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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>&ldquo;Y les dar&eacute; coraz&oacute;n para que me conozcan que yo soy Johov&aacute;; y me ser&aacute;n por pueblo, y yo les ser&eacute; a ellos por Dios; porque se volver&aacute;n a mi de todo Coraz&oacute;n.&rdquo; </strong></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>(Jerem&iacute;as 24:7 RV)</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iquest;Soy solamente yo, o han a&ntilde;adido las noticias malas a noticias m&aacute;s malas que ponen algo apagador a la pr&oacute;xima estasion de las fiestas venideras? &iexcl;Es tan f&aacute;cil enfocarse en nuestro pa&iacute;s (y personalmente) en los infortunios financieros y por lo tanto &nbsp;desanimarse durante la Navidad y todo lo que esto nos representa como creyentes. &iexcl;En las &nbsp;palabras del Ap&oacute;stol Pablo, mis Queridos amigos, no deber&iacute;a ser as&iacute;!</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">No negar&eacute; que para muchos de nosotros, las finanzas afecten el grado al cual celebramos el aspecto que dar regalos en la Navidad. Pero las finanzas (o la falta de ellas) no tienen que afectar el hecho que demos de los mejores regalos a aquellos que tan desesperadamente los necesitan.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &iquest;Cu&aacute;les son esos regalos?</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Tenemos que alumbrar la Luz del mundo a aquellos que andan en la oscuridad &mdash; y podemos hacer esto porque esa Luz vive dentro de nosotros.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Nosotros tenemos que proclamar y modelar el Amor de Dios a aquellos con corazones quebrados y percepciones sesgadas del amor &mdash; porque aquel Amor nos ha alcanzado bien adentro.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tenemos que orar que muchos, sin tener en cuenta como de oscuro o tristes son &nbsp;los d&iacute;as (o tal vez hasta por eso mismo) quienes ir&aacute;n hacia Aquel &nbsp;qui&eacute;n solo es la Luz del mundo y el Donante del Amor incondicional a todos aquellos que se lo piden.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iquest;Expresamente, por qu&eacute; no ofrecer a Jerem&iacute;as 24:7 como un regalo de oraci&oacute;n para sus seres amados, as&iacute; como para aquellos que usted no conoce? En una forma regular y consistente entre ahora y la Navidad, pongamonos juntos de acuerdo para orar y decir,&nbsp;&ldquo;Se&ntilde;or, dale a _________ un coraz&oacute;n para conocerte. Muestrale a &nbsp;______ m&aacute;s claramente cada d&iacute;a que T&uacute; eres el Se&ntilde;or. Creemos que _________ ser&aacute; T&uacute; hijo/hija, y que T&uacute; ser&aacute;s su Dios, ya que __________ volver&aacute; todo su coraz&oacute;n hacia T&iacute; Se&ntilde;or.&rdquo;</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Voy a hacerlo. &iquest;Y usted? Este es el mejor regalo que le podemos dar a alguien &mdash; y el Donante de todos los regalos buenos estar&aacute; seguro para contestar.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &iexcl;Las bendici&oacute;nes a todos ustedes cuando entramos en esta maravillosa temporada juntos!</span></div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Jeremias 24:7]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>&ldquo;Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord;</strong></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>and they shall be My people, and I will be their God,</strong></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>for they shall return to Me with their whole heart&rdquo; (Jeremiah 24:7).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it just me, or has the bad news added to more bad news put a damper on the approaching holiday season? It&rsquo;s so easy to get focused on our country&rsquo;s (and personal!) financial woes and therefore lose heart for Christmas and all it represents to us as believers. In the Apostle Paul&rsquo;s words, Beloved, it should not be so!</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I won&rsquo;t deny that for many of us, finances will impact the extent to which we celebrate the gift-giving aspect of Christmas. But finances (or lack thereof) do not need to impact our giving of the very best gifts to those who so desperately need them.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What are those gifts?