BIBLE MEDITATION: ?I am the true vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.? John 15:1-2
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When Solomon built his temple, he employed eighty thousand stonecutters. They chipped and shaped those stones in the quarry before bringing them to the temple mound. Why? Because Solomon didn?t want the sound of the hammers and chisels heard on the temple mound. In the same way, you are part of the living stones of His temple and God is shaping you down here in the quarry called ?earth.? Part of your shaping is in the form of persecution. So, don?t look at your persecutors as enemies, but as God?s stonecutters.
ACTION POINT: Next time someone criticizes, mocks, or reviles you, offer this prayer: ?Thank You God for bringing me another stonecutter.? God is shaping you to be what you ought to be.
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Es esposo de la mejor mujer, padre de 2 hijos maravillosos, pastor y director de Desafío Joven. En los últimos 12 años ha trabajado con jóvenes, padres y líderes juveniles. Estudio en Rhema Bible Training Center. Su servicio con la palabra de Dios se ha extendido por más de 27 países en 13 idiomas. Es director ejecutivo y consultor de varios ministerios cristianos, desarrollando conferencias, cursos bíblicos, libros, estudios, devocionales, vídeos y recursos para la vida espiritual.
Tu ley es tu palabra y tu palabra es ley. Ley de amor…Ley de satisfacción y plenitud. Hoy recordaré que la marca de un discípulo es decir: “Que se haga tu voluntad”. Pero la marca de un discípulo maduro esta en decir: Tu voluntad amaré.
Hoy no puedo satisfacerme a mi mismo y llegar al pináculo hasta que no diga como el apóstol Pablo: “Tu voluntad oh Dios amaré, porque ella es buena, agradable y perfecta.
