Aileen Casiple

Repentance means you have changed and you are not going back.
-Kevin Zadai

If you don't discern who Jesus is, you don't get what He has.
-Kevin Zadai

Jesus spoke “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life"

People would rather feel comfortable with lies than accepting the truth then feel.. uncomfortable
-Kevin Zadai

If God said that you cannot fail. What would you do different today?

For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world [with all its pleasures], and forfeit his soul?
Mark 8:36

“If you have to be persuaded, reminded, pressured, lied to, incentivized, coerced, bullied, socially shamed, guilt-tripped, threatened, punished and criminalized ... If all of this is considered necessary to gain your compliance -- you can be absolutely certain that what is being promoted is not in your best interest.” - Ian Watson

Remember this quote from the movie "Starting over again" starring Piolo Pascual and Toni Gonzaga? You might not remember Iza Calzado on the movie but you just got to love her when she said "in love there is no fear" It makes you think that if you are currently in a relationship and there is fear then it is not love. Considering to step away from a relationship that has fear because there is no more love in it because perfect love casts out fear.. Who has perfect love that can casts out fear? Jesus Christ! Invite Jesus in your life as your Savior and Lord and ask Him to save you from fear, surrender yourself to Him for He is Love and there is no fear in Jesus.1 John 4:8.

Christmas is a time of manifest destiny!
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. (Isaiah 9:6-7)

It's the most wonderful time of the year!
I agree! with the party left and right, exchanging gifts here and there! Christmas plus new year celebration. whoa! Lechon everyday! getting home late, going to sleep late. Imagine all the parties but please don't forget about your health and tell yourself I will eat healthy foods after, or I will go on diet after. It is a festive season but make sure you take care of your body too, not too much inasal and alcohol especially that you don't eat them too often and suddenly in just one night finished the whole lechon, whoaw! Please control yourselves this festive season alright? 1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.🙌

Year 2020 is almost ending, a few more days and another year is coming. How has year 2020 treated you? May we only remember the beautiful things/happenings. Did you experience breakthrough this year? How many prayers were answered by God? Did you have promotion this year? Did you have a new business this year? What have you achieved this year with the Lord? Did you have new relationships developed this year? I am sure 2020 is still considered one of the most beautiful year God has for us. Amen?

A lot of people expecting 2020 a beautiful year but when COVID came and surprising death of the basketball star Kobe Bryant, all the lockdown, stay at home, no travels, cancellation of plans. whew! Finally 2020 is ending soon in 3 days but let me take this time still to be thankful to My Abba Father God of 2020, it has been a year of breakthrough, miracles, and favor from Him. Despite of Covid and what it brought this year, God still won! Praise the Lord Jesus Christ Forever. I can close the year 2020 with a grateful heart and open the new year 2021 with an expectant heart of His grace. Hallelujah!

Why are we giving gifts on Christmas day? I personally believe that giving gifts is a representation that on Christmas day a saviour is born and it is the most wonderful gift that we could ever receive and that is why we practice giving gifts on Christmas to remember the greatest gift that we could ever receive. Jesus Christ who was born on Christmas day.
Thank You Jesus for the blood you shed for the forgiveness of our sins, would you pray this prayer with me.

Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. Make me the person that You created me to be by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

It is Christmas to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ who was conceived by a Virgin , Mary through the power of the Holy Spirit. By the blood of Jesus Christ we have the power and authority, come and pray this prayer with me:

You love me so much, and I am so grateful for that love. Without You, I would still be lost and in sin. But because of everything You have done for me, today I am free; my life is blessed; Jesus is my Lord; Heaven is my home; and Satan has no right to control me. In the might Name of Jesus. Amen

Merry Christmas to your family! As we celebrate Christmas let us also take time to thank Jesus who is the reason for this season! He is the greatest gift that we could ever have in this life, Receive Jesus Christ's wonderful and powerful blood which was poured out for you and for me. Hallelujah!
Simply read this prayer with me and mean it with your heart:
Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. Make me the person that you created to be by the help of the Holy Spirit. Amen

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
2 Cor 10:4

Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy
-Robert Tew

“Outer order contributes to inner calm.”
-Gretchen Rubin

“Do the thing you think you cannot do.”