</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">We need to shine the Light of the world to those who walk in darkness&mdash;and we can do that because that Light lives within us.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We need to proclaim and model the Love of God to those with broken hearts and skewed perceptions of love&mdash;because that Love has already reached down to us.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We need to pray that many, regardless of how dark or bleak the days (or maybe even because of that very fact) would turn to the One who alone is the Light of the world and the Giver of unconditional Love to all who ask.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Specifically, why not offer up Jeremiah 24:7 as a prayer gift for your loved ones, as well as for those you don&rsquo;t know? On a regular basis between now and Christmas, let&rsquo;s agree together to pray, &ldquo;Lord, give _________ a heart to know You. Show ______ more clearly each day that You are the Lord. We believe that _________ will be Your son/daughter, and You will be his/her God, for __________ shall return to You with all his/her heart.&rdquo;</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&rsquo;m going to do it. What about you? It&rsquo;s the best gift we can give to anyone&mdash;and the Giver of all good gifts will be sure to answer.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Blessings to you all as we enter this wonderful season together!</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[A Christmas gift we can all afford to give...]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>Jesucristo es el mismo ayer, y hoy, y por los siglos (Hebreos 13:8 RV).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Casi envi&eacute; este devocional un d&iacute;a antes, simplemente debido al n&uacute;mero enorme de correos electr&oacute;nicos que comenc&eacute; a recibir inmediatamente despu&eacute;s de que los resultados de la elecci&oacute;n del martes se hicieron evidentes. Pero entonces or&eacute; y decid&iacute; esperar y permitir que &quot;el polvo&quot; se aplacara un poco.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iquest;Y hay mucho polvo que aplacar, verdad? Sin tener en cuenta si nos apenamos o nos alegramos sobre los resultados de la elecci&oacute;n, sentimos que la vida como la hemos conocido nunca ser&aacute; completamente la misma otra vez. &iexcl;Aunque unos puedan creer que esto es un cambio bueno, hay otros que no solamente est&aacute;n temerosos sino que tambien est&aacute;n enojados, y se preguntan &nbsp;por qu&eacute; Dios pareci&oacute; no hacer caso de las muchas horas y d&iacute;as (hasta semanas y meses, en algunos casos!) de oracion y ayuno que muchos ofrecieron.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Aunque yo pueda asegurarles que Dios no ignor&oacute; las oraciones de Su pueblo, y no ofrezco ninguna respuesta espec&iacute;fica u opini&oacute;n a cualquiera de ustedes en cualquier lado de este espectro, dir&eacute; con seguridad esto: JESUCRISTO ES EL MISMO AYER, HOY, Y PARA SIEMPRE. &Eacute;l no se ha cambiado, y &Eacute;l es mayor que cualquier elecci&oacute;n que mecer&aacute; alguna vez su mundo.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &iquest;Est&aacute; contento Dios en el resultado de la elecci&oacute;n del martes, o &Eacute;l est&aacute; &nbsp;enojado sobre ello? M&aacute;s bien que contestar la pregunta, declarar&eacute; con certeza: &iexcl;&Eacute;l no est&aacute; sorprendido! Si usted or&oacute; para que la voluntad de Dios &nbsp;se cumpliera, entonces sepa que sus oraciones fueron contestadas. Las Escrituras est&aacute;n claras que Dios coloca a l&iacute;deres en posiciones de poder, y &Eacute;l los quita &mdash; por Sus motivos, no por los nuestros. </span>Y, mis queridos amigos, &Eacute;l no hace errores.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Asi es que deje que su propio polvo personal se aplaque, pero por favor no interprete esto como un significado de que deber&iacute;amos comprometer nuestra relaci&oacute;n personal con el Se&ntilde;or, sin tener en cuenta lo que ocurre alrededor de nosotros, en particular dentro del gobierno. Como Jesucristo es todav&iacute;a el mismo y Su Palabra todav&iacute;a nos llama para orar por aquellos &ldquo;en autoridad&rdquo; (ver a 1 Timothy 2:1-2), por favor responda uni&eacute;ndose con creyentes en todas partes cuando oramos por nuestro pa&iacute;s durante este per&iacute;odo de transici&oacute;n muy dif&iacute;cil y peligroso &mdash; y luego sigamos orando&nbsp;por &nbsp;la nueva administraci&oacute;n, como &quot;cuando hasta con esperanza&quot; lo hicimos por la presente.&nbsp;Ya que esto es lo m&aacute;s importante que nosotros los ciudadanos fieles del cielo pueden hacer alguna vez para honrar nuestra ciudadan&iacute;a temporal aqu&iacute; en la tierra.</span></div>
