My Little Angels Online Shop

Please be informed that My Little Angels Online Shop fan page (https://www.facebook.com/mylittleangelsonlineshop) was hacked last night. An account where I created and maintained for more than 4 years.

Truly, I don't know what happened when suddenly I can no longer login and update its status. I tried to search it online, but it no longer exist.

All the while, I need to start all over again, where all the efforts I had worked in years to maintain its existence and ensures its timely updates were all gone; including product photos, product reviews and communication response with my personal friends, online buyers, inquirers and reseller were all completely lost - 100%.

Ever since I had created My Little Angels Online Shop fan page, I never paid any online ads to promote it in order to generate more likes as fast as possible. For in my heart, I personally wanted to prove that its existence are made in test of time, out of integrity and sincerity that I am a LEGIT SELLER - ensuring that every order placed and payments made are timely shipped in good condition and will be received in due time by my customers.

In years, it had reached almost 2,400 likers, quitely far from other facebook page who can afford to pay online ads. But I am proud to say that these numbers were reached mostly from people whom I personally don't know, clicks from friendly inquirers and customers with new and repeat orders.

For more than 3 years, My Little Angels Online Shop is a source of God's provision to my family. It's been our bread and butter - where I cried much; I prayed harder and harder each day, gained new friends and reseller from time to time, exerted much effort to improve my marketing and communication skills and works longer as possible. But despite all the difficulties, I give thanks and praise God as He entrusted me to manage it.

Now that I need to start all over again, I pray that I can work it out as fast as I can, to keep timely updates and gladly response with all the queries that I may receive out of God's grace.

I may not know the reason now, but in His time, His good purpose will be revealed. For He knows what's best for me. 

I strongly prayed that whatever He wants me to be, He will lead the way as I walk in faith. Please Lord, be my Great Provider, take away all the worries I have inside of me so I can raise well the 2 kids You entrusted to me. For my prayers are not for myself but to be blessed by You, to be a blessings to others.

Please keep be posted with the new fan page I just created now, where I used the same name and cover photo but has now a new link page

My Little Angels Online Shop

https://www.facebook.com/mylittleangelsonlineshop1

Please accept my invites to like this page, thank you very much in advance. May God bless us all much more than we ask for.

Have a nice day ahead of us. Today maybe a tough time as within our capabilities but we have bigger GOD who can solve bigger problems. TRUST and OBEY, HOLD ON with our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

To God be all the glory, honor and praise. God bless us all

My Dream House

In one of my QUITE time, somehow God speaks to me to put in writing what I am struggling now. I am hesitant to write about it because its very personal that online world may read it sooner or later. 

My prayer is that our Heavenly Father help me how to start this story. Please open my heart and mind as You lead me to make this post possible. Please be the author of my life, out of my wickedness, pick me up to be your faithful servant. To You alone be all the glory, honor and praise.

It was May 2010 when I decided to apply for housing loan through HDMF or commonly known Pag-Ibig for the shelter of my children. My thinking then was in case of my death, I am sure that they have secured place to live in. It is a 2-storey house, simple, bare type, 48 sqm lot area, good enough for our family. Though I am working at Santo Tomas, Batangas then, I prefer to get unit at Richmond Park Townhomes located at General Trias, Cavite, hoping in the future, I can stay near with my family.

For more than 3 years I am consistently paying my monthly amortization but year 2012 we went through financial crisis in the family. By early 2013, I totally stopped to pay my amortization due to heavy reason that needs priority over our house. It was a big decision to stop the payment but much as I want to continue, I don’t have fund to release. Truly, there are situation in life where we need to weigh what is much more important between life and property.

By the grace of God our family went back to Cavite by April 2014. Since there were no notice of foreclosure from HDMF, we decided to live at our house from Batangas. I went to HDMF Office to inquire about possible continuation of my amortization and necessary payment for the penalty. But HDMF personnel told me that I can no longer do it since my payment lapsed over a year. He told me to wait until HDMF issue offer to purchase where I am the priority to get the house again.

Since then, I strongly prayed that God allowed us to live at that place, to protect us as we start the business at Cavite. I even prayed for house improvement and God bless me all the way until it’s completely done. Truly, up to this moment as I look around at every corner of our house, I give thanks and praise to our Almighty, for I know that it was all His provision that sustain the expenses. 

