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Future

10 Sunday Jan 2016

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In God's Hands
Today’s Reading:  John 10:28-29, Isaiah 49:15-16, Isaiah 62:3 Version NIV
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Men let themselves be led by appearances, but God sees and knows the heart. He sees the real reasons why we fight and live. God knows our intentions and does not forsake us in our desire to see his love and forgiveness take over the world.

Every time we stand at the service of good, great and wonderful things happen in our lives. The first is the interior restoration; the second, total contempt for earthly things; and third, a deep and genuine feeling of respect and worship to God.

Every morning, God gives us a new chance to live. According to his divine providence, we are located where we can apply his will, carry out good deeds and spread his love. This is the life that gives us meaning, meaning not by appearance, but by security, not of anxiety but of a hopeful future.

God is watching us and is moved by those who show confidence to leave all our future in his hands. In whose hands is your future?

Ildefonso Torres

Salvation

06 Wednesday Jan 2016

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I Am The Door - Final
Today’s Reading: John 10:9 Version NKJV
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What is the meaning of salvation? Salvation is freedom, abundance and life. Salvation means not only a heaven after death, but our encounter with life, here and now. Salvation is healing, removing all our worries and our disappointments. It is the healing of the wounds of the heart, caused by contempt, bitterness and disappointments.

Salvation is the restoration of the dignity of man, created by God in his image and likeness. It is to receive back the desire to live, to fight, to understand and to become someone useful.

The gateway to a country is a passport. The gateway to a good job can be knowledge, experience or unfortunately influence. The gateway to life is not money, or health, or good friends. The gate to life is Jesus! You must go through Him, receive forgiveness, inner freedom, the power of his Spirit, so that life outbreaks naturally. Life, then, becomes joy, peace, love, kindness and understanding.

There is a door that opens onto a new relationship with God and with people. Jesus is the door! Enter through this door and live!

Ildefonso Torres

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The Man and His Pain

11 Friday Sep 2015

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Today’s Reading: Luke 17:1-4
An experienced elderly father, at the news of the tragic death of his son, said: “It is better to know that he was the victim not the aggressor, he was shot, not the one who pulled the trigger.”

If anyone has caused your suffering, don’t bear a grudge; do not let hatred take over your heart; do not pay evil with evil. Learn from Jesus to pray for those who cause harm, and forgive those who offend. Put everything in God’s hands. All your problems, big or small, can be solved only by the grace of God. Jesus, who suffered so much pain, knows your sufferings, sorrows and anxieties. Jesus invites you to share with him your burdens and pains.

It is better to suffer than to make others suffer. It is not easy to live with a broken and dejected heart, but it is much worse to live with a guilt-ridden conscience. Think for a moment how it would be to spend the rest of our lives thinking about the evil that we did to other people, the ruin that we have caused in their lives.

Love is the forgiveness of Christ, which besides healing our inner ailments, also restores our lives and gives us strength to love and forgive, even our enemies.

Ildefonso Torres