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											<title><![CDATA[Hebreos 13:8]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I nearly sent out this devotional a day early, simply because of the vast number of emails I began receiving immediately after the results of Tuesday&rsquo;s election became evident. But then I prayed and decided to wait and allow the &ldquo;dust&rdquo; to settle a bit.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And there is a lot of dust to settle, isn&rsquo;t there? Regardless of whether we are grieving or rejoicing over the election results, we sense that life as we&rsquo;ve known it will never be quite the same again. Though some may believe that&rsquo;s a good change, others are not only concerned but fearful, while still others are actually mad and even questioning why God seemed to ignore the many hours and days (even weeks and months, in some cases!) of prayer and fasting offered up by so many.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Though I can assure you that God did not ignore the prayers of His people, and I offer no specific answers or opinions to any of you on any side of this spectrum, I will confidently say this: JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER. He has not changed, and He is greater than any election that will ever rock your world.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is God pleased at the outcome of Tuesday&rsquo;s election, or is He angry about it? Rather than answer that question, I will declare with certainty: He is not surprised! If you prayed for God&rsquo;s will to be done, then know that your prayers were answered. The Scriptures are clear that God places leaders in positions of power, and He removes them&mdash;for His reasons, not ours. And, beloved, He does not make mistakes.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So let your own personal dust settle, but please don&rsquo;t interpret that to mean we should compromise in our personal walk with the Lord, regardless of what takes place around us, particularly within the government. Because Jesus Christ is still the same and His Word still calls us to pray for those &ldquo;in authority&rdquo; (see 1 Timothy 2:1-2), please respond by joining with believers everywhere as we pray our country through this very difficult and dangerous transition period&mdash;and then continue to pray for the new administration, even as&mdash;hopefully&mdash;we did for the present one. For that is the most important thing we faithful citizens of heaven can ever do to honor our temporal citizenship here on earth.</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Nothing eternal has changed...]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>Mirad, pues, con deligencia, como and&eacute;is, no como necios sino como sabios,</strong></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>Aprovechando bien el tiempo, porque los dias son malos.</strong></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>Por tanto, no se&aacute;is insensatos, sino entendidos de cu&aacute;l sea la voluntad del Senor. (Efesios 5:15-17RV).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt">Aunque nunca hemos tenido un tiempo desde la Gran Rebeli&oacute;n del Huerto que el mal no ha existido en la tierra, es dif&iacute;cil hoy no mirar las circunstancias que nos rodean y no conjeturar que en efecto vivimos en los d&iacute;as m&aacute;s malos e imaginables. Y sin embargo &hellip;</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iquest;Estamos nosotros, como creyentes y ni&ntilde;os del Dios m&aacute;s Alto, desalentados o derrotados sobre esto? &iexcl;De nada! En efecto, debemos verlo como una oportunidad de brillar Su luz en la oscuridad. &iquest;Pero hacemos esto? &iexcl;O-Dios proh&iacute;be! &iquest;-permitimos que nuestra luz vacile y nos descolore cuando nos mezclamos en aquella oscuridad?