Above all, I just felt that He give our house a day to day shield from HDMF for I knew anytime they can request us to move out. I still keep on praying that our Lord bless me to save some money that I can pay to HDMF in case notice will come.

Last April 5, 2016, my husband received a letter from HDMF, unexpectedly it was an Invitation to Purchase. As stated in the letter, we are required to go to HDMF Mandaluyong office within 15 days to discuss details of such letter. Failure to do so would mean we are no longer interested for the recovery of the property and should vacate it at the soonest possible time.

Last April 7, we went to HDMF Mandaluyong to discuss such concern. If I am interested to recover the property, I need to pay Php1000 for the Reservation Fee within 15 days. The cost of property is almost Php700,000 and there are 3 options to settle the total amount due

• Cash – need to fully pay Php700K within 30 days
• Installment – payable in 1 year with 12% interest – an equal monthly payment of around Php65K+ for 12 months. Monthly amortization will start a month after the payment of reservation fee
• Housing Loan – can be applied by direct family member living with the same address, must be an active HDMF member. Can be husband, children, siblings whose living in the same house with proof of residency at property address. Subject for Background Check Investigation (CI).

With the given options above, immediately we knew that:

• Option #1 is impossible for us, we don’t have that amount of money. We cannot produce such amount within 30 days.
• Option #2 is truly not affordable and much as I want to commit the payment, we are not earning that much to pay Php65,000 monthly for house mortgage alone excluding our day to day expenses for living and education of my children.
• Option #3 is a No, No for us since my husband is not employed, we are just working together with our online shop to survive our day to day living. He don’t have proof of income to present himself as employed or self-employed. Bank accounts use for payment on online orders are under my name.

Since that day forward, it’s been a sleepless nights, at times I skip meals spending time crying, uncounted days full of worries, thinking for solution to solve the problem.

Honestly, God bless us with some on hand stocks to roll-over every now and then.  We may have small amount of savings for the education of my children. But to lessen the debt at HDMF, we had decided to close our bank accounts both for kids and the capital for business.  But knowing that everything will be withdraw, I don't have extra fund to replenish our stocks. Should our stocks sold out, there will be no source of fund for our day to day living. I even seek my sister’s assistance that may lend to her through personal loan at her company amounting to Php200,000.00.

To work hard for the possible solution, we lay down options based on human thinking

1. To sell the property including furniture, fixtures and appliance inside the house. I  will just ask for 350k as initial down payment so I can fully pay the necessary charges. Upon full payment, HDMF will issue Certification of full payment the same day and Lot Title after 30 days. I posted it online but inquirer did not pursue the interest to buy.
2. To offer the house for rent including furniture, fixtures and appliances with one month advance and 2 month deposit for the security of the property. Same as above, there are inquirers but not yet materialize on our needed time frame.
3. I asked financial assistance to my father but withdrawal of his mutual fund is not timing, NAVPS is very low at this moment
4. My father offered to sell his brand new tricycle with back to back body to add up some money. But just the same, price offer is so much lower than his investment. We rather keep it and use for earning opportunity instead of selling it at loss. After all, it is not his problem, its mine, I need to find solution by myself without disturbing others.
5. My husband ask assistance from her sister but they don’t have extra money to lend with us
6. I decided to sell old stuff we no longer use and/or much needed – only few were sold, others remained for sale
7. I will work hard with my online shop to gain revenue and collections that may add up the needed amount, but due to increase in competition online, monthly sales were getting lower as before

Unfortunately, solutions laid down to solve the problem are all not working despite my eagerness to pursue them. Much as I want to save the property, needed resources are not provided the way I hope it will be. I felt so discouraged, admitting I am not capable to save it. You knew the feeling of frustration that though I work hard, I gained nothing and seems that He keeps on silent in answering my prayers.

Last April 20, we went again to HDMF Mandaluyong to pay for the reservation fee and need to come back by April 29 to pay the initial down payment in order to lessen the principal loan and its interest. More or less, we can only collect Php300,000 as down payment and approximately Php400,000 will be the remaining balance subject for 1 year payment. 