I love the passion translation bible cuz it gives me a whole new level in reading the Word of God, this is a blog of Lisa Bevere, John's wife about
Begin with What You Know

“I’m afraid I will miss God.”

I find this statement to be one of the most common concerns among the most selfless and tenderhearted Christians. On the surface, this fear of “missing God” sounds noble, but time has taught me that the enemy pounces on it, then uses it to entrap people. It is his ploy to make everything about our performance rather than our trust in God’s grace. It changes the focus to our ability to follow rather than his ability to lead.

This makes our Christian walk fear driven rather than love and faith based. The enemy of our souls knows that every child of God wants to please their Father. Satan attempts to pervert our godly desire to follow God’s leading by questioning every move we make until confusion traps us in inaction.

Listen, Jesus is not trying to trick you. He would not tell us to follow if it were impossible. His ways are simple, but they are not easy. The enemy knows that one way to stop the purehearted is to freeze them with the fear of making a wrong move. He knows that the immobilized cannot follow.

I want you to hear me, lovely godchild: I actually believe that if your heart is pure, it is impossible to miss God. Why do I think this? He is just too big of a target to miss.

Ponder that thought as you answer these questions:

Where can you aim and not come in contact with God?
Where can you reach and not touch something that declares his existence?
Where can you look and not see the fingerprints of his majesty?
But let’s not stop there. Look up, and you will discover his wonder in the stars. Look down and see his glory in a flower. The mountains’ heights remind us that he is our Rock of refuge. The ocean’s roar declares his undeniable might. The wind awakens our souls to his unseen presence as it whispers, “There is more.”

We are promised that if we will but seek him with all our heart, he will be found by us. And if this knowledge doesn’t inspire you, there is yet more good news. You, lovely godchild, are surrounded. Never again imagine there is a place or circumstance where you are alone.

Who else but the Spirit of God is omnipresent? Omnipresent literally means “present in all places at all times.” No moment or place exists without his presence; there has never been a space void of him, not in your past, present, or future.

Try as they might, your parents weren’t capable of this. Your friends can’t be this to you, and if your husband is like mine, he isn’t all that present even when he is present. But none of this is true of the Holy Spirit.

Godchild, would the one who sent his only begotten Son to rescue you watch for your failure or look for an excuse to abandon you? God forbid the thought! Lovely one, fear not: you are his—redeemed, washed, beloved, and righteous in his sight.

As his, is there anywhere you can go that our Father is not present? King David pondered this question and reflected on the awe of God’s intimate presence in Psalm 139:

“You’ve gone into my future to prepare the way, and in kindness you follow behind me to spare me from the harm of my past. With your hand of love upon my life, you impart a blessing to me. This is just too wonderful, deep, and incomprehensible! Your understanding of me brings me wonder and strength.”

Psalm 139:5–6 TPT
David says he is surrounded by God. I believe this is both spatial as well as dimensional. God is in our past and future. Our Father is more than an observer; he is in touch with us. David described this as God’s hand upon his life.

God is involved with us. He is that hand of comfort as well as the one that takes us by the hand to lead us. His hand is upon our head in blessing. He is the hand that holds us back from danger. When God puts his hand on something, it confers blessing and an awareness of his anointing. David called this awareness too wonderful and far beyond our ability to comprehend.

Are you hearing this?

An awareness of God is meant to overwhelm us. In this moment, he is there with you, even as he is here with me. God’s presence doesn’t require a church building, a song, or a sermon. His children are the focus of his presence. Emmanuel means “God with us,” and this one word is our reassurance of his presence.

Now, with all that said, it is time to break the bonds of fear and move forward. Godchild, you possess a greater power than any imaginary magic wand. It is the power of choice. You have the right to decide that tomorrow will be different!