</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Las Escrituras nos llaman para &ldquo;andar circunspectamente,&rdquo; que, seg&uacute;n el Nuevo Diccionario Mundial de Webster significa &ldquo;cuidadoso para considerar todas las circunstancias relacionadas antes de interpretaci&oacute;n, opini&oacute;n o decisi&oacute;n.&rdquo; <span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&iquest;Y c&oacute;mo consideramos correctamente estas circunstancias? Pes&aacute;ndolas contra lo que Dios dice en Su Palabra. &iquest;Qu&eacute; dice Dios eterno sobre las cuestiones con las que tratamos hoy? Nunca sabremos a menos que hagamos una pr&aacute;ctica de buscar y estudiar diariamente &nbsp;las Escrituras.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iquest;Pero una vez que hemos descubierto la voluntad de Dios y Su palabra en un sujeto, qu&eacute; hacemos despu&eacute;s? &iexcl;SI REALMENTE CREEMOS LO QUE DECIMOS QUE CREEMOS, ENTONCES DECIDIREMOS VIVIR DE ACUERDO A LO QUE DICE!</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&iexcl;Nunca usar&eacute; esta o ninguna otra plataforma de ministerio para proclamar mis creencias pol&iacute;ticas o sociales personales o tratar de influir en alguien a mi modo de pensar en aquellas &aacute;reas, pero debo decir que me da gran pena y dolor cu&aacute;ndo oigo a la gente que llama el Nombre de Cristo y luego hace decisiones pol&iacute;ticamente o &nbsp;socialmente,&nbsp;basadas en algo m&aacute;s que Su Palabra y Su voluntad (ya que ellas &nbsp;SIEMPRE son las mismas!).</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iquest;C&oacute;mo puedemos nosotros &ldquo;caminar circunspectamente,&rdquo; iluminando con la luz brillante de Dios &nbsp;en la oscuridad y sabiamente rescatando el tiempo que &Eacute;l nos ha dado tan graciosamente, si &ldquo;&iquest;no entendemos qu&eacute; es la voluntad del Se&ntilde;or&rdquo;? No podemos entender Su voluntad si no sabemos Su Palabra, ya que este es el lugar donde &Eacute;l revela Su voluntad. Y si entendemos Su voluntad, pero no DECIDIMOS actuar en ella, que es el pecado ostensible &mdash; y somos hip&oacute;critas de la clase peor.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Considere lo que su respuesta ser&iacute;a si alguien le preguntara lo que usted cree sobre Dios y sobre la vida en el general &mdash; y luego se pregunta si usted realmente lo cree. Ya que si tomamos nuestras opciones y vivimos nuestras vidas basadas en algo adem&aacute;s de lo que reclamamos creer&hellip;entonces la verdad es,&nbsp;no lo creemos realmente.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Podemos nosotros andar circunspectamente hoy&hellip;y siempre&hellip;por un mundo oscuro que desesperadamente tiene que ver la Luz que esta dentro de nosotros.</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Efesios 5:15]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time,</strong></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise,</strong></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong>but understand what the will of the Lord is (Ephesians 5:15-17).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Though there has never been a time since the Great Garden Rebellion that evil has not existed on the earth, it is difficult today not to look at the circumstances surrounding us and not surmise that we are indeed living in the most evil days imaginable. And yet&hellip;</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are we, as believers in and children of the Most High God, to be discouraged or defeated over that? Not at all! Indeed, we are to see it as an opportunity to shine His light in the darkness. But are we doing that? Or&mdash;God forbid!&mdash;are we allowing our light to flicker and fade as we blend into that darkness?</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Scriptures call us to &ldquo;walk circumspectly,&rdquo; which, according to Webster&rsquo;s New World Dictionary means &ldquo;careful to consider all related circumstances before acting, judging or deciding.&rdquo; And how do we rightly consider these circumstances? By weighing them against what God says in His Word. What does the eternal God say about the issues we deal with today? We will never know unless we make it a practice to daily search and study the Scriptures.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But once we have discovered God&rsquo;s will and word on a subject, what do we do next? IF WE TRULY BELIEVE WHAT WE SAY WE BELIEVE, THEN WE WILL CHOOSE TO LIVE ACCORDINGLY!