Life is tough, but it gets easier to understand when we allow God to lead. Let His Word be a light that guides your path.
1 Timothy 3
A los ojos de los hombres, el éxito se centra en acumular riqueza, mantener un estatus social relevante y vivir la mejor vida ahora. Por el contrario, Dios define el éxito como mantener una buena reputación, ser paciente, tener buen comportamiento y no ser codicioso por el dinero (entre muchas otras cosas). La forma en que una persona ve el éxito determinará su impulso, motivación y enfoque de la vida, y el siguiente.
1 Timothy 3
In the eyes of men, success is centered on accumulating wealth, maintaining a relevant social status, and living the best life now. Conversely, God defines success as maintaining a good reputation, being patient, having good behavior, and not being greedy for money (among many other things). How a person views success, will determine their drive, motivation, and approach on this life, and the next.
Eclesiastés 3:1-8
El tiempo entre el día en que naciste y el día en que cruzaste a la eternidad es invaluable, pero limitado. Por lo tanto, cada momento que pase en esta vida, debe enfocarse en hacer cosas relevantes para los asuntos eternos. “Todo tiene su tiempo, y todo lo que se quiere debajo del cielo tiene su hora. Tiempo de nacer, y tiempo de morir; tiempo de plantar, y tiempo de arrancar lo plantado; tiempo de matar, y tiempo de curar; tiempo de destruir, y tiempo de edificar; tiempo de llorar, y tiempo de reír; tiempo de endechar, y tiempo de bailar; tiempo de esparcir piedras, y tiempo de juntar piedras; tiempo de abrazar, y tiempo de abstenerse de abrazar; tiempo de buscar, y tiempo de perder; tiempo de guardar, y tiempo de desechar; tiempo de romper, y tiempo de coser; tiempo de callar, y tiempo de hablar; tiempo de amar, y tiempo de aborrecer; tiempo de guerra, y tiempo de paz.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
The time between the day you were born, and the day you cross over into eternity, is invaluable, yet limited. Therefore, every moment spent in this life, should be focused on doing things relevant to eternal matters. “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”
“Tick tock, your life is on the clock.” – Ell
Joshua 23
Because of you, the Lord fights for you. Because of you, the Lord sustains your wellbeing. Because of you, the Lord stored up an eternal inheritance for you. Because of you, the Lord cuts off all who fight against you. Because of you, the Lord expels and drives your enemies from your sight. Because of you, the Lord keeps His promises. Because of you, the Lord expresses His unfailing grace, everlasting mercy, and unfathomable love toward you. Because of you…
Psalm 84:11-12
“For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.”
Salmos 145:1-7
Quando foi a última vez que você levantou o nome do Senhor? Quantas vezes você compartilha com os outros, a bondade de Deus Pai. Você tem vergonha de deixar que os outros saibam, você escolhe viver uma vida de santidade, ou você proclama com ousadia a verdade do Evangelho, na maneira como você vive cada dia? Embora estivesse longe de ser perfeito, o rei Davi adquiriu o hábito saudável de tornar conhecido o nome do Senhor a todos os homens. Apesar de todos os seus encontros, sua confiança repousava no fato de que Deus estava no controle de todas as coisas, e somente Ele era digno de todo louvor, honra e glória. “Eu te exaltarei, ó Deus, rei meu; e bendirei o teu nome pelos séculos dos séculos. Cada dia te bendirei, e louvarei o teu nome pelos séculos dos séculos. Uma geração louvará as tuas obras à outra geração, e anunciará os teus atos poderosos. Grande é o Senhor, e mui digno de ser louvado; e a sua grandeza é insondável. Na magnificência gloriosa da tua majestade e nas tuas obras maravilhosas meditarei; falar-se-á do poder dos teus feitos tremendos, e eu contarei a tua grandeza. Publicarão a memória da tua grande bondade, e com júbilo celebrarão a tua justiça (Salmos 145:1-7).
Psalm 145:1-7
When was the last time you lifted up the name of the Lord? How often do you share with others, the goodness of God the Father. Are you ashamed to let others know, you choose to live a life of holiness, or do you boldly proclaim the truth of the Gospel, in the way you live each day? Although he was far from perfect, king David made a healthy habit of making known the name of the Lord to all men. Despite all his encounters, his confidence rested in the fact that God was in control of all things, and He alone was worthy of all praise, honor, and glory. “I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness” (Psalm 145:1-7).
2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10
2 Corinthians 4
16. Por tanto, no desmayamos; antes aunque este nuestro hombre exterior se va desgastando, el interior no obstante se renueva de día en día.
17. Porque esta leve tribulación momentánea produce en nosotros un cada vez más excelente y eterno peso de gloria;
18. no mirando nosotros las cosas que se ven, sino las que no se ven; pues las cosas que se ven son temporales, pero las que no se ven son eternas
2 Corinthians 5
1. Porque sabemos que si nuestra morada terrestre, este tabernáculo, se deshiciere, tenemos de Dios un edificio, una casa no hecha de manos, eterna, en los cielos.
2. Y por esto también gemimos, deseando ser revestidos de aquella nuestra habitación celestial;
3. pues así seremos hallados vestidos, y no desnudos.
4. Porque asimismo los que estamos en este tabernáculo gemimos con angustia; porque no quisiéramos ser desnudados, sino revestidos, para que lo mortal sea absorbido por la vida.
5. Mas el que nos hizo para esto mismo es Dios, quien nos ha dado las arras del Espíritu.
6. Así que vivimos confiados siempre, y sabiendo que entre tanto que estamos en el cuerpo, estamos ausentes del Señor
7. (porque por fe andamos, no por vista);
8. pero confiamos, y más quisiéramos estar ausentes del cuerpo, y presentes al Señor.
9. Por tanto procuramos también, o ausentes o presentes, serle agradables.
10. Porque es necesario que todos nosotros comparezcamos ante el tribunal de Cristo, para que cada uno reciba según lo que haya hecho mientras estaba en el cuerpo, sea bueno o sea malo
2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10
2 Corinthians 4
16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
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