What are the areas of life where you have been frozen by the fear of missing God? What is one action you can take now to begin moving forward?

How to Stay Continually Filled and Overflowing in the Holy Spirit
by Che Ahn

I first saw Che Ahn personally was in a conference in Singapore. He believes in a great revival and I wanted to share his blog about our relationship with Holy Spirit. Enjoy reading as he reveals his own secret on what he do everyday.

Imagine you are one of the twelve disciples sitting with Jesus at the Last Supper. You have traveled with him for over three years, enjoying close fellowship with him and witnessing a multitude of miracles and unprecedented teachings. All of a sudden, he tells you that he is about to leave the earth and asserts that you will be better off if he goes. You might naturally ask the disciple next to you, “What in the world is he talking about?”

Jesus affirmed to his disciples:

Your hearts are filled with sadness because I’ve told you these things. But here’s the truth: It’s to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away the Divine Encourager will not be released to you. But after I depart, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will expose sin and prove that the world is wrong about God’s righteousness and his judgments.

John 16:6—8 TPT
The truth of the matter is that it is “to your advantage” that Jesus returned to his Father—because you need the Holy Spirit to be your Divine Encourager! The Holy Spirit is the greatest gift to the Church next to the gift of salvation. He is the third person of the Trinity and God himself. I often say, “The presence of the Holy Spirit is not just the icing on the cake—it is the cake!”

If you are born again, there is no doubt that you have the Holy Spirit within you (see Romans 8:9). Yet there is something more for believers to embrace: the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus promised in Acts 1:8:

The Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will be filled with power. And you will be my messengers to Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinces — even to the remotest places on earth!

Acts 1:8
Receiving the Power
Throughout the history of the Church, many great generals in God’s army were able to identify a distinct experience when they received the power of God. And this experience was what propelled them into greater levels of fruitfulness and effectiveness in ministering to others. This type of encounter has been described in many different terms, such as being “baptized in the Holy Spirit,” receiving the “gift of the Holy Spirit,” or being “filled with the Holy Spirit.” Regardless of which term you use, these men and women of God definitely received the same thing: the power of the Holy Spirit.

I am emphasizing a distinct experience here because there seems to be a pattern with this taking place after a person’s conversion. Of course, I believe the two encounters could happen simultaneously (see Acts 10), but testimonies tend to show that this infilling of the Holy Spirit comes as a distinct encounter following a believer’s conversion.

The beautiful thing about the Holy Spirit is that God wants you to be filled often. I have said that there is one baptism of the Holy Spirit, but there are many fillings with the same Holy Spirit. The apostle Paul exhorts in Ephesians 5:18:

And don’t get drunk with wine, which is rebellion; instead be filled with the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 5:18
In the Greek text, the word for “be filled” is actually in the continuous present tense, giving the verse the meaning, “Be continually filled with the fullness of the Holy Spirit.”

Each encounter with the Holy Spirit is unique and powerful in its own right. After Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River, he received the Holy Spirit as it descended on him as gently as a dove (Matthew 3:16). On the Day of Pentecost, the disciples received the Holy Spirit with amazing manifestations:

Suddenly they heard the sound of a violent blast of wind rushing into the house from out of the heavenly realm. The roar of the wind was so overpowering it was all anyone could bear! Then all at once a pillar of fire appeared before their eyes. It separated into tongues of fire that engulfed each one of them. They were all filled and equipped with the Holy Spirit and were inspired to speak in tongues — empowered by the Spirit to speak in languages they had never learned.

Acts 2:2—4 TPT
Later in Acts, as the Church experienced persecution but responded by coming together in unified prayer, we see the believers again being filled with the Holy Spirit.

At that moment the earth shook beneath them, causing the building they were in to tremble. Each one of them was filled with the Holy Spirit, and they proclaimed the word of God with unrestrained boldness.

Acts 4:31 TPT
Even if you have received an infilling of the Spirit before, why not choose to receive more?