</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I will never use this or any other ministry platform to proclaim my personal political or social beliefs or to try to influence anyone to my way of thinking in those areas, but I must say that I am grieved when I hear people who name the Name of Christ and then make decisions&mdash;politically, socially, or otherwise&mdash;based on anything other than His Word and His will (for they are ALWAYS one and the same!). How can we &ldquo;walk circumspectly,&rdquo; shining God&rsquo;s light in the darkness and wisely redeeming the time He has so graciously given us, if we don&rsquo;t &ldquo;understand what the will of the Lord is&rdquo;? We cannot understand His will if we don&rsquo;t know His Word, for that is the place He reveals His will. And if we understand His will but don&rsquo;t CHOOSE to act on it, that is blatant sin&mdash;and we are hypocrites of the worst kind.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consider what your answer would be if someone asked you what you believe about God and about life in general&mdash;and then ask yourself if you truly believe it. For if we make our choices and live our lives based on anything other than what we claim to believe&hellip;then the truth is, we don&rsquo;t really believe it.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; May we walk circumspectly today&hellip;and always&hellip;for a dark world desperately needs to see the Light that is within us.</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Do You Believe What You Say You Believe???]]></title>
										
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<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Le preguntaron una vez a Billy Graham si &eacute;l realmente creia que Dios le hablaba. &Eacute;l contest&oacute; algo con el entendimiento de que Dios le habla a cada uno, pero no cada uno &nbsp;lo escucha.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &iexcl;Qu&eacute; recordatorio tan poderoso que es para nosotros en este d&iacute;a cu&aacute;ndo nosotros&nbsp;desesperadamente necesitamos o&iacute;r Su palabra y recibir Su direcci&oacute;n! &iquest;Entonces, por qu&eacute; es que son tan pocos los que declaran que positivamente y absolutamente ellos escuchan palabras de Dios &mdash; no s&oacute;lo de vez en cuando, pero con regularidad?</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">&iexcl;Creo que es porque pocos de nosotros (s&iacute;, hablo de Cristianos aqu&iacute;!) realmente pasan mucho tiempo fielmente leyendo y estudiando la Palabra de Dios. &iquest;C&oacute;mo podemos esperar tener noticias de Dios cuando descuidamos de leer las palabras que &Eacute;l ha escrito expresamente para nuestro aprendizaje?</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">La mayor parte de nosotros como creyentes expresar&iacute;an con palabras nuestra creencia que la Biblia es la Palabra de Dios, y que es relevante a nosotros hoy y hasta necesario para nuestro crecimiento espiritual y supervivencia. &iquest;Y sin embargo&hellip;cuantos &nbsp;de nosotros podemos encontrar el tiempo suficiente para hacer todo lo necesario diariamente menos conversar con Dios por medio de las Escrituras? Ya que aunque Dios nos hable de otros modos &mdash; por medio de la peque&ntilde;a voz dentro de nosotros y/o por otros creyentes, o hasta un signo ocasional o de maravilla &mdash; Su modo primario de comunicarse con nosotros es por Su Palabra escrita. Todo que <span>&nbsp;&nbsp;que realmente debemos de saber est&aacute; contenido en las Escrituras &mdash; y a&uacute;n asi nos descuidamos de ellas... para nuestro peligro. Peor a&uacute;n, entonces nos quejamos que Dios &quot;no nos habla&quot; cuando nos gustar&iacute;a que &Eacute;l lo hiciera.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Billy Graham estaba en lo cierto, asi como lo hizo el peque&ntilde;o &nbsp;Samuel, que dijo, &quot;Habla, Jehov&aacute;, que tu siervo oye.&quot; Si queremos tener noticias de Dios, nosotros tenemos que entrar en Su presencia y ESCUCHAR con o&iacute;dos abiertos y corazones complacientes. Y el lugar donde&nbsp;m&aacute;s tenemos la oportunidad para o&iacute;r Su voz es mientras leemos y estudiamos Sus palabras.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">Cuando el tiempo se pone corto, mis queridos amigos, y la oscuridad nos aprisiona, no hay ning&uacute;n lugar mejor para estar que sumergidos en las palabras &nbsp;del Dios fiel y misericordioso. L&eacute;alas, medita sobre ellas, memor&iacute;celas &mdash; y actua en ellas. Y est&aacute; agradecido que, hasta ahora, nosotros todav&iacute;a vivimos en un pa&iacute;s donde podemos hacer esto tan abiertamente y sin persecuci&oacute;n.</div>
