John 14:6

 

6 Jesus answered, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

 

COLOSSIANS 1

 

3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,

4 For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of your love toward all the saints;

5 Because of the hope that is reserved for you in heaven, which you heard before through the word of truth of the gospel,

6 Which has come to you, as it is to the whole world; and it is already bearing fruit, as it has also among you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

7 As you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ to you,

8 Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard, have not ceased to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 That ye may walk worthy before the Lord, pleasing him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 Strengthened in all strength, according to the might of His glory, in all patience, and longsuffering with joy;

12 Giving thanks to the Father, who hath made us fit to share in the inheritance of the saints in light;

13 Who brought us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins;

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. Everything was created by him and for him.

17 And he is before all things, and through him all things hold together.

18 And he is the head of the body, of the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from the dead, so that he may have preeminence in everything.

19 For it pleased the Father that all the fullness should dwell in him,

20 And having made peace through him through the blood of his cross, he would reconcile all things to himself through him, both things on earth and things in heaven.

21 You also, who were once strangers and enemies in mind because of your evil deeds, he has now reconciled you

22 In the body of his flesh by death, to present you holy, blameless and blameless before him,

23 If indeed you remain grounded and firm in the faith, and do not move away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, am made a minister.

24 Now I rejoice in what I suffer for you, and in my flesh I fulfill the rest of the sufferings of Christ, for his body, which is the church;

25 Of whom I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God, which was given to me among you, to fulfill the word of God;

26 The mystery which has been hidden from all ages, and from all generations, and which has now been made manifest to his saints;

27 To whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

28 Whom we proclaim, admonishing every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Jesus Christ;

29 And for this purpose also I labor, fighting according to his power, which works mightily in me.

ROMANS 10

8 But what does it say? The word is close to you, in your mouth and in your heart; This is the word of faith, which we preach,

9 To wit: If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

10 For with the heart one believes for righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses for salvation.

11 For the Scripture says: Whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.

 

 

1 JOHN 5

 

20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, that we may know the True; and in what is true we are, that is, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

21 Little children, beware of idols. Amen.

 

 Idolatry is a great danger. It leads us to worship things other than God. Only God deserves our worship. Nothing is more important than loving God above all things.

Idolatry is not just worshiping other gods or lifeless images. Idolatry is putting anything above God in our lives. We can idolize a person, a job, a political party, money... To avoid idolatry, we must always put God first, in everything we do.

"You shall have no other gods besides me. "You shall not make for yourself any idol, any image of anything in heaven, on earth, or in the waters under the earth.

Exodus 20:3-4

"I am the Lord; this is my name!

I will not give my glory to another

nor to images my praise.

Isaiah 42:8

"Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the Lord, your God.

Leviticus 19:4

Their idols of silver and gold,

are made by human hands. They have a mouth, but they cannot speak;

eyes, but cannot see; they have ears but cannot hear;

nose, but cannot smell; they have hands, but they can feel nothing;

feet, but cannot walk;

and they do not make any sound with their throat. Become like them those who make them

and all who trust in them.

Psalms 115:4-8

Therefore, my beloved brothers, flee from idolatry.

1 Corinthians 10:14

Now the works of the flesh are manifest: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, wrath, selfishness, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before: Those who practice these things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:19-21

Some of the authorities of Israel came and sat before me. Then the Lord said to me, "Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and placed wicked stumbling blocks before them. Shall I let them consult me? Now say to them, This is what the Sovereign Lord says: idols in his heart and put an ungodly stumbling block before his face and then go to consult a prophet, I the Lord, I myself, will answer him according to their idolatry. This I will do to win back the hearts of the nation of Israel, which abandoned me in exchange of their idols. "Therefore say to the nation of Israel: This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent! Turn away from your idols and renounce all detestable practices! "When any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel separates himself from me, sets up idols in his heart and puts an ungodly stumbling block before him, and then goes to a prophet to inquire of me, I, the Lord, I myself will answer him . I will set my face against that man and will make him an example and an object of ridicule. I will cut him off from among my people. prophecy, I, the Lord, will have deceived that prophet and will stretch out my arm against him and destroy him, removing him from among my people Israel.