Based on HDMF computation it will be around Php35,600 per month for 12 months + Php6,800 monthly payment to my sister loan for 3 years. House mortgage expense of Php43,200 per month is a huge amount I am sure I am not capable to pay.

Only 2 days from today before April 29 but our fund still not enough to pay the target initial down payment. In this darkness moment, I can only look above and pray so hard that God will open the gate of heaven to shower His blessings upon me. I can only depend on His will, grace and provision – every minute of my life, lifting up to Him all the worries I have. I don’t know where to go and which way to turn, may God clear all the way and be with me in every way.

I am still loss and confused, thinking how this problem might be solve. For I humble myself, I am weak, I need Him in every step of my life. It is only by His grace and mercy where unsolved problem will have a better solution. He can control all the out of control situations that I am in right now and He can provides for everything. Only by His mighty hands, everything will be on its proper place, on His perfect time.

As I face this life struggle, I promise to share its progress thru comments on this post. I want to share it not to boast for anything, but to give testimony of God’s works in my life. Giving thanks and praise for all His timely provision and blessings of good health and family.

As I lift all my worries up above, I want to keep a promise just as Jacob vow to God. I will be thankful for every little or more He give upon me and promise to be a faithful steward for His ministry. I knew He don’t need money from my tithes and offerings for He owns everything. But what He need is my heart and my life, making sure that I don’t have other gods except Him. As I surrender my life to Him, dear Lord, please take charge, Thy will be done.

Genesis 28:20-22 ESV

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.”

I may not understand the current situation, but I want to keep my hope and faith with our Lord for He has better plan for me and my family. When there's no way to run to, look up -  God will surely make a way, where there seems to be no way.

Despite the financial problem, I thank God for my family that continue to extend their help in working out for the solution. I praise God for all the buyers online and offline that keeps their trust with My Little Angels Online Shop, thank you so much for your help in our financial struggles. Truly, God bless you to be a blessings to my family. May God continue to shower His blessing upon us.

Thank you so much to CCF sermon videos that I used to watch daily online, these serve as my personal guidance on everyday life. Thank you for your encouragement to read the Bible everyday in order to have personal relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. I am a working progress and far way to go; every encounter with Him is truly such a big blessings. May God continue to give you wisdom, strength and courage in sharing God's word all over the world. I am praying that I may also come and join with your service at CCF Main to actually feel God's blessing in worship.

To God alone be all the glory, honor and praise. 

Ang Buhay na Hindi Bitin - How to live a Life Content, Blessed and Worry-free

Book Review for: Ang Buhay na Hindi Bitin

How to live a Life Content, Blessed and Worry-free

by Ardy Alberto

Good Day!

I bought a copy of this book at National Bookstore for only Php10. This book was mentioned in REAL MEN ARE POGI book by the same author, that talks about how to live a life with God; very simple print, easy to understand and the content are truly heart touching. It has only few pages, you can finish reading it in less than 30 minutes.

As I write this post, I can’t help myself thinking about the past, what was my life before, my dreams and my present.

I had the experienced to work full time in number of companies. From rank and file to management position level, my work experiences had trained me to become competent on my assigned job. I had the privileged to earned money from minimum salary and above what usual employees are paid off. In years, I found out that the higher salary we are compensated, the more works and responsibilities we have to our employer. The higher the position we get, the more working time it requires from us, the more ideas and solution we need to contribute, not unless we are a demanding boss whose "utos dito - utos doon".

It also made me realized that the higher money we received, the higher amount we spent. As they say, human desires are unlimited - in all aspect of life. As we achieved one, we want to achieve the next and so on and so forth. But sad to say, we end up knowing "kulang at kulang pa din ang buhay". I am honestly on soul searching when I found it,  one of the books who lead me to find the missing piece.

At work, whenever we received customer complaints, we used to apply different problem solving techniques to identify the root cause in order to set appropriate corrective and preventive actions. Some requires technical and behavioral actions while some are Management decision. At start it may be challenging, but repetitive situation doesn't mean the analysis are insufficient, most likely its the resistant to change. It was a never-ending cycle, having doing the same things - again and again - it will make you feel exhausted, tired, stressed and discouraged. Same with our personal life, we always look for solution to our many why's, feeling left alone, empty and weak.

