Todo se Trata de Su Amor

Leon FontaineEntregate

Si alguien reconoce que Jesús es el Hijo de Dios, Dios permanece en él y él en Dios. 1 Juan 4:15 ¿Usted sabía que usted no tiene que amar a Dios para ir al cielo? ¡Es verdad! La Biblia no dice que hay que amar a Dios. El versículo de hoy no dice: “Si alguno ama a Jesús y ama a Dios, entonces Dios vive en él.” Dice que tenemos que reconocer que Jesús es el Hijo de Dios, pero no dice nada sobre el amor a Dios. A menudo tenemos esta idea al revés. Pensamos que tenemos que amar a Dios en primer lugar y luego estar motivados a dar nuestra vida a Cristo. Pero así no es como funciona generalmente. Al igual que …

It’s All About His Love

Leon FontaineDevoted

 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 1 John 4:15 Did you know that you don’t have to love God to go to heaven? It’s true! The Bible doesn’t say you have to love God. Today’s verse doesn’t say, “If anyone loves Jesus and loves God, then God lives in him.” It says we need to acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God, but it says nothing about loving God. We often get this idea backward. We think that we have to love God first and then be motivated to give our lives to Christ. But that’s not usually how it works. Just as in our relationships, true love at first sight is pretty …

Olvídese de su Amor

Leon FontaineEntregate

Este es el amor: no en que nosotros hayamos amado a Dios, sino en que él nos amó y envió a su Hijo como propiciación por nuestros pecados. 1 Juan 4:10 Todos hemos oído hablar de lo importante que es amar a Dios. Al crecer, veía a menudo a la gente adorando con lágrimas en sus mejillas mientras cantaban, “Te amo, Jesús.” Me molestaba que yo no tenía esos sentimientos, lo que me llevó a preguntarme qué estaba mal en mí. Yo quería amar a Dios. Incluso le pedí que me ayudara a amarlo más. Pero lo que no me di cuenta en ese momento era que iba de la manera equivocada. No se trata de lo mucho que usted ama a Dios. En una …

Forget About Your Love

Leon FontaineDevoted

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:10 We’ve all heard how important it is to love God. Growing up, I’d often watch people worship with tears streaming down their cheeks as they sang, “I love You, Jesus.” It bothered me that I didn’t have those feelings, which caused me to wonder what was wrong with me. I wanted to love God. I even asked him to help me love him more. But what I didn’t realize at the time was that I was going about it all wrong. You see, it’s not about how much you love God. In a love relationship, people are always measuring …

Need Strength?

Leon FontaineDevoted

For this I labor [often to the point of exhaustion], striving with His power and energy, which so greatly works within me. Colossians 1:29 How many times have you prayed for God’s strength? As Christians, we often ask God for more of his power, patience or endurance, and we think nothing of it. But is that how the apostles prayed? In today’s verse, Paul didn’t say, “I’m labouring and striving, Father, so could you send me more of your power and energy?” No, he said, “I’m striving with God’s power and energy which, by the way, works greatly within me!” (my paraphrase). Paul didn’t beg God for more strength; he was confident in the strength that was already in him in Christ. In Acts 3:6 …