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Kingdom CEOs
Time To Fly
Girls will be girls. Eagurlz will be Eagurlz!
I can never end thanking God for giving me [you] girls: faithful, available, with initiative, teachable, humble and powerful girls... To borrow a line from a friend, yes, [gratitude is lame].
Through you, I have never been the same...
I have become
appreciative;
malambing;
prayerful;
thoughtful;
observant;
diligent;
thrifty;
generous;
strong;
faithful;
careful;
wise;
humble;
understanding;
patient;
sharp;
responsible;
and so the rest of the things I need to grow.
(uy, the list is not absolute... I still have to grow more!)
What would Rej be [now] without you girls and your girls?
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Seeing you soar despite the odds encourages me and confirms my calling to pastor young women... The Hannah-Tears of heartfelt prayers now become Silent Tears of rejoicing. I would not care to have a spiritual enlargement of the heart, as I dare to capture God's dreams through you...
You did not complain last week.
You cry when I open up a burden.
You carry your loads.
You passionately take up your crosses.
You consider all tests as the purest form of joy.
You grow with me as I grow with you.
You rise more than you fall.
You speak without pretensions.
You serve with all your heart.
You do hard things with delight.
You labor and give birth with pleasure.
And oh, you love me like I'm really a good mother.
Your girls bring [true joy]. My, am I a happy mother?!
Take OFF
Sifting sand--now in the habit of trying to find the gold ores of faith amidst estuarine rocks--I get to expose the faith--the real one in me! For a moment now, I'm believing for stuff and doing things that I can actually and only fruit in the natural. Sunday, I came home--you got it--to my senses: I was ([was] that's not so long ago) actually living a life not my own--someone not unknown (magulo noh?)--someone presumed extinct--someone expected obsolete--but one I was trying to revive: Rejoice Lagat-in-the-previous-level. Now pebbling in me precious dusts of faith, I am strengthened inside. Our most recent Klosel (my favorite spelling for the Eagurlz's primary close cell, which I'm fond of calling K-Night) was the culprit. Anointed yata yung Jollibee couch! Haha. The girls and I were up for a night of program designing for the next two big events in our ministries (sense of ownership?)--Reload's fourth year anniversary (I will be speaking! And I'm thrilled!); and the presentation of my Twelve's Twelves--the Eagurlz144's Night. We were expecting a night of shaping the skeletons. Seeing my governors in their excitement--I saw just that--ado.
All eyes on me--I said, "Hey! Thanks for the excitement--but can you please verbalize the glitters in your eyes?" However, I still did the wording--Pressure. Positive maybe, still, it's pressure. Most of them committed that they can form their twelves by June fourteenth.
G12 Lessons (by the Eagurlz--haha!):
1. Do things with the right motivation--I remember forming my twelve in December 31, 2007. Past three years in the G12 Vision, I knew in my heart it was my season to build the altar. It wasn't out of pressure because some One-Four-Four gathering was up. It was the year's fruition--the year's offering to the Lord. Twelve. Col3:23.
2. Build a Team of Twelve that will govern the next generation of leaders. Forming the twelve is not about complying the demands of an ambitious leader. It is not rush. It is not an event. It is a preparation for the next level of ministry. It is about catering the coming of the pre-(new-)believers--the next line of twelves--their preparation, heart and capacities will enable the rooming for the next, next line of twelves. Preparation is key.
Feeling the lack of preparation since most of our girls are still in their provinces, I lipped off the movement of the gathering to a new date. (siyempre, mejo hesitant pud ko ato--kay gusto man pud nila dayunon--but I was after the lasting and more effective result--painfully, through waiting--and more waiting--nakaka-relate ba kau?). Sure, the girls would be back at the end of this month; would be having enough finances for our supposed beach-cocktail party; will be staying on the fourteenth--since it's a holiday weekend--nonetheless, the entire heart preparation is not enough. Also, the network will be spearheading the anniversary come June 26th--which will require us extensive precipitation of our ideas, time, labors and (again) finances.
Hmmm...
We were weighing things. Taking them out. And weighing them again. Tough.
Arrive July, we will be starting the next Pre-Encounter (batch 17). August--the presentation of the 144s. September--Sunog Mindanao III. Yes, quite a busy quarter. Mas busy dapat sa prayer ano?
