can anytime be reached much more if you need a plain conversation.

            Being a straightforward you, conversations become simple, not blurred by imaginative language nor stained with hardness of heart. It will be a sensible and fruitful exchange of pleasantries, events and experiences. Nobody knows what’s in your heart unless you unveil it; you will not be removed of the filth unless you get rid of it.

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A beautiful song, a melody of love floated in the air. This is what I’ve heard from the radio as Valentine approaches. I may have miscalculated things, but it’s Valentines again and I am bound to spend it alone, much more I have no class by that time since it’s Wednesday. I don’t have a date too. Cupid may have excluded me from his prey.

I can choose one, I can pick any girl if I want, but I don’t want to gamble on a love that would not last. I should be careful in choosing by this time. Or shall I say I’m reserving my heart for someone, who like others seems to leave me waiting. And now, I am here left to count the hours, and the days. Oh, it’s two days more. This must be some time to act, and act decisively.

I don’t want to remember a lost love. I am here to wait for one that would blossom. And it seems there was no one, not even a shadow. Where are you my love? Why are you not answering my e-mails? And I’m here alone, holding both hands close to my body, shivering in the night, missing someone. Where were the girls I’ve loved before? They seem lost in the dark, in the shadow of my past, and I’m left alone to count the hours where I run after time.

How can I fall deeply to someone who seems not to care about me, and too busy as not to remember me? She doesn’t seem to care to answer my messages. And my heart, my heart! Who will console me? It seems I’m bound to journey life alone left in solitude of nowhere, where I seek justice to my fate. I’m a man of deep desire, and it seems not one cares to fill my heart with love.

Oh, Valentines day! My wishes for others! And for me, I have to seek my own love, one that would be caring, and would love me truly, and wait for the time we can hold each other in each arms. I’m still bound to love despite frustrations in love. And I’m here to gamble in a love that would give me attention and compassion. Where are you my love? Why are you not answering while I wait, and others also wait that I invite them in my heart? Is this a lost love again just like the past?

I beg you cupid shoot my heart! I think there’s nothing wrong with my heart. I instead ask cupid to shoot other’s heart that we may both fall in love. And who would be the lucky one who would care. It seems I’m talking to a vast space where there are no answers. And where is that love for which I’m bound to wait till the right time? No echoes as answers, not even a thunder. Serene surroundings I’ve got, unresponsive and uncaring, and is bound to keep me waiting.

My heart belongs to someone, but that someone seems not to care. And Valentine would once more be empty for me. What are left for me are the souls with whom I send my message of love sensing their need of company, compassion and salvation. HAPPY VALENTINE EVERYONE! 

- Jyotisman

Worldliness rushes to occupy
wherever in a big portion of the earth. Even so, we can’t deny that the word
Jesus is being echoed from all its corners. We must be awakened that the truth
finds its way straight to our heart though we may be surrounded with
abominations.

 We cannot
deny that we are heading to the time that we see everywhere things that cause
corruption of the spirit. But the Holy Ghost cannot allow that we be ruined
just like that, for us not to see the light of truth. We should be guided in
seeking what shall save us from being ruined. This shall be answered by reading
the scriptures.

  We should be oriented with the truth about
Jesus, his Deity and his humanity. The road is wide and easy for those who deny
that Jesus is God but the very denial itself shall cause them damnation.
Meanwhile, the road narrow but strait is opening before our eyes a promise of
the good resting place.

 We should
not be troubled if we are pressed with the situation. God shall find a way for
us to be assured and comforted if not in this time then in the next to come.
But even though we venture in this world about to lose hope, if a thing is
really for us God will not frustrate us. We shall be happy maybe in the days to
follow.

 Though it
is a world of tears for you, it is also the world of love and of hope. Let’s
complete our journey reaching high to our prime destination. If it is demanded
of us that we shall lengthen our prayers, pure in its utterance, then we should
dare to search through the deepness of our hearts where and how should we find
happiness.

 It is not
a reason for us to be depressed when our life won’t cooperate to the desire of
our heart. We should seek all possible means to survive and fight the good
fight of faith, just as the good song goes. We should dare to try our worth
even if it seems impossible. God watches us and shall find a way even with what
seems to be impossible.

 We always
have our choice how shall we behave against pressures. It is always good to be
patient and be true to your self, bridging gaps and strengthening our heart. It
is not good to cry over spilled milk or envy others. We are new and God has a
new purpose for us. Perhaps it takes a little more time to wait.