God wants you to embrace the power of the Holy Spirit, which will help you walk in a more victorious, fruitful life as a Christ follower. Being filled with the Spirit will make you a blessing to those who do not yet have knowledge of Jesus. So, by faith, receive the power and fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit!

A Life of Being Filled
Here are four practical ways that I have learned to stay continually filled with the Holy Spirit:

Every day I make the decision to walk in obedience to God. Scripture tells us that God freely gives the Holy Spirit “to those who hear and obey Him” (Acts 5:32). Jesus said, “If you truly desire to be my disciple, you must disown your life completely, embrace my ‘cross’ as your own, and surrender to my ways” (Luke 9:23 TPT). This is an attitude of the heart. We have the daily opportunity to offer our lives to God as “his sacred, living sacrifices” and to “live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart” (Romans 12:1 TPT)—it is our authentic expression of worship.
When I get up in the morning and later throughout my day, I have made it a daily habit to ask the Father to fill me afresh with the Holy Spirit. If we need to drink plenty of water on a daily basis to be healthy, how much more should we drink of the Holy Spirit by asking him to fill us so we can stay spiritually sharp and healthy? Luke 11:13 says, “If imperfect parents know how to lovingly take care of their children and give them what they need, how much more will the perfect heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit’s fullness when his children ask him.” So, in faith ask the Father to fill you, and by faith receive that infilling. “Ask, and the gift is yours. Seek, and you’ll discover. Knock, and the door will be opened for you” (Matthew 7:7 TPT).
I continually focus my eyes on the vision of a great revival and harvest. Keeping myself focused on the big picture gives me a holy dissatisfaction with the status quo. It helps me stay hungry for the more that God has for us. Jesus said, “How enriched you are when you crave righteousness! For you will be surrounded with fruitfulness” (Matthew 5:6 TPT).
Finally, I am intentional about receiving impartation from others who are full of the Holy Spirit. I am a “God chaser,” and those whom he has anointed carry his glory. These may be people in your environment: your pastors or anointed, godly individuals in your church or city. If you find that you have a strong hunger for impartation, consider visiting another church, city, or nation where a move of God is taking place. You may want to immerse yourself in a global revival hotspot, like China, India, Africa, Brazil, and Indonesia.
Each one of us was made to manifest the glory of God and host his presence. As we continue to desire more of God, honor the Holy Spirit, and surrender our hearts to him, staying continually filled and overflowing in the Holy Spirit will be a natural and everyday occurrence for us.

You Were Not Made To Worry
by Katherine Ruonala

One of my inspiration of having an intimate relationship with God is Miss Katherine and clearly she functions in the supernatural, I believe you will be blessed as you read her blog.

“Lord, you know all my desires and deepest longings. My tears are liquid words and you can read them all.”

Psalm 38:9 TPT

One of the most precious gifts I have been given is to know the Holy Spirit as my Comforter (John 14:26; Acts 9:31). There have been days I have walked and talked with him and felt his arms around me as I have cried. He interprets my tears and listens to me as I pour out my heart to him. He is my most trusted and faithful friend. The Holy Spirit has spoken words of comfort to my heart as I have fellowshipped with him in the daytime and comforted me with revelation through my dreams at night. Let’s discover how comprehensively he meets the needs of our hearts.

I remember being blessed with a day off in Florida a few years ago, and it was delightful. I had been ministering there every single day, so I was especially grateful for the break. I took a walk to talk with the Holy Spirit. I was just enjoying my surroundings and the conversation. But as he spoke to me, I suddenly realized that my thoughts had been subconsciously filled with worries. These were things I didn’t have the right to be worried about. As I was talking with the Lord, I heard his voice say, “You were not made to think about these things.”

I realized I had a default setting I didn’t even know was there. In my inward conversation—that stream of thoughts we all have—I had developed the habit of worrying about things at a subconscious level. A lot of it was focused on what I needed, how this or that situation was going to work out, what if something bad happened or got in the way, and so on. As my mind began to relax, it was as if a pile of problems began to rise to the surface and release. I had been spending a lot of mental energy on thinking how to fix them. I’d fallen into a trap of living in a place of worry.