Ezekiel 14:1-9

Because rebellion

it is like the sin of witchcraft;

arrogance, as the evil of idolatry.

Just like you rejected

the word of the Lord,

he rejected him as king."

1 Samuel 15:23

Thus, put to death everything that belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

Colossians 3:5

Claiming to be wise, they became mad and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made in the likeness of mortal man, as well as birds, four-legged animals and reptiles.

Romans 1:22-23

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

1 John 5:21

"Those who believe

in useless idols

they despise mercy.

Jonah 2:8

Great will be the suffering

of those who run after other gods.

I will not participate in your blood sacrifices,

and my lips won't even mention

their names.

Psalms 16:4

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they will not be able to save them when disaster strikes them.

Jeremiah 11:12

The rest of humanity who did not die from these plagues did not even repent of the works of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood, idols that cannot see, nor hear, nor walk.

Revelation 9:20

"Gather together and come; gather together,

you, fugitives from the nations.

Those who take

from one side to another

wooden images,

who pray to gods who cannot save.

Isaiah 45:20

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were, as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to feast."

1 Corinthians 10:7

Your land is full of idols.

They bow before the work

from your hands,

in front of what your fingers did.

Isaiah 2:8

"'Cursed is anyone who carves an image or makes a cast idol, the work of craftsmen, detestable to the Lord, and sets it up secretly.'

All the people will say, 'Amen!'

Deuteronomy 27:15

 

IMAGE TEXT: PREACH THE SERMONS YOU STUDY TO YOURSELF BEFORE PREACHING THEM TO OTHERS

16 Pay close attention to your own life and doctrine, persevering in these duties, for by doing so you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

1 Timothy 4.16📖🙏

27 But I beat my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be reproached.

1 Corinthians 9.27📖🙏

A MESSAGE FROM THE PIG TO HIS ESTEEMED DEVOURERS

•I eat my own offspring if they are weak and sickly.

• I eat my own feces.

• I will eat the corpse of a dead human, dog, rats, whatever you want.

• I'm a four-legged garbage disposal.

• I have one of the poorest digestive systems known to man.

• God warned you not to eat me or even touch my carcass, so I am not the “other white meat.”

• I eat poisonous snakes and they bite me but they can't hurt me because their venom goes directly to my fat cells.

• I am raised in a cage in modern processing facilities, which stresses me out and drives me crazy.

• I chew on the bars of my cages until my face is a bloody mess.

• I hope you know that the parasites and worms in my meat are so strong that it is almost impossible to kill them all while cooking me to eat, I am an abundant habitation of trichinosis, taeniasis, parasites that can make your life a waste.

• I have almost nothing left to feed you when you finish cooking me to "recommended temperature." You might as well eat the sole of your shoe.

• I find it hard to believe that you are unaware that our Creator never intended me to be food (meat) for you, and He informed you of this in Leviticus 11, and Deuteronomy 14. If you stop eating me, you will do well and avoid a lot of evils in your precious life.

 

 This is the condition of every human being without God

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Ephesians 2

1.And He made you alive, 👉when you were dead in trespasses and sins👈,

2. When you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, according to the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience;⚠️

3. Among whom we also all formerly walked in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and we were by nature children of wrath, like others too.👈

4. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

With God everything changes👇

5. While we were still dead in our trespasses, he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 🔑🔓

6.And he raised us up together with him and made us sit in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus;

7.To show in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace through his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8.For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this does not come from you, it is a gift from God.🤔

9.It does not come from works, so that no one can boast;

10.For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

11. Therefore remember that you were once Gentiles in the flesh, and are called uncircumcision by those who in the flesh are called circumcision made by hands;

12. That at that time you were without Christ, separated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.

13.But now in Christ Jesus you who were once far off have come near through the blood of Christ.

