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Having GodDo We Really Give God What He Wants?Do we really give God what He wants from us, or do we come up with our own definition of what we think God wants from us?About ten years ago I read an article about setting a five-year goal and this is how successful people set their goals and accomplish them. Well, I wanted to be successful too, so I took a couple of hours thinking about what I wanted to accomplish in five years. I thought I'd go back to work, get my music degree in the process and then teach in some private school...
2026-02-1911 min
Having GodSong: Mahal Na Mahal KitaWatch Lyrics Video Mahal Na Mahal Kita Sheila Copp 12/2/24 Verse 1 Mahal na mahal Kita, Panginoon I love You so much, Lord Mahal na mahal Kita, Panginoon I love You so much, Lord Dahil mahal Mo ako Because You love me At napakabuti Mo And You are so good Mahal na mahal Kita, Panginoon […]
2026-01-2504 min
Having GodFocus On JesusI believe as long as we can focus on the Lord, whatever we’re going through, we’re going to be all right.I was having my breakfast this morning and was remembering this blogger who has a YouTube show on nutrition. She did a video on what her morning routine was and how meditation was a part of it. She would sit in one place and focus on her breathing, then parts of her face, like her ears, her eyes, etc. So, I started trying to apply this as I was drinking my tea. I couldn’t reme...
2026-01-1507 min
Having GodThe Lord Tries The Heart “The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.” [Proverbs 17:3] Often when we mess up, we are so hard on ourselves, we give up. We just throw in the towel, go under the covers and sulk. Then we’re in a bad mood for the rest of the week. That bad mood then is going to trip us up to make more mistakes. More often than not, our hearts are revealed through our mistakes and challenges in this life. How did we react when prov...
2025-11-1903 min
Having GodTo Be Accounted WorthyIf we want to be accounted worthy of heaven and to stand before the throne of God and see His face, we have no other choice, we need to pray. We need to spend time with Him. Sure, your flesh will like to make excuses and say, “But I don’t have time!” But you have to make time. When you’re done being “snared” by this world, talk to Him. While you’re being snared, talk to Him. When you’re dying and feel like death because you’ve been snared again and you feel like a failure again, talk to Him...
2025-10-2209 min
Having GodOvercoming FearsSee, I believe we do not really overcome the fears the enemy gives us, but rather God takes them away from us. We cannot overcome anything on our own. If we could then there would be no over the counter pills or prescriptions of all kinds of medicines out there to help us overcome our anxieties. The pharmaceutical companies would suffer if it was that easy to overcome Satan’s given fears on our own. Satan is a spirit and his power over us is a spirit. Unless you have power over the spirit of the enemy and the pr...
2025-09-2511 min
Having GodWhen It's Hard To PrayThen there are those times when we do something we know we shouldn’t have done or said, and we feel guilty and bad about it. Instead of talking it out with the Lord we avoid Him. We’re like Adam and Eve. We run away from the Lord and we hide from Him. Often we turn around and like to blame someone else for our sins. We tell ourselves we wouldn’t have done what we did if they didn’t provoke us to it. Then when that doesn’t work, we convince ourselves that God surely is mad at us...
2025-09-0209 min
Having GodAre You Prepared?I can’t help but think about the most important exam and event that is coming to us – more important than any wedding or exam or performance we will ever face with in this life – meeting God face to face. How much more then is it very important to be prepared for that? Are you prepared to meet Him? Can you see yourself being examined by God and knowing what to say to Him and what to do? If not, there’s no more perfect time to prepare than right now. All you need to do is just say a simple...
2025-08-1212 min
Having GodSatan's DemiseThere is an end to Satan’s evil and wicked devices against God’s people. He is not forever. Don’t worry your life about him, because there is an end to him. Satan’s device is to weary the saints of God, to a point that we will become discouraged and give up trusting and calling on God. But don’t fall for it. Our only hope is through our constantly calling on the Lord and trusting in the faithfulness of His word. Satan will use anything to discourage the people of God. He will even use God against us...
