*****Momentous Occasion**

        Communion experience. I see receiving the Lord in the Holy Eucharist as momentous as the creation of man as depicted in Michelangelo's painting. For this is the moment God creates a new you in Christ if you were open to him. In both instances, it's done out of love.

***Important Rule***

         Never follow your heart before giving it to Christ Jesus first.

*Sinner Has No Right to Judge

         In John 8, when the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery to Jesus. They said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?" They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus said to them, "Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." Today so many people slander, and lie and say vicious things about others—they will have to answer to the Lord one day. May he have mercy on their souls.

**Be CHILDLIKE**

         In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 11,  Jesus exclaimed: "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will." Be childlike and God the Father will reveal all his "secrets" to you! I still remember the time when I was 7 or 8, I felt so carefree, realizing that I just played most of the time while my parents and grandparents took care of everything else for me. This is how we should feel about our heavenly Father who can take better care of us than anyone else.

**God Is with You

         You know it in these two instances. (1) You are tempted to commit a sin and know that you shouldn't and you don't. (2) You commit a sin, lose all your peace, and feel really sorry about that.  

**Trust in the Lord Is All**

        God knows every one of us thoroughly and what we can do for him. We only need to trust in him and live a life as holy as possible. Dreaming about ourselves doing great works does not come from the Lord. He only wants us to listen for his voice and do his will. 

**Willing Follower of Christ*

         We follow Christ, but how willing are we? Not following him closely is not following him at all. A willing follower is one who remains joyfully in the Lord, eager to carry out his will at any time. 

*****Inevitable Endings (Another Warning)**

         Time marches on and we are getting closer and closer to facing the Lord to be evaluated by him. Think of living your life as making a movie that's going to be reviewed and rated by him. The finished work will be either added to his collection or tossed into the furnace. Think about it and be ready.

***Trump's Assassination Attempt Prophesied***

        This morning, I posted God Saved Trump. I just came across this brand new LifeSiteNews video titled Prophecy Unveiled: Pastor's Vision of Trump's Assassination Attempt. I think you'll find it very interesting. Here it is.

**The Lord Incredibly Good!

        Communion experience. Still hard for me to believe that my Lord could be this good to me. Hence I believe in him even more.

***What's Most Exciting*****

        There is nothing more exciting than letting the Lord God make us holy. Normally, we don't believe that this would be possible, so we don't think about it. Then we realize that this is what the Lord seriously wants from us and nothing is impossible for him, we submit ourselves to him completely and voilà, we discover that he can actually change us fundamentally, and moreover, there is no limit to how far we can go. We then get excited—the unbelievable is now real! When we follow God, the outcome can only be success!

***Becoming Better Lovers

        When we love God, our love for others becomes purer and less self-centered. You see, God is all love and most holy, and when we are influenced by him, we can't help but want to love others the way he loves us. Loving God makes us become like him. 

***God Saved Trump*****

        By now, the whole world knows that Trump has survived the assassination attempt made on him at a rally in Pennsylvania two days ago. Slow motion videos have now shown that just before the bullet struck, Trump tilted his head to the left enough for the bullet to pierce his right ear instead. I along with many others believe that God did intervene, for he still had work for him to accomplish on earth. The Lord holds all those who trust in him in his loving hands—praise him now and forever!

**Letting God Make Us Genuine**

         We become genuinely ourselves when we attain union with God and are set free. Conversely, when we remain out of tune with God, we develop a fake self and become unhappy with both life and ourselves.

***Why We Need God***

         God is forever holy while we need him to become holy.

***Today's Joy:

My Lord can make me whiter than snow.

**To the Proud:

         This perhaps is more a man thing because I see men often don't admit that they are wrong after they've made a mistake—it probably has something to do with a macho ego. This lack of humility makes repentance difficult, thus blocking the way to salvation. Know that God humbles the proud and exalts the humble.

***Existence Completed***

         Communion experience. When you have Christ, you have no more fears nor worries; he's now your only focus. Union with him completes your existence.