Leave It To The World

Let the world keep what is material and belongs to the world, but keep safe for God, what is spiritual and belongs to Him. This is how Jesus explained it: Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested. They sent some of their disciples, along with the supporters of Herod, to meet with him. “Teacher,” they said, “we know how honest you are. You teach the way of God truthfully. You are impartial and don’t play favorites. Now tell us what you think about this: Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” But Jesus knew their evil motives. “You hypocrites!” he said. “Why are you trying to trap me?  Here, show me the coin used for the tax.” When they handed him a Roman coin,  he asked, “Whose picture and title are stamped on it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied. “Well, then,” he said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.” His reply amazed them, and they went away. Matthew 22:15-22 NLT

DANGER!

When facing a dangerous situation that threatens our physical integrity, our primal instincts trigger a series of defense mechanisms, which involve, running, screaming, seek shelter and defending ourselves. However, when facing a dangerous situation that threatens our emotional integrity, there are no primal instincts that trigger defense mechanisms. The reason is that primal instincts are part of our animal nature and protect our animal part, that is our body. The emotional area is part of our human nature and it is our intelligence that should trigger defense mechanisms to protect ourselves emotionally. This process is far more complicated than the one based on instincts and requires personal skills and development. But if we accept that our intelligence is the divine breath that our Creator gave us, we can understand that in our heavenly Father we will find the skills and spiritual development, that will provide us with emotional balance and defense. Jesus said: Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.

True Cleaning

When I lived with my parents we used to give a deep clean our house, one Saturday a month. Each of us had a specific responsibility in those cleaning days and it always surprised us the amount of dirt we put out and we wondered, what would happen if we cleaned less often. If this happens in our external physical house, how will it be in our spiritual inner house? How long has it been since you do not clean your heart? Jesus tells us it is more important to clean our inside than our outside, because what good is that the outside is clean, but inside is full of filth and corruption? Remember that you are not a body that has a soul, but a soul you have a body. Your true self is within you and is spiritual. Let Jesus come into your heart and that His presence within you, pull out everything that is unclean and defiles you internally, so you're really clean and free.

Love Is Paid With Love

Love is paid with love. Luis was looking for an engagement ring for his fiancée and wanted it to be really special and beautiful. Finally, he chose one that met his expectations and that he knew she was going to like it, but to get it, he had to walk a lot, enter many jewelers and pay a high price. When we love, we do not mind the effort we make, or the cost we pay for the person we love. Some people have given their lives for the ones they love and the ultimate demonstration of love is that of our heavenly Father, for God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. Love is shown with actions, not words and God showed how much love He has for us, paying the highest price ever paid, with the death of Christ on the cross. Jesus demonstrated with actions his command: You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength and love your neighbor as yourself. Will you demonstrate that kind of love with actions or words?

Without Label

Charles was known as one of the bad guys from the city and his fame gave him more enemies than friends. Years later, Carlos regretted his actions, decided to change his life and he regenerated completely. However, most people did not believe in that change, because they kept seeing the bad boy "label" and could not see him any other way. They defined him by a label and could not accept the change. In the world it is very common to label people, but the only label that your Father in heaven sees in you, is "son or daughter". To God, you are His son or daughter and not the definition of a label. The problem is not only that other people will see you labeled, but many times we label ourselves and accept our own label. If your heavenly Father does not label you, do not do it youself, or allow others to do so. Your personal value is defined as the daughter or son of God and no human definition or label, may redefine or change your value. Your identity and value is in your personal relationship with Father in heaven.

Eternal Commitment

Are there eternal commitments? One of the most important decisions of my life was, when in front of many witnesses, I accepted voluntary and sincerely, my spouse, to be my partner for the rest of my life. I knew this was a definitive binding, independent of the circumstances and problems that may arise along the way, until death do us part and I accepted the risk of 50% of divorcing couples that is shown in statistics. If we can make commitments to people, knowing that they are not perfect and accept their weaknesses and strengths, much more should we be willing to make a sincere and voluntary commitment to God, our Father in heaven, knowing that He is Perfect and that his company is eternal. God will never leave us, no matter the circumstances and the difficult times that we may be going through. If you have not already done so, accept God in your life today. His love for you is so great that you will never be able to understand it or measure it, and His Commitment to you is eternal, beyond physical death.

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