In this episode, I will discuss why vulnerability is so amazing, how it impacts our relationship horizontally and vertically, with God and with other people.

The dictionary meaning of "vulnerable" means "capable of being physically wounded." Ouch, right?

In my experience, being vulnerable before was a sign of weakness, but it's actually a sign of strength. Because we're not made to battle alone, we're made by God to journey and battle together.

Vulnerability allows us to be humble because we're not always the strong person.

Vulnerability makes people have a safe space to be honest and raw with themselves.

Vulnerability directs us to go back to Jesus, because we can't do it all alone.

I hope and pray that this episode to see the beauty of vulnerability.

Finally! I'm back in this podcasting journey.

Did you know that one of the reasons why I delayed recording my episodes in this podcast because I struggle so hard to find the perfect timing, script, thoughts on how I can share another topic—in short, I strive to search for perfection.

What does the Bible say about perfectionism? If God is holy and perfect, then we should imitate Him, right? But how can we balance excellence as a form of worship, not a performance-based Gospel?

In this Episode, we'll dive in how to overcome perfectionism and have a fresh mindset on how we perform and serve for the Lord only.

Listen to this new and fresh episode!

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Working in the corporate world, excelling in your studies as a student, and serving ministry can be fulfilling but at the same time exhausting. You were longing for the passion, drive, and motivation you once had, and the joy when you started. 

This is for those people who were once on fire going to church, who once have their passion to do their goals in life and be in the ministry.

My heart is to reach out to those people who got burned out in the journey and being in the church for so many years, you've found yourself being obliged to do it just because you're pressured, you tried to look like the "good person", and you keep on proving yourself to people just to feel accepted and loved.

I know that it's not what God called us to do. "Yung mapagod sa work at pagseserve." So how to balance this life? The answer is "Rest." God is calling us to slow down and to have healthy boundaries for ourselves. When we pause and take a break, we trust in the Lord that He can do it—we are humbled that it's okay to be weak and to admit that we need help.

In this 7th episode of my podcast, I invite you to listen and reflect on your life, are you becoming a workaholic? Do you find your identity in the ministry? But are you also too full of yourself by just resting?

I've invited to discuss this episode with me by my ever-supportive-intentional-influencer online Christian friend, Ate Shamira Macoto, who's a teacher based in Hongkong and also a Sunday school teacher in their church!

Philippians 1:6; “being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” ✨

Follow my podcast #BloomScape, I hope that this will speak encouragement to you and reach the weariness of your heart. 🤍

In this episode we will study the passage in the Book of Zepaniah in this verse,

"Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger." Zepaniah 2:3

This episode focuses on the area of pride vs. humility because we usually don't pray for humility. That there's a beauty in being humble, just like what Jesus did at the Cross for me and you. And that God blesses those who seek Him first rather the things of this world.

I pray that this will encourage us to become more Christlike and to choose Jesus even in the highs and lows of our lives.

In this episode, we will meditate and reflect in this Psalm of David (Psalm 23). May this be a reminder for you that God is a personal-loving-caring-protecting God, not a distant God whom you think. He cares for you. He loves you. He wants to be with you.

"The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever."

When we hear the word "brokenness" in this world, it has a negative connotation, it's not a positive thing to be broken—no one prays for it. But in the Bible, we will see how God uses our pain and brokenness for His Glory.

That He meets us even in the darkest and messiest part of our lives.

That He is walking with us during suffering and He humbles Himself to show us that even God, Jesus Himself, experienced brokenness just to redeem and save us because we are sinful and helpless.

That He can make a brand new story and new beginning to our lives. He reminds and calls us that He is a God of comfort and a God of many chances where we can have a new identity in Him.

The blessing in the breaking is God Himself. Because during that painful season of yours, you'll know that only Him can satisfy you and mend every part of you that needs healing.

(In this episode we'll study the passage Genesis 32:22-32 "Jacob Wrestles with God" and how you and I can relate on what He experienced. Hope that you'll learn through this episode! Enjoy listening!)

Maybe you have already asked yourself of this question. And these are just some of the factors and questions that you can consider on praying and preparing for your future marriage. The goal of this post if not for you to find the right person, but to become the right person that you've been praying for. Isn't it unfair that you're praying for a godly man but you're not preparing and equipping yourself to be a godly woman as well? That's why the main purpose of marriage is to reflect Christ's love to the church. It's not self-seeking, it is serving one another in love.

In this new podcast episode, we'll discuss that it's possible that you're single and still satisfied.

I think this topic is so much relatable and relevant in our generation today where having a relationship has been so romanticized like it's the end-goal or once you finally found your partner then you're more blessed. I also realized that we got this idea of being "finally complete" because of the pagan culture and in Greek mythology where it says that humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.

Which is not true in Scriptures, according to the Bible, we're not sliced apart from one another, but God who seeks a personal relationship with us, but because of our sin we have been separated. Yet, there's a good news! Jesus made the way for us at the Cross for us to be reconciled where justice, mercy, grace, and love was given all at once.

This episode is not anti-relationships. Marriage is a wonderful and even glorious, just imagining yourself walking at the aisle looking at your future spouse, it's indeed a blessing to love and to be loved. But it is secondary to our spiritual identity as children of God and marriage won’t even exist in heaven (Matt. 22:30).

1. Marriage has been the end goal.

Truth: Seek God's kingdom first, not marriage. (Matthew 6:33)

2. If you're serving the Lord and content, God will give you your God's best.

(Prosperity Gospel)

-Truth: You can live a life worthy of your calling not doing it to seek our own desires but His plans for us.

3. Being single means you're less valuable.

-Truth: There are both blessings and testing in singleness and marriage season.

4. You need sex to be fulfilled.

Truth: Jesus is the great example of having a fulfilled and meaningful life. God has given us His Holy Spirit to control our bodies, not to be controlled by it.

5. Christians are more concern about their lovelife rather than their goals in life.

When we talk to our single Christian and not Christian friends, do we focus on their life by just asking them, "When will you have a partner?" "When will you get married?"

I am leaving you all with this verse,

"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength." Philippians 4:11-13

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Where to find our hope as we start this new year and new beginnings? What if your plans don't go the way you wanted it to happen? You see, we all face uncertainity in our future and difficulties along the process. So how to start again? How can we find our motivation to wake up each day? What makes the journey meaningful? Why are we doing what we are doing? These questions will be answered in our first episode. According to Lamentations 3:23, "God's mercy is always new every morning." and in Psalm 30:5 "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning." God gives us His grace and mercy to continue each day. Even if there might pain from your past, you can start again. Also, you don't need to worry about your future, according to Matthew 6:34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” My friend, surrender your plans to the Lord this year. It's okay if your pace is slow as we start again. Enjoy the present season that you have. The journey is full not because of your destination, but it's because the process itself. We're called to run the race with perseverance, not to run fast. And you can be joyful in every season that you have because we know that God will never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus provided Himself for us and that is more than enough, so as we start each day, we can find stay hopeful and joyful bacause it can be found in Jesus Christ.