14.For he is our peace, who made one of both peoples; and, tearing down the wall of separation that was in the middle,

15. In his flesh he dissolved the enmity, that is, the law of commandments, which consisted of ordinances, to create in himself one new man of the two, making peace,

16.And through the cross reconcile both with God in one body, putting to death their enmities with it.

17.And coming, he preached peace, to you who were far off, and to those who were near;

18.For through him we both have access to the Father in the same Spirit.

19. So that you are no longer strangers or aliens, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the family of God;

20. Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, of which Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone;

21.In whom the whole building, when fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

22. In whom also you are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

He strengthens the tired and multiplies the strength of those who have no strength. 🙏🏻 Isaiah 40:29

 

IMAGE QUOTE: IT IS TIME TO SEEK GOD. THE END IS NEAR!

6 Seek the Lord

while it is possible to find it;

cry out to him while he is near.

7 Let the wicked forsake his way;

and the bad man, his thoughts.

Let him turn to the Lord,

who will have mercy on him;

turn to our God,

for he willingly gives his forgiveness.

Isaiah 55:6-7📖🙏

 

Perseverance

Happy is the man who perseveres under trial, because after passing he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him. James 2:12

There are battles that God allows us to go through, not because He doesn't love us, but because He wants us to grow in wisdom, in fidelity, in perseverance. Let us go through them trusting and believing that God always has the biggest and best plan for our lives.

Deuteronomy 8:2 You will remember all the way the Lord your God led you in the wilderness these forty years, to humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep it or not his commandments.

Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you will be able to experience and prove the good, acceptable and perfect will of God.

Let us be grateful to God, whether in joy or sadness, at any moment in our lives, let us ask Him for wisdom to act according to His will. Persevering and always trusting.

Jeremiah 30:11-13 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you the end you hope for. Then you will call on me, and you will go and pray to me, and I will hear you. And you will seek me, and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

 

Jesus quoted an invitation: "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters." (Isaiah 55:1). When we quench our spiritual thirst in the Lord, His spirit will flow through us, and rivers of living water will flow from us. "O God, you are my God, I seek you intensely; my soul thirsts for You!"

 

 

9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else and its disease is incurable. Who is capable of understanding it?

10 "I am the Lord who searches the heart and examines the mind, to reward everyone according to his conduct, according to his works."

Jeremiah 17:9-10📖🙏

Grace and peace!

“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High and rests in the shadow of the Almighty.”

You can say to the Lord: You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.

He will free you from the hunter's snare and deadly poison.

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness will be his protective shield.

You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

Neither the pestilence that creeps in the darkness, nor the plague that devastates at midday.

(Psalm 91:1-6)

“Because he loves me, I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he knows my name.

He will cry to me, and I will answer him, and in adversity I will be with him; I will deliver him and cover him with honor.

I will give you long life, and I will show you my salvation."

(Psalm 91:14-16)

Trust in God is the opposite of fear, therefore, whoever remains in the shelter of the Almighty, and takes shelter in the shadow of the Almighty, can feel safe.

Omnipotent, is an attribute and a name of God that comes from the Hebrew, “shadday” and translates as “the Almighty”, this name appears around 50 times in the Old Testament and was the name with which the patriarchs knew the God, referring to Him as the powerful, invincible, great and strong God.

All of these adjectives show us the eternal nature of our Father God, which we can trust. “Shadday” is composed of the particle “shed” (who or which) and “day” (enough), therefore, Shadday is the “all-sufficient God”, eternally capable of being everything we need.

The psalmist here expresses his complete trust in the Lord in times of danger and defiance against the powers of the evil one. He emphasizes a deep, intimate and personal communion with God when he says to the Lord, “You are my refuge, my fortress, the God in whom I trust,” Psalm 91:2. The answer to all our fears is a close relationship with God.

We must appropriate all the promises of this psalm and we will find refuge and protection in God at all times, against every temptation and attack from Satan, Psalm 91:11-12 tells us that God sends angels to watch over us.