I knew something is missing that no matter how I worked hard, meron pa din kulang, para bang kulang ang 24 hours para sa buong araw, kulang ang dalawang kamay para magawa lahat, there are always things left undone. Despite the learning experience, salary and career opportunities, I knew I am looking for something. It's no longer healthy, naalala ko lang noon minsan nasabi sa kasamahan ko na “sana tulungan ako ni Lord na ayusin ang sariling buhay ko, kulang kasi ang sarili ko para isipin ang solusyon sa lahat ng problema” .  Deep within me, I simply want to be a mother to my children and earn an income that will sustain the needs of my family. 

By May 2013, the Lord answered my prayer, He allowed me to work full time at home and became a small time entrepreneur through My Little Angels Online Shop. Every deals we closed and sales we got are really such a blessings. But just the same, the higher sales we got, the higher the problems we have – just like any businesses, every day is a journey of struggles and success. There’s no such perfect in this world. I still work harder than before, much more than 16 hours a day - online and offline. There are so many online sellers around, competition are really high, there's a shortage of stocks, delayed deliveries, price increase, customer demands and other unavoidable circumtances - these are common business problems that may lead you to give-up and quit. But God can provides answers to all our unlimited questions, little by little we must learn to live a life by FAITH.

My Little Angels Online Shop leads me to different phase of life, personal development that improves decision making and business relationship with both our customers and suppliers. Everyday, I am seeking God's grace to become His steward - to continuously discover what are my potentials and limitations.

Managing a business requires a lot of efforts, patience, courage and perseverance to survive the day to day struggles, Its always mixed emotions, sometime you smile but sometime you cry but its all part of growing up. We can all be a better person today than yesterday.

The Lord change me in a very special way, be it on my personal point of view, priorities, difference of needs and wants, abstinence to material things to save for the future, pay out debts and  to rely on His provision. Thanks be to God for everything for I am not personally rich but He makes me feel I am one.

This book made me realized that all people have problems – there’s no exemption. There are so much problems around us, too many to mention, they can be in our personal life, country or in the world in general. Sadly, solutions are out of our control, we are only humans with limited resources and to solve them are beyond our capabilities - much as we want to settle them all. 

As Sir Ardy wrote in this book, people without problems are those were lay down at six feet underground; those were grave in cemetery or memorial park. No matter what we are going through, God is with us in every way, seek Him and we will find Him with an open arms.

In my life now, I just realized, everything are beyond our control. People, events, wealth or achievements – they all come and go. God loves me and my family and He wants us to live a fulfilling, joyful and contented life despite the problems we have. I am not rich, but this quote speaks well.... finding out how to live a life contented, blessed and grateful

Honestly, it is easier said and done, but it’s a learning process. God will provide for everything we need, not our wants. Every day is a new day, He knows what best for us, in His perfect time.

I highlighted this article in the book that says "Being Christian does not mean that you're joining a religion or you're going to be religious. Rather, it is a personal commitment to trust, love and follow Christ". What a wonderful opportunity to know the GOOD NEWS.

Life may not be easy, we cannot manage all things by ourselves but with God all things are possible. A life with our Lord cannot be compared to any material possessions we might have, dahil kahit kailan, hindi Siya nagkulang

click photo to hear the music and read every lyrics comes from grateful heart

In my next post. I want to share with you another book written by Sir Ardy titled "Ang Pera Hindi Bitin".

Thank you so much for your time. May God bless us all much more than we ask. 

To God be all the Glory

Experiencing God Daily Devotional Book

Book Review for Experiencing God Daily Devotional Book by Henry Blackaby and Richard Blackaby

The Breaking Through by Sir Dodong Cacanando gave me the interest to google search the   Experiencing with God by Henry Blackaby book. Based on his story, this book had taught him the best way to follow God is not to ask for detailed instructions, but to intimately walk with Him one step at a time, and one day at a time.

After then, I decided to grab a copy of this book and fortunately found one at Philippine Christian Bookstores. Since I am using an android phones, I had installed NIV Bible and Bible New Living Translation application to my 2 mobile phones. I personally used them both during my QUIET Time.

