Clave para Manejar la Presión

Leon FontaineEntregate

Hermanos, queremos que sepan cuántas dificultades tuvimos en la provincia de Asia. Fue una prueba tan dura que ya no podíamos resistir más, y hasta perdimos la esperanza de salir con vida. Nos sentíamos como condenados a muerte. Pero esto sirvió para enseñarnos a no confiar en nosotros mismos, sino en Dios, que resucita a los muertos. 2 Corintios 1:8-9 (DHH) Ser cristiano no lo exime de experimentar presión. En el versículo de hoy, Pablo habla acerca de experimentar una presión tan increíble que él mismo se “desesperó de la vida misma”. Pero también compartió la clave para manejar esta presión: depender de Dios. La mejor manera de manejar la presión es confiando en Dios. Dios sabe que usted no puede manejarlo todo por sí mismo. De …

Ignore The Chatter

Leon FontaineDevoted

Avoid the talk-show religion and the practiced confusion of the so-called experts. People caught up in a lot of talk can miss the whole point of faith.  1 Timothy 6:20–21 (MSG) Do you ever hear things that threaten to get you off track from God’s call on your life? Have you heard, “Oh, you’re working too hard. You should slow down.” Or, “Everyone is doing it. What’s the big deal?” We’re always going to have chatter around us that threatens to distract us from using the gifts we’ve been given and walking out the call of God on our lives. This is why Paul felt it was crucial to tell Timothy to ignore the so-called “experts” in the final chapters of his letter. People will …

Usted Tiene el Poder de Vencer

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Porque el yugo que les pongo y la carga que les doy a llevar son ligeros.» Mateo 11:30 (DHH) ¿Usted se ha preguntado alguna vez lo que Jesús quiso decir con el versículo de hoy? Por un lado, nos dice que vamos a tener problemas en este mundo (Juan 16:33), pero luego parece estar diciendo que las cosas deben ser fáciles y ligeras si estamos unidos a él. ¿Cómo pueden ambas cosas ser verdad? Debido a la confusión entre estas dos enseñanzas, algunas personas piensan que si tienen un problema, deben estar haciendo algo mal o no deben tener suficiente fe. Otros tienen la idea opuesta. En lugar de pensar que la vida de un cristiano debe estar libre de problemas, piensan que servir a …

What Is Entrusted To You?

Leon FontaineDevoted

O Timothy, guard most carefully your divine commission. Avoid the Godless mixture of contradictory notions which is falsely known as “knowledge”—some have followed it and lost their faith.  1 Timothy 6:20–21 (Phillips) Something has been committed to your trust. In 1 Timothy 6:20, Paul told Timothy to guard his divine commission most carefully. He warned Timothy to turn aside from objections and arguments that would arise from false knowledge. Something had been entrusted to Timothy that he needed to guard. One translation calls it a “deposit”; another calls it a “treasure”; another calls it a commitment; and the Phillips translation calls it a commission. The same is true with you. There are gifts you have that are needed by the body of Christ and your …

Your Commission From God

Leon FontaineDevoted

You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5 (NKJV) On a trip to Israel, I visited the Temple Mount, one of the most important religious sites in Jerusalem. Over the years, several temples have been demolished and rebuilt on top of a foundation believed to be created in Solomon’s time. As I looked at the ancient construction, it made me realize that we need to think like the leaders of old. They weren’t just concerned with their generation; they built things that would truly stand the test of time. I’m not saying that we need to build physical structures that last for centuries. After …