2025-06-2415 min
Having GodFinding OurselvesWho knew that to find my answer all I had to do was to find God? Thankfully, God had other plans for me, or I’ll still be searching for who I am. All the while I was constantly searching for myself and what will make me happy, God was whispering for me to find Him. When I finally responded to that whisper and spent time seeking after Him, I found what I was looking for. I found myself.Thanks so much for listening to this podcast. For more podcasts, blogposts, and original songs visit ww...
2025-05-1317 min
Having GodThe Only God“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.” {Deuteronomy 6:4}One of the things Satan likes to do with the people of God who believe in Him is to have them doubt that there is only one God. The world hates the idea of having only one God because it would mean Jesus. Jesus means they have to turn away from sin and live a righteous life. It would mean denying oneself. Oh, horror! Without self where would we be? How can one become happy? Self therefore is the next best thing to God in man’s life...
2025-04-2312 min
Having GodHow Resting Is Important To The LordIt seems to me that our society today glorifies in being busy. We love to say to our friends and families, “Oh, I can’t make it I’m so busy…” Or “I’m going to be busy that day it’s not possible…” Or “Oh, my gosh, I’m just so busy I don’t even know what’s up or down…” We say being busy so many times as if being busy is something to be proud of. But really, it’s not what God wants for us to be. He may want us to be productive and fruitful in our day, and He de...
2025-03-2508 min
Having GodA Modern Day SaviorI don’t know about you, but I think a lot of us forget that Jesus Christ was a pretty modern man during His time on earth. Whether we like it or not, He wasn’t your typical religious man we expected Him to be, to say the least. His closest friends were uneducated and rough fishermen. He ate and drank with publicans and sinners, and finally He broke the Sabbath laws and protected a woman that was caught in the act of adultery. If you and I would think about it real hard, some of us would probably keep...
2025-03-1004 min
Having GodDon't Make Prayer Hard On Yourself (Part 2)He loves it if we can spend a day with Him; just to tell the Lord what we desire in our lives, and treat Him like He is our friend. We don’t always have to be asking Him for things to do for us and pray for people that have needs. We don’t always have to be worrying about things to Him. If we take the time to just bring Him into our thoughts and into our daydreams, telling Him what we desire for the present and for our future, that is prayer too. Just to feel afte...
2025-02-2515 min
Having GodPerseveranceHave you ever heard of the saying, “When life gives you lemons make lemonade?” They’re essentially saying life will not always be roses and chocolates or a walk in the park. It’s probably going to be sour sometimes. It’s probably going to rain, probably going to snow, and it’s probably going to get worse before it gets better. But regardless, get going and moving and keep living! Don’t lay down and die. Don’t give up the fight. Don’t wish it’s over and hand your life to the enemy of our soul – Satan, because this is...
2025-02-1009 min
Having GodTurn Your Failures Into SuccessI am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. {Galatians 2:20}You know how to turn your failures into success? It’s by accepting that you will fail and will never be anything, except through Jesus Christ. That’s it in a nutshell. When we learn to take our eyes off ourselves and look to the Lord for everything, that’s when all of the...
2025-01-2708 min
Having GodAlways Clear Things Up With HimIf the Lord shows you a particular sin in your life (you will know this when it comes up in your mind as you’re confessing), that is your cue to confess that specific sin and ask for forgiveness and repentance. We want to be found holy before Him at all times. This is possible when we’re always talking to the Lord and abiding in His presence. When He deals with us, especially to turn away from something we shouldn’t be doing, it is imperative to talk to Him about it. Especially when we find ourselves insisting on doi...
2025-01-1312 min
Having GodGetting Refocused For The New YearSet your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. {Colossians 3:2}It’s that time of the year again, where we make our New Year’s resolutions and set new goals. Are you one of those who sets them, or are you one who decided a long time ago not to even bother? I’m one of those who still believes in setting goals for the New Year. I used to make New Year’s resolutions, but I’ve given up on calling it that because it just doesn’t work for me. I’ve come to accept...
2024-12-3111 min
Having GodDon't Make Prayer Hard On Yourself - Part 1Prayer is nothing more than just talking to God. The important thing is using your heart and your imagination when talking to God. Try to imagine God so vividly in your mind that He is right there in the Spirit, and can not only hear you when you speak, but that He also understand the depths of your soul. He understands what you are feeling as you are talking to Him. So when you talk to Him just believe that He is there and that He loves you. Do not entertain thoughts that will make Him go away. Do...