NIV Bible and Bible New Living Translation via Google app

My day usually starts at around 3:30 to 4 o’clock in the morning. I cook breakfast and pack lunch for my kids while drinking coffee. Once I had prepared their food and my kids started to ready themselves for school, I also get myself ready for QUIET Time.

It my choice to start my day reading the Bible and this book before turning on the laptop to start daily works at My Little Angels Online Shop. I used to read about 2-3 daily reflection articles and the reference scriptures on daily basis until it becomes a habit. 

When I failed to do so, something went wrong in either the business or family relationship. When things got rough, I pray for God’s help and deliverance for my wrong doings that took my attention away from Him. Later on, it made me realized that spending time with Him fills the emptiness inside me.

There is no assurance that blessings received yesterday will remain today or somehow we will receive much more than today. Everything are given by God in His perfect time. True riches comes to us when we abide God and walk with Him. We all don't know what will happen to us today or later, its out of our control. As He allowed me to wake up again before the sun rise, I want to start my morning seeking God's grace, blessings and guidance as I face the day ahead. 

Truly this little book had share so much unexpectedly for it develop and strengthen my faith that He will be with me in every way, all the way. He is my Father that only wants what best for me.

I am honestly not rich in money and properties but despite the life difficulties I am in today, by faith God will make a way for me. For everything He had given me, I am so much thankful and blessed. He always gives me more than I can bring back.

image were grabbed at http://image.slidesharecdn.com/godwillmakeaway

Find time to watch this video, allow yourself to pause for a while and talk to Him in open heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsMAXhc0QTs

This book has index of readings, subjects and scriptures that will let us experience God’s grace, peace, joy and love on whatever circumstances we are going through.

In this book I read about the value of obedience to God's commandments. We have a choice, to disobey His commands, we would face His wrath; to obey Him, we will receive His blessings. God's word comes to us not too complex to understand, but the greatest challenge is how to commit our lives to follow God's will obediently as He reveals it.

May you find time to grab a copy and spend QUITE time for spiritual development, its worth paying for. May God continue to shower us with all His blessings as we face our day to day struggles, shortfalls and success.

Thank you for your time, to God be all the Glory.

Book Review: Breaking Through – A Man’s Journey to Fruitfulness

Book Review: Breaking Through – A Man’s Journey to Fruitfulness by Jose Ferron "Dodong" Cacanando

It takes me weeks to draft this post for I am personally afraid that I may not capable of giving a fair and just review that this book deserves. But thank you Lord for the guidance and the opportunity to share another post today. To God be all the glory.

It was January 2015 when I received this book from CBN ASIA.  With the book title itself, I had interest to know the author’s journey being a successful businessman and God’servant.

It was a timely gift to read where our monthly sales amount then had marked down as compared from the previous quarter. Just like with other businesses, sales are low during off-peak season probably because the Christmas season had just ended, where most of our buyer’s capital were spent out during the holiday.

As I read this book, it's amazing to know how God provides us with people and circumstances as source of His provision.  With a grateful heart, we learned to appreciate things that comes and go and realized that everything comes as a blessings and with a purpose. As the Lord bless us through known and unknown people around us, we may also be a fruitful blessings to people we meet every now and then.

It’s so amazing how Sir Dodong Cacanando had share his struggles, perseverance, strong faith and success being God’s steward. From business executive of Hewlett-Packard to a farmer of Mt. Moriah Farm at Bukidnon. In this book, he had share his story very well, all about his prayers and how God answered them in perfect time. His acts of leadership and motivation to ordinary men to be God’s obedient children by following His commandments.

With this book, I had learned and understand the value of having a personal relationship with God. The influence of starting your day reading a Bible verse and daily devotion – to seek God’s grace, guidance and blessings. To allocate QUITE Time with Him to find inner peace, grateful heart and soulful mind. What a wonderful day to start off before facing our day to day circumstances. He explained that prayer and obedience must always go together because it is our obedience that makes our prayer effective. I highlighted this words in the book where he emphasize that Christian life is a good life. Living a life of intimacy and obedience towards God is the best life anyone can have.

