EQUIPPED FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY

Leon FontaineDevoted

May he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to him. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen. Hebrews 13:21(NLT)  I had the pleasure of pastoring with my dad in his church for 14 years. During that time, he taught me a crucial habit. Every day, he prayed and believed God for at least one opportunity to minister to someone. I watched him do this day after day, and I began doing the same.  One day, I was having a conversation with a young man, and we got around to talking about what Jesus means to me. Suddenly angry, this man swore a blue streak and …

HABLE POSITIVAMENTE Y FORME SU FUTURO

Leon FontaineEntregate

Tener fe es tener la plena seguridad de recibir lo que se espera; es estar convencidos de la realidad de cosas que no vemos. Hebreos 11:1 (DHH)  ¿Usted sabía que profetiza todo el tiempo? Profetizar es simplemente declarar una visión antes de verla. Se trata de su futuro.  Los niños hacen esto todo el tiempo. Un niño pequeño dirá: “Voy a ser bombero”. Se imagina a sí mismo como un bombero. Él usa su manguera de jardín para fingir que está apagando incendios. Y cuando crece, se entrena para ser bombero y comienza el trabajo de sus sueños. Todos los años que pasó creyendo, estaba profetizando su futuro hasta que comenzó a vivirlo. Los niños no tienen problema en declarar algo hasta que lo hacen.  …

GOD MOVES THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS

Leon FontaineDevoted

For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us… Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:26–27 (NKJV)  One of the most dangerous doctrines is the belief that everything that happens is God’s will. It absolves us of responsibility and allows us to think, “If something is God’s will, why would I need to pray?”  But just because God wants something to happen doesn’t mean it will. For example, He doesn’t want anyone to perish (2 Peter 3:9), yet people die every day without choosing Jesus.  Many great men and women of …

A QUIEN LE VA A CREER

Leon FontaineEntregate

Pues es Dios quien nos ha hecho; él nos ha creado en Cristo Jesús para que hagamos buenas obras, siguiendo el camino que él nos había preparado de antemano… Efesios 2:10 (DHH)  ¿Cómo se ve usted mismo? ¿Cuál es la imagen que ve? ¿Tiene alguna falla ligada a su propia imagen? ¿Se define a sí mismo como el perdedor que fue a la quiebra, la mujer que no pudo mantener su matrimonio o el niño que no puede con las matemáticas?  Si usted no hace un esfuerzo consciente para pensar en lo que Dios dice de usted, haciendo que ese pensamiento se arraigue, usted irá por la vida permitiendo que las personas y las experiencias lo definan. Es por eso que los padres deben ser …

THE TRUTH IS SIMPLE

Leon FontaineDevoted

For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. Romans 1:16 (NLT)  The good news Paul is talking about in our verse today seems almost too simple: we are right with God just because we trust in Jesus. In fact, it’s so straightforward that many people trip on it.  We’ve been cultured to believe that we need to earn everything we get, so the idea of salvation being a completely free gift seems too good to be true. But it is the truth.  Jesus gave His life to pay the penalty for the sin of mankind. As believers, we may still suffer earthly consequences when …