<div style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt">A diferencia de seres humanos falibles, Dios nunca le dar&aacute; un mal consejo o lo conducir&aacute; en la direcci&oacute;n incorrecta. Entre m&aacute;s tiempo usted pasa escuchando y obedeciendo Sus palabras, m&aacute;s dulce y m&aacute;s clara Su voz se oir&aacute;...</div>
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											<title><![CDATA[1 Samuel 3:9]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong>&ldquo;Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears&rdquo; (1 Samuel 3:9).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Billy Graham was once asked if he really believed God spoke to him. He answered something to the effect that God speaks to everyone, but not everyone is listening.</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What a powerful reminder that is to us in this day when we so desperately need to hear His word and receive His direction! So why is it that so few would positively and absolutely declare their belief that they hear from God&mdash;not just occasionally but regularly?</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe it is because few of us (yes, I&rsquo;m talking about Christians here!) actually spend much time faithfully reading and studying God&rsquo;s Word. How can we expect to hear from God when we neglect reading the words He has written specifically for our learning?</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Most of us as believers would verbalize our belief that the Bible is God&rsquo;s Word, and that it is relevant to us today&mdash;even necessary for our spiritual growth and survival. And yet&hellip;how many of us can find time to do just about everything except daily converse with God in and through the Scriptures? For though God speaks to us in other ways&mdash;through the still, small voice inside us and/or through other believers, or even an occasional sign or wonder&mdash;His primary way of communicating with us is through His written Word. Everything we will ever truly need to know is contained in the Scriptures&mdash;and yet we neglect them&hellip;to our peril. Worse yet, we then complain that God doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;speak&rdquo; to us as we would like Him to do.</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Billy Graham had it right, as did the little boy Samuel, who said, &ldquo;Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears.&rdquo; If we want to hear from God, we need to get into His presence and LISTEN with open ears and willing hearts. And the place where we are most apt to hear His voice is while we are reading and studying His words.</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As the time grows short, beloved, and the darkness presses in, there is no better place to be than immersed in the inerrant words of a faithful and merciful God. Read them, meditate on them, memorize them&mdash;and act on them. And be thankful that, so far, we still live in a country where we can do so openly and without persecution.</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Unlike fallible human beings, God will never give you bad advice or steer you in the wrong direction. And the more time you spend listening and obeying His words, the sweeter and clearer His voice will become&hellip;.</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Are You Listening?]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>&iquest;No sabias que en los negocios de mi Padre me es nacesario estar?(San Lucas 2:49)</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>Negociad entre tanto que yo vengo (San Lucas 19:13 RV)</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Un querido amigo comparti&oacute; una gran historia conmigo esta semana. Era sobre un anciano que record&oacute; cuando &eacute;l era un peque&ntilde;o muchacho durante la Depresi&oacute;n Economica de hace ya varias d&eacute;cadas. El muchacho y su familia estaban aislados de los detalles de las malas noticias &nbsp;que inundaron el pa&iacute;s, pero de vez en cuando alguien regrezaba de un viaje a la gran ciudad y&nbsp;pasaba por su granja para una visita r&aacute;pidamente.