Truly this book had gave me an idea of what God’s stewardship is all about. It is an inspiration to find out how his faith, hope and trust to our dear Lord who richly and timely provides us with everything we need. He clearly specify that “We are not the owners of our business because God is the true owner of our business. We cannot claim ownership of anything we have because we did not work for these things; they were just entrusted to us in special way”.

Let us be careful and humble in handling success that God gave us. As we enjoy His blessings in our family and business, keep in mind that we are an instrument in the hands of the Master.

This books also allows me to understand what the Bible teaches about tithing and the out pouring outcomes in obeying His commandment. To faithfully set aside 10% of our earnings to "bring back" for His ministry - a portion He asked for - because He is the owner of everything. What a wonderful verse posted at Sir Dodong's Facebook fanpage

Tithing is a form of worship in which we show God respect, acknowledging Him that He gives everything to us by giving a 10^th back to Him. We need to understand this important facet of our relationship with God as our actions reflect the attitude of: “I will give Him my heart, I will give Him my praise, I will give Him thanksgiving and I will give Him financial support for His works”.

As he said, the greatest form of worship is to recognize that God is the Owner of everything we have, bit aside the fact that He is the Father who wants the best for us.

It made me realized that what I had gained now are not out from my personal power, effort and might. The Lord gives us power, wisdom and wealth; we need to be humble and grateful for everything that He had entrusted to us. Everything we have today, may be taken away in a span of a minute or may grow as fast beyond our imagination. The author share his story in faithfully giving his tithes as well as how he required his people to do the same by offering to whatever church they belong. Much more than their expectation, God bless them the abundance of everything.

As I finished reading the book, there was no other words to say than “Wow, they are truly blessed more than anyone else”. How I wish I was one of them or should I say I want to be like them. As I seek God’s grace, I find myself praying for personal commitment just as Jacob promised God that “of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You” (Genesis 28:20-22)

I want to experience God promises that renewed obedience in tithing will result in a blessing from Him – so abundant that “there will not be room enough to receive it”. God is serious about His laws and His commitments to us and about our commitment to Him. 

As days passed by, I realized that tithing is a matter of faith, to give thanks with a grateful heart to the Great Provider. As Jesus said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35), “Freely you have received, freely give”. 

He wants us to willingly share and cheerfully give to others what we have received from above. Let us not be afraid to "bring back" for His ministry and share anything we can afford to the elderly, sick and/or needy, for He will surely give us much more than we ask for. As it works in them, I knew it will works to me, to all of us.

My personal commitment was merely out of my fear that I cannot sustain our family needs since I had no regular work that will compensate to our needed resources. But God allows me to manage My Little Angels Online Shop as source of His provision. In good faith, I am committed to keep tithes and offerings out of our monthly earnings. It is a promise that I want to keep for life. May He continue to permits me to be His steward and bless us all so we can all be a blessings to others we may encounter sooner or later.

The Lord never promise us an easy life, we have our own struggles to persevere more, be stronger and wiser than before and to continually dream big for a better future. But as I face my daily life, I am truly grateful for everything: for my family, daily bread and shelter, health and wellness, works to do and the opportunity to meet new and repeat buyers who gives their trust with My Little Angels Online Shop. They are truly much more valuable than money earned, for they are wealth that cannot be measured.

I knew that reading this book was not an accident, it has a purpose. I had gained new learning opportunities, spiritual guidance in managing a business, remain humble, live a simple life, and be fruitful to others. My everyday endeavor leads me to experience pitfall and tears but knowing He will provide for everything, I feel contented.

May you have time to read “Breaking through” so you may also experience what I had share at this post. For this book will surely impart us something to become a better person.

In the coming day, I wish I may had a chance to read his second book that was recently launched entitled "Keeper of His Garden". 

Thank you for your time. May God bless us all more than we ask for.

Plant a Seed of Life by CBN Asia

It was end of April 2013 when I formally resigned with my previous employer for almost 7.5 years at Santo Tomas, Batangas. I don’t have savings account or separation pay then to start as initial capital; no job offer to start a new work. I knew my family cannot go back to Cavite immediately, for bothering my parents about my decision will never be a help. What I have then was just a courage and a fighting spirit that I can start all over again. No matter what it takes – I need to provide for my family at the soonest possible time.