Wazzup this June? Shifting hands! My doce (that night, called themselves "Doc's" short for DOCe, "c" sounds as "k"--feeling doctors na sila--Ako naman daw talaga ung "Gov" kasi ako naman ang part ng primary twelve... But honestly, I like the sound and feeling of mama better... myrej, mrej, or terej... it sounds pamilyang-pamilya... P.Rej evolved recently kasi the network leaders are now called network pastors... pero, parang lumayo yata ako sa mga anak ko! Haaay... name calling! Enough for the detour...)--planned to meet their girls... re-align them with the vision (you know what summer can do! haha); most of them going back to the PEPSOL process.
Then, one of the doc's (can't remember exactly who said it--super maingay kasi kami--brain storming--tsaka feathering !!!) suggested that we start the Pre-Encounter this June since a lot are ready but were not able to join the summer Encounter (kasi umuwi nga *wink*) while waiting for the 3rd Q's Enc naman would be straining na... We'd have an early Encounter this July and meet after a week for a network celebration--which will be the presentation of twelves!
Ang taas ng faith noh? Wow. My girls' feathers now have grown. (from an eagle song)
Wooooh!
They were volunteering for the Pre-Enc teaching loads. We'd be having the Pre-Enc during Conquest Night skeds--5pm/Sundays. (My girls are power preachers, by the way! The Conquest Nights exposed it! Thank you Holy Spirit! You are the Reason.)
And oooohh--what excited them more was the Encounter lessons--they want to teach. I can feel it in their Spirit. And I can confirm in the Spirit, too, that they are ready (and will be preparing more) to minister. So we checked the Encounter lessons and made assignments! (Indeed, we were soaring in faith that Jollibee Night!)
We reviewed the goals--at least 60 Eagurls for the July 10-12, 2009 Encounter. The Take OFF (144's Night) will be a week after--no longer the fancy beach-cocktail party--but a simpler gathering at BCC. We'll be in our pyjamas and pica-pica food nalang while gathered on mattresses (sana may mahiraman kaming air beds! haha...). We'll be listening to Ptr. Merlyn's exhortation after some kantahan, kulitan (sure yan!), games, manicure-pedicure(-kulot?) sessions... SPArty!
Ito pala lahat ung excitement sa mga mata nila... Di rin nila alam... Pero pinabasa din ni Lord sa 'min nung lumalim na ang gabi... Really, sometimes, there are things that thrill us to the gut, but we don't know it...
-until we spend time with God and (xempre time din with His people *wink*);
-until we learn our lessons;
-until we're ready for it.
At a loss for words...
Lord, help us.
We wrote the desires (plans na actually) and laid our hands on them. We were all so passionate in the intercession--abi namo naa lang mi sa BCC! We were at Jollibee! Hahaha. Mabuti nalang, solo namin ung room! Haha.
Until now... I am humbled by my girls' faith and the leading of the Holy Spirit. These are still plans--let God honor it. If He makes shifts again--super okay parin--as long as He's leading the flight.
:>
Eagurlz Take OFF!!!
ps: me at the end of penning this blog:
part II:
(i can't help but update this blog, hehe)
we're moving the Take OFF Night pala frm July 18 to Aug01, so we can have Micah with us... di pwedeng kulang! haha... I'll take this time to thank the Lord din, for Micah's life, her career included... she's a nurse by profession, a school administrator by practice. she's drafted to be one of Phoenix Publishing's Team of Speakers here in the PI. She's going to be the youngest! haha, imagine her colleages--academe vets--grandma's by age and experience! she couldn't be so if she will not have a training in San Francisco, USA this July... Galing noh?! "She once winced, how could a nurse like me take a call like this?" Hmmm? Pano nga ba? Simple lang po! Talagang magaling si Lord mag set-up! Pa-steup na din tau?! hahaha!
