deeperthanyesterday

**These are some collections of thoughts and reflections in my notes during the service. Not intended for formal essays, blogs nor academic writing. Upon seeing a person for the first time either in person or photo an individual could comment, " Parang bata "[like a child] 1 . Regardless of where you came from, we know the implied interpretation of that comment. Another scenario is that meeting a person for the first time and observing how he acts and behaves then commenting, " Parang bata ". 2 The difference is significant. These 2 statements are associated with the element of human life, growth. The first aspect mentioned focuses on the outward appearance the second one pertains to behavioral or psychological. Depending on how one categorizes life and growth there is always one aspect that is common to most of the worldviews in the world, the spiritual aspect. "The words that come out of our mouths are an indicator/barometer of our Growth in God". 3 Th...

**These are some collections of thoughts and reflections in my notes during the service. Not intended for formal essays, blogs nor academic writing.      The idea of personal revival has been mentioned at the end of the service. On the superficial level, it seems we are limited. The truth of the matter is that we are stuck at home. In our living area. Visiting other households or even other entertainment areas is discouraged. We are confined within the limits of our boundaries at home. 1 What do we do next?      Instead of looking at what we can't do, how about if we can focus on developing our inner self, our inner being. Some would call it personal revival.       It doesn't matter if you are young or old, or if you are new in Christ or not if you are a minister or not. Personal revival brings our lives to the next level of who we really are inside. We have to prepare because we are in the battle in this life. "Therefore take up the who...

These are some collections of thoughts and reflections in my notes during the service. Not intended for formal essays, blogs nor academic writing. The secret to unity is to be more humble rather than boastful. The enemy of unity is pride, conceit, and disrespect. 1 I tried to think of the times where I'm prone to move towards pride instead of acting in humility. Working in Starbucks came to my mind.  After years of hiatus, I came back working as a barista again and formally undergo through training even the basic ones. My patience and humility have been tested on 2 major components of the profession. 1. Every time there is a new hire or re-hire of the company the person has to undergo through watching training videos and answering the quizzes by the end of each chapter. Some people, and at least for me has the tendency to skip these parts and are tempted to say, "I know all this. I don't have to do it". 2. The other major component is making drinks. In Starbucks, we ...