Sovereignty!

God is revealing many things to me lately about sovereignty. The word sovereignty itself so profound, it would be hard for anyone to describe it one word. I think when you encounter this word, you will need a lot of dictionaries, thesaurus and many vocabulary books – but still you will end up taking a deep breath, an inhale and exhale, and saying, “Woo! This word is such a hard one to explain.”

I’ve heard many teachings about God as the ultimate subject for sovereignty. That is very true! Yet there are a lot of times in the bible where you may feel or think that God is not that sovereign. There were many circumstances in which God planned and chose Israel to rule over all nations, but there were also times when the Israelites had been slaves of many nations, for so many years. Prophets who were called to speak forth what would happen to nations were put to death by the nation itself. Christ-followers in the New Testament whom Jesus sent to the nations to bring the good news were burned, bitten by lions and persecuted. Where was God when all of these things happened? Where was He sleeping when Israel was held captive by different nations? Was He numb when all of his prophets in the Old testament were put to death? Was He blind to see when Jesus’ followers were persecuted ? Is He really a sovereign God?

As I study the bible, I find many sides of the stories in which I didn’t really attribute God as being sovereign. Sometimes I tend to focus on the negative sides of the stories. But later, as I meditate on the Word sovereignty, I realized God uses all people, all times, all events, all situations and all venues to place or to show His power over all His creation. That is sovereignty, Himself! God is never late, never tired, never lost and never failing to show how powerful He is and that He is in control of everything.

When sin entered the world in the time of Adam and Eve. He used Eve, letting the evil one think he would win over God’s creation. And when Eve accepted and tempted Adam, the evil one was happy and enjoying his time ruling over mankind. Most especially, when God sent Adam and Eve away from paradise. But God is sovereign to overpower the evil one’s plan. The woman he used to enter into the world is used to defeat him. How awesome and powerful God is. He is so wise to plan it all ahead of time.

God, as being the sovereign God, knows everything, can do anything, and is present in any place at any time. He sees us, works though us, and uses us to disperse His ultimate purpose for everyone of us. And the most of important thing to know is He never fails!!!

There were a lot times when we feel that God has left us in our difficult times, we’ve been betrayed and trampled by many trials of circumstances, and didn’t you wonder how you were able to overcome it all? For sure there will be more of it in the near future, but I am sure you can find a way to overcome it again and again. Of one thing I am sure, if we will let God rule over our lives, let Him direct our paths, and consult Him in every decision, He is sovereign to empower us to overcome every challenge that gets in our way. He is powerful, knows all things, and is present everywhere at every time. God is sovereign!

The Story of Three Youth

This year’s Windows YP (youth missions conference) theme is, “Walk On Water”. With just a title we want to give you a great challenge to dare yourself to live the impossible. This challenge may seem hard to digest at first. And you may think that nobody will surely do it. Who would have thought with a right mind to walk on water? This challenge is very huge and overwhelming to take on.

But three youth from Family Christian Fellowship (FCF) in Bataan, took the challenge. These are Keshie, Queenie and Shervin. These youth accepted the challenge to walk on water. They applied the principle of faith and dared to live the impossible. Their act of faith brought fire to our hearts and truly impacted and encouraged us because we are seeing results of the training in the lives of youth. These youth are a good example of that.

We saw that they are really living the impossible. They’ve come from a province part of the Philippines to minister to youth here in the city. Though they have not a lot of resources like money, they live in faith, accept the big challenge, and they have ministered to the youth from IT Tender Ministry and helped in a church’s Vacation Bible School. Their faith moved them to respond to the call to touch the lives of the youth here in the city even without very much in their pockets.

As we concluded their mission trip here in Makati, we interviewed and debriefed them. From this interview, we heard great testimonies of their experiences ministering to youth. They have learned many lessons, their relationship with God has deepened, and their hearts have burned with passion for the lost. They said that they will take what they have learned and pass it on to their church and keep doing missions now with their own church. And if God will lead them to mobilize youth to respond to the call of missions, then, they will do it!

These youth are precious to us and we hope there will be more of them. More youth to respond to the call of missions and many youth to experience how to walk on water.




Keshie at IT Tender Ministry




Queenie with kids at VBS





Shervin with kid at VBS




Keshie, Queenie and Shervin at IT Tender Ministry