God the Father wants to fill us with certainty that we are His, that we have been adopted into His eternal family. And in having this assurance, this certainty, we are then to live it out in unified love together!

Los más grandes líderes militares de la historia estudiaron a su oponente antes de entrar al campo de batalla. Conocían las debilidades de su enemigo así como sus fortalezas. Sin embargo, como creyentes, percibimos muy poco de esa batalla en la que estamos involucrados cada día.

Ja’o k’alal laj yik’tal li lajcha’vo’ (12) bats’i yajchank’optak ti Jesuse. Xi laj yalbe, “Ts’aklinikun.” ¿K’usi tsk’an ta xal li k’op “Ts’aklinikun” sventa ta stojolal li jun jchank’op ta ora li’e? ¿K’usi chanubtasvan Jesus sventa k’ux elan xu’ ta xi k’ototik ta jun jchank’op? Ta Bibliae ta xalbotik ti ak’o Jts’aklitik li Jesuse, xchi’uk ti ak’o xa va’ibe jamal smelolal ti k’ux elan xu’ ta xa kuxi k’ucha’al jun jchank’op yu’un Jesus.

Uno de los mayores obstáculos para un adicto en recuperación es la preocupación. Todos podemos relacionarnos con la preocupación y la ansiedad, pero para un adicto la preocupación es un hábito que lo consume todo en la mente: Problemas familiares. Problemas legales. El dinero. Todas estas cuestiones inundan la mente de una persona

que se está recuperando de una adicción grave, y la tentación de tener el control de todas estas cosas es muy real.

We’ve got it all wrong! Money is not the root of all evil. Love of money is the root of all evil. In a world where money helps, money corrupts and money unites, it can be hard to understand how not to be ruled by it! However, Jesus said a very interesting thing: We can either serve money or we can serve God, but we cannot serve both. How are we to live in the world, yet stand apart from it in regard to our finances? We are to be spiritually rich toward God, not rich in possessions and in material resources. God & Money will only touch the surface of Jesus’ teaching on this subject, yet take a moment to reflect: “Who do I serve? Where is my security? What is my value and what do I value?”

Christian women should aspire to be known as godly, gentle, and sincere. However, those characteristics are at war with the desire to be strong, known, and empowered. In today’s world, where there is pressure to be a strong woman who stands her ground, how can Christian women know what their heavenly Father desires? In Jezebel, we explore the character of four women found in the Bible: two negative and two positive examples.

Sexo. Probablemente se te ocurran muchas cosas al leer esa palabra. Vivimos en un mundo donde la sexualidad es tanto una declaración como un estilo de vida. Pero ¿por qué fue creada por primera vez y qué piensa Dios de ella? A fin de cuentas, Él la creó, así que debe haber algo más de lo que nos dicen nuestros impulsos humanos.

Join Jake as he learns what it means to choose gratitude. Your little ones will learn, like Jake, the lesson from Ecclesiastes: There is a time for everything.

Working hard in our culture isn’t an ideal that we hold to these days. Work is a way to make a mortgage payment, or it’s saving up for retirement, or it’s that next big vacation or newest gadget you’re wanting. However, in light of eternity, how is a believer supposed to work? What needs to change in our attitudes and thoughts in order to glorify God? Work and worship are one and the same, and in God’s eyes you cannot do one without the other. We are to be people of order and fruitfulness, and working hard for the Lord will show the world that there is joy to be found in daily labor—what a beautiful way we can shine as lights in a dark world!

Touches: Small Thoughts on a Very Big God was originally written as a series of email encouragements during the coronavirus outbreak of 2020 by Ofer Amitai, the pastor of the El Roii congregation in Jerusalem. In the midst of a world full of tragedy and chaos Ofer invites us to lift our eyes to the One worthy of our confidence, hope, obedience and love by expounding the Word of God.