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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>&ldquo;For God knows...</strong><strong>you will be like God, knowing good and evil&rdquo; (Genesis 3:5).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Many of us understand that the serpent came to Eve in the Garden and tempted her to question God&rsquo;s Word (Genesis 3:1). However, that was only half of his line of attack. In addition to casting doubt on God&rsquo;s Word, the serpent called into question God&rsquo;s character. In essence, he said, &ldquo;If you do what God forbids you to do&mdash;eating the forbidden fruit&mdash;you&rsquo;ll become equal to God. Why do you think He has forbidden you to do it? Because He doesn&rsquo;t want what&rsquo;s best for you. He wants to keep the best for Himself.&rdquo;</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The devil&rsquo;s tactics haven&rsquo;t changed. He still attacks us at the points of trying to get us to question God&rsquo;s Word and His character. As Christians, most of us are on guard against the questioning of God&rsquo;s Word, but we are often less vigilant about not questioning His character.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ever say, &ldquo;Where was God when such a tragedy took place? Why didn&rsquo;t He intervene?&rdquo; Or, &ldquo;God says He loves me, so why is my life falling apart? He sure has a strange way of showing love.&rdquo; How about, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve prayed, I&rsquo;ve pleaded, and I&rsquo;ve fasted. Why hasn&rsquo;t God answered?&rdquo; Finally, haven&rsquo;t we all said/thought at some time, &ldquo;Life just isn&rsquo;t fair&rdquo;?</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I'll address the last comment first: Absolutely, life is NOT fair!&nbsp;The second half of that equation declares, But God is GOOD&mdash;ALL the time! Those aren&rsquo;t just empty words, folks. God really is good&mdash;all the time, regardless of circumstances. Life isn&rsquo;t fair. It brings disappointments, trials, and tragedies, whether we&rsquo;re walking with God or not. And sometimes it just plain stinks. But none of those situations changes God&rsquo;s character one iota! He is good because He&rsquo;s God, period. Goodness simply does not exist apart from Him, and it cannot be separated from Him. When we get that great truth settled in our mind, the other questions will be settled as well:</div>
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    <div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;Where was God when the tragedy struck? Right where He always is&mdash;on His throne.</div>
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    <li style="margin: 0pt">If God loves me, why is my life falling apart? Because He&rsquo;s God and infinitely wiser and more loving than we are. If we can&rsquo;t make sense out of a situation, it&rsquo;s because our understanding is limited, not because God is failing to do the right thing. Whatever He does is right, simply because He is God!</li>
    <li style="margin: 0pt">I&rsquo;ve been praying and pleading and fasting; why hasn&rsquo;t God answered? Perhaps He has and we just didn&rsquo;t hear or understand Him. Or perhaps because God is timeless but we are trapped in time, we just haven&rsquo;t arrived at His answer yet. Because He is God, we can trust that His timing and His answers are always right.</li>
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<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In all the years I&rsquo;ve walked with God (nearly forty now), I&rsquo;ve never known Him to be weak, dishonest, unfaithful, late, or wrong. His character has proven to be true, even as has His Word. Beloved, if we want to walk in victory in this life, we must first settle in our hearts that God&rsquo;s Word AND His character are true and good and changeless. Only then, when the winds of adversity blow (and they will!), can we stand strong and proclaim the Name above all names, the&nbsp;One who walks with us through the fire, and carries us when we have no strength to stand.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">God is good&mdash;ALL the time! May that be our proclamation today and always!</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[God is good--ALL the time!]