2024-12-2813 min
Having GodWhat Makes Christmas Special?To me what makes Christmas special is the manger scene. Without that manger scene there wouldn’t be any Christmas. This is why I try to incorporate that place again and again whenever I write Christmas songs. It is so important to remind myself what Christmas is all about. Christmas is not about Santa Claus or Rudolph the red nose reindeer, or Frosty the Snowman. It’s not even about getting so many gifts! Christmas is about that little babe in that manger a long time ago in Bethlehem – Christ, the Lamb of God, and the Gift of God for ma...
2024-12-1610 min
Having GodThe Most Important Thing We Can Ever DoSee then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. {Ephesians 5:15-17}If you value something and you want something done, you’re going to make time for it. If it’s truly important to you, you’re going to find the time. Whether it’s to cut down on things that are less important in your life, like watching TV or spending a lot of time on social media, or getting up earlier...
2024-12-0912 min
Having GodThe Importance Of AskingThe Bible says to ask and it will be given to us. So many times we go around trying to figure out how to fix our own problems. We go around in circles wondering why things take forever to work out, and some things don’t work out at all. Some of us wonder why others seem to have it all, while we have nothing. It’s because we don’t ask. Jesus tells us,And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened...
2024-11-1310 min
Having GodOur Faithful FatherWhen we have Jesus Christ we have the Father. Jesus tells His disciples,If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. {John 14:7}Phillip, one of Jesus’ disciples wondered about this. How can we see the Father? Show us the Father, Lord. Jesus tells Phillip,Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest th...
2024-10-2212 min
Having GodWhatever Happens God Is In Control*This is a repost from 2020. I believe it still very much applies today. I pray this encourages you to keep fighting and keep intervening for our world. Take care!* Our world is getting crazier and crazier, scarier and scarier. Everywhere you turn on the news there are just dreadful things happening. You start to wonder if it’s all ever going to end, and if we’re ever going to have the peace and love and wonderful things in life that we’re looking for. We don’t mind a little tiny problem as long as we’re assured...
2024-09-2718 min
Having GodHolinessHoliness is an integral part of who God is. He told Moses during their time in the wilderness:Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. {Leviticus 19:2} We may never be holy and perfect like God is. Nevertheless, if we want to see Him and belong to Him and please Him, we must strive to be holy like Him. Through the Holy Spirit that He’s given to us, we definitely have it in our power to be...
2024-09-1115 min
Having GodHow To Have A Deeper Relationship With The LordI’ve been talking to the Lord since I was seventeen years old. I have learned in the process and He has shown me that when I rely on Him for everything, even the minutest thing in my life, He loves it and appreciates it. It draws Him closer to me and lets me become important to Him. It shows my dedication to the Lord – my desire to have Him involved in my life completely.I have gone to the Lord for help regarding my studies, who to marry, my career, buying a home and a car, and...
2024-08-1214 min
Having GodTo Live For ChristFor many years I thought I lived for Christ, but didn’t really live for Him. I mean, I was a Christian and went to church, said my prayers in the morning and in the evening, but I really didn’t live for Him. I lived for myself. I had my hopes and my dreams and my plans, and I pursued after them. I didn’t ask God what His plans were for me and what He wanted me to do. I made my plans and asked for His blessings in the interim. If things weren’t going well at work...
2024-07-2013 min
Having GodThe King Of All PrincipalitiesAnd the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. {Revelation 20:10}Satan has no power at all except what God has given him. He might think he has power now, but he knows clear enough that it is short lived. That’s why he’s in such a rush to bring as many people with him where he is going. But when God is finished with him, he will be punished forever and ever...
2024-06-1718 min
Having GodRest In His LoveWith Jesus, we can find that perfect love that casteth out fear. We don’t have to worry about what He thinks about us, we can be completely ourselves with the Lord because He loves us so much and accepts us for who we are. He loves us so much that He laid down His life at the cross, bled and died for our sins so that we can be set free and be forgiven for anything we have done in the past and in the present. All we have to do is come boldly to Him and talk to...