&nbsp;Una vez el muchacho y su padre pararon entonces su trabajo en los campos y venieron a pararse en la cerca a platicar con un amigo, que se puso a contarles como todo estaba realmente muy malo. Despu&eacute;s de escuchar un rato, el padre entonces dio la vuelta y le dijo &nbsp;al muchacho, &ldquo;Bien, hijo, ya basta de tantas malas noticias.&nbsp;Es tiempo ya de regresar a trabajar.&rdquo;</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;<span>Mis queridos amigos, esa es una palabra muy poderosa para nosotros hoy en dia. &nbsp;Sin tener en cuenta como pasamos nuestros d&iacute;as o lo que hacemos para ganarnos la vida, hemos tenido bastantes malas noticias que pueden durar por mucho tiempo.&nbsp;Ahora es el tiempo para regresar a nuestro trabajo o a nuestro negocio. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">&iquest;Y qu&eacute; es el negocio? Seg&uacute;n Jes&uacute;s en el Evangelio de San Lucas, esto es el negocio &quot;del Padre,&quot; el mismo negocio que Jes&uacute;s deb&iacute;a de conducir aqu&iacute; en un mundo perdido y agonizante. Jes&uacute;s vino para salvar a pecadores, abrir el camino para la reconciliaci&oacute;n de la relaci&oacute;n con el Padre. Y, seg&uacute;n 2 Corintios 5:18, Jes&uacute;s nos ha &quot;dado el ministerio de la reconciliaci&oacute;n&quot; para continuar el final y completarlo.</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">El tiempo es corto, mis queridos amigos. Si Jes&uacute;s viene por todos nosotros un d&iacute;a muy pronto o por uno de nosotros esta noche, no nos&nbsp;atrevamos a derperdiciar los momentos preciosos que Dios nos ha dado. Hemos dedicado bastante tiempo &nbsp;escuchando a las malas noticias. Jes&uacute;s ha mandado que nosotros hagamos el negocio &ldquo;del Padre&rdquo; y proclamemos las Buenas Noticias, asi es que regresemos a trabajar mientras nos quede todav&iacute;a un poco de luz en el d&iacute;a...</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[San Lucas 2:49; 19:13]]></title>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong>&ldquo;Did you not know that I must be about My Father&rsquo;s business?&rdquo; (Luke 2:49).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong>&ldquo;Do business till I come&rdquo; (Luke 19:13).</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong>A dear friend shared a great story with me this week. It was about an elderly man who remembered when he was a little boy during the Depression. The boy and his family were fairly isolated from the details of the bad news that flooded the country, but occasionally someone returning from a trip to the big city would stop by their farm for a quick visit. The boy and his father would then stop their work in the fields and come to stand by the fence and talk with the visitor, who proceeded to tell them how very bad everything really was. After listening for a while, the father would then turn to the boy and say, &ldquo;All right, son, that&rsquo;s enough bad news. It&rsquo;s time to get back to work.&rdquo;</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Beloved, that is a powerful word to us today. Regardless of how we spend our days or what we do for a living, we&rsquo;ve had enough bad news to last us for a very long while. It&rsquo;s time to get back to business.</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And what is that business? According to Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, it&rsquo;s the &ldquo;Father&rsquo;s business,&rdquo; the same business Jesus was here to conduct in a lost and dying world. Jesus came to save sinners, to open the way for reconciliation of relationship with the Father. And, according to 2 Corinthians 5:18, Jesus has &ldquo;given us the ministry of reconciliation&rdquo; to carry on to completion.</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The time is short, dear ones. Whether Jesus comes for all of us one day soon or for one of us tonight, we dare not waste the precious moments God has given us. We&rsquo;ve spent enough time listening to the bad news. Jesus has commanded us to do the &ldquo;Father&rsquo;s business&rdquo; and proclaim the Good News, so let&rsquo;s get back to work while there&rsquo;s still a bit of daylight left&hellip;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
										
											<title><![CDATA[Enough Bad News!]]></title>
										
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