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>&ldquo;Ninguno hay bueno sino&hellip;&rdquo; (San Mateo 19:17 RV). </strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Uno de mis primeros empleos que yo tuve&nbsp;fue como cajera bancaria, donde aprend&iacute; a identificar &nbsp;la falsificaci&oacute;n de billetes estudiando los genuinos. Esa &nbsp;lecci&oacute;n ha sido de mucho valor para m&iacute; como creyente. &nbsp;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Satan&aacute;s&nbsp;nunca se cansa de tratar de enga&ntilde;ar la necesidad humana de una &nbsp;relaci&oacute;n con Dios ofreci&eacute;ndonos falsificaciones baratas, ya sean religiones falsas, adicciones qu&iacute;micas, relaciones malsanas, o &eacute;xito y poder. El &uacute;nico modo de reconocer y evitar tales trampas es teniendo el conocimiento &iacute;ntimo y la relaci&oacute;n con lo genuino.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Me he recordado de este hecho hace unos d&iacute;as hablando con una mujer joven que se considera religiosa y hasta puede llamarse cristiana, pero qui&eacute;n no refleja ninguna v relaci&oacute;n verdadera con Cristo en su vida. Habl&aacute;bamos de algunos acontecimientos recientes que hab&iacute;an complicado su existencia y le hab&iacute;an causado mucha angustia. En un esfuerzo obvio para poner un frente positivo, ella declar&oacute;, &ldquo;Pero &nbsp;todo est&aacute; bien.&rdquo;</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iquest;Ha escuchado usted alguna vez ese comentario? Es muy popular en estos d&iacute;as, y creo es una tentativa para secuestrar uno de los vers&iacute;culos m&aacute;s usados com&uacute;nmente en la Biblia sin nombrar al Autor de aquel vers&iacute;culo. El libro de Romanos 8:28 declara, &ldquo;Y sabemos que los que aman a Dios, todas las cosas les ayudan a bien, esto es, a los que conforme a Su prop&oacute;sito son llamados.&rdquo;&nbsp;La palabra de Dios nos dice que TODAS las cosas trabajan juntas para el bien, pero s&oacute;lo para aquellos que aman a Dios y&nbsp;&ldquo;conforme a Su prop&oacute;sito son llamados.&rdquo;&nbsp;Adem&aacute;s, Jes&uacute;s dijo en San Matthew 19:17 que nadie es bueno excepto Dios. S&oacute;lo Dios en nosotros es bueno; aparte de Su presencia, no tenemos ninguna bondad. Por lo tanto, &ldquo;est&aacute; todo bien&rdquo; es un dicho sin sentido y falso. &iquest;A&uacute;n parece alentador, verdad? Esto es el modo del mundo de decir, &ldquo;estoy pasando por tiempos muy dif&iacute;ciles, pero me ir&aacute; bien; al final todo va a salir bien.&rdquo;</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iquest;Realmente? No lo pienso as&iacute;. A menos que las cosas por las que pasamos sean parte del plan de Dios para nuestras vidas porque lo amamos y somos llamados para Su prop&oacute;sito, &ldquo;todo est&aacute; bien&rdquo; son palabras simplemente vac&iacute;as. No significan nada y no producir&aacute;n nada. La fe en palabras es la tonter&iacute;a. La fe en la Palabra de Dios nos completa a la victoria.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">La pr&oacute;xima vez que usted est&eacute; tentado a caerse en la trampa de la falsificaci&oacute;n, det&eacute;ngase&nbsp;un momento y reflexione sobre lo genuino. La jerga de nuestros d&iacute;as y las frases populares no significan nada, pero la Palabra de Dios est&aacute; lista a sostenerlo firmemente &nbsp;hasta el final.</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[San Mateo 19:17]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>&ldquo;No one is good but&hellip;God&rdquo; (Matt. 19:17).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One of my very first jobs was as a bank teller, where I learned to spot the counterfeit by studying the genuine. That lesson has proven invaluable to me as a believer.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Satan never tires of trying to deceive the human need for relationship with God by offering us cheap counterfeits, whether through false religions, chemical addictions, unhealthy relationships, or success and power. The only way to recognize and avoid such entrapments is by having intimate knowledge and relationship with the genuine.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I was reminded of this fact a few days ago when talking with a young woman who considers herself religious and may even call herself a Christian but who reflects no real relationship with Christ in her life. We were discussing some recent events that had complicated her existence and caused her a lot of heartache. In an obvious effort to put on a positive front, she declared, &ldquo;But it&rsquo;s all good.&rdquo;</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ever hear that comment? It&rsquo;s quite popular these days, and I believe it is an attempt to hijack one of the most commonly used verses in the Bible while discounting the Author of that verse. Romans 8:28 declares, &ldquo;And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.