In the last part of Psalm 91:14-16, God Himself speaks emphasizing His promise of personal protection. Again he prioritizes our personal relationship with Him: “Because he has set his love upon me, I also will deliver him; I will exalt him, because he knows my name.” This promise includes deliverance, rising above our circumstances, the answer to our prayers, His presence in times of trouble, seeing His glory in our lives, satisfying us with a long life, and showing us His salvation.

It is the same call from Jesus for us to remain in close relationship with Him, John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches; He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit; because apart from me you can do nothing.”

Moses was protected by the hand of God as he showed him his glory so that he would not die, Exodus 33:21-22 “And the Lord said, Behold a place near me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock; and when my glory passes by, I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until it passes by.” Now Jesus is the rock in which we can take refuge and contemplate the glory of God, because he broke down all the barriers that separated us from the Father.

In the darkest moments, he will always hide us in the cave of the rock to protect us and free us. God raised Jesus from the dead and, in doing so, freed us from the fear of death and the future, which is precisely why we must be willing to leave our safety completely in his hands.

Of course, we who love the Lord will be rescued from tribulations and the Lord will be with us in the midst of difficulties, this is what makes the difference when we trust in Jesus and recognize his powerful name.

Let us pray

Lord, thank you for being with me in times of distress, You are my refuge and strength, under your wings I feel safe. I trust in You, because You are the Almighty, the all-sufficient God, there is nothing that is difficult for You, You are the one who fills me with hope for the future and takes away all fear from my heart. I accept the

Your promises and rest in Your truth, because Your Word is light in the midst of the storms of my life. Thank you for taking care of me and strengthening me in my pilgrimage through this world, in the name of Jesus, amen.

 

PICTURE QUOTE: EVERY TIME MAN THINKS ABOUT SAILING AWAY FROM GOD, THE DEVIL ALWAYS HAS A BOAT READY

This reflection alerts us to how easily we can stray from the right path when our faith wavers or when we seek satisfaction far from divine precepts. Temptation is always lurking, ready to offer us a false sense of freedom or a shortcut to happiness, which in reality leads us away from the reassuring and loving presence of God.

The boat that the devil offers us may appear attractive and promising, promising unlimited adventures and pleasures. But the truth is that these trips take us away from the safe haven that is God. The Bible repeatedly warns us about the danger of temptations and the importance of remaining firm in faith, using the armor of God to resist the enemy's deceptions.

Therefore, it is vital to remain anchored to the Word of God, seeking His presence and guidance in all life decisions. As we face the temptation to "sail away," let us remember that true refuge and true freedom are found in closeness to God, not in running away from Him. May we always choose to remain in the boat that sails towards eternity alongside the Father, resisting the deceptive offers that try to divert us from the course. #FidelidadeADeus #ResistirAsTemptations #ProximidadeComDeus

 

IMAGE TEXT: "I SHAKEN, BUT MY ROCK DOESN'T MOVE"

The Eternal Rock

Behold the Rock! His works are perfect, for all his ways are judgment; God is faithfulness, and there is no injustice in him; it is fair and upright. (Deuteronomy 32.4)

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There is no one holy

like the Lord;

there is none other than you;

there is no rock

like our God.

(1 Samuel 2.2)

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For who is God besides the Lord?

And who is Rock if not our God?

(2 Samuel 22:32)

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The Lord lives!

Blessed be my Rock!

Exalted be God,

the Rock that saves me!

(2 Samuel 22:47)

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Trust in the Lord forever,

for the Lord, the Lord alone,

is the eternal Rock.

(Isaiah 26.4)

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Come! Let us sing to the Lord with joy!

Let us acclaim the Rock of our salvation.

(Psalm 95.1)

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This Jesus is a stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. (Acts 4.11)

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Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence, and he that believeth in her shall not be put to shame.

(Romans 9.33)

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They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. (1 Corinthians 10.3-4)

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Coming to him is the living stone, rejected by men, but chosen by God and precious (1 Peter 2:4)

JC Pilgrim

 

 

''Blessed Day, 92/366, Living The Liberating Truth of Christ!