Before this, if someone had asked me if I was a worrier, I would have said no. I don’t think I’m a worrier by nature. In fact, I think I’m a pretty happy person. But the Holy Spirit was showing me that my mind was reverting to an old human pattern of anxiety. Most of us have a tendency to ask “what if?” about practically everything. That tendency had been lying beneath the surface of my conscious thoughts. The Holy Spirit brought it to the surface and gently reminded me that I wasn’t made to think about such things. Worry is a thief of peace and joy.

When I was in Atlanta a few days later, Tony Thompson, a fellow pastor who didn’t know any of this that I’d been learning, began to prophesy. “God says you weren’t created to worry about anything,” he said. “Your mind needs to be set on the miracles and the things he is going to do.” That got my attention. It’s so easy for our thinking to get filled up with questions: “How, God? When? Why did this happen? What’s going to happen? What if … ?” These questions can be relentless. There’s a difference between living in anticipation of what God is going to do and living in anxiety about what might happen, and our minds default to the latter if we’re not intentional about taking thoughts of worry and exchanging them for his truth.

“We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One.”

2 Corinthians 10:5 TPT
We’re told to cast all our anxieties on the Lord because he cares for us. Preoccupation with fears and concerns is not part of our design.

“Pour out all your worries and stress upon him and leave them there, for he always tenderly cares for you.”

1 Peter 5:7 TPT
Perhaps you thought that life with the Holy Spirit was all about external fruit—seeing miracles, declaring God’s words, and ministering in power. Those manifestations are certainly part of our relationship with him. We are seeing more and more of them in our day. But if you want to walk in power outwardly, you will need to make some inward adjustments. The power of the Holy Spirit begins with him working inside us to bring us comfort. Personal, intimate fellowship with the Holy Spirit is the birthplace of demonstrated power.

I woke up unusually early one day recently, and as I struggled to get back to sleep, I heard the kind voice of the Holy Spirit invite me to come and have a cuddle with him. I was out of bed like a shot. Who could resist an invitation like that? I had such a sweet time as we fellowshipped together while the rest of the house was asleep. When you have moments such as this with the Holy Spirit, you may be tempted to use the time to remind him of what you’ve been struggling with and how unworthy you are. Thankfully, nothing in the kingdom is based on your worthiness; it’s all based on Jesus’ worthiness and your faith in the fact that he lives within you. The Holy Spirit knows everything you’re going through, and none of it is a hindrance to his love. He hasn’t written you off. He says, “Come. Don’t worry. Let me give you my words; they will encourage and comfort you. Let me help you remember who you are. Let me show you who the Father is so your heart can settle down and you can come into a place of peace and joy.”

The Holy Spirit wants to comfort you, change your thinking, and set you free so he can make room for you to think about something better. You are not called to think like a mere human; you’re called to have Christ’s perceptions (1 Cor. 2:16). You are called to have God’s love be the root and source of your life:

“By constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life.”

Ephesians 3:17 TPT
Knowing this love is the only way to be filled with the fullness of God (Eph. 3:19). Have you ever noticed that God promises to achieve infinitely more than what we can ask or think “for his miraculous power constantly energizes you” (Eph. 3:20 TPT)? It isn’t just for us; it’s in us. This kind of inner power comes from knowing and believing him, not from going through the right motions. It begins in our hearts and minds.

Allow the Comforter to help you today. He understands you better than anyone else and loves you more than you could ever understand. Today, he is with you to comfort and encourage you. Open your heart to him and be vulnerable. Let him interpret your tears and breathe fresh hope into your soul, for he is love itself, and he is waiting for you today.

A Fresh Perspective on Faithfulness
by John Bevere

I wanted to share this to anyone who is going to read, this changed my perspective regarding faithfulness and I feel we really need to think and take action after reading this blog by John Bevere.