&rdquo; God&rsquo;s Word tells us that ALL things work together for good, but only &ldquo;to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.&rdquo; Furthermore, Jesus said in Matthew 19:17 that no one is good except God. Only God in us is good; apart from His presence, we have no goodness. Therefore, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s all good&rdquo; is a meaningless and untrue statement. Yet it sounds encouraging, doesn&rsquo;t it? It&rsquo;s the world&rsquo;s way of saying, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going through tough times, but I&rsquo;ll be fine; it&rsquo;ll all work out for the good.&rdquo;</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Really? I don&rsquo;t think so. Unless the things we&rsquo;re going through are part of God&rsquo;s plan for our lives because we love Him and are called for His purpose, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s all good&rdquo; are just empty words. They mean nothing and will produce nothing. Faith in words is foolishness. Faith in God&rsquo;s Word carries us through to victory.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next time you&rsquo;re tempted to fall into the trap of the counterfeit, stop a moment and reflect on the genuine. Modern-day jargon and popular phrases mean nothing, but God&rsquo;s Word stands ready to hold you firm until the end.</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[It's NOT all good...without God!]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><strong>As&iacute; que, el que piensa estar firme, mire que no caiga. (1 Corintios 10:12 RV).</strong></div>
<div style="text-indent: 36pt">Las palabras significan algo, &ldquo;As&iacute; que&rdquo; seguramente no es &nbsp;ninguna excepci&oacute;n. Como dice el viejo refr&aacute;n, &nbsp;cuando usted se encuentra con la palabra &ldquo;as&iacute; que&rdquo; &nbsp;en la Biblia, t&oacute;mese un momento para mirar hacia atr&aacute;s en lo que precedi&oacute; a ello y &nbsp;as&iacute; usted sabr&aacute; sobre qu&eacute; son todos los siguientes vers&iacute;culos.</div>
<div style="text-indent: 36pt">1 Corintios 10:12 es un vers&iacute;culo que se usa com&uacute;nmente, y hay una raz&oacute;n por esto: Tenemos que recordarnos a menudo de su significado.&nbsp;&nbsp;El hecho que comienza con la palabra &ldquo;As&iacute; que&rdquo; es significativo. Este vers&iacute;culo es una precauci&oacute;n para nosotros, una pauta para impedirnos caer. Esto es una advertencia a creyentes, no incr&eacute;dulos, aunque pueda ser aplicado en el uno o el otro caso. La diferencia es que los incr&eacute;dulos no tienen ninguna otra opci&oacute;n, s&oacute;lo tratar de estar de pie solos; de ah&iacute;, una ca&iacute;da es inevitable. Los &nbsp;creyentes, por otra parte, han sido llamados a ponerse de pie por medio de la fuerza de Dios, no por su propia fuerza. Es s&oacute;lo cuando nos movemos de aquella fundaci&oacute;n segura y comenzamos a pensar que podemos manejar algo por nuestra propia cuenta que r&aacute;pidamente nos encontramos nosotros mismos con nuestra cara en el lodo.</div>
<div style="text-indent: 36pt">Mirando hacia atr&aacute;s en los vers&iacute;culos que preceden a 1 Corintios 10:12, vemos a Dios record&aacute;ndonos de Su gran liberaci&oacute;n de la naci&oacute;n jud&iacute;a de la esclavitud en Egipto &mdash; de la esclavitud a la libertad. &iquest;Suena familiar? Es as&iacute; si usted ha recibido a Jes&uacute;s como su Salvador personal y ha sido liberado de la esclavitud del pecado a la libertad de servir a&nbsp;Cristo. &nbsp;Pero entonces los vers&iacute;culos &nbsp;un poco antes de 1 Corintios 10:12 nos recuerdan de como la gente jud&iacute;a reci&eacute;n entregada r&aacute;pidamente olvid&oacute; a su Libertador y comenz&oacute; a tratar de hacer las cosas por ellos mismos.<span>&nbsp;&nbsp; Los resultados fueron desastrosos.</span></div>
<div style="text-indent: 36pt">El vers&iacute;culo 11 entonces explica por qu&eacute; los diez vers&iacute;culos anteriores fueron escritos: &ldquo;y estas cosas les acontecieron como ejemplo, y est&aacute;n escritas para amonestarnos a nosotros, a quienes han alcanzado los fines de los siglos.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;Esos diez vers&iacute;culos &nbsp;son una advertencia a nosotros de lo que pasa a creyentes que olvidan a su Libertador y tratan de estar de pie en su propia fuerza. Seg&uacute;n el vers&iacute;culo 12&mdash; &ldquo;As&iacute; que&rdquo; &mdash; la ca&iacute;da es inevitable.</div>
