Be Doing—Not Just Listening

James 1:21-27 (NKJV)
21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, Acts 13:26which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.
27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Bible Reading for October 31

I Chronicles Chapter 1

1 Adam, Seth, Enosh,

2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Continue reading “Bible Reading for October 31”

Estar Haciendo, No Solo Escuchando

Santiago 1:21-27 (NVI)
21 Por esto, despojaos de toda inmundicia y de la maldad que tanto abunda, para que podáis recibir con humildad la palabra sembrada en vosotros, la cual tiene poder para salvaros la vida.
22 No os contentéis solo con escuchar la palabra, pues así os engañáis vosotros mismos. Llevadla a la práctica.
23 El que escucha la palabra, pero no la pone en práctica es como el que se mira el rostro en un espejo
24 y, después de mirarse, se va y se olvida en seguida de cómo es.
25 Pero quien se fija atentamente en la ley perfecta que da libertad, y persevera en ella, no olvidando lo que ha oído, sino haciéndolo, recibirá bendición al practicarla.
26 Si alguien se cree religioso, pero no le pone freno a su lengua, se engaña a sí mismo, y su religión no sirve para nada.
27 La religión pura y sin mancha delante de Dios nuestro Padre es esta: atender a los huérfanos y a las viudas en sus aflicciones, y conservarse limpio de la corrupción del mundo.

Thankfulness and Prayer

Philippians 1:3-11 (NKJV)
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4 always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy,
5 for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now,
6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
7 just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
8 For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
10 that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,
11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Bible Reading for October 30

II Timothy Chapter 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Continue reading “Bible Reading for October 30”

Acción de Gracias e Intercesión

Filipenses 1:3-11 (NVI)
3 Doy gracias a mi Dios cada vez que me acuerdo de vosotros.
4 En todas mis oraciones por todos vosotros, siempre oro con alegría,
5 porque habéis participado en el evangelio desde el primer día hasta ahora.
6 Estoy convencido de esto: el que comenzó tan buena obra en vosotros la irá perfeccionando hasta el día de Cristo Jesús.
7 Es justo que yo piense así de todos vosotros porque os llevo en el corazón; pues, ya sea que me encuentre preso o defendiendo y confirmando el evangelio, todos vosotros participáis conmigo de la gracia que Dios me ha dado.
8 Dios es testigo de cuánto os quiero a todos con el entrañable amor de Cristo Jesús.
9 Esto es lo que pido en oración: que vuestro amor abunde cada vez más en conocimiento y en buen juicio,
10 para que discernáis lo que es mejor, y seáis puros e irreprochables para el día de Cristo,
11 llenos del fruto de justicia que se produce por medio de Jesucristo, para gloria y alabanza de Dios.

Do Not Worry

Matthew 6:25-34 (NKJV)
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Bible Reading for October 29

I Timothy Chapter 4

1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Continue reading “Bible Reading for October 29”

De Nada Sirve Preocuparse

Mateo 6:25-34 (NVI)
25 »Por eso os digo: No os preocupéis por vuestra vida, qué comeréis o beberéis; ni por vuestro cuerpo, cómo os vestiréis. ¿No tiene la vida más valor que la comida, y el cuerpo más que la ropa?
26 Fijaos en las aves del cielo: no siembran ni cosechan ni almacenan en graneros; sin embargo, el Padre celestial las alimenta. ¿No valéis vosotros mucho más que ellas?
27 ¿Quién de vosotros, por mucho que se preocupe, puede añadir una sola hora al curso de su vida?
28 »¿Y por qué os preocupáis por el vestido? Observad cómo crecen los lirios del campo. No trabajan ni hilan;
29 sin embargo, os digo que ni siquiera Salomón, con todo su esplendor, se vestía como uno de ellos.
30 Si así viste Dios a la hierba que hoy está en el campo y mañana es arrojada al horno, ¿no hará mucho más por vosotros, gente de poca fe?
31 Así que no os preocupéis diciendo: “¿Qué comeremos?” o “¿Qué beberemos?” o “¿Con qué nos vestiremos?”
32 Los paganos andan tras todas estas cosas, pero el Padre celestial sabe que necesitáis de todo esto.
33 Más bien, buscad primeramente el reino de Dios y su justicia, y todas estas cosas os serán añadidas.
34 Por lo tanto, no os angustiéis por el mañana, el cual tendrá sus propios afanes. Cada día tiene ya sus problemas.

The Ministry of Reconciliation

1 Corinthians 5:12-19 (NJKV)
12 For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.
13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;
15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,
19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.