As expected, the coming days are truly tough and challenging, my kids knew what we went through then. We used to sell ice candies, cold-cut foods and soft-drinks at the apartment we rented. I went to direct selling, networking and had started to manage My Little Angels Online Shop full time.

I am personally not a TV viewer since most of my time are spent at work and family. When I have a chance to watch TV, I like shows aired at ABS-CBN and NEWS TV. It was May 2013 when I first watched an episode of CBN ASIA aired at News TV.  It’s amazing to watch show where ordinary people share how the living God healed them physically, emotionally, financially and spiritually.

The testimonies given by brave cancer survivors, bankrupt entrepreneurs, former drug addict, gambler, and prisoner, those of abused and battered women are truly inspirational. They had the courage to share their weakest and darkness moment; and how God picked them up, get well, lighten and blessed more than they deserve.

Watching the show are not all about religion, they encourage viewers to have a personal relationship with God. They will invite you to join with their prayers; open your heart and talk to God - ask for relief on all your sufferings and by the power of His name, everything are claimed and received.

The host cited Bible verses from Matthew 6:33 that says: “Seek first the kingdom of God, above all else, live righteously and He will give everything you need” – NIV and Mark 10:27 “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for with God all things are possible” – KJV.

The host clearly brings out the message that “Everything comes from God” – all things around us are created by Him. He gives us life to live and a daily bread to survive. As I joined them in prayer, I asked God’s grace to give me work as source of His provision; bless me so I can provide for my family, much as well give me an open heart and hand to "bring back" what He told us to do. It's my personal commitment that as He prosper me, I will be His good steward and promise to share my blessings to others. 

The hosts always reminded the viewers to:

       Keep in mind that all you have comes from God – 1 Corinthians 4:7
     Pray about every aspects of your finances – Matthew 7:7-8
     Be faithful with God has given you – Luke 16:10
     Give and you will be blessed – Acts 20:35
     Love God, not money – I Timothy 6:10

As days passed by, I realized that everyone are richly blessed by God towards abundant life. Being rich are not measured by how much property we have but by how we share His riches in good works. God bless us to become a blessing to others.

If I had so much to give, I want to help those elderly, sick, homeless and street children. CBN ASIA manages foundation named Operation Blessing where those people are being cared of. They are inviting their viewers to be their partners in PLANT A SEED OF LIFE – to sustain the needs of CBN ASIA Families of Ministries. May God permits me to be one of those million people, willing to impart God’s blessing to others. It was an answered prayer to have an opportunity to be their partner, sending my donation thru MLhuillier free of charge.

Before I thought that only rich people can donate since they have so much to give. But in years now, I had a chance to meet ordinary people that generously sharing their gifts to CBN ASIA. As I talked with them, they share how God privileges them towards abundant financial life, peaceful mind and a helping hand.

Honestly speaking, I am not rich – truly I am not. I don’t have million nor hundred thousand, own a house and lot, car or bank account. But more than material things, I want to experience what those ordinary generous people have. May God keep my family healthy, safe and intact; provides for our daily needs and have my kids at school for their future – to have them are truly enough to keep with my promise.

Imagine, if all of us can share a portion of our blessings to less-privileged people, what a wonderful world it will be. If everyone has a giving heart, open hand and no corruption in our government, probably poverty is no longer a problem in Philippines.

Everyone can share their blessings, any amount is truly valuable. As we honor God's abundance to our lives, we can be a help to others. May we all have the eagerness to plant a seed of life, assuredly God will bless us in hundredfold - so abundant that “there will not be room enough to receive it".  Malachi 3:8-10

I believe that God bless me through people that personally don't know who I am, and so I want to be a blessings to others. Let us all be fruitful as He allow us to bear His fruits beyond our needs and not our wants. HE ALWAYS GIVES US MORE THAN WE HAVE GIVEN HIM.

image were grabbed at CBN Asia facebook page

CBN Asia continuously educates people that we are God's children and He prosper us in everything we need. In years, I have been receiving inspirational gifts from them that open my mind into new learning opportunities. As it works to me, I pray that God may  touch your heart as you read this post, so His ministry will be greatly known in all nation.

In my coming post, I will share to you how these gifts had change my views and inspired me to be a God's steward. Thanks a lot for your time, may God bless us all much more than we ask for.