<div style="text-indent: 36pt">Esto se junta todo en el vers&iacute;culo 13: &ldquo;No os ha sobrevivido ninguna tentaci&oacute;n que no sea humana; pero fiel es Dios, que no os dejar&aacute; ser tentados m&aacute;s de lo que pod&eacute;is resistir, sino que dar&aacute; tambi&eacute;n juntamente con la tentaci&oacute;n la salida, para que pod&aacute;is soportar.&rdquo;&nbsp;Este vers&iacute;culo &nbsp;a menudo es usado incorrectamente para implicar que Dios no permitir&aacute; que nada entre en nuestras vidas a las cuales no somos bastante fuertes para resistir. La verdad es todo lo opuesto. Si somos creyentes genuinos, podemos esperar persecuci&oacute;n y problemas y tribulaciones&nbsp;en una forma regular, contra ninguna de las cuales podremos levantarnos por nuestro propio esfuerzo. Pero &ldquo;Dios es fiel,&rdquo; y solo &Eacute;l puede&nbsp;proporcionar el camino para la salida &nbsp;de modo que podamos aguantar nuestra tentaci&oacute;n y no caer &mdash; SI dependemos de &Eacute;l.</div>
<div style="text-indent: 36pt">Es todo sobre &Eacute;l, mis queridos amigos(as) &mdash; Su fuerza, Su prop&oacute;sito, Su gloria. Aparte de &Eacute;l, la Biblia nos dice, no podemos hacer nada. &iexcl;Pero por medio de &Eacute;l podemos hacer TODAS las cosas! ASI QUE, podemos estar de pie fuertemente en Su poder hoy&hellip;y &nbsp;siempre.</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[1 Corintios 10:12 RV]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><strong>Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall (1 Corinthians 10:12).</strong></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Words mean something, and &ldquo;therefore&rdquo; is certainly no exception. As the old saying goes, when you come across the word &ldquo;therefore&rdquo; in the Bible, take a moment to look back at what preceded it so you&rsquo;ll know what the next verses are all about.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; First Corinthians 10:12 is a commonly quoted verse, and there&rsquo;s a reason for that: We need to be reminded of its meaning often. The fact that it begins with the word &ldquo;therefore&rdquo; is significant. This verse is a caution to us, a guideline to keep us from falling. It is a warning to believers, not unbelievers, though it can be applied in either case. The difference is that unbelievers have no choice but to try to stand on their own; hence, a fall is inevitable. Believers, on the other hand, have been called to stand in God&rsquo;s strength, not their own. It is only when we move from that sure foundation and begin thinking that we can handle something on our own that we quickly find ourselves with our face in the mud.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Looking back at the verses preceding 1 Corinthians 10:12, we see God reminding us of His great deliverance of the Jewish nation from bondage in Egypt&mdash;from slavery to freedom. Sound familiar? It does if you&rsquo;ve received Jesus as your personal Savior and been delivered from the slavery of sin to the freedom of serving Christ. But then the verses just prior to 1 Corinthians 10:12 remind us of how the newly delivered Jewish people quickly forgot their Deliverer and began to try to do things on their own. The results were disastrous.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Verse 11 then explains why the previous ten verses were written: &ldquo;Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.&rdquo; Those ten verses are a warning to us of what happens to believers who forget their Deliverer and try to stand in their own strength. According to verse 12&mdash;&ldquo;therefore&rdquo;&mdash;a fall is inevitable.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It all ties together in verse 13: &ldquo;No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.&rdquo; This verse is often used incorrectly to imply that God will not allow anything to come into our lives that we aren&rsquo;t strong enough to resist. The truth is just the opposite. If we are genuine believers, we can expect persecution and trials and tribulations on a regular basis, none of which we can stand up against on our own. But &ldquo;God is faithful,&rdquo; and He alone can and will provide the way of escape so that we can bear our temptation and not fall&mdash;IF we depend on Him.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It&rsquo;s all about Him, folks&mdash;His strength, His purpose, His glory. Apart from Him, the Bible tells us, we can do nothing. But through Him we can do ALL things! THEREFORE, may we stand strong in His power today&hellip;and always.