To Micah---keep growing your feathers! Fly high, agila! :x
warrior chicks
(one of three blogs I wish to pen this week… okay, congratulate me kay nadasig napud!)
just finished editing the video compilation of my girls' one-liner testimonies... haha, natuwa ako... finally, i figured out how chroma-keying is done!
it's going to be a full night this friday, noh? (talking to myself...) we're still half-way the preps, but as the global-melancholy that i am, i take more lakwatsa sa net, than preparing... and xempre, on-my-knees and facedown sessions are musts!
some things make this coming reload different:
i. "Ptr. Ave Moment" (Ate Raya translated his fam name into English--Ptr. I-thought--galing ni Ate Raya! Haha, pero it doesn't lessen the fact that we honor our leaders... hm... come, let's reason together! wahaha!) i thought we're hosting the 24th's... and just last sunday, Bem checked the sked for me--it's gonna be this friday na... so, we're cramming (as we usually do!)... nakaka-score na naman ang pressure sa akin... at least, it brings out the best (in me? in-us nalang!)... nagiging best friend ko na yata... (a new friend from an old company, huh?)
ii. "walang puyatan"—pero whole day work nga lang… not-to-mention the breaks!!! But since we’re still in advent, di natin alam... pero so far, all arranged naman... what else are yet-to-be-done? Ppt Presentation? (pics are ready—it’ll be final by friday); Outline (half-way through; revelations keep coming!); stage deco (the girls are doing it tonight); Dance Presentation (Jing's the girl!); Program (my ever trusted Langga & Kilet); PAW (Toto's leading); Announcement Media (Allyza & me are doing it mamaya!)Haay… I sooo love my girls!
iii. "something old, something new" --what's something old?--the basics... prayer... prayer... prayer... and a little conceptualizing!!! Since the theme is Warrior Chicks--the environmental theme would be China--as in Mulan! Why? Hmm... See you sa Reload!!!
Something new naman... Ung Chroma-Keyed video! (halata ba'ng ang saya ko talaga? waaah....); and the remix of chinese songs for the dance which Jing asked of me... my first time to edit, and i think i'm enjoying it!
iv. and... haha... i'm blogging before the event happens! (okay, sorry for the usually late Reload blogs especially the Jacob-Rachel one...)
you might ask, bakit ba kina-career naming sobra ang Reload? For the Eagurlz (and the whole youth reload, I believe), it’s WORSHIP. Whatever we do—whether we speak, dance, sing, challenge an offering, usher people, act, write scripts, edit videos, capture God-moments with a camera, manage media or intercede—it’s all Worship before the King. And we long for every turn that we get to do it… (once a month by the way! And a rest in January and May!) It’s also SERVICE. We get to serve the Church—the reloaders in bringing the Message to this generation. And, it’s FUN… bonding and consolidation for everyone! Whatever we do, masaya naman—that’s because you like the people you’re with… Ganyan din cgro sa heaven noh? You get to be with the people you like (and love!) for like, forever! (Reload preps pa nga lang, masaya na! Imagine life na bawal ang word na “end!”)
so thanks guys for sharing the excitement with me... there's one thing that i'd like you to do, though... and please do it over (plus over plus over and over plus again--kahit until this Fri lang!): Please pray for us!
Much thanks!
So, cge, gtg, allyza's coming na! toodles! ;)
STAR TALK...kwentuhang YOU!
(c)December 2008/YOUTH RELOAD(just click the images for larger view)
-The birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ!Mankind will no longer sorrow at the thought
of debt, punishment and eternal separation from God.
-There is One that will become the ultimate
sacrifice and finally appease the Father.
-Christmas is a great promise for each of us who believes!
-It's a remembrance of Christ's birth;
receiving presents should not define the beauty
of the season, it's not our birthday anyway!
(unless of course you're born during yuletide! ;)
The Almighty gave first.It's a loving response to give back...
Christmas is an opportunity to bring
the most extravagant offering to JESUS!
Gifting our loved ones & friends come second.
The season becomes meaningful when we are ableto get right with God and with people.
Short of that, it's an understatement.
Christmas is celebrating our liberationfrom the curse of death through Jesus Christ.
We extend this joy with F&F (friends & family!)
-It reminds us how great is God's love for usand Jesus' obedience (love) to His Father.
it's actually valentines, haha!
Among all the [legitimate] symbols of Christmas,we esteem the Star for being the very emblem
that led the wise men to Jesus.
Jesus is the Bright & Morning Star (the Sun)...
