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The Word

03 Thursday Mar 2016

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Instrument Blessing
INSTRUMENT OF BLESSING OR CURSE?
Today’s Reading: Hebrews 4:12 Version NIV
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A harsh word can be worse than a face slap. Many people, who found that physical aggression within the family is something absurd, assault with harsh and cruel words, his wife and children.

The word may also be, like a sharp knife. Murmuring that become slander and slowly kill innocent people.

The word is constantly falsified and lies become ordinary. This happens at all levels of society, from the government to the rich, and to the poorest people of the city.

God gave us the word to bless and not to curse. It is with the word that we comfort those who suffer. We teach the truth; we value those who are desperate and convey our love to them.

Jesus is the Word of God in human form; He is the means of communication of God; the distribution of his love, forgiveness and life for all human beings. You must ask God: “Lord, do not let my voice say harsh words; slander and lies. Open my mouth to utter words of comfort, purpose, value and to tell others of your love and your grace”.

We must use words as instruments to bless others and never to curse them.

Ildefonso Torres

Gift or Punishment

30 Monday Nov 2015

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Work, Gift Of God
Today’s Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 Version CEV

Many people keep saying: “I would like to know who invented work!” Others face the daily struggle as if work was a punishment, a curse.

God invented work, or better yet, work is a gift from God to turn human life into something useful and enjoyable.

Every day, before you go out, give thanks to God.

Do you have a job, an occupation? Then, thank God. Give thanks because you have some kind of ability and are able to use your intelligence and the dexterity of your hands. Today many will not be able to leave their homes; they will not be able to get out of bed. Others will be in a hospital. Worse than that: thousands of inactive people, living a useless life, taking advantage of the society in which they live.

Do you have a job, an occupation? Then you are fortunate. You have the opportunity to be useful, to build something, to improve the world in which we live. Thank God and go everywhere, providing value and excitement to the lives of all those around you.

Ildefonso Torres

Dependent?

18 Wednesday Nov 2015

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Self-sufficient
Today’s Reading: Genesis 2:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:11-14 Version NIV
Everyone likes to be independent; to do everything independently, to live without depending on others. Is this true?

Self-sufficiency is often praised, to the point that we make unpleasant remarks about those who are not self-sufficient.

However, God does not see things the same way we do. Therefore He says: “It is not good that the man should be alone.”

God created us to live in community; to help each other.

When the tendency to self-sufficiency attacks us, we must remember God’s instruction in the Bible: “Therefore, encourage one another…be at peace among yourselves…we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with everyone.”

You must understand the way God wants us to live. It takes courage and wisdom to confess our dependence!

God has made us dependent beings, as people around us let us know; and through them, we discover our beauty and our value.

Ildefonso Torres

Divine Institution

24 Saturday Oct 2015

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The Marriage
Today’s Reading:Genesis 1:28-29
Could it be that marriage is out of fashion? Unfortunately, many think so. They reach the point of saying; marriage has lost its value as the basis of society.

For some, marriage is like a golden cage, a sweet prison. It looks at the wife as the “handbrake or the rein”, and the husband as a “corporal of the guard or a powerful male.” So, because of these conflicting positions, marriage has fallen into disrepute in a progressive society and intellectualized.

However, marriage is a divine institution. Human institutions are corrupt, fail and remain stagnant, but not so with God’s institutions. And if God instituted marriage, He provided the vital principles for proper operation. Happy are those who apply God’s principles in their family relationships! It may seem difficult at first, but following the directions of God is the only remedy for our conflicts and marital problems.

God’s principles are not only a remedy for the problems, but also the way forward to achieve happiness, personal satisfaction and true communion between man and woman.

Ildefonso Torres