</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Watch Where You're Standing....]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>&ldquo;&hellip; aquel cuya fuerza es su dios&rdquo; (Habacuc 1:11). </strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">No es a menudo que una frase tan corta de la escritura impacte tanto mi coraz&oacute;n, pero desde que encontr&eacute; estas seis palabras en mi lectura de Habacuc a principios de esta semana, no he sido capaz de sacarlas de mi mente.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iquest;Hay algo m&aacute;s tr&aacute;gico que hacer nuestra propia fuerza limitada, &ldquo;nuestro poder,&rdquo; nuestro dios? Y sin embargo la Biblia nos dice que muchos lo hacen. Para ser sincera, casi cada uno que no depende de Dios por &uacute;ltimo recurre a su propia fuerza. &iquest;C&oacute;mo es posible que seamos tan tontos? &nbsp;Los versos que rodean Habacuc 1:11 cuentan de la destrucci&oacute;n de aquellos que toman una opci&oacute;n tan pobre.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iquest;Se ha sentido cansado alguna vez? &iquest;Enfermo? &iquest;Desalentado? &iquest;Agotado? &iquest;Deprimido? De ser as&iacute;, usted sabe los l&iacute;mites de su propia fuerza. Cada vez que experimentamos una de esas emociones negativas o estados f&iacute;sicos, alcanzamos los l&iacute;mites de nuestra propia fuerza, el error de nuestro dios si en efecto no hemos colocado nuestra fe en Cristo. La sabidur&iacute;a nos llama a aquel punto para alcanzar m&aacute;s all&aacute; de tales limitaciones terrenales y agarrar la fuerza infalible, eterna, omnipotente de Dios fiel e ilimitado. Y, mis queridos amigos(as), es la opci&oacute;n puesta ante &nbsp;toda la humanidad. &iquest;Confiaremos sabiamente en la fuerza de un Dios verdadero, o trataremos &nbsp;tontamente de pararnos sobre nuestros propios pies de arcilla?</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &iexcl;Que el gozo del Se&ntilde;or sea su fuerza hoy, cuando usted tome la opci&oacute;n correcta a cada paso del camino!</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Habacuc 1:11]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>&ldquo;&hellip;he whose might is his god&rdquo; (Habakkuk 1:11, ASV).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It isn&rsquo;t often that such a short phrase of scripture so impacts my heart, but since running across these six words in my reading of Habakkuk earlier this week, I haven&rsquo;t been able to put them out of my mind.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there anything more tragic than making our own limited strength, or &ldquo;might,&rdquo; our god? And yet the Bible tells us that many do. To be honest, nearly everyone who doesn&rsquo;t depend on God ultimately resorts to depending on his own strength. How foolish can we possibly be? The verses surrounding Habakkuk 1:17 tell of the destruction of those who make such a poor choice.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ever been tired? Sick? Discouraged? Weary? Depressed? If so, you know the limits of your own strength. Each time we experience one of those negative emotions or physical conditions, we reach the limits of our own might, the fallacy of our god if indeed we have not placed our faith in Christ. Wisdom calls to us at that point to reach beyond such earthly limitations and grasp the infallible, eternal, omnipotent might of a faithful and limitless God. And that, beloved, is the choice laid before all mankind. Will we wisely rely on the might of the one true God, or foolishly try to stand upon our own feet of clay?</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; May the joy of the Lord be your strength today, as you make the right choice each step of the way!</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Our Source of Strength Is Our God]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>La soberbia de u coraz&oacute;n te a enga&ntilde;ado (Abd&iacute;as 1:3 RV)</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sabemos que muchas porciones de las Escrituras fueron escritas para grupos espec&iacute;ficos de gente, pero tambi&eacute;n sabemos que la Palabra de Dios es eterna y Sus instrucciones se aplican a nuestras vidas hoy en d&iacute;a.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Me sorprend&iacute; el otro d&iacute;a cuando le&iacute; las palabras de Abd&iacute;as: &ldquo;la soberbia de tu coraz&oacute;n te ha enga&ntilde;ado.&rdquo; Casi me ca&iacute; de mi silla con estas implicaciones &mdash; no que yo no sab&iacute;a ya como la soberbia puede endurecer nuestros corazones y conducirnos al pecado, pero de repente realic&eacute; que CADA VEZ que he sido enga&ntilde;ada, se ha debido a la soberbia.