It's not enough to be amazed and stare (if you can!)at the Sun, we are to revolve around it
and be like it.
We are stars. (Abraham's promise from God Gen26:4)
(What do you call the stars that don't shine?) 2Peter1:19 - "...YOU MUST PAY CLOSE ATTENTION
TO WHAT THEY WROTE,
FOR THEIR (PROPHETS) WORDS ARE LIKE
A LAMP (STARS/NIV) SHINING IN A DARK PLACE--
UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
AND CHRIST THE MORNING STAR
SHINES IN YOUR HEARTS."
We are to shine our light Day and Night!
Day = good times; days when we are
so on-fire for God; it's easy radiate God's Light;
NIGHT = tough times; seasons of trial & process...
but the call to shine still rings...
in fact, it's the best time for stars
to shine and be recognized!
We had lots of "day" times and "night" ones in 2008.
and there's more to see in 2009,
this time, we decide to enjoy each season
as stars shining bright in places
where God positioned us.
Expect blessings and await trials to conquer.
the "DAY dawns" in 2Pet1:19 talks about
Jesus' Second coming.
It doesn't scare us anymore but
it excites us of eternity with Him!
Saints (stars) or the faithful will be rewarded
(Rev 3:5)
Be reminded that... A)
Jesus purchased your star-ship (stardom!).
Many are stars but don't actually feel that they are...which causes them to fail the third step:
it's not about nice clothes or fame.Being a star is...
-believing in Jesus & cultivating a relationship with Him.
-becoming TODO in worship & service.
-being a leader and making a difference!
Hold your Faith. GET READY for the "awards night."It can be dawn, day, noon, afternoon...
We just don't know.
That's why we have to get ready.
Rewards await us!
*Eternity in Heaven...
*the Crown of Righteousness
and the prize of winning souls to Jesus...
The world needs a star a like you.
(go, mga artEsta!!!)
***wink***
attachment: (video compilation of YR2008)
have a great year-end everyone!
BCC family day
BCC Family Day, the first since embracing the vision for multiplication,i really enjoyed the busy day that i forgot to eat!!!
Papaps shared about the prominent John Wooden
and inspired us all to continue rowing our boats upstream!
The powerful testimonies of Jojo, Juris, Mayang & Lawrence
added to the Thanksgiving flavor!
I went home at lunch to fetch 3 trays of Crema de Fruta
and the PiNATAka special
I prepared for my girls!
(uuuy, marunong na daw ako magprepare ng food!
hahaha, trying hard!)
The money was from BCC, a monetary treat for the network
that sends the most number of Encounter participants--
and oh, there was no announcement that we will be prized
and was prized! But thanks again BCC Leadership
for remembering the girls who labored
to send people to the Encounter! ;D
We spent the whole afternoon with a battery of presentations!the kids' song number and FDD's skit stood out...
and there were door prizes in between...
Children were dedicated to the Lord(ninang ulit ako for the 23rd time!)
and our network did a repeat performance of
Vineyard Manila's Time to Fly! haha...
the girls held the Tatty Bears,
mother eagle's early Christmas gift...
I missed Annie's 18th Birthday well wishingand the water baptism
since i ran 2 rounds of pre-encounter lessons 4 & 5!
(four lessons in all)
i really asked for a break since super gutom na talaga!
(thank God, the girls were kind to me!)
F.Day ended our busy Novemberand we'll be surely starting the busier month of December!!!
WHY NOT tell the TRUTH?!
Lying is an issue.Revelation 21:8 says, "but cowards, unbelievers,
the corrupt, murderers, the immoral,
those who practice witchcraft, idol worshippers,
and ALL LIARS--their fate is in the
fiery lake of burning sulfur.
This is the second death."
White lies or dark ones will lead us to hell.
Who among us hear have never told a lie?
What is a lie???
-any bearing of false witness
is a lie (Exod 20:16)
-anything untrue
-any changed or twisted thought
-flattery
-lack of information
-absence of words (when you can speak the truth)
-falsehood
-lake of fire
-misleading impression
-fib
-stories
-distorted thought
-triviality
-front
WHAT DO WE CALL A PERSON WHO LIES? a Liar.
How many times does a person have to lie
to become a liar? ONCE.
we have become very good at lying.WHO TAUGHT US ANYWAY?
