I WANT TO DO YOUR WILL, BUT I DON’T KNOW HOW Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing. (Psalms 143:10 NLT) Many of us want to do God’s will, but sometimes we find it so difficult for various…
THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE TRUSTED ME Part 2 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work. He considered me trustworthy and appointed me to serve him, (1 Timothy 1:12 NLT) Yesterday I shared that I thank God for considering me worthy and today I want…
THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU TRUSTED ME In this holiday season I want to thank God for trusting me and placing me in the ministry. I thank Christ Jesus our Lord… for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; (1 Timothy 1:12 KJV) I reflect about where I am and…
I CONTINUE LISTENING TO YOUR FAITH AND LOVE IN THIS PANDEMIC …because I keep hearing about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of God’s people.. (Philemon 1:5 NLT) In this pandemic I have been able to observe with a lot of joy that the faith and love of…
MORE THAN THE SENTRIES I long for the Lord more than sentries long for the dawn, yes, more than sentries long for the dawn. (Psalms 130:6 NLT) I imagine that the people that work at night, as guards or night watchers rejoice when the sunrise comes because that means many things: That…
IT’S WORTHLESS WITHOUT GOD It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones… (Psalms 127:2 NLT) I remember in my first years after arriving in the United States I was someone that…
GOD SURROUNDS YOU IN THIS PANDEMIC Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, both now and forever. (Psalms 125:2 NLT) This promise says that the Lord will be with us “now and forever”. That “now” was said about three thousand years ago, God surrounded his people a thousand…
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? What if the Lord had not been on our side?… (Psalms 124:1 NLT) While Reading this verse I thought about how many things have happened throughout my life and how God has been by my side. God was by my side when I was a child. I am…
THEORETICAL FAITH VS. LIVING FAITH So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless. (James 2:17 NLT) Faith without practice does not scare the devil. You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this,…
IN WHAT AREAS DO I HAVE TO BE ALERT? PART II Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8 NLT) In these difficult times if we do not take care of ourselves the devil can devour us. It…