A while ago, I was listening to the past preaching/services in Victory UBelt. Thank God there are audios/ podcast posted in Victory UBelt's site. I've always wanted to attend praise and worship services there but it doesn't fit my schedule as a student. For everyone's information, I am a Catholic but I love attending Born Again Christian's services but that doesn't mean that I am a bad Catholic, I just love hearing life lessons from ordinary people but I am not leaving the Catholic Church until I got married, and that is, if I'm gonna marry Dave. :p But don't get me wrong, changing my Religion won't change any my belief that God is the reason for everything. I would still praise the same God though some rituals are going to change. So going back to what I am suppose to blog, the first one that I have listened to was the service last February 25 which tackled about: "How to become Mr. and Ms. Right instead of looking for them."
"It wasn't us looking for it, it was God bringing two people together the same way God brought Eve to Adam"- Dennis Sy
Mr. Dennis Sy, a married man talked to the boys while his wife talked to the girls. He discussed the preparation a man needs in order to enter a relationship and of course marriage. This preparation is called, the "Leadership Preparation" Man should prepare himself to lead. He should be a man who can stand on his own, knowing what he needs to do and being certain in what he wants. As he goes on with his lecture he mentioned the "Peter Pan Syndrome" they are the boys who can't change, those men who has beards and mustache but still unsure with their lives, no priorities and no goals in life. He also mentioned that if you have a boyfriend who asks their parents for money just to date you, then give yourself a favor, break-up with that guy because that kind of guy is not ready to lead. Mr. Dennis Sy has given 4 ways on how to prepare. "If you're a man here, at wala ka naman balak pakasalan yan.. 'Wag ka nang text ng text! Kasi ang mga babae, pag tinext mo ng sweet, kahit gaano ka kapangit 'di niya iisipin yun.. They would sigh, and giggle. Ang babae, hindi yan tumitingin sa panlabas na anyo."
Man should prepare himself to be a cultivator. Man should learn how to cultivate."Itanim mo, patabain, palaguin, pagandahin." Men should help women to grow, it shouldn't be the other way around.
Man is created for war. Do not defraud women, love them and fight for them, make them feel protected and secured. Man is created for battle and to battle not just physical battle but also spiritual battle. Women may be emotional, hormonal and yes men cannot understand women. Men should always pray for them and fight this spiritual battle to help their love grow spiritually. Total understanding is needed to establish a good relationship.
Men are teachers.Just like how God created Adam, placed him in a garden and instructed him not to eat the apple from the forbidden tree. The word of God directs every decision we make in our lives.
The second part is from Dennis' wife. "It is the Lord's plan that prevails." Being a woman, we are in a generation where we live in false hopes and dreams. The Disney Princesses era where all of us believe in "Happily ever after" We are taught to wait because the right one is going to come. And it stops with waiting. Until the right one comes but you haven't prepared for that time, and in the end there will be no happy ending.
Season of Passive waiting. You will wait for your prince, and when he comes, that's the end.
Active Preparation. You prepare yourself in all areas, heart, mind, body and soul.
You have 3 areas to prepare for in her preaching, HEART, MIND and SPIRIT.
Women are sometimes longing for something, there are questions running in our minds like "Am I loved? Am I beautiful? Am I accepted? etc." Every February or what we call the love month we can see in women's eyes the expressions and emotions. Some are happy and some are sad, some will even buy flowers for themselves and walk with a smile in their faces but when they got home, they'll cry. DENYING the real feelings because you have this desire, but hey! You don't have to deny these feelings because it is God who placed those desires in you but always remember that these desires should not consume you. And always remember that God wants to consume you. You have to fully understand God's love for you. Fill your mind with God's word. You belong to someone else. Somebody loves you enough to save you. Somebody loves you to buy you this very life. Embrace your relationship with life. Your goal is to live for God. You will not settle for any less than the best that God has for you. Guys, you have no right to treat them any less than the way God wants them to be treated. You protect them because they are worth protecting. Christ died for them.