Psalm 58:3 = These wicked people
are born sinners;
even from birth they have lied
and gone their own way.
We don't have a subject on Lies in school
yet we learned it so well.
Some of us are majors on
Bachelor of Arts in Lying
(pwede rin Bachelor of Science in Lying).
Terrible.
Jeremiah 9:3 = My people bend their tongues
like bows to shoot lies.
They refuse to stand up for the truth.
They only go from bad to worse.
They do not know me," says the Lord.
It's scary when we don't know
how to distinguish truth from lies.
It's scary when we do not know how to tell
the truth anymore!
1TIMOTHY 4:2 = THESE PEOPLE ARE HYPOCRITES
AND LIARS,
AND THEIR CONSCIENCES ARE DEAD.
WHY DID WE LIE? (WHY DO WE LIE?)
-to protect someone? and that someone
is usually ME.
-we feared the Truth;
or that the Truth is painfully true.
Does the Truth really hurt?Or we were hurt more when we were deceived by lies?
Lying is like collecting garbage.
Chronic lying makes us become beautiful garbage bins.
WERE THERE LIARS IN THE BIBLE?ANANIAS & SAPPHIRA- they told the Apostle Paul
that they gave 100% of their lot proceeds
when they didn't. They were immediately killed
after telling a lie.
GEHAZI, Prophet Elisha's assistant--lied about asking
for a set of Naaman's royal robe. He got leprosy after lying.
MICHAL, King Saul's daughter & King David's wife--lied
by keeping his husband's mock body on bed
ABRAHAM & SARAH--lied that Sarah is Abraham's brother
REBEKAH--taught his son Jacob to lie about his identity
JACOB--lied to his father that he is his brother Esau
ISAAC--lied to Abimelech by telling him that his wife
Rebekah is his sister (just like Abraham did)
Lies bring guilt.
It's more hurting to tell a lie.
We hurt people. We hurt ourselves.
The truth sets us free from A. GUILT
B. SHAME
C. CONSEQUENCE(S) OF LYING
(leprosy, death, bad reputation,etc.)
WHERE CAN WE FIND THE TRUTH?
The Truth is found in Jesus Christ.Jesus is the Truth.
There is so much Truth in Him and His Word
that lies become bitter anymore!
John 14:6 = Jesus said, I AM THE WAY,
THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
NO ONE COME TO THE FATHER
EXCEPT THROUGH ME.
THERE ARE TOO MANY LIES
AND TOO MANY LIARS.
IT'S TIME TO STAND AS BEARERS OF TRUTH.
THE HEALING BALM FOR BEING A CHRONIC LIAR
IS STARTING TO SPEAK THE TRUTH
(no matter how hard it is).
Let's draw close to the Cross
and allow Jesus to change us; to heal us.
***
If the world has
Commercial Model-turned-Actresses
TV Reporter-turned-Politicians
Actor-turned-Businessmen, etc.
then I am a LIAR-TURNED-CHRISTIAN LEADER
(I'm an ex-liar)
WHAT'S YOUR NAME TAG???
by: terej
through the lenses
my second try in photographyfor my speaking engagement tomorrow
at Reload Cafe.
these photos will be used for the msg slide
and then, one of it will be the main
screen back drop...
for now, that's the plan...
model: Amor
make-up artist: me!
costume design: me? was it amor? uhm, oh, yeah,
we agreed on it!!! so, both of us! haha...
pray for me, as i speak!
thx...
pizza bday
Toto made 11 big pizzas for us birthday girls(micah, blessy, delight & me! all four
sa Doce... Nicole, Krizza and Jennifer also!)
all-veggie pizza+ hawaiian ones...
that's jamel, a.k.a. Toto
honey-calamansi juice(bought from jai's mom!)
with our forty-plus pre-enc girlsand the leaders of the network...
bday prayers!
muffin cakes...conquest night @people's park
(after 4months!)
at People's Park last night
(15 October 2008)...
53 souls came to celebrate God's goodness!
@6pm, the rain poured
and emptied the whole park with people...
we were a little worried that the girls
won't come anymore..
after 20 min or so,
the weather faired and it left
the place, all for ourselves! haha!