2024-06-0408 min
Having GodWhen God Turns Away From Hearing Our PrayersBecause the truth is, no one can really know their heart. The Bible tells us in Jeremiah that the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, and that only God can know it. {Jeremiah 17:9-10} Plus Proverbs tells us,Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. {Proverbs 21:2}That’s why it’s so crucial to turn to the Lord all the time and bring our hearts to Him. We need to ask Him to show us what we’re doing wrong, and where we are st...
2024-05-1712 min
Having GodUnlocking The Doors Through ObedienceObedience is one of the most important elements in our relationship with the Lord. Without obedience how can God do His work in us? How can we follow Him all the way and go where He desires for us to go? It’s not possible to love God without obedience. It is not possible to be His servant or His minister to others, when we’ve closed our ears off from His correction or His admonition. It is important that we continue to listen to the Lord no matter how long we’ve been in church or how long we’ve...
2024-05-0213 min
Having GodAmbition For GodHaving a relationship with Jesus Christ should be our number one ambition in this life. Outside of Him we can fail miserably at everything else in this life, but as long as we have Him we have been successful. Nothing in this life really matters. The only thing that truly matters is to have God in the end.Thanks so much for listening to this podcast. For more podcasts, blogposts, and original songs visit www.HavingGod.com This is a blogpost from HavingGod.com. Written by Sheila Copp. Voice and...
2024-04-0320 min
Having GodSong: I Am The ResurrectionWatch Lyrics VideoI Am The ResurrectionBy Sheila Copp@ 2002Verse 1:There was a manWho’d been buried for four daysJesus came to see, LazarusHis sister Martha came to JesusAnd cried before Him,“Lord if You had been here, he wouldn’t have died.”But Jesus said unto her,“He will live, because…”Chorus:I am the resurrection and the life
2024-03-3004 min
Having GodFinding Contentment In GodI have found that when life throws me a curve ball and I have decided to cower in a corner and go into my safe zone, I can just reach out to Him in my heart and in my spirit and find Him. He will take me in His arms. He will lift me up again. He will give me the strength I need to go on and move forward to the work He has for me. I have found again and again that in my quiet moments with Him, being content in His presence is my purpose. I...
2024-03-1610 min
Having GodChoose To BelieveWhen all else fails, choose to believe. The Bible tells us,Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. {Mark 9:23}God has given us the liberty and the freedom to choose, and it is up to us to choose how to live our lives. Whether we’re going to follow Him or follow the ways of the world, we have that choice. Personally I feel like there’s not much choice for me out there but to follow the Lord. The world keeps changing and nothing stays the...
2024-02-2714 min
Having GodHow To Be Great In God's EyesWe all want to be great. One way or another we all want to be somebody special – somebody who will make a big mark in this world. But so many of us end up being blown away by the demands of what it takes to be great in this world. We think we don’t have what it takes. Instead, we end up frustrated that nothing has turned out exactly as we had imagined it to be as a child, when we had this big dream of being great. Life comes along like a big tractor-trailer and rolls over us...
2024-02-1212 min
Having GodSeek God FirstSometimes I think we forget we’re supposed to be seeking God first instead of the things of this world. We forget that the things of this world are temporary and that the things of God are eternal. Nothing we gain in this life is going with us when we die. Nothing. The only thing that we’re going to take with us is our relationship with Jesus Christ and what we’ve done for His name’s sake. We spend so much time aspiring for success in this life and forget there’s so much more to come. Heaven is...
2024-01-2514 min
Having GodWhy Forgive?Yes, indeed, why forgive? Why should we? After all we’ve been hurt, and treated shamefully and unjustly. Don’t we have the right to hold grudges and stay mad? We do – if we want to stay unhappy, we definitely have every right to stay mad and angry. But at the end of the day, what does staying angry and being hurt do to us? Does it make us any happier or better? No. Of course, not! We forgive because it’s what’s best for us in the end. Nothing more, nothing less. We forgive because when this life is ov...
