"Strengthen the Feeble Hands, Steady the Knees That Give Way."
De Ninguna Manera Mayor
Jul 27th
Si eres dado a la bondad, mansedumbre y dulzura, muchos pensarán que eres débil. Y si verdaderamente eres bondadoso, manso y dulce, tu única defensa será una mayor bondad, mansedumbre y dulzura. No importa lo que sufras no rindas lo que el Espíritu ha hecho nacer en ti por lo que el mundo llama – fuerza. Puedes estar tentado a rendirte y ser amargado, egoísta y cruel – para ser más como ellos.
No lo hagas!
En cambio, corresponde su odio con amor, corresponde sus groserías con gracia, su veneno con palabras dulces. “No seas vencido de lo malo; mas vence con el bien el mal.” (Rom. 12:21) Mientras decides ten en mente que así es como trataron a tu Señor y el siervo no es mayor que el Señor (Jn. 3:16; 15:20).
Tomar la decisión de amar cuando se encara el odio no es fácil cuando el mundo proclama autoprotección e individualismo. No tiene sentido en un mundo de bestias hablar de un evangelio de debilidad. De hecho, puede dejarte pisoteado, con moretones, y raído pero la verdad de Dios prescribe mansedumbre, la mansedumbre ejemplificada de Cristo, es ineludible. El mandato es claro – “Bendecid a los que os persiguen; bendecid, y More >
By No Means Greater
Jul 24th
If you are given to kindness, to meekness and gentleness, many will think you weak. And if you are truly kind, meek, and gentle, your only defense will be greater kindness, meekness, and gentleness. No matter what you suffer do not surrender what the Spirit has born in you for what the world calls—strength. You may be tempted to give in and grow bitter, self-serving, or harsh—to become more like them.
Don’t do it!
Instead, return their hatred with love, return their rudeness with grace, their venom with sweet words. “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good” (Rom. 12:21). As you make your choice keep in mind this is how they treated your Master and the servant is by no means greater than the Master (Jn. 3:16; 15:20).
Making the choice to love in the face of hate is not easy when the world proclaims self-protection and individualism. It makes no sense in a world of brutes to speak of a Gospel of weakness. In fact, it may leave you trampled, bruised, and threadbare but the truth of God’s prescribed meekness, of Christ’s exemplified meekness, is inescapable. The command is clear—“Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not More >
Romans Chapter 12 – Memorization
Jul 22nd
“…in view of God’s mercy…”
Please join me in memorizing Romans 12. Take it a page at a time in this mini book if you need to. Come “hide” His word in your heart that you might not sin against Him.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will. Rom. 12:1-2
Romans Chapter 12 Audio File (NEW)
Mini Book Folding Instructions
ShareHe’s Got the Whole World
Jul 15th
I remember being so much younger and singing the children’s song “He’s God the Whole World In His Hands.” I was convinced, then, that it was true and believed in a big God who knew all and was powerful enough to take care of me come what may. I remember as though it were yesterday, needing to believe that my meager efforts alone did not decide my fate. It was the greatest of comforts, then, to believe that no matter how dark things became there would always be a dawn. I was comforted, then, to know He held the whole world in His hands—and it comforts me now.
He’s got the whole world in His mighty, loving hands. He’s got you and me brother, you and me sister in His hands. He’s got the winds and the rains in His hands. He’s got the sun and the moon, the land and the sea, the rich and the poor, the young and the old, and so surely, surely He’s got you and me in His hands. We can call this providence, sovereignty or omnipotence, but the Bible calls it love. He cups His hands and the storms outside slip through as a More >