Blessed All Week, being, making and living the Difference! Do not conform to the standards of this world, not even as a joke. Do not give way to the father of lies, not even for an instant. Don't play at being happy at any time. If we are in Christ, we live in the Way, practicing the Truth, and living for his Glory. Don't imitate the world.'' (Eliene)

We live in an era where truth is disregarded. People do not believe in absolute truth, each person builds their own version of the truth, which adjusts to their way of life.

The Bible does not say that Jesus is just a truth, it says that He is The Truth. This means that He is the embodiment of truth and there is no truth outside of Him.

God wants to change our lives with his truth and only Jesus can remove the blindfolds and bonds of lies that prevent us from living happily and with dignity.

Jesus replied: "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:6

And they will know the truth, and the truth will set them free."

John 8:32

Truth is the essence of your word,

and all your righteous ordinances are eternal.

Psalms 119:160

Sanctify them in truth; your word is the truth.

John 17:17

guide me with your truth and teach me,

for you are God, my Savior,

and my hope is in you all the time.

Psalms 25:5

Send your light and your truth;

they will guide me

and they will take me to your holy mountain,

to the place where you live.

Psalms 43:3

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:17

By his decision he begot us through the word of truth, so that we might be like the first fruits of everything he created.

James 1:18

He who is the Word became flesh and lived among us. We saw his glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:14

So stand firm, girding yourselves with the belt of truth, putting on the breastplate of righteousness

Ephesians 6:14

 

"Fear Not, He Lives"

This verse from Mark's Gospel brings us three tremendous and indisputable teachings about Resurrection Sunday, the most important day in all of history. First the angel told the women who went to the tomb not to fear, because Jesus was alive. And this word from the angel applies to all Christians. The angel's voice echoes to this day telling us: "Fear not, He Lives!" The love of Jesus has the therapeutic power to cast out all fear from our lives (1 John 4:18). The second teaching of this verse brings to us the premise that we should seek joy and happiness only in Christ. Note that the women went to the tomb to look for a dead Jesus, therefore disbelieving his resurrection, which had already been announced by him (Matthew 20.17-19). And this makes us reflect on whether we are really seeking joy in Jesus, the inexhaustible source, or in other finite sources? Seek your joy in the Christ who is alive and resurrected. And the third teaching comes from the expression: "See the place where they had laid him." This phrase from the angel has the clear objective of showing the women and us too that the place where Jesus' body was is empty. And for this we can give a shout of victory! And also with this expression the angel announces to us that the tomb may be empty, but the hearts of those who believe in Jesus are not empty, because the living Christ eternally resides within them! This Easter Sunday praise God because you no longer need to fear anything or anyone, because Jesus is alive and will live forever. Also remember to seek your joy in Christ and not in secondary sources that will frustrate you. And finally feel that Jesus has conquered death and left behind the empty tomb to dwell inside your heart, in order to save your soul and cleanse all your wounds and scars, because you are too important to him, so important that not even death could stop the love he feels for you. To God all the Glory because Christ Jesus is alive and he is our tomorrow!

Allyson Meyer

Isaiah 43

7Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my own glory and joy, and whom I gave shape to.

8Bring out the people who have eyes but cannot see; and those who have ears but have lost the ability to listen.

9All the nations come together and the peoples come together. Who among them predicted this or can announce the magnificent works of the past? Now, let them present their witnesses to us, in order to prove that they were, in fact, right; so that others will hear and exclaim, ‘It’s true!’

10'You are my witnesses!', says Yahweh, 'and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe in me, and understand that I am God and that no god was formed before me, nor will there be someone after me.

11I, even I, am Yahweh, the LORD, and besides me there is no Savior.

12I have revealed, saved and proclaimed; I, and not a foreign god, from any other nation, among you who made it. Therefore, you are my witnesses that I am God,’ declares Yahweh!

13From all eternity I am he; and there is nothing or no one that can make something or someone escape from my hands. If I act, who will stop it?”