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iquest;C&oacute;mo es esto &nbsp;posible? &iquest;No son los dem&aacute;s qui&eacute;nes por lo general nos enga&ntilde;an? La verdad es que la gente deshonesta y manipuladora es a menudo cuyas palabras o las acciones instigan nuestro enga&ntilde;o. Pero si no tuvi&eacute;ramos ya la soberbia en nuestros corazones, no tendr&iacute;amos la tendencia de caer en sus mentiras.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Las Escrituras est&aacute;n claras que aquellos que creen que no hay ning&uacute;n Dios son tontos. &iquest;Pero somos aquellos de nosotros que decimos creer en Dios y a&uacute;n as&iacute; tomamos &nbsp;nuestras propias opciones y decisiones aparte de &Eacute;l algo diferente? Cuando intentamos examinar cuidadosamente los hechos y llegar a conclusiones usando nuestras propias capacidades mentales y&nbsp;limitadas, seg&uacute;n nuestra educaci&oacute;n o experiencias, o buscando un consultor imp&iacute;o, hemos dicho en efecto, &ldquo;no hay ning&uacute;n Dios.&rdquo; Por lo tanto, tambi&eacute;n somos tontos. La soberbia de nuestro coraz&oacute;n nos ha pervertido, ya que hemos cre&iacute;do en la mentira que nosotros somos suficientes.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">La verdad es que Dios nos ha dado un intelecto y espera que nosotros sabiamente lo &nbsp;usemos. Y esto es la llave. El Salmo 111:10 es nuestra salvaguardia para impedirnos caer en la soberbia y en la tonter&iacute;a: &ldquo;el principio de la sabidur&iacute;a es el temor de Jehov&aacute;&rdquo; Tener un temor sano del Se&ntilde;or significa que nos volvemos a &Eacute;l &nbsp;primero y confiamos en Su Palabra para tomar decisiones y opciones de juicio. &nbsp;Y s&oacute;lo podemos hacer esto si hacemos el estudio de la Biblia una pr&aacute;ctica regular.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">.<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Primero de Corintios 10:12 nos advierte, &ldquo;As&iacute; es que, el que piensa estar firme, mire que no caiga.&rdquo;&nbsp;Si hacemos una pr&aacute;ctica para inclinarnos en Dios y confiar en la sabidur&iacute;a de Su Palabra, m&aacute;s bien que en la soberbia de nuestros corazones y nuestras propias capacidades falibles, no nos caeremos; no seremos tontos; no seremos enga&ntilde;ados. En cambio, estaremos parados firmemente, y seremos capaces de conducir a otros a aquel mismo lugar s&oacute;lido donde el Amor reina y la Verdad nos ponen en libertad&hellip;</span></div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Abdias 1:3]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>The pride of your heart has deceived you (Obadiah 1:3).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We know that most portions of the Scriptures were written to specific groups of people, but we also know that God&rsquo;s Word is timeless and His instructions applicable to our lives today.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I was struck with that reminder the other day when I read the words in Obadiah: &ldquo;The pride of your heart has deceived you.&rdquo; I nearly fell from my chair at the implications&mdash;not that I didn&rsquo;t already know how pride can harden our hearts and steer us into sin, but I suddenly realized that EVERY TIME I have been deceived, it has been because of pride.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How is that possible? Aren&rsquo;t other people the ones who usually deceive us? True, dishonest and manipulative people are often the ones whose words or actions instigate our deception. But if we didn&rsquo;t already have pride in our hearts, we wouldn&rsquo;t be so apt to fall for their lies.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Scriptures are clear that those who believe there is no God are fools. But are those of us who claim to believe in God and yet make our choices and decisions apart from Him any different? When we attempt to sift through the facts and come to conclusions by using our own limited mental abilities, by depending on our education or experiences, or by seeking ungodly counsel, we have in effect said, &ldquo;There is no God.&rdquo; Therefore, we too are fools. The pride in our heart has led us astray, for we have bought into the lie that we are sufficient unto ourselves.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; True, God has given us an intellect and expects us to use it&mdash;wisely. And that&rsquo;s the key. Psalm 111:10 is our safeguard to keep us from falling into pride and foolishness: &ldquo;The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.