Faith Is Not A Feeling

Leon FontaineDevoted

The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Matthew 6:22–23 (NKJV) Faith is not a feeling. It’s also not something that just happens. Faith is a process, and you can make it happen. This faith process is not about begging, praying and hoping God will give us what we want. No, God has already given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, 2 Peter 1:3 says, so we need to learn to work the process of faith. The faith process …

Es un viaje

Leon FontaineEntregate

La senda de los justos se asemeja a los primeros albores de la aurora: su esplendor va en aumento hasta que el día alcanza su plenitud. Proverbios 4:18  Ayer hablamos sobre el hecho de que cuando usted entra en la Palabra de Dios, ésta comienza a cambiarlo de un nivel de gloria a otro. Me encanta como ocurre esto en niveles. Es cómo el amor de una pareja que puede crecer de manera recíproca. Pensé que amaba a Sally cuando me casé con ella, y era verdad. ¡Estaba perdidamente enamorado! Pero nivel tras nivel, año tras año, nuestro amor ha crecido. Hemos compartido el tener hijos, hemos pasado por algunas situaciones y hemos construido nuestra vida junta. Nos conocemos mejor el uno al otro de …

Healthy Thoughts And Emotions

Leon FontaineDevoted

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Philippians 4:4 (NKJV) Don’t be conformed to the way this world thinks, with all its fear, greed, offence and self-centredness. If someone hurts you, you may have the “right” to be offended, but you need to count the costs. Studies are telling us that many illnesses seem to stem from a constant focus on the negative. These thoughts keep you out of God’s peace and cause imbalances in your body that have the potential to make you sick. Science is finally catching up to what the Bible has been saying for thousands of years. Your thoughts are important! But the good news is you have the ability to focus on God’s Word and change your …

How Thoughts Affect Relationships

Leon FontaineDevoted

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:45 (NKJV) A lot of people think that their thoughts and feel­ings are private, but it’s not true. You can often sense what someone else is thinking. Luke 6:45 echoes this sentiment. It says that your words reflect what you have in your heart. Even if you do manage to control everything you say, your thoughts still have a way of radiating off of you. Maybe it’s your facial expression or your posture, but people can somehow sense when something is off. Not only …

Cambio apacible

Leon FontaineEntregate

Y todos nosotros, que con el rostro descubierto reflejamos como en un espejo la gloria del Señor, somos progresivamente transformados a su imagen a partir de [un grado de] gloria a [aún más] gloria que viene del Señor, [que es] el espíritu. 2 Corintios 3:18 Muchos de nosotros somos adictos a algo. Podríamos no ser adictos al alcohol o a las drogas, pero podríamos ser adictos a preocuparnos o a pensamientos de orgullo. O quizás tenemos baja autoestima porque no nos damos cuenta de lo que somos en Cristo. Estos patrones de pensamiento adictivo nos limitan. Es hora de tratar con ellos, y la Palabra de Dios es la clave. Si bien es de gran ayuda el uso de la fuerza de voluntad y el …