STANDING FIRM IN MY FAITH AND CONVICTION!

Though I have been living with the devils,
Though I have been singing with the devil's angels,
Though satan and his disciples are together with me in GOD's temple,
I still stand firm in my faith.

I do believe I am inside the TRUE CHURCH,
The ONLY CHURCH that has her SALVATION,
I do believe my services are acknowledged by the TRUE GOD,
For my ONLY GOAL is to follow HIS WILL and to give HIM pleasure!


I have seen wickedness inside this TRUE CHURCH,
Her members are NOT ALL RIGHTEOUS, NOT ALL VIRTUOUS!
Though most of them hold the Church Offices,
But their deeds speak more than their words.


There's no DIFFERENCE AT ALL WITH THE CATHOLICS,
Members here are also wicked, crooked, and alcoholic,
Some are rapists, some are gang members,
Most are traitors, NOT TRUE BELIEVERS!


BUT I DON'T STAY INSIDE THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF THEM,
THEY ARE NOT THE ONES I AM WORSHIPING,
THEY ARE NOT THE ONES I HAVE TO GIVE PLEASURE TO,
THEY ARE NOT THE ONES I NEED TO FOLLOW!


I AM STAYING INSIDE THE CHURCH OF CHRIST,
THOUGH HER MEMBERS ARE JUST THE SAME WITH OTHER CHURCHES,
UNRIGHTEOUS, CROOKED, WICKED, LIAR, DISHONEST, AND IMMORAL,
ALL DEVILISH THINGS ARE COMMITTED,
DESPITE THE TEACHINGS WE RECEIVE FROM THE CHURCH ADMINSTRATION!


I AM STAYING INSIDE THE CHURCH OF CHRIST,
BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONLY CHURCH,
TO BE SAVED COME JUDGMENT DAY!
I AM STAYING,
BECAUSE I NEED TO BE SAVED.
AS MY MOM ALWAYS TOLD ME,
THE CHURCH DOESN'T NEED ME,
BUT I NEED THE CHURCH,
SO I CAN BE SAVED.

I HAVE TO PERSEVERE TILL THE END,
FOLLOWING THE WORDS AND WILL OF MY FATHER,
INSIDE HIS TRUE CHURCH,
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST,
DESPITE WICKEDNESS AND CROOKEDNESS
THAT I SAW IN HER MEMBERS!

MAY THE TRUE LIVING GOD
HELP ME IN THIS JOURNEY!
MAY THE TRUE LIVING GOD 
HELP ME OVERCOME CROOKEDNESS,
WICKEDNESS, AND POVERTY!


THIS IS MY STAND!
THIS IS MY FIRM CONVICTION!

Introducing the IGLESIA NI CRISTO or CHURCH OF CHRIST

This is the Central Temple of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) nestled in the heart of Quezon City, Philippines. This is where I go to attend our worship services and sing praises to our Almighty Father on Thursdays and Sundays. I belong to the English Choir. I always perform my duties as a member of the English choir at very early dawn on Thursdays and at 7 o' clock in the mornings of Sundays. As a choir member, I need to go to the Temple at least an hour before our choir drills. So expect that I need to wake up very, very early for my preparations every time I perform my duties.


Why am I so enthusiastically performing my duties? Why do I have to make sacrifices and deny myself because of my calling?

Maybe, you won't understand me if I will just state here the reasons why. It's much better to introduce to you, my Church, the Church of Christ or the Iglesia Ni Cristo.

For sure, Iglesia Ni Cristo or Church of Christ isn't really familiar to you. Here is the link to introduce my Church more to you.
http://www.incmedia.org/

To know more, please click here 
http://www.incmedia.org/watch/sof  

I hope to hear from you. 
Thank you.

NO HEART FOR CHARITY?

This time I wanna show the statistics which illustrates the number of hungry people around the world and the results of hunger being the number one health risk.


Source: http://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats

 
 

MORE HUNGER STATS

• 925 million people do not have enough to eat  and 98 percent of them live in developing countries. (Source: FAO news release, 14 September 2010)
• Asia and the Pacific region is home to over half the world’s population and nearly two thirds of the world’s hungry people;
  
  (Source: FAO news release, 2010)
• Women make up a little over half of the world's population, but they account for over 60 percent of the world’s hungry.
  (Source:  Strengthening efforts to eradicate hunger..., ECOSOC, 2007)
• 65 percent  of the world's hungry live in only seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia.
  (Source: FAO news release, 2010)
  

• Undernutrition contributes to five million deaths of children under five each year in developing countries.
  (Source: Under five deaths by cause, UNICEF, 2006)
• One out of four children - roughly 146 million - in developing countries is underweight
  (Source: The State of the World's Children, UNICEF, 2007)
• More than 70 percent of the world's underweight children (aged five or less) live in just 10 countries, with more than 50 per cent located in South Asia alone;
  (Source: Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition, UNICEF, 2006)
• 10.9 million children under five die in developing countries each year. Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases cause 60 percent of the deaths;
  (Source: The State of the World's Children, UNICEF, 2007)
• Iron deficiency is the most prevalent form of malnutrition worldwide, affecting an estimated 2 billion people. Eradicating iron deficiency can improve national productivity levels by as much as 20 percent.
  (Source:  World Health Organization, WHO Global Database on Anaemia)
• Iodine deficiency is the greatest single cause of mental retardation and brain damage, affecting 1.9 billion people worldwide. It can easily be prevented by adding iodine to salt.
  (Source:  World Nutrition Situation 5th report ,UN Standing Committee on Nutrition2005)

And according to this site, http://www.kidsagainsthunger.org/why_we_do_it.shtml,"""    1 .02 billion people around the world don't have enough food and every 6 seconds a child dies because of hunger".

Truly underweight, malnutrition, starvation, and deprivation are the major world health problems.

Indeed, many rich people ignore the present global scenario. As we all know rich become richer, and poor become poorer.

I dreamt of becoming rich. I wished to have millions and oodles of money to help people who are really starving to death. I have a dream of going to Africa to help African people educate themselves about the proper nutrition and help them develop their surviving skills.
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/famine-in-east-africa/100115/ 

But I have no means to fulfill this dream. 

Yesterday while I was surfing the internet, I saw and read this news article:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/golf-devil-ball-golf/tiger-woods-ex-wife-bulldozes-12-million-home-232405259.html 
It states that the wife of Tiger Woods bulldozed  her 12 million dollar home in North Palm Beach, Florida because she didn't like it. 

the 12-million-dollar mansion

the ruins

What a waste? Didn't she know that there are lots of people dying of hunger? Hasn't she heard this song?
http://youtu.be/v2y1pE3yn6M
" There are people dying............
if you care enough for the living"

Please don't waste anything that is valuable which can be used to make this world better. Have a heart. You can sell your house if you don't like it. Then donate the money to charity. Or if you want, you can look for all the street children or people living on the streets. Tell them to come to that house that you don't like. Invite them to live in that house instead of destroying it and throwing your million dollars.


There are many things to make use of something which you don't want anymore. Just look around and you will see the answer. Or give it to me because I don't own any house. I just rent. And I can easily ask street children to take over. I have friends here in the Philippines who are sleeping on the streets. I cannot offer any shelter to them. I have nothing to offer.


So anyone of you out there who wants to bulldoze your million dollars worth of house or wants to discard your money in the bank, think of us, think of the street children, think of the people sleeping on the streets, and think of those who are dying because of hunger. HAVE A HEART! GIVE FOR CHARITY!