Hardcore Christian

my sunday mornings won't be complete without tuning into perfect rhythm, jordan escusa's program on 702 dzas. he's become such an inspiration to my spiritual life that sometimes i wish i was him--the girl version. haha. he's definitely a hard core christian, evangelist, worship leader, youth pastor and christian dj...lahat na. he's made a "career" out of serving god full time, but i still don't know if that's my calling. i don't want to push myself into something na hindi naman talaga Niya plinan para sa akin. i'm still waiting for His final say. i'm scared and excited at the same time. there's barely 5 months left for my schooling. what's next? what am i going to do with my life? i thought my parents understood what i wanted to do, but it seems that they have other plans... *sigh*

so, nuff said. back to perfect rhythm. just want to share an interesting episode entitled: top ten life changes that causes the youth to drop out of church.

here it goes:

10. school or work responsibilities
9. losing touch with church friends
8. spending more time with friends outside of church
7. becoming too busy
6. family problems (sarado-kandado yung family sa new faith, unwanted pregnancies etc.)
5. made a life decision not accepted by the church
4. moved too far away from the church (so find another church--one where jesus is the head of it)
3. they found another one that is more fun and exciting--one that approves of the behavior they are doing (yung di pinakikialamanan yung buhay nila). instead, go to a church that preaches the uncompromising words of truth, kung saan lagi kang tinatamaan ng message coz it means that you are growing.
* he shared that he wanted to leave his church back then to go to a more upbeat one but God spoke to him stick around. "instead of changing church, why not help change your church" (tinamaan ako dun. haha)
2. non-involvement (youth without ministries)
1. spiritual malnourishment (burnout, panlalamig etc)--help your church to get out of the rut, the boring routine.

there are thousands of excuses to avoid going to church but God demands that we put Him above all else, right?

just want to leave you with a quote from Billy Graham:

"If you're looking for a perfect church, then you are in it, then its not perfect anymore."