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Our Hope

08 Tuesday Dec 2015

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The Worst Deficiency
Today’s Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-9 Version CEV
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Many people overcome their physical weaknesses and face life in a natural way. However physical deficiency often brings a sense of rebellion and bitterness.

We are talking about physical impairments. However, it is good to clarify that we are surrounded by thousands of people spiritually impaired or poor at heart. You and I have our shortcomings: shortcomings in our emotions, our feelings, our character, and our personality.

It is common to find people who prefer to stay away emotionally. They do not know how to give and receive love. Everywhere we find selfish people, depraved, incoherent, aggressive, and with other aberrations.

The physical shortcomings are obvious; spiritual shortcomings are highlighted in our social relations. It’s good to know that God cares about our deficiencies. God knows the cause, the origin of our weaknesses: our sin. Sin manifests in our selfishness and our natural rebellion against God’s will.

To eliminate the cause and the effects of our shortcomings, God assumed human form in Jesus Christ. Christ died and rose again, he overcame sin and death. He beat forever our deficiencies in body and soul. Jesus is our hope!

Ildefonso Torres

No Partiality

05 Thursday Nov 2015

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Preconceptions
Today’s Reading: Deuteronomy 16:19 Version ESV
What determines the existence of preconceptions in society? A compendium of Social Sciences says that human beings tend to underestimate what cannot be compared.

Preconceived ideas are acquired. They are not born with man. We, as we grow, we learn gradually to carry out certain associations of ideas: a flower equals beauty; man is strength; women represent emotions; Jewish is synonymous with greed; abroad is a “gringo”. These images end up forming part of the people.

However, more damaging than the words and images is our behavior towards minority groups; or our contempt for the lower classes, an attitude of superiority, relative to others, based on the haircut, lower education, lower purchasing power and many other things.

But for God all men are equal, because he created them in his image and likeness. God does not show partiality. All of us need God to live, to breathe, to exist.

Hear what the Bible says, “You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.”

Ildefonso Torres

Anger

15 Saturday Aug 2015

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Today’s Reading: Ephesians 4:26-27
American statesman Thomas Jefferson said: “When you are mad, count to ten.

If you are mad and very angry count to one hundred. Good advice! The unbridled anger can kill. I read about the case of a couple who killed his young son because he cried when they wanted to listen to music.

The Bible mentions two types of anger: one that is appropriate and one that is not. The appropriate should be directed against sin, as in the time when Jesus expelled the merchants from the temple. The feeling of anger that is not appropriate is the one we feel at small or minor provocations. Paul recommends: “Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry.” (Ephesians 4:26)

Anger should not endure. Spouses should not sleep back to back because of a discussion that took place during the day. Children should also learn to make peace.

Paul adds, “And do not give the devil a foothold.” (Ephesians 4:27) Anger gives the devil the best opportunity to enter our lives; it makes us lose control, he is always alert waiting for any opportunity to make us fall.

Jesus wants to reproduce his character in us, his love, his gentleness, his joy and self-control. We need to ask His Spirit to control us and teach us to forgive.

Ildefonso Torres