 It always
pays to be composed, always tightly embraced to God, groaning in utterance of
your deepest desire of being healed or being blessed. Living is a day-to-day
prayer, enduring in high or low waters, thinking of God and asking for his
mercy. Without God, our hope collapses. But with Jesus, we shall overcome.

 Let us
turn to Jesus; relying on him for help. And when things turn dark, we still
have our recourse on him. He cannot fail us. He is a good miracle worker and to
our worries he always have a solution only if we are willing to wait. Let us
come to him and sing psalms as hymns. We shall overcome. We shall overcome!

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The lions roar declaring power. According
to fables, they reign in the jungle and none of the rest of the animals is far
superior to them. But this is half-truth for there are animals that fare well
in their clan and are ready to declare a fight against their peers.

 In
the jungle those who dare to fight in order to survive are the ones that
continue to live. God must have been wise enough to create this occurrence that
they being an example of survival becomes an eye-opener to us. But sometimes
people are frail enough that they can’t accept that God must have a purpose why
a lot in the world suffer.

 To
the victims of tsunami recently, to them that is already the end of their
world. To us we may have been spared, that we may continue fighting a good
fight of faith and continue to be emotionally and spiritually strong having
good courage. None of us may be spared from being tested. Each has his turn to
be in the bottom of the wheel of life.

 If
there are those who seem to be exempted from suffering it is because they may
be under God’s care or are those who do enjoy materially and may be losing the
chance to be filled spiritually. But all of us have our own fight to declare.
Some realize that this fight is the fight not much of survival but the fight to
perfection and salvation.

 In
the spiritual world, none is better than to be absorbed in the desire to be
filled with the Holy Ghost that we may be like unto Christ. Here in God’s
kingdom, those who become near to God are spiritually marked with his name, the
name above all. When we are possessed with the Holy Ghost, we are marked as
God’s people.

 As
the world continue to rejoice, you may be enduring your turn to cry, but to
think of where will God take you, that notion is enough reason for you to
smile. God says, ‘Do not fear my child.’ If there is a reason for us to fear
that is we should fear the wrath of God. In this present time, God is giving us
all the chances to come closer to him.

 In
the work of God, we are not lions or tigers to be clothed with the beast’s
clothing that we may devour others to untruth. We’re not even those who oppress
others because of our power. We may be blessed that we may share our blessings.
We may be of good heart that we may think of others’ need than of our own.

 We’re
not in the battlefield that we become enemies of others. Though the lash of the
tongues of others may be occurring sometimes, we are only tested of our
patience that we may escape many days of sorrow. We are born that we may look
also to the welfare of others. We exist that we may be agent for their
salvation.

 We
do not spearhead the occurrence of misunderstanding. We exist that we may be
ambassadors of peace. We are not like those who declare competition. We are
here that we may help one another. Let us be good to others while at the same
time fair to self.

We are not like
lions superior but do devour than love and create peace.

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My love for her

I love her. Now I’m tortured by silence. Maybe she’s just busy, but I am afraid she won’t take the whole of me. Since I turned down the marriage proposal of my childhood sweetheart in the time of my illness, I get desperate every time I fall anew. Some relationships followed that end up in a parting of us lovers. And I almost did not have a real love again.

But this one I feel, I treasured most, and I long for her. She must be someone I would take as my princess though I’m poor as a rat. Though I live conveniently with my parents, I am not that affluent myself. But I dare to dream and with love color my visions. It is a wonderful perspective of a nice life I dare to paint.

But what’s the use of this if I would not find a girl who would love as much as I dare to admire her. Or what if she won’t take my old life as part of my former weakness, and the shadow that once covered me and swallowed me whole. I dare to give up everything just for her, and live a life patterned to her affiliation. And now I grope in darkness grieving for such love pure and true, where it is not stained by the world but protected by God.

And now she was here, I picture in the glare of my eyes, and thus silence kills me little by little, as I am left alone to shape my own self-inane concepts and patterns of life I dare to get rid off just for her, just for her, and only for her. Oh, how I loved her, my dream girl so pure, naïve and refined. But how much do I know her? I’m afraid she wasn’t sweet like the other, who left me on my own to discover or to waddle desperately trying to seek something as on the floor I hope to swim and laid there I crave to die, alone… alone… and alone once more, pierced with the arrow of Cupid, but left alone to struggle with such love. Oh I’m a drake, or much more, a pauper. But I would dare to be a flying horse trying to shape destiny. Long live Pegasus, seek for such love time deprives of you. It seems I would once more celebrate Valentines Day alone. But elsewhere, friends are there to cheer me up, and though I suffer I long to greet everyone, Happy Valentine! Cheers!

- Jyojyo