What a way for God to
make us alone with him.
we had fun games:
+do u love ur neighbor?
+number charade relay/verse puzzle
(complicated! but we won! Go, Tsuru-Tsuru Whaw Team!)
+Maging Egg Ka Man
=>we also had the Word
=>Vision Casting
=>Awarding for Cell Leaders
(first in 4yrs!)
the night was spearheaded by
MaAnne's Network...
MCs: Langga & Kilet
Worship Leader: Mitzie
Word: Terej
Att: 60
october praise
at the fact that we were not able to
photo-document the night...
all the regrets!
low batts and negligence on my part to check the cams!
tsk tsk tsk!
anyway, the night was a true party in the Spirit!
being able to understand
that on our own, we think we're good.
and at that, we're right.
just that--good.
and then failures are guaranteed to come rushing.
because we are never good enough.
our own standards fail
because God's never going to use it.
and so last night, we were able to trade
our own clothes of standards
and lifestyles...
we are ready to embrace a new robe,
purchased by Jesus
and is Jesus Himself!
We are ready to enjoy the wedding banquet with Him!
we are now qualified, not because of our own goodness
and efforts... but qualified through His grace!
ahhhh!!!
notes:
attendees:
First timers:
Cell Leaders' Summit
It's our Cell Leaders' Summit today.
We were so blessed by Ptr.Rich Witmer's teaching on Discipleship (to be relational). We studied Elijah and Elisha's ways of leading and we were corrected and inspired. We know we can improve!
Though not many Eagurlz came,we were still happy to come up with new ideas on winning and strengthening the leaders. We are still going to reinforce the pertinent things we're already doing and then, we ended with the following plans... (For all the credits, God takes it all!)
Sunday Prayer Marathon (7:30AM-8:30AM)
52 Days Prayer Chain – padaun! (Sept.4-Oct.25)
21 Days Daniel’s Fast (Oct.25-Nov.14)
-NO pork/beef
-NO junk food/drinks
-latest sleep time: 9:30pm every night of the 21 days
Conquest Night (once in two months/bi-monthly)
October (MAAN's Network) and December (TBA)
-Orphanage / Streets: Bread giving
Pre-Enc Committee: Flight E144: Ready for Take Off
(Langga, Grace, Karen, Venies, Annie, Kizha)
Moderator: AJ Herbas
Meet the PreEnc Girls every after PreEnc
-what you received/understood
-name games
-cheer
T-Shirt Printing:
Purple shirt with handwriting font-printed Eagurlz Cheer!
Back: Eagle’s Wings!!!
Verse: 1Corinthians 2:9 “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Isaiah 64:4 “For since the world began, no ear has heard, and no eye has seen a God like You, who works for those who wait for Him.”
todo na to
waffles and chocolate ice cream!
K-Night was nothing but fun while
Weng dished out her 23rd birthday treat for us.
we evaluated our:
+52-day prayer chain
+Doce
+Conquest Level (144)
+Bulletin Board
+Reports
+Youth Reload
we really need to do our share
and do them sincerely!
we have decided na...
to fight guilt
and the spirit that keep us away from God's presence...
we have decided to keep running!
itotodo na namin toh!
the meeting ended with our new mother names:
:: amoreh as MAMREH (short for Mama Amoreh)
:: aj as NAYA (short for Nanay Aj)
:: blessy as MISSY (mommy blessy)
:: chem as MYCHEM (mommy chem)
:: jing as MAVIE (mama jenevieve)
:: roxan as MAMUX (mama rox)
:: lalai as MYLAI (mommy lai)
:: laurie anne as MAAN (mama anne)
:: micah as MYKAI (mommy kai)
:: maricor as MICOY (mommy cor/coi)
:: weng as MAWIE (mama weng)
:: vilma as MABING (mama bing)
way to go, mothers of many nations!!!
:-D
hop hop hop
17 september 2008
it was raining, kaya lalong sumarap ang coffee...
and siyempre, ang durian mocha frappe!
we missed Chemis & Bing that night..
we had chit chat fun and toilet fun!
(why not! ang daming books sa CR!)
until the next Klosel!
Soar high, Eagurlz!!!
His.
Rej FM =)
God-moments =)
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