Throughout my years of travelling, I’ve often asked my audiences what their definition of “faithfulness” is. Common responses I’ve received have been “loyal,” “committed,” “consistent,” “reliable,” and “steadfast.” All these are accurate definitions; but there’s a word Jesus associates with faithfulness that I rarely hear: “multiplication.”

For more clarity, let’s recall the parable of financial stewardship (see Matthew 25:14–30). A master entrusted three different servants with unique gifts, each according to their ability. Two of them went out and multiplied what was given to them, and, as a result, they were called “faithful.” This is a very important point we must not miss: The master said, “You have been a faithful steward.” You can look at it whichever way you like, but there’s nothing else—no action, virtue, or result—highlighted other than multiplication. So Jesus directly attributed being faithful to a person’s ability to multiply.

Now, the third servant was afraid and buried his coins. His master called him “untrustworthy and lazy!” This is definitely an attention-grabber. In this parable, Jesus was not talking about salvation, but rather the judgment of how we handle our gifts—resulting in either being rewarded or suffering loss for our labor.

Let’s look at the word “lazy” for a moment. The Greek word for “lazy” is oknērós. This word is defined as “delay,” “slow,” “tardy,” “slothful,” or “lazy.” Another lexicon defines it as “pertaining to shrinking from or hesitating to engage in something worthwhile, possibly implying lack of ambition.” If you’re fearful, hesitant, or lack ambition, you’ll refrain from engaging in an activity that could or should be done. Have you ever felt the urge to do something—you just couldn’t shake it, especially when in prayer—but you faltered too long because you feared failing? Then you watched someone else do it? Afterward you likely thought to yourself, I had that idea and should’ve acted on it.

This is Jesus’s point regarding this servant. He hesitated, not just once or twice, but for the entire period of his stewardship. Listen, it’s acceptable a time or two, since we usually grow from these situations. But if we flirt with hesitation long enough, then we’ll frustrate what God wants to accomplish through us.

When the Lord first asked me to write, I hesitated for ten months. I was afraid of writing. If I’m honest, my hesitation stemmed from a history of past failures—I had failed time and time again in writing. I had terrible SAT and ACT scores in writing and reading comprehension, numerous negative teacher critiques, poor grades, and a critical classmate. As you can see, history wasn’t on my side! On top of all that, Lisa and I had just birthed our ministry, and to write a book would require a lot more of my time and energy, which already seemed maxed out.

But fast-forward a couple decades, and now the books are national and international bestsellers in over one hundred languages, numbering in the tens of millions. As I look back, I often wonder: What if I had hesitated too long and didn’t obey? Where would I be today? Would I have ended up being called “lazy” before the judgment seat? I shudder to think of the extent of my lost opportunity and the lives I would’ve failed to impact!

At the time, I didn’t realize my destiny was wrapped up in writing! If you had said to me during my twenties, “John, God will send you to the nations of the world through your books,” I would have laughed at you and said, “You’ve lost your mind! I can’t even write a three-page paper!”

With all that said, you’re probably feeling a little uncomfortable. I don’t blame you! But here’s the fabulous news: You’re not asked to multiply in your own strength. God’s grace will empower you to go beyond your natural abilities and limitations. Your inadequacy is an opportunity to depend on his grace for empowerment. When you do this, you will enter into true rest—ceasing your own efforts, no longer striving to produce results. Ultimately, this rest is to cooperate with God’s ability to accomplish your mission. When you enter rest, God will lead you to multiply!

Over more than forty years of ministry, I’ve realized that you’ll never be truly satisfied in life until you take your unique God-given gifts and multiply them for the benefit of others. As I close, pay attention to Paul’s exhortation to keep our gifts dusted off and active:
“Fan into a flame and rekindle the fire of the spiritual gift God imparted to you . . . For God will never give you the spirit of fear, but the Holy Spirit who gives you mighty power, love, and self-control.”

2 Timothy 1:6–7 TPT

No true follower of Jesus wants to be identified as lazy. I certainly don’t, and I’m sure you don’t either!