2024-01-0316 min
Having GodKeep Believing!Even when we’re hurting, especially when we’re hurting, it is crucial in our walk with God to keep believing. Faith is not necessary when things are going our way, it wouldn’t be faith otherwise. When things aren’t going the way it should be, that’s when we need to have faith the most. Daniel didn’t stop believing just because the presidents and the one-hundred and twenty princes came against him during the reign of Darius. As a matter of fact, after the decree was signed by the king to punish anyone that called on God within t...
2023-12-1114 min
Having GodBe Selfish For Your SoulIf we truly love ourselves we will make sure we are saved. There are no buts and ifs about it. We will fight with every heart and soul and strength we have in this life to be saved. If it means we have to be selfish about our life’s choices, and if it means shunning friends and the lifestyles that snare us away from God, so be it. We love our souls too much to take any chances to be lost. Our souls are too precious to be squandered away when there is just one lifetime. They can ca...
2023-11-2111 min
Having GodBenefits To Those Who Fear GodThere is such mercy that is given to those that fear the Lord. Without the mercy of God we will all be lost on this earth. It doesn’t matter how smart or how rich and educated we are, one way or another, you and I will need the mercy of God. None of us can save ourselves in this life and from the judgment seat of Christ. Only the Lord can save us. And who else would we rather have on our side than the Lord? As the scripture tells us,What shall we then say to...
2023-11-0812 min
Having GodWhy The Inside Matters More Than The OutsideWe live in a world where the outside matters more than the inside. More and more in our day and age where Hollywood, the movies and the media have made such an impact in our lives, appearance is becoming everything. Many young people are more and more self-conscious of their appearance and how they look, to a point where some of them become sick and put their health in danger. But the Lord tells us He does not look at the appearance of a person, but He looks at the heart. The heart of a person matters more to...
2023-10-2408 min
Having GodCome BoldlyI understand that we shouldn’t dictate how God should fix things. Sure. But nevertheless we should ask; we need to ask…He wants us to. And furthermore I’m not averse at all about demanding from God (for lack of words) or being forceful about our desire what we want done! Yes! Absolutely! We can surely tell God what we want even to the minutest detail. We are not dictating how He should fix things; we are telling Him our desires. And why should that be wrong? If we are His Bride and He is our Bridegroom why should...
2023-10-1610 min
Having GodFailure With Jesus“Failure with Jesus?” How can such a thing exist? How can one fail with Jesus in your life? But we do, all the time. We fail because He’s really not the one that’s in control but we are. We like to say, “Have your way Lord Jesus in my life,” or “I give my all to You, Father,” or even “Jesus take the wheel!” But then at the onset of our day, we take off with a minute-by-minute scheduling of our day. We know what we’re going to do from the minute we open our eyes to the time we put our...
2023-10-0414 min
Having GodNothing Satisfies Like JesusJesus can satisfy like no one else in this world, because He created this world. He created you and me and knows every intricate part of you and me. He is the source of all life on this earth. You can search and search all you like for happiness to fill and satisfy the longings deep inside your soul, but only He can go into your soul and satisfy it like nothing in this world can. Only He gave His life for you and died for your soul, and overcame the principalities and the darkness of this world. Only...
2023-09-2614 min
Having GodRuling Your HeartNo one really has the power over their hearts except the Lord. Only the Lord can help us overcome the wicked thoughts and desires that can end up entering into our hearts. We live in a world today where the things that were shunned ages ago have become acceptable. Just because it is acceptable in our society today doesn’t mean it’s now good in God’s eyes. But how will we know this? How will we know what is good and right in the sight of God when these things have become “normal” now? We talk to Him. We co...
2023-09-1912 min
Having GodHaving JesusOur intimate relationship with Jesus Christ is the most powerful weapon we have in this life. Whether it’s against the principalities and the darkness of this world, or our everyday problems (health problems, money issues, work issues, even our societal problems), you name it – having Jesus Christ and knowing Him is the greatest source of power we can ever possess. Why? Because Jesus is God in the flesh who made and created everything we see, hear, feel, know and understand in this life. Without Jesus this world would be non-existent. It doesn’t matter what your issue or proble...
2023-09-1014 min