&rdquo; Having a healthy fear of the Lord means that we turn to Him first and rely on His Word to make choices and judgment calls. And we can only do that if we make Bible study a regular practice.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; First Corinthians 10:12 warns us, &ldquo;Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.&rdquo; If we are making it a practice to lean on God and trust the wisdom of His Word, rather than the pride of our hearts and our own fallible abilities, we will not fall; we will not be fools; we will not be deceived. Instead, we will stand strong, and we will be able to lead others to that same solid place where Love reigns and Truth sets us free&hellip;.</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Don't Let Pride Deceive You...]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>&ldquo;Prep&aacute;rate para venir al encuentro de tu Dios&hellip;&rdquo; (Am&oacute;s 4:12 RV). </strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; La reciente pel&iacute;cula&nbsp;&ldquo;Bucket List&rdquo; fue un gran &eacute;xito clamoroso en los teatros, y no tan sorprendentemente. El argumento es sobre dos hombres que descubren que a ellos les queda&nbsp;poco tiempo &nbsp;para vivir, entonces ellos preparan listas de lo que ellos quieren lograr antes de que ellos &ldquo;estiren el petate.&rdquo; &nbsp;El tema apela porque casi cada uno tiene tal lista, aunque la mayor parte se desesperan de ir marcando&nbsp;algo cumplido en &nbsp;la lista, sin mencionar cumplir la lista entera.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Personalmente encuentro esta historia muy triste, por la misma raz&oacute;n que muchas personas se pueden relacionar con esto y sin duda reaccionar&iacute;an de la misma manera que&nbsp;ellos si descubrieran que ellos tambi&eacute;n tienen s&oacute;lo meses o semanas para vivir. La raz&oacute;n por la cual es&nbsp;triste es que esta clase de reacci&oacute;n impide terminar la carrera como nosotros hemos sido llamados y dise&ntilde;ados hacer.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Los seres humanos son las &uacute;nicas criaturas hechas en la imagen de Dios. Debido a la Ca&iacute;da de Ad&aacute;n y Eva y la naturaleza de pecado que posteriormente pas&oacute; de ellos a todos nosotros, esa imagen ha sido estropeada. Pero una imagen estropeada no nos excusa&nbsp;para no&nbsp;realizar el llamado de Dios a nuestras vidas&nbsp;&mdash; y prepararnos &nbsp;a encontrarlo al final de ello.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">El Gran Sacrificio de Jes&uacute;s en la Cruz pag&oacute; el precio para la restauraci&oacute;n de la relaci&oacute;n con el Padre. Esto comienza el proceso de hacernos m&aacute;s como &Eacute;l, que intr&iacute;nsecamente incluye la realizaci&oacute;n de Su objetivo para nosotros en esta tierra. Como consiguiente, ya no tenemos una excusa para preparar nuestra propia &ldquo;lista&rdquo;; tenemos una mayor agenda que realizar.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Como creyentes decimos amar y servir a Dios, no tenemos que esperar hasta que recibamos un diagn&oacute;stico m&eacute;dico triste para decidir como vivir el tiempo que nos resta aqu&iacute; &nbsp;en la tierra. Dios le hablaba a Israel en Am&oacute;s 4:12 cuando &Eacute;l dijo,&nbsp;&ldquo;Prep&aacute;rate para venir al encuentro de tu Dios&hellip;&rdquo;&nbsp;pero Sus palabras de advertencia y direcci&oacute;n se aplican a cada uno de nosotros. A partir del momento en que nacemos en este mundo, y sobre todo a partir del momento en que nacemos otra vez, nuestro enfoque primario deber&iacute;a disponerse a encontrar a Dios. Ninguno de nosotros sabe cuando el Se&ntilde;or nos llamar&aacute; a casa, pero si vivimos cada d&iacute;a como si fuera el &uacute;ltimo &mdash; &nbsp;cumpliendo con Sus prop&oacute;sitos para con nosotros en vez de los nuestros propios &mdash; <span>&nbsp;&nbsp;nuestra &ldquo;lista&rdquo; estar&iacute;a completa. Nos podemos poner de pie entonces ante &Eacute;l con &nbsp;confianza, sabiendo que Jes&uacute;s ha pagado nuestro precio de admisi&oacute;n en el cielo, y no tendremos que estar avergonzados en como gastamos el regalo de Dios de una vida redimida en la tierra. Y seguramente oiremos aquellas a&ntilde;oradas palabras, &ldquo;bien hecho, mi bueno y fiel siervo&hellip;&rdquo